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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14
Pretty Fa st.

A Washington broker has big coun-
try place just outside Of Leesburg, Va.
He put a large searchlight on top of
his stone watertoWer and from time to
time at night amuses himself by throw
ing the light around the country, says
the Saturday Evening Post,
One night the broker was on the tow
er playing with the searchlght. \
Virginian, driving a skittish team hitch
ed to a surrey, in which there were
two ladies, was coming along road
leading to Leesburg and was about
four miles from the village.
The broker threw the searchlight
down the road
Gosh darn it, exclaimed the Vir
ginian, "here comes one Of those pesky
automobiles" He jumped out and
took the horses by the heads. The
light continued on the road for half a
minute and then was switched away.
The Virginian stood stupefied. Then
he turned to the ladies and said in an
awed voice: "Jeerusalem, That auto
mobile must be going fast. It's gone
by, and / didn't even see it!'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14
Cards For Spitters.

In order to prevent the spread of
disease germs by splitting upon the
streets of the city of Lawrence, Mass,
the board Of health had 5000 cards
bearing the splitting ordinance print
ed and delivered to the police depart
ment to be distributed by policemen.
The cards will be given to any indi-
vidual who spits on a sidewalk. The
board takes this means of preventing
the habit i'll conjunction with the spit
ting signs which have been erected.
This is good method for making any
city or town clean and healthful and
should be adopted by the citizens
working for the welfare of their home
towns
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14

The stock whip in the skillful hands
of the Australian is not only an article
of the greatest utility, but also for
midable weapon. Owing to its great
length-the lash varies from twelve to
thirty feet-and the shortness of the
butt, which measures only eighteen
inches, it is an extremely difficult and
awkward thing to WELD, and the be-
ginner is apt to seriously hurt himself
if he does not exercise care when prac-
ticiHg. A well trained stockman how
ever, can hit a cent every time at ten
PAGES distance and with the dreaded
lash in his hand, cracking like pistol
shots, can keep a mob of wild cattle
in check. If used with full force it
will cut through skin and flesh like
a knife but unless a beast shows dis
tinct vice the stockman uses it more
for the purpose of instilling fear than
of causing pain. 1t can also be used
as a bolas-a Patagonian form of the
lasso-and an adept with the whip can
catch and hold a beast by causing the
lash to- cdrl around its legs.-Wide
WCrld Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14
Second Nature

"My own darling" he signs, "say
that you will be mine"
The beautiful actress drops her eyes
and suffers herself to be folded in his
embrace, whispering "Egbert. have
always been yours"
To his astoniShment an instant later
she draws away from him and taps
her foot angrily on the floor, saying:
Goodness, you did that like wood
en- man. We didn't get hand. You'll
have to put more life and go into your
part Or Here she bushes wildly.
and across her face surge waves Of
sweet confusion as she shyly says: 4
am 50 sorry! For the moment | for
got that we were here alone and not
on the stage"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14
A Granoe Talk.

Professor NJ. w Harpei delivered a
lecture before Forest City grange, Ith-
AGA, on Breeding Horses For Profit
and Pleasure" He recommended the
breeding of draft horses as being much
easier and more profitable than to raise
other breeds, because the advent of the
Automobile has not affected the price
OF draft horses. while it has that of
the fine carriage breeds. In his opin-
ion, the best manner in which farmers
of this state can acquire good draft
horses is to form associations for the
breeding Of such animals.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14
FOR PUBLIC FAIRGROUNDS.
This Poem Urges Denver to Construct
More Of Them.

This Poem Urges Denver to construct
More Of Them.
Regarding the movement in the city
of Denver for public Fairgrounds for
the children, which is being bitterly
fought by an organization of that
place, the Denver Republican. lead
ing newspaper. is i'll receipt of the
following poem forwarded by a gen
tleman of Butler, Pa, who was visit
ing Denver recently AMI beheld the
glories of the Rocky mountain range
from the capitol dome and who be-
lieves that Denver has the greatest
chance of any city i'll the United
States to become the most beautiful
city in the world:
GIVE THEM ! PLACE TO PLAY.
Plenty of room for dives and dens
Glitter and glare and SIM
Plenty of room for prison pens
Gather the criminals IND.
But never a place for the lads TO race
No; never a place TO play.
Plenty of room for shops and stores
(Mamrnon must have the besD,
Plenty of room for the running sores
That rot in the city's breast,
Plenty of room for the lures that lead
The hearts of our young astray,
But never cent on a playground spent
No; never place to play!
Plenty of room for schools and halls,
Plenty Of room for art,
Plenty of room for teas and balls.
Platform, stage and mart;
Proud is the city-she finds place
For many a lad today
cba'S hind CHI 70 IN
find
A place for the boys to play!
Give them chance for innocent sport,
Give them a chance for fun
Better a playground plot than court
And jail When the harm is done
Give them d chance. II you stint them
now
Tomorrow you'u have to pay
A larger bill tor darker i'll,
So give them a place to play.
Denis A. Mccarthy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14
Worth its Cost.

When something for nothing
It's worth what it costs you
On that you can bet.
And still more distressing
Some things that you buy
And pay for with money
OF worth are as shy.
The bargains in landscapes,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14
WOMEN'S HELPING HAND.
Their Clubs Make Atlanta Ga, a
"Sootless Town" Twice q Year.


"Spotless Town" Twice Year.
Cleanliness is the mother of health
and the sister of beauty. That is the
belief of the women of Atlanta, Ga.
and pursuant to their conviction they
have dedicated two days in the year
to the broom, the rake and the mop.
From breakfast time to twilight they
work in every nook and crevlc@ OF
the town. driving out dirt in all its
thousands of forms. Dirt is an evil
witch, they say. 1t must be eXorcised
1t is no fanciful project, no rad. 1t
has been undertaken by the Atlanta
Federation of Women'S Clubs III
thoroughly organized and practical
manner This plan was tried anc
proved such an excellent thing that
it has been perpetuated in semi
annual custom, recurring every spring
and autumn. And the federation calls
upon each woman in Atlanta to join
for a day at least in seeing how spot
less every inch of Atlanta can be
made. The men, too, are urged to ell
ter the ranks.
In each of the ten wards standing
committee of eighteen ladies has been
appointed to direct the campaign. The
first thing the members of these com
mittees do is TO see that their own
back yards are free of trash and that
no scraps of paper or old tin cans clut-
ter their own sidewalks and streets,
Then they tactfully try to spread this
back yard gospel. They also try to
get every groceryman to keep the
cabbage leaves and chicken feathers
and muck of all kinds away from his
shop door and alley, and every lady in
the neighborhood lends her aid.
They don't interfere with any cor
poration or individual. What they
want to do is to help them and there
by better the entire city. The time
has passed long ago when it was sufli-
cient for the citizens to keep their
houses trim on the inside and front
lawn clean. 1t is now equally impor-
tant to keep the back yard and the
alley clean. Citizens should keep the
sidewalks and the middle Of the street
clean. They should not think of their
immediate selves and affairs, but
should by all means operate and work
for the entire city. That is the dom
inant spirit of cleaning up day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14
To Work on Streets For Lodqinq.

Jonesville, prosperous town of
Wisconsin, has novel plan for keep
ing its streets clean and improving
them The board of aldermen of the
town unanimously passed an order
compelling all persons who receive
food and lodging in the city lookup
and who are not at the time under
arrest to work on the streets from !
a. m. to los N. each following morn
ing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14
HELPS to Reautifv Her Town.

Mrs. F. Z. Cook of Fresno, Cal, has
evolved an original plan for helping
in the improvement of her home town.
She has a large, beautiful garden in
which she employs several gardeners
to raise plants and shrubs, which she
distributes to all who apply for them
to plant in their gardens or on the
lawns in front of their homes Dur
ing the past year she gave away sew
eral thousand plants and is doing
much to make Fresno one of the
most beautiful towns in California.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14

Corinth, Greece,
Mar. 10.--The /. b,
S. A. Missions In
veStiSa ton Com
mittee is here. Tas-
tor Russ Q II, its
Chairman, deliver
ed an address in
our largest Audi
forum. Rev. Bos-
dayanncs served as
interpreter. Pastor
Russell's text was,
God hath appoint
ed a day in the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14
A Remarkable Showino.

The growth Of the grange during the
year ending Sept. 80 1909, will make
remarkable showing. With more
new oranges organized than in any
year for thirty-fve years and the mem
bership increased in the same proper
ton. there Is abundant reason for the
friends of the organization to rejoice
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14

Women DO not show any ingenuity
in inventing things to make their work
easier"
Yes, they do occasionally"
Then why hasn't one invented
back to dress that doesn't need but
toning up"
That wouldn't be an improvement
from their standpoint. How would
they keep their husbands in subjec-
ton without it,"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14

voice. then, had power 10 move her
after five long years. 1t was ony fpr
a moment, however. She recovered
and held out her hand.
why, Bert" she said, and her voice
was almost natural. this is Il pleasant
surprise"
Her tone of simple friendiness stag
gered him, for he had been quick 10
note the effect his greeting had on
her, but she continued:
"When did you come east
six months ago But tell me about
yourself Are you living in New
York;"
"Oh, no. l am only visiting here.
My home is still in Omaha, and | am
going back tomorrow, have been
here three whole weeks, and ! shall
be so glad to get back"
as she perfectly indifferent?" he
asked himself How can she be so
matter of fact after all that has passed
between u.s.?
Once he had held her in his arms,
kissed her forehead and her lips, and
now he did not dare even to touch her
hand. Could he let her go like this:
"Do you know" he continued des-
perately, ''I have been thinking of you
all afternoon?
"Of me?" she questioned in a sur
prised tone.
Yes; | have been reading your
story, and He moved closer to her,
and his gray eyes searched hers in
silence. How well she remembered
that look-the same look that in the
old days had seemed to read her very
soul! His eyes told her now, as they
did then, all that he would say, much
that was otherwise inexpressible, and
her face flushed crimson. He had
been reading her story into which she
had put 50 much of the long ago
their long ago. What had it told him?
What do you think of it| she
asked as carelessly as she could
says it is
Harry" he interrupted, his face
paling,
YES; my husband. You remember
Harry Rogers?"
And then he showed of what he was
made Yes" he answered quietly
but l did not know you were mar
ried."
why. | have been married fer three
years. If you ever come to Omaha you
will come and see us, won't you? Har-
ry would be glad to renew old asso-
Citations, and l want you to see my lit
tie boy. We call him The sweet
voice trembled and hcsitated ever so
Slightly, and then she went on with q
brave little smile. We call him-Bert"'
The last word was said almost in Il
whisper, and just for one instant her
little gloved hand rested on his. and he
noticed that her lips trembled. He
looked earnestly into the blue eyes.
II shall try to come some time" he
said gently as he held her hand for 4
moment at parting. "Goodby. God
bless and keep you, little woman"
The old name slipped from his lips al
most unawares.
She smiled and went out into the
gathering dusk
Il have been dreaming" he said to
himself an hour later as he rose, with
a SILVER, and brushed his hand quickly
across his eyes. Il have been dream
ing, and this is the awakening. She
called her baby Bert l wonder All
well, women are queer" But there
was a look OF weary longing in the
gray eyes as he mingled with the hur
rying crowds on Broadway.
\ week later a woman knelt by a
tiny cot and stroked a baby'S golden
curls. Bert, Bert" she whispered
God bless you, dear, and make you as
happy as you deserve Something
glistened on the baby's cheek Could
it have been tear? Perhaps she
prayed for her boy and perhaps Yes,
women are queer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14
OREGOH'S NOVEL IDEA
Plan For the Discussion of Lee
turer's Programs.

Practical Subjects So Presented That
They May Be Nest Generally Dis
cussed In All Oranges Throughout
the State.
The literary programs presented by
the lecturer Of the state grange of Ore
gOn and the method proposed for their
use are worthy more general publicity.
Oregon IS Il small grange state, and its
oranges are divided into ten districts
for the state lecturers purposes. The
names and location of the oranges are
printed by districts as diagram No. /,
and following those is schedule
known as diagram No. >, which is as
follows:
SCHEDULED or PROGRAMS. DISTRICTS
AND MON THIS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14
Wrono Carriaoe.

"Blinks tells me he is writing a story
of automobiles.
"Out of his field, isn't it?'
"Why so?'
"Wel, he is hack writer"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14

OllOWlllG llllS SChputiit dlc Tue SUI
iccts 10 be discussed throughout the
wear known as diagram No. 3. the pro
,,,.,,,s. l,oi,,, n,,n,rorod from ia IN
-e.,',-,..,,t>;ao4,
eacn program COMPRISING I"u' SuDJeCt9'
They are as follows:
GENER PROGRAM FOR YEAR.
PROGRAM
,.r,-., 49,, -. ,,,,r, 90
..lr1lI - -, I,,,,,l -
.e,, -.9 '' q, ~ va Home
..Tha C'a,tes+ present Needs Of the
,.,, IHe y 800 "a, '''7
0'"'i'i' N>-''o'.
FfOGiNAM H.
our National Immigration problem
THE Folly OF the BaIe tallo"
THE Care or the 1ome-Home santa
tlcn:
IT,. ne u, S0'''''''''9o anu
PROGRAM III
.,o,,r >-,+to,,a1 yI-.,+,,.,,.,,.. avn, r,,o,.
=. Cu L ->aIi'I"' ""'Sl" ways an" A''S-'
=. ~ i,.o Sou, r,oo4o, r. crooo,.e,
,ltl,i+ $50 % d 'O'oi al -'
. = 49, T. r,...,;o,,.,
.sobooi I1,-aie,o
0e"'o' ny slo"e'
PROGRAM ".
IN e, Movement FOR the Conservation
OF Natural resources.
.III,, D BRA mage. and irrigation
mo- MoId III, In me lloi me, r,,,
The Raising Of School Funds"
PROGRAM Y.
The Prevention Of Disease.
ne L arm orchard ana GARDEN
- 80 Ems 1Iis.- $780,, r,,
Tine Distribution of School Funds"
PROGRAM VI.
Food Adulteration and Its Detection
asotis"Tb cir Origin and CIassiecat,o, -
Pure Water and Pure Milk"
CAPITALIZATION and Consolidation of
'''''0'S ppocp A, 1.rr
THE Patent Medicine Evil and tna Cru
SADIE Against It."
PLANT tood-Character and Source
Ill cotao, T5o,,IIl'.lt5,. y o.,,
pp0cp,,i VIZ
"Our Defective Danendent and De,ir-
quent Glasses and the Institutions Which
are FOR Them
,orco f ~ 4,i',oS' ana '"e Mantle
"Diet and Mastication."
"Literature For Boys and Girls-School
Libraries -,r,o-.-,
.or,,,,, ,,,..l sN'iI.'-'- Ia
World " ''''i5 ''''
THE Advantages Of Crop Rotation"
school Training In Domestic Econo-
"Aeric,,,+,,ro, 4,.,..--.;,,...
pp0Co,,rx
"T-1i,,t,,,,t,,- - 80 - -
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14

"What is there so fascinating about
an ocean trip that everybody is crazy
to try it,"
You feel so good when you get on
land again"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14

The landlords is n pleasant lot.
He works with simple skill.
He guesses how much cash you've got
And then presents his bill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14
The Pessimist.

Every cloud has a silver lining"
Sure about that?"
at is what they say"
"Bet mine are made of tin"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14

A man should bury his old straw hat
Should cremate well the thing,
Or he'll be tempted, like enough,
To wear it in the spring.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14
Not Sc Surprisinq.

Gle believes all he hears
"He must be unSophisticated."
ono; deaf as Il post"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14
PASTOR RUSSELL
SPEAKS ON MARS HILL
Unknown GOd' Again De-
CIaTad In Athens and GOriath.

In the Words of ST. Paul, He Declares
That Fer Long Tina God "Winked"
at PoIythcsn1 and Image Worship,
"but Now Commands All 20 Repent"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-03-14
a Him.

"You look lOnesOme?"
"But don't | look as if liked it?"
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Its Uses.

Money is for men to earn"
Indecd?"
YES"
"And how about W0men"'
"Oh, it is for them to spend"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05
Heard, Seen, Said and Done

they had better get a driver who doesn't
dream SO much
Fred Sanberg. official photographer of
the police department. has had occasion
| to visit the vicinity of Fort Hunt several
| times this spring to investigate the find
ing of bodies in the river. The first visit
to the fort recalled the days when he was
| in the military service.
| This makes me homesick," Sanberg re-
marked to those aboard the police boat
with him. Every time I go near fort
| have a longing for the service, and l
know tonight I'll have trouble in my
sleep.
| II will dream of the time when / was
sergeant and when / was anxious about
] the men getting in line in time" he add
ed. Il will see myself hurrying to shine
my shoes and finally will be late for in
| spection.'
A few days later Sanberg returned to
| the military reservation. The men on the
| boat questioned him about his predicted
| dream and he owned up that he had spent
! a miserable night dreaming about the
Ice.
and" he said. Il expect to have an
other dreamy night tonight
Il am surprised to see the spring crop
| of car rowdies being harvested so early,
| but 1 am prepared for you"
This is a statement which II Is said
| Magistrate House OF q New York night
| court made the other evening to an indi-
| vidual whom Washingtonian describes
| as "a brazen faced imp who had been
arrested for playing FRANKS in an elevat-
ed train
!. The magistrate continued: 81 am going
to do my best to discourage this thing.
/ Thirty days in the workhouse."
| Then the Washingtonian sighed as he
] remembered that summer Is coming and
has to take his wife and children coun-
tryward every now and then on a partic-
ular line of cars where several men last
| summer with rowdyism as a chronic all.
ment were wont to travel.
A colored woman's husband disappeared
a few weeks ago and she appealed to the
police to find him.
why can't you find him." she asked
the detectives regularly each morning for
a week OF more. Il know he's in the
land of the living
why so?' she was asked.
Because l dream of him and see him
as he was in life
The distressed woman was not seen by
the police for several days and they con-
They were about to locate the woman
and make inquiries of her in order to
o. K. the request on the blotter. when
she suddenly appeared at the Office and
said: You need not look for my hus-
band any more.
I'm glad he has come back" ventured
a detective.
but he amt back: he's dead. You see
used to see him in my dreams. but now
when / dream of him I don't see him
and I know he must be dead"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05
The Gold Supply and Rising Prices
From the New York World.

from Inc rev 1OTK WOTN
Director of the Mint Roberts in his re-
port on gold production sets forth sew
eral reasons for not accepting as conclu-
sive the theory that the increase in the
prices of commodities during the past
decade has been due to the increase In
the output Of gold. He maintains that
the rise in prices. so far at least as this
country Is concerned, has been owing
mainly to the fact that while the popu-
lation has gained in numbers. the pro-
duction Of foodstuffs has remained vir-
tually stationary. Instead Of producing
a surplus for export we have had to i'm
port food.
The crops chiefly used for human food
or for feeding meat-producing animals
are wheat, corn, potatoes and rice The
acreage of these crops actually diminish
yeas 1900 and 1910 by as much as % per
cent. During the same period the num-
Der Of cattle. sheep and swine barely held
its own. In the meantime the population
increased 81 per cent. Director Roberts
adds: THE relative falling of in food
Of rising prices. and but for them would
doubtless have been greater"
This OF course Is not to be taken as q
denial OF the general proposition that
there is q relationship between the vol
ume OF money and the prices of COM
ing the same. prices will advance as re-
suit of an increase in the supply of gold.
It means only that in this country the
other factors did not remain the same.
Urban industries have been built up at
the expense Of rural Industries. Trusts
flourish, agriculture languishes. We are
paying the price.
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ChesaDeake s. Ohio Lines

400 Pm. Daily = C. & o. SPECIAL. Solid
train to CINCINNATI with Pullman sleeper. to
and connection for Chicago.
11:lO pm. Daily F. +. Y. LIMITED to the
sleepers to Virginia Hot Springs, Cincinnati
and Louisville Cincinnati sleeper open for
occupancy 10 pm. Z. & O. dining car all
trains.
Ofaces: 5l3 Pa ave-, 1889 F. 1t.
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Southern Railway.
PREMIER CARRIER OF THE sou

PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOUTH.
n. B.-Following schedule figures published only
as information. and not guaranteed
TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON:
For Atlanta, Montgomery. Mobile. New Orleans,
900 m. and 1915 pm. daily. Dining cars.
For Chattanooga and Memphis, via Asheville,
1913 pm. daily.
For Atlanta, Admission, Birmingham, eco am.
and 40 pm. daily. Dining cars.
For Atlanta. Admission, Talladega, Calera, Selma.
900 am. and 4l5 pm. daily: and fon Uniontown,
Demopolis Meridian. 900 am. daily. Dining cars.
For Roanoke. Bristol, Knoxville, Chattanooga.
Birmingham. Meridian. Vicksburg, New Orleans,
10. 10 pm. daily. Dining car
For Roanoke, Knoxville, Chattanooga. Nash
VILE Memphis, 40 a. daily. Sleeping car
may be occupied after 1000 pm. Dining car.
For Ashevflle, 600 am, $40 pm. and 10. IS
pm. daily. Dining cars.
For Columbia, Summerville, Charleston, Aiken.
Augusta Savannah Brunswick, Jacksonville and
Florida points. go pm. daily. Dining car.
Tourist car for California Monday. Wednesday,
Thursday Friday and Saturday. 4.15 pm.
For Danville tocaD. 7.30 m. daily.
For Harrsonburg, $50 Am. daily (parlor carl
3:35 pm. (parIor carr and 4:30 pm week days.
For Charlottesville Qocap. 100 am. and 80
For Warrenton, 800 am. HOO am. 400
pm. daily; 3.35 pm. (parlor carl and ass pm.
week days.
week days: els am. and 4.5O pm. Sundays.
Also LIS pm. week days for Leesburg.
I. BROWN General Agent
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ARLINGTON, N sBaR SEAd AYE
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