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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-15
Look Out for Fly Poison.

Whatever the annoyance of flies in
the house, do not use fly poison. This
is sold under the deceptive name of
Cobalt" to be mixed with sweeten-
ed water and set about the rooms to
attract the flies. 1t kills the flies
but it kills children also. We have
known of TWO distressing deaths from
this cause, and it should be generally
known, that the powder sold under,
that name is not cobalt at all, but is
really metallic arsenic. and a most
deadly poison. There should be
severe penalty for selling this most
destructive agent under the false
name of cobalt" Do not use it.
either as cobalt" or in the shape
of "f1y-paper." A dark paper is sold
labeled, "fy. paper" with directions
to put piece in a plate and keep it
moist. This paper is impregnated
with the same deadly arsenic. In
Europe a still more dangerous fly
paper is sold, which has been soaked
in the deadly cyanide of potassium.
Avoid them all. The sticky fly
paper, which the makers call "Catch
'em Alive Oh !" is any common pa
per upon which is spread thick
Yarnish made by melting together
rosin and linceed oil it is not dan
gerOus, and acts only mechanically,
by cruelty holding the insects fast
until they die. Quassia is stated to
be poisonous to flies /; we have not
had occasion to try it, but have no
doubt of its efficacy. A strong tea
made of this, sweetened with mo-
lasses. may be exposed in plates with.
out fear of danger. 1t is said that
strong tea, we'll sweetened, acts as a
poison to flies. With regard to the
destruction of the mosquitoes that may
enter the house, we should be dis
posed to make trial of the Persian
insect powder, pyrethrum. A small
quantity of this burned in the closed
bedroom, has been found to destroy
every mosquito. In France, psstilles
made of this powder are used for this
purpose. The same end may be &C.
complished by sprinkling some of the
powder upon the live Goals, on a
shovel or in any safe vessel. The
powder is perfectly harmless to all
but insect Eastern AgricvIt,trist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-15
Church Services--Sunday.

NJ. E. Church-Reception of MEM
bers on probation into full connec-
ton, at 104 A. M, followed by COM
muniOn service. Preaching at 8 p.
NJ. by Rev. S. E. Jones.
Lutheran Church-Preaching at IL
O'Clock A. M, by Rev. VIM. Stouden-
mire.
Memorial Church-Preaching at 8
o'clock p. NJ, by Rev. J. S. Lefever.
Preaching at Deer Park at 8 p. M,
by Rev. VIM. StoudeDmire.
st. Peters, Catholic Preaching
every Sunday at lot o'clock a. m,
except the second Sunday OF each
month. ..
Sunday School at the Lutheran
and M. E. Churches promptly at 8
A. M. Also, services Wednesday
evenings in the same churches at 8.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-15
Real Estate Transfers.

The following is list of real estate
transfers filed for record in the Office
of w. H. Tower. Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Garrett county, for the
week ending July II:
James l., Harvey, to Josephus
Harvey, 70 acres of land more or less
in county 500.
Joseph Il. Anderson, to ChaS. r..
West, IA acres of land $40.
John Bradley. to Martha DcIaw-
der, lot No. 2 in Wilson's addition to
Oakland; SIS and other considera-
tons.
Solomon Armstrong, to John Bren-
nenan. Military lots Nos. 236 and
1868 1850.
Gilmore s. Hamill, Trustee, to d.
E. Offutt, tract of land called "Cran-
berry Glade, 1854 acres; $4,000.
Samuel Johnson and others to ia.
cob Baker aud others, military lot
No. 6O4; $3.50.
q. s. Hamill, Trustee, to Anthony
Shaffer, lots No. Is, So, 81 and 68 in
Brants addition to Oakland. 1905
A. Bong and wife to Noah Broad
water, lot in Grantsville $500.
DougaId McLane and others to
Adam Sell, lots Nos. and IA in
square No. 2 in McHenry $50.
Dougald McLane and others to Su.
san Spetht, lots Nos. 2 and IL in
square No. lin McHenry ; $50.
Wilson Proctor and others to G..
Adolphus HOye, lots Nos. 40 and so
in Wilson's addition to Oakland $2l8.
Wilson Proctor and wife to Z. J.
FriDger, lot No. 101 in Wilson'S lst
addition to Oakland ; $3.50.
Albert Welch and wife to Dyson
Welch, 129 acres and las perches OF
land 5000.
J. ii. Gordon wife and others, to
Anna E. Veitch and others, acre OF
land in Oakland ; $500.
Helen S. and H. w. Hesen, to
Teresa Smithman, lot in the town OF
Oakland $500.
Fl. p. Tasker and wife to Mary
Waltz, their interest in lot No. 10 in
Brants addition to Oakland f.; So.
Hannah Crow, to Francis T. Grow,
part of a tract of land called Johns
Prospect" 711.10 acres Isl and other
considerations,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-15

The coal oil interest in this country
is only about twenty years old, and
yet it is one of the most important
vocations that are presented in our
statistical returns. There is not, prob
ably, any other interest that has
brought as large profit in proper
ton to the amount of expenditure.
The yield of oil wells, chiefly in
Pennsylvania, last year was $780,
600 barrels, and the exports were
valued at $4O,3l5,OOO The impor-
lance of these figures may be estima-
ted when IL is remembered that
twenty years ago we exported no
coal oil at all. 1t Is a new and clear
addition to the list of our products.
It is said that the oil wells have adj
ded 81 500, 900, 900, to the stock Of the
country's wealth,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-15
Gar rett County Strawberries.

Mr.. Eli M. Miller, residing near
Grantsyille. this county, has just
gathered the finest crop of strawber-
les eyer raised in this part of the
county. He gathered from an acre
from $50 to 400 gallons, and realized
from l6 to IS cents per quart. These
were very large berries some weigh
ing II ounces. and measuring 7 inches
in circumference. Mr.. Miller is evil
IDENTIFY a wide awake man and knows
how to cultivate Strawberries.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-15
ALTAMoNT. July 10th, 1882.

Ed. REPUBLICAN:-My attention
has been called to a communication
in your paper of the 9Th instant, in
which the writer unnecessarily drags
my name before the public, in a
quarrel that he has forced upon one
Of our Oldest and most respected citl-
zens. 1t is true that / haye held
several important trusts during my
life. and l am not ashamed of the
record. In the year 1866 l served as
one of the assessors of the territory
now embraced in the limits of Gar
rett county, and after the assessment
was made was selected to hear the
appeals and make out the books to 60
before the Legislature for approval.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-15
Fatal Accident.

Tuesday afternood John Stahl,
travelling agent for j. H. Miller, a
patent medicine dealer of Somerset,
Pa, was driving along the road near
Addison, Pa, and did not notice a
party of men telling trees and they
did not see him. He passed an inn
mense tree just as it fell and was
caught by it, the spreading branches
completely covering the horse and
buggy. The choppers fastened to
the spot to find Stahl dead, the horse
dying and the buggy demolished.
Stahl was between IS and 20 years of
age.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-15
DemOcmtic Misrule.
SAMUEL w. FRIEND

Ouy ctiS AOOS'
EDITOR REPUBLICAN when /
penned the communication for the
REPUBLICAN of June 21st, 1 did so
with the hope of eliciting a respose
from the agglOmeration of wisdom
by which we were represented at the
State capitol last winter, which would
shed the much needed light on the
whereabouts of the boundaries of the
new districts.
The law creating those districts
imposes certain duties on the officers
of registration which they cannot
perform unless they know the district
boundaries and these, it seems, are
among the things which are past
Ending out.
But probably unexpected too much
OF our representatives. considering
the circumstances.
They were probably too much
elated by their accession to Office, and
too intent on legisIating, purely and
solely. for the Democrats of the coun.
ty to devote sufficient attention to
even their partisan intentions tn
makethem ineligible.
Thee was not bill introduced by
Democrat from this county during
the whole of the late session that can
be regarded as, in any sense, intended
to benefit the people in common of
the county. II was simply a pro.
tracted and agOniZed effort to legislate
for a political party. to create un-
necessary Offices to be filled by the
members of that party; to increase
the salaries of those particular offices
which are held by the adherents of
that party; and to gerrymander the
county in the interests of that i'm
maculate Democratic party.
In my former letter 1 omitted to
notice the law increasing the pay of
the crier of the Circuit Court. he be
ing, of course, a Democrat.
Instead of the several separate bills
passed at the late session, our repre-.
sentatives might have made their
purpose more clear, and thereby
gained greater honor from their par
ty, if they had included the whole
winters work in single chapter, to
read something like this:
WHEREAS, The Democrats of Gar
rett county have hard time holding
out against the Republican majority
in said county, and
WHEREAS, The erection of new
election districts will necessitate adj
ditional Democratic offices, and
WHEREAS, The Sheriff ofsaid coun-
ty and the Crier of the Circuit Court
for said county are happily Demo
Gratis, and
WHEREAS, A large majority of the
grog-shops in said county are owned
and conducted by Democrats. and
WHEREAS, The license law OF said
county imposes tax of $50. or up.
wards on every such keeper of grog.
shop, to be applied to the cause Of
education, and
WHEREAS, Democrats like grog-
shops better than school-houses, and
WHEREAS, The more grog-shops
there are, the more Democratic voters
there will be, therefore
Be IL enacted By the General Assem-.
bly, Of Maryland, That election dis
triets numbers one, four, seven and
eight be. and the same are divided sc
as TO form two new election districts
for the purpose ofgiving offices to tive
additional Democrats in said county
SECTION 2. And be 1t enacted, Tha
the voting places in districts Nos
one, ten and eight, shall be establish
ed in the midst of the largest Demo
cratic neighborhood; the voters II
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-15
Picnic.

There will be basket picnic at
Pine Grove, near Sand Flat, on July
I'D, 1882. The usual amusements
will be the order of the day. Plenty
OF refreshments to be had on the
grounds. Committee-A.C C. Brown
ing, s. w. Friend, Jr., and E. B.
Henry.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-15
Battle of TOtten Heights.

The long talked of skirmish, with
real "ball cartridges" came off on
Saturday evening, and, contrary to
the prediction of the quid n,1cs.
no one was hurt, and no accident
happened. The view from the town
was very fine, the long arrayed line
of targets and flags which skirted the
brow of the hill extended for nearly
quarter of mile, and looked like 80
many ghosts in their white and black
paintings. The targets were six feet
high, by eighteen inches in width,
and placed upon the crest of the hill,
at intervals of five yards, each man
was allotted ten rounds of ball cart
ridges, which made twenty shots to
be fired at each target. Promptly at
$50 P. NJ. the Company issued from
the Armory. and took up the march
for the pine bottom below Totten
Heights. Surg. E. H. Bartlett ac-
companying them asjudge. Arriving
at the grounds, the picked men of
the company. were at once deployed
to intervals of five PAGES, as skirm-
ishers, In the lines. Capt. Wardwell
commanding the first line, opened
fire at the long range, three hundred
yards. which was quickly succeeded
by Lieut.. MasOn's End. line, planting
their colOrs on the ridge, having
passed through the intervals some
twenty yards to the front, from this
on the firing became general, the lines
advancing rapidly. and delivering a
Calling fire, with great accuracyupon
the targets, any advantage afforded,
kneeIing, resting upon stumps trees,
&C., was quickly accepted, until the
advance line had reached distance
ofseventy-five yards from the targets.
when Capt. Wardwell gavethe order
to retreat. Here it was that the Gar
rett Guards showed their pretty
tactics. The retreat was most sys.
tematic, rapid and orderly, while at
the same time the firing was as &C.
tive and effective as on the advance.
After retreat of one hundred yards,
the rally was sounded, and the order
given to cease firing. Surgeon Bart
lett then examined the targets, and
found them struck as follows: No.
l, Is times No. 2. Is times No. 8,
l6 times No. 4, ID times; No. 5, Is
times No. 6, Is times; No. 7, Is
times; No. 8, 10 times; No. 8, Is
times No. 10, 16 times; No. II, 10
times. Targets Nos. s and / having
been the highest the marksmen upon
those were declared eligible to com
pete with Capt. Wardwell for "Jum-
bo." Capt. Wardwell led off with a
shot in the inner circle, 7 inches from
centre, followed by Messrs. Jamison,
Chisholm, Brown. Mason, Painter
and Boyer. Mr.. Mason sent ball
squarely through the centre. and
amid much applause. was declared
the owner of the little porker from
our sister town of Somerset. Mr..
Mason will be remembered as the
winner of the challenge cup of 1881.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-15
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NORMAL SCHOOL.
OFFICE OF THE

OFFICE OF THE
GARRETT COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD,
OAKLAND, GARRETT Co.. Md, July II, 1882 J
The Garrett county Normal School will
open in Grantsville, on Monday July 3lst, and
continue ten weeks. Tuition, for LIST grade
certificates So 90, for End. grade $500.
With Miss Lille Brown, "a graduate of the
State Normal assisted by Mr.. C. II. Snyder,
of Grantsville, it is earn estly desired that
those who contemplate teaching in Garrett
county, will avail themselves of the advan-
tages offered by this school.
The obove terms are for the session of ten
weeks, but no reduction will be made to those
whe enter after the 3lst Of July. For other
particulars address Miss Lille Brown, Oak
land, Md.
f. III. BARTLETT,
1853 Sect'y Board School Commissioners.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-15
Beauty Regained.

The beauty and color of the hair
may be safely regained by using Par
ker's Hair Balsam, admired for it's
perfume. and dandruff eradicating
properties.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-15
The Distinguishing Charm.

A delightful fragrance of freshly
gathered flowers and spices is the
distinguishing charm OF Florestom
Cologne.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-15
7''~s S'..''-.s;:-aNE RICHMOND,S
FEES OF CONSTABLEs
OFFICE OF THE !
GARRETT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, J
OAKLAND. Nd, July 9Th, 1882. J

OAhbANDs NIL, July Otils 1909. !
At the meeting OF the County Commission
ers held July 5th, 1882. the following order was
passed in relation to Fees of Constables:
WHEREAS, 1t has come to the notice of this
Board that 1t is the practice Of Justices ofthe
Peace in the town Of Oakland, and other in
corportated towns In Garrett county, to issue
processing criminal cases,to persons other
than the regular appointed Constables Of this
county, to be executed by su ch persons In the
capacity of acting Constables, thus depriying
the Constables appointed by this Board Of
business that rightfully belongs to them, and
putting it into the hands Of persons not con-
templated by law. 1t is thereupon this 5th
day of July, 1882 by the Board ofCounty Com
missioners of Garrett county, ordered, that
after the proper notice of this order has been
served that this Board will not levy or pay
any bills to any person except the Sheriff, or
regularly appointed Constables, for serving
criminal process from any Justice OF the
Peace, whatsoever, 1.-THE town of Bloomington
Garrett county, Maryland, excepted, and
the Clerk to this Board is hereby directed to
send copy of this order to each Of the Justi-
ces Of the Peace residing within the limits Of
the several corporated towns In Garrett coun-
ty, as contemplated by this order, and to
cause the same to be publishpd in each Of the
county papers.
J. G. DURHAM,
7153t Clerk.
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Home for Sale.

The undersigned offers for sale his valuable
home situated at the south end of Friends
valley in District No. 2, Garrett county, con-,
tanning over 100 acres about one third ofwhich
is cleared and under good cultivation. The
improvements consist offs
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-06-15

To TAKE OUT MILK AND COFFEE STAINS
These stains are very difficult to remove, es-
pecially from light colored and finely finished
goods. From woolen and mixed fabrics they
are taken out by moistening them with mix
ture of one part glycerine, nine parts water,
and one-half part aqua ammonia. This mix
ture is applied to the goods by means of a
brush, and allowed to remain for twelve hours
occasionally renewing the moistening). After
this time, the stained pieces are pressed be-
tween cloths and then rubbed with clean rag.
Drying, and if possible little steaming, is
generally sufficient to thoroughly remove the
stains. Stains on silk garments which are
dyed with delicate colors, or finely finished,
are more difficult to remove. In this case five
parts glycerine are mixed with five parts wa
ter, and one quarter part of ammonia is added.
Before using this mixture it should be tried
on some part of the garment where it cannot
be noticed in order to see if the mixture will
change color If such is the case no ammonia
should be added. If, on the contrary, no
change takes place, Or if, after drying, the
original color is restored, the above mixture
is applied with soft brush, allowing it to re-
main on the strain for six or eight hours, and
is then rubbed with a clean cloth. The re-
naming dry substance is then carefully taken
off by means of knife. The injured places
are now brushed over with clean water, press
ed between cloths and dried. If the stain is
not then removed, rubbing with dry bread
will easily take it off, To restore the finish,
a thin solution of gum arabic, or in many
cases beer is preferred, is brushed on, then
dried and carefully ironed. By careful manip-
ulation these stains will be successfully re-
moved.-Scientifc american.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-06-15

The BEARING YEAR.-Through the sever
al of the noted States for producing apples,
the present year is the one of abundance.
There will probably be heavier crop than
can be proftably marketed, and prices will
run low. Last year was the light crop, and
good apples brought fifty or sixty cents per
bushel at the orchard, and some more. The
same light crop will probably be borne next
wear. There is good deal of discussion year
after year, and much inquiry, how to equalize
the product. Many experiments have been
made by removing the blossoms and young
fruit. In one instance, severe and cold
storm swept through fine apple region when
the young fruit had set, and destroyed the
whole crop. 1t changed the bearing year for
a time, and the next OF odd year gave heavy
and profitable returns. The storm put many
thousands of dollars into the pockets OF the
orchardists. If such storm could be pro-
cured in some way, in other apple regions, it
would prove money making occurrence. In
it's absence, however, much may be done artl-
ficially. By shearing off all the blossoms, or
the young fruit when no larger than cherries,
the bearing year has been changed on young
trees. While the orchard is coming into bear
ing, the change is easily effected, and the labor
is not great. 1t would be too expensive and
laborious on old trees, the change on these is
more difficult, and the labor is wasted. Sheep
shears are the most convenient for the work.
Knocking the young apples off with poles
bruises the trees. It would be worth while to
try the experiment of removing the young crop
when in blossom, and also after the fruit has
set, and observe which answers the desired pur-
pose best.-Cou,try Gentleman.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-06-15
The farm aud fireside.

RAISE Your OWN SEED CoRN.-The time
to plan for this is now while the corn crop is
going in, or under cultivation. 1t is reason-
able thing to say that a tenth may be added to
the yield of corn on any farm by using seed
that has been carefully raised for the purpose
Not much attention is paid to the selection OF
seed, by the average farmer The man who
reads and thinks about the seed used for
his crops, selects the best he can find in his
crib at planting time, and finds that this pays
It pays still better to select ears from the field
the Fall previous to planting, from stalks that
bear two or more perfect ears. A better prac-
tice still, is to plant the corn for seed in small
patch by itself, and guard it against all the ac-
cidents that must attend its growth and cultl-
vation in the larger field. The ground should
be specially prepared for this purpose and made
rich enough to supply the wants of the plant
It should be thoroughly cultivated every two
or three weeks, until the grain is full in the
ear. Like produces like in corn, as in cattle,
and the silk and the tassel are both factors i'll
giving character to the ear. Though the male
and female blossoms in the corn are upon the
same plant, there is no security for self-fertll-
Zation when any plant is grown i'll the open
field. The pollen from barren stalk may fall
upon the ear grown from selected seed, and
this ear may he imperfect, or be cob with
llCCle or no cOrn OIL IL. IL Ce eitio ocleCIeu io
seed have been fertilized by nubbin stalk, the
nubbin imperfection goes down to posterity.
In a small piece of corn planted remote from
other corn we may guard against the accidents
of promiscuous fertilization, and secure, as
far as possible, corn with good pedigree, and
perfect after it's kind. All barren stalks must
be cut out, and no more stalks left in the hill
than will give perfect ears. If the owner will
select from this patch the earliest and best
formed ears for his seed, and follow up this
practice for few years, he will havea new va
riety and large increase in yield.-Ame'ican
Aqricultsrist for jane.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-06-15
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.

OFFICE SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRATION,
YoRKvILLE, s. c., April, l3, 1882.
IN obedience to the requirements of the Act OF
the last Legislature Of South Carolina, will
attend at the following precincts at the time stated
below, for the purpose of registering the qualified
electors Of such precinct:
From Saturday, the 9th ofMay, the books will
be kept open at my Office in Yorkville, s. c.. un-
til the first Monday in july inclusive, to correct
in registration. and to regstersuch Electors
as failed to register at their respective precincts,
and who shall then and there present themselves
for that purpose.
In townships where there is no precinct, voters
will have the privilege of selecting the most con-
venent precinct adjoining. Where there are two
precincts in the same township, voters can also
make their selection.
At the different precincts, the books will be
opened at o'clock A. NJ, and closed at P. M.
No fee for registration is required by the Act.
W. II. MCCORKLE.
Supervisor of Registration for York Co., s. G.
April l3 15 tf