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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21

all this in a town in the same paral-
lei as Marseilles, France
To those who have never expe-
rienced it, real Arctic cold is almost in
conceivable. They cannot grasp the
difference between 10 and so degrees
of frost; it remains to them merely
one of numbers. Indeed, when once
the winter has gone it is sometimes
difficult to remember really how cold
it was; but during the four severe
winter months themselves it is a very
solid and serious fact. Every night
you go to sleep remembering if you
are new to such things, thai a failure
of the furnace which heats the house
means death; you might wake first to
know you were frozen or you might
not. In the poorer houses the inhabi-
tants sleep on the stoves, and the weak
ones often die. Drunkenness here is
often attended with a swift retribu-
ton, which does not in the least pre-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21

American cart-horse, but he goes like
the wind. He will walk or he will gal
Top, but he does not condescend to do
anything between. His harness is
wierd and wonderful and very Rus
sian, consisting primarily of a huge
wooden half-hOop over the head-the
keystone of the whole structure, which
is attached to the shafts by winding
long thin straps backwards and for
wards. 1t tGkes hours to put this on,
is always liable to come undone, and
if undone is very dangerous. An Eng
fish lady once related to me with hor-
ror how she was taken for drive in
VladiyOstok, and the horse AMI car
riage just went over everything
walls, banks, or whatever came in the
way. 1t is quite true, a Russian horse
does; and if you have once driven be-
hind one you are never nervous again
you are either killed or cured.
In VladivOstOk you take your daily
skate as here your constitutional, and
the most exciting thing to do is to
sledge along the cOast-dangerous be-
cause shore ice is never quite trust
worthy-to, say the original Askold,
which does not lie sunk in Port Arthur,
but is an island on the northeast coast
of Siberia.
A HERBAGE' EDWARDS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
Costly Meal.

John E. Wilkie, of this city, chief of
the secret service, entered the office of
Assistant Secretary Armstrong in the
treasury department and said in dis
gusted tones: Il ate a beefsteak the
other day and it has just cost me
SLIPS" We'll" answered Armstrong.
Il knew beef prices were rising. but l
didn't think" 1T was this way" in
terrupted the secret service man: The
beefsteak cost me s125 and the first
bite l took out of it I broke a tooth.
The dentist looked me over AID said
there were so many improvements nee
essary in my jaw it would cost me SO"
Mr., Armstrong listened to this tale
with a severe expression. "Wilkie,"
he said, eproachfully, you should eat
more regularly. Then you will not at
tack your food SO voraciously."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21

In the winter time the bazaar is
really a sight; everything is frozen
stiff. The huge long sturgeon from
the interior stand in rows on their very
sharp-pointed noses; baskets full of lit
tie fishes are piled together like chips
of ice; frozen birds hang down in long
festOOns, and the municipality is
spared one trOuble-it never has to
make away with food gone bad" The
bazaar is almost entirely IN the hands
of the Chinese, the tall. dark, rough
Chinese of the north, who live wrapped
up in wadded cotton clothes, until they
look like bundles of bedding With
out the Chinese and the Japanese,
Vladivostok would find it hard to exist
They do all the work of the town; the
Russians garrison and misgovern 1t;
the Chinese, the Germans, the Japan
csc. and the other nations trade in it,
and the ticket-of-leave men from Sag
halien drive the droskies. These last
are not political. exiles, but criminals
mostly murderers; and they all live
together in a settlement about two
miles outside the town, under strict po-
lice supervision.
The great sport Of Vladivostok in
the winter is safeguarding, and when
once the harbor is frozen over proper
course is marked off, and everyone
who owns a horse takes part. A Rus
sian horse is a superb brute; he stands
as high and looks as strong as an
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
Spencer No Linguist.

AS everyone know, Mr. Herbert
Spencer was no linguist. His ill-health
partly associated in large measure
with eye strain-prevented him from
mastering German. He was similarly
ignorant of Greek, whilst his Latin was
Of the scantiest. Nevertheless, his work
did not suffer so much as one might
expect from these disabilities. He was
so entirely a pioneer-anticipat only
by the Ionian thinkers of 25 centuries
ago-that a reading acquaintance with
German would have been of little use
to him. On the other hand, his works
have been widely translated, the Won
derful little pamphlet on education be-
ing obtainable in some Is languages,
including Japanese,-London Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21

occasionally anything maturity Just body
We commend the baby when stretches and growing
scold the pupil for the there
The teacher who the pupils
but keeps aousng and urging all in the
usually gets the praise OF her supeors but she merely driving the
the squirrel wheel his
rapid strides personally toward prostraton
We know the mother would kill off all BY such
The killing off in the school by the process
and readily noticed But chill
en killed by school aXecs and agaonoers crippled
life We pay much attention the child ache but
when mental dyspepsia strikes the child OF
Sung school the and leave
whether the dose shall be given packed
with the drectness of the paving
Work done under compuon of little value 1t right
pei the child to do homework help the shop
is babar force mental work upon child whose brain
children they can rest in the scroooom
by pretending be work They make show of diligence and
their their books while their thoughts something
congenal and which requires strain.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21

more long distance charity
1t bad enough poor hear scratching
without having church
offering trhe of money telling YOU
midst of sickness and suffering that your father
life has been SINFUL
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21

and these are the only two colors in
a wide, still world. There are no trees
The large forests. of which the old
travellers wrote. have long since been
cut down for fuel, and the immediate
hills behind the town are all bare as
a mans hand. Once behind these hills
the endless roii"s plain begins which
is Siberia
Directly summer Is over. all the
wealth of flowers. which for five short
months have simply rioted in the land,
go black. die out; the earth freezes
stiff. Winter has come, and black and
stiff the world remains. In Vladi
vostok there is little snow; sometimes
gray dust, more like powdered ice
than snow, blows over the land, but for
the most part it is black, not a white
world of frost. And in its way it is
more impressive. The earth freezes
deep, many feet down, and is hard as
iron. The whole harbor turns a kind
of dull gray; that, too, is frozen deep
To keep any sort of channel open, the
powerful ice-breaker has to go through
its work twice a day. Twelve hours
of an ordinary winters day is often
sufficient TO block the passage. And
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21

ing law.
Solomon preferred wisdom money. Why? strange
The wisdom lay the fact that he preferred
What has civilized The growth of knowledge among
ahe plain people, not the learned the ecceastics
1t requires but little brains to be a critic
Religion first be ethical then the
and have the bgo and the worsp at
times and then greedy They called hypocres They are not thew
only inconsistency sincere.
Trust the people, said Lincoln think of whom else can
long here
The poor the rich the hope They have the
virtue they do the work AS have enough poor import
4hem. We doing it.
The philosophers teach the folly despisng common THINGS
Yet certain style of culture peculiar common
pie learned professor irriaby asked risman why stupidity
committed of putting the railway Station business
quarter of the town The Ihman pulled his pipe mouth
"Sure, sir in order have ciost By the tracks"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
A Tramp Joke.

Scribbler-What do you think Of my
tramp joke?
Edltor-It is a misnomer 1t has
been worked 20 death.-Town Topics.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
SacryIce Of ScbooI Children
BY PROF. WILLIAM E. WATT.
Principal of the Graham School, Chicago.

OSTS of public school children killed off by school ankle
ties and agitation and many others crippled for life The
practice of forcing children work in the SchoolroOm
times when their minds untitled for work and the attempt
to pound mathematics into heads aching for history or
English to be deprecated Teachers and mothers are
be blamed for laying the foundation Of untcd deformed
generation mentally and physically.
Laznes SHOULD often be encouraged both the school,
room and in the home The mind is required to be law
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
Miss Hapgood tells how she was cured
of Fallopian and Ovarian Inflammation
and escaped an awful operation by using
Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable Cornpot1nd,

"DEAR Mrs PNKHAM-I suffered four years with what the
doctors called Sapng inflammation faopan tubes and oya
r which distressing and painful
surrounding parts undermining the constitution sappng the life
you had before
Vegetable Compound and had noticed the snken eyes,
person with me as am today robust hearty WELL
wonder that fee thankful to and your wonderful medicine
which restored life and health
from awful operation" HApGooD 1922 Sandwich St
Windsor, Ont. N's
ovari Inflammation Of the ovaie
ton OF the womb and other The slightest
by heat and shoot palms. should
itself
DEAR MRS PNKHAM:-I can truly have saved
my life and cannot express gratitude
Before telling
failed do good appear in that time and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
AUa17ce the Nnl0n'S Peril
BY HON. w. D. HOARD,
Former Governor Of Wisconsin.

CSINI<SS-the gain OF money any prce-docs it ex-
plain the demon OF graft that is dcbauchng the very tissue
OF American MANHOOD that corruptng national
and municipal life that is asking from the sacrifice Of
honor, honesty, patriotism, Heaven?
What is patrotsm' The sacrifice of selfish inter-
ests to the good OF the many What eason The sacr-
flee OF the good of the many selfish interests
What is good government? The enforcement of law
We SURPRISED have
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21

This is the that the ignorant have taken what the world
calls charity Now, by learning know the great
discoveries know that drunkenness and laziness and
sponb for much suffering poverty
We have intelligent citizens who make government
laws and how much suffering of the poor
the vice OF open eyed misgovcrnment?
How much suffering regulated Workshop to the
condition of city the filth alleys
lack of the feeling responsibility wholesoneness
homes?
Chariys demand of justice is hrec-fold 1t Includes
Sona understanding of conditions of life personal Investigations
nd equal division of the burden of Legislative
poverty and Sufering third spreading abroad spirit
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21

IMAGINE a black world
frozen stiff, and that is
Vladivostok in winter.
Wherever water once
flowed in bay or harbor, a
wide, granville road runs.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Short Session of County Board

The county board of supervisors closed
the business of the annual session on
Friday, after having visited the sugar
factory and county asylum. The equal
sized assessment of the county remains
the same as last year, forty one millions,
despite the fact that Supervisor of AS
sessment Mcintyre had placed the real
and personal property valuation at fifty
millions. An appropriation was asked
for by the asylum commissioner of $4,000
to make up deficit in the cost of con-
Quoting this institution. The increase
in cost of running this farm is explained
by the fact that the per capita cost of
inmates this year has been $l91. Last
year the insane cost about S1.64 and the
poor S1.19. This accounts for the deficit
and the report says that it is because of
the increased cost of living and the
greater number of inmates to be sup
ported There has been no laxity in
management and the deficit is unavoid-
able.
F. p. Starr, present county clerk, was
elected successor to w. j. Mcintyre as
supervisor of assessment. Prior to this
vote the compensation was raised from
So to $3.50 per day.
W. J. Mcintyre was elected trustee of
the insane asylum and almshouse for
three years. S. B. Kenyon was re elected
superintendent OF the poor.
The question of consolidating the two
school districts was taken up and held
over until the next session of the board.
The proposal to inaugurate $500
travelling library in Rock county was re-
jected.
f. 1t was moved and seconded that when
the board adjourns, it do so to meet
again on January II, 1905.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Tobacco Notes

Fl. S. McGiffin Of GAINESVILLE was in
this market Saturday.
Nels Nelson has the basement walls
up for a new warehouse on the site of
old No,13
MIL. G. Koch, tobacco dealer of Hol.
land, is being shown around local mar
kets by W. TsPomeroy & Co.
Ben Rothschild of Chicago and P. 81.
Crahen of Beloit made a circuit of the
local tobacco markets early in the week.
The government estimate OF the yield
of the 1904 tobacco crop is 1882 pounds
per acre and the quality at SO per cent.
G. E. Shannon and Chas Wussaw
went to Portage Monday to sample the
packing of 03 t90acco at the United
Cigar Manufacturers warehouse at that
point
W. T. Pomeroy came home from the
northern tobacco section Saturday sick,
and for few days was confined to his
home with an acute attack of gall stones,
but is very much improved now.
A tobacco warehouse company has
been organized at Blair, Wis, recently
with a capital of $4,000 for the purpose
of erecting building to handle and
store the weed raised in that locality.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
Dec. 14-Supper and Bazaar at the
Congregational church

Dec. 14-Supper and Bazaar at the
Congregational church.
The w. r. G. at their next meeting,
Dec 9Th, have their annual election of
officers and all members are requested
to be present.
The Culton family returned from
Bonita, La, Tuesday evening in time to
pass Thanksgiving with their Edgerton
friends. We are informed that southern
life has few attractions for Mrs. Culton
and the children and it is doubtful il
they return.
John Thomas Toynton and Miss
Mabelle Maltpress daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Maltpress, were united in
marriage at the M. E. parsonage We'd
nesday evening, Nov. 23rd, at o'clock,
Rev. Richardson officiating. The young
couple have the congratulations of a
host of friends.
"A Thanksgiving service will be held
in the Methodist church Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. L. A Parr
will preach the Thanksgiving sermon.
Service will be short, closing promptly
at lO:45, so that all may come and the
music will be bright. All are invited to
attend.
Attorney and Mrs, Claud Hendricks,
who moved from GAINESVILLE to St. Paul,
where they have been residing of late,
will once more make their home in the
Bower City and will reside on Myrtle
street. Mrs. Hendricks is now in the
city and her husband is soon expected.
Attorney Hendricks had his Office on the
bridge and his many friends here will
welcome his return. - GAINESVILLE Re-
corder
"A. B. Stout, of the Baraboo high
school, is making a special investigation
of the Indian mounds at Baraboo and
ton obtainable concerning them In
recent years some of the mounds have
been leveled or opened, and he would
the inside. He is preparing maps and
sketches of the mounds and would like
the location of all mounds in Sank
county.-Baraboo Democrat
There will be no delivery of mail in
the rural districts Thanksgiving day
Notice to this effect has reached Post
master Whittet in the following letter:
"In accordance with the order of the
postmaster general, rural letter carrisrs
are granted permission to observe
Thanksgiving day as holiday. No de-
livery of mail to patrons or to interme-
diate offices shall be made by them on
that day. No deduction shall be made
in carriers salaries On account of sus
pension of the service. Treat the day as
though it were Sunday in preparing car
riers November vouchers. If your of
flee is kept open during any part Of the
day, patrons of rural routes should be
given their mail if they call for it," The
letter is signed by j. L. Bristow, fourth
assistant postmaster general.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25
CIVIC SOCIETIES.

FULTON LODGE No. SO F. u AZ M: meets
4 in Masonic Hall every 1st and Sd Wednes-
day of each month.
EDGERTON CHAPTER NO. SO ORDER OF
~ Eastern Star holds a regular meeting at
Masonic Hall the second and fourth Tuesday
evening of each month.
DOYAL NEIGHBOR LODGE No. 246O meets
Az in Woodmen Hall the I'd and 4th Wednes-
day evenings of each month
FDGERTON LODGE No. 146, K. P, meets
~ every Tuesday evening at o'clock.
EDGERTON ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIA-
~ TON meets second Wednesday of each
month.
FDGERTON CAMP No 44O, M. w A meets
- in WOOdmen Hall the lst and Sd Thursday
evenings Of each month.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-11-25


own way and piled up score that is
painful to read about. The fact of the
matter is the Edgerton team is too light
to make much impression as the game is
now played.
The Common Council have ordered
a special election to be held at the city
hall Tuesday, December 9th for the pur-
pase of ratifying the ordinance which
provides for bonding the city in the sum
of nine thousand dollars with which to
pay for the construction OF the main
sewer from the city to Rock river. The
sewer has been contracted in, advance of
the issuance OF the bonds and the con-
tractors are entitled to pay for their
work. Consequently if at the election
the proposition of bonding the city is
voted down, it will be necessary for the
council to make up budget covering
the required amount and have it put
into the tax levy for collection with the
city's taxes in January. This would
make an addition to the regular tax Of
about eight dollars on a thousand valua-
ton. Ii the voters ratify the ordinance
providing for the bonds, then the pay
ments will extend over period of
twelve years and the increase in taxes
each year on this account will be so
small that it will be hardly noticeable by
the individual taxpayer. The question
is quite an important one as regards the
the best interests of the city and should
call out representative vote of the
property owners. The opinion of the
best posted men on municipal affairs is
that this proposition shovld carry by an
unanimous vote
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-09-21
NEW GRENADA.

No. 4 school opened Monday
morning with MIR. Chas. Seville
of McConnellsburq, as master.
The last few rains seem to have
"passed by on the other side" Of
our section.
VIM. Alloway's have built a new
porch on the east side of their
dwelling, which adds to the ap.
pearance. Jacob Crider is also
building a new porch IN front of
his dwelling.
Cleve Crider and 10y McClain
are home from Franklin county,
where they have been corn har.
vesting.
Frank and Mary Barnett of
Taylor, spent Sunday at Frank
Thomas's.
Alice Grissinger and mother
Mrs. Katie Mills visited friends
at Wells Tannery.
Clemma Stunkard, of Wells
Tannery, and Maggie Stunkard
OF Enid, called on friends in New
Grenada last Sunday afternoon.
N. H. Alloway, of Waterfall,
squeezed out over 5000 gallons of
cider last week on press days.
Our town folks have been get.
ting in their supply of winter
wood in shape of cross.cut slabs,
which Mr.. Boyer of the large saw
mill IN the Loop, has been kind
enough to supply.
We have been informed that
there is possibility of the saw.
mill camp losing it's fireman
"Charles," !" as he may go into the
"shoe" business in near future.
Scott Bolinger has a spring rat
trap that is up to date 10 catching
a woman's toe-hits the corn eve.
ry time. Don't it Mrs. Skoot.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-09-21
Weaver Nycum.

On Wednesday evening, the
14th inst, at S:30 o'clock pretty
home wedding took place when
Mr.. Arthur Weaver and Miss
Malinda Nycum were united in
marriage by Rev. Brown. The
BRIDE was attired in a lovely suit
of steel silk, while the groom
wore dark blue. Many beautiful
and useful presents were received.
Those present were-Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Weaver, of Cumber-
land, Md; Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Weaver and son Russell, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Weaver and two chill.
dren, Mr.. and Mrs. &. b. Carpen-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Shaw,
Mr.. and Mrs. Abner Weaver, Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Weaver, Mrs. Hen
ry Sensel, Chas. Weaver, Mrs. j..
K. Sensel and daughter, Mrs. Har-
ry Hill, Tebe Sensel, Minnie Ro-
ser, Alice Myers, Kate Shoemak-
er, Nancy Weaver, Blanche Shaw,
Kate Williams, Lillian and Jnni-
alta Bowhay of Cumberland, Clara
Brewer, John W. Truxel, Maui
rice Shaw, George and Benz. Wca-
yer, Davie Chestnut, Fred Sensel,
Geo. and JAS. Lashley.
We all join in wishing the bride
and groom long and happy future.
A FRIEND.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-09-21
PLEASANT RIDGE.

Mrs. Annie Everts of Cito, Is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Matilda
Deshong, who with her sister and
daughter, made a short visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fittery.
The applebutter boiling at
Christopher Dlshong's was well
attended last Friday night.
Bertha Truax and brother were
guests of Rebecca Dlshong last
Sunday.
Lille M. Deshong is spending
some time with Mrs. Mores on
Tim ber Ridge.
Elizabeth Deshong and her sis
ter Rebecca visited their uncle,
David Bishop, last Wednesday
evening.
Scott Mellott is on the sick list.
Miss Louie Hess has been poor
ly for a few days.
Morgan Deshong threshed l18
bushels OF buckwheat last Friday.
He has ten acres to thresh yet.
MarieD Deshong expects tospend
next week with Mrs. Frances
Truax.
Orvllle p. Deshoag Is over In
the Big Cove cutting corn.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-09-21
EPHRAIM GREGORY.
Death OF One Of Thompson Townships
Most EstimabIe Citizens.

Ephraim Gregory was born in
Thompson township, Fulton coun.
ty, Pa, May 80, 1912; and died
September 9, 1904; hence his age
was 90 years, 3 months and 10
days. He was one of Thompson's
best, and most highly esteemed
citizens, as was fully evlnced by
the vast crowd that asse m bled to
pay the last tribute OF respect to
the departed s worth, on Sabbath,
Sept. H., 1904.
We congratulated ourselves, on
that mournful occasion, in the full
assurance that we had come to a
Christian s funeral. About TWEEN.
ty-eight years ago, as the writer
we'll remembers, Ephraim Greg.
ory was seen, a hum ble penitent
at the altar of prayer, seeking
God IN he pardon of sin, and was
happily and savlngly converted
and at once united with the Meth.
odist Episcopal church. He al.
ways seemed happy IN the enjoy
ment of his religion, and as the
end approached through all those
long weary months of suffering,
in the faith and patience Of Job,
he retained his integrity, often
talking of the blessed hope of a
bllssful immortality; and gather
ing his family around him, gave
them much wholesome advice and
urged them so to live and so to
bring up their children that they
may all meet HIM in heaven.
Funeral service was conducted
by the writer at Damascus"
church, and interment was made
IN the Union graveyard near.
LEWIS CHAMBERS.