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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24
CIGARS IN MUGGY WEATHER.
There Are Not So Many Smoked Then
Bright Clear
Days.

Time, a muggy day; scene, a cigar
store, with the proprietor rising from
a chair to greet a customer who has
just come in.
You are the first customer | have
seen in ten minutes" says the cigar
man.
What's the NATTER" asks the Gus
toner People stopped smoking?"
why, they always stop more or less
on days like these. You see. this hui
mid weather makes cigars soft and
spongy. Even hard. well-seasOned CT
gars will absorb the moisture in the
air and get soft in such weather. and
when cigars are damp like that they
don't taste so good
There's nothing like the fun to be
got out of cigar on a day like this
that there would be in smoking it in
bright. dry weather, and only the most
inveterate smokers indulge as much
in humid as they do in ordinary
weather
so day like this is bad for the
cigar business"
The damp weather doesn't affect the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24

Belgian company which owned the
mines. At this time it was very
sparsely populated and was finally an
peXed to the commune of Moresnet
With the fall of the French empire the
district was left undivided and became,
a bone of contention between Prussia
and Holland; later between Prussia
and Belgium, as Hollands successor,
At the time of the division of the
French empire the indefinite wording
of the articles of agreement left Mores
net to be argued about as a boundary
dispute. Unable to agree, the commits
sioners of two countries, in 1915, en-,
tered into a provisional arrangement
by which the line of demarcatiou
should remain undetermined and by
which the territory in dispute should
be placed under a joint administration
and not be under the military jur.s-
dicjion of either power. Until the
present sale by Prussia this provis.
ional arrangement has never been null
lifted by a permanent division. BY
the terms of the arrangement the de-
scendants of the original inhabitants,
of whom there are 400 or 500, are ex
empt from military service This was
enjoyed by all until 1854, when Bel
GUM and Prussia summoned under
their respective flags those who owed
allegiance thereto.
The reason so small territory has
so long been matter of controversy
is explained by the fact that its zinc
mines are rich and neither government
them. Had it not been for this the
present form of government would
long ago have been found too costly
MILTON MARKS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24

its distinct and prevailing hue all which the rainbow and the
prism but family however much their cheerful colOrs
gid with gadness many earthly home.
To these thoughts added many phases reality when be
hold the wonderful exhibitions revealed the spots
scented upon the side of the while quite distinct
the deneaon from the opposite side reflected upon the solar
scope.
We any positive conclusion this
of beauty grandeur subm be- when
add TO it conceptions would be but
infinite decimal and would still far short Of the glory
hidden that wonderful orb separated by such great
distance of airless void and darkness that lies
Considering the magnitude judgment
the mark conclude that of those brilliantly coored slopes
OF apparent mountain sides that suggest exceeding
grandeur OF beauty reach thousands of miles before
to the valley that lies a its lowest plane
The appears the inhabitants of earth ball of fire with
glowing fame forever burning destroyed
Redeemed flame issue forth times far space thou
sands of miles all OF which but fantasies of earts qerng
reractng atmospheric for has
absolutely invisible standpoint atmosphere
globe well every that shines
current issuing from having been dissolved become component
parts OF the air which breathe which light
and life
Neither does the earth ruhcs on through
space at the rate Of thousand miles hour does hiss forth
from its sides the fiery OF internal region. because OF
absolute void that always its path there
while human well everything life
without of what earth doing though globe
dynamo chuck full of electric energy softly upon surface
When consider how quietly planet earth through
how harmless the elements that compose energy
have been deceived the internal exhibitions SUM- and how
truhfuy has been revealed the source
midst OF grandeur awfuly sublime. We contemplation of
all these demonstrated facts doubt that upon the surface of
there abodes OF exalted beings fountain and source
OF all that mora enjoy and they live all
material good do they also drink endless life and
bask in the rays OF moral atmosphere Illuminated by the light
perennial day?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24
CRANBERRY CULTURE MORESNET REPUBLIC
European Gamblers Have Finally
Accomplished Its Downfall.
One of the Tiniest Countries of the
World and Has Remarkable
History in Which Napoleon Fig
ured-Pasxes to Belgium.

According to a Berlin news dispatch
gamblers have accomplished the undo
ing of the little republic" of Mores
net Prussia has sold its interests %
Belgium for cash consideration This
agreement was quickly reached when
it was learned that the little triangu-
laS bit of neutral territory which for
years has belonged to boh govern
ments and has practically governed
itself, was to shelter second Monte
Carlo. The German and Belgium pa
pers declare that the new gaming re
sort was already beginning to attract
distinguished persons, especially ricl
young men from Cologne. 1t was as
serted hat gamblers from Liege had
secured the councilmen's consent to
erect gambling pavilion by promising
to build electric railways to neighbor-
ing towns and to maintain various
parks and public institutions.
In a word, the omcials OF Moresnet
have purchased a gold brick. They
have lost all they had. Moresnet will
hereafter be ruled by Belgian laws
oiohe "IluOut special privilege anu tn%
gamblers will doubtless go elsewhere.
Moresnet, or rather Moresnet Neu
trail, or the forgotten territory" har
very unique history and is itself very
curious. Its area is 1000 acres; its
population about $500, and it's one and
only city is Kelmis 1t is located in
one of the richest and most importan:
mining valleys of Europe. 1t is
reached by branch from the railway
which connects Cologne and Veryiers.
and is two miles only from another i'm
por;ant road. so that it cannot quite
be referred to as an out-of-the-way
nook. The name Kelmis was derived
from the metal calamine, called by the
inhabitants "kelme." This name is
mentioned in documents as early as
1414. For a long time the territory
was part of the duchy of Limburg
Called Galmerberg in 1888, its name
was again changed 10 Alien Galmei-
Berg upon the discovery of another
mine. This was contracted to Alien
Berg.
Under French rule. 1895 to 1914,
the territory was known as Vielle
Montague the name of the French
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24

All economic plants show a prefer
ence for certain soil and climatic con-
ditiOnS. and none is more exacting in
this regard than the cranberry. While
it can be easily and successfully grown
on cOngenial soils. it cannot be made
to return paying crops under adverse
conditions.
The conditions necessary for sue
cess in cranberry culture are soils of a
peaty or alluvial nature located at
high attitudes or i'll high attitudes, and
provided with an ample and easily
available water supply and an easily
accessible supply of sand. Repeated
failures have resulted from attempts
to establish cranberry plantations on
soils not congenial 70 the plant The
best index to the fitness of the soil for
this crop is the occurrence of native
cranberry plants. Where the cram
berry is Indigenous to the soil it is
safe to undertake the commercial Gull
tivation of the crop. The commercial
cranberry bog or meadow should COM
bine as many as possible of the ele-
u
habitat of the cranberry, with all pos
sible appliances for controlling ad-
verse conditions. While the cranberry
is not water plant, it thrives best on
soils IN which the water level is with
in a few inches of the surface of the
soil 1t is desirable that the arrange
ments be such as to render it possible
to maintain a constant water level
throughout the growing season, and
ut the same time to hold this at the
depth of eight or ten inches below the
surface, particularly during the first
three years of the existence of the
plantation. The supply of water
should also be sufficient and the plan
allow of flooding the area with water
to the depth of is inches to two feet
from November to May in localities
where il is necessary TO protect the
plants from insects and from late
spring frosts.
At present the important CONNER
cial cranberry areas of the United
States are situated in Massachusetts.
New Jersey and Wisconsin, with minor
fields in Connecticut, Illinois, Indi-
ana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan,
Minnesota. Nebraska. New Hamp-
shire. New York. North Dakota. Ore
gon Rhode Island, Washington and
West Virginia.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24
Where the Delicious Little Rel
Berry Is Grown.
Cape Cod Was Its First Homo in Amer
ica-It Is Now Product of
Many states of the
Union.

The cranberry OF commerce is ma
tive to 4 narrow belt OF country along
the Atlantic coast from Maine to New
Jersey aad in Isolated areas along the
Pennsylvania to North Carolina. In
the central United States the plant is
found in Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota
The successful commercial develop
ments in the cranberry industry have
very generally been found III localities
where the cranberry occurs as 4 ma
tive plant. The areas from which the
croD is reported as a commercial in
dustry are indicated by the black dots
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24
Plenty of Relatives.

II is said that a daughter born re-
Gently to Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Dummitt,
who live near Monet, Mo, has more
living relatives than any other child
in the United States. Among other
kin 1t has two grandmothers, two
grandfathers. two great-grandmoth-
ers, two great-grandfathers 10 great
great-aunts. nine great-great-uncles.
IA great-uncles. ten great-aunts, eight
uncles and eight aunts.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24

Pat" Burks first bath in 90 years
was fatal. He was received as a pa
tient at ST. Louis hospital recently, and,
according to the unvarying rule in that
institution, was promptly and thorough
ly tubbed. He protested violently, in
spite of his age-he was Gland the
feebleness due to illness. The attend
ants used broom on him with vigor,
and soon after he died. He insisted to
the last that the bath made him worse,
and would surely be the death of him.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24

The new Williamsburg bridge across
the East river. New York. will be one
of the most marvellous structures of
its kind in the world, and one of the
handsomest, when completed. When it
was begun it was estimated the cost
would be about sl5,O0O,OO There has
already been expended on the work s2l :
900. 600 and $4,000. 600 more will be neces-
sarily spent before the bridge can be
opened for traffic. making the cost &c
per cent above the original estimate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24

on the map, a glance at which reveals
at once the regions in which the cram
berry is now grown.
The earliest paintings Of the, cram
berry were made in the Cape Cod re-
gion of Massachusetts in the first quar-
ter of the nineteenth century, proba-
bly, between 1900 and 1918. From a
mcagcr start the industry has grown
to one of first magnitude and mas been
extended into other states, as shown
by the accompanying table taken from
the census OF 1900:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24

cigarette sales to any noticeable ex-
tent, and, if it ha. any influence at
all, it tends to stimulate the trade in
chewing tobacco. Pipes are kept 60
ing all kinds of weather, but it takes
lots of matches and more putting than
when il is drY.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24
To PIacard Mont BIanc.

Some German students who wished
to indulge in mountaineering but had
not the means. wrote to various firms
offering to place their advertisements
at different points of the ascent of
Mont Blanc on payment of a certain
sum. Some firms accepted the offer.
but it is thought the authorities will
object to the placing of the advertise
ments.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24

Give her this" said the doctor.
The man took the prescription and
went away. But he came back the next
day
What! Does she still imagine she's
sick" exclaimed the doctor.
mo, she knows it now" said the man.
Puck
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24

Business men going across the At
lantic often take with them scores OF
unanswered letters. For the convent
ence of such hurried travellers one
steamship company has engaged
young women stenOgraphers, who take
replies to such letters and then type
write them, thus giving the busy man
much more time for real enjoyment
on the voyage.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24
Possible Explanation.

Reelton-Juggins spent ten hours fish
ing one day last week and never got a
bite. How do you account for that?"
Sinkers-Oh, l suppose he baited his
breath instead of his Chicago
Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24

$50 you have taken up the study of
theosophy?"
Yes"
isn't it hard to understand"
That's >he beauty of it. You aren't
supposed to understand it. That's why
it is so restful. Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24
small German states.

A German geographical magazine
points out that it is possible for good
pedestrian in less than five hours to
touch upon seven of the smaller Ger
man states, starting at Steinbach in
Bavaria.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24
The Sun the Source Of Beauty
By ALEXANDER YOUNG,


Suppose in the fantasies of the mind, we be
held desirable land with extended slopes of noun
tain sides, with grand and precipitous heights,
whose rocks are precious stones. glowing with pris-
matte coorngs, mingled with the green freshness
of perennial vegetation, SAYING nothing OF floral
radiance with which the most beautiful of natural
objects familiar to earth could compare, and again
suppose we beheld how these swelling heights in
clined away into the far distance illuminated with
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24
Books and the Home
BY CARMEN SYLVIA,
Queen of Roumania.

WHAT Use parlor without books music? 1t is the
most mournfu coolest in the house the quntessencc
OF the good room in which does nothing but prate
Every in the house can be made charming ever
the most unpromsing, by the of pictures and books
They must only be the right and in the right places
am against luxury in homes, against many hang1ngs
too thick carpets We gratefully to the greatest SIM
pciy which always has the advantage that enough mone
is left for a GOOD piano and books
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24

Ralph-They are both duchesses?
Marie-Yes; but Mabels duke cost her
$1O000,OOO, while Bessie's cost only ST.
100000
Ralph-Poor Bessie!-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24

be no longer discernible. On account of
its present situation the sun seldom
reaches it. but when ii does the outlines
of the snakes completely disappear.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24

With smooth walls hung in oils ngravngs or
drawings chair desk books where above
them pictures be they only photographs good pictures
light enough from large high wndowwa
Always | this, that books thing
and n a house.
If surrounds himself with the thoughts of all
will be exceptionally rich Women would increase their joys they
would read and think less of their cakes linen
would to live much simpler not at all
if could only have books When the evening the
the table with her work and the children gather about
books, what priceless delight for ALL
Children who read much learn much and far
than those who do would have brought
which the children cannot eat books the library which
denied the There read all
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24
Inference Of the Press
BY REV. LEANDER TOURNEY,
Pastor Normal Park Baptist Church Chicago.

HE multiplication of bad books is amazing and dis
couragng, and the aptitude of the multitude for books
that hold but do not help that have power to COM
mand the attention but to do no more is one OF the
very worst characteristics of the times
But notwithstanding all this it was a great dav
for humanity when the printing press was thought Of
1t was the printing press that made the Lutheran
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24

reformation possible that made the American revolution successful
Popular the child of the printing press con-
e except by the conservation of intelligence made possible by
press u there shall when the press
su VIII be bad time for the liberties OF The press with
all It's " IS the greatest friend of character and manhood
l mighty is OF the best OF religion. The
religious publishing houses the largest in the country. The Bible
is the greatest selling book The which the printing press
TO religion Is aHrely beyond computation
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24
No Mental Effort.

l.. c. CORBETT
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-09-30
The Secret of Success.

E. W. Howe, of the Atchison Globe,
 seldom writes anything that is not
 worth the reading. Here is one of his
 latest: ''I have never accepted the
 doctrine that the prominent men of
 this country spend their time gloat-
 ing over their money and in making
 plans for grinding down the people.
 On the contrary, 1 have always ad
 mired these men, because l know that
 their prominence is the result of
 ability; of practicing industry, fair
 ness and poIIteness a little more
 steadily than their fellows. Pick out
 any captain of industry in this coun-
 try and, in spite of his riches, here
 are the facts about him. He is a little
 better workman than the men who
 work with him; he is little more po-
 lite than his associates, a little more careful in paying his debts, little more careful in being fair and honor able. Yesterday afternoon Paul Nor JUL. tue blS man Ol lHS tOduld I ts called at my office, and l have been ashamed of myself ever since. He was so polite, so intelligent, so neat; he was so noteworthy in everything that goes to make up a gentleman. Sometimes, when l have not slept well, l am short and snappy, but l always regret it, and apologize when ther is opportunity. l am SO firmly convinced that. for his own sake, man should be genteel and fair, that when l make a slip, l regret it. l preach industry and good conduct and believe in the doctrine. I be- lieve that Paul Morton is a prominent man because he is a gentleman; be- | cause he is a hard worker. an honest | man, and fair in all bis dealings. It's l the way to succeed. Here is a man who is at the head of the. affairs of a | railway extending from Chicago to | San Francisco. Don't believe for that he was selected to repre- sent the great Santa Fe corporation as a matter of luck or chance. The facts are he delivered the goods; he was placed in cOmeptition with other bright men and out ran them. Here is great religion: "Be a good work man, be honest, be industrious, be useful, be polite''
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-09-30

that he can keep right on supplying her needs in both directions. If she eats the cake and returns the silver he IS out of pocket only the dough and few wet tears.
 In Arabia the girl minds her flocks. The lover arrives and attacks her. She replies with stone and sticks, used as flatirons may be later in life. If he succeeds in driving her into her fathers tent she is his honeysuckle. If he is repulsed, disgrace goes with him. In Arabia it is awlays well, therefore, to avoid the virago and tackle the sylph like inamorata.
 The Mexican lover plods all night in the street before the house of his fair entrancer. If she approves, she sits at the window and watches him. Bon voyage
 And this reminds us that when we got ready to get married, we went out into the road and stood there, alt dressed up and smiling. Pretty soon we saw a woman coming up the pike hunting for us We stood right still, made believe we weren't looking, and were caught red handed. Then we went to a preacher and got the knot tied. For simplicity and naturalness our system take the bun from all the foreigners in tEe country, and if our wife doesn't see this the plan will go ringing down the ages as the most romantically sweet on record.
 But, remember, fellows, you must stand perfectly still when you see lem coming l-EX.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-09-30
How to Get Married.

Making love and getting married in this country is fun for the girls, but its different in the Arctic region. If Young Fishblubber is "spoons on the second daughter of Old Spear face, he proceeds forthwith to the abode where she is sheltered, grabs her by the hair, or by one ear, and yanks her along homeward where she has to fish and cut bait until death do them part.
 The Japanese love and proposal GUS toms are dainty and pretty. The young man there who is becoming so rattled he cannot get along without some kind of settling, pro or con, throws a bunch of plum flower buds into the girls rickashaw as she is carried past to the wedding of a friend. If she wears them, she is "all his'n." If she doesn't he can go away aud drown himself or his sor- .ows, according to his own predilec- ion.
 In Hungry, the Fypsies bake cakes coins The lover losses the loved one cake. If she eats the cake and retajus the coin, it is sign
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-09-30
Coming of Big Show.

The announcement that Ringling
 Brothers Worlds Greatest Shows will
 exhibit in Phenix will be received
 with more than usual interest by the
 people in this neighborhood. The
 Ringling Brothers have a name that stands for all that is new, novel and the management announces that this season the show has been enlarged to such an extent that a whole extra train is used in addition to the four trains of last season. The show is DOW transported from place to place in eighty .seventy-foot cars, con structed especially for the Ringling Brothers. In connection with the cir GUS proper, in which the arenic per formance is unexcelled, the Ringling Brothers are this season presenting the beautiful and sublime spectacular production of Jerusalem and the Cru sades. This pantomimic play necessi- tates the use of 1900 actors and act resses and of almost three hundred horses. It is presented on the largest stage ever used for exhibitional pur- poses. Special excursions rates have been arranged for on all lines of travel by Rlngling Brothers, and those who desire to go to Phenix where this great circus exhibits Monday, Oct. ., can do so at comparatively small cost. This will be the only point in this vicinity where the circus will eX- hibit this season and no one should miss the opportunity to see it. Watch this paper for additional announce mpntS