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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-05
REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS.
Plans for Aggressive Campaign for McKin-
ley and Roosevelt.

ley and Roosevelt.
Republican headquarters for the
coming Presidential campaign in
Maryland were formally opened at
No. 8 North Calvert street, Balti-
more, Wednesday morning. AS yet
the furnishing of the suite of rooms,
which comprises the whole second
floor of the Taylor building, is not
complete, but the work will be fin
ished in few days.
In reply to an inquiry as to the
outlook and what line of campaign
work the committee would address
itself to at the outset, Chairman
Goldsborough said:
Our prospects for success in Mary
land could not well be better. We
shall pursue an aggressive campaign
from the start, and feel confident the
large majority of the people of the
city and State will be with us. The
nominations at Philadelphia have
given unqualified satisfaction to the
Republicans of Maryland. Our peo-
PA oiS ohilCu anu III
their desire to get to work for Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt. We know
that all the forces which contributed
to President McKinley's overwhelm-
ing triumph in Maryland four years
ago are not in line for him this time,
but we see no reason to let this dis
courage us. Mr.. Bryan's nomination
and the reaffirmation of the Chicago
platform, with its Objectionable
planks on the currency and the judi
clary, are a foregone conclusion at
Kansas City next week. The large
contingent of Maryland Democrats
who refused to vote for Mr.. Bryan
and to support the principles for
which he contended four years ago
will undoubtedly again refuse to do
so, and while they may not all vote
against him, l am confident enough
OF them will to insure the electoral
vote of the State to Mckinley and
and Roosevelt by a handsome
maiority.''
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-05
White Man Turned Yellow.

Great consideration was felt by the
friends of NJ. A. Hogarty of Lexington,
KY, when they saw he was turning
yellow. His skin slowly changed col
or, also his eyes, and he suffered ter
ribly. His malady was yellow jaun-
dice. He was treated by the best
doctors, but without benefit. Then
he was advised to try Electric Bitters,
the wonderful Stomach and Liver
remedy, and he writes: after TAX
ing two bottles was wholly cured. :"
A trial proves it's matchless merit for
all Stomach, Liver and Kidney troub-
les. Only soc. Sold by all druggists
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-05
Mrs. HaymOnd Again Arrested.

Mrs. NJ. J. Raymond, the woman
who has for the past year or two
made life burden to the residents of
Mountain Lake Park in general by
her actions and the distribution of
pamphlets in which she has attempted
to show that she was being persecu-
ted, was arrested on Saturday upon a
warrant charging her with libel. She
will be given a hearing on Wednesday
of next week by Justice Gonder.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-05
Spent a Good Farm Doctoring.

Mr.. A. n. Noell, of Asherville, Kan
sas, says he spent good farm doctor
ing himself for chronic diarrhoea but
got no relief and was afraid that he
must die. He chanced to get hold of
bottle of Chamberlain Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhosa Remedy and was
permanently cured byit. For sale by
Oakland Pharmacy, Oakland, and j.
W. Laughlin, Deer Park.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-05

Shot by Revolver Loaded Since War.
The thirteen-year-old daughter of
Nelson Booth, at Belington, Barbour
county, near Grafton, w. Va, was
shot in the ankle few days ago by a
bullet intended for a Yankee soldier
thirty-six years ago. An old Confed-
crate revolver, which no one ever
thought was loaded, was placed in a
fire CRATE as a summer ornament,
Scraps of paper in some manner be-
came ignited and the weapon explod-
ed. Oma Booths ankle was shatter-
ed. Mrs. Booth threw the revolver
out of the window, where second
charge exploded, the bullet passing
through the door. The incident has
caused an overhauling of all the old
army weapons in the vicinity.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-05
Fell from a Roof.

Bert Wolf was engaged on Monday
putting new roof on the residence
OF John w. Arnold when he lost his
footing and fell to the ground. He
was considerable shaken up and
bruised but he sustained no serious
injuries.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-05
An Endemic of Diarrhoea.

Mr.. A. Sanders, writing from Co
coanut Grove, Fla, says there has
been quite an epidemic of diarrhoea
there. He had severe attack and
was cured by four doses of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. He says he also recommend
ed it to others and they say it is the
best medicine they ever used. For
sale by Oakland Pharmacy, Oakland,
and j. W. Laughlin, Deer Park.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-05
George Washington's Address to His
Country in 1900.

country IN lJOUs
Say, Eagle,
Amt we great?
Amt we really immense?
Amt we the greatest
That ever happened?
From your lofty perch on
The palladium of our liberties
Sweep your piercing eye around
The wide horizon and see for
yourself.
There is nothing like us
On earth,
And we are getting more different
Every minute.
By Jimmy Christmas,
l had no idea when | started in
With this country
Where we were coming out.
Why, you hadn't more than
Got out of your shell,
And now your wings
Spread from the clustered Antilles
To the splendors of the Orient;
And when you scream,
The echoes hurtle round the
world
And principalities and powers
And decaying dynasties
Take to the tall timber.
And the flag!
The glittering and glorious
Star Spangled Banner,
Which Europe thought was
merely
A dishrag,
When l first swung it to the breeze,
Is now the
Blooming bunting of a boundless
biliwick.
And the Fourth of July?
Well say, Eagle,
Its going to be the
Birthday of half world,
OF which am father of the best
part,
And stepfather to the balance.
You can roost on the ridge pole
OF the Greater Republic
And scream a lung out,
But it won't be so much as a
murmur
To the way l feel
This very minute.
And handicapped as | must be
Under the circumstances,
I'm with you in spirit, Old Baldy,
And every time you flap your
wings
| burst button off.
That's the kind of an expansion
ist l am,
And if you will put
A Star-Spangled girdle
Round the world,
I'll tie knot in it
That will stay tied,
And don't you forget it.
Go on with your spread, Oh, Eagle;
And Star-Spangled Banner fly
high;
I'm with you forever, and wish
you
A perpetual Fourth of July.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-05
Death of an Old Resident of Garrett
County.


Died at the residence of his son Mr.
George G. Blocher, near Avilton, Gar
rett county, Tuesday, June 26, Mr..
Andrew Blocher, aged SO. Mr..
Blocher had been sick about one
month previous to his demise. He
was one of the oldest residents of this
part of Garrett county being born on
the Blocher farm near where he died.
He was an Industrious man and was
highly respected.
He was born March 8, 1918. He
was married April 81, 1916, to Nancy
G. Layman who died Jan. 1895.
They had family of ten children
three dead and seven living. They
are, Mrs. Henry burst, of Minnesota,
John S. Blocher, of South Dakota,
Lewis A. Blocher, of W. Va,
Mrs. Mollie G. Harmon, South
Dakota, George G. Blocher, Mrs. Ada
Carey and Miss Maggie Blocher, of
Garrett county, Md. He is also sur
vived by three brothers, Hon. &. w.
and Henry, of Garrett county, and
Jacob, of Kansas and one sister, Mrs.
Elizabeth Brown, of Garrett county.
The deceased was a member of the
Dunkard church. The funeral took
place Thursday. Rev. David Merrill
preached the funeral sermon. Inter
ment in Blocher cemetery. The pail
bearers were: John Saurbaugh, B. F.
Michaels, Hugh Mcmahon, David and
Richard Pope and James Franzey.-
FrOstburg Forum.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-05

to the old system. The three coun-
ties whose tax collectors are fartherest
in arrear are the three faithful old
Democratic counties, viz: Montgom-
cry, Worcester and Wicomico. Is it
likely they will be pushed under ex-
isting political auspice? Hardly. More
will be said upon this subject next
week.
n L MrCADnET
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T. F. MCCARDELL.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-22
A BAD INSECT PEST.
The Railroad Worm Is Worse Foe
to the Apple Crop Than Even
the Tent Caterpillar.

One of the worst pests that the ap-
pie grower has to fight is the railroad
worm, called also the pulp worm and
the apple maggot. The fruit growers
of Vermont are unanimous in giving
this insect the first rank among their
insect enemies.
1t is worse than the tent caterpillar.
That can be entirely overcome by
spraying whereas spraying has no eff
feet on the railroad worm.
The railroad worm or apple maggot
is the cause of the pulpy, punky condi-
ton of the apples as we find them now
in the stored fruit, and in that offered
for sale. The eggs are laid just under
the skin of the apple by a small fly.
This fly begins her work in June, and
keeps it up pretty much all summer,
SO that there may be worms of all ages
in the apples. She has strong prefer
ence for sweet apples, and practically
ruined the crop of Talmans last year.
Still, she works in all varieties, sour
as well as sweet, and causes hundreds
of dollars loss to the fruit grower.
We have consulted the authorities at
the Vermont experiment station, and
they frankly admit that no satisfactory
way of dealing with it has been dis
covered. They say that considerable
good can be accomplished by keeping
hogs or sheep in the orchard to pick up
the windfalls. These windfalls are
usually full of apple maggots, and the
hogs digest them out of existence.
Experiments are being made at vari-
Gus places in the United States, and we
hope eventually to know some more ef-
fective way of dealing with this pest
But for the present we must rely on
the practice of destroying the wind
falls.-American Cultivator.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-22
TIMELY DAIRY TALK.

It is a mighty good cow that will
pay for much SIS bran.
The wise dairyman with good cows
and plenty of clover hay and rich
silage is the smiling one.
If the COW is off her feed tempt her
appetite with a few feeds of unground
oats, she will like the change-and
oats.
If you get out of work go to the COW
stable. There are generally places to
clean up or fix up. There are always
backs for the curry comb.
A ton OF alfalfa hay has almost as
much protein as a ton of wheat bran.
If the latter is worth SIS, the hay is
worth nearly $17-and the money
stays at home.
The protein sellers will force us to
grow it at home. The soy bean is all
right. Its meal is as rich as cotton
seed in protein, and three times as rich
as corn in fat.
Eating your cake and having it is re-
garded as impossible, but the soy bean
goes you one better-you 'eat" it and
have two-a profit from the COW and a
richer farm.-W. +, McSparran, in Ma
tiopa! Stockman.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-22

pair of leaves have made some growth.
We have planted seed in two-inch
rose pots which were placed in hotbed
till the plants reached the proper size,
and when danger from frost was over
put them out in the fields. Plants start
ed in this way have produced ripe
melons one week earlier than seed
planted in the fields. Parts of old tin
cans may be used instead of pots. The
cans may be thrown into the fire and
the soldering which holds the ends and
seams be melted, and afterward the
cans be rolled out so as to form a
smooth cylinder. They do best if one
be placed inside the other, as at a and
b, with the opening sides opposite, as
illustrated. After the plants are set
out, one of these tin cans may also be
used for plant protector against cut
worms and cold winds until the plant
starts to run. The can is simply slipped
up above the plant, with an inch of it
remaining in the soil to hold it.-Prof.
r. S. Price, Texas Experiment Station
in Farm and Home.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-22
EXERCISE FOR WOMEN.
1t Impnrts to the Outline of the Fig
ure Graceful Contours and
Beauty to the Face.

In Sandow's book on physical culture
he devotes a chapter TO women. He
says: Il am quite aware that there is a
very widespread notion that exercise
tends to coarsen and render a woman
unbeautiful, but that is absolutely
false. Were there any truth in it |
should indeed despair of converting my
fair readers to my way of thinking, for
truly it is a woman's mission to look
beautiful. But the idea is absurd; ma
ture, which intended woman to look
lovely, also intended her to be healthy;
indeed, the two are practically synony-
nous.
"Of course, improper, violent and
one-sided exercise will naturally result
in making a woman clumsy, heavy and
ungraceful, but proper exercise, hav-
ing for its object symmetrical and per-
feet development, will have an exactly
contrary effect. Curiously enough, the
visible effect of proper exercise upon a
woman's muscles is not precisely the
same as upon those of man. Regular
and gradually progressive exercise will
not make woman's muscles prom
inent, but will cause them to grow firm
and round, and impart to the outline of
the figure those graceful contours
which are so universally admired.
without well-conditioned muscle
the most beautifully proportioned wom-
an in the world will look comparatively
shapeless and flabby; her muscles are
not required to show up as in the case
of a mans, but they must be there all
! the same, us a solid foundation for the
everything flesh. Take a woman's arm,
for instance. If it has been duly ex-
ercised and developed, it is easy enough
to see that its shapeliness and good
modelling are due to the muscles; white
and soft though the skin may be, you
can tell at a glance that it is firm and
elastic to the touch. On the other hand,
the arm of the woman who has never
exercised the muscles betrays the fact
unmistakably; it may be plump and
round, but its lines are lacking in
beauty, its movements in grace, and SO
with the figure generally"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-22
M5I'21j9Jtii7IE1ER3EA
S%za;k|l1lljl!SlGS5yy "a GSy
MRS. LETITIA SEMPLE.
Daughter Of President 1yier' VINO
Once Was Mistress of the White
House, Still Living.

Living in the big brick building
known as the Louisa home in Wash
ington is a white-haired woman who
was the mistress of the white house
more than half a century ago. By
the world at large her existence has
been forgotten, nor would the men
ton of her name, Mrs. Letitia Semple,
recall any memory to the ordinary
reader. 1t was as Letitia Tyler that
she first became known to Washing
ton society in the days when the Cap
itol city was scarcely more than
country village, containing a few fine
public buildings separated by long
stretches of bottomless mud. She was
the second daughter of President John
Tyler, and she was a Virginia belle In
the days when that was the clearest
title to beauty that could be bestowed
in this country. Tyler's administra-
ton seems a long way back to most
of us. 1t seems strange to think that
this serene-faced old woman, who is
still active and vigorous, knew and
talked with Webster and Clay and Cal
houn and the other leaders of that
PERIOD Wnlcn was SO pfollllc ol SredI
men. Webster she saw often, and de-
scribes him as a man of imposing pres
ence which made its power felt in any
assembly.
AT the time of our coming to Wash
ington," said Mrs. Semple, in recall
ing her white house experiences of so
years ago, my mothers health was
too poor to admit of her taking active
charge of the duties naturally devolv-
ing upon the wife of the president.
My elder sister and / had our newly
made homes in Virginia to supervise,
and my youngest sister was only n
child. Therefore by common consent
the wife of our brother Robert became
the mistress of the white house so far
as the public side of the life there was
concerned. However, my other sister
and myself were there good part of
the time. This arrangement contin-
ued until after my mothers death,
which occurred in the white house.
Then my brother established himself
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-22
A>{SS<[ AHe,ta
TIGHT FOUNDATION.

tration shows an excellent plan. Dig
a trench close to the barn, and then
dig in under the barn TO the required
distance to accommodate the founda-
tion stones. Exactly under the edge of
the barn, at the bottom OF the wide
trench, drive stakes and put down a
rough board. Now fill in behind the
board with loose stones, put on another
old board and continue to fill in the
loose stones until they stand level with
the surface of the ground. The part of
the trench outside the boards can now
be filled in with earth, packing ii down
solidly, leaving the old boards where
they are. The fiat stones above the
ground can then be put in and cement
ed. Perhaps they can be put in more
conveniently before filling in the out
side trench. h..-Orange Judd Farmer.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-22

in law practice in Philadelphia, and his
wife wished to make her home there.
Meanwhile my husband had been an
pointed paymaster in the navy, and
as that led to his being away from
home a great part of the time [ came
here to take charge of my fathers
household and remained until 1914.
There were no great social enter
tainments in the white house during
my fathers term. My mothers i'll
health and later her death forbade
that. For the most part we lived open
ly, Hospitality and pretentiously; in
fact, Just as we had been accustomed
to do al home i'll Virginia. l remem-
ber that it was customary during the
sessions of congress to entertain
guests at dinner in the white house
twice a week. The first dinner was
usually attended by about 90 promi-
rent public men, the personal and po-
litical friends cf my father. The sec
ond was on q somewhat larger scale.
1t usually included members of the
diplomatic corps, and the number of
guests was generally about 40. 2at
these dinners were always very simple
affairs, and they ended at what would
be considered now a ridiculously early
hour. Then on other evenings it was
customary for the presidents family
to be informally at home-that is, to
receive calls from friends and ac-
quaintances. But even on these occa-
sions the visitors always departed be-
: fore ten o'clock. At that hour the
white house was closed and the family
retired"
Although Mrs. Semple is nearly 50
years old she takes an active interest
in all current affairs. She receives
many invitations from people in pub
lie life in Washington.-N. Y. Sun.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-22
PERMANENT ROADS.
They should lie introduced Wherever
Big Sums Are Now spent for Tenn
porary improvements.

Report is current that more than $780,,
100000 are spent annually in this coun-
try for the temporary improvement of
the public highways. a significant
sum, when it is considered that its eX-
penditure leaves the country in no bet
ter condition than before its use. The
money spent in repairing the roads is
practically a waste, for it gives no per-
manency to the improvement. a bridge
may be put in tomorrow, and next
week it washes out; a manhole may be
filed this week and next week rain
transforms it into the same old mud
hole. A rut may be corrected, and in
less than "a hours the work is made void
and hence has to be repeated.
There is need for improvement and
repairs which shall be permanent and
substantial-not only of value to-mor-
row, but for all time to come. 1t were
better and more economical thorough.
ly to improve one mile of road than to
throw up a dump in the middle of 20
miles of road and call it improved. The
lack of permanency in the betterment
of our thoroughfares is the feature of
the good roads question 10 which large
Importance should and does attach.
We have no definite plan for the inn
provement of the roads, that at this
time would be universally adopted
with good results, but in the absence
of plan we are in the midst of so many
bad roads as to compel the recognition
of a vast need of a feasible and prac-
ticable method. We all know the pres
ent system is a failure, a costly blunder
and unsatisfactory everywhere, and be-
lieve that new system is bound to be
ushered in at an early day. In Sec
tions of Indiana and some other states
macadam roads have been constructed,
and the service is perfect. Where the
materials for macaaamiZing are at
hand, there is no better way of perma-
nently improving the highways. 1t is
not necessary to argue the value of i'm
proved roads to farmers, how they
would enhance the value of land inn
prove the social conditions in the coun-
try, and enable farmers to get better
prices for their products in that they
could get them to market when prices
were high. Everybody believes we
should have good roads, but the people
are not active enough in their demands,
and not agreed as to methods which
will insure effective action. There
needs to be concentration of effort, es-
pecially among the farmers, and agita-
ton and thought should be constant,
since both precede action. What prop
erly may be called good road is one on
which the farmer can haul heavy loads
during rainy weather; one in which
there are no ruts, washouts and bumps;
one that is good when the weather is
bad, and over which team may pull
an empty wagon without experiencing
that fatigue so common on the rough,
rutty, ragged roads which annually are
worked at large aggregate expense and
improved in general unevenness.-
Farmers Review.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-22

of the window. English ivy is also
good vine to use, butN is without flow
ers. In a cool room carnations, violets
and pansies may be grown, while roses
could be handled successfully in a
kitchen where there were heat and
moisture. Tradescantia or Wandering
Jew can be planted along the edge to
hang over the sides, or the box may be
covered with pretty colored paper or
drapery.
Shelves fill up a window so much
that the men do not like plants in the
house. In brick or stone houses, with
the deep window castings, an arrange
ment as shown in the illustration may
be adopted. If there is not room in the
casing, series of brackets might be
fastened along the side, and the plants
receive nearly the full benefit of sun
without obstructing the Iight.-Farm
and Home
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-22
EIGHT Hours n Days Work.

The use of machinery on the farm is
very nearly reducing the hours of la.
Dor to eight hours a day. Very few
ask hired help to work over ten hours
now, and when at work with horses
and machinery eight hours of labor is
as mucn as ought to be expected OF
the team. and the teamster expects tc
do but little more excepting to give
the team the care it should have, and
to keep the machine in order. Even
this last is sometimes delegated to
some other person, if there are knives
to sharpen, as on the moving ma
chine and reaper, for not every good
teamster is handy at the grindstone
and some have but little mechanical
ingenuity, so that though they may
learn to run a machine while it is in
good order, they cannot put it in Or
der if anything goes wrong.-Ameri
can Cultivator.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-22
STARTING MELONS.
How to Secure Crop of CnntaIouDes
Some Time in Advance of
Competitors.

Cantaloupes reach their highest de-
velopment on deep, mellow, sandy
soil. 1t should be well prepared and
the seed be planted as soon as danger
of frost is over. In order to grow the
crop early, which is a very important
consideration from commercial stand
point, it is best to make two paintings,
one very early and the other some ten
days later. Should the first planting be
killed by frost or by insects, the Sec
ond will usually make a stand. If
neither planting be killed, the plants
can be thinned out when the second