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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-11
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK.

Mr.. Il. G. Stoerts, of Keyser, w.
Va, came TO the Park Tuesday morn
ing and in company with Supt. Davis
made an examination Of the foundation
of the postoffice building, the presump-
ton being that Mr.. Stoerts was pre-
pairing to make bid for the new build
ing which we understand will be erect
ed on the old site before the opening of
the coming season. We are informed
that Mr.. Stoerts cOntemplates buying
or building a home here and becoming
a permanent resident. We hope he may
do so.
We are informed that Mr.. Adam
Long has decided to resign his position
as foreman of the grounds in the spring.
Should he do so it is the universal wish
that he and his family may remain with
US.
EX-Judge T. H. Cuppett has sold his
farm near Sang Run and will soon be
permanent resident here. He will
improve and occupy his cottage on E
street. Such additions are an advan-
tage to any community.
The special services at Bond are still
in progress. Fifteen have professed
conversion and number are still! at the
altar. The services will be continued
until the latter part of next week, when
Rev. Bolton will commence special SER
vices here.
A Ladies' Aid Society has been or
gained by the ladies of the Loeb Lynn
Baptist church.
Mr.. Ed. Rathbun, who is employed
in the paper mill at Luke, Md, will
take his family there as soon as he can
get a house.
Rev. Stoneking, the U. B. pastor of
this circuit, has moved from Loeb Lynn
to the parsonage at Pleasant Valley.
Thursday morning last force went
to work on the lake cutting ice, but
they had to give it up before night,
after loading two cars and storing a
few tons in the ice house. The horse
which was being used in the ice pillow
broke through the ice and was gotten
to the shore with some difficulty. If
the present cold "snap" should produce
ice six inches thick or more the plant
will be run to its utmost capacity both
day and night.
The young mems Sunday School
class will hold their monthly social at
Haydenhurst cottage tomorrow night.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-11

America no longer can be accused of
not preserving her ideals. for this re-
markable centennial year, which the
stars lin their courses appear to have
marked with potent significance, every
town. city and State is offering tribute
to the most distinctive figure in our
history of the last century, While many
men have taken part in the historical
drama of America, only two stand out
as emblematic of its climacteric periods
of construction and reconstruction.
These two are Washington and Lincoln.
1t has been said that Lincoln, more
than any other man, typitied the Amer
lean spirit as it had developed up to the
time of his death, and whether this be
true or not, multitude Of memorable
events have been celebrated; but no one
man has been so widely concentrated.
The closing of Lincoln's life alone, as
woeful and terrible as if set in the trag-
edy of classic drama of thousand years
ago, creates a magnetic point of con-
centration in Americas history which
makes only more vivid the ensuing A
years.
Since that period of reconstruction
there has evolved a gigantic accumula-
ton of responsibilities to confront
America The problems of capital and
labor, trusts and people, education,
finance, railroads, corporations, all have
increased in mass and ir compleXity un-
til the country IS threaded over and
through with an interplay of interests,
comprising at present more than one ma
tional dilemma. And the portent of all
this points to future period of recon
structlon, the inevitable nemesis of evo-
luton. This interplay of interests, for
tunately, could not arise without the in
terplay and response of sympathies. And
now, on a broader educational plane,
having had time to acquire the more lib
eral perceptions which spring from reel
procity and, perhaps with larger
growth of Christian entics, the United
States has learned that the time to re-
member it also the time to forget.
-. would be impo sible to notice all
4. Lincoln literature. A few wears ago
Judge Fish of Minneapolis compiled a
photography of Lincoln publications,
containing 1000 titles, and ever since
then they have been rapidly on the in
crease. In 1860 William Dean Howells,
then young journalist, wrote a cam
paign life OF the candidate for the
Presidency, which is said to have been
the earliest Lincoln biography in print
The next in Importance slthat of j. G.
Holland, and later that Of John Hay
was bought by the Century for $50, 600
and published serially in that magazine,
Mr. Hay having been closely at Lincoln s
side from the time of his inauguration
Then Miss Tarbell made it her business
to hunt out men who had known Lincoln
personally, and who were living in the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-02-11

good reason to look upon Lincoln's pow
| er of expression as miraculous. Nature
is the miracle worker of the ages, and
Lincoln sprung from strong, natural
sources. His manhood was, after a
fashion, fathered by nature and the
woods; by the natural hard effort which
makes men. He was a natural product.
with the attributes of simplicity and
force of character, which gave him sim
plicity and force of style.
The quality, however, to which Mr..
Glider alludes particularly is the cadence
of his prose, its traits of tolerance and
human sympathy, of pathos and imagi-
nation, without sentimentality. There
is strain in the two inaugurals, says
Mr. Glider, and in the letter of conso-
latiOn to bereaved mother, which has
moved the hearts of generations. This
is the letter:
The Executive Mansion,
Washington, Nov. q, 1864
To Mrs. BiXby:
Dear Madam-I have been shown in
the files of the War Department a
statement of the Adjutant General of
Massachusetts that you are the mother
of five sons who have died gloriously on
the field of battle. | feel how weak and
fruitless must be any word of mine
which should attempt to beguile you
+. ON the grief of a loss so oyerwhelm-
ing. But | cannot refrain from tender
ing you the consolation which may be
found in the thanks of the Republic
they died to save. | pray that our
Heavenly Father may assuage the an
gulsh of your bereavement, and leave
you only the cherished memory of the
loved and lost and the solemn pride that
must be yours to have laid so costly a
sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Yours very sincerely and respectfully,
A. LINCOLN.
But perhaps the most important point
concerning Lincoln's written words is
one which Mr.. Glider also points out
that notwithstanding that the country
has been ransacked for every scrap of
paper upon which he wrote, and for the
record of every public speech, no dis
creditable word has ever been discov-
cred, and no expression that can be
adversely criticised. Especially are his
speeches free from intentional oratory
and egotism. This is the record of one
whose teacher was an honesty of char
acter which strove to make his true
meaning clear, and which gave to his
expression both force and beauty.
The natural desire of Lincoln was to
be the brother of men rather than to
dominate them. He had longed for a
simple and peaceful Hfe-to sit by the
Preside of the heart, yet sway men he
did. In history it is peculiarly signif-
cant that men have believed finally in
the characters of those who have had
selflessness of purpose and faith in God
Belief in a greater and divine power
was the background of Lincoln s reason
ing, the fire behind his leadership. And
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T ID abraham Lincoln Typihed American Spirit ID

nineties, and to get their homely opin-
ions. Within the past few months
much literature in reference to the com
ing centenary has appeared, and among
that which is note worthy and substan-
tial is 1.-The "reminiscences of Abraham
Lincoln by Distinguished Men OF His
Time" collected and edited Cy Allen
Thorndyke Rice, and published by the
Harper's. containing the recollections
of men whose identity with the nation
has been close. But perhaps the most
intimate study at present is Richard
Watson elders Lincoln, the Leader, ;"
published in the Century. Another work
of insight and careful preparation is
Lincoln, the Boy and the Man, - by
James Morgan, published by the Mac
millans Possibly this author has best
escaped the tendency Of over-idealiza-
ton, which is the snare Of the biOgra-
pher.
Whereas the character Of Lincoln in
me Wdo SC4IOuiluSu ny IhaI diOOAHSoS
inseparable from the human being who
is marked by genius, or better still, by
the genius of great character, now, after
many years, we are in possession Of
vivid piece of portraitUre. 1t would
seem as if thousands had arisen to probe
this character to the soul, to expose its
meanings. The tributaries which make
up the stream of this literature have
merged into wave of vital interest,
expressing the zeal and research of hun
dreds of minds. Through the concensus
Of ye-witnesses, private soldiers, gen
erals, prisoners, statesmen, men and
women of every rank of life, friends
or former foes-have volunteered to
piece together this mosaic, until the
particles have welded and have given
US an impressive picture of Lincoln, the
man.
We have him as the executive, in the
Cabinet, the war, in private life, as the
soldiers friend. We have his personal
kindness, his sympathy, his forbear-
ance, his humor, his mastery of men,
his simplicity and his standard of lead
ership. In all this testimony, which
makes up the most poignant and soil
tary ife-drama that America has pro
duced, it is the final act of wOeful eli
max which now is best passed over with
the touch of sorrow History, as well
as Individual life, has its reserves made
sacred through association.
All the narrowing minutiae of the plot
to abduct Lincoln, and that of his as
sassination, is given in detail by Clara
L. Laughlin in her book, ''The Death of
Lincoln, - which is published by Double
dav & Page. Detective like, she has
threaded every step of the way trod-
den by the two fateful figures the
assassin and his subject. While the
Narrative of this cannot be wholly free
from theatricality, the book claims to
have the merit of authenticity, as the
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these simple traits have been weighed
in the balance of an memorable justice
that of time and have not been
found wanting. V. w. C..
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-29
Local Papers value Proved.

Lawrence has just had a wonderful
example of what advertising will do
for a business and truly strong testi
mony of the value of the local news
paper as an advertising medium.
About week ago a company of
"salvers," as they are called in the
clothing world, hit Lawrence and
rented building in the 900 block.
They announced ten days sale and
rented the building up to the first of
the month. They brought in a large
stock of merchandise, tags and ends
from everywhere, which they called
a bankrupt stock, and were planning
to unload it upon the public of Law
renee
This company came to the news
papers here and wanted to tear loose
with haii and full page ads. and the
days Of its opening ordered SIS ad.
in the World. This paper turned this
advertising down because it felt it
should protect the local clothing
merchants who do legitimate bust
ness, pay taxes and whose success
means something to the town. The
Globe clothing managers offered to
take any amount of advertising if the
World, Journal and Gazette would
only let them into their columns, but
the publishers of each publication re-
mained steadfast in their determine
tion to stand for Lawrence and her
merchants.
AS a result the company pulled
out after four days instead of a
ten days sale and did not do enough
business while they were here to even
cover expenses. They knew that the
sale would not be success without
advertising and after four days OF
actual experience got enough and
quit.
/ Their experiment also showed the
futility of making a success of a sale
out of handbills. The company came
here with full page bills already print
ed and flooded the country with then
The people, however, did not have
confidence in 1t, as there was nc
newspaper advertising, and did moi
patronize the sale. AS result II
was a flat failure.-Lawrence (kan.l
World.
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-29
PUT HIS ART ABOVE WEATHER.
Painter and Western Critics Split on
Question of Meteoroloey.

In a gallery there hangs large can
vas in an imposing frame. The paint
ing shows a waterfall in one of the
states famous for startling natural
scenery. The picture has occupied its
pres. .ht place for several years.
Does 1t belong here?" asked visit
or of the man in charge.
mo more than the others you see?"
Seems to me it should be in the
capitol Of the state, where the scenery
is" said the visitor.
1T was painted for the state" re-
piled the man in charge. but when it
was submitted to the art committee
they refused to accept it,
What was the obiection?"
You see. the sky is overcast. The
artist put in gathering storm like an
impending calamity. The art commit
tee said 1t was a reflection on the rep
utation of the state; that a storm such
as is represented was unknown in that
latitude"
Couldn't the artist put in another
sky one that accorded with the states
reputation for sunshine?"
Il suppose he could, but he refused.
He said that the rumpus kicked up
by the art committee warranted this
storm effect on the canvas and he re-
! fused to bulge. He sent 1t here, ard
here 1t remains"
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-29
CHARITY OF LITTLE SERVICE
New York Health Commissions sr
Makes ricrai of Incident.

III charity" said Health Commis-
,ioner Darlington of New York, were
really as fine and serviceable as we
incline to think it is, disease would
almost disappear"
He shook his head and smiled.
TOO much of our charity" he said
resembles that of the Norwalk wom-
IN. tramp, on a gray and freezing
day, presented himself at her back
door.
Madam he said, my feet are
nearly froze' He pointed to his shoes,
tangle of string and strips of leather
and holes through which his bare feet
showed. Have you got an old pair
of boots you could give me, madam
THE woman. after rummaging in
her closet, returned to the tramp and
said feelingly:
Poor fellow, I know you must suf-
fer terribly without shoes this bitter
weather. I have none to fit you, but
here is a pair of my late husbands
skates you can have.'"
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-29
Bruin Too Fond Of Crow.

A new version of eating crow" has
been furnished in Center county,
Pennsylvania. One evening recently a
farmer of Curtin township set bear
trap near his home. batting 1t with
a piece of meat, as is customary. Aft.
er the trap had been set crow,
tempted by the meat, was caught, and
that night bear happened that way
and ate both the crow and the bait
The farmer set the trap again next
evening, and on the following morn.
ing the bear was in the trap, having
come back during the night for an.
other meal OF crow.
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-29
Big Wages Must Be Earned.

A group of feminine wage earners
was discussing a news item the other
day, one which told the public that the
private secretary of the greatest finan-
cier of his time is woman who re-
ceives $4,000 a year. There was envy
in their voices and bitterness in their
words, and nobody seemed to grasp
the pith Of the story, which was re-
cital Of the secretary's duties. There
was a woman who had to be on duty
many hours, and possess not only a
marvellous memory, but infinite tact
and patience. More than that she had
to possess marked executive ability
She has probably been in training
for years, and undoubtedly earns
every penny Of her salary The girls
who envied her could not do the work,
because they were not fitted for it
probably they would not under any
circumstances, because they were not
the hard-working kind All they could
see in the story was the salary, and
that made them envious.
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-29
BELLE IS a so-..r saCi.-..
inject Of Borneo That Exhales Most
Powerful Perfume.

The beaux and bellies of Borneo do
not have to distil perfume for their
hair or handkerchiefs. They have
only to take a walk until they find a
mimosa in blossom. Clinging to the
flower-balls Is found magnificent
beetle Of brilliant emerald green sha
ding to bright bronze en- the wing
cases. and touched with gold on the
head. This living jewel emits pow
erful scent Of altar of roses, perfuning
the air for many yards around it. A
number of them placed in a house will
fill 1t from top to bottom with delight
full fragrance. Young girls roll the
insect in bit of cctton cloth and
braid 1t in their black locks, aad
young men suspend it around their
necks like an amulet or an Egyptian
scarab. The fragrance gradually
grows fainter as the beetle loses its
vitality, and dies with it.
The beetle lives in captivity only
few hours, and as the scent expires
with it, no way has 50 far been found
to extract or preserve the exquisite
odor. The scented beetle appears only
when the mimosa is in flower. Neither
birds nor lizards will destroy 1t, and
1t is protected even from the vora
cious woodpecker by its powerful per
fume.
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-29
A Gladstone Bull.

Mr.. Gladstone was once guilty Of an
amusing bull in debate on the ques-
ton of disestablishment. Dilating on
the hold held on the affection of the
people by the Church of England, he
said: When an Englishman wants
to get married. to whom does he go?
To the parish priest. When he wants
his child baptized. TO whom does he
go? To the parish priest. When he
wants to get buried, to whom does he
go?" The house answered with roar
Of laughter. in which Mr.. Gladstone
himself joined, adding: LAS was
contrasting the English church with
the Irish, bull is perhaps excusable." "
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-29
Like a Fairy Story.

They were going to the theater. He
had reached home at $50 o'clock. and
an hour later was ready to start. There
was just time to reach the playhouse
by eight. She had had nothing to do
all afternoon except to dress, yet it
was Sis when she came from her
room with her hat and coat on.
I'm afraid We shall be late" she
said.
You look so lovely" he replied.
kissing her. that it would have been
worth waiting another hour for you"
No, they were not bride and BRIDE
groom. They had been married ten
years. But what is the use of telling
you any more? AS you can see by
this sample. you wouldn't believe it.
anyway.
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-29
Sharp Eyes.

Some persons seem to have opened
more eyes than others, they see with
such force and distinctness; their
vision penetrates the tangle and OBJ
security where that of others fails like
spent or impotent bullet. How many
eyes did Gilbert White open? How
many did Henry Thoreau? How many
did Audubon? How many does the hunt
er. matching his sight against the keen
and alert sense of a deer or a moose.
or fox. or a wolf? Not outward eyes,
but inward. We open another eye
when We see beyond the first general
feature or outlines of things-when-
ever we grasp the special details and
characteristic markings that this
mask covers. Science confers new
powers of vision. Whenever you have
learned to discriminate the birds, or
the plants. or the geological features
of country, it is as If new and keener
eyes were added.-John Burroughs.
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-29
3 WHAT OTHERS
3 HAVE TO SAY
WHAT OTHERS.
Observation-Disclosures.

WHAT OIHERS-
Just at this time when our farmers
are having difficulty in securing farm
nelp the following clipped from an
Indiana paper is worth reading:
Farm Help Wanted:-Wages Sc a
day. breakfast will be served in bed,
working hours 10 a. m. to p. M, all
heavy work will be done by the boss,
cigars furnished free. Any hand
working the entire season can have
the farm. Apply at once.
Il tell you" said the man with the
four cornered face, there's too much
freedom Of the press in this country
I'm in favor of havin' the editors
chucked into Jail and their machinery
broke. It's got SO a man can't even
throw his wife down stairs any more
without havin the sensational sheets
give picture of the spot where she
struck. The outrage has got to STOP
girl had a proposal of marriage
Sunday night and asked a week to
think it over. She went to all of her
married sisters. One, who used to
be belle, had three children, did
all her own work and hadn't been to
a theatre or out riding since she was
married. Another, whose husband
was prominent young man at the
time she married him, was supporting
him. A third didn't say her life was
her own when her husband was
around; and fourth was divorced.
After visiting them and hearing their
woes, the heroine of the little tale
went home, got pen, ink and paper
and wrote an answer to the young
man. She said she could be ready
in a month.-Atchison Globe.
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-29
SHARK AS roapzco DIRECTOR.
Odd Use to Which Inventor Would
Have Put Sea Terror.

Fishes have been put to many queer
uses while still alive; but probably
the strangest was that suggested TO
the war department by an inventor.
The propulsion of Submarine torpe-
does was the subject under discussion,
pr.soned in tube at the rear end of
the projoctile, its movements to be
controlled by the active application OF
electricity. In case the shark attempt
ed to swim away il wos to be given an
electric shcck, and in this way kept
on its course until the tropedo had
reached its target.
Another remarkable use to which
FISH has been put is as barometer.
The leach is very susceptible to atmos-
pheric changes, and when retained in
an aquarium is likely to throw itsel.
out at the approach of or during any
remarkable change of wind or wealth
er, or, if in a pond or stream, will
sometimes jump on the bank. 1t has
been kept alive in aQuaria as a living
barometer from the supposition that
certain movements indicate particular
changes that are about to occur In the
weather. In Russia the dead body of
Cottus gobio, the miller's thumb, is
used as a weathercock. Hung by
single thread, it will point to the direc-
tion whence the wind blows.-Sunday
Magazine.
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-29
A Time CLEARING House.

II could only have monopoly of
time and sell 1t at auction I'd be
Millionaire in a short time. Some men
have more time than they know what
to do with; the surplus is wasted. 9th
ers could use 4S hours a day II they
had them. l would establish a time
clearing house. or time brokerage
and commission house. and buy time
of all who have 1t to waste and sell II
at a great profit to such as are in need
Of more than nature has allotted. If
would give for 1t, and how cheaply
others would let It go!-New York
Press.
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-29
A Monster Loaf.

Bakers In Germany are fond Of max.
Ing odd experiments, the following
being reported from Duisburg in West.
phalia. At q children's party recently
held In that town there was exhibited
and afterward cut up and distributed
among the youngsters present. twist
which for size at least has surely rare,
ly been equaled. Weighing no less
than $50 pounds. It had u breadth OF
l.70 meters and n length Of 3.20
meters, and was thus found sufficient
to supply satisfactory afternoon
COLLATION. to as many as 500 boys and
girls.-Bakers Weekly.
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-29

The reserve hack of the Eclipse
Livery has been overhauled and re.
painted and has been placed In COM
mission. This hack will be used for
the accommodation of the passengers
going to and from the Central depot
The other hack will be run between
Central and Black Hawk. The new
system inaugurated at the Eclipse
makes 1t possible for the Black Hawk
hack to convey passengers to their
homes, as the driver will not have
to hurry to make the Central depot.
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-29
Amono the commonpraee.

The way in which have come to
the conclusion that human nature Is
lovable-the way l have learned some
thing of It's deep pathos. its sublime
mysteries. has been by living great
deal among people more or less COM
monplace. of whom you would perhaps
hear nothing very surprising II you
were to inquire about them in the
ueighborlood where they dwelt.-
George Eliot.
Gilpin observer., 1909-04-29

Bring up your boy in the way he
should go and you need have no fear
that he will ever become United
States senator.-Uncle BY.