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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21
FARMERS AND THIEVES.
1he Two Professions Which Are Rep44-
sented Among the Birds.

sented Among the Birds.
speaking of the prominent profess
sIons, there are at least two of them
farmer and thief represented among
the birds. They destroy countless
millions of insects, and this well-known
TACT, OF which everybody is so tired,
oontrlbutc5 more toward the production
OF supple than all the work done by
farmers t is known that the birds all
ever the Jrld eat more insects in one
DAY tina all the human inhabitants
eould GU 1t in year, and if they were
al to 81 lie world would come to an
END, Ioi fast do insects multiply that
ore sea 1 would pass and the next
season Id not find leaf, bud, blade
OF graS or other living thing on the
lace OF globe. The change would
DC as )ugh the sun had ceased
sllnlng perpetual winter enwrapped
The ear This is what is meant by the
remark at birds eat great number
OF bugs
As for thieves, there are plenty of
them an ng the feathered class. They
steal CT e lens, pull up corn and wheat,
steal lrJht-colored ribbons, and an
occasional piece of sparkling jewelry
lelt carelessly near an open window;
but, after all, that is no worse than
members of our own race do, and while
the human thief makes no reparation,
the'bird-thief helps to keep the earth
!, TOM 6i,sisg depopula'ed; SO what mat
tiers chick or two, or diamond ring,
which is of no use to the rest of the
world? 1t is a curious thing to see the
varieties of disposition and character
displayed by them; the quiet, shy, bash
full thrush; the Saucy, impudent wren;
the sly, prying bluejay; the holiness Of
the hawk, or proud, warlike bearing OF
game-cock.
The English sparrow, what queer
fellow he is-a foreigner who is so per-
fectly at home here that one would
think him the only native bird. He is
going to be comfortable in spite of all
opposition. He.insists upon it. If you
. don't like it you can lump it, The spar
row is. one of three birds which do not
belong here. He was brought to this
country fifteen years ago, during craze
which made people fancy that a seed
eating bird would rid us of insect pests.
This was done against the advice Of
well-informed persons, and now the in
vincible little bird has overrun the en-
tire country, and can laugh at legisla.
lures and pathological societies.
PiHS6urgh Dispatch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

Scatter little flour on the pie plates
and there is no danger of the crust adj
herring to the plate when baked.
One egg in winter is often worth
three or four in summer, and the poul-
terer who keeps his hens in condition
for winter laying will not be disap-
pointed in the profits.
-Tablecloths, one would almost i'm
agine, are entirely out of date, for every
thing in that line appears to be called a
''scarf.' Jane, be sure and put clean
scarf on for dinner tonight. ~. Y.
MAIL
S. f. r. writes that apples may be
kept from whitening in dry cellar by
putting pail of water near the fruit.
1t may be set on the cellar bottom. The
fruit will draw the moisture from it
Troy Times.
One of the best places in the world
If one can not have green-house-in
which to keep roses, is the kitchen.
There is always more or less moisture
in the air from the cooking, and rs long
as the air is moist the better the growth
of your roses Toledo Blade.
Orange Pudding: Slice and sugar
two large juicy oranges; boil one pint
of rich milk and add one tablespoo lful
of corn starch, and the yelks of two
eggs well beaten. Pour over the oranges
hot, and mix well; then beat the whites
of the eggs light and pour on top; SET
it in the oven and brown. To be eaten
cold.-Ihe Household.
The advantage of letting hogs run
at large in summer is found chiefly in
the grass, weeds and other bulky food
that they pick up, which distends their
stomachs and keeps them in healthy
condition. If pigs are kept in the pen
during summer they should have cool
ing, laxative food, rather than grain.
Wheat bran or ship stuff with milk will
make rapid growth without undue fat
tening ALBANY JourR0t.
A stone smokehouse a few feet
square and cheaply covered by boards
is very convenient around farmhouses.
Besides its use for smoking meats, it is
convenient receptacle for wood ashes,
or when not required for a smokehouse
may be stored with feed for pigs, to
whose pen it will naturally be adjacent.
On farms where stone is abundant the
cost of such building, aside from roof
ing, will be only lime, sand and labor.
". Y. HeraLd.
Rice Griddle Cakes: Put pint of
boiled rice to pint of milk, to stand
over night, and in the morning add a
pint and half of flour, teaspoonful OF
salt, and a tablespoonful of sugar, and
tablespoonful of melted butter. Beat
the mixture well, and add two we'll
beaten eggs and pint Of milk in which
teaspoonful of baking powder has been
stirred, Fry on hot griddle. If you
have half a pint of cream substitute it
for the tablespoonful of butter.-BoSt0n
Budget
Any land that will bear clover can
be made rich. 1t is not wise, however,
to put field in clover and then keep il
pastured down closely. If the top is
not allow | to grow the root will not
grow, and a double loss occurs. BY
frequent blowing under of clover the
soil will soon become in fine condition
for almost any crop. 1t is more econo-
mical to enrich by green manuring than
in any other manner, and the effects
are lasting and permanently
Hnr31lpy
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21
Dudes Compelled to Dance.

A story has just come to light in Can
ton, Ga, which affords much amuse-
ment to natives at the expense of three
Boston dudes, whose connection with
the opening of a Georgia marble quarry
had taken them there. Their names
are John Shellman, Edward Ammen
and Henry Rondeau. They have had
much amusement with mountain hoos-
iers, and delighted in showing off their
superior accomplishments. While on
the way to Tates', Wednesday, they met
two Misunderstanding country boys who,
barefooted and with but one suspender
over their shoulders, were trudging to
town. The Bostoniaps stepped in front
of them and ordered them to dance to
a Massachusetts juba.
When the mountaineers became sat
isfied that the Bostonians were in earnest
they pulled out two ugly-looking re-
volvers and changed the programme by
ordering the dudes to dance. Thinking
to humor the joke and thus escape easily
they danced awhile, but the boys would
not let them halt. For five hours, under
cover of reyolvers, the Bostonians
danced such JIG as has never before
been seen. When the time was up one
of the mountaineers exclaimed: ''Now,
dang it, run!' The Bostonians We're
only too glad to do so, and reached
town fOotsore and weary. They are
now seeking legal redress.-N. y World
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21
A STORY OF A NEW ROSE.


Horticulture.
The new rose, Beauty of America"
now the sensation in Washington, has a
history. 1t is well known that Mr..
Bancroft, the historian, has in his
grounds at Washington one of the rarest
and finest collection of roses in Ameri-
ca. His gardener was privileged to
take the seeds produced to experiment
on, and thousands of plants were raised
from these, but only one plant showed
indications Of excellence. This was a
poor, tiny, neglected one, growing
among others. 1t probably would have
been lost to cultivation had it not been
seen by florist who purchased the plant
two Years ago from the original grower
for the sum Of seventy-fve cents! Two
years in the hands of this florist has pro-
duced plants enough to sell this spring
for So, 900, all of which are already sold
to New York and Philadelphia in lots
ranging from 800 to 1000. These plants
are but an inch high and cost $50 a
hundred.
Such results are very encouraging to
the OriginatorS of new varieties. With
IN two years three roses have been in
troduced here-the ''Sunset" of last
spring brought the originator $4,000;
the Bennett" of Philadelphia, will
net $4,000, while the Beauty of
America" will bring $1,000 WaShjng-
ton Star,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21
A QUIET MANS JOKE.
Amusing Incident of S. Commits Expert
ence on THE Times" Recalled.

AhcluenJ OF 81 - COnaDI'S Expert
ence on 1.-THE Times" Recalled.
When Stillman S. Conant was man.
aging editor of the Times, a short time
prior to the mysterious death of its
chief editor, Henry j. Raymond, his
first name was regarded as by no means
a misnomer. He was the mildest-man-
nered managing editor that ever ordered
two-column article to be cut down to
a paragraph. But quiet as his general
demeanor was. he held the reins firmly
and sharply curbed any tendency to I'M
due freshness on the part of the editori-
al team that he was driving. He could
however, take joke and match it with
another.
One cold night in the winter of 1869 the
box in which copy for the editor was
sent up stairs from the publication of
flee suddenly shot up to the editorial
rooms, and sharp ring of the bell an
nounced that it had arrived with some
thing in it. Mr.. Conant stepped to the
box and took out a package, somewhat
bulky, that looked as if it might CON
tain something intended for publication
Looking at it closely lie read these
words on the envelope:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21
The Cute London icon"

The London policemen seem to be of
wonderfully truthful disposition for men
who see so much Of the worst side of
human nature. One of them stopped
an American the other day because he
carried a ''suspicious-looling" tin box
The officer wanted him to ''swear on
his honor that it did not contain
dynamite. The American ''swore' and
was allowed to proceed, Apparently
the policeman reasoned that man who
carried dynamite could not lie about it..
Such faith in the word of stranger is
touching and chivalrous, but over here
decidedly in need of salting.-N y.
IlibMne.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21
A HERMIT IN A FROCK.


The Way Frenchwoman is Going 1t
Alone in the Great Game of Life.
As we were jogging along through
the mountains just above the Vosper
ranch, on the Forbestown road, the
other day, our horse dashed from the
road very suddenly, when it was OBJ
served that the object of his fright was
iine-looking Caucasian woman piling
brush near the road. Our curiosity was
aroused and we stopped to question her
We found that she was an intelligent
French lady, who came from San Fran
cisco few months ago and settled on
this piece of land to make home. She
has with her two arms, she remarked.
cleared off several acres of heavily
timbered land and is preparing it for an
orchard and vineyard. Noticing one
large tree that had been felled and cut
into StOye-wood, we venturcd to ask if
she did it. She. laughed and said in
broken English that she sawed it down
and accomplished the task in forty
minutes. She lives in little sixteen
by-twenty-feet house, entirely alone,
and seems to be perfectly happy in
anticipation of the time when she can
behold the hillside covered with fruit
trees and vines. She is Just from the
vineyards of France and says we Ameri-
cans don't know anything about vine
yards. This remarkable woman desired
to go to Marysville the other day and
walked it to save stage fare OroUiiLe
(Cat.) Mercury.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

Squire Cristler, of Banks County,
Ga, was called upon the other night to
join a couple together in the holy bonds
of matrimony. Getting to the river, he
Sound it impossible to cross. Deter
mined not to be disappointed, he sum-
moned the couple to the waters edge
on the other side of the stream, and
the license, tied to stone, having been
pitched over to him, distance of some
sixty yards, he proceeded to tie the knot
at the top Of his voice.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

In 1888 yeung man commenced
making deposits in a local savings bank
His total deposits from that time until
1888 and 1858 he drew S1,27070, and a
few days ago, on having his bank book
written up and balanced, he was found
to have on deposit 81, 273.33.--Nor-
Wich (CORR.) Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

Vermont has still tfnrepealed law
on her statute books empowering her
Justices of the Peace to order the col
lection of wheat at five shillings, rye at
four shillings and Indian corn at four
shillings per bushel to pay the salaries
of certain specified preachers Troy
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21
Downright Cruelty.
o permit yourself and family to

To permit yourself and family to
"SufferP'
With sickness when it can be prevented
and cured so easily
With Hop Bitters!
Having experienced a great deal of
"Troubler' from indigestion, so much so
that | came near losing my
Life!
My trouble always came after eating any
food
However light
And digeStible.
For two or three hours at time had 20
go through the most
EXcruciatlng pains,
g And the only way 1 ever got
"Reliefp'
Was by throwing up all my stomach
contained. No one can conceive the pains
that had to go through, until
AT laStg'
l was taken! $50 that for three weeks I
lay in bed and
Could eat nothing!
My sulferings were so that / called
two doctors to give me something that
would stop the pain; their
Efforts were no good to me.
At last L heard good deal
ABOUT your Hop Bittersl
And determined to try them"
Got bottle-in four hours took tho
contents of
Onel
Next day was out of bed, and have not
seen
"Sick p
Hour, from the same cause since.
have recommended it to hundreds OF
others. You have no such
Advocate as L am. Geo. Kendall,
Allston Boston, Mass.
Columbus Advocate, Texas, April 81, '83.
Dear Edtor:-I have tried your Hop Bit
ters, and find they are good for any COM
plant, The best medicine | ever used in
my family. II. TALENER.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

A LIGHTNING-rod agent is the chap who
likes to give points &c the people.-N. Y
Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

A CINCINNATI man claims to have a wife
so hot-tempered that he can light his cigar
from the flash of her eyes. He made a
good match when he married her.-Chi-
cdgO SlR
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

FASHION touches almost everything in
use; but there is very little change in
pocketbooks this season.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

THE dress coat is generally worn by the
groom at the city wedding: "but for an
elopement," says the Boston Transcript,
there's nothing like the cutaway."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

A MAN out in Miles City, NJ. T., having a
balky mare, put dynamite cartridge I'M
der her and blew her up. The fiend was
promptly arrested on the charge of being a
dlly-buster.- EGchdnge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

"VEsTA."-We would like to explain
why woman who tells fortunes by means
Of cups should be called sauceress. But
we can't.-Bit6dlO Express.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

IT is the polo club that is always on a
goaled basis-LowcU Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

WHAT'S in name? About the hottest
country ON the Globe is Chili.-iSdR Fran
cisco Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

" A PENNY for your thoughts, Mr.. Slim"
was thinking of nothing, Miss Carrie"
well, that's just like all you men" And
then he wondered what she meant. Dos
ton Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

A SHAKER community-Where the ague
prevails. Carl PretzeES Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

THE most useful thing, after all, in the
long run "-breath.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

The genius of the American work.
man tends toward the rapidity of ma
nipulation rather than TO laborious
painstaking. -Army and Macy Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

MADE Of awl work-a pair of Shoes
The Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

"A LYNcHING might be called an outburst
of riot-o Indignation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

"ANxIoUs Inquirer" wants to know
whether fish can be weighed without
Scales.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

WHEN choosing a wife, select one o
small waste.-M Y. NeloS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

WHAT is the rate of interest when dis
lance lends encbantment to the view!-
Boston Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

The spirit of the s-cider-BostoH
GLOBE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

REAL case of bray-in and muscle is
seen in the mule.-BOSt0n Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-21

If you can not get ATHLoPHOROs of your
druggist, we will send it express paid, on re-
ce!pt of regular price-one dollar per bottle.
We prefer that you buy it FROM your druggist
but if he hasn't it, do not be persuaded to
try something else, but order at once from
us as directed. ATHLoPHoROS Co., III Wall
Street, New York.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-11-21
FOREEGN

During q meeting of the Young Mems
Christian society at Plymouth, England
ha Canadian emigration commission r.
named Jay, denounced Rev. 6teWsrt Rose
for having elOped with his wife. The
c clergyman left the room and vas pursued
by bis auditors for nearly a mile, when he
turned and ste bbed two Of those neareg
hum. He has been lodged In jail. tits al
legged that he abandoned a wife and three
children In Belfait, and fed with Mrs.
Jay.
The msycr OF Montreal has ordered the
arrest of tire French editors for seditious
libel In comet on With foIcible removal
Of a smal ~ 60 the asylum. A
woman ma ed I rtin, becoming alarmed
at the comments the passengers, brew
from q moVis train at BonaVeutura her
son Of 10 years, Who Was afflicted with the
epidemic.
The reply of King Thebaw 20 the British
ulhmatum not being considered adt qua g,
the British eIpedihOnaIy forcs VIII nov
cross the frontier with the least possible
delay.
Riel has been raspitsd until the 18th inst.
Preparations are already being made for
hrs execution On that date, although the
warrant has n ysE arrived at Regtns.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-11-21

The Princess Royal, a vessel carving q
cargo Of furs valued at 81 Loco Gee, was
wrecked In recent gale on Hudson's hey.
Mr.. Stead, editor of the Pail Mall Gazette.
mas been sentenced 70 prison for thres
months for the Eliza Armstrong abduction.
The servisn army, on the Bulgarian
frontier are thiniy clad and are suffering
greatly on account OF the weather.
The first price Of 81, 25O for q design for a
monument to Martin Luther, at Berlin, has
been awarded 20 Herr Otto.
The Austrian government IS massing
troops in HeIzegovins.
War be Wssn Burmah and the Indian
government has been formally declared.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-11-21

TEE Memphis Avalanche says: Take
the proudest and Oldest family Of the
human race and it is but a rare jeWelled
succession Of new babies strung together
upon the dull, prosy, rusty connecting
chain of adult life. All ofhuman life but
leads up to the new baby, fingers fondly
over the new baby ard looks fondly to-
ward the time when there was a new
baby-unIess we shall also call that dry,
fruitless, branches and leafless exis-
tence which no new or old baby ever
adorns by the name of life, but that is
what Tennyson means doubtless by
deasa IN
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-11-21

DIR. THOMAS DWIGHT PARKMAN, pro
feasOr of anatomy at Harvard university,
has been made a member Of the philo-
sophia medicse society Of Rome. This
society was founded by DR.. Travaglini,
with the full sanction of the late Pope
Plus * The society is intended for
the advancement of the sciences and
philosophy, and it ranks among its
members some Of the greatest scientific
men, doctors of medicine, and philos-
ophers of Europe. DR.. Dwight Park
mans diploma is now on its way to
America.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-11-21
Crop Report.

The November crop report OF the agricul-
ture department. says, the present crop OF
corn is the first full aVerggs in rate
of yield since 1880, which was the last Of
g series of six full crops of tWenty-siX 60
twenty eight bushels per acre.
The present crop grown on an area Of
fifty-three TO hfty-fOur million ceres, IT,
slightly above the average for a period Of
ten years, or tWenty-siZ and one quarter
bushels per acre. The highest rate Of yield
is thiriy-siZ and Ons-haif bushels in Ne
braska and Ohio. The three corn gro sing
states, which produce four tenJhs of the
entire crop, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri
each average several bushels per acre less
than in the census year, Illinois 81 Iowa
%, Missouri 30.
Utah averages 36, Massachusetts,, Cor
neCtiCut and Colorado 80: New HGmp ID
and Rhode Island 81; MicigRn 80; W ifcC-
sin %; Kansas 81. The soul hern sta les
make an average yield.
The quantity OF corn IS very good in the
east and south; medium in the central
paris Of the west, and somewhat deprsciat-
ed on the southern border, from Michican
70 Dakota.
The potato crop is smaller than 1884. liz
consequence of injury from rot, which has
reduced the New York crop nearly one
third. There is much complaint of rot in
Wisconsin and Iowa, and some counties Of
Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota.
The reported yield Of hay per acre aver
ages one and One-quartsr tons, and indi-
Gates a crop Of over a. OO0,OO tons, nearly
as large as that of last year. The buck
wheat crop exceeds fourteen bushels Der
acre.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-11-21


TEE experiment Of dammingthe head
waters of the Mississippi at advantageous
points in order to accumulate a store Of
water sufficient to keep the lower river
at a navigable stage during the summer
mopthsis a demonstrated success Three
dams, commenced in 1882, were cOmplet-
ed for us this year, with a storage capac-
ity in the natural lake reservoirs for
holding the surplus water of 75,0OO,OOO,-
600 cubic feet. The basin drained into
these reservoirs covers an area Of over
5000 rquare miles. When the water be
low st. Paul fell so as to interrupt naViga-
ton in the beginning of August the sup
ply in the reservoirs was drawn upon
and the river kept at a navigable stage.
After the reservoir system is completed
it viii have the double value Of check
ing to some extent the disastrous foods
in the upl er river when there is too
much water and of eking out the supply
when there is too little.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-11-21

AGAIN has Governor Hoadly issued a
Thanksgiving proclamation which con-
tains no recognition of Divine Provi-
dence, unless it is to be found in the SEN
tence: 'That the day may be thank
fully kept by all, We should observe it in
the spirit of Him who said: Tt is more
blessed to give than to receive remem-
bering that we have the poor always
with us"