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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07
Too Little 10 DO.

AM always very sorry for those who
have too little to do. They seem to me
scarcely to have a fair chance in the
world. Their natures are not properly
taxed and tested, trained and developed.
They might have been among the great
and wise and good and famous in the
world, but they have fallen back into
the ranks of the igaavun, pecus. Their
liberation from the common cares and
activities of life, on which, perhaps,
they prided and planned themselves, is
their drawback and their bane. 1t is
even possible that it may help to kill
them. A traveller who visited the Pit
cairn islanders in their lonely Pacific
home found some of them dying of sheer
old age when between fifty and sixty.
They had too little to do. The rough
fiber of life, for its due adjustment,
needs certain amount of work and
worry-of working against the collar,
of straining against wind and tide.
One day two strangers met at little
inn in the Isle of Wight. One was a
medical man; the other was a man of
letters, whose avocations gave him in
cessant work, and called him into all
sorts of places. l expect that the same
desire for repose had brought them
through different paths to this same
quiet haven of rest. In the morning the
special correspondence we had better
designate him-lay languidly on the
grass, plucking buttercups and daisies,
and gazing languidly into the blue
depths of the sky. Charles James Fox
used to say that there was only one
thing better than lying on the grass
with book, and that was lying on the
grass without book.
The medical man watched him.
Those medical men often have a trick
of watching every one. Their fellow
creatures are their books, and they get
into the habit of scanning such pages
very swiftly.
"Sir," said the medical man, al
should think that you were rather fond
of lying on the grass and gathering dali
sizes"
Sir" was the answer, "I have
passion for it. l should like nothing
better in life than to lie on the ground
and to pluck the daisies"
"And yet, sir" was the rejoinder, 81
have strong idea that you are man
who goes about a great deal in the
world, and takes an interest in a great
many subjects"
81 60 about a great deal too much,
and work great deal more than like.
If l had my choice in life, should lie
all day long on the grass and pick dali
sies.''
"Do you know, sir, what would be
the probable result of your having too
little to dop''
"Well, what would it be?"
cit would probably be an attack of
paralysis. To shut up work would
probably be to close your existence"
And practically this is the kind of
thing which does not happen so infre-
quently as might be supposed. 1t is al
waysa dangerous crisis for the profession
al man who retires from the full tide of
business without having learned the art
of cultivating and enjoying leisure.
Men of the highest professional emil
nence have found themselves absolutely
stranded when they have passed from
the condition of having too much to
that of having too little to do. One
might here tell tragic narratives of mel
ancholy despair and suicide.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07
THE DAIRY.

A DECEPTION successfully practiced
on number of farmers is known as the
butter contract" A couple of we'll
dressed fellows drive up to the house OF
the expected victim and make an en-
gagement with him to take all his but
ter for a year at high price. A writ
ten agreement is then made and IN que
time the " contract is returned IN the
form of note held by third party,
which the farmer is obliged to pay.
REPLYING to the question, "where
shall those who have no ice keep cream
and butter this warm weather." cor
respondent of the New York tribune
saws: "Those who have wells in which
the oaken bucket yet swings can sus-
pend the can or pail therein. We have
spring in the cold water of which we
submerge cans two feet long containing
sweet milk. The cream rises in twelve
hours and never sours therein Our
butter is firm, golden and of fine text
ure, whereas before we resorted to this
method our butter was inferior during
the heated terms. If butter or milk is
kept in the cellar the walls should be
whitewashed and the floor covered with
several inches of sand, after thorough
clearance of rubbish-old pork barrels,
moldy boxes, etc.
PLEURo PNEUMONIA. - The first
symptoms of pleuro-pneumonia are
general dullness, hanging of the head,
running at the mouth, nose and eyes,
redness of the eyes and slight cough.
Next the milk shrinks suddenly, and
nd
animal breathes rapidly and with short
jerky eXpirations, the breath is hot, the
coat becomes rough, the back arched,
and the appetite fails. The disease
never appears spontaneously, but al
ways by infection, and the stage of
incubation is usually less than thirty
days, but may extend to ninety days.
There is no cure, and the only proven
ton is the immediate Strengthening Oh
the sick cattle. This is the cheapest,
as a recovered animal--and recovery is
very rare-costs more to restore it than
it is worth, leaving out of consideration
the danger of infection.
A woULD-BE wise correspondent of
one of our city contemporaries, in Civ
ing advice about raising mich cows,
says: :" 1t spoils heifer to let the calf
run with her," and he also advocates
taking the calf away from its mother
Immediately and never allowing it to
suck. 1t is a pity that these wiseacres
could not discover some way of raising
calves without having cows at all, for,
according to their theories, Nature does
not understand the business she has
tnl nd &c oil oil
low the offspring to obtain food as the
Creator intended. Under such man.
agement as they advocate, it is no Won
der that we hear so much about COWS
having garget or caked udder, of calves
dying with scour and other unnatural
ailments. No calf should be taken
from its mother or weaned until it is
two weeks old, and four weeks is still
better for the health and good of both
mother and offspring.-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07
Her First Watch.

SHE comes to school few minutes
late. She walks up the aisle, and lays
her note of excuse upon the teachers
desk. There is smile curling the cor
ners of her lips; she subdues it reso-
lu.ely. Her eyes sparkle; she fixes their
glance upon the floor. Her hands have
an unusual tendency to tumble about the
region of her belt. She represses it
sternly, and drops them at her side.
She passes back to her seat Her car
riage, her gait, her every motion, are
pervaded by such an evident desire to
appear unconscious, that her school
mates glance up as she goes by to see if
she has on a new dress. No, she has
not. She takes her seat, and bends as
siduously over her task. Her seat-mate
turns and scrutinizes her keenly; her
eyes stop at the belt; she gives start,
claps her hands noiselessly behind her
desk, and looking at the teacher to see
if she is observed, bends eagerly forward
to examine. The owner of the mystery
shakes her head with affected nonchal.
ance; but the inquirer persists. At last
she succeeds, and it is produced. A
gold watch! They open it, shut it, ex-
anime its works, compare it with the
school-clock, exchange pantomimic con-
CALCULATIONS and explanations. Finally,
they telegraph its existence to the neigh.
boring girls by series of mods and
winks, unintelligible save to the init.
ated. AT recess, all cluster round to ex-
press their admiration; the owner re.
ceives their bursts of approval with
proud humility. During class, sho
yawns every five minutes, and then
draws it out to see if it is not time for
dismissal. On her way home, she com
pares it with every !church-clock she
passes. She holds it up to her ear to be
sure it is going; she feels of her belt to
be sure it is there. She times her walk
to school; she times her dinner; she
times her tea; she times her studies;
she times the making of her toilet. She
receives with derisive incredulity any
suggestions that she may not take
proper care of it. 1t lies beneath her
pillow that night, and the next morn
ing, she forgets to wind it up. The day
after, she drops it, and it has to be taken
to the jeweler to be repaired. BY next
week, she has resolved to wear it only
on great occasions, and when she goes
out of town. Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07

EvEN-TIDE-An artistically arranged
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07
Suggestions to Dairymen.

WE, as manufacturers, want the full
and hearty cooperation of every dairy
man in endeavoring to get the best pos
sible results from his milk with the
least percentage of loss. Good cows,
well fed and well watered, will produce
good milk. Well watered means plenty
of good, healthy water, from running
stream or good well. 1t is a notorious
fact that poor water-or water from
stagnant pools-is the cause of more
faint in milk in the summer time than
anything else. Salt, regularly given,
adds to the quantity as we'll as the quail
ity of milk. If it be possible, let your
COWS have access to plenty of shade
during the hot days of summer, for
many can of milk is spoiled by single
pall-full drawn from COW in an over
heated condition. Do not hurry your
cows. Do not allow your men to beat
them, nor dogs to worry them. They
will give more and better milk for the
kindness bestowed on them. When
your men come to milk, insist that they
clean the bag and teats with water, if
they need it, and then dry them before
milking; and, for heavens sake, don't
allow them to drain the dirty mixture
into the pail. Look to it that every
pail, every strainer, every can, is
washed in cold water first, and then
most thoroughly with hot water,
drained, and allowed to get the SUMS
rays upon them, if possible, for there is
is no purifier like good, pure air and a
bright sun.
Every dairy farmer should be pro-
vided with good milk house, situated
at good distance from the COW stable,
so that it may be free from the disa-
greeable odors that milk is always sure
to absorb if left all night in the COW
stable. If you have not running water
in the milk-house, provide yourself with
q good windmill pump. AS soon as
the milk is drawn, carry it at once to
the milk-house Have the water about
your cans changed several times, and
the milk stirred to prevent cream rails
ing, until it is cooled to about sixty de-
grees for the nights milk and siXty-fve
degrees for the mornings. During all
this time be sure and leave the can
covers off, to allow the animal heat to
escape. Do not mix your mornings
and nights milk, but place them in
separate cans, even if you have only
can altogether. Garry to the factory as
soon after milking as it is cooled to the
proper temperature, using, if possible,
a spring wagon, to prevent too great
chprning of the milk on rough roads.
Always cover your cans with blanket
to protect the milk from the sun in
summer aud from the cold in winter
Charles S. kilbOuYne.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07

says: at becomes clear, then, that
suicide is sometimes not only justi6able,
but praiseworthy; and men make that
justification or praise dependent upon
the motive with which life is surren-
dered. To determine whether the vol
untary termination of life is reprehensi-
BILE or laudable, an answer must first be
given to the question whether the act is
selfish or unselfsh, whether the motive
is egoistic or altruistic. If the object is
to save others from suffering, the act is
justifiable. If the object is merely to
save ones self from suffering, the act is
unjustiiable. We can not always
judge of motives, but in at least ninety
nine cases out of every hundred, the act
is intended to save the one who commits
it from suffering, and is therefore I'M
justifiable. Boston Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07
Suicides.

The period of suicide is upon us with
all its melancholy and morbid accom-
paniments. We have no means of COM
pairing the record of self-destruction this
year with the records of years past, but
it seems to us to be on the increase.
Instances are brought to our notice with
startling frequency. The number of
those who have solved the problem sis
life worth livingp" in the negative, and
have cheated the census without leaving
any apology behind, is startling. The
Times of Philadelphia has made an emu
meration and classification of the sui
cides in that city since the 9TH of April
to the 22d of June, and publishes the
names of twenty-four persons who have
taken their destinies into their own
hands and made the plunge boldly into
the mysteries of the hereafter. 1t strikes
us that that is an unusually large per-
centage of deaths to occur in that time
by the choice and acts of individuals.
In this list there were but three women,
and usually the stronger sex seems to
surrender more readily to the discour-
agements of life than the so-called de-
pendent sex. They are more readily
disheartened by obstacles, though per-
haps they do not despair so soon when
shame stares them in the face. Judged
by the test of suicide statistics, there is
more strength to the feminine will and
more equipoise to the feminine charac-
ter. Truly the women have as much to
vex them. If their positive cares are
less, which we doubt, they are more
troubled by ennui, which is the most
distracting of all maiadies.
There is apparently hardly any age
at which life is not likely to vex its
possessor, and tempt him to part with
1t. In a single day, recently, two men
over eighty, one in Hoboken and one in
New York, put an end to their earthly
existence, and it is frequently the case
that men grow weary waiting for the
delayed messenger of fate, and summon
him by violent and unhallowed processes.
A recent writer upon suicide, in the
Popular Science Monthly, draws some
very nice distinctions, between a volun-
tary and an involuntary ending of per-
sons life. Suicide he defines as the
voluntary termination of ones own life,
which is very different thing from
submission to, or acquiescence in, invol-
untary death, and he holds that the
proximity of involuntary death does
not furnish any excuse for voluntary.
By this distinction he makes Nicholas
Ridley and Hugh Latimer, who stood
at the stake to be burned for heresy,
suicides, because fastened to the body
of each was bag of powder placed
there by friends, to bring their suffer-
ings to a speedy termination. Arnold
Won Winkelried committed suicide when,
with his own body, he broke the solid
front of Austrian spears, and made way
for liberty. But the writer would not
condemn such acts of devotion, for he
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07

WHEN WRITING TO ADYERTISERS,
please say yOW sac the Advertisement
Ia this paper.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07

Is 1T because her own lover proved
SO unsympathetic as husband that the
mother looks with disfavor upon her
daughters ardent admirerp Or is II
because she thinks it impossible that
any other mortal he should equal in ali
husbandly virtues the darling man
whose name she bears.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07

A CHICAGO young lady was trying on
bonnet, when she said, Are these
eightsP" mo-" said the clerk. "Have
they cork solesp" she asked. "No."
said he; but you will wear the ribbons
and flowers on the near side" ~
knew these bonnets were rights and
lefts," said she.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07
Jonas WhitComb'S Remedy.

EItrdc from the life Of Washington HUing," By his
nephew, Pierre NJ h'0ing. Vol. w, p. 272.
1.-THE doctor prescribed, experiment, what had
been suggested by Dr. %. w. Holmes his late visit,
Jonas Whitcomb's Remedy for Asthma, teaspoon
full in wineglass of water to be taken every four
hours. good night the result"
- have derived very great. benefit from Jonas
Whitcombs Asthma Remedy" G. F. OSBORNE
President Neptune Insurance Co, Boston, Mass.
MY mother had suffered eight years from the har:
vest asthma The recurrence of this three months
agony every year must her out Jonas
Whtcomb's Asthma Remedy arrested the terrible dis
eas, and has kept ii of for the whole to the
great Joy of the family" Rev, JOS. Z. ROY,
Chicago Agent of the American Home Missionary Soci
ETY., to the NJ Y. Independent
Published in the 'Alerdndrid Gazette" Nay 1877.
ITO THE SUFFERERS BY ASTHMA, BRON-
CHITIS Etc.In the interest merely of such persons,
without any conference with those who advertise it.
earnestly urge all who suffer by these distressing maa
dies to use pe1Sistenty Jonas Whitcombs Remedy
for Asthma, Rose Cold, etc " I. B: ROBERTSON.
Broad Run, Fauquier Co., Va.
Jonas Whitcombs Asthma Remedy is manufactured
only by the proprietors, JOSEPH BURNETT 81
CO., Boston.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07
CAMPAIGN PICTURES

OF the PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
Best pictures In the market 22x28 sample copy by mail
SOC. llxlA 15c. For banners transparcncies and nagS
cloth 2x& sample by mall a. CO., 28x40, e. co. Pic
ture cards size 6x samples by mail receipt OF lOc
Campaign badges etc Extra Inducements to Agents ana
Campaign Clubs. ]. H. Buffords Sons, Boston, Mass.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-08-27
sheep sale AS might be expected II

Sheep Sale AS might be expected the
sheep and stock sale Of Gen. Mccm, to which
we have several times alluded with great
pleasure, was decided success, and was
attended by many enterpri ing farmers from
this and other coun- Of Maryland,
as well as from other State. Among the
purchasers from the county were >sacssrs
Henry Bradley, Robert Mackall, Wppam
Miller and Col. Boyd, We are glad 10 see
this spirit upon .he part Of these gontcmonS
it will be the means OF introducing into the
county the very best bred sheep, which cx-
periencc has shown TO be a productive invest
ment. The pure bred Southdown and Cots
void rams and ewes sold at prices from $13
TO $40. Among the distinguished gentle
men present were the Governors Of Mary
land, Virginia and West Virginia
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-08-27
Potomac Items.

We repaired to the Montgomery Gold
Mines to see how they were averaging. AT
ter u weeks trial, the company being Sc
we'll satisfied, is putting up permanent
and most substantial reyerberatory furnace
&c. Fourteen hundred dollars were the
proceeds from the experiment, and then
with partly temporary machinery. The
officials were all smiles yesterday Capt.
Hocheder was directing the. sinking of a
shaft 200 feet deep on vein Of quartz feet
wide. When he reaches 200 feet he will
drift and then remove all the quartz to
within 5 or feet Of the surface, which will
furnish quartz enough 10 run the mill a year.
On Monday as bucket of quartz was
landed piece of free gold, valued at $l1,
was found in it adhering to piece of Rock.
The impression is that the deeper the shaft
richer the quartz. In about two or three
weeks the mill will start again. assd theH be-
ing in q substantial condition will be the
bonanzo mines Of the Atlantic coast.
August 25th, 1890
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-08-27
ROAD PETITION.


I'VE, the undersigned, citizens aud tax
w payers Of the Third Election District
hereby give notice that thirty days amer this
publication Of this notice We will petition
your honorable board TO open II county road,
beginning AT point on the Darby road lead
ing TO Barnesvile Station, on the lands Of
John W. Moberly or N. r. Talbot and run
ming across the said hand 10 the land Of Thos.
Lynch, deceased, then through the lands Of
the said Thos. Lynch, deceased, on or near
the old lane and by the most eligible route to
the lands of John W. Darby then through
the lands Of said John W. Darby By The most
eligible route to the land OF Thomas Johnson
aud by the most eligible route through the
land OF said Thomas johnson 10 the land OF
James W McAtce and through the land Of
said james w McAtec to point near the
creek iha, crosses the public road known NJ
the White road on the land Of said McAiec.
OR DARBY,
JOHN W DARBY,
JAMES II. BEALL,
aug G-jt And eighteen others.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-08-27
"FOrest and Stream

Forest and stream The attention
Ofth sporismen and gun clubs ltiis county
is directed to the prospectus Of the above
named journal 1t is an invaluable maya
zine for those who deligh in hunting, fishing
and general ont door amuscmcnts, offering
many good suggestions, aud information Of
a general character The protection Of our
forest, culture Of fish, enforcement of the
game laws, etc, receive considerable atten.
ton in It's columns. Send ten cents for a
specimen copy, read it and subscribe Read
notice in another column.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-08-27

New Advertisements,-We call cspe-
cial attention to the following new adver-
tiscments which appear in this weeks issue
of the SENTINEL;
John T. Case, personal.
S. D. Higgins Il Son, merchandise
T. G. Groomes, undertaken ,Alechanicsville.
Robt. W. Carter, female scholarship to be
filled.
Public Sale, sam w Magruder, personal
property.
Trustees Sale of valuable real estate, ].
B. Henderson.
r. 5. Davis, notice to creditors of Henry
o. Vermillion.
Co. Commissioners, notice to merchants
and mechanics.
House and Lot private sale, Hczekiah
Trail, Rockville.
Andrew Small Academy, Rev G. N.
Campbell, principal.
Thos. Anderson, trustees sale of 1850 acres
Oh ianu, sept. l4th
Trustees Sale, 1903 acres of land, Jas. B.
Henderson, Sept 14th.
Isaac Levy, ready mixed paints, kalsomine,
ETC., Washington, ID. G.
Shoe House Of Louis Heilbrun, 400 9TH
ST., Washington, d. C.
Jas. b. Henderson, trustees sale of 1851
acres Of land, Sept 18th.
Joseph Ryan, two-horse railroad power
thresher and seed wheat
Slower u Co, Washington, d. c., wood
and coal; II. A. Dawson, agent,
John S. Belt, auction sale of his farm and
personal property, near Carksburg.
X. S. Davis, Administrators Sale of the
personal property of Henry 0. Vermilion,
deceased.
Agricultural Society, bids Invited for pop
corn and confectionery booths, and dining.
saloon on fair grounds.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-08-27

Pire.-An old dwelling house; used az
barn, by Mr.. John II. Garrett, near Mud
dy Branch, was discovered 10 he ON fire on
wednesday afternoon last, and before the
the flames could be faought under control,
the structure with It's contents was consnm-
cd. Mr. G. was at camp meeting at the
time Of the occurrence. No Insurance., and
the fire supposed 10 be incendiary :.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-08-27

Groh, Of Middctown, Frederick county,
will visit our Fair next month and will
have large variety of all kinds Of work in
. saddle and harness makers line It may
be we'll enough for those Of our readers
who arc in want Of a good article to await
his arrival. His exhibits and stock can he
seen Al the grounds during the Fair
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-08-27
Campaign Radges.-I,e

Campaign Badges.-Beautiful cam.
paign Hancock and English badges, the
best, neatest and most unique can be found
at the periodical depot Of the veteran news
dealer, H. b. Polkinhorn, Esq, next door 10
City postofiice, Washington, ID. c. All i'm
portant publications Of the United States
Canada or Europe can be found at has stand
together with all articles Of novelty or use.
If You do not believe he keeps the best
brands Of cigars in the city, when in town
call and try one.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-08-27

Rev. Uriel Graves, ex-Grcenback labor
orator and temperance advocate, has re-
signed the pastorate of st. Johns Evan
gelical Independent Lutheran church, Bal
timore, which he founded about six years
ago. The cause of his resignation is said
to have been the objection on the part Of
some Of the clergyman's flock 10 his dabbling
in politics and treating in the pulpit on topics
political and otherwise, that did not, in their
opinion, come within the field of theological
discussion. lie claims thatt was from want
Of proper financial support.