The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-05-25

frost has not come. Sunday night all
that kept it away was the fact that it
became cloudy in the early part of
the night and remained so until
morning.
Friday evening Mr.. L. II. Karn, a
former resident of Oakland. arrived
here from Montgomery county, Md,
where he had spent a month with
friends. Mr.. Karn and his estimable
wife left Oakland about six years ago
and moved to Port Orange, Fla,
where they have resided ever since.
Although having been absent from
Oakland for so great a length of time
Mr.. Karn has not lost interest in the
welfare of the town or its people. He
expects to remain here a week or two
longer.
AT the request of the Sheriff of Gar
rett county, Md, Constable S. l..
Dunn, assisted by Policeman Fazen-
baker, and Jas. H. Stewart and Jas.
Taylor, colored, Wednesday evening
| attempted to arrest ten strangers
| charged with burglarizing the post
office and store at Gortner, Md. They
succeeded in arresting Frederick Hoo
yer, of Elkhart, Ind, after he had
shot several times at the officers.
Justice Chas. Huth committed the
man to jail to await the action of the
October grand jury on the charge of
resisting an officer. The men who
escaped had watches and jewelry be-
lleved to have been stolen. Piedmont
| Herald.
The American people have become
adopts at quickly interpreting the full
meaning of an advertisement. They
promptly discover the inducements
presented in it. Plainness in express
sion and conciseness in stating the
variety of articles of sale, therefore,
| should characterize the "adn and
when it is thus arranged and given
publicity in a newspaper which every
body reads, is certain to bring pat
rons to the bridesmaids establish
ment.
This is the season when the local
| gardner and farmer begins to look
about him for something that will
| knock out the irresponsible insects
that chew and suck the garden vege-
! tables. There are many formulas for
| spraying mixtures in use and there
are many ways to get rid of the pests
There is paris green, ammonical cop
! per carbonate, Bordeaux mixture,
copper sulphate solution, London
| purple, Hellebore, kerosene emulsion,
bi-sulphate of carbon, etc. These can
be had at the drug stores at very
low price.
If Canada thistles are cut in the
heart, when in the sign of the Zodiac,
| the roots will not sprout again. Cut
your willows, thistles, sassafras, SUI
mac, or other brush or woods, in this
sign, which occurs on the dates of
| August and 8; September and 5;
October /, 2 and 3, and 2S, 30 and 30,
and December 90, % and "a. Men
who haye repeatedly tried this say
that weeds and underbrush destroye
in the sign named will not bother you
again. Some of our farmers tried this
last year and they affirm it kills the
weeds, some of them taking out shriv-
eled roots from ten to eighteen inches
in length.
Rev. William Brayshaw will attend
the Diocesan q Convention of the
Episcopal church to be held in EN-
manuel church, Baltimore, next week.
st. Matthew's Parish, which covers
the whole of this county, for three
years past and has opened up a mum
Der of promising mission points dur
ing that time. 1t is probable he will
make a change of location after the
convention, as we understand the
vestry of st. Matthew's Parish will
resume control on July list. Mr..
| bo1 !, 4 10
Creede, Col. IA city of 5000 population,
in the diocese of Bishop Spalding.
This was the fifth call received by Mr..
| Brayshaw since March 18th last.
Property owners residing along
Second street from the Memorial
church north have been in receipt of
notices from the Street Commissioner
recently notifying them that grading
along that thoroughfare will be com
menced within a short time. The
plan is to place all the platforms on a
uniform grade, put in q curbing of
heavy oak timber along the cutters
and allow a space of ten feet or more
between the walks and the street on
both sides for parking purposes and
shade tree planting. If this is done
the street will be narrowed to width
of 80 feet for traffic which at present
is all that necessity requires. If the
| plan is successfully carried out that
particular street will be the hand
soonest one within the corporate
limits. All we have to regret is that
something along this line was not
done years ago.
Mismated stockings are the latest
new things to attract the attention
of the fair sex this season. To be
ultrafashionable one stocking must
differ from the other in color. Fo1
instance the left stocking may be
black with a sprinkling of red polka
dots. A pale blue stocking with
bronze blocks has mate of bronze
with pale blue blocks. And so the
combinations go. Only the similarity
of decoration in the stockings an.
nounce the fact to the uninitiated
that they have anything in common.
Oakland is the first of the Maryland
cities to prepare for the celebration
of the glorious Fourth this year in a
way that will befit the occasion of the
return of Dewey, and the success that
has attended American arms on both
land and sea. The citizens and bust