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The broad ax., 1903-06-06
QUEER KIND OF THEFT.
Mexican HOteI-KeeDeF Tapped Else-
tFie Light COmPany's Cable
% save Cost.

Ahotel keeper in the City Of Mexico,
whose place was always brilliantly
lighted by electric lamps, apparently
without regard TO cost, has recently
been convicted by a local judge for
stealing from the electric light COM
pany the current with which his hos
telry was lighted. He was con-
demned to a years Imprisonment and
a fine Of 1870, and, as an additional
penalty, was disqualified for all kinds
of public honors and employments,"
reports the Chicago Chronicle.
The landlord who attempted TO
evade the electric company's charges
wired his house and made a connection
with the company's cables, with the
intention, as he pleaded, Of calling at
the office Of the company and explain
ing the matter at a later day. He also
declared that he had used the cur
rent for "only q month" The COM
pany had its suspicious aroused and
applied to the court for authority to
make an examination Of the hotel
lighting system, which was granted,
with the result Of revealing the
fraud. The legal point Of interest in
volved in the case hinged upon the
definition of the word robbery"
which the district code thus eIuci-
dates: "He commits robbery who
possesses himself of a movable thing
belonging TO another, without right
and without the consent Of the per
son entitled by law to dispose of It"
The broad ax., 1903-06-06
IN ENGLAND's CAPITAL.

London's water companies supply
daily e,172,s26 people.
The houses Of parliament at West
minister cover fully nine acres Of
ground.
A count Of the uncecupied houses in
London show 1000. That Is one house
in Is Of the whole city.
Bedsteads with alarm clocks az part
Of the headrail are being made for
south London early risers.
The Londoner win be greatly an.
noyed by innovations when the Ameri-
can electrical cars are running in the
Metropolitan underground and tu'-
penny tube railways. The fare win be
five cents for any distance; there win
be no first, second or third class; the
high speed viii be over 90 miles an hour.
and the twenty-seeond limit to stops
win give him q Chicago education In
The broad ax., 1903-06-06
WHEN NILES WAS DEFEATED.
Irish WOOdehOpDer was Mors Than
. Match for the General
In ReDartee.

Gen. Miles is quoted By a fellow Of.
heer as telling the following story on
himself:
! 1T was during our pursuit Of Chief
Joseph" said the general. "One ex-
eeedingiy stormy night we encountered
on our march in the BearpaT noun,
tains q few woodehOppers' cabins. The
Woodsmen were not inclined to be very
hosPitable, but we finally induced them
to share with rs the protection their
huts Afforded.
"Theyeonserted, however, only upou
condition that they should not under
any circumstances be compelled 20
give up their beds. Il fell to my lot to
share the bunk of the boss, 3 very
stern Irishman, who was not delighted
with his guest.
Hoping to establish an entente cor.
dale ] said, banteringly, as we were
preparing to retire:
Come now. Patrick, you know
you'd be q long time in Ireland before
you'd get chance to sleep with q gem
ersl.'
And IT'S OF that am thinking he
instantly retorted. that you'd Be a
long time in Ireland before you'd Iver
be made q general"
The broad ax., 1903-06-06
TALES TOLD q In.

When TAotBas Dixon, ST.. b fsssni
speech Ia Cleveland Pslerted b M
anticibatldn Of q race WAr IN this SCUM
try md ventured the prediction that
the Anglo-Saxon would sweep the ne
gro on fhe ace 81 thit eontinent 4
leTel-headsd ola darby q tie audiences
remarked sNot entirely, doctor, not
entirely. H0an want few negroes
left b 40 the 0WeeplnR.s
Arehblshop Ryan. % Phiiad elphia, q
very fond Of ; Joke - splte % Ma null
tifarlous duties And9 time for many
ABUSING auibs. When Bishop Spald-
ine, Of Peoria Waited The arehbishop
some time ago Il waa arranged that
the western man should Be entertained
by ladyprominentin social and ehari-
table Affairs. The archbishop wrote
him, giving some details regarding his
prospective hostess, and ended his let
ter thus; "The lady who has al these
virtues treats her husband like q
brute. p. S.-She Il very fond Of
brutes, being an ofiicer Of the Society
for the Prevention Of Cruelty TO AMI
malls"
George Francis Train sat one spring
morning In Union square, New York,
Os was his custom, surrounded by chill
dren, 20 whom, contrary 20 his Gtti-
tude toward adults, he was always
affable and agreeable. On the outside
Of the group Surrounding Mr.. Train
stood = small eolored girl looking visit
fully az the white children who were
receiving all HIS attention and hear
ing his wonderful tales. After they
had dispersed and Mr.. Train was alone
the black girl advanced timidly and
said 70 him: sDo you love children?"
Looking at his questioner in some sur
prise, Mr.. Train admitted that he did.
Then in a low voice she said: 81 am a
child"
At Ia Plata, Mo-, the other day. Cole
Younger did something original, es-
pecialIy for a Snowman and an ex-
bandit. A patron of his wild west
show told Younger that he had been
short changed out of five dollars BY
an employe Of the show. He pointed
out the man and Younger went to the
employe and said: ''Give this man his
money back" 'sWhat money!" asked
the man, feigninR surprise. "Did you
hear me?" returned Cole. "Give this
man his money" The employee COM
meneed to explain. at don't want any
explanations" said his employer, pass
that money over and pass II over
quick" The money was handed over
and the dishonest employe discharged
then and there. Frank James, who
stood by, approved the action Of his
partner.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06
IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

The salmon can, for short distances.
travel at Is miles an hour; the swift
est Of marine creatures ere those of
the whale family.
Mosquitoes are known 70 live
through the winter, awakening with
the first warmth. A late investigation
by Mr.. John B. Smith proves that car
tain species hibernate in the adult
state, Others IN the larval state. also
others only IN the larval state. and
some In the egg. Many larvae survive
repeated freezing and fhGwing.
A scientist once put an automatic
music-box on the lawn and spent many
hourB watching the robins, blue tits
and other birds gathering about e. A
loohng7glass put up where the birds
can see themselves IN e G. also very At
trsctiEe. while q combination Of a
musical box and q lOolinR-9lass
pleases the birds more than anything
else one could put out for their amuse-
ment
The gradual disappearance Of locusts
in RhOdesia and other parts Of South
Africa is attributed BY Mr.. J. n. Orpen,
. writer on the agriculture Of the re-
gion, 70 rapidly growing mold. The
invisible seeds are scattered By the
wind, and n favorable weather the
growth attacks and destroys vast
swarms Of the fnsecfs. Since it's dis
eovery during the last locust invasion,
the mold has been regularly distribute
ed BY the department Of agriculture.
The disease thus artifclally spread has
been very elective, but dryneas has
eaused some failures
The broad ax., 1903-06-06
WHAT P q sAx,

SDeath months" are March and
April for adults and July and An
gust for children under i've year,
Of age according to the statistieian
Of the twelfth census.
A freshly cut slice Of pinsdpple
laid on q piece Of beefstealE WIN in a
comparatively short time eauBe soft
ening, swelling and partial digestion
Of the meat for 8 considerable depth
from the surface.
The government Of the Punjsb has
undertaken 60 fnmunize 10000 In
habiSaats against the plague. The
laboratory Of Bombay has been
asl1ed 20 provide daily 5000 doses
Of antplague serum 60 the phyEi-
clans Of the Punjsb.
Tuberculosis was not known among
cattle IN Denmark until the iuapoS-
tafion Of sehlesWig-H oIsteins beRa1.
u then spread 50 rapidly shat q
goFernment Commission which tested
$4,000 head with tubereulin found
one 81 three affected
ne deaths from pneumonia uerI
5000 Of population IN 1850 were
40; IN 1870, 1924; in 1850. lass; IN
1880, 1884; IN 1900. 19.7s-an sggre-
gate Increase Of sz9.6 per cent. Of
pneumonia, Is compared with an az
gregate decrease Of so.5 per cent. Of
-eonsamption-
he so-caIled Hdefecfive classes Of
society -ths idiotic. feeble minded.
improEident hahitaally immoral, IN
ebriate, criminal. insane, ana ofherI
Impaired peuons-are IS rule Ne
tins q arrested or other1i.s I'm
perlect deVelopmenf 81 brain, e.
.Ei5utahle lsEgsly 20 malnntrie6n /
eoth before and sftsr birth.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06
m THE sUpERLATTVE DECREE.

The Hispar Pass in the HimaIayas
has the longest glacier in fhe world.
It is 90 miles in length.
The latest name added to the chemi.
cal nomenclature Of Germany is Tetra-
nethylbenzylpheny acknowledgements
earbinOlmonosuifosaures Natron.
Greensboro commandery, KniQhfs
TemPlars. Of osFensboro. Ky con-
ferred the Knight TemPlar degree on
the smallest mason 10 the United
States. w. D. Everly. Of Island, XIV.
the otner night. He is 20 years OF
and is 80 inches tan.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06
Highest waterman.

While mining IN Mexico, William p.
Durham, Of Denver, visited what Is
considered the highest waterfall in
the world. It bears the Indian name
Of Bassaseachie, and Is located about
100 miles west Of the city Of Chihua-
hua, near the summit Of the Sierra
Madre mountains. The elevation Of
the mountain Is $500 feet above ses
level The cascade falls 97s feet.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

In q gorge Of rock little more than
200 feet wide the United states gov
eminent has decided to construct a
dam Of solid masonry. the hrst under
the Observation-Disclosures act, At
the Tonic Basin ste, that win create
in the valleys Of the upper salt river
and Tonic creek the largest nrti-
fetal lake in the world. It Wiii irri-
gate 1000 acres.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

Upto6-HoW s BlttOh Getting Siohs
now3
DoWnton-HavenJ heard lately. but
I presume he 3 making money hand
over fst. Last time I saw him he was
on his way to Kentucky to start q fac
tory.
''Huml What did be intend to man
ufactureP"
''Corkserews.-N. 7. Weekly.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06
GueasinE at Men,s Ares.

What are the respective ages Of the
father and the son?"
well, I judge the former is oEe1
50, because ] noticed he likes to be
called my boy and that the latter
is under 25, for the reason that II
pleases him to be addressed as old
man "-Tit-BitE
The broad ax., 1903-06-06
Bound to Have Ons.

II suppose" said young Mr.. KaIloW,
shat you always retouch all photo
graphs before you finish them"
~Obl yes" replied the photographer,
'yOur photograph win please you, I'm
sure"
"Well-er-dont be afraid to darken
the mustache q Observation-Disclosures
Press.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06
CruelfT q Reanel -.

EYES," said the critic to the aSplr-
ing young playwright, 'there are
great possibilities in this play Of
yours"
Thank you It is very kind Of you
TO say So"
"But there win be greater posi-
bilities in the fellow who e. clever
enough 70 find them and get them
ont. chicago Record5Herald.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

$50 Sue Perkins has accepted that
feller from Podunk?"
'Yes; but don't bTeeve she knows
much about him. She only met him
day before yesterday"
"Oh, well, that's long enough fer Sue
Perkins to find out all about him and
everybody else in Podunk.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

l4G8o. 80 49,
~ et evidentl5 have no sense Of
EdfhOt," remarked the bald-headed
philosopher.
'Why do you think llsly2" asked
the youth With the ingroNEhg mns-
tache
eff the5 81. replied thephilOsOphy
dispenler hey would never get past
The loYe, honor and obey part o. ne
-rnarriage ceremony without a. etdi-
BE giggle. Chicago Datly NeUs.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

SAY, pa" queried little Johnny
BumPernickle, what is experience?"
Experience, my son" replied the
old man, lis something a fellow gets
after il is everlastingly too late to
make use Of it."-Cincinnati En-
duirer.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06
LOolrinE for q Chanee.

Mrs. GObang-This paper says that
q Kansas man sold his wife for eight
dollars.
GobangI wonder IL it win ever be
my luck to run across q fellow who
is throwing money Gwsyi-N. Y.
Times.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

II think we'd bettsr let that caSh-
Ter 60" said the president Of the
bank.
"WhyP"
"WeIl, it's my s4psF1ence that
every man has At least one bad hab-
It, and, a. I can't ind that he has
any other, I'm afraid he'll steal
Chicago Post.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

Auian in SkoWhegan. Ne, recent
~ sold his. beloved pig to raise
money 70 take his family 70 the cir
Gus The next week he asked the
town for financial aid. as he claimed
thet the hog was his entire capital
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

Most Of Us Ike to be deceived now
an den II we found all men honest
we'd hev so little to kick about dat
life would be monotonous.-Detroit
Free Press.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

canada's only arsenal Is at Quebec.
Her main arteries run close 70 our
frontier, and "a case Of war could
easily be7cut By raids, says British
coloneL
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

yes" he said, eve encountered .
ksrrihle storm. Came up very sudden
q, too didn't ftp"
VeEy,"s she answered WsGrily end
somewhat absent-mindedIy. 'Why,
Sc hadn't much more than got = lQh4
luncheon down before & came up.S-
Chicago Post.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

$50 Madge Is 70 be married. ]
hope she win be happy"
-Of course she WiIl. She's Qoina
70 have wedding gown from Paris. :
Chicago American.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

YistOr-Are any Of the household
brldget-No' mum, they're all out
excepting me; and I never receives
on Thursdays. Better luck mkt
toime.-Brooklyn Life.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

Hes a remarkably frank man."
'How SOP"
Why, the heiress asked him # he
was sure he could take care Of her
when he proposed, and he said he was
sure he could II he had her money to
do it with. "-ChicaRo Post.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

so this Is TO be q farewell tourP''
at is" answered the prima donna.
You mean TO cease singing in pub
lic2"
Not at all. Merely that people are
70 have another opportunity to say
farewell to their mOney."-Washing-
ton Star.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

sne smiles and laughs the uvelong day.
Pray. do not think her simplsl
Sneu laugh at anything yon-say
because gne has q dlmpie.
-Satnolic Standard ana Tine.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

Upon her anger-dainty thing
She wears big and costly ring,
Which to her>lips each hour Wfii bring
The smile that won't come on.
-Tudre
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

The Wife-COme ont from under the
bed, ten you. What are you afraid
off Didn't I promise at the altar to
love. honor and obey your - Boston
Globe.
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- -. 80.

First TrauP-Wot Gre yer 50 happy
about? 80
Second TramP-I called ct . MD
der's house fer something to eat,
and the woman most killed me with
club. 4.-,
Don't see nothin' in that ter smile
over"
Il wos JUS thinl1n' wot an escape
Z had. She might 'altook fancy TO
me and married me.-N. Y. Weekly.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

Here lies q man Of wisdom ahy,
Who natures laws defed;
he undertook 20 shoe q mule
That's all he simply died.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

sEo matter where I hide" sighed
the leopard. I'm always spotted.--
Cornell Widow.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

ne tine g ripe, VIII not pause
But put the question fatefui.
IAnOW sIs loves ne wei, because
she RaFE I'm. '.fuEt too hatafulF'
-PhlIadeiphia Prsss-
The broad ax., 1903-06-06
ouod Rra4 ueI,io1Ifr.,S,,,

A Woman's aim II poor. 'tis said.
Thus when she's indiscreet
And throws herself at some mans head
She lambeth at HIS feet.
Philadelphia Press
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

Esisrea e ths Pot ofass - chiAeO,
Mss Sssoas-sla9 Msiiss.
The broad ax., 1903-06-06

you owe $4,000, you say, and yet
you want to marry my daughterP"
Sure; unless you know of some
other way to get me out of the hole. I"
-RHegende Blaetter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-21
Real Estate Sold,

Last Saturday Sheriff. Maffett sold
at public auction under an execution
a lot of ground at Mountain Lake
Park to Mr.. Gilmor S. Hamill.
William NJ. Junkins, committee for
Solomon Tasker, lunatic, sold in
front of the First National Bank on
Saturday, fifty acres of ground in
District No. 8 to John B. Moore for
the sum of 81 200 cash. Mr.. Moore
bought only the surface of this tract
as the mineral had been previously
conveyed to other parties.
Mrs. Mamie E. Burke, trustee for
the estate of the late Thomas F.
Burke, of Oakland, offered several
pieces of land including the Schley
Hotel property on Saturday, but the
bids being insufficient all the prop
erty was withdraw and will be dis
posed of by Mrs. Burke at private
sale.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-21
Maryland Anti-Saloon League,

Rev. George s. Nicholson, president
of the MARYLAND Anti Saloon League,
has mailed to the citizens of Oakland
a circular letter setting forth the OBJ
Jects of the organization and inyit-
ing the recipients to attend temper
ance rally to be held on Friday night
of this week in the Presbyterian
church when an address will be deliv-
cred by DR.. Nicholson who will en-
deavor to form local league in Oak
land. Already Friendsville has such
an organization and from reports re-
ceiyed good work is being accom-
plished in that section.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-21
CUPID OUTWITTED.
Irate Father of WOuld-be Bride Headed
OFF Runaway Couple and the Pros
Pective Groom in Jail.


pective Groom in Jail.
A telegram received in Oakland
Tuesday morning by the officials here
successfully outwitted the little god
of love and parted two loving souls
who had crossed the hills and dales
of West Virginia in a swiftly moving
train during the early hours of that
fated morning with Oakland, the
Gretna Green of all West Virginia
clipping couples as, their destination
where their woes would have ended
and blissful life opened unto them
had it not been for the intervention
of the irate father eff the bride-to be.
AS result the maiden is again at
her home with her parents and the
groom what amt is resting COM
fortably inCastle Maffett which is oper
ated at the expense of the good people
of Garrett county and stands always
open for the reception of guests with
out money and without price.
The couple, William Nestor, who is
employed a yard brakeman by the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Graf
ton, who is about twenty-five years
of age, and Miss Josie d. Henry.
daughter of DR.. H. L. Henry, a prom
inent!practicing physician of Grafton,
came to Oakland on train No. 2 and
upon its arrival the officers detained
them until the arrival of train No. 8,
which was running two hours late,
and which brought the father of the
bride-to-be. He at once repaired to
the Office of Justice A. B. Gender
where warrant charging Nestor with
abduction was sworn out and served
upon him. He was taken from the
side of the sobbing girl and marched
to Jail where he will be detained until
advices are received from the author
tiles in West Virginia. The charge
of abduction made by DR.. Henry
against Nestor was founded upon a
statute enacted by the West Virginia
Legislature making it a felony for
any person to entice girl under the
age of fourteen years from her home
with the aYowed intention of marry
ing her.
DIR. Henry returned to Grafton on
train No. II, accompanied by his
daughter, who showed her feeling to-
ward the pater by making faces at
him when he invited her to get aboard
the train.
Since putting the above in type an
officer arrived in Oakland from Graf
ton and on Tuesday night took Neston
to that town, he consenting to &c
without requisition papers, where he
will be tried on the charge of abduc-
ton. The penalty, under the laws
of the State of West Virginia, is i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary for a
term not exceeding eipht wars
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-21
A Load of Hogs.

Peoria, ILL.,, Star: Ten years ago
a young farmer thirty-three years of
a ge, Lying in north west Iowa, took
a load of hogs to town, which he sold
for $94.35. With this money he paid
the collector the taxes ON the farm he
was trying to own, paid the grocer
long due bill called at the bank and
paid for the extension on half dozen
notes, paid an attorney $50 on amower
note sent on for collection and went
home with $3.50 in his pocket. That
night the grocer paid his clerk and
delivey boy; the delivery boy hied
himself to the skating rink and the
clerk took his best girl, and together
they attended social ball. the LAWYER
sent $27 of the money paid him to the
mower company, and with his wife
blew in the $3 at a church social.
where they met the bank cashier; the
tax collector went home and enioyed
a choice Havana by his own fire side.
while the farmer and his wife spent
the evening porting over sheet of fig
ures trying to figure out how they
were to meet the spring interest on
the farm mortgage. To day the clerk
is still a clerk, the delivery boy is
running bowling alley for another
party, the cashier of the bank is dead
the lawyer has gone West and is
booming some mining scheme and the
tax collector is running a real estate
office, while the farmer and his wife
come to town in a double-seated
surrey and this winter are spending
several weeks in California leaving
their farm in the care of bright sig
teen-year-old son. The above is a.
true story and only one of MANY
such.n
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-21
TELEPHONE WAR IS ON.
Garrett County Company Reduces Its
Rates to So and 81 Yearly.

Garrett County Company Reduces Its
Rates to So and 81 Yearly.
At meeting of the directors of the
Garrett County Telephone Company
held one day last week the rates for
service were fixed as follows, which
are to go into effect on July LIST:
For private and residence phones,
50 per year; for business purposes, 81
per year.
The rates at present which will be
maintained until July list are SO for
residences and $40 for business pur-
poses.
In addition to the reduction of the
rates and as a further inducement
to new subscribers service will be
given gratis until July 1st to those
who will become subscribers at once
and have connections made with the
lines of the company.
The company, through its represen-
tatives, Mr.. W. A. Smith and others,
on Monday and Tuesday of this week
contracted for the erection of thirty
five miles of new linewhich will extend
its present system from Bittinger to
New Germany, Avilton, Frostburg
and Homecoming, with a number of
short lines building out from the main
line in and about the above mention
ed points. In making this extension
m ore than one hundred new sub
scribers to the system were secured,
all being located in the territory to
be reached by the extension of the
lines.
AT Frostburg and Homecoming it
will connect with the long distance
telephone system of Allegany county
and be able to give the people of Oak
land, Mountain Lake and Deer Park
long distance service with Piedmont
and Keyser, w. Va, and all points
in Allegany county, as well as with
Baltimore, Washington and other
eastern cities. A through wire for
long distance service from Frostburg
and Homecoming to Oakland will be
maintained. This will be of great
service to people Lying in the lower
end of the county who have business
with the county seat. This long dis
lance service will Furthermore be of
great Importance to the people from
the Eastern cities visiting the sum-
mer resorts of Garrett county.
This company already has connec-
tion from Bittinger to all important
points around Grantsville through
exchange with the Mutual Telephone
Company at Bittinger over a through
wire.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-21
Attention, Old Soldiers.

Sherman Post No. II, G. A R., of
Friendsville, desires that there be a
general turnout of the citizens, pub
lie school children, Sunday school chill
dren and visitors from the surroun-
ding country to participate with the
Post, on Memorial Day, Saturday,
May 80, 1903, in decorating the graves
of the noble dead that have been
laid to rest in the various cemeteries
around Friendsville. We will meet
at Blooming Rose at 1890 a. III. in
the NJ. f. church, where addresses
will be delivered, appropriate music
rendered and where donated flowers
will be thankfully received.
The ritual will be carried out in the
Blooming Rose cemetery.
By order of the Post.
G. E. BIsHoFF, r. E. FRIEND,
Adjutant. Commander