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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-10

farm to forget fright where
she'd be tempted to qualify for the
milkmaids chorus in a summer
show.
This is either supernatural or
super fake. London story has 1t
that an American officer invented
a portable thunderbolt that can
paralyze any super-Dreadnaught.
Ocean liner plowed through
mile Of jellyfish. The dispatch
falters at describing what they
were crushed to.
Roosevelt has been elected to the
"Honoris Causa" of the University
of Leipzig. This sounds like hardly
an improvement upon "Bwano
Tumbo."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-10
pR. coYNE. DENTIST.

Has moved to suites 214 and 215
Empire State building. Phone.
Main 1912. Waiting room with DR..
F. w. Hilscher. oculist.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-10

There has been a great deal of
study of the stars, but all most peo-
pie discover by them is that it's
night.
Says Leslie M. Shaw: "The spirit
of the times is not friendly to
craftsmanship" Which same
Boss" Aldrich will not attempt for
to deny.
Salicylic acid duty reduced from
10 to seven cents, making 1t three
cents cheaper to guarantee any
thing under the pure food act.
Pedestrians are pulling hard for
aerial baby cabs, and have hopes.
1t won't do. Chicago man wants
stage struck daughter put on a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-14

Of first consideration, perhaps, is
the enormous payroll of the COR
Germ. If most of the mechanical
work of the plant has been done
by pieceworkers, still the neces-
sary force of directing employees on
salary is problem. The deter
mination of the owners IS to start
up anew. Tried and proved en-
ployees must be retained while
the work of rehabilitation goes on
on. They must be paid even if
they are to do no more than wait.
Settlement Of some kind must be
made with contractors who have
been supplying raw materials from
the hands of other thousands of
workers. No matter what the
clauses in contracts providing im-
munity in the case of fires, strikes
and acts of Providence, every line
of business affecting the welfare of
the mandatory has been affect
ed. The liant is a total loss. Be
fore it can be rebuilt the ruins of
the old factory must be cleared
away.
In the meantime all those Gus
toners of the mandatory who
have been pressing for the filling
of contract orders find themselves
shut out of any chance for receiv-
ing them. They turn at once to
other competing establishments
for the work. Not only does the
burned out firm lose all chances of
profit from the work. but it Is run
ming long chance of losing some
of its oldest and best customers of
years standing Chicago Tri-
bune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-14
crown-Up Children

1t is not only the frivolous whom
the spirit of childishness IS Just now
leading astray. Stiffness is the fash
ion even among the wise. Women
especially affect a kind of childish
shrewdncss in talking of serious sub
jects. Like children who have the
J lbit of romancing, they lose the
sense of reality, and because they nev-
er talk exactly as they think they be
gin to think exactly as they talk
London Spectator.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-14
Land for Sale,

We have for sale the following valua-
BILE tracts of land:
One Military Lot of so acres. a small
portion of which is under cultivation.
All good land, and every acre tillable
Watered by several good springs and
a never failing small run. Contains
some good timber One-half mile
from R R. siding, and one and one
half miles from Oakland.
Also part of two Military Lots contain
ing about so acres. This property is
directly East of Oakland, on the South
side of the B. & o. R. R. siding on the
North side Of tracks. Contains valu-
able grazing land, a portion of which
is in cultivation. Valuable r. r. front
age.
Also 10 acres suitable for building sites.
Just East of Oakland on the North side of the
oakland and Mt Lake Park road
For further information, address
THE H. WEBER & SONS CO..
6-tf Oakland. Md
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-14

Martin Luther is on most points
orthodox enough for the average
Protestant. Here is a saying of
his:
IF anywhere the day is made
holy for the mere days sake; if
anywhere any one sets up its oh,
servance on a Jewish foundation,
then l order you to work on it,
feast on ito do anything to re-
move this encroachment on Chris
tan liberty"
He has overstated his case in
characteristic fashion. But how
many people are there in this
country (other than preachers and
professional theologians) who are
capable of discussing it? How
many so much as knows what the
reformer means? Could the first
reader of these pages explain
Luther's point of view 50 as to
Justify or condemn it? When the
polite theologue was asked by the
examiners to state his position
with regard to good works" he
replied cautious that be thought
few would not do a Christian any
harm. They would not. And
little common honesty would not
injure the discussion of the Sab
bath" Are we under any obliga-
ton to "observe the Sabbath day
to keep it holy?" If so, what OBJ
legation? What is the Sabbath
day, how ought we to observe it
and what would keep it holy? If
somewhere, somehow, we do feel
ourselves under such an "obliga-
ton, " why do we practically repu-
date it? If we are under no such
"obligation," why not? Let us
clear our minds of cant.
A frivolous person might entitle
the common or garden notion of
the obligations of the Sabbath
The Gospel of the Sofa Cushion,
foI its outlines are ADM rably
sketched in a cartoon which ap-
peared in Punch, when Punch was
wise and witty. A lady had called
on the Wears wife on Sunday aft
ernOon and her righteous soul was
stirred within her as she beheld
the Vi, ar's son and heir, in the full
flush of his seven years of boyhood,
engaged in a sharp tussle with the
sofa pillow. And the clergyman s
wife explained, You see my dear,
it is Sunday, and we can't leave
him have his toys, SO we give him
the sofa cushion to play with" 1t
would have been a violation of
the Sabbath if the child had
thrown a ball about; the Sabbath
was duly honored if he only kicked
the sofa cushion!-Rev. DR.. Chas.
i. Aked. in Annleton1s-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-14

o,.o 49,, ~, -, -, -, -,
- -. 5 ,o' ~ ~ a'5uV WHY
WI III ~: 80 .I. ~ w VI VI,
,,,.o -. W W. N"2 'uI neu away
Love docs not sell itseIr for aorII-
True love is never bought nor sold.
We scoff at blood and name and kin
"ien Love- the hlhs' has entered IN!
What Iovar faars 70 hoard +ba fooo
What loved one besttates at woe
What woman fair or courtier true
S II pause to contemplate the rue?
So ,itiz5 nri,'Iu VI S.alMiIt pray
Love reigns as Ruler of The World
When once his banner is unfurled!
an An, VINO VINO shaIl question Love l say?
CO bari, nc H.or1s ,,rta 10 ,, lal,l, nay
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-14
Livery Removed.

Messrs. Maroney Bros, the Quality
Hill liverymen, have removed from
their old location to the Helbig barn
which was recently vacated by Mr. j.
A. Kelly. The equipment of the Ma
roney Bros. stable compares very favor
ably with that of other liverymen and
they aim to please their patrons.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-14
Real Estate Bargains
l offer for sale

FARM OF T47 ACRES, 3 miles from Oakland; good
Groom House; plenty of water so acres cleared;
about IS acres of grass; Orchards bearing over Is
COTTAGE OF 6 ROOMS for sale at Mt Lake Park.
HOUSE AND LOT on Oak Street, Oakland for sale or
House of 6 rooms Lot 5oxI5o feet, with
Stable and all necessary Outbudings.
FOUR VERY DESIRABLE BUILDING LOTS situated
Liberty Street, in Oakland. Also DWELLING
HOUSES Liberty Street, with good and all
necessary outbuildings.
HOUSE AND LOT Wilson Street House of rooms;
good water. Lot $50 feet front. Best Outbuildings
in Oakland.
A VERY GOOD FARM mile from Oakand-al under
fence containing 81 acres; about IS under cultiva
ton; fine Orchards and about IN in small
Fruit; Houses very good Well and never failing
Spring very desirable place for Truck and Poultry
Farming. Can be bought at a low price just
have for sale of the very best Building Lots in the
which will sell for cash-or S. down and IS
per month.
$50 ACRES OF VALUABLE COAL LAND situated less
than two miles of Oakland which can be bought at
great bargain. The surface would make fine farming
land. This land is well watered with stream and
several good springs.
IL MORE CHOICE BUILDING LOTS at S. down and
SIS per month.
If you cash for your Real Estate, Real Estate
for your cash, let me hear from you.
n0-For further particulars call on address
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-14

The traveller through Saxony is rare
ly out of sight of a factory chimney
In probably no other land are indus
trial establishments so numerous in
proportion to the area. The present
number is 24,707 an increase of 1,755
over the preceding year. The number
Of operatives is 6S5.319, an increase
Of 41,235 in the course of a year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-14
9 @ @
No Hurry,

Walking one misty night through
street in Scotland village a minister
fen into a deep hole. There was no lad
der by which he could make his escape,
and he began to shout for help. A la
borer passing by heard his cries, and
looking down, asked who he was. The
minister told him, whereupon the labor
er remarked: "Weel weel, We medina
kick up sic a noise. You'n no be needed
afore Sawbath, an this is only Wednes-
daV NIGHT"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-14

f.rGoian prov erp.
A day that is not thine own 10 not
exon it as OF thy life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-14
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The average business man who has
kept the present business pace for 20
or 80 years, doesn't look upon death
with any great amount of fear and
trembling.
4 Z Z
A Texas poet says he is waiting in
the garden for her That may be all
right in Texas. but if anybody waits
in my garden right now they will get
ashes thrown on them.
& Z 4
An Iowa newspaper tells of resi-
dent of that town finding fire caused
by spontaneous combustion in his
basement, That fellow should rent
himself out as a gas stove.
Z Z Z
Speaking Of 'frenzied finance" did
your wife ever make up her mind that
she wanted a babygrand piano for
Christmas? I am trying to compro-
mise by getting some one to leave a
grand baby on the doorstep
4 4 Z
Another poet is waiting for her
where the crIckets chirp and call.
That's all right my boy, but you want
to be careful and pick out one that
will wait for you when the criclls get
into your back and the rheumatism is
playing the Daughters of the Reyolu-
ton all over your aching anatomy.
4 L Z
What's the use of spending money
going to the vaudeville when all you
have to do is to spend five cents for a
street-car ride and watch the girls
with the big hats trying to get on and
off the cars? A fellow who could
hire a bunch of these ladies', buy a
Southport avenue car, and take the
whole business on a tour of the coun-
try districts could make his fortune
by next seeding time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
DRESS SUITS" IN LOTHIAN.

From the New York Press.
 There comes a cry of protest from Ala bama-a voice from the metropolis of Do- than. Editor Hall of the Dothan Eagle, who has hitherto pointed with pride" now views with alarm" Ten years ago there were only three dress suits In Dothan, and these were worn by their owners seldom and timidly in deference to a popular opinion which was liable at any moment to assume an acute form and make things unpleasant for the wearers But now, according to a cen sus taken by Editor Hall. there are no less than two dozen of the abhorrent and nefarious costumes in Dothan and their owners wear them openly and without fear or shame.
 'Whither are we drifting?' asks MT. Hall. Whither, indeedl AS Sir Leicester Dedock would say, ''The foodgates are open, the landmarks are obliterated." Many strange things have happened in the south of late, much breaking of tra- ttions and much shattering of idols. But amid all the horrors of this wild, swift change of things we know of nothing more significant and more alarmingly pathetic to the true southern conserva- tive than the acknowledged presence of 24 dress suits in Dothan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
cicARs NEXT IN ORDER.

From the Washington Herald.
 Having undertaken to enlighten us in a measure as to the elements entering into various qualities of ardent spirits, having attempted to set us alright in the matter of drugs and foodstuffs. it is gratifying to know that the pure food experts now propose to take up the ques- tion of cigars, and let us know precisely what is what in that regard.
 Just exactly what the label on the ave- age box of cigars now means no man knoweth or dare guess. Pure Havana" offerings range all the way in price from cents to 50 cents each. Curiously enough, too, the box with the most i'm posing and fashy label oftentimes con tains the worst cigars, while the one with the jaw-breaking name runs 1t close race for the 'booby'' prize. Nor can you tell anything at all from the appearance of the article offered. The cheapest grades frequently come in the most bewitching wrappers. while the real goods ofttimes are concealed beneath an outside covering of decidedly rough and uncouth texture.
 As firmly as the smoking habit is fixed on this country, we doubt that 10 per cent of the smokers really know a good cigar when one comes their way. To- baceo is susceptible of chemical treat ment-just as whisky is--to a marked de- gree. The mere fact that a given cigar tastes all right is no sort of guarantee that it is all right. Various drugs are employed on occasions to bring a low quality cigar up to an apparent high stage of perfection; and of such, it is said, are fashioned the campaign brands and the Christmas gift boxes.
 While we are turning on the light in this country, let it shine on all the dark places We have no doubt the general average of health will be considerably raised when we are able to know just what we are eating, drinking, and smok- ing, and no mistake about it. It may be that we shall find artificially favored pure Havana" as much to our liking Ss the genuine thing-if we really have any correct conception of the real thing as 1t is If so all we'll and good, and no harm will have been done. If, on the contrary, we prefer only the original and smon-pure article, and are willing and able to pay for it, let it be fixed so that we can get it. and no fooling.
 On with the pure food investigations. The more we hear of them the better we like them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
Beauty Squads on InauguratiOn Day

The committee in charge of the in- augural calls upon Senators and Rep resentatives to send in names for two beauty squads, the one to represent the states at the inaugural ball, and chilly air and perhaps amid sleet and snow from the While House to the capitol and back again. It is not stated which squad of the two is to be the finer, although the presumption is that both will be gilt-edged.
 Perhaps the saddest part of this business is found in the fact that Sena- tors and Representatives, however full of charms, are not expected to send in their own names for places on the beauty squad. And yet they may well outvie all their constituents. The fn- i augural committee need not have 1 sought members of the beauty squad outside of Congress. But it has elected to do otherwise, and so the country is to be ransacked for horseback beauties on the one hand and for ballroom beauties on the other
 Let no one have any fear that Ala hama will not be worthily represented in the national beauty squads, for what Albert Bush of Mobile and B. M. Allen of Birmingham can not do in that line can not be done at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
Bringing Trade to RIrmlneham

A new force representing the mer- cantile rather than the manufacturing side of this city's varied life was fully installed when the leading merchants met on Thursday last at the office Of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. The scope of the new Business Mems league was per haps best and most concisely expressed when President Ufford said that trade could be improved by giving fairs, mu- sic festivals and other entertainments, getting schedules on railroads so that people can come in the morning and go back home at night, bringing ex- cursions from many miles around and branding as a lie the story that we can't get together"
 This just about presents the pro- gramme of the new league and an ex- cellent platform it is. It is pro- gramme that will, if fully carried out, yindieate President Ford's statement that 'in five years we will have ten stores the size of Loveman, Joseph & Loeb's." And there is no reason in the world why it should not be carried out, now that a league has been or ganized to lead the way.
 Every business man should join the league, thereby supporting in the best manner the new movement. A solid city can induce the railroads to do more to bring trade to this city. They are not doing all they can do in that direction. They are not doing as much as it is to their own best interest to do. The league will make all these things plain when it has an efficient secre- tary and gets down to business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
Effect on Values,

Every property owner, as well as every merchant, should join in the movement just organized for the purpose of increas- ing the mercantile business of Birming- ham," said a real estate agent "As was pointed out by several of the speakers at the meeting of business men held Thurs day night, every dollar spent with any merchant of this city has almost a direct effect in enhancing property values here.
 Birmingham has a larger number of elegant stores and aalarger number of en- terprising merchants than any city of its size in the south. The trade derived from the Birmingham district alone has been sufficient to keep most of our merchants busy, but there Is a large outlying terri tory upon which Birmingham naturally draws. Increase this outside trade and it will be only a short time when our mer- eantile concerns, wholesale and retail, will multiply. With concert of action Birmingham, in three or four years, should be the greatest trading and shop ping city, in point of business, between Cincinnati and New Orleans. It already outclasses every city in the south as a railroad center and as an industrial cen ter. The pull-together spirit will put it in the lead in every respect"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
Sea Level or Lock Canal

In his first speech in New Orleans the President-elect announced his ad- herenee to a lock canal, and in the course of that speech he really dis closed the secret of his preference. He desires to see the canal completed in his term, which will extend to 1915, and may extend to March 1, 1917. An early completion of the canal is the basis of the lock plan.
 The engineers who accompanied MT. Taft to the isthmus have also re- turned to this country, and they ap- prove the lock plan and the Gatun dam. Their report has not been pub lished. but the President-eleet has stated that they indorse the work as it is going on and, the plans that have been adopted
 We may therefore conclude that it is settled that we are to have a lock canal despite the risks involved in the Gatun dam and the locks themselves. The engineers indorse the lock plan, so does Congress, so does the present and the future administrations. It is as good as settled and we will have to oooant a locl, canal although hundreds of millions of dollars may prove to have been misspent on it. The plan of the canal is no longer an issue be- fore the country. Right or wrong, 1t is to be a lock canal, and if there is ever to be a sea-level canal between the two oceans some future generation will have to build it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
The Iron Market.

The week closes with a quiet pig iron market. There have been few sales this month so far, but an improvement will soon be due. Some iron makers, how ever, are not expecting a large buying improvement before May. Matthew Addy & Co.'s Cincinnati report says:
 Pig iron buying is of small volume but shipments on old orders are going for ward steadily and fortunately consumption of iron is not to be measured by pur- chases. The very heavy buying in the closing months of last year naturally supplied the trade for some time to come and this present Hull was not unexpected, though, of course, the whole iron busi- ness is uneasy and worried over the tariff. In a hundred different ways the tariff affects the iron trade. The tariff for so long has been such an integral part of the iron trade and the questions of wages, of raw materials and finished goods are so affected by 1t that until the matter is definitely and properly settled it is likely there will be trouble. As far as iron men are concerned they are ninety-nine out of a hundred satisfied with things as they are, and they look upon any change as possessing dangerous possibilities.
 In the south there have been great efforts to break the ruling quotation of SIS for No. ?, but so far without success. In the north the market is more irregular, but this is always the case, as the north ern furnaces are so scattered and local conditions vary so greatly that concerted action or unanimity of opinion Is diff cult
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
Regarding a Music Festival.

'I read with much interest Mir. Babb's suggestions regarding a music festival" :" said man who vas active in the man. agement of festivals given several years ago under MT. Guckenberger's direction. His ideas on the whole are we'll worth considering. If choral society could be formed with 500 associate members, each paying s1 a month in the way of dues, and each receiving in return two season tickets, as MT. Babb suggests, the flnan- cial problem would be solved.
 But there is one proposition brought out by MT. Babb which is hardly feas- ible. I refer to the matter of calling joint meeting of all the musical societies of Birmingham for the purpose of organ izing the festival chorus While spirit of harmony and cooperation is highly desirable in musical circles, I feel sure that practical leaders will tell us there is only one way to form festival chorus, and that way is for the music festival association to select a director and au- thorize him to organize and train a chorus. This is the old plan and 1t is. believe, the only workable plan. For the festival of average proportions chorus of 15O voices is large enough. Such a chorus would be independent of every other organization, but would be com posed of individuals, many of whom might be members of various smaller choruses.
 'I quite agree with Mir. .Ufford. pres- l nf 4I... laa- he said that the music festival and flower parade projected for next May would not have fallen through had the league been organized a little earlier.
 ''The sole object of the Business Mems league is to bring trade to Birmingham; that means to bring visitors here from around the state. And everyone knows that few attractions would draw larger or more desirable crowd Of ut-of-town people than flower carnival such as only Birmingham can provide in conjunc- tion with a high class music festival.
 "Now, since it has been declared by the festival association management that the time is too short to prepare a chorus for the coming spring, it might be worth while to take up the matter of provid- ing a grand musical affair for three days the first week in May with the Damrosch orchestra and number of festival artists as the attractions. It should be at least possible. with the proper effort put forth to sell enough tickets in advance to make such an enterprise pay out. Dam rosch will be in Atlanta four days the last week in April'