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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16
Adulterated Whiskey.

"There is not saloon in fifty
In this city where you can get n
pure drink of whiskey. / will make
it stronger. Forty-nine out of every
fifty liquor dealers are selling whisky
which is neither more nor less than
poison. would not drink it, sir. ]
would not allow a good dog to drink
IT,"
This remark was made by repu.
table wholesale liquor man t0a repor-
ter of the Press last night. He is
ready, he says, to substantIate his
statements by proof that cannot be
denied.
"You do not mean to say that
cannot get good whisky in Il fine sa.
loon where I am charged % cents
glass 2" inquired bystander in
amazement.
IL will make no distinction be.
tween fine saloons and holes in the
WALL They all handle about the
same kind of goods. Tho cheap sa-
looms may put little more water In
their whisky, but it contains no more
poison than that which you purchase
in the saloon where oil paintings
adorn the walls and high. priced mir.
rOrs set off to an advantage fancy bar
fixings. 1t is all the same. Fancy
salooAs must make plenty of money
in order to meet their expenses.
IA law should be passed prohibit
ing the rectificatlon that makes five
barrels of whiskey out of one. Some
whisky is put through certain pro-
cess whereby a large quantity offusel
oil is taken out. This whiskey is
purchased by rectifiers, who will draw
perhaps out of barrel but FIVE gal
Ions, fill it up with cologne spirits,
a large percentage of which Is fusel
oil, and then add drugs to give it the
proper color and taste. l was in the
rectifying room of wholesale house a
few days ago. saw the compOunder
put several ounces of carbolic acid IN
a barrel of stuff he had compounded
and called whiskey. This was. as be
said, for the purpose of giving II
bead. make it sparkle and sharp bit
ing. A barrel of this kind Of whis.
ky contains enough fusel oil to kill n
half dozen men. | would just rs will
ingly take small dose of poison as
drink a glass of it. Step into saloon
and take a glass of this vile stuff and
you will feel the evil results before
you cross the threshold. 1t acts di-
rectly upon the brain. and is keenly
felt throughout the system. Men
who drink any amount of ii become
wild, lost to their better judgment
and reason. and are scarcely respOn-
sible for what they do. Besides they
are being slowly poisoned to death.
Young men are stunted in their Wig.
orous growth, and the energies of
older men are wasted. A law which
allows men to mix up poison and
sell 1t simply for the purpose of max
ing money should be repealed. This
whisky often finds its way into sick
chambers, and the results can be im.
agined.
IAN old liquor man stated to me
short time ago that he could not hold
his trade and handle pure goods, and
in order to meet the demands for
cheap whisky he had to adulterate.
These statements l am ready to
prove. Show me a man who adul-
terates his whisky and l will show
you one that will not drink that
which he sells to others. Pitts6urg
Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16
Wise Words.

The certain way to be cheated is TO
fancy ones self more cunning than
others.
Help somebody worse off than
yourself. and you will find you are
better off than you fancied.
Every man who observes vigi-
lantly, and resolves steadfastIy, grows
unconsciously into genius.
The men who do things naturally,
slowly, deliberately. are the men
who oftenest succeed in life.
Love is the most terrible. and also
the most generous of the passions ;
it is the only one that includes in its
dreams the happiness of some one
else.
Perfection does not exist; to un.
derstand it is the triumph of human
intelligence ; to desire to possess it Is
the most dangerous kind of madness,
A good man is the best friend, and
therefore is first to be chosen, longest
to be retained, and indeed, never to
be parted with. unless he ceases to be
that for which he was chosen.
The roses of pleasure seldom last
long enough to adorn the brow Of
those who pluck them, and they are
only roses which do not retain theil
sweetness after t..ey have lost theil
beauty. e.
Judge no one by hisrelations, " hat.
ever criticism you may pass upon
his companions. Relations. lille fea'
lures. are thirst upon US; compan
ions. like clothes, are more or less
our own selection.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16
Loaded no Longer.

Many years ago, before the intro
ductiOn of friction matches, an old
farmer used to light his timber for
the morning fire by the use of an old
f1int-lOck musket. One day in his
absence the wife loaned the nusket
to a neighbor, who returned it load
ed, and mentioned the fact to the
woman as he handed it to her. But
her husband did not return home I'M
I'll past midnight, being on rousing
spree. He crept into bed without
waking his wife to enjoy lecture.
Next morning he rose in good season
with the usual thirst and hammering
headache; after rubbing few cob,
webs out of his eyes and taking a
"wee drop" from the remains nf the
overnight, he commenced prepara-
tions for starting the fire. The spin
lers were collected and the finder
placed in the pan of the lock click |!
went the hammer, and the explosion
that followed shock the house, dis
pelling the fumes of liquor from the
old mans faculties and rOusing his
wife with sudden alarm. Guessing
at the trouble, she exclaimed, while
not fully awake: "Th-th-that gun
ia loaded ?" Looking with an empty
stare at the smoking gun and at toe
bullet. hole in the betistead, just about
two inches above his wife'S head, the
fond husband replied : "N0. I'll be
darned if it is !"-Troy Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16

The most agreeable OF all compan-
ions is simple. frank man, without
any high pretentions to any oppres.
sive greatness; one who loves life
and understands the use of it /; 0blig-
ing, alike ut all hours aboye all, of
a golden temper; and stesdfast as an
anchor. For such one we gladly ex.
change the greatest genius, the most
brilliant viii, the profoundest thinker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16
Pith and Point.
Long-winded--The cyclone.
Blazing away-Au.umn foliage

Blazing away-Au:umn foliage.
A fruitful source of debate-A dis.
pute over barrel of apples.
What is check-line Just step
into bank at about 2:3O p. NJ, on
Saturday. and see for yourself.
A prohibition law is calculated TO
interfere with saloon keepers flow
of good spirits.
The phrase, "in due time" prob.
ably means the first of the month,
for that is when the bills come in.
Thirteen is an unIucky number at
a boarding house table where there
is only dinner enough for twelve.
Judging from the tightness of the
article. it isn't every girl who can
laugh in her sleeve nowadays.
When we were at school we used
to wish that history would repeat
itself. as we so often heard il would
do.
"Jenny Lind's daughter. who has
her mothers voice. is coming to
America" Why doesn't she bring
her own voice? Her mothers is
cracked.
"There comes the press gang" re.
marked the old gentleman as the reg
ular suitors of his four daughters as.
cended the steps.
First Minister-"Just think of 1t,
they gave me but $40 for my SER
mon" Second Enthusiastically. l
wouldn't have preached that sermon
of yours for $780,"
An Ohio man claims 10 have in
vented a machine that will continue
to run without stopping until it runs
itself out. 1t is evidently an infringe.
ment on book agents tongue.
With the two biggest insuranc COM
panies in the Territory (Dakota) and
fourteen churches in active operation
Sioux Falls ought to be able to re-
Once loss or damage by fire here or
hereafter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16

After marriage: He-"Great heav.
ems There was never woman I'M
der The sun that knew how to carry a
parasol without scratching a fellows
eyes out" Shetland there never
was a man that knew enough to walk
on the right side of II woman with a
pa,asOl." He--"There isn't any
right side to a woman with para
SOL"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ROAD NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that the undersign-
ed will make application to the Commission
ers of Garrett county after thirty days from
the first publication OF this notice to appoint
whether the public:convenienee requires the
opening and construction CT a public road
beginning at or near the mouth of Millers
Run. In District No. ], and running through
the lands OF Hamill. Lowndes, John and AL
bert Richter. Perine and others, to intersect
the Hooppole Road at or near Kings Run, O
distance OF two and a-half miles.
JOHN Fl. CHISHOLM,
THOMAS A. NETHKEN,
JOHN II. RILEY,
ISAAC MALE,
s254 MAHLoN sCHOOLEY.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16
A child, while walking through ar

A child. while walking through an
art gallery with her mother, was at
tracted by a statue of Minerva. "Who
is that ?" said she. my child, that
is Minerva, the goddess of wisdom"
"Wby didn't they make her hus-
band, too ?" because she had none.
my child" "That was because she
was wise, wasn't 1t. mamma ?" was
the artless reply.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16

"Do you realize, sir" said the cler-
ical-looking passenger, "That there
is One who sees and hears all we do.
who can solve our Utmost thoughts,
and before whom we are but crushed
and bruised worms ?" "Giye us your
hand, stranger" replied the other.
~ know just how you feel. I'm
married myself"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16

The mind should be accustomed to
make wise reflections. and draw curl
Gus conclusions, as 1t goes along the
habitude of which makes Pliny the
younger affirm that he never read a
book but he drew some profit
from II,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16
BLACKSMITHlNG.

lam prepared to do all kinds of blacksmith
ing. Farmers work a speciality. Prices as
low as can be had for first class work. shop
near Browning House."
MA DAVID LITTLE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16
Lots Nos. 4 and 8

on the "Plat OF the town of Accident, situated
on Flat street, and being the same lots which
were conveyed by John Kaub and wife TO
Valentine Kahl and others, by deed dated the
18th of March. 1865. and recoId ed in Liber II.
X. No. D. folio 26I &c, one of the land Iecords
of Allegany county.
Also all that other lot OF ground situated in
the town OF Accidt mt, containing fourth
of an acre, and which is described in deed
from Valentine kahl and wife to Catharne
E. Kahl. dated the 18th day of January, 1877.
and recorded in Liber w. FL. 4. No. 5, folio
$50, &c, one OF the land records OF Garrett
county.
There is house on the above lots Nos. land
5, and also small orchard, and all of said
lots are improved and under fence. Said lots
Will be sold separately or all toge ther, which
ever will realize the most money for the
owners.
TERMS OF SALE-As prescribed by the
decree: One-third of the purchase money to
be paid in cash on the day Of sale, a. the
balance in two equal installments at nine and
eighteen months from the day of So lie; said
deferred payments TO bear interest from the
day of sale. and To he secured by the bonds Of
the purchaser, with security satisfactory to
the trustee; or all the purchase money can be
paid down on the day of sale, at the option OF
the purchaser.
GILMOR S. HAMILL.
US At Trustee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16
TRUSTEES SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE.

Under and by virtue of decree Of the Cir.
nit Court for Garrett county, sitting as n
court wherein Elizabeth Ralston and others
are plaintiffs. and Elizabeth Kahl is defend
ant. the same being cause No. 1885, on the
docket of said Court, the undersigned was
appointed trustee and will offer for sale
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ELECTION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given TO the qualified vo-
held at the usual places of holding elections
in the several election dist ricts in said coun-
ty, on Tuesday after the first Monday, being
the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16
ROAD PETITION.

This is to give notice that the undersigned
will petition the County commissioners of
Garrett county, after thirty days from the
first publication Of this notice, for the APP
pOintment of viewers to locate 2 public coun-
ty road. beginning at point on the Altamont
and Hooppole road at or near the residence of
g. +. Brant. and running thence through
lands of John g. Brant Samuel Green, l.. q.
Miller, l.. II. Schoolfeld, $ G. hoye, and
Others toS. q. Hoye's gate, a distance of a bout
three miles.
f. G. MILLER,
SAMUEL GREEN,
l025t.* e. +. BRANm.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16
% DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1886

between the hours OF o'clock A. NJ, and 6
o'clock p. NJ, for the purpose of baIlOting for
one person to represent the Sixth Congress
sionai District in the Congress of the United
States.
1t shall not be lawful for the keeper of any
hotel, tavern. store, drinking establishment
or any other place where liquors are sold, or
for any person. directly or indirectly, to sell,
barter or give. or in any way dispose Of spir-
ituous or fermentep liquors, ale, beer or in
toxicating drinks OF any kind, on the day OF
any election hereafter to be held in the sever
al counties of the State.
Amy person violating the provisions Of this
act shall be liable to Indictment by the Grand
Jury of the county where the offence Is COM
mitted. and shall upon conviction before any
Judge of any of the Circuit Courts Of this
State, be fined sum OF not less than fifty dol
lars, nor more than one hundred dollars for
each and every offence one-half of the fine
shall be paid the infOrmer, the other half TO
the County Commissioners for the use of the
public roads.
JOHN H. RILEY,
Sheriff of Carrot County.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-16
On Saturday,
The 23rd Day of October, 1886,

in front of the Court House door. in the town
OF Oakland, at the hour of o'clock =. NJ. of
ton. all the real estate described in said pro.
ceedings, the same being known and describ-
ed rs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-11-04
stewards Stolen Body.
STORY OF rHB RETURN OF THE RRhAINs, FOR
WHICH S25 900 WAS PAID.

w a. Croiiut. editor of the Washington
return of the stolen remains of the late A. r.
Stewart He says he had the story from a
member of the Hilton family, at dinner
party. He says "Mrs. Stewart gave 5000.
instead of the $4,000, for the body, as at
first demanded. The bargain was made
through a lawyer who seemed to have no
other briefs. and who probably got good
fraction of the swsg. The ghouls insisted
that the money should be delivered te them
on lonely hill in Westminster county at the
dead of night. Thither, in accordance with
their directions, relative of Mrs. Stewart
journeved alone in wagon, which he drove
himself. At a spot in the country road which
had not been designated or described, the
driver was suddenly halted by masked
horsemsn. This mysterious messenger led
him through by-lsne to the hilltop, where,
after certain precautions TO insure their safe
", they received the S25. 900, examined it,
aud then dragged bag OF bones from another
buggy near by, and surrendered il to the
keeping of the solitary traveller. Before they
disappes AIRED down one side OF the hill thew
commanded him, on peril of his life, to turn
about aud descend the other slope. He did
as he WAS hidden. aud got to New York be-
fore morning. The next night the bones
were committed to the vault under the great
cathedral at Garden City, which had already
been connected by secret wire with q chime
of bells sure to ring and alarm the town if it
was disturbed. So now the mortal remains
OF the great millionaire aud those of his pa
tient, enduring, frugal and afectionste wife
OF 60 years rest side by side"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-11-04
What True Merit viii Do.

The unprecedented sale of Boschees Ger
man Syrup within few years. has astonished
the world. 1t is without doubt the safest and
best remedy ever discovered for the speedy
and efectual cure of coughs, colds. and the
the severest lung troubles. 1t acts on an en-.
tirely different principle from the usual pre-
scriptions given by physicians, as it does not
dry up cough and leave the disease still in
the system, but on the contrary removes the
cause of the trouble, heals the parts affected
and leaves them in a purely healthy condi-
tiou. bottle kept in the house for use
when these diseases make their appearance,
will save doctors bills and a long spell OF
serious illness. trial will convince you of
these facts. 1t is positively sold by all drug
gists and general dealers in the land. Price
IS cents, large bottles.
Oct2d&wlynrchwky
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small in comparison. Chimneys and stone
| walls we're thrown down, there we're rupfures
of the surface and jets of sand we're thrown
up. In 1888 there was . great revolution in
the topography of the country, and a. shown
BY Brigham in his work on volcanic eruptions
| in New England from 1898 to 1869, there
we're 23l earthquakes worth chronicling dur
! ing that period, besides many smaller ones.
The place of disturbance causing the earth
quake in Charleston vas in the speakers
| opinion to the westward of that city, and not
underneath it. The earthquake was in the
old crystalline rocks that underlie Charles
ton stretching from the westward. Ii was
reported that there was 4 slight change in the
depth of the alter at that place. The area
of vibration was probably an ellipse with the
| longest line running north and south. II has
been estimated that the maximum depth of
earthquake dis urbances was eight and one
half miles aud the minimum two and one.
half miles. The pressure of subterranean
reservoirs of water are nong the causes of
earthquakes. The twisting of chimn ays and
monuments did not necessarily indicate a
gyratory motion in the earthquake. An ad-
hesion of portion of the base might account
| for it. Explosive earthquakes were probab-
ly caused by large quantities of water being
brought in contact with molten lava
and steam bad played large, though gener-
ally secondary part in. producing them.
Earthquakes are merely incidents in the pro-
cess of mountain building. The theories Of
Sir William Thompson and others as to the
great thickness of the esrths crust are now
generally considered untenable, and it was
believed that il was only about fly miles in
depth. 1t was probable that the viscous zone
acted as a buffer between the liquid interior
and the solid crust. The hexibility of the
crust showed that it va. not of great thick
ness. The lecturer dwelt upon the proximate
causes of earthquakes, such as atmospheric
pressure, and said it was not so absurd as
some thought to believe that atmospheric con-
ditions had something to do with them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-11-04
Facts About Earthquakes.
Results OF GEoGRAPHICAL RESEARCHER
The RECESr CHARLESTON DISTURBANCE.

What 10 known and believed about earth
quakes by biologists wa. condensed into ar
hours talk bv Professor John 5. Newberry in
Hamilton Hall Columbia College. at the
meeting of the New York Academy of
Sciences. The speaker said that although
the Charleston earthquake had produced
startling effects and killed some people, as an
earthquake it was not a very great affair,
There was nothing remarkable in its phenom-
ena There bad been earthquakes that had
carried off 10000 and 20, 900 and &C, 900 per.
sons at once. and $50 900 lives were reported
to have been lost in the island of Java in
what might have been regarded az a single
earthquake.
An earthquake is neither a novel nor a
mysterious occurrence. 1t 10 among the mos,
common of terrestrial phenomena. Not an
hour, perhaps not q minute, passes in which
some portions of the earth are not vibrating
from this cause. An earthquake is a move
ment caused by the shrinking from the loss OF
heat of the interior of the earth. and falling
in Of portions of the crust in consequence
That the interior of the earth is intensely no,
is indicated by wells and mines sunk in all
parts of the world. Heat increases about one
degree Fahrenheit for every fifty feet below
the earth's surface. DR.. Newberry gave the
temperature of different wells in this country
and Europe as demonstrating this. instsncing
particularly a well in Europe sunk 8 800 feet,
at which depth the thermometer indicated
/ 10 degrees, and another little over mile
in depth where the temperature was show &c
be l3l degrees. There were some exceptions
to this rule, but the statement that below
900 feet in certain wells it had been found
that the temperature declined was fraud
At the rate that he had indicated the heat
would be so fervent that all substances would
be melted. 1t was believed that the earth's
crust was thicker than this would indicate
because the increase of heat might be slow er
at great distance from the surface The
heat of the interior was constantly escaping
10 the surface. Since the outer crust had
lost its heat it ne longer contracted
Mountain chains resulted from rsadjust-
ments of the earth's surface caused BY earth
quakes. The folds and fractures seen in
every mountain belt could not have taken
place without great disturbances and in every
mountain range are evidences of many earth
quakes. In the highest mountain ranges,
like the Himalsyas, tie work of elevation
is constantly going on. Displacements are
constantly taking place all over the world.
They occur in paroxysms, and the pressure
being relieved earthquakes follow. As the
population of the earth increases the number
of observers increases, and the loss of life
is correspondingly greater.
In New England during the last century
there have been great many earthquakes.
In 1927 the country about Newburyport was
shaken up in the same way that it has been
at Charleston recently, but the damage was