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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-04-26
COMMUNICATED
To the Editor of The REPUBLICAN:

To the Editor of THE Republican,:
Sir;-The good Baptist brother
who sent TIL" Religious Statistics
which were published in the Jour
nal last week, proved conclusively
that my quotations from the Stats
tics of DR.. Carroll were correct, as
he also gives the same figures and
they show that Mr.. Faust made a
mistake when he said that recent
statistics compiled by DR.. Carroll
show the Baptist denomination has
seven and one-half million COM
municants with its sixteen differ
ent branches, while the Methodist
church with its eighteen different
branches has about six million
communicates, and that church
comes nearer to us in influence and
membership than any other Pro-
testant denomination"
Our good brother gives the cor
rect figures in last week s Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-04-26
CORPORAL TANNERS
GENEROUS ADMONITION.
Very truly,
xxx.

Commander-in-Chie Tanner of
the Grand Army of the Republic,
has issued his annual address to
the various Posts of the country
regarding the exercises of memo
rial day. In speaking of the mat
ter he says in part.
I'VE have been observing this
day ever since our beloved Logan
instituted it in 1868. This year,
my comrades, we are crossing the
broad river at the rate of 5000 a
month, 10000 a year; soon the
great majority will be sleeping
their last sleep, and it is our privi-
lege now, as it has been for MANY
years to pay loving tribute to their
memory by decorating their graves
with flowers, which starting forth
from mother earth with each re-
curing spring time, are emblema-
tic Of a resurrection to a glorious
immortality.
II am performing my solemn
duty when I ask all to assist in
this loving service. Upon depart
ment and post commanders the du-
ty rests of attending to the fitting
observance of memorial day, which
this year will fall on Wednesday,
May 80. Welcome all auxiliary
organizations and encourage
school children to attend and Sc,
cure spectators who will teach the
lesson of patriotism for which our
comrades gave the last full meas
ure of devotion.
Three years ago when was
department commander of New
York, in memorial day order l
then issued, l suggested to the
comrades Of New York that wher-
ever from Montauk Point to the
Buffalo the Confederate soldier had
found sepulcher among us, trust
ed that when we went out to lau-
rel the grave of our union dead
that our common American man
hood would prevent us passing by
the graves of our former oppo-
nents without dropping thereon
some floral remembrance. Not
said l, in honor of their cause,
for we opposed, fought and con-
quered, but because we who met
them on the field Of battle, know
that Drawer men and better SOL
diers have not been known since
men were first marshalled in bat
tie array"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-04-26

simple. The properly constructed
maCadam road should have a COW
ering which won't break down un-
der traffic and which will wear
away slowly. In order that it may
not break down under traffic it
must be thick enough and the mass
should be sufficiently coherent so
that the wheels will not penetrate
it. This coherency is best effect
ed by some material which tends
to cement the rock together. The
dust which results from finely
grinding many rocks, when mixed
with water forms such a cement.
Other rocks lack this quality, and
it has to be supplied in some way.
Nearly all varieties of limestone
possess this property and can be
used effectively in cementing to-
gether rocks which lack it.
Many clays possess it, and while
very unsuitable alone for a good
surface, will help to produce ex-
cellent results with other rock. 1t
has never been sufficiently deter
mined, or if it has never been con-
fided to the public, what the chem
ical properties are of materials
which act as cement. We know
that iron oxides possess this prop
erty to some extent, and l have my
own theory as to some other
chemicals, but it is not important
tc express it here. 4 rock which
is both rough and hard will make
a good macadam road, whatever
its classification or chemical con-
stituent may be.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-04-26
WHAT ARE GOOD ROADS
Erroneous Views Prevailing as to
Width and Thickness.

One of the most prevalent mis-
conceptions about a good road is
that it must be wide. The Opt
mist1c projectors of a great boul-
evard to extend from ocean to
ocean have pictured the advantage
of such road, built by the gov
eminent, POO feet wide, says James
w. Abbott in Good Road Maya
zine. The great ranscontinental
railroads Of the United States,
which succe ssfully carry an
amount of traffic almost beyond
the power Of imagination have,
as yet. but q single track four
feet eight and one-half inches wide,
but that track they try to make
just as good as the money at their
command will make it, and it does
the business. 1t has turnouts at
frequent intervals, and in some
places there are short stretches of
double track-never more.
The amount of traffic which a
good highway fifteen feet wide will
accommodate has never yet been
determined, because there has new
er yet been a necessity for such a
test.
The great Apian way, the most
celebrated road in history, was but
IA to IS feet wide, exclusive of
footpaths.
a word about the depth of road
covering. In Bellingham we de-
termined upon nine inches of un-
finished macadam in the center and
five inches on the sides. In Walla
Walla we determined upon a max
imum of eight inches in the center
and six on the sides. The reason
why this difference was made I
will try to make clear. The Mas
sachusetts highway commissioners
have made very careful study of
the wearing effect of ways, and
have found that on the ordinary
road, where there was not a stream
of vehicles running continuously
in each direction the wear of the
surface was almost confined to a
strip ten feet in width in the mid
die of the road, and when they re-
surface as they do every five or
six years, they are obliged to put
very little material outside Of this
ten feet.
The principles which underlie
the selection and use of material
for stone covered roads are few and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-04-26

and they differ very widely from
those given by Rev. Mr.. Faust.
The brother I think, however,
is a little off when he says that
there are eight bodies of Roman
Catholics" l have not the data
at hand just now but if he will
look at DR.. Carroll's table again
he will see that while DR.. Carroll
gives statistics for several branch
es of the Catholics they are not all
"Roman Catholics; but this is
aside from the point in contro-
versy.
The good Baptist brother shows
III his quotations from DR.. Carroll
that Brother Faust made a great
mistake. The figures given in the
Journal from DR.. Carroll shows
that the Methodists-I7 bodies
mot IS) are next to the Catholics
and are the largest Protestant di
vision Of the church, having a
membership of 6, 236,73S. The
Baptists are second, thirteen bod
les (not I6)-having a member
ship of 5,I5o,8I5 COMMITMENTS,
a difference between DR.. Carroll
and Mr.. Faust of 2, $40, IS5, in ia
vor Of the Baptist church. DR..
Carroll says that the Methodists
bad 6,256,739; Mr.. Faust said
about six millions.
While DR.. Carroll shows that
the Methodists are the largest
Protestant body, he distinctly says
that the Methodist Episcopal
church is the largest Protestant
denomination. The colored Bap-
fist church second; regular Baptist
church South, No. 8; the Metho-
dist Episcopal church South, 4th;
the Disciples of Christ No. 5, and
Regular Baptist church North, 9th.
The good Brother in the Journal
last week clearly shows from DR..
Carroll's statistics that Mr.. Faust
made mistake, when he claimed
that according to statistics com
piled by DR.. Carroll that the Bap
fist church is the largest Protest
ant denomination. But in the ar
ticle i'll the Journal we read this:
We hope that the Disciples
should be properly included with
the Baptist bodies as they are Bap-
lists in belief and polity although
not in name, and then he goes on
to say if this was done then the
Baptists would be the largest Pro-
testant body in this country. But
this is not done and DR.. Carroll
and the U. S. census does not in
clude them in the Baptist church,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-04-26
Il a Cow gave
Butter

mankind would have to
went milk. Milk is Ma
Irc'S emuIsion-butter
)ut in shape for diges-
ion. Cod liver oil is ex-
remedy nourishing, but
has to be emulsified
before we can digest it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-04-26

Wis ". CLARK. q
09sss9sSssg9sg8ss,09oess
untrodden and free from rock, vet
has secreted in it roots of poison.
Gus thorn bushes. The tho
and the wheat grow together, but
the thorns faster and more luxu-
riantly. They rob the wheat of
the nourishment of the soil which
belongs to it, its portion of sun
shine, dew and rain; they poison
1t with noXious breath, they would
1t with their sharp briers, they
choke 1t. Two condition of hui
man life seem here referred to. The
poor, in whom often the ex-
IRENE anxiety about temporal af-
fairs and absorbing attention to the
making of living chokes the spir-
itual life; and the rich, who in
their abundance are prone to for
get God, and indulge themselves
to such an extent as TO stife all
spirituality. The good
ground may now be defined by
contrast. 1t is not the wayside.
1t is not stony. 1t is not thorny.
1t is a soil that has been plowed
and narrowed, stirred to its depths.
A soil that will receive the seed
and hide it and warm it in its
bosom. Such soil will produce
a hundred-lold. Moral earnest
ness-an honest and good heart
is good soil.
The Teachers Lantern.
With ConSummate strategy,
Jesus went to "the masses" The
feast-time found Him in Jerusalem,
where the widely scattered Jews
were wont to gather. The inter
walls between the feast found Him
on the shores Of Galilee, the center
of population. The manner of His
life attracted. He was no mendi-
cant. His humble retinue had a
common purse, meager no doubt,
but sufficient, with what the wo-
men ministered who followed in
His train. But there was no os.
tentation, though the wife
Herod's chief was with Him. By
deeds of kindly helpfulness, He
identified Himself with the people
He had come to seek and to save.
We have a clew to the size of
Jesus audiences in the fact that on
one occasion there were FIVE thou
sand men, not including women
and children. = II was at
this epoch that Jesus preaching
suffered a change of style so mark
ed as to excite the wonder of His
disciples, and put a question on
their lips, An emergency made
the change necessary. In the
heterogeneous mass before him
there were some from whom it was
necessary to hide for a time the
essential nature of His kingdom.
Had He proclaimed Himself expli-
city as only King Of Hearts, he
would have precipitatcd His fate
before he could'have sown His seed
and trained His apostolic college.
The parable was His shield. At
the same time it confused the
worldly-minded and hostile, it
stimulated the docile to an inquiry
which was always rewarded. Like
Gods lantern in the sky which
led 1srael's wilderness march, the
parable was a light to Jesus
friends, dark to His foes. x
Jesus Incompatible legacy to His
church is His thirty-three para
bleS IF all tha rest of the Rih1a
were lost, there is enough in these
word-pictures to show what the
kingdom of heaven is, and how to
get into it. A little
mind seeks to magnify itself by
the use of the reconcile and OBJ
scure. 1t is the mark of great
teacher that he can make the COM
monest objects and processes of ma
ture or art the vehicle of instruc-
+iOr SuCb Uoc Tac,1c' ,,,a+hoJ
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-04-26
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-04-26
DIAGRAM OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE AREA SWEPT RY rRF

ld uIdng oohl
g. c
The Forrest City times., 1906-09-07
Crulsinu for Derelicts.

The excellent work in destroying . dangerous derelict last week, begun by the Tacoma and completed by the Columbia, gives renewed point to the suggestion hitherto made in these columns that vessels of the navies Of the world might with peculiar profit be employed in tracking and destroy Ing the abandoned hulks which dot the seas and which present one of the one of the most serious dangers to navigation. says the New York Trib- une. Of the need that derelicts shaA be destroyed as speedily as possible there can be no question. Many known accidents and disasters have been due to them. and there is req son for supposing that many. perhaps most. of the mysterious disappear ances of vessels might truly be ex- plained on the ground that they had come into collision with those wan- dering destroyers. Carrying no lights, making no noise, giving no signal Of any kind, often lying so low in the water as to be scarcely perceptible, and heavy and solid almost against which a vessel can scarcely be guard ed in the dark and collision with which is always serious and often disastrous.
The Forrest City times., 1906-09-07
Ml9MoyKoehne

Nervous exhaustion invites disease This statement is the positive truth
 When everything becomes a burden and you cannot walk few blockswith- out excessive fatigue, and you break out into precipitation easily, and your lace hushes, and you grow excited and shaky at the least provocation. and you cannot bear to be crossed in any thing, you are in danger: your nerves nave given out; you need buildinq m at once To build up woman's pery- ons system and during the period ot change of life we know of no better medicine than Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg. etable Compound. Here is an illps. trauon. Mrs. Mary l.. Koehne. 3-1 1arheld Avenue. Chicago. H.. writes c have used Lydia F. Pinkhanl's Y egetable compound Tor wears In my family and if never dlsappoints; so when felt that I was nearing the change Of life commenced treat. ileilt wlth il took in all about six hottie. ana II did me great deal of good. Ii stonned ny alAzy spells, pains in my back and the headaches with which I had suffered fo, months II. before taking the Compound. I feel shal II II had not been for this great medic;n, TOT women that should not have been alive to-9ay, IL splendid for women old or young ai'a VIII surely cure all female disorders II
 Nrs. Plnkham, daughter-in-law q, I-ydla r.. Pinkham. of Lynn. Mass in. vltes au sick and ailing women to write her for advice. Her great experiencs ~ taelr service, free of cost.
The Forrest City times., 1906-09-07
WILD WITH ITCHING HUMoR.
Eruption Broke Out in Spots All Over Bcdy-Cured at Expense of Only
 st.25-Thanks Cuticura.

"The Cuticura Remedies cured me Of ny skin disease. and am very thank. ful 10 you. My trouble was eruption of the skin, which broke out in spots all over my body. and caused a con tinual itching which nearly drove me wild at times. l got medicine of a doctor, but it did not cure me, and when I saw in a paper your ad, sent to you for the Cuticura book and l studied my case in it. then went to the drug store and bought one cake of Cuticura Scap. one box of Cuticura Ointment and one vial of Cuticura Pills. From the first application l re- ceived relief. l used the first set and two extra cakes of Cuticura Soap, and was completely cured. l had suffered for two years, and again thank Cuti- cura for my cure. Claude \. John son. Maple Grove Farm. R. F. D. ?, Walnut, Kan. June 15, 1905.
The Forrest City times., 1906-09-07

To keep your auto looking bright use the following mixture for all paint ed parts: Sperm oil. one-half pint; common vinegar, one-half pint; oil bergamot. one dram. Mix and rub with clean cloth. For all brass work use tripoli, one and one-half pounds: any lubricating oil, eight ounces; gasoline, three quarts. This is one of the best cleaners for all polished brass.
 If you contemplate buying medium priced automobile and want to be cer. tain of securing car suitable for tour. Ing on country roads, up hill as well as down hill, you will make no mistake in buying either Buieck, Maxwell. Mitchell, Rec. Knox, Franklin or Queen. These range in price from s750 to s2.000.
The Forrest City times., 1906-09-07
MORE PULoUE BEING DRUNK.
Mexico City Gets Away With 800 ,ooo
 litres Every Day.

The consumption of pulque In Mex ico city is rapidly increasing, and the hauling of the drink is becoming one of the principal sources of rev. enue on number of lines entering the city.
 On pearly every railroad entering the "!ty special pulque train is run Into the city daily and many of the regular freight trains carry large numbers of cars containing the popu- lar drink
 During the month of June three railroads, the IIildago. the Mexican and the lnteroeeanie. carried into the city 59.S6l barrels and 334 skins full of the pulque gathered within a radSis of sixty miles of the city. The Ma. tional, the Central and the smaller lines brought in an amount probably half as great
 Allowins~ that the population of Mexico city is 100000 men. women and children, the quantity of pulque brought into the city daily is sui hcient to supply almost two liters to every Individual Do you drink your share? During tho month of June IA. eS5290 liters of pYlque were brought into the city, as in one barrel there are 290 litcrs and in one skin 60 hters During each day of the month an ay craze of 74S.263 liters was brought tc the city.
 The amount thus rcckoned is ex elusive of the pulque brought to the city in wagons and on muleback from the nearby haciendas.
The Forrest City times., 1906-09-07
North Dakota Solves the AduIteration


 North Dakota seems tc' have found the key to the question, How shall we protect the people from frauds in manufactured products?" A new law has recently gone into effect designed to make it impossible to deceive peo- pie into buying inferior and adulter- ated paint under the impression that they are getting real paint. viz: pure white lead and linseed oil.
 The North Dakota lawmakers did not attempt to absolutely prohibit the inferior pigments, or mixtures of pigments. They adopted the slogan. Let the label tell" and then left to the people to buy whichever they wished.
 Under this plan, if any one wishes to buy mixture of rock-dust ground quartz and other cheap elements which are found in many paints and socalled white leads" no one can object for the~ do il with their eyes open. But If they prefer genuine white lead and linseed oil. they car be sure of getting 1t. for none but the genuine article can bear a labe. which says pure white lead"
 In all other States mixtures are of ten sold as pure white lead which contain little - sometimes no - real white lead.
 It would seem that were this same principle applied to food, beverages and all other prepared articles, where deception is practiced upon the buy CT, the question would be solved. It would leave us free to buy what we pleased. but would protect us from unwittingly buying what we did not want
The Forrest City times., 1906-09-07
Belts Deed of Generosity.

One of the many persons whom the late Alfred Belt had befriended repaid him with ingratitude and abuse Later the lngrate fell on evil times. Though down in the gutter, he still had little shame left and would not ask Mir. Belt for help. The South Al. rican diamond mEgnate sent for one of the unueky ones friends and said: Go and zee So-and-So ask if he wants any help. and give it to him, but don't let him think it is from me. have had difference with him ana per haps it would annoy him."
The Forrest City times., 1906-09-07
All For Iolnt Statehood.

Albuquerque x. M.-The Republi- can Territorial Committee has by a vote of n to 10 endorsed the Hami}- ton joint statehood act. joining New Mexico with Arizona. The committee appointed q sub committee of five 10 work with d like committee with the Democrats. forming a n-partisan joint statehood board. It is probable that the opposition to statehood will make q fight against the endorsement in the convention to be held al Las Neeas Septemher 99
The Forrest City times., 1906-09-07
Cannon Takes a sho. at oompers.

Lewiston, Me-Speaker Joseph C. Cannon. in an address before a large audience at City Hall Park. criticised President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor Mir Cannon de clared that Mr. Gompers had demand ed the defeat of Representative Little field because he had failed to comply with his (Gompers0 demands He said that MT Gompers' demands were that Congress enact into law his will. and that he does not appeal to the voters but commands them
The Forrest City times., 1906-09-07
GOOD AND HARD.
Results of Excessive Coffee Drinking

It is remarkable what suffering some persons put up with just to sat isfy an appetite for something.
 A Mich. woman says: T had been using coffee since l was old enough to have cup of my own at the table, and from it l have suffered agony Hundreds of times in the years past
 My trouble first began in the form of bilious collie. coming on every few weeks and almost ending my life At every attack for s years l suffered in this way. l used to pray for death 10 relieve me from my suffering I had also attacks of sick headache. and be- gan to suffer from catarrh of the stom- ach. and of course awful dyspepsia
 For about a year l lived on crack CTS and water. Believing that coffee was the cause of all this suffering finally quit it and began 10 use Postum Food Coffee. IL agreed with my stomach, my troubles have left me and l am fast gaining my health under it's use.
 No wonder I condemn coffee and tea. No one could be in a much more critical condition than was from the use of coffee. Some doctors pro- nouneed it cancer, others alteration. but none gave me any relief. But since I stopped coffee and began Pos tum I am getting we'll so fast l can heartily recommend 1t for all who suffer as I did" Name given by Postum Co. Battle Creek. Mich. Read the little book. The Road to Well. vile" There's . reason"
The Forrest City times., 1906-09-07
Maanificcnt Sacred Edifice.

The largest and costliest building thus far undertaken in New York the city of immense structures, is the magnificent sl0,000 0OO Episcopal Ca. thedral of St John the Divine, now be, ing erected on Morningside Heights. This will be the greatest edifce in America, and the fourth in import ance in the world
The Forrest City times., 1906-09-07
Earthouake Kills Fish.

Honomlu-Two earthquake shocks are reported from Hilo. on the is land of Hawaii. but it is said that no damage was done. After one of the shocks hundreds of dead fish were thrown on the beach Apparently they had been scalded to death by submarine eruption. The earthquakes were not felt on Oahu. the island on which Honolulu is situated
The Forrest City times., 1906-09-07
A Peculiar Death.

Natchez. Miss-While hanging with her hands on a board 70 inches above the sidewalk in front of her fathers store. Concetto Pagano. aged four wears. lost her hold and fell across the gutter Her head sttuet the curbng. breaking her neck. and she died in few moments without utter ing a sound.
The Forrest City times., 1906-09-07
he W and erer.

He left the dear homestead and scenes
 of his youth, And went forth a wanderer; a search
 CT in truth He looked not for treasure, naught he
 cared to be rich, What he sought for was something to
 cure his itch. He found 1t. Name. Hunts Cure
 Price soc. Guaranteed.
The Forrest City times., 1906-09-07
\ HEALTHY OLD AGE
OFTENTHE BEsTPARTOFLlFE
Help for Women Passing Through
 Change of Life

Providence has allotted HIS each at least seventy years in which to fulfill our mission in life. and it is generallr our own fault if we die prematurely.