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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-04

done by the federal government kaa
discovered. 1t seems thar the island
has been crumbling so rapidly of late
years that the Virginia senator's have
secured appropriations for the Pur-
pose of preventing the entire destruc-
ton of the island by the swift cur
rent which sweeps unObstructed for
eight miles, and fercely carries away
tons of clay and sand. Ripraps and
ietties along shore may divert the
channel a little, but if the island is
to be fully protected it will prove to
be very costly proposition. The
northern portion of the ruins of the
town are said to be under water. and
the covered foundations of former
habitations can be seen from the side
of rowboats. Alongside the north
east of the island there are big blocks
of stone just beneath the surface OF
the water. They are held together
by cement, and evidently formed the
foundation of some big official build
ing
The biggest ships of the olden time
used to come up the James and an
Choir at the wharves of jamestown,
but they could not do so now. In
deed, when the capital was moved to
Williamsburg in 1928 the channel was
becoming visibly more shallow. Thus
was business affected in the begin
ming of the decline of jamestown.
| There were big financial and polltl-
cal battles in those days, preceding
the removal of the capital; and ira
dition hath it that several hot-blood-
ed Nirginians emptied their guns at
| and INTO the bodies of each other.
However, the inevitable came, the
capital was removed, jamestown
slowly fell into innocuous desuetude,
and Williamsburg fourished. We
have seen just such rivalries and bat
ties between rival towns, far in the
interior of the new world, within our
own generation.
| The brick church, of which only the
/ tower is left, was built in 1888, when
the colony was only 80 years Old.
Previously the people had wOrshiped
! in large wigwam made of logs. The
new brick church was Sc feet long
and % feet wide, furnished lavishly
with donations from England; every
ding in it being as rich and regal
as the trappings and vestments of
| the best churches in the old coun-
try. Gov. Dale wrote: There is
some comfort in religion now" as
though his religion had been no COM
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-04
NEWS FROM AFIELD.

Robertson county, KY, gave ma
jority of 266 for local option.
Saloon licenses in Minneapolis,
Mimi, cost $1,000. The laws of Min
nesota allow no seats or tables in
saloons and no treating.
In Liverpool 500 public houses are
visited weekly by the Salvation Army
and a publican has been induced to
give up his business.
A crusade for the enforcement of
the law which prohibits the sale of
cigarettes to children under 16 years
is the work of the Business Mems as
ISOLATION of Germantown, Pa.
Some of the most eminent medical
practitioners in Dublin. like Sir John
Moore, NJ. D., and DR.. Finny, have raj
lied to the help of the Committee of
the Church of Ireland Temperance
society in their efforts to give prac-
teal teaching on the subject of al
cohol in the primary schools, and sew
eral of them have promised to deliv-
er two lectures each on the occasion.
MISS AdIIlt iNCls VI hOhOllO, lhti.,
was discharged from her position in
store because she headed band of
summers among the saloons. After
dismissal she canvassed the town
with circumstances, and has already
put 10 saloons out of business for
| two years. She aims to close every
drinking place in town. The churches
and Civic Federation will support her
in her efforts.
A tidal wave of local prohibition is
sweeping over the state of Tennes-
| see, under the new law. Town after
town is voting the saloon out. In one
town with 336 votes, all but one was
against the saloon. Athens gave a
unanimous vote of 300 to put the sa.
loon out of that college town. When
the result was known, all the people
gathered on the green and sang the
doXology. Cleveland, the same day
voted out the saloons by 33S to 90.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-04

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DRUNKARDS PUT TO DEATH.
HarshIy Dealt With in
Montenegro.

1t is fortunate for drunkards in
this country, if not for the country
itself, that the laws existing in Per-
STA have no binding force here. In
the domain of the shah men of that
class are blacklisted, and to be black
listed means that the person so en-
rolled cannot visit the bazars to buy
things except at certain hours and
only then under police supervision.
He cannot visit any place of public
amusement and even when at
prayers in the mosque he must hold
himself aloof from his more respect
able neighbors. If after being black
listed he drinks again and is found
with the goods on" he gets so lashes
on the soles of his feet.
In Turkey a man caught trolling
home in the morning" is fined for the
first offense and admonished. If he
is caught ''whooping her up with the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-04

boys" in a mild Mohammedan way on
rakee punch he gets the Sastinado.
When a Mohammedan gets drunk it
is usually on rakee or arack, villain
GUS distilled liquors. The prophet in
the koran forbids the use of wines,
but says nothing about spirituous
liquors, so the willy Turk winks the
other eye and drinks arack and
rakee.
Among the mOuntaineers of Al
bania and Montenegro the boOzer
fares worse than in either Turkey or
Persia, for there drunkenness is re
garded as political offense, and
political Otfenses are regarded in all
countries as more serious than moral
ones. Among the mountaineers
fighting and drinking are not consid-
cred to 90 together, and to be able
to fight is the first duty of a citizen,
Therefore the drunkard is harshly
dealt with. At first they try moral
suasion with the festive tippler, but
when that fails and he persists in
making the mountain peaks ring to
his Montenegran substitute for I'VE
Won't Go Home Till Morning he is
declared to be a danger and disgrace
to his tribe and his country and is
quietly assassinated by order of the
local chief.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-04
FIRST LoCoMoBILE EVER MADE.

steering wheel in front arranged I'M
der the board, and running in a swiv-
cling fork, which can be set by
tiller handle above. Behind the driv-
ing wheels is the boiler, which is
rectangular vessel, 3$A inches high,
AZ inches long and 3h inches wide,
made of copper. Through the boiler
a fiue passes obliquely, contracting
from a circular chamber forming the
firebOX to a small funnel in the top
of the boiler. which serves to carry
off the products of combustion from
spirit lamp arranged to burn with
in the fireboX. The steam cylinder
of the engine is mounted on the top
of the boiler and the lower part
passes into it, and is surrounded by
steam. The piston rod passes up
ward and is attached to the end Of
vibrating beam. which passes to the
front of the carriage and is pivoted
in an upright pillar. The diameter
of the piston is three-quarter inch,
and the length of its stroke is about
/ two inches. As the piston moves up
and down it causes the beam to
rotate the driving wheels by means
of a connecting rod attached to the
crank axle. a leaden weight is
placed above the steering wheel TO
balance the machine, and to prevent
it tipping over when water is in the
| boiler-Cassier's Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-04
INNDUs1W&@A1 e.
E,SzhElHkaSS
CELEBRATION OF SILK.
French Scientists Have Demon st rat d
That Natural Product Can Be
Controlled ArtificialIy.

Silk is known to be the secretion of
of the digestive canal. These glands,
which consist of tubes in numerous
coils, terminate in the spinning-wart,
and open in a common orihce from
which the secretion, of the consisten-
cy of honey, issues forth, promptly
hardening into a thread on exposure
so the air. Usually the silk is colorless
on leaving the body of the silkworm,
but sometimes it is straw yellow or
greenish. There has been a dispute of
long standing between the savants as
regards the origin of this celebration.
Some claimed that the larva itself
produced the color, others ascribed it
to impurities which it acquired upon
secretion. and still others were of the
! opinion that the green color of the
leaves of the mulberry tree was the
cause of the coloring. The Iast-named
opinion seems to be the correct one.
Latterly, Levrat and Conte fed silk
worms on mulberry leaves which had
been saturated with non-poisonous
aniline red and aniline blue. The re-
! suit was that not Only the silkworms
turned red or blue, but they also Sc
creted silk of the respective colors.
injections of the above-named dye
stuffs into the anal organ of the silk
worm produced the same result.-Die
! Seide
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-04
EccA RoLFE PoCAHoNTAs) woRsHIPNG JAMESTOWN

fort to him in the commodious log
wigwam.
But for the removal of the capital
to Williamsburg there might have
been great educational institution
at jamestown, because Parson Blair,
the Scotchman from the University
of Edinburgh who founded William
and Mary college, was assigned to
the parish at jamestown in the new
brick church, just before the trans
fer of the capital. He had for
short time been pastor of the parish
of Varina, where Pocahontas was
one of his parishioners. She was the
wife of John Rolfe, an extensive to-
bacco planter, and was known as Re-
becca Rolfe; quite English, you know,
as compared with her aboriginal
name when she hurried into history
by her rush to the rescue of Capt.
John Smith. Parson Blair often said
that if he had remained at James
town he would have founded the col
lege there-an institution which has
endured until this day, and will ever
endure.
The celebrated educational institu-
ton was originally built of bricks
made on jamestown island. They
were made in the style of the i'm
ported bricks, but were not import
ed; neither were those which were
used in the church at jamestown.
Parts of the ancient structure remain
in good state of preservation, and the
! old church at jamestown would still
remain intact, if civilization had not
deserted it.
The ladies' association for the pres
ervation of Virginia antiquities re-
Gently held an important meeting. at
which it was decided to memorabilia
the Virginia legislature to make APP
Preparations to aid them in their
work. They hope also to induce the
Virginia senators and representatives
to interest the congress-. so that suf-
ficient appropriations may be OBJ
tanned to save from complete ruin
this relic-remnant of the original set
Element of the soil of the United
States by the Anglo-Saxon freeboot-
ers; the aggressive ancestry of
which we are all so proud; an an
cestry of FL Dorado-seeking maraud
ers who plunged halfway across this
continent and blazed their pathway
with the blood of innocent aborig-
ines.
But they had their good points;
and, anyway, they made history
wiii::1!. it might be wen 10 preserve
even IN relic form.
SMITH d. FRY
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-04
IMPROVED WINDOW AWNING.

TO the brackets on the window frame
is arranged to swing from one side
to the other of the window. This,
of course, would open up a strip the
entire length of the window, and If
any air was stirring it would find its
way into the room. To embrace this
feature the awning frame which car
ries the cloth shade must consist of
pair of bows, pivoted to a central
support and having ropes to connect
the ends of the bows with the usual
brackets on the window frame, from
which rods also project to the cen
ter of the bows, to form the pivot
point. 1t is obvious that by adjust
ing the ropes on either side the avn
ing is pulled around toward either
right or left, as desired. To fold the
awning pull on the central vertical
rope will elevate the bow and slides
the whole frame up on the vertical
rods at the sides.-Milwaukee Senti-
mel
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-04
RELICS OF VIRGINIA.
To Be Preserved by Society of
Patriotic Women.
Occupation of jamestown Island
Dates Back Three Centuries
Old Church in Which POca-
hOntas WOrShiped.
Special Washington letter.

XIV IRGINIANS are proud of
v every chapter in the history
of their state" says Senator
Daniels. There are some paragraphs
in some of the chapters which are not
so brilliant as others; but, on the
whole we are proud of every chapter
in our history"
The occasion calling forth the re-
mark is the fact that Virginia is grow
ing old, and has history of almost 300
years. On the 25th of May will occur
the anniversary of the landing of Capt.
John Smith and his fellOw-fre ebooters
upon the soil of Virginia, and the be-
ginning of the permanent establish
ment of the first white colony in this
republic of ours.
On May 25, 1907, now 296 years agone,
jamestown island was occupied and
preparations begun for town building.
This was 10 years before the landing
of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, so there
can be no doubt that this was the first
permanent white settlement upon the
land which now constitutes the United
States of America.
There are upwards of $4,000 Virgin
ians residing in the national capital,
making their livings as federal Office
holders. That is to say, that some 5000
office-holders from Virginia support a
colony of $4,000 people, all of them in
tensely loyal to their state, and proud
of their lineage. Some 20 years ago
there began an annual exodus from
Washington to jamestown to celebrate
the anniversary; and there will be no
hiatus in this procedure. The pilgrim
ages viii begin two days before the an
niversary, tens of thousands of Virgin
ians will visit jamestown, but the prin-
cipal celebration this year will be in
Richmond.
In order to describe this ancient To-
cality the writer went to jamestown
ISLAND, the trip occupying only two
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-04

In a recent English accident two
bathers were electrocuted by an alter
mating current of 200 volts, by which
the baths were lighted. a report of
the investigation that followed states
that with dry skin the resistance OF
the human body between tinger-tip
and finger-tip is about 10000 ohms, and
a pressure of 1000 volts is necessary to
send one-ffth ampere through it, yet
a touch at 1000 volts with a wet skin
is likely to be fatal. With dry hands
the poles of an alternating current OF
200 volts could be grasped with only
painful shock, this being about the
limit of shocks given for amusement
at fairs. The current is about one
two hundredth ampere. With wet skin
the resistance would probably be less
than 1000 ohms, and at 200 volts the
current passed would exceed one-fifth
ampere.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-04
THE FIRST AUTOMOBILE.
Road Locomotive Made in England
in 1884 Is StiII in Existence
in London.

While it is matter of history that
the first locomotive made and run in
England was a small model of an
ordinary road locomotive constructed
in 1884 by William Murdoch, it is
probably little known that this origi-
nal engine is still in existence, and
has, within the past year, been ex-
hibited in London by Messrs.
Tangyes, Limited. The little loco
motive is about II inches high and
10 inches long, with width over the
driving wheels of seven inches. The
annexed reproduction of a recent
photograph of it illustrates its make
up very clearly. There is an oblong
board, mounted upon three wheels.
with two driving wheels at the rear
attached to a crank axle, and one
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-04

DAYS. 1t is situated 80 miles above Nor
folk and Newport News, on the James
river. and is about 70 miles below Rich
mond. Old inha bitants say that 1t has
shrunken within generation. but that
it has now an area of LOO acres. II is
two and half miles long, and only lit
tie more than half mile in width.
From the main shore it is separated by
a narrow stream and some marshy low
land. over which there is low wooden
bridge The whole place looks odd
timey."
The island is as barren of civilization
as Palmyra of the desert, and the only
evidences of its former teeming habi-
tation are the walls of the Amber
mansion-house, and the pitiful piece of
tower of the first Protestant church
built of brick in the new world. These
objects of interest were pointed out by
a Young colored woman from the
mainland. who also directed the trav-
.eler to the screened little acreage sur
rounding the relics of the church and
the long neglected cemetery. There
are no pictures of these interesting OBJ
iects but the tower is like any ordi-
nary old tower, and the mansion
remains are composed of the small
bricks imported in those early days;
about half of the size of modern bricks.
~rhe mansion is said to have been built
with bricks which were formerly used
in official and ancient structures. Ira
dition has it that in this old mansion
there resided a woman who declined
the honor of marriage with George
Washington.
If this be true she must have almost
hated herself afterwards when George
became "frst in war, first in peace and
first in the hearts of his countrymen.'
There is an association of ladies
known as an association For the Pre-
servation of Virginia Antiquities,
and it is this association which has sur.
rounded these sole relics with wire
fences and thick wire screens. These
ladies took this step only six years
ago; rather late in the day for the pre-.
servation of these antiquities, for hogs
wild and tame, and other cattle have
browsed about the tower and the walls
and over the graves of the cemetery fol
many, many years.
The ladies employ custodian, but
he was not on duty when the narrator
called. He is said to reside in littl,
shanty there which is surrounded b,
heavy earthworks thrown up 40 ode
years ago by confederate soldiers. b.
his absence he lost one fee of ten cents
which he is allowed to charge al par
of his compensation for living there il
the midst of squalor, dirt, malaria anC
musty "reminiscences.
On reaching the north end of thi
historic island, work done and beinI
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-04
IMPROVED AWNING.
While, ut The Same Time, Keep
ing Out SUMS Rays.

While an awning in front of a win.
dow will shade it from the sun Oh
bright summer day, yet it also
shuts off the circulation of air to
some extent, and is apt to render
the room within close and sitting
In the drawing we show an awning
invented by two Virginians. who
claim that it will not cut off the sup
ply of air, but rather augment it.
The object is to construct the avn
ing in a manner to permit lateral
adjustment of the frame. TIE lat
ter, instead of being secured direct
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-04
African Sleeping Sickness.

The African lethargy, or sleeping
sickness, long dreaded in central Afri-
ca, has recently depopulated districts
in Uganda. The fear that it will reach
the Cape to Cairo railway and be
spread over the world prompted the
British government to send medical
commission to investigate it. The
maIady is essentially chronic form
of contagious meningitis produced by
a germ. 1t resembles cerebro-spinal
meningitis. but is of longer duration.
1t is almost invariably fatal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-04
Ardent Temperance worker.

Witte,- the Russian minister of
finance, is an ardent temperance
worker. He is a teetotaler, and in
duced the car to decorate the men
and women who are the most active
in temperance work. He makes no
secret of his preference for teetotal-
ers in the various offices of the de-
partment he controls.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-04
SILK Worms Are Voracious.

The silk worms produced from one,
ounce of eggs will consume from 1,7oo
pounds to 2,4OO pounds of mulberry
leaves during the 40 days of their hfe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-04
The Penalty.

The one who does not live up to
his convictions will soon have no con
acknowledgment
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-04

A swallow, at its best speed, can
travel at the rate Of 12s miles in an
hour.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-04

7 IRGINIANS are proud of
Y every chapter in the history
of their state" says Senator
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-02
ACCUSED OF SH0PLIFTING.
Woman Giving Name Of Hattie Green
Placed Under Arrest.

Saturday night the police arrested what
they believe TO be one of the cleverest
shoplitters that they have met for some
time A woman. who gave the name OF
Hattie Green when arrested, was seen
walking out Of Auerbach's store with
some articles concealed under her cape
The floorwaIker became suspicious OF the
woman's actions and on approaching her
found the article to be a silk waist She
did not deny the theft but after taking
the stolen goods from the woman the
man allowed her TO 90.
a few minutes later two neWSbCNS no
tiCed q woman in an alley or Third South.
Just east of Main street. She took from
under her cape two more waists. and
throwing them behind pile Of boxes;
walked hUrviedly away The lads picked
up the articles and notified officer Lin
coin OF the occurrence.
Lincoln at once suspected Hattie Green
OF the theft. as he has had her under
surveillance for some time Going to her
room he placed her under arrest and took
her to the station. where she was idenu-
fled by the clerk as the woman who took
the waist from AUerbach' s. Upon starch
ing her room large quantity OF SIX
skirts and other wearing apparel was
found. which had never been worm and
the officers are confident that it is more
Of her plumber
The skirts are supposed 10 have been
taken from Walkers store. She was
charged at police headquarters with
house brea king and VIII be ARA igned on
that charge toda-t.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-02
STRIKE HAS BEEN SETTLED.
Understood That Fight of the EIec-
tricians Was a Failure.

The strike Of the union employees Of the
Utah Light & Power company has been
settled. It was declared off late yester-
daV afternoon. The strikers We're no
titled to return to work this morning and
everything is moving along smoothly
. According to all information that could
oe secured. the settlement was in the
nature of a complete victory for the pow
or company. Neither side. however. was
willing to discuss the settlement. Man
ager r. 5. Campbell Of the power COM
pany made the simple statement
The strike is at an end. The boys
have resumed the same relation with
the company that they had at the LIST of
January this year. Everything has been
satisfactorily agreed upon and we are
glad to say that nothing but the best OF
feeling maintains on both sides.
One OF the strikers, when asked about
the settlement stated that everything
had been satisfactorily arranged, but
that was all he could say.
The fact that the strikers went back
under the same conditions that existed
at the beginning of the year indicates
that none of the demands made by the
employees was granted In fact. IL was
plainly intimated that the majority of
the men who quit decided that it was a
hopeless cause TO expect a recognition
of their demands. and decided to call
the matter off This element OutvOted
the other side and affairs took a new
turn.
a committee from the strikers met
= fternOOn and the matter was disposed
= or at that time. A number of the places
that were held by union men have been
filled by other employees since the strike.
These men viii hold their places. accord
ing to the statement of Mr.. Campbell
are places open viii be put to work to-
day.