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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-08-25

A correspondent writes to the
Massachusetts P1oughmom as
follows: Ihave noticed a great
many inquiries in the Plough
man in regard to which are the
best variety of fowls for a man to
keep. This depends upon what
kind of a place he has to keep
them and what he wants them
for. If he wants fowls to lay a
large number Of eggs, get the
Hamburgs or Spanish. If he
wants market fowls, why then he
must get the Brahmas or Cochins.
Some like the, Cochins best, but
for layers and beauties give me
the Golden or Silver Hamburgs.
l keep both and like the Golden
best. They are very handsome,
hardy and good laying fowls. /
believe that twelve hens with a
good run will average nine eggs
a day. through the summer, and
will with a warm house, lay near
ly as well in winter. The Silvers
are more snowy but not quite as
large. OF the large breeds /
think the Buff COchins are the
best layers have a hen of this
variety that has laid several eggs
within few weeks that measur-
ed from eight to eight and three
fourths inches in circumference,
and weighed over one quarter of
a pound apiece. l do not think
this can be beaten very much.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-08-25
A Mothers Word.

A youth of eighteen or nine
teen years sat at an open window,
"a look of painful perplexity OIL
his face, caused apparently by a
letter he held in his hand. After
sitting thus for some minutes he
muttered to himself. :! Yes, / must
90; if l don't Brown and Smith
will be laughing at me, and call
ing me righteous over much !;
and, after all, there's no great
harm in it, for I'll 60 to church in
the morning, and it's only to be a
sail down the river and spend the
day in the country" Still he
pressed his hand upon his fore
head for an instant, then, rising
hastily, he said: "There's no use
bother1ng about it; l must CO."
AS he rose, his eye lighted on
the setting sun, and as he did SO
his whole expression changed; a
sweet yet half-sad look played on
his face, his thoughts were else
where, another scene was before
his eyes. The dark street had dis
appeared, and in its stead a neat
country cottage had risen. In
thought he was there; once more
he saw the hills that rose near
that cottage home once more the
blue waters of the distant lake
glistened before him; once more
he sat in the cottage garden with
his widowed mother. and watched
the setting sun.
Once more that mothers words
sounded in his ears. John, don't
forget your God, and He'll not for
get you. Remember the Sabbath
TO keep it holy. Though sinners
entice thee TO break it, consent
thou not. Oh, when you're
tempted to do wrong don't forget
to pray! Never let the sun go
down on a prayerless day. May
the God of the fatherless guide,
may the Lord Jesus be your
Saviour '
Yes: six months had passed
since he heard these words, and
yet they seemed to sound in his
ears. Tears filled his eyes; and
rising he folded his hands and
kneeled in prayer; then, taking
up his pen, he wrote this
'sThanks, Brown, for your invi-
tation; but l cannot accept it.
Ny duty to God is to obey his
commands; and he hath said,
Remember the sabbath day, to
keep it holy. Spending the day
in idle pleasure is not doing this !;
and l wish you would think over
this subject, and not go. your
self" -.
How great is the influence of
a pious mothers words! How
wonderful the answers to her ear
nest prayer!-Bible- Class Naga-
zine. @
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-08-25
A Cheap Hard Sosp.

Many housekeepers in the
country know how difficult it is
to obtain good article OF bar
soap. The yellow soap sold at
the stores cuts soft as cheese, and
rubs away as easily, and unless
the housewife buys a box of soap
at time, and pilesit up in stacks
in the attic orsome dry place, the
yearly record will show goodly
sum paid out for soap purchased
by the bar. The following recipe
will prove a desirable item OF
economy:
Four large bars of yellow soap;
two pounds of sal-soda; three
ounces of borax; one ounce OF
liquid ammonia. Shave the soap
in thin slices; put it into eight
quarts of soft water (rain wateris
best). When the soap is nearly
dissolved, add the borax and sal
soda; stir till all is melted. Pour
it into a large tub or a shallow
pan; when nearly cool add the
ammonia slowly, mixing it well.
Let it stand a day or two, then
cut it into cakes or bars. and dry
in warm place. No better soap
can be made to wash white
clothes, calicoes, and fiannels
and it is excellent for all house
hold purposes. 1t costs but three
cents per pound, and is made in
less than half an hour. This re-
cipe has been sold for five dollars,
and will he of service to every
family.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-08-25
The Virtue Of Borax.

The washer-women of Holland
and Belgium, so. proyerbialy
clean, and who get up their linens
so beautifully white, use refined
borax as washing powder, instead
of soda,. in the proportion of a
large handful of borax powder to
about ten gallons of boiling
water. They save in soap nearly
half. All the large washing
establishments adopt the same
mode. For laces. cambrics, de-.
an extra quality of the powder is
used, and for: crinolines (requir-
ing to be made stiff a strong solu-
ton is necessary. BOrax being a
neutral salt, does not in the
slightestdeg iDjure the texture
of the linen. Its effect is to
soften the hardest water, and
therefore it should be kept on the
toilet-table. To the taste it is
rather sweet, is used for cleaning
the hair, is an excellent dentrifice,
and in hot countries is used, in
combination with tartaric acid
and bicarbonate ofsoda, as a cool
ing beverage.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-08-25
A Cheap Filter.

The Manufacturer and Bull
der gives the following directions
for a simple filter to purify cistern
water; Place on the perforated
bottom of a box a piece of fan
mel, and on this some coarsely-
powdered charcoal, then some
coarse river sand, and cover the
whole with sandstone broken in
to small pieces. The great bother
with all filters is that they require
cleaning or renewing constantly
say once in a week or two, it de-
pending on the quality and nature
of the water passing through
them.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-08-25
Cheap Vinegar.

Good vinegar is not only a lux
ury, but an absolute necessity in
every family, and is as cheaply
and easily manufactured in the
household as any other article of
diet; yet many families never
have supply of their own, but
depend on buying at the grocer's
and borrowing OF their more for
tunate neighbors. BY simple
process, with little or no expense,
a supply for family use can be
made with far less trouble than
is required to buy or borrow what
is needed. The process is this
Save all your apple parings, and
slice in with them all waste ap-
pies and other fruits keep them
in cool place till you get a pail
full, then turn a large plate over
them, on which a light weight
should be placed, and pour on
boiling water till it comes to the
top. After they have stood two
or three days, pour off the liquid,
which will be as good cider as
much that is offered for sale !;
strain and pour it into a cask or
other convenient vessel (any-
thing that can be closely cover
ed will do), and drop in a piece
Of smother" or vinegar plant
procured of some one that has
good vinegar. If set in warm
place, the vinegar will be fit for
use in three or four weeks, when
it can be drawn off for use, and
the cask filled with cider made
from time to time by this pro-
cess.
My "good housewife" has. by
this method, made during the
fall Of the year, when apples and
other fruits were being dried, a
barrel of excellent vinegar. which
costs nothing but the trouble of
preparing. The parinss should
be pressed compactly into a tub
or pail, and only water enough
poured over to come TO their sur
face, otherwise the cider would
be so weak as to require the ad-
dition of molasses. By having
two casks, one to contain the
vinegar already made, and the
other to fill into from time to
time, one never need be without
good vinegar. The risings of
preserve kettles, sweet-meat jars,
and from honey, also stale beer
and old cider, should all be saved
for the vinegar cask; only eau
ton should be used that there be
sufficient sweetness or body to
whatever is poured in or the vim
egar may die from lack of
strength. .agE1 Han
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-08-25
Hard Water for Drinking Purposes.

DR.. Letheby, in an article on
the water supply of London,
states that water of moder-
ate hardness, like that used in
London, Paris, Vienna, and some
other European cities, is always
to be preferred to that which is
entirely soft, as being best suited
for domestic purposes, on account
of being brighter to the eve and
more agreeable to the taste. He
also makes the ingular announce
ment that the French authorities
are so well satisfied of the supe-
riority of hard water that they
pass by that of the sandy plains,
near Paris, and 60 far away to
the chalk hills OF Champagne,
where they find water even hard
er than that of London; giving
as a reason for the preference that
more of the conseripts from the
soft t-water districts are rejected,
on account of the want Of
strength of muscle, than from the
hard water districts, from which
they conclude that the calcare-
Gus, matter is favorable to the
formation of the tissues.
DIR. Letheby further states that
the mortality in England is great
er, on an average, in places where
soft water is used, other circum-
stances being equal, than where
the water is hard !; and it is sug-
gested that the sparkling hard
waters of the limestone districts
are relished, not only because
they are pleasant to the eye, but
on account of some hygienic
properties in the excess of car
bonic acid they contain, and pos
sibly because the percentage of
lime acts incidentally upon the
system. The Doctor concludes
by expressing his preference for
the very slightly hard water of
London overa softer quality, al
though reprehending the use Of
water containing an excess of
mineral matters. -.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-08-25
SPECIFIC Education for Farmers.

We take the following sensible
remarks from the proceedings at
a recent meeting of the New
York Farmers Club: =
J. Stanton Gould addressed the
Club upon better educated far
mers-that is, of men who have
received a specific education in
science relating to their business
or profession. There is no use in
attempting to disguise it; there
is an inability on the part of far
mers to grasp common agri-
cultural questions that underlie
successful agriculture and master
them, due entirely to this want
of knowledge. He illustrated
this assertion by saving that some
time since he had occasion to
study the construction and oper-
alton of plows, but could not find
a single treatise that would con-
vey to thefarmer am iota ofknowl-
edge concerning the science Of
blowing or the rules of art nee
essary to be observed in the form
and structure of this indispensi-
BILE implement of tillage. In turn
ing a furrow-slice, three distinct
operations are performed, tend
ing to the disintegration of the
soil-the object of all culture.
When first raised, the particles of
the furrow move upon each other
in such a way that the furrow
divides vertically, as it were, in
to thin sheets; when the slice
tends still further, a similar action
takes place, transversely or hori-
zontally; and finally, when it
passes the spiral wing of the mold
board, it is similarly divided in
an oblique direction, and the diff
ferent ratios of motion thus given
to the particles causes them to
move upon each other, and Of
course communities the soil. He
asserts that a plow which did not
combine in it the power to per
form just this integration was not
a rightly constructed implement.
So of the value Of grasses. In
New York we have 1876 varieties
of grasses and yeti would be diff
ficult to find a farmer who could
name 10 of them. And yet this
ability to distinguish grasses is
important when it is known that
some of these have many times
the nutritive value of others.
Few farmers can distinguish
the Meadow, Foxtail from limo
thy but the latter is four times
more valuble than the former.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-08-25
The ey.Albert Barnes beau


tifully says .sthat it is that bub-
ling stream which flows gently,
the little. riyulet which runs
along, day and night, by the farm
house, that is useful, rather than
the swollen flood or warning cata-
ract. Niagara excites our won
der, and we stand amazed at the
power and greatness of God there,
as it pours in from the hollow of
His hand. But one Niagara is
enough for the continent or the
world, while the same world re-
auires thousands and tens of thou
sands of silver fountains and flow
ing rivulets, that waters every
farm and meadow, and garden,
and that shall flow on every day
and night with their gentle quiet
beauty. So with the acts of our
lives. 1t is not by great deeds,
like those of the martyrs, that
good is to be done, but by the
daily and quiet virtues of life,
the Christians temper, the good
qualities of relatives and friends"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-08-25

-HA! is an interjection of
laughter. All! is an inteUecrion
of sorrow. The difference be-
tween them is very small, as con-
sisting only in the transposition
of what is no substantial letter,
but bare aspiration. How
quickly in the age of minute, in
the very turning of a breath, is
our mirth changed into mourning!
AIHOmds FulIer.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-08-25
THE PUZZLED CENsUs.TAKER.
BY JOHN G. SAKE.


''Got any boyss' the Marshal said
To a lady from over the Rhine;
And the lady shook her haxen head
And civilly answered .yiaer''
''Got any girise' the Marshal said
To the lady from over the Rhine;
And again the lady shook her head,
And cfvilly answered ,gias.''
"But some are deads'' the Marshal said
To the lady from over the Rhine;
And again the lady shook her head,
And civilly answered lyilae!''
Husband, Of courses, the Marshal said
To the lady from over the Rhine;
And again she shook her iaxen head,
And civilly answered "-NHer
..The dl you have?1 the Marshal said
To the lady from over the Rhine:
And again she shook her head,
And civilly answered '.Yine!r'
Now what do yournean By shaking your head
And always answering @fines'zf's = q
..Ich kan nicht English!'' civilly said
The lady from over the Rhine.
--Nein, pronounced nine in the German
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MILLERSBURG. OHIO.

r WISH to say to the public that have lately
L received = large selection Of GOOD JEW
ELRY AND WATCHES, which now offer at
very small margin. purchase my Watches
dersold. therefore, that enables me to SELL
CHEAP. give below a ..
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-08-25

WATcH Vigilance is the
safety lamp of life.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-08-25
A Retired Bakers Recipe for Bread

Take an earthen vessel, larger
at the top than at the bottom, put
in one pint i Of. warm water,
one and half pounds of flour,
and half a pint of malt yeast;
mix well together and set away
in a warm place until it rises and
falls again, which will be in from
three to five hours. Then put two
large spoonsful Of salt into two
quarts of. water, and mix with
the above rising; then put in
about nine pounds of flour, and
work it we'll; let it rise until
light; then make it into lOaves.
New and runny flour requires
one-fourth more salt than old and
dry flour. Bake as. soon as light
One Sunday afternoon, a
lad so lazy in his motion that he
did not get to the church door
till the congregation were COM
ing out, said to the first man he
met: "What is itdone " "No,"
said the man; its all said, but ]
think it will take long time be-
fore it viii be done"
The New York herald., 1870-04-02
OLD WORLD EMS.

rr,nce Napoleon Is to make o trip TO India via
Suez Canal.
The number OF ca. h students at the University Of
Prague "a double that OF tne Germans.
bearded woman died the other day at Toulouse
aged IOi years. She lad q beard two leet long.
French iron-clad frigate Is to be sent to the ia
panesc waters, where Prussia already has Two.
A statue to Berryer on the Place Palais de Justice
has been voted by the City Council or Marseilles.
M. Scrnetz. director OF the French Academy at
Rome, ID dead.
Tne French exhibition Of works of living artists
Will open May !, continuing until June 20.
Buildings for the Universal Exposition at Lyous,
France for 1871, have been commenced.
The French and Russian Consuls at scutar are
acting cordially together IN regulating the Iurco-
Montenegrin frontier.
Roman scpucnral chamber, containing beautiful
mosaic pavement and some rich antique relics, mas
been discovered at Phillppevllie.
revolt OF the pupils at the college OF ADguo]eme
France had Terminated by the starving ous or tho
insurgents.
The extra budget of the city Of Paris for the next
four months Will require loan OF $50, 900 nancs
The total denct Is 534. $40. .0y0 francs.
terrible explosion occurred on the 10th OF March
at the great steam workshops OF Fourchalnoauly by
which eight persons were horribly scalded I'VE ot
them m0rtatly.
me city OF Paris has for several months past
used 10O 600 reams OF paper per diem for the jour.
nais, books. pamphlets posters and onclai anu
business placaras ana handbls.
The superior Committee OF the Orphan Asylum or
the Prince Imperial, Paris admitted, on the occa-
SION OF his Imperial Hgnness' brtnday, eleven cni.
dren to that establishment, making o total o. oS4
inmates.
The body Of Captain Mage, tho unfortunate con-
The New York herald., 1870-04-02
ITALY.
Murder of a General in His ROom-Pnrlia.
montary Progress.

Murder Of a General in His Room-Pnriia-
montary Progress.
telegram from Florence OF tho Goth OF March
furnishes the following reports:-
In the Chamber OF Deputie yesterday NJ. Bian-
cheri took the chair. NJ farlnl announced that hav
ing received from Ravenna q telegram announcing
the assassination OF General EccO1ier. he interpe-
lated the Ministry on the point IN order tnat the
country might Know that the murder In question had
not originated In political motives NJ. LAMA replied
that the murderer, whose name Is Cattane0 had
killed the general In his r00n that otcer had On-
tanned tho nomination OF the inspector OF police IN
question TO another place OF residence, and the lat
ter being greatly annoyed at the change, had ap-
pied 10 the Ministry TO get the appointment can
ce.led, hut without success; he then took revenge
on the General NJ. LanZa terminated BY expressing
deep regret az the loss OF that superior Ocer. VINO
had rendered great services to the country.
The chanber then entered on the discussion OF
presented several bills which he considered would
be Of advantage to The public administration. The
Minister of War; IN reply to NJ sanguinetti spoke ol
savings which would be enccted In the estimates OF
the army; no could atfrm that the efficiency oil the
force would not be impaired; he added thRt $1,000
men would be sent on Iurough on the lst oil April
General La Marm0ra declared that he would re-
serve hts observations until the Ministerial measures
were under discussion.
not raise the question OF confidence at present, but
reserved the debate on tue financial projects the
expression OF their opinion. .ssass
Al. Selia opposed the amendment OF the c0Mmit'
tee PROPOSING to increase the budget OI expenses
by two millions. The discussion was adjourned.
The Chamber has adopted the Dill for the provt.
sional collection OF the taxes by 16A votes to So.
The New York herald., 1870-04-02

mander OF the Gorgone has been found on the shore
OF the island Ot ushaut II was recognized oy the
remains OF nus snoes ana cothny spared by the
"A strike OF bakers ana no bread y, Is the CRY In
South London, where agitation Is on root to close up
every bakery In the kingdom, simultaneously, IN
consequence ofthe government measure to suppress
.the smoke nuisance" WITHOUT excepting the
baxers.
The American Morse has Just superseded the Bro.
quiet system or telegraDhng between the Tuilcrics
and the barracks in Paris. From eight A. N. untu
four r. NJ the poor soldiers stationed at Instruments
have little more to send backward ana forward tAan
the monotonous despatch, "No.hing newp' But tho
government IL none the less vlgIiant.
A mot Of NJ. Guizot Is circulating In Parts. the
venerable statesman II reported TO nave salu IN one
of the elegant salons OF the Faubourx ST. Gernain.
he can manage TO remain in power for one year I
think that he will be great Minister"
A remarkable case OF resusctaton In reported
BY charcoal. was touched on the soles Of mis- fees
wsa fea not iron without avail Sars Sf
EFFORT, animation was restored.
Austria possesses costly stafr-160 superior 1cld
officers IN active service and $40 on nalf pay Among
artillery or cavalry ffty.ve Of infantry ami ninety
four major generals. Tne retired i'st consists OF
thirty generals OF the rsl named category las OF the
News In Berlin from st. Petersburg IL to the cfYect
that the classification OF the German provinces ON
Of Livonia, Couriand and Esthopia ali breathe the
desire for autonomy Of their own, at least equal
to that OF FInianu. rue Lv0n,aH ADDRESS Is so bold
that the Russian Governor at Riga refused to for.
ward 1t.
The faculty of the University OF Vienna recently
debated the question whether they should grant
diOl0mas TO female stujents o. medicine, and de-
cded tina. they won.d allow such ladies' as had grad
mated &C other Institutions 70 follow their Lectures.
and practice In Vienna. An English and SWISS lady
applied for tnat privilege.
'Sever," says the P,yussfsche Kreux.Zeitun0. .did
q great party make poorer campaign taan the
liberals have done in the Baden annexation af1ar.
for not only have they been beaten BY the Chancsi.
lor (BismarcK and completely isolated as 10 nave
to Withdraw their own motion, hut they are oe.
nounced by their cow0rkers throughout all Southern
Germany.n
1t is interesting to know that new locality for
diamonds Ia reported by Herr Gustav Rose, OF Ber.
lin, which may be considered the first IN Europe u
the western slope OF the Ural Is placed out OF the
question. The stone referred to was found In the
granite quarries OF Count Sch5nborn, IN Bohemia.
and has been unguestionably identified as dar
mond, both by the combustion OF q splinter into
pure carbonic acid and by It's physical and m.nera-
iogcai properties. It's weight Is fiityseven mill.
grammes 1t IL cubical In shape and II OF light vet.
low color and ls PROBABLY not the only one 10 DO
discovered. Professor Woher Of GUttlngen, has al
dIscovere0 minute diamonds In piece VI platinum
from oregon.