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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
PRETTY SMART DOG.
That Is, II He Did What His Owner
Claimed for Him, and No
Mistake.

You can talk about intelligent ami
mails" said Hon. j. Cheerful Layer, of
Punto Perdido county, although the
conversation had never touched upon
anything less than man, relates the New
Orleans Times-Democrat, but my dog
Mex was probably the most sagacious
brute that ever caused human being
to grow doubts regarding his superior
ity. Mex was halfwolf, and very foxy.
| bought him from the same Mexican
who was hanged three times without
success owing to the extraordinary con-
formation of the Adams apple in his
throat, which he could initiate when the
rope was placed around it and reduce
when the drop occurred, at which time
he would be dangling by the chin instead
of the backbone. A more beautiful
creature than Mex mean the dog
could scarcely be imagined His tail,
for instance, was three feet long, and
bushier than that of a Stalled pony
And, as I've stated, he had more sense
than any justice of the peace.
Volume after volume would not be
equal to complete the biography of the
dog. l shall content myself with relat-
ing single, absolutely unvarnished an
ecdote of MeX's puppyhood. Understand
this occurrence took place between the
third and fifth month of his existence.
When l had first adopted him I al
lowed Mex to sleep on my bed But he
grew rapidly, and | had 10 desire to spoil
him, and so consigned him to a mat on
the floor
'"The softness of my couch suited him
better, however, and | was obliged to
chastise him to keep him from it. Yet,
when l came home next night l found
warm place, slightly hollow, on the
blanket, while Mex, from his mat under
the bed, greeted me by pounding the
floor with his tail in suspiciously en-
thusiastic manner. Wherefore l
whipped him again, soundly.
From that time on, to my great salts
faction, my bed did not show any further
signs of canine occupancy. Ny conf
dence in Mexs honesty grew to beauti-
full proportions until
Zone night l came home Is minutes
earlier than my usual hour, which was
half-past II. AS it had been raining,
and my boots were muddy. took them
of at the outer door, entered the house
on my stocking feet, opened the door of
my room, and found:
Mex standing on my bed, smoothing
out the hollow and wrinkles of the blan-
ket, where he had been reclining, with
all four of his paws-Gt was a regular
treaGmill effectD -and at the same time
tanning the place still warm from the
contact of his body with his great bushy
tail so as to cool it off against his mas
ter's arrivalI'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
THE PARTISAN WASHER WOMAN
From Her Chic and Gay Appearance
No One Would Associate
Her with Suds.

Among the working classes in Paris
there is no more coquettish member than
the jaunty little washerwoman, the
"blanchisseuse Persistence" says a
Paris correspondence of the New York
World. She carries her basket on her
arm or her bundle swung over her Shout
der in the ARREST way as she trips along,
and to see her one would never associ-
ate her with soap and suds. She is al
ways fair-headed, but with her hair
done up and befrizzled in the most be-
witching modish fashion, and nearly
always she wears smart" cheap lit
tie costume in good taste and very be-
coming. with ribbon or a bit of tulle
stuck somewhere as a finishing attrac-
ton.
She may wash out or burn out ones
clothes in trice, but she is the ARREST,
most obliging little person in her talk
imaginable. She knows how to explain
away all missing articles or to account
in the most plausible, polite fashion for
ones not having received clothes on the
day asked for.
In the ironing room she looks as fresh
as rose. She bends over the ironing
board with a little song on her lips.
and keeps half an eye on the street door
for passing Irritation. In the window
there is always bouquet of flowers, and
frequently a sleek cat curled up. On
the wall hangs some very gay little il
Illustrated calendar. Sometimes plas-
ter Punchinello sits upon the shelf
Very often a canary hangs in the front
shop window and chirps while the lit
tie washerwoman sings to the brisk
movement of her iron.
1t is easy enough to associate the Par
lsian washerwoman with a romance
There is no hint of soapy red elbows
about her. The washing all appears to
be done sub rosa, and she looks as if she
were always on dress parade. In fact,
there is no end of small Paris amourets
In which the washerwoman plays one
OF the principal parts. In the Latin
quarter it frequently happens that a
passerby in the street sees a student of
the Sorbonne flirting over his linen with
the washer of it in the little laundries
that abound in the quarter.
AS a rule the blanchisseuse does not
envy the sewing girl her lot She is
much more care free, sings more, and
has greater number of opportunities
to trot the street basket on arm, flinging
bright, malicious glances or bons mots
at her male acquaintances as she trips
along in her high-heeled Shoes The
Partisan washerwoman is one of the dis
tinctive types of the city, understanding
perfectly what it is to be Chic" and
gay on few sous
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
ANCIENT GERMANIc SUN CHARIOT.

dred of the Germanic, Celtic, or Gothic
stock. The line Of their tribal connec-
tions can be traced from southeastern
Europe and Asia Minor up to the High
North. 1t is recorded also that since
olden times there was a sacred road"
or trade route, from northern Scythian
region down to the Adriatic gulf, on
which road amber was carried from
the Baltic and the German ocean to the
south. All this might make US ask
whether there has been, perhaps, some
early artistic intercourse even between
the south and the north.
On the other handJ the place where
this sun-chariot was embedded seems to
point to time when-at least, SO far as
we know-there was not yet any such
communication. Herodotus, in the fifth
century before our era, would not even
believe in the existence of a sea in the
north. He was not aware of the Ballic.
Pytheas, the Hellenic mathematician
and astronomer, who went from Massilia
(Marseilles) to Britain, through the
German ocean, into the Baltic, where he
found Teutons and Goths, and then up,
in all probability, to Shetland and ti-o
OLAneys, if not even near Iceland, was
the first Greek who saw those northern
seas in the third century before our era.
DR.. Sophus Muller believes that the
work discovered in the Trundholm moor
had probably been made in the coun-
"a l,
rate, in that region where there was
once a population of the same common
culture and mode of life-namely, in
southern Scandinavia and in the most
northern German lands" For my
part, | am prepared to show that the
beautiful Hellenic myth of the Helliades,
or Sun-Daughers-who when weeping
for the death of their brother, Phaethon,
were changed into trees, their tears be-
coming amber-is evidently tale orig
inally brought southwark from the
north in the course Of trade.
The Radanos, or Eridanos river, at
which the Greek myth was localized,
was already declared by Pliny to be
quite at variance with geography and
with the places where amber is really
found. But there was river Radan, a
continent of the Vistula, near the Baltic,
from which the Greeks obtained amber.
Now, this Radan was, as usual, provided
with the Hellenic ending los" and after
wards enormously mixed up with the
Eridanos, or Pc.
Sun-worship, as Pytheas already
stated, existed in the north. 1t was a
cult widely prevailing among the Ger
manic race-even more so than in the
south; for in the north the sun is es-
sentially a beneficent star; while in the
south 1t is often bringer of death, Of
plague, and Of agricultural distress. In
the Edda we repeatedly meet with a
sun-chariot, nay, even a Sun-Daughter.
In the old German poetry, tales, and
folklore there is an overwhelming m ass
of evidence for the same cult. The pas
sages in the poetical and the prose Edda,
or Morse scripture, amply testify to a
belief in sun drawn by a steed.
,..l KARL BLIND.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
FUN IN SKI SPORTS
They Furnish Winters Amusements
in North of Europe Countries.
Some Wonderful Records mt Running
and Jumping in Norway - Their
Introduction Into Switzerland
. and Use in the Alps.

Ski sports are familiar in nearly all
rather than decrease in popularity in
most of them. This is especially true Of
the nations bordering the northern
shores Of the Baltic sea.
The earliest mention of skis is in the
works of Strabo. The earliest picture
of skis is in book by Norseman of the
sixteenth century. In those days, how
ever, ski-running was only an adjunct to
other sports, and not sport in itself.
The early Norsemen put on their skis
to go hunting in winter just as in sum-
mer they put on their boots; and it was
only towards the end of the nineteenth
century that separate ski sports came
into existence They were practiced in
crude form by the villagers of Tele-
marker; but their introduction to more
civilized circles is due to DR.. Nansen.
He saw the Telemarken lads disporting
themselves on skis, and he took lessons
from them. In particular they taught
him to jump on skis. The new amuse-
ment became popular in Christiania, and,
in due course, competitions were organ
lied The first competitions were rath-
er 'hole-and-corner" affair, and took
place at Telemarken. Afterwards they
were transferred to Holmenkollen,
where they assumed such importance
that the meeting is sometimes spoken Of
as the Norwegian Derby" 1t is three
days meeting, and two of the days are
devoted to steeple-chasing on skis. The
third is given up to the famous sport Of
ski-jumping. The competitors come
skidding down snow-slope until they
reach cliff about IL feet in perpendicu-
lar altitude. This is the taking-off place,
and they see how far they can jump from
it. The taking-off place is artifcially
constructed by banking up the snow, and
below it the snow-slope continues as be-
fore. The distances jumped by the best
men are prodigious, the record being
something like 100 feet.
Ski-jumping in Norway, however, is
an old story. Another, AID a better,
story is the introducticn of skis into
Switzerland. 1t came about because
Herr Zdarsky, of Austria, went to live
on an estate at Lilienfeld where the
winters were severe and the snowfall
was heavy. Remembering to have heard
OF skis, he decided to import pair 1t
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
ANCIENT SUN CHARIOT
An Odd Discovery in the Danish Is
land of Seeland.
1t Is Some Three Thousand Years Old
and Recalls the Sun-wOrship
Once Dinused Among the
Germanic Race

In peat moor of Trundholm, in the
Danish island of Seeland, remarkable
discovery has been made in connection
with that sun-worship which once was
widely diffused among the whole Ger
manic race-Teutons, hence, also Anglo
Saxons, Danes, Swedes and Norwegians.
Six inches under the decayed vegetable
growth was found bronze sun-chariot,
partly broken, which represents the disc
of the heavenly orb, drawn on three
pairs of wheels by horse. This hieratic
object was unearthed near Nykjobing,
where, according to the distinguished
archaeologist and director of the
National Museum at Copenhagen. DR..
Sophus Muller, many objects of a SIM
liar style have been discovered be-
fore.
Danish writer's conclude that this sun
chariot must be about 5000 years old.
Yet it is of no mean artistic merit. The
sun-disc is covered with circular and
spiral ornamentation, different on its
two sides. The design was evidently
first worked in with graver; and then
thin plate of gold was pressed in. The
horse, rather archaically shaped, was
connected with the disc by loopholes on
his neck for slipping reins through. His
tail was not docked; for the animal, cast
hollow, shows an opening at the tail
where OF old probably horsehair ap-
pendage was put in.
The elaborate involutions in the de-
signs on the sun-disc remind us to some
extent of the ornamentation found at
Mykene, Tiryns and Troy. These were,
In most ancient times, not Hellenic, but
Thrakian (Thracian) settlements and
strongholds. Now, the Thrakians-red
or golden haired, tall, martial, musical,
much addicted to the cup, as they are de"
scribed by classic writers-were kim
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04

Is not very easy to learn to manage
them without assistance, but Herr
Zdarsky managed to learn. He not only
mastered them, but he invented i'm
provements. After many experiments,
the Lilienfeld ski was evolved. 1t is
more convenient than the NorWegiap
ski for many reasons, but chiefly be-
cause you can wear it with any kind Of
footgear, including the heavy hob
nailed boots used by mountaineers.
Having thus perfected his skis, Herr
Zdarsky taught his visitors how to use
them. 1t was gradually recognized that
they afforded a novel and agreeable
means of getting about in the winter
snow, and they were taken up by climb
ers. Herr Paulcke succeeded in crossing
the Bernese Oberland on skis: Sir Ar
thur Conan Doyle made considerable
expedition on them. They are now
ordinarily used by mountaineers in
winter
There has been talk of late of the in
PRODUCTION of the sport into the British
Isles 1t is of course only in a limited
portion of the British Isles that it is
feasible in such mild winters as have
fallen to them Of late. The fact. how
ever. has not prevented the formation
of Ski Club Of Great Britain. or the
successful pursuit of the pastime by
keen enthusiasts. 1t he's been pursued
in particular, in the district south Of
Loeb Ness. There is a range of hills
there about 1000 feet high. and in 1900
the skiing was excellent and lasted I'M
til the end of April.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04

women, as find it insures regular and
painless menstruation cures leucorrhea
and ovarian troubles, and builds up the
entire system. l also consider it one of
the finest catarrh remedies l know of. -"
M. q. Gee, M. D.
Catarrh is systemic disease durable
only by systemic treatment. A remedy
that cures catarrh must aim directly at
the depressed nerve centers. This is
what Peruna does.
Peruna Immediately invigorates the
nerve-centers which give vitality to the
mucous membranes. Then catarrh dis
appears. Then catarrh is permanently
cured.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04

He-Do you think my mustache becom-
ing?
She (meditatively) -Well, it may be en-
ing, but it hasn't come yet.-Stray Stories.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
MESSAGES AT HIGH SPEED.
Inventor of WuliipleX System Deyises
an Instrument Sixty Times as Rapid
as Ordinary TeIe2raphy.


az Ordinary TeIeGraphy.
Telegraph messages can be sent
and received at a rate of from 1000
to 5000 words a minute \ newspa-
per representative recently saw and
heard a message transmitted and de.
livered at THESE speeds. In the
transmission of messages press wires
can, by the use of the shortest code,
with the most expert operators, car
ry only an average of $500 words an
hour. The record is $500 at present.
The inventor, p. II. Delaney, who
devised the multipleX system, has
been working on his device for ten
years in South Orange. Stripped of
all technicality, the new automatic
telegraph system may be described as
follows:
A typewriter keyboard, when ma.
nipulated, causes two rows of perfor-
atoms to be made upon a narrow
tape of paper which unwinds itself
automatically over the type faces and
rewinds after being perforated.
This contains the message in a
Morse cipher, the dots being read
when two holes are at close angle
or nearly in perpendicular alignment
and the dashes when the angle is
greater. This tape, reeled as it is
finished, is put upon the transmitter
which sends the same dashes and dots
to the receiving Office.
The perforator is an adjunct of the
keyboard and is controlled by a pow.
erful and very rapid electric motor
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
The Making of Them,

1.-THE rising young actor reminds me
of a persimmon," observed the hash-fed
philosopher.
Come on with the diagram" said the
landlady, as she poured another quart
Of hot water into the coffee pot.
zone or two hard frosts are the maxi
ing of him." answered the wise one
Kennebec Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04

Still another Los Angeles man has
fallen from a high building without
suffering serious jnjury. Isn't it about
time to advertise the advantages OF
our fine pneumatic atmosphere? pc
marks the Los Angeles Express.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04

81 don't understand what ails all the
men," said Miss Elderly New Years
morning.
when was coming to town this
morning two men climbed telegraph
poles and one nearly killed himself
jumping a fence"
"Why, don't you know, it's leap
year!" replied Miss Pert.--Houston
Post
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
Are You Going to FIorida3

Winter Tourist Tickets are now on sale
via Queen q Crescent Route, Southern
Railway, and connecting lines to points,
South, Southeast and Southwest, good re,
turning until May 81, 1904
Tickets can be purchased going to Flor
ida via Loo kout Mountain and Atlanta, and
returning via Asheville and the Land of the
Sky, giving variable route. For informa-
ton address, w. c. Rinearson, G. P. A,
Cincinnati, o.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
MEDICAL EXAMINER
"
OF the United States Treasury Recommends
Pe=ru=na.
Other Prominent Physicians Use
and Endorse Pe-ru-na.
NR. LLEWELLYN Jordan, Medical

nR. LLEWELLYN Jordan, Medical
- Examiner of the U. S. Treasury
Department, graduate of Columbia Col
lege, and who served three years at West
Point, has the following tosay of Peruna:
"AHow me TO express my graft
tude TO you for the benefit derived
from your wonderful remedy.
One short month has brought
forth a vast change and / now
consider myself a well man after
months of suffering. Fellow suf-
fererS, Peruna will cure you"
A constantly increasing number of
physicians prescribe Peruna in their
practice. 1t has proven its merits SO
thoroughly that even the doctors have
overcome their prejudice against So
called patent medicines and recommend
it to their patients.
Peruna occupies a unique position in
medical science. 1t is the only internal
systemic catarrh remedy known to the
medical profession to-day. Catarrh, us
everyone will admit, is the cause of one
half the disease which afflicts mankind.
Catarrh and catarrhal diseases afflict
one-half of the people of United States.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
May Come to Ii.

raris now eats 10000 horses a year
and as we have learned from it tc
consume snails and frogs legs, it fol
lows, remarks the Philadelphia In.
quirer, that we shall still have use foI
our horses when automobiles become
universal
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-03
STOCKS TOUCHED
NEW n ) Y HIGH MARKS
YEARS RECORDS PASSED TODAY
BY SEVERAL ON LIST.
United States Steel Preferred Reached
955s, and Lackawanna 343-General
Tendency Of the Market Was Upward
st. Paul Closed Below Last Nights
Figure.

New York. Dec. 3.-The stock market opened
active and higher today. -Four thousand shares
of Amalgamated Copper sold at an advance of
Us, and 2, 800 shares of Baltimore &, Ohio at
an advance Of ". Missouri Pacific and Metro
politan Street Railway rose large fractions.
Louisville & Nashville opened up u and then re-
acted H. Hide and Leather preferred and
Federal Mining preferred made gains Of ~.
The weight Of realizing sales In Amalgamated
Copper, which carried it back to near yesterdays
closing, checked the rise temporarily, but after
the market had assimilated these offerings the
advance was continued Heavy purchases Of
Ontario & Western impaired tone to the deal
ings and there was keen demand for a variety
Of other stocks The western stocks did not
show much improvement, but the southern and
eastern groups absorbed at considerably
higher prices. u
There was some hesita ton In the price move
ment, but some stocks touched new high records
for the year. United States Steel preferred
sold at 95B. and Lackawanna touched 343.
Louisville & Nashville became somewhat erratic.
There were gains of point in New York Cen
trail, Delaware g. Hudson, Erie second preferred,
Tennessee Coal Hooking Valley and Railroad
Securities. Rock Island preferred rose 1M, Pitts
burg Cincinnati, Chicago & st. Louis 21a and
Rutland preferred IN. Losses of 1 to liz
were noted by Northwestern, Paper preferred,
Virginia Iron and the United Railway Investment
stocks. s-' T. ~ - . - III.
After the bank statement some stocks were
few stocks got below last night, notably st.
| Paul and Louisville & Nashville. The closing
was active and irregular.
| Stock quotations reported for The journal by
| Watson & Co., brokers, Chamber Of Commerce,
Minneapolis ."F
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-03
TOO MUCH UGLY FURNITURE
Parson Wagner Makes Telling Point
Against One American Evil.

Su4CdRO OOuTudl. B..
Parson Wagner, who has come to tell
US that we ought to lead simpler lives,
is fighting losing battle, because he
is combating human appetites, which
grow by what they feed on and become
stronger in proportion as civilization
finds new means to pamper to them.
1t may be desirable, but it is useless to
tell us that he should be better off if
we preferred mutton and turnips to
French sauces and foie gras with truf-
fes, and if we drank spring water. in
stead OF Chateau Yquem and cham
payne.
But there is one piece Of advice he
gives US that there is a chance we may
heed, because the practice against
which he protests gratifes no human
desire and is obviously wasteful and
absurd. This is. his advice not to throw
money away on superfuities Of furni-
ture.
One does not realize what an excess
OF furniture the average American
home contains until he. looks aroun d
with the idea in his mind.
Much Of it is absolutely useless. al
ways ugly and often in shockingly bad
taste. Especially is this true Of the
furniture found in the homes Of peo-
pie Of moderate means, bought cheap,
and precisely the same in all of hun
dred thousand houses.
The result is that the average inte-
rlor is not only an eyesore to persons
of cultivated taste, but is so crowded
and Uttered up with veneered mons
trosities that it is exasperatingly diff
cult to navigate. It third of it had