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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-26

mers, but injured orchards and fields
for a considerable distance on each
side of the road.
The result of oilng the roads as soon
as the authorities got the right method
was more than to lay the dust 1t was
found that not only was the road dust
less, but that the oil became incorpo-
rated with the surface and made a
good binding crust from one to three
inches deep.
The roads stood wear and water well,
and after a number of severe rain
storms that cut the unoiled macadam
roads to pieces the oiled roads were.
found in as good condition as ever.
The practice in California extended till
now there are about 80 miles of roads
and streets that have been oiled for
from one year upward. &
The department of agriculture receA tl
ly received a preliminary report on
some experimental stretches of an oil
ed and talrel road in Jackson, Tenn.
This road had been treated only seven
months. but the results so far have
| been very satisfactory. The section
treated with tar formed an almost as
phalt-lille surface that has stood the
wear we'll so far has been waterproof
and is said to be pleasant to drive over
and easy Oh the horses hoofs.
The o.lal road in that section has
been almost equally satisfactory. The
same sort of experiments have been
tried to a limited extent in Texas.
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and other
states, ana the reports have been uni
formly favorable where the work has
been properly done The road has
to be cleaned and narrowed and well
rolled, "A! it is best to apply the tar
or o.! IN hot, dry weather The road
has 10 be protected from traffic for
from ten hours to two days till the
dressin~ ll2a had time to set and sink
in. After That it is said TO be almost
as satisfa. ,O"Y as q paved street.
The oil tLat will lie used in the Wash
in%ton work is 4 rather heavy Oil. with
an asphaltum base. The tar is the
same a. IS used in ordinary paving.
The tar Of course has to be applied hot.
but the oil can be put on cold. One
side Of the road is treated at a time
and then ropel Off for protection till
the surface has set.
California is decidedly enthusiastic
over the success Of her oiling work,
which has there passed beyond the ex-
detrimental stage. Washington win
have the benefit of her experience too.
as there were some mistakes made in
the earlier stages Of the work, and the
oil made nasty mud that injured
clothes and everything else it touched.
1t has been found now that this trouble
does not exist if the road is not used
too soon, and even the damage that it
Eas feared might result to automobile
tires has proved a myth. In fact, it is
said that the tires show longer life
on the oiled roads than they do where
the rubber is exposed to the sharp cut
ting grit of the old macadam surface.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-26
OIL AND TAR ON ROAD
EXPERIMENTS TO BE MADE on
WASHINGTON HIGHWAYS.

Cleaning, Narrowing and Thorough
Rolling First Requirements - Hot,
Dry Weather Best Time to Apply
Tar nd OiI-GOod Results of OiIing.
The war department and the depart
ment of agriculture are to experiment
with oil and tar on a section of Wash
ington roads. The work will be under
the direction of the road office Of tne-
department of agriculture, and the
war department will furnish the roads,
says the Washington Star Both oil
and tar will be tried, and probably a
mile of each will be treated. The
stretch used will be either the dusty
stretch of Seventeenth street below the
war department or a part of the PotO-
mac boulevard or both.
The use of oil in road work is new in
Washington, so that the experiments
will be watched with some interest.
But there are other sections where the
use of oiled roads has been kept up for
years, and the practice has spread over
most of California, where the people
are quite enthusiastic over the results
in the past eight or nine years. The
work was commenced in 1898 in Cali
fOrnia, where petroleum is cheap, and
was tried at first in a limited way on Il
stretch of about six miles simply to lay
the dust which was not only a great
nuisance in the long rainless sum
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-26

CASTOR county, y. c., has been col
lecting $4,000 annually from Il special
road tax which has been expended in
macadamiZing the principal highways
So satisfactory and profitable has been
the result that the county is to borrq
100000 on a per cent bond lsstd
with which to hasten the Improvement
The $4,000 yearly tax will pay the in
terest and sinking fund charges, and
with no increase in taxation the people
will enjoy the benefits of good roads
Immediately.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-26
THE MEAT INSPECTION LAW.

II DSSluS 10 DC manifest tndC the
meat inspection law passed at the
late session of Congress will have
a far reaching effect and will ap-
ply to products that probably the
Representatives and Senators who
passed it did not contemplate. Of
course something Of its effect will
depend upon the fidelity with
which the inspectors do their
duty. 1t may be taken for grant
ed, however, that under the ad-
ministration of President Roose-
welt, at least, these officers will be
held to rigid performance Of this
important trust.
Dr.. Charles A. Schaufer, the
inspector tor Philadelphia, tells
the Press of that city some inter
esting things about the law as it
relates to that locality and which
he says that although it relates
only to interstate traffic, is far
reaching in a degree that is sur
prisimg when it is examined. 1t
must be remembered that there is
hardly an establishment of any size
that will not come under its iuris-
diction either as bringing cattle or
meat from other States or sending
meat to other States. Why it
means that a piece of meat cannot
cross the river to Camden without
the Government guarantee of its
purity"
DR.. Schaufer further says:
That the law will be enforced to
its limit is certain. Secretary
Wilson called the various inspec-
tors to Chicago and there it was
made plain just what the attitude
of the Government is and what is
to be done by the department. The
inspection is to be made so thor
ough and complete that it will re-
move the slightest doubt as to the
purity OF any meat that bears the
seal of Government inspection.
This is gratifying statement
to the public, or should be so.
Chicago is the center at which the
most careful inspection is needed.
From that point come most of the
canned meats consumed in this
country and the investigation made
shortly before the passage of the
inspection law was calculated to
impress the public with the fact
that these meats had not all been
pure and wholesome, and that
there was some degree, at least,
of danger to the health of those
who consumed them. Under the
new law these fears may be dis
missed. The United States. Gov
eminent is not in the habit of
winking at violations of the law
and these people may now feel rea-
sonably certain that they will get
pure food from this source referred
to.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-26
Notice TO the Public.

All parties are hereby notified not t
sell any thing to Lecrutia Sisler, my
wife, on my credit. She has left my
bed and board without any provocation
and l will not be responsible for any
debts she may make, and all my en-
ployers are notified not to pay her any
money or merchandise of my labor,
CHAS. SISLER.
Friendsville, July II, 1906.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-26

ington, was a member of a Mary
land family. Jacob Letter, the
pioneer of the family, settled on a
farm in Washington county, Nd,
in 1862. The town of Letters
burg was named after him It
was there that Levi Z. Letter was
born in 1884. He left his Mary
land home in 1858.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-26


since the latter went to England.
They walked together nearly ev-
cry morning, and outside some of
the cabinet women Mrs. Cleveland
had no closer intimate.
The ushers of the wedding were
Joseph Letter, brother of the
bride, and well known plunger,
who was known at one time as
King of the Wheat PITT" Mr.. w.
Y. R. Berry, Mr.. Spring Rice. of
the British Embassy, and Mr..
Frank Curzon. brother of the
bridegroom. Other relatives of
the latter who came over for the
wedding were Lady Miller, a sis
ter, and her husband, Lord Miller,
and Lord Lamington, who was best
man.
The majority of the friends and
admirers Of Mary Victoria Letter
had their last glimpse of her in
her wedding fnery, as she did not
return to this country after her
marriage.
Her fathers purchase of a SPLEEN
did home for her in London and
their establishment in it began her
brilliant life abroad. In 1898 her
husband was appointed viceroy of
India, the greatest position in the
giving of the British throne. The
arrival of Lord and Lady Curzon
there and their subsequent career
made Americans very proud of the
vicerine. With her new honors
there were orders and decorations
by the Queen Empress and hom-
age and adulation that only fell
short of what is extended to royal
ty. That she was equal to all de
mands seemed to have been the
general belief, and the English
press paid her many splendid COM
pliments. At the durbar last year
Americans were present in large
numbers to witness the pageants,
and the demeanor of the vicerine
gave universal pleasure. Her per.
sonal charms were enhanced by
her magnificent costumes and Jew
els.
Lady Curzon was the mother of
three daughters-Mary Irene,
born in 1896, and Cynthia Blanche,
born in 1898, and a third, born
March 20 last in London.
Mrs. Letter and her younger
daughter, Daisy, returned from
England during the early spring,
and were at Bar Harbor with Mr..
Letter when his death occurred
theirs on June9 9, 1904. Lady Cur
zon returned from India last win
ter, and her mother was with her
in London when her third child
was born.
Daisy Letter, one OF the sisters
of Lady Curzon, was married to
the Earl Of Suffolk and Berkshire
in Washington, December rs,
1904.
Nancy Letter, another sister of
Lady Curzon, was married in
Washington November 20, 1904,
to Major c. P, Campbell, of the
British Army.
Lady Curzon was in her own
right the possessor Of a fortune of
S., 900, 900.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-26

Towns which have been in the habit
Of allowing road taxes to be worked
out should remember that Il properly
organized force under good supervision
will produce results at a much less cost
than Is possible under the old system
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-26
NOTABLE CAREER OF
AN AMERICAN GIRL
Her Social Triunphs in Washington
and AhrOad-Marriage to George
n. CurzOn.

Lady Curzon, formerly Miss
Mary Victoria Letter, daughter
of the late Levi Z. Letter, multi
millionaire, Of Chicago and Wash
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-26

duct when even though the motive
is not the highest, species of self
control is developed which may
finally contribute to the evolution
of a truly noble character.
The Teachers Lantern.
Eyes of Jesus were alert for
physical sufferers. None escaped
His sympathetic glance, few His
healing power. Entering with the
happy party to the high social
function, He saw and paused and
helped the unfortunate, How
sweet to believe with our dear
Quaker bard, Whittier:
Warm, sweet, tender, yet
A present help is He
And Love has still its Olivet,
And Faith its Gallilee.
The healing of the seamless dress
Is by our ped OF pam.
We touch Him in life's throng and press,
And We are whole again"
* X
The irrational liberalism of the
Pharisee never had more COM
plete expose than in that chief of
Pharisees vestibule. Because the
ass and the OK was expressly men
toned in the law, and the man is
not, therefore the former can be
eXtricated from the trouble on the
Sabbath, while the latter can not
be. Jesus, of set purpose, public
ly and repeatedly crushed the hol-
low shell of the Pharisaic Sabbath,
but He never broke the golden
thread of that Sabbath which God
made for man.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-26
TreSpaSS Notice.

All persons are hereby notified not to
hunt or fish on the lands of the under
signed nor to trespass upon the same in
any other manner, said land being To-
Gated in Election District No.. 6, near
Sang Run.
ELIJAH HOYE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-26

An unseemly scramble for prec-
edence may yet be seen in social
life. Who shall be first? Who
shall sit at the caytain's table on
shipboard? Who is "the first lady
in the land?" What trihes for
those who are seeking the evolu-
ton of the largest life possible in
this world, and are consciously
steering for worlds eternal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-26
T u. MILLER

T u. MILLER.
e. SURVEYOR,
At GAINESVILLE, MD, until September
Field work 500 per day; Deeds. SlOO;
Drafts, p to - cents per angle
Telephone connection
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-26

Jusus took the occasion to put
forth parable teaching humili-
ty," the moral of which is that he
who exalts himself is abased, and
vice versa,-a truth perpetually
exemplifed and confirmed in cur
rent history.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-26

To the host of the hour Jesus
propounded the duty of disinter-
ested munifcence toward the poor
and afflicted. No other form of
hospitality is SO thoroughly di-
vested of the element of self-inter-
est.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-26

Religion needs extension to the
whole man-body as well as soul
and spirit. The Infinite Father
wills His children to be whole,
hale, hearty. There is no virtue
in pallidity. A popular health
magazine bears the motto, "Weak-
ness Crime; don't be criminal. )"
A pure soul in tune with God can
pour healing and vivifying streams
upon the body, part of which it is
and receive in turn and kind from
the body. 1t is time to discard
the poetical platitude that the
body is shack of a tenement to
be quit with Joy. Such a notion
of Gods handiwork.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-26

Jesus gave the sick man health
Better than silver and gold, He
put him in the way of indepedent-
ly making his own living-always
the best form Of charity. A boy
toiling with his press, and failing
to get a fair impression, called
printer-friend to his aid, who
said; Your type needs to be
justifed.' They need to be put
on their feet" Peter and John
set the lame man on his feet, and
that was better than a lapful of
gold.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11
THE SALT LAKE HERALD SUNDAY MARCH II, 1906

pointed to by the Indian Rights assoc
citation as an example of what could
be done with the red man by kind
treatment.
But when the Indians began to re-
ceive money for their farm products,
the "bootIeggers'' recognized that their
harvest was ripening, and small saloons
sprung up all around the reserve. It
was unlawful to sell an Indian whisky.
but the profits were large and the
temptation great. The Indians got the
whisky and the 'boOtleggers" became
wealthy.
Soon the profits of the whisky were
not enough for the "bootleggers' and
different schemes were resorted to in
order to increase his profits. Indians
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11

the early friends of the pioneers of the
Transmissouri country, and always as
sisted their white allies in the wars
with the Sioux and Cheyennes. For
years they were the most powerful
tribes, with the exception Of the Sioux,
in the west, and they absorbed more
civilization than any Of the other tribes.
But along with the good of civiliza-
ton, the Winnebagoes and Ofnahas also
acquired taste for whisky, until any
member of the tribe would sell his very
soul for a bottle of forty rod" the
meaner the whisky the better the Win
nebagoes liked it. And this state has
descended, with increased strength, to
the present-day Indian
For years the reservation of these
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11
Brooklyn Eagle.)

When the United States court, in a
recent decision, declared that any In
dian who had received his allotment of
land could purchase all the whisky he
wanted, it sounded the death knell OF
the Winnebago Indian tribe in eastern
Nebraska, on the Missouri river Al
ready besotted and degraded by lax
morals, and cursed with an unquench-
able taste for intOxicants. the Winnie
bagos and Omahas were fast going the
pace which led them further into de-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11

were piled with whisky and while un-
der its influence got to sign orders on
the Indian agent for cash due them;
they were induced to sign deeds to their
lands; immense bills of machinery,
groceries. dry goods, etc. at fabulous
prices, were sold. the intoxicated saw
age; until the tribe was almost desti-
tute.
And as the taste for whisky in
creased, the moral nature of the red
men degenerated. Marriages, even &C
cording to the Indian customs, were not
considered sacred. Young "bucks"
would marry. live with their wives for
a few weeks leave them and marry an
other squaw without any efforts at Sc
curing divorces. Some Indians are said
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11
This style, value $500 at
Sligo a pair.

White Irish Point Curtains as illus
trated above, 8 yards long and 10 in
cheS wide, value $780, CT IN
in this sale, per pair -------.--~NS
$3.50 Irish Point Curtains with bow
knot design in border, size 312x4S, in
this sale, per Cd AZ
pair ..-----------.--.......- to
$500 white Irish Point Curtains with
Grecian border, 81 yards long, go
in this sale, per 60 10
par =
S. 80 white Irish Point Curtains, a neat
tasteful design, size 315x4S, CO 2E
go in this sale, per pair $500. ~
500 white Irish Point Curtains, with
open worked floral border, size SIX
30. on sale, GO %
per pair ..-..........--.....s... vi 'O -
$500 white Irish Point Curtains, a
dainty floral scroll pattern, size 91zx
IS, go in this sale, CO n2
per pair ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AZ - -
$50 white Irish Point Curtains with
elaborate renaissance insertion Dor
der and vine like scroll throughout
center, size 31zx4S. go in c. %
this sale, Per pair ............. VC ~
$3.50 white Irish Point Curtains with
a most beautiful openworked border
and vine covered CENTER size 31zx50,
go in this sale, per G6 AZ
pair -.-----.-.--..-.-...--.-.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11
SECTION TWO

to have married as many as twenty
times.
The Sisseton band of the Sioux is an.
other tribe of Indians fast approaches
poverty and determination from the
same cause, and the courts order Will
also hasten the time when this Oned
powerful and wealthy people will be n |
more.
The best and most intelligent among
the Indians see what the effect of the
federal courts decision viii be and they
will probably appeal to the president 10
do something to prevent the utter ex-
termination of the Winnebagoes. Uns
less something of this kind is done, il
is only a question of few years unit
/ the tribe will be extinct.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11
WHISKY DESTROYS INDIANS

bauchery: but the decision of he court,
by which the saloons are practically
thrown open to them, viii, in the opin-
ion of those most familiar with the In
dams, accelerate their descent and win,
in a few years. lead to the extermina-
ton of the entire nation.
cit will be but a few years until ev-
cry abIe-bodied man on the reservation
WI drink himself to DEATH" says SUI
perintendent Wilson of the Indian
agency. ''It means the finish, morally
and physically, of this tribe of Indians"
The Winnebagoes and Omahas were
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11

two tribes has been surrounded by sa-
looms and 'fbootlegging' has been car
ried on by numerous parties The
United States court at Omaha has been
burdened for years by numberless cases
for selling liquor to Indians, and the
penitentiaries are crowded with its con-
victs.
Years ago, before the love of whisky
the WinnebagOes and Omahas were the
most progressive tribes in the west.
When their lands were divided into
farms and allotted to them, each man
receiving a deed to his property, these
tribes Cor rather tribe, for the Winnie
bagoes and Omahas early consolidated
into one tribe) were well to, do and were
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11
A Sale of
Irish Point Curtains.

that will make rouSing
rOusing selling, Only a few
of the bargains can be
mentioned in this limited
space. These are typical
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11
This style, value $500, at
79C per pair.

500 Cross Striped Grenadine Cur
tains, as illustrated above; size 3x40.
While they last i'll this @NH
sale, per pair .................,---- <>T
English Cross Striped Madras Cur
tains, in red, green champagne and
cream grounds md contrasting chi
ored cross stripes; size 3xR; value
Sz-25. Sale GII2
Champagne colored or cream Eng
lish cross striped Curtains, with red,
green or olive cross stripes; size !
3x42; value $3.50. Go in CT 16
this sale, per pair ID
Cream Etamine4 cross striped Curtains
"A HOniton lace effect, patterns
with coIored silk cross stripes; value
$500 Go in this sale, SI.OS
per pair .-........... --.---.---.- ~
Snowflake cross striped Madras Cur
tainS, in either cream or champagne
grounds; value 1875. CT az
Go in this sale, per pair. PA'SO
$500 SnowfIaked Wolfe Curtains, IN
green, olive or red grounds, with
mercerized cross stripes Of con-
trasting cclors. Go in this 50 2E
sale, per pair .......--.-.---..-%- -
Two toned effect cross striped flaked
Wolfe Curtains; regular $40. g y 1O
Go in this sale, per pair....... VI
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11
Sale Reductions on the
Newest
Madras and Orenadine
Curtains

to please your purse,
equal to your eye and
judgment. Here's what
we offer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11
This style, value $500,
at $298 per pair.

White Novelty Brussels Net Curtains.
as shown in above illustration; 3ia
yards long; value $500. Go in this
sale sale, per $500
Extremely tasteful White Brussels
Net Curtains; an Art Nouveaux de-
sign. with mercerized novelty border
and two toned border effect White
Brussels Net Curtains; a most novel
style dainty and airy looking; all
312 yards long and worth 500 IN
this this SALE S3.S5
$3.50 Arabian CoIored Brussels. Net
Curtains. with mercerized and en-
brOidered floral border; 500 two
toned border effect White Brussels
Net Curtains, a most novel style;
and $3.50 imported White Brussels
Net Curtains, with designs appliqued
in BattenbeTg; all ~ yards Iohs anu
80 inches wide. Go in this $40
sale, per pair ----.--.-.---. y
Renaissance border effect. White Brus-
sells Net Curtains; Colored Appliqued
Imported White Brussels Net Cur
tains and the handsomest Beige
COIored Brussels Net Curtains, with
elegant embroidered open worked
border; all 81 yards long ana %
inches wide, and all worth Sf-9O-
Go in this SALE Sc. 20
per pair .....-.-.--..-.--...---~ : ~
White Swiss Tambour Curtains; size
35bx5O; value $500. Go c. 60
in this sale, per pair.-...-...~O
$50 dainty and artistic White Brus-
sells Net Curtains, with meTcerized
corded ribbon effect and wreath
border: 80 yards long and 80 inches
wide. and $50 two toned border eT-
feet Beige BObbinet Curtains. size
$3ssiS SaI all b go b in S6.40
Light Beige Brussels Net Curtains-A
novel design, dainty. elegant and
unexcened in either style OF quality
at $1,000; 80 yards long and 80 inches
wide. In this sale. e. %
per pair .-------------.-.-.-.- - 4 "
$3.50 two toned border effect Beige
Cofored Brussels Net Curtains. In
this sale, Go Al
ScaIIoped edge real St. Gail White
Brussels Net Curtains; a style that
is recognized as the highest type Of
lace curtain making; value s14O0.
On sale 6Tn ~
at - 4