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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-09
Asiatic Opium.SmOkers.

A correspondent of the London Neacs.
travelling in Persia, writes as follows of
the chief vice of the men of that part of
the world: "After supper of boiled
rice plentifully creased, the men, of
whom some eight or nine were present,
commenced smoking opium, a vice
frightfully prevalent in this part of the
world, as one can see from the corpse
like complexion and dull, leaden, YAM
pire-like stare of the eyes of half the peo-
pie one meets. Even here in Kelat, in
the room where | am writing this, three
men are diligently plying an opium
baldam. They lie at full length on the
floor, their heads together on the same
pillow, their feet outward, like the
spokes of a wheel. Close to the pillow
is q small circular table of alabaster a
foot wide, and raised five inches from
the ground. On this is small lamp of
the same material, fed with butter. This
is covered by glass bell about seven
inches high, Its edges resting on three
small copper coins, so as to allow air to
enter. In the top is a small hole, bound
with brass. The flame comes within a
couple of inches of this aperture. a
piece of opium as large as good-sized
pea is stuck on the point of q kind of
metal bodkin, and held over the flame.
1t is repeatedly melted and tempered
before smoked. The opium pipe con-
sists of an earthen or metal pear-shaped
bulb, about the size of boys peg-top.
In the broad end is inserted wooden
tube, ten or twelve inches long. In the
side OF the bulb is a very small hole.
piece of roasted opium is placed on this
hole and pierced with the bodkin, so as
to allow the passage of air. The smoker
holds the opium thus placed over the
aperture in the glass bell, and inhales
the smoke, companion all the while
turning and manipulating the opium
with the bodkin. After half a dozer
whiffs the smoker relinquishes the APP.
paratus and sinks back in semi
lethargic state. My head is dizzy, and
feel quite sick from the heavy, sour.
smelling fumes which pervade the apart
ment. can not very well ask them tC
stop or go out, as l am their guest. Il
is singular that while this vice is so uni
versal among the more easterly Turco
mans, it is almost unknown among the
Turcomans of the Atterek and Caspian
littoral." 4ye...
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-09
The Date Tree in Algeria.

The date tree requires not only abun-
dant irrigation but great solar heat.
The Arabs say that it stands with its
feet in the water and its head in the fires
of Heaven. The love of the Arab for
this precious tree may well be imagined,
growing as it does in the sand, content
ing itself with water so saline as to de-
stroy ordinary vegetation, giving a
grateful shade when all around is burned
up by, the ardent heat of summer, re-
sisting the winds which bend but can
not break its flexible stem, and afford
ing fruit sought for in every part of the
world.
The male tree, Of course, bears no
fruit; it has merely bunch of flowers
inclosed, until maturity, within a
spathe. The females have also punches
of flowers, which, however, can not be de-
veloped into fruit until formulated by
the motion of the male flower. To in
sure this result the Arabs ascend the
trees in the month of April and insert
into every female spathe portion of the
pollen of the male flower. The fruit
then begins to swell and forms long
clusters, weighing from twenty to forty
pounds, each tree producing from 100
to 200 pounds in season. To multiply
the date tree the Arabs do not SOW the
seed, as they could not then be sure of
the sex of the trees; they prefer to plant
the suckers from the base of female
tree, whence the name "Phnnix;" these
become productive in about eight years,
but do not attain full fruition before
twenty or twenty-five. The trees are
about forty-five feet high, and as they
are planted very close together they af-
ford a dense shade, in which, however,
the air circulates freely, SO that all kinds
of fruit, vegetables, etc., can be cult
waited below them. The trees will live
for about 200 years; they are not worth
preserving after a century. When they
are no longer valuable for the fruit the
sap is extracted to make kind of insip-
id wine, and the heart or cabbage of the
tree is also eaten. They are then cut
down and the wood, although very in
ferior in duality, is here valuable, where
no other kind can be procured. The
roots are used for fencing and roofing
and the leaves are made into mats,
baskets, sacks and cords.
Like all other species of cultivated
plants, the date tree has numerous va
rieties. In the GASES of the Zipas sew
enty distinct varieties are recognized.
The trees come into flower in spring,
in March or April, and the fruit is ripe
about October. The date is called the
King of the Sahara, and is regarded as
the most nutritious of fruit. Many of
the Arabs live on dates and bread.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-09
GENERAL.

The ivory of the tuSks of mammoths
that lived centuries ago, and have been
long preserved in the ice of Siberia, is
now an article of commerce, and pro-
Vides the material for many q knife
handle. 10. anI lHGt
"A petrifed forest has been found in
the hills near Calayeras Valley, Alamo
da County, California. One silicified
trunk which lies exposed is about twenty
feet long and seven feet in circumfer-
ence at the base. Much interest is
shown in the discovery.
The first daguerreotype ever taken
In Connecticut, q portrait of Colin M.
Gngersoll, of New Haven, is in the hands
of Ex-Governor Thomas II. Seymour, OF
Connecticut, who died in 1868, and who
had owned it for nearly thirty years.
Among the editorial notes of the
Boston Joarna Of Chemistry we read
of a lunatic dying in a Partisan
Asylum at the age of 103, after residing
there 81 years. His insanity was caused
by injury to the brain by the falling of
glass, and it left him with the idea that
his body was composed of glass. With
this hallucination he almost never moved
or spoke.
Says the Olympia CIV. T.) Tran
script: During a snow-storm, year
ago last winter, q good-sized tree fell
between two others. As it was across
the road the butt was cut off, and at
terward fire burned more of it. The
tree still hangs several feet from the
ground, and is green and growing. The
supposition is that the sap from the two
trees, between which it fell, keeps it
alive.
AT wedding in Frederick, Md, a
little dog that was exceedingly ugly but
had been the pet of the bride, and who
was supposed to be safely locked up at
just as the minister was about to begin
the service. With a yelp, he looked up
in the face Of the miniser, and seemed
to ask the meaning of all this. The dog
then, taking in the solemnity of the oc-
casion, stretched himself out on the
train of the brides satin dress, and re-
manned there until the marriage service
was concluded q 49,
On May "a Queen Victoria attained
her sixty-second birthday, an age which
has been exceeded by eleven onlyof the
sovereigns of England, dating from the
Norman conquest, namely: Henry l.,
who attained 81 years; Henry III, SIS
years; Edward l., 81 years; Edward
Ill, 65 years; Queen Elizabeth, 60
years; James H., 6S years; George l.,
67 years; George H., II years; George
I'll, 80 years; George W, 8years, and
William w., Y years. On the Goth of
June next she will have reigned forty
four years, a period which has been ex-
ceeded by four English sovereigns only,
namely: Henry Ill, who reigned Sc
years; Edward Ill, who reigned for so
years; Queen Elizabeth, who reigned 45
years, and George Ill, 60 years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-09
Self.EducatiOn.

The farmer who is well educated as a
farmer, must be master of all the usual
operations of the farm. He must know
how to buy advantageously, and to use
economically, as well as to how to raise
crops proftably and to sell them well in
the market. He should also have some
knowledge of the constituents of soils,
the composition and character of plants;
should understand something of life, and
vital force, and enough of town, State
and National affairs to be able to per-
form such services as may fall to him.
How shall such an education be ac-
quiredP Not in the common school, that
can only lay the foundation; not in the
college, for the college leads rather from
than toward the farm; but the farmer
who would acquire that knowledge
which he most needs must gain his edu-
cation while engaged in his work, as
Elihu Burritt did his. He should read
the literature of his profession as found
in papers and books, and he should
learn to read by the page or column,
and skip whatever he does not need. He
must also learn by observation, first
iCdl HluS2 INV W OUScINc. 4HSH uc Will
investigate, and study nature, ask her
how such and such things are done, ap-
plying the answers to practical use in
the management of his own soil. He
should learn to think clearly, and to
discern the adaptation of things and
then to use them. In following course
of investigation and reasoning, his
rule should be, hew to the line
wherever the chips may fly. And
when he has thought out a subject he
should try to express his thoughts either
in speech, writing or by action. In
speaking, learn to speak carefully and
more difficult than talking, but remem-
bering that things that are easy to ac-
quire are not always the most useful
things to have, the thinking farmer
should learn to write out his thoughts,
that they may reach out through the
press into larger field of thought.
Writing and publishing is a profession
of faith, but to confirm ones faith he
must put his thoughts into action. This
will require constant experimentation
and investigation. Do not lay away too
many jobs to be done on rainy days.
The farmer should not need to work 313
days in the year, but should take time
for reading, writing and study. He
should have recreation, too, though
much recreation can be taken while the
hands are not absolutely idle. Much
work may be done automatically, while
the mind is busy in other fields. In
short, the farmer should be a student
through his whole life. N. Hubbard,
Of the Connecticut State Board Of Agri-
culture.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-09

by one-third. In other words. the an.
gle formed by the front of the hoof and
the ground becomes about thirty de-
grees, instead of forty-five deSrees
Inns increasing obliquity of the foot
anu Pastern throws greatly in
creased strain on the cords supporting
the fetlock and pssterA joints, and Gives
them an enormously increased predispo-
sition to sprain and injury. But this
evil OF increased obliquity in the pastern
Is seriously aggravated by the length of
the toe. An increased length Of two
inches, as suggested, together with the
greater obliquity, throws line RISING
vertically from the point of the toe at
least three inches further forward from
the shank, and increases the LEVERAGE
exerted by the toe to An equivalent
amount. Ii we now consider that this
lever is acted on by the weight of the
body, and that the fulcrum is at the
fetlock and pastern joints, we can see
plainly enough how overgrown toes de-
termine ruinous ringbones in young an
lmals. The extra strain consequent on
the increased length and obliquity must
be borne By the posterior and lateral
hgaments of the fetlock and pasterns;
and as these latter come from the sides of
the pastern bones, the consequent injury
determines Inflammation and bony de-
posts on the sides of the pasterns. Sim
ilarly, the back sinews, which act as sup
ports to these joints behind, become
sprained, thickened, and shortened, in
duclng Knocking over at the knee, and
general unsteadiness of the limbs.
lnparing, remove the whole projecting
lower border of the hoof wall down to
the junction with the sole The great
est danger is from the toes; but over
grown heels, curled in on the sole,
lmprison masses of hard, faky horn,
bruise the sole, and determine corns and
train of evil consequences. The proc
ess should be attended to in winter as
well; but it is especially in summer,
when the colt is running at liberty in the
fields, that the effects of undue length
are to be feared. -NationaI Live Stock
Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-09
Pare the Toes of Colts.

1t is not generally recognized how
much harm comes to horses from the
simple overgrowth of the toes; and yet,
in the case of young and unshod horses
especially, hardly anything is more de-
structive to their soundness and perma-
nent utility. Judging from the number
OF colts turned out everywhere with the
whole winter growth on their toes, there
seems to be surprising amount of igno-
rance on this matter; and it becomes
the more necessary to draw special at
tention to the need of pairing.
A good average slope for the front nj
healthy hoof is one forming an ancIe
OF forty-fve degrees with the ground on
which it rests. In other words, if a ner-
pendicular line were drawn upward
from the toe, the line of the front of the
hoot would be midway between such
vertical line and the fiat surface Of the
sole or ground. But the average foot
grows more rapidly at the toe than the
heel, and wears off much more SLOWLY.
The heel, too, as it grows, turns inward I.
so that even with an equal growth Il
never projects as does the oyercrow,
toe. AS the foot increases in lenoth
therefore, the effect is shown and felt
especially at the toe, and with every adj
dition to the length of the toe, the front
OF the foot and of the pastern recedes
further from the vertical position, and
approaches nearer to the horizontal. So
much is this the case, that an increase n
one and a half to two inches at the toa
will often diminish the angle formed
by the front Of the hoof and the gronnS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-09
Our Young Folks.
ANOTHER RIP HAN W1NKLE.

March, said Spring. Quickly melting, he
ice ran away,
And the frost buried out, of the ground.
And the leaves, brown and dry, dropped with
Antumn'S "9ood-by,"
With the wind went a-skurrying round.
And from the deep mud in a low, swampy
place
A turtle his long neck thrust out,
And, winking ana blinking his funny round
eyes,
He lazilY peered all about.
Then he dragged from the mire-like a snail
on his back
He bore this box-like abode,
Aud patiently climbed for an hour or more
p the bank, till he came to the road
Ihere an old man he met, VINO was crooked
and gray,
And who walked with stout oaken cane.
Cried the turtle: Hello! please tell Ned that
I'm here,
And am waiting to see him again"
Who's Ned?" asked the man. "Just ex-
u suppose you have learned how to SPELL,
And name and some figures he carved with
his knife
When we parted, you'll find on my shell. -
The old man he stopped with grunt for he
was
Decidedly lame in each knee,
And he read, August /, 1S50-Ned Mott"
AND then chuckled, GOOD gracious that's
me-"
w LuANic tAcldl1eu. Mly, Nee
Mott is a boy
nose laugh can be heard for q mile;
with hair brown as earth, and with eve.
bright as mine
You Excuse me, really must smile"
1 an he" 1T can't be-" "Yes, it can
Don't you see,
Many years since you saw him have SD ed?''
" hat years? know nothing bout years,
but | know
mat gou are not rosy-cheeked Ned.
" He's boy, and he wears a small cap with a
peaS,
And in summer picks berries called whor.
tie.
Oh! the stupldest thing is stupid old man.
on mistake, It's a stupid old turtle.
In Ned Mott" You are not" "lf I'm
not, I'll be shot"
Then be shot," and he dropped with q
thud,
That sleepy, that ancient, that obstinate tur-
tie,
Head-foremost back into the mud.
-AdI9dFet Eythlge, Ia HaTper'S Young People.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-09

ton swooped down into their camp
with ten trusty followers, firing their
Henry rifles at the rate of twenty times
minute, the Apaches fled In conster-
nation, leaving their women and chill
dren behind. 1t was then that there
darted out of lodge white woman.
eSpare the women!" she cried, and
then She tainted to the ground.
When the Colonel jumped from his
saddle to lift up the woman, he found
she was blind.
elbow came you here, woman, with
these - Apachesp" he asked.
81 was wounded and captured" she
said, ''ten years ago. Take, oh, take me
back again!"
"Have you any relatives in TexasP'
asked the Colonel.
d" No. My father lives in Abiquin.
Ny husband, Col. Pelton, and my moth
er were killed by the Indians
"Great God, Bella! is it you-my
wife?''
go, Albert, knew you would come !"
exclaimed the poor wife, blindly reach
ing her hands to clasp her husband.
OF course there was Joy in the old
ranch when Col. Pelton got back with
his wife. The Apaches had carried the
wounded woman away with them. The
poisoned arrows caused inflammation,
which finally destroyed her eyesight.
When l saw the Colonel he was read
ing newspaper to his blind wife, while
in her hand she held bouquet of fra
grant Cape jessamines which he had
gathered for her. 1t was q picture of
absolute happiness.-EH Perkins, IN the
Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-09
How to Keep Cool.

AS warm weather approaches, we de-
wise all sorts of plans to keep cool, and
one must be tranquil-and avoid unnec-
essary exertion. The prudent house.
keeper will make her morning fire sui
flee to do the chief part of the cooking
for the day. Cold boiled meats cold
vegetables, cold deserts for dinner, when
that meal comes in the middle of the
day, are in order. Potatoes made into
salad are not to be scorned by any lover
of that vegetable. If cup of hot tea
or coffee is desired, it can be made on
an oil stove, and such food as is pre-
pared warm can be warmed over. But
custom renders cold food as palatable
as, and during hot weather even more
palatable than, hot food is in cold
weather. A little persistence on the
part of the house mother will prove this
the case, and the experiment is GER
tainly worth trying. Farmers wives
who stew over the stove in midsummer
Moons have a harder time of it than
farmers do in the fields, and there is no
necessity for this. Iced tea and coffee
and milk are as delicious as hot tea and
coffee when ones palate is accustomed
10 them. The hardest part of the work
should be done in the morning, If pos
sible, and if you can lie down for awhile
in the heated part Of the day, so much
the better. Plenty of sleep, with fire.
ouent baths, will enable almost any one
TO bear the warm weather philosophy
cally.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-09

AS two or three rich New Workers
have recently built fine villas in Switzer,
land, it is not unlikely that others will
follow their lead. In all the wide world
there is not, probably, any region so de-
iichtful on the whole for summer res
idence as the little republic nesting
among the Alps.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-09

Mrs. Spangles breathlessly said;
''Dear, / will tell you an awful, awful
thing. Do you know that Mr.. Slowbox
cannot take his breakfast in the morn
ing without a cocktail? Now, my MT.
Spangles never does such thing as
that. He would not think OF COCK.
tail. He simply rolls in his bed, LOOKS
around the room for his clothes, ana
says: Mary, for the love of the grea'
stars above us, feel as if / had GIN,
der in my mouth! Give me pitcher %
water-none of your confounded liIsle
goblets, but q bucketful. Hurry bH'
you never hear him ask for a cocktall.
He hastens down to the store without
his breakfast"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-09

The Norristown Herald hopes the
time is near at hand when q paten'
corn-sheller, two threshing-machines
bed-quilt. a foot-race. soap-peddlel
and horse-trot will not make one
county agricultural exhibition.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-09

A certain young mastiff being near dogs
estate, his master judged best to trim and
shorten his ears. This the mastlff thought
hard, and complained accordingly. But as
he grew older and met dogs of various tenn
pers, he was often obliged to fight for HIM
self and his rights: then his short ears gave
great advantage, for they furnished no hold
10 the enemies teeth, while the long-eared
dogs, whom he had formerly enyied, came
from the fray torn and suffering. "Ahan'
said the mastiff, ''my master knew better
than L what was good for me. "-Old FabL.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-08-13

'ls'sA that Il ID . very diateslt matter I"
tell "tothsr from which," The time il
ripe Er the Democracy to take the lead in
the enuncistion III those te,,ets of faith
which shall win the confidence saM gain
TIN anl'ea"lst support Of ths usssrs. In
sr"tis'rrts, Feelings aud hopes the coan.
try hss '4coa1 wonderfully s,lili6stl.
Irt u" srs to il that It still paahss onward
IN tlss some c''slrse that virtue, honesty
aud apsixhtnss prssiale in high places,
and this country will present ~ uuprc-
csslentsd example Of tlss greatness and
l,esuty of . fire constsllatiou " Ststea,
The hinde. Is~s1sI ps".sl0sars sosss
sentiments Nat Arc we'll worthy conside-
ration.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-08-13
PEOPLES VlNDlCAI0R.
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