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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18
Odd Moments.

In almost every life there. are mo-
mentS of waiting, when there is moth
ing particular to be done In some
cases these may be properly improved
by rest, so that our work, when it comes,
may be the better done. In many in
stances, however, these odd moments
may be best improved by having some
thing to do-a book to read, or some
light labor to perform.
1t is surprising how much may be
done by using few moments at time.
OF course, they can not properly be
used for all purposes, since there are
some duties which require continued
application for long time. There are,
however, many kinds of light labor, and
many subjects of study, which may be
followed quite successfully by taking
only few moments at time.
1t is said that Elihu Burritt, who was
known for many years as '"the learned
blacksmith" was in the habit, when an
apprenticeship, Of having grammar
of English or of some. other language
fastened before him on the chimney of
the forge, SO that while he was blowing
the bellows he could get an occasional
glimpse of his book.
Ben johnson, celebrated poet who
lived over two hundred years ago, was
in early life q brioklayer, 1t is said
that he always carried a book in his
pocket, and while waiting for the labor
er to bring him mortar or brick he i'm
proved the odd moments in studying
his book. H ''''
Let'our young frie.ds try the expert
ment, and they will be surprised to see
how much can be done by rightly using
few moments at time. You need
not take time from sleep to do this.
Have a time for everything, and what
you do, do thoroughly, whether it be
sleeping, eating, working or playing,
for all these are, in their respective
places, right. IN Y. Examiner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18

A short middle-aged colored man
can be seen any morning coming out of
Steinway Hall, New York, sometimes
led by the arm by a kindly old gentle
man, and generally grimacing and ges-
tleulating in strange fashion. This is
Blind Tom-once a great phenomenon,
and about whom more diverse criti-
ciSms have been written than any other
musician in the country. Music is still
a mania with him, and he has to 90 up
in Steinway Hall and work off his mvs-
FERROUS energy every morning at a CON
cert grand. And it is said that his
improvising draws crowd of curious
experts about him yet-N. Y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18

to be attributed in no small degree to
his American trainer, Pincas. who, as
a well-informed correspondent of fhe
Spirit Of the Times writes, 'took lame
horse from the hands of his predecessor
and won the great event of the year.
How great horse Iroquois is is proved
by the fact that since the establishment
OF the two races only nine double vic
tories have been gained.-Hugh Craig,
in Harper'S Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18
For Young Readers.
GRANDMAlS STITCHES.

Grandma says we little witches Ell
Make her drop so many stitches,
Laughing, till she fairly - kes,
At our FRANKS; but she Mistakes
For when brought my little basket
Just myself, she didn't ask it,,
To hunt her stitches on the floor rlI
a dozen dropped, she said, or more),
There wasn't one, that could findl
Poor grandma must be getting blind.
ped Our Little Ones
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18
LFate has STRANGE methods of encor

Fate has strange methods of encom-
passing men. John Swiss, OF Cotton
Hill, Va, narrowly escaped drowning
recently, and was rescued only after he
roic efforts by his companion. On the
return of the parties to their homes they
took the railroad track, and while cross
ing trestle-work John was killed by
the ears. The sameday Andrew Green,
in Ohio, tried to commit suicide but was
cut down and restored to consciousness.
Two hours after a runaway horse
knocked him down, intlicting injuries
from which he can not recover Chicago
Tribune. ID. .'.''''. St''''
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18

Mamma, what does NJ. d. mean
when it comes after the doctors nameF
Does it mean money DOWN." Harper's
Bdza9.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18
A New Career for Women.

In connection with the current talk
about the opening of new careers to
women, the Pail Mall Gazette thinks
that lady whose mode of life recently
occupied the common pleas division at
Dublin deserved no little credit. She
had devoted her more mature years to
the study of law, and more particularly
to the law of breach of promise. The
novelty of her case consisted in the
number of actions which she managed
to run at the same time. In her last
case the unsnsceptible jury awarded her
only fifty dollars, but on her cross-ex-
animation in that case she confessed to
having just sued another gentleman.
whom she really loved" in spite of
his seventy winters, and of whom she
had obtained $500 damages. In third
case she is believed to have been more
successful still, having induced the de-
PENDANT to compromise it by payment
of $4,000. 1t is perhaps in view of the
enterprise of this lady and of others
who are carrying on like lucrative in
dustry that an English Judge remarked
in court the other day that he was not
at all surprised that many people advo-
Gated the abolition of actions for breach
of promise.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18

George Anderson, of Anne Arun-
del County, Virginia. took lunch and
played game of cards ''just for fun +"
When he saw he was swindled out Of
eighty-five dollars he arose, grasped one
swindler with each brown paw and
shook them until their teeth ratified like
castinets and his money fairly Jumped
out of their pockets. When thew had
fled he discovered that they had dis
gorged five dollars more than he had
lost, which was Just about enough to
take him back to the green pastures of
Anne Arundel Chicago Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18

Physicians say that ginger ale is
poor substitute for water, because the
capsicum it contains irritates the lining
of the stomach and produces dangerous
Inflammation Chicago Herut@
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18

Not an accident from toy pistols has
occurred this year I'M Maine. The law
prohibiting their sale is thoroughly
enforced. Portland Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18

"A few establishments where women
may stop to have their boots cleaned
and polished may be found in New
York.-N. T. San.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-03-29
Washington News.

Secretary Folgcr quietly departed from
Washington last Saturday via the Baltimore
and Ohio. He arrived at Baltimore and wns
taken aboard at Locust Point by the revenue
cutter Ewing. The fact of his leaving was
suppressed. 1t is thought that he is bound
for the Bermudas. Mr.. Folgers health is
very bad.
The new postal law which is to so into
effect at any time at the option of the Post
master General within six months from the
date of passage, March 3, provides that while
domestic postage on letters is reduced from
three to two cents, that on drop letters Is left
at the old fgure---two cents.
The President has pardoned Charles
OLeaTy and John Henry Murphy, three
card monte men, who werc serving n term in
the District Jail for swindling. They are to
be used rs witnesses against the indicted
detectives.
Ex-Representativ r. p Flower, of New
York. has returned to the treasury the sum
of $45S 30, being the amount overpaid him
on account of salary and mileage as a men,
Der of the Forty seventh Congress.
Assistant Treasurer Wyman has been ap-
pointed United States treasurer TO fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr.
Gilfllan.
The total counsel fees paid to lawy ers en-
ployed on behalf of the government in the
star route trials is S115.sH,41.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-03-29
American ReStleSSneSs.

DR.. Edward EggleSton's paper in
one of his Century series of articles on
colonial history, describes The migra-
tions of American colonistS," and
alludeS as follows to an American
trait: From the beginning, the Ameri-
cans have been migratory people.
New Englanders, as we have seen,
planted themselves in Wcstchester and
on Long Island, came by throngs into
East Jersey, and migrated to the more
southern colonies. 50 Virginians
helped to people Maryland and North
Carolina, migrated northward to New
York, and, even before the Revolution,
began to look wistfully over the
mountain barrier into the great inte-
rior valley. New York Dutch migrat-
ed to South Carolina; some of them
settled also in Maine, Pennsylvania,
and Maryland; while PENNSYLVANIA,
excited by fear Of Indian massacre
during French wars, occupied much of
the mountain and piedmont" regions
of the colonies to the southwark. 1t
is said that of $500 militiamen of
Orange county in North Carolina, dur
ing the Revolution, every man was a
native of Pennsylvania. There was
an incessant movement to and fro of
people seeking to better their condi-
ton. Once the European had broken
away from his mooring of centuries,
the vastness of the new continent
piqued him, and he became a rover.
This instability as to place remains
yet in the American character The
mental alertneSs, which comes of
changing circumstances, new scenes,
and unexpected difficulties, was early
remarked by travellers as a character
istic of the native colonies"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-03-29
Middle and Southern News.

The Mississippi river has fallen ten inches
at Memphis. A force of thousand men is al
work repairing tho damages done by the food
on the line of the Memphis and Little Rock
Railroad, and travel over that route will be
resumed. The outlook for fine planting
season throughout the Mississippi valley is
encouraging.
In its recent report tho committee Of the
Tennessee Legislature appointed TO investi-
gate the Office of State treasurer calls atten
ton TO the fact 'that out Of Ave State treas
urors since 1865, period of seventeen years
during the administration of four of them
the State has suffered heavy loss by dcfalca-
tions and otherwise"
The Guarantee Trust Compsny, of Phila-
delpha have received n package containing
the $4,000 first mortgage bonds Of the
Peoples Railway line, which were stolen
about four weeks ago. The Trust Company s
officers refused TO say by what method the
bonds were restored.
Mrs. +. B. Osbon. special delegate of the
New York Stat3 Auxiliary of the Woman 5
National Relief Association, has arrived AT
Lexington, KY, to distribute money and
clothing to the flood sufferers. She has a car
load of supplies.
The Tennessee Legislature has passed n
b pay pension of so per month to
Tennessee Federal and Confederate soldiers
who lost an eye or eyes during tine war.
A bill has been passed by the Tennessee
Ierislotura abolishinu public executions i'll
that State
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-03-29
DESTROYING Tree Insects.

4 writer in Tick'S Monthly SAYS:
AS an evidence of the need of apply
ing soap and carbonic mixture
twice, if not three times, in a season,
to the stems of peach and plum trees,
mountain ash, Japan and other
ounces, will mention that although
eggs appear to be laid in June, render
ing it necessary to wash in the begin
ming of that month, have found eggs
laid, or at least hatchad, as late as
October first; for, having set some side
gratis in the collars of peach and
plum stocks at about that date, many
of them were found eaten out by the
newly hatched Larvae, when the gratis
were examined ten or fifteen DAYS
later. The eggs of the borerS that
affect the apple, ounce, Siberian crab,
and mountain ash, hatch usually in
August.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-03-29
Farm end Garden Notes.

Salt is used to destroy the onion
maggot with partial success. About
July ] SOW two bushels to the acre;
the salt also hastens the maturity of
the crop.
Everything points TO another period
in England of livestock contagion.
Both foot and mouth disease and
pleuro-pneumonia are appearing in
unexpected places.
1t is well to give horses a double
amount of feed on the evening pre-
ceding long journey, and only half
rations of grain or little hay On the
morning of starting.
The tendency of modern practice in
manuring with commercial fertilizers
is to use readily soluble and quick
acting manures, but to use them spar
ingly at times. Little and often is the
rule.
A good guide for feeding grain to
cattle is one pound to each hundred of
their weight. Most animals eat in
proportion to their weight, and an
animal weighing 1000 pounds may re-
ceive ten pounds of grain per day.
The average at factories from com
mon COWS the year through has been
from twenty-four to twenty-five pounds
of milk to make one pound of butter,
or two and one-half pounds of cheese.
1t takes more during the flush season
Of pasture, and less in autumn and
winter.
A good cow has full eye, small
and short head, dished in the face and
sunken between the eyes; a soft and
loose skin, deep from the loin to the
udder, and square bag with teats a
good distance from each other, and one
which, when MIXED, shrinks to
small compass.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-03-29
LEGS and Feet of Horses.

The feet and legs of horses require
particular attention. 1t is an old say
ing with horsemen, keep the feet and
legs in order, and the body will take
care of itself The legs are the first
TO fail. The horse, when brought in
from severe, protracted eXertionS,
should be rubbed down dry. His legs,
from his knees and hooks down, should
be well hand-rubbed, SO that friction
will create insensible perspiration that
will tend to prevent swelled legs, stiff
joints and sprung knees. When the
legs are feyered from overdriving,
they should be bandaged with wet
cloths to take away the heat and pre-
vent wind-galls that prove eye-sores,
and which, without diminishing his
capacity for labor, materially affect
the market value of the horSe.-LiCe
Stock Journal.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-03-29
Knife Handles.

An ivory-hafted knife to the ordina-
ry diner-out, says London paper, is
simply a piece of table cutlery, useful
at meals, but devoid of all romance.
He wonders not at the ingenuity that
made the steel and fashioned the blade
with its keenly-cutting edge. In his
eyes it is only knife-handie and he
does not allow its antecedentS to inter
fere with his appetite. But through
what an experience this bit of ivory
SO smooth and shining, has passed! 1t
once formed part of an elephants tusk
and was probably dug out of the
desert or found in some dense African
forest, while the jackals or the vultures
were feeding on the animals carcass.
1t was most likely carried hundreds of
miles over trackless country and
territory peopled by hostile tribes
ready to shed blood for its possession.
Like fame, ivory is frequently very
difficult to get, and when, by the exer-
else of strength, endurance, watchful-
ness and cunning, the dusky natives
have brought it to the shore, they
deserve substantial price for the
precious load that has fatigued their
limbs and made their shoulders ache.
A tusk sold one week at Liverpool
weighed not less than 140 pounds, and
it can scarcely be said that the Afri-
tln's yoke is easy and his burden
light when he has to toll along, in
tropical heat, with an elephants tooth
in his grasp.
But the obstacles to be overcome in
getting the ivory to civilized region
are not entirely responsible for the
present high prices in the English
market. The elephant is defunct in
Egypt, and tusks are only Cbtainable
there by dredging in the sand; but the
ieviathan of the woods is by no means
extinct in Africa and India, and would
possibly yield an abundance of ivory if
the demand only grew as slowly as his
teeth.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-03-29
Splendid Miser.

Dicheus Dichaanus was a splendid
miser, who united the opposite charac-
ters of great parSimony and magnifi-
cent appearance, which he thought
himself bound to maintain, as he
claimed descent from the Byzantine
emperOrs. His table was spread twice
day, as if for grand entertainments,
and the servants sent out with sill
yer dishes and covers, which, after pas
sing few streets, they brought back
empty as they went out, while their
master was dining on cheap vegeta-
bles, or, perhaps, a morsel of pork or
mutton. His supper, though splendid
ly arrayed, was an egg, or few olives
with gill of sour wine.
When he went out, his servants at
tended him in rich liveries; but on
their return they were ordered to as
sumo their own clothes. In the win
ter no fire was permitted in any part
of the house except the kitchen. His
servants were ordered to wash in the
sun, or if the sky was cloudy, to run
races or draw water from a deep well,
that they might be warmed without
the expense of a fire. He himself was
shut up in his bedroom over a misera-
ble spark, sustained by all the dirty
and waste paper which he had care.
fully collected during the other sea-
sons of the year.
During his last sickness, when he
was puzzled to whom he should be-
queath his property, letter came fro n
a relative, written on an inch of pa
per. Instead of being enrage1 at
such disrespect, his avarice got the
better of his pride, and he declared the
writer his heir, esteeming him, by this
instance, we'll worthy of becoming his
successor in parsimony.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-03-29
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

Dr.. Foote's Health Monthly advises
parents not to punish child by boxing
or pulling its ears.
Kerosene oil will cure chilblainS.
Rub the parts affected thoroughly with
the oil before going to bed. a second
application may be necessary.
To prevent the hair from falling
out, apply once week with Il piece of
flannel or sponge wash made of one
ounce of powdered borax, half an
ounce of powdered camphor, and one
quart of boiling water.
DR.. Danford Thomas, in his capacity
as coroner, has directed public attention
to the mortality which follows the
neglect of measles 1t is a common
opinion among the poor that a child
must have the measles, and that when
it gets the disease it requires no treat
ment and but little care. This is a
mistake. In the records of vital
statistics it may be seen that it often
proves more fatal in the large towns
than any other Zymotic disease, more
even than scariatina. With medical
and parental care the disease generally
does well. but without this it is liable
to serious complications and apt to
leave disagreeable consequences
don Lancet.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-03-29
Wooden SiloS,

The opinion is steadily gaining
ground, backed by the actual test,
that wooden silos are not only practi-
cable but in many cases are preferable
to an expensive stone structure,
Water sometimes works into the latter,
and frost may combine with it to work
injury to the ensilage, Simply board
ing up bay in the barn is getting to
be a popular way of making silos, and
there is little objection to it. That
ensilage will keep we'll in such a con-
cern there is no doubt. and why may
not the average farmer try the new
system in this way rather than invest
in a costly stone silo?-NelO England
Homestead.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-03-29
FOR THE FARM AND HOME,
About Dogs

If the farmers of the country who
own worthless dogs-curs without any
breeding-could be induced to destroy
them and substitute one well-bred
shepherd pup, pot more, to each farm,
the wealth Of every farming commu-
nifty would be vastly increased in
many ways. Farmers with a little
tact in getting along with dog would
soon find the colly saving them many
step. Eager and anxious to learn,
willing to do anything within his
power, the young dog needs only a
wise and patient restraint, an intelli-
gent direction, to become the most
useful hand on the place.-BreederS'
Gazette.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-03-29


The anniversary Of the Paris commune of
1871 has been celebrated By the communists
of New York, Herr John Most, in the course
of an address, said the Pdrib Commune was
too hunian, and that the commune of the
future will be established regardless of
humanity and with firm hand to WELD the
sword of destruction"
At Lewlsport, Ind, the steamer Enquirer,
going up the river, collided with the Dory
Cabler, coming down, She sahk to the boiler
deck in abdht four minutes, when she took
fire in the ladies' cabin, and her upper works
burned TO the waters edge. All on board
escaped and were taken to Lewisport by the
Enquirer.
Hull, MASS, the owners Of twenty three
smacks that have been missing since tie
gale cf the 9Th Inst have abandoned all hope
of their safety. 1t is estimated that 1876 per
sons were drowned.
Owing to the announcement that the Ge
man degree against the importation Of Amer
lcan hog products has been promulgated, n
large provision house at Chicr Eo is gathering
NldtiNllCN lIuii HIi puTtS VI tIlb country 10
convince the German government that our
hog products are worthy of acceptation.
OBradstreet's journal, OF New York, reports
2S failures i'll the United States the past
week 25 more than in the preceding week,
and 93 more than in corresponding week of
1882.
Seventy y-sx buildings were burned by the
recent fire at Forest City, Cal, and most of
the people of the town are homeless and des-
titute of provisions. The loss by the fire is
estimated nj $4,000
The Commissioners of Indian Affairs has
been notified that n reign OF terror exists in
the Creek country, and the government is
requested TO aid in suppressing the insurrec-
tion.
Heavy snow storms are reported in the
north and northwest, delaying transporta-
ton. The cold weather is unparalled for
this season of the year.
Ii has been discovered that railroad bonds
issued by De Witt county, H., i'll 1880 have
been extensively couhtorieited and put OH
the market.