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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-02-17
Turing the last three Legislatures and

during the last three Legislatures and
by the present one.
when | am told that it is making a
mountain out of mole hill to denounce
the appointment of three men "a post
master, and assistant postmaster and
messenger to the postmaster of the
Senate) to handle the mail of but q
Senators; and the appointment of five
folders, when there is nothing to be
folded, and no possible work for them to
do; and the appointment of clerks and
messengers to. committees that never
meet, all of which costs the State thou
sands of dollars, feel that | am iusti-
fled in continuing my cheese pairing
criticisms and making such mountain
out of a mole hill.
Nothing that has ever happened in
the history of the legislative bodies of
Maryland has been more scandalous
than this appointment of unnecessary
employees. | can fully understand the
difficulty which the President of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House
have experienced in finding positions
for unnecessary appointees. 1t really
required great and painstaking ingenul-
ty to create such a number of positions
in which,to take care of political work.
ers.'
The Journal of the Senate shows
that that body was in session, all told,
during the month of January 10 hours
and 46 minutes, distributed over 13
DAYS. The Journal of the House does
not give this information in all cases.
That body was in session Is days also.
The length of those sessions is stated in
the journal during 8 of the 10 days, and
shows that on those 8 days the total
length of the sessions of the House was
II hours. This would seem to Indicate
that the House was in session about the
same length Of time during the month
of January as was the Senate. The
amount paid the legislative employees
for this Is hours in the month of Janu-
airy was $22, 579. IS, or 81, PISS an hour.
This does not require comment. The
people must not forget that all these
employees 50 appointed are paid s. a
day every day for the 80 days of the
session, including Sundays and days
when there are no sessions and the time
when they are absent from the duties
supposedly assigned them.
Mr.. Warfeld intimated that if any of
the members of the Legislature desired
4any further information concerning his
figures he would furnish it. He went
to New York last night and will return
Thursday
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-02-17
HALLEY'S COMET VISIBLE.
Simple Directions for Seeing the
Great Terrestrial Wanderer.

A layman who is always keenly alive
to the movements of the astronomical
bodies, has given the following simple
directions for finding Halley's comet,
the most noted wanderer of the heavens.
Astronomical terms have been discard
ed and the instructions, simply express
ed are as follows:
In the evening when the sky is clear,
about eight O. clock, stand with the face
directly toward the west. Elevate the
eyes at an angle of about forty degrees.
You will see large, yellow star which
is the planet Saturn. Look one and
one-half degrees, or about three diam
eters of the moon north of Saturn, and
you will see Halley's comet. The comet
is not visible to the naked eye, but can
be seen through an ordinary field glass
or opera glasses.
The comet is travelling at the rate of
about !, 800 GOO miles day, andi some
thing the diameter of the moon further
II Oih DdIuIu 6dCH evening. II uIOpS
toward the horizon, of course, as the
hour Of the evening grows later.
The Tramp Daniel comet which was
visible to the naked eye in the southern
sky for a Few weeks has disappeared,
and cannot now be seen. 1t was the
fourth comet visible during the present
year. Halley's, Moorehouse's and
Wrinkles being the other three.
After March 24th, astronomers ex-
pect to get their best view of Haley s
comet 1t will then be visible about
fonr- thirty 0 clock in the morning. As
tronomers are expecting to see a tail
extending through fifty or sixty degrees.
The diameter of the luminous centre is
estimated at 375, coo miles. Records of
the past show that the tail has, on the
occasion of one previous appearance at
least, extended through ninety degrees.
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Leaving the Farm.

An English writer gives some signi-
ficant figures in an article published re-
Gently in the London Magazine. He
says that in 1851, with population of
Is, 900, 900, Great Britain had 1876, 900
workers on farms, while in 1901, with
SO, 900, 900 people, there We're only 727,-
600 workers on farms. At the same
we are told that since 1898 an area of
of half a million acres has been added
to the deer preserves of Scotland alone,
bringing the total of such preserved
lands up to 100000 acres. Neverthe-
less there are still some people who
have a sort of sentimental sympathy
for the peers who own a goodly share
of the land of Britain, because they
happen to be sons of their fathers
first sons of their fathers, to be precise.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-02-17
"Trip to the Philippines.

Lieutenant Z. s. West, who spent
several years in Uncle Sans service in
the Philippine Islands and Japan, dur
ing which time he secured pictures to
the number of several hundred and had
them transferred to stereopticon slides,
has promised the Knights Of PYthias
lodge of Oakland that he will reproduce
these pictures for the membership of
the lodge on their splendid moving pic
ture machine at the next several regu-
lar meetings, to begin on next Friday
evening and continue until the entire
series is concluded. The series cover
many parts of the world and the Lieu
tenant will explain every detail as the
scenes are thrown on the screen.
The exhibition will be well worth
coming many miles to see and will
prove a great treat to everyone. Let
every member of the order make an
effort to attend.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-02-17
ONE APPOINTMENT FOR
q GARRETT COUNTY MADE
Mr.. Samuel Lawton, Republican Super
visor of Elections, Sent to Senate.

Last night Governor Austin L. Gro
theirs appointed Mr.. Samuel Lawton Of
Oakland, Republican supervisor of cleo
tons for Garrett county, and sent his
name to the Senate for confirmation.
This is the only nomination yet made
by the Governor for any of the Garrett
county appointments. MIR. Lawtor
was recommended by the Republican
County Committee and is at present
the Republican member OF the Board OF
Supervisors.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-02-17
DETRACTS FROM WORSHIP
A Correspondent Believes School En-
tertainmentS Detrimental
to Religion.
To the Editor of The Rennhlican:

To the Editor of The Republican,:
Please allow me a small place in the
columns of your valuable journal to tell
the people at large what believe these
public school entertainments are doing
for our community.
| want to be rightly understood, in
the first place. and do not want my
neighbors and friends to think that |
oppose anything that is righteous or
anything that will in anyway edify the
children or have a tendency to make
the world better, but the entertain
ments given by the schools are making
empty churches, empty class rooms,
empty prayer meetings; we have no
Epworth League, but we should have
not in name only and empty like the
other services above mentioned.
fear that there are a great many
young people and some middle aged that
are married to the school entertain
ments and will have to secure a divorce
IL IneY WANT W get 10 HedNel' MY
reason for saying this is that do not
think there has been an evening this
winter too bad to have a full house for
a school entertainment, while there
, have been many too bad for our people
go to church-their first duty to
: themselves and their families and
neighbors.
Very truly yours,
SAMUEL WILAND,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-02-17

have taken charge of the Fresh
Meat Department of Creutzburg store
where | can furnish my trade with the
best Fresh Meats at all times, and So
licit share of your patronage. Every
thing clean and up-to-date
Farmers, bring your calves, mutton,
lambs and beef and get the highest cash
prices for them.
Yours to please,
HENRY SMOUSE.
The Up-to- Date Market.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-02-17

SAMUEL WILAND,
New Germany, Md, Feb. IA, 1910.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-02-17
Call for Your Letters.

Miss Stella Gibson, Mrs. Ethel Grove,
Mrs. Nola Harmon, Miss Eva Jeffries
Miss Carrie Johnson, Miss Winifred,
Luhhi A. Yoshine Divincence.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-02-17

Smoked and Fresh fish at Baumgart-
ner's.
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14
Ancient Arabic Order, Mobiles
OF the Mystic Shrine.

New Orleans, La, April II l3,
1910.
The Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany will sell round.trip excursion
tickets account the above occasion
to New Orleans, La, at the rate OF
$500 for the round trip.
Dates of sale: April 8, 9, 10 and
II, 1910.
Return limit. Tickets limited to
reach original starting point not
later than April 25th, 1910, Exten-
sion of ticket can be secured on pay
ment of fee of 81. For further in
formation regarding stop-overs, etc.
Call on, write or phone ticket agent
Illinois Central. Cumb. Asp,
T. l.. Morrow, Agt.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14
Homeseekers'

Excursion fares to points in Colora-
do, Idaho, Kansas. Michigan, Mis-
souri,, Montana, Nebraska. Nevada.
Utah. North Dakota, South Dakota,
Wisconsin, Arizona, Texas, Oklaho'
ma, Arkansas. Louisiana, Mexico,
New Mexico. Wyoming, The Illinois
Central will sell round.trip home
seekers excursion tickets to points in
the above named states every first
and 3rd Tuesday at very reasonably
reduced rates. For further informa-
tion call on. write or phone ticket
agent Illinois Central. Cumb, 45 2.
7. L. Morrow. agent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14
CATARACT OF THE EYE.
II May Be Prevented by the Judieio1s
Use Of Glasses.

Among the diseases which are be-
lieved to belong peculiarly and of
right to old age cataract is perhaps
the most frequent 1t is true there
are cases of cataract in young chill
dren, and one may even be born
blind, the absence of sight being
due to nontransparency of the crys-
talline lens, but nine-tenths at least
Of the sufferers from this affection
are past sixty years of age, and most
of these have exceeded the limit of
threescore and ten.
A cataract is an Opaque condition
of the crystalline lens, the body
lying just behind the pupil. The
opacity may exist in the body of the
lens itself, or it may form layer on
its surface just beneath the capsule
inclosing it. The cause of cataract
is variously stated, but most author
tiles are agreed in regarding the
opacity as a result of the vain eff
forts of the lens to change its shape
in order to focus the rays of light
exactly at the retina and so secure
distinct vision. In youth this can
be done readily by the little muscles
within the eyeballs, but as the years
go on the lens gets harder and less
readily changes its shape, and soon
after forty it is so hard that perfect
accommodation, as this change of
shape is called, is impossible.
That is the time for glasses, if
astigmatism has not made them i'm
perative before that Many persons
seem to be ashamed Of glasses.
thinking that the taking to them is
a confession of age. So it is, per-
haps, but the scowling and the draw
ing up Of the features. which cannot
be helped if glasses are refused, are
confession much more definite
than the wearing of glasses.
Even more important, the put
ting on of glasses as soon as the
slightest indistinctness of vision is
perceived is an almost certain pre-
ventive OF cataract. The pulling
and hauling and tugging at the
hardening lens which the eye mus
cles must DO in order to change its
shape for the varying needs of near
and far sight irritate the lens and
induce a low state Of inflammation,
which results in cataract.
When cataract is once establish
ed there is nothing for the sufferer
to do but wait patiently for the so
called "ripening' of the process,
when an operation will procure re-
lief.-Youth's Companion.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14
The Travelling Heart.

| was at church the other night,
when Dr.. Potts preached an excel
lent sermon, in the course of which
he happened to speak Of "the hart
bounding over the hills and drink
ing from the water courses" As |
came out of the church Butterwick
said to me:
'Pretty good joke of the old
mans, wasn't it,"
"What do you mean?"
"Why, in the sermon, that joke
about the heart"
'It didn't strike me as being at
all facetious."
"It didn't, hey? Well, when a
man talks about a heart skipping
around over the hills and drinking
out of the creek he must either be
in fun or else just a gassing for the
want of something to say. Who
ever heard of anybody's insides car
rying on like that? Does your liver
roam round over the hills? Can
your ribs drink out of the canals"
l explained the situation, and
Butterwick went home to study the
Scriptures more carefully.-Max
Adler in New York Weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14
National Sunday School

Congress (coloredl Atlanta, Ga,
May 25-3O, 1910, The Illinois Cen
trail railroad will sell round-trip
tickets to Atlanta, Ca, account the
above occasion at the rate of $12.85
for the round trip. Dates of sale,
May %, "a, 1910. Return limit.
Tickets good returning to reach
original starting point not later than
midnight of June 1st, 1910. For
further information call on or phone
ticket agent. T. L. Morrow, Agent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14
Grand Army of Republic

Department of Kentucky, Central
City, KY. May 1920. The Illinois
Central will sell round-trip tickets
to Central City, Ky, account the
above occasion at the reduced rate
of $500 for the round trip. Dates
of Sale, May 10th, 18th, and 6 a. m.
18th. Return limit. Tickets good
returning to reach original starting
point not later than midnight of
May 22nd, 1910. For further in
formation call on, write. or phone
ticket agent Illinois Central. Cumb.
452. T. L. Morrow. Agent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14
The Story That Failed.

The story teller was telling sto-
ries.
'1t is a curious but nevertheless
absolute fact" be said, "that when
| used to live in the sheep rearing
district in Derbyshire | knew an old
man who used to wander about
picking up and selling the WOO
which the sheep scratched off their
backs by rubbing against tie
hedges.
"The old fellow was somewhat o,
a butt in the neighborhood. / e
he stuck to his work, unmindful of
jeers, wandering miles over 9.
hills every day, silent, absorbed and
untiring. Well, now, how much
do you suppose that old boy left
when he died? Just guess, now"
"One thousand pounds ?" opined
one auditor.
Give thousand?" said another.
The raconteur shook his head.
'Not blessed ha'penny" he re-
plied.-Answers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14
National Association

of Piano Dealers of America, Rich
mond, Va, May 1918, 1910. The
Illinois Central Railroads will sell
round. trip tickets to Richmond, Va,
account the above occasion at the
rate of $30.05 for the round trip.
Dates of Sale, May 11th and 18th,
1910. Return limit. Tickets good
returning to reach original starting
point not later than midnight of
May 10Th, 1910. For further infor-
nation call on or phone ticket agent.
Phone 45.2 T. l.. Morrow, Agent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14
The Golden Wedding.

A servant asked her mistress for
leave from Friday to Monday to
visit her mother a long journey
away, as all the family desired to
meet to celebrate their parents
golden wedding. The mistress gave
permission, and on Monday the
maid duly returned, and her mis-
tress said to her:
"Well, Mary, how did you get
on?''
ooh, splendid, ma'am, and moth
er was so grateful to you for letting
me 60"
eyes, and your father-what did
he say?"
'Lor' bless you, ma'am, he wasn't
there; he died twenty years agoP-
London Globe.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14
Set Him to Work.

The smart young man-his school
honors thick upon him, and his in
tention to teach the world in gen
eral and his father in particular the
manner in which up to date COM
merce should be conducted-stood
earnestly holding forth in his fa-
theirs office.
"You may rely upon me, sir" he
was saying, with perfervid empha-
sis. 81 will devote my whole life
to the interests of the business. 1t
shall be my aim and ambition to
keep the family name free from
stain"
"Goodr' said the old man gruff1y.
'0That's the spirit. Tell the Office
boy to give you the whiting and am
monia; then go and polish up the
brass name plate on the door,
London Mail.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14
Disappointed indeed.

In Jamaica it is the rage among
tourists from England to 60 butter
fly hunting. In great variety OF
flannel costumes these subjects Of
Great Britain go careering about in
the fields armed with green nets,
to the great amusement OF Ameri-
cans.
Not long ago one of the most ar
dent of them, after q most excitin0
chase, bagged an insect. He gazed
at it for moment, then, turnins
away with look Of the most in
tense disgust, he addressed the
gathering on the hotel veranda with
these words:
"Oh, SAY, tits but an immature
cricket p'-New York Times.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14
LOW RATE EXCURSION 4
Fares to British Columbia,
Oregon, California and
Washington.

The Illinois Central Railroad will
sell round. trip tickets at the follow.
ing rates to the following points:
New Westminster, Vancouver and
Victoria, British Columbia at $67.75.
Los Angeles, San Diego and San
Francisco, California at $62,50.
Bellingham. Everett and Seattle,
Washington, at $67.T5.
Tickets on sale April 4th to Sept.
Both, 1910.
For further information call on,
write or phone Agent Illinois Cen
tral. Cumb. 45-2.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14
THE DEADLY COBRA.
How Venomous Creature ls Handled
by Hindoo Snake Charmers.

by Hindoo Snake charmers.
The creatures were on the de-
fensive, but not one of them at
tempted to strike at the master,
who sat serenely in front of them,
so long as he did nothing to annoy
them. Kullan talked to them as if
they we're his dearest friends. After
q time one or the other of them
would lower its head, collapse its
hood and begin to try to wriggle
away, whereupon Kullan would
give it a smart little rap on the
tail with his stick and bring it in
stantly to attention again. Whether
this man possessed any special mag
ic over these cobras or whether the
description given below of how he
could handle and play with them
was simply due to his method | can
not say. He himself repudiated the
idea of magic and asserted positive
ly that any one who had the neces-
sary nerve and dexterity could do
exactly the same.
He used no reed instrument or
music of any kind to propitiate the
reptiles. He would simply squat on
his launches in front of them, and
after they had been Kissing and
swaying their uplifted heads back
ward and forward for a few min
utes he raised his hands above their
heads and slowly made them de-
scend till they rested on the snakes
heads. He then stroked them gently,
speaking all the time in the most
endearing Hindoostanee terms. The
serpents appeared spellbound. They
made no effort to resent the liberty,
but remained quite still, with heads
uplifted, and seemed rather to en-
Joy it. Presently his hands would
descend down the necks about three
inches below the heads, his fingers
would close loosely around the
necks, and he would lift them off
the ground and place them on his
shoulders. The looseness of the
grip appeared to be the main Sc
cret. The snakes, being in no way
hurt, would then slowly crawl
through his fingers and wind them
selves round his neck, his shoulders
and his arms. They appeared to
realize that no harm was to be done
them, and they made no effort to
resent the handling. He would pick
them gently off one arm and place
them on the other and, in fact,
stroke them and pet them as if they
had been a pair Of harmless worms.
-Cornhill Magazine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14
Annual Continental Congress
Daughters of the American
Revolution, Washington,
D c., April 1923, 1910.

The Illinois Central will sell round
trip tickets to Washington, D. c.,
account the above occasion at the
rate of S29 05 for the round trip.
Dates of Sale-April 18th, l4th
and 18th.
Return Limit-Tickets good re
turning to reach original starting
point not later than midnight of
May End, 1910.
For further information call on,
write or phone ticket agent Illinois
Central, Cumb. ASP.
T. l. MORROW, Agent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14
Prompt.

An insurance agent was boasting
that his company recently paid a
life policy to the widow the day
after the funeral of her husband
and insisted that no company was
ever so prompt in payment.
''That's nothing" replied the
agent of another company. "One OF
our patrons recently fell from the
top of a four story building, and a
check for the full amount of the
policy was handed him as he passed
the second story window"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14

returning to reach original starting
point not later than May 2nd, un-
less extension Of limit is obtained by
payment of Scots. which will extend
limit to May 10Th.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14
Sublime Faith.
'Pa, what is sublime faith ?"

"Pa, what is sublime faith ?"
"When a man who weighs fifty
'pounds sits down beside lady
whose weight is s35 pounds and the
hammock in which they are seated
is held up by a rope a quarter OF an
inch thick It seems to me that they
give an exhibition Of sublime faith
that would hardly need an expiana-
hon."- Chicago Record-Herald.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14
Round Trip Excursion Fares

To Mobile, Alabama, account an
nuaI reunion United Confederate
Veterans Mobile Ala, April 26 2S,
1910. The Illinois Central will sell
round trip tickets to Mobile, Ala, f,
account the above occasion at the
rate of $ll.40 for the round-trip.
Dates of sale. April 23, "a and 25.
1910 Rstnrn limit. Tickets good
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14

Home Seekers rates to the North
west and Southwest on first and
third Tuesdays. For further infor-
nation call on agent Illinois Central.
til. MORROW, Agent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14

Complete. Straight Line Keyboard
Removable and interchangeable Platens
Ball Bearing Carnage
Reversible Tabulator Rack
Simple Stencil Cutting Device
Drop Forged Type Bars
Perfect Line Lock
Bichrome Ribbon
Uniform Touch
Ball Bearing Type Bar
Column Finder and Paragraphs
Decimal Tabulator
Visible WntuR
A Key for EvsY Character
Perfect Erasng Fscilihss
interchangeable Carriages
Right aa6 Lek Carriage Release Levsss
SWINGING Marginal Raek
Proteeead Ribbon
Gear DnvsR Carriages
Ribbon Coaholed from keyboard
Vsnsbe and Universal Line Spaces
Perfect Dust Guard
Back Space Lever
Carnage RetaTder
Improved Marginal Stops
EseSpement. SPeedest Ever Devised
These are features which make the
Smith Premier the choice Of the
man who investigates comparative
advantages.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-04-14

See J. H. Dagg for contracting,
building and general repair work of
all kinds. Phone 476.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-03-19

LOCOMOTIVE
NOVEL METHOD OF TAKING EN-
CINE AND TENDER ACROSS WA
TER FROM SERVICE IN ONE
COUNTY TO WORK IN ANOTHER

Transferred from Holly. Fla, to Per
dido, Ala, locomotive arrived here
yesterday from the first-named place
and will be taken over into the Per-
dido country. The lighter had built
on it miniature track. Cross ties
and seventypound rails were used to
build the track from end to end of the
lighter, and on this had been moved
an old-time locomotive and engine
Once aboard the lighter, all was in
readiness to be brought over to Pen
sacola. The tug Dixie towed it to
Pensacola yesterday, mooring the
lighter with the locomotive aboard at
Central wharf, where. it is said. the
engine will be unloaded today, placed
on the tracks of the L. & \. and
thence handled by switch engines to
its point of destination.
The engine is the property of the
Florida & Alabama Lumber Company,
and has been used for many years in
the works of the company in and
around Holly.