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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15


the one with the morning glCFies
on the fence. Well. the Hixtons live
there and Mr.. HixtOn is such nice
man--but they say that his wife-Im
almost ashamed to tell it-they saw"
whispering, that she takes cocaine
Ism t that shame?
You know you just can't tell who
To respect any more. Now. there was
VIII Addison, your next-door neigh
Dor on the right going down the
street Well, he was one Of the main
stays IN the church and-and-he
broke up somebody's home. almost
and there was terrible scene. they
say, and his wife threatened 10 get d
divorce and-oh. certainly, III excuse
you. | must be going myself, any
how. Now don't breathe a word of
what ] say, will You. Mrs. Anderson
for Of course it may be just talk after
all, and Mrs. Higginson bowed her
self out Just in time to escape the
book agent who had twelve volumes
and a tea set for sale.
What's this?" queried Anderson. a
few nights later, as ne read the eve
ming paper. Isn't there a family of
the name of Higginson living across
the street,"
Yes. dear. Why?"
oh. nothing. except here is a col.
umn article about Mrs. Higginson S
daughter running away with a mar
ried man-er named VIII Addison.
Racy. too! Reads like"
Il am sincerely sorry interrupted
Mrs. Anderson, but / see that Mrs
Higginsons chickens have come home
to roost!"
C. G G
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Du sty Explains.

you clumsy man" blurted the frate
housewife What do you mean by
falling against the stone dog in the
yard and breaking off his tailT'
Indeed. | didn't do dat, num-" re-
sponded Dusty Dennis. DE canine
was so glad to see me he wagged his
tail, and it snapped. Chicago News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15
The Kind.

Are you familiar with The Man
Without a Country" asked the stu
dent Of English literature.
NO" replied the pretty summer
girl but am familiar with the
country without man New York
Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15

why He Lost Her" is the tile of a
book that any lady can pick up after
doing up the dinner dishes and read
for an hour with more or less interest
The story opens in a Pittsburg black
smith shop, and the reader is taken to
Paris and Berlin and brought back
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d
tain short, pretty drive together be-
fore train time. AS they started out,
he spoke
Miss Marion. this is one of the
most enjoyable visits ever made. and
| hope | am going to be able to re
tant in my life
Marion looked at hhn a little sur
prised. The truth was that she had
been wondering if she could get the
horse and cart back before Mrs. Doug
las needed them, and she did not grasp
the significance of his words.
oh yes!" She nodded her head
thoughtfullE. Then she quickly re
membered what he had said and con
tinued somewhat out of breath Il
mean want you TO remember il, of
course. but it isn't so very important,
you know
1T is to mel have been having
such a real good time, such pleas
ant"
oh yes! 1t is a lovely neighbor-
hood"
Il have enjoyed knowing your
friends"
They are so cordial to strangers"
Indeed they are. but then that
wasn't all l enjoyed"
NO? They are"
Il know how delightful they are, but
il is your own well-managed home that
made the deepest impression on me "
1t isn't bad--that is, I mean
it is nice"
Nice! Indeed it is, and it is easy
to see what makes it So"
She gulped: "Yes!"
You are the moving spirit behind
it all"
But you do not know how much
is due the neighbors."
Environment and association
counts, sure enough; but you are 4
perfect mistress of household affairs
"But-nOW, | can't let you 90 away
thinking baked that cake Mrs Gray
sent it in because she knows | AIN
particularly fond of that kind, in ap-
probation of some fancied favor ! had
done her"
But, Miss Marion, the flowers
we're
Yes. they were"
They were arranged so artistical-
ly. and the selections pleased me
whole lot"
But they are not mine We are
only keeping them for Mrs James,
who is away for few days She ap-
preciated so much a few cut flowers
! had sent her from our garden. and
knew | would take good care of hers
Her face was burning, and the in
herited rectitude from Puritan fore
fathers was fast becoming uncomfort-
able.
THAT was kind Of her. ! am sure.
and she made a wise choice in the
caretaker One could see at a glance
almost at the servants how much care
and training"
Marion buried her face in her hands
oh, Oh you don't know She
hesitated, and for a moment or two
there was absolute silence
"Of course don't mean" he began
again, spologetically, that you had
to school them, they simply"
Something in her manner made him
pause abruptly.
Her pretty castles were tumbling
about her, but above all else Marion
Day was honorable She had not
meant to be deceitful. and she could
not let him go believing-Oh, what
could he believe? With spasmodic
gasp, she turned. and, looking him full
in the face, with Quiyering lips she
said:
oh, Mr. Willis, Even those are
not our own. Hilda came over with
the plants, and Mrs Douglas sent
James with the horses, because she
was sick and could not use them her
self
Johnston Willis was a man never
turned aside by trifies. He spoke
again.
Il can only say, Miss Marion, that q
girl capable of attracting such devot-
ed friends is the kind of girl want
for my wife. May have herr"
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The Editor.

Who Is IT always whoops 'er up
To make the village grow
And never lets chance slip 10y
His civic horn to blow?
The editor!
He braFs in every weekly sheet
About the town we love
And even scouts, St Peters place
He's heard % up above.
The editor!
Our town is far the incest place
Upon this mundane sphere
And when It comes to settHn' down
The place to squat is herei
The editor
From morn til night. wear in year out.
He lauds us to the skies
And then, some day, he takes cold
And laws him down and dies
The editorl
They bury him out in the grars
"Old Squires" has passed away
ole never seemed to get along"
Is what the people say!
The editor
And as he sleeps the sleep Of death
The natives, as Of yore,
Send all their printing out Of town
Just as they did before!
The editor!
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Side Remarks.
George Washington was never much
of a fisherman. He could not tell a
lie.
z z 4
No man is so great but that he
would trade it all for some unattain.
able thing in the past
4 4 z
JUd. Lewis suggests as a motto for
a fireman tombstone; Gone to his
last fire And there should be that
other line, Peace to his ashes!"
@5y,M!49s4.s
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the woman who
had just moved in
next door, that
you will weigh
carefully your &c
lection OF friends
b e I ore placing
yourself on rec
ord. There are d
lot Of nice people
in this town, just
as in any place,
you know, but
there are also a
number, ! am
sorry to say. who
fall some short of
fulfilling their du-
ties as desirable
residents.
Nov. there is
the White family
just across the
street from you.
I h e y say ne
drinks terribly,
like a fish. in fact.
a n d Mr.-er, /
won't mention any
n a N e S-tuld d
friend of my hus
band that he gam
bles, but of course
| don [ know. It's
only what they
say, you know.
And you have
noticed the little
white cottage just
around the corner
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15
A Poser.

"YOu take a great deal of interest in
the weather probabilities for Inaugural
ton"
Yes" answered the statesman.
That's one of the great problems
which we can neither settle for our
selves nor leave to pOsterity. Wash
ington Star
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15
Bessie Wharton's Heart"

After CHANGING through BESSIE
Warriors Heart" we laid the book
down with sigh Her heart proves
10 be ike any other girls heart. Her
father. who runs a country store. is In
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15

"Why do people think he's genius?
Nobody can understand what he's talk
ing about"
mo. but he can make people believe
that he does ''-t Cleveland Leader
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15
WIN Not2

u understand Smythe is having a
great deal Of trouble these days. What
is it1 His eyesightF"
mo. I think il is his ear hearing ~
New York Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15
Eeebla Cntimisn

All things must change Though the snow
drifts pile
In heaps where germs their prey entice,
BE patient In "a little while
They VIII be changed 10 slush OF ice.
-Washington Star
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15

We are sorry to say that we could
not interest ourself in The Twin
Brothers" They simply courted the
same girl for several years and kept
the poor thing wondering which was
which, and, though she finally marries
one she viii have "A sneaking idea to
the day of her death that she ought to
have married the other. It's down
right mean to bother poor girl in
that way, and we shall simply say
that the covers Of the book seem TO be
worth about 30 cents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15
KICKER BOOK REVIEWS
Opinions on Latest Output of
Some Enterprising Publishers.
BESSIE WHART0N'S HEART"
What Caused Her Father 70 Die Of a
Broken Hesrt-A Book to Read For
Dinner Dishwashers - How Han
nah's Lover Made Out.

copyright. 1903 by T. c. McCMrel
" HE publishers have kindly sent
US a new book entitled won
~ at Last" The hero is not a
chap who hung TO the game Of
poker until he finally raked in a pot.
as the title might lead one to believe,
but he spent fifteen years tagging a
girl around and renewing his offers
Of marriage every few weeks, and he
finally wore her out and won her. The
moral seems to be to stick 10 the trail
when you get after a woman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15

What kind Of contractor is Bluff
aey anyway"
debt contractor" Kansas City
Times
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15
With the HeH
OfNeighbOrs
BY Olive Hyde Foster.
Copyright, by BObbs-Merrin Col

Murray Hill was, in its way. quite
exclusive The dozen families living
In the neighbOrhOOd had resided there
for years, and were close friends
None were rich, yet all owned their
own homes, and We're happy in the
small pleasures of everyday living
and doing what they could for each
other.
II Mrs. Bender was TO entertain the
Afternoon Card club, Mrs. Gray. next
door, would bring in all her silver.
while Mrs. Douglas, around the cor
Der, would ask to be allowed to send
her maid TO assist in serving the re
freshments, and Mrs. Thompson would
run over herself to help decorate the
house.
So il was not surprising that when
the news spread that Marion Day, but
lately returned from college, expected
young man from the city to come up
Friday and stay over Sunday. the
neighbors took vital interest in the
affair He was known to be the son
OF wealthy people, and all Murray
Hill took a personal interest in the
success of his visit They felt great
PRIDE in their pretty locality. and
wanted every guest to its hospitable
homes to enjoy himself to the fullest
extent. Consequently, when prepare
ticns for Johnston Willis were under
way, each WED with the other in do.
Ing everything possible
At four o'clock Friday afternoon.
when Marion was ready to go TO the
station, she glanced around with
pride Her home had never looked so
attractive. Hilda, in a black dress.
with cap and apron, was moving
noiselessly about, removing the last
traces of dust, and putting everything
IL place. The carriage stood at the
door, with James in his brown livery
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15

The lover Of the wild and weird and
mysterious will read every line of the
book entitled An Interview With
Smoked Ham" We did not lay the
book down after starting 1t until we
had reached the last word, and the
taste Of smoked ham stlll fingers In
our mouth If you wish to know the
joys and sorrows Of being an unappre-
ciated ham don't miss this book You
will feel just as we did on reaching
the end-rcsolved TO treat the ham bet
ter in future
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15
Excitement in Glen ElIyn.

The ringing of the fire he'll on Mon
day evening caused quite a little ex-
element among the citizens OF our
town. but upon investigation it was
learned to be nothing serious. only
fire practice.-Uncle By's Weekly
Tribune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15

We predict popularity for work en-
titled "Haunah's Lover" Hannah is
the daughter of the president of the
cabbage trust, and Moses, the lover is
one Of her fathers cabbage raisers
The couple fall in love, and notwith-
standing the efforts of the old man
Moses escapes assassination, state pris-
on and three or four other things and
comes out all 0. X. and is forgiven In
the usual fashion after saving the ia
Their from an avalanche in the Alps
One ought to begin the book just after
eating hearty boiled dinner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15

"Do Won tlink they can keep up the
interest in bailooninS 2"
THAT'S about al"-Cleveland Lead
nr
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15

PRECIPITA1ES HERSELF INTO THE ARMS OF
WILLIAM OK, A FARMER S HIRED MAN.
debt to a New York merchant in the
sum Of $lGG.21. His creditor presses
him, and he sees bankruptcy staring
him in the back of the neck. Along
comes French count, who is in this
country in hopes TO find ont why the
Long Island potato beats the Connecti-
cut tuber all boiler, and he sees Bessie
and offers to pay her fathers debts if
she will become the Countess D'Char-
ny. It's the way out her dad is
looking for, but she creeps out Of bed
at midnight walks three miles in her
bare feet and precipitates herself into
the arms of William OK, a farmers
hired man, and asks him to save her
He harnesses the old horse and drives
to the nearest justice, and the thing is
done. Bessie Wharton's heart doesn't
funk funk faster next day when she
learns that her father is dead of a
broken heart and that her mother has
been taken to a maniac asylum on a
hand sled.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15

"COnomara Castle" is a book weigh
ing fifteen ounces. The castle, as usu-
al is on hill AS usual, the owner
is poor. AS usual. again, pressure is
brought to bear on the eldest son to
marry riches and keep the rest Of the
family in champagne and fried oys-
tiers. He has his own plans, however,
and he goes off and marries the daugh-
ter Of a goat herd and leaves father,
mother, brother and sister to commit
suicide rather than borrow tea and
coffee Of their neighbors. There are
Etreaks Of sadness in the book, and any
man with a mortgage on his house and
lot had better fight shy of it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15

A person in respondent mood and
looking for something to cheer him up
can find ii in little volume entitled
THE Catacombs of Paris" There is
mingling Of skulls and jokes that is
really restful. The fun Of the whole
thing is that none of the skeletons
know who they were, but Smith may
be Jones, and Jones may be Brown
We have for the moment forgotten the
name of the author, but he is deserv-
ing of thanks just the same. He
might have called il book of solemn
thoughts and thus deceived the public
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15

home and trOtted through an under.
takers shop and a cider mill before
that she cannot marry a man who
wipes off his chin On the tableclOtk.
The best part of the book is where he
hangs himself on being told that he is
in the soup. We really enjoyed his
last struggles.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15

won by Waiting" is the title OF a
book that ought to be laid up on the
shelf beside an old clock with no tick
to it. John Schermerhorn, a young
man learning the cooper's trade, falls
in love with the only daughter Of a
railroad president and offers her his
heart and hand. She rejects him with
scorn, but he is bound to win her If it
takes hundred years. AS a matter
of fact, it does take forty-two, during
which interval each has been married
three times, but the glorious day
dawns at last, and she is his'n. They
marry, and they expire In each others
arms, and the reader wipes the tears
from his eyes and feels that it is USE
less to longer contend against the beef
trust. NJ. QUAD.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15

While the book entitled Her Cava-
lier" viii send no thrills up the back
Of the reader, it is nevertheless a vol
une that one can pick up and lay
down again at any Old time. The
daughter Of country clergyman has
her ideals, and one day when a wire
fence man comes along she takes him
for cavalier and falls in love with
him. They run away to the next viii
lage and are married by a justice Of
the peace. Fifteen minutes later the
mask falls from the villains face. He
demands his young wife's fortune, and
when she tells him that she hasn't
enough plunks TO buy stick Of gum
he calls her liar and slaps her rose
bud mouth From thence ON until she
dies of broken heart three months
later, he pulls her hair, beats her with
sled stakes and throws bottles of
vitriol at her to make her hustle The
book was written to make the world
better, and if it does not succeed we
Shall positively refuse TO take the
blame.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15

''As the Wind BIoweth" has been
laid on our table by the publishers.
The title is by no means a misnomer,
as the hero Of the story is Il windmill
man. In putting up his mills around
the country he stops at the house of a
certain farmer aud falls in love ,
his wife. They elOpe together A
abandoned husband dies of broken
heart, while the clippers are pushing
the windmill business in Germany,
and, hearing Of it by wireless. the
faithless wife works her way back
home as fireman on tramp steamer
and PUSHES to the old farm to weep
over the lonely grave. AS this seems
to do no particular good. il being a
dry summer she Stabs herself with
pitchfork and expires. asking to be
laid beside the man she deceived.
That's about all the wind there is in
the story, but perhaps it will make
wives better to read it two or three
times
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15
VISITS WIFE
SAGIERY

Chickens That Come Home.
Il hope" said Mrs. Higginson. point
ing her thin finger impreSsiyeiy at
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15

"Will She Accept Him?" is a ~
not worth the opening. If he's goJ
dough, of course she will. no matter !.
he's hundred years old and built on
the order Of camel What's the use
of wading through $50 pages to find
out what you already know?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-11
. CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Angercd by the pleading of her Z
vCar-old son Henry to be allowed to
take part in a Sunday school parade,
Mrs George Day, Brooklyn widow,
killed the child with q knife and then
tried TO end her own life by Stabbing
herself in the abdomen.
The bro1crase firm Of Scdcrquist
Barry K co. were adjudged bankrupt
in the United States district court at
Boston Thursday and Joseph 3. Walk
er was appointed referee to take
charge of the claims Of 1900 creditors.
The firm, which had branch offices in
a number of New England cities and
a representative on the Consolidated
Exchange in New York, assigned early
in May.
Events in Finland are marching
RAPIDLY towards the dissolution of a
third Diet. where all the parties, ex-
cept the Old Firms, have agreed to
the text Of an address to the throne,
renewing the protest against recent
changes affecting the relations between
the grand duchy and the empire. The
Emperor and the Russian cabinet have
conceded one point in the Firms con-
tentions. regarding the validity of the
law dissolving the Diet, but have in
sisted upon the maintenance of i'm
periai control in matters of general
ard imperial interest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-11
a Tin Shower Surprise.

"A surprise tin shower was given at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs w. +. John
son on fremont street Wednesday cv-
eninE for Miss Florence Scott who j.
shortly 10 be married. Miss Scott had
been invited to pass the evening With
M. and Mrs. Johnson and while enjoy
ing Il pleasant hour the home was
suddenly invaded by 90 of her friends,
each having some useful piece of tin
which the tidy housckeepcr can Use
when the home has been prepared. At
ter the tender of gifts and the rccipi-
ent had recovered from her surprise. q
social hour was passed. Refreshments
of ice cream. cake, punch and fruit
were served Miss Scott is very pop
ular and has q large circle of friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-11
FRIENDS ARE PLEASED
Over Election Of A. w. McCausIand as
Department Commander G. A. r.

The Gardiner friends of A. W. Me
Causland were much gratificd to learn
Thursday afternoon of his election as
department commander of Maine, G
A. f., at Portland. 1t was reported
here that the vote was 229 for Nj.
McCausland to AS for Mr. Bangs -
Mr. McCausland enlisted in Co. b,
18th Mo. Reg, and was wounded at
the battle of Gettysburg. Much Of the
prosperity of Heath Post, G.. a. r., of
Gardiner is due to his untring efforts
He has attended practically every Ma
tional and state encampment, and is
very we'll known in Grand Army cir
cleS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-11
FAIR CATHERINE.
Continued from Page One.)

bought the apples. onions, potatoes,
vinegar, sugar, salt, -four, horse feed
and chicken feed. | had absolute charge
of building, bcautifying and running
the place. L Travelled all over the coun-
try selecting materials and l kept reg
ular office hours for long stretches OF
time comforting with architects and
builders"
Testimony to show the manner of
life in which the witness was accuStom-
ed to livcwa further adduced by
counsel. She showed even eagcrness
to cooperate and told with evident rel
ish of the palatial yacht Niagara, with
its crew of so men, it's saloon with
seats for &C guests and its decorations
which, in one room alone, cost $4,000.
More recent events, touched on later
in the day, she could not recall. She
couldn't recall seeing Dustin Farnum,
the actor whose name figures IN an af-
fidavit introduced as evidence in 1905
or 1909, but she was positive she had
not seen him within a month.
Details of money in her own name
ana how she came to own Il farm ir
Virginia, ware hard to elicit and the
witness began to show signs Of being
tired and even of some temper. The
dav was closed. however, with her still
on the stand and smiling swGctly, with
prospects that she would continue her
testimony for the better part of tomor-
row. She was the only witness during
the GaV