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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-02
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

-Beekeepers are warnedagainst feed
ing their bees on glucose, as it is con-
sideret highly injurious. The meal also,
is not fit for food for any animal.
Cup Pudding: A favorite cup pud-
ding is made of six eggs, beaten very
light, seven tablespoOnfuls of flour and
one pint of sweet milk. Stir these all
together briskly and bake in cups. Serve
with sauce. Golden Rule.
Roll Jelly Cake: Take one cupful
of powdered sugar, half a cupful of but
ter, three eggs we'll beaten, half a tea
spoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of
cream tartar; dissolve the soda and cream
tartar in half cupful of sweet milk, add
one cupful of flour Bake on long tins;
spread'each cake with jelly and roll when
hot.-RwrGL New Yorker.
BY all odds the cheapest and best
way to eradicate common hard wood
stumps, says the Practical Farmer, is to
work the ground with q shovel pillow,
SOW buckwheat or plant corn until seeded
to timothy, orchard grass and clover
and pasture until the stumps so far de-
cay that they can be pulled out by hitch
ing a chain around the top when the
ground is wet in the winter or spring.
Lemon Preserve: Put into a sauce
pan one pound sugar, quarter pound of
butter, six eggs, leaving out the whites
of two, and the juice and grated rinds of
three lemons. Let these boil until they
become as thick as honey, stirring all the
while. Pour the mixture into small jars
and tie paper wet in white of an egg
over them, and keep in dry, cool place.
Boston Transcript.
"A veterinary professional says that
''the great majority of ringbones in
young horses come from the failure to
shorten the toes" To this may be added
that ringbone is apt to be formed if colts
are allowed to stand on plank floor or
anywhere else where the footing is hard,
during the first eighteen months of their
age. Whether in stable or yard during
this period, let them have earth for
standing or walking, free from stone or
gravel.
"A man who once gets thoroughly
into the work of breeding fine stock is
seldom willing to abandon it for some
other pursuit, no matter how lucrative
the new venture may be. The field it
offers for the study of scientific physiol-
Ogy the possibilities of combination and
development, and the broad opportuni-
ties for experiment are afforded in no
other business. There is fascination in
the production of fine stock which no
other industry can claim.-St Louis
Globe.
Aquarium Cement: Mix together
litharge and glycerine to the con3isten-
cy of thick cream or fresh putty. This
is useful for mending stone Jars, holes
in tin or iron kettles. 1t will resist the
action of water, hot or cold, of acids,
and of almost any degree of heat. Dry
thoroughly before using. (2) Take
equalpa by weight of flowers of sui
phur, pulverised sal ammonac, iron
filings and good linseed oil varnish. Mix
them together, then add enough pure
white lead to form firm, easily-worked
mass.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-02
"Babv Belle wants In rot d., ,,

baoy Belle wants 10 get down"
And down she came into fond tendo.
arms, that held her close while tears 't foIi
over her. But the first flush Of low low
being over, curiosity was aroused ~
"Who hung you there, Baby Belleen
they asked her.
81 hunged up myself" answered tbo
child, in her own solemn little wav. ~
was in tbs wagon, and big branch took
hold of my slstwl, and was hunged mn
like rock-a-by baby. And | called
grandpa stop, but he didn't hear. And
then the wind bowed me, and it was 40
funny way up there, swinging and
rocking. Aud | knew grandpa would
come back when he found il out. and
then | guess | went to sleep. for
thought l was a little bird up in a tree
in nest; and then papa came"
The story was quite true. The great
shawl, tied in firm knot, had caught
on the branch in way that made sort
OF hammock of 1t, and the good angels
had taken care of sweet lite BABY
Belle; and the child had not even b zen
brighten d. 1t seems too strange a
tn ng to be true; but it is. nevertheless
and Belle, now big girl, remembers
her rock-a-by baby experience to this
day
So, by the way, does grandpa, who
never likes to hear of it, and who had
doubt IS a rather uncomfortable time
of it with grandma for some days after
the occurrence, which he spea IS OF as
"The time | lost off my little grand
daughter like an idiot. IN Y. Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-02

fawn. Daniel attempted to secure it,
and the doe came to the rescue. He
dropped the fawn to catch the mother,
but after adesperate struggle she slipped
from his grasp and got away.
The last dog story is told by Georgia
paper, the Americus RepablicGn. 1t
is TO the effect that family in that town,
having false CRATE in one of the rooms
of the house, placed some red paper be-
hind it to give it the effect of fire. One
cold day last winter the house-dog came
in from out of doors, and seeing the
paper in the CRATE lay down before it to
receive the heat as it came from the fire.
Feeling no warmth, he raised his head,
looking over his shoulder at the CRATE;
feeling no heat, he applied his nose to
the CRATE and smelt of it. Is was cold
as ice. With his tail curled between his
legs. the dog trotted out of the room,
not even casting look at the party in
the room, evincing supreme disgust.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-02

A society young man met nice young
lady and her two sisters at a watering.
place tais summer, and at the close Of
the season she gave him her address and
said she would be delighted to have him
call when he returned to the city. He
called on the very first opportunity that
offered, and feeling liberal, and dollar
in his pocket, he invited the young lady
down to the ice-cream saloon. .'And
tell your sisters to come along,n he ad-
ded, with a Vauderbiltian air. The nice
young lady went to another room and
called; MARY, Julia, Maggie, Sophie.
Sallie, Flora and Dora come here. ~
''Great Scott ~ mentally exclaimed the
young man, feeling the solitary dollar in
his pocket; 'has she more than two sis
ters, or have | struck female seminary ?''
1t was too true-she had generous sup
ply OF sisters, and when the young man
heard her say, as the maidens came
waltzing into the room, Come, girls.
Mr.. Litehed is going to treat us to ice
cream-put on your hats" he rushed
from the house a raving maniac, and
now wears straws in his hair and
imagines himself President of Vassar
College. The Jaddc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-02
Susie and Her Chickens.

Peep! Peep! Peep! Ten little orphan
babies ell crying at once, and each one
trying to cry louder t han the other.
What should be done with them?
Poor mother Hen Blacky had been
killed, and who was to take care of her
ten baby-chickens? Hen Speckle had
twelve children of her own-as many as
she could cover. No room for the or
phans there. Hen Whitey's eight
children were so large and il-natured
they would not let the downy little new
| corners so much as look in their coop.
Hen TOpknot, who had but four in
her brood, would not hear OF adopting
| any more, and taking care of the little
strangers. She pecked at them so
sharply that the poor things ran off, and
stood in group by themselves in q cor
ner of the chicken-yard, crying as loud
as they could cry.
Susie felt like crying too. She was
so sorry for the motherless ones. She
took up the chickens in her apron.
where they cuddled down, glad to get
warm, and glad to hide away from
cross Hen Topknot
"Ill be your mother, myself" said
Susie.
And good mother she was, too.
She soon taught the ten little black and
white and speckled chickens to scratch
for worms. She put them to bed every
night in an old basket, and covered
them mp warm. In the morning how
glad they were to see their new little
mother They ran to her wherever she
was when they were tired And such
funny sight it was to see those ten
chickens fly into Suse's lap, creep I'M
der her apron, and cuddle against her
neck with little cooling sounds!
They never knew any other mother,
and they neverwanted better one Susie
never forgot to feed her babies, and
they grew rs fast and were as fine look
ing as the other chickens, who had hem
mothers to take care of them. And Su.
sid learned how to be thoughtful and
kind to helpless things. But one does
not often find little girl who is moth
er to ten little chickens. 49, Our LittLe
ones.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-02
Frosty Nights.

Damp evenings and cold nights have
returned, which fact suggests unusual
care of the health, as connected with
colds, the more immediate cause of
most of our diseases Following the
facilitating influences of the heated
term" predispOsing to disease, it is
probable that there is no tine in the
year in which there is more occasion for
special caution in re erence to undue
exposure, not even the spring. This
latter season comes upon us no more
abruptly than the autumn, with this adj
vantage. that we have been invigorated
by the bracing effects of cold weather,
In WHICH, so to speak, we acquire 3
$ ock of health, needed to carry us
through the hot weather. If, there fore,
one would guard aga INST colds, so prev
alent at this season, it is imperative to
make such changes in the cloth no as
may be needed for the purpose OF secur-
ing comfort, which should be secured!
though with the smallest amount of
clothing available, as too much clothing,
more than is needful, tends to induce
debility. Still, let one be comfortable,
This will require oh nge each day,
since it may be quite warm during the
day, but frosty at night.
| well know that some may regard
this changing as little laborious, but
it will be less SO, even if such may be
made several times, than the care of the
sick. During cold northeast storm,
at night, especially, as much protection
may be needCul as in the W nter, that
one may be comfortable. AS a general
principle, the teet demand more care
than any other similar surface of the
body. To keep the head cool and the
feet warm is card nal health rule If
the fur caps and the thick and warm
telts, so often used to keep the head
uncomfortably hot, could be employed
for the protection of the feet, an i'm
portant advance would be male in pre-.
venting disease. During these cold
and stormy nights, the 'arctics' or
rubbers are imperatively needed. Twill
add that the rubbers must not be I'M
necessarily worn any conside able length
of time, unless they are the ventilated
kind. These secure Il constant change
OF air, thus preventing an accumulation
OF dampness. - DR.. Hannajord. ="
GoLdcn Rule.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-02
IN THE TREE TOP.

One day Grandma Dover told grand
pa to go over to their daughter house
and borrow Baby Belle. 1t was quite Il
custom of hers, and the child was al
ways sent at once. Grandpa took his
open wagon and found his daughter
well, and took lunch with her, and
made the usual joke about borrowing
Belle; and the four-year old child was
wrapped up in shawl, which her
mother We'd under her arms and about
her waist. to insure her being kept
warm.
At first she sat beside grandpa, but
after awhile she asked to sit on the back
seat. Grandpa WAS little provoked at
this, but gave her her way, and to pun
ish her, never looked round again. He
drove past the lake, and through the
woods, up the long road, speaking now
and then to a neighbor, and stopped at
the home-gate at twill ght.
Grandma came running out at once
where's Belle?'' she asked. lis
she sick? Why didn't they let her
Gomez"
"Why, they did. Here she is" said
grandpa, and turned about.
The wagon was empty; no Baby Belle
was there.
"She has Jumped out to hide for fun"
said grandpa. Here, Belle! Belle!
Belle"
But there was no an.wcr. The child
could scarcely have clim4ed out without
assistance; but they searched the gar
den and the house. in which she might
have hidden herself, though she had
never played such joke before.
Grandpa being questioned, admitted
that Belle had blended him, and that
he had not spoken to her all the way
home, to punish her, and repented in
dust and ashes; but that did not tell
them where Baby Belle was to be found.
The CONSERVATION of the household was
terrible. Every one went out. The road
was searched inch by inch back to the
very gate of Belle home, and no trace
of her was found. Every one who lived
along the road had been spoken to, and
there seemed to be an awful mystery
about her disappearance.
The most terrible idea occurred to the
old gentleman. She had fallen into the
lake which he had passed, as we have
said; and his fit OF temper had been the
death of his darling,
And now the parents were aroused.
and the awful story was told to them.
''She may have climbed out in the
woods and been lost there" said the
young father.
And, sick with terror, he took his
lantern and led the way thither There
was moon in the sky, and it shone
through the leaves; but though thew
searched every spot the child was not
found.
at is the only place left; look throuoh
the woods once more" said the DOR
father, choking with grief
aft is no use,' said grandpa. THROWING
up his hands. mo use at all
But what was that that strpck bio
tingers9 He looked up. O.. 1''
Overhead hung bundle of some sort
tie gave a shout. Every one rushed to
the spot. ~
There upon the branches hung tbo
big. plaid shawl, full of something solid
and warm. Horriied. the father neenaJ
into the bundle. A little rosy face low
there and little voice pped out:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-02
How Western Cities Grow.

A western man has been telling some
Philadelphians how western cities grow.
He says he went off into the mountains
hunting, and, night coming on, he went
to sleep in a tree to be out of reach of
the wolves. He was awakened early the
next morning by some workmen who
told him to get down and finish his nap
on the courthouse steps, as they wanted
to turn that tree into flag pole for the
hotel across the way. He got down.
and, while rubbing his eyes, was nearly
run over by street. car, and got his feet
entangled in an electric light wire. -
HiLddelphiG Nous.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-02
For Young Readers.
THE LITTLE SISTERS And THE
QUEEN

QUEEN.
Where English daisies blossom,
And English robins sing,
When all the land was fragrant
Beneath the feet of Spring,
Two little sisters wandered,
Together, hand in hand
Along the dusty highway,
Their bare feet sJiled and tanned.
Twas not childish sorrow
That filled their eyes with tears;
Their little hearts were burdened
With grlOf beyond their years.
The bright-eyed daisies blossomed
In valley and i'll glen,
The robins sang their sweetest.
Spring smiled-but not for them.
Beneath the trees of whitehall,
Within their shadowy brown,
From out the royal palace
The Queen came walking down.
She saw the children standing,
Together. side by side,
And, gazing down with pity,
She asked them why they cried.
Dear lady, said the eldest,
My little sister Bcss
And have come together
A hundred miles, guess.
Sometimes the roads were dusty,
And sometimes they were green;
We're very tired and hungry
We want to see the Queen.
For Mothers sick, dear Lady,
She cries most all the day;
We hear her telling jesus,
When size thinks we re ut pley,
"She tells Him all about it,
How when King James was King,
We were 80 rich and happy
And had most everything.
We had our own dear father,
AT homo beside the Thames,
But Father went to battle
Because he loved King James
" And then things were so different
| cannot tell you how.
We haven any father,
Nor any nice things now.
"Last night, our mother told us
They d take our home away,
And leave Us without any,
Because she couldn't pay.
=" So then, we cdme together,
Right through the III radow green,
And prayed for God to help us,
And take US to the Queen;
Because Mamma once told us
That, many years ago,
The Queen was James little girl,
And, Lady, if twas so,
81 know she'll let us keep it
Our home beside the / hamcs--
For we have come to ask her,
And Father loved King james.
And ii we had to leave it,
I'm sure Mamma would die,
For there's no place to 90 to-
No place but in the sky"
Her simple story finished,
She gazud up in surprise,
To sec the lovely ady
With tear-drops in her eyes.
And when the English robins
Had sought each downy nest
And when the bright-eyed daisies
Dew-darnp, had gone TO rest
A carriage, such as never
Had pass Il III II way before,
Set down two little children
Beside III widow door.
They brought tho weeping mother
y package from the Queen.
Her royal seal was on it.
And, folded in between,
A slip of paper, saying:
The daughter Of King james
Gives to these little child ZEN
Their home beside the Thames"
Rose HdHWtck Thorpe, in st. Nicholas
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-02

Prof. G. NJ Hammond, the New
York medical scientist, has been expert
mentally hung with view of finding
out what manner of death the banging
is. He had one dc, twist a towel
around his neck while another watched
nm and experimental with knives ana
pms to ascertain what the sensations Oh
such solemn hour may be. The YER
dict OF Prof Hammond is, that slow
strangulation is more comfortable than
the sudden fall which br, AXIS the neck
And yet it does not appear by the &C,
count, that Prof. Hammond tried the
sudden fall that breaks the neck. -De'
troll Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-02

Teach your daughter how to cook, "
exclaims the Philadelphia Record. That
is all very nice in theory, but experience
has shown that they will waste about
$4,000 worth of provisions while learn
ing, and then, after mastering the art
will get married and cook for some other
fellow, leaving you to wrestlc with the
new Biddy. Better let the other fellow
do the teaching and bear the expense
and dyspepsia - Chicago Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-10-18

invisible greens, win undoubtedly be
the reigning favorites during the ap-
preaching season and as regards style,
the present indications are that but
few, if any, dresses will be worn with
fatStrimmings-,-the more bouffant the
better. Dressmakers, by means of
panniers, puffs, full-scarf draperies,
ruches and other resources at their
command, contrive to make fashion
able costumes as intricate and impos-
sible to follow as possible; and the
fuller the effect the greater the tri-
umDh.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-10-18

The Denver and South Park railroad
has just completed an extension to
Pitllin, Gunnison county, Colorado. In
the course Of the work e tunnel had to
be made through the main chain of the
Rockies. 1t is the highest railroad
tunnel in the world, being IL 800 feet
above the sea level. The length is
LOO feet, and the approaches on either
side are said to be marYels of engineer
ing skill. At its eastern end the tunnel
has sharp curve, but so nicely were
the calculations Of the engineer
made, and SO exactly were they carried
ont, that when the two CHORES" met in
the Inferior of the mountain there was
only about one inch variation. Ameri-
can engineering has more than one
famous triumph of this sort to boast of.
The sides Of the great IIoosac tunnel,
though there were four heads one
from each side and two in the middle
varied in all less than an inch. No
such exact work has yet been done ia
Europe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-10-18
FOR THE LADIES.
Now mi Nste. ror NYomnn.

It is said that the Princess Louise,
wife Of Lord Lorne, has her favorite
French and German authors in her
bedroom where she can always pat her
hands on them.
President Eliot, of Harvard, is pro
hounced supporter of the medical edu-
cation Of women, and Huxley, in Eng
land, firmly indorses woman suffrage in
the modified form in which it prevails
there.
AT a special meeting of the Ladies'
Land league, in Dublin, the league
was dissolved, and q recommendation
was passed that leagues be established
throughout the country to teach the
rising generation the national history.
A Philadelphia dancing master in
troduced new style of waltzing, the
hands of the couple being joined as in
roller skating, doing away with the
arm encircling the lady's waist, which
has by some been considered as objec-
tionable familiarity.
Miss Mary Berger, of Portland, Ore
gon, on returning from picnic, found
the timbers Of the Elk creek bridge on
fire. She disrobed, dipped her clothes
in the creek, wrapped them about the
burning timbers, and thus kept the fire
in check until help arrived.
In Bayou Chicot, La, a full grown
wild cat leaped upon Mrs. Griffith
Thompson, fastening his teeth in her
left arm. She grasped the savage beast
by the throat, and held it until it was
choked to death, although it twas biting
and scratching her all'the time.
A year ago the princess of Wales ap-
peared at an entertainment at Buck
ingham palace with simple wild white
clover as floral ornaments, and it is
needless to say that the clover imme-
diately thereafter came into fashion.
Now it is all the rage in London.
The sending of medical women from
England to India is likely to be an es-
tablished custom. The Indian women
are averse to treatment by physicians
not Of their own sex. The statistics
of the British medical service inIndia
show that the women have rarely
availed themselves of prescriptions or
attendance. A staff of t-ained women
is proposed as a part of the public ser
vice in India, a adepartment coordinate
and not subordinate TO the existing
medical bureau
In Germany the sofa is the seat of
honor, and to omit offering its privi-
leges to an invited guest, isto condemn
oneself as being ignorant Of the
usages of polite society. But a gen.
tleman may not sit upon the sofa; to
take a seat there unlimited is very pre-
sumptuous; and to ask even an init
mate acquaintance to sit beside her on
that sacred resting-place would be
highly indecorous in young lady.
Such is the custom of the country.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-10-18
WISE WORDS.

No rank can shield us from the I'm
partiality Of death.
If you would succeed in life, rise
early and be an economist of time.
The qualities we possess never make
us so ridiculous as those we pretend TO
have
One who is never busy can never
rest, fof~one implies relief from pre-
vious labor.
Those who blow the Goals of others
strife may chance TO have the sparks
fly in their own faces.
Though charity may tend to make
your purse lighter one day, yet it will
make it heavier another.
If man speaks or acts with pure
thought, happiness follows like a
Shadow that never leaves him.
Every mans vanity ought to be his
greatest shame, and every mans folly
ought to be his greatest secret.
Looking to others for our standard
of happiness is sure way to be
miserable. Our business is with our
own heart
l know no real worth but that
tranquil tirmness, which seeks dangers
by duty, and braves them without
rashness.
. If you would find a great many
faults be on the lookout, but if YOU
want to find them in unlimited num-
bers be on the look in.
Deceit is the false road to happi-
ness and all the joys we travel
through to vice, like fairy banquets.
vanish when we touch them.
All deception in the course of life
is, indeed, nothing else but a lie re-
duced to practice, and falsehood pass
ing from words into things.
Perseverance is the crown of all the
other virtues, and the characteristic of
heroes. 1t is Il small thing TO begin;
we must persevere to the end.