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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-02
AN EXCELLENT MAXIM.

Have Time for Every Thing, and Do
Every Thing in Its Time.
ITO every thing there is season, and q time
to every purpose under the heaven"
Never was saying truer than this;
never one of more universal applica-
ton; never one the disregard of which
would cause more dire confusion. "a
time for every thing and every thing in
its time" should be the companion
maxim to "a place for every thing and
every thing in its place." and if it
were made one Of the rules for living
how much more could be accomplished
in a stated period than if duties were
performed and various pursuits pleas
urable or otherwise, followed without
regard to the fact that there is "a time
to every purpose under the heaven"
Such, however, is the perversity of
human nature, that we are perpetually
taken possession of by a demon of
longing to do certain task or enjoy a
certain pleasure in the time that we
are positive, beyond doubt, should be
devoted to some other purpose. Who
has not been the victim of this strong
desire to do at a certain time THAT
which he ought not to do, and to leave
undoEe that which he ought to do?" 1t
seems too, sometimes, that the more
insignificant the duty of the moment
the stronger the aversion to doing il
just then, the more powerful the temp
tation to put it of until some other
time. We have felt grieved beyond
measure at the thought Of putting two
or three needed tacks in carpet, and
have actually permitted ourselves to
defer doing it not only weeks but
months. We fancy eyebrows lifted in
horror at this frank confession; but to
those who lift them we would say, "Let
him that is without sin cast the first
stone" Such ones, too, we would urge
to give thanks three times daily that
they "are not as other men are. y
Christian at Work.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-02
WORKOUT ORCHARDS.
How to RenovAte tho Soil and EestOi
Fertility to tho Trees.

How to Renovate tho Soil and Restore
Fertility to the Trees.
We often meet with an orchard of
apparently healthy trees, which is
practically fruitless. The owner may
tell US that it formerly bore abundant
crops, but of late years the trees have
''run out" Why have they "ruu
out?" They formerly gave good crops
of apples. All the other land on the
farm was expected to give but one
good crop, but this OF the orchard was
made to give crop OF grain. or a
crop OF grass or clover. to be taken off
as hay. The soil soon became tired of
doing this double duty. The trees
"gave OUT because they were robbed
Of food; the first thing they need is
feeding. OF course, if the soil needs
draining, lay the needed tiles at once,
or as soon as the soil will allow. Such
orchards are usually in grass; draw on
a heavy dressing OF manure and spread
it, and, as soon as the soil is in proper
condition, turn over the sod and ma
nure with the pillow; with the hot
weather the sod will decay rapidly.
When this is found to be well rotted
give another blowing, and deep
one. If ashes can be had spread a
heavy coating and harrow; in the ali
sence of ashes harrow in good dress
ing of lime. If the frank and larger
branches are covered with loose scales
of old bark upon which lichens and
MOSES have foothold, scrape Off the
loose bark, using blunt, short-handled
hoe as scraper. Then in a damp time
or thaw wash the trees with soft soap
thin enough to apply with a brush.
Use homemade soft soap made with
lye or potash. That sold at the
stores is usually merely hard soap
mixed with water and very def
Gent in strength and quite inferior to
the homemade. Mix the soap with
enough water to work readily, go over
the scraped portions with it, and leave
the spring rain to finish the work. In
due time the bark will be found beauti--
fully smooth and deprived of all foreign
growth. The soap that has been
washed into the soil will act as use-
full fertilizer. Long neglected trees
usually require pruning, and this must
depend upon the condition of the tree.
Never cut out branch without good
reason for it. If the top has become
crowded, cut out enough branches to
let light and air into the center; if
grown one side, remove the branches
needed to restore the balance. If large
wounds are made, smooth the surface
and paint them over with some dark
colored paint. American AgricaltUr-
ist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-02
ODD BOSTON WOMEN.
o"o "onected Watches and the Other Had
q Weakness for I,aces.

o"o collected Watches and the other Had
Weakness for Laces.
ne death of Mrs. Gardner Brewer
reminds me of an incident heard of
her several years ago in Washington,
OUT LOT which can not vouch. Like
many wealthy ladies she had ond-
ness Tor gathering curios, and her
oeautliul home contained many quaint
anu unique articles of silver, rare old
porcelains and china, collected in
years OF foreign residence. Her late
RAD was costly one-watches. In a
case OF which she kept the key herself,
was achoice array of time-pieces. rang
ing from big Dutch affairs, which can
DC peeled, layer after layer like an
onion to the daintiest OF enameled,
!eweled watches, used by French
beauties OF the empire. Some of these
had once belonged to those whose
names are famous in literature or
society," Mrs. Brewer employed an
expertto look up these things, but de-
pended upon her own judgment as to
their value. The agent reported that
an old lady in Washington, indirectly
connected with George Washington s
family had a silver watch once
carried by the first President.
Mrs Brewer found the old lady in
destitute circumstances and quite
willing to part with the watch for
a 1Hlsum. Aftor verifying the date
gAby the watch, Mrs. Brewer told
herMwas worth many times the price
she asyed, and after consulting with
other @nnoisseurs of antiques, she de-
posted in the bank sum which in
sured tn old lady every comfort, even
II she liv'd to be century old. dare
say many collectors, less noble, would
have takel the watch at the old lady
valuation,
Another itch Boston lady has been
collecting for years specimens of lace,
until she has pieces of all the pillow
laces, such as Mechlin, Valenciennes
and the costly Honiton, with its del
| ASs'NN 49, Vi variety anu
age to illustrate the manufacture.
Some Of her needle-made laces, like
Italian and Venetian point, were
wrought in the seventeenth and eigh.
tenth centuries, and others, besides
their intrinsic worth, are doubly valu
able as having once adorned roya
ladies-the Empress Josephine, Napo
Icons mother, and the unfortunate
Marie Antoinette. This lady also ha.
many "Cathedrar' laces that formerly
draped the affairs of European converts
now suppressed. Most of the fashion
able "fads" by which wealth amuse!
herself requiresa special training, Ions
experience and the incest discrimin
ating power. A New York lady, wht
INDUCED her passion for these rare
products of the needle, was suddenl,
bereft of husband and fortune. and nov
earns good salary by selecting lace'
in Europe for q large dry goods house
Boston Letter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-02
BALLROOM DUST.
Dangers That Are Encountered with q
Light Heart by Gay Young People.

1ShO NV ohy Acoplts
Words of prudent caution are apt to
be regarded as indications of senility
which can be laughed to scorn by the
more youthful and robust. The dam
gers of sudden chills when heated are
rashly brayed by those who have not
learned wisdom from sad experience,
until too many families have to mourn
the loss of one whose initial troubles
they date back to exposure on leaving
a dance" A correspondent season.
ably draws our attention to another
risk which can not be avoided by the
most prudent until it has been gener-
ally recognized, viz. the probably
deleterious action of the irritant par
ticles of glass Aux, known in COM
MERGE as ''glitteriug FROST" frost
powder" etc. These particles were
formerly affixed to artificial flowers
and fancy dresses by some adhesive
material, but they are now employed
extensively by merely being busted on
before attending places of amusement,
and are hence readily shaken off and
ditfused through the atmosphere by
any brisk movements. Our CORES
pondent has experienced irritation of
the throat. while he has known other
persons who were affected in the eyes,
or who suffered from irritation of the
skin Of the face and hands. doubtless
to be traced in this cause. 1t is quite
conceivable that the trouble may ex-
tend further. 1t is well known that
operatives working in an atmosphere
charged with irritant spicules, suffer
from various forms OF chronic pull
monary disease. In his admirable re-
port upon the mortality in England
and Wales during the ten years 1871
so. DR.. William Ogle devoted consider
able space to the consideration of the
mortality from phthisis and diseases of
the respiratory organs in what he
terms discriminating occupations.
His figures bear heavy record
against the dust of stone and the dust
of metal. Hitherto the dust of glass
has escaped observation; indeed. the
circumstances under which it is likely
to be inhaled render it probable that
subsequent bronchial affections are
more likely to be attributed to some
other cause; still it can scarcely be
supposed that these insoluble sharp
particles can be inhaled with impunitv.
London Lancet.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-02
A Profit-Sharing Railroad,


There is one railroad in America,
operated on proft-sharing basis, and
but two in the world. The American
road is the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North
Michigan, which with its prospective
branches will cover the greater part OF
the State. The road pays to it's officers
and employees dividend, the president
alone being excepted. In order to OBJ
tain this dividend the employees or CT
ticials must have been five years in
continuous service of the road. The
way in which the matter is arranged
is for the board of directors to declare
dividends on the amount of salary re-
ceivcd by each servant of the road as
II that sum represented, not salary,
but an amount of stock of the road.
There are also provisions made for en-
ployes who shall be injured in the SER
vice of the road and also for those who
retire after twenty years continuous
service. The plan has not been in
operation two years yet, but it is re-
garded as successful. The employees
favor it and the stockholders ALSO
Such plans certainly closely identity
the interests of capital with those Of
labor and thus serve useful purpose.
New Haven Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-02

The American public has had per-
haps quite as extended experience with
schemes. which have, after obtaining
liberal contributions from over-confi-
dent and sanguinely prospective stock
holders, proved to be nothing but a
trap or catch-penny arrangement, rs
any other country, and still they seem
slow in learning the lesson which has
cost them or their fellow-men so much.
A notable instance of this is found in
the recently defunct Electric Sugar
Refining Company, which was to COM
pletely .revolutionize the business, and
the stock in which so many ambitious
investors took shares. With such strik-
ing examples OF the uncertainty of all
things earthly, including Keely motors,
Panama canals and electric sugar re-
fning companies, it would seem that
those who are anxious to increase their
wealth would use a little more dis
erection and judgment. Z. 7. Barnum' s
statement that tho American people
were not happy unless humbugged, or
words to that effect, seems to be literal
ly true and as long as they are thus,
there are those who are willing to profit
by their cupidity. -Boston Budget.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-02
DOCTOR SCHLIEMANN.
The Wonderful Linguistic Achievements
of the Great Excavator.

The Wonderful Linguistic Achievement
of the Great Excavator.
Doctor Schliemann, whose chief
claim to fame rests upon his excava-
lions of the sites of classical Greek
cities, possesses in q remarkable de-
gree the the gift of tongues" In an
interesting account OF the struggles of
his early life-he was born of poor
parents in a Mecklenburg village-re-
Gently given at a meeting held in his
honor at Heidelberg, the explorer de-
scribed the steps by which he became
an accomplished linguist.
He conceived a strong desire to learn
Greek from having, when a shop-boy,
heard drunken man, who had been
we'll brought up, srecite some lines of
Homer. In 1841 Schliemann, who had
betalen, himself to seafaring life,
was wrecked on the coast of Holland,
and barely escaped with his life.
He then obtained q situation in an
office at Amsterdam, and Immediately
set himself, though having little time
and less money to pay teachers, to
master the languages he was bent on
acquiring.
BY his own efforts and by his own
method-which was boldly to begin to
write language, and when possible to
get friend to correct his productions
he learned English in six months.
French in another six months, and
passed on to Dutch, Spanish, Italian
and Portuguese.
Then he attacked Russian, which, of
course, gave him more trouble, but
brought its great reward, tor it opened
to him the road to Russian commerce,
in which he attained wealth of which
he had never dreamed.
After this he mastered Polish, Swed-
ish, Greek ancient and modern, Latin
and Arabic. Though some of these
languages are, of course, scarcely more
than dialects of an original stem, the
list is portentous enough to challenge
attention.
1t is claimed for Cardinal Mezzofanti
shat he was master of about seventy
languages, but by many the claim has
been disputed. Incidentally Doctor
Schliemann mentioned that he had not
yet done with excavations. He next
intends to make some experiments in
Crete.-N. Y. Morning Journal -
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-02
6ASELY UNGRATEFUL.
How q Young Physician Violated the
Ethics of His Profession.

How q Young Physician Violated the
Ethics of His Profession.
An old fellow sat on a rail fence. His
hat lay on the ground; his long hair
was tangled and his face wore re-
ve1geful expression. A traveller,
noticing the old fellows hardness OF
countenance. stopped and thus ad-
dressed him:
"You seem to be worried
Gam"
whats the matter?"
"Got duty to perform"
at must be an unpleasant one"
mo, the duty is pleasant enough,
but the waiting is tiresome."
"Why o you waltz"
''See that house up yonder?"
Yes"
"Well, there's fellow in there that
am going to larrup as soon as he
comes OUT
"He has done you an injury, 1 sup
pose"
"He has"
Nv nat ulQ ne 90!
"Well, I'll tell you. He came into
this neighborhood about six months
ago and began to practice medicine.
have been a practicing physician in
this community for thirty years, yet
treated the upstart kindly. How did
he repay mep With the basest ingrati.
tude, sir. I'll tell you how it was.
About two weeks ago old Peter Nolan
was taken awfully sick. He was as
sick a man as l ever saw in my life.
Why, he had swamp fever. rheuma-
tism, pleurisy, and a number OF other
diseases. l was called in. As soon as
looked at him l saw that he had no
show, and told him that it would not
be honest for me to give him medicine
and take his money when knew that
could do him no good"
THAT was surely commendable," "
said the traveller.
"Of course; but mark the difference.
That young snipe was called in. What
did he do? Act with corresponding
honesty? No, sir, he pitched in and
gave old Pete lot of medicine"
"And killed him, eh?"
well, no; the scoundrel has about
cured him."
Eyes, but that proves him to be q
good physician"
"A good physicianr' the old fellow
exclaimed. why, blast him, he knew
that had said old Pete couldn't live
He knew that my professional reputa.
ton was at stake. Why didn't he lei
the old fool die? Why did he want tC
cure him and ruin me? 1t was an un
professional act, sir, and just as soor
as he comes out of that house I'm going
to whale him. | am not going to be
insulted in my old age, l am not going
to allow a young popinjay to ruin the
profession. Wait till he comes out anC
you'll hear something drop. '-Arkan
saw Traveller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-02
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

-teedlnS STOCK 10 gain q prom from,
is a nice point and requires study and
close attention.
Use carbolic acid in all the white
wash that may be applied. and white
wash the interior of the stables as often
as it can be done. as it renders them
light and cheerful.
Should the cows teats become
cracked or sore from any cause. always
before milking soften them with boiled
linseed oil, and apply this again after
milking until well.-.Orange Judd
Farmer.
1t impairs the growing qualities Of
seed potatoes to store them in salt bar
rels. Every potato which touches the
side of the barrel will become soft at
the point of contact. and the eyes will
be destroyed. -American Agriculturist
To propagate the apple by seeds
they should be sown in rich ground, in
drills of about one foot in width and
two feet between each drill, and so
scattered that when they grow there
will be one plant to every two inches.
They must be covered with about one
inch of earth and one inch of leaf
mold, tan-bark or sawdust. The
usual time selected for planting is Oc-
tober or November, or even later. ",s
Orange sponge furnishes delicate
dessert. Dissolve three and q half
sheets Of Cooper's isinglass1 in water
and add to it one pound of sugar on
which you have previously squeezed
the juice of six good-sized oranges and
one lemon and half. Add the whites
of three eggs well beaten. and beat all
together till the mixture is thick and
frothy. Turn into mold and sot ON
ice.
ANY young man not now on farm
who desires to become farmer should
hire out to the best farmer he can find
and stay two or three years. He will
then get trained for his work and be
paid for his training. He can still
further help himself by a course Of
judicious reading and study during the
winter evenings. Such course for q
young man of common sense and ener-
gy will fit him to manage farm wisely
and well.
There is good deal of potash in
corn cobs, as thrifty housewives long
ago learned when making soap. 1t is
here that a good deal OF the mineral
elements of the corn plant are concen-
trated. Perhaps it is for the potash as
q corrective of acidity in the stomach
than animals will. often eat the cob. 1t
is all the better for being charred or
burned. Burn to a crisp the corn cobs
from which fattening hogs have de-
voured the corn, and sec how greedily
the same animals will then eat them.
Corn Oysters: With two cups Of
canned or freshly grated sweet corn
mix three beaten eggs, cup OF sweet
milk, half a teaSpoonful Of salt, enough
flour for a thin batter, and heaped
teaspoonful of baking powder. Have
ready some thin little squares of cold
roast lamb or veal. Drop the batter in
tiny cakes on a buttered griddle, on
each cake lay a bit OF the cold roast,
and cover it with o teaspoonful of the
batter; bake the same as griddle cakes.
and serve them nicely Drowned and
hot. This makes a very palatable i'm
itation of fried oysters. American
| Agriculturist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-02
MRS. LOGAN'S IDEA.
The Enterprising Woman Proposes to Es-
tablish - School of Housekeeping.

The Enterprlsing Woman Proposes to Es-
tabIish y School of Housekeeping.
1t is said that Mrs. General Logan is
busying herself abroad looking into a
scheme which she thinks-if she finds
it practicable-of carrying into execu-
ton when she returns to this country.
In Germany there is a custom which
sounds almost as if it were survival
of the middle ages, when boys were
sent to the great families to be trained
as pages, and girls learned 10 spin,
sew, embroider, brew and bake under
the supervision of the chatelaine of a
castle. This custom, in it's modern
form, is to send girls, after they have
finished school, to live year in the
household of some noted housewife,
who teaches them all the accomplish
ments which it is held fitting haus-
mutter should acquire. Many women
in Germany who are learned in all do
nestle matters, but who are left wild
owed and in need OF money, keep their
homes in this way. They take as in
mates young ladies, who are given a
year of training in housekeeping.
They are taught all the my steries Of
washing paint so that it will not peel;
OF sweeping carpets so that the nap
is not taken away with the
dust. They learn how floors
should be waxed to look like glass, and
old mahogany polished to resemble a
mirror; how silver should be cleaned
and china and glass properly washed;
what will soonest cleanse and brighten
mirrors and windows; how lamps are
kept in order, and what is the secret OF
the satin gloss Of properly Numbered
linen. They learn how to market, to
choose the best meat, fish and vegeta-
bles, and how they should be cooked to
be tender and we'll favored. Their
pastry falls into flakes at a touch, their
bread and rolls are light and sweet.
They know how to can, preserve and
bottle all sorts of fruit and vegetables
and just how tables should be set, din
ners served and wines cooled. They
know the art of bed-ma1ing, busting,
packing, arranging closets and regu-
lating servants work, and they are
taught all the important rudiments OF
needlewOrk. At the end OF year they
are fitted to run a house economically,
literally and with oiled wheels, war.
ranted not to squeak. This is the sys-
tenn Mrs. Logan is making study, and
her idea is to found just such a home
in this country where girls can take d
postgraduate course of a year, learning
all these very important accomplish
ments, which would go far towards
negativating in many homes the sug.
gestion that marriage is failure. She
thinks, it is said, of founding the home
here or in Chicago. and has already
some twenty young women promised
her to begin with. She does not pro
pose to make the year all the work anG
no play. The home is to be big
handsome house, fitted with every com
fort, supplied with books and music
and the girls are to find that part of thu
curriculum is in learning through prac
teal experiments how to entertain il
every fashion. Mrs. Logan is a woman
of great energy and executive ability
and if she undertakes this project she
may be trusted to carry it out with
| beneficial results Y World