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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-09

A new prima donna, weighing nine pounds, arrived at the home of MT. and Mrs. George M Conan few days ago. This is the second daughter born to the Cohans. After listening to Miss Conan s opening remarks her father decided to compose an opera for her in which she will sing soprano role
 Since the news spread the comedian has been overwhelmed with congratula- tions.
 Another of the new theatres which are being built in this city will be opened as a combination picture and vaudeville house.
 The name of the house is the National. It Is situated at Third avenue and One Hundred and Forty-ninth street. has a seating capacity of 280O and In many ways is one of the handsomest theatres here. The theatre proper, with Its marble walls, stands between two new structures of brick, part of the same building, which contain stores and offices.
 Denman Thompson has 'come out of retirement" again. Most of the time 'The Old Homestead' has pursued its profitable way while he has been hiber- hating The play has been on the stage 9 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-09
Time Alone Would Tell

From Success Magazine. The father of four boys, discovering the oldest, aged 1S. smoking a cigarette, called the four together for a lecture on the evils of narcotics.
 'Now, Willie.,' he said, in conclusion, to his youngest, 'are you going to use
 tobacco when you get to be man?' "I don't know" replied the 6-year-old, uoberly, I'm trying hard to quit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-09
ALONG THE RIALTO
Hundreds of Actors and Actresses Sti11
 Looking for 6 Job

1 Perry Beaumont in the Philadelphia | Times.
 | With the theatrical season opening.
 many of the shows already on the road
 and the casts for others all engaged,
 there are still hundreds of actors and &C.,
 tresses tramping Broadway looking for | jobs.
 | I spent most of the week in New York. | and every managers office I visited, which included about all there are, found the waiting rooms filled with men
 and women, all wanting to see the "boss, D
 all In search of positions. | And what is most dlscouraging to them
 Is the posted notice in most of the of-
 fees which informs all callers that the positions for the present season are al-
 ready filled and that no more applica- | tons will be considered. It means that | hundreds of men and women who de- pend upon the stage for a livelihood do not yet know whether they are to have
 a position this season or not. Most of |, them have been out of work since last | spring and nearly all of them are hard
 up.
 the past had fairly good parts are now
 getting to the stage where they are will ing to accept almost anything that will afford them a means of living. I don't | know whether this season differs any In
 this respect from other seasons or not. l but do know that a lot of people are tramping Broadway and worrying about | the future.
 Of course, there are some shows to | go out yet, but most of the casts are | filled up and a very large percentage of the people now searching for employment
 are not going to get what they would like | to have. They may get places, but most of the good things" are gone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-09

Mildred Blaine. one of the stars In Broadway production, has been show cred with congratulations because of 0 report that she had become the sole heiress of one of the richest coal tracts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-09

The manager of the Majestic theatre in Brooklyn announced lately that tickets may be purchased by mall by sending express or postoffice money orders
 Many patrons of the house are now securing their tickets in this way The advantage of the mall system Is that 1t
 allows thaatraRoers to secure good seats
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-09

Hammond's Peculiar Preference. From the Popular Magazine.
 John Hays Hammond, the mining engi neer, was on his private car en route t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-09

Giuseppi Campanari, grand opera singer. has become an American citizen. The oath was administered by United States Commissioner Shields
 Campanari was born in Venice, Italy, and came to this country In 1885. He Is a thorough going New Yorker and until recently he was neighbor of Governor Hughes, who lived on the same street, West End avenue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-09
without the annoyance of standing in line at the theatre box office sale.

There is great joy in the Friars' club because it's ball club vanquished the forces representing Lew Fields. The E rfars are theatrical press agents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-03-17
HOW OFTEN?

Three times year is not too often
for a gentleman to get drunk, said a
judge in New York the other dav in
deciding a case in wh.ch d will was CON
tested on the ground that the testator
was habitual drunkard. While the
courts have never passed upon the mat
ter in. a positive way, this decision,
while of a negative sort, throws some
light upon the problem.
How often a man may get drunk
without ceasing to be a gentleman is a
question that, in view of the wide Giver-
gence and great variety of opinions on
the subject, seems to be difficult of de-
termination. In the good old days it
was deemed.quite gentlemanly TO get
drunk every night. Indeed. frequent
inebriety was.one of the marks of male
gentility Il AS defined in those days. a
gentleman was a man who didn't have
to work for living; and as those who
did could not keep the pace of bread
winning with the handicap of head"
every morning, the daily Jag" was
exclusively habit for the well.to-do
and its possession was akin to a crest.
Nowadays, the most daring defender
of intemperance will not undertake to
say that man can get. drunk oftener
than once week and remain a gentle
man. The more conservative champion
probably will place the limit at once a
month. - Public sentiment in general
will not stand for more than two or
three frstlclass "toots" a year. In
deed, most folks incline to an opinion
opinion that al gentleman should limit
himself to an annual jag" on the
Fourth Of July And there be folks
bigoted enough to hold that no real gen.
tleman gets drunk at all.
Three times a year is not too often
for a gentleman to get drunk. says
the New York learned Judge From
this, therefore, it is clear that we may
hitch ourselves to a load of peaches
once in each four months; but whether
we may do so oftener is left in doubt
by the courts decision. But, on second
thoughts, that decision establishes
nothing positively nothing. The GER
tainty as to this arises through the sud-
den recollection of the case of a friend
of ours. At one New Years approach
he promisedEhis wife, after urging of
the most vigorous kind, that he would
get drunk only once in the next twelve
month. He insisted upon that jag"
as compromise; and AS it was plain
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-03-17
Germs on a Dollar Bill.

Germs-92, 600, 600 of them, of mani
fold variety-were found on a one dol
lar bill microscopically examined at the
request of Representative Wiley, of
New Jersey, according to his state nent
before the House Committee on Bank
ing and Currency, in support of his bill
to provide clean currency by burning all
paper money returned to the Treasury.
Among the many diseases found TO
be circulating about this money were
smallpox, scarlet fever, typhoid, tuber
culosis and diphtheria. Another bill
examined by the Agricultural Depart
ment, Mr. Wiley said, disclosed the
presence of IS, 5ls, 900 living bacteria.
No germs were found on metal
money, The dollar bills of constant
circulation have the most bacteria
about them, and 1t was found that the
larger the denomination of the money,
the fewer germs it contained.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-03-17
CUMBERLAND HAD BIG FIRE.
Municipal Building and All Its Con-
tents Destroyed Monday Morning.

The city of Cumberland experienced
a disastrous fire Monday morning be-
tween the hours of and 10 o'clock
when the stately city hall was burned
to the ground with all the contents of
the building, including numerous lodge
equipment, the city records and other
property va .ued at about 5000, 900.
The building was insured for Sal, 000
1t was erected about thirty-fve years
ago at a cost of $97, 900 and in it were
located the city market, the Academy
of Music, the municipal offices, Ma
sonic, Odd Fellows and various other
fraternal lodge rooms. The heaviest
loser, with the exception of the city,
was the Masonic lodge, whose loss will
total about $4,000. The quarters oc-
cupied by this fraternity were probably
the handsomest in the State and the
furnishings were as elaborate as could
be procured.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-03-17
Fireman Figures in Romance.

A few years ago Fred Ringer was an
extra hreman on the B. & O., but work
got slack and he went back to his home
and later embarked In the grocery bust
ness at Kitzmiller, on the Western
Maryland railroad.
Recently Miss Alice M. Tremble, a
pretty Trenton girl, distinguished her.
self by riding a horse 20 miles in the
dead of night to save her mother and
sister from death and received at least
1000 letters from all parts of the world
congratulatng her upon her daring and
heroic deed. Among the letters were
scores in which marriage was offered.
Ringer, now prosperous merchant,
sent his photo and the following letter:
Dear Friend read an account of
your bravery in riding on horseback 20
miles at night to save your mother and
sister from death. A brave act, indeed
IAN admirer of feminine heroism-
beingt also not ineligible matrimonially
I ardently Yearn to hear more OF you.
Won't you do me one favor, just drop
line and tell me more about yourself.
l am sending you proof of my photo
graph, also my business card. "
Miss Trembe was impressed with
this letter and Immediately responded
and now it looks as if they will marry,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-03-17
THURSDAY, MARCH II, 1910.
HERE'S AN HONEST TAX.

Those fellows who go about declaim-
ing that every man has right to liv-
ing must be made to understand the
righteousness of the feminine dictum
that every woman has right to man
to make living for her. If the truth
were told the real reason for high prices
is the scarcity of husbands. Just how
this follows need not be dwelt upon, as
the soothing would be none less the if it
were fortified by the best brand of
logic that ever came from the Jevons
Hill factory.
That bill which Mr. Willis, of Kent,
has ready for the MARYLAND legislature,
to impose graduate tax upon all able
bodied male citizens is fine; it is as logi-
cal as a proposition in calculus and its
public meritss is beyond all question.
Why should,not the man who denies
the claims of the gentler sex and per-
sists in padding his own canoe be made
to feel the obligation that rests upon
him to discharge his duty:to society or
else to pay for the exemption he claims9
Is there any other kind of discrimina-
ton sos base as that (which permits
bachelor to live his cynical career with
out fulfilling that duty of footing up
domestic accounts that is the Joy of all
benedicts?
And let it be known that this is no
new thing in Maryland, for in early
days when the Golfers were casting
about for new sources of revenue the
assembly came to the rescue of the
community threatened with impoverish-
ment and enacted bachelor tax. With
fine appreciation of the common asso-
Citations of the "abled- bodied married
male these Legislators placed the item
in the tax list between the items of
cigars and wines, thus giving a hint as
to the luxuriousness of single life,
which if it was enjoyable should be
amerced.
OF course, there will be an outcry,
sneers at Tapron-string legislation and
cynical remarks about the fellows who
are pulled about by their noses, but the
state, after all, is but an enlarged fam
lily and only family men rightfully be-
long to it. Either disfranchise and de-
port the bachelors or else let them
stand up and be counted when the man
with the bachelor tax authority comes
round to take their name and number
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-03-17
CONSERVATION OF FORESTS.

There are two bills before the legis-
lature in the interests Of the State For
est Service that for the good of Mary
land should be passed. One carries the
ANNUAL appropriation for support Of the
work; while the other adds several
necessary provisions to the forest law,
such as empowering the forest wardens
to make arrests in case of detected
violations of the forest law, and, sec
ondly, ITO summona help to fight fires.
1t is also provided, in addition, that the
expense of extinguishing forest flies
shall be divided between the state and
the county Sin which the fire has oc-
Cured
Thel MarylandI State Board of For
estry was established IN 1906, and its
systematic study sof the states TIM
Der resources, together:wth its practi
cal help along conservation lines justi
fed the creation of the body. At the
presentstime we have, approximately,
no, C4DsOJO NuDlS ICtI VI saw liillDti
We are using annually 1850, 900 cubic
feet of wood, while the forests of the
state grow. approximately, $4,000, 600
cubic feet r.annum. As this is less
than one-third of what we use, the need
of an intelligent conservation policy is
apparent 1t is inconceivable, there
fore. that there can be any hesitancy
over the bill carrying the annual appro-
priation for.the support for the For
estry Board.
The secondsof the bills referred to is
for TIE. purpose of increasing the effec-
tiveness of the service, desideratum
that shouldHappeal to all. The pro-
vision to:divide the cost of fire fighting
between statessand county would seem
to be an improvement over the present
method, wherebyEthe county has to pay
the entire cost and then has the power
to collect the cost from the landowner
on whosesaccount the money was ex-
pended
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-03-17

turned to the 1910 legislature through
an INSCRIPTIONS ballot manipulation in
eleven of the twenty-three Maryland
counties.
The machine bosses UNDERSTANDING
body understands better than they
that the desperate game which they are
playing can only be maintained by play
ing with eyer-increasing recklessness
and defiance. And so. as the present
Legislative session draws to its close,
there is a perfect deluge of proposed
Legislation having for its purpose the
perpetuation and Tightening of the grip
of the banded politicians who operate
the Democratic organization as politi-
cal machine. No discriminating OBJ
server who looks beneath the surface of
things can fail to understand the sig
nificance of the political jugglery now
under way at the state capital. 1t is
now made quite apparent why sixty
days of the session were wasted, why
highly important. measures introduced
early in the session were pigeonholed in
committee rooms, why committees hav-
ing measures in charge demanding early
consideration were Indifferent about
their responsibilities. When all mat
tiers of pending legislation are involved
in the rush and confusion which has
been made inevitable by the waste of
two thirds of the session, the trick
political bills can be pushed through
with degree of certainty that public
attention will be less directly focused
upon them. In the clamor raised in
connection with various pending civil
bills the Democratic machine bosses
anticipate pushing their own particular
schemes through without attracting
general attention or arousing open pro-
test.
The bill of the Reform League pro-
viding for a uniform election law
throughout the state and proposing as
a means to that end the repeal of the
special election law-the Wilson ballot
law, under which trickery and fraud
were rampant at the last election-is
now in the hands of the Senatorial
Committee on Elections. The Repubi-
can minorlties in each branch will line
up behind this fair and honest election
bill-that is, they will support it if they
are given the ghost of an opportunity
The protest which the minority will
make will be, however, as everybody
understands, a hopeless one. 1t will be
as hopeless as would be the advocacy of
the Golden Rule down in an unmention-
able place where they don't shovel
snow. The bosses who control the
Democratic organization and run it as
their own machine have no use for the
Reform League bill, but will push
through their own bills, which, when
enacted, as they surely will be. will ex-
pand and ampify the possibilities Of
election trickery. Numerous and bad
as the election trickery laws already
introduced are, the limitations are that
there are worse coming. The machine
bosses are having everything their own
way at Annapolis and the people are
looking on. Later the proposition will
be straightly up to the people what to
do next.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-03-17
THE GRIP OF THE MACHINE.

There has never been time in this
state when a controlling party was
more completely under the domination
of a few men and more entirely subser-
Went to their influence than is the So
called Democratic party at this time.
The Observation-Disclosures in Mary
land is sblitical machine, operated by
INSCRIPTIONS managers and through I'M
scrupulous methods. 1t is a misnomer
to speak of this organization as Demo-
cratic. Democracy implies power de-
rived from and expressive of the will of
the people The political bosses who
have made the Democratic party a
political machine are using this ma
chine to subserve their own purposes;
and not only so, but with interchangeable
cunning and ingenuity are twisting and
malforming the electoral system SO as
to insure the perpetuity of their control.
Machine-controlled majorities were re-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-03-17
Two Ranges in One

An interchangeable gas, coal and wood
range. You can cook and bake, using
gas and coal at the same time. A gas
range that can be changed to coal or
wood in three seconds. Now on exhibit
ton at.
Davis Cash Hardware.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-03-17
MARYLAND MAN UNDER ARREST
John p. Miller, of Westernport, Held
Under Bond for Federal Court

A dispatch from Grafton, w Va,
dated March IA, says:
On a capias issued by the United
States Circuit Clerk at Parkersburg. j.
/ Miller, a prominent wholesale and
retail liquor man Of Westernport, Md,
was arrested here this forenoon by
Duputy L. S. Marshal T. D. Hupp, and
held by L. 5. Commissioner Charles r.
Lilly, before whom he was arraigned
under a $500 cash bond to appear at the
next session of Federal court which will
be held in Wheeling in April
Miller, who is a member Of the n. j..
Miller's Sons Company of Westernport
and Accident, where the distiIery Of
the firm is located. was indicted at the
last session Of Federal court at Pakers-
burg on the charge Of having shipped
liquor from Maryland into West Viz
glnia. The trial was set for the Wheel
ing term OF court.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-03-17
PATRON SAINT OF IRELAND
Brief Sketch of St Patrick HOnored
in the Catholic World Today.

Today will be observed throughout
the Catholic world in honor of Saint
Patrick "The Patron Saint of ireland .,
To the average man on the street .,
ST Patrick is a legendary beino vagpe.
" associated with a serpent exodus
from Ireland But there are few his
toric characters more authentic and
few whose influence has boon mara
powerful and permanent.
When the great Roman eropire began
to feel the chill of death at its extren-
tiles. and its romotest northern garri-
son took the first backward stem in
Scotland. there went with the retreat
ing troops. south of the great wall of
Severus. youth about fourteen wears
of age. who. in 396 A. b had been
born near Dumbarton. on the CLYDE.
The Picts. emboldened bv the with
drawal of the Roman l,pioDs. made in
cursions into the territory Of their foes.
In one such raid they captured this
Young man and sent him as a slave TO
Ireland. After six wears the prisoner
escaped. espoused the Christian faith
with ardor, and devoted himself to the
priesthood, with the determination TO
convert the inhabitants Of the island 10
Christianity.
The above NAV be called the prologue
of St Patrick's life. The second mart
begins in the wear 42s A. D.. the best
established date in ST Patrick 5 history
when he addressed the king and friends
on the rovaI hill of Tara. From that
time on St Patrick's wonderful success
needs no euIogium. Suffice it to saw
that his life and labors laid the FONDA
tion unon which ireland was presently
to stand as the great center of religious
Influence in northern Furona Whether
or not his dust reposes i, the shadow of
the cathedral AT Downpatrick under the
granite slab that bears his name ne &c
and over will ne the dominant fo,ura in
Ireland-tbe keystone in the bridge NV
which mon nassad from, Irish naga,isr,
to Christianity
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-03-17
Public Sale of Saw Mill.

will offer at Public Sale on Friday,
the 18th day of March, at eleven o'clock
a. m, in Oakland, MARYLAND, in front
of the Garrett National Bank, one
Portable Steam Engine, Boiler and
Saw Mill, with all the saws and other
materials now on hand. Peerless make,
twenty feet carriage, fifty-six feet
ways; Geiser Manufacturing Company
ma e; Glass l., No. 1918. A lot of T
rail-
Terms of Sale. One third cash on
day of sale, balance in six and twelve
months with security to be approved by
undersigned. This property can now
be seen at the set of B. W. Harvey
near Mountain Lake Park.
GORDON & HARTLEY,
by Robert H. Gordon,
PCT. remaining partner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-03-17

Smoked and Fresh fish at Baumgart
ner's.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-03-17

that he would turn down the whole
proposition unless his wife conceded
something, she consented. Early on
New Years morning our friend went
out and got drunk. He kept his word,
though. He was drunk only once that
year. His Jag" we may add, lasted
until the last day of the following De-
cember.
1t is obvious, then, that no decision
as to the number of times a gentleman
may get drunk will amount to anything
unless it also declares how long gen.
tleman's Gag" may continue.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-03-17
Church Services.

ST. MARX $ LUTHERAN.
Services next Sabbath as follows
Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
Preaching at 1890 D. m.
Luther League Wedn sday 1880 p m.
Deer Park Preaching at 1902. m.
Everybody welcome.
f. MANGEs, Pastor.
ST. PAUL's NE.
Services next Sunday as follows;
Preaching 1890 a. m. and 1880 p. m.
Sunday school at 2:l5 p. m.
Epworth League Monday 1880 p. m.
Prayermeeting Wednesday 1880 p. m.
Everybody cordially invited to attend
these services.
G. K. WILLIAMSON, Pastor.
BAPTIST.
Services next Sunday as follows:
Loeb lynn Preaching at 3 p. m.
Revival services will begin at Deer
Park Sunday morning and continue for
several weeks. The pastor will be as
sisted by Rev A. j. Fristoe. d. D., Of
Baltimore Everybody invited to come
and hear him.
c. w. HUDSON. Pastor.
MT. LAKE PARK NJ. E.
Glass meeting at 10 a. m.
Preaching at HOO a. m.
Sunday school at 2:3O p. m.
Epworth League at $50 p. m.
Preaching at 7.3O p. m.
P. Z. MUSGRAvE, Pastor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-03-17
Real Estate for Sals.

| will sell at private sale so acres.
more or less. one-fourth of mile from
Altamont station. Twenty-Five acres
cleared land. All nice laying land, well
watered, all smooth land, and there is
about one hundred thousand feet of
good saw timber on it, or will sell said
saw timber and keep the land.
| will also sell Military Lot No. 1164
near Fairfax Stone, in this county, all
covered with timber. Said land is prin-
cipally level. Apply to
z. G. GIBSON,
2-tf Mt Lake Park, Md.