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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12
A Machine for Paying Money.

General Harrison, Inspector of the
Department.. is IN town for the purpose
OF making arrangements to put into
the post-otfice here machine for pay
ing money into the post-oifice. 1t has
Der of persons who handle money the
greater the risk of loss. In the ex-
tensive operations OF the postal order
system it has been necessary for sew
eral persons in large Office to receive
or pay out money. This machine trans
fers all the responsibility to single
cashier. 1t consists of a small electric
motor which furnishes power to run
continuous belts from clerks issuing
orders or examining orders to be paid,
to the cashier, who pays the money.
The clerk making an order puts it upon
the endless belt which carries it to tina
cashier, who receives the money. The
clerk receiving an order for payment
satisfies himself as to the authenticity
of the person presenting it, has him
sign the paper and sends his name and
the amount to the cashier, who asks
the person appearing to state the order,
his name and the amount, which being
correctly given. the money is paid over.
The system has been introduced only
in the larger cities, and this is the first
where an electric motor will be used.
st. Louis obe-Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12
What Everybody Saws

usl De true, and the universal verdict of
nose who have used Hibbard's Rheumatic
ayrupand Strengthening Plastsrs is that
leIe Is no doubt Of their curative qualities.
r; Larzelere, agent M. G. r. r., Albion,
nlcn;, says: "He was cured of Bright's dis
Syrup.
MRS. N. E. Jones, Prairie City, Iowa
says; For three years I have been afflicted
WIZ ntiammatory rheumatism and kidney
n III nver troubles. ! have taken Hibbard' g
nneumatic Syrup and applied their Plasters
over my stomach and am entirely cured. 1t
% sne greatestremedy that have ever used.
Erst ask your druggist, should he not
Keep It we will send on receipt of price,
sa.Wpe bottle or six for So co.
RHEUMATIC SYRUP Co,
Jackson, Mich
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12
AN INGENIOUS DEVICE.
How the Dials OF Tower Clocks Are Mad
Visible at Night.

now inc Dlats OF ROVER CLOCKS arc maze
Visible at Night.
Clockmaker Doray. in Havre, France,
has constructed very ingenious device
in order to make the figures on tower
clock dials appear white upon dark
ground rs we'll by day IS by night.
The dial is made of plain, transparent
glass, and the figures are painted on it
with white paint. The hands are made
of white china glass. Behind the dial is
a black b, C ground. From the street
the dial seems to be black, and the
figures and hands are white as milk.
At night the light is thrown upon
the dial by strong rehectors from the
bottom of the clock room, so that the
rays are thrown through the glass dial
toward the sky. No direct rays can
reach the eyes Of spectators below.
The semi-transparent figures and
hands receive and divide the rays of
light in such a way that the figures, as
we'll as the hands. show themselves to
observers below in clear light upon a
dark ground. At the Theological
school in Glashutte. Germany, SINH
lar construction may be seen in the
house clock at the school building
jewelers. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12
ELECTRIC CAR BRAKES.
Their Various Forms and the Difference
in Their Construction.


The expression electric brake is now
often heard and requires word of ex.
PLANTATION. There are various forms OF
so-called electric brakes which are
practicable and even efficient working
devices. In none of them, however,
does electricity furnish the power by
which the brakes are applied; it merely
puts in operation some other power.
In one type of electric brake the active
braking force is taken from an axle OF
each car. A small friction drum is
made fast to the AXE. Another friction
drum hung from the body of the car
swings near the axle. Ii, when the
car is in motion. these drums are
brought in contact, that one which
hangs from the car takes motion from
the other and may be made to wind a
chain on its shaft. Winding in this
chain pulls on the brake levers pre-
cisely as if it had been wound on the
shaft of the mandrake.
The sole function of electricity in
this form of brake is to bring the fric-
tion-drums together. In French
brake which has been used expert
mentally for some years with much
success, an electric current, controlled
by the engine-driver. energies an
electromagnetic which forms part of the
swinging-frame in which the loose
friction-pulley is carried. This electro
magnet being vitalized, is attracted
toward the axle, thus bringing the
friction-drums in contact. In an Amer
lean brake lately exhibited on long
freight train, q smaller electromagnetic
is used, but the same end is accom-
plished by multiplying the power by
the Intervention of lever and wheel.
The other type of so-called electric
brake is that in which the motive
power is compressed air. and the func-
ton of the electric device is simply to
manipulate the valves under each car,
by which the air is let into the brake
cylinder or allowed to escape, thus
putting on or releasing the brakes. All
of these devices have this advantage,
that, whatever the length of the train,
the application of the brakes is stimuli
taneous on all the wheels, and stops
can be made from high speed with
little shock Scribner's Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12
BEDDING FOR STOCK.
Comments by Man Who Has Made
Farming Paw.

Farming Pay.
When l see neighbor's stock stand
ing without bedding, next take look
at his barnyard, and ! always find ma
nure two or three years old. 1t is
invariably true of the man who is too
improvident to furnish bedding for his
stock, in this country, where straw is
so plenty, that he places very little
value on manure, or, as is usually the
case, he lives on a large farm, and be-
Loving that the manure he makes
would cover but small portion of his
land. he neglects to draw and spread
it. | have seen fa"mer-who is Il
granger, who attends regularly all
grange meetings and picnics- leave his
manure until it filed his doorways and
rotted out his floors. Just before win
ter set in he would draw out few
loads, so that they could get out and
in without too much trouble. l
have seen his horses standing
pitched forward with their hind
quarters on foot or two of ma
nure, and nc straw in sight. l have
seen seven head of cows and young
cattle dragged out for burial in one
spring. l have seen the poor brutes
search for water in a frozen mud-hole,
fall into it and die. l have seen the
blasts Of winter tearing through his
rickety barns, covering his hay and
grain with snow, and his poor, skinny
cattle bumped up in corners of the
fence, no doubt wishing death to end
their sufferings. have seen twenty
or twenty-five bushels of wheat under
his barn, with pigs, chickens and ducks
running to it, and hundreds OF bushels
of grain piled on his barn floor, with
two feet OF mold, rottenness and sprout-
ed grain in the center, and his tools
ah! have told enough. Ten years ago
| resolved to make speciality of saw
ing and making manure. Ihave never
regretted it. My crops are growing
heavier every year. and also standing
drouth much better. There is no bet
ter way to make lots of manure than to
put an abundance of straw under the
stock. The assurance that horses and
cattle are in dry, warm quarters, stand
ing in straw up to their knees, causes
che thrifty farmer to doubly enjoy his
own warm fireside and cosy bed.-N.
]. THOMPSON. in Ohio Farmar ..- .,-..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12
THE CREDIT SYSTEM.
Responsibilities of Bank Managers to the
, Public at Large.

Public at Large.
There are times when it is well for
the managers of banking institutions to
realize their responsibilities toward the
public as well as to their stockholders.
1t is particularly so when a general
scrutiny of credits is going onand when
widespread feeling of uneasiness
prevails. The banks have it in their
power to force general liquidation
upon the community at any time when
it may seem good to them to do SO. but
in SO doing they would themselves be
the first to suffer, for their only hope
of profit lies in the retention of GUS
toners who are doing profitable bust
ness and. therefore, able to pay for the
use of money. The vast development
of commerce in the latter years of this
century has been largely due to an in
telligent use of the credit system. If
every transaction was compelled to be
an actual transfer of cash from hand
to hand, the condition of tho civilized
portion of the world would be pitiful
in the extreme. All the fine tools
which commerce now uses would be
reduced to worthless heaps of junk,
and the inhabitants of the large cities
would be compelled to rush to the
country for food, each family becom-
ing self-supporting atom in the mass
of humanity. Money is merely meth
cd for facilitating exchanges between
men and communities, and it must be
employed according to certain we'll
known rules or it ceases to have any
value. The mere possession of wealth
without knowing how to use it rem
ders any one an absurd figure. and a
bank which has a million gold dollars
IN its vaults without the managers to
direct its scattering abroad in the shape
OF loans, might just as well have its
safe full of pebbles. Loan the bank
must, and loan to the uttermOst; the
duty of the directors consists simply in
passing on the merits Of individual
credits. A borrower who is conduct
ing an honorable and profitable bust
ness is not merely entitled to credit,
he must be encouraged in its legitimate
use if the community would prosper;
he must earn to extend it in every di-
rection that is open to it's products
Providence Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12
A Cautious Criminal.

BILL" said one burglar to another,
81 know where there's an Al haul TO
be made"
Where is that?"
Right around the corner. second
house." ....
Occupied by a real-estate man,
isn't it?"
Yes"
Excuse me. l don't want to take
chances in meeting any more real.
estate men. I've had trouble enough"
Merchant Traveller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

From ordinary business methods is made
BY the manufacturers of DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, in guaranteeing this
world-famed remedy to cure all diseases
arising from arrangements of the liver or
stomach, as indigestion, or dyspepsia, bill
iousness or silver complaint" or from i'm
pureblood, as boils, blotches, pimples, erup-
lions scalp disease, salt-rheum, scrofulous
sores and swellings and kindred ailments.
Money paid for "Discovery" promptly re-
turned if, on fair trial, it don't cure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

These tillsare scientifically compounded
uniform 10 acion. No gripping pain SO com
monty following the use of pills. They are
adapted TO botS adults and children with
perfect safety. We guarantee they have
no equal ip the cure of Sick Headache, Con-
stipation, Dyspepsia, Biliousness; and, as an
appetizer, they excel any other preparation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

dwo MoRMoNs were lately on trial at Salt
LIKE Clty for murder committed thirty
Eealsago The prosecuting attorney was a
Pay at the time the crime took place, and
PAhy OF the jurors were not vet born.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

THOSE who use Dobbins' Electric Soap
(dnd their name is legio") save their clothes
and strength, and let the soap do the work.
Did you ever try it! Ii not, do so next Mon
lay sure. Ask your grocer for 1t
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

room little King Alexandria, OF Servia,
YVES merely snOinted, not crowned, because
tne royal excheqner could not stand the ex
pense Of procuring crown and other re-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

TIE birth-rate Of Ireland is less than that
of any European country but France, Rus
sia standing at the head of the list
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

Up to the end of August 14,4S6,G00 tickets
were taken at the Paris Exposition. In
1873 the number was only z. 125,000.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

THE Prince of Wales is showing a dis
position to make himself useful as well as
ornamental. He has invented a velvet
dress coat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

Work for workers. Are you ready to
work, and do you want to make money!
Then write to B. f. johnson g. CO., of Rich
nond, Va, and see if they can not help you.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

A CELEBRATED Samoan beauty is an
American widow, thirty-six years old, and
has 150, 600 acres of land.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

PAIN in the Side nearly always comes from
adisordered liver and is promptly relieved by
Carter's Little Liver Pills. Don't forget this.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

Electric discharges are of three
kinds-intermittent, continuous, oscil-
latory or alternating.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

Ir young men will not believe in them
selves no man or woman can oelleVe III
them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

Don't hawk, hawk, blow, spit, and disgust
everybody with your offensive breath, but
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

ENleRoR WILLIAM, of Germany, has DO
come an active member of the Goethe So
ciety, whish has its headquarters at Wei
mar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

>..-Son Cough or Sore Throat the best medi-
zine is Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothachc Drops Cure in one minute.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

The per enables ayoung man to
give his girl an inkling of his senti-
ments. Washington Capital
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12
Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers.

Mild. equable climate. certain and abundant
crops Best fruit, grain, grass, stock country
n the world. Full information free. Address
Oregon immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

LONDON and Paris railroad street-cars
and omnlbuses are allowed by law to carry
only certain number of passengers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

You hardly realize that it is medicine. when
aking Carter's Little Liver Pills; they are
very small; no bad effects all troubles from
orpid liver are relieved by their use.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

DoN'T indulge in the luxury of strong
opnions in the presence of your elders.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12
The Liver

And kidneys are organs which it is important
should be kept in good condition, and yet they are
overworked and abused by nearly everybo iy, until
they become worn-out. clogged up, diseased.
Hoods Sarsaparlla cures all difficulties with
these organs, rouses them to healthy action, and
tones the whole digestive organism.
II have been using Hoods Sarsaparilla for hdi-
gestion and liver trouble 1t has greatly beHehted
me, and l think 1t l. fully as good medicine as
claimed" E. S. CHEsEBRo, chief engineer Gre
dept, Stonington, OF.
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Sold by all druggists. ST. six for 50. Prepared only
by C. i. HOOD l. CO., Lowell, Mass.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

oplnions in the presence of your elders.
BEST, easiest to use and cheapest Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. 25c.
GRATITUDE is the music of the heart when
its chords are moved by kindness.
liz afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists selllt Zoe
A LITTLE seeing saves much looking; O
little speaking saves much talking.
ENTIRE freedom from injurious drugs makes
'Tansiils Punch'' &c. Cigars most popular.
He who waits to do a great deal at once
will seldom do any thing at all.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20
Loved HIS ADOPTED paurhtsr.

A sad-faced, handsome woman, poorl,
but neatly clad, was seated on bench
at the station house yestel day, says
the Memphis 4udtdnche. She held an
infant in her arms, and was weeping in
q silent, hopeless sort of way.
A reporter drifted in, and after some
questioning, the woman told her story.
Her name is Mrs. Bette Slaughter, and
she came from near Collierville, in this
county. Her maiden name was Mo-
Cord.
During her girlhood she met and
loved a farmer named j. Franklin
Slaughter. They were married on Janu-
ary 10, 1882, and dwelt together poace-
fully and happily.
Soon after their marriage Sallie SUIT
ton, pretty orphan child 10 years old,
came to them and asked for a home.
The Slaughters were poor, but they
took the girl in and cared for her as
best they could.
Sallie grew rapidly and developed
into fine girl. She found favor in her
oster-fathers eyes, and Mrs. Slaughter
noticed that J. Franklin was fond OF
caressing the buxom Sallie.
About II year ago he said he would
find Sallie better home than he could
give her, and he and his adopted
daughter started for Memphis osten-
sibly.
Neither of them returned.
After time the truth dawned on the
deserted wife, and, trying to forget her
false husband, she set about trying to
make living for herself and two small
children and her invalid mother. She
met with i'll success. Her health was
delicate and she was unable to do rough
work. But for the kindness of neigh
bors the family would have starved.
About week ago Mrs. Slaughter re-
ceived news of her runaway husband.
He had killed himself in fit of mad
ness caused by the fickleness of the
girl he had ruined.
Slaughter and the girl were living in
Kentucky as man and wife She had
admirers and encouraged them, and
Slaughter objected.
She pleaded innocence fo, n time,
but her lovers became more marked in
their attentions, and violent quarrel
took place between Slaughter and the
girl
She threatened to leave him.
Confronted with the prospect of los.
ing the prize for which he had aban-
doneq home, wife, children and honor,
Slaughter put an end 10 his miserable
existence.
He owned revolver, and ball from
it crashed through his brain and left
Sallie again without protector.
After hearing of her husbands death
Mrs. Slaughter decided to come to Mem
phis and seek employment. She
brought her children with her. but left
her mother to be cared for by neigh
bors.
Mrs, Slaughter has no money, ard
wants employment. She said that she
was willing to do any sort of work.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20

Bailey, in Garden and Forest, and have
yet to see such an experiment in the peach
orchard which paid. In apple orchards
it is frequently profitable, but apple trees
are set further apart, aud the trees are
sufficiently lony-lived to allow all the
1 am confident tnar mos. .ilov
their peach orchards to get too old. There
should be no sentiment in matter of
fact operation like the growing of
peaches, and when the trees cease to be
profitable on account of age, they should
be uprootcd. l have seldom known
peach orchards to be profitable after they
were twelve years planted, particularly
when they have had good culture and
have borne heavily. 1t is sometimes true
that they cease to be profitable at an
earlier age. But whenever the time
comes, cut them down, root them out,
and plant anew, with the same thought
for profit that leads you to cut your corn
or plow under your strawberries. At
any rate, do not be deluded with the no
ton that continually filling in an orchard
is profitable.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20
sENsIBIIITY OF THE HORSE.

The horse will leave musty hay un-
touched in his bin no matter how hungry
He will not drink of water Objectionable
to his questioning shifts or from bucket
which some other odor makes offensive,
however thirsty. His intelligent nostril
will widen, quivcr and query over the
daiDtiest bit offered by the daintiest of
hands. A mare is never satisfied by sight
or whinny that her colt is really her own
until she has certified the fact by means
of her nose. Blind horses, as rule,
will gallop wildly about a pasture with
out striking the surrounding fence. The
sense of smell informs them of its prox-
unity. Others will, when loosened from
the stable, go directly to the gate or bars
opening to their accustomed feeding
grounds; and when dcsirous to return,
after hours of careless wandering, will
distinguish the one outlet and patiently
await its opening. The odor of that par
ticular part of the fence is their guide to
it.--HoIse and StobIe.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20
STORING CARRIAGES.

| have tried various methods Of keep.
ing cabbagcs through the winter, with
out success, says a writer in the imerican
Cut'rat0r. Attempts To bury in pits or
trenches failed with me, and second, |
could not readily get ut them as wanted,
by reason of frozen ground. Often the
cabbage would freeze also. My present
method of storing cabbage in winter is to
put them, heads down, in bins in my eel
lar, and from one to three in depth, ac-
cording tn the room at my command.
do not pull cabbage from the ground, but
when put i'll the cellar IN this way cut
them off just above the roots, with Il
small hand axe. BY making slantinc
cut the cabbage will not be broken from
the stump. The roots have no Keeping
qualities. Cutting of the roots does
away with all the dirt.
take of the principal share of the
surplus leaves. Store tn" cabbagrS when
dry. | can keep them hy the above
method until late in the spring, aud still
nave them tender and crisp. Ia fact, |
keep all OF my vegetables in the cellar,
excepting my squash. The temperature
should be maintained Mt about forty dc
grces after winter sets IN Stored in this
way the farmer may have good vcgctu
blcS throughout the cold season.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20
RESETTING IN PEACH ORCHIDS.

it is a practice Of doubtful cXpcdicucy
to set new peach trees after an orchard
has been planted three years. Peach
trees are short lived and an orchard can.
not be kept full of trees with profit m.
less the trees are all nearly of the same
age. " new trees are constantly set in
vixen the body Of the orchard becomes
Improbable, there arc still II few strag-
Cling and younger trees which the owner
dislikes to sacrifice, and which are yet
practically OF almost no value. Land can
be put to better use than to be titled for the
purpose 'of supporting a few scattering
and indifferent trees. But even the more
immediate vaiue OF trees which are filled
in is trif'ing, and seldom worth the
trouble they give. They are checked by
their we'll established neighbors, and
yield little. / have had experience for
many years in this direction, says l.. II.