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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

An animal whose instinct teaches it to
give quid pro quo should be capable of a
business education. The last candidate
we should select for such schooling is the
thievish rat; but now we learn that there
are rudiments of honesty and fair-deal-
ing in one species of even that animal.
A curious statement is made about the
trading rat, which is one of the unique
and interesting animals met with in the
Rocky Mountains. The miners of the
region declare that although these rats
enter houses, camps and mines and
take things that do not belong to them,
they never take an article without leav-
ing something in its place They con-
duct trade, and hence their name.
They enter dwellings at night and
steal anything they can find, carrying
away spoons, knives and forks, but in
variably leaving chip, stick or stone in
place of each article taken away.
The miners look upon the uncanny
dealings of these precocious animals
with superstition almost amounting to
awe, and tell many wonderful stories of
their f,sesse, and the length to which
they carry their depredations, but the
predominant quality with which they in
vest them is the faculty OF trading or ex-
changing alluded to.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17
UnshOd Farm Horses.

Several years ago articles favoring this
practice appeared in your paper, and the
writer was induced thereby, with some
doubts and many fears, it must be con-
fessed, to try the experiment. 1t has
been so satisfactory that he will never
have his horses shod again except for
special purposes, on ice or snow. The
following taken from an eastern journal
confirms the view. Shooting farm horses
is not only an injury to them and the
farmer might just as well have iron shoes
nailed to his own feet for all the good
they are to a horse. A correspondent
states that he was induced to pull the
shoes off a working horse some years ago,
and adds:
81 turned him out to grass for about
month and then put him to work, lightly
at first, and | must confess, with fear and
trembling; but after a trial | was so
pleased with the result that took the
shoes off my other two horses and have
worked them without shoes ever since,
now about three years. find them to
work better, more sure-footed and far
less liable to lameness than when shod,
and | am well satisfied that horses feet
do htblul0 Hlstuc tucll stIc ttll SuluClbHb IOI
ordinary work, and, believe, for extra
ordinary work. After my long expert
ence should now as soon think of going
to farrier myself to be shod as to send
my horses for that purpose
'What surprised me most was that
one of my horses was continually falling
lame and we never could discover the
cause, but since she has been worked
without shoes she has never shown the
least symptom of lameness and never
stumbled, which she did very much when
shod, from which l infer that the pairing
the soles when shoeing made her feet
very tender and was the cause of all the
trouble. Our roads are rough, billy and
stony, much more so than the average
roads, so that my success cannot be at
tributed to superiority in this respect.
Equestrians would find it far safer to
use horses without shoes, as the sole be-
comes so hard as to be non-sensitive to
small stones and the animals are thus far
less liable to stumble. To prevent the
hoofs from chipping the toes should be
kept slightly rounded by coarse file,
such as is used by farriers, and as the
feet should always be looked to when
the horse is groomed, the time required
to do this is very trifling. Cor. Prairie
Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17
FARM AND FIRESIDE.


Powdered borax is an excellent med
lclne for catarrhaltroubles or cold in the
head. 1t is to be inhaled.
"A field near Nashville, Tenn, was
plowed up recently, and potatoes as
large as mans fist, which had grown
during the mild winter, from the small
potatoes left in the ground last fall, were
turned up.
The British cattle raiser does not feed
corn, only grass and roots, some ground
feed and oil-cake. The advantage of
this is that the beef is of a Juicy quality.
free from a hard, strong, disagreeable
fat -fe..N ..etf 80. 20
When particle of dust or small
speck of any kind is lodged in the eve,
to remove it, take grain of fiaxseed
and insert il undep the lid. 1t becomes
glutinous almost instantly, and draws
all dust or cause of annoyance to the
corner Of the eye, where it NAV easily
be ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Journal.
"A very easy way to poach eggs is to
get boiling water in your muffin tins and
set them on the hottest part OF the stove;
break the eggs into a saucer, then drop
one in each tin; in two or three minutes
they will be done, and can be taken up
one at a time in good shape with the
help of small strainer; season with
butter, pepper and salt.--N Y. Post.
Every package of poison kept in the
house should be plainly labelled, and
put where children cannot get at it. 1t
has been suggested that package of
the proper antidote should ee attached
to the poison, and that few pins thrust
through the corks of bottles containing
poison, with points projecting, would
prevent their being mistaken for other
bottles in the night.-M Y. Examiner.
Professor Law says that ''the great
majority of ringbones in young horses
come from the failure to shorten the
toes" To this may be added that ring
bone is apt to be formed if colts are al
lowed to stand on a plank floor, or any
where else where the footing is hard dur
ing the first eighteen months of their
age. Whether in stable or yard dur
ing this period, let them have earth for
standing or walking free from stone or
gravel.
The one secret of handling bees
without trouble is this A bee filled with
honey will not sting unless you crowd
her to it. There are two or three ways
to cause them to fill themselves with
honey-by blowing smoke in at the en-
trance, or down among the combs at the
top; by combining them to the hive and
rapping gently on the hive with stick
or light hammer, Or by sprinkling the
bees and combs with warm diluted honey
or sugar sirup. A bee filled with honey
is much like a man who has just eaten a
good hearty meal-don't feel very much
inclined to quarrel or fight. Chicago
Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

None receive SO much benefit, and none are
so profoundly grateful and show such an in
terest in recommending Hop Btters as wom-
en-. 1t is tie only remedy peculiarly adapted
to the many ills the sex is almost universally
subject to. Chiils and fever, Indigestion or
deranged liver, constant or periodical sick
headaches, weakness in the back or kidneys,
pain in the shoulders and different parts of
the body, feeling of lssstude and despond-
ency, are all readily removed by these Bitters
--Cottrdnt. ID ..,........J
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

--One of the most brilliant women in
America, long leader in society. was
asked once what fate she would choose
for, her daughter, if she could control
her life. ITO be the obscure, loving
wife of a man who loved her" was her.
reply. Dorothy Patterson, who was
known. and loved throughout Great Brit
ain as "Sister Dora" the faithful, sells
sacrificing nurse, and head of greathos-
pitfalls, said, shortly before her death, IL
should have been a better woman if i had
been married to q man fit to control me,
whom could have loved and obeyed."
-Io10a State Register.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17
"with Grateful Feelings"

DIR. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. ": Dear Sir
Your Golden Medical Discovery and "Pur-
gative Pellets have cured my daughter of
Scrofulous Swellngs and Open Sores abo ut the
Neck: and your ''Favorite Prescription has
accomplished wonders in restoring to health
my wife who had been belfast for eight
months from Female Weakness. / am with
grateful feelings, Yours truly,
T. H. LONG, Galveston, Texas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

New YORK has an association called the
'Tchthyophagous Club which meets once a
ye and partakes of a fish banquet. Fish has
the reputation Of creating brain, and perhaps
the parties composing this club, after two or
three dozen banquets, will have brain enough
20 change the title Of their organization to
name that can be pronounced by a member
after looking upon a Goldfish that biteth like
bladder--or somehow that way. l". 'H
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

The city of Boston will give twenty
four free open-air concerts during the
summer, divided among ten military
bands. Sunday afternoon concerts will
be given on the Common, beginning at
five o'clock,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

"JoHN," said Aminadab, 81 didn't see you
at the Methodist weight sociabe Wednesday
night Mo-. ] tended wait sociable up at
my GIRLS" Cup at your girl'sP Eyes. /
waited up in an apple tree about two hours for
her daddy's dog to go in the house" I'D r
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

MARRIED men, according to statistics, live
longer than single ones. Fogg, the villain,
wonders why in the inscrutable wisdom of
Providence the married mans suffering should
be so unnecessarily heightened Boston
transcript. m r = ..... ~ 70 ~ t. Pa
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

*Ladies, if you would be forever redeemed
from the physical disabilities that, in thou
SANDS OF cases, depress the spirits and abso-
lutely letter all the energies Of womanhood,
you nave only to get Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

KING THEBAw can kill his wife, two Of her
sword and impunity, but in this couotry a
man can't shoot a dog without raising howl
provided the first shot is not fatal.
t0,cn Herald .--.-.,,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

FALSE prophet is stirring the Egyptians
into rebellion. In America false prophets
merely guess at the weather and sell their al
phiG ChToaicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

The voltaic Belt Co, MarsbalI Mic

The Voltaic Belt Co, Marshall, Mich, will
send DIR. Dyes celebrated Electro,Voltai
Belts and Appliances, on trial for thirty days,
to men young or old who are afflicted with
nervous debility, lost vitality and kindred
troubles, guaranteeing complete restoration
OF vitality and manhood. Address as above.
N. B.-No risk is incurred, as thirty days
trial is allowed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

A VIRGINIA negro found loaded Parrot
shell and wanted to see how 1t looked inside.
His wife found the ak, but her husband is
mysteriously missing ''
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

liza Chicago man can gpzzle $50 worth of
liquor IN three days and remain sober, st.
Louis might as well abandon the contest at
Journal. iAlt
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

You've ladies with artifcially clear complex
ions should not permit the young men to kiss
them on the cheek if they would become mar
ried. To go off quickly, they should keep
their powder dry.-BoSton Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

AN English surgeon says the time is COM
ing when a mans stomach can be repaired
and replaced without serious difficulty. 1t
will simply keep him home part of the time.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

whose sedentary lives increase those troubles
peculiar to women, should use DIR. Pierces
"Favorite Prescription which is an unfail-
ing remedy. Sold by druggists.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

B'NE fertilizers for grass are said by cheese
marfacturers to produce the milk which will
ma19lsefipsst curd. Strange that this whey
TO ~oheese it" hadn't occurred to them before.
.-LotpeH Co,,;er
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

DO boldly what you do at alln Boldly
do we aiirm that Kidney-Wort is the great
remedy Ior liver, bowels and kidney diseases
rheumatism and piles vanish before it. The
tonic enect OF Kidney-Wort is produced by
blood. Where there is a grayelIy denosit in
the urine, or milky, ropy urine from. disor-
dered Kidneys, it always cures.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

A CAT when pursued by ferocious dog may
not be feeling quite as well as usuIl, but new
ertheless, she presents furstraight appear
ance. 7f iii ,t|tpiFi'l
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

WELL" says the canvasser, az must keep
walking and talking. That's the way l get
my ilylng, and that's the way got my wife.
Bus sue mas done all the talking ever since.
Good dayp'-Toledo American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

AN Ohio man was choked to death recently
While trying to drink from.a two-gallonG jug.
They can't swallow everything in that State.
Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

WlsE's Ak. Grease is now the very best
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

A MAIDEN wants to know how to avoid hav-
Ing mustache come on her upper lip. Eat
onions, daughter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

AN observant negro says: ode man who
takes up de moas' sidewalk am not allus the
pussan of de moas' consequence. A fifteen
cent drunkard wants mo- room in dis world
dan Judge of de Supreme Court"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

20 NO woman really practices economy I'M
less she uses the Diamond Dyes. Many dollars
cahoe saved every year. Ask the druggist
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

ST.. CRIsPIN was martyr. He probably had
eeorns. That must have been the martyr with
MN. fls ..|H ..HVVI Hf.f U. IfgF
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

"BUCHUPAIBA." Quick, complete cure, all
annoying Kidney Diseases. 81 at Druggists
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

1T ISM the beefsteak which people look at
when tAey pound it. The idea is TO inform
the helgnoors that they have made raise for
breakiast-Detroi Free Press. + =
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

A LITTLE boy, proud Of his new jacket, in
formed his sister thathe was o six-button kid.
Hartford Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

THE telephone has developed an entirely
new school of hello-cution. II 81 'fse :
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

A BABE" says a writer, "is mothers
anchor" We have often heard that the first
thing she does Is to weigh it, i.ff ~ iii
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

1t is a we'll authenticated
fact that many medicines,
especially 'bitters,' are moth
ing but cheap whiskeyvilely
concocted for use in local
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not the case with Browns
IRON BITTERs. LISA medi-
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17
az WISH could settle this Coffee s

Impatient traveller at railway restaurant
"Try broomstick,n said moody man with
scratched nose; that is what everything is
settled with at our house." T1ff.ff't.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

An American Presidents pay-s5O, 600 6
year and bored.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

"RoUGH ON RATS" Clears out rats, mice,
flies, reaches, bed-bugs ants, vermin. l5c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

CURIOSITY is always represen ted as on tip
toe, which would seem to indicate that Curl
osity is mighty small creature
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

REDDING's Russia Save meets with wonder
ful success in all cases Of Skin disease Try it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

900 Per Week be made in any locality.
sBOV soma hing entirely new for agents. % OUTFIT
fTOe. g. w. INGRAIsAM a. co, Boston. MssA
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

golden MEDICAL Discovery" is warrant
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whatever cause arising. For Scrofula, Sores of
all kinds, Skin and Blood Diseases, its effects
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MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
A WITTY lady, who is, however, somewhat
given to exaggeration, was trying to tell a
friend what poor appetite she had and said
g eat very little; flea would be a barbecue
for me J, Wv. , n - ~ . =
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

If you have any skis Diseases n, disease. y,
the hair or scalp any itching or d;scoioroti@no
sun burns, freekles, pimplesJ rough or ,iry
mar harsn SKIN SKIN, you have in Dr. c. W. Bensons
SKIN Cure, sure, perfect and elegant remedy
sold oy all druggists. Also Or. Benson's
Ceiery and Gham9mile, Pills, the, standard
reneuy ior all headaches and neIvoasrIess. n
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

TRY the new brand, "spring Tobacco"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

IF the doctor orders bark, has not the pa
tient right to growli
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

wakeheld's Blackberry BaIsam, for diarrhea
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

lisa fact Browns IRON
BITTERS, a true non-alcohol-
- ic tonic, made in Baltimore,
Md, by the Brown Chemical
Company, who are old drug
gists and in every particu-
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ing the craving appetite of
the drunkard, and by curing
the nervousness, weakness,
=. and general illhealth result
ing from intemperance, do
more to promote temperance,
in the strictest sense than
any other means now known.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17
TRUE
temperance

Is not signing a pledge
or taking a solemn oath that
cannot be kept, because of
thenon-removal ofthe cause
liquor. The wayto make
afhan temperate is to kill
the desire for those dreadful
artificial stimulants that car
ry so many bright intellects
TO premature graves, and
desolation, strife and un-9
happiness into SO many
families. l,H. .b HrGt. 17'-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

You nervous dyspepties, why APP
proach the dinner-table daily witha posi-
tive disgust for all that is savory and
delicious, when vigorous appetite for
even the plainest food is created by the
use Of .,s... b. d. .-... .....-I q 800.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

Is 1t worth while to endure penal tor
ture every night from wakefulness, ina
bility to sleep, nervous prostration, &C.,
when you can be Immediately relieved
and permanently cured by so agreeable
@ remedy as
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

=
us SieanSing and purifying action on the
oloou. "here there is a gravelly deposit in
the urine or milky, ropy urine from disor-
dered Kidneys it always cures.
WELL" says the canvasser, az must keen
walking and talking. That's the way l get
my lylng and that's the way | got my wife.
But she mas done all the talking ever since
Good dayP-TOledo american.
*Ladies, if you would be forever redeemed
from the physical disabilities that, in thou
san1s OF cases, depress the spirits and abso-
lutely letter all the energies Of womanhood
you nave only to get Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
A FALSE prophet is stirring the Fpyptian.
into rebellion. In America false prophets
merely guess at the weather and sell their al
MANAGES al twenty-five cents each.-Phaadel-
phH ChrOaicle. '''''
EB No woman really practices economy I'M
ssshe uses the Diamond DYES. MANY dollars
CANOE saved every year. Ask the druggist.
B'NE fertilizers for grass are said by cheese
maH1acturers to produce the milk which will
ma 69}s efapsst .curd. Strange that this whey
TO ~oheese it" hadn't occurred to them before
'-Lo'OeA CoNrier.
WIsE's Axle Grease is now the very best
known.
A MAIDEN wants TO know how to avoid hav-
Ing mustache come on her upper lip Eat
onions, daughter.
"BUCHUPAIBA." Quick, complete cure, all
annoying Kidney Diseases 81 at Druggists
A LITTLE boy, proud Of his new Jacket, in
formed his sister that he was six-button kid.
Hartford Times.
"RoUGH ON RATS" Clears out rats. mice.
flies, reaches, bed-bugs, ants, vermin l5c.
An American Presidents pay-S5O, 900 q
year and bored.
REDDING's Russia Save meets with wonder
full success in all cases Of Skin disease. Try it.
CURIOSITY is always represented as on tip
toe, which would seem to indicate that Curl
osity is q mighty small creature
Wakefelds Blackberry Balsam for diarrhea.
IF the doctor orders bark, has not the pa
tient right to growli
TRY the new brand, "Spring Tobacco"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-13
DiydtOrlJ LOrers,

The Impotence of the parents of the
young lady over the long and fruitless
visits of the chronic caller was pictured
in comic colors some years ago by funny
writer. 1t seems that it was midnight.
The young man had farewelled himself
out and Emeline had locked the door and
was untying her shoe when her mother
came down stairs with a bedqUilt around
her and said:
"Wanted to creep up stairs without
my hearing you, chr Didn't think it was
an hour after midnight, did your
The girl made no reply, and the mother
continued:
''Did he propose this timer"
"WhY, mother" exclaimed the daugh-
ter.
"You can 'why mother all you want
to, but don't l know that he has been
coming here for the last year? Don't
know that you've burned up at least four
tons of coal counting around herel"
The girl got her shoes off, and the
mother stood in the stair door and asked:
"Emeline, have you got any grit?"
81 guess so.''
81 guess you haven't. Just wish that
fellow with false teeth and mole on his
chin would come sparkling me. Do you
know what would happen, Emeline?"
"No."
"Well, I'll tell you. He'd come to
time in sixty days or he'd get out of this
mansion like a goat jumping for sun
flower seeds"
And Emeline went to bed hugging this
thought in her bosom.
Occasionally such visits become so
burdensome that the young lady talks to
the young man herself At least they
had such girl out in Colorado. She had
been receiving the attentions of a young
man for about year, but becoming i'm
patient at his failure to bring matters to
a crisis, she resolved to ascertain his in
tentions. When he next called she took
him gently by the ear, led him to seat
and said:
"Nobby, you've been foolin' round
this claim for mighty near a year, an
hev never yit shot off your mouth on the
margin biz. I've cottoned to you on the
square clear through, an hev stood. off
every other galoot that has tried to chip
in; an now want you to come down tC
business or leave the ranch. Eff YOU'RE
onthe marry and want pard that'll stick
rite to We till We pass in your checks an
the good Lord calls yer over the range,
just squeal, an We'll hitch; but eff that
amt yer game, draw out an give some
other Teller show fur his pile. Now
sing yer song or skip OUT
He sang.