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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07
DRINKS FOR THE VOICE.
Aerated Waters, Tea, Coffee, Cocoa and
Milk Discussed.

Aerated Waters, Tea, Coffee, Cocoa and
Milk Discussed.
Tea, coffee and cocoa are three adj
missible drinks, but none in excess.
For the voice cocoa is the most bene-
fetal. 1t should never be made too
strong, and those cocoas are the best
that have been deprived of their oil.
A cup of thin cocoa, Just warm, is more
to be recommended between the exer-
tons of singing than any alcoholic bev-
erage. Tea must not be taken too
strong nor when it has drawn too long,
for tea then becomes acrid and has
bad influence on the mucous membrane
that lines the throat. There is always
a dry sensation after having taken a
cup of tea that has been allowed to
draw too long. A vocalist had better
do without sugar in tea and only take
milk with it, or, if an eXhilarating drink
is needed, mix some claret with the
tea, putting in a slice of lemon and
some honey.
Coffee should never be taken too
strong and not too often. Two cups a
day is all that can be allowed; without
sugar is best. Very strong coffee heats
and makes the voice husky, In faeS
no 1 s..--. .vsg,tss -. l.e4 ssss'
4 ff79fS sn0uId be taxed toE 1foc or too
strong; the voice wants an equable,
mild temperature that will keep up
constant moisture and flexiblity in the
vocal organs.
These are Of all classes and are now
universally taken, but | am sorry to say
that the chemical ingredients of the
syrups used with them are often very
injurious to the voice. Soda water is
refreshing when pure, but when mixed
with all kinds Of aromatic substances
actually dries the throat instead of
moistening it. Ginger ale, cider and
such manufactured drinks are only
seryiceable to the vocalist when of the
very best manufacture, otherwise they
are heating and drying instead of cool
ing. So few fruit syrups are now made
of fruit that it is difficult to know where
to find them, and the artificial syrups
are really dangerous to the voice.
Water is to be recommended. when
pure, but not too much ice water. In
any case it must be filtered water, and
never too cold. A spoonful of pure
syrup or honey in a glass of cold water
is better than aerated drinks. Water
in excess is also injurious to the voice.
Mix in excess is also injurious, while a
glass Of fresh milk n the morning is
most helpful to the voice; it not only
softens it, but nourishes and puriiies
the blood.
The final resume is, do without all
alcoholic drinks; avoid too much
strength, heat or sugar in beverages
like tea and coffee; also artificial syrups;
use water and milk reasonably, and
never allow yourself to be very thirsty.
--HlISjC and Drunlu.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07
The Famous Chair of Sedan.

We returned by the Donchery road,
and walking along at random, found
ourselves in front of the house where
Napoleon III, and Bismarck held then
interview on the morning of September
2. This house, generally known as the
weaver's dwelling, though nobody
knows why, is the property of two
brothers named Fournaise, who are not
and never were weavers. 1t will be
for all future time a historic spot:
hence, the weaver legend should be dis
sipated. The room in which these two
famous perSonages met is at present a
point of pilgrimage for tourists of all
countries; and there is not an excur-
sionist who does not seat himself
proudly on the chair which the French
Emperor and German Chancellor used.
1t is almost needless to add that the
chair manufacturing industry is in full
prosperity in the vicinity, and that the
business is brisk in supplying 1.-The
identical chair on which Napoleon and
Bismarck sat- to foreigners, especially
as every English tourist insists on buy
ing the relic and carrying it away with
him. The thousands of reproductions
of this chair will soon be rs numerous
as Voltaire's walking-stick or the
famous nail in the wall of the Waterloo
tavern-keeper, on which Napoleon
hung his hat, and which the old auber-
giste presented to every English visitor.
Cor. Paris Figaro.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07
PERCHERON HORSES.
What the Commissioner of Agriculture
Said of Percheron Horses.

What the Commissioner of Agriculture
Said of Percheron Horses.
Hon. George B. Loring, Commission
er of Agriculture of the United States,
having promised to meet with the Perch.
eron Horse-Breeders of America, al
Chicago, Nov. Is, 1888, telegraphed as
follows: al regret exceedingly my in.
ability to be with you. Am heartily in
sympathy with your position. Physi.
clan positively forbids my leaving the
house. My disappointment is greater
than yours. The Percherons are recog-
nized as distinct breed in France, and
are entitled to Stud Book there and in
this country as much as thoroughbreds,
and as much as any breed of cattle to a
herd book. Their introduction has
greatly improved the farm and draft
horses of this country, and will, I'M
doubtedly, improve the large carriage
and omnibus horses. l think the pub
LEGATION of Stud Book in both countries
will ultimately, in this case as in all
others, add greatly to the future value
of the breed" 1t is gratifying to know
similar sentiments are entertained by
some of the prominent importers, nota-
bly, among them, Mr.. NJ. W. Durham,
of Wayne, Illinois, who, buying mono
but pedigreed stock, has done more to-
ward the introduction of the finest types
of the breed than, we might almost
say, all other men, having imported
nearly 1000 since 1872.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07
GRAY HAIRS.

Their Appearance Not Indicative of Pre-
mature Decay of Constitution.
The fact that some persons begin to
show gray hairs while in their twenties
does not indicate premature decay of
the constitution. 1t is purely a local
phenomenon, and often co exists with
great physical vigor. A medical
journal says: MANY feeble persons.
and others who have suffered extremely,
both mentally and physically, do not
blanch a hair until past middle life;
while others, without assignable cause,
lose their capillary coloring-
rapidly when about forty years of age.
Race has a marked influence. The
traveller, DR.. Orbigny, says that in many
years he spent in South America he
never saw a bald Indian, and scarcely
ever a gray-headed one. The negroes
turn more slowly than the whites. In
this country sex appears to make little
difference. Men and women grow gray
about the same period of life. In men
the hair and beard rarely change
equally. The one is usually darker
than the other for several years, but
there seems no general rule as to which
whitens the first The spot where gray
ness begins differs with the individual.
The philosopher Schopenhauer began
to turn gray on the temples, and COM
placently framed a theory that this
Indicates vigorous mental activity.
The correlation of gray hair, as well
as its causes, deserve more attentive
study than they have received Such a
change is undoubtedly indicative of
some deep-seated physiological pro
cess, but what this is we can only
ascertain after more extensive observa-
lions than have yet been submitted to
science. - Youth'S Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07
MOUNTSTUART.



ROthesay.
The rebuilding of Mountstuart, Lord
Bute's palace, near Rothesay. has been
completed, and it is one of the most
magnificent mansions in Great Britain.
The house covers an acre, and is in the
medieval Gothic style of the thirteenth
century. The walls, turrets and bal
comics are built of stone brought from
quarry in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. In the
center is an immense tower one hun
dred and twenty feet high, with a wide
balcony all around the top.
The great hall is constructed entirely
of alabaster and the rarest marbles, with
columns and gallery; and the grand
staircase is also of marble brought from
Sicily and Carrara. The drawing rooms
are paneled with walnut and beautifully
decorated, and so are the dining-rooms,
the largest of which accommodates
eighty guests. The ceilings and
chmney-pieces of all these rooms are
most artistic, and so also are the win
dows, the work of which are extremely
elaborate. There are three immense
libraries and a billard-rOom, all with
carved stone tireplaces of antique de-
sign.
In one wing are Turkish and swim
ming baths, and there are large con-
servatories and private chapel The
whole house is heated by hot-water
pipes and lighted throughout by mean
descent lamps. In the gallery will be
b11nO tho farOuc / utOn Hold cOl1aotion
of pictures which have recently been
exhibited at Bethnal Green, Glasgow
and Manchester. The building, decor
ating and furnishing of this place have
cost nearly million. London World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07
"FOR THE TIME BEING"

For the time beingw
How long is that a space as brief
As takes the whrling Autumn leaf
To reach the sward, the April flake
To change to dew, the wave to break
Now shoreward fleeing
For the time being!
How long is that Z As long, perchance,
AS while a merry thought doth glance
Across the deep and well-lOved eyes?
As long as term OF tears and signs,
The full heart freeing?
For the time being.
How long is that? ! wait to hear.
A breathing space. day. year?
Till this life silent bound be won,
And other unknown life begun
Past sound, past seeing
For the time being"
1t is forever, as think,
A CeaselCss adding link to link,
a series, as of waves at sea;
For, tell me, when shall time not be,
In Fates decreeing?
For the time being!"
ut is thy wOrdD Thou dOst not know.
Such promise will not let thee go:
Since time shall never cease to be,
! ask but this-that thou'lt love me
For the time being?'
Edith n. Thomas, Ia N. 7. Independent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

A LITTLE colored boy went to a butchers
stall in Austin and said to the butcher:
81 say, boss, glib me little chunk of meat
for our dog" "All right, black face and
shiny eye," said the butcher good
naturally. eyes, boss, but don't glib me
such tuff piece as yer did las time. Fad
der most broke his jaw tryin' ter chew hit.
TEXAS SJtiRgs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

no illusion is left, and none of the Ola
World reverence for age, dignity ana
principles, award to the modern cynie
his fit need Of glory. Brooklyn Eagle
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

SOME men are always ready to offer a
remedy for everything. The other day we
remarked to one of these animated apoth-
ecary shops: "An idea struck us"-and
before we could finish he advised us TO rub
the affected parts with arnica.-NOrriS-
tOlCn Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

IN the lottery of life the dentist is a
lucky fellow; he's always drawing some-
thing.-BOStoR Rudget
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07
Interesting to the Bald.

A worthy Hamburg brewer has Just
died, leaving a sum OF 1000 thalers to
be awarded every year to the baldest
man in his native country. Experts
are to be appointed on each occasion to
count the number of the hairs on the
heads of the competitors. In case two
or more competitors have the same
number of hairs, the prize is to 20 to
the youngest. Lastly, if at any time a
completely bald man should turn up,
without a single hair on his head, the
happy mortal is to receive the capital
sum, the interest of which constitutes
the above annuity. Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

ANYBODY can take cut from the
butcher without any lowering of dignity.
philadelphia CAL.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

81 AUTUMN make an effort to go winter
my heavy Undertaking" said reckless
punster.-N Y. Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

IT is the woman unhappily married who
would recall her Miss spent ife.-N O.
PicdUUne.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

There are more than 100000
hens in Maine, and the egg crop of the
State is as valuable as the apple crop.
Boston JOaT2sGL
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

THERE is a man in Minneapolis whose
mouth is so large that he eats pie with the
fork of roads,. Paul Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

Doctors say that mothers who take
pride in the weight of their newly-born
children should weigh them as soon as
possible after birth. Children lose
weight during the first three days of
life, and the loss sometimes amounts to
twelve ounces or more. 1t takes them
nearly a week to regain the weight
they had at the time of birth.-M \,
Sam
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

elbow DO you like the hash?" asked the
boarding mistress. SIT is very fine," was
Fogg's ambiguous reply.-BoSton Tran
SRrjDt
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

The Boston girls are never heard asking
if ''your vaccination took" They always
ask if "the application of vaccine matter
caught on."-IORberS Statesman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

RUsKIN won't come to America because
we have no ancient ruins. That's a trihe
to kick about Let him gaze on the stores
which don't advertise. Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

AT the breakfast table this morning
Fogg astonished his fellow boarders by
asking for specialize stamp. He
wanted to try it on the pepper box.-B0s-
ton Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-07

CHINA is to have new railroad. OF
course, the rail will be used.-Merchdnt
IFdUeIer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-07-03

A meeting Of farmers was held at Dunn
mersion on Wednesday afternoon, June 9th,
under tho management Of Windham county
Pomona grange, which met with the Evening
Star Grange Of Dummerston. II was an open
meeting, and farmers not belonging to the or
der were in attendance. A good number were
present, and tho exercises were interesting.
The subject for discussion was How can
farmers best meet the changed and changing
conditions Of agriculture" The principal
points considered were That pasture lands
are in Il bad condition, and furnish poor food
for grazing stock # does not pay to raise
white grass and daisies. Good lands should
be improved by using fertilizers and the
poorest lands should be left for growing for
e5ts. Farmers are feeding more grain and
less hay than formerly hence much larger
quantities of grain must be raised. Thirty
or more years ago a farmer who raised 10
bushels of corn could sell half Of il and have
enough left to keep his stock through the
season. Now the same amount Of stock
would require so bushels by the present
method of feeding. 1t is the practice with
many persons to have COWS give milk through
the winter season and go dry in summer-a
reverse of the plan in former years conse-
quently a corresponding change in feeding
has been made Consumers want their but
ter fresh every week. and very little butter in
tubs is now sold for table use. Every farmer
should make choice butter, and the makers
name should he stamped on every package
sold then the buyer will want more of the
In -. q
Everything produced by the farmer should be
first-class. "Oleo" will sell better than
grease. if what is sold for butter il nothing
but grease. A barrel of choice apples should
be of the same quality throughout Good
apples on the top and at the bottom, with q
bushol Of cider apples in the middle is los
ing operation. When labor rs high the farm
or must hire less help and use more labor
saving machines. Fertilizers must be bought
or made, in order to secure increased crops
1t pays to use fertilizers, and those who can
not afford to purchase should make their own
| One man had experimental with home made
and three varieties of the best fertilizers of
commerce, and found that his own fertilizer
produced equally good results with the others
ON trial. 1t was claimed that a fertilizer
could be made for 81 ton that was just as
good as what is sold to the farmer at $40 per
ton. Farmers must have a better education 4;
must know more about the nature of tine soil
which they cultivate must be better posted
in market prices, and keep abreast with the
times, in order that they may cope with the
professors" who write learned articles for
| the newspapers to bear down prices Just be-
fore the buyer starts out on his mission. NJ.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-07-03

We seriously believe that the admission into
farmers families of that class of so-called ag-
ricultural newspapers which makes a proml-
nent specially of race horse records, ped
igrees, training" winnings" and "sales, Z"
and devotes columns weekly to accounts of
races on the various parks and at the alleged
agricultural" fairs all over the country, is
doing as much to demoralize and ruin the
young men of our farms as are the rum shops.
This is not an exaggeration-rather it is an
under-statement for in respectable families
care is taken to keep temptations to intempe-
rance away from the youthful members of the
household. But, under the guise Of an limo
cent and instructive agricultural and family
newspaper" thousands of our people admit
into their houses and place before their boys
these missionaries of gambling. which stimu-
late the criminal instincts, the lust for I'M
earned gain and for the excitements of the
race-course. These lead to evil and vile asso-
citation with the horse jockey class, tending
directly to cheating, lying profanity, licen-
tiousness, drunkenness and every sou. destroy
ing vice. No father, no mother, who cares
(as parents should care) for the future of their
boys, will furnish them with this class of
reading, which is really worse than the widely
condemned 'dime novel. - Waterman.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-07-03
Are Our ways no Better than Those
Of ahp Past

% NhB
There are still a large number of people
who really think they are no better. These
people have been taught to venerate ancient
things, and they cannot comprehend the
progress that has been going on about them.
An eminent farmer-one who has ripe years
of experience and whose business has brought
him competence, and with it enlarged ideas
and mature understanding, not obscured by
undue reverence for the past-says through
the Elmira Husbandman
ut is surprising to note chan ges that have
been made. Forty years ago no farmer
dreamed of improvements that you see every
where. / remember well that farmers forty
years ago we're pleased when they got their
cattle through winter alive, and with enough
vigor to 60 to grass, poor in flesh but with
good appetites Now the old system appears
to me cruel. used to go out with hired
man in cold winter days TO draw in the morn
ing load of straw to an open field, where il
was spread for the cattle to eat, no shelter be.
ing given them and in the afternoon, il the
straw was pretty well cleaned up we drew
out another load. There the cattle shivered
in the cold winds, and straw was substantial
ly their subsistence. Think of it now
What would a man do with cattle Kept in that
way nc would not expect TO get them
through the winter alive. In fact there were
many losses with the harder cattle we then
had. Farmers used to felicitate themselves
on their good fortune if thoy lost no animals,
and it was very common to find animals 80
reduced that they had to have assistance to
get up. We used to tail them l wonder
now that we ever thought of keeping cattle
without good shelter and on such poor feed
as straw. Go over the farms now, anywhere
in this valley or wherever You find intelligent
farmers, and you will SEQ cattle grazing in the
first month of pasture fleshy enough, many of
them, for the butcher yearlings as heavy as
two-year Odds were when the old system was
in vogue, the cattle healthy, strong and vigo.
rous. This ia great gain. 1t proves that
we are advancing in our agriculture as we
should-as we must, in fact if we are to get
profit from it,"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-07-03
aMoNT PHOENIX,
nInr,n, NYl,hnn, shnr..

The advice to allow horses 10 20 barefoot
during work on farm Is OF paramount import
ance. II will do mere good towards curing
contracted feet than all other remedies II
will prevent contraction TO large oxtont es-
pecally II the clefts Of the sole are opened AZ
far as practicable. This opening may be
pared down quite close to the quick, and
though II might make tho horse a little soro
III quite often has done 20 in my praotice),
don't be alarmed, the horse will soon get over
the soreness, aud be benefited by the close
pairing. The openings must be cleared out
az soon as he leaves his work. have cured,
permanently, many severe cases Of contraction
by this simple and quite Inexpensive process.
Horses should be allowed a time to expand
the hoof, and reooup by going barefoot /
mean every kind OF horse, no matter how or
where worked, IL he can be spared for q few
days where the work demands shoes.
In most kinds Of work a horse can go bare
foot without injury, and with certain benefit.
The edges of the hoofs should be rounded.
This will prevent breaking to q certain extent
Of the outer edges Of the hoof or all faults
in horses foot my nightmare il a stubby
foot. This is nearly always caused 10y high
heel from lie protection 10y the iron shoe and
then the pairing of the toe, and neglect OF
pairing the heel Some of our otherwise best
shoers are seriously at fault when II comes to
the heel-they seem TO be horrifod-some Of
them-at the bare thought Of pairing the heel.
| have heard many seeming sensible shoers
say, the heel of horses hoof should mover
be pAred-never be touched. This is truth
to the letter. Let any such Illogical person OF
anybody else catch up colt or horse of any
age, which runs barefoot, stand him on q
smooth stone, or iron, or anything smooth
and unyelding and he will find the hair Of
heels OF ouch animals will touch the floOr--Oi
nearly 30. II this is natural, and 1t surely H.
what are we to say about stubby boot, the
heart of whose heels is from one TO throo
inches above the floor What are we to ex
pect when the sensible laminW Of n foot is sc
firmly held in such wise What else car
we expect but contraction and crippled
horse2 Let your horses go barefoot when
ever you can at least two months veal
they should be unshod "A Veterinary Sur
geon IN the National St0ckmdH and Farmer