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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-02-25
lOf Albert j. Reckman

VI <AAOSL Y u OCNhltlclls
10. All that parcel of land con-
tanning the quantity of 4394 acres
and being a part of the original
tract called "Swanton," described
in deed for the same from G. S.
Hamill, Jr., and others to Annie
J: Condron, bearing date March
10Th, 1918, and duly recorded in
Llber E. z. T., No. IA, folio 172,
one of the Land Records of Gar
rett county. Said land lies in
Election District No. 1 \of said
Garrett county and will be Sold to
satisfy and pay the balance Of tf7- :
State and county taxes due al
in arrear thereon for the We
1922 and the whole of the Sta,
and county taxes due and in
rear for the years 1923, 1924.
1925 as is charged upon the
sessment Books of Garrett G.
in the name of Anna j. G
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-02-25

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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-02-25

TERMS OF SALE
the day of sale. TIL
redemption extends to
dar months from the d
by paying the amount u IT,
purchase money with interest
thereon at the rate of twenty
per cent per annum and all costs.
Conveyancing at the cost of pur-
chaser. 4
ALBERT L. LEE.
Treasurer of Garrett Count,
Maryland.
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meeting me. On one occasion when he
saw me approaching he even turned
back and skunk around a corner to get
out of my way.
This man was a member of the
Senussi. or. as It was usually ex-
pressed, ''he followed the sheykh.' 1
found that he was staying with
Sheykh Senussi, the clerk in Nut. and
by a curious coincidence Qway also
happened to be living in the same
house.
/ gathered that Qway was in the
position of an honored guest. for
nearly every time I saw him he dilated
upon Sheykh Senussi's kindness to
him. At times he became almost SEN
timental on the subject, declaring that
he was like brother to him. The
reason for Qway's affection evidently
was that his camel, of which he was
so proud, was being fed on the fat of
the land and that he apparently was
getting unlimited tea.
This rapprochement between Qway
and the Senussi. added to the rather
secretive manner In which 1t was 60
ing en-, made me suspect that this law
ish hospitality had some Interior OBJ
iect, though it was difficult to see what
they were planning.
AS soon as the camels had been got
into good condition I sent Qway Add
er RahmAn. my chief camel driver.
and Ibrahin. the latters brother. of
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him whether that intrepid conqueror
Of his people. rortez. ever stood before
the imperturbable calm of his flower
loving face. whether he ever wit
messed the fragrant ceremonies whose
offerings were the fairest blooms from
the gardens of the kingdom of Monte
yuma.
BE that as it may. the centuries
have thrice run their full cycle since
those romantic days of Spa nish glory
in the Gulf OF Mexico and \ochipilli
today sits in the calm reflection of
divinity in the sunken garden in the
rear OF the Pan-American Union Build
ing. And because they planned and
built that structure with the perfec
ton of jewelers.. they have given
XoChipilli a mirroring pool whose
silver surface reflects TO him the
endless mysteries of the clouds and
sun and moon and stars for his un-
ceasing delight.
The setting for his shrine is utter
signed to shadow forth his original
home. the home of his creators and
worshipers, for in the white marble
railing back of him is inserted stone
cut in Aztec designs. bits from some
architectural achievement in that
kingdom of cultured Indians. and still
farther back. past the beautiful rail-
ing and the pebbled drive, stands the
annex. whose three-arrhed loggia re-
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produces in Aztec tiling (its blue is
like the blue of forget-me.n the
best period of that Indian kingdom.
The place of his habitation Is truly
ambient with local color: that he Is
Aztec no one could doubt.
AS is fitting for a god, nothing is
known of his origin (save as all gods
have their origin in the highest as
pirations of the human souD. for his
statue, whose sculptor remains un.
known, was dug up in Tlalmanalco,
State Of Mexico, during excavation
there. and the stone that serves as his
pedestal was found near the buried
image.
The statue reveals the god seated
upon the floor, with legs crossed, the
half closed hands raised a. little to-
ward the face in the human gesture
of ecstasy, while the utterly satisfied
face, with a serenity that nothing can
disturb, is lifted ineeep inhalation. for
he smells the flowers always-it is
their perfume. that rises like incense
to his nostrils.
Everything about his dress is indie
atiye of his passion for flowers. The
manta or wrap that falls from his
head to cover his neck and back is
designed with a pattern of reeds or
canes. whose designation is that of
fire. The ornaments at his ears are
full.blown flowers. and upon his dress
are towers u various stages Of de-
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Xochipilli, Aztec God of Flowers,
At Shrine in Pan-American Building

half so pungent. as that Of the un-
folding glistening amber leaves of
those slim and stately trees. w hon
ApriI's winds are warm and moist he
takes deep drafts Of the pungent
breath of the poplars. and loves them
hest in their fragrant youth.
lie is the first to see the tide OF
Spring. even while March winds are
biting rising In vivid, vital force
in the vines of climbing roses. along
whose green lengths the little leaves
unfold so bravely i'm soft reds and
browns amid the SHOWS or under
freezing winds. even while the same
tide leaps up in red strength in the
grape vines. until they glow like
flame against the snow.
And the joy of him when he sees
the big. thick-Coated buds of the small
ma gnolias open to let the creamy bios
SONS rise like fair throats from en-
circling furs, lie seems to ask
whether there could he any sight one
half So lovely.
The willows along the streams
well. he knows with certainty that the
tips of the trees are done in bronze
as a memorial to Spring even in the
Fall. Any one, he thinks. could see
and know that. just as he may see, il
he will but take the trouble. that the
doawood blossoms are visible all Win
ter in the tight buds that adorn their
stark ranChes. With little faith
and little imagination he makes the
Winter woods a dreaming delight.
Later for him will he the wine nj
the roses It will he poured out for
him in the golden goblets of the sun,
brodigal in fragrance. rich and headv.
Roses? He wears a chaplet of them
always, red and white. and yellow. In
Sooth. garden roses are his souls
moonlit madrigal. as plangen as the
song of the mocking bird heard in the
noon of night.
Could any one go from the Pan
American Building without paying the
god of flowers visit? Then. IL so.
'tis a pity, for Xochipilli will bless one
unaware, no matter what the season
of the, year. for in sunshine or In
storm. in Summer or in Winter. he
will continue To see. to hear. 10 smell.
the flowers, and his mistaken calm
will do the sour good. for his is the
detached contemplation Of those whose
peace is won. His kingdom is Ot
flowers. fair and fragile empire.
whose crown is. in truth and in fancy.
corolla Fortunate that city that
holds his shrine beside the pool where
the poplars make the ineffable sound
of Summer rain in their cleaning
leaves.
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In. He told me that he had
just seen Sheykh Ahmed. from the
sAw1a at Qasr Dakhla--whose guest I
had been at his ezba, who had told
him that If the revolution in Turkey
succeeded and the Sultan really were
deposed, the Senussi Mahdi would re-
appear and invade Egypt. The Mahdi.
it may be mentioned, is the great
Moslem prophet, who. according to
MohAnr11edan prophecies. Is to arise
shortly before the end of the world.
TO convert the whole Of mankind to
the faith of Islam.
This. If It We're true. was disturb
ing news. The position was one
fraught with considerable possibilities.
In order to understand the situation,
some explanation may perhaps be use.
full to those unacquainted with Mo-
hammedan policies.
Most people seem hardly to realize
the real character of the Senussi; for
one constantly hears them alluded to
as tribe" or merely as set OF un-
usually devout Moslems. who have
chosen to take up their abode in the
most inaccessible parts of Africa. in
order to devote themselves to their
religious life, without fear OF inter
ruption from outsiders.
The fact is. that they are in reality
dervishes whose character, at that
time at any rate, was of most un.
compromising nature toWasd Al -uAau
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Testing Fake Gems.

JEWEL forgers have become so
clever that a special gem-testing
institute has been established in
Vienna. says Popular Mechanics. and
similar studies are being carried on
in this country to detect limitations.
Imitation diamonds are numerous
and 1t Is possible to make real ones
in the laboratory, but the cost of the
process is about 100000 a carat.
while natural ones can be purchased
at from 500 to $500 a carat. Rubies
can be made by laboratory methods in
about six hours, and some of them
are so nearly like the real stones that
other tests than with the eyes are
necessary to distinguish them.
While the synthetic emerald has
brilliance and realistic color. It usually
can he told from genuine one with
little difficulty. They are often built
up in three parts. which are fastened
by invisible cement. The top and the
bottom part may he glass crystals cut
in many facets with a thin shaving
of real emerald between them to
give the color. Others nRy have
slight cavity between the Two crystals
which is filed with a green LIQUID.
Both limitations are easily detected by
submergine the stone in a certain
kind Of oil and holding .it up to the
light.
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with the caravan loaded with grain
which the two Sudanese were TO de
posit at 1ebel el Bayed. the hin we had
reached at the end of our last journey.
Tbrahim had not been with me at
all the previous season. and as Add
er Rahman had never even been
within sight of the hill ARA nged that
Qway should ride with them AS far as
the edge of the plateau. where he was
to give Add er Rahman directions to
take him to Jehel el Rayed. Here,
however. he WAS to leave the caravan
and to ride west along the tableland
md come back and report what he had
seen.
Add er Rahman. following the di-
rections given him by Qway. easily
found .Jebel el Rayed. and left the
grain to form the depot in the neigh
borhood. Qway himself rejoined the
caravan on their way back just be
fore reaching Nut. so they all returned
together.
Qway, it turned out, had done prac-
tically nothing. 1t was difficult to see
the best way of dealing with him. l
could of course, have discharged him.
but drastic remedies are seldom the
best. and to have done so would only
Hd We HHu tllc cHCtl vi pay thC
into the hands of the Senussi. as he
was magnificent guido and they
would have at once gained him as a
whole hearted recruit.
AS he unfortunately knew the whole
of my plans, the better scheme seemed
TO he to keep him with me and to tie
him up in such way that he could
do no harm. In the circumstances !
thought 1t best to send Sheykh Suley-
man a letter, asking him to let me
have Abdulla and the hest hagin Crid-
ing cameD he could find. This, at
any rate, would insure my having a
guide if Qway went wrong. and l
hoped by stirring up little friction
between him and Abdulla to make the
latter keep an eye upon his actions.
WHILE dressing one morning
w heard Qway below greeting some
old friend of his in the most cordial
and affectonate manner. Then I
heard him bring the visitor upstairs,
and looking through the window saw
that Abdulla had arrived at last. Oway
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Travellers Are DobleCrosse by Once Faithful Desert Gu

small depot behind MS at Fach camp
till we reached The main store. 1hlS
] found had not been made, as IN
tended IL should be. AT the loot or
.Jehei el Eayed. but a good half-daY's
journey To its north.
was greatlv relieved to see that
the depot appeared to be quite IN or
der. but Add 81 Eahman was evil
IDENTIFY suspicious. for leaving tho IN
loading of the camels to Ibrahir1 and
Dahab, he went off TO the depot and
began peering about and searching
the neighborhood for tracks.
Almost AT once he returned With a
very long face. announcing that &
lot Of water had hePn thrown away.
| hurried up tn the depot. a n6 he
pointed out two large patches of saEh
,hickly crusted on the surface. Shot
ing that very large amount Of water
had been split.
We examined the depot itself. The
sacks of grain were quite untouched,
hut every one Of the large iron tanks
was practically empty. with the eN-
ception of one which was about half
full. The little tanks intended for
the small depots did not appear to
have been tampered with. perhaps he
cause they would have required some
time to empty.
The neighborhood Of the place
where the water had been poured
was covered with the great square
footprints made by Oway's leather
sandals. and made 1t quite clear that
1t was he who had emptied the tanks.
There was no trace or the more
rounded sandals worn by Abdulla on
that side of the depot.
We followed Qway's footprints for
Il short distance. About two nun
dred yards away from the depot they
joined on TO Abdulla s. the small neat
marks Of Qway'S camel overIaying
the bigger prints Of Abdulla 8 hacin
showing clearly that Qway had
been the last to leave. l then re
turned with Add er Rahman 20 the
camp TO decide what was best to hc
done.
The heavy leakage from the tanks
we had brought with us. coupled with
the large amount of water thrown
away by Qway. made II ahundartly
clear that all chance Of CARRYING out
the scheme for which ! had been
working for two seasons. of getting
across the desert 10 the Sudan was
completely ont of the question. l.
was a nasty jar.
fCopyright. 1925
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dismayed by Winters frost or Sum
mers heat, festooning his arms, his
left shoulder that they may feel his
heart beat, and his lap; they have en-
circled his feet in living chains to
keep him from running away: and
they have almost hidden his pedestal
in the beauty of their three pointed
leaves, only to fall like a green cas-
cade into the mirroring pool at his
feet, all but concealing' the great
frogs head that reaches out over the
water.
Those vines have made him an in
tegral part of the whole garden; he is
bound to it, held by the tenacious
tenderness of living things. And vet
he has no desire to leave his sunken
garden, with it's gracious pool for he
loves the water-lilies whose green
leaves lie upon the still water like
serried islands, showing here and
there lotus blossoms white as carved
ivory. And Xochipilli knows that
when the sun draws the fragrance of
the lilies strongly the little alligator
that lives in the pool will lie asleep on
a lily pad under his benign protection,
while the gold fish weave fantastic
patterns as they move lazily through
the shallow depths.
1t was for, his happiness that they
planted Lombardy poplars in the
garden, for there is no odor, save from
pine treeas that 10 half 80 xsstnonEs
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out to the second hill and was to go on
same direction, after which he was to
retrace his steps until he met the
caravan coming out along the same
route. bringing out water and supplies
for his relief
Abdulla's Instructions were to go
due south when he parted from Qway
for two or. if possible, three days.
Then he was to strike off west TIL he
cut Qway's track, which we should
be following, and return upon II till
he met the caravan, which would then
go on along the line of the old road
we had found to complete our 15-days
journey. and. II possible. push on till
we had got right across the desert
into the French Sudan.
| was not expecting great results
from Qway's journey, but he knew too
much about our plans and was too
useful a man in the desert to make 1t
advisable to leave him behind us in
Dakhla. where the Senussi might have
made great Use of him.
Abdulla was well armed. an expert
enced desert fighter. and. in spite of
his "feathery" appearance, was a man
with whom 1t would not be safe to
trifie. As there was a considera BILE
Qway, owing to the Arabs overbear
ing attitude toward the Sudanese In
general. / had little fear of them com
bining.
At the start everything went we'll.
Qway. 1t is true, though he did his
hest to disguise the fact. was evidently
greatly put out by my having been
able to produce 80 much barley. But
the rest Of the men were in excellent
.t.,tN L. l..
heavy loads went so we'll that on the
evening Of the second day we reached
the bushes. our first objective.
found that a well which T had dug
the year before TO a depth of 80 feet
had silted up to more than half it's
depth with sand. Here We cut what
firewood we wanted. and on the fol.
lowing morning Abdulla and Qway
left the caravan and went ahead to-
ward Jebel Ell Rsyed.
I WALKED with them for a short
distance as they left. to give them
final instructions. told them that
we should closely follow their tracks.
Having some experience of Qway's
sauntering ways when scouting by
himself, l told him that he must make
his camel put her best leg forward.
and that II he did I would give him a
big bakhshish at the end of the
journey.
He at once lost his temper. The
camel was his. he said. and he was
not going to override her, and he
should 40 at whatever pace he chose.
He was not working for me at all.
but he was working for Allah. My
obvious retort. that in that case there
WAS no necessity for me to pay his
wages. did not mend matters In the
least, and he went off in q towering
rage.
The Senussi teach their followers
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tapped at the door, and, hardly wait
ing for me to answer. entered. beam.
ing with satisfaction and apparently
highly delighted at the new arrival
he was an admirable actor
Abdulla looked taller and more
'feathery" than ever. With native.
made straw hat on the back Of his
head and his slender waist tightly
girthed up with a leather strap, he
looked almost girlish in his slimness.
But there was nothing very feminine
about Abdulla-he was wiry to the
last degree.
The plan for the journey was as fol-
lows: We were to leave Dakhla with
every camel in the caravan, including
the hagins, loaded to their maximum
carrying capacity with water. tanks
and grain. At the end of every days
| march a, small depot was to be left,
consisting of a pair of the small tanks
L had mad made for the Journey, and
sufficient barley for the camels and
food for the men for a days supply.
Qway and Abdulla, who were to &C.
company the caravan up to this point
were then to go on ahead of the cara
van with their hagins loaded with only
enough water and grain to take them
out to the main depot at Jebel Ell
Bayed. Here they were to renew their
supplies, 60 on for another day to.
gether and then separate.
QWaX was to follow Apdullats S trackl
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"Certifed" Families.
rs your family "certifed?" This

rs your family "certifed?" This is
the question that fond and care
full parents may soon ask Of suitors
for the hands OF their daughters.
There Is movement under way
under the auspices of the Eugenics
Society of the United states of Amer
lea which will soon allow families Of
satisfactory health. history and he
redity to obtain credentials which
distinguish them from those who can
not come up to high eugenic level,
says Science Magazine.
Filter family" competitions are
now being put on at state fairs
and exhibitions. and STATS Of pro-
fessional physicians. geneticists. psy-
biologists and others examine these
families and score them in manner
somewhat comparable to the way
in which stock and other fair ex-
hbits are judged.
The movement to certify families
and individuals from a eusentc and
health standpoint originated with the
I first competition held by the Kansas
free fair at Topeka elk years ago
and this year filter family compe-
titions have been held at seven large
expositions and State fairs. In Kan
sas the governor gives silver tro-
ply cup to the blue ribbon family,
and individuals who measure up to
the high standards get a medal. A
plan is also being evolved which al
lows competitive examinations
as well. Contestants are scored
| upon the following data; Family his
| tory and heredity, psychological meas
urements, psychiatric test, physical
and medical condition, condition Of
eyes, ears, nose and throat, condition
! Of teeth, laboratory tests, health
| habits.
"The object of the filter family
| movement is the stimulation of q feel
| ing OF family and racial consciousness
and responsibility DIR. Sherbon ex-
| planned. I'VE believe that eventually
there will be created a sentiment for
| certified families as distinguished from
those who cannot or do not obtain evi-
| dence Of being able to pass the rather
| rigid tests of the examination"
| Not only have parents and children
| been subject to test, but engaged cou-
pies and single individuals of
marriageable age have used filter
| family competitions to assure them.
selves that they are worthy Of becom.
ing parents Of the next xsueratien.
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velopment, from the hud to the falling
petal.
With strange lack of observation.
the figure is called by those who look
upon It the sad Indian" but no
sorrow Is visible in the face above the
f1ower-decked garment. 4 deep con
centration is there, a contemplation
on the deep JOY Of his contented
spirit: withdrawn. undist urhed. Mir
va ma wise, he dreams away the hours.
with eyes half closed with deepdraWn
breath. intent only upon the beauty
that clothes itself in natures varied
forms. Smiles may hide great unhap-
piness. but look of serious con-
temptation may conceal a peace that
passes all understanding. So it is
with Xochipilli.
If the carved figure is remarkable.
the pedestal stone is not less note
worthy, for it's four sides are carved
in harmony with the figure resting
upon it. Its faces are cut in fret
work and designs composed of wide
open flowers with butterflies above
their corollas, of single flowers and
of butterflies drifting toward bor
der of petals. 1t is a remarkable
throne he sits upon. all but hidden
now by sprays of perennial green.
AS though the ivy vines were con-
scious of his utter JOY in them, they
have climbed into his arms like caress-
ing children, their sturdy green, un-
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Temperature of Mars.

EVEN If we should find a way to get
- over to Mars, we couldn't goat
least not until we had rugged up some
sort Of an electric suit that would take
heat with us. For, landing on that in
hospitable shore, we should freeze
more solid than icicles, owing to the
extreme severity of the climate. ac-
cording to Popular Science Monthly.
DIR. W. B. Coblentz of the Bureau
Of Standards. using extraordinarily del
icate Instruments Of his own invention.
has concluded that 100 degrees below
zero is just ordinary temperature in
our frigid neighbor's cline. Almost
every night i'm Winter. he says. it goes
down to 20 degrees Centigrade. or ] IS
degrees Fahrenheit.
DIR. CoblentZ made many of his
in Arizona last August,
when Mars was In an unusually close
to. tbs esrth