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Mt. Lake Park.

Rev. W. Il. Dean and family were
delayed on account of sickness until
last Monday, the 9th; Mr.. Brooks was
not well enough to go with them.
He is yet confined to his room. They
arrived in Jacksonville Wednesday
morning. They found garden vege-
tables growing nicely.
The extreme storm found us in
earnest the past week. The mails
have been very irregular for several
days
Mrs. DR.. Pagin has returned to US
again since the death of her husband
which occurred in Indiana.
The Park Association has the CON
tract from the B g. O to furnish the
Deer Park Hotel with ice. We have.
| think, the finest ice now, that we
have ever had
Mr.. and Mrs. Barnes, father and
mother of Mrs. Henry May, who have
been here on u visit for sometime, re-
turned to their home in Everett, Pa,
yesterday.
Another bright little son cam to
Charles Mays last Monday night.
j. 4. L.
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love that pleases ones self; love
that will gravitate toward natures
that are repellant as well as toward
those with which it has affinity.
Such is not natural love- The natu-
RAJ heart vigorously asserts it's free
dom to love what it loves and hate.
what il hates But the love that is
Of God, The love that found its exem-
pliGcation in the life and death of
Jesus, folds in it's soft and subtle at
mosphere every beating heart, and
envelopes every creature. Such love
is the fruit Of the Spirit We can no
more expect it 10 spring forth at our
will than to gather garden flowers
from sand dunes. Before we can pos
sess it there must he regeneration Of
the old nature and an implantation
OF new affections. The Examiner.
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CONFORMS TO act OF ts7e

Allegany-Garrett Boundary line Correct.
The Line Not Changed, But Corrected.
From the Cumberland News.
The following correspondence bear
ing upon the Allegany-Gurrett bound
airy line, which has recently been cor
rectly located for the first time, has
been sent to this paper, at the request
of citizens OF this district now found to
be in Garrett county, who complain
because they have not been found to
reside in this county:
LETTER OF INQUIRY.
To His Excellency, Lloyd Lowndes
Sir;-Are we, the citizens and tax
payers of Allegany county, living
within twelve and one-half miles of
Cumberland, to be taken and thrown
over into Garrett county forty-four
miles of an overland route, and
farther by rail to the county seat? We
never had any complaint of CHS
holm's line. 1t suited us very well
and is marked very plainly. | can
find it in the dark, and it has been
there for the last twenty-five years,
and we think it ought to hold by
possession right. No one living along
the line made any objection to to it,
only few politicians that had no in
terest in it, We have always paid
our tax IN Allegany and we don't
want it changed. The Constitution
says no county line shall be changed
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
why the Mail Was Behaved.

A West Virginia mail carrier con
tractor in the early days was frequent
ly reported to the department. at
Washington for the delays in getting
the mail over Cheat mountain one
winter. The department threatened
TO rescind the contract and here is
the letter it received:
Sir-If the gable end of hell should
be blown out and rain fire, smoke and
melted lava for forty days and nights
it would not melt the snow on Cheat
mountain so as to get your id old
mail out on time. Yours truly,
j. A. TRoTTER g. BRO.
That settled it. The department
had nothing more to say. In the
postmaster generals Office the letter
was framed, hung up,and preserved as
a relic of terse and vigorous official
correspondence.-Hinton Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY IS, 1899.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

In view of the fact that the county
is getting its publishing done at
greatly reduced rates, THE REPUBLI-
CAN thinks that the individual is as
ll4acirrntitlea to the bantffte eta ciit
rate as the county treasury, if not
more so, for the reason that he or his
property must stand the whole eX-
pense for publishing, whereas that
for the county is borne by the many
and is, consequently, not nearly so
burdensome, individually, being a
mere bagateHe compared with the
other
We have, therefore, decided to re
duce our advertising rates one-half-
90 cents per square for the first inser-
ton and % cents per square for
each additional insertion on the
following class of legal adver-
Using: Mortgagee's Sales, Trus-
tees Sales, Administrators and Exec
utQrs Notices and all other legal
publications for which the poor man,
widow or orphan are bound to pay.
Let all interested parties bear these
rates in mind and insist that those
representing them, or who have the
power to sell their property, shall
take advantage of these reduced rates
in advertising property for sale or in
serting other legal notices.
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Corr Cr.


Your excellent paper having no
correspondent at this place | will in
my poor, weak way, try to keep your
readers informed OF things Of note
which transpire in this neghborhood.
Rev. j. q. Brenninger preached an
interesting sermon at the Union
church last Sunday.
Noah c. Slabaugh, who has been
at Bittinger some weeks, returned
home last week.
In the absence of Miss DeBerry,
who was summond to the bedside of
sick relative, Miss Sallie Kildow
had charge of the Cherry Greek
school last week.
Quite number of our people are
attending the protracted meeting
which is in progress at the Pleasant
Valley church.
The mercury is still hanging near
zero and an Old-time winter is upon
us; meanwhile the grounding is
scratching his head and going over
his calculations to find where he
made the mistake.
We congratulate THE REPUBLI-
CAN in securing so valuable an ac-
QUESTION to its corps of local. cores
pondents in the person of a poet
whose brilliancV rivals that of a dia
mond of the first water. What for
tunate circumstance that this bril-
liant gem should be so opportunity
rescued from the dense darkness of OBJ
security and made to scatter out its
scintillations for the edifcation of
humanity.
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were cleaned out. He, in connection
with men who thought as he did, was
responsible for putting the republi-
can party in a condition where it
could carry this city and State. Now
that he will probably retire from ac-
tive participation in the party coun-
ellis, he will unquestionably be missed,
but he will go on the bench with the
best wishes of the people of this State,
BALTIC. News.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

the satisfied condition of giolFified
saints; there is too much doA too
much wrong to be righted 100 i1uch
retrogression to combat. 30 NFhIle
the colored people have nbw to Hook
after themselves instead OF peing
looked after, not ali of tier problems
nor all of ours have been solvedl See
how industrial conditions have
changed since Lincoln's timer vast
factories have absorbed small chops;
vast foods of men hake made sompe-
tition for labor too severe~2lTost to
be borne. Vast numbers Of men
who could work do not care to, and
thus yield to the tyranny of1petty
bosses. Hordes Of immature youths
of both sexes are forced out into the
competition of life before they are
able successfully to stand the strain.
Their wages are pittances in many
cases, and their poor little pay envel-
opes are often robbed by employers
who dock the pay of an hour or more
for Il five minute hardness. Com
pared with the strain of modern lie
in our crowded factory towns, the lot
of Il great majority of slaves was q
sunshiny idyi-no care for the NOR
row, no bills to pay, no doctors to fee.
The patriotism Of Lincoln ,nust be
ours, u patriotism that is pQle2ntent
with echoing the past, E'Sif That
strives each day to make the lot Of
our fellows happier The hungry,
the tyranni2ed, the overworked, have
very vague ideas Of duty to an un-
kind country The more we better
the conditions of those about us the
stronger patriots DO we make out Of
them
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

THE edict has gone forth from the
Board of Commissioners office that
No Republican Need Apply
This mandate has been issued by a
republican (9 Board of County Com
missioners; at least the members com
posing the Board posed as republi-
cans. BY their action they have
''cut loose" from the republican par
ty, and we suppose they want some
assistance in the severing process.
They are no longer republicans, sure
ly not democrats, but possibly they
may be prohibitionists or mugwumps.
As such let them remain The rank
and file of the republican party will
hsed no tears over their political
graves but the democrats will proba-
bly, get up jubilee and build upon
the ruins left by the men trusted by
the republicans.
Not being republicans any longer
and to make their position plain and
consistent the only thing left for them
to do is to resign their offices, in other
words get out, and give straight-out,
wool and a-yard-wide republicans an
opportunity to keep the chairs in
the Commissioners Office warm.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

\ stable and punc5ual Christian is
rare man. Too many church mem
bers do their duty by fits and starts
Their enthusiasm is spasmodic.
Their devotion is intermittent.
Their church attendance is desultory.
Their service is ragged They cannot
be depended upon. They say they
will do thing and they do not do it.
They attend public worship one Sun
day and miss two. They are visible
at prayer-neeting one Wednesday
evening and then remain invisible for
q month. They read the Bible one
morning and skip it for o week.
They take Sunday school class and
run away from it whenever it suits
their convenience. Ii is this desultor-
mess which is accountable for many
OF the things which all the friends of
the church lament. Unless men and
women arc strong enough to concen-
trate their energies upon the work
which the Lord has given them to do,
they are practically useless in the
up-buiIding of that church against
which the gates of Hades shall not
prevail.-Rev. G. L. Jefferson, d. D.
Some people carry their hearts in
their heads; very many carry their
heads in their hearts. The difficulty
is to keep them apart, and yet both
actively working observation-disclosures
Hare.
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$50 make thy garden fair as thou canst,
Thou Workest never alone,
Perchance he whose plat is next to thine
VIII see it, and mend his own"

o bow sweet to be wholly Christ's,
and wholly in Christie dwell in
Immanuel's high am blessed land,
and live in that sweetest air, whore
no wind bloweth but the breathings
of the Holy Ghost-no sea nor floods
flow but the pure water of life that
floweth from under the throne and
from the Lamb-no planting. but the
tree of life that yieldeth twelve man
ner OF fruits every month,
Rutherford.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

The devils mail bag--a gossipers
mouth.
The faithful servant watches by
working.
Charity is kindness flowing in a
stream of benevolence.
Continual secret prayer makes con
sistent public practice.
The moment man boasts of his
righteous life, he shows the devil on
his lips,
The Gospel has not lost it's effect,
but much of the so-called effect has
lost the Gospel.
There is not much lifting power in
the testimony of the church member
who does not pay his debts.-Rams
Horn.
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1t is only as man is brought under
the dominion of the spirit of univer-
sal love that peace can rest upon him.
But he will seek IL vain to bring
himself under it. Universal love
means Il love OF that which is repug-
nant as well as that which is pleasing;
a love that it unseIlish aus well as the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

Search thine own heart what paineth thee
In others, in thyself may be;
All dust is frail all flesh is weak;
BE thou the true man thou dost seek"
Whittier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

Since Lincoln's time it is reputed
true that no human slavery has exist
ed within the borders of these United
States. 1t is true, | presume, from a
legal standpoint, but we young men
must never drop, while living, into
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
THE REPUBLICAN.

BENZ. u. SINCELL, Editor and Proprietor
D. GRANT SMITH, Local Editor.
The times., 1899-02-26
coNsuMpT1oN,s CURE.
brought About by knowing How to
Breathe Properly.

There is no reason why anyone should
die of consumption, and if people on'y
knew how to breathe no such disease
would exist.
l assert emphatically that consumption
may not only be avoided by those who
have what is called a constitutional ten
dency to it, but that the disease may be
checked and the lungs restored to their
normal functions even after the tubercu-
lar bacilli have begun their work of de-
struction.
Statistics show that about one-seventh
of the human race die of lung trouble. In
one form or another. The fact that such
a vast number of lives are sacrificed every
year through the effects of improper
breathing should be warning enough to
those who have, or think they have, weak
lungs.
Such people swallow large quantities of
cod liver oil, creosote, and the various
other preparations supposed to heal dis
eased lung tissue; they spend hundreds or
thousands of dollars in doctors bilis;
they become so alarmed at their condi-
tions that they are afraid to take good
long breath for fear OF further irritating the
diseased contents of their narrow chests;
when, if they would throw their nos
trums out of the window, send their doe
tor about his businessl take thorough
course in physical culture, and fill every
inch of their contracted, abused lungs with
pure, life giving air, nature would herself
come TO their rescue and help them shake
off the bacilli that can only live and thrive
in unhealthy and enervated lung tissues.
Not one person in ten knows how to
breathe properly. Women are the worst
offenders in this respect, for, on account
OF. tight clothing and through habit, the
majority of them only initiate a few inches
at the top of their lungs, letting the lower
part lie motionless and inert. The resi-
dual air in these unusued air cells becomes
vitated, dead, and poisonous. Then the
blood, not being properly aerated in its
passage through the lungs. is loaded with
impurities, and the brain, not being suf-
The times., 1899-02-26

es without their shoes and with their hair
hanging. These are Miss Helen de Pegs
ter, Miss Adele Gardiner. Miss Eva Dupont,
Eva Barley, and her sister Rita
Somewhat smaller than these are Miss
Nellie Barnes and Miss Fiji Potter-the
latter is Mr. James Brown POtter's daugh-
ter-and they rise TO the five feet eight
and three-quarters standard. Just an inch
less than six feet Miss Frances de Peyster
measures, and every one of these with the
exception of Mrs. Vanderbilt and her Sis
ters, Mrs Brown and Mrs. Merrill, are
debutantes of this seasons blossoming.
Now, of course, there are score of otn-
ers equally lofty and imposing, but these
will serve to brace my argument that the
tall girls are pushing into majority and
that delightful TO relate these young god
desses are quite as handsome as they are
tall. Furthermore, they have set the fash
ion In favor of unusual height and dozens
of devices are resorted TO to compensate
for a lack OF inches. Trains, absurdly
high heels, remarkable hair ornaments,
reaching six inches into the air. are adopt
ed for there seems to be the liveliest
struggle on as TO who can show the most
swanlike throat, the simmest waist and
arouse most earnest surprised attention
on entering a drawing-room.
The times., 1899-02-26
A Rajall's Ring.

How would you like TO own a ring that
cost s27, 900? Mrs, Clarence Mackey, whose
marriage in New York was the fashion,
able event of last autumn, wears ii on her
finger, or rather on her three fingers, for
it is set on three circles of gold. There
is nothing like it in America and was
made originally for Hindoo Rajah. The
central jewel is magnificent ruby valued
at $4,000. Below and above the ruby are
emeralds of exquisite color, which are a
trifie taller in size than the matchless
ruby, and at either side OF the ruby are
beautifully cut diamonds Altogether the
gold setting holds five gems. In length the
ring measures 12 inches. and it is l IL
inches high. The setting is most curious
and in itself is work of art. 1t is deli
catey carved with tiny dragons head
while around the edges are the cleaning,
pointed teeth.
1t must be more comfortable to own than
to wear, but it is authoritatively stated
that Mrs. Mackey does not mind the in
convenience in the least. When it comes
to money value the size of a thing counts
for very little. Twenty-seven thousand
dollars, for instance. would buy good
big circus ring-but Mrs. Mackey may pre-
fer the investment as il is
The times., 1899-02-26
unccremonious Marriages.

wedding. though not always SOL
emn affair, is usually hedged about with
a good deal of ceremony. The oldest in
habitant OF the West, however, tells of a
marriage SO informal that it was almost
like a casual incident.
An Ohio couple, coming from distance,
drove up to Squire BIS cabin at night.
A loud rap reused the squire. Up went
the latch string OF the door, and the squire
called out:
What Is wanted?"
esquire, we want to be married.
well, then, stand up in the wagon.
John do you and Sally want to be mar
ried?"
I'VE do"
DO you make the request of your own
free wilI?" salE
I'VE do" I,rr
II then, In the name OF God, pronounce
you man and wife. Drive on"
Down went the latchstring, and the old
squire went to bed again. grumbling be-
cause he had been walked up at midnight.
II was the 'squire's fault in this case
that the young couple did not get a little
more ceremony, and 1t was a squire. too,
who was responsible for still less formal
marriage In Vermont. Joshua Manning, of
| Alburgh. had recently been appointed JUS
| tice OF the peace, when he came upon his
son Harry and a neighbor's daughter, Pol
| ly Babcock, in loyer-like proximity by the
| big kitchen fire. To tease them he began
The times., 1899-02-26

peated Mt short intervals many times d"r-
ing the day. always taking care that the
air of the room is fresh. After few days
the patient will find herself breathing with
her whole lungs almost unconsciously.
There are several minor breathing exer-
cises, but the one just mentioned, II per
sisted in, will work wonders in very
short time.
Where the process of breaking down of
the lung tissue called consumption has
actually begun, advise the patient, IL pos
sble. to seek mild climate during the
coldest months of winter, though this is
not always necessary. l am also a strong
advocate of the bicycle. because. II for no
other reason. the exercise makes a person
puff and blow, drawing the air into the
lungs and forcing 1t out again.
There is a simple little device which l
have found very beneficial in some cases.
1t is a little tube which can be placed in
the mouth and after the air has been in
hailed through the nostrils it car. be very
slowly exhaled through the tube. The
special benefit of this device comes from
the fact that it is impossible to exhale
suddenly through the tube, and the air is
allowed to remain in the lungs long enough
to properly do its work of publication OF
the blood. If one cannot readily get one
of these tubes a large straw will answer
the purpose quite as well. AN NJ. ID.
The times., 1899-02-26
A Russian Marriage Custom.

There is custom in many parts of Rus
STA for brides to fast on the wedding day
until after the sacred ceremony, and this
after enduring the hardships of a farewell
party given the day before. AS the mar
rages. TO be fashionable, do not occur un-
til evening, 1t may easily be imagined TO
what an exhausted state the bride is to
commence her new period of life. Besides
bridesmaids there are bridesmen, these lat
ter being obliged to present the brides
maids with sweet meats A parsonage fol-
lows the procession. bearing an elegantly
mounted picture of Christ in gold and sill
yer, which is stationed against the altar
The bridesmaids do not all dress alike, and
their number is unlimited.
The times., 1899-02-26
A JUMPING BUSINESS.
Miss seIdcn Carries on N Fror-Lcg
Industry. -

Some women are as clever and original,
when 1t comes to making living, as o,her
women are helpless and dull. The frog
farm OF Miss Mona Selden. for instance.
is one OF the most unusual business ven-
lures that any woman was ever laughed
at for making. 1t seems that Miss Selden
was a school teacher until a few years
ago. She was probably good teacher,
still her choice of profession was not ex
actly original or uncommon. Not uncom-
mon, either, was the Ill health which
overlook her in the sober and beaten
track of her duties. Perhaps 1t was
failing appetite which led her to inquire
the price of frogs legs in the market.
Perhaps. too. it was failing pocketbook
which made her mediate ruefully on the
price she heard-meditate ruefully at first,
but afterward with an increasing hope
funess.
At any rate Miss Selden conceived the
idea of raising frogs legs herself. and
when she began to look for a suitable
place for the experiment she came upon
Friendship y. j. Friendship is surround
ed with marshes, bogs. and ponds, and is
ideally adapted TO frog culture. The peo-
pie of that section, however, had never
thought of it in that light: so, when Miss
Selden offered to buy their land-wh- -ch
was principally water-at 81 and acre,
they sold it gleefully, turning meanwhile
deaf ear to the reproachful voice of con-
science. Then they waited to see what
was going to happen. The first thing that
happened was the fencing in, with wire
strands, of Miss Selden's newly acquired
property. This caused her neighbors to
shake their heads. while they meaning y
tapped their own intellectual brows. 1t IS
, Spldpn
learning to hit target the size of frog.
and succeeded so well that when spring
came she took her rifle and picked of
frogs as easily as she had once called the
roll in her school-room. 1t Is also stated
that she has made from $4,000 to 5000 a
year out of her frog crop. and that her
neighbors have ceased tapping their
| brows. and instead, respectfully take of
their hats to her.-Harper's Bazaar.