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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-03-09
HAUSER
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Mr.. Russell Roth had an accident
Tuesday with an axe and cut his foot so
badly that when Doctor Scherr arrived
he found it necessary to put in five
stitches. Part of one of the toes was
amputated.
Mrs. E. w. Leary and. sister Miss
Nina Lathrum. are visiting at the home
of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Lathrum.
We have been having some very re-
markable winter weather here lately.
1t began storming here Friday evening
and till Monday the roadsEwere drifted
shut. The mail was snowbound as was
the Minister of our church on Sunday,
it being the first Sunday this year that
we have been unable to have services.
Mr.. Lloyd Heckert attempted to
make business trip to Oakland Mon
day, but when he reached the State
Road the drifts were so large he could
not get through, and after having
trouble in getting his horses extricated
from them he sent his team home
and walked the rest of the way in to
his destination.
Mr.. Robert Lathrum -.also made a
business trip to Oakland on cTuesday,
and reported the roads in a bad, condit-
ion. We think that our Legislature men
ought to devise some plans or'means by
which our roads could be opened and
made passable during the winter.
The Gauer School Literary, Saturday
night, was reported to have been a
success, although because of the very
stormy and disagreeable weather, the
attendance was moderate. The pro-
gram covered about two hours and the
question tor debate was: Resolved
that Doctors are more beneficial than
Lawyers. " The affirmative won the
decision. The play entitled. "A Kiss
in the Dark, " held the audience spell
bound throughout. while the comedy,
entitled; The Yankee still, Ahead, ;"
played by, Messrs. Russell Roth, Kirk
Lathrum and Harry Friend, appealed to
the audience as being excruiatingly
funny.
The Gauer Progressive Literary
Society will have another debate on
March 10. The question for discussion
viii be: Resolved, That Luxury is a
Vice" The speakers on the affirmative
are: Messrs. Clyde Gnegy, Kirk Lath-
rum and VIM. Gnegy. Negative: Messrs.
Page Gnegy, Harry Enlow and Thurs
ton Cosner.
The pupils attendance to the Gauer
school, this winter. has been remark
able, considering the weather, and is
holding out very good.
Mr.. Homer Gnegy has gone to Dobbin,
W. Va, to work.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-03-09
EVANSVILLE.

Quite a number of Grantsville people
witnessed the production of the Birth
of a Nation" at Cumberland last week.
Miss Ethel Broadwater has been
spending a week in Frostburg, the guest
of Mrs. Sarah Frost.
A sleighing party composed of Miss
Duggsn and girl friend from Youngs-
town, Ohio, Jack Ryan and Oliver
Wittig, of Frostburg, were guests at
the National on Tuesday evening, en-
joying a delicious chicken and waffle
supper while there.
Charles Keller attended the leap year
dance at Frostburg Monday night.
A party of young folks enjoyed a
sleigh ride from this place to Salisbury
on Tuesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Livengood were in
Frostburg Wednesday. Mrs. Livengood
was enroute to Union Bridge, Md, to
see her sister, Mrs. Eva Bevons, who is
i'll at that place.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-03-09
SUNDAY SAYINGS

When it comes TO the divorce ques.
ton, am Roman Catholic from the
top Of my head TO the soles of my feet.
The fellow who has been divorced
may 90 to the cheesey-looking church
around the corner, where the minister
is anxious for ten-spot, but when he
comes to your Uncle Fuller, l say:
Get out, you lobster."
There are some people who are so
sensible that when a hungry tramp
panhandles them for a flapjack they
will offer him a tract on The Bread
of Life.
Other people are so stingy that they
talk through their noses to save their
false teeth.
Some people don't care whether Bal.
timore goes to hell or not so long as
they can walk the streets and sing
Jesus Paid 1t ALL"
God does not care whether you hoof.
ed it up here or came in a limousine.
If you should decree that there
should be no church within rs miles
of Baltimore, the real estate men of
this city would not be worth rs cents
on dollar.
If l was some mems wives l would
refuse to clean their spittoons. Let
every hog clean his own trough.
Let me tell you, sister, when l see
you smoking cigarette l don't want
to know anything more about you. I've
got your number.
You admire anybody who breaches
the Word of God, though he shoots
your old carcass full of holes.
l haven't any quarrel against the
bed bug, but l don't like the way he
makes his living.
Some fellows wouldn't be called
men if they didn't wear whiskers and
breeches.
People are afraid to launch out into
the ocean of God. They stand on the
bOrderland shivering, with religious
goose pimples all over them
There are men so hellish and rotten
in this town that they should be dis.
infected with loyal carbolic acid and
formaldehyde for two years before they
are allowed to touch the doorknob OF
a house where decency dwells.
It's not my plain preaching that
shocks you. It's your rotten living.
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tssy.y.xsN.x.l OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 900
BITTINGER.

Elias Orendorf, an aged resident of
this village, sustained slight stroke of
paralysis early last week and is now
confined to his bed, though somewhat
improved under the care of DIR. R. c..
Bowen, of Grantsvile.
Daniel D. Brenneman, who is more
than ninety years of age, and a life
long resident of the Amish settlement,
near here, is reported to be critically
i'll.
Daniel Orendorf, and family, of Mt.
Lake Park, spent part of last week
here with Mr.. Orendorf's parents.
Mrs. David Miller and son, Master
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-03-09

Irwin. of Deer Park, are spending some
time with relatives here.
Farmers made use of the snow last
week for hauling lime for use on their
farms in the spring.
Miss Mary Brenneman, of Meadow
Mountain, is employed in the home of
Mrs. T. B. Wiley.
Earl Harvey, who recently suffered a
serious attack of blood poisoning, has
returned to work in F. M. Bittinger's
coal mine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-03-09

Sunday showed his appreciation OF
the turning out of the largest audi.
ence he has ever addressed. True, he
was irritable, and twice threatened tC
stop speaking when there was cough.
ing and moving around Immediately
after he began his sermon.
But he made the crowd soon forget
this, for he preached by far the most
effective sermon he has delivered in
Baltimore so far. The serman itself
was an effective answer to those
critics of Sunday who claim that his
slang and grotesqueness alone make
his sermons appealing. Maybe it was
Sundays slang and eccentric and
grotesque gestures that drew the i'm
mense throng to the tabernacle. But
it was a fine sermon-a sermon
against infdelity, ringing defense Of
the Bible as the greatest of all books
that held the attention of that great
audience and drew forth great salyos
of handclapping and cheers.
Against those things which go to
undermine the religion of Christ-in
fidelity, materialism, naturalism, isms
and schisms-Sunday devoted his ser
mons throughout the day. But it was
at night that he made his greatest eff
feet, and it was on the greatest audi
ence.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-03-09

Attacking the creeds of some mod.
ern faiths which he called humbugs,
he paid a tribute to the masters of
modern magic and sleight-of-hand.
when Kellar, Hermann and How.
ard Thurston show you tricks, they
admit they're going to humbug you,"
he said. $50 ought these other fell
lows, and not take your money under
false pretenses."
Billy Sunday drew his record crowd
that far in the local campaign to the
Tabernacle in the afternoon, record
which he broke at night. twenty-five
thousand persons crowded in through
the doors and there received from the
eccentric evangelist a denunciation
such as the great majority of them
had never before heard.
Praoticed His Text. Al. (,
Sunday used pleading, denunciation
and invective to get beneath the skins
Of his hearers and bring home to them
the meaning of his text-The People
Had Mind to Work. His methods
Of preaching invariably bring perspir.
alton, but on this occasion they seemed
to bring 1t In a double degree.
Sunday had been speaking for only
few minutes when he decided to
throw his collar off. 81 don't care"
he told his audience. This thing
chokes me. You didn't come out here
anyhow to see me on dress parade;
you came to hear me preach. If you
didn't you shouldn't have come out at
ALL" 3
Some of you fellows wear out 10
pairs of holdbacks to one pair of tugs"
he cried you're ridin' on the breechin'
all the time instead of taking the bit
for Jesus Christi"
Work! Work. Work." he cried time
and again, the perspiration pouring
from him sprinkling over those in the
press boxes on either side of the plat.
form, the drops punctuating the notes
Of the scribes.
Get To Work.
At one point Sunday stopped for
several seconds to wipe the perspira-
ton from his face He looked at his
very wet handkerchief, and, as if in.
spired by its condition, cried: You
can't expect me to wear out my life
in the cause of Jesus Christ here in
Baltimore while you are loafng on
the job. Get to work. For Gods sake,
get to work." he shouted to the min.
listers section THE trouble with your
churches is that they contain a whole
bunch of frauds"
"Criticise if you must" exclaimed the
Evangelist, but criticise by creation.
Sisters, if any of you down there think
you can preach a better sermon than I
can, come up here and do it. I'll
gladly give you the platform. That's
the way to criticise-don't do 1t by
complaint. Any of those weakened,
white-livered cads who are always crit.
icising me are welcome to this plat.
form If they can bring the Word OF
God home to His people better than
l can. Let him come up; III quit"
At the conclusion Of his sermon
Sunday made plea for all those who
wanted to help him save Baltimore for
Christ to raise their hands. Thou.
sands of hands went up and Billy
looked immensely pleased.
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the hands of about 5000 of his audi
ence who passed before him.
The great attendance was divided as
follows: About $4,000 at the morning
session, $4,000 at the afternoon and
$4,000 at night. In the afternoon 5000
were turned away, and at the night
service about $4,000.
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repeated the cry of the Roman En-.
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conquered"
1t was at the end Of his sermon
however, that the dynamic evangelist
reached the highest of his eloquence.
Standing erect before his pulpit stand,
he pounded his ringer at the great audi
ence before nm and paused until there
was not a sound except the dull hum
ming OF the nosy crowd outside, which
Uttered IN through the doors and win
doWs.
You, then, have one of five courses
open to you" he shouted. You have
Mahammedanism, you have the faith
OF the PerSians, you have the beliefs
OF the Hindu, you have the teachings
of Buddhism, or you have Jesus Christ
and the Holy Bible" For these last
words Sundays voice seemed to take
on added strength and his audience
leaned forward with eyes opened wide.
with every nerve tense.
Then Sunday electrified them.
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-01-27
HOW FRENCH PEOPLE CURE
STOMACH TROUBLE

a household remedy of the French
peasantry, consisting of pure vege-
table oil, and said to possess wonder
full merit in the treatment of stomach,
liver and intestinal troubles has been
introduced in this country by George
II. Mayr, who for twenty years has
been one of the leading down town
druggists of Chicago and who himself
was cured by its use. So quick and
effective is its action that single
dose is usually enough to bring pro-
nounced relief in the most stubborn
cases, and many people who have tried
it declare they never heard of any
thing to produce such remarkable re-
suits in so short q time 1t is known
as Mayr's Wonderful Remedy and can
now be had at all leading drug stores.
1t is sold with the positive under
standing that your money will be re-
funded without question or bubble if
ONE bottle fails to give you absolute
satisfaction. adv.-4
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-01-27

flung back over his shoulder. BE.
sides. I'm goln' 10 borrow your dogs"
what Is III Another one OF them
blamed stampedesT' the old blind trap.
per asked In a queer and petulant fal-
setto. as the cries OF men and dogs and
the grind OF the sleds swept the silence
or the room.
1T sure Is" Lucy answered. AN I
never seen gold like IT, Feel that. ole
man"
She put the big nugget In his hand.
The door opened. and Breck entered.
We'll" he said. 1--WE four are all that
are left in camp. It's forty miles TO
the Stewart by the cutoff broke. and
the fastest OF them can't make the
round trip I'm less than five or six days.
But it's time you pulled out. Smoke.
just the same"
Breck drew his hunting knife across
the others bonds Smoke stood up.
rubbing his wrists where the thongs
had impeded the circulation.
"l've got pack all ready for you.
kets. matches. tobacco. an Ak and a
rife"
go to It," Lucy encouraged Hit
the high places, stranger. Beat 1t as
fast as Godll let you"
I'm going 10 have square meal
before start" Smoke said. And
when start 1t will be up the McQues.
ton. not down. I'm going to search
that other bank for the man that real.
ly did the killing"
Half an hour afterward. with a big
plate of moose steak before him and n
big mug OF coffee at his lips. Smoke
half started up from his seat He had
heard the sounds first Lucy threw
open the door
Hello. Spike! Hello. Methodyr she
greeted the two frost trimmed men who
were bending over the burden on their
sled
I'VE just come down from Upper
Camp" one said MS the pair staggered
into the room with a fur wrapped ob
ject which they handled with exceed
ing gentleness. An this is what we
found by the way He's all in. |
guess"
Put him in the rear bunk there.
Lucy said She bent over and pulled
back the furs. disclosing face com
posed principally OF large. staring
black eyes and of skin. dark and scab-
bed by repeated frostbite tightly
stretched across the bones.
IF 1t amt Alouzo." she cried "You
pore. starved devil
That's the man on the other bank.
Smoke said in an undertoue To Breck
I'VE found ii raidin cache that
Harding must "A made" one OF I'll,
men was explaining He was eatin
raw tiour an frozen bacon. and when
we got m he was cryin an squealln
like hawg. Look nj him. He's all
starved an most of him frozen. Hell
kick at any moment"
Half an hour later. when the furs
had been drawn over the face OF the
still form In the bunk. Smoke turned
TO Lucy. IF you don't mind. Mrs
Peabody. I'll have another whack al
that steak Make IL thick and not SO
well done. I'm meat eater. | am"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-01-27

STATE OF MICHIGAN. IN THE
CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE
COUNTY OF GRATIOT.-In Chan
Gerry.
Emma f. Prugh, Complainant, VS..
Clifford +. Prugh, Defendant.
At session of the said court, held
at the court house in the village of
Ithaca, in said county on the 18th day
of December, A. d., 1915.
Present: The Honorable Kelly Scarf,
Circuit Judge.
In this cause, it appearing by af-
fiidavits on file, that the defendant,
Clifford +. Prugh, is not resident of
this state and that his residence is un-
known to the complainant and that il
cannot be ascertained in what state
or county he, the said Clifford +.
Prugh now resides.
On motion of Charles III. Goggin,
solicitor for complainant, it is ordered
that the appearance of the said de-
PENDANT, Clifford +. Prugh, be enterd
i'm this cause within nve months from
the date of this order; and that in
case of his appearance that he cause
his answer to the bill of complaint to
be filed and copy thereof served
within fifteen days after serving on
him or his solicitor copy of said
bill. And in default thereafter that
said bill be taken as confessed by the
said defendant, Clifford +. Prugh.
And it is further ordered that the
said complainant cause this order to
be published in the Alma Record, a
newspaper printed, published and cir
culated in said county. and that such
publication be commenced within
twenty days from the date of this
order, and that such publication to
continue therein once I'm each week for
six weeks in succession, or the said
complainant cause a copy of this ord
er to be personally served on the de-
PENDANT, Clifford +. Prugh at least
twenty days before the time above
prescribed for his appearance.
KELLY S. SEARL,
Circuit Judge.
Countersigned
Il. l.. CASE,
Register.
CHARLES n. GOGGIN,
Solicitor for Complainant. l7-7-c
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-01-27
CHAPTER YIN.

q f-fcn1 In Need.
- NONE woke up \ draft tha
~ Possessed an the rigldity Of ui
~ icicle was boring into the from
of his shoulders MS be- lay or
his side facing the wall when he bad
been tied into the bunk there had been
no such draft. and now the outside aii
was sufficient advertisement that some
one from without bad pulled away the
moss thinking between the logs Tie
squrmed as far rs his bonds would
permit then GRAINED his neck forward
until his lips just managed TO reach
the crack
who is IT." he whispered.
"Brcck Be careful you don't make
a noise. I'm going 10 pass knife in
10 you"
NO good smoke said. My hands
are tied behind nae and made fast TO
the lcg OF the bunk But something
must be done Those fellows are OF
temper t. hang me. and. Of course. you
know ! didn't kill that man"
1T wasn't necessary To mention II.
Smoke want To get you out OF this.
Its tough bunch OF men here.
They're shut or from the world. and
they make and enforce their own law
They handled two men already both
grub thieves. One they liked from
camp without an ounce Of grub and
no matches. He made about forty
miles and lasted ceuple Of DAYS be
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-01-27

"A d. shame poor Joe didn't get
you" Black beard said bitterly. But
he did pretty well with "A hole like that
In him. Come on. you"
Search the other bank first" Smoke
urged.
You shut up an come on. an let the
facts do the talkin'."
They left the trail at the same spot
ne had and followed 1t on up the bank
and In among the trees.
Him dance that place keep him feet
warm" Louis pointed out That
place him crawl on belly. That place
him put one elbow wen him shoot"
and there's the empty cartridge he
done it within was Blackbeards dis
covery. Boys, there's only one thing
TO do. We're decent and law abidin',
an we got to handle this right an reg
uar. Wen cache the outfit an run
him an poor Joe back TO Two Cabins
| reckon we've seen an can testify TO
what'n stretch his neck
1t was three hours after dark when
the dead man. Smoke and his captors
arrived at Two Cabins By the star
light Smoke could make out dozen
or more recently built cabins smuggling
about a larger and older cabin on n
hat by the river bank. Thrust inside
this older cabin. he found 1t tenanted
10y young giant OF "A man. his wife
and an old blind man.
The woman. whom her husband call
ed Lucy, was herself strapping crea
ture OF the frontier type. The Ole
man, as Smoke learned afterward. had
been trapper on the Stewart for years
and had gone finally blind the winter
before. The camp OF Two Cabins. ne
was also to learn. had been made tn,
previous fall by a dozen men who ar
rived in half as many polling boats
loaded with provisions Here they had
found the blind trapper on the site 81
Two Cabins. and about his cabin they
had built their own.
In five minutes all the men OF I've
Cabins were damned into the room
Smoke, showed Off into a corner. ignor
ed and scowled az. his hands and feet
tied with thongs OF moose hide. look
ed on. Thirty-eight men he counted. %
wild and husky crew. His captOrs told
the tale over and over. each the centcl
OF an excited and wrathful group
1t was while counting the men thai
Smoke caught sight of familiar face
IL was Breck. the man whose boai
Smoke had run through the rapids or
the way 10 Dawson He wondered
why the other did not come and speak
TO him. but himself gave no sign OF
recognition. Later. when. with shield
ed face. Breck passed him "a wink
Smoke understood
Blackboard. whom Smoke heard cal
ed Eli Harding. ended the discussion
as TO whether or not the prisonc,
should be Immediately lynched "uole
on he roared Keep your shirts on
That man belongs 10 me caugh,
him. an brought him here
brought him here for fair an m
partial trial. an by -. fair an im
partial trial he's goin' TO get! Chucs
him in a bunk tll mornin'. an we
hold the trial right here
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-01-27

fore he froZe stiff. Two weeks ago
they hiked the second man. They gave
him his choice-no grub or ten lashes
for each days ration. He stood for
forty lashes before he tainted. And
now they've got you. and every last
one is convinced you Killed Kinade
You see. things have been pretty mo
notonous. They haven't located any
thing big. Scurvy is beginning to
show up among them, too. and they're
just ripe for excitement"
"And 1t looks like I'll furnish it,"
was Smokes comment Say. Brock.
how did you ever fall in with such a
God forsaken bunch?"
II came up here by way of the Stew.
art hunting for Two Cabins. They'd
beaten me to IT. SO I've been higher
up the Stewart Just got back yester
day out Of grub"
Hold on" Smoke interrupted wait
a minute. Let me think"
He was very much aware OF the
shores OF the sleepers as be pursued
the idea that had flashed into his mind
Say. Breck. have they opened mp
the meal packs my dogs carriedY he
asked.
a couple. They put tncm in Hard
ing's cache"
Did they find anything?"
Meat"
Good. You've got TO get into the
brown canvas pack that's patched with
moose hide. You'll find a few pounds
of lumpy gold. You've never seen
gold like it in the country. nor has any
body else. Here's what you've got TO
do. Listen"
My minds made up right now
There amt no doubt but what he kill
ed Kinade. We heard the whole thing
last night. What's the good OF goin
over 1t again? vote guilty"
In such fashion Smokes trial began
The speaker, loose Jolnted. hard rock
man from Colorado. manifested irrita
ton and disgust when Harding set his
suggestion aside. demanded the pro
ceedings should be regular and nomi
mated one Skunk Wilson for Judge and
chairman OF the meeting. The popu
lation OF Two Cabins constituted the
jury. though. after some discussion
the woman. Lucy. was denied the right
to vote on Smokes guilt or innocence
While this was going on Smoke
Jammed into corner on a bunk. over
heard a whispered conversation be
tween Breck and a miner.
You haven't fifty pounds OF hOul
you'll sellY' Brock queried.
you amt got the dust to pay the
price I'm askin." was the reply
"rll give you two hundred"
The man shook his head
Three hundred. Three fifty"
At four hundred the man nodded anu
said, "Come on over to my cabin an
weigh out the dust"
The two squeezed their way 10 thu
door and slipped out After few min
utes Breck returned alone.
Harding was testifying when smoke
saw the door showed open slightly aud
In the crack appear the face OF the
man who had sold the flour He wa
grimacing and reckoning emphaticall,
to some one inside. who arose from
near the stove and started To walk t.
ward the door.
where are you goin'. SAM" Skunk
Wilson demanded
'T'll be back in jiffy." sam explain
ed. II jes' got To go"
Smoke was permitted to question
the witness. and be was in the middle
OF the cross examination Of Harding