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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-04-26

pirel 1867" In addition to all this,
and much more, the author cites poet
who calls Queretaro place of hospi-
tality, sincerity and patriotism.
The old Spanish writer's have a story
that Queretaro was founded in LAG and
that the monarch, Montezuma, made it
one of the northern fortified outposts of
the Aztec empire. The place was evil
IDENTIFY well known prior to the conquest.
History really began for Queretaro on
Sunday, June 25, 1881, the calendar day
of Saint James, or Santiago, in Spanish.
Much has been written regarding
Maximilian's downfall and death. There
is much in it of romance and love and
devotion as we'll as of tragedy and of
relentless doom. Mighty influences
from afar and every possible means at
hand, including pleas from distinguish
ed people and even efforts along the
lines of intrigue and bribery, were all
in vain.
Macmillan was blood kin to the
Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia,
the Queen of Great Britain, the King
of Spain, the King of Italy and the
King of Sweden. but they could not
save him. The following is from the
note of the envoy of the United States,
Lewis D. Campbell, to the Foreign
Minister Lerdo de Tejada. 1t was
written from New Orleans, hurriedly
and urgently dispatched by special
messenger, and it has familiar sound:
1.-THE government of the United
States has sincerely sympathized with
the Republic of Mexico and feels a
deep interest in it's success. But l
have to express the belief that
repetition of the reported seventies re-
ferred to would shock its sensibilities
and check the current of its SYM
pathies. 1t is believed that such
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-04-26

acts to prisoners of war as are re-
ported cannot elevate the character
of the Mexican states in the esteem of
civilized people, and may tend to bring
into disrepute the cause ofrepublicanism
and retard its progress everywhere.
The government instructs me to make
known to President Juarez promptly
and earnestly its desire that, in the case
of the capture of Prince Macmillan
and his supporters, they may receive
the humane treatment accorded by
civilized nations to prisoners of war"
The end of it all was Macmillan
standing before firing squad on the
Hill of the Bells on the early morning
of June 10. 1867. After he had said, 81
pray God my blood may bring happiness
to my new country. Viva Mexicow
came the crack of the rifles. Seven
months afterward, on the night of
January IS. 1868, during a heavy snow
storm, funeral cortege reached the
chapel of the royal palace in Vienna,
where the empress-mother was await
ing her son.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-04-26

able 80 that when the time comes for
the setting and filling of the potatoes,
there may be as large q number of po-
tatoes as possible, and the potatoes
may ripen uniformly. In applying the
fertilizer, it has been found that guam
titles varying from 800 to 1900 pounds
per acre have given excellent results.
in Maine, where about 25,000,000 BUSH
els are produced annually, the applica-
ton of fertilizer on the good soil of
that state varies from 1000 to 2,400
pounds per acre.
Fertilizers Increase Yield and Quality
Apply fertilizer In the row up to
the capacity of the fertilizer attach
ment of the planter. Any amount in
excess of this should be drilled in with
wheat drill before planting, or ap-
piled with a lime and fertilizer dis
tributOr and well mixed with the soil.
This distributes the plantfood through
out the soil where the tiny potato roots
may find it early in their growth. The
tubers form on separate roots which
cluster under the plant, while the feed
Ing roots stretch off into the soil in
search of available plantfood Con-
trary to common belief, the general
distribution of fertilizer between the
rows of potatoes does not tend to
spread the growing tubers, but tends
to provide better distribution of food
for the growing plants.
Regardless Of how much time and
care is given to planting and cultiva-
ton, big profitable crops cannot be
grown unless there is present a suf-
fcient supply of quickly available
plantfOod. HENRY G.. BELL.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-04-26
ESQ YEARS OF PROFIT
ABLE GRASS

In England there is a park at
the famous Rothamsted expert
ment station, which has been
used as a meadow for more than
two and one-half centuries,
which was used as Il hay field at
the time of the Revolution, and
which was in sod when Amer
lea was being colonized. This
park has been top dressed an
nually for the last sixty years.
At the beginning of this period
it was producing about IA tons
Of hay per acre, Where fertili-
Zers have been used, the aver
age acre yield for so years has
been in one case 81 tons, in an
other 3.3 tons, and in a third
case Al tons, depending upon
the amount of top dressing ap-
piled. This is really a wonder
full accomplishment, and should
make those farmers who are
content with mining" instead
of farming, with robbing the soil
and year after year getting
smaller and smaller crops, feel
that possibly they are using to
the fullest, the opportunities
given them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-04-26
MORE
POTATOES TO
BE PLANTED.

MORE . -.
pr =, sMTro binary prices for
potatoes, fields
will probably be planted to this crop
this year where they were never grown
before.
Intensive methods make it possible
to grow crops yielding from 250 to 400
bushels per acre and to decrease the
cost of raising each bushel. The big
expense in potatO-grOwing comes in
the preparation Of the land and the at
tention given the crop throughout the
season. But it costs no more TO pre-
pare ground, cultivate, and spray a
3OO-bushel crop than 1t does a 100
bushel crop. Harvesting will cost
more, but the big overhead expenses
are practically the same. Obviously
the thing to do is to insure larger
yields by supplying an abundance Of
available plant food that will give the
crop a good start and force it to early
maturity.
Preparing for Potatoes.
1t is best to avoid planting potatoes
on soil TO which large quantities of
stable manure, lime or ashes have been
recently applied. Stable manure and
ashes supply plantfood constituents
which are used by the potato but both
manure and lime produce a condition
in the soil which favors the growth
of potato scab. When lime and manure
are to be used on ground planned for
potatoes later, manage the rotation in
such a way that this treatment will
follow rather than precede the potato
crop. The seed bed should be worked
down mellow by continued disking and
narrowing. If the ground is too COM
pact, the growing tubers find difficulty
in pushing out into the soil, and as
consequence will be pressed out Of
shape.
Organic Matter Needed.
The plantfoOd of the potato is most
proftably supplied by turning under
green manures, supplemented by fertil-
izers. The potato takes up a fairly
large amount of nitrogen, a moderate
amount Of phosphoric acid and a large
supply of potash; hence, a fertilizer
supplying 3 to 5 per cent ammonia,
6 to per cent phosphoric acid and
. to per cent potash is about right
for loan soils. On sandy soils use
more ammonia, on clay use more phos-
phOric acid and less potash, and on
muck use l per cent of ammonia, 10
to II per cent phosphoric acid, and 8
to 10 per cent potash when the latter
can be obtained.
How to Apply Fertilizer.
AT least one-half of the ammonia of
the complete fertilizer used should be
in quickly available form in order to
give the young potatoes an early, Wig
orous start. The other half should be
in more slowly available form so as to
furnish a continuous supply as it is
needed by the growing crop. The phos-
phoric acid should be readily avail
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-04-26
WHEN THE TIME COMES

The best methods of soil man
agement are those which make
it possible to utilize the nitro
gen of the air through legumes
and the insoluble plant food of
the soil by making it slowly
available during the growing
season. When it is either i'm
possible or impractical to fur
nish from these sources suffi-
cient plantfOod for crop pro-
duction, it becomes desirable to
make use of an additional
amount in commercial form. In
the case of virgin soils large
crops usually are secured with
out applying any fertilizing ma
terial whatever. But under such
treatment the richest lands soon
decrease in productiveness. Re-
course is then had to clover and
farm manure to check decreas-
ing crop yields. However,
time inevitably comes when
the resources of the farm are
not sufficient to furnish the prop
err amount of plantfood for
most profitable crop production.
It is then that the application Of
commercial fertilizers becomes
desirable and necessary, If a
permanent system of soil fertiI.
ity is to be coupled with profit
able type of agrlcuIture.-Ohio
College of Agriculture.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-04-26
IN OLD QUERETARO
Scene of Tragedy in Mexico Is
Linked With U. S. History.

The average American traveller knows
Queretaro as the place where opals are
offered at the trains and. possibly, as
the place where Macmillan was exc
cuted. Very few foreign passengers,
as such, ever see the lonely Hill of the
Bells or the silent, solemn, brownstone
chapel which marks the spot where, on
June morning so years ago. a fateful
tragedy was enacted. writes John r.
Silliman, United States consul, in
Scribner. 1t is in plain view from the
trains of both trunk lines which pass
the city.
Tourists bound south find more to
attract their attention here than at any
stop they haye made since leaving the
border. One of the best known guide
books gives carefully prepared de-
scription of Queretaro which fills nearly
10 closely printed pages.
Nothing is said, however, of most
interesting and important international
incident which occurred here in the
month of May, 1848, and which directly
hnects Queretaro with the history of
y United States.
I'm Queretaro, says a native chron-
icler. was signed the treaty of peace
with the United States in 1848. Quer-
etaro, at the call of one of her native
sons, re-established the general govern
ment, overthrowing Santa Ana. 1t is
the only place which has energetically
opposed Professionalism. 1t is the only
place which possesses an aqueduct COM
parable to the work of the Romans,
Queretaro, after a memorable siege of
three months, was the tomb of the en-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-04-26
New Restaurant and Billiard
ParlOr.

| have opened restaurant and bill
lard parlor at my old stand at the
bridge on Oak street, and am prepared
to furnish regular meals and quick
lunches of all kinds in a tasty and ap-
petizing manner Our bill of fare con-
sists of everything the market affords,
and we have about the cleanest equip
ment in this part of the state. Call
once and you will call again.
Yours to please,
M. BOYLE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-04-26

MONEY ToLoAN-On first mortgage
security on improved real estate. Fred
A. Thayer, Oakland. Adv.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-04-26

for two days only the low prices of from $3.50 $3.50
for fine business residence lots The City of Cumberland is bonded
for hundreds of thousands dollars for all permanent improvements
The plant alone will cost S50000OO -Four thousand will
poyed The payroll will be than that of all today
Increase in population increase in wealth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-04-26
Transportation Refunded

Railroad fare within hundred miles will be refunded purchasers
of lots these days Free lunches will be
fine All Cumberland will be there Free automobiles
Baltimore and Centre Dom the big
and select your investment today Maps and detailed information
free request
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-04-26
Wealth Without Work !!
The only acquire wealth work invest in
real estate in growing city
Terms Of Sale

The terms will be fourth cash. balance easy payments
Ten discount for all cash these days only
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-04-26
INCREASING POTATO PROFITS

In view of the
present extraor-
binary prices for
potatoes, fields
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-02-22
Big Factor in Our Lives.

1.-The sway of the home paper comes
over US unconsciously. We subscribe
to it to crafty our curiosity as to. what
is going on around US. Yet from the
time we begin to pick it up, while still.
school children, to read, perhaps, how
we are among those who haven t missed
a day's attendance. on until old age has
dimmed our eyes, we have taken it up
each week and have imbibed, without
approaching the fact, much more than
the neighborhood gossip which we
thought was practically all it brought
to as. We have, indeed, absorbed its
ideas on many subjects. We have be-
come advocates of good roads and good
schools with it; of cleanliness in politics
and of uprightness in business life, fol-
lowing it's imperceptible guidance and
little reckoning that we have not been
leaders ourselves while in truth it has
been the despised purveyor of neigh
borhood gossip, as we have looked upon
it, that has led US, and this although
we have even often used its actual Ian
guage in learnedly expounding our
supposedly original views. - b. H..
Tomlincon, Morristown, On. y Record.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-02-22
u. s., CARRANZA, AND VILLA.

To sum up: Carranza was recognized
as leader of the dominant faction, af-
ter he alone had refused to participate
in an international conference. Villa
carried out raids into United States
territory, after Carranza had been de-
clared to possess material and moral
capacity to protect lives and property. "
The Administration sent an expedition
into Mexico to pursue and punish Villa,
and then held the soldiers inactive.
Carranza objected, then threatened,
and finally committed a deliberately
hostile action.
The United States replied by accept
ing Carranza's suggestion Of JOINT
commission to confer regarding border
raids and the withdrawal of American
troops. The commission met. Carranza
restricted his delegates to the discus
sion of Pershing s withdrawal, and the
protocol referred To nothing but what
was alluded to in Carranza's original
proposal Yet CarranZa refused to
ratify the agreement. He had always
demanded that the troops be recalled;
the Administration at Washington, it's
military advisers, its special commits
sioners, and the American public hive
long wished that the troops might be
withdrawn gracefully. Yet the troops
remained, inactive. for nine months.
Finally. in spite of the fact that such
consumation was devoutly wished by
all, we were permitted to believe last
month that the troops would actually
be recalled. Unfortunately for the flu
ture historian, who seeks first to under
stand and then to explain, Villa was at
that moment more powerful and auda-
cious than at any time since he was
chased into the mountains, Late in
December ne was able to seize and loot
Chihuahua and Torreon, two of the
most important commercial centers in
northern Mexico. From "Carranza
After Two years, by Howard Flor
ance, in the American Review Of Re
views for February, 1917.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-02-22
Pay Up Your Debts.

If you have S., or more or less, for
which you have no pressing need, go
and pay a debt with it. That is the
best use you can make of money, I'M
less you are naked or starving. Now is
the time to obey the bible Injunction,
lowe no man anything. That is in the
bible, but from the way some debtors
spend money they don't seem to know
it or care for it. If they have dollar
extra it goes for a pleasure or con-
venience. The duty to pay someone
they owe never occurs to them. Nor
does it occur 10 them that every unset
tied debt is drag on a community.
Everybody has to pay interest on it.
People have to pay more for their SUI
gar and coffee because other people
owe the grocer and won't pay. 1t is
one Of the items in the high cost of liy-
ing And then there is a wholesome
public policy in scattering the money
around. Ii will help find work for
some poor man and help some other
debtor pay his debt. So pay up now.
Ohio state Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-02-22

to pay Out every cent for your board.
ayes, but you're going with me,
and keep the little home down there, "
smiled Margaret.
"No," persisted the other firmly.
I've seen your father starve painting
pictures and watched him die Of dis
appointment. I'm not going through it
again"
There seemed to be something final
in these last words, and the girl felt
it would be useless to urge the matter
any further. She could not leave her
mother, as she was her sole support.
But she could not give up her dream.
Some time 1t must come true. After
while she said: But all artists don't
starve. There's your cousin, Alton Fa-
Der, they say he's rich, may be he
would help me to"
mo, he wouldn't" snapped Mrs. Ty-
son, why didn't he help your IA
ther7 Cousins aren't any good"
So Margaret said no more. She went
faithfully to her daily grind and spent
she saw, without instruction of any
kind.
One day after she had returned from
her work man came to the door ask
ing for something to eat. He was
an elderly man, clean and respectable
looking, and Margaret's sympathy was
aroused.
I'm sorry" she said. 81 haven't any
change, but can give you some bread
or something"
He thanked her, and glanced around
the kitchen of the little home, as he
stood at the open door.
"May l sit down minute7' he
asked. II am very tired"
'Why, yes" said Margaret, motion
ing to a chair. Her mother was not
home, and she even dared to make a
hot cup Of tea, and set out a plain but
dainty little lunch for the man.
'Tm not used to begging" he said.
"but I had my pocket picked at the
station. l have come quite a distance
on the train, and l must walk quite
n long way 10 reach a friend"
His voice and manner were those of
gentleman, and Margaret looked
wonderingly at him. She saw he had
stopped eating, and was gazing at a
little charcoal sketch she had pinned
up on the wall.
"Who did thatT he asked.
Margaret admitted that she had.
It was q study of her mother in the
act of rolling out pie crust.
Pretty good drawing" he OBJ
served. ''But that right arm is a trife
out"
ooh then you know"
"A little he broke In dryly.
Then Margaret told him how she had
never had any instruction, how much
she wanted It, and somehow she found
herself growing confidential about the
dear dream " her life to this entire
stranger she asked him II he knew
OF Alton Fabsr. Oh, yes, he knew q
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-02-22
GLOUCESTER MEN FAMED
Sailors From the Ancient New Eng
land Port Are Known on
Many Seas.

anyone can go fishin', but it takes
a man to 20 on a Gloucester schooner"
! is widely known saying among the
| fishermen who have taken vessels and
men from that far famed port to near
| ly all parts of the world. In fact the
| fame of Gloucesters chief industry Is
so great that the very name Is syn
onymous with fish.
Upwards of five thousand men, to be
| conservative, out of the entire popula-
ton of Gloucester, estimated at g.
600, are actively engaged In fishing
work.
The old-time Yankee fishermenehave
been largely succeeded now by other
nationalldes and the Boston fleet is
largely manned by the Galway Irish,
who have settled in Boston and South
Boston. The Azorian Portuguese came
here along with thousands of other I'M
migrants and settled in Province
town, and today the fleet from that
port is principally manned and owned
by Portuguese. Several Scandlnavians
are among the crews of vessels from
Gloucester, Boston and Provincetown,
and the Nova Scotia and Newfound-
land natives mun many Gloucester
craft.
For picturesqueness, however, We
look to the Italians. Years ago fev
SicIlians came here, and remembering
their efforts in the Mediterranean as
fishermen, went to work in dorics with
a leg-o-mutton" sail, and dressed IN
gaudy colors and high boots. Finally,
one of them, more enterprlsing than
the rest installed a gasoline motor In
his dory, that was the beginning Of a
fleet OF stanch motor craft with cabins.
now manned and owned by these SiciI-
ians. Ii is these motor boats which
supply Boston with the choicest of fish.
for they only 90 out short distance,
and return daily with fish as fresh as
is possible 10 get.-Chrlstian Science
Monitor.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-02-22

committees-t in addition to the
salary of $500 each one gets. How it
is expected to get around the provision
of the state constitution which states
explicitly that each member is to re-
ceive compensation Of $500 and no
more, is hard to tell. The author of
the bill, Assemblyman Turner Of Mil
waukee, Social Democrat, takes the
ground that because one member re-
ceives $500 extra for serving as speak
er, members also can be paid for serv-
ing on committees. 1t is an interesting
point he raises, which to our mind re-
wolves itself into this that the speak
ers are not entitled to the $500 extra
they have been in the habit of draw
inu
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-02-22

If a day is made a holiday for rur-
poses stated in the statute creating it,,
it is not legal holiday for any purpose
not named in the statute.
Lincoln's birthday is made holiday
for certain purposes in regard to nego-
table Instruments But it is not le-
gal holiday for the performance of other
duties.
Washington birthday, Decoration
day, Labor day and Landing day are
not legal school holidays. They are
commercial holidays only.
The legal school holidays are the LIST
day of January. the 4th day of July,
the 25th day of December and any day
appointed by the governor as a day of
fast and thanksgiving.
School directors may grant special
holidays whenever in their judgment
such action is advisable. But no de-
duction shall be made from the time or
compensation of a teacher on account
of such days. Educational Bulletin.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-02-22
Help the Boy Scouts.

The value of the Boy Scout move
ment is hardly debatable The fact
that its officers include such men as
President Wilson, former Presidents
Taft and Roosevelt and David Starr
Jordon is proof that the organization is
inclusive enough to make its appeal to
men Of very diverse opinions.
And. if the personnel Of the national
leaders of the movement were not per-
suasiye, an examination of the routine
TO which the boys are committed would
be sufficiently convincing. Nothing
has been invented in recent years
which has brought more JOY TO boyhood
than the scout organization, Nothing
outside of the public school system has
been devised which has exerted a more
wholesome effect upon the youth Of
the nation.
Enjoyment of the out of doors, physi-
cal exercise, training to meet the emer-
gencies of life. the creation of loyalty
to fine community ideals these are
some Of the products of the Boy Scout
activity. Lads have learned the hardi
hood, the courage and the self-reliance
which comes from vigorous life. In
peace the scouts are immensely useful.
In the emergency Of war they have
proved their especial competence to
serve their people.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-02-22
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

CHARLES w. EMERY. Pastor
Sunday services
Class meetings $3.50.
Morning worship at 1890. Rev. M.
+. Taylor viii preach
Sunday School l1;45 a. m. Glasses
for all Our motto "The whole church
at Sunday School Those who have no
other Sunday school home are invited
to come with us.
Junior League 200 p. m.
Mems meeting at p. m, addressed
by Rev. Taylor
Women's meeting in Sunday school
room, O'Clock, addressed by Rev. R.
Davies.
Epworth League at $50.
Evening worship ut 1880, in charge
of Evangeists Taylor and Davies.
Chorus choir led by Rev. Davies.
A general invitation to all our SER
vices is extended. Strangers in the
city are especially welcome.