The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-12-05

aware of the fact that an average mule
sells for $40 head more than horses.
Such is the case, and the price has been
gradually rising for number of years
There has never been what would be
called an Over-production of mules,
while the market has often been unable
to fully supply.
County Commissioner Ohio Fike, of
District No II, was a social caller at
this Office Tuesday afternoon. Mr..
Fike, We believe, will make an excellent
public official. In the few moments
conversation with him he impressed US
as being broad-minded, well informed
and gentleman Of good business quail
ties.
This paper recently received a short
communication from Mr.. l. H. Karn,
formerly of Oakland, but now resi-
dent of Port Orange, Fla, in which he
stated that everything in the land of
sunshine was going along in its beaten
path and that the mercury registered
s. degrees on November 25th, the day
upon which he perned the note.
The fellow who stops his paper be
cause he becomes offended at some item
that does not suit his fancy, always
imagines he is getting even with the
publisher, but he is never missed. This
only happens occasionally for there are
only few people in any community
who imagine paper should contain
nothing but what they approve of.
Mrs. G. Semmes Hamill and little
son, who spent several weeks with
Baltimore relatives, returned to their
home IN Oakland last Friday afternoon.
Constable C. J. Burkholder, Of
Grantsvllle, was in Oakland attending
court Monday and Tuesday. While not
engaged in his official duties Mr.. Burl-
holder is at work opening a new coal
mine for Mr.. Peter burst on the
Beachy farm near Grantsville. The
coal is of good quality and the demand
at the present time far exceeding the
output.
Mr.. w. Creed Huntington, formerly
OF Hotel Chautauqua, Mountain Lake
Park, but now proprietor Of The Inn,
Kingwood, West Va, spent Saturday
in Oakland on business AS hotel
man Mr.. Huntington stands preeminent
and the hostelry which he is operating
at Kingwood is taking first rank as a
modern stopping place for the travel
ng public.
The finest Coffee Substitute ever made
has recently been produced by DR.. Shoop
of Racine, Wis. You don't have to boil
| it twenty or thirty minutes Made in
| minute" says the doctor. Health
Coffee IS really the closest Coffee I'M
itatiOn ever yet produced. Not a grain
of real Coffee in it either Health Cot
fee Imitation is made from pure toasted
! cereals or grains, with malt, nuts, etc.
Really it would fool an expert were he
to unknowingly drink il for Coffc".
Sold by all desers.
Members Of Oakland Lodge No. 1872,
Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons,
will meet on next Tuesday evening for
the purpose Of electing officers for next
year. The regular meeting for the
election would be on Tuesday, the oath
inst. but as this will be Christmas
Eve, dispensation has been granted
the local lodge to hold the election on
the evening above mentioned, when all
members are requested to be present.
The big head is popular way of
expressing a common and very frequent
| ailment. 1t arises from various sources,
but the real foundation is a lack of
sense. A little money develops it in
some people; few good clothes gives
it to others; little office, where a
chance is given to exercise a little
authority, is often the cause Of it, while
others get it having a little better Job
than their associates. The truth is no
sensible person gets the big head. :"
The one who became stuck up and stiff
necked from sources of any kind, are
weak in the intellectual caliber.
A tickling cough. from any cause. is
quickly stopped by Dr. Shops Cough
Cure. And it is so thoroughly harmless
and safe, that Dr. Shoop tells mothers
everywhere to give it without hesitation
even to very young babes The whole
some green leaves and tender stems of
a lung healing mountainous shrub. furn-
lsh t e curative properties of DR..
Shops Cough Cure. 1t Gains the
cough, and heals the sore and sensitive
bronchial membranes. No opium, no
chloroform, nothing harsh used to iniure
or suppress. simply a resinous plant
extract, that helps to heal aching lungs.
The Spaniards call this shrub which the
Doctor uses, THE Sacred Herb De
mand DR.. Shops. Take no other.
/ Sold by all dealers.
Young men, you are the architects Of
your own fortunes. Rely upon your
own strength of body and soul. Take
for your star, self-reliance. Don't take