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The Republican., 1897-03-25

y hides its heart OF gold.
Ibis simple creed for word or deed, true as the
bS bullet sped,
Dlnd rung the target straight: BE sure
you're right, then go aheadr'
And were they right who fought the fight for
d Texas by his side?
They questioned not; they faltered not; they
only fought and died.
sWho hath an enemy like these, Gods mere!
slay him straight!
Ia thousand Mexicans lay dead outside the
convenl gate,
iAnd hall thousand more must die before
n the fortress falls,
.Nnd still the tide of war beats high around
4, the leaguered walls.
I At last the bloody breach is won; the weak
III ened lines give way:
/, ,lhe wolves are swarming in the court; tn,
lions stand at bay;
The leader meets them at the breach ana
4 wins the soldiers prize;
IA foeman's bosom sheathes his sword, when
y gallant Travis dies.
fNow let the victor feast at will until his cres
be red;
We may not know what raptures fill th'
vulture with the dead.
I hew and hack
oThe senseless corpse; its.hends are cOld--they
will not strike him back.
lLet Bowie die, but ware the hand that wieds
his deadly knife.
-Four went to Stay, and one comes book, :,
|, dear he sells his life,
nd last of all, let Crockett fall. too proud t,
sue for grace,
SO grand in death the butcher dared not lool
upon his face.
But far on San Jacinto's field. the Texas toils
are set,
And Alamo's dread memory the Texas steel
shall whet.
And fame shall tell their deeds who fell til
all the years be run
'ThermopylH left one a!ive-the 'Alamo ief
none"
The perjured Cys and Santa Anna
as the gazed upon the dead face of
Davy Crockett covered with fear, and
while they desired to accord him a
soldiers burial, yet their morbid dread
SO overcame them that they ordered
the body hastily burned And it, to-
gether with 1870 other victims were
taken to the center of the plaza, and
alternating q layer of bodies and a
layer of rails from a fence nearby, q
CHASTITY funeral pyre was raised and
given to the flames.
Just six weeks from that day the fall
of the Alamo was terribly avenged on
the field of San Jacinto. And when
on that fateful day the keen blades of
HoustOn's victorious soldiers flashed
above their conquered foes-not to
have been at the Alamo, was worth
more to the victims than Madre' 5
mines of gold. At this battle Santa
Anna was captured, and afterwards
set free-certainly q manifestation OF
mercy almost divine.
If we could first believe that this
m&rauder possessed a soul, and then
accept the doctrine of the transmigra-
tiOn of souls the conviction would
force itself upon us, that the butcher
of the Alamo was again at his CHASTITY
trade in the person of the Governor
General of Cuba.
The Republican., 1897-03-25
MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1897,
ESTATE OF MARY FRIEND
DECEASED.

THIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the Sub
l scriber, of Garrett County, Maryland.
hath obtained from the OphauS' Court of
Garrett county, in Maryland, Letters Of Ad-
ministratiOn on the estate of
MARY FRIEND,
late of Garrett county, deceased. All per-
sons having claims against the deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the
vouchers thereof legally authenticated to the
subscriber, on or before the Sd day of October,
next; ithey may otherwise by law be ex-
cluded from all benefit of said estate. All
persons knowing themselves indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate pay
ment.
March, 1897
MAGGIE MANKIs, Admins
JOHN S. MANKIs, Auiii 10
81 Swanton, Md.
The Republican., 1897-03-25
ORDER NTSI.

Aanle f. Veitch VS.. Adam II. Long and Anna
c. Long, his wife.
No. SIG Equity. In the Circuit Court for
Garrett County.
Ordered, this 2jth day of February, in the
year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. by
the Circuit Court for Garrett county. sitting
in equity, that the sale made and reported iu
the above cause by Percy II. Neitch attor-
ney as aforesaid. be ratified and confirmed,
unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown
on or before the 10Th day of March. 1897; pro-
vided n copy of this order be published in
some newspaper published in Garrett county
once week for three successive weeks be-
fore the 26th day of March, 1897.
The report states the amount of sale to be
S60000
True copy-test: J.. Y. TOWER,
EZ, TOWER, Clerk. Clerk.
The Republican., 1897-03-25
Xn.FI8iaN5i. i. Son.
OF FRIENDSVlLLE, TiD.,

Are quoting an array of extreme
bottom figures never before
mentioned by any house any
where, solvent or msolvent, no
matter whether cash or credit.
Big prices viii not dom these
times when even the wealthy
cannot afford to waste their
money, and the poor require
double duty Of every Dollar
and every Penny.
We deal in good goods and
not in trash, and believe the
masses will patroni2e the house
that sells the best goods for
least money.
We offer such unanswerable
arguments as no house can
match-leaders and specialties
at quotations that no other can
offer-stern and stubborn facts
that will level your head on
the subject Of genuine bargains.
We invite an early and re-
peated visit and inspection; our
stock will be replenished every
few days, and to merchants we
offer some special leaders fully
Is to 20 per cent less than cur
rent prices in New York City.
Don't forget the place but
Just follow the crowd into the
The Republican., 1897-03-25
Great New York Racket
Department Store,
Of the above firm.
GOMMsSSs0NEES MEETING
OFFICE OF
GARRETT COUNTY COMMISSlOS

OFFICE OF
GARRETT COU NTY COMMISSIONERS. :
OAKLAND, ND, March % 1851
The County commissioners for Garrett
County, Mary land, will meet at their Cllice in
Oakland ON
MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1897,
for final review ofthe assessment made and
returned by the General Assessors for Garrett
County. After completing their work as a
Board of Control and Review, they Will 20
into session rs a Board of County ComniS-
SiOneTs and remain in session until the An
nual Levy is made for the year 1897.
All persons having claims against Garrett
county must have them filed with the Clerk
ofthc County Commissioners on or before the
Sth day of April, lS97, otherwise they will be
excluded from the benefits OF said accounts or
claims.
BY order ofthe Board,
j. $. MEYERS. Clerk.
The Republican., 1897-03-25
B, & g =. 4. }ina.E'abie.

The following Time Iah,e CA lha z. tS o.
went into et',rt on SurGay. November "a
1897. Trains now leave GakiaI.G as Io..uwr:
The evening times., 1897-02-25
Names Ax-Handle Man

The aN-h8ndle man is another peculiar
worker in the Maine woods, and he lives
just as unconventionally and has just as
good time as the hoop-pole man or the
gum maker. He frequently accompanies
the hoop-pole man in his tours through the
woods in the wake OF the loggers. The
saplings needed for axhandling must be
larger than those the hoop-pole man is
looking for, and consequently their inter
ests do not conflict, unless il is that the
boop-pole man tlenndes the forest so thor
behind to grow mp for the ax-handle cut
ter. The ash saplings are about the only
ones that the latter looks for, and he
goes into the woods in the fan and chops
down every sapling of the desired size
The young tree is then split, and the
chopper blocks out the handle in a rough
way. when good collection of handles
is thus blocked out they are buried so
they may season without cracking. If
the sun is allowed to shine upon these Gsh
handles for any length OF time while
seasoning the fiber loses its firmness. In
addition to this precaution the larger ends
of the handles are smeared over with
greasy paint that tends further to hold
the grain together. In the winter the az
handle men collect their handles that have
been buried throughout the forest at con-
venient places and send them TO the rail-
road station, and thence to the factory,
where they are finished off.-New York
Post
The evening times., 1897-02-25
MUSIC And MERCY BOXES
The Golden Minstrel of the Sal
VatiOn Army in Washington.
AdJutant Taylor Talked of the So
ciaI Work and Told a Times Re-
porter of His Conversion.

There was not a yaca nc chairin Salvation
Army Hall last night when Adjutant Ed
ward Taylor, the Golden Minstrel Of the
army, stepped upon the platform, guitar
in hand, to give, as he expressed 1t, "a
sermon in song" His voice, q sweet, strong
tenor, is vibrant with emotion, and his
enunciation so distinct that each word
was clearly heard al the rear end OF the
hall.
Adjutant Taylor is thirty-twO years OF
age, and, like the ma ajority OF those in the
ranks, is a convert, having joined the army
at Santa Barbara, Cal, over seven years
ago. He has been an officer for five years
and is now travelling as a national spe-
ciaI with Commander Booth T Tucker u
sing solos and to lead in the services Of
song. He has just cofne from Philadelphia
where lie assisted IN the Salvation Army
meetings held there Sunday before an
audience OF over 5000 people. His visit
to Washington is an Individual movement;
the result of an invitation received while
here with the commander To return, when he
could arrange date, to conduct service
at the District barracks.
Adjutant Taylor spoke last evening in
the interest of the social work Of the army,
and at the close Of his remarks prevailed
uro1 number Of men and women present
to ocarFy home with them small, tin mercy
boxes,'' In which they were to deposit
ole penny a week-and as many more as
they pleased.
Wien asked to explain what led to his
conversion, the adjutant smiled with Toy
ISL en-. oyment Of the question, and said:
''wel, I'll tell YOU. led eight years of
pretty wild life, and i OF so sick and tired
of it that felt / fad TO find some power
stIo Ioager than my own 20 keep NE out Of
trouble. and as soon as j got TO the place
where felt the need of GCd, found out
that His power was equal tOthe emergency,
and that was how / vas saved"
The adjutant viii conduct another ser
vice tonight at the army han, and will tten
leave for ten days mission Though the
New England States. At the end Of that
timehe willTe' 'oinCOmmanderB BOOth-Tucker
in New YORK.
The evening times., 1897-02-25
HE is SORRY FOR NoRDIcA.
Jean de Reszke Says She Has Bad
Advisers.

Chicago, H., Feb. 25.--Jean de Reszke
pressiye movement OF his broad shoulders
and a ring of regret Ia his voice. This when
he discussed the quarrel he had with the
prima donna some weeks ago, and the pos
sibilty of a reconciliation. He is sorry
for Nine. Nordica, he says. His-determina-
ton not To sing with her until she retracGs
the charges made against him is firm.
With much frankness the tenor gave his
side OF the matter, 1t being the first time
he has spoken plainly since hostilities were
announced by Nine. Nordica. He made a
detailed and unqualified denial of her pub
lished charges.
81 wrote her aletter. See, hereit is now,' -
he said, jumping up and going to a desk +,
from which he took a sheet of paper. II
asked her to sign t his for publication In the
newspapers. i did not ask her to retract
what she said. viii you read IL? All, yes.
You see, offered to make up, did not?
ssked her to acknowledge chat she had
been misinformed-is that not so?- and
that she was happy to learn that she had
been misinformed.
What did Nine. Nordica do then? fear
that she had bad advisers. She refused to
acknowledge her mistake. Her husband
tried to convince her that she was wrong,
but she would not listen. She renewed
more then, after her refusal. / tiled
to settle the quarrel with Nine. Nordica
as gentleman should. | am through"
The evening times., 1897-02-25
NEWSPAPER MEN DINED.
Ma jor Mckinley Sent an Autograph
Letter of Regret.

Canton, Ohio, Feb. ga handsome
banquet was given the newspaper cor
respondents last night who have been in
Major Mckinley, who was prevented by
illness from being present, sent the follow
ing autograph letter Of regret:
Your kind invitation TO be present at
your farewell Ginner has been received,
but tits impossible for me for once to com
regards and earnest desire for your pres
enU and future health, prosperity and hap
piDess. Whatever have been your embar-
rassments OF the year during your cam
paign or after, since first our acquaintance
and association began, l Cheerfully bear
Sideration, and especially your great in
dustry in the work devolving upon you
The life of a newspaper man is always
busy and l know you will make it useful
and elevating, so far as in you lies. Wish
ing you a pleasant evening and believing
recollections of Canton and her hospitable
people, l am very truly yours,
WILLIAM MCKINLEY"
NJ A Hanna sent the following tele-
gram:
Il offer the sentiment which requires
you all to look at the gas light through the
bottom OF your glasses: To my co-work-
ers and friends of the press, a reward for
ability and integrity.
The evening times., 1897-02-25
Kent Pricking Them There.

"Some time ago. says the Philadelphia
Record. "a we'll dressed young woman was
taken ill in the street, and was removed
in supposed dying condition to hospital
untown The woman recovered shortly
after admission, and 1t was then that a
peculiar bleeding of her gums was no
ticed. As the doctors at the hospital had
never seen similar case, the woman was
requested to remain that it might he ex-
amined. After several weeks they gave
up in disgust, and the woman was dis
charged. This program had been car
ried out time and time again blythe woman
until she had visited nearly every hos
pital in town Several physicians became
suspicious and laid a plot, which the un-
suspecting woman walked into. Strict
watch was kept from over a transom, and
Just before time for the doctors visit she
was noticed sticking . large needle in
various parts of her gums. BY the time
the doctor arrived her mouth was IN
frightful condition"
The evening times., 1897-02-25
odd items From Anvwhere.

Over 400 diamonds are known TO have
been recovered from the ruins of Babylon
Many are uucat, but most are polished on
one or two sides.
Thieves threw a hook and line through
an open window of a house in Monterey,
Mexico, and stole the bedclothes, under
which the owner of the house was Sleep
ing.
A London chemist, who analyZed a sam
ple of hair restorer,'' sold at half a crown
for a two-ounce bottle, found { TO con tain
only common water, with traces of salt
and sage extract.
If all the cows in Illinois were standing
heads and tails in single file, the leader
might have her nose stuffed in a feed box
in Name, while the last one thoughtfully
switched flies in sunny California.
A young woman in Virginia got ont Of a
second-story window in her home and
walked three miles in her stocking feet in
the snow to joiua young man. They eloped
to Hagerstowns Nd, and were married.
The midnight music of cats so annoyed
Jerome SummeFs,.of Weaverville, N. Y,
that he hurried out barefooted with his
pistol to shoot them. In the yard he stepped
on a rusty nail, which caused lockjaw, and
in ten days hesdied.
A trial has been made of new sea-
diving dress in thesdeepes part of sydney
harbor The diver went down twenty-six
and a half fathops and remained at the
bottom fifty minutes. When he came rp
he showed no signs of distress.
The evening times., 1897-02-25
SILVER And GOLD BLENDING
The Artistic Decoration Of the City
Begun in Earnest.
The Government Officials Actively
at Work on the Public Buildings.
New Scheme for Stands.

While the decoration OF the city is not
yet general there are great many places
on + street, Seventh street, and Pennsyl-
vania avenue where people havetaken time
and the United States flag by the forelock
and have flung the latter multitudinously
to the breeze. Possibly by the end of this
week there will be red, white and blue
enough intown to cover the square measure
of the District
1t is not only red white and blue this
time, however. The yellow, the shibbolcth
or one or the parties, is very largely used,
and in most cases the amenities Of the
occasion demand that the yellow and the
white should fly in the wind together, so
that a compromise in yellow and white
festoon or in steamers, is one OF the big
features OF the bridal array of the city.
The dec Grafton of the Treasury Depart
ment building was begun yesterday. The
rest of this week ard the inst three days
of next week win be devoted to putting
the city into appropriate garb for the
quadrennial occasion. Every available bit
or space along tile line OF march marked
out for the military and civil procession
has been utilized for the erection Of
stands for spectators. For no previous
event OF the kind have so many OF these
structures been built. All the public res
crvat.ons between the White House and
the Capitol have been turned over to the
people who secured contracts from the
inaugural committee to erect stands. The
construction and decoration OF these will
be uniform and on "a scale never before
attempted. Some attention 10 artistic ef-
feet has been given, 70 that in place of the
rough board structures that met the eyes
at previous inaugurations, handsome COW
cred platforms will be the order.
Every stand will have number of nag
staffs of varying lengths, each supporting
flag OF appropriate size.
Chairman Bell, OF the inaugural commit
tee, callodon President Cleveland yesterday
and made arrangements for the usual
ceremonial call TO be made by the Presi-
dent-eleCt on the President. This will take
place at IL O'Clock on the morning of
March 3. President Cleveland, according
to custom, will return the call on the same
day.
The inaugural committee has informa-
ton that the Second Regiment OF the New
Jersey National Guard will probably take
part in the parade, notwithstanding the
recent adverse action OF the State lcrisla.
ture. telegram received by the commit
tee yesterday says that a detail OF the
Black Hussars OF. Chicago, 100 men and
horses, will be in the parade. They will be
headed by the governor OF Illinois and his
staff. The assignment Of position in line
to organizations ended with provision for
the Black Hussars. and no further places in
the parade can be given, excepting TO the
Second New jersey Regiment.
The evening times., 1897-02-25
Here's the New Decollete.

A tall 1.-THE figured woman, renowned for
her elegance in fashionable circles and her
Shapely limbs in bicycle costume-for she
is one of the rare femmes du monde W no
rides in knickers, and manages to look
well despite the bizarre aspect OF the
neither garment on the feminine form divine
appeared in a plain, full skirt of silver
gray satin. worn in conjunction with a
low cut corsage of amber satin, veiled in
finely pleated amber chiffon, of which
the sleeves were also made A popularity
OF this corsage was the way in which Ii
was cut across the bust, the line rising
gradually from the arm pits toward the
center OF the cheSt-or, to he more explicit,
It arched over from left to highland
was very simple and neatly, but elegantly
trimmed with gold gimp picked out with
turquoise cabochons. Long gray suede
gloves. the color of the satin skirt, were
worn with this dress. Row upon row of
pearls encircled the neck, over a broad
bias band of black velvet; while across the
top of the glossy brown hair, waved and
brushed high from the neck, or ''nuque,"
rose a pair of metallic feathered wings,
radiating from right to left, and support
ing white aigrette in the center-Paris
Fashion Letter.
The evening times., 1897-02-25
Sunflower Philosophy.

A good citizen is one who holds his Job
andtreats Instantly well.
desire for knowledge requires but
little encouragement to become a fixed
condition.
The women do their dancing when they
accept invitations to receptions, and pay
the fiddler when they give one.
Unless there is an old woman in the house
anything that is put in the family Bible
is mislaid for years to come.
About all a man gets in this life is his
board and clothes. If you have good
board and clothes, you ale a success.
schemer is always an industrious man.
IL his industry could he directed in honest
channels he would be a great success.
The average woman will folgive her
huband any crime on earth so lCng as size
has every assurance that he will never
commit it.
a gill may thrive on love, but by the
time q man Las been engaged six weeks
he begins 10 took as if lie were eating quail
on a wager.
The evening times., 1897-02-25

Havana dispatches to New York papers
for the past two days have revealed the
fact that refusal OF this government 10
protect it's consul general with a naval
force at Havana, has led to a local condi-
tion seriously threatening tie lives Of
General Fitzhugh Lee, his family, and all
American families and citizens within he
Spanish lines The Spanish volunteers Of
the city, who are much like the Turkish
Bashi- Bazouks in organizati on, blood
thirstineSs and cowardice, having learned
that the General had asked his government
for warshps, Immediately began TO agi-
tate in favor OF a general massacre Of ali
Americans within reach. As this project,
if executed, might cause some inconyeni-
ence to the Spanish government at this
particular juncture, Acting Captain General
Ahumada called before him the chiefs Of
the volunteer battalons, and gave them
solemn assurance that the report was abso-
lutely false; that they might safely rely
upon the strong friendship for Spain OF the
American Administration. and, incidental
Iy, that there was no truth in a report,
which had added TO their excitement. 10
the effect that the position and town of
BayamO had been carried 10y the Cuhan
army.
The evening times., 1897-02-25

IL citizens Of the United states. or
their presumed Representatives in the
Congress, can think or anything more
humiliatiug to our nation than tie state
OF affairs in Havana, thus disclosed, they
much excel in Imagination the average
patriot Every American head must bow
in shame at the thought that the dastardly
policy OF our State Department should SO
leave our consul general, and the people
under his care, TO the tender mercies of a
ferocious mob OF Spanish cut t-throats
when the presence OF few gunboats
would have precluded the possibility OF
danger II is quite as mortifying to oh
serve that, in the present instance, the
danger has been temporarily averted by
confident assurances to the same mob, that
the feelings. sympathies, and resentments
OF the American people do not count; that
the Bashi- Bazouks may feel secure in
continuing their career OF outrage and
murder, safe in the warm friendship and
moral support OF an American admins
tratior
The evening times., 1897-02-25
THE TUsKEGEE CONFERENCE.
Noted Educators Present From All
Parts of the Country.

Montgomery, Ala, Feb. 25.-The sixth
annual Tuskegee negro conference was
held at Tuskegee yesterday. This annual
meeting is looked forward to with great
interest, and this year was no exception.
There was an unusual number OF distin-
guished visitors present. The lowing are
a few who were there from the North: Mrs.
S. c. Armstrong and daughter, Hampton,
Va; Dr. II. b. Frissell, Hampton Institute;
Mrs. Cravath, Fiske University, Nashville
Rev. A. j Mcfarland, Beaver Falls, Pa;
Noah C. Rogers, New York city; Misses Pierce
and Hatch, Plainville, Conn; Rev. N. s.
Shupe, Dayton, Ohio; II W Collingwood,
New York city: W A Hunton, Richmond,
Va; John Karen, New Haven, Conn; j.
S McCulloch and j. r. Milln, Knoxville,
Tenn; Capt Henry Romeyn, United States
army; Mrs Fannie B. Williams, Chi, ago;
Hon. r l.. Smith, Oakland, Tex; Everett
O Fisk. Boston; Rev. DR.. Wilton, New York
city; Rev. DR. Rankin, Washington, ID. c.;
B NJ. Thraster, Boston Journal, and Lun-
dreds from all points in this State.
For three hours steady stream Of visi-
tors passed through the different work
shops and all were interested in what they
saw The conference was then called to
order by President Booker T. Washington.
The pavilion was decorated in a becoming
manner and the school band furnished good
music. In his opening address President
Washington outlined the purpose Of
the conference. They are designed for the
rank and file of the colored people and to
remedy their industrial condition.
A number Of the visitors made short
talks, and after that 1T was really an ex-
perience meeting. The labOring class was
asked to tell what they had done in the
way OF improving their condition in life,
and to hear some of them tell their story
in their own language and show how they
had been benefited 10y these conferences
was encouraging TO those who have given
over means TO build up the institution.
The negroes are encouraged TO buy lands,
build better homes, support the schools
and churches and be better citizens in
every way.