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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-02-03
BO.IRDING

nEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES WILL FIND IT
~ 10 their advantage to take their meals at "the
st.; reasonable rates and seasOnahle hours. Call or
write for circular iaaD-tf
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yIrANTED-ONE OR TWO UNPUBLISHED
w rooms with board for gentleman aud wife
Office, l.3
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yTIGoR FOR MEN; QUICK. SURE, SAFE;
book free, CIVIALE AGENCY, 100 Fulton
t., New York,
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For RENT-ROOSTc.

IIoR RENT-o5o X ST. N. w.-2 ROOMS 3D
II floor, en- suite or single; handsomely furnished;
hot and cold water and large closets also hall room
10 gentleman. 7-5
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SPEOTAI NoTToEs.

n.xzs COL. II. A. sELIGsON, WHOLESALE
kS2Y dealer I'm Wines and Liquors, aud sole agent
Tor White Hcniz 4 Co.'S old "rrmble whlskies,"
will remove 10 1900 Pa ave. N W. Feb. y, lbS0.
AL heavy freight must be delivered Of me
a. entrance. tebk
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yNTANTED-ROOM AND BOARD IN PRIVATE
w family by young gentleman; give terms,
which must be reasonable W. D., Republican Ofice.
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W1NTED---ROOMS.

WANTED-A FURNISHED ROOM, WITH
w board, in private family for quiet LADY,
not TO exceed "a per week. Address d. b., Repub-
lican ONCE. j-5
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For REYT-HOUsES.

BERNARD A. MCDONALD, 1902 STH ST. $. E.,
ID near navy yard gate, sells the extra pale Bohe
milan Beer. Call on him. f. II. FINLEY, 1906
ID 81, N, w, fc2-tf
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w floor on Pa. av. or st., bet. 9Th and 18th
sts,; state terms. Address DESK ROOM, Republic
ran 0nicp Al
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EOR RENT-THE LARGE AND PLEASANTLY
Il located house, No. 1416 st.; rent low to good
oonyeniences and is heated by furnace. Apply No.
141S q st. for'particulars. 8-de17-n
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observation-disclosures,

yyTM. JACKSON, $40 LA. AVE. SELLS THE
w Bohemian Beer. Try 1t. +. IL. FINLEY,
1906 ID 81. N. w. fe2.u
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WANTED-HELP.

WANTED "A C0LORED GIRL TO MAKE
w herself generally useful in Kitchen; must
have city references Apply at DO e st. N. w. 2.4
yKTANTED-A YOUNG MAN TO ASSIST IN
w barkeeping at THE CASINO, 725 9Th ST. 2.3
WANTED ADVERTISEMENT CANvAssER
w ON taking novelty; must have experience
Address ", Republican Office. %
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WANTED---MIsoELIANEoUs.

IVANTED-slOO FOR 90 DAYS; WILL CIV
w good real estate Endorsement and liberal 1
ierest. Address L.. Il. s., Republican Office. o.
Thomas County cat., 1886-11-11
TALKING TO THE DEAD.

Oh. ye Dead! the tears I've shed for you have
robbed me of my youth,
From your -oices l can never more hear
words Of cove and truth:
1Our friendly hands are withered, and your
loving eyes decayed,
And your bodies moldeE in the dust of
winch ye first were made.
Do ye sometimes watch the seasons as of Cid
they come and go?
DO &c know when we have sunshine? Do ye
know when we have snow?
Do yc see us! Can We hear US? Do ye know
our hopes and fears!
Can ye rccOl!ect the time when We yourselves
shed bitter tears?
Do ye sometimes wish to speak to US and
help US in the strife!
Do yc see how much We suffer in the thOrny
path of life?
If we could know the secrets that ye know
beyond the tomb.
Would such knowledge make US towards?
Would it cheer US in our gloom!
oh, ye Dead! oh, We Dead! in your peaceful
blest estate
Ye can see what God has written in the Books
of Life and Fate!
But since the day We went away from earth,
for well or i'll.
Yc have kept your secret from us because it
is Gods will!
-BdrOness Von Open, in The Week.
Thomas County cat., 1886-11-11
TOP-DRESSlNG, MEADOWS.
Autumn. the Proper Time for This Mos
. 10 cs-* Important, Work. :. =. =.

Autumn, the Proper, Time for This MOST
10 cs-f, Important Work. =. q. -
/ There. is no better time to top-dress
meadows than in.the autumn. The sol.
uble portions of the manure win be
quickly washed down. into the soil BY
the fall rains. BY this means the hui
mus Of the manure is left at the ,sHr-
face, Just where nature designed it tp
be. The sooner this is done the bet
ter. Yet. to get the best results the
manure should have been converted
into compost; or as nearly so as posi-
BILE. This is not so costly process as
many persons imagine. and in all dis
tricts where manure must be applied
to keep up the fertility. of the soil, COM
posting should be followed, Since thus
the full integrity of the manure is Sc
cured.
To accomplish this, prepare a bed
for the manure upon soil that will not
leach. by scraping out place dishing
to the middle, in which to place the
manure Into this throw all matter
that will compose-manure, strong
loan, old sOdS, wash water and all
vegetable refuse. Do not leave it round
ing on the top, but flat. SO it may soak
in the rain; keep this moist by pump
ing the liquid from the bottom over
the top occasionally, when the mass
gets rather dry. In the course of
season this will be converted into
good compost, if turned two or three
times.
II you have not compost. spread over
the meadow. up to fifteen loads per
acre, coarse, littery manure. The sol
uble parts of this will be washed down
into the soil, and in the spring the
light, chaify portions may be raked in
to windrows with a horse-rake, and
carried away to the compost heap, or
upon the land to be plowcd under
Farm, Field and StOckmdn.
Thomas County cat., 1886-11-11
LARGE FARM HORSES
Remarkable Increase in the Demand 70
Heavy Draft Animals.

hemark2ble Increase IN the Demand lot
Heavy Draft Animals.
There can be no doubt but that the
importation of French, English and
Scotch draft horses has greatly im-
proved the standing of the farm horses
in this country. While pure. or nearly
pure, blood horses of these breeds may
prove too large for farm work, it is
quite certain that the native horses, on
the whole, are too small, at least for
the West. The introduction of self
binding reapers. sulky plows and other
implements of heavy draft. has created
an increased demand for heavier horses
for farm work. While in the way of
general utility, activity and strength,
our native horses are very good, it is
evident that they can not cope with
larger horses in doing the heavier part
of farm work. with the machinery and
implements now in use. Progressive
farmers see the wisdom of crossing
with the large and powerful foreign
breeds. The result of these erossescan
now be seen in nearly every part of the
country. 1t is doubtful if the sulky
plow, self binding reaper and many
other usefulimplements would be in so
general use to-day. were it not for such
cahses. Another thing in their favor
is that any surplus stock can always
find a ready sail Indeed. SO great is
the demand for grades of the draft
breeds in the cities and in the lumber
camps of the North, and prices offered
are SO tempting to farmers. that they
find it difficult to retain a team of such
horses for their own use. The great
increase in the importation of Graft
horses for breeding purposes shows
that the popular demand for them is
general and permanent :. Proir1
Farmer.
Thomas County cat., 1886-11-11
EcME. FARM AND GARDEN.

lin pairing fruit for canning. use =
silver knife, so that the fruit may not
turn dark colored.
Ham, to be eaten cold, should
stand il the water in which it was
boiled until it is cold; it will not be so
dry and hard. Christian at York.
Whenever fowls can run at large
without Getriment to the garden they
should be allowed to do SO by all
means. Nine. tcnths of the trouble
and diseases among poultry are the
result of keeping fowls too close.-M
Y. Herald.
From careful experiments it would
appear that there are definite limits to
the application of farm-yard manure;
for instance, up to a certain point the
increase is large; beyond itnOthing like
tanned. .-ClerelGnd Lcader.
-Borax is a good disinfectant about
the person as we'll as about the house.
Scattered about the house it makes
cracks and corners uninhabitable for
insects, and taken into the human sys-
tenn it is prophylactic against infectives
or germ diseases. 1t is said that tea
spoonful daily may be taken without
any other than favorable effects
Health Monthly.
If you have plain, boiled rice for
dinner, and have little left, it is by
no means necessary that this should be
thrown away; it will help to make de-
liciOus fritters: add milk and flour and
one egg for the batter; if you have
fruit to put in. so much the better;
drop by spoonfuls in hot lard and fry
a delicate brown; a little sugar in the
batter helps to give it brown tinge.-
n. E. Farmer.
When green vegetable matter is
allowed to decay in the open air it is
gradually resolved more or less COM
pletely into carbonic acid, which es-
capes into the air and is so far lost.
But when buried beneath the surface.
this formation of carbonic acid pro-
ceeds less rapidly, and other COM
pounds-preparatOry to the final resO-
luton into carbonic acid and water
are produced in greater quantity and
linger in the scil.-Indianap0lis Senti-
mel.
While it is a great convenience to
have all kinds of garden seeds for sale
at almost every store in the country, it
has been the means of making garden
ers very negligent about saving even
those seeds that would require but !,
few moments to do so. and. at the same
time give them much better seed than
they could buy. Gardeners. should care
efulfy look this matter over and decide
what particular seeds they had better
save that will give them better results
than will, those they can buy.-Boston
Bud1ek. q.
Thomas County cat., 1886-11-11
New Version Of a Proverb.

81 understand, Darringer, that you
lost good deal of money at the races
yesterday" ns ~ Il. ~. 5.s
Eyes, Bromley. The old proverb
consoles me, however" Ista Is
What old proverb?'
s'That it is better to have bet and lost
than never to have bet at iL"-Ph:lo
delpkia Call
Thomas County cat., 1886-11-11

Dr.. a. >. Gordon, and g ,. Smith, s.shor Of 10y
Table,"s ArtisticalIy praissworthy nettes thaa
any yet seeA." Brightest and nesty &c. Do zoe
trial to u. L 8 A81IX0S, - CJknhus Boston, 0AaA
Thomas County cat., 1886-11-11

,.A..n A caas...sls .ns1.s eonsrsesiea-The poor
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-05
HINTS ON KEEPING FLAT-IRoNs.

Not long since while visiting friend,
got hint on the care of fat-irons that
was new to me. Before putting them on
the stove to heat, she washed and wiped
them carefully, and on questioning why
she did so, said the starch was so apt to
form thin crust over them, that it was
the safest way to insure entirely clean
pieces after they were ironed. As her
clothes came from her hands there never
was the least soiled spot, as is so often
the case, especially in bosoms and starch
ed pieces. Another hint is to keep them,
if possible, in closet, away from the
steam of kitchen, as this is apt to rust
them, and will also come off on the clothes
when ironed. Do not let them stand on
the stove longer than is necessary, as they
get greasy and rusty from cooking
food. A little piece of beeswax tied in
cloth and rubbed quickly over the hot
irons will smooth them and remove rust
mess. Be careful to iron them off after
applying the wax. or they may stain the
choice pieces. 1t is an economy of time
to always keep bit of the wax with the
ironing things.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-05
A Horses Education.

The education of the colt should com
mence when he is very young, and by
those only who are themselves educated,
or at least have common sense enough to
know how. Horses of high mettle are
more easily educated than those of less or
dull spirits, and are more susceptible to
Ill training or bad management, and,
consequently, may be made good or bad
according to the education they receive.
But horses of dull spirits are susceptible
to bad management, and in them NAV be
found the most provoking obstinacy and
vicious habits of different characters, that
render them almost worthless. Could the
coming generation of horses in this conn
try be kept from their earliest DAYS of
coIthood to the age of five years. wholly
in the hands of good and careful mana
gers, there would be vast difference in
the general character of these noble ami
mails.
If colt is never allowed to get an ad-
vantage, it will never know that it pos
3esses a power which man cannot control,
and Il made familiar with strange OBJ
jects it will not be skittish and nervous.
Above all things a colt should early be
taught to stop at the word whoa! He
should be made to stand quietly while you
are getting in or out of the carriage or
wagon to which he is hitched, as the lack
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-05
Eight Thousand Locomotives.

The Baldwin Locomotive Works, Ph1Ia-
delphia, have just completed and shipped
engine numbered 5000. The first loco
motive built at these works was turned
out in December, 1882, it took 20 years
until November, 1852, to build 500 engines.
The second 500 were built in s years,
number 1000 being finished February,
1850. The next 6 years saw the third 500
built, number 1900 leaving the shop July,
1866. The fourth 500 were built in 3
years. by October 30, 1869; the fifth 500
in two years, and the sixth and seventh
500 each in year, engine number $500
leaving November 20, 1873. Business
then slackened, three years being requir-
ed to build the next 500, and two years
the following 500, engine number 1850
leaving December II, 1878. Then trade
improved, 500 engines being built in Is
months and 1000 more engines in %
months, while 500 more engines were
finished IN 10 months, number $500 leav-
ing December 6, 1882, and marking a half
century for the works. The next8 months
saw 500 more built, and before the close
1884 number 800 was turned out. Work
has again slackened, and nineteen months
were required for the final 500 Iocomo-
motives, number 5000 just left the estab-
lishment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-05
A Plea for the Girl of To-Day.
New Orleans States.

The girl of to-day is a busy, useful
worker. She is generally proficient in
needlework. She can not only alter her
own dresses, but cut and make those and
her underclothing as well. She has a
knack at trimming her hats and furnish
ing her wardrobe, and does her full share
at helping the dressmaker who comes to
assume the charge of the spring and fall
sewing. She understands the various
branches of mending and takes that di-
vision of labor off her mothers hands, as
well as the care of parlors and dining
rooms, the arrangement of flowers, the
supervision of the manners and apparel
of the young children and sometimes of
their studies, too. Let full justice be
done to the ''girl of the PERIOD" or rather
let there be clear comprehension of
what shall be really represented by that
much abused phrase. 1t is not fair to
take the weakest specimens of the sex as
types of class comprising earnest
workers, with strong conceptions of life
its responsibilities and burdens and a
steady purpose to bear them according to
the best of their ability.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-05
Scab in.Sheep.
Prairie Farmer.

The disease among sheep, known as
scab; is due to minute parasites. They
multiply with wonderful rapidity in the
skin of the affected animals, and by their
constant and excessive irritation produce
all those symptoms which are known to
indicate their presence. These are con-
slant tendency to rub and scratch itself,
loss of wool, arrangements of the func-
tions, etc. The rubbing tendency is the
first sign, the animals, availing themselves
of tree, gate-post, shed, corner, or any
projecting object, to ATTAIN relief from
the intense itching caused by the para
site. AS the disease develops, the sheep
grow more and more restless, and in addi-
ton to the rubbing propensity, evince a
tendency to bite themselves, also to scratch
the sides of the body with their feet. At
the commencement of the malady. the
wool does not fall off, and when the .sheep
are quiet and feeding, nothing would in
dictate the existence of the scab. But if
an animal is caught and carefully exam
ined, spots or welts will be found, white
in the center hard to the touch, and the
center of each spot marked with many
blisters, from which issues yellow mois-
ture, which soaks through the wool mat
ting 1t together. No scabs can be discov-
cred at this stage, and on the affected
spots they will be found firm.
AS the disease progresses, the symp-
CONS become more and more marked.
The tendency to rub and bite increases,
and the condition of the skin itself gives
visible evidence of the ravages of the
parasites. Where they have been most
numerous, and as a consequence, the
worst injuries inflicted, the wool will be
found to have fallen off, raw places will
also be found on those portions of the
body worst rubbed, or where the animal
has been able to bite itself, and the yellow
moisture already mentioned has been re-
placed by mass of yellow scab, which
adheres lightly to the skin and wool. The
skin will also be found to be raw in many
places, and if in summer the disease will
be furthur aggravated by the presence in
the sores of the larvae of the blow fly,
the maggots of which, when Matched, bur-
row into the skin, and add greatly to the
animals sufferings. The continued and
increasing irritation which marks this
stage also prevents proper feeding and
rest, and this soon tells on the general
health of the animal, producing emacia-
ton, debility, and sometime a lingering
death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-05
Lords VS.. Princes.
We ShingtOn Critic

wealthy New Yorker and his lovely
daughter were seated in their elegant
parlor and the girl was crying.
Don't cry, darling; that's papa's
dear" he said, stroking her bandoline
tresses.
Il will cry" she said, jerking away from
him. You said I should marry an Eng
lish lord, and you haven't done it, you
mean old thing
''There, there" he said, soothingly, sit
was not papa's fault, dear; but don't cry
baby, and you shall have one of those
nice French princes who have recently
been expelled"
''Oh, papa, you dear old fellow" and
she kissed him lavishly and dried her
tears.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-05
Value of CYPRESS Lumber.

Cypress lumber is slOwley but steadily
making place for itself in northern
markets says The Lumberman, and it
may be expected that its sale and use for
various purposes will grow with unceas-
ing rapidity. This lumber has been call
ed the white pine of the south and it GER
calmly merits the title in agood many i'm
pOrtant respects. 1t is adapted to num-
Der of purposes for which only the best
white pine was considered suitable a few
years ago; and there is hardly a question
that it will be found available hereafter
for many more. In southern and south
western districts especially on the
Texas prairies-it is bound to cut con-
splcuous figure, and is likely to furnish
In few years the bulk of the finishing
stock used in that section as it does now
good part of the shingles. For the
manufacture of the latter it unquestion-
able surpasses in peculiar fitness any
variety of lumder that has served as food
for the shingle-maker's saw. It is report
ed to offer a resistance to the deteriorat-
ing effects of weather exposure that ad-
mlts of no comparison with other woods
available for like purposes, which alone
gives it a special value that it is hard to
overrate. The stock of good cypress
timber, moreover, is not large by any
means, and as the production and con
sumption increase the value of the stump
age is certain to enhance rapidly. 1t is
good stuff to buy and better stuff to hold
for those who are lucky enough to have
any III their possession.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-05
The Hole Of Death.
San Francisco IngleSide.

1t is an awful sight to see man drown.
But with foresight and skill no man need
drown. Fancy a sea in which there is no
swimming, and a sea into which you may
plunge unaware. A man is loyking over
the green prairie, looking out from under
his board sombrero at the lazy cattle and
the pralrle-dogs playing in the sun. Sud
denly there is a sound like a giants
throat swallowing a shaking shout of ter
ror. The prairie-dogs run into their holes,
and a moment later come out eau
tiously, curious and frightened. The
tall, reee-hke grass Is waving where the
horse and rider were just now. The ante
lope on the crest of the divide yonder
look around them watchfully. But there
is nothing to fear-no man in sight. He
is going to town, that rider, with the
wages of a hard Winters work in his
pocket, riding his favorite broncho, dress
ed in the buckskins he had fringed in the
Winter evenings, ready to show the fool
ish girls how brave he looked in his rude
attire. Where is he now he and his
horse? In a grave of Shiny, shivering
mud-alkali paste, blue with a nameless
tint of putrid death, has filed his throat
covered his eyes before he could close the
lids.
What does this mean-sOme hidiOuS
freak of nature-some work of devil en-
dowed with moments power? No; only
an alkall sink; only a natural well filled
with paste as yielding as water-reten-
tive as hell. Picture to yourself the sur
face settling back to it's normal quietude
with an 1ndeseribable gulp, a ghoul-like
smacking of grave lips. A grave that
supplies itself with dead-a grave that
buries almost before it kiIls-an insatia-
BILE, bottOmless grave, set like trap for
the living. The sink-hole is not always
covered with grass; sometimes it has a
caked and scanned crust of blush white
alkali on the top of it. But even that is a
poor safeguard, for the long green grass
around it will hide it from the rider until
it is too late to avoid it.
The tenacity of this paste Of mud is
something incredible. [ have never seen
man caught in sink-hole, but I have
seen man ride to the edge of one, dis
shaking himself loose in the saddle, vault
over the ,horn-pommGl, when the pony
was caught, striking the ground far be-
yond the sink-hole. There were twenty
men there, and before the horse had sunk
far there were half dozen ropes fast
to him. Half dozen strong ponies can
pull almost anything, but they could not
draw that horse back from the grave that
was closing over him. There is strange
suction about this alkali mud-it holds
all its grasps with horrible pertinacity.