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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-08-02
GRANGE LIFE INSURANCE.
Past Master Hale of New York
Writes on the Subject.
Especial Correspondence


Especial Correspondence
| feel myself incompetent to the task
Of writing on the subject of grange life
insurance, but gladly give you my per-
sonal views upon this question. Whenr
l was connected with the state and
national grange the question of life
insurance was often discussed in our
executive meetings, but finally left
without any positive recommendations
to the subordinate oranges. The grange
theoretically should be as competent to
manage life as fire insurance, which
they are doing very successfully and
protitably in nearly all of the states
One of the serious hindranceS to grange
life insurance is the age of our men,
bership. You are aware that a ma
jority of our members are past thirty
five years of age, consequently rates
must be correspondingly high if such
companies are TO be and remain finan-
cially sound, and if they are not so
beyond question 1t would result in
disaster to our Order. We have today
several fraternal organizations that
are purely life insurance. They are so
firmly established that it would be
hazardous for our Order to undertake
competition with them. Therefore l
believe il should not be done by the
grange.
No organization in existence has 50
many Important prohlems and ques-
tons before it for solution as the
grange and III we can solve the
problem of how to keep our boys and
girls upon the farm and how to make
our farms more profitable it will he
wise for US to leave life insurance
alone.
The terrible fact that our farms have
deprecated il value since 1880 $3.50
G0O.000; that there are 10000 farms Of
fered for sale in our own state alo-e
at barely the cost of the buildings upon
them; that illiteracy is increasing upon
the farms more than in the city not
withstanding the large influx of the
ignorant foreign immigrants; that near
" all of our brightest boys leave the
farm as soon as possible-until we solve
some of these questions l think that
life insurance in the grange had better
be lett for future consideration.
0. II. HALE.
Norwood n Y
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-08-02
SHERIFF FO|LED THE MOB.
William Lee Quickly Dispatched With
out Interference from Expected Mob,
ON SMITHS ISLAND THURSDAY.
Prisoner Conveyed to Place of Exc
cution on Vessel.

CRIsFIELD, Md, July CIVIL
liam Lee, the colored youth who
was sentenced to death in Ralti
more three weeks ago for assault
ing two women in Somerset coun-
ty and who had been threatened
with lynching, was hanged by
Sheriff Brown today on Smith S
Island, in the presence of his dep
uties and a few witnesses. The
hanging was orderly. The mob
that had threatened to burn Lee
at the stake was completely out
witted by the sheriff.
Lees crime created unprece-
denied excitement throughout the
eastern counties of Maryland and
for weeks the popular fury was
such that Gov. Warfeld deemed
it prudent to have him confined in
the Baltimore city Jail as protec-
ton from mob violence. As a
further precautlon, though it was
necessary to carry out the sen.
tence of the law in Somerset coun-
ty, the scene of the crime, the ex-
act place of execution was kept
secret, even from those who we're
to accompany the sheriff and cul-
prit as deputies and witnesses.
To carry out this purpose, Sher-
if Brown appeared in Baltimore
yesterday afternoon late, placed
his prisoner aboard a steamer of
the Maryland oyster navy and i'm
mediately sailed down the bay.
He took with him gallows which
had been borrowed from Baltimore
county and also a coffin and was
prepared to hang Lee on the deck
OF the vessel after reaching the
waters of Somerset county should
there be any signs of a mob on
shore.
The people in the county, it
was feared, would lynch the negro
if they got hold of him, and as the
law directs that he must be exc
cuted in the county in which the
crime was committed, there was
only one way to carry out the sen
tence of the court.
The governor signed the death
warrant yesterday afternoon and
fixed the time of execution for to-
day. 1t was expected that before
the people will have time to gather
the negro will have been swung
into eternity.
At an early hour this morning
the steamer appeared off Smith's
Island, the prisoner was speedily
taken ashore and the scaffold
quickly erected by carpenter,
who had been brought from Balti-
for that purpose.
The culprit, accompanied by his
spiritual adviser, was led up the
scaffold, the moose was adjusted
and the execution was quickly
over.
Lee confessed his crime.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-08-02
False Excuse.
. ...1s1Gls9S 99e,0..9s %

False Excuse.
The prescribed additions are
attended to, the festive cloak from
the hosts own wardrobe is thrown
around each guest, and at length
the banquet-h II is reached.
There, On the tessellated floor,
rest the silken-upholstered couches
on which the guests recline, their
relative positions indicating the
degree Of favor in which they are
held by the host. Even the table
is richly parti-colored, and on it
rest snmptuous dishes of chased
gold and silver and iridescent glass.
Obsequious servants glide in and
out. A dado of admiring specta-
tors hens in the scene. From
above, the great lamp, with gold
en- bowl, suspended by a silver
cord, sheds mellow light upon the
goodly scene. The air is laden
with sweet odors, and pulses with
rhythmic strains.
Jesus has already conversed
pointedly upon that self oblivious
humidity which never fails of ex-
altations, aud that disinterested
generosity which seeks no recon-
spense because it exercises itself
toward those who are powerless to
make a return in kind. There is
a lull in conversation. A guest
exclaims, BLESSED he that shall
eat bread in the kingdom of Cod"
1t is bait to lure the Master on
to further discourse, and particu-
larly to disclose his ideal Of the
Messianic kingdom. The remark
intimates the prevailing Hebrew
notion-the restoration of Solo
mic power and splendor. Happy
shall he be who is hidden to the
House of the Forest Of Lebanon
when it shall grace again the
height Of Zion, that goodly palace
of ivory and cedar. Thrice happy
he who is hidden to banquet there
on kingly dainties. All are alert
to hear what response the Young
Teacher will make.
He does not keep them in sus-
pense. He accepts the challenge.
But, as ever, He dwells upon the
practical rather than the specula-
tive phase Of the subject. 1t is
the personal attitude of the indi-
vidual toward the Messiani king
dom, rather than the accidents of
that kingdom. The Messianic
banquet is now spread. Many are
invited, the Jew first. Will the
Host be honored OF insulted, the
invitation accepted or declined?
The universal voice Of the He
brew nation will be, "From such
banquet, good Lord, deliver usp'
The individual will say, II pray
Thee have ME excused" And in
both instances the answer is made
because the kingdom comes not in
anticipated and desired form.
The strength of the parable is in
its very improbability. The pre-
posterous inadequacy of the ex-
cuses shows at glance the disin-
clination to accept the invitation.
1t is a conscious, deliberate insult
to the King Of heaven.
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one Reason Enough.

why do We favor the election OF
United States senator's by popular
vote"' is one Of the questions given by
the national lecturer for discussion in
the oranges in April Why? Because
the people would like to set a chance
to keep such men out of the senate as
some there have been shown to be,
and they would do it too.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-08-02
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, 1906-08-02

And yet there is room. The
lavish way God does things in ma
ture hints the impossibility OF his
being parsimonious in grace. The
gian; oak shakes, and enough
acorns fall to plant a hundred for
ests, Atmosphere is forty miles
deep; can it ever be breathed up?
There are cubic miles of fresh
water in natures reservoirs, can
they ever be drunk up? So in the
blessed fountain opened in the
house of David, there is enough
for each, for all, for evermore.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-08-02
4 Live Grange,

Jonesboro grange Of Maine recently
received seventy applications for mem
bership on one evening. No wonder
they are to build new hall soon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-08-02

Compel them to come in! So
urgent is the case. Every argu-
ment must be piled assiduously.
The sluggish and dormant are to
be awakened, Devotees of the
world, the flesh, and the devil are
to be made to see Gods claim, and
allow it. No Soodie platitudes
spun out of a lackadaisical benev-
olence are to effect an end such as
that. Only thorough going moral
earnestness, which feels the terror
of the law, can successfully per
suade men of it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-08-02

Gods heralds are we, announc
ing the feast. Angels may well
covet the honor of our high call
ing. To induce fellowimmor-
tai to eat the living bread of the
kingdom is the noblest thing we
can do. Doubtful if eternity can
afford us more exalted work. We
should be all at it, and always in
season and out,-preacher, teach
ers, parents, leaguers, friends,
neighbors, all
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-08-02

From the recalcitrant Jew to
whom IS committed the oracies of
God, and whose advantage is great
every way, the heralds of the King
OF heaven are directed to turn TO
those whom the Jew considers the
filth and offscouring of the world;
who, as far as religious privilege is
concerned are poor, manned. halt
and blind: at whom heavens fav-
orite casts the epithet of dog
and whom he esteelns ordained to
destruction.
Blessed is he VINO is not offend
ed at the form in which the Mes
sianic banquet is given! Happy
is he who sacrifices all his precon-
ceived notions, and overcomes his
racial prejudices! He shall eat
bread in the kingdom of God.
The Teachers Lantern.
The banquet is ever the Divine
and significant symbol of the grace
Of God. The invitation is univer-
sal and free, the provision mex
haustible.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-08-02

Destiny turns upon the accep-
lance or declination of the gra-
cious invitation, The response
bility is personal one. Every
man freely elects himself to life or
death. Solemn thought! Enough
to awe the most reckless; enough
to make the most superficial
thoughtful
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TO be c%ontinued.)
Looked For witches.

In witchcraft lore silver seems to
have been credited with great power
to dispense evil spirits. In an old book
on the subject one reads of a wal
liant Souldier who had skill IN Ne
cromancy," and who always used
SILVER bullets to shoot away the
witches" The evidences of such SUI
perstition are brought directly to the
modern eye through the discovery
made by a Pennsylvania farmer. The
incident is printed in the Philadelphia
Record.
Mr.. Vedderman is interested in
curios, and purchased recently an DIG
musket at a farmhouse sale. From its
appearance the weapon antedates the
Revolution. 1t was in a deplorable
state of rust, and in cleaning 1T Il
new owner discovered that it was
loaded.
He carefully withdrew the charge,
and to his surprise found instead OF
bullets two silver shillings, dated 1881.
tightly wadded with leaves Of a Bible
of ancient print. Beneath the coins
was q small lock of hair and a piece
of paper containing an illegible quota
ton. The gunpowder was coarse and
undoubtedly of colonial manufacture.
The whole looks very much like a
charmed charge, calculated to demol-
ish some weird lady of the broomstck.
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Temperance Notes.

The Masonic Fraternity of Philadel-
phia have cut wine out Of all their
banquets and social functions, begin
ming with January, 1906.
1t is announced by the Presbyterians
that the third Sabbath in October, Oc-
.tober Is, will be observed as Temper
ance Day throughout the churches OF
that denomination.
DR.. II. w. Wiley, of the Bureau of
Chemistry, declines to retract his as
sertion that eighty-ive per cent. OF all
whisky sold over the bars of the
United States is adulterated.
will alcohol dissolve sugar." at
will" replied the old soak; 1T will dis
solve gold brick houses and horses and
happiness and love and everything else
worth la Ying."-Boston Champion.
In a Swedish army order soldiers are
instructed not to drink spirits OIL the
march. Chocolate cakes are said to
produce thirst, while oranges and tea
are considered most refreshing.
The Chicago liquor license is $500
PER annulf the deatll-Fate 1920. The
Fall River. (MaSs.) liquor license is
S~IIO0-$2000 the dpatlI-rate. 224-1O.
An argument for low license. Quite
as logical as that made by tie Liquor
Protective Association!
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Artificial Precious Stones.

The history of the artificial produc-
ton Of minerals, the first chapter OF
which is as yet far from completion,
is certain to be one Of the most fas-
cinating and probably commercially
valuable works of science. The pioneer
experiments of James Hall. the de-
velopment of the French school dur
ing the latter half of the Sineteenth
century, the valuable researches OF
Senarmont, Ebelmew, Daubree, and
Sainte Claire Deyille, the invention
of the electric furnace and the later
experiments Of Fouque and Levy, La
goria Loerinson-Lessing MorozeWicz,
and de Schulten, all leading up to such
sensational achievements as the pro-
duction of the ruby by Frenzy, and of
the diamond by Moisson, have justified
the belief that before many years the
laboratory production of gems will be
q practical commercial art.
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Wafer as a Medicine.

A strip of flannel OF soft napkin,
folded lengthwise and dipped in hot
water ard wrung out md then applied
around the neck of a child that has
Group. will surely bring relief in a few
minutes. A proper towel folded sew
eral times and dipped in hot water,
quickly wruhg and applied over the
site Of t%oothache or neuralgia will gen.
orally afford prompt relief. The treat
ment for collie has been found to work
like magic. Nothing SO promptly cuts
short 4 congestion of the lungs, sore
throat OF rheumatism Is hot water
when applied early in the case and
thoroughly. Hot water taken freely
half an hour before bedtime is an e1-
cellent cathartic in case of constipa-
ton, while it has q soothing effect up
On the stomach and bowels. This treat
ment continued a few months, with the
addition Of q cupful Of hot water slow
~ sippad haif an hour before each
meal, with proper attention to diet, will
cure most cases Of dyspepsia. Ordi-
nary headaches almo.r always yield to
the simultaneous application of hot
water to the feet and back of the neck.
The Epitomist.
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Omelet Pan and Its Possibilities.

. If omelets are frequently desired for
breakfast q special omelet pan should
by all means be provided. A French
cook always keeps a pan exclusively
fo- this purpose, and, however it may
sound to lovers of soap and water. the
pan is never washed. After the omelet
Is cooked the pan is wiped as clean as
possible with crushed tissue paper and
put in 4 dustless cupboard. Choose q
perfectly fla, pan, fGr if it has a bump
in the middle the ome!et will never
come out we'll. There are almost as
many varieties of omelet as there are
weeks in the year, and cnce n learns
how delicious a stuffed omelet is there
will be a new Use for leftover oysters,
chicken, fish, and vegetables. Fried
bacon cut in tiny cubes, minced ham
Or chicken, minced herbs, grated cheese,
all are gocG. If 4 few spoonfuls Of to-
mato or oyster sauce sappen to be left
wei from dinner they may also be
used. Cold curry, asparagus, shrimp,
lobster. Minced and stirred in thick
sauce, are very good. If no letter
sauce is at hand, make this one: A
tablespoonful Of butter stirred into
the same quantity Of -four, the yolk
of an egg, a full tablespoonful of Par
mesan cheese, a little sweet milk, and
seavoning of salt and ed pepper. Stir
this together ever the fire and add
minced meat, fish, or whatever is to go
into the omelet. Just as the omeIet is
ready &C be folded. drop the mixture
in.-NeW York Post.
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HWn11 IufS

well, but
81 can copy, l think: that is all [ am
really fit for. I can copy documents
and I can go to the Museum and make
extracts. l can also search. l don't
suppose" she added, with candor, that
I should ever find anything, but 1 could
try, if any n wanted me to find any
thing. Some girls seem always able
to get search-work to do. But then L
know nobody, and have got no interest.
And oh, how many there are who are
trying to get the work. .
"You can teach, Lily"
"No"-her black eyes, which had
been heavy and sad, flashed with
anger-"No; I can not and will not
teach. I hate teaching. I loathe teach
ing. I want to kill the children; they
drive me to madness. The last time
1 tried teaching 1 ran away from the
place or I should have done something
dreadful. Fortunately I don't know
anything. I can't add up and divide.
T can't tell you the capital Of any coun-
try, and I do not remember a single
date. And I've forgotten all the Kings
Of Israel. Katharine, I would rather
make buttonholes for shirts than
teach"
"Well, dear, there are other things"
1'I could do clerks work, but no n
will have me. I could write letters"
"Let US be hopeful, Lily. You are
very pretty, and perhaps-who can
tell? AS for me, that is all over; but
you-Lily, are you sure you have no
relations?"
II know of none. My father came
to London from the north. But l don't
know where. He brought his inyen-
ton with him, but somebody stole it
from him, and then he became a clerk.
He lived a moody and a lonely life,
and he made no friends; but he always
hoped to make another invention"
what was his inVention"
81 don't know. Something to do with
machines. My father was always max
ing pictures Of wheels. I have no
friends and no money. What have 1
done, I ask again."
ut isn't what we have done, dear,
1 told you; it is what our fathers did"
Lily made as if she would say some
thing really severe, but she refrained.
"Well," she said, mildly, tomorrow
you will begin the round. only nope
she said this as n who mas no
hope-"that you will be more lucky
than I have been"
Then the other residents began to
come upstairs, and Lily retired to her
own cubicle, and they all went to ped.
Would you follow these two girls IN
their quest of work and bread?
1t was q hopeless quest, because the
things that they would do were so few,
and there were already so many girls
to do them, and they had no friends or
private interest. All that Katharine
could do well was to undertake the
teaching and care Of young children, or
of those girls with parents to whom the
curriculum of the high school does not
appeal. She could bring to her task, as
she had done with the Emptage chill
dren, affection and care such as one
hardly has a right to expect for ten
times the salary. Alas! she found thai
for one place there were fifty candi-
dates. And like Lily, she was always
too late.
Go be continued.)
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Quaint Old Wall Papera In Use.

Mural decorations Of a bygone day,
when folk didn't dabble much in So
called decorative art, are forming a
quaint background for polished mahog-
any and rare china. The scenic wall
papers found in the few old mansions
that have not been done over" to suit
modern notion always have been of in
teyest to lovers of old furniture. Now,
certain seekers after odd effects are
having the old wall papers reproduced.
The hunting scene; the impossible cas-
ties on cliffs and other subjects are
being turned out, but the r%eproduc-
tons, say persons with critical eyes,
'lacK the venerable atmosphere of the
really truly antiques, no matter how
closely it follows them in design
New -ork Press.
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Germans Are Heavy Drinkers.


rhe endeavor to make nan sober by
Act Of Parliament is not confined. to
this country, for in Germany the I'm
perial and Prussian Governments have
passed measures for the purpose of re-
stricting the consumption Of %intoxicat-
ing liquors. Some official figures have
just been published which show how
necessary it is that some steps should
be taken to inculcate habits Of taE-
perance among the people. The writer
Of an official article on the drink Dues
ton in Germany has calculated the
amount of money spent each year on
drink in Germany. and he takes the
average price of a litre of wine as one
mark, Of beer at thirty pfennigs and
of "schnaps' at fifty pfennigs. The
amount Of money spent on these vari-
GUS drinks per head he places at forty
seven marks, or, if only males over
fifteen years of age are considered, at
$50 marks. This amount for the whole
of the Empire to 2,S26,000,000 marks,
or more than f14O,O0O,OO The money
spent in Germany on drink is there
fore three times the cost of the army
and navy together and more than
seven times the cost of primary edu-
cation in Germany. Its amount is al
most equal to that of the German ma
tional debt, and so the German people,
by leaving off drink for q year and a
month, could pay off the whole debt.
The Germans have always had the
reputation Of being mighty drinkers,
and it appears from the official statis'
tician that they deserve it.-London
Globe.
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Keepinc Time by Wireless.

DR.. Max Reithoffer, professor in the
Technical High School Of Vienna, i'll
conjunction with Herr Karl MoraWctz.
the government inspector Of clocks,
has completed a system for synchro-
nizing clocks by means Of wireless
biography. The plan has been sub
mitted to the City Council, and per-
mission has been secured for regulat-
ing the public clocks by this agency.
The city clocks are to be served free
by the system, but for synchronizing
private timepieces a small fee will be
levied.
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ANTI Broke On n High School.

The invasion of an army of ants
broke up for a day the third grade Of
the Suffolk (Va.) High School, and the
teacher, Miss Elsie Urquhart, after a
losing battle between her pupils and
the insects, dismissed school and re-
treated in pain and confusion and
summoned help. Principal Gates, the
ianitor and others continued the battle.
but it was three hours before school
opened again. A woman te. her says
there were about 200 battalions of the
ants, and each with q recognized leader
and each battalion about 5000 strong.
They came through the floor.