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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-05-18
,O.4 MILITARY LOTNUMBER TWELVE
1 y I EAIlLEN NJ Me- -lDil.

Q. I. MILITARY LOT \ Z MI5EIt 7 " TlIIN z
HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE Q249
situated, lying and being in SAID Car
rett county, State of Maryland, and
containing the quantity of FIFTY
ACRES and beng the same land which
was conveyed to Thomas W. Titchenell
by ID. f. Ofutt and others by deed dated
the 10th day of September 1902, and re-
corded in Liber E. Z. T., No. "A, folio
3l4, etc, one of the Land Records Of
said Garrett county. Said lot is locat
ed in Election District No n of said
Garrett county and will be sold to sat
isfy and pay the taxes due and i'll ar
rear thereon for the year 1903 as is
charged on the Assessment Books Of
said Garrett county in the name Of the
said Thomas w. Titchenel.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-05-18
Notice to Contractors!

Proposals Tor furnishing ana setting stone
and cement curbing along that portion OF
Liberty street between Wilson and GilmOr
streets in the town of Oakland proposed to
be graded, viii be received by the Mayor and
Town Council of Oakland. Maryland, until
two O'Clock p. m, FRIDAY. MAY 18th, 1903.
The quantity Of curling required Will be
about twelve hundred lineal feet, ana pro
pcsals must specify price per foot tor ma
terial and setting of same. Said proposals
must be addressed to the MavOr and Town
Council of Oakland and sent to the Clerk OF
said town. The right is reserved to reject
any and all proposals.
BY order Of the Mayor and Town Council
of Oakland.
10 2t JOHN c. DUNHAM Clerk.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-05-18
Notice of Dissolution.

Notice is hereby given that the firm of
BiXler n Selby. co-partnership heretofore
existing between Drs. w. II. II. BiXler and
b. f. Selby has this day been dissolved by
mutual consent.
w. II. II. BIXLER,
b. +. SELBY.
oakland Md, April LIST. 1905.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-05-18

Subscribe for tn REPUBLICAN.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13
THE FOOTLIGHT FEVER.

Tell me- pray you little one what would you iketo bes
took beautiful baby girl and held her my knee
what ood like be she ped and she looked like an infant
sage.
tell nobody never now2 go the stage
"what your a sxeen the darling murmured
sWell,
I've no objection to answering you; you tell
elegant leading man. whom all the girls adores
play opposite parts him and I'll ask ornothng more
Madam, your dainty home paradise appears
She was a pearl womanhood, welded dozen years.
Oh, yes we'd get vel enongh, she said with kind of
sigh,
act says Ishant and I'll do it or Il die
"what you wish bandy asked of old and withered
dame
hObbed in my laundfy work. She was bent and
we, boss you se' she answered me- my hard by
far
dts positive fact that act and I'd like to be star
EDWARD f. KIDDLER.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13
Immigration.


The following intelligent com.
ment on the immigration question
taken from the Cincinnati Times
Star. is worth rea ling:
The inflow into the United
States of /. or. .42I people from all
parts of the world during the fiscal
year (from June to June) of 1905.
the greatest movement Of people TO
new homes ever witnessed by the
world must serve to prove the inn
portance of the immigration pro
blem and the n oessity for the best
thought of the nation being given
toit. That some system must be
devised that win keep out no good
immigrsnt and at the same time
will keep ont every bad one is ap.
parent. The effect, in every phase
of life. political. social and com.
merclal. is tremendous. We we'll
know from former immigretidn
movements. The nation has no
greater cause for Thanksgiving than
the coming of the Irish. which be-
gan Nth the potato famine of 1916.
or of the Germans, who began TO
food tue country after the failure
of the rebellion of 184S It was
these infiuxes that furnished new
life to the nation, which strength
ened the national idea and saved
the Federal Government in lis hour
of bloody trisl. The national
debt which is owed to the 23,OOO,-
600 immigrants to America since
1920, when the Government began
gathering statistics relative to the
subject, is one that cannot be ex-
aggerated. It is the important
effects of these two great infiuxes
that leads to the agitation regarding
the present great stream across the
Atlantic. If the newcomers are of
AS high a GLASS as their predecessors,
if they are as readily assimilated
into the body politio. we'll and
good; but if they fall below the
physical, mental and moral stand
ards of their forerunners. if they;
possess racial tendencies antagon-
istio to the national ideal, it were
better that they did not come"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13
Things Money Will Not
Buy.
Wheeling Register.

There was something pathetic
about the offer of blind million
aire to give a million dollars to
the person who would restore
his sight, and the fact that the
money was never paid over fur
nishes food for philosophers to
moralize about the folly of eupidi-
ty and the vanity of all things
earthly. Commenting on the
fact that MIR. Rockefeller, the
wealthiest man in all the world,
is trying the Kneipp cure OF
going barefoot in the dew cover
ed grass each morning, the Brook
lyn Eagle says:
Yet, in this case, how humbl-
ing it is to human pridel Here
Is a man, worth 100000 600
who with all that wealth cannot
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13

buy immunity from troublings of
the flesh that vex the humblest
laborer. He owns all the oil
there is, and they say oil will
cure badness, yet his head is as
bare of hair as an egg is. He
could give banquets that would
make those of Nero and Lucnl-
Illus resembles free lunches in the
Bowery, yet he lives on toast.
He could surround himself with
the most glorious works of art the
masters have created, could ira
vel round the world in imperial
luxury, could have and do nearly
anything he pleased, yet he, lives
quietly, even tamely, in an in,
conspicuous house in a country
village, and though he could
have million pairs of shoes to-
morrow, he goes barefoot!
Truly, money does not buy
everything. 1t cannot purchase
love, it cannot insure health, it
cannot guarantee contentment.
The best things in life may be en-
joyed-are enjoyed-by the poor
many times when the rich are
deprived of them And as for
the future, there are some passa-
ges in the Bible which are de-
cidedly more satisfying to the
penniless than to the opulent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13
NOTICE.
A POT SHOT.
tt Was nm unintentional One, but Il
6assed Four Quail.

It Was nm Unintentional One, but Il
6assed Four Quail.
Four of US were out rabbiting,
with Indifferent success. III. got
tired of it and thought he would try
to walk up bunch of quail. He
walked nlong road dividing stub
BILE field, and in nearing bunch of
grass alongside of the road bunch
of birds got up out of the grass. He
gave them the first barrel as they
rose, but missed. Then he gave
them the second and saw two drop.
One was dead, but the other only
wounded. He picked up the dead
bird and, having no dog, ran after
the wounded bird and retrieved it.
Then he followed up the birds he
had marked down in some scrub
oak to try for another shot.
About an hour afterward we came
along the same place, when S. no.
ticed one of the beagles mouthing
bird in the bunch of grass. The
grass was about foot and half
high, about two yards long and one
yard wide. S. shouted to the dog
to drop it and ran toward him. We
both got there about the same time,
and S. had taken the bird from the
dog, saying, "Why, it's a quail"
just then ] noticed one at my feet
and said, "Here's another" g. walk
ed on a step and said, Here's an
other" Just then. w. came along
and stopped and said, tHere's an
other" picking one up at the same
time. Well, we picked up four quail
in that bunch of grass. The birds
were still quite warm and were lying
on their breasts, with wings spread
out.
Well, we all wondered how such
thing could have happened. We all
had heard III. shoot twice after he
had been gone short time, but no
others. Just then we saw 81. com
ing up the road. When he got to
us we asked him if he had fired the
two guns short time before. eyes"
said he "What at n" asked s.
ftQnail," " said 81. Then he explained
that as he walked along the road the
bunch of quail got up about sixty
feet away. He fred the first barrel,
but missed, ''as he thought . as they
got up out of the grass. Then he
gave them the left barrel, .I1scking
down two. sThe one was dead, but
/ had good run after the other
one" he said, "and here they arr" +"
taking the two birds out of his game
pocket. We then told him about the
four we had found, and after a lot
of talk and study we concluded that
he had shot too low with the first
barrel and killed the birds on the
ground and, not knowing it, had
gone right on after the others.
H has been my shooting partner
for the past eighteen years, and we
all know him to be thorough
sportsman, one who would not shoot
a quail on the ground. I don't know
about duck asleep. Nevertheless
1 am afraid the name of pot hunter
will stay by him long while.-For-
est and Stream.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13
THE FATHER WELcOMED.
After An Absence From Home For
Eight Years.


Willism Lee, a former resident
dent of Parkersburg. who held q
position as street commissioner. of
Petersburg during the edminis-
tration of John 8. Camden as
mayor, has had wonderful ex-
perience.
Eight years ago he left for Ton
nessee. where he had a position in
sight, and shortly after his rrrival
there, he met with an accident,
falling and fracturing his skull,
the injury sffeoting his mind to
suoh an extent that he was unable
to tell aoything about himself OF
his family. He was afterwards
removed to hospital where he re.
mained for several years and re-
GENTLY an operation was performed,
in which piece of the fractured
skull. which had been pressing on
his brain. causing the trouble.
As soon as the operation was con
cluded Mr. Lee reg.ined his nor
NAL mental faculties and then
oams the recollection of his home
and family.
In the meantime the family not
hearing from OF unable to get any
tidings as to his whereabouts.
mourned himAs dead. The wife
has died since his departure and
the children he left are now young
ladies. bright an attractive and very
popular.
AS soon as Mr. Lee was able to
leave the hospital after recovering
from the operation he returned
here to seek his family. and th,
meeting with the daughters can be
imagined than described.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13
arltirhera po Not Elattsr.

A Boston lady who had been re-
ceived with much favor by the Folk
lore society in London rather ques-
toned the sincerity of her warm re-
ception and said she supposed, like
the French people, the English fat
ter. Not at all, was the protest
of London friend. "You need not
consider it possible for an English
person to fatter." And then she
gave an instance. Some one looking
at painting said to the artist whose
picture it was, tfIt isn't SO bad, you
know" s'Now don't be fulsome,"
was the reply-Boston Herald.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13
Hicks Forecasts for
September.

Frosts in many localities, es-
pecially northward, between the
18th and 10Th, may reasonably
be expected.
The next regular storm period
is central on the 21st, this being
also the central day of Earth's
autumnal equinox. This period
will express itself In falling ba-
rometer, rising temperature,
threatening storm clouds, with
thunder, the crisis falling on
the 21st to 2srd, progressively
from west to east. 1t behooves
all who navigate the lakes and
high seas to keep eyes trained on
approaching possibilities at this
and other September periods.
The 9th, 2sth and 29th are
reactlonary storm days, not far
from the center of the autumnal
equinox, and with the moon at
new and on the celestial equator
on the 18th, and in perigee, or
nearest the Earth, on the 29th.
We predict that within the per-
led embraced between Wednesday
9th and Saturday the Both,
many wide sweeping and violent
storms will visit various parts of
the sea and land all round the
earth.
Too many, alas, are unmindful
of and unwatchful against these
stubborn facts, and to put them
in mind of such probabilities, and
name the periodic times when
they are most likely to appear,
is not sensational but a matter of
duty and common sense. The
idea that storms of unusual sweep
and severity do not as a rule
occur at this season-call them
equinoctial storms or what you
please-is a weather bureau sub
terfuge, laughed at and reprobat-
ed by people of all classes and
conditions, especially those whose
homes, possessions and lives are
directly exposed to the West In
dies cyclones and hurricanes.
We predict that a decided,
rushing high barometer will come
down out of the northwest as the
closing September storms are
pushed eastward, and that high
gales and change to very cool
weather will be in transit from
the west to east at the close of
the month. Indications are ia
vorable for low temperature and
frosts over all central and north
ern sections. along with the
changes that will follow this last
September storm period.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13
Care of Farm Wagons.
Protect from the Weather When
Not in Use-Keep all Parts
Tight and Snug

The general practice of allow.
ing wagons to stand out of doors
in all kinds of weather unpro-
tected from the elements, sub
ject to the action of rain, snow,
sleet and the burning sun, will
do more damage to the wagon in
one season than long years of
legitimate use and wear. 1t is
essential, therefore, says The
Tribune-Farmer; when wagon
is not in use that it should al
ways be under cover. The bet
ter the cover. of course, the bet.
ter the protection; but wagon
she'd or protection need not be
an expensive one. A common
s1ean to" shed with boards with
a good broad lap will answer
very well and afford ample pro-
lection.
The next thing of great import
ance is the oiling or greasing of
the wagon. A wagon should
never under any circumstances
be taken from the farm without
greasing. Keep dust, sand, ETC.,
from gradually working in the
spindle and cutting that and the
hub boxing. The wagon will
run much more smoothly aud the
wheels will fit much more snug
ly where this precaution is exer-
cised. All nuts should be gone
over and tightened up from time
to time. This little attention
not only keeps the wagon snug
and tight, but may also be the
means of averting serious acci-
dent to the wagon or even the oc-
cupants-
Should tires become loosened
from long wear or from constant
wetting and drying from expos
ure, have cut and reset at once.
Nothing SO tends to start the
spokes or wary the fellows as loose
tires. When wagon begins to
show the effects of wear and there
is danger of decay, resort to paint
ing immediately
If these perectly practical and
simple rules are followed in the
care and treatment of the farm
wagon it will last twice as long
as it otherwise would.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13
Are You Engaged?

Eng lged people should remem
ber. that, after marriage, many
quarrels can be avoided, by keep
ing their digestions in good condi
tion with Electric Bitters. S a
Brown, of BsnnettsviIle, S G., says:
t.For years. my wife suffered in
tensely from dyspepsia, oompIicat
ed with q torpid liver, until she
lest her strength and vigor, and
became q mere wreck of her for
mer self. Then she tried Eclec.
trio Bitters, which helped her al
once and finallY made her entirely
we'll. She is now strong and
healthy" G W NJ Hoof druggist
sells and guarantees them, at sos 6
bottle.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13
Good Roads Again.

The Register has harped Sc.
much upon the rosds of our ooun
ty that we may possibly be accused
of running the matter into the
ground Since the cause for al
the complaint against bad roadt
exists in several quarters We must
continue to preach good roads I'm
til something is accomplished for
their betterment, on the principle
that the constant drop of water
wears away the hardest stone and
the constant gnaw of Towser
wears away the toughest bone
1t has been we'll said that "the
roads of country are certain and
accurate tests of the degree of itt
civilization" Wherever there are
good reads there are good people.
and conversely. wherever there ar,
good people there are good rosdr,
sooner OF later. Toe advantages
arising from road Improvement
are many and far reaching. No,
only will system OF improved
highways save thousands of dollars
annually to the community, but il
will actually increase the wealth Of
the county by enhancing land val
uee, inviting more residents who
seek easy and convenient means
of communication with her sec
tion- cf the county, ard make the
life of the farmer an ideal exist
euce.
1t is fact beyond dispute tha,
where er county has undertaken
road improvement, it has never
ceased the work until the entire
system was completed. Every
mile of road serves as an object
lesson to the tax payers, hn1 when
once the facts are thoroughly un-
derstood and appreciated, mile af-
ter mile is added until the whole
county is a network of macads-
mized roads. in whose wake follow
prosperity and progress.
A farmer can haul twice OF three
times as much with two horses as
be can~with four horses in one
half the time on mscadamized
roads. In the winter season he is
frequently unable to leave his farm
for days at time on account of
the impossible condition of the
mud roads if he had improved
roads he could use them every daY
in the year, and make practice OF
doing his hauling at such times as
his other farm work is not pressing
him
Tests made under the supervi.
sion of naticnsl authorities on the
road question show that the cost oi
hauling one ton over a sand road
for one mile is 64 cents. and over
an improved road only eight
oants
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13
Her Money. worth.

During her sojourn at a hotel a
lady broke an article belonging to
toilet china set. On leaving the
house she was charged with the en-
tire set. As remonstrance was un-
ayailing, she paid the bill and, plead
ing the excuse of having forgotten
something, returned to the room and
broke each and every article of the
set for which she had paid. And
some people say women are not clev-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13
An inauIsItive MIs..

Her nurse had fallen asleep, and
a four-year-old girl toddled to the
pulpit steps in church and tenn
porarily stopped the sermon by ask
ing the clergyman: please, man,
why do you get up there? Why
don't you come DOWN." When a
church warden gently led her back
to her seat amid the tittering of the
congregation she repeated her ques-
ton, adding, "Can he see better?"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13
AZ short Raaao.

at must be awful," said the type
writer boarder with the pompadour,
TO be deceived by a false mar
riage."
aWell, 1 don't suppose it's any
worse than being deceived BY real
ont" rejoined the landlady.
And her husband continued to
give correct imitation of a man
trying to read neWspaper.-C -Chica-
20 News.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13
A fried and True Friend.

One Minute Cough Cure con.
tains not an atom of any harmful
drug, and it has been curing coughs,
colds. GROUP and whooping cough
so long that il has proven itself TO
be tried and true friend to many
who use it Sold by all druggists.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13
COOK WANTED.

A kindly disposed and able bodied
white woman wanted to cool for
The Davis Child's Shelter in Char
lesion. Good recommendation re-
quired. Wages $40 per month includ-
ing board and lodging. Address Mrs
Lillian Sewers, Matron, Ills Wash
ington ST.. Charleston. w. Va.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13
CLASS Vll.


ART WORK.
Bet assortment china painting. Miss Ida
Armstrong
Heit halt dozen water colors. Miss Mary
HpEg
Hss singie oil painting, rs.Anna Duny
=ses satsr color. Miss Mary Hogg
Besf nee hand erayon. same
Be- free hand portrait, same
Hea pencil drawing, same
Best spec. china painting, Miss Ida Arm
strong
Best hand-painted china tea set, same
Best half-dozen hand-painted china plates,
shtne
Best display burned wood, Miss Mary Hogg
Best specimen burned wood, same
Best display burned leather, same
Best specimen burned leather, same
Best display amateur photography, not less
than IS subjects, Robt Hogg
Best hehd- painted shirt waist set, Miss Mary
Hoks
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13
DEPARTMENT F.
CLASS

HORSE DEPARTMENT.pRAFT HORSES
LNKnight. supt.
Best stallion years old and over, Poplar
Grove Stock Farm, BeaIe, w Va, 1st; Point
Pleasant Horse Co, Point Pleasant, w Va
Best gelding years old and over. Thomas
Smith, Point Pleasant, w Va LIST, Howard
Long. Maggie, w Va End
Best mare years old and over, z B Jones.
Point Pleasant, w Va, first; w II Long.
Beech Hill, w Va, second
Best mare or gelding under 4. C d Jolly.
Beech Hin. w Va, first; W n Hogg, Point
Pleasant. w Va, second
Best colt one year old and under 2, w b
Hogg, Point Pleasant, w Va first and sec
ond-
Best colt under year old, Poplar Grove
Stock Farm, Be4le, W Va, first; w II Long,
Beech Hin, w Va, second
Best brood mare with colt at side, W II
Long, Beech Hill. W Va, nrst; e B. Jones
Point Pleasant, w Va, second
CLASS II.
TRorTINe AND PACING BREED.
u.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13
CLASS v.
NEEDLE WORK.


Best display of embroidery-not less than 6
pieces, Mrs C E Hogg
Best single specimen embroidery, Mrs NJ G
Tyler
LUNCH CLOTHS.
Best battenberg. Mrs NJ NJ Brown
Best Mt Melic, Mrs w II Hogg
Best ilet embroidery, Mrs Alma Montgomery
Best drawn linen, Mrs Rose Swon
Best kensington, Mrs Alma Montgomery
HANDKERoHIEFs.
Best battenberg, Mrs NJ NJ Brown
Best point lace. Ms n G Petit
MISCELLANEOUS.
Best specimen ilet embroidery, Miss Ida
Armstrong
Best specimen hardanger embroidery. Mrs
C Hog
Best knitted crooked counterpane, Miss
Lille Hogg
Best sofa pillow, Mrs NJ G Tyler
Best half dozen doilies, same
Best specimen battenberg, Mrs Petit
Best toilet cushion. Mrs E Boag
Best specimen lace, Miss Ethel Petitt
Best corset cover, Miss Fannie Gr0ver
Best specimen tatting, Mrs NJ @ Tyler
Best embroidered center piece. Mrs II NJ
Brown
Best homemade calico dress, Miss Lille
Hogg
DcSS LO1uS-lndOe QLeSS, 1Ts W
Vaught
Best SILK embroidered skirt. Mrs h E Spill
man
Best apron, Miss Ida Arm strong
Best tray cover, Mrs NJ G Tyler
Best side board set of embroideries. Miss Liz
zie Miller
Best silk quilt, Mrs NJ NJ Brown
Best velvet quilt, Mrs Chas Kraft
Best patch work quilt, Mrs E Haynes
Best worsted quilt, Miss Lille Hogg
Best one-haf dozen quilts, Mrs Susan
Hogg
Best specimen netted work, Mrs E Hogg
| Best specimen cross stitched embroidery,
Miss Ida Armstrong
Best shirt waist, Mrs C Hogg
Best point lace collar, Mrs N Petit
Best specimen Mt. Nellie embroidery, Mrs NJ
Tyler
Best hemstitched sheets and pillows. Mrs c
L Hogg
Best embroidered hat, Mrs C E Hogg
Best work apron. Miss Ida Armstrong
Best stocking bag, Mrs Alma Montgomery
Best laundry bag, Miss Ida Armstrong
Best pin roll, Mrs VI NJ Brown
CLASS vi.
DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES
Best woven rag rug. Mrs Haynes
Best pair hand knit wool socks, Miss Fran
ces Sterrett
Best pair hand knit weol stockings, Miss
Frances Sterrett
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-09-13
cLASSlV.
HoLsrEINs AND JERsEYs.

HOLSTEINS AND JERSEYS.
Rest bull 8 years old ana over; best cow 8
years old and over, Mitchell Bros. spilman
Wva
Best heifer under years old; best breeding
COW with calf at side, ] NJ FoglesonK. Point
Pleasant. IVA