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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-11-09

n DAILY TRAINS
I To Washington in % hI Irs.
To Baltimore in 70 hours.
This is hours quicker than the fastest
time by any other line.
The Day Express runs entire trains,
consisting OF Day Coaches and Palace
Sleeping Cars from St. Louis to Washing
ton and Baltimore without change.
The Night Express has Sleepers through
without change. No ether line from st.
Louis offers double daily through train
service to the National Capital.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-11-09
One 8 MIssIsapA R'Y
The direct and fast line to
Cincinnati,
Louisville,
Washington,
Baltimore,
New York and the East

4 solid as:ly trains to Cincinnati and
LOuisvill az 10 hours, with through day
Cars, P-=acr Cars and Palace Sleening
Coaches. 20 change OF cars for any class
OF paSsen -ss.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-11-09
Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars

Are run by this line on Night Express
from
ST. LOT as TO NEW YORK
DAILY
WITHOUT CHANGE Ia 80 HOURS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12
FARM AND FIREslDE.
Hot sharp vinegar will remove
mortar or paint from window-glas

Hot sharp vinegar will remove
mortar or paint from window-glass.
Plant apple trees in every out-of-
the-way place for food for animals.
SEARCHED shirts will iron easier if
they are allowed to dry after starching,
SO that they require sprinkling before
ironing.
A teaspoonful of granulated sugar
moistened with pure vinegar will gen.
orally remedy that annoying complaint,
hiccough. - Cincinnati Times.
-Sick-headache may generally be
cured by the administration of the juice
of half a lemon in a cup of strong, black
coffee, without sugar.-Erchange.
Draw two or three loads of sand
and place it in a frame Of boards, for
permanent radish fbed. Grown in
this. the roots will be free from worms,
early and tender. -Prairie Farmer. E
Melted paraffine poured on top of
jellies, jams, etc., also ontop of canned
fruit when the covers are discolored,
will be all the covering necessary, ex-
cepting cloth or paper to exclude
dust. One can use the parafine many
times. The Caterer
Floating Island: Take the whites
of six eggs, six tablespoonfuls currant
jelly, five of powdered sugar. Beat
very stiff Float on milk, and have
good cream to eat with it. "A very
little lemon juiceAthe juice of half a
lemon to this quantity-is great i'm
provement.-B0Ston Globe
AZ
Horticult'trist says his Flemish Beauty
pear trees showed signs of blight,
probably caused by vigorous growth
and heavy bearing. He gave the trees
a heavy dressing of wood 'ash6s and
copperas, and they entirely recovered
and bore fruit.
---Parsnip Stew: Clean half-dozen
parsnips and dozen large potatoes;
after pairing, slice both. Take two
quarts of water, half teacupful of rice
or verInicelli, six or eight large slices
of salt pork, and boil two hours The
parsnips win need to boil full hour
and the potatoes half hour; salt
and pepper and serve hot. This is.a
genuine New England spring delicacy.
| -Toietlo Blade. ~
Dandy Pudding: One quart Of milk
boiled. Mix two tablespoonfuls of
corn starch with the yelks of four eggs
and half cup of sugar, and pour into
the milk. Stir briskly and remove
from the fire. Beat the whites of the
eggs with half a cup. of sugar and
spread over the pudding when cold;
brown slightly in the oven. Flavor
pudding and frostng with lemon. 10
be eaten cold. Boston Buddet.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12
A NEW DAINTY,
The Trade in Blsckblrds for Culinary
Purposes Rapidly Increasing.

= Purposes Rapidly Increasing.
There is large trade in Philadelphia
in blackbirds. Some years ago, when
it first began, very few birds were sold;
but the restaurants and private families
found out that the birds could be made
tender and palatable by parboiling
them and then baking them in pie:
and now dozens of punches of black
birds, twelve in a bunch, are sold at
the very best game depots The trade
continues from April, when the birds
come back from the South, tintfl early
October, when they leave this latitude;
and all the season through there is one
unvarying price demanded for this sort
of game, viz, twenty-five cents per
''bunch" of twelve birds. The birds
are shot by farmers boys and other
sportsmen. As the birds fly to their
feeding grounds in the morning and
back to their t'roosts' in the woods at
SHUTDOWN, and their line of flight is
straight, the gunners can fire volleys
into their fluttering 1ocks whenever
they come within range while crossing
the country. At early morning and an
hour or two before the sun sets, the
swamp and row-blackbirds two very
different species, seem less wary and
feed in the field, or along the banks of
creeks and rivers, where worms and
fresh-water. shellfish abound, and then
the volleys of No. shot decimate their
sable ranks.
Theoretically, there is no reason why.
the flesh of blackbirtls should not be
used for food. They feed on cherries,
currants, fruit, grain and worms, just
as reed-brds, doves, wild pigeons and
plenty of other palatable game birds
do. Blackbirds don't eat carrion, and
although they are polygamous, don't
mate and lay their eggs in the nests of
other birds, they are not otherwise diff
ferent from other species. They are
noisy, cheeky and great pests of the
farmers who have cherry orchards or
graperies, and those who know black
birds best will set if down as an invari-
able rule that if they can steal ripe
cherries they will not touch any other
kind OF food. No country people eat
blackbirds any moA than they eat
crows. They look upon both warblers
with about the same sort of feelings
There is a tradition in the neighboring
counties that blackbirds eat carbon
but it is not true, though their flesh is
rank enough before being parboiled:
A blackbird roost, that is, a place
where hundreds or thousands of the
sable-feathered pests flock and scream
at night, is regarded by tillers of the
soil as local misfortune, and it often
happens that a dozen farmers. with
their sons and hired hands, all armed
with guns, will lie in ambush evening
after evening, for several days, in
order to shoot the birds as they fly in
small black clouds at night, to a. har-
boring place of this sort.-N. Y. Mail
and cypress. 80 kAisass.s
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12
WISE MEMS FOLLIES.
How Sir Isaac Newton Attempted to
Solve Simple Problem.

An amusing story is told of the cele-
brated orator and dramatist, Richard
Brinsley Sheridan, and his ridiculous
lack of resources in the simplest. emer-
gences. He had hired residence, the
front gate of which was tied with a
rope. He couldn't unite it, and cliabed
the fence whenever he went out or in.
A friend called. one day and Sheridan
told him to ''climb the fence" ''Why
not open the gateP' Il cant; it is
tied, and | can unite it, ''Cut the
string" was the eye-opening answer.
1t was done, and as the friend entered
Sheridan kicked the gate off the hinges
and begged to be clicked in the same
way" There are two OF three other
stories of the ludicrous lack of common
sense in great geniuses as funny as
this and probably more familiar.
Sir Isaac Newton cut a big hole and
a little one through his door to let a
big cat and little cat get through
without troubling him to.open it. Col
eridge and Wordsworth once drove to-
gether to a county inn for dinner.
When they came to hitching up their
horse for return--the hQstler not be-
ing about they could not get the col
lar over the horses head. The upper
end of it was too narrow to be forced
over so large an obstruction. The bar
maid watched their futile efforts with
an amused smile till they saw her and
asked "what she was laughing at :"
"To think that two wise men don't
know enough to turn a horses collar
upside down to get it over his head, !"
was the instructive but humiliating an
swer. Another wise man wanted to
carry coal of fire littleway and had
no tongs or shovel. How to compass
the difliculty.he did not know, though
he could have calculated an eclipse or
argued the law of contingent remain
ders. ~ A boy flied the hollow of his
hand with ashes and carried the coal as
easily as he could a pebble. Still an
other philosopher was still more puz-
zled by still simpler mystery. Some
wag had drawn calls tail through, an
augur hole in the sign post of an inn
and tied it there. The wise man won
dered show that calf had got through
the augur hole. Indianapolis Senti-
mel. Dr."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12
GLOVE STITCHING.
How and by Whom This Work Is Per.
formed in England.

How and by Whom This Work Is Per-
formed in England.
The gloves are given out to women,
who work at home, to be stitched-t that
is, to have the fingers completed and
the thumb put in. This is now nearly
all done by a recently invented and
cleverly adapted sewing machine, the
needle of which comes down on the tip
of an upright iron finger. Gloves are
not all stitched in the immediate neigh
borhood of the factories, but are often
sent long distances into remote coun-
try villages where work being scarce,
labor is cheap. And to facilitate this a
class of middle men Cor women) has
grown up-people who come in from
the country to the factories and take
away one hundred or one hundred and
fifty dozen week, which they distrib-
ute among the women in the village in
which they live, collect again when
finished and bring back to. the factory
These putters-out or bagimen are pait
the usual price, some half crown "a
dozen for the stitching. and make their
own bargains with the actual workers.
They are generally supposed to make a
profit of about three pence per dozen;
but, as a matter of fact, being shop
keepers, they commonly make two
protits-one on the gloves and
another on the goods the sew
ers purchase at their shops.
These people have somewhat
difficult partto play, as they stand be-
tween two fires; but they are most
useful class, and carry work and its re-
wards into many villages where, but
for them, they would never come.
They have done much to stay the eX-
odus of the population from this part 0
the agricultural districts, enabling par
ents to keep their young people, and
especially their young women, at home
instead of sending them to the great
town to seek for employment. Having
come back from the stitchers the gloves
are sent out once more. III they are
heavy winter gloves tliey are sent out
to be lined with warm soft cotton, ma
terial. If they Are lighter goods they
are at once dispatched toy be welted---
that is, TO have the binding put round
the top and the opening at the wrist.
The buttons or clasps as the case may
be, are next added; thai done, they
come back to the factory for the last
time and pass the final examination.
They have still a rough, tumbled, IN,
| finished look, which would proYesN my
thing but tempting to a pureiiasef
They are now forwarded to the mying-
out room, whore they are stretched
with ordinary glove stretchers, Aand
then put on heated steel hands, which
takes out all the creases and improve
their appearance. Nothing now re-
mains but to assort them, to put them
up in neat bundles according to size, to
lpack them in boxes, .andsto send them
to market. All Me<Year Round. isea.,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12
Importance of the Newspaper.


Newspapers constitute the sole read
ing of the great public. The busy men
and women of the world, who consti-
tute nine-tenths of the whole, have no
time to read books. Newspapers con-
tain so much besides news and editor
ial opinions on passing events that they
keep retentive mind full of useful and
general knowledge. The contents of
all the books that are worth reading
are condensed in the newspapers. To
read books in order to know the SUBJ
jects of which they treat is, therefore,
unnecessary. Newspaper readers taste
s the essence of all the best books and
absorb a knowledge of their teachings
or of the information that they convey.
Newspapers are the literature of the
people. The press is their fountain of
knowledge, their library, teacher,
guide, philosopher and friend.-Chi-
cddo Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12
WISE HOUSEKEEPERS.
The Happy Medium Between over-Neat
and SIattern housekeeping.

and Slattern Housekeeping
Perhaps we find as many kinds Of
housekeepers as there are ladies who
have houses to keep. But this art is so
many-sided that it may not be unin-
tcresting to take an occasional glance
at it through other eyes than our own.
Comparatively few of the ladies of our
land have wealth sufficient s.tos secure
competent assistants. Consequently
upon the lady of the house deyolves the.
greater part of this work l have Wis
tied many difsrent.homes, noz two of
which could. ever be called alike Still,
perhaps, they all belong to the same
general family. -vnw e>mnwtmgs&
hes There is the 'sover-neat' 'hous ekeep-
er, who stands, as it were. with apron
on and whisk-broem in hand, her keen
eye ever on the alert to catch the
faintest suspicion of dust, after which
she will start as if it were the ghost Of
her tormentor. l remember one of
this class whose horror at the presence
of any stray flies in her closelyscreened
dining-room led her to drive her hus-
band and family into SMALL, ihcon-
venient room for their meals, where
the waitress found il impossible to
serve them comfortably, all for fear
that her spacious dining-room might
be soiled by tly-specks, or by constant
use. have seen another such house,
keeper whose family were compelled
to change their shoes on the porch in
the sunny and the cloudy weather alike,
oil fbn rnt1nA IT. al 80
dirt should be brought in to soil her
handsome carpets. Such bousekeepers
are always in "a steamihg worry and
for fear that -somethin gxmay 90 wrong,
contrary to order, or that something
untidy may be detected.
In other cases,Ye findsthe direct. OPP
posite'of this .class-the slatterns which
to some may be less desirable type
than the over-neat.s In such houses
the servants are very often "Leevihg,
ma am" the mistress quietly leaving
the work of the absent to those who
are left, usually to their intense dis
|. gust, she herself taking no responsible,
I ity if il can possibly be turned off ON
| another. In such houses meals are
7 never on time, unless some cook has
been secured who will attend to her
own duties,a without the. care of her
mistress. y > FtiE NaaNUgx III
But there is a happy medium between
these two eXtremes--and many there
be who find it so. The true and wise
woman lays her plans for the daily
duties of home with as much care as
| that with which the business man
guards the details of his counting-room
or of his office. in her marketing and
arranging family supplies she is famil-
lar with her work and is able to stop
the many little leaks which would be
overlooked by the careless or by the
Indifferent. Every detail of her work
is ably planned andisystematized. She
trains her servants, and, in most cases,
they are more than satisfied with the
guiding power of mistress whom they
instinctively know is fully competent
to direct-M. w. Candee, IN PhiladeI-
phia Press. =
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12
"The short Line Limited"

To meet the growing demand for inn
proved facilities for handling the business
between Chicago and st. Paul. and Mime
apolis the Chicago g. Northwestern, Rail
way has added new fast train to those
heretofore run. 1t is called "The Short
Northwestern is the Short Line between
the above cities. The new train is magnifi-
cent in all of its appointments-every thing
being entirely new and refitted for this
service. 1t makes the run each way in a
little over twelve hours, starting early in
the evening and arriving at its destination
the next morning in time for an early
breakfast. The Importance of this innova-
ton will doubtless be readily recognized
and appreciated by those whose interests
require rapid transit to and from the
Northwest. ... f... -.-.. ..4-.-.. ....
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12
A Bon Ton Repression.

- ~ /.
"Let me sec some of Sonr black KID
gloves" said Mrs. Suaggs t5a clerk at
a Fifth avenue. store. y 49,
p "These are not tho latest)stHe, ARC
sthey?" she asked,wheh the gloveSwerc
produced. -. NJ \
y "Yes, madam" replied the clerk
.'We have had them in stockonly 1--we
days" ...,., ..'..,,
g II didn't think they were, Because
the fashion papers say thai black kids
have tan stitches and vice versa.
see the tafi stitches, but not the vice
4versa. " '''' ~ ~ 's''' . 30 ~
. The clerk explained that, yiee versa
was Frenchfqr seven ,battonss and Mrs.
Snaggs bought the gloves. -Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12
"over and Over Again"

Repetition is sometimes the only way to
impress a truth upon the mind. Accord
ingly take notice that DR.. Pierce's pheasant
Purgative Pellets" (the original Little Liv-
er Pills. continue to be wonderfully effect
i've in cases of sick and nervous headache,
constipation, indigestion. rush of blood to
the head, cold extremities, and all ailments
arising from obstruction of the bodily func-
tions. Their action is thorough yet gentle,
and the ingredients being entirely "egeta-
BILE, they can be taken with IMMUNITY into
the most delicate stomach. All druggists
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

Germans rise daily in my estimation
as practical and business-like people.
Not long ago they almost refused to
look at a sword supposed to have be-
longed, at some time or other, to Mar
shall Blucher, when it was offered at
public auction. The otherSday q par
eel of highly int9fesfips raies of
Goethe and Schiller were Knocked
down for no more than 'ah-old song.
The lot comprised such treasurers as a
lock of Schillcr's hair, Goethe's signet
ring, and a cup dopbIy hallowed ny the
fact that it had been the property of
Goethe aud q present from the Grand
Duke Carl'August. This, from a peo7
pie once supposed to be abnormdlyl
dreamy and sentimental, should be q
lessonit the benighted Britons, whoin
their blindnessstil bow down to and
worship the cast-off clothing and dis
used domestic effect ofydeparted emf
nences. London Ir~th.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

DoN'T tell us OF the bluff and simple
mariner We never saw one yet that
didn't blow about his craft.--LoapcN Citizen
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

IT was Vassar graduate who wanted to
know. if the nuz7ie of gun was 10 pre-
vent it from going off prematurely. -Lite.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

A GOOD mother and an accessible slipper
always make spanking team.-EVanSgille
argus.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

GRAIN is treated like infants When the
head becomes heavy, it is Graded and it is
generally well threshed to render it fit for
use.-I'rairie Farmer. a HaIirg .hz
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

A WOMAN and new dictionary always
try to have the last word.--NeOo Haven
Ne0s.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

y. IF young man can not make fortune
he can make an e4fort-N.. 0. Picdyune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

INQUIRER-No, men who were CONNER
cial drummers during the,war are not en-
titled to pensions, Havet Neps.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

"God bless our boarding-h ouse" has
never been worked in worsted.-Boston
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

TEA gowns" are late novelty in femi-
nine attire. They go well with a creamy
complexion.-Cle Cleveland San 9i' n, iT
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

TURKEY would be, goose to fight with
Greece, who might be in a melting mood
and run all over her t- ls''ti 477a -
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

LITTLE ANNErTE-''M Mother, do please buy
me new doll; my old one is quite ashamed
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

ANY one who is quick at repartee must
necessarily have great response ability
Merchant IrCveIer. t..' a'' tt Tt't
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

The fashionable young man will be
clothed SO loudly this season, that sou can
hear his pants in the summer-N y hide
pendent EaH itiAii. 49, lro u fs3l q
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

A solemmold scientist printed the
fact that by bathing the feet irr tepid
water man could double his eircula-
ton. aud now,all the editors are having
tanks lifted to their Office stoves.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

A LOWELL young man declares that his
best girl is an Anna kissed The neighbors
heard the bomb,-7LosoeH Citizen. ,rt7 f
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

A WOMAN and new dictionary always
try to have the last word -Neig Have,s
NewS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

|" WE are selling .Athlophoros and it gives
good satisfaction. never, heard OF case
of failure, and all Of our rheumatic GUS
TONERS are loud In their praise of it. feel
safe in recommending it. E.W. Reaser,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12
iruggist, .Ashland, %. 3. - EsANEn- :

-.AN "a - ---Ss-v-+-AA IM
TIE worm must be contagious or the
early bird would not catch it.-Mercha,tt
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12
CON SUM TION

POSITIVE remedy the hbove dlsease; by IT'S
thousands OF kind long standing
have cured. Indeed faith in It's efficacy,
that will send TWO BOTTLES FREE, together with AVAIL
LIABLE TREATISE this disease any sufferer Give Ez-
preos aud p oAddess. DR. ia SLoCUM ISL Pearl St. Me-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

SOMETHING you will never find out-An
inn.-N Y. Herald. t..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

Hon woRps; ''Tip-top," speaks' '.sum.
nit" etc.-Chicdqo Ledger
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

CAN notrbe washed of, Ihe,coloR prodnc-
As an antidote for malprial disorders,
Ayers, Ague Cure has no equal. !: nevei
failS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

a ASST farewel "A shoemaker giving
up his businsssi y
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12
100000 CARPENTERS

4 N an Wigs, Bangs and Waves sent G. o.. D. any,
N an NJ where. Wholes ale and retail price-listJrsa
dHSAHHH D. c. strehl& Co.,17S Wabash-ay. Chicago
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. Csc.
v An ode to goat may be called a nanny
sversary poem. --LoaoeU Citizen. gsi0 e'ili7ln
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12

~ q Z The 8Yeaker Sex
! are iinnnense1y stredg thened by the use of
\ Dr. II ', ~ cree 81 Favorite Prescription
which cnreslall feHhle arrangements, and
gives toneltSthe syttem. Sold by druggists.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-01

EreYy Democratic Legislature candidate tch0 is
eeced 1c ore his election to George Hearst smoney.
For If there is any oTe case trhere is not directly
applied, the tribodng Of his hand is just as much
an affirmative act as the applying Of Il, and tchea
The caucue ,rlip cracks the partisan legislator leN