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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29
A Negro With Remarkable History.

A recent Warrenton (Va.) telegram
saws: One of the victims of the bitter
cold wave which is now experienced in
this latitude was Prince Hannibal, an
old negro, who lived near this village.
No man in this country probably had
more remarkable history. The deceased
was an old negro who came to this
country from Africa in 1920. He was
the son of a King, and, he says, was
seized by slavers on the African coast,
put on board of vessel and brought to
this country, where he was sold. Han
nibal finally found his way to this coun-
ty, where he was purchased by a
wealthy farmer, who emancipated him
several years prior to the war. After
he was set at liberty he amassed consid-
cradle money and became the owner OF
large number eff slaves, over whom he
always observed the most rigid disci-
pline. Hannibal is probably the only
slave owner on record who exercised
the rights of ownership of negroes after
the results of the late civil war. He
kept most of these people in slavery
after that time. These treated him not
only with the Difference of a master,
Uub tudb VI u IIluCc VI nlSu Iallh'
Whenever his negroes passed him or
approached, they removed their head
gear and bowed almost to the ground.
Hannibal never permitted the very
slightest freedom from any of his own
color, it mattered not how intelligent or
high may have been their social connec-
tions. He never permitted any for a
moment to forget that, although he had
been forced through the circumstances
of his servitude to- the blacksmith
and to labor for years, he was still the
son of an African King and as such de-
manded respect. The Prince owned a
good farm and other real estate in this
and other sections of the State, but
from one cause or another gradually
lost it all. He retained his negro slaves
for some time after the war, but they
finally left him and he was left almost
destitute. Hannibal was a devoted
friend of the South, and during the war
refused to shoe horses for the Federal
cavalrymen who traversed this section,
always finding some excuse to avoid it.
On account of his devotion, which he
he did not try to conceal, Hannibal was
arrested and imprisoned in the Old
Capitol at Washington, where he re-
NAMED for many months. During the
past few years, the old man has lived in
the utmost seclusion most of the time
in log cabin a short distance from this
place. He disliked company and would
not have companion, and permitted
no one to come near him. He was found
in his cabin to-day dead, and had doubt
less died several days ago. The ex-
IRENE cold weather and the deep snow
prevented his neighbors from observ-
ing his absence from his customary
haunts. Hannibal was about seventy
| six wears old.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29
Cause and Cure Of Hard Churning.

A COMPLAINT comes from Shaker Viii
lage of having to churn six or seven
hours, though the cows get beside the
best hay, 90 beets, shorts and plenty of
salt" The smaller the fat globules of
which cream is composed, the more
difficult they are to churn. AS rule
they grow less as distance from the
time of calving increases At this time
most COWS have been long time in
milk, and are fed mostly on dry feed
and are often losing flesh, and perhaps
pinched with the cold, all of which tend
to diminish the size of the fat globules
and make them hard to churn. Ifsome
oatmeal, or some food rich in fat, was
fed with the beets in the place of shorts
it would improve the churning. All
such food tends to make larger globules
than shorts. But the churning could
be made very much easier without
change of feed simply by setting the
milk as it comes from the COWS on the
stove over kettle of boiling water till
it rises to 140 or 100 degrees-till the
wrinkles on it move pretty rapid
ly over its surface-a and then
setting it away in the milk
room not SO deep but that
it will cool to the temperature of the
room in twelve to fifteen hours. This
will not only make the churning easier
but will give the butter higher color
and flavor and more of it than if the
--'iil' bod not been heated. Another
reason Tor prolonged ah,rn;,,e, Uftu1
occurs in the fall and winter from keep
ing the cream, too long. Where the milk
and cream are kept at about sixty de-
grees the churning is best done from
two to two and a half days from the
time of milking. But at this time of
the year it is often kept till it is week
or more old, and by this time it becomes
so sour and slippery that the churn has
but little effect upon it, and it must be
operated upon the longer to make it
come. If the cream is kept so cold as
to stop or greatly retard change it might
be kept a longer time, but then unless
excluded from the air it is liable to get
bitter and injure the butter The better
policy is in the great majority of private
diaries to keep the milk and cream at
medium temperature and to churn
often while the cream is fresh. 1t
should not be later than the first ap-
proach of acidity, and just before sour
ing is better both for the butter and the
churning. Professor l.. B. Arnold, in N.
Y Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29
THE DAIRY.

A MILK cellar will be coolest when
well sunk in the earth, and not much
above its surface.
THE most fertile farms in New En-
gland to-day are, as a rule, those that
are devoted to stock and dairy farming.
The manufacture of the little round
Dutch cheese made from sweet milk, so
popular in the retail trade, weighing
from three and a half to four pounds
each, is being undertaken in Illinois.
BUTTER IN WINTER. housekeepers
would have thermometer and test the
temperature at which their cream is
kept they would save themselves much
trouble. Cream should stand in tenn
perature of about sixty degrees, and not
be kept longer than six days. AS long
as milk is allowed to stand near the
kitchen stove, as where many farmers
wives make practice of placing it in
winter, SO long bad butter may be ex-
pected. Elk
ALMOST the only demand in our large
city markets is for new butter. New
butter in January and February as we'll
as in June and September, and so tar as
the dairymen of the country cater to
this want, they seem to be successful.
Probably twice as much creamery or
imitation creamery butter is now sold
during winter as of all other sorts put
together, and it brings the highest price
because of its fresh flavor.
TURNIPs are healthful and milk
producing food for COWS. Whether
they produce rank taste in the milk
or not it appears to have been pretty
well proved, depends on the amount
fed and the time of feeding. Supple
mented by other feed and given several
hours previous to milking or immedi-
ately after, there will be no disagreed
BILE effects on the milk. While the ar
omatic principle in these roots is decid-
eddy penetrating it is also volatile, and
when taken into the stomach is quickly
distributed and soon passes away. Tur-
nips may, therefore, be fed in proper
quantities to fattening beeves; it is best,
however, to abstain from feeding them
for several hours previous to slaughter
ing the animals. ibid.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29
The Rearing Of Calves.

1T may be laid down as a first propo-
sition that a dairy farmer should raise
at least as many heifer calves as are re-
CURED to fill up the vacancies that oc-
cur year by year in his herd of dairy
cows; and it is all the better if he has a
few more than he wants for that pur-
pose. Some people contend that three
year-old-in- calf heifers can be bought
for less money than they can be raised
for, counting in the risk. This, how
ever, depends entirely on the facilities
man has for keeping young cattle so
as not to interfere with his milk past
ures.
On all mixed farms it is commonly a
simple matter enough to summer and
winter young cattle so cheaply that it
is better to raise them than to buy 9TH
ers for the dairy herd. and many farm
ers find it to their advantage to raise
them for sale when ION note" or to
fatten for the butcher. Judiciously car
ried out, rearing pays very well, and
heifers raised on the farm are common
ly found more profitable to it in after
life as mixers, than others that are
raised elsewhere and purchased. Be-
sides which. it is more than probable
that rearing will always pay well, pro-
viding only that the stock is of good
quality; for the demand for milk in our
towns and cities is sure to go on in
creasing and will always be a brisk de-
mand for store stock of good quality for
grazing purposes.
A careful breeder can but seldom buy
dairy stock that will suit him as we'll as
those of his own rearing. Those he buys
may, perhaps, be as well bred as his
own are in every respect, but if they
are only as we'll and no better bred.
they will scarcely ever do as well in the
milk-pail as those that have been reared
on the farm. - Farmers Union.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

A NICE young man at a church fair re cent
ly took the place of young lady who was
selling kisses at twenty-five cents apiece, and
doing much toward replenishing the church
treasury and promoting religion and SO forth
He said leap-year sanctioned the change The
only customers he had during the next hour
were two old maids, one with a wart on her
nose, and the other false front teeth. The
nice young man thereupon raised the price of
his wares to $1,000 per kiss Some things can
be done better than others, but young men
Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

Hero Of the late war, and now United States
Senator from Illinois, writes: "Some years
ago was troubled more or less with rheuma.
tism, and have within the last year or so suf
fered intensely with same disease. I began
to take 'Durang's Rheumatic Remedy and
am thoroughly satisfied that l have beer
cured by its use. do not hesitate to recon-
mend it to all sufferers"
1t is taken internally and never fails to cure
the worst case in the shortest time. Sold by
all wholesale and retail druggists. Write
for 40-page pamphlet to r. K. Helphe,stine,
Druggist, Washington, D. G.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

A WATERPRooF WHITEwAsH.-Tak
half a bushel of lime; slack it with boil
ing water, and cover to keep in the
steam; strain and add seven pounds of
salt dissolved in hot water; three pounds
of ground rice, boiled to a paste, and
added hot; half pound Spanish whiting,
and one pound clean glue, previously
dissolved to thin paste; add five gal
Ions hot water, and stir the whole; COW
er it and keep it q few days. 1t must
be used hot. One pint covers square
ward
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

REMOVING EvERGREENs.-The best
time, says writer in the Prairie Form
er, to remove evergreens is undoubtedly
in the spring, just as the terminal buds
are opening. They may be removed
safely until they have grown three
inches. The next best time is in the lat
ter part of summer, or just before the
fall rains set in. 1t is true, however,
theoretically that they may be safely re-
moved at any time of the year when the
ground is not frozen, and practically true
if extreme care is taken. Our opinion is
that they are removed with least loss in
the spring, as we have stated. AS to
mulch, it makes really little difference
what the material is, so it will not blow
away or scatter noxious weeds.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29
[walla walla watchman.l

a. +b VI "hhnx witness.
Az 'ne eiose OF mass meeting, according
TO tne report OF the same published in a La
Grange paper, reference was made to the
phenomenal efficacy Of st. Jacobs Oil in the
many painful diseases to which mankind is
subject We refer to the above as showing
how strong hold the Old German Remedy
for rheumatism has on the experience and
good wishes of the great public.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

ais It possible that Mr.. Godfrey is up and
at work, and cured by so simple a remedy 2"
81 assure you it is true that he is entirely
cured, and with nothing but Hop Bitters; and
only ten days ago his doctors gave him up and
said he must die !"
"Well-a-day! That is remarkable! will
go this day and get some for my poor George.
know hops are good. "-lSalem Post
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

A LAD in Georgia was arrested as
suspected murderer, and to escape the
gallows established an abb by produc-
ing watch which he had stolen at a
certain time and place. That brought
him in unpleasant proximity to the pen
itentiary, and to dodge that issue he
proved that he had escaped from the
lunatic asylum, and was returned to his
old quarters.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

A FASHIONABLE lady was unexpectedly left
without servant She undertook to make
her husband cup of coffee, but it took so
long he asked what in the Halifax was the
matter with The coffee. Il don't know" she
said, bursting into tears; 1--we boiled these
beans for iull hour, and they are no softer
now than they were when first put them in
the OF. Galveston News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

NO WONDER man hates to have his MIC
ture taken. When he gets seated the photoo-
rauhcr tells him to look perfectly natural.
so the fellow makes a desperate effort TO
twist his face into its natural expression.
The effort generally results In an expression
IKE unto that OF a mailman trying to look
cross-eyed and plan murder at the same
tune, and when he sees the picture he thinks
that II it looks natural he must be too NOR
tally homely to have his picture wing
around And he doesn't submit to the
process again in hurry.--Bos ton Post
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

"A country girl visited music shop
and asked for" The Heart Boiled Down
With Grease and Care" and When
Swallowed Homemade Pies'' The at
tendant at once recognized what she
desired.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29
I.ndlea,

Ladies who have linen to mark should use
Payson's Indelible Ink. 1t is the best. In
quire OF any Druggist or Stationer, or sample
can be sent you for Doc. postpaid by address
ing F. Il. Stoddard t. Co., Northampton, Mass.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29
tDanville 1ll.) Nevs.1

JOHN STEIN, ESQ, City Brewer, referring to
its valuable qualities, said to Nescs repre-
sentative: l have used St. Jacobs Oil in my
family and recommend it to my acquaint.
ances-t 1t has always given the hest satisfac-
ton, and Is truly wonderful remedy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

=" Bridget, this dust upon the fur.
niture is intolerable. What shall
do?" "Do as l do, marm-pay no at.
tention to it."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

A YOUNG lady who lately gave milliner an
order for bonnet, said: "You must make
1t plain, but still attractive and smart, as / sit
In a conspicuous place in church"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

agents are not angels" says DR.. Hep
worth He means land agents; of course
book agents and lightning agents are
angels -BoSton Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

A YOUNG lawyer wished to cite an authori-
ty on case he was conducting, and not be-
ing aoLe to remember it, his opponent wittily
remarked, Though lost to cite, to memory
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29
ALL the year round-The earth.

WHAT merry sound the scrape of the
suow-shovel has upon the morning air.
Especially II you are snug In bed, and some
body else is doing the shoveling.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

Best in the world. Made only by the Frazer
Lubricator Co., at Chicago, New York and St.
Louis Sold everywhere.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

A YOUNG daughter of Congressman
Fernando Wood will make her entree
into Washington society this winter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29
A Household Need.

Send 3-centstamp for 80-page book, on ''The
Liver, Its Diseases and Their Treatment" AID
dress Dr. Sanford, 1872 Broadway, New York.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

WHEN a married woman buys pug dog for
low price she gets bargain, and her hus-
band gets something to boot.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

HoT glass lamp-chimneys, baked apples and
hornet stlngs are among the hottest things
known.-N. o. Picayune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

REDDING's RUSSIA SALvE is the universal
remedy for burns, scalds, cuts, bruises, etc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

"A cats hardships and trials is sub
iect for an owed to the news of night.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

A MILWAUKEE policeman has fallen heir to
500 900.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

A GROCER of Boston left $40 to be
annually expended in caring for his dog,
ana mat fortunate animal now eats sir
loin steak three times day, and sleeps
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

A SCHEME is under consideration for
o canal across the Malayan Peninsula,
by winch it is believed that English
mails may be delivered in Hong Kong
In twenty-nine days and half. asaving
OF nearly seven days by the present
route. The line would be from Bonn
bay 70 Madras by rail, thence across
the pay OF Bengal and by the canal
over 1ne peninsula into the Gulf of
SIAM and thence direct to Hong Kong.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-29

GENTS WANTED for the Best and Fastest
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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-01-20

The most wonderful stories were re-
lated of their chief, though none could
we'll exceed the truth. They had great
castles and lived in them on the fruits
Of their crimes.
But the worst and strongest criminals
cannot flourish forever. Men kill them
to escape their crimes rs we'll as to
punish them. 1t was so with the "Old
Man of the Mountain and his assas-
sins. The Mongol Tartars be; anne tired
Of murder and robbery. They collect
ed great army in 1852, destroyed the
great castle of the Old Man and many
smaller castles and slaughtered 10000
assassins. Then the rulers of Persia
and Syria attacked them and killed
some and drove others away.
A part of the fugitives escaped to In
dia and became Thugs, and the Thugs
had the same belief and character as
the assassins. They have been caught
by the British often, and are always
executed when taken. But they exist
there still, and probably will do so for
years, because the people are afraid of
them.
The old man has not lived on Mount
Lebanon for centuries. The ruins Of
his castle remain there and can be seen
still The name of his followers has
been carried over the world and is Civ
en- to all secret murderers; but proba~
bly, not one in thousand who reads
about assassins knows, Or at least re-
members about the Old Man Of the
Mountain, or reflects that the name Of
his terrible followers, and that Of one
of the worst Of crimes, is derived from
the hemp plant, from which ''hashlsh"
is made and by which the assassins
are designated
Information of this nature IS val1a-
bic, because it turns attention to what
is useful as well as interesting, and so
diverts boys from stories about pirates,
who ought to be, and often are, hang
ed, and about robbers and mlscellan-
eous rascals. This is just as exciting as
the story of s'Sinbad." The story OF
Sinbad is not only humbug and a lie,
but it is an inpossibility. This, on the
contrary, is as true as the arrival OF
William Penn in Pennsylvania, though
thousands who know all about him new
er heard of the Old Man of the Noun
tain II IT IFO0H. in Golden DOUs.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-01-20
The "Old Man Of the Mountain. ,:

Those who have read about the chill
drens' crusade IN the tenth century,
know that many of the children were
sold to the "Old Man of the Mountain. ="
| They may not know much about him,
and they Will not understand what the
| thugs Of India are unless they do, nor
understand AL their histories state, nor
know the meaning Of the word ''assas-
| sin"
| One thousand and forty years ago,
/ there was 8 great quarrel among the
Mohammedlns in Persia, and con
spiracy was formed to overthrow the
| Abasside caliphs by q Maglan.
| This conspiracy had to be secret, 1t
extended through Persia and Arabia
and Syria and Egypt, and one of the
conspirators become Cal1ph of Egypt
| He collected a great school at Cairo,
what he WIS told to do at any price.
| Another school in Persia taught every.
thing was lawful and nothing true. The
schools have very fine buildings and
wonderfully fine gardens with fruit,
flowers aud fountains.
| Boys were picked up in the streets
and villages outside and given an intox-
icating drug called 'thashish" then put
into these fine gardens and richly
clothed and made to believe they were
in paradise.
They we're told that their whole
duty WAS to obey their grand mas er,
the Old Man of the Mountain, who
lived on Mount Lebanon and ruled
| thirty cities. He had very few followers.
| He had MS name because he always
lived In the mountains He had gen
erals and ambassadors and guards
and d body called devoted murder
ers."
Whenever he hated any one he sent
one of his subjects to kill him. These
subjects were occasionally given hash
ish, q drug to intoxicaee them; and be-
cause those who used it so often COM
nlItted murders secretly, all secret
murderers were finally called assassina
and are still
| Once y sultan sent an ambassador to
command the Old Man of the Noun
tain to stop numbering, and obey the
law, under penalty of death.
The Old Man called in several of his
subjects He told one:
Stab yourself to the hearth
The follower did SO. He took an
other to the edge of 81 precipice ant
said:
Throw yourself down there, head
foremost
The follower did SO. He told an
other:
''Cut your throat
/ The man Obeved. Then, turning t.
the ambassador, the Old Man of The
Mountain said:
| II have seventy thousand followers
You see their obedience. If I tole
them to kill the sultan, how long d.
| you think be would liver"
| Soon after, the sultan awoke ont
| morning and found dagger havins
the marks of the Old Man stuck IN the
pillow near his head He sent NJ
| more orders to the Old Man and wink
ed at his crime Another sultan In
| SISTED that the Old Man should ODE,
him, and was soon after found dead.
4 In 1124, many of the ass:lssins wer,
killed. however, In furious war; bu
IN 1191, they killed Count Conrad, O
Austria, and forced the Crusaders t.
form treaties with them. They terri
fled every ONE and lived ard ruled b,
fear. They spread over all of Asia
land were talked about over all Europe