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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-08-15

II you can't take a month of thi
summer, tear one off the calendar am
be as happy as you can under the Gil
cumstances
The best way to catch a woman
to stand still and grab her when sh
comes around
A horse ran away with pretty Wis
consin girl A stalwart young cit
fellow who was spending his vacation
in that part of the woods, caught tn.
horse and saved the young woman.
life. In her confusion she began apo.
ogizing for the horses action. where
at be advised her that he didn't blam
the horse for running away with he
he would have done the same thin
himself | guess hes on" too. iudg
ing by the regularity with which /
goes Wisconsinward every Saturda
night.
No, dear, Joan of Arc was
Noah's wife. She was only a dista
relative on the side of the Ark.
Some men know a blamed sigl
more about the rules of baseball thu
the rules of business and the Bible.
The man who is on the level fint
smooth walking through this vale
tears.
When you give your wife enou
money to last her two months at
sea shore and tell her to come hor
when that is gone, you may expect h
back in about five weeks.
When man marries for reven,
the other male person to the airs
ment is quite liable to get the
venge.
Even an Iowa man will occasional
break a cork with his corkscre
And it always happens when the s
is at the zenith.
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maker and the two or three push car
owners within hearing. I'VE are in
very comfortable circumstances. in
deed, and have everything necessary.
But such things cost a fortune. and
when l am i'll Giuseppina gets head
strong and does not know where to
stop, and then she thinks she must be
economical. She is u very good girl.
though, very good girl. and assure
you We are in perfectly Independent
circumstances"
The candy makers eyes We're twin
Killing, but with a mistiness behind
them.
''The very use of the costly wines
prove that, sir" be said courteOuslv.
Il do not have them even when I am
i'll. But, if you'll excuse me, you inter
rupted a conversation between your
daughter and myself. l was trying to
induce her to help me in my business.
But suppose We go into the shop. We
can talk better there"
Without waiting for their consent he
crossed the sidewalk to his store, and
after little hesitation they followed
At the door he turned.
Say, you cutthroat men," he called
warningly to the push cart owners.
don't you touch thing in this young
lady's cart! If you do I'll-Tll run you
in"
You 'sposa We thiefs," called back
one of the men Indignantly. we not
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-08-15

have to make good resolutions about
economizing, so we will enjoy little
ding tonight"
The man raised his glass OF water
aud touched hers.
Here's to the hope that we will be
dining III our own home next New
Years eve" he said.
Here's to all the good things posi-
be" she said, her young eyes spar
King with enthusiasm. land here's to
the big chief. He spoke to me in the
hall today and was really quite nice
and almost like a human being. One
fOrgcts sometimes that he can possibly
have a bit Of humanity about him lie
is Us hard as nails, and his opinions are
absolute. He doesn't know it, but he
passes sentence always before he hears
our side of the case"
The man on the other side OF the
screen, almost choking with indignant
surprise and the piece of steak he had
just put into his mouth. sat suddenly
alert
Some one else in the office been get
ting into trouble?' Karl hazarded.
Nothing decided. Its the same girl
telling tales that causes it all. She will
come across the simplest kind of error
some other clerk has made, and she
never rests until she has managed to
call the big chiefs attention to it in
some way
Wants to shine by comparison, does
she? Well, the life of a government
clerk has got to be something strenu-
Gus lately"
The girl threw up her head auda-
ciously.
Il wish l could be the big chief one
day" she said, bringing her teeth to-
gether with determined little click. Il
don't know how your chief is, but the
trouble with ours and with all the rest
of them, l suppose, is that they have
never been clerk, and they can't see
from the clerks standpoint"
Karl helped her to the piece of broil-
vi chicken he knew she liked best and
laughed indulgently.
what would be your first step if
you were given full power of manage
| ment for one day."
She put two Jumps of sugar in his
coffee and pondered seriously a mo-
ment as to whether she should have
one or two Jumps in her own.
"You know there is $14O0 vacancy
| just now| she asSed meditatively
poor old Mr.. Undertake died last
week. I know his desk perfectly. l
did his work all the time he was sick;
well-Tm afraid ! should follow the
doctrine Of the egoist and give yours
truly, Margaret Clayton, $1,000 clerk,
jump to $1,400 or course, It's an
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-08-15

L,cry animal and plant has its para
site, and from this general law. it
seems, the tea plant is not exempt.
Two insects are described as spending
their lives in tea drinking. They are
the plague of the Assam tea gardens
and are known as the tea bug" and
tea mite" The mites spend their en-
tire lives on the tea plant and are new
er known to attack any other leaf.
They live in families and societies on
the upper side of the full grown leaf
and spin delicate web for shelter.
They then puncture the leaves and
pump out the liquid in the plant veins.
They seem to become dainty in their
tastes, for a sprinkling of muddy wa
ter over their floor and tea table is
the only remedy known to check their
ravages Even this is not always eff
fectual. The tea bug is still more de-
structive and is evidently possessed of
an appreciation of the best kinds of
tea, since it always attacks those of a
mild and delicate flavor.
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HE FOUND HER CART IN THE BEST PLACE.
ner, as before, with dark circles under
her eyes, but hope H. Evidently she
had come almost before il grew light
Again they tried to divert her sales
with their clamor but Intellectually.
Her position was too good and her
fruit too clean and nicely arranged and
the very appeal Of her silence too ire
sistible. But before night when not
making sales she spent most Of her
time leaning against the cart for sup
port.
The fourth day this exhaustion be-
came more apparent, so that even the
most callous Of the push cart men no.
ticed it. The animoslty in the eyes of
some of them softened a little but it
was a precedent at stake, so even
these We'd with the most brutal in their
efforts to drive the girl away. And as
the hours wore on 1t became evident
that the desire would be accomplished
The girl was very near the point OF
breaking down.
Just opposite the corner was the shop
of candy maker, much of whose time
was spent in the back part of his store
working great masses of candy dough,
at first with his hands, then by throw
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-08-15
Thrills.

A poet friend of mine wrote a poem
on the front of the only shirt he owns.
He sent it away and contrary to all
precedent, the editor accepted it. Now
my friend is confined to the house
with a bad attack of affluence until
the magazine RENTS and he can buy
another shirt
Gee, but they do build houses fast
in Chicago. In the morning, wher
you so to work they are just breaking
the ground. When you return at
night the agent is firing household
good onto the sidewalk because tn
owners haven't paid their rent.
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E1ar{ >]l|'l|'I||| 4
T4fAsr/flJ UNCLE BY
Copyright: 1907: by BYRON Williams.
Copyright: 1901: by Byron Williams.


A Message.
From afar. over hills and by quaint rural
ways.
Watts message to me of the memory
days.
Comes the scent of the rose and the rus
That grows like ribbon and mods as you.
pass.
Comes the incense of phlox and the
peony sweet,
Comes the breath of the pink on its
courier fleet
And the breeze that they ride sings a
Of memory spot, of a garden 1 know!
All. the old tansy bed. How it brings to
my mind
All the days of my youth, free from
worry and grind,
Yes, the old fashioned flowers speak of
days that are done,
OF the days when the world was but
made to be won!
snif the whorled purple-fag and the
jessamine scent!
With the breath of the zephyr their fra
GRANGE is blent-
And the odor of peoples. aroma of peas
And the hehotrope, All, these old &C.
stacies
From the garden 1 know, with it's circles
and squares.
Steals the fragrance of Home, waiting in
unawares.
Comes the thought of the one who was
queen Of the plot
Where the lilies and rosemary bordered
the spot,
Now, she stands in the door with the
woodbine above
And she smiles at me here with the old
mother love
Yes, She smiles and I know that from
somewhere on-high
She is sending a message of love from
the sky.
She is sending a message of memory days
From affair." over hills and by quaint rural
ways.
For she knows that the need of a heart,
sore with care,
Is the scent of the old-fashioned flowers
back there
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one of the men


want to harm the signorina. only she
no right with push cart. And we never
s'posa she be hungry"
As the three disappeared in the shop
this man turned to his companions
with few eager words and gesticula-
tons, and they repeated the words and
gesticulations to other cart owners
farther along who had not heard the
conversation. In a few minutes a
dozen men had left their own carts and
were crowding about that of the girl
Once inside. the candy maker mo,
toned the old man TO a chair, but wise
ly ignored the girls WEAKNESS.
"Do you know how to make coffee.
Giuseppina:' he asked briskly.
"Yes, sir" she answered wonder
ingly.
well it's just this way" he went
on. Il hate cooking and don't know
anything about it, and yet l do my
own housekeeping I've got nice
little kitchen behind the shop and
three or four rooms beyond, and sup
per's all ready except just the finish
ing. Suppose you make the coffee
while l finish rolling this candy dough
Then Wen do the talking while we
eat supper. All, well, it doesn't mat
ter" as the girl colored and looked at
him suspiciously. Il can do it after
| finish this. Only | thought you
wouldn't mind. You could do in five
minutes what my clumsy fingers would
take half an hour and it would be a
rare treat 10 have friends sit at table
with me. l get very lonesome some
times That's right" rs the girl start
ed suddenly toward the kitchen
You'll find everything nearly ready
with most of the victuals on the table
l leave them that way to save time.
Your father and l will talk till l fin
ish this. Then I'll wash the candy off
my hands and We'll eat"
1t was much longer meal than usu-
al with the candy maker and he forced
himself to eat twice his usual allow
ance in order to keep his guests at the
table. When at last they rose he was
smiling genially.
so lndtS all settled, he exclaimed
with much evident satisfaction, ad-
dressing the old man. ''Giuseppina
will start in as shopkeeper in the
morning, and you will help me with
the mixing and cutting You can make
all the lozenges. And, as l said, it
will be better for you to move right
in here with me. There is plenty of
room and it will give me Giuseppina
within call all the time. Often | have
to keep open as late as 10 o'clock.
Hello, who's thatT' at a heavy tramp
ing into the shop.
1t was the push cart men in a body,
with one of them extending a handful
of coins. 1T is the signorina's," he
said as he advanced and jingled the
rolns into the girls hand 1--WE have
Soda out all the fruit. We hard man
mebba, but all hard man have good
spot some time somewhere"
AS they tramped out again noisily
the girls lips quivered in an III re-
pressed sob
THE world is so good, so good" she
murmured
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impossibility, for | have not been in
Office very long" she sighed, ''but it's
lovely to dream about. / could marry
you by next New Years day then,
Karl" she finished with a delightful
little blush.
He leaned toward her persuasively.
Cant you make up your mind TO let
ne pay that debt for you after we are
married, Marjorie?' he urged
''No-I can't" she shook her head de
cidedly; you don't make any too much
yourself, and | never could feel right
if l hampered you With paying my col
lege bills. I would have had them
paid before now Il the little mother
had not been sick SO long and my sal
airy wouldn't cover vcrything''
She stopped suddenly and shook off
the seriousness of the conversation.
''DO you know what l would do next
by way Of managing the big chiefs of
flee for him?" she quizzei gayly. Il
would have a big locked box put in an
inconspicuous place in the hall marked
Suggestions and Complaints | would
give every clerk the privilege of drop
ping an unsigned suggestion. typewrit-
ten if they chose. into that box to bring
to my attention things that they would
like me to know"
The big chief on the other side OF the
screen allowed his mouth to drop wide
open for an instant.
Karl. On his side, chuckIed.
i+-la Iot1v- I ,o,, -a, tI,+
would need more private secretaries
and first, second and third assistants
/ than ANY man in the service of Uncla
/ Sam ever had before"
I She stuck TO her idea stoutly.
THE government clerks are getting
SO they are afraid to express an opiu-
/ ion" she argued. They are intell-
/ gent, educated men and women. Some
/ of them must have IDEAS that are worth
/ taking into consideration Ny 'sugges-
/ ton box should certainly be installed
/ the very first day held the position"
/ When they went out, the big chief
sat for Il long time with his elbows
Resin" on the table, thinking.
/ Shes Il clever little girl" he MUIR
INJURED finally. 80 | showed a touch
Of huLait.,, did I? Seemed almost
/ like human being to her. I'll start
in after the holidays and see how
/ things work if l treat them as man
to man! Almost-like-a human being.
/ Humph.'
On the "a Of January the clerks in a
certain large government building in
Washington congregated in groups dur
ing the luncheon hour.
/ L wonder how he ever came to think
Of such a thing" commented one of the
older clerks. at is so unlike him to
listen T. a suggestion. But he will
certainly get an insight into conditions
that he never could have got in any
other way"
Did you know that pretty little Miss
Clayton was promoted to S1,400?" ask
ed the other Il never in my life saw
any one so excited as she has been
today. When the circular was passed
around telling us there was to be u
suggestion box, she gigcled over it I'M
/ til she was almost hysterical When
she found she had been promoted, she
couldn't sit still another minute but
asked to be excused for the afternoon.
Two radiant young people walked
down + street, looking as if life We're
/ more than satisfactory.
Karl. dearest" she said, clutching
his arm with the nearest approach to
a hug the publicity would allow. Il
wonder how such a miracle happened"
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Uiuseppina
By OTIS E. WEST.
Copyright, 1907, by James Schneider.
BY OTIS E. WEST.
Copyright, 1907, by James Schneider.

IN Elizabeth street girls can run
a peanut rooster, sell tape and
needles and such things from &
basket or bundle upon their
shoulders, cry flowers. canvass for
anything, and even sell oranges and
nuts from a basket, but when they
step behind n push cart the complai-
sance of the street vanishes.
IT IS not that the girls are desired 10
abstain from work, for a father will sit
in his doorway and smoke while his
daughter trudges past him bent nearly
double under the burden of merchan-
disc strapped to her shoulders. and Il
husband will be equally moderate to-
ward his wife. No; Elizabeth street is
indulgent toward its women folk as
regards work, and it is an accented
condition for man to lead his monkey
and leave his wife to drag the heav~
wheel organ and to show the way with
empty hands during their frequent ter
ement Fittings. while the wife and
children follow with furniture
So that morning, when Il slip of Il
y
before her that was well stocked with
fruit and looked timidly along the
curb7 for good place to stop. the other
push cart vendors scoWlCd and nodded
meaningly among themselves. 1t was
not the competition, for she was only
one and of the backward kind that did
not grasp much trade, but it was an
infringement on custom, so they moved
their carts Il little faster or a little
slower, according to her progress.
keeping between her and the curbs
and the crossings ana other desirable
places, until at last she stopped. con
fused, at a point where it would be
impossible to obtain customers.
Few Of them had seen the girl before.
but they recognized the cart 1t had
been among them several weeks,
pushed by frail little man with white
hair. Perhaps he had sold out to this
girl, or perhaps she was his daughter
and was trying The cart for few days
to see if she would like the business.
Well, the first day would tell. If that
discouraged her, she would leave !
gill should be in the sweatshops sew
ing or selling tapes and needles Push
carts were for the men. So whenever
any one looked toward them as though
with an idea Of buying their gesticula-
tons and clamor precludeI any posi-
bility of the customer noticing the
wiStful. anxious face in the back
ground
But iastead Of being discouraged, a,
thouln the day had not brought her a
siI2,a sale, the girl was there again
tie next morning, 50 early that whe"
N22 first competitor arrived he foul
h-r cart in the best place on the ca
aar, with her standing beside it. wearr
hut hopeful
They crowded as near rs they cou.l
AID by their clamor tried to divert
trade, but with only Indifferent succe-&
This day she sold enough to make h
eyes bright and to drive away some Of
the despair which had been stealth"
INTO them.
The next morning they came earlier
bat she was already there on the cor.
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Elizabeth street girls can run
a peanut rooster. sell tape and
needles and such things from &
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-08-15
An Apprehension.

Charley" said young Mrs. Torkins,
aren't favorite sons remarkably nu-
merous In politics just nowY
Yes. What of it,"
Nothing. Only do hope 1t won't
wind up in family quarrel Wash
lngton Star.
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The Truth.

Truth is quite beyond the reach Of
satire. There is so brave a simplicity
in her that she can no more be made
ridiculous than an oak or a pine
James Russell Lowell.
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Grim Epitaph.

This grim epitaph has been j
on tombstone in cemetery in
Albany. Ind, by the mother of
subject:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-15
sTANKARD AND o'CoNNoR.
Springfield Players Who. Will B
 Sold.

Springfield, Aug 15.--George B. Dovey, principal owner of the Boston National league team, looked Tom Stankard over at close range yes day and decided that he wants to take chance with the big fellow for next season. Though no deal was closed, Manager Dan o'Neil expects that negotiations will be completed Monday and that Standard will be entitled to wear a Boston uniform next season. Mir Dovey witnessed Springheld's defeat and saw Stank- ard bang out a pair of hits.
 It also transpires that Paddy o'Con- nor, the plucky Pony catcher. is to get well-merited opportunity to show his paces in the majors. Though no deal is yet completed, arrangements are being made for the sale of o'Con- nor to the Pittsburg team of the Na- tional league. Both Stankarl and o'Connor will remain with Springfield until the close of the Connecticut league season.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-15
BRIDGEPORT A FARCE.

Holyoke, Aug 15-If Uncle Jcems O'Rourke would only SCOUT Bright wood and neighboring settlements he might be able to pick up few more youngsters like Charlie Lee and get together a team that would be worthy the name of Bridgeport. Young Lee certainly did his share in his initial opening with the Orators yesterday, but as there are only one or two of his new clubmates entitled to be rated as base ball players, his efforts didn't count for as much as they might have with different bunch. It was hardly decent practise that Holyoke acquired in the matinee jaunt with the Orators, the to 2 outcome not giving even a fair idea of the way the tribe of O'Rourkeyille was outclassed. The score R.H.E. Holyoke ..0O3 31100 s-5 s l Bridgeport Q 0 900 0 0 ? 0--2 10 l
 Batteries--Stackpole and Thackara Tacey and Beaumont
 Runs, Lepine 2, Hoffman, Tackara, Stackpole, O'Rourke, jr. Phelan; sac rifce hits. Burke, Lepine, Massey, Tacey; stolen bases, Hoffman, Lepine, Thackara, Stackpole; two base hits, Hoffman, Burke. 0Rourke, Sawyer: first base on balls, off Tacey 3, off Stackpole 1; left on bases, Holyoke $, Bridgeport 6; struck out, by Stackpole 8, by Tacey 6; hit by pitcher. Lepine, Stackpole; time, 1:35; attendance, 800; umpires, Hodge and Waller.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-15
BASE BALL NOTES.

Thursday--Norwich at Waterbury, Springfield at Hartford, New London at Holyoke, New Haven at Bridge port.
 Holyoke won't let us go higher.
 Springfield got hard blow yes terday.
 We have still four weeks in which to pull down the leaders.
 New London won her first game from Springfield yesterday, and now every team in the league has won one or more games from each other.
 Waterbury plays but one more league game this week after the one to-day. That one will take place in Norwich tomorrow. Saturday the team will go to Manchester.
 Guess the Boston Americans look pretty bad now! They are right on the heels of the Tanks, and bid fair to pass them before long. And there is just one man who deserves credit for it-Jim Mcclure. the base ball general, who has turned a joke team into a nine which has been good enough to make 1t six out of seven so far with the White Sox.
 Connie Mack's Athletics are now going finely, and it will be a pretty tough proposition for any club to try to keep them down. Bender, Dygert and Plank have been pitching puzzle pames lately. and Ruba Waddeil-- well. Rube hasn't been sold to New York yet.
 Detroit is base ball crazy, and the fans have every expectation of land ing the grand old rag. The Tigers have now fourteen more home games with eastern clubs to play.
 Keenan, or Drake. has been re- leased by New Haven. Conny Dan aher watched him in the game with Waterbury yesterday and at the close handed nm the lemon.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-15
THE WORK OF A MOTHER.
Surely Here Is a Record Worthy ef
 All Honor.

In a recent issue of New York newspaper some one, signing himself "A Son." has thought it worth while. in few brief words. to tell the most interesting story he knows. There is so much in it of interest to other mothers, we pass 1t along: My moth- CT brought up family of 13 children on q small income. She is 75 years of age, and Is sound and we'll. She has all her life done most of her own housework. The meals she cooks with her own deft hands are not only the most nutritious and the most pal atable that any of her children or her guests have eaten. but have always been the most bountiful. I estimate that, during the 67 years of her career as the head of her own commissary department this lady has put upon her table before her own family and her guests no less than 375,000 meals. I submit this as record worthy of honor"