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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-05-21
.DREARY VIGIL ON
DESERT ISLAND.
Cable COmpanYs Operators at Mid
way Islands Have Lonesom Job
Soil Taken From Hawaii.

SOtt ahSI GTUlU hawaii.
Honolulu, T. H, May I3.-In
order that a few flowers and a
small patch of green grass may
grow and 50 relieve the terrible
monotomy of dazzling white sand,
the Pacific Commercial Cable
Company's auxiliary schooner
Flaurence Ward sailed from this
port recently with fifty tons of
good soil as a part of her cargo for
that barren rock in the Pacific
known as Midway Island.
This is not the first shipment of
soil which has been sent to Mid
way and as a result the little
handful of employees of the Cable
Company find some relief in cult
waiting in most painstaking and
careful manner strongly sugges-
tive OF the play of children, but it
serves to occupy the mind as well
as the hands of men whose enforc-
ed isolation might otherwise be-
come uncomfortable.
About a month ago the U. S.
Naval authorities withdrew the
fifteen or twenty marines which
had been stationed there for year
past, and now only the cable
company's operators and three or
tour laborers make up the isolated
little colony. There's life which
for monotony is probably not ex-
ceeded by human beings anywhere
on earth. For six months or
longer at stretch they see no
other human being, for vessels
usually give the isolated rock a
wide berth, especially since the
big Pacific Mail liner Mongolia
went ashore there a year and a
half ago and was nearly lost.
The islet is SO barren that moth
ing will grow in the sand except a
coarse variety of grass, unless it is
mixed with soil imported, and
only the unpretentions buildings
of the cable company serves to
break the monotony of sea and
sky and glazing white of the sand.
About twice year the Florence
Ward makes the trip from
Honolulu carrying food and sup
plies to the little colony. This
round trip usually requires forty
days.
Midway is about 1900 miles
northwest from Honolulu and
geographically is classed as the
northernmost islets of the Ha-
Wal'an group. Besides the main
island which is only a little over
mile long and rises at the high
est point scarcely forty feet above
the ocean, there are several smaller
bits OF sand which go under the
general name of Midway from
their position between Honolulu
and Asia. The larger of the
f islands is sometimes called Sand
Island.
Midway has somewhat grue-
some history, number of wrecks
having occurred there, and in
1887 the crew of a vessel cast
ashore lived there for fourteen
months before rescued. They
suffered great hardship and lost
several of their number by scurvy.
Capt, H. a. Walker, who COM
manded the vessel, and with him
at the time his wife and a number
of children. The family has since
lived i'll Honolulu.
/ Will. J. COOPER.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-05-21
INGENUITY AND
WILLING SACRIFICE.
How Southern Women Survived Dur
ing the War and Made Things do.

Not the only heroes of war were
those who bore the muskets and
sword. The women and children
who stayed at home and kept I'D
heart in spite Of the privation of
se:ge are to be numbered among
the valiant. \ glimpse of some
OF the Southern domestic econo-
mics during the Civil War is given
by Miss M. J. Walsh in her per-
sonal recollections printed by the
Mississippi Historical Society.
Among the glorious achieve
ments Of that time the makeshifts
at home deserve recognition, for
they represented ingenuity and
willing sacrifice. As various
articles gave out, substitutes were
found, If no substitute could be
invented for an article, we simply
did without.
Coffee, the southerner's daily
beverage, was manufactured from
parChed corn, burnt corn bread,
even burnt molasses. Sweet po-
tatoes scut into small squares,
dried, parched and ground were
also used. The stimulating effect
was lacking but it was all the bet
ter for our nerves. For tea, young
raspberry leaves, dried, were used.
Sugar was a serious problem,
and molasses was as precious as
sugar.
What will we do when the
present supply of Louisiana mo-
lasses gives out?" was the burn
ing question, and the only answer
was DO without"
Grits were eaten for rice. When
we wanted soda we swept the FIRE
place clean and burned corn cobs.
Mustard and pepper were made
of homegrown products. Salt
was costly. Every bit was shaken
off of dry pork used. All brine
was boiled down and dried; still
the supply grew lower and lower.
Some one discovered that the dirt
floors of the old smokehouses were
salt-mines, so to speak. The dirt
was put in hoppers and run down,
the brine boiled and dried.
All new cloth had to be manu-
featured at home from raw ma
terial. The dyestuffs were made
from roots, bark, walnuts and
indigo.
Shoes were rough affairs made
from the hides of beeves, cured by
the negroes. Buttons were made
of coarse thread and persimmon
seeds. Caps were cut out of cloth, a.,
and hats plated from palmetto. =
Letters were written on the
blank leaves OF books, the wrong
side of wall paper scraps or old
envelopes turned and pasted t.
gether.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-05-21
0REDGE THAT SUCKS UP CLAY.
Powerful TEACHING in Operation on
Lake rlichigan.

Lane ilCnlSdn.
In the excavation of harbor
channels and the removal of sand
bars in rivers wonderful work has
been done in the last few years
with the suction dredge. This
deVice consists of a pump, capable
OF drawing in through a huge pipe
sand, small stones and water, and
forcing a stream of the compound
to considerable distance. Some
times it is discharged into a hopper
on the barge which carries the
pump, but usually the mixture is
deposited at convenient point on
the adjacent shore. Thus the
building up Of bank, where such
an operation is desirable, can be
carried on simultaneously with
that of digging. When the ma
terial is delivered at distance, it
is forced through a second pipe
that floats on scows or pontoons,
One of the most recent under
takings with such methods, is the
filling in of wide area on the
waterfront Of Chicago. This
measured a mile in length by near
ly third of mile G,5oo feet
in width. 1t was bounded by a
stone breakwater composed of rock
removed along the route of the
Chicago Drainage Canal. 1t was
purposod to cover the region with
clay dug from the bottom in the
immediate Vicinity. For the per-
Torrance of the work a dredging
boat I4S feet long, SO feet wide
and 1917 feet deep was designed.
1t was equipped with pump ,hav-
ing 3o-inch suction pipe and dis
charge pipe, and an engine of POO
horsepower. a rotary cutter,
nine feet in diameter, and provid-
with eight blades, served to loosen
the material on the bottom. So
successful was its action that MANY
pieces four or five feet long were
found in the discharge.
The dredge could be used only
in favorable weather. When the
lake was likely to be rough the
floating pipe line was disconne cted
and towed to a safe place near the
shore by steam tugs. The exact
length of the discharge pipe is not
indicated in the reports now at
hand, but in was composed of sec
tons 100 feet long, each being Sc
cured to its neighbor by a ball and
socket joint. Rubber sleeves, which
have been serviCeable in many
other cases, were too tender for use
IN this instance. The space to be
filled was 1000, 900 cubic yards,
and If the clay which went into it
were spread out in a layer of even
depth, thickness of nearly nearly
fifteen feet of it would have been
needed. II was all under water,
and in some places the depth was
as great as eighteen feet. The work
was still in progress at last ac-
counts, but going on successfully.
The designer of the Chicago
dredge, A. W. Robinson, of Mont
real. had had much experience in
planning similar machinery. One
of the dredges, employed on Lake
St. Peter (in the St. Lawrence
River) is said to have excavated
$50, 900 cubic yards of clay in a
single month, and to have deliver
ed it 1000 feet away-nearly half
mile. The volume of material
here mentioned would make a laver
measuring about seven-eights of a
square mile and a foot thick.
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CASTORIA
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Signature sssss s's Of lI1xzZzzzu


Arnold cottage, at Mt. Lake Park,
Md; IL rooms and attic; used as board
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about IS feet of porches. Will ex-
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bargain. Address F. P. Arnold, Mt.
Lake Park, Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-05-21
A Business Proposition

Did you ever
stop to think,
Mr.. Business
Man, that the
news of your
business is as
much a part
of the local
events as a
wedding or a
church fair?
T he ladies
are just as
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-05-21
THE CAPTORS OF
CROOK AND KELLY
More That Forty Survivors of the OAR
ing Party That Invaded Cumberland.

Kelly, at Cumberland, Maryland,
February 2Ist, 1865, and same
having been completed, l take
pleasure in now giving to the
readers of the Grant County Press
who may be interested, the result
of my labors.
A perusal Of this list discloses
the remarkable fact that of the
sixty-six men, including Lieut..
Mcneil, who rode through two
lines of pickets into the heart Of
the city of Cumberland then &C.
cupied by nearly 5000 troops and
rode out with two major generals
and one adjutant general on that
memorable night just forty-three
years ago, there are today more
than forty survivors.
This list has been established
and verified by evidence of the
most conclusive character, and
while it is possible that one or
two names (not more) are omitted
that should appear, and a cores
ponding number are On the list
that should not be there, l do not
think that at this late day more
accurate roll can now be made.
J. B. FAY.
The full list (including last
known address of each soldier IS
as follows:
OF McNeills Rangers c. S. A,
numbering forty-eight men
and officers
Lieut.. Jesse c. McMeill, Sey-
mour. III.
Lieut.. l. S. Welton, Petersburg,
W. Va.
Sergt. Harrison Taylor.
Sergt. Jos. L. Vandiver, Mill
wood, w. Va.
Sergt. Chas. James Daley, Oak
land, Md.
Sergt Isaac S. Judy, Lanevihe,
W. Va.
Sergt. David E. Hopkins,
Goldthwaite, Texas.
Sergt. John H. Cunningham,
San Jose, III.
John Ackler, Edom, Va.
Joseph V. Barnum, St. Louis,
Mo.
Frederick w. Bean, Romney,
w. Va.
George Carroll.
David Cougar.
James w. Crawford, Cumber-
land, Md.
w. Wallace Chisholm, Silver
City, N. Mex.
Samuel Daugherty, Yoakum,
Tex.
Jefferson w. Duffey, Harrison
burg, Va.
John B. Fay, Washington, DC.
c. Richie Hollar, Kansas CITY,
Mo.
Geo. S. Harness, Petersburg,
w. Va.
John L. Harvey, German, Nd.
William D. Hoye, Deer Park
Md.
David Judy, Mansfield, Ark.
George Little, Seymoursvile,
w. Va.
Robert G. Lobb, Washington,
Pa.
John R. Long, Louisville, Ky.
Sprigg S. Lynn, La.
James w. Mason, Oakland. Nd.
Vim. H. Maloney, Romney, w.
Va.
J. w. hardwood, Burlington,
w. Va.
James McGinnis, Brushy Run,
w. Va.
Isaac Michael.
Charles W. Nichols, Oakland,
Nd.
Isaac +. Oats, Elk Garden, w.
Va.
William H. Pool, Blaine, w.
Va.
B. Frank Richards, Harrison.
burg, Va.
Oliver l.. Rhodes, Baltimore,
Md.
Frederick A. Stewart, Balti-
more, Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-05-21

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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-05-21
OW A HOME.

No Matter where you live, we win build or
buy You home. You can pay for it in
monthly payments. which viii average less
than rent. A positive guarantee, secured by
scriber. Every rent payer should SEM for
our free booklet at once which fully explains
the plan.
MUTUAL HOME UNION
SO Builders Exchange Bldg, Baltimore, Nd.
w. r. MCCLANAHAN,
Piedmont, W. Va.
Agent for Western Md.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-30
REPORT
WAS ERRONEOUS
BY Associated Press

hnOXvIlle. Tenn. Aug 2g-Aj a
late hour Friday night an Associated
Press dispatch. dated Bristol. statsd
that Charles Armstrong A prominent
and wealthy cattle raiser. had shot
and killed Andrew Arnold. a mer-
chant fourteen miles north Of Rozcrz-
vile. in Hawkins county. The shoot
ing it is stated. was alleged 10 be due
II relations between Arnold and Mrs
Armstrong
Saturday night reputable and re-
liable citizens Of RoEeTsviIIc informed
the Journal. Tribune and Associated
PTesS That the report vas entirely
wrong and the facts we're these.
That a Mr. WiImOt. the father of
Mrs Arnold and Mr. Arnold. had on
counteTed Ar- Armstrong and Mrs.
Arnold together and rhereu0ou- one
using shot gun and the other a Win
chester rife they had perhaps serious
IL but not fatally wounded Nr
Armstrong
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-30
ITS 4 LIE"
SAYS Mr.. TAF 7
BY AssocIatee oresa.

Columbus, O. Aug. C9-William H
TAFT today went through the state OF
Ohio leaving behind him a trail of
speeches and political enthusiasm A.
Athens, Taft. after ne delivered 4
speech he had prepared for the vet
Grams. and which had no politics in
II. was whisked away TO the TAFT Club
where. following an introduction hv
Arthur / VoTys, The candidate spoke
80 minutes. He discussed many I'M
pOrtant features of the campaign.
There Is one brief way to deal
with the story that has been Circu-
lated that I said dollar q day was
enough for the Iaboring man" eiacu-
lated Taft in the midst Of his speech
It's a lie.
The speaker came down on both
heels and hung onto tho last word
with emphatic teuacitv. which brought
several hundred listeners TO their feet
with cheers There were other eli
makes in the speech which seemed
also to please.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-30

The people of Tampa are huStlers
IN politics as we'll as in business. TAX
ing time by the forelock, so to speak.
they are already planning to so to Tai
1ahassee next January to celebrate the
of Governor Gilchrist. 1t
Is proposed to have South Florida we'll
represented at the capital on that oc-
casion, Tampa taking the lead. gcing
with special train and taking with
them the state troops and the Tampa
city hand II is four months and more
I'LL the time for seating a new govern
or and he has not yet been elected;
but there is nothing like preparing for
such things in time.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-30
SAD" EVENT To
OCCUR TO-DAY
'MIGNON," PUT TOGETHER IN
JOURNAL COMPOSING ROOM,
AND MOREOVER MANNED BY
THREE JOURNAL MEN, is TO BE
LAUNCHED-WoRS is EXPECT
ED.

After having had the distinct dis
tinctiOn of being put together mostly
in The Journal composing room, and
having been thing of JOY and other
things to the editorial rooms, for the
past few weeks, as a result of various
and divers pOUndinEs and Tappings ID
too close proximity with the wall and
the keen edge OF other peoples
nerves, the launch "Nignon,' belong
ing to F. ". Dennis Jr-, Geo. NJ Dams
by and N J. IillaTd. all straight. re-
spectacle Journal people, will be duly
launched this morning at O'Clock.
Something or other will be fitting
" broke over the bow-probab bIy
Pepsi-COla-in keeping with the
chronic conditions as recorded with
regard to the personal conditions or
the entCTpTiSinE Owners
If it doesn't happen 10 DC Pppsi-COIa.
the event viii be fittinEly observed
anyhow. as the company. If not al
ready broke. is bound to he by the
end of the week, and besides. at all
events. II may be easily seen by the
least discerning. that the Sabbath
stands a TattlinE good chance of being
badly busted somewhere N the bar
CaiT
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-30
Florida's First
Campaign Contribution.

The fac-simile of a check for $3.50
appears on the front page of The
journal today. 1t is made payable
to the treasurer of the national demo-
cratic campaign committee, and is the
result of The Journals call upon West
Florida democrats to aid in the great
fight now on for the election of Viii
liam Jennings Bryan and John Worth
Kern.
The Journal is proud of this check,
but is not more proud than every
democratic voter in West Florida
should be. The Journal was the first
paper in Florida to offer its services
to the democratic national committee
in the collection of the sinews of war so
this year. Other papers followed, and
are doing great work, but this is the
first public contribution made up by
the democrats at large of this state
West Florida democrats are to be
congratulated upon the fine work. No
other section of the state has done so
well, although the country press is
beginning to register contributions in
many counties.
West Florida democrats Will lead
the state in party work this fall Let
every democrat who has not yet
given to the cause give now. The
democratic party needs money.
There is a big fight, a hard fight, on
in the doubtful territory, and the
legitimate expenses of the fight must
be paid The democratic leaders are
depending upon the democratic voters
at large for the money. 1t is their
fight the right of the people VS.. the
interests. Let no democrat be dereHct
tion to The Journal today.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-30
Street-Making
In Pensacola.

The subject of street-making has
been discussed in Pensacola since
time immemorial, and We yet have
no streets worthy of the name Con-
siderable money is spent in maintain
ing the streets, such as We have, every
year, but We never have anything to
show for il.
Now, there is reason for all
this. Everyone knows that the facts
as stated are true, but few people
stop to think why they are true The
Journal will explain why.
In the first place, Pensacola does
her street-making backwards. She
begins at the wrong end. Conse-
quently every time the wind blows
or the rain falls, (and it is doing one
or the other nearly all of the time
here), the roadway either blows away
or washes away. The money spent on
such roadway is therefore absolutely
wasted
The first thing that should be done
in building any kind of a permanent
road is to establish a permanent grade
and put in permanent curhs and gut
ters. The construction of cement
cuTbs and cutters is not such an ex-
pensive thing. It is not nearly As ex-
pensive as the absolute waste of mon
ey under the present system. More
than that, you have something to
show for it after the money is sneut
You not only have the Curbs and gut
ters, but the roadway You build in be
tween them will last several times as
long as it will without them
A street curbed and guttered will
not wash away every time it rains.
and if the roadway is Sprinkled oCcas-
ionally with oil it will not blow away
every time the wind blows.
Again, street with a curb line will
not become the weed-jungIe that some
of our streets now are The plot be-
tween the sidewalk and the curb viii
be kept in proper condition bv the
abutting property owner 1t will be
his pride as we'll as his duty to keen
1t So The weedjungle problem will
be solved.
We might as well get down TO busi-
ness on this street-making PROPOSE
ton, adopt plan TO follow, and then
follow it. 1t may result in a little
slower work, but the same money
which is now spread all over the city
and wasted in the end, will make
permanent showing This, even If il
be on a smaller scale. will be far
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-30
POINT IS NOW OPEN

ed necessity to our civic pride. | have
a plan As you know every time led
gets drunk he's fined from 81 to g
and costs according to how long he
STAYS IN the calabOOSe getting sober.
now. l suggest that JCd-S fines be
used to build a CalaboOse. that viii be
fitting for him TO sleep in as he IS
the only occupant We ever had
This was adopted unanimously, and
two months ago Jed's fines amounted
to $165 and the building was built ny
Windy Points best carpenter, John
Wilson.
Last Tuesday it was opened with
grand ceremony. Everybody connect
ed with the city government of our
city made h speech. and Jed also
made a speech Jed said:
I'm sure much obliged to the CItI
zenS of Windy Point for erecting for
my use this fine and handsome edi-
flee. 1t is the first time in my life
ever had q home and ! reckon if YOU
hadn't saved my fines for me /
wouldn't have had this. 1 Will move
into it tonight and pledge myself right
now 10 get intoxicated at least once
a month 50 that I can he fined and
in this way pay for keeping it in its
present fine condition. Ladies ana
gentlemen. I thank YOU"
Everybody cheered and while it
might be said that the CalabOoSe real
~ belongs to the city. that our honor
able city fathers believe that since al
ter all IT was Jed's money that paid
for the callaboOse. that he has Il per-
feet right 10 il, and so Jed may be
found at the city calabOOSe by any
body who wants him TO 10 any
chores or mend umbrellas. Law car
pets, clean house, repair your fences.
ct ceteTa-
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-30
The Terrible
Flood Visitation.

North and South Carolina and Geor-
gia have been visited by a terrible
calamity. Thousands of people have
been made homeless. thousands have
been thrown out of employment, crops
have been ruined, and even death has
gathered rich harvest in the path of
the disastrous floods that have swept
those states during the past week
Florida sends her sympathy to the
stricken citizens of the wasted terri
tory. Particularly can Pensacola ap-
preCiste the terrible disaster. for two
years have not yet passed since the
hurricane of September, 1905. that
wrought so much damage on Pensa-
cola bay
But Pensacola has recovered. The
ruins have given way TO newer and
better structures and TODAY the city
IS even more prosperous. The people
of the 'CarOlinas and Georgia might
well learn from the example of Pen
sacola, and find courage in the quick
recovery of this city
Perhaps the most sad situation re
sulting from the Georgia food is the
SpOiliation of livelihood of the people.
The flood ruined the cotton mills.
crippled them 20 badly that thev will
not be able 10 resume operations for
possibly three OF four months. This
enforced idIeness will throw 10000
people out of employment. and force
them to seek other means of provision
for themselves and their families. And.
the most series complaint lies in the
fact that in that district there are no
other industries in which they can
find work
The loss is not iTTetrievabIe. how
ever. as those states will recover Just
as Pensacola, Galveston. and other
stricken cities of the south have built
I'D. following disasters.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-30
CALABOOSE AT WINDY
(Windy Point Starr

About a year ago We advocated
through the columns of the Star d
new CalaboOse for our enterprising
city, the fact being we'll known that
the old CiabOose wasn't fit for use by
our citizens if any of them ever had
to become temporary residents of tnat
domiCile, which We hope they won't
with all our heart
However. A new calaboose was
needed for Jed TubkinS who as every
body knows now and then takes a
trtf1e too much of the contents Of the
bowl that cheers the same being
shipped into Windy Point by the jug,
for Windy Point has no saloon, and
our efficient pharmacist quit carrying
liquor IN his stock in trade sometime
ago As We said Jed had fallen by
the WaySlde, and was lying right IN
front OF our dry goods emporium,
when our town marshal come along
and found jed. whereupon Jed was
led TO the caIaboose but as il had
Tdlned and the floor was covered
with water. our chief of police
hadn't the heart TO make jed stay
there on that damp floor, because
rybOdy liked Jed fine, as he was
a willing handy sort of fellow to do
chores when he Was needed and
wasn't intoxicated which was pretty
often though, so the marshal took JED
10 his home for the night
The next day, a meeting OF our
council was held and ii was argued
pro and con that Windy Point needed
new calabo0se in keeping with our
thriving city But the city couldn't
afford to pay for building it and finally
Capt Billie Williams, our mayor, rose
and said
AS the city can't pay for this need