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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

Not seeing any items from this
place since the election, | thought
a few would not be out of place.
A number of our citizens have
been up salt river and returned
feeling very sore from the trip.
Mr.. John l.. Beachy is putting
up blacksmith shop IN our vicin-
itv. John is a hustler and there
are no flies on hlm.
A number Of our Young folks at
tended the Christmas entertain.
ment at Accident and report hav-
ing u pleasant time,
Our school is progressing nicely
under the management of Louis
Stanton and Miss Laura Wiley.
Mrs. Geo. Ruckle is on the sick
list.
Melchor Hctmck was the guest
of Samuel Slabach Saturday even.
ing.
Geo. Lininger fell from the ovel
den of his barn and sprained his
wrist.
Louis Brenneman and Mis-,
Clara Lininger took flying trr
to New Germany last Saturday.
Mahlon Brenneman, of Keyser
formly of this place, spent Christ.
mas with his parents. We think
some of the fair sex could tell more
about it than your humble scribe.
y William Brenneman expects to
take trip to Mcyersdale next week.
Miss Amanda Elhthorp was Wis,
ting friends and relatives IN New
Germany last week.
What has become of Bob White!
We would like to hear from him,
Peter Bigford paid O. Fazcn,
baker pleasant visit a short time
ago.
Messrs. Jacob Brenueman, Sllas
o. Wiley and Louis Orendorf wer,
out sleighing with their best girls
We will close by wishing TIM
REPUBLICAN, success,
YANKEE JOE.
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ter under the management of James
Friend. The several teachers
through this section of the county
are giving good satisfaction.
The village of Johnstown was
quite lively last Saturday, owing to
a teachers district institute. The
teachers present MS far as we know
were: ". T Mcmillan, James
Friend, Arthur Dewitt, Howard
Nethkin. Miss Della Savage, Miss
Ida Albright. W. A. Moffatt, Jonas
Speicher, Harvey Speicher, Howard
Brenneman, Calvin Cuppett, and
Miss Sue Beckman. The discus
sions were very interesting in which
each teacher took a part. Come
again. teachers; we old farmers feel
an interest in YOU who have the
training of our children. We pay
our school taxes to keep the good
work Of teaching moving and we
hope we viii soon see our school
term ten months Instead of five.
Some teachers of this county can
never get time to attend an Insti-
tute. A school teacher and not in
terestcd in the Institutes? Some
one says: They are of no account.
They will never be any better if we
wait until you improve them. Now
teachers we want to see YOU go in
drovcs to Accident on the goth.
ALEXANDER.
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Sang Run.

Vacation is past and we are again
ut work in earnest.
VIM. limbaugh, our worthy
Examiner, was visiting schools in
this district last week. We were
delighted to see Mr.. lI;nebaugh
and feel benefited by his visit.
The stavc factory will soon be
in operation here.
A saw mill would be great help
to the citizens of this ncighborhood
Miss Alva Friend, who spent
Nmas week in Cumberland, Elkns
and Bayard, returned last We'd
ncsdav,
The llovcs run school house has
been lined, which makes it much
more comfortable.
Ex-Sherilf Casteel's handsome
dwelling house will SION be com.
pleted.
Our Sunday school Is progress.
sing nicely and will be continued
this winter,
Mersrs. Lewis & Friend are do
ing good business at their coal
mine on Yough Manor.
Mr.. Bob Friese was in Dist. No.
) during the HOLIDAYS.
Mrs. Florence Friend and little
daughter Cora spent the holidays
with relatives at Fnendsvllle.
School BOYS.
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Davis Mills.

The young people of this place
enjoyed the holiday week at Mr..
Jas. Dodge's whore the musician
practices the carol as well as the
soul.inspiring anthem. the dreamy
waltz and the lively polka. Visions
are before the mind of that crown.
ing triumph.
Mr.. Alph limbaugh is repair
ing his single null on Muddy
Greek.
We have all reason to believe
that we will lose one of our girls
before long.
Mr.. j. j. Garrett, one of our
faithful workers, is making ties
this winter.
Miss Belle Chisholm was with us
during the holiday and was visited
by many of her friends.
Miss Lille Garrett Is spending
the winter at her home.
Mr.. j. r. Kimmell left us last
Sunday. He will be looked after
if his return is not soon. can
find him and save the reward.
Mr.. II. NJ. Garrett has returned
to his home again.
The school taught by Miss Elite
Dewitt received nice present.
Rev. Sines is having d great deal
of coal dug this winter.
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Glade Valley.
Snow from IL to Is inches deep
Thermometer 50 below zero.

Snow from II to Is inches deep.
Thermometer 50 below zero.
Some of the BOYS had a livelv
wildcat chase last week. Sorry they
did not catch it.
j. Martin, ESQ intends to build
a new house next summer. The
Mosser brothers are saving the lum-
Der
Mrs. Samuel Gnegv. ST.. left here
Friday for Bayard.
Miss Katie Yutzv, daughter of
Christian Yutzy, formally of Mary
land, now Of Arthur, H., was visit
ing at Dan'l Gnegy's last week.
We are GLAD to notice that Miss
Almeda Gauor has bought new
sleigh. Rather late as leap year is
over.
Sorry that some of our farmers
near Red House are SO busy on week
DAYS that they mus, haul hay in
al day Sunday.
Lots Of lime stone Is still being
hauled. Stick to il. that makes
wheat and oats grow.
Glad TO notice that John s.
Gncgy has returned from Barbour
county, w Va lie says his fair
was splendid
Coal hauling is suspended for
the present on account of cave in
Of the Arnold mine of about 90
feet.
Arnold & Domlrc are busy roof
ing the mine.
ToN HRoN<
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hoyes and Community.

Snow! Snow! The roads are
blockaded, north, east, south and
west. The drifts are getting higher
and higher making limestone and
coal traffic almost impossible.
Our school is trst-class this win.
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WANTED. Three live men to sell
the Singer Sewing Machine. One
at Accident, one at Fricndsville
and one at Aurora.
For further particulars address,
SINGER MrG. Co.,
Grafton, W. Va.
or T.. WILLIAMS,
3t-tf Oakland. Md.
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Whca Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When She became Miss she ching TO Cas,oria.
When she had Children, She gave them Castor;,
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Law Books for Sale.

Will sell the Law Library of the
late VIM. p. Townshend, of Oak
land. at private sale. in part or as
a whole, on reasonable terms, the
purchaser or purchasers giving note
with approved security, A rare
chance for young lawyers needing
library.
MARTHA }. TowNSHENp.
s. l.. TowNsHENp,
IS II Executors.
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SLATE ROOFING

am now prepared To furnish and put on
plain aud Wucy roofing, slate, galvanized.
ridge roll and water proof uapcr ut reasona-
biz prices An work and material puaran-
tced. &, 81, RcachN.
2T.lyr. Keyscr. Garrett county. Md
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-26

chase specimen, or if possible, pair
of them. They will rest quietly enough
and contented in their berths
until evening, but only let them
have 4 freedom of the chamber
for a while at night, with cat
or dog for companion. and see if the
dull hours will not get merry. The
other night took all opportunity to let
one of these Interesting creatures gar
netto sgalago) have his liberty in my
room. and was well repaid by his per-
formances. Judge my astonishment to
see him on the floor jumping about up
right like a kangaroo, only with much
greater speed and-intelligenee. The
little acrobat sprang from the ground
onto the legs of tables, arms of chairs,
and. indeed. onto any piece of furniture
in the room; i'll fact, he was more like
sprite than the best pantomimist ever
saw. What surprised me most was
his entire want of fear of dogs
and cats. These he boldly met and
jumped on at once. and in the most
playful manner hugged and tumbled
about with them, rolling over and over,
hanging OH their tails, licking them on
ever, that now and then he gave them a
sharp bite, and then bounded off, full of
fun at the noise they made. This active
trickery he never appeared to tire of.
and l was myself so we'll entertained at
witnessing the droll antics of the Great
ure that the night passed, and it was
near daybreak before | put stop TO his
frolics by catching him and consigning
him to his cage"
The natives of Java explain that rest
leSsness in way of their own, and suS-
pect the lemur of harboring the soul of
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-26

Another interesting animal to be
: .ai is tilt only specimen of the wal
Us that has ever Iieen properly stuffed
Hid mounted. William Palmer went all
he way to tie Pribylov seal islands to
get ii. he beast was shot on WaIruS
>and, which IS six miles from the Isl-~
and "F ST. Paul-an irregular rock a
IrW Il ;lr ii yards long and half aWaSh.
htl, ,eIe 800 WalruseS on this rock a
few years ago; last year there were
IA y rlght. and now there are none
Itt.. This gives notion OF the mercl-
irSS manner III which this valuable
creature is hunted. Walruses used to
frequent the Pribylov group in enor-
Hous numbers. and great quantities of
nrlr tUSks were exported to Russia in
iGrm@r days. At present digging for
-uch Of the tuskS as have been left be-
AHd ny dead WalruSeS is an industry of
Ike natives. The sand dunes along
here are WaIrns graveyards, and from
he skulls unearthed from them the
asks which Iemain are knocked out
3" be sold from 80 to so cents
pGuud. 1hey are not very good ivory,
nting yellow and cracked. 1t is reck-
nuTd that between 1870 and 1880 not
.ess than 100000 walruses were de-
>irnyed in the North Pacific for their oil
ana ivory. 1t is on this account that the
borigines are threatened with starva-
'.On, inasmuch as they depended mainly
"n the W<us for subsistence. They
Gsed its flesh for food, its hide for
Gather and h0atS, its oil for fuel, its in
teHtines for waterproof clothing, the
;oles Of its t1ippers for shoes and it's
slhews for nets to capture birds with.
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may be seen standing for minutes look
ing at tempting insect before he can
make up his mind to pounce down on it.
In captivity they are kept alive more
easily than any other creature of their
size. The functions of their digestive
organs appear to be as slow as those of
their legs. and boiled egg will satisfy
them for couple of days. One meal in
forty eight hours is all they ask for, and
the rest of the time they doze away con-
tentedly in an empty gallon keg stuffed
with cotton.
A relative of that little sleepybead is
found in Central Africa. where its rep
utation for laZineSS misled correspond
ent of the London Times to describe it
as a sloth, an animal found only in
South America. "At night" he says,
''we often heard the cries of the slOth,
and much discussion did they cause.
The cry somewhat resembles that of
the Nubian hyena. 1t is only mono
syllable, repeated in scale, at longer
and longer intervals, as it mounts the
gamut. Among the last octaveS the
creature seems bound to burst. One
listens for the final notes with ridicu-
lous anxiety, lying awake in the still
darkness. Do. re, mi, ia, sol pass off
ItdUll(. Dub
ertion. the 81 eXertlon greater still, and
so on, at lengthening intervals. till one
reached the octave, which really seemed
to split the beasts throat in utterancc."
In Brazil, the home Of the real sloth,
there are two varieties of small night
monkeys, entirely different from their
old world relatives, whom they resemble
only in regard to their ability to see in
the dark.
In the Sunda archipelago there are
some ten different species, but the
favorite home of the lemur is the Island
of the Madagascar, where they take the
place of the monkeys, and are so numer-
Gus in some districts that their ravages
are a serious impedimentt to agriculture.
At dusk-sonetimes directly after sun
set-swarms of the foX-headed little
marauders emerge from their hiding
places and scamper away in the dlrec-
ton of the next cOrnfield. Their
cat eyes give them an unfair advantage
over the most vigllant dogs, and before
the twilight fades into utter darkness
they generally have accomplished their
purpose of filling their pauncheS with
gram and fruit. Their dread of proWl-
ing wildcats makes them unwilling to
leave their native tree tops after
pightfall, bat on moonlight nights they
resume their activity, and scamper
about, chasing insects and robbing
birds nests till the chill of the morning
breeze warns them to retire to their
dens.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-26
FALCONKY AGAIN.
In Hungary the Efforts to Revive
the Sport Met success.

IN Hungary the Ef1OFiS to ReVtVc
the Sport Met Success.
A recent revival of falconry at the
Hungarian hunting castle of Kis-Mar-
tony was pronounced success by all
the leading sportSmen of the Austrian
empire. and Capt. George Alcott, who
spent an afternoon with an Afghan
hunter. declares that he never had as
much fun in any other halliday Of his
life.
The trained hawks caught rabbits and
marmots "a kind of gopher as easily as
birds and tackled big black cock, who
beat off his first assallant, but finally
Succumbed to the combined attack of
two winged bulldogs. The only diff
Guilty seemed to be III getting them to
catch sight .of the desired game, but
that problem once solved, distance or
the speed and cunning of their quarry
made very little difference in the event
ual result. If a rabbit ''doubled." as our
hunters call it-i. e.. ran ZigZag and
in tricky circles, one OF the hawks
kept at the heels of the trickster to
prevent him from disappearing in a
thicket of heather shrubs, while hawk
No. 2 rose to a height of n hundred
yards. where he lowered, ready to dart
down at the first favorable portunity.
Pigeons now and then escaped by the
capriciousness of their flight, but
straight-hying birds, like grouse and
ducks, had no chance whatever, wri tes
+. l.. Oswald in the San Francisco
Chronicle.
The hawks overlook them as a couple
of greyhounds would run down pig,
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-26

is first administered, and the moose
comes into camp as meat and hide. 1T
has often been theOriZed that tire moose
could not be acclimated elsewhere than
in the snowy wastes of which they are
indigenous, but Mir. Ladd proposes to
establish the error Of the scientists, and
if The Seven-monthS-old calf which now
nips its browse and devOurS great guam
titles of hay and grass out on jackson
street lives, others will be brought and
offered to the commissioners OF Golden
Gate park.
The moose is undoubtedly the most
interesting, as it is the largest, of the
rare to find specimens standing Z feet
high at the shoulder, and they carry
antlers that weigh 200 pounds. The
peculiar shovel-like form of the antlers
indicate their particular usefulness to
the animal.
In the summer when budding trees
and fresh grasses afford food, the moose
is hornesS or just growing antlerS. but
when the snow comes and vegetation is
deeply buried, the heavy horns are used
to dig the snow away from the verdure
below.
In capturing the calf, which is now
Mr.. Ladd'S, company of Alaskan ma
tiv3s rounded up band of moose and
drove them into the Yukon river. Then
it was easy to paddle alongside the
calves and pass ropes over their heads
and tow them ashore. They are easily
tanned and are not vicious. despite their
ungainly appearance.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-26

of this a considerably bigger sheet of
wire netting is tackled so as to form
sort of rough cage with wooden bot
tom. Over the wire netting is roughly
spread mixture of plaster and wood
fiber. This is again covered with
coating of papier mache, and finally
paint is applied to give the proper tint.
Lichens can be stuck OIL afterward if
wanted. Use has been made in this
work of newly discovered process for
preserving all sorts of grasses, ferns,
small plauts and leaves. After under
going a sort of picking they will last
Indefinitely. retaining their natural col
ors and fleXibiity. The effect is much
more realistic than can be produced by
artitice, and far cheaper. Seaweeds are
preserved in the same manner.
1t is intended to exhibit representa-
tives of the families of as many as pos
sible of the strange and rare mammals
native to all America, as, for example,
certain scarce armadilloS, cats, deer and
rat-like beasts from the southern conti-
nent. Unfortunately, some are so rare
as not to be obtaiuable, only one or two
specimens being known in the case of
certain species. The mammals will
form only part of great series. which
will extend from man to the am9ba.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-26

fierce for the patience of modern bird
taiGer, and Herman COrteZ killed his
specimen. because it would not '0bey
the honp--that is. keep quiet at his bid
ding, after the manner OF the Spanish
falcons: but Il species of stout chicken
hawk is trained by the Indians of OAK
aca, and the district of Viilarica, near
Amatcun, famous for it's bird-fanciers,
among whom the ''gentle craft OF fal-
conry" has been handed down, with all
its mysteries and bylaws, perhaps
from the retainers of one of the
Spanish roJber knights who infested
those mountains in the sixteenth cen
tury. They train them to catch pleas
ants and woodcocks, and even gazapos,
or mule-ear rabbits, on the upper table
saw a half-breed falconer who returned
from the woods with ten live parrots as
the result of days sport. His hawk
captured loras and % paroquets, 10 of
them trough caught"-i. e., torn into
pieces-but of the rest six were appar-
emily uninjured, and four, at least, in a
Salable condition.
There was time when the aristo-
Gratis of Western Europe did not think
life worth living without an assortment
L. "
was considered the greatest miSer who
ever diSgraced throne, but he made
All exception in the matter of hawking,
his fauconler-en-chef and extra sue
cessful trainers being always paid with
royal munificence. At time when
franc went further than two modern
dollars the chief faiconer of Henry ".
received salary of 800 francs year.
Francis |. long refused to sign treaty
with the Barbary Coast States. but his
reluctance was finally overcome by a
present of a splendid Moorish hawk,
and the Emperor Frederick ii. of Ger
many wrote an elaborate treatise on
falcOnry, which was republiShed in
Leipsic il few years ago. The Normans
spent almost all their leisure in hawk
ing. Every knight decorated his hunt
ing cap with heron plumeS; every lady,
from the spouse of poor robber baron
to the daughter of a king. kept pet
falcon, and did not let it suffer from
want Of exercise.
From Normandy the sport was i'm
ported to England, where the Plantag-
enets enacted trnculent bylaws for its
protection from the wrath of damaged
ruSticS, who had to submit to steeple-
chaSes across their rye fields whenever a
plumed cavalcade wished to keep up
with hawk pursuing heron beyond
the moorland lakes. The Spanish
MOOrS. too, were passionate falconers,
but probably imported their trade Sc
crets from much further East. Gertal-
coners are mentioned in the oldest
chronicles of Hindostan, and sculptures
representing hunters with hooded
hawks have been found Oh the mOnu-
ments of the ancient cities Of AssYria.
In Great Britain the sport declined in
the sixteenth century. when the enor-
nous muskets of royal arsenals were
first reduced to size enabling sports
men to use them with anything like
ease. The Barr Bros, of Lincolnshire,
have, however, proved that the shyness
of shotgun-scared partridges will not
save them from first-ciass falcons. and
the Duke of Devonshire has rented his
Irish estate of Lismore Castle to a
sportsman who does most of his hunting
with hawks. The Hungarians have
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-26

as an elk, cannot be overpowered at
once, but the hunting eagle wears 1t out
by clutching its rump and then spread
ing his wings, thus obliging the buck to
continue its flight under the disadvan-
tage of man trying to run with an
open parachute or an old-fashioned UNI
brella
Hunting eagles we're also kept by the
Mexican grandees. and the viceroy of
TiaScalla presented CortpZ with trained
harpy eagle known as ''el principe del
aire''-"the prince of the air''-and
valued at price that would have pur-
chased six slaves.
In the epic "Araucana," a rhymed
chronicle of the conquest of Chilli. there
is an account of hunting vulture,"
which may refer to the condor of the
Southern Andes, vulture only in ap-
pearance, but bold and aggressive
bird with decided preference for fresh
pet of that sort would support whole
game as the highlands of Chill.
A lammer-geyer, the old-world rela-
tive of the condor, was successfully
trained by the. Forster Althofer. the
overseer of an imperial game preserve
near Judenburg in StYria. Its owner
has taught it to take airline trips to the
highland lakes. where ducks can always
be found at certain times of the year,
and estimates that the food saves him
each year from 20 to 80 forms worth of
shot and powder. Imagine the posi-
bilities of sport if winged retriever
of that sort could be slipped on the coast
of Monterey county or in the water fowl
headquarters of Southern Florida.
The Mexican harpy eagles are too
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-26

yard of Charles D. Ladd at 2009 Jackson
street and is flourishing to degree that
insures its growth under the new con-
ditions so different to those Of its nat
ural habitat.
1t was brought from Alaska on the
steamship ST. Paul, and is the survivor
of three which were captured for Mr.
Ladd at point on the Yukon river
many hundreds of miles above the
mouth Of that stream. In that locality
elk, deer, moose and mountain sheep,
together with bears, lynXes, foxes and
other wild animals, are in greater num-
Der than anywhere else in the world,
unless it be in certain remote parts of
Africa.
Along the Yukon the whistle of the
elk, and the hoarse. roaring call of the
moose can be very often heard by pas
sengers as boats pass near the spruce
covered banks of the broad stream.
Moose are occasionally caught by the
natives. but only when they are es-
pecially ordered.
Commonly rife ball or s. spoar thrust