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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-07-21
HOPEFUL Of OIL
STRIKE At FINzEL.
Piney Run Well Down 700 Feet and
Company Much Encouraged.
STRUCK big INIUN" SAND.
Oil Oozes Up In the WeIl-West Vir-
gInia Operations To Begins Soon
Price Of Stock Increased to 60
cents a Share.

The directors of the Piney Run Oil
and Gas Company met at Sand
Patch, Pa. Tuesday, July II, and de-
cided to increase the price of the
price of stock from thirty cents a
share to sixty cents a share. They
visited the well that is now being
drilled on the Francis Lint farm, and
inspected the machinery. They were
highly pleased with the management
and the progress that is being made
The well is down seven hundred feet.
The drill has struuk the big Injun'
oil sand and the company have splen-
did signs of OIL Pittsburg oil men
visited the well on Saturday and pro-
nounced the prospects as being very
fine. The company intends to put
down several test wells in the local
ity. This is the first well that has
ever been drilled in which the ''oil
sands were found
The company also decided to COM
menced operations in West Virginia,
where they have secured twenty-five
hundred acres of fine oil and gas
lands in Gilmer county. The com
pany is in receipt of message from
Gilmer county announcing that the
South Penn Oil Company have drill
ed well near their holdings which
produces four hundred barrels day.
The company will commence active
ODpra tiOD there at once
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-07-21
PASSING OF C. & 0. CANAL.
ishing Type of American Life
Must Share Its Fate So Decreed.
he old canal, as writer calls it

he old canal, as writer calls it in
e Boston TRANSCRIPT, must share
the fate all other things out of date
and cease to be. Its abandonment
has been decreed. The wonder is
that the evil day did not come long
before, for with the modern facilities
for transportation its time of impera-
tive usefulness has long been over.
The boats have run from March to
October on a route from Was hington
to Cumberland distance of $50 miles.
They have taken from ten days to two
weeks to make the trip. Their car
goes are coal and grain. A boat can
carry one hundred and thirty tons of
coal, and for this payment at the rate
of fifteen cents a ton was made.
When from this profit, the sum of
$12, which the captain must pay for
the use of the boat, is deducted, it
doesn't seem to have been a profitable
venture.
The line has been owned by syn
dictate, and as the/captain of the boat
could not make it pay and the compe-
tition of the railways became keener
the only thing to do was to discon-
tinue the line.
Much as one must applaud the
march OF the progress, | can but feel
sincere regret at the passing of the
old canal, says the writer. To me its
abandonment means the scattering of
the picturesque little colony whose
home is on the narrow strip of water
which stretches along beside the PO-
tomac for nearly two hundred miles.
To one who has lived where canals
are unknown, the great clumsy boats
drawn by shaggy mules have dis
tinctly foreign look that makes them
singuarly attractive, so when | stroll
ed along the tow-path of the Wash
ington Canal and there met Mrs.
Noah, it was a new experience to
me.
Sitting in the cosy little cabin while
the fire cracked in the little stove and
the tea kettle steamed away merrily,
Mrs. Noah told me her story. She is
canal born and bred.
She was bright, pretty, rosy cheek
Evoung girl and the belle of the ca
4 Accordingly she was courted by
every "single and unattached boat
man from Washington to Cumber-
land. But she was ambitious and
longed for a life on land. AT last Mr.,
Noah appeared upon the scene and
agreed to give up boating and the
canal and settle in a "real house" on
land if she would become Mrs. Noah.
And so they were married one
autumn. Mr.. Noah found employ
ment in Connecticut town and there
they set up housekeeping.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-07-21
HER SENTENCE COMMITTED.

Woman Prisoner In Oakland Jail Freed
by Order of the President
President Roosevelt. Saturday com
muted the sentence of Mary L. Kiss
ner, convicted in Baltimore of pass
ing altered Treasury notes and SEN
fenced May Gath to serve term of
four months imprisonment in the Jail
at.Oakland, and in accordance there
with and upon an order received by
Sheriff Frantz from United States
District Judge Morris of Baltimore.
he released Mrs. Kissner who return
ed to her home the same day. The
sentenced was committed by the
President principally on account of
the i'll health If the prisoner and the
overcrowded condition of the Jail.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-07-21
For Sale.

A cottage at Mountain Lake Park,
Md; II rooms, kitchen and attic; is
used as boarding house, and has
good patronage; splendid location,
near Auditorium. Also, 10 acres of
good land one-half mile south of Mt.
Lake Park, all cleared except / ] acres.
For further particulars address or call
on f. P. ARNOLD, Mt. Lake Park,
Garrett county. Nd. 49-26t
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-07-21
Summer Resorts.

Write to w. H. Reynolds, ID. p. A.
w. Va. Central 4 P. Ry., Cumber-
land, Md, for copy of beautifully
illustrated book Across the Allie
ghanies.n Full of interest to sports
men and fishermen, and containing
complete list of hotels and boarding
houses on that line.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-07-21
Call for Your Letters

Mrs. Nellie b owning, Miss Gussie
Stanley, Mr.. A. G. Bryan, Jno. Little,
Walter Campbell, Chas. Green, Mfg.
Central House.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-14

A letter was received at the post
Office in Washington directed to the
biggest fool in that city.
The postmaster was absent. and on
his return one Of the younger clerks
informed him Of the receipt of the let
ter.
And what became Of it?" inquired
the postmaster.
why" replied the clerk, Il didn't
know who the biggest fool in Wash
ington was. so I opened it myself"
And what did you ind in it," in
quired the postmaster.
"FindE' replied the clerk. why.
nothing but the words. Thou art the
man
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-14

Alaska has ten thousand square
miles capable of cultivation, ana the
probabilities of successful farming
there are receiving no little attention.
The River Jordan is the Descend
er." During its course it falls over
twelve hundred feet. At no point is
it navigable, even by small craft, to
any considerable distance, and it pre-
sents the unique spectacle Of a river
which has never been navigated flow
ing into a sea which contains not one
living creature.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-14

Senator Depew says-and he knows
that over two million men are EN-
ployed on railroads and in the making
Of railroad equipments in the United
States. Sixty per cent of the total
operating expenses of our railroads
for 1900 went to pay the wages Of
their employees, which amounted for
the year to $577,O0O,OOO Excepting
only the farms, therefore, the railroads
furnish the largest number of Ameri-
can people with "gainful occupation" I"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-14

Some time ago cats were imported
into Australia to subdue the plague of
rabbits. Now come complaints from
New South Wales and Victoria that
the birds are being destroyed, the cats,
which were only intended to prey
upon the rabbits, having turned their
attention to the feathered inhabitants
of the country. while the foxes, intro
duced for some other purpose, are rob
bing the henyards and assisting the
cats in the war on native birds.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-14

Some people take cold on the slight
est provocation. Very seldom during
the changeable w'ntry weather are
they free from some touch Of the an
noying affection. These cases are of
special interest because they help US
to recognize what conditions predis-
pose to cold. This is the necessary
preliminary to their avoidance.
A cold is a congestion Of the mu-
cous membranes OF some part of the
body. This congestion is first pro
duced by some disturbance Of the cir
culation. 1t becomes an illness and
not merely a passing discomfort be-
cause, during the congestion, certain
disease germs find favorable surround
ings for growth in the congested tis-
sues and their presence prevents the
return to the normal condition until
after some catarrhal Inflammation oc-
ours to throw of the germs. - New
York Journal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-14
"A warm welcome.

Old Spot was General Kilpatrick's
fayorite war horse. After the war
the general was sent to South Amer
lea. He left the old horse at the
farm, with orders that he should be
kindly cared for. Returning after an
absence of several years, the general
reached home near night, and was for
some time occupied in exchanging
greeting with his family and friends.
He did not, however, long neglect to
inquire after the old horse. Learn
ing that Spot was at pasture in a dis
tant field. the general sent for him,
and little later was told that his fav-
orite stood tied to Il post at the en-
trance OF the gl~ 'rl1s some distance
away. The general fastened out into
the piazza, whence, peering through
the evening, he saw the form of the
old veteran who stood demurely
gnawing at the post. Just one word,
.Spotr' rang out over the lawn. Like
an echo came back the answering
neigh. With snort and a bound the
old charger snapped the halter,
cleared the fence at a leap, and with
arched neck and ears proudly erect.
he stood by the piazza, where with
joyful whinny he laid his head on his
masters breast. Added the general:
1--WE hugged and caressed each other
like sweethearts, and 1 am not
ashamed to say that no welcome
received that day warmed my heart
more than that Of old Spot"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-14

If we have got TO have all sorts Of
outlandish names added to our Latin
lied science, how can we remember
them? Here is President Jordan, a
chief authority on fishes. going to
Japan ani giving unpronounceable
names to the fishes he finds there. A
sturgeon becomes the Acipenser kiku-
chi; a spear-fish is Tetrapturus mitsuk-
urii; q sort Of bass is Trachypterus
ishikawa, all these names. and plenty
more. being given in honor of living
Japanese Statesman and scholars.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-14

1t is difficult for the normal man to
understand the eagerness with which
those are listened to who think they
know how TO prolong life to an ex-
treme old age, and with what interest
the study Of longevity is pursued by
people too intelligent to cherish any
illusions on the subject Of the average
duration of human life. If the pleas
ing fiction OF the fountain Of perpetual
youth could be revived, or if some
skillful compounder of elixirs could
make US believe that he had found the
way to prolong youth or rejuvenate
the aged and' decrepit. it would all be
perfectly ineligible. Old age has no
attractions, and those who find them
selves persistently drawn near and
nearer to "the iron gates where age
upon 4 mound of ashes waits to do
unpleasant things to those who ap-
proach, would be perfectly excusable
IL they took any amount Of trouble
TO advise themselves how youth could
be prolonged and old age indefinitely
postponed. thinks the New York
Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-14

1t was stated at the recent annual
meeting Of the British Medical Asso-
citation that the loss Of nerve was the
chief cause Of railroad accidents. The
doctors call it neurosis. 1t comes from
the continuous high nervous tension
under which men who run trains and
operate signals are placed. Very often
this strain becomes too great, and the
man gives way. The suggestion is
made that the railway employees
should be selected according to their
temperament.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-14
The New slater.

LOOK careIully Sdlu tne klnu
nurse. turning down a corner Of the
flannel blanket. Don't touch her,
dears, but just look"
The children stood on tiptoe, and
peeped into the tiny red face. They
were frightened at first, the baby was
so very email; but Johnny took cour-
age in a moment.
Hasn't she got any eyesf" he asked.
'Or is she Ike kittens?
Yes, she has eyes, and very bright
ones, but she is fast asleep now"
Look at her little handsr whispered
Lily. Aren't they lovely? Oh. l do
wish 1 could give her a hug"
Not yeti" said nurse. "She is too
tender to be hugged. But mamma
sends word that you may give heI
something's name. She wants you
and Johnny to choose the baby's name
only it must not be either Jemima,
Keziah, or -Happuch."
Then nurse went back into mammals
room. and left Johnny and Lily star
ing at each other, too proud and happy
to speak at first.
Let's sit right down on the floor
and Think" said John. So down they
sat.
Il think Claribel is a lovely name"
said Lily, after pause. Don't your
No. replied Johnny. Its too
girIyn
But baby is a girl"
Il don't carel She needn't have such
very girly name. How do you like
Ellen?"
20 Johnny! Why everybody's named
Ellen! We don't want her to be just
like everybody! Now Seraphina is
not common"
Il should hope not. I should need
a mouth a yard wide to say it, What
do you think of Bessle?"
"Oh, Bessie is very well, only-wel.
I should be always thinking Of Bessie
Jones, and you know she isn't very
nice. I'll tell you what, Johnny. Sup
pose we call her yesta Geneva. after
that girl papa told US about yester-
dayp'
Lily, you are a perfect silly! Why.
/ wouldn't be seen with a sister called
that! I think Polly is nice, jolly
kind of a name"
Well l don'tF'
We'll" said the nurse, coming in
again, what is the name to be, dears
Mamma is anxious to know"
Two heads hung very low, and two
pairs of eyes sought the floor and
stayed there. "Shall / tell YOU" the
good nurse went on, taking no notice.
what | thought would be a very good
name for babyg
"Oh. yes, yes, do tell US. cause we
can't get the right onew
WE'LL thought your mothers name.
Mary, would be the very best name in
the world. What do you think."
why, of course it would We never
thought of that Oh. thank you, nurser
cried both voices. joyously Dear
nursel viii you tell mamma. pleasesv
Nurse nodded and went away smil-
ing. and Lily and John looked sheep
ishly at each other
II viii play with you. if you like.
Johnny. dear"
"All right. Lii Come alongr'-
Youths Companion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-14
some Au.tralIan Nleknnm...

Australians have some queer nick
names for different States and for one
another. The Queenslanders are
dubbed banana landers;" Western
Australians. now abbreviated into
Westralians. are known as "sandgro-
pers." The Westralians class the
whole of the other States in one
group and call them "tother side"
and the inhabitants .tother. siders. !"
Tasmania. so much like England in
climate and other characteristics. is
usually regarded as a little behind the
times and referred TO as "the land Of
lots o time" 'the land Of sleep a lot.
snd so GA. Tasmcnians are called
"Tass.es." also liam eaters" lam
being one OF the chief productions Of
the tight llttle island"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-14

A reliable fisherman from Michigan
tells the star fish story Of the season.
He says he was fishing on Selkirx
Lake, Kalkaska County. for pickerel.
There was a bite. and In due time the
fisherman struck and hooked what be
supposed to be a big pike. His sur
prise was great as the catch was
brought into view. when he saw. n
stead Of one fish. two. One. two
pound pike. had taken the hook in he
regular way. The other weicaed i've
pounds ard had the line wrapped
twice about il gills. SO that it was
hopelessly enianglsd.-New York
Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-14

n
There seemed to be no such way of
escape for The brave Mettie. however.
and she leaned against the bank Of
earth, her hands still grasping the
pick, her head bare to the night
breeze. The long line of fresh earth
which stretched away up the hillside
showed the wondering farmer that a
new trench was being dug from the
large spring 10 the end OF the pipe
which supplied the village.
AOh, Mr.. Stone" Mettie began, and
something marvellously like sob
found its way along with the words,
''you will not be out of patience with
Joshua and me, win you? It's all my
fault, anyway. / couldn't think OF
letting that miserable law suit go on
over this trough. 1t has worried all
Of us most to death. / have studied all
the books in the city, l guess; and fin
ally l thought l would just use a little
common sense. 1t seemed to me that
there must be some reason why the
water wouldn't run up into that
trough. / made up my mind that II
there could be little more force be-
hind the other spring. that would be
all that was needed. SO Joshua and 1
have been digging this ditch. We have
the pipe down as far as we have gone.
Now we are almost to the spring. II
you only hadn't come just now"
Mettie turned her face away and
dropped the pick.
"Come, father; go back to bed and
let us finish the job" Joshua pleaded.
recovering from his surprise. Well
have the water running into the trough
in half an hour. All we have to do is
to make the connection between the
pipes In the lower spring"
"You go to bed yourself. I'll not let
Mettie dig here In the dark any long
err'
And Farmer Stone sprang into the
ditch and lifted her gently out Of the
narrow quarters in which she had
been toiling SO heroically.
A few minutes later the work was
completed. The two pipes were Joined
by Joshua, who had provided himself
with rude kit Of tools for that pur-
pose. Then they all three fastened
down to the water trough in the barn
yard.
With fingers which tremhled a little
Mettie turned the faucet. A gurgle of
joy greeted her ears and n moment
afterward the water trickled through
the pipe, then fairly gushed out in a
stream. She had solved the problem
which had defied the ingenuity Of her
father and all the rest Of the wise
men OF the vicinity
They stood watching the water for
few minutes in silence. Then Farm
er Stone took Mettle by the hand.
Now you 90 home and sleep good"
he said. you've won two suits, fair
and square"
And that was the end Of all The trou-
bic. But the Town Board did a fine
thing for Joshua and Mettie. when,
few months later. they set up the
family hearthstone.
At the next meeting Of that august
body one of the members made mo-
tion that a pipe be laid from the vii
lage main to the farmyard Of these
worthy people supplying water for
their stock free for all time, with
faucet at the back Kitchen door in
easy reach Of the charming mistress" /"
And the motion was carried without
a dissenting yoice.--New York Evening
Sun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-14

There will probably be no inclusion
Of New Zealand in the commonwealth
Of Australia during the next fifty
years. if. indeed, it ever takes place.
The scheme has now been CON
demned by the commission appointed
by the New Zealand government to
study the federation question, and the
commissions judgment seems well
based. New Zealand is twelve hun
dred miles from Australia by sea, a
fact that neutralizes the military argu-
ment drawn from the benefits of a
joint defense in case of war. Again.
should New Zealand be brought under
Australian control. such a step would
imDeril the many economic and social
istic experiments being made under
the auspices Of the New Zealand gov
ernment
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-14

The money Of China Is a curious ad-
mixture of foreign and domestic coin.
Facrs CLEANED from consular reports
and from information obtained
through foreigners who have resided
there go TO show that very little is
known about its quantity, while its
quality is more unstable than is usual
with the coin OF other countries. No
accurate estimate of the amount Of
money in circulation in the empire
appears to have been made. and no
positive statement can be set forth on
a given date as to its value n week
from that time. The value Of the sew
eral coins fuctuates with the market
price OF silver upon which they are
based. and man with a bag full Of
dollars in passing from one prov
ince to another may have his wealth
increased or decreased. according to
the local standard called the 'tael."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-14

Poor Tom, with a rueful face,
Scans his page from place to place,
Then takes up another book.
Such disappointed look
What's the natter Can you guess
Just the cause of his distressy
Why, the truth is, he has lost
Something greatly to his cost. -.-
Not his racket, not his bat,
Not his pony, dog or cat.
All these he might find again,
But his seeking now is vain,
Howsoe er he feel the lack.
Never, never will come back AAs.-s
What he lost in idle play 1~
Twas the whole Of yesterday
Youths Companion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-14

Marquis Ito is the most distinguished
foreign statesman who has in many
days visited our country. More than
any other man he it was who put
Japan on the map"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-14

X -
You long for praise, you sigh
Because the way is rough;
y on long to rise, you try
As Cod knows-hard enough
All doubter, put your doubt away,
The world shall know your worth, some
day.
II.
Men pass you, caring not
That in your breast Is woe;
The fame once dearly sought
You gaze ND long ago
But there viii stand DER Won, some day,
A preacher with fair words to say.