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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-03-28
PUSHED THE SMALL, FLAT BOTrOMEp
BOAT UNDER THE DOCK.

! PUSHED THE SMALL FLAT BoTTOMEp
BOAT UNDER THE DOCK.
der the dock had been closed to us.
The light which had flooded the place
when we went asleep was thus shut
out. and we We're dependent upon q
few feeble rays that made their way
between cracks In the boards overhead.
Hello. Jock. We're in Il plcklew
exclaimed.
Jock wagged his tail and tried to
bark, but 1t only ended in Il mournful
whine
you little coward" | added in dis
gust. You're brave one to give a
man moral courager
But l had little time to devote to
moralizing or lecturing. | knew that
the tide frequently rose to an extreme
level, and l remembered that q series
of unusually high tides had been run
ming into the bay. If the water rose
up to level with the lower floor Of
the dock the situation would become
very serious for both Of us.
Now, I'm fresh water man, Mailing
!rom one of the inland states where n
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-03-28
Tho Boss Was On

Il have come to tell YOU said the
employee who had been busy feather
ing his own nest with the company's
money, that my health is failing"
$50" said the boss coldly.
Yes" said the employee, with hol-
low cough. The doctor says can't
hold out much longer"
"Oh, | don't know Sa.u the boss
still more cOldly. Maybe if you had
held out less you'd be able to hold out
longer And the employee went away
with dazed feeling that all was not
well with the little Touchdown game
he had thought was SO supersmcoth.-
Judge
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-03-28

puddle Of water up to the ankles is
considered lake and a stream three
feet deep a river of mighty volume.
Therefore, l confess with shame. |
hadn't learned the gentle art Of swim
ming
l pushed the boat toward the end
of the pier. humping my head repeated
ly against the boards overhead. There.
ten feet below the surface, could see
Il path of light which showed me where
the entrance to our prison was located.
y good diver and swimmer could easily
reach it and come up on the other side.
Jock looked down and wagged his
tail. inviting me to dive. 1t was dog
talk just as plain as day | smiled
with chagrin and shook my head.
l was not q kind to die easily. and
while had few minutes of respite
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-03-28
Not Photoqraphic,

"Now,' suddenly exclaimed the timid
youth, who had finally screwed up the
courage to turn out the gas, 'if you
don't mind
Really, you needn't have done that"
said the sweet girl calmly. "A dark
room isn't necessary for the develop
ment of this negative. Houston Post
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-03-28
The Brute,

What am | going to do, Harold?"
called out woman from the window
of an apartment house to her husband,
who stood on the stoop lighting his
cigarette. what shall | say to the
landlord? He's coming round this aft
ernoon for the last time, and you know
it
Il will leave it to you, my dear"
Harold replied blandly. IF you can
bluff him as well as you do me, you're
all right New York Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-03-28

eHiS isn't dog story, hut, come
TO think of it, a little brindly
mongrel cur figures pretty
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-03-28

Old Gentleman-Is there anything to
see on the other side?
Ferryman-No.
Old Gentleman-Is there an inn or
anything?
Ferryman-No.
Old Condemnation what do peo-
pie go across for?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sketch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-03-28
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS
I offer for sale


FARM OF I47 ACRES, 3 miles from Oakland; good
Groom House; plenty of water; so cleared;
about IS of grass; Orchards bearing; IS
of White Oak Timber; R. F. D. mail service.
COTTAGE OF ROOMS for sale at Mt Lake Park
HOUSE AND LOT Oak Street, Oakland, for sale or
House of 6 rooms Lot 5oxI5o feet with
Stable and all necessary Outbuildngs.
FOUR VERY DESIRABLE BUILDING LOTS situated
Liberty Street, in Oakland. Also 3 DWELLING
HOUSES Liberty Street, with good water and all
necessary outbuildngs.
HOUSE AND LOT on Wilson Street. House of 10 rooms;
good water. Lot $50 feet front Best Outbuildngs
in Oakland.
A VERY GOOD FARM mile from Oakland-all under
fence containing 81 acres; about rs under cultiva-
ton; fine Orchards and about IN in small
Fruit; Houses very good Well and failing
Spring very desirable place for Truck and Poultry
Farming. Can be bought at low price just
have for sale IS of the very best Building Lots in the
which will sell for cash-or S. down and S.
per month.
$50 ACRES OF VALUABLE COAL LAND situated less
than two miles of Oakland which be bought a
great bargain. The surface would make fine farming
land. This land is we'll watered with stream and
several good springs
~ MORE CHOICE Bull DING LOTS at IS down and
S. per month.
If you cash for your Real Estate Real Estate
for your cash. let me hear from you.
pg~For further particulars call address
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-03-28
Not Well Liked,

Ludwig Ito his sister as they go to
see their uncle on his birthday)-Do
you remember last year he had a
bad attack of govt and didn't want us
to stay long?
Bertha-Oh, yes. Let's hope he'll
have another this year. - Simpllcissi-
mus
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-03-28
No Cause For Complaint.

Weary Walker with paper)-Say
Tatters, it strikes me dat desc jokes
erbout our perfession is most worked
t. death.
Tired Tatters-Well, don't youse keer
so long as faint us wot's bein' worked
t. death.-Detroit Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-03-28
Wouldn't Trust IL,

you reckon you'd make de trip ter
heaven eff dar wuz elevator gwine
darf'
"No, subj Kaze | we'll knows eff l
wuz in dat elevator de devil would be
sho ter be pullin' de rope"'-Atianta
Constitution
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-03-28
Surrounded by Food.

Nah goodness" exclaimed lit
'Rastus Johnsing, Il wis., = ~
de lii boy in dis hyar story '"
"WhufferW asked his mothe.
"Kase hit say he ven Z wifi -
chickens "-Philadephia
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15

intensity ard was dlssipated some
where off the coast of Canada. A hur-
ricane is an intensified cyclone.
"a tornado is caused by a very I'M
stable local condition of the atmos-
phere. The warm, moist air rises and
comes in contact with the descending
cold stream of air above. Breaking
through this cold stratum, 1t rushes
into the opening, and the heavy, cold
air rushes down TO fill the space for
merly occupied by the heated air, pro-
ducing whirling motion similar to
that in a stationary washbowl of
water when the stopper is removed
and the water allowed to run out, only
the air whirls upward to the center at
the top of the cloud instead of down
ward, as in the case of the water.
The gyratory motion begins in the up
per strata and gradually descends,
forming the funnel-shaped cloud that
we know. The velocity of the air as
it whirls upward to the center is from
200 to 300 miles an hour; that is, we
estimate that 1t is as great as that by
the effects it produces. We know what
effects are produced by wind of any
measurable velocity, and, using that as
basis, we estimate tornados veloc-
ity by the character Of damage result
ing from it."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15
AN OLD EDITOR
Found $4,000 worth of Food.

The editor Of a paper out in Okla.
said: Yes, it is true when ] got hold
of Grape-Nuts food, it was worth more
than a $1,000 doctor bill to me, for it
made me we'll man. l have gained
% pounds in weight, my strength has
returned tenfcld. my brain power has
been given back to ne, and that is an
absolute essential, for l am an editor
aud have been for 50 years.
My pen shall always be ready to
speak a good word for this powerful
nutritive food. I had of course often
read the advertisements regarding
Grape-Nuts, but never thought TO apply
the food to my own use, until, In my
extremity and sickness the thought
came 10 me that it might fit my case,
The statements in regard to the food
are absolutely correct, as I have proven
in my own case. One very fortunate
thing about the food is that while it is
the most scientifically made and highly
nourishing. concentrated food l have
ever known. it has 50 delicious a taste
that it wins nd holds friends. $
There's 4 Re >ln Read The Road
to MELVILLE" l. .6gs.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15
How Not to Do 1t.

Illustrative of the Importance of an
accurate knowledge of those little
things" which go to assure success in n
foreign market is the experience of an
American company which a few years
ago sent consignment of 100000 pair
of shoes to London to be dumped on
the British public regardless of price.
Now it happens that Shoes" to the
British mind mean only what in Ameri-
Gu are known as low Shoes" American
"hiCh shoes" being known as boots
The British public wears boots in
winter, and as this extremely enterpriS-
ing American company advertised their
stock as "shoes" in the winter, it is not
to be wondered at that no one displayed
any very great interest in the oppor-
tunity to buy something which was not
wanted.
After expensive delays and fruitless
expenditure for advertising, the truth
was made manifest. and in due time the
"boots" were disposed of.-Dcrrick's
British Report.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15
MODERN BUSINESS poLITENEss.
Shown in the Custom of Writing
Thanks" or "Thank You'' on Bills.

"A custom of politeness that is modern
in the extent of it's practice, if not in it's
introduction" said a man old enough to
be acquainted with ways comparatively
speaking ancient, sis that of writing
thanks or thank you after the sigma
ture on recepted bills sent in due course
on payment of accounts; Il form that
costs little effort ON the part of the
sgner and that is sure to be not I'M
pleasing t. the person to whom such POI
likeness is offered.
Widespread is this custom in its
practice now, and so in its observance
not likely to be surprising; bur today
there came to my attention an instance
of courtesy in this form that did at first
seem rather strained and excessive.
''On a receipted bill received with
goods sent to me @. O y. | found after
the signature the polite thank you,'
and here this seemed almost super
fluous; for this was a bill presented in
the course of n purely transient and
impersonal transaction. But moments
reflection showed that the thank you
here was really neither superfluous nor
excessive, but quite correct; here it was
Simply the polite thank you that we
would have received from the salesman
if we had paid him the cash for the
goods at, the time of their purchase. -
New York Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15
HIGH JUMPS AT VASSAR.
Girl AteIeye Makes New Record in
VauIting and Putting the Shot.

Girl AteIete Makes New Record in
vauIting and Putting the Shot.
Mildred Villas, '07 of Cleveland, o.,
and Inez Milholland, 90, two of the
most popular students, established new
athletic records at Vassar Saturday,
says the New York World. Miss Villas
made fence vault of 4 feet 10N inch
inches, made by D. E. Merrill, 'O2 in
1901.
Miss Milholland, beautiful English
girl, who is taking a course at Vassar
in preparation for woman's suffrage
work In England. and who is regarded
as one of the strongest women ever at
the college, put the eight-pound shot 81
feet SA inches, breaking the record of
% feet 1112 inches, made by E. H.
White in 1902.
The surprise of the day was the poor
showing of the two present students
who hold championships, Alice FL. Bel
ding, '07, holder of two records. feet
6 inches in standing broad jump and
1875 feet inches in baseball throwing,
and Martha Gardner, '07. holder of
10O-yard hurdle record, 16 1-3 seconds.
and running broad jump, IA feet 612
inches. Neither champion was able to
equal her record, while in the hurdle
race and baseball throwing they were
surpassed by sophomores and fresh
men.
The sopnomores won the honors of
the day, exceeding their own best ex-
pectations with 43 points. When it was
announced that 1907 had won % points
mighty shout of "skidoo" went no
from the side lines where the sophie
mores were cheering their successful
athletes; 1910, won 20 points and 1905
got 10.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15
MExIco's GRAND OLD MAN.
Porfrio Diaz an Absolute Ruler Will
Avoiding a Dictator's Methods.

Not chance traveller who visits this
country but must write a piece about
Mexico's Grand Old Man. He is lauded
as the savior of a nation, as the soldier
who brought order out of chaos and es-
tablished republic
Intimacy mostly dims hero worship
somewhat, and certainly we who have
lived in Mexico for years, know that the
republic is still something of form. Yet
when we begin to analyze the things
that have brought her out of a chaos of
riot and revolution that lasted for al
most three-quarters of a century, this
one figure stands out so prominently that
we can only join the chorus of universal
praise and concede that the soldier has
grown into the statesman, that the iron
hand has relaxed as circumstances war
ranted.
Porfirio Diaz is practically an absolute
ruler ia Mexico today. yet certainly one
of the strongest evidences of his char
acter has been the fact that, during all
these years that his word has been law,
he has promulgated that word through
the channels of a regularly organized re-
publican government. He has never
sought the name and appearance of a
dictator; on the other hand he has en-
deavored to accustom his people to the
machinery of democracy. If it appear
at times that the machinery Is working
backward, the time will come when the
machine will in reality be turned around
and worked the other way.-Modern
MaxicO
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15
When Debtors We're Imprisoned.

In nearly every country, until COM
paratively recent times, debtors have
been subject to Imprisonment After
the panic of 1925 one hundred and one
thousand writs for debt were issued in
England. In 1880, seven thousand per
sons were sent to London prisons for
debt. and on January /, 1910, seventeen
hundred persons were held for debt in
England and Wales, one thousand in
Ireland, and less than one hundred in
Scotland. From time to time modifi-
cations in the laws governing the Inn
prisonment of debtors have been made,
so that fewer debtors are imprisoned
for this crime each year.
In 1929 there were three thousand
debtors in prison in Massachusetts. ten
thousand in New York, seven thousand
in Pennsylvania, three thousand In
Maryland, and like proportion in
other States. Many of these persons
were jailed for debts of one dollar. The
law providing for the Imprisonment of
men who could not pay their debts vas
shown to be lmpracticable by statistics
taken from Philadelphia, where in 1923
there were one thousand and eighty
five debtors imprisoned for debts
amounting TO twenty-five thousand dol
lars. The expense Of keeping these
persons in confinement was three hun
bred and sixtytwo thousand dollars,
which was paid by the city. and the
amount recovered by this method was
two hundred and ninety-five dollars
Imprisonment for debt was abolished
hy Congress in the United States in
1888, though this measure was not fully
enforced until 1889.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15
ROMANS ADULTEkATED WINE.
Tricks of Trade Not Peculiar to the
Present Generation.

The Greeks and Romans had their
troubles no less than we of today. Pliny
tells us that the bakers of Rome used
to mix with their dough a white earth
that was soft to the touch and sweet to
the taste. and so made bread that had
weight and good appearance, but no
food value.
He also speaks of wine adulteration,
and says that even the rich could not be
sure that their beverages were pure. The
famous wines of Palermo were adulter-
ated in the cellars, and wines from Gaul
We're artiicially colored by aloes and 9th
er drugs. In Athens wine adulteration
was so common that special inspectors
were appointed to detect and stop the
practice.
One Canthare, a wine merchant, made
his mark on the page of history because
of his skill in giving the flavOrs of old
age and maturity to new wines, and in
his time the phrase artificial as Can
thare" was the common expression for
clever deceit. Throughout Europe from
the eleventh century onward, food adul-
teration was very generally practiced by
bakers, brewers, SpicemongerS and yint-
ners.
So we see, says the Spatula, that the
wine dealer who mixes alcohol, water,
color. sugar and fiavoring essences to-
gether and calls it genuine California
wine is doing no new thing; that the
modern baker who makes short weight
loaves out of damaged grains is but
walking in the footsteps his craft made
on the streets of Rome 1000 years ago;
that the druggist who sells impure chem
icals, the spice grinder who mikes saw
dust with his spices. the miller who
grinds cornmeal with his flour. the brew
er who makes bad beer, and the butcher
who sells-nn Msholesome meat are not
modern pests at all. Every one of them
is but putting into present day practice
the tricks that have bothered trade and
cheated the consumer for 1000 years or
more
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15

rian steppes, from the banks Of the
gray green, greasy Limepo river all
set about with fever trees or from
'silken Samarkand'-but almost every
where they are gathered by barbarous
peoples, the lowest of earth's denizens.
1t Is small wonder, then, that with any
one plant there should be a variation
among it's individual specimens In the
proportion of the active medicinal
agent it contains. But when we add to
this the fact that, in general terms,
the per cent of the active Ingredient
depends on the amount of sunshine 1t
enjoys, OF the time of the year it Is
gathered, even on the time of the day,
on the amount of moisture. the eleva-
ton, the character of the soil, and a
dozen other factors, Il becomes almost
a necessity Of thought that the amount
of medicine In that plant must vary
from maximum to nothing at all.
"A mans wife goes bravely down to
the gates of death to pass through,
or, 1t mayhap, to come slowly back,
bearing radiantly with her the fam
ing torch of another life. Ergot is re-
quired. Now, ergot Is fungus grow
ing upon rye, where It destroys and dis
places the ovary of the plant 1t comes
from Russia, Austria, Sweden, Spain
and where not; its chemical analysis
does not seem to yield reliable informa-
ton, for its active constituents are not
definitely understood. Finally, the
physiological activity of the drug may
be good, or little. or zero, just as 1t
may chance, while after the lapse OF
a year it becomes unfit for use. Yet
1t is to this substance, so utterly varia-
BILE, that the physicians must trust the
life of the woman and the child. -
Robert Kennedy Duncan in Harpers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15
YARN MADE OF PAPER.

Paper wood fiber is now made into
yarn and woven into cloth, the Saxon in
ventor Emil Caviez, having perfected the
process. United States Consul Hurst of
Plauen tells of some of the uses of the
cloth, which is called 'xylolin." The
thread is not brittle does not have a
stretches to any appreciable extent. 1t
is said to be a serviceable substitute for
cotton, linen, jute and silk. Carpets,
rugs and mats made from it are elastic,
do not retain dust readily and are easily
cleaned by beating or washing without
fear of injury. Moths will not eat the
new cloth. Canvas" shoes and slip
pers have been made of it at nominal
cost and it is said that last year 1000
600 pieces of toweling were made of it
and sold. wholesaling at "a cents a doz-
en-. medium size. 1t is said to make
warm and sanitary garments.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15
RELICS OF EARLY DAYS.
Gold Armlets Of Time of Boadicea Found
in England.

Relics of the days when Boadicea con-
Quoted her campaign in the neighborhood
of what is now Kings Cross, or, per
haps, of even an earlier day, were turned
up recently by some workmen at Cray.
ford, Kent, England. The men were dig
ging in sand pits on the Wansunt estate.
when they noticed some metal articles
On examination these proved to be nine
gold armlets of uniform shape but vary
ing sizes. The articles were taken to a
police station, where the police took pos
session of them on behalf of the crown
as treasure trOYe.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15
GOOD MEDICINES.
vastly Important Drugs should BE
Trustworthy.


NO; because any man, howe ser ig-
norant. with any motive. however
ignoble, may manufacture and sell any
of the 10000 compounds known to or
ganic chemistry. and may allege for
them what curative powers he will.
and because. too, of this unlimited op-
portunity for fraud among the older
drugs, it becomes matter of no sur
prise to learn that at the present time
among the great number of firms man
ufacturing remedial agencies there is
the greatest conceivable diversity in
science. sincerity and wisdom.
These drugs come from the utter
most parts of the earth-from the dark
forests of Brazil. from the frozen Sihe-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15
A Great Success

They say his new tragedy received an
ovation on its first presentation"
Yes. Couldn't very well have been
otherwise"
"How's that?"
He gave free tickets to every under
taken in town, and they were all there
AS they sat and saw men, women and
children killed by the score in each act
professional instinct caused their enthu-
siasm to become boundless, and the ap-
plause almost lifted the roof off. The
author is all right, if his tragedy isn't"
New York Mail.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15

Rles bloated dreadfully, and sometimes
my whole body. My heart palpitated
and had smotherlng spells A weeks
treatment with Doan's Kidney Pills
helped me and a few boxes cured me.
At 6S l am strong and we'll"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box.
Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo ~ Y.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15

The chief cause of Constipation and
Indigestion is weakness Of the Muscles
that contract the lntestnes and Bowels.
Cascarets are practically to the Bowel
Muscles what Massage and Cold Bath
are to the Athletic Muscles.
They stimulate the Bowel Muscles to
contract, expand, and squeeze the Diges-
tive Juices out of food eaten.
They don't help the Bowels and Liver In
such way as to make them lean upon
similar assistance for the future.
This is why, with Cascarets, the dose
may be lessened each succeeding time
instead of increased, as it must be win az
other Cathartics and Laxatives.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15

bic without
knowing w h t it
was, and finally got
so bad l was given
up. The urinary
passages were pain
full, som e t | m e s
scanty and again
very profuse. My
limbs, feet and an
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15

His honor, Judge Addison. had once to
deal with the problem, when does an
egg become stale? The plaintiff sug
gested that in summer eggs became
stale "about a week after they came to
market" but The judge declared that
the real test of an eggs staleness was
the moment it became fit for use at a
contested election.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15
FARTHEsT POINT NORTH IN q. S.

Point Barrow, Alaska, is Uncle Sans
farthest point north. A letter from In
dianapolis to Point Barrow goes first by
Grain to Seattle, $500 miles; then by
ocean steamer to Valdez, 1900 miles far
ther north and west; then by dog sleds
over ice and snow POO miles more to
the north and west. The letter travels
in one direction $500 miles, all the dis
lance in American territory.