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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16
FARM AND FIRESlOE.

The corn plant is gross feed er,
and the land can not be made too rich.
Artificial Matching is said to leave
chickens absolutely free from lice, ana
promotes, therefore, strong deVelolf
ment. Ma
-Cranberries, like apples, should "
used plentifully in the family lney
are not very costly, the supply IN TINS
country is so great.
Cut out the canes from raspberrles
literally and cut them low down. 100
many canes in hill will not produce
as well as a few strong and stocKy
ones.
Only sharp scissors should be used
in trimming lamp-wicks if an even'
clear flame is wanted. The WICK
should not be cut below the charred
portion, but just at the point of change.
What is wanted to make farming
successful is men who have ambition
to make their calling honorable. 10
do that, man must know all that can
be known about his business and be
able to do it,.
Because they increase rapidly and
can, with good management, be made
to mature in q short time, good hogs
will help out farmer who has got be-
hind financially better than any other
class of live stock.=-Swinehard a
An oyster omelet is quickly prg
pared. Beat six eggs to light froth.
Add half cup of cream, salt and
pepper. Pour into frying-pan, with
tablespoonful of butter, and drop in
dozen large oysters. Fry light
brown. Double over and send to the
table Immediately.
The apple crop is the one that
needs most care in handling to make
it profitable. This is contrary to GUS
tom, but is correct. Apples should be
handled like eggs and carefully sorted
into their grades; the first for market,
the second for sale as second grade OF
for cellar; the third for cider or feed
ng.-Independent.
1t is for their own good tn at we
should strive to inspire in every child
the spirit O. self help. If we would
not have them swell the great army of
helpless men and women who drift
aimlessly through life, mere hangers
on of the busy, ambitious workers, we
must see to it that they acquire habits
of self-help and self-dependence while
children.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16
CONSUMPTION of Tobacco.

According to the Uhlands Wochen-
!. mi the total consumption of tobac-
! n Europe may be put down at an
NaeSage of q pounds to each inhabi-
tam In the Netherlands the proper
ton is a little over 7 pounds to each
inhabtant,, in Austria-Hungary 3.S
in Denmark8.7 pounds, in Switzerland
3.3 pounds, n Belgium 80 pounds, in
Germany pounds, in Norway 2.3
pounds. in Fnnce 81 pounds, in Swed-
en- nearly two pounds, in Spain IL
pounds, in Grat Britain and Ireland
1.34 pounds, inItaly 1.25 pounds and
in Russia IL Funds. In the United
States the proportion is greater than
that of any European country ex-
cept Holland; it amounts to a. pounds
per inhabitant.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16
Keep Your Cows Clean.

Nothing looks much worse than a
COW covered with manure, statement
that we will all agree with. For looks
sake the COW should be cleaned off.
But that is not all of it by any means.
Some of the filth is pretty apt to get
into the milk pail and if it does it's
effect can never be got out. There is
In some quarters an apparent idea that
the strainer cleanses milk. 1t will hold
the foreign particles that may be in it,
but of course it can not remove the
Havor that they had impaired, and the
milk absorbs flavor the moment it
comes in contact with it, and it is
there to stay. The COW should be kept
IS clean as she may be by brushing.
When the weather is warm enough she
Fan be more thoroughly cleaned by the
lse of water. We would not advise its
use however in cold weather even in
warm stable. There are plenty of
COWS that are SO covered with filth that
he average customer would never buy
Ter milk if he could see the cow
Western Rural.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16
CORN.EARS COOKED.
A New Wrinkle Which Is Becoming Quite
Popular in the East.


1t has been my pleasure to observe
from its inception new way of feed
ing corn to fattening cattle-new in
this locality at least. The corn is
simply boiled on the cob an hour or
less, and then fed in the ear. If boiled
too long the kernels will drop off, and
this is to be avoided. Boiling softens
both kernels and cob. and consequently
both are easily masticated, and the
animals eat it as easily as corn on the
cob when in the milky state. 1t has
been found that give the cattle all they
will eat they will neither scour nor
cloy. Not an indigested kernel is
found in their droppings, and these
smell like that of a sucking calf. When
fed dry and whole, whether ON the cob
or off, a considerable portion of the
grain passes away entire, and this is
usually dead loss, and it is so with
raw meal, whether clear or corn-and-
cob meal, if the animals are fed high
with it, and it is also quite liable to
scour or cloy. The saving by this pro-
cess is ten per cent. for grinding, be-
sides the trouble of going to mill, and
very large saving in the fact that
every particle of the nutriment is ap-
propriated by the animals.
The claim of advocates of corn-and-
cob meal, that it gives desirable bulk,
whether the cob contains nutriment or
not, can here find full satisfaction, es-
pecially as it has been ascertained by
measurement that three bushels of dry
corn in the ear make four when boiled.
The feeder under consideration claims
a saving of at least thirty per cent.
adding: ''No more dry corn for me, if
you please, for any kind of stock" His
cattle do better on much less grain
than when fed dry. In the West, where
corn is low and cattle are fed out of
doors, with hogs to follow them, boil
ing the corn would be no object, but in
the East, where conditions are differ
ent, regard it of almost vital i'm
portance. This experience is sugges-
tive that old horses and cows with
poor teeth, or no teeth at all, would
thrive upon boiled corn. for they could
crush the cob with their bare laws,
and, once into the stomach, all would
digest. With my opportunities for.
observation-the process being carried
on within fifty rods of my own door
and knowing its value as l do. shall
expect to see the system adopted by
many careful feeders.-Galen Wilson.
in N. Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
CANNOT AND ! CAN.

Away far of in Slowtown, many, many years
ago.
CTwas the place just out of Notown, as geo.
graphers may know,
There lived plain old farmer and most &C.
centric man,
Who called his sons these curious names: l
Cannot, and Can.
Twin brothers they, and like peas, through
chidhood's tears and joys
They daily grew, till one bright morn were
great big, grown-up boys;
IN face and form, tho much alike, alike they
lite began,
1Cannot was in many ways far different from
lean.
ICannot, when baby, always wore scowling
face
At his nurse he e'er was blinking or else max
ing sly grimace,
And all he seemed to live for was to wriggle
and to twist,
Or to scream, and choke and strangle, while he
shook his little fist.
And when to boyhood he was grown, his only
thought was play;
From school he ran truant oft, and idled time
away
AAi if to work he e'er was asked, he'd always
rave and rant.
Or else he'd whine and cry aloud: 81 can not,
o, can'tw
/ Can, the blessed baby, always wore smiling
face,
And he'd patty cake the bakers man" with
dainty, childish grace;
And If a stranger took him. he would neither
squirm nor twist, ,.5-
But would only try to swallow hard his chubby
little fist.
And when to boyhood he was grown, through
brimming DER with fun,
He went to school, and college, too, and laurels
there he won
His teachers called him oft and oft manly lit
tie man.
He never whined but always said: "TI Try; I
think can"
young man grown, Cannot was sorry sight
to see,
For he scarcely knew his letters, only a and B
and G.
can,
For shaking it, he laughed at work, and eer
from duty ran,
But what he sowed, that must he reap, it was
the same in kind;
Cannot would not take the pains to store up
well his mind,
And so for bread he went to beg; his time for
work was past
And in howell ended life, In drear Notown at
last.
Can, unlike his brother was both handsome,
straight and tall
And he spoke each foreign language, Portu-
guese and French and all;
His head was full of learning as nut is full Of
meat.
And he filled most every office at the Slowtown
county seat.
His fame went forth to Notown, as a most dis
tinguished man,
And the reason was most surely that he always
said: II can"
And had he lived in modern times he'd been a
candidate
For President, or constable or Governor Of the
State.
Mrs ]. T. Greenleaf, in N Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

INSTANCES of dogs leaving new
homes and walking long distances to
their old masters are numerous. but
the pig wasn't suspected of accom-
plishing such feat, though one in
Chester County recently did SO. The
West Chester Republican reports that
the animal was among a lot disposed
of at sale there, adding: at was
driven to Weston, but would not enter
the pen prepared for it, and after
wards strayed off to neighboring
farm. and, apparently not liking it
there started towards West Chester.
1t Travelled all night, and the next
morning the owner found him in that
borough"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16
A BOX TURTLE.
Some of the Odd Ways of a Very Peculiar
Little Animal.

Some of the Odd Ways of n Very Peculiar
Little Animal.
A Brooklyn boy, writing to the
Christian Union, asks that l shall tell
him "all about turtles-land turtles,
water turtles and every other kind of
turtles-especially the box turtle"
don't suppose, my friend, that you
meant to set me such a task, but you
have really asked me to write a book,
and Pm sadly afraid the editor wouldn't
be willing to give up the whole paper
to an account of those queer little
bodies who wear their bones outside,
instead of inside, as the rest of us do,
no matter how interesting it might be.
Why, do you know there are hun
dred of kinds of turtles, from sea
monsters, the size of big double bed,
down to droll little fresh water fellows
that can hide under a three-cent piece?
There are sixty kinds that live in
fresh water alone. So, unles you can
persuade the editor to let me have the
whole paper some day-and l almost
know you can not-I shall have to con-
fine myself to the one you ask par
ticularly about, the box turtle.
This parsonage has a proper scien-
tific name, of course, and if you want
to read about him in the big books,
you may look for Tertudo Carolina.
The box turtle, who is SO much better
off than the rest of his family that ne
can go into his house and shut the
door, is found all over the United States
east of the Mississippi river; not in
swamps or woods, but in pastures and
uplands, where grow the mushrooms
and toadstools on which he lives. He
is one of the smaller varieties, rarely
more than seven inches long. But if
some of his relatives exceed him in
inches, few can Guido him in age; he
has been known to live. one hundred
years.
This may be due to the fact that he
is calm in temperament; he tckes
things as he finds them, and never
frets. If some inquisitive boy tethers
him to post on the lawn, as a certain
young friend of mine often does, he
never thinks of raging around, and
wearing himself out, as do many Great
ures; he simply digs hole and retires
from the light of day. Should he be
placed in box or pen, with sides too
high for him to climb over, he Just
shuts up his doors and waits till his
captor gets tired of q pet so dull. He
can wait better than any body know.
He doesn't care for three meals a
day; he is able to fast a long time; and,
so far from liking the water, he will
die if he is kept in it.
The young friend mentioned above
is particularly fond of turtles, and on
going to the country in the summer
the first thing he does is to scour the
neighborhood and set up a turtle pen.
Last summer, out on Long Island, he
had six or eight turtles in pen which
he filled every day with fresh water,
and two box turtles, which were tied
in the yard. The smaller of the two
was about three inches long, and was
much interested in it. 1t was the first
had noticed closely, for must admit
that almost any live creature is more
attractive to me than the reptile. It
is altogether. too cool-bloeded for my
taste.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

But this little boXed-up youngsteI
was curious. When the shell box was
placed ON the table near the burning
lamp its owner was out of sight, ever
door shut, apparently not at home to
callers. His house was decorated with
orange and black in a beautiful pat
tern, and as clean and bright as if it
were scrubbed and polished every day,
like Philadelphia doorstep.
While we were admiring his man.
sion, we noticed that the front door
was ajar just 81 crack-probably
enough to let the hermit peep out. We
kept perfectly still, and very slowly it
opened wider. Soon there appeared
in the middle tiny pink point; then
as the crack widened-a pair of very
bright black eyes; and when it was
opened about half an inch, we saw in
the doorway the drollest face that one
can imagine.
The whole face came to a sharp edge
Qike wedge). At the top, between
the eyes, was the funny pink nose,
with blackish dots on it, as if he had
been playing in the mud; and below
the nose small black mouth, with
corners drawn in the primmest fash
ion. He looked like q very precise
and prim old gentleman. and he pro-
ceeded to take a good look at his
neighbors, who, by the way, were, star
ing at him most rudely.
The eccentric individual had no fore
head to speak of, his head going di-
rectly back from his nose. But, though
there seemed to be no place for brains,
it was plain from his knowing ways
that he had some. At the tip end of
his nose was a pair of nostrils that
looked as if they were made by stick
ing in two pins side by side; and the
'puckered'' little mouth, come to look
at it, extended around the side-from
ear to ear, you might say-and had a
sharp edge to the upper lip, that could
bite as well as any body's teeth.
The head of our strange little guest
turned one side or the other, his sharp
eyes moved this way and that, and al
together he bore the appearance of q
very wise old person indeed, with de-
cided opinions regarding the present
company.
Still we did not move, and little by
little he opened wide his door, till we
saw his neck. wrapped in what looked
like small orange and black shawl,
but, when his head was thrust out,
proved to be fold of his skin. Then
we noticed two cushiony-looking OBJ
jects at the side, all covered with his
favorite black and orange; and slyly
peeping out from behind, two broad
flat feet, having five odd little toes,
with sharp black toe-nail on each.
In time the side cushions turned out
to be his two fore feet, and hanging
down behind was the most absurd tail,
half an inch long, as straight as a new
pin, and no bigger.
When the turtle had pushed out, at
his leisure, all these members, the
house rose on it's four feet and began
to move along the table. But if any
one offered to touch it, behold! the
comical little tail bent around one
side. the four yellow-clad legs drew
themselves in, the quaint old face van
ished, and the door was slammed in
his very face!
Ana now, if you please, should
like to ask a question. Why are all
| Of Won bovC en- fond nf turt1ocp Olive
Thorne Miller, in Christian Union.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

"A Western rancher hired a very
inexperienced boy to help him about
the farm. AL told the lad to take some
salt and salt the calf over in the
pasture. The boy took about quart
of salt and rubbed over the calf, work.
ing it well into the hair. A gang of
colts in the pasture scented the salt
and got after the calf They licked
the hair all off the calfs hide and
tried to lick the hide off, too AL tried
to catch the calf to wash it, but the
creature, thinking he wanted to lick,
too, kept out of his reach. The boy
and the calf and Farmer Al are all un-
happy. The colts are the only ones
that got any fun out OF it. Astoria
(Ore. Pioneer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

A Silent ADpeai for HeIu.

When your kidneys and bladder are in
active, they are making a silent appealdfor
help. Don't disregard it, but with Hos
tetter's Stomach Bitters safely impel them
to activity. They are in imminent danger,
and it is foolhardiness to shut ones eyes to
the fact. Be wise in time, too, if you ex-
peience manifestations of dyspepsia, ma
trouble. The Bitters before meal add zest
In
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

Would use Kemp's Balsam for the Throat
and Lungs. 1t is curing more cases Of
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Group
and all Throat and Lung Troubles, than any
other medicine. The proprietor has author
lied any druggist to give you Sample Bot
tie Free to convince you of the merit of this
great remedy. Large Bottles SOC and 81.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

LINEN garments which have become yell
low from time may be whitened by. being
boiled in lather made of milk and pure
white soap. pound of the latter to a gal
Ion of the former. After the boiling process
the linen should betwice rinsed, a little blue
being added to the water last used.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

AGERGYMAN pleading earnestly with his
Pensioners for the construction of Gem.
etery for their parish, asked them to con-
slider the 'deplorable condition of thirty
thousand Christian Englishmen living
without Christian BURIAL
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

MENDIcANT-"Please help poor blind
man" Kind old lady-"Blindl Why, bless
me, yesl There's penny for you" Men
dicant-"Thank We heartily, ma'am.
knowd the mmnit seen We comm ye was
a kind-hearted ole 'ooman.''
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

THE 200 rich bachelors of Gotham are
more than Offset by the 2S2 manageable
maidens who are worth all the way from
100000 to SIS, 100000, the aggregate wealth
beng c130,000,000, an average of nearly
S45a000
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

MISS ELIZABETH MORRIS was elected pres
ident of the Morris Refuge Association for
Homeless and Suffering Animals at its re-
cent annual meeting in Philadelphia. Last
year the association received 2, $40 dogs and
12,zS4 cats.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

ETYMoLoaY is a great leveler of pride. 1t
has been discovered hat "lady' originally
meant the "kneader of the loaf" or, in plain
language, the cook. Lord" really means
the stkeener of the loafn
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

THE Times, of Bath, Me-, reports that a
West Bath girl fifteen years old makes
twenty-five coats a week, takes one music
lesson. practices two hours day a d saws
all the Wol,d for two fires
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

THERE are propositions in France to con-
struct canals from Bordeaux to the sea.
board of the Atlantic and from Narbonne
To- the Mediterranean; total length, $50
miles; cost, S130. 000, 900.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

MISS CLARA HUNTINGTON, daughter of
Coils P. Huntington, the railroad man, is
only twenty-five and possesses S10,000,000.
She is accomplished, and acts as house
keeper for her father.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

The California Legislature has evolved a
new word. 1t is "ditflequibble," meaning a
flank attack on main question by CRITICS
ing some minor detail.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

Foa Throat Diseases, Coughs, Colds, ETC.,
effectual relief is found in the use Of
'Byoms's Bronchial Iroches" Price 25 cts.
Sold only in bores.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

THE Queen of Greece is not Dolly Var
den in her taste. She only wears two col
ors, the white and the blue.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

THE Public Awards the Palm to Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar for coughs.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

MISS JULIA RHINELANDER is also accredited
with S15,000,000. She is an orphan, is q
rigid church member and has rejected more
than 800 offers
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

AREu unlike all other pills. No purging or
pain. Act specially on the liver and bile.
Carter's Little Liver Pills. One pill dose.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

Nor a single baby has been born in Lib
erty, KY, for thirteen years. Liberty has
a population of 700.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

BosToN has literary genius who invents
catching names for books and plays, copy
rights them, and waits for bidders.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

MUST not be COMPOUNDED with common
cathartic or purgative pills. Carriers Little
Liver Pills are entirely unlik -hemin every
respect. One trial will prove their superiority.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

A COUNTRY editor closes his financial re-
view with the remark: Money is close, but
not quite close enough to reach"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

s&tSHryIpUAL PIES" are a new notion.
Tley are about as big as small "turn-
overn
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

FRUIT should not stand after beng cut, it
loses its flavor as well as its freshness and
will not cook so well.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

A SCARLET geranium leaf that measured
forty-seven inches in circumference was
picked at Hanford, Cal, a few days ago
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-23
Chicago Gram and Produce.

CHICAGO, August 22-From a purely
speculative stand point the market was
again provokingly dull and narrow today.
The weather indications were so fine as to
create decidedly bearish feeling in ali of
the grain pits. Still prices for wheat did
not decline appreciably. Trading was of "a
light scalping sort all through the session,
&c covering the fluctuations 10 leading fu-
lures, closing prices the same as yester-
days.
A large business was transacted in corn
and the feeling developed was weaker,
lower. prices being established. The
easier tone was largely due to
large receipts and warmer weather The
market opened "a &c under yesterday 5
closing prices, was easy and declined in
all 57Sa %@$4c, closed 1z@2Ic lower than
yesterday.
More business was done in oats and a
slightly lower range of prices recorded.
Offerings were heavier and prices declined
54@2c and closed easy.
Considerable interest was manifested in
hog products and rading was active and
in a general way somewhat unsettled.
Near deliveries of mess pork and short
ribs were steadier while July ruled easier
and in the lard market It was rather the
reverse. Trading was mainly in contracts
for September October and January.
Prices ruled somewhat irregular.
The leading futures ranged;