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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-14
FAsr4RAINs VA NrEDIN GERMANY

A series of prizes has been offered by the German Society of Mechanical En-
 tions for steam locomotive and group
 of cars which together would form an
 express train capable of carrying one
 hundred passengers comfortably with their baggage at speed of seventy-five
 miles an hour The purpose of this com-
 petition is to obtain a unit of equipment affording a greatly increased speed and yet adapted for use on the state rail- roads of Prussia as they now are, with out any change being made necessary in the weight of rails and ties The specifications require that this train shall be able to maintain for three con- secutive hours a speed of seventy four and half miles an hour without stop ping for water or fuel and with a mini
 mum expenditure of power.
 Arthur Kirchoff, editor of d publica-
 tion in Berlin devoted to engineering
 and machinery, has some interesting
 ideas concerning the formation of fast
 train. Experiments made with every
 possible care have shown that at a
 speed of fifty miles an hour the resist
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R REEdTEPk.

| Barnes-"Is the girl pretty?" Shedd- Beautiful. That is to say, my wife doesn't like her a bit I haven't seen
 her myself, you know. Exchange. How does your wife manage to kill time in your quiet little resort '' T
 haven't heard her say, but I suppose she uses her usual method-talks it to death. '-Detroit Free Press. Says newspaper item: 50 voracious
 is the old cod that it will swallow any thing it sees in notion" If 1t were only possible, now. to plant a few codfish along the roadways where the automo-
 piles dash past in reckless motion! - Boston Transcript.
 In the Near Future-"The wedding
 presents, I suppose, were something gorgeous"
 "Oh, princely!" replied the guest. There were necklace of diamonds, a yacht, a solid gold dinner set and a complete ton of anthracite coal"-Phil- adelphia Press.
 Mrs. Wibbling I'm surprised, Charles, at you're eating so much din-
 ner, when you know that you are sure to suffer from indigestion all night" MT. Wibbling-"I should think I might be permitted to eat my meal in peace. It is the only time I have to enjoy my food d"-Exchange.
 Relative Importance-'Andy you real ly think that the political boss of your party is greater man than Henry Clay!" We'll answered the. candi-
 date, q won't exactly say he's greater. But he has a great deal more influence with the people with whom I am doing business at present. Washington Star. Stern Parent-"I suppose you know,
 my young friend. that the man who
 marries my daughter must marry her for herself alone?" Suitor-"Oh, yes, I'm fully aware of that, but it is understood you know, that a nice pot of money goes with her. You can't expect me to give up the girl for such tri1e as that
 Exchange.
 Diverse Appetites. "I wonder why donkeys eat thistles?" says the man
 who is always finding something pecul- far n life
 olij bliS W HOICd lIlG pGISOlI NiIO IIkGS plain food, there is no accounting for taste. If a donkey were to give the matter a thought, I suppose he would wonder why human beings eat olives" " Washington Star.
 Ping-"I met Server last evening. He had a good deal to say about his new baby" Pong-"What was it he had to say about the little one?" Ping-"Tell you the truth, I wasn't listening to him; this bragging about babies is a bore. By the way, I want to tell you about my dog He beats everything. T'other day he'-- Pong "Awfully sorry; but there's my car. So long,
 Boston Transcript.
 The Terror of the Sea.-"Save us!
 Save us!" shriek the bathers. rushing
 to shore. Thinking that the sea serpent
 had appeared, the hotel proprietors and
 newspaper men rush to the beach,
 armed with cameras and pencils. But
 the elation turns to alarm, when it is
 seen that the object of terror is Mir M.
 Jeerpoint Porgan, who has arrived in his cruiser, and ordered the bathers out of his ocean.-Baltimore American.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-14
The River Ruad.

Always the river road is green With grass that waves and trees that lean Always the ferns grow thickest there, And faint sweet perfumes fill the air; And little care I for the load If l may walk the river road. For rippling down q silver tide, The stately river fOweth wide; And evermOre its full cups he Borne onward to the brimming sea; And never shuts the sea its door, It woes the river eyermore. l lOiter near the rivers bend. Across the loop q stone I send: The river turns and twists and strays, Much like little child that plays; Now broad, now narrow, everywhere Serene and strong and deep and fair. Reside if lovers finger, fain To listen to its sweet refrain; And mothers sometimes sit and dream And watch the waters fade and gleam; Who will may rest from toll and task And in Gods blessed sunlight bask If but they'll bring the weary load And walk beside the river road.
 Margaret E. Sangster.
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knvERT;sTNG RATES.

sIsustioDs. Wants. Rents. and other small advertisements, Dne cent & Word each In' serlion. Five Cents a Word for full weeS lseTen IiLQesl.
 Display advertisements. per inch. one iao eo cents: one week, S3.2O; oae month, $1O; one yesF. S41 ,s
 obituary NOlIces. In prose CT verse. 12 cents Der line. Notices of Births. Mari,. ages. Deaths, anG Funerals. % cents eacN' Lgcai Notices, h per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to theIE own immediate business lail matter 10 De 1aohieciIonabie), and their contracts do hOs si,~iuda wapts. ID Let. For Sale. etc:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-14

The agricultural districts of Guga- rat, India, are experiencing plague of rats. They have consumed the crops of sowed grain and have caused much suffering among the inhabitants. In some places the people have dug out the accumulated stores of grain from the rat-holes and found as much as ten pounds collected in one burrow. So acute has the crisis become that the government offers large rewards for the extermination of the pest. But the ob- ject of the government has hitherto been largely defeated owing to the su- perstitions of the natives, who persisted in their theory that the unusual num- bers of rats represented souls of the departed in the late famine and refused to make any attempt to exterminate them. This curious apprehension, how ever, has now been overcome and many thousands of rats have been killed.
 The method adopted by the natives in destroying rats for the reward is unique
 At night party goes out with a lan- tern and armed with bows and arrows.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-14

The proposed erection of a twenty story office building on the American plan in London has aroused vigorous opposition. The streets of the British capital are so narrow and dark under ordinary circumstances that to line them with skyscrapers would practical ly convert them into tunnels.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-14

Devery can certainly 'sling lan- guage." He says of Sheehan: You couldn't follow him through life by. the pennies he has spent"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-14
Prophylactic Tooth Ponder. Thyn1as Tooth Wash.

To meet the demand for 8 Pleas ant, Safe and Reliable Dentrifce which Dentists and Physicians could recommend and which could be relied upon to Cleanse the Teeth, Harden the Gums and Purify the Breath--without in jury-we, some years since, put the above preparations on the market.
 Made in our own Laboratory from the best materials, their purity is guaranteed, and the steadily increasing sale is proof that the demand for a Popular Dentrifice is supplied. 4 For a short time a good Tooth Brush will be included with each bottle of Powder or Wash for 25 cents. Y
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-14

The rats are said to be attracted by the light and the sportsmen shoot them as they come within range.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-14

Last year the German nation smoked ssS tons of cigarettes, statistics say, against ttirty-eigh tons in 1891.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-14

Information received from United States Consul G. Bic Ravndal at Beirut, Syria, shows that the Syrians are talk jug great interest in the Worlds Fair at St. Louis. The merchants and nlanu- facturers of that country have been greatly benefited by the American expo- sitions directly and indirectly. They not only have made money but have gained many new ideas by their contact with the people of the Western world. The silk weaving. flagree and other Syrian industries have been revived as a consequence of business built up through the influence of American expo- sitions. MT. Ravndal says that there will be fine display of Damascus spec ialties by a Beirut syndicate and that a lively participation on the part of Syria in the Exposition may be expected.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-14

5 Secretary Moody of the navy received notification from the comptroller that he could not pay the subsistence of the congressional guests during the naval maneuvers out of the contingent fund ' of the navy department. He replied, rather tartly, that he had not asked permission, having intended all the time to pay the bill out of his own pocket Comptroller Tracewell then producted g. letter, signed by Secretary Moody, ask ing the quection which he had ans- wered. It seems the letter was pre- pared by some responsible subordinate, and that MT. Moody had signed it in the regular transaction of business without knowing it.
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Edtrcatinar.
HOgartl Business College.

The noorest writer can became 2 fine Pen. man. Mo- failures
 SOCRATIC METHOD. No classes. Each pupil taught separately.
 DAY AND EVENING SESSIONS.
 Penmansh.p, Bookkeeping, Arithmetic, Orthography, Grammar, Elocution, Core. spondence, Shorthand, Typewriting, Busi. ness Methods and Commercial Forms.
 Diplomas awarded. Graduates assisted to good situations.
 Visitors welcome All interested in a sound business education are cordially In. vited to call on. or address PROF. J. Nj. LEE, 42 Church Street, Room 213. First
 BOARD OF REFERENCE: U. s. Senator Orville H. Platt, Cong. N. D. Sperry, Hon. John P. Studley. Ex-Gov. T. N. Waller.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-14

There is corn in Missouri. A man living near Hardin, Ray county, thinks he has the best stand of corn in the state. He is cultivating what was for merly twenty-acre feed lot, and he expects his yield to be one hundred and twenty bushels to the acre. His pros poets beat those of Harve Levi, of near Missouri City, who says he is confi- dently expecting one hundred bushels to the acre. But the prize corn story comes from Fulton. J. W. Craighead, a farmer living near there, claims he has stalk that has fifty-six ears on it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-14

One more. A combination of lumber interests in the south and northwest is planned, to have the name of the Lum- Der Merchants and Timber Growers Protective association. It will be cap- italized at $5O,OOO,OOO, and is expected to include over one-half of the timber in- terests of the country. It is the inten- ton of the incorporators to cultivate and prepare timber for the market, and will also govern the price of timber. They will have private steamship line, which will be used for exporting prepar- ed timber to foreign countries, and in return will carry to this country choice timbers grown in distant lands.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-14

Barnes-"Is the girl pretty?" shedd- Beautiful! That is to say, my wife doesn't like her a bit. I haven't seen her myself, you know. ."-Exchange.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-05-22
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK,

The electric light plant of the
Mountain Lake Co. is to be moved
from the site at Crystal Springs to
the Mountain Lake Hotel grounds.
Supt. Landon is putting up a boiler
house.
d. W. Smith, of Washington, D.
c., is visiting his brother James.
Mrs. NJ. E. Showalter and family, of
Fairmont, w. Va, took possession of
the Blakesly cottage last evening.
VIM. A. Smith, Esq, of Hoyes, was
a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Fergu-
son Monday evening.
Among the recent arrivals at the
Park are r. M. Sheats and wife, of
Pittsburg; B. G. Harrison and fam
lily, of Keyser, w. Va; H. G. Sharp
and wife, New Philadelphia, Ohio;
F. T. Martin and family, Fairmont,
W. Va; Hon. Geo. G. Sturgiss, Nor
gantown, w. Va: G. w. Conner, Esq,
Wheeling, W. Va; w. L. Davidson,
D. D., and Warren Choate, ESQ.,,
Washington, d. c., and G. w. Bald
win, d. D., Baltimore.
James Garner, of Terra Alta, is
helping to put in the foundation of
the new electric light plant.
VIM. j. Grove, secretary and treas
urer of the Jackson Iron and Tin
Plate Co., of Clarksburg, W. Va, was
visitor at the Park last week.
The large boiler for the electric
light plant was placed in position last
Friday and is being walled in. The
engine was shipped on the Goth inst.
M. A. Green, general manager of the
Erie City Iron Works, will personally
superintend the placing of the engine,
which is one of the best built by his
company. The electricians will be
through with their work next week.
Extra men will be put to work this
week. Hotel Chautauqua, Romney
Cottage and other houses will be
wired. Said a gentleman last week:
Judging by the way your company
are putting in your plant you expect
to be here for long time"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-05-22
Letter to q. S. HamiIl.

Dear Sir: You own several houses.
Your reason for painting Deyoe lead
and zinc should be several times as
strong as the man who owns but one.
Lead and oil was good enough paint
till the merits of zinc were found out.
1t was profitable to paint lead and oil
it was then-but not now.
The addition of zinc to lead makes
Devoe lead and zinc last twice as long
and cost no more; costs less-a trife
less, not much. Lead and oil is mixed
by hand; Devoe lead and zinc by ma
chinery. Might as well make ones
shirts by hand as mix paints. Say it
costs 800 house to paint lead and
oil; and it lasts three years.
Say it costs the same for Devoe;
which lasts six years-it will last ten
years, in favorable conditions, unless
you want to repaint to change the
color.
The costs: lead and oil about $50 a.
year; Devoe $15-probably less.
Yours truly,
F. w. DEvoE & Co.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-05-22
WATER WORKS PROPOSITION
Was Submitted to Council at Its Meeting
Last Night.

Last NlSht'
Mr.. H. g. Frederick, of Millersburg,
Pa, who has been in correspondence
with the Mayor and Council for some
time with reference to building a
I system of water works, submitted a
proposition to council last night to
erect the system and furnish suffi-
cient supply of pure spring water for
fire protection and domestic use.
Mr.. Frederick arrived here Tuesday
night and yesterday he in company
with Councilmen Fleming, Mitchell
and Loar drove to the H. g. Sanders
farm five or six miles south of town
on which is located a never failing
spring of abundant proportions to
furnish water for all purposes under
existing conditions. The fountain is
at an elevation sufficient to bring the
water to town under heavy pres
sure. Mr.. Frederick expressed him
self as being entirely satisfied with
the flow of the spring, but will go out
to Laurel Run, five miles southwest
of town, and inspect the water and
the volume flowing in that stream.
The proposition submitted by Mr..
Frederick to the Council is: He will
install the system and place at desig-
mated points along the streets of the
town "a or more four-inch fire plugs
with connections for two lines of hose
from each for the sum of $25 per plug
payable in instruments of $500 at the
end of each six months. The con-
tract with the town shall extend over
the period Of twenty years and HAY
be renewed at the option of the Coun-
Gil. He guarantees sufficient sup
ply of water at all times and under
all conditions, unforeseen accidents
excepted. The rates to private houses
will be moderate and are as follows:
For hydrant in yard or in kitchen,
So; each additional spigot, 50. A sys-
tenn will be installed for $40 per year
and includes the following: Kitchen
spigot or hydrant in yard, closet, sta
tionary wash stand, bathtub, pave
wash or hose connection on the street
in front of residences. The above in
cludes connection for hot water APP
paratus in kitchen.
The Council will hold Mr.. Fred
erick's proposition under advisement
for ten days, at the end of which time
they will either accept or reject it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-05-22
Teller none Hires to BE Extended.

President William A. Smith of the
Garrett County Telephone Company,
was up in District No. 8 Tuesday and
there interested sufficient number
OF citizens of that locality to warrant
the extension of the company's lines
from Mountain Lake Park to Cor
man. The country lying between the
two points is thickly settled and the
line will be a paying one. The con-
tract for the poles was let by Mr..
Smith and they will be erected with
in the next four weeks when the wires
will be stretched and service at once
inaugurated.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-05-22

Sherman Post No. II, G.. A. R., will
hold memorial services at Friends
vile on Friday May 3Oth.
We will have band and appropriate
vocal music. Meet in front of the
Lutheran church at $50 a. III. and
march to the NJ. E. church where
services will be held. The three
orders of the town will join in the
procession.
Prof. Sanner's and Frazee's Normal
scholars together with the Sunday
School scholars will march with us.
An address will be delivered by Rev.
Tressler.
Flowers will be thankfully received
by committee at the M. E. church.
All are invited.
r. E. FRIEND, Commander.
GEO. L. BIsHoFF, Adjutant.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-05-22
STORY OF THE REFORMATION.
To BE Given in Oakland On June End ana
3rd in the Opera House.

TO BE Given in Oakland On June 2nd ana
3rd in the Opera House.
The STORY of the Reformation, y
which will be given in STARTERS
Opera House June end and 3rd under
the auspices of st. Marks Ev. Luz
theran church and the personal direc-
ton of Mrs. H. E. Monroe, promises
to be the most interesting entertain
ment our town has ever had the priv
llege of attending. 1t is very seldom
that Mrs. Monroe comes to a place of
less than 1000 inhabitants to give her
play. 1t has been given in scores of
cities and towns in different parts of
the United States and has met with
approval and favor wherever present.
ed. Mrs. Monroe has been in Europe
several times and while there the cos
tunes were made a profound study
so that they might be unique and
true to history. Mrs. Monroe was
president of a college in Atchison,
Kansas, for Is years and is a highly
educated and cultivated lady. OF her
the Philadelphia Enquirer saws:
Few, if any ladies of this country.
have achieved greater success on the
platform
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-05-22
LARGE BLACK BEAR KILLED.
The Animal Shot Sunday Night After
Having Killed Numerous Sheep

Having Killed Numerous Sheep.
In last weeks REPUBLICAN men
ton was made of the fact that bears
track had been seen on the North
western turnpike near ]. NJ. Come
ways up in the mountains in District
No. s. some ten miles southeast of
Oakland. The animal was headed
toward the east and evidently kept in
that direction for mile or two be-
yond Conneway's for few days later
the farmers sheep fiocks of that COM
munity were visited by the bear or
some other animal and a number of
the sheep killed. Benz. Harvey lost
a number as did also Calvin Ander-
son and Mr.. Conneway.
Sunday night the bear was again
visitor to Mr. Harvey's farm, but it's
presence was made known by the
dogs setting up a bark. George Har-
vey, a son, took his rifle and with the
dogs went out into the road where
the trail was soon taken up by the
dogs who succeeded in turning the
bear in the opposite direction. 1t
soon came in rifle shot of the hunter
who succeeded in killing it and upon
being dressed the carcass weighed 293
pounds, indicating the weight of the
animal at $50 pounds undressed.
Farmers coming to Oakland Tues
day and yesterday from the vicinity of
the animals depredations report hay
ing seen the tracks of another bear
along the road but the size of the
tracks indicate it to be smaller than
the one killed Sunday evening, which
was probably the first bear killed in
the county in twenty years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-05-22
Orchestra For Oakland Hotel.

Prof. G. E. Lance has been engaged
to furnish the orchestra at the Oak
land Hotel, at Oakland, for the season
opening June LIST. The orchestra will
be made up as follows: First violin
and director, G. E. Lance; harpist,
Chas. F. Hanche; bass, G. D. Kniffin;
clarinet, Stuart S. Heighes; cornet,
w. r. Taylor; trombone, J. G. Alt;
drums and tympanies, E. D. Lay.
The orchestra will give daily concerts
and furnish music for evening hops.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-05-22
Fourth of July Celebration.

Oakland will have monster 4th of
July demonstration this year. That
much has been definitely settled. The
program has not as yet been fully
made up but there will be enough
attractions to entertain visitors from
early morning until midnight. There
will be all sorts of amusements; four
bands will keep the town well sup
piled with music the entire day. In
short, the committee in charge pro-
pose to make it the greatest demon
stration Oakland has ever known.
A big meeting will be held in Gort-
ner's Hall next Wednesday evening
at s o'clock, at which time sub-com-
nittees will be appointed and other
business transacted. Every citizen is
invited to be present.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-05-22
Deer Park Hotel, Deer Park, Nd, Most
Delightful Summer Resort of the
Alleghenies

Swept by mountain breezes, 800
feet above sea level. Absolutely free
from malaria and mosquitoes. Reach
ed without change of cars from all
principal cities via Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad. Every modern convenience.
Rooms en- suite with private baths.
Electric Lights, Long Distance Tele-
phone, Elevators, Turkish Baths,
Swimming Pools, Golf Links, Tennis
Courts, Bowling Alleys, Billiard room,
Magnificent Drives, Complete Livery
Service, Annapolis Naval Academy
Band. Hotel remodeled with addi-
tional conveniences and renovated
throughout. All cottages have been
taken for the season. Open from June
21st to September 30th.
For rates and information address
w. E. BURwELL, Manager,
b. L. o. Central Building, Baltimore,
Md, until June LIST. After that time,
Deer Park, Garrett county, Md. ag
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-05-22
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the
Civil War. IS6I-IS65,

1t was the first and most desirable
point of vantage coveted by both the
the Federal and Confederate armies.
In May, 1851, the four Federal advance
columns concentrated at Parkers-
burg, w. Va, Wheeling, w. Va,
Harper's Ferry, w. Va, and at Wash
ington. To retain the advantage.
the Federal government established
block houses along the railroad from
the Monacacy to the Ohio river, be-
sides forts at Winchester, Harper's
Ferry, Cumberland, Piedmont and
New Creek (Keyser). The B. g. o.
was the base of operations for the
Federal army for nearly four years
and from which the government could
not take advance line earlier than
November, 1864. The b. s. o. was
the means of communication between
the West and the Army of the Poto-
mac, and was consequently in con-
tinual state of siege. Harper's Ferry,
the key of the Shenandoah Valley,
first famed through the fanatical at
tempt of John Brown, in defying the
laws and customs of his country, was
captured or recaptured eight times
in three years. The Government Ar
senal and armories which were locat-
ed there, were destroyed by the gov
eminent to prevent their capture.
One hundred and seyenty-nine bat
ties of greater or less Importance were
fought on or adjacent to the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, not taking into
consideration the innumerable Skin
mishes.