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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26
Live Stock Notes.

Nearly 1000 head of polled Angus
cattle were imported into this coun-
try last year.
Montana fiocks increase in Eve
fold ratio every three years-that is
there are five times as many sheep
there now as there were three years
ago.
Prof Stewart states that ten pounds
of turnips, with one and halfpounds
of corn, will fatten young sheep or
lamb faster than three pounds of corn
alone.
A mixture of sulphur and lard is a
safe and harmless remedy for the ex-
termination of lice on cattle. Rub it
along the back and brisket, and anoint
parts here and there wherever neces.
sary.
81 find nothing equal to sorghum
cane for stock" says a writer in
Spirit of the Farm, sand 1 do not
think am overestimating it in say
ing that three acres of sorghum, cut
and feed to mules, fattened them
more than six acres of corn gathered
and fed in the ear. I can say to all
grow sorghum for stock feed"
Sheep are profitable in several
ways, says the Farmers CAL. First,
from wool second, from mutton, and
third, from manure. The gain from
the last source is not susceptible of
change, whether the price of wool and
mutton be high or low. A sheep
gives returns in these items for its
keeping, and in balancing the returns
the gains from the accumulation of
manure should be considered as well
as the weight of fleece and carcass.
Rye, oat, barley, buckwheat, peas,
beans, Indian corn, wheat bran,
shorts or middlings, oil meal-these
are all good food, says the National
Live Stock Journal, for fattening
sheep, But it is good plan to give
variety. The writer said the best
ration he ever knew was composed
of equal parts, by weight, of oats,
corn, peas and millet, and to fifteen
bushels of the mixture was added
one bushel offlaxseed, and all ground
together. Two rounds of this with
hay gave excellent results.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26
A Bill to Aid Local Option.

WASHINGTON, April 21.-The bill
introduced in the Senate to-day by
Mr.. ingalls, to amend section 3243 of
the Revised Statutes, proposed to so
change the present laws with respect
to the special tax imposed by the
general government on the manufac-
ture and sale of intoxicating liquors
as to provide that collectors of inter-
nal revenue shall be prohibited from
receiving such special taxes or grant.
ing permits or license for carrying on
of the business of wholesale or retail
liquor dealers or brewers in any state
or municipality in which the carry
ing on of such business is contrary to
the state or municipal laws and that
the payment of any tax imposed by
the internal revenue laws for carry
ing on such business shall not be held
to exempt any person from any pen
atty imposed by the state laws for
carrying on the same.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26

the million wool growers of the Uni.
ted States, the immediate restoration
of the wool tariff of 1867, pledging
themselves not to support for public
office any man voting againt the res
toration of said tariff; setting forth
that the present Congress-, by its fail
ure to return the duty on wool. has
assumed the responsibility of perpe-
trating the wrong inaugurated by the
preceding Congress, and declaring
that words are not strong enough to
express their condemnation of the
Morrison Tariff bill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
M. l.. Scott has now open large
stock offspring and summer millinery
goods, &c.
Pine Swamps.

Buying and selling farms and NOV
ing has been the prevailing pastime
with our people for several months,
No fewer than twenty families have
change residences in thePineswamps
within the the past three months,
and Others will shortly be ION the
move"
The Rev. d. A. Friend will hold
his third quarterly meeting for the
Albrightsville circuit, M. f. Church,
at Oak Grove, on Saturday and Sun
day, May Sd and 4th. There will be-
preaching by the Presiding Elder at
2 O'Clock p. M, on Saturday, and
quarterly conference after preaching.
a. S. Albright s. Bros, of Cranes
vile, are running their steam saw
mill to its utmost capacity, and TO all
appearances are doing a fiourishing
business.
William A. Browning has sold the
Fichtner mill property to Teets &
Lewis. Mr.. Lewis also bought the
single mill of Joseph Gordon, at
Pleasant Hill, and removed it to the
property recently owned by Mr..
Browning.
Chas, Crawford has bought farm
near Terra Alta.
Jonathan Spindler. Of near Bruce
ton, has moved to the farm recently
vacated by VIM. A. Miller.
Henry Albright is improving the
cutting capacities of his sawmill by
putting in a circular saw.
PIONEER.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26

TRADE DOLLARS The House of
Representatives, last week. passed
the, trade.dollar bill, IegalIzing that
much abused coin by providing that
until January l, 1886, trade dollars
shall be received at their face value
in payment of all dues to the United
State. Treasurers or assistant treas
ures are required to give standard
silver dollars in exchange for trade
dollars, dollar for dollar, on presenta-
ton. The trade dollar once received
into the governments hands are not
to be reissued as such, but are first to
be recoined into standard silver dol
lars. The bill has gone to the Senate,
and will doubtless pass within the
next few days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26
The South and the Tariff.

WASHINGTON, April 2i.-Repre-
sentative Libbey, of Virginia, has
presented a petition signed by a large
number Of bankers, merchants and
manufacturers of Norfolk, asking that
the taxes on imported raw materials
be reduced. This is noticeable as the
first petition of the kind that has been
forwarded to Washington to influence
Congress by any of the Southern cit.
les. Another fact, which has also oc.
casioned some comment, is that few
petitions asking for the reduction OF
the tariff in anyway have come from
the South, while many from Virginia
and Georgia and some of the other
states in the same section have BE- en-
received begging for non-disturbance
of the existing tariff.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26
Our Boys.

There is one element in the home
instruction of boys to which too little
attention has been given and that is
the cultivation of habits of punctual-
ity, system, order and responsibility.
In many households boys lives be-
tween the ages of twelve and seven
teen are generally the calmest of their
existence, Up in the morning just
in season for eakfast nothing to do
but to start off early enough not to be
late, looking upon an errand as TAX
ing so much time and memory away
from enjoyment; little thought of
personal appearance except when re.
minded by mother to "spruce up"
little; finding his wardrobe always
where mother puts it; in fact having
nothing to do but enjoy himself. Thus
his life goes on until school end. At
this point he, perhaps, meets with his
first great struggle. Many times dur
ing our business experience have we
witnessed failures caused by the abb
sence of thorough home discipline.
How the boy without this advantage
fails is thus flirly described by the
Scientific american
He goes into an office where every
thing is system, order, precision. He
is expected to keep things neat and
orderly, sometimes kindle fires, or do
errandS,-in short, to become part
of a nicely regulated machine, where
everything moves in systematic
grooves, and each one is responsible
for correctness in his department. and
where, in place of ministers to his
comfort, he finds taskmasters, more
or less lenient to be sure, and every
thing in marked contrast to his pre-
vious life. In many instances the
change is too great. Errors become
very numerous ; blunders, overlook
ed at first, get to be matter of seri-
GUS moment; then patience is over
tasked, and the boy is told his
services are no longer needed. This
is the first blow, and sometimes he
never rallies from it. Then comes
the surprise to the parents, who too
often never know the real cause, nor
where they have failed in the raising
of their children.
What is wanted, is for every boy
to have something special to do; to
have some duty at a definite hour,
and to learn to watch for that time to
come, to be answerable for certain
portion of the routine of the house
hold to be trained to anticipate the
time when he may enter the ranks of
business, and to be fortified with
habits of energy, accuracy, and APP
plication, often of more importance
than superficial book learning.-Er-
change.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26
An Earnest WomanTs Career,
From the st. Louis Republican.


From the st. Louis Republican.
Bertha Won Hillern. the Saxon
haired little German lady whose
walking proclivities ineugurated the
rink and sawdust craze in this coun-
try. has proved to have wit in her
head as well as her heels. She has
shown people that she can walk, talk,
stop both and do something else
equally we'll, and it must be said by
her admirers, as we'll as disinterested
persons, that this pleasant, finely-cul-
lured little woman elevated the Pc
destrian's career far beyond the plane
of the ordinary walker. and that she
could be and is lady in all respects,
and very talented woman, who
spends no time haranguing her sex
from rostrums. but pitches in to work
proving that stout hearted, strong
limbed women are as worthy of re-.
spect as the delicate creatures, whose
province it is to stay at home and dis
courage the attempts of their sister
women to get on in the world beyond
the fence which lies between farm and
field. This fence has stickers on it,
fairly bristllng with them in fact, but
Miss Won Hillern did not even make
wry face getting oyer and now she is
roaming at large under the umbra.
geous shade of popular approval and
applause. while a well.filled pocket
book st ands by her as sponsor. 1ago
was right when he thus urged Rode
rIgo to put money in his purse. Mon
ey is good thing. Miss Won Hill
lern has formed pleasant and remu
nerative partnership, as oil color ar
lists. with Miss Maria J. G. Beckett,
of Boston, and together they have
mark in the overcrowded world of
artists, and are compelling admira-
ton for their deserving efforts. 1t
must not be thought that women
should be chaperOned about and work
under the outspread arm of some
great man protector in order to get
on. If women have anything in
them a generous but just public will
attend to the recognition. No wo-
man need be course, loud-voiced
hysterical, abusive, unwomanly CT
undignified because she has taken up
her spade, shovel or mahlstick to
carry herself all her burdens, Some
of the gentlest and most refined ladies
ever known were workers and think.
ers for themselves. People are ready
to help the deserving much more
than many think. In letter of re-
cent date to lady friend in st. Louis,
among other bright paragraphs, Miss
Won Hillern says; zone of the most
beautiful features of my career has
been the wonderful way in which
friendly hands have been stretched
out to me from all directions ready to
help me on" These lady artists may
be found hard at work in Washing.
ton, where they have added one more
waving plume to the liberty cap of
Independent womanhoOd. Earnest,
quiet efforts and less talk is what will
push women forward to bright flu
lures.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26

A geological exploration of the
Holy Land has just been completed
by an English party under Prof.
Hull. The ancient margins of the
Cuffs of Suez and Akaba were traced
to a height of 200 feet above their
present level, showing that much of
the country was once submerged and
has been gradually rising. This rise
of land must have caused the separa-
ton of the Red Sea from the Meli-
terranean, and Prof. Hull believes
that those two bodies of water were
connected at the time of the Exodus.
He thinks he has also discovered that
the Dead Sea. whose remarkable de.
preston gives especial interest to the
geology of Palestine, formerly stood
at an elevation of 400 feet above its
present level, or at $50 feet above the
level of the Mediterranean. The sur
vey is said to have furnished mater
ials for the construction of a much
more satisfactory geological map of
the Holy Land than has hitherto
been possible.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26
MARYLAND ITEMS.

Wheat is twenty-five inches high
in Caroline county.
The Cecil county papers say that
tomato raising will not be so extern
sive this year as last.
Four hundred thousand ale-wives.
were a short time since landed at a;
fish factory near Crisfeld in a single
week.
Wilson Snipe, known locally as.
Jack Snipe. are now quite plentiful
on the marsh ground few miles east
and south of EIkton.
In the new game law for Washing.
ton county, English sparrows are
classed with owls and hawks and
crows, and are outside the pale of the
law.
A eve of Mr.. G, r. Wooters, near
Cordova, Talbot county, gave birth,
to lamb with eight legs, one head
and two bodies. 1t was we'll devel-
oped and seemingly joined together
in the back.
Capt. Thomas LeDer, grandfather
of 7. l.. Patterson, Esq, of this city
constructed the first railroad in this,
country in the year 1911. 1t was con-
structed to haul stone from a quarry
in Delaware county, Pa, and the
cars were drawn by horses, Ctm,6.
NeUS.
The fifteen-year old daughter of
Daniel Ferris. living near HazeIviIle;
about five miles from Wyoming. fell
from swing few days ago, break.
ing one of her legs in three places
at the ankle. at the knee. and above
the knee. The limb had to be'ampu--
tated.
A petition to the county commits
sioners to tax mortgages is being cir
culated throughout the county, and
is being largely signed. The main.
object of the movement. we under
stand, is to test the constitutionality
of the act exempting mortgages from
taXatiOn.-DOrchester Era.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26

1.-THE SQUIRE" says the author of
1.-THE Hoosier SchoOlmaster," "wore
one glass eye and a wig. The glass
eye was constantly slipping out of TO-
Gus, and the wig turning around side
wise on his head whenever he adj
dressed the people of the Flat Creek
District" Sad spectacle. Parker's
Hair Balsam preserves and promotes
the growth of the natural hair. 1t
als0 restores the natural color to hair
which mas faded OF become gray,
Clean, elegant, beneficial. highly per-
fumed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26

THE ONLY CONFEDERATE PRIb
vATE.-"Do with me what you
please. Pm an ex-Confederate sold
ier and a stranger in strange land"
"Well, colonel" said his honor.
.the charge against you is not very
grave one. Sleeping in the street, 1
believe, is the extent of its lawless-
ness"
pm not colonel, SIR"
"What ?" shouted the JUSTICE
springing to his feet, cit cannot be
that / heard Alright. You certainly
don't mean to say that you are not a
colonel ?"
81 do" replied the accused, decidl
eddy. 81 was only a private in the
army, and guess that I am not much
more than tramp now"
my FRIEND" replied his honor, in
a choking voice, Ego forth. You are
the first Southerner / have ever met
who was not a colonel, and the oHfyt
private. 1 honestly believe. that was
in the Confederate army. / am glad
to have seen what constituted the
rank and file of what was glorious
piece of fighting machinery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26
The Literature of Advertising.

Not long ago man stood absorbed
in thought at the counter of news
paper Office. He was writing some
thing on scrap of paper, and as a
friend passed him he caught at him
as drowning man catches at straw.
"Give me word" he exclaimed.
"Certainly," said his friend what
kind of word do you want ?"
"Oh, anything you can think OF
1t dosen't matter what"
"How would colIaborate do?"
Couldn't do better. Thanks, ever
so much," and he inserted the word
and handed in the advertisement.
The next morning the friend read
Furniture sold on collaborated
time to parties DESTROYS of going to
collaborated housekeeping"
Punctuation, or the want of it, is
responsible for many of the strange
advertisements we read. Take this
VIC lOl llioluIICs
Wanted-A woman able and will.
ling to wash iron and milk three
cows.
Wanted-By a German girl Just
landed in private family situation
with or without children.
Wanted-A man to play the organ
and boy to blow the same.
Wanted-Boy to milk and NOW
lawns.
A rather singular announcement
appeared in one Of the papers:
"a large blue gentleman's over
coat lost in the vicinity of the mar
ket."
"Rooms to rent with all modern in.
convenfences," was unintentionalIy
candid.
"Wanted-A comfortable room for
a young man four feet by ten."
ITO rent-An elegantly furnished
room to gentleman already heated"
1.-TWO young women want wash
ing"
"Wood and coal split"
"Teeth extracted with great pains"
"Try our collins. You will never
use any other"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26
Two Kinds of Men and Their Work.

Herald of Health.
The bustling, hurrying man, as a
matter of fact, is a poor worker. Too
much of his steam is expended kick
ing up dust. The habit of hurrying
and feeling in a hurry is fatal to good
work, and diminishes the amount of
work good man can do. The fric-
ton is too great. So little of pactical
value is accomplished that he cannot
go home at night with a sweet con-
seriousness of a duty, of a days work
completed. The men who accom-
plish most never seem in hurry, no
matter how much they have to do.
They are not troubled for lack of time
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26

The ages of Presidential candidates:
Republicans-Presldent Arthur was
81 last October 9Th James G. Blaine,
"a January 31st last; Geo, F. Ed
munds, Sc on February LIST last; John
A, Logan, So February 9th last; Ben
jamin Harrison, so last August; Rob-
ert T. Lincoln, Al August LIST last,
Democrats-Samuel j. Tilden was 70
February 9th last ; Thomas F. Bay
ard, 81 last October; Henry B. Payne,
"a last November VIM. r. MorrI-
son, So last September John g. Car
hsle. 48 last September Abram S.
Hewitt, 81 last July.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26

The April returns of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture make the win.
ter wheat about 27,000,000 acres
This is nearly the breadth sown OF
the previous crop, of which between
5 and 6 per cent. was subsequently
Doughed up, leaving 26, 100000 acres
to be harvested. Comparing with the
area harvested the present breadth
is an increase of 5 per cent. The pres.
ent area is greater than that of the
census year by more than 10000
acres. The increase is about 800. 200
acres on the Pacific coast and nearly
100000 acres in the Southern States.
There is small increase in the Mid.
die States and slight decrease in the
Ohio basin.
The condition of wheat averages
95-lO0, representing full stand
unimpaired vitality and medium
growth. In April, 1888, the average
was 80, and IS in April, 1881. The
April average of the large crop of
1882 was l04. The state averages are
as follows: Connecticut 100, New
York 81, New Jersey So. Pennsylva.
mia SO, Delaware So, Maryland lO2,
Virginia 101, North Carolina 1902,
South Carolina 81, Georgia 81, Ala
bama 88, Mississippi 80, Texas l01,
Arkansas 81, Tennessee SO, West Vir-
ginia 100, Kentucky SO, Ohio 8S,
Michigan "a, Indiana 80, Illinois so,
Missouri 81. Kansas 1O1, California
l01. Oregon 102. In Michigan, New
York and Connecticut the fields were
protected with snow on the LIST of
April, in some places a foot in depth.
The subsequent condition will de-
pend on the weather of April. No
serious winter killing is reported ex-
cept in Alabama. On low and wet
areas some injury is reported through
out the entire breadth. The superior
condition of the wheat is attested al
most without exception.
The area in rye is nearly the same
as last year, the average being 80 per
cent. The condition averages 81 per
cent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26

The Rural Ne,O Yorker says that if
you want to stop your light Brahmas
from laying feed them all they want.
We have found that the egg produc-
ton of this breed, more than of any
other, is lessened by overlooking.
Feed them twice day and give them
no more than they will eat up clean
before resting.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26
The Way to Stop MOrmonism.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 49,
The House Committee on Territories
to-day, by vote of to 5, adopted a
substitute offered by Mr.. Alexander
TO Mr.. Cassidy's bill, providing for
the appointment by the President of
a commission to govern Utah. The
provision relating to marriages re.
quires that they shall be solemnized
by minister, judge or Justice of the
peace, and that the peason so officiat-
ing shall file certificate of marriage
before a county recorder of lands
within thirty days after the cere-
mony. Failure to file or record is
punishable by a fine of $500. The
substitute makes the solemnization
of a marriage when either party to be
married has husband or wife living
a misdemanor, punishable by impris-
onment in Jail not less than six
months nor more than twelve.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26

The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
says: 1.-THE spring elections in In
diana point to a Republican majority
in the State of $4,000, while the spring
elections in Ohio point to Republi-
can majority in the State of 10000.
The people of both States have had a
taste of Democratic rule and found it
bitter. With a good national ticket
and good State tickets these States
may be taken out of the list of doubt
full"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26

for they make the most of the min
utes by working in cool, methodi~
cal manner, finishing each job prop
erly and not expanding their nervous
force in the hustle. They never CONF
plain of oveswosk butar more like
ly to hunt new work In order to give
their faculties more varied employ
ment and to exercise some which are
not sufficiently used.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26
Wool Growers Aroused on the Tariff

PITTSBURGH, April 49,. The Penn
sylvania Wool Growers Association
to-day elected the following officers :
President, John Mcdowell, Wash
ington county; vice-President, j. w,
Stewart. Greene county; secretary,
w, A. Herriott, Allegheny county.
The convention adopted resolutions,
demanding In the name of the $4,000
wool growers of Pennsylvania and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26

Congressman Foran's opinion of
the Republican victory in Cleveland
is that it is the result Of too much
Democratic bossism. FIe says that
his party $50 seldom gets any chance
there that when they do get into
power they are too greedy. They
try to milk the cow too dry, and they
get their pail kicked over"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26
SATURDAY, APRIL &c. 1884.

The spring elections in Michigan
have been so favorable as to make
the Republicans of that Statejubilant,
and they feel no doubt that a good
majority will be given for the Re-
publican presidential candidate, and
a decided change made in the politi-
cal complexion of the congressional
delegation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

CORRESPONDENTS must enclose full name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but
as a private guarantee Of good faith. Reject
ed communications will not be returned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26

A triple source of happiness :-a
good business, contented mind and
bottle of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26
His Slippery Glass Eye

JUNIUS.