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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-12-01

lookin glass in cherry room. A few
vars ago if | happened along to de
cabin of Glveadam Jones bout supper
time he would hev axed me to come in
to snack, an l should hev had hoe
cake, bacon an con coffee. Only two
or three days ago. as l called on him
at his fiat, his wife said to me:
"'Brudder Gardner, we shall feel
highly honored if yo' will consent to
remain an take tea wild us
Il hadn't got ober my surprise when
l sot down to table on which dey
was soup, roast beef, taters, celery,
salad, canned con an two kinds Of
cake, an when we got frew eatin' we
had coffee in chiny cups. | don't say
l didn't enjoy dat meal, but | went
away from dat house wild sadness tug
gin at my heart.
"Waydown Beebee is porter in a
store at Sc week, an yet de luxury
in his house would make yo' gasp fur
breath. He's got one stuff rockin'
cheer that cost mo- money dan all de
de parlOr tioah in de house of Samuel
Shin, who makes bout 81 week, am
a rug wild SIGH richness in it dat yo'
stand and shibber as yo' look. Pickles
Smith drives Il boss around to an ex-
press wagon. an yit he's got marble
topped stand an cuckoo clock Abso-
lutte Johnson cum ober to my house de
odder day to borry dollar, an yet he
slept on a ha'r mattress an has gold
filled tooth.
'Look around dis hall dis eavenin'
Oar am no less dan nineteen members
of dis Limekiln club wearin dimun
pins, dar am ober thirty wild gold
watches, dar am fifty wild standup
linen collars an fifty cent neckties, an
de Lawd only knows how many feet
am crowded into patent leather shoes.
l amt quite sartin whether it's a meet
in of de old Limekiln club or a session
of de United States senate kin name
twenty pussons among yo' who rent
poStoffice boxes. | kin name as many
mo- who go to the theater an to boss
races an parade up an down de streets
on Sunday wild yo'r hands under yer
coat tails. 1t wasn't Ober an hour ago
dat Moses White was talkin' bout
buyin' an automobile, an Elder Pen
stock was sayin' dat he should spend
de summer In Europe.
"An' dar's another matter I wish to
briefly refer to. In de days gone by de
Guild man was satisfied wild plain
words, de palmer de better He called
n dawg a dawg an spade Il spade 1t
seems dat dc old way of talkin' wasn't
good huff. De Guild man wanted sun
thin wild scollops on to go wild his di-
nun pin an cuckoo clock. As a sam.
pie of it l was in a grocery de odder
day when Recollection Hastings come
in an observed dat OWN to de preca-
rious condition of de permanent con
sanguity he felt compelled to abdcate
de percolation an buy a pound of cod
fish. l stood dar wild chills goin' up an
down my back. an didn't get ober de
shock fur an hour. Last week | ODER
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-12-01

"Have you taste for music" asked
Miss Chillbeen of Boston.
81 don't know" replied the million
aire mine owners daughter from
Leadville Gulch. Il never tasted any.
but l like to hear it played"
That ended it, for Miss Chillbeeu
was down and out for twenty minutes,
though she afterward claimed that she
lost on a foul-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-12-01
Her little Feat.

He often wondered how she stood upon
the things at all.
He marveled more whene'er she danced
they were so very small.
And every morning he would gaze as she
tripped down the street
With wonder at the way she walked upon
her little feet.
She blushed beneath his searching eyes
and bowed with glance demure,
"Oh dear, If he could know" she sighed
''the pain that l endure"
And then she scrunched her toes up tight
within that boot petite.
For she wore twos instead of fiVes. That
was her little feat.
Nav York Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-12-01
Cheaper All Round.
Tribune.

Il suppose" said the inquisitive man,
"a good many of your tenants find it
cheaper to move than pay rent"
Perhaps replied the real estate
agent, land we often find it cheaper to
keep them moving rather than make
the repairs they ask for"-Catholic
Standard and Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-12-01

Homeboy-How did you manage to
get all over the world and never speak
a word of anything but English?
SponduliX-Because money talks, and
it seems to be fluent in all languages.
Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-12-01
A High Tariff.

Eyes, Maud has agreed to sell kisses
Mt the lawn fete."
81 don't see how she can do it."
"Oh. she's put the price so high that
the boys are trying to make up pool
in order to buy one."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-12-01
The Art of
Raising
" Children
By JOHN b. H1cKEAN. Judge of Childrens
By JOHN b. McKEAN. Judge of Children's
Court of New York City

ezY sum up within nutshell the Of raising child,
should say parents, Set the child good example,.
Children naturally initiative. and if they have
before them patterns of honesty of trhfuness and of
virtue generally THEY, TOO, WILL STRIVE TO
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-12-01
The Social Influence of ReligiOn

of Chicago
=" HEN God added to his other creations he made
ONLY ONE, that men of future generations might
~ not say another MY better than
yours Even if the Darwinan theory is correct, and
all descended FROM THE SAME MONKEY why should
ape hang his tail higher than another!
Ny religion does that in the beginning God made
Jew Christianity does that in the beginning God created
member of our faith and Uelcf
NO RELIGION RECOGNIZES DISTINCTIONS AND
when this world in darkness and law that
of brute force the human believed that ONLY THE STRONG
should survive The dubbed his aged father death
he longer could keep up with the chase Today the theory
ducer. UNLESS TOUCHED BY THE REFINED AND
CHARITABLE INFLUENCES OF RELIGION, economies is
not much removed from the old idea of the
Religion teaches that strong you have the response
bes Of the strong and that if your talents limited you still
have duties and your privileges IT is QUESTION OF
STEWARDSHIP The rich has ntrusted his control
greater portion of Gods wealth. but it designed shall put
forth PROPORTlONATEIY GREATER effort help Others
Among the institutions established by religion shall
only the Sabbath and marriage Whenever
recognize and observe the Sabbath that nation passed period
of It's usefulness AND IS ON THE DECLINE
MARRIAGE ALSO is INSTITUTION, WHEN WE
COME SACRED
CHARACTER DEMANDS A NATION,
HOMES SHALL ne MORE SECURE OUR GOVERNMENT PuRER
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BE HONEST TRUTHFUL AND vIRTUOUS. And still more
readily will they emulate vicious examples before
BE FIRM, BUT NOT PUNISH EXCEPT EXTREME CASES.
The fault with parents they lazy be firm
dealing with their children Rather than exercise little patience
in explaining their child the why it should thus and
otherwise MOST PARENTS WILL SURRENDER to its wllms
and caprces and by ndugences render the little self
wiled and headstrong almost beyond control
Be YOU right opposing the clrds Wishes
insist having your way TO THE DROP OF THE FLAG
do not approve of punishment for children To do good
rule punishment should be administered only such that the
child should UNDERSTAND THE REASON for it And to
possess this degree of understanding the child have reached
age when punishment cannot be otherwise than degrading
To degrade child in its eyes necessarily deerorates it.
To whip girl of fourteen INEVITABLY tends degrade and de-
base her.
Some Of the best parents have bad children upon whom
of moral sason and of good examples have bne
fetal influence In these the fault of lies with the
children the parents except punish
But in furnishing there should be much good Judgment exercised
THE ROD SHOULD BE ONLY FOR THE EXTREMELY VICIOUS
ONLY THOSE DISPLAY A SPIRIT
ToRMENTERs OF OTHER CHILDREN OR OF ANIMALS.
In fact, in all think punishment
fit the crime If, for instance boy throws a
dog the best and quickest this tendency by whipping
him Take rod and give him sound thrasng but yet
to njure dsfgure him. By making him feel pain you make
him REALIZE monstrous wrong of WANTONIY IMPLICIT
ING PAIN upon others.
But if, take different example, girl
parents pcncs stays late
panion would be manifest improper whip way
make the punishment fit the crime her LOCK HER UP
By doing deprive her of the motive for doing wrong while
in the of the malicious boy the whipping COUNTER
MOTIVE the motive supplied by the pleasure
menting the dog
But as l have said, administer CORPORAL punishment only
sparngv for at best form punishment drastic ought
to be resorted to only WHEN EVERY OTHER ARGUMENT
FAILS
If child takes pleasure dealing lying let the father
ask himself whether HE HIMSELF guilty of intoxicating
that disposition by his example How often vii!
home and the table, with his children him. tell about
his "smartness in overreachng fellow man.
If A FATHER ExALT LYING, pEcElTFuL.
NESS, UNFAlRNEss DEALING HOW CAN WE Elk
PEcT TIE CHILD TO GROW UP HONEST TRUTHFUL
HONORABLE?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-12-01

Doctor think I'll have TO call In
some other physician for consultation.
Patient-Go ahead. Get as many ac-
completes as you wish-Town Topics.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-07-27
Saloons In Manila.

Rev. DR.. Stuntz, presiding elder
of the Methodist Church and form
erly from Mt. Vernon, Iowa, is
probably as earnest a temperance
advocate as can be found on either
side of the globe, but he will not
confirm the slanderous stories that
have been told about the vice and
disorder in Manila. When / asked
him concerning the saloon business
here he said:
Taking saloons, as that term is
understood in America, there were
129 in operation in Manila at the
close of the last fiscal year. AS
compared with American cities,
that is not a bad showing. The
following statement, which l take
from DR.. Browns book, gives a
comparison:
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-07-27
YOURS FOR BUSINESS,
C. 7. FLANDERS, Judy, KY

commenced in Missouri. If l am
elected to a larger field of oppor-
tunity / propose to make Missouri
the most unhealthy place in all the
land for corruptionists to operate
in. There is work to be done in
this State in moral, material and
intellectual advancement which you
have commissioned me to do. The
commission is a sacred one, and
shall observe it as such. Here in
your presence, and in the presence
of this great multitude, l conse-
crate myself to the work you have
assigned to me and with your nelp
and as long as God gives me the
life and strength to do it, l will
combat the things that dishonor
and oppress."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-07-27
Decision Of Attorney Genera
BAYS Turns Money into
School Fund.

On request from Superintend
ent of Public Instruction Fuqua,
Attorney General Hays rendered
an official opinion constituting sub
sections 5 and of Section 4370,
Kentucky Statutes, in which he
holds that the common school fund
is entitled to have its proportion of
the funds derived from the insu-
rance department set aside for this
department.
He holds that for the year end
ing June, 1904. there should have
been placed to the credit of the
school fund $95, 900, this being its
proportionate part of the 1915. 900
turned into the treasury from this
source. The Auditors have here.
tofore failed to put any of this
fund to the credit of the school
fund. He estimates that between
$4,000 and $1l5,0 900 will be due
this fund from the money turned
into the treasury June, 1905, from
the insurance department. He
further holds that the school fund
is entitled to the proportionate
part of the funds turned into the
treasury since the law has oeen in
force-since 1S93-w b ich will
amount TO about 100000.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-07-27
Some Pension Facts.

The statistics of the Pension
Bureau disclose some interesting
facts. The largest pensions are
drawn by women. twenty four Of
whom draw as much as the total
received by $50 veterans of the
So month class. Mrs. Garfield
and Mrs. Mckinley received$ s.
600 per annum each. Mrs. Philip
H. Sheridan receives $4,000, while
the pensions of Mrs. Logan, Mrs.
Mcclellan and Mrs. Frank Blair
are each $4,000. Eighteen widows
of Generals and Admirals receive
1900 a year, six 5000, and two
hundred have pensions of 5000
each. The total received by 230
widows amounts to $165,000,
equal to the amount received by
2,298 veterans at Sc month. 1t is
noticeable also that this list is
growing, while that of the veteran
soldiers is decreasing at the rate of
5000 a year.
1t is estimated that in 1860,
when all the soldiers drawing PEN
sions will be dead, there will still
be about one thousand widows on
the list.
The only survivor of the war of
1912 is LOG years old. His pension
is $25 a month, and it is said he
yet has offers of marriage. That
war has Deen closed eighty nine
years. One Revolutionary widow
survives at the age of ninety, al
though l21 years have past since
that war terminated.
The number of pensioners who
receive twenty cents day is 1885,
900; those who receive twenty
six and two-thirds cents a day
175, 900, while rs, 900 receive thirty
three and one-third cents and 200,-
900 have a pension of forty cents
The annual appropriation yearly
after the lapse of nearly forty
years since the war closed approx
mates e140 DOC, 900.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-07-27
and tuba, an intoxicant made fror

and tuba, an intoxicant made from
the juice of the cocoanut palm.
cit will forever remain mystery
to the thoughtful" continued DIR.
Stuntz, why the military authori
ties did not shut out all liquor from
the islands and close all the drink
ing places when they had the au-
thority to do so, and it is vastly TO
the credit of the civil government
that, as soon as it came into power,
all saloons were banished from the
principal streets of Manila; also
that in framing charter for the
city they included set of laws on
the liquor question which were SUI
perior to those prevailing in many
of our home cities. Saloons have
to pay 5000 to $500 year for their
license, must close at ii o'clock at
night and remain closed over Sun
day. A pane of glass must be set
in all doors leading to the streets,
from which view of the bar can
be had, and offenders are promptly
and severely punished.
"While the number of native
wine-shops in Manila has been re-
duced from more than 1000 at the
time of the American occupation to
1,163 on the last day of June, 1908,
yet there has been the introduction
of the American saloon with all of
it's attractiveness as totally new
factor in the life of the city. On
June 80, 1908, there were l57 Ii
censed places in the city of Manila
in which liquor could be bought and
consumed on the premises.-W. E.
Curtis, Manila, to Chicago Record.
Herald.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-07-27
For Kentucky.

The appeal of the Kentucky
Children's Home Society for aid in
its effort to ward off the impending
bankruptcy threatened by the de-
cision of the Attorney General,
holding unconstitutional the legis-
lative appropriation of SIS, 900,
cannot go unanswered except at a
serious loss to the State. Since its
founding the society has done a
magnificent work in the reclama-
ton of friendless children and in
transforming incipient menaces to
law and security into respected and
useful citizens. The value of its
labor is not to be computed in dol
lars and cents. The wealth of a
State is constituted by the charac-
ter of the men and women who live
in it and the society, in making for
a finer womanhood and nobler man
hood, is performing service whose
influence will count for good long
after it's founders and present lead
ers have passed to their reward.
He who gives now to their necessi
ty is building for greater, be-
cause a better Kentucky.-The
Times.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-07-27
NUMBER 2
Cuts Off Any Beneficiaries Who
Use Tobacco or Narcotics
Catches Pour Sons.

S. P. McCalmont, of Franklin,
Pa, who died last week, devised
way to prevent intemperance among
his heirs. His will excludes as
oeneficiaries any child who in
dulges in the use of liquor, tobacco
or narcotic drugs. The entire
estate goes into the hands of the
executor, who shall manage it and
divide equally the proceeds among
only such children as do not use
tobacco, liquor or narcotic drugs
in any form or in any quantity.
Any member of the family who
uses any of these three things may
become beneficiary in the estate
by abstaining from their use for a
period of year. If the beneficial
rY returns to the former habit.
however, he or she is again cut Off.
Mr.. McCalmont carried his doc
trine to the extent of advising
against the employment OF any
man or woman on the estate who
smokes, drinks or uses narcotic
drugs. There are two daughters
and four sons. All the latter are
said to be smokers.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-07-27
Tobacco Heart" Common.

1t is estimated that 20 per cent.
of the young men recently applying
for admission to the naval acade-
my at Annapolis failed in the phys
ical examination because of what
physicians call tobacco heart"
This disease is brought about by
excessive indulgence in smoking
and is of very gradual, though not
less dangerous, growth. It's symp.
toms are not apparent to the vic
tim, and it is only when he applies
for life insurance or admission to
the naval or military school that he
becomes aware of his disease.
Tobacco heart" means weakened
organ. A well known Englishman
who recently visited in America
declares he has never seen smoking
carried to such excess as in America.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-07-27

"But it must be remembered,
said Dir. Stuntz, shat the Ameri-
can and foreign population of Ma
Mia to which these saloons furnish
liquor, and to them almost exclus-
lively, is not more than 10000, so
that the consumption per capita is
appallingly large, with a CORES
pondinaly evil influence on our
work for the uplifting of the Fill
pino people, Tire latter are nearly
all users Of intoxicants of their own
making, but are seldom intoxicated.
They drink vino, a deadly white
liquor Distilled from the nipa palm
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-07-27
Declines TO Accept the Demo
cratic National Chairman.
ship.

Senator German left New York
for Atlantic City Wednesday,
after having convinced the Demo-
cratic leaders who gathered there
to discuss the question of a chair
man of the National Committee
that he was in earnest in his re.
fusal to be conscripted for the
work. He said; II have positive
ly declined the honor" The drift
now seems to be toward Thomas
Taggart, of Indianapolis.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-07-27
SPEECH or AccErrANoE.

Joseph w. Folk in accepting the
nomination said in part;
"When l see about me represen-
tatives of the Democratic party of
Missouri, and when l realize have
been chosen to represent the
plans and policies OF that or at
party, / am profoundly impressed
with the responsibility Of my posi-
ton. While / am gratified by the
confidence you have expressed in
me, i do not congratulate myself
upon the high honor you have done
me, because my mind is full of
anxious desire to perform well the
part that has been assigned me.
This campaign has been waged not
for man but for an idea. i don't
claim to have done anything to
meMt this distinction. In the place
of trust assigned to me, have en-
deavoTed to do my duty under my
oath of office to my city and State.
II your selection shall be ratified
by the people of the State, / shall
do. my very best and carry out the
policies for which the masses of the
Democratic party has been con.
tending. The exposure of corrup-
ton in Missouri has made the peo'
pie realize the menace to good gov
eminent that is tolerated and the
necessity Of stamping out the in
fuence of corruptionists from our
political life. / have been fighting
, them with all the powers at my
command and have dashed them
via the whip of the law. / have
no favors to ask of them and nc
quarter to give. 1t is unrelentine
warfare to the end. There are two
things / am proud of: One, the
aid and assistance of good citizens
given me; and the other, the in
tense hatred and malicious mouth
ings Of corrupt enemies.
"The responsibility for the exist
esce of corruption does not rest
upon either party, but this Demo
cratic party has assumed the re
sponsibility for stamping 1t out
and we want all good citizens, o.
every political belief to aid us
The battle against Doodle has only
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-07-27
The Foremost Piuure On the STAGE
Of American Politics.

The prompt and decisive tele-
gram of Judge Parker may be crit
icised, denounced, abused, but it
changed the entire aspect of the
CANVASS and the relations of the op-
posing candidates to each other, to
the country and the contest In
one hour it made the business In
terests of the country convinced
that the election of Judge Parker
meant safety, stability, uninter-
rupted commercial progress; that
it was just as safe to elect Judge
Parker as TO re-elect Mr.. Roosevelt.
If indeed it was not safer to elect
Judge Parker. 1t would be ride
ulous now for any paper or speaker
to predict evil or harm by the cleo
ton of Judge Parker. The coun-
try knows that we can not gain con-
troll Of the Senate for four years,
and as soon as that telegram was
read the country also knew that
Judge Parker would use the power
of the executive to maintain and
conserve the stability of the cur
rency. The stupendous Importance
of this can not be overstated; today
the Democratic party stands for
safety to all Industrial enterprises,
security to all vested interests, pro-
lection to every commercial vent
ure. In one hour Judge Parker re-
versed the attitude of our organi
cation and fixed it honorably and
immovably on the firm basis ofguar-
antee Of all business.
This at once changed the relative
positions of the candidates. Be-
fore that dispatch was sent the re-
election of Mr.. Roosevelt was as
sured; when it was read to that
convention the election of Mr..
Roosevelt instantly became doubt
full; it was from that moment
doubtful contest. Before it was
sent the President was the fore
most figure in American politics
the most forceful, attractive and
hopeful figure on the stage of pol
itics. When that telegram became
public the attention of the Ameri-
can people was riveted upon this
silent man, who knew exactly when
and how and what to say; on this
forceful citizen, who laid down
nomination unless it came consist
emily with his personal honor; at
once this manly, decided. self-as-
sertive gentleman absorbed the at
tention of the country to the OBJ
scuration of the President Since
then Judge Parker fills the columns
of the journals, and he is for the
time at least the foremost figure on
the stage of American politics.
Does any one know of another in
stance where such change was eff
fected by a single utterance?
When that telegram was read the
country realized that it had found
leader of men; that here was a
candidate who belonged to no one;
needed to consult no one; who acted
on his own judgment and was
above the temptation of place and
power.-Morning Herald, July 20.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-07-27
JOSEPH wINGATE POLK.
Missouri Corruption Crusader
Chosen as Democratic Stand
ard Bearer Acceptance
Speech.

After an all night session the
Missouri Democratic State Conven-
s;oa ON Thursday sssss..; morning morning mani
mously nominated Joseph W. Folk,
Circu::.s Attorney of St. Louis, for
Governor and adopted platform
which promises vigorous and un-
relenting c-rsade against corrup-
ton and Doodle in Missouri in the
-aeA, of Democratic supremacy at
Asde. POLLS.