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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-21
Brave.

Swinging in a hammock
With lovely maid.
Evening almost chilly.
Just to order made.
Who would be so silly
AS to be afraid we
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-21

Being able 10 know more than the
matter Of keeping still ana listening
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-21

High minded people don't need a bal
loon to prove it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-21

There may be more than one way of
skinning cat. but there is only one
way after the eat i skinned for it to
be dead.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-21

A dollar doesn't care who owns it;
man does
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-21

We are constantly getting pointers
from all sorts Of sources. The trouble
with them. however. is that they aren't
sharp enough to stick.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-21
Humor and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
BY DUNCAN ri. .S45TH

TT is wise to note that after expert
encing drowning the most enthuSi-
aStic swimmer no longer enjoys the
sport.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-21

Probably the reason why most of us
don't do better is simple enough. We
don't know how. but don't like to own
It,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-21

1t pays to hc honest. but sometimes
The pay is slow
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-08-31
FAMED sl:.elNe BOYS OF JENA.
ousrowth Of Age of Bacchantes or
Wandering Students.

Hundreds OF years ago the streets
OF Jena and other German towns used
to echo to the songs of black-robed
monks, who went from door to door
singing and begging aims, Their ex-
ample was followed by bands of poor
students, known as Bacchantes: These
Bacchantes wandered from one uni
Versity to another in search OF better
instruction or better SSmeans of sup
port. Such wandering life was ia
vored by the customs of times when
people thought it a virtue to give free
iy to all persons seeking help, but
especially to monks and students
The Bacchantes had with them
younger travelling scholars known as
skirmishers, who we're to receive in
struction in return for certain services.
The younger skirmisher had to wait
upon his Bacchante, beg, and even
steal for him, and for the most part
he was very tyrappically used. But
as he was a waif without other protec-
ton he had to make the best of mat
ters.
Z. After, the reformation in many
places these orphan boys, or waits,
were banded into organized choirs,
who received pay from chuI ches, but
also were assisted by private sub
scripttons. 1t was their duty to sing
not only in the churches, but before
the houses of their patrons as we'll.
Thus they ceased to be beggars. Mar
tin Luther himself as a boy had been
one of these singers, and it was large
ly due to his influence that the old
custom Of begging entirely passed
away. There Ia famous picture of
Luther as a singing boy in Eisenach
where his song attracted The attention
OF the good Frau Gotta, who adopted
and educated him.
Nowadays the old custom of the
choir boys singing FROM house to
house Is fading away. There are only
hYe other towns besides Jena In the
whole German empire where this mu-
sic can he heard. Once each year the
: singing boys go to Eigenach and sing
before the emperor In the great hall
or the historic castle of tho Wartburg,
; where the Minnesingers held their
music battles. ILL.,
There are just 20 Of the Jena sing.
Ing boys. Ave each Of the ages of -
IL, 13 and Ia years. They arc
phaPs, and the only qualifications :: :.
the privilege of four years board a"
schooling are good character, anil
to sing and obedience to the laws
the organization. one of which '"'
quires them to sing before the houe
Of their patrons.-St. Nicholas Ma,
zine.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-08-31
Teaching Girls to Ride Horses.

Almost all the little girls who are
taught to ride horses these days are
put on cross saddles. They may or
may not ride astride when they get
bigger, but they all learn that way.
1t Is a safer position in the first place
and 1t gives confidence never acquired
by a youngster in side saddle. AS a
rule the small equestrienne ia clad in
boomers and the briefest of skirts.
Often she discards the skirt when the
lessons are given in the country. The
instructor holds her pony by a lead.
Ing strap and, Of course, he rides a
horse easily able to overtake her
mount in the event of bolt. Only
for the first few lessons is the child's
belt buckled to the pommel of her
saddle. Until she acquires a Arm
seat she is kept close enough to the
instructor to be caught by him II she
starts to fall.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-08-31
UnappreeIated Sympathy.

The soda-fountain clerk was en-.
gagged in vigorously shaking up a
chocolate and egg. says a writer I'm
the Bellman, when suddenly the glass
broke in his hands, and the ensuing
deluge made him look like a human
eclair. The Mortified customer leaned
over the counter and tried to be sym.
pathetic. Not knowing exactly what
TO say, he finally blurted out, co1sol.
ingly:
"Oh.er-too bad! Did the glass
break?'
Dripping from head to foot, the
clerk looked at him witheringly.
Ibid the glass break?" he repeated.
did the glass break?" And then with
freezing sarcasm, "Oh, no, not at all!
You just happened to stop in while I
was taking my morning shower
Youths Companion.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-08-31
CLOCK FOUND VOICE
GREAT SHOCK THE CAUSE OF
REJUvENEscENcE.
Explosion Startled Timepiece to Work
iu-its Efforts unappreciated
.i5 T., by the Tired Master
Isl, OF the House.

1t is an old-fashioned, eight-day
CLOCK, and 1t stands on a shelf in the
Kitchen of the apartment, between the
dumb-waiter and the ice chest.
Unused to such humble nurvouad-
ings, for it had once graced Il gentle
mans library, the old clock has con-
slstenuy and steadfastly refused 10
recognize it's plebeian neighbors by
striking the hours. A faint click. when
the minute hand has completed its cir.
cult, is the only audible Indication Of
the flight of time.
hut last Sunday the clock lad the
most serious shock Of It's existence, a
shock that for time unbalanced its
equilibrium to such an extent that
Dut the story is progressing too ray
IDLY. The timepiece's mistress had
bought, about tr' days before. gal.
Ion of cider, del: cred to her by the
grocer in a heavy glass water bottle.
Finding after a time that the cider
was fermentirs. she took the bottle
from the Ice chest and set /; on the
window sill, where stood safely. And
now ensues tragedy,
Some time after pir" o'clock Oh Sun
day evening, the silence of the house
was broken by u report that might
have come from the heaviest of fowl
ing pieces. followed by the crash of
glass falling into the court beiow. An
excited rush by startled family. r
wh1sking on of electric lights, and
Kitchen floor deluged with hard cider.
and covered with splintered glass, was
revealed. The bottle had exploded,
breaking two empty milk bottles in its
crash, and blowing out the window
pane.
No one thought Of the old clock.
then, but later, when the kitchen floor
mad been mopped and swept, and the
excited and weary family had retired,
tue aged timepiece's shattered rerves
save way. The calm composure of
months was broken. 1t was midnight.
Click went the old clock And then,
one, two, three-on to 12 swept the
strokes. Thirteen, IA, 15-was II
never going to stop? The mistress of
the house turned wearily in he. first
sleep, and thought she was dreaming.
Half an hour later, she reused rs the
master of the house tiptoed in, sitting
irritated mirth.
! waited till the blamed thing
Struck LOOP, and then couldn't sta I'd
1T any longer. You'll find your apyon
stunned into the case tomorrow. Even
taking of the pendulum didn't do any
good" And then he turned in.
The next morning they specu;a.ed
over the breakfast toast and cofG; G as
to how many times the old clock 80 I'D
have struck had It been permitted TO
express all of its pent-up emotio :: .hut
1t has been naughty and hasn't spJi. i,
since.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-08-31
Baby Morphine Fiends

are made by I'LL soothing syrups and
baby medicines that contain opium
and narcotics. McGce's Baby Elixir
contains no injurious or narcotic
drugs Of any kind. A sure and safe
cure for disordered stomachs. bowels
and fretfulness-splendid for teeth
ing infants. Sold by Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-08-31
Teachers Must study.

The successful men Of every busi
ness are those who have been close
students. The man who Is 80 busy that
he has no time to study never gets
very high in his profession. The ex.
cuse, lack Of time, is not valid. We
All have all the time there is, and that
10 ample foriall purposes. 1t ia simply
matter Of using It properly. An
hour or more of good hard study
should be III the daily program OF
every teacher.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-08-31

would gladly he paid for o. cure by
rheumatism, yet II they only knew
it, they can be cured by q few bottles
of Ballard's Snow Lipiment, and
the price is only, 25c, 50c and $1.OO
per bottle. Sold by Elko Drug Co e..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
Congress Is Going To
 Be Kept Very LiUeD

easury department as assets. but nn-
 vailahle.s
 Some Inquiry about the extent of thes alieped assets. and the reasons why they
 / not urged In court with 8 vie~ to aening tssem into the available column, , no win progress. and resolution of 2quiry will b5 Introduced in the early
 avs after tho reconveninS of Congress, alling on the treasury for Information. \ number of especially fragrant cases are aid to have been discovered af failure O pursue defaulters and their sureties-
 Then there Is the sugar trust investiga- ton, which will be urged on every pos- sible occasion. The Hitchcock speech on Alaska and the general land office Is only a beginning in that direction. Secre- tsry Bsllinger is to be target for a good deal more oratory afte- Christmas.
 One feature of the case which Is to be made the subject of a resolution and some speech making is the charge that 8 sys- tenn of something very much like espion- age of employees is being established in the interior department. to ascertain whether any of its employees are giving information to the critice of the adminis- tration. It is believed by the responsible chiefs there that leaks exist and they are determined to close them if possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
BROWN WINDS UP COTTON
 CAMPAIGN IN NEW YORK

very low and his purchasers were large. At one time he was reported to have cornered the spet situation and said to have profited enormously through the transaction.
 MT. Brown is expected to join his comrades on the New Orleans exchange Monday. On that day the governments census bureau report on ginning will be made pubu, and he is expected to be conspicuous figure on the floor of the ex- change that day.
 It was MT. Brown who gave his name to the Brown-Hayne-Sully movement several years ago when cotton went to the highest point 1t has reached for many years Following that campaign MT. Brown bought one of tue most expen- sive pieces of property in fashionable St. Charles avenue and built a man. sion which is still poitned out as one of the principal points of interest in New Orleans.
 Mir Brown has declined to talk of his campaign and no outside estimate has been placed on the profits in which many capitalists of the south are said to share
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
BRYAN IS VISITOR
 IN CHATTANOOGA

Chattanooga, December 1s--William J. Bryan was the guest of honor at a ban quet given by the democrats of this city tonight.
 For the last 13 years the democratic party has actually dominated the pub lie affairs of this country and molded public affairs. The republican party has done nothing good that vas not outlined fin democratic platforms" said MT. Bryan.
 ..The republicans today have but one way of becoming popular and this is by initiating the democrats" concluded the speaker.
 The remarks were made after he had dv,elt at length on policies of both parties on the monetary question. anti imnerialism. the trust question. the rail- road question, and the tariff question. and he stated in each instance the re- publican party had either adopted the democratic platform into, or had inject ed the same proportion in Imitation of inc tenets of the democratic platforms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
DEAD MOTORMAE
 ON RUNAWAY GAR

East St. Louis, H., December 1s.-An uncontrolled street car bearing a dead nlotorman and dying conductor ran wild through four miles of city streets tonight. The men were shot by highwayman who escaped with a small sum from the conductor
 According to the few words spoken by N. P. O'Brien. the conductor, who is desperately wounded. the negro highway man boarded the car in the southeastern part of the city. The conductor refused to obey the highwayman's order to hold up his hands and a struggle ensued.
 E. V. Gooden, the motorman, is sup posed to have started to his companions S assistance. From the position of the bodies In the car 1t Is inferred that he was shot down while still aiding his col league.
 With the motorman dead an dthe con ductor helpless the careenins rushed through the streets. Several times as the car rounded corners without warnings from it's gong, pedestrians and vehicles were narrowly missed.
 The car kept on to the downtown ter rninal, where employees of the street car company boarded 1t and brought it to a halt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

New Orleans, December S.-Much in terest In local cotton circles in centered in the return to New Orleans tomorrow of w. P. Brown, who has figured con- spicuously during the last few months ns the leader of a clique of big south ern bulls. interested in the advance of prices in cotton futures market
 MT. Brown left in the fall for New York while other prominent operators Identified with the bull mo cement re- mained in New Orleans. While he was in New York, reports of various d>als attributed to him formed daily factors in the local future market Every day localu firms would receive private mes- sages from New York saying:
 Brown has just bought 5000 March" or Brown took on 10000 bales of May" Ultimately the cotton market went to a level above Is cents.
 The local trade geerally believes that Mir. Brown has made an immense for tune through his operations this season. He begun ito buy when the price was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
No Decision Is Given As to
 Cooks Claim of Discovery
COMMITTEE IN 4 WRANGLE
No One Knows Exactly Why the Com nittee Is Stirred Up But Some Believe That Cooks Proofs
 Are Not Good.

Copenhagen, December 1S.--(Special.) J. The governing committee of the Unlver- sity of Copenhagen today held a meet ing to consider the preliminary report of the examining committee on the re- port of Dr. Cook.
 The news of the unsatisfed attitude of the committee created a great stir in Copenhagen, people thinking that the committee had found Dr. Cook an impos- ter.
 Rector Prof. Salomsen said to the Hearst News Service correspondent:
 The committee has not yet taken any definite position as regards Cooks claims. week, perhaps a fortnight may elapse before decision is reached"
 Secretary Lonsdale knows the where abouts of Dr. Cook and has confded his knowledge to the committee which reserves for future annoupficement whether or not Dr. Cook really reached the pole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD.

1-Gigantic combine of capitol.
 First report on Dr. Cooks records.
 Pitiful plea for help in Nicaragua.
 Blizzard rages in mnay states.
 Congress will be lively.
 w P. Brown closes cotton campaign. 2-John A. Lusk will be a candidate.
 Escapes in wreck are wonderful 3-Hope to control flow by pumps.
 Old woman is seriously burned. 4-New auto record for Strang. 5-Jefferson county now averageing over
 s17O,C0o a year on road work. l.. Sevier to be made general agent
 in Birmingham.
 Heaviest snowfall in i've years visits
 Birmingham.
 Dr. w. E. Evans receives call to
 Lynchburg, Va
 Sixteen wards will be formed in the
 greater city.
 Negroes fight in Judge Forts court.
 Mercy Home issues its appeal Tor
 Christmas.
 l.. B. Evans robbed of $500 last night.
 Political web is getting tangled. 6-Automobile news. .7-Poltical web getting tangled. e-opelika is city of churches. 1a-I.ynch Is National league president. 11-Iduuor question alive in Georgia. 14-Birmingham social news. 15-Admiral Evans ff.vors the canal. 16-The Small fOOt to 1o, py rioiN p-
 Carpenter 1s-Wall street Is marking time. 19--Poltical gossip at Capital. co-Sixteen wards for Greater Birming-
 ham. 21-I eopold's body taken to palace. z-The year 1909 doubly famous. 24-Coeducation in German Empire. 25-Heart to Heart Talks. 2g-Barnaby Rudge. classic III page. 2s-Editorial comment.
 Ned Brace discusses Judge Gary's
 visit ,aA sermon or a Song, by Savoyard.
 Christian Socialism. by pr. J. C.' Hi n Hotel Clerk on Trusty. the New Santa
 Claus
 some writers and Their Books. by
 Dr. W. E. Evans. 3o-Gossipy notes from French capital. 33-Some gains made in stocks.
 New high records in wheat.
 Slight advance in cotton. 35--lsland savages have philosophy. 36--Banking trust facing the country. s7-Army maneuvers on English soil ss-People follow many odd trades. 4l-Clerks break Into highest society. 42-Abduls carpets used for gifts. 43-Who will be made Ensley alderman? 44-Mandy and the Christmas tree. A-Archbishop will help the bakers B-Cupid finds nothing doing C-Amusements. D-Dolly Dalrymple's page. E-Al Smith, the King of Sports -Four Young Folks. s G-At last Hooligan is happy H-Buster Brown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
WINNIPEG FLYER
 GOES INTO DITCH

St. Paul. December 1S.-The northbound Winnipeg flyer on the Great Northern railway went into the ditch four miles east of Monticello, Minn., at 80 o'clock tonight, while running 3 0miles an hour. Foreman Robertson was crushed beneath an engine and killed No passengers are reported hurt The cause of the wreck was a split rail.
 The flyer was drawn by two engines. the first of which went over the broken track. The second engine went into the ditch, dragging three cars The foremost engine went on to Monticello and brought back two box cars and two doctors The passengers were taken to nearby farm houses.
 The express car was burned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
State Officials EnIolned.

Muskogee Okla. December 1S.-ln tho United States circuit court today several state officials were temporarily enjolned from seizing and connscating liquor be- ing transported into Oklahoma by the Missouri. Kansas and Texas railroad The court held that seizure of interstate shipments is in violation of the federal constitution. December 22 was get f hearing an application for permane injunction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
Preliminary Report Received.

Copenhagen, December 1S.--The consis- tory of the University of Copenhagen at secret session today received pre- liminary report covering the first stage of the work of the committee which Is examining the north polar records of Dr. Frederick A. Cook. An excited dis cussion followed. The committee has not completed it's investigation.
 The report was presented by Rector Torp, but its nature was carefully guard ed from other than members Of the con- sistory. The latter are pledged to sec. recy. It vne admitted, however, that the work thus far accomplished pro- voked an animated debate among the university officials.
 To the newspaper men Rector Torp said.
 The committees work is not yet finished. I cannot tell how long 1t will continue, but I hope that the result can be made public before New Years. Both of the members of the consisvory and the examining committee have been for- bidden sctrictly to make public anything whatever regarding what has been ac- complshed thus far by the investiga- tors"
 The Copenhagen papers up to the Eres- ent have been wholly friendly to Dr. Cook but it is learned that some of the leading dailies tomorrow will print afii- cles throwing doubt of Cooks trust worthiness.
 They will point out that the Danish people regarded Cook in the light of 9 national hero, and hope still that he is an honest man. The slightest evidence that this Is true, the papers say, will oppress all Danes with grief
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

Washington, De The democrats in publican insni se-A
 formally couss4rlnt sa5sz sf programme, at i4e
 be printed the mo g.4 sa going on all the tf 1#e ing a real, animat su M some live topic SD oe af general debate
 MT. Hitchcock TIE { lJ speech demanding an investigation of the interior department, set the pace, and there is now an eftort to enlist the orators and make sure that no days sun shall set without somebody having aired some really vigorous views about some aspect of the administration of national affairs
 One topic which has been named as like ly to be the subject of a resolution and speech or two Is the failure of the gov ernment to conduct prosecutions and re- cover moneys lost by defalcations of gov ernment officials. It IS charged that sew eral millions of dollars representing claims against defaulteds and their bondsmen are carried on the books of tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
Eiue.Year Sentence.

Greensboro N. C., December 1s.-Hiram E,ll,ott was today found guilty of man slaughter and sentenced to five years in the penitentiarf for the killing of simp- son Coble, whose father Daniel Coble. indicted jointly with Elliott andt ried at Inc same time, was found not guilty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
pr. Cook Cannot Be Found.

New York, December 1S.-Efforts to To- cate Dr. Frederick A Cook renewed to- day, were fruitless in developing any trace of the explorer. Ills former counsel, H. Wellington Wack, declared he had neither seen nor heard anything of Dr. : Cook since November P.
 pr. Cooks close friends said tonight that the doctor previous to dispatching his polar data to the University of Co., penhagen, had written to Rector Torp, informing him that in event Of an ad- verse decision, he, Dr. Cook, would not appeal fro mthe finding of the consistory. His instruments and three documents in- portant to his case, Dr. Cook pointed out in his letter, are still at Etah. and he thought it possible that in view of the fact that all the evidence was not in. the university might find scotch verdict of mot proven
 In such event, the doctor wrote he would fit out an expedition to go to Green ,and next summer and bring his com nIete records and his instruments back with him. If the verdict of the consist orv ia hostile however. the expedition will not be attempted.
 If the consistory finds in his favor, pr. Cook will further submit his data. his friends add, to the authorities Of Geneva and Brussels, both of which cities have asked for an opportunity to ex-
 
 The records might similarly go to Lon don, though on that point Dr. Cooks friends say, the doctor was less positive as he had never received an invitation to submit them from the Royal Geograpn- ical society, the body which, in all proo- ability. would assume the task or pass ing on them.
 Funds for the expedition to Greenland should 1t be decided to make one' nave already been pledged by two friends or pr Cook, who still believe In him. ana John Hayes Hammond has offered the use of his yacht.
 There was a further rumor tonight, well substantiated but impossible of posi- five verihcation, that Dr. Cook Is now within s6 hours journey of Copenhagen, ready to appear personally before the University of Copenhagen, if his pres ence is desired. Tho doctor has so writ fen Rector Torp, his friends assert.
 Tt a banquet given in honor of Lieu tenant Peary by a Creek Letter fraternity tonight the explorer made no comment on the news from Copenhagen. A stuffed specimen of the Peary muskox,N the most northernly of known animals, wa -N7"'+'' the trophies with which thes
 decorated. sNs
 The fraternity gay
 some silver lovin