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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-04-25

turers of these machines will have
representatives III the party, and it is
expected that they will enliven the
proceedings by their competition for
orders.
That there is an urgent necessity
for better country highways is shown
in the statement of a competent au-
thority that 5000, 5000 are annually
wasted in this country because OF the
miserable condition of our roads.
1t is a fact that every citizen is Wit
ally interested in our country roads.
The prices of farm and ranch products
are subject to their condition. The
farmers are particularly interested.
To them modern roads mean progress
financially, socially and education
ally.
The United States has spent hun.
dreds of millions of dollars in railway
subsidies and for rivers canals and
harbors, all forms Of highways. 1t
has spent comparatively nothing for
country roads. But there is not a
pound of freight hauled over rail
roads, rivers, canals or harbOrs which
is not first hauled on country roads
or city streets at some stage. The
country road is the primary highway
of commerce. Hundreds of millions
have been spent in improving the
secondary lines while the country
road has been neglected. If it is econ
omical to improve one part of the
haul, why not the other? When the
country realizes that it is losing 5000,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-04-25
Resolutions of Thanks.

The following resolutions were
passed at a recent meeting of Garrett
Council, Jr. O. L. \. NJ, thanking
the citizens Of Oakland for the vel
come rendered the visiting Juniors
here at the State Council meeting
and are published in accordance with
the last clause of the resolutions:
BE IT REsOLVED, BY Garrett Conn.
ell No. 80, Jr. .. L. 4. NJ, that we
heartily thank the citizens of Oak
land for the very kind welcome given
and for the hospitality royalty shown
the visiting delegates attending the
session of the State Council Jr. 0. L.
y. NJ and for the liberal display of
the National Flag emblem of the or
der throughout the town, and be it
ReSOIted, That we thank Mr.. Scott
L. Jones and Julius G. Renninger for
the able and eloquent addresses of
welcome delivered by them at the
opening of the session of the State
Council, and be it
ReSoiced, That we thank Smiths
Military Band for the music kindly
rendered by them on the occasion of
the said session, and be it further
ReSOlced, That these resolutions be
entered upon the journal of the Coun-
ell and copy of same be sent to the
press for publication
April %, 1901. COMMITTEE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-04-25
GOOD ROADS TRAIN.
Will Demonstrate Methods OF Building
Modern Highways.


Modern Highways.
President Earle of the League OF
American WheeImau is meeting with
approval from many sections On his
idea for good roads train. The
subject OF road Improvement i but
little understood in this country. and
as the primary object of the train is
education in road building it will
have highly valuable results upon
the movement for better highways.
The plan OF President Earle is to
have a special train, consisting OF a
sufficient number of cars to carry The
latest improved road making machin-
cry of all kinds, and attached to it
will be a special car for the road eX-
perts who will make the "trip. BY
special arrangements which will be
made in advance Il road congress
will be held in two places in each
State, and after meeting at which
the subject OF highway Improvement
will he discussed by the authorities
who will compose the party there will
be a demonstration Of practical road
building.
The machines will he utilized in
this work, and sample roads will be
built to demonstrate the value Of i'm
proved highways and the economy III
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-04-25
A Letter from Peter BickfOrd.

Sheriff Oester was recently i'll re-
ceipt of letter from Peter Bickford,
formerly of Bittinger, but now serv-
ing in the Philippines as a member of
Co. f, 47th Volunteer Regiment. 1t
will be remembered that this young
man was reported dead 10y one of our
local contemporaries a few weeks ago
which report was wholly unfounded
and caused the mother of the soldier
untold grief and despair.
The letter was dated at Leyte Bay,
March 10th, and was received here on
the 22nd inst. 1t contains the good
news that young Bickfords regiment
would be mustered out of service and
returned home within the next few
weeks.
Recently the command has been
doing an extraordinary lot of work.
Three fights were participated III by
the regiment in which POO Filipinos
were killed, number of towns de
stroyed and six of the enemy's strong
holds captured. Sixty men were
taken as prisoners and deported to
Guam, all island of the Philippine
archipelago where prisoners are sent
for safe keeping, The letter also tells
of the surrender of a number of the
Filipino leaders and the capture of
one of the generals with whom were
two deserters from the American
army.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-04-25
Wreck at Snowy Creek.

Tuesday afternoon eastbound fast
freight train No. %, drawn by engine
1862, one of the new turtle backs, col
lided with truck upon which was
loaded steel rails at Snowy Greek
curve, west of Corinth. One of the
rails penetrated the jacket of the en-
CINE which, with the tender and one
car, were derailed and detained traffic
for some hours.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-04-25
Three From the Salisbury Star.

Mr.. G. H. Jennings, the popular
and well known lumber dealer and
manufacturer who is building the ex-
tension 10 the Salisbury railroad, is
here ready to proceed with putting
down the track The iron material
for the bridge which is to span the
river about mile and half south of
town, is now on the ground, and when
erected the work OF completing the
road will progress very rapidly. In a
few months the iron horse will be
pulling many ears of lumber out of
the region near Bittinger, Md, where
one of the largest lumber mills in the
country will be in operation. The
grading for the extension was com
pleted last fall, and it is altogether
likely that new coal as we'll as lumber
territory will be developed shortly at
ter the track is laid. Land owners
up the river will do well to give cap
italists fair chance to develop their
mineral lands. They will gain moth
ing, but will lose great deal by hold
ing their mineral at too high figure.
Messrs. Henry IOst, u. NJ. Stanton
and Gilead Broadwater, all promi-
nent citizens of near Grantsville, Md,
We're business visitors in Salibury Oh
Monday. Mr.. Yost left here on Tues
day morning for Roanoke, Va, where
he will visit with his son, Mr.. J. H.
Yost, for some time. The son is a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-04-25

100000 annually, how long will it take
to find a remedy:
These are questions which the
League OF American Wheelmen is ear
ne>tly bringing 10 the attention Of
the country. Its work is going for
ward constantly, but quietly. What
ever progress has been made is to be
credited 10 it. II is admitted that
the movement started in the /. y. w
through selfish motives. The league
wanted better roads Tor better eye
ling. But, whatever the original rea-
son, the organization has found the
great economic necessity for good
roads and is impressing it upon all
classes. II is need OF great magni-
tude, however, and will take many
years OF hard work before the object
can he accomplished. This is expect
ed by the men leading it, and they
are prepared to carry it Oh for what
ever time may he necessary.
In New Jersey ana New York,
where the plan has been tried, it has
given nothing but satisfaction 1t
has proved practicable IN every way.
1t is to demonstrate these things, as
well as to show the proper way Of
building a road, thar the good roads
train will make its trip over the conn
try. The League Of American Wheel
men earnestly invites cooperation in
preparing for irs reception and stay
in the various States. aud il should
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-04-25

The chief of the Maryland Bureau
of Industrial Statistics in his annual
report, Just issued, gives these nine
reasons why he maintains that Mary
land is the legitimate home of the
farmer:
/. Its favorable geographical and
climatical conditions.
,. The adaptability of its soil to
the favorable production of such a
diversity of crops.
}. The cheap price of land.
4. The character of our public
schools and school libraries, together
with free books and liberal State ap-
preparations for manual training
schools, universities, colleges and
seminaries.
,. Good public roads and bridges
with a spirit abroad throughout the
State to make them better.
&. Its widespread system of water
ways, competing with its numerous
railways, thereby furnishing cheap
rates of transportation
I. It's proximity to the great cities
of Baltimore and Washington, as well
as its practical nearness to PhiladeI-
phia and New York.
$. The State Agricultural College,
with its experiment stations and de
partments of horticulture, to furnish
free such information as may be
sought on these lines.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-04-25
Names State Auditor.

Governor Smith announced that he
had appointed Mr.. George r. Ash, of
Elkton, Md, to audit the accounts of
the clerks OF the courts, of the States
Attorneys offices, Registers of Wills
and Sheriffs' offices of the various
counties. This appointment was
made under the act known as the
State Auditors bill, which was passed
at the session of General Assembly
of 1900. Mr.. Ash is a native of Cecil
county and is editor of the Cecil
County Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-04-25

The members of the Oakland Band
take this means of thanking Mr.. Chas.
Tower, members of the Jr. o. U. A. NJ.
and all who SO generously contribut-
ed to the success of their recent enter
tainment, "A Hick'ry Farm
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-04-25

The blood is constantly being puri-
fed by the lungs, liver and kidneys.
Keep these organs in a healthy condi-
ton and the bOwles regular and you
will have no need of blood purifier.
For this purpose there is nothing
equal to Chamberlain Stomach and
Liver Tablets, one dose of them will
do you more good than a dollar bot
tie of the best blood purifier Price,
% cents. Samples free at all druggists.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-04-25

American Steel and Wire Company,
American Steel Hoop Company, Cru
chile Steel Company and Malleable
Iron Company are among the big
losers. Most of the mills will be idle
several days, and some Of them longer.
As the waters recede they leave every
thing touched covered with slime and
mud.
The Pittsburg Baseball Park is in
bad condition. The first three tiers
of chairs in the grand stand were I'M
der water, and the bleachers were
floating all over the diamond. 1t will
take a week to put the ground in
shape.
The railroads entering Pittsburg
suffered from flood, landslides, wreck
ed bridges and snow On the Fort
Wayne the worst trouble was a snow
blockade between Salem and Massil-
Ion, Ohio. This began on Saturday
morning and tied up the road "a
hours. At 9 o'clock this morning the
track was cleared and trains began
moving. The same trouble kept the
Cleveland trains of the Pittsburg and
Lake Erie late. The snowfall did not
extend east of New Castle, but at
Youngstown, Ohio. it was two feet
deep, and the drifts in the cuts north
of that city We're up to the locomotive
headlights. The wreck of an Erie
train blOckaded the road so that deep
drifts formed undisturbed. Water
was two feet deep on the Lake Erie
tracks at Sawmill Run, but trains
got through.
Landslides occurred on the Pitts
burg and Lake Erie, the Baltimore
Ohio at Soho, on the Pan Handle on
the South Side; the Bessemer at sew
eral points, and the Allegheny Valley
near Franklin, Pa. The slide at Soho
was $50 feet long, and it required II
hours work to clear one track.
At Skobo, between Monaco and
Aliquippa, the Lake Erie suffered its
most serious landslide One hundred
feet of the west bound track was car
ried 50 feet down the steep bank, the
whole face of the bank slipping into
the river. On the lines of the Penn
sylvania and Baltimore and Ohio to
Wheeling great damage is reported,
and both lines were tied up several
hours. Five miles of the Pittsburg,
Bessemer and Lake Erie tracks were
under water or mud. The bank was
continually sliding down onto the
tracks, and large force of men could
not keep them clear. The damage tC
telegraph poles and lines along all the
roads was enormous, and it will take
several days to fully repair them
The damages to furniture and
dwellings in Allegheny is estimated
at $4,000 1t will take two months
of hot summer weather to thoroughly
| dry out these houses. In Pittsbura
= the loss to residences, stores and goods
and the cost OF cleaning mp will
amount to about S250,000
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-04-25
Prominent Merchant Guilty of Larceny.

Prominent Merchant Guilty of Larceny.
}. G. Kephart, a prominent mer-
chant Of Keyser, w. Va, was convict
ed in court of petty larceny and was
sent to jail. He purchased stolen
railroad brass from boys and when
arrested had 800 pounds at the depot
boxed for shipment. Judge Daily
was deaf to entreatIes to fine him and
allow him to escape Jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-31

extravaganza. Be that as it may,
some stage folk are living examples of
the former virtue. The ideas carried
home with me during my week of up to
date dissipation as most charming
were, first, the sash worn with gray
Dress held by six gold buttons and ro-
settes at the back, with rather short,
broad ends; next. pink tulie chenai-
settle in an evening dress tucked right
into the bodice, and the sleeves OF the
gown showing the prettiest possible
milkmaid elbow puffs. Then the al
mixture of gold and turquoise blue IN
the form of webbing on the neckoand
and vest and on the gray gown appeal
ed strongly to my aesthetic soul, ana
with the evening gown a big blush rose
of pink tulie and crystal powoerlngs
silently extolled the virtues OF original
ity Was it not clever to twist Wlsp
OF black tulle into sash form, with one
long flowing end2 The bunch Of black
tulle in the hair is also delightful
saw it employed by several OF those ST.
gacfous women who will not chanse
their couture to suit fashions WhlIns-
A relief it is to see pretty hair not as
torted into the side parting ana pro"
curl decreed correct, but softly waved
and gathered up on the crown OF the
head into a coil. while on the 1oreheao
there are a few natural tendriis OF
curls.
The beginning of the century, though
not quite so mild and amiable as the
closing Of the last as concerns the
weather. has not affected the vogue or
frivolous sartoriaI fancies- Every sec
ond Girl who is smartly dressed wears
the himsiest and most summefllks
chemisette shirt. In many cases II IS
transparent lace collar and yoke, with
fhe fur bolero turned boldly back to
CT
Frivolity can go no further than II does
in the alliance of fur and moussellne'
which in Paris are now actually com
bined to make dresses for daytime oc-
casions. 1 think the introduction OF
universal electric lighting has had
much to do with establishing the per
fectly lovely though foolishly insult
aln1a modes worn at afternoon recep-
tions. Lamp and gas were respectfully
commonplace. but electricity, deity
shaded and c1everly presented in cut
glass candelabra, produces the bril-
liant though softened effect of the
wax candle days of the beginning OF
the century when women CARRIED them
selves very much more diaphanously
than even we do.
The easiest way to acknowledge the
new feeling for gauze and fur in COM
many is to order boa of the former
edged with the latter. The edging must
be 50 narrow and delicate that 1t might
easily pass for chenille, while the
throatlet part may be fussy and big.
The ends should hang straight and be
rather more broadly bordered with fur.
Gold and silver tissues make hand
some boas. and even an all fur boa may
be glorified by a cluster of gold tissue
peoples with black hearts This, the
most modern of all demands, is the
rage Such a bunch worn either on the
corsage, to center the muff in the
toque or at the waist belt is a must .
Boas Of this character can be worn far
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-31

8 8s..Is May s9 JUBILEE H., - ]
/: 1--'1-''1--t'A MONTH And Its 5
Modes


ter the mystery OF repose, badinage,
repartees the sum total of a social cam
paigns has profited by an object lesson,
and madame has stepped the wary old
beau's senses in talk intoxicants and
furnished a beauty feast for his eyes
He is correspondingly grateful, and
madame has hopes. At a nearby table
a love comedy is enacted. Slipping rum
my tea, an actress who counts affairs
as the prize duelist of Paris records his
field of honor deeds. uses her big, blue,
china doll eyes so Acknowledgements that
her multimillionaire escort is quite OBJ
livious to the fact that his daughter
quilted the place hastily when she
espled his. companion.
And thereby hangs a tale Is there to
be a Mrs. w. number three2
Quite in the center of the room a
quaint bit Of antique femininity-some-
body's. Aunt Serena done up in the
latest of fashionable garments, sits
alone Her bearing suggests that it is
a sense of duty to the sphere in which
she moves that brings her. She may
have come from Pompton Plains or
from South Carolina SIZE is a guest
of the hotel Anyhow, she takes her
self and surroundings seriously. even
unto the raspberry cordial which the
waiter titteringly places several times
before her.
The evening meal is a sort Of preIim-
mary to what follows after the play.
Fun begins in real earnest at midnight
with absinth and anisette to WOO capri
eious appetites. ending with black cof-
fee, one cup OF which would make a pot
for a we'll to do east side German fam
lily, who know, too. what strong coffee
is. If the crowd be of the gay gayest,
the experienced one suggests as the
lights are lowered that Dicks bachelor
apartments are handy, and, with much
riotous talking, women tuck themselves
into swans down wraps, gather their
beribboned and tinseled petticoats high
above their ankles and sally forth to
repeat the fifth meal of the day. This
is composed mainly Of drinks and a
chafng dish dainty. BY this time rose
clouds which herald the dawn of a new
day signal the time of departure.
At the week end I ceased to marvel
at the enormous amounts spent on
clothing. The perishable things weren't
fitted for second wear when they'd been
taken off and put on half a dozen times
during an evening. AS for madame's
gown-it would be crushed or spotted,
either condition making it obsolete for
her further use. Immaculate accesso-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-31
CooKTNG no ORDER.

The family had advertised for a cook
The family lived in mansion.
throughout the house there were rich
articles of furniture and bric-a-brac
which had been picked up from time e
time in the family's wanderinsa
through Europe and other sections Of
the globe. Now, it so happened a ver5
wise person applied for a place as queen
of the culinary department in this eie
CANT household
what is your manner" asked tht
family.
''Evangeline. thank you" came An ros
ply from the dusky applicant.
'Evangeline. then. tell me, are you
good cook2''
IT'S just like this: You see, I can d
SO cooking, SIS cooking, $40 cooirlngl
but
There was an undue emphasis on the
but and Evangeline glanced admir-.
ingly about the house. Evangelint
knew her little book well.
TT seems TO me-" she went on finally
you folks wouldn't be satisfied will
any other than my SIS kind"
The family was quite taken abacls
but managed to recover itself in time q
say it might live to get along as (
starter with about s17.s5 cooking for (
few months at any rate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-31

Isabel Carnaby,'' with a second book
1.-THE Farringdons." which. like It's preu-
ecesscr. is notable for witty dialogue
The above shows the place that wom-
en- have taken in fiction. other helds
of literature are practically untrodoen
by them. Women poets Of the FIRST or
der are few. There are, however, many
writer's OF popular verse. There are no
great women philosophers or scientific
writer's Whatever their views or ass
pirations. with the exception Of a few
versifers. the women of the past CEN
fury have expressed their thoughts ~
the form of prose fiction. The twenti-
eth century viii doubtless see innova-
lions. Women viii make great strides
in other branches Of literary endeavor-
Some one has suggested that women
are peculiarly qualified to do good ht-
erary work; that they are even so con-
stituted that they may eventually
usurp men as writer's, just as men are
now crowding out women from what
have been considered her heaven or
dained vocations-dressma milh-
merry and cooking. Even as trained
nurse and housemaid women no longer
monopolize their fields There is NOT
much danger of women controlling the
field in literature, for other depart
ments of work will open and other pro-
fessions Will so enlarge that, instead %
attracting every needy or ambitious
woman, literature will be taken UP only
bv the few who have something to say
and who love it for its own sake rather
MADGE PORTER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-31
Mems Queer
Little Wayc.

III LADY in Mr. ShufHebotham's
90 neighborhood swallowed her set
Of dentists teeth one night. She
sneezed. and. 10. they were mott Now.
teeth can chew things, but the stomach
cannot digest teeth themselves, partic-
ularly teeth made by man; neither will
these melt away like ice cream The
teeth lodged in the 1ady's throat, where
they would neither go down themselves
nor let anything else go down. She ran
a fair chance of starving.
Surgicals science brought all its re-
sources to bear for the unfortunate la
dy, and this time in spite of being of
the most advanced and skillful kind, it
did not kill the patient. The surgeons
x rayed the lady. found the obstruction
and were able. by means of the latest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-31
KATRINA TRASH.

without mention OF other English wom-
en- writer's, some of whom have a
great vogue in their own country rath-
er than in this Among these may be
noted John Strange Winter (Mrs. Stan
nard), who writes of British army life;
Mrs. w. K. Clifford, whose story, 1.-THE
Likeness of the Night" aroused so
much opposition in various quarters;
Mrs. Sarah jeanette Duncan Cotes. au-
thor of 1.-The Path of a STAR Mrs.
Steele, author of THE Hosts of the
Lord;'' Edith Wharton, an American
by birth, an English resident for years.
whose story, "A Gift From the Grave"
has a wide sale in England; Lucas Ma
let (A1rs. NJ. K Harrison, a daughter OF
Charles Kingsley, who in "Gateless
Barriers has written study of super
natural conditions. Ellen Thornycroft
Fowler, who followed her first success,