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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

Mrs. NANCY CLARK MARSHALL
WINKLE SMITH FRIsBEE McGREGoR
RAwLINs, rich and somewhat mascu-
line woman, who owns valuable cattle
and timber lands in Montana and
Oregon, has lately reached the ex-
treme Scriptural limit of marrying
chronicled of her sex by taking unto
herself her seventh husband. Hus-
band No. is % years old. He was
raised by the much widowed woman,
and calls her mamma.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

The decline in land values still con-
tinues in England. A farm of $40 acres
at Sheppey, which was bought for
a16,OOO, is now offered for 93, 400, and
farm of $50 acres near Chelmsford
can be purchased for 81, 800.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

The New Haven Neaus says that
only one out of every four of the
weather indications at that point has
been. verified for a year past. The
same complaints are made at all other
points, and it is evident that the
weather has got away from the signal
buroou
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

A BENGALEE student was asked to
answer this proposition at an examine
ton: "Put down in your own words
what you think of the character of
Lady Macbeth" To this the Baboo
gave the frank reply: ooh, indeed,
she was brazen-faced female"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

A COURT train worn recently by the
young German Empress was six yards
long, and of the finest white Lyons
silk, magnifcently embroidered in
gold and silver. The price of the ma
terial was about $500, and the en-
broidery was done by twelve young
girls who were working at it for two
months.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

THE finest single sapphire in this
country is owned by Mrs. William
lAstor, and her necklace of emeralds
and diamonds is among the eostliest
Jewels in America.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15
bureau.

SUNFLowERs are used in Wyoming
Territory for fuel. The stalks, when
dry, are as hard as maple wood, and
make hot fire, and the seed heads
with the seeds in are said to burn bet
ter than the best hard coal. An acre
of sunhowers will furnish fuel for one
stove for year.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

LITTLE Phil" SHERIDAN, just turn
ing 9. is the perfect physical counter
part Of his father. He also shows his
fathers courage and equanimity.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

THE Florida woods are full of bird
plume hunters, and if the cruel
slaughter is kept up that plume birds
Of that State will soon become extinct.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15
NEW YORK coRREspoNDRNcr. /

HE game popu-
|larly called : Hare
and Hounds, Z is
among the best
known 8 port 8
W b ich interest
the athletes Of
this country, al
though none is
probably letter
for the develop
ment Of wind and
m u 9 Q | Q. The
proper title is
9 Harriers, " and
under this name
it ranks with the
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

used in laying the trail Then they make
O break for home, and when the pack
arrives at that point the Master knows
It is then his duty to get the pack To-
gether in line and give them the word to
start homewaFd, From that moment II
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

been gfeatly exag
gerated by rival
States, and though
at times the ther-
mometer lowers it
self in the estima-
ton OF society, the
cold is of such q
bracing character
as to seem almost
progressively hot to
those who are not
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15
ENGLISH fakirs paint sparrows yell
low and sell them for canaries.

THE strawberry crop in Georgia is
expected to be month earlier than
usual this year.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15
DEVELOP THE MUSCLE.
HARE AND HOUNDS A POPULAR
SPORT IN THE EAST.

Known In England as ssHarriers." 1t Is One
of the Oldest Athletic Games in Great
Britain Chasing Hare, with the Hare
0lniffad.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

Cesar declined crown, but perhaps
he knew It was counterfeit and wouldn't
pass.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

n the exhilarating
Northwest, 1889: The
!. cold Of Minnesota has
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

we hired an elephant apiece and began
to penetrate the jungle, preceded by
our trusty bird-dog.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-07-20
UTILITY OF HOBBIES.
The Best Way of Diverting the Mind from
Lies Little Crosses.

Said gentleman who had seen much
of human life and was himself an ell
thusiastic student at threescore years:
"No man in this world can be happy
without a hobby"
With this as a text, another scholarly
and amiable hobby rider said, as an
introduction to a lecture upon his
favorite study: ''Indeed, for diverting
our minds from the little crosses which
we all have to bear, there is no earthly
solace SO healing as a subject in which
we are intensely Notwithstanding
to which the thoughts may at any mo-
meut recur when weary OF the sug-
gestions we would escape.
when, in addition to being an in
nocent diversion, ours is useful study,
we and our fellow mortals are alike
gamers. The person VINO passes
through life without being an enthusi-
astic student of something loses more
than he can appreciate.
Il emphasize the something, because
nothing but natural selection can de-
eide what ought to be each persons
field of work. Nature is generous; the
field is the world. With one it may be
rocks or ferns, with another MOSES or
oaks; or leaving untamed nature for
applied science, it may be the steam
engine or the telescope, the field of
language or the human form. No per-
son has a right to say: My study is
important. and yours is useless Each
mans hobby is really for him the most
valuable addition he can make to his
own happiness, and the most precious
contribution on his part to the sum
total of human felicity and general
knowledge. n-Universal Tinker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-07-20
FARM AND FIRESIOE.

The boy should be taught to care
for and keep in perfect order each
machine which he may have occasion
to use.
One teaspoonful of ammonia to a
teacup of water, applied with rag,
will clean silver or gold jewelry per-
fectly.
Make q note of what you sell,
when. how much and the price. 1t
may be to your interest some time to
know about these things.
"A new method of dehorning is to
make strong caustic application to
the eLs)ryo horn. 1t gives little pain
and is as effectual as the saw.
Buffalo or carpet bugs may be ex-
terminated by means of mixture of
equal parts of camphor, saltpeter and
borax finely powdered. Before tack
ing down carpets spread generous
supply of the powder along the edges
of the floor.
Cherry Pudding: One esp aour.
one teaspoon baking powder Wet with
milk until the dough can barely be
stirred with a spoon. Add as many
raw or canned cherries as can be stirred
in. Steam half an hour. Serve with
sauce.
When turkeys can have the range
OF the farm, they can procure for them
selves a sufficient variety of food. In
the summer time they grow faster, and
are much more healthy, when COM
PEELED to depend upon insects, their
natural food, for their principal SUBJ
sistence. Give them something to eat
when they come home at night. This
tameS them.
strawberry Custard: Scald nearly
a quart of milk in farina kettle. In
the remainder of the milk, dissolve two
tablespoons of corn starch and stir
into the hot milk. When the milk
thickens add carefully three beaten
eggs and half a cup Of sugar. Stir until
thick and, when cool, flavor with va
nilla and add strawberries.
"A wire basket to drain dishes in is
a great convenience. A substitute may
be made, by punching holes in the bot
tom of an old dish-pan and setting it
on two sticks in one end of the sink.
Pour hot water over the dishes in this
pan; after they have drained few
minutes, the pan may be carried to the
pantry, and the dishes will need but
little wiping before putting away.
Probably meal will finish up steer
better than ear corn, but for the bulk
of the feeding there are no trials to
which we can point that show in favor
of meal over whole corn. A step still
further in the right direction is to feed
unhusked corn, fodder and all, to the
cattle. Such innovations may appall
many farmers, but what we are drift
ing toward is not more complicated
methods of feeding, but big crops tc
feed, better stock to feed it to. and sim
pie rational methods of getting feed tc
the animals.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-07-20
FAILURES IN DAIRYING.
In Order to Avoid Them Raise Cows In
stead of Buying.


stead of Buying.
Whatever may be written in favor of
preventing failure in dairying, the
greatest mistake made by dairymen is
that of buying their fresh COWS instead
of raising them on the farm. The dairy
man does not wait as patiently for the
calf to grow as he does for his crops to
mature, and when choice COW be-
comes dry she is sent to the shambles.
and new one, fresh, with Il calf by
her side, is procured as a substitute.
The yearly introduction of COWS into
the herd from other localities has
brought disease also, although each
animal may have been apparently in
excellent health when purchased. 1t
is safe to assert that no dairyman has
ever been cursed with that scourge-
abortion-in his herd if he has not
bought cows from other points. Where
the COWS have been raised on the farm
they have been bred from selected
stock, not only for yield of milk and
butter, but also for hardness and free
dom from disease, but when COW is
brought from another point to be added
to the herd the only quality required
is that she is fresh, and Recently
calved. 1t is we'll known that the most
expert dairyman will fail in his judg-
ment of the milk and butter qualities
of COW until he has tested her at the
pail, and there is always more or less
risk OF procuring a very undesirable
animal.
1t requires two or three years to pro-
cure a fresh COW by breeding for her
on the farm, which prompts the dairy
man to buy his cows, but that it is more
economical to raise them is easily de-
monstrated, provided the stock is grad
ed up to a higher standard of excellence
by the use of thoroughbred males. The
greatest loss of time is during the
period of growth, but after the heifer
comes in she will, in q short time, not
only give a quantity of milk and butter
equal to the animal that preceded her,
but will reimburse the dairyman for
the time lost before she became re-
munerative. 1t is not so much a matter
of feeding, although feeding is impor-
tant, as it is to secure the largest yield
possible. for in dairying an extra quart
per day may turn a loss into a profit.
When the thrift of the flock is also
considered the home-bred cows are
always in the majority.
As long as COWS are purchased in
stead of being bred no improvement is
possible. 1t is good average if every
COW in a herd will yield seven quarts
of milk for every day in the year, and
this average is greatly lessened where
COWS are annually purchased to re-
place those that dry off, but the records
of some of the noted cows of the pure
breeds show that it is impossible to
obtain over forty quarts of milk per
day, while one COW is said to have
produced nearly seven pounds of butter
per day for one week. These facts de-
monstrate that if the dairyman will
grade up his cows their yield of milk
may be greatly increased, and that
many of the failures in dairying are
due to the omission Of the dairyman to
raise his own COWS, and to raise them
from his choicest animals -Philadel-
| phia Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-07-20
PATRIOTIC SAVING.
Some Reasons Why Nothing Should Be
Wasted on the Farm.

A great deal of feed is wasted by
poor racks and managers that allow
half the fodder to fall underfoot; and
by not having racks to feed in; and by
careless handling of the feed. saw a
boy carry hay to COW; he scattered
nearly half of it in the mud. Hay fed
to sheep in bOX-racks should be pressed
down with the fork, and not thrown IN
loose to be pulled out. Overlooking
wastes great deal OF hay, the animals
nozzle it over, breathe on it, and make
it unpalatable; it is often allowed to re-
main in the racks and managers to
crowd the new supply out. Leaving
wagons, sleighs and tools exposed to
weather has been much preached
against. but the folly continues. One
item of waste is in abandoning the old
wagon when a new one is purchased,
leaving it in the road or barnyard with
d broken wheel or tongue, never to be
used again, when at the cost of dollar
it might be repaired for drawing stone,
manure and odd jobs on the farm, re-
lieving the new one from great dead
of dirt, exposure and decay, thus pro-
longing its life and freshness several
years. When common-sense gets con-
troll, manure will be made and kept
under cover, and dead cats, rats, fowls,
and even sheep, horses and cattle will
not be allowed to rot above the ground
to pollute the air and waste the best of
fertilizer.
| have seen farmers go home with
empty lumber wagons from village or
city where there were piles of ashes,
cinders and plaster that they could
have for taking them away. In put
ting up additional sheds and barns
drew the rich surface soil on to garden
or fields, instead of covering it Up; it
often happens that in making roads,
embankments, or in grading, that rich
soil, better than stable manure, is COW
cred and wasted, when it ought to be
removed and saved. 1t is q terrible
loss when rich bottom-land, long in
grass, is plowed and the spring
gully it, carrying Off the best of the
soil. Mix the Stops from the house
with muck and plaster, and put them
on the garden. If you have children,
don't decide not to keep a cow-sne
will pay her board if you board her
well. Hens are omniverous; keep hens.
and they will save great deal that
would otherwise go to waste. Feed
beet and turnip tops to cattle; put
weeds into the pig-pen; split cabbage
stalks and feed with leaves; give all
the surplus tomatoes, melons, etc., to
what likes them best. Choice bits of
timber, iron-bolts, and miscellaneous
pieces should be kept for use. In short,
let nothing be wasted. Whoever saves
and consecrates the savings to useful
ends is a public benefactor-a patriot
and philanthropist. Hugh T. Brooks,
in N. Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-07-20
AMONG THE FIJIANS.
Houses That Look Like Hay-Stacks Stand-
ing on Mounds.


ing on Mounds.
The ordinary Fijian house looks. out
side, like a great oblong hay-stack'
standing on mound raised some few
feet above the surrounding level, with
long ridge-pole extending beyond the
roof at either gable, its ends sometimes
ornamented with shells. The hay-stacs
has doorway or two. with a mat sus-
pended in it. Houses with greater pre-
tensions, however, have the walls pref
tily latticed with reeds, and distinct
from the roof, which is deliberately
matched, with great projecting caves.
Inside, immense posts, usually OF Ces'-
wood (AtzetiG byuga), and very IN
genious frame work, support the ROOF.
The interior decorations of sinnet (co-
coanut fiber), always in rectilinear pat
terns-for they do not affect curves
are sometimes pretty. The black,
squared lintels of the doors are the
stems of tree-ferns. On great shelf
overhead is stored the family lau, con-
venient Fijian word equivalent to the
Italian roba Here it comprises their
fishing gear, huge rolls of tappa or
native cloth, mats, immense pottery
vessels, and the like. The shelves
were also handy in war time as point
of vantage whence you could conven-
iently spear your neighbor as he
entered, and before his eyes became
used to the subdued light. The floor
is strewed with mats, on which you
recline, and is usually raised foot or
SO toward one end, which enables you
to take graceful attitude. leaning on
your elbow. Cooking is done in q
little hut outside, or sometimes there
is great fireplace on the floor, con-
fined by four logs, the smoke finding
its way out through the lofty roof. As
you enter the house you find the mats
being swept, or fresh ones unrolled and
laid down. Your traps are brought up
from the boat, and. if this happens to
have grounded half mile from the
shore, you have perhaps yourself been
carried to land by these willing giants.
A few words are exchanged with the
village chief or your host for the time
being-far too few, to my mind, even
for politeness. am told they do not
expect it.-Coutts Trotter, in Popular
Science Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-07-20
THE COMPLEXIONIST.
A New Profession Invented by an Enter
prising French Woman.

a New Profession Invented by an Enter
prising French Woman.
Strolling up town recently a reporter
had his attention attracted by the sign,
"CompleXionist," which was hanging
over the door of an misunderstanding
dwelling house. Wondering what I'M
der the sun compleXionist might be,
he wandered in to satisfy his curiosity.
A French lady of medium height and
with charming conversational powers
received him in small room fitted up
in the style that might indicate at first
sight either a drug store or hair
dresser's saloon.
"A compleXionist, said the lady in
answer TO the reporters Interrogation,
is one who makes a study of the
human skin and takes charge of the
customers complexion"
But surely there are not many
who
"Oh! yes; there are hundreds of the
fair sex who come here during the gay
season to be made up or to have the
skin treated with delicate washes to
prevent the bad effects of gas, heat
and late hours. But young ladies are
not the only ones treated: men-young
and old-are often found within these
walls"
What is your usual mode of treat
mentp"
THAT depends upon the complex
ion. If it is merely to be preserved.
we advise little careful dieting and
bathing in elder flower water. Not
particle of fat must be eaten, as it in
jures the polish of the skin. Here is
a prescription that will clear the skin
in q very short time: A tablespoonful
of sulphur taken every other morning
for week, then omitted for three
mornings and taken again. A mixture
of powdered birthstone or diluted
glycerine should be rubbed on the face
at night and washed off in the morn
ing with soap and water in which there
is little ammonia. Washing the face
in spirits of camphor. glycerine and
ammonia is also very good, and various
other methods are resorted to for this
end. IN. Y. Mail and Express.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-07-20
Climate for Consumptives.

The several climates of Florida, Colorado
ana California have each been much pre-
scrioed for sufferers from lung disease, yet
thousands of the natives in those States die
OF this fatal malady. A far more reliable
remedy is to be had in every drug store in
the land, and one that can be used at home :;
remedy which is sold. by druggists, under
tne manufacturers positirc guarantee that,
II taken in time and given a fair trial, it
WIN effect cure, or money paid for 1t will
world-famed remedy for consumption Tor
lungscrofula) known as DIR. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery. 1t is the only rem
edy for this terrible disease possessed Of
such superior curative properties as to
warrant it's manufacturers in selling it
under guarantee
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-07-20

The golden harvest time is near and
fortunately the facilities for enjoying it are
arnk The CHICAGO, Rock ISLAND g. Pa
tAILwAY will sell Harvest Excursion
h4a5 to all points in Kansas and Nebras-
kalwest of but not on the Missouri river),
Colorado, Indian Territory, New Mexico,
iexas, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Dakota,
Arizona, Northwestern Iowa and South
western Minnesota at ONE FARE FOR THE
ROUND TRIP. Dates of sale August 9th and
s0th, sept. 10th and Gath and October Sth,
1859; return limit, 30 days from date of
sale, mus atfording opportunities for in
vestment or the location of farms ard
homes IN growing sections of new
country SUCH As WERE NEVER BEFORE
OFFERED, the territory TO choose from being
very much larger than that included in
the scope OF any similar previous ex-
curslon IHE SOLID vESTIBULE EXPRESS
TRAINS Of the Rock ISLAND are composed of
elegant Day Coaches, Pullman Palace
Sleepes, FREE Reclining g Chair Cars and
Dining Cars to and from Omaha, and
via Kansas City and st. Joseph through
the most desirable portions of Kansas and
Nebraska to Denver, Colorado Springs and
Pueblo, where direct communications are
made with diverging lines (also at st.
Paul. to all points in the States and Terri
tories above named. For m ore detailed iufor-
nation call ON or address JOHN SEBASTIAN,
Gen'l Ticket and Pass. Agent, Chicago, Ills.
TIE road that carries the largest mum Der
of passengers is the Manhattan Elevated
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-07-20
-Conditional Observation-Disclosures

Conditional Pardon. -Oldgrudge-
Inc doctor says l am about to die.
ana sent TO you that we who have
oeen bitterest enemies all these years
m'ghtreceive each other forgiveness. =
Makepeace-"I most truly forgive you
IN eVerything." Oldgrudge-"And 1
forgive you, if die, but remember if l
recover. the fight will be taken up just
where we now drop it. Omaha World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-07-20

A BOSTON lady opposed to corporal pun
ishment visited a school, not in a fashion
able part of the city, just as boy was be-
ing fiogged. Before going away She spoke
to the culprit and asked him to come and
see her on a certain evening, promising to
make it pleasant for him. At the appointed
hour boy, dressed in his best, came, and
for an hour and more the lady and her
daughter laid themselves OUT to amuse him.
Then the lady began to speak of the impor.
lance of good behavior and obedience tc
rules, when the boy interrupted her: 'Oh,
amt that felerl He gi'me ten cents to
come lnstider him."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-07-20

Having done business in the United States
for years, our reputa' ion and responsibility
is established. We want three men in your
vicinity to represent US, to whom exclusive
territory will be given. Handsome outfit
free. Salary and expenses or commission
paid weekly, previous experience not re-
CURED. Hardy stock specially Write
at once for terms to May Brothers, Nursery
men, Rochester, N Y
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-07-20

North and South America, besides Guate-
mala, the West Indies, Australia, and even
Europe, are the fields of usefulness in
Which Hostetters Stomach Bitters has dem
I Ss.rated its value as an antidote to malaria,
ahdas remedy for dyspepsia, constipation,
rheumatism, neuralgia, biliousness, nerv-
BUSINESS, and loss of appetite and sleep.
Theinhabitants, the medical men of these
countries, have spoken in no uncertain
tones concerning the efficacy of the great
household remedy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-07-20

Now" said the passenger sitting
with his feet on the other seat, this
Bible of yours says the very hairs of
your head are numbered. Do you mean
to tell me that some divine or angelic
being actually went to the trouble to
count the hairs of my head?" "Of
course not" replied the parson, who
was not SUCH meek man as he looked
to be, 1.-The text doesn't mention bristles,
even by inference" And shortly after
ward the parson. who had been riding
on the wood box. got a seat. but the
religious discussion was dropped
Burdetta .
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-07-20

considering all the valuable ad-
vice that the newspapers of this coun-
try give to the Legislators of this coun-
try. it is astonishing that this country
isn't governed better than i, Is SOM
ervire journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-07-20

s'THE Gods give no great good without
labor" is an old proverD. and true one;
the hardest labor is not always that which
is the best paid however. To those in search
of light, pleasant and prohta H, employ a 10Y
Richmond, Va.