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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-02-27

could bring ont 'Moneymusk' and De
Swanee Ribber' an git out'n de way
ole Dan Tucker like Jasper could. /
dpne miss his fiddle a-jiggitin' away
out on lie pO'ch oh Il summer even"
Four months after JaSper'S departure
from home a stout travel stained black
man. slightly gray. walked slowly and
YEARLY up the trail leading tn new
and promising Rocky mountain mining
camp.
He carried a little bundle tied Mp in
Il red cotton handkerchief The out
lines of Il violin could be traced with
in Il green cotton bag on his back. and
he gave his name, at the mouth Of
shaft where he stopped to get a drink
of water, as Jasper Price.
We'll. old partner. said the man
who gave him the drink Of water. You
look as if you had walked all the way
from Georgia"
You done struck pretty close tn de
trewf. sab" said Jasper ruefully. rs
walked many weary miles Oh de way,
an I'd "a done walked de hull Of it Of
it hadn't "a been for dis yer fiddle"
He had heard Wild stories Of the ease
and quicknesS with which fortunes
were made in this mining camp. and
in his simplicity he almost expected
to find nuggets of gold and silver I'M
regarded on the streets
He found quito Il different state Of
Il
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-02-27
BOWSER'S HEiLTHFAD
Returns to Habits of His AnceS-
tors and Plans Simple Life.
DROPS IT AFTER ONE DAY.
Eats Vegetables and Meat Raw and
Sleeps Outdoors Until Drenched
With Rain-Comes Home Mad, out
Conceals Feelings.

Conceals Feelings.
Copyright. 1897. by Homer Sprugue.l
Il have got your favori,c dish for
dinner this evening Maryland chicken
and corn fritterS," announced Mrs
Bowser when Mr. BowScr reached
home from the office the other even
ing
He had package under his arm.
and, laying it down and hanging up
his hat. he replied:
Thanks. but l am sorry you put
yourself ont No Maryland chicken for
me-
Don't you feel wcll:"
4 am in the best Of health ana l
propose I" remain So. | viii take
seat at the table but shall choose my
own food 1t is here in this package"
"Thcn-thcn you've got another fad"
she said rs they went down 10 the
dining room
NO. ma'am, l haven't. never have
fad There is no man in the country
more clear Of them. ! have simply
decided to take care OF my health here
after and live TO he Il hundred years
old
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-02-27
Defends Professor Swift.

DGlSiuS ~ OlGSSOI OWL
Woman. can't | breach a single su
ject To you but what you try to he 81
castle over it, shouted Mr.. Bowser
his face got very red of course
didn't want TO borrow any money. Il
was simply interested from Il prnfe
Sional standpoint"
And he knows as much about it
our Old cat. Every day or two you So
an article in the papers about WHAT
eat and how 10 eat it and when au
how long to sleep and lot of 9th"
nonsense. One doctor says we mE-
chew our meat very fine. Another say
to bolt it down in hunks One says
look out for sweets, and another says
eat half a pound Of candy per day
One says that white bread contains no
nutriment, and another declares it the
very germ of wheat. When have they
experimental. on whom? One doctor
says that mashed potatoes are Un-
wholesome. Another says they should
be prepared for the table in no other
way. You have lived for almost fifty
wears in this tlapdoodlc way. rs you
call it, and I don't see how your health
could be any better. You are as strong
as an OK and if YOU would only let
these fads alone you might live 10 be
800 years old instead of 100. What
makes You let men stuff you with such
idcaS:"
Mr.. Bowser had kept his eyes ON her
as She spoke. His face had flushed
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-02-27
ParsniPs and Onions.

And he opened liS package and
brought out three onions and two par~-
nips and proceeded to make them
ready for eating. As Mrs. Bowser
watched him he said:
"Only about thirty men ont Of every
hundred live to reach tn" age " sixty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-02-27

" $ done wild you. Jasper Price,
Yes. sab, Is done wild you for
~ good an ALL
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-02-27

He said that man with i frame like
mine ought TO live Il hundred years"
And then he wanted to borrow So
didn't heF'
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07
Fur-Eatinr Rats.

While passing along Fifth avenue
In the neighborhood of Thirty-fourth
street late the other night my attention
was attracted by two members OF the
finest" who were rafting the front
door of fashionable furrier's store
and beating the panels with their night
clubs. "Burglars?" / ventured. BUR.
glars nothing" laughed one OF the
coppers. Just look at that big fellow.
See him biting the lady's shou,deri
See, there he is on the other side Of
her" looked closely and saw big
rat that was gnawing at sealskin
coat worn by Partisan model. "Un.
less we brighten that rat away he will
eat about $50 worth of that Jacket"
After the policemen had scared the
rodent away one of the officers said,
There are more rats In some of the
Fifth avenue and Broadway stores
than infest one OF the old grain ves
sells that come into port."-New Yorh
Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07
The Scottish Language.

Till Che middle of the nineteenth CEN
uury the form of speech used by Burns
and familiar to Sir Walter Scott might
have been occasionally heard In it's
purity and significant strength even
within the parliament house at Edin-
burSh. This in these days is complete
ly changed. The educated classes In
Scotland, ana even many who have
little education. no longer speak the
language OF their forefathers. and such
OF them as try 10 write IL not infre-
quently show that they would have
been wiser IL they had let well enough
alone. 1t is not long since one had to
attempt I'm these columns an explana-
ton OF the monstroSity "magerfu." to
which modern fabulist had given cur
rency, and IL would have been easy to
convict the same writer and others of
soiecisms even more fragrant and Of
fenSive
Meanwhile the practice thus Illus
trated and exposed seems to be steadi-
~ prevalent. A delusion appears to
be widely current to the effect that
anything will pass muster as Scotch.
provided 1t is sufficiently strange and
uncouth. Airy practitioners on an In.
strument with which they have but
slender familiarity forget that they are
trliing with one of the forms of Eng
lish and medium with great tradi-
uons.-London Notes and Queries.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07
Country House Tinpina.

Mrs. Potter Palmer, while entertain.
Ing the National Civic federation in
Chicago, told an amusing story about
country house tipping.
You know" she said, chow huge
these tips are-many servants must be
remembered; how, indeed, people are
Obliged to refuse to visit large country
houses because they can't afford the
expense.
Well, there is story ia this line
ABOUT the famous Jonas Hanway.
AS Hanway was leaving the country
mouse OF a duke string of servants
waited to waylay him.
"'Sir,' said one, your overcoat.'
"And Hanway put on the overcoat
ana gave the man sovereign.
Your umbrella, SIR said another.
And, taking the umbrella, Hanway
surrendered another sovereign.
Your hat, sir
Another sovereign.
Sir, your gloves
why, friend says Hanway, you
may keep the gloves. They are not
worth 3 sovereign" =. Indianapolis
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07

tack the vital organs, causing catarrh of
the bladder, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement of the kidneys and
cure is obtained quickest by a proper
treatment of the kidneys. If you are feel
ing badly you can make no mistake bv
taking DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-RoOt, the
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
1t corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding pain III passing it, and over
comes that unpleasant necessity of being
compelled to go often through the day,
and to get up many times during the
night. The mild and the extraordinary
effect OF Swamp-Root is soon realized.
1t stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
sold by all druggists in fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis
covery and book that tells all about it,
both sent free by mail. Address, DIR. Kill
mer q Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When
writing mention reading this generous
offer In this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, Swamp
Root, DIR. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the
address, Binghamton, N. Y, ON every
bottle.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07
FOR A NEW NATIONAL HYMN
A Critic ON the "Star spangled BAN
ner'' and america,

A Critic ON the "Star Spangled Ham
ner" and "America.'
VIII not some one kindly compose q
new national hymn? We should dis.
like TO lose the ''Star Spangled Ban
ner," chiefly because Of its patriotic
origin on board an American frigate
during a British bombardment, and we
love to recall such incidents as that
In Castle Garden when Daniel Web
ster, TO the distress of his wife and the
delight of the audience, set the exam
ple Of rising, which has since become
common, and by main strength and
with mighty voice Joining In the chorus
with Jenny Lind. But, after all. only
the words are American, the atroeious
music being, that OF "Anacreon In
Heaven" composed by an Englishman.
1t is therefore distinctively national
only in part and after nearly a century
of trying service might we'll be laid
upon the shelf. A yet more efficient
reason for seeking a substitute Is found
la the fact that the American people
have been trying in vain for nearly
n century TO sing it. Despite the gen
eral cultivation of voices the endeavor
of an audience today to respond to the
demand upon their patriotic spirit con-
tnues to be as pathetic as 1t has ever
been desperate. Even our loyal navy
takes America" in place Of the "Star
Spangled Banner at evening colors
From time to time the suggestion Is
made that this substitution be general.
" made, but here again objection
arises from the fact that only the
words of America too, are Ameri-
can. On British ocean steamships a
prior right is tacitly accorded to the
British, and God Save the King" is
sung. While we persist i'm adherence
to the Star Spangled Banner" it is
fitting that this recognition should be
extended to our British cousins, al
though Us a matter of fact their claim
upon the air for a national hymn is no
stronger than ours and materially
weaker than that of others. 1t was
composed by the Frenchman Lully
In the seventeenth century, was adapt
ed to the house of Hanover by Handel
and promptly taken over by Switzer-
land for "Rufst du, Meln Vaterland, I"
although the Hanoverians never aban.
doned it. Hell dir i'm Siegerkranz,"
not die Wacht. am Rhein," being to
this day the national hymn Of Germa-
ny. Consequently the eve song of
British, Swiss, German and American
soldiers about to go into battle would
consist of the same music and In a
tumble of words by Carey, Harries,
Rev. Samuel Il. Smith and whoever
wrote the Swiss words. For double
quick marching yankee Doodle" con-
tinues to be satisfactory, and Hail,
Columbia" Is not without merit. But
America" is OF too common use
among the nations and the "Star Span
gled Banner" too throat rending. So
again we ask. Will not some one kind
" present us with new distinctively
American national hymn? - George
Harvey in North American Review.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07
Woman In the Pulpit.

christian England" says Anna Plot.
alow In Berlin paper. "has followed
the example OF America and has estab-
nshed woman as the minister of q
church. st. PauPs admonition did not
stand in the way OF the Unitarian peo-
pie of Leicester when they chose the
Rev. Gertrude Won Petzold as n spirit.
ual leader and teacher" In describing
the woman preacher the writer says:
SHE is young and slender. of aristo-
cratic bearing, whose unusual lowell
ness Immediately fasclnates those who
meet her. Several years ago she OF.
debated at the funeral OF her father.
Captain Won Petzold. with the consent
or the Berlin church authorities, al.
though the nobility pronouEced the
proceeding highly improper She has
many friends among the Berlin clergy,
who are all willing TO allow her to
preach sermon In any church, but
her desire to be allowed to conduct a
regular church service has not been
gratided, and 1t is doubtful whether the
consistory will ever consent, but her
work Is breaking the way for women's
work In the church In Germany"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE 49,

Schedule in effect December 25th. 1907.
steamers leave Baltimore (weather nor
mittlng) piers, Light Street, every Wedppes-
Gay ana saturday at p. m. for the following
points. Mtliers, Bromes, Porto ReiI6s
SWras0ns' Lewisetta, Bundicks, CoWsrt Warts
malnut Potnt, Coan, Kinsale, Cintra, +Rotj
Point, Mundys Point. Lodge Iandinv a, ioTns
town. anu htohhru-
n saturdays trip will extend 10 Iancaster,s
I nusn"09d. hiyerstte, Liverpool Point, Civ
mont, Alexandria aud Washington ''
heturninR steamer will leave eth strcot
Whar1. WASHINGTON. 10. @ every Monday st
y. M, wealth or permitting, stopping nf 6n,i
ibgs as follows: Alexandria. SSlymont
Liverpool Point, Riverside, Bushwood. Ian
casters and stones. Will leave Leonardtown
every tuesday and Friday at 6 m
ADells, Plney Point, Adams, Lodge sRond
Point, 'Cintra, Mundys Point. leaving Kin
safe ~ noon-Coan, Walnut Point Cowarts
Bundicks, Lewisetta, Millers, n. m Crasons
p; M, Brome,s, Porto Beiio p. M. arriving
mornings. ''"oS
tOnsignaI
Freight received at Pier o, Light Street ,
DssITTiRnip2re, on Sal ling days until i.3O p. M
81 81 E r, ENSON a BRO, Agts, Washington.
WIN. REARDON. Al Ct, Alexandria. Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07
SEA RATS.
Piles of Timber Shaped Like Cigar
as Big as an Ocean Steamer.

Thes OF tir'per ShaPed Like Cigar
as Big as an Ocean Steamer.
Sea RATS, which are peculiar to the
Pacific ocean, made of timber for pill
Ing and for telegraph poles. are shaped
like cigar and are of enormous size.
The timber is cut in Washington and
Oregon and until recently was shipped
to central and southern California in
sailing vessels anu steam barges. The
expense and the limited capacity OF
these vessels led to the designing of
the sea RATS.
While they are of different sizes, the
smallest usually contains at least 5000
pieces of timber ranging from eighty
to hundred feet III length and from
eight inches to nearly two feet I'm
diameter at the butt. Consequently
some OF the RATS made in this peculiar
fashion are nearly as long as the lar
gest transatlantic liners, measuring no
less than coo feet from end TO end.
So compactly are the poles arranged,
says a writer in the Southwest. that
the greatest diameter is not more than
sixty feet, but the enormous weight of
the wood forces raft down in the wa
ter until the highest portion is rarely
more than ten feet above the surface.
To fasten such a raft so that it will
Withstand the force. OF the seas to
which it is exposed no little engineer
ing skill Is required. AS the cigar
shape offers less resistance to the force
OF the waves than any other, this has
been adopted.
TO move this unwieldy bulk two
powerful steamers are usually employ
ed at sea, one for pulling directly
ahead and the other to aid IN keeping
the raft in the right course, especially
In rough weather. But a comparative
~ small portion OF the surface is ex.
posed TO the seas. Otherwise it would
be impossible to transport the timber
In this form.
On the other hand, the depth in the
water allows only very slow rate OF
speed TO be maintained. The average
time required between the Columbia
river and San Francisco, for example,
80 miles, is from ten to fifteen DAYS,
according to the weather.
The Columbia river RATS are put to-
gether at town called Stella, which
Is located in the lumber country about
forty miles from the mouth OF the
river. These RATS are the largest
which have yet been transported down
the coast.
One which was sent to San Fran.
cisco contained no less than 5000
linear feet of lumber to be used for
wharf piling. If the piles which 1t
contained were stretched In a row
they would actually extend distance
OF nearly fifteen miles.
The majority of these RATS have
been safely taken to their destinations.
although one or two have gone to
pieces. Where such accidents have oc-
Cured the mass of timber has covered
the ocean for distance of many miles
and has formed very dangerous men,
ace to navigation.
For this reason an effort has been
made by other transportation COM
panies to have law passed in the
states of Washington and Oregon pre-
venting the building of the sea RATS
on the ground that they are a menace
to navigation. Thus far the agitators
OF this movement have been unsuc-
cessful
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07
Getting Even.

Not few of our society swells make
a business of getting even" Count
- got even when he burned blister
on Mrs. IS shoulder with his ciga-
rette. One OF the young ROSTERS said:
I'm expected to dinner at Mrs. So
and-so's Our whimsical matron) next
Monday night. You should hear from
me IT she tries the double finger bowl
racket. usually carry clean pair of
hands. want no destinations flung at
me when sit down to cat" He made
good his word. There was the usual
crowd OF ten or twelve guests, and
when the anteprandial finger bowls
were served the youngster calmly
rinsed his knives, forks and spoons In
the spiced water and dried them with
a napkin. 1t nearly killed the matron,
who has been the laughing stock of
the clubs ever since.-New York Press.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07
Lo, the Wise indian.

There has been quite little said
about the CRATER taking advantage of
the Indian. 1t is not always thus.
A land man who wanted an Indians
signature to n deed told the Indian.
who was suffering with toothache, to
go to dentist and have his teeth
fixed, and said that he, the CRATER,
would pay the expense. The CRATER
did this to 5olly the Indian into sign
Ing the deed. The Indian. returned
from the dentists with $2Ss worth of
gold crowns In his head. The land man
paid the bill. Whether the Indian sign
ed the deed Is not necessarily part
OF the story.--Kansas City Journal.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07

In that other world ! shall live and
breathe and talk and associate with
other immortals just as i am associat-
Ing with men and women on earth.
am to be myself, glorified in heaven.
am to have all my faculties, all the
loving capabilities of my heart. But
In that other world l shall he emanci-
pated from all weaknesses and mean
nesses and sin. In other words, l shall
he, as Paul expressed II. changed into
the divine image. / shall be clothed
with purity and truth aud love and
gentleness, perfect as God is perfect.
Souls Won to Christ.
Now, il am to be my glorified self in
heaven the question that interests me
10 this: Who are. to be my companions
In that eternal world? Who are to live
with me in heaven as my dear ones
live with me on earth? We are to have
our loved ones and our ueighbors and
our friends. We are to associate with
certain immortal spirits who will be
our companions Who are those spir-
its who will live closest to us? Why,
for the most part they are TO be the
immortal souls we have won to
Christ. They are to be the souls for
whom we have prayed and agonized
and with tears of joy led to the mercy
seat. There is no doubt about that. 1t
is the most rational thought. Can a
mother forget her own child of the
6eSh? Can a disciple of Jesus Christ
forget his own child of the spirit?
This suggests another overwhelming
thought. If we are going to associate
through ali eternity with those who
have saved us and with those whom
we have saved, some of us may have
awful regrets if we find some places
there not filed by those dear ones
whom we could have brought to Christ
IL we had only tried. We are in closest
touch with husband, brother, sister.
wife. child, father and friend. We love
them, and they love us. But somehow
we have not holy, absorbing passion
to bring them to the cross and bind
them there. We may go to church
once in awhile with them. we may
even say a few good moral things to
them. But have we ever gone to them
aud said, Brother, sister, loved one,
will you not surrender your heart to
Christi What are you going to do
when you reach heaven if that boy,
that husband, that sister, never comes
to live with you? You can take them
there IL you will. o Christ, shall there
be any vacant places in my mansion
of heaven? Am 1 wise? Am | Win
ming souls for thee? Am l pleading
with my dear ones of earth so that
they will live with me I'm heaven?
Remember the words of the prophet
who had so clear a vision of the flu
ture, ''They that be wise shall shine as
the brightness of the armament and
they that turn many to righteousness
as the stars for ever and ever"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
.EEsks.szEze RAILWAY co.
Piankatank River Linz

Piankatank River Line.
Der Sth, 1907. D'Sel"
steamer leaves Pier 5, Light Street Wharf
baltlmore, every SUNDAY and Wednesday
weather. permitting, Tor Freeport md intay
medlate landings as follows:
leave baltimore 3 y. m, Mia 2.30 q m
Simpsons 2:t5, Tipers ,, Blackwels $40
eifston =. limbs 4: o, Reedville 4:3O Iiardings
Q, harveys S;l5. Grace Point $40, Byrdion 5:51
kilmarnock $50, Ocrans s:i5. JaoEsons
SreSk II, Cricket Bill ll:3O, Calls liza
Arrive Fitchetts 1850 ID. M Leave RnarIs
i:S0, warehouse l:45. Conrads 2. Green Poin1
ia, campers S:SO, BANDS 3, Arrive Free
:, returning, steamer leaves Freeport for
BpiiIiglore and intermediate landings every
tn1lfSsaaf ana Friday, weather permitting. as
Leave Freeport6 a. m, BANDS o:Io. stamn-
ers 900, Green Point 645 Conrnis w.
LOUISE ne, creek $50, Rua-ks 7:45 a. M. Fitchetfs
~ Sai1s you Cricket Hill e:45 Jacksone Creek
UW:oo ocran l2,noon. kilmarnock l2:IO. o. m :
Trace Point 1880, Byrdton i, Hard
limbs 4. Reedville i:s0. Mia 8. BlackWeus 5.S9'
Ilpers o. SIMPSONS 6:l5. Arrive BaItimore
next morning. ''iNiois
IRIS time liable shows the times Mt which
Doa.s may pe expected TO arrive at and de :
Pnlt from the several wharves, but their ar
alvaI or departure at the times stated Ia not
suaranteed. nor does the Company hold IL SELF
arising therefrom. ''f"e"0o
freight RECEIVED at Baltimore for above
points on sailing days until 4:3O d IN.
Willard THOMSON. Gen. Manager
w. H. BROWN. Agent, Pier g.
4. MURDOCH. & en-. Passenger Agent.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-07
The Wrong Number,

Patrick. lately over. was working In
the yards OF a railroad. One day he
happened to be in the yard office when
the force was out The telephone bell
rang vigorously several times, and he
at last decided it ought to be answer
ed. He walked over to the instrument,
took down the receiver and put his
mouth to the transmitter, just as he
had seen others do
'Hillow he called.
Hello!' answered the voice at the
other end OF the line rs this S6159?"
law, g'wan! Phwat dye think OF
ana box carY'-Harper's Magazine