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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-03-30
18th Day of April, 1905,

and will be opened the same day by the
County Commissioners and as soon as the
said proposals have been examined the said
County commissioners will take action to
wards the letting Of the contract.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a
certified check of twenty-five per cent. of its
amount, OF a surety bond for like amount
made payable to the County Commissioners
Of Garrett county as a guarantee that the
successful bidder will enter into contract
and furnish bond double the amount of
his bid.
This bond must be issued by regular
Surety Guarantee Co., and furnished within
a reasonable time after the contract has
been signed.
The said check or bond shall become for
cited to the County Commissioners If for
any reason the successful bidder shall fail to
enter into a contract and furnish the bond
as aforesaid after its acceptance by the said
County Commissioners.
This bond must be made payable to the
County Commissioners .of Garrett County
and the conditions of the said bond shall
guarantee the faithful performance and
execution of the work according to the plans
and specifications on file as aforesaid.
After the contract has been signed and
the bond approved the certified checks will
be returned to their respective makers and
If the contract is not awarded within two
weeks from the opening of the bids the OBJ
legation of the bidders viii cease and their
checks returned.
Each bidder shall accompany his bid with
samples of the material he intends to use for
cell construction, with a full size sample of
the grating inches square, and samples of
plates inches square, also model or full
size drawing of the locking device with de
tail specifications covering its construction;
also each bidder must accompany his bid
with samples of the cut stone.
The County Commissioners will award the
contract to the lowest responsible bidder
and they reserve the right to reject one or all
bids.
BY order OF the Board,
Lot. A. g. Ross, Clerk,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-03-30

Mr.. Daniel Amman, of Cumberland,
was a business visitor to Oakland
Monday afternoon, returning to his
home on train No. 10 the same even
ing.
Mr.. Harry Ravenscraft, of Illinois.
brother of DR.. W. H. Ravenscra.t. of
Oakland, whose illness is noted else
where in this paper today, arrived
here yesterday.
Messrs. Truman West and d. f.
Bolden went to Clarksburg this morn
Ing where they will transact business
during the day, expecting to return
TO Oakland this evening.
Mr.. Hezekiah Low, of Terra Alta,
was in Oakland Tuesday where he
superintendent the erection of hand
some monument in the family plot ia
the cemetery here.
At recent meeting of the Town
Council of Grantsville Dallas Creek
was appointed policeman to succeed
M. l.. Winterburg, who has gone TO
Connecticut to work in WOODEN or silk
mill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Browning. of
near oakland, aud Mrs. Riley. OF
Elkins, were the guests of ex- Sheriff
Dixon and family the latter part of
last week.-Elk Garden corr Pied
mont Herald.
Prof. j. Frank McBee, of the Oak
land High School, was COMPELLED to
suspend his department Monday
owing to an attack of the grip which
has kept him in bed since.
Mrs. j. n. Robinson, of the Yankee
Notion Store, has removed his goods
from the Democrat building to the
Rayenscroft building adjoining. the
transfer having been made Monday
and Tuesday. In his new quarters
Mr.. Robinson will have a better OBJ
portunity to display his goods to adj
vantage and secure an entrace from
Railroad street also.
Rev. Thomas $. Long, Superinten-
dent of the Park, was painfully hurt
at that place on last Saturday by be-
ing thrown from "A horse he was at
tempting to mount. A sudden swerve
OF the animal unseated Mr.. Long and
he was violently thrown to the
ground. Before he could scramble to
his feet the horse trod on his leg.
badly decorating and bruising it.
From many parts of the county
come complaints of the condition of
the public roads. At points where
the snow laid to the depth of ten or
twelve feet mudholes have replaced
them, making that particular portion
OF the road almost impossible. In
other sections the roads have become
almost entirely dry and conditions
are reversed
For Rent.-Dundee Hall, delight.
fully located boarding house of
twenty-five rooms. completely furn-
ished and in good repair, situated
near the Loeb Lynn Heights Hotel,
Loeb Lynn Heights, Md. The house
when open has always enjoyed good
patronage. Apply for terms at this
office or address q. w. Cochrane,
Queen City Hotel, Cumberland, Md
4-tf.
Mr.. James S. Lakin, of Terra Alta
is in Oakland today on his way home
from Piedmont where he attended q
meeting of the Republicans of the
Second Congressional District of West
Virginia held last night to make ar
engagements for holding the CCngre S.
ional convention to nominate a can
didate to succeed Hon. A. G. DAYTON
who has been elevated to the bench
by President Roosevelt Mr.. Lakir
was urged by many of his party
friends to accept the nomination but
is as yet undecided what he will do.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-03-30
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE

Incidents and Events at Home and
NearbY-PersonaI Mention, Etc.
Mr.. D. NJ. Dixon, of Dixon & Kelso,
was in Piedmont Yesterday on bus
mess trip.
Mr.. Harry NJ Hebden, of Boston,
spent several days in Oakland this
week with friends
For Rent-A new tiveroom dwell
ing. Possession can be had by May
list to 18th. Apply at this office.
Lost.-Ladies silver watch and fob
Finder please Leave ut Browning
House and receive reward
Z Squire William d. Hoye, of Deer
\ .rk, was business visitor to Oak
land Tuesday, as was also Boss
Hinebaugh, of the same place.
Miss Jnlia Brown, of kingwood. w.
Va, arrived here Monday afternoon
from her home to visit Mrs. w.
H. Rayanscraft
Miss Cleo kantz, who was at her
home at Adamstown, this State, sew
eral weeks, returned to Oakland
Monday evening.
A. d. Naylor 4 Co. have Just re-.
ceived car load of Carey's Roofing
the best roofing on the market. Will
have car of felt roofing about April
1st
DR.. j. w. Laughlin, of Mountain
Lake Park, visited Oakland last Fri
day for the first time since early last
fall. He was made welcome by his
many warm friends here.
During the illness of Postmaster
Nathan at Grantsville Miss MYRTLE
Otto, of New Germany, has been the
efficient assistant in the postoffice at
Grantsville. III
Among the attorneys from Cumber-
land who were in attendance at court
this week Capt. r. H. Gordon,
Hon. Ferdinand Williams, David J.
Lewis, F. Brooke Whiting and ID. A.
Robb.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. d. Dean, who re-
sided in Oakland for the past two
years, have shipped their household
goods to Cumberland and will in flu
ture reside in that city.
atMr. and Mrs H. l.. Daugherty re-
turned Monday evening from a week S
visit to Baltimore where Mr.. Daugh-
herty completed the purchase
of a new spring stock in his line,
Tuesday and Yesterday were days
of brightness and warmth, an alto
gether unusual state of weather for
March. With few more days of like
weather prevailing the grass will be.
come green and buds will put forth.
Mr.. G. w. Allen, travelling passen.
ger agent for the Baltimore and Ohio
with headquarters at ConnelIsville
Pa, was here Tuesday looking after
passenger traffic While in town Mr.
lien was the guest of Agent V. V
y |ashburne.
In the Orphans Court on Tuesday
of this week letters of administration
upon the personal estate of the late
George w. Kitzmiller were granted
unto his widow, Mrs. Mary f. Kitz
miller. who, after qualifying as such
before the Court, left on train No. 5;
for Clarksburg, w. Va, where she
will be the guest of her brother fol
few days. the latter being a promi
sent contractor of that city, who was
also in Oakland Tuesday and accom-
panied Mrs. Kitzmiller to CIarksburg
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-03-30
TRESPASS NOTICE.

All persons are hereby warned not to tres
pass upon the lands of the undersigned lying
in District No. 3 of Garrett county. either
for the purpose of hunting, fishing or pass
ing through the same with weapons or I'm
pursuit OF game of any kind. All persons
found so trespassing win be prosecuted to
the full extent of the law.
MRS. c. p. MILLER.
WIN. T. STANTON.
W. W. FOLK.
Ia G.. c. MILLER
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-03-30

No Gloss Carriage Paint Made
will wear as long as DEVICES. No
Others are as heavy bodied, because
Devoe's weigh to ounces more to
the pint. Sold by J. M. DAVIS &
Sons. June 1.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-03-30
Notice to Contractors I.
Notice of Letting the Contract
for a Jail and Sheriff's Resi-
dence, for Garrett County, at
It's County Seat, Oakland, Md.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Clerk of the County Commissioners of Gar
rett County, at Oakland, Md, for the furnish
ing of all materials and labor required for
the erection and completion of a Jail and
SheriT's Residence according to the plans
and specifications prepared by Holmboe 4
Lafferty, Architects, ClarkSburg. w. Va,
copies of which are now on file at the Com
missioners' Office and at the Office Of the
above named Architects.
said proposals will be received until
O'Clock p. NJ. on the
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
AN ATMOSPHERE OF HEALTH.
Preservation Of Most Precious Boon
Not a Hard Matter.

Talk health before the little ones
Also live and act normally. This
world, bad as it may be, has much
good in it. Humanity is so valuable
that the Savior died for its redemp-
ton. The child must live his life in
the world and with his fellow man.
Education is to teach him how to re-
late himself to both so as to get and
give goodness and happiness.
The intelligent. loving parent is al
ways anxious to protect the child
from diseases due to infection. Most
of the contagious diseases. such as
measles, whoopirg cough, scarlet
fever, diptheria, etc, are most fatal
in the first five years of life. Of
measles more than half the deaths
occur under S years of age. In
whooping cough the death rate under
: years often reaches so per cent.
There is also the same percentage in
scarlet fever and diphtheria.
In healthy children after 10 years
of age the death rate and severity of
these diseases lessen very much
After children are sent to school it
is not always possible to keep them
from exposure to contagion, but while
they are at home it requires but the
proper sanitary precautions on the
part Of the parents to keep them
from those infectious disorders until
infancy and early childhood are pass
ed and they are more able to with
stand disease
Often the writer has seen the
nursing baby die from whooping
cough, scarlet fever or measles when
its older brothers ard sisters were
scarcely i'll enough to go to bed.
tuberculosis is also easily con-
tracted in early life. 1t may be of
the glands, as the cases of so-called
scrofulous swellings of the neck
glands; also of the bones, as Potts
disease of the spine, hip joint dis
ease and the like, which result in i'm
paired health and lifelong deformity,
or the still more deadly pulmonary
tuberculosis, which. when contract
ed before Is, usually ends fatally in
short time.-Housekeepe
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
An American Puzzle.

DR.. Lorenz, of bloodless surgery
fame. cannot understand how Amer
leans enjoy fair health on diet that
would depopulate any other country.
"Thc pies, puddings, sauces and in
Vulnerable other dishes, most OF
which are unhealthful in the extreme,
partaken of by young and old alike
in America, have caused me to won
der" says DR.. LorenZ, that the peo-
pie are not physical and constitution
al wrecks"
The secret is to be found in the
simple, hardy lives of the fOrefathers
of the present generation. Their Wig
orous health has bestowed upon the
grandchildren wonderful constitutions
al vigOr. But the change from the
simple to the luxurious is working
havoc. The rising generation have
squandered the constitutional capital
bequcathed to them and are rapidly
becoming physical bankrupts. A halt
must be called and the simple habits
resumed or the prophecy of DR.. Lo-
REM will surely be realized.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14

crowd of coarse, half-drunken men.
ana with them partake freely of in
tONicating liCuor. Unfortunately, this
painful sight is not at all rare, and it
is quite common to see drunken wom-
en- reeling about in the streets. What
sad commentary on our modern CIV
i!iZation.
In Copenhagen it is the custom to
dress young schoolgirls so that their
arms are almost or entirely bare, even
in weather when Americans appre-
ciate their overcoats. This practice
necessarily chills the blood, and tends
to produce congestion of the internal
organs, and undoubtedly lays the
foundation for colds, pneumonia and
tuberculosis.
tuberculosis is making sad havoc
among the urban population of Nor
way. 1t is pitiful to note how this
plague is decimaIing this once hardy
race. Sedentary life, indoor contine-
ment and defective ventilation are
undoubtedly the most prolific causes,
for fifty per cent of the tubercular
cases make a satisfactory recovery
when they are sent to some outdoor
sanitarium: and what will cure a con-
sumptive would certainly have pre-
vented the onset of the disease.
The liquor curse is undermining the
physical stamina of the Swedish race.
Liquor drinking among the working
classes is almost universal, One
third of their population die before
the age of twenty-One, and one-fourth
of those who live, are rejected from
military service on account of phys.
ical qualifications.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
Where Women Are SUPERIOR.

That woman's intuition is more
trustworthy than a mans Judgment
has long been conceded by unbiased
masculines. I. good tesla personal
cne-is furnished by the United States
treasury at Washington. The late
Gen. Spinner-he whose signature was
so "fearfully and wonderfully made
declared as the result of long years
of experience as superintendent OF
that department that women were
worth ten times as much as men in
the matter of counterfeits alone. "A
man always las a reason for a coun-
terfeit.' said the general, but he is
wrong half the time. woman never
has reason. She says It's counter
felt because il is counterfeit, and she's
always right-though she couldn't tell
how she found it out if she were to be
hung for not knowing"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
WHO OWNS THE RAILROADS

II. 7. Newcomb Of the District of
Columbia Bar, has compiled statistics
showing that 5,174,71S depositors in
savings banks of six eastern states
are directly interested in the joint
ownership of $442,354 ,0S6 of steam
railroad securities, that insurance
companies doing business in Massa-
chusetts hold SS45,SS903S of steam
railroad stocks and bonds and "A edu-
cational institutions depend on SAT-
4GS,327 invested in similar securities
for a portion of their income. Other
fidTciary institutions own enough
railroad securities to bring such hold
ing up to more than a billion and
half dollars, about one-sixth of the
entire capital invested in railroad
property. These investments repre-
sent the savings of the masses there
being twenty million holders of life in
surance policies in the country, as
many more of fire insurance policies,
and an even greater number of de-
positors in banking and trust institu-
tions, where investments are largely
in railroad securities.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
NO TONGUE CAN TELL
How ! Suffered with Itching and
Bleeding Eczema Until Cured
by Cuticura.

mo tongue can tell how l suffered
for five years with terribly painful,
itching, and bleeding eczema, my
body and face being covered with
sores. Never in my life did l expert
ence such awful suffering, and
longed for death, which felt was
near. | had tried doctors and medi-
cines without success, but my mother
insisted that l try Cuticura. felt
better after the first bath with Cuti-
cura Soap and one application of Cuti-
cura Ointment and was soon entirely
well. (Signed) Mrs. A. Etson, Belle
vue, Mich"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
5!v~-~~vtr~-.~1t~~-v1~-.~sJl
Let the Sunlight Reach Every Corner of the
House and Destroy the Germs. 8


Nallies great disinfectant is sun
IlShi IL is most interesting fact
that This wonderful light. which pro
mot, j4e growth of useful plants and
sustain animal life, at the same time
destfoys by its very brightness all
sort ~, germs which are brought in
CONT with it. 1t is this fact alone
which renders the earth inhabitable.
Germs develop with such marvellous
raploIiy that they would quickly over
when rs by their very numbers if
not constantly destroyed by the sun.
A HlLe computation will readily show
THIS. some germs are capable of such
rapld multiplication that they may
douh'e every fifteen minutes under
favorable conditions of temperature
and food supply. Estimate the num-
ber Of germs which might be pro-
ducel IN single day of twenty-four
houls, or ninety-SiX dOublingS. The
number would be more than thirty
two thousand billion billions. or suf-
fclent TO cover eighty thousand
square miles a foot deep, or fill a
space of more than fifteen cubic
mile. The increase Of a minute or
ganlsm occupying cubic space of
not more than one twenty-thousandth
OF al inch to such prodigious magni-
tude Is beyond comprehension, and
practically cannot occur; for while
the germ may grow at this immense
rapidity Tor short time, the poisons
which it produces become destructive
to itself The material upon which it
feeds is also exhausted, so that it's
growih ceases.
Doubtless all have noticed the fact
that mold grows during the night and
III dark, damp cellars. Bright sun
light quickly destroys germs, mold,
and other parasitic organisms. DIFF
fused daylight does not act nearly so
rapidly but accomplishes in the
course Of few hours what bright
sunlight is capable of doing in few
minutes 1t is clearly evident, then,
that in order that our houses should
be kept free from germs, they. like
our bodies, should be made full of life
The shutters should be opened, the
curtains raised, and the light admit
ted to every room in the house, clos
cts included, so that the disinfecting
power Of light may be exercised in
every nook and corner of the dwell
ing.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
Should Another NAPOLEON Arise?

Although France has not produced
great man for ninety years, the ig
norance and unrest prevailing in Rus
sia, and the babel and intestine strife
of the AustrC-Hungaran empire, pre-
clude the idea of Slav, Czech or Mag
var Napoleon. Italy. Spain and Eng
land are equally unlikely to produce
a successful military tyrant, and we
therefore assume that the Napoleon of
the future Will be German soldier
The first task of a German Napoleon,
after completing his career of con-
quest on land, would be the suhjuga
tion of England by the organization of
sea power. The destruction of Brit
ish sea power would be to a modern
|Caesar an imperious necessity. Ma
poleon placed commerce behind agri-
culture, which he considered to be
the basis of national health and
wealth The new Charemagne would
be better informed on economic sub
jects than the Observation-Disclosures
London News.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
The "CuIIinanv Diamond.

It was between and 5 O'Clock in
the afternoon of Jan. 26 that the
"Cullinan" diamond vas found in the
Premier mine, near Pretoria. in the
Transvaal. The mine is described as
a great pit, much like Chicago clay
hole. Manager Wells was making a
tour of the mine and one of the level
rays of the sun, striking on bright
object high up on the side of the mine,
was reflected to the managers eye.
He climbed up and discovered the
greatest diamond ever known. He
broke his pocketknife in digging it
out. 1t is said that Manager Wells
will be given $4,000 as a reward for
his find.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
The Sound of Arms,

When Port Arthur fell the Japanese
soldiers at the front along the shaho
chose an ingenious way of announcing
the victory tc the Russian armies on
the other side of the river A big
kite was sent up by the Japanese. On
this was a picture representing Gen.
Stoessel and Gen. Nogi shaking hands.
Underneath, written in the Russian
language. was the legend: Port Ar
thur has fallen. On the morning OF
the happy new year we have the honor
ings." 1t was subsequently learned
from prisoners that the kite fell into
the hands of a Russian lieutenant at
Liuchangtun. Affixed to the tail was
letter written in French.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
THINK sHoNTs RIGHT MAN.
His Appointment on Canal Commits
sion Commended.

The appointment of Theodore Perry
Shonts. president of the Glover Leaf
railroad, to be chairman of the reor-
ganiZed Panama canal commission,
was commenced by Chicago men of af-
fairs who know him best as the selec-
tion of the right man for the place.
They unite in saying he is equal to
the responsibilities of the position.
Although Centerville, Iowa, was the
home of his boyhood and young man
hood, the town where he met and mar
ried his wife, Mr.. Shonts was born
in Crawford county, Pa. He is of
Scotch-Irish descent. A classical
course at Monmouth college followed
his education at the Centerville high
school, and with a brother-in-law he
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
Compliment to Irish Race.

James Russell Lowell and Prof
Mahaffy met for the first time at a
friends house in Birmingham Eng.
land, and talked together for four
hours. When Lowell drove away in
the carriage he exclaimed to his host:
well. that's one of the most delight
full fellows | ever met. and don't
mind if you tell him so." The friend
did so, and Mahaffy received the COM
pliment with equal grace and mod
esty. Poor lowell" he exclaimed
ITO think that he can never have met
an Irishman before!"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
BREAKFAST BREADS.

Corn Puffs.-Beat together two and
one-half cupfuls of unskimmed milk
and the yolks of two eggs, until thor
oughly blended. Add two cupfuls of
best granulated corn meal. Beat the
batter thoroughly; stir in lightly the
whites of the eggs, beaten to stiff
frOth; turn into heated irons, and
bake.
Corn Dodgers.-Scald one cupful of
best granulated corn meal into which
a tablespoon of sugar has been sifted,
with one cup of boiling milk. Beat
until smooth, and drop on a griddle,
in cakes about one inch in thickness,
and bake slowly for an hour. Turn
when brown. If preferred, the baking
may be finished in the oven after the
first turning.
Hominy Gems.-Beat one egg until
very light, add to it one tablespoon
full Of thick sweet cream little salt,
II desired, and two cupfuls of cooked
hominy (fne). Thin the mixture with
one cupful or less of boiling water
until it will form easily. beat well,
and bake in heated irons.
Sally Lunn Gems.-Beat together
the yolk of one egg, two tablespoon
fuls of sugar, and one cupful of thin,
ice-cold, sweet cream. Add slowly,
beating at the same time. one cup and
two tablespoorfuls of siitcd Graham
flour. Beat vigorously, until full of
oil lpl ,blac nII In Of IA
beaten stifly, and bake in heated
irons.
Cream Corn Cakes.-Into one cup
OF thin cream stir one and one-half
cups of granular corn meal. or enough
to make a stiff batter; add one-third
of teaspoonful of salt; beat well.
drop into heated irons, and bake.
Cream Graham RoIIs.-To one-half
cup of cold cream add one-half cup of
soft ice water. Make into a dough
with three cups of Graham flour,
sprnkling in slowly with the hands,
beating at the same time, so as to
incorporate as much air as possible,
until the dough is too stiff to be
stirred; then knead thoroughly, form
into rolls and bake.
Hoecake.-Scald one pint of white
corn meal, with which, if desired,
tablespoonful of sugar and one-half
teaspoonful Of salt have been mixed,
with boiling milk. or water enough to
make batter sufficiently thick not 10
spread. Drop on a hot griddle, in
large or small cakes as preferred.
about one-half inch in thickness.
Cook slowly, and when well Drowned
on the underside, turn over. The
cake may be cooked slowly until we'll
done throughout, or, as the portion
underneath becomes well Drowned
the first brown crust may be peeled
off with a knife, and the cake again
turned. AS rapidly as a crust be-
comes formed and Drowned, one may
be removed. and the cake turned, un-
til the whole is Drowned. The thin,
wafer-like crusts are excellent served
with hot milk or cream.