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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11
MODELS OF CRUISERS.
Ships Three Hundred Feet Long Reduced
to Seven Feet.

W seven tels
Visitors to the Navy Department find
nothing to interest them SO much as the
models in the main corridor representing
the new cruisers. These are inclosed in
glass cases, and look like magnificent
toys. They embrace the Maine, the
Charleston, the Boston and other vessels
that will comprise the fighting strength
of the new navy. These vessels are
about seven feet long, yet they are alb
solutely accurate representations in min
iatuee of the completed vessels. Not
withstanding that it would seem impos-
sfbivfo make everything appear in min
iature and yet preserve the scale, it has
been accomplished in these models
Guns, shields, spars and rigging are all
represented in size exactly relative to
the dimensions of the vessel. 1t has re-
quired an endless amount of calculation
and skill in the preparation of these
models.
Imagine ship over 800 feet long re-
duced to seven feet, and yet the details
are preserved so that life buoy on the
side of the vessel is properly placed and
of precisely the same relative size as in
the original design. Even the line by
which it is released is there in minia-
ture.
The proiectiles ranged along the deck
behind the batteries will exactly fit the
miniature guns, and away up in the tops
are the military arms, scaled to repre-
sent their relative weight in the arma-
ment.
All this is handwork, and requires far
more skill and delicacy than the con-
struction of a watch. The few experts
who are successful in this branch are
employed in the Navy Department. They
have made all the models alluded to
above, which have cost from $500 to
5000 each. The MISUNDERSTANDING
is Mr.. III. N. Bennett, and his two assist
ants are Joshua Evans and Joseph A.
Marcoron. All of them have been prac-
teal workmen in the ards under the
Navy Department Washington Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11
THE YELLOW LOCUST.
Its Value as a Wood to Be Cultivated by
Farmers.

Farmers.
While much attention 10 being paid
to the importance of systematic forestry,
systematic tree-planting is sadly neg
lected in many parts of our country
where it could be made profitable. In
the Middle and New England States
there are thousands of acres, once culti-
waited, that are now apparent waste ex-
cepting for pastures, which returns but
small revenue. There are many whole
farms no longer valuable for agricultural
purposes that could be made profitable
if planted with the common yellow
locust, valuable timber tree Of easy,
rapid growth.
Some fifty years ago an intelligent
farmer having a large acreage in Long
Island on rocky land where profitable
tillage was impossible, planted about
thirty acres to the yellow locust, which
made rapid growth on the steep hills
among the rocks, the soil being moist,
lively loan. All underground was an
nually cut, which allowed fair growth
of grass that furnished good pasturage
the entire season.
After a period of twenty years the
larger growths were eight or ten inches
in diameter, and from that time there
has been annually sold more in value
from this rocky waste than from the
most productive field of the farm, and
without expense other than the cutting
and getting to market.
The timber takes the first rank,
whether for strength or durability,
among our forest trees. tbs invaluable
in ship-building, as we'll as for posts or
rails, and for railroad ties it has no
equal: for the latter purpose alone it
would be a remunerative industry on
lands now overgrown with comparative
ly useless timber. There are few trees
that make more rapid growth, or are
half so valuable. A peculiar feature of
the locust is that grass grows freely in
it's shade, which it will not do under
most forest trees. When the planting is
once made no further attention is re-
quired, other than tc thin out annually
all superfuous growths. 1t increases
so rapidly by suckers that this atten-
ton becomes necessary in order to make
available the entire product of the soil.
The same rule, we believe, is applied to
all timber growths. Garden
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11
How WOMEN wear ont Shoes.

An active woman will destroy more
upper leather in the house in given
time than she will on the street, there
are many more obstacles to the square
yard to be encountered in the house
than on the street; more stair climbing,
more rubbing of feet on the chair rounds,
and last, but not least, more feet sat
upon in that luxurious feminine pose.
The wear of uppers of women's shoes by
the friction of the skirt, is greater than
many people suppose. Mems trousers
do very little damage, compared to the
heavy and constant rubbing of the skirts
against the back of the shoes. There
are no shoes made for women that will
compete with mems calf shoes in dura-
bility under hard knocks. Unfortu-
nately women do not and will net wear
calfskin shoes; they are at disad-
vantage in this respect.--PhiladelphiS
Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11
Novelties and knowledge.

A new book of attractive reading, brim-
full of good things worth knowing and illus
trated, is just issued 1t contains large
collection Of valuable autographs, excellent
receipts for plain dishes, humor in ryhme
and prose, monthly calendars, and can be
had of all druggists and dealers, or, by
sending two-cent stamp to the publishers.
An important feature of the work is its
offer of Free Music, which offer is set forth
therein, and by procuring the book, at once,
any one can be supplied with choice selec-
t,A. The little volume is the st. Jacobs
Oil Calendar for 1SS9-90, published by The
Charles A. Vogeler Company, Baltimore,
Nd 1t is fully the equal of any of its
predecessors in the interest Of the Great
Remedy for Pain, St Jacobs Oil, whose
virtues never abate, and whose popularity
never wanes. The demand for both book
and medicine is very great
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11
FAT AND LEAN.
Some Practical Hints About Fattening
Hogs.


We hear more and more about making
streak of fat and streak of lean in
our pork. The sensible idea is becom-
ing more prevalent that the great Jumps
of fat which we make and market are
not just what the people want. Indeed
thousands who would use pork if it had
a streak of lean and streak of fat can
not use fat pork, and there can be no
doubt that all who do use it would be
better off if it was less fat. Yet we de
not sympathize at all with the notion
that fat pork is necessarily injurious in Z
marked degree.
We believe that it can be shown that
pork-eaters arc as healthy and long
lived as beef-eaters. Still, leaner pork
would be more palatable and moro
healthful. How is it to be produced?
Some of the experiment stations have
been doing something in that line, but
they claim that their experiments have
been to degree unsatisfactory. Well,
it can not be expected that our present
hog can be made over in minute or a
day or year. 1t is the nature of the
hog to- take on fat. Give it fat-tormiRg
food and it will convert it into fat But
there is no special secret in creating
leaner pork. We may never get the
streak of fat and streak of lean laid out
with mathematical precision, and there
never may be any ''streaks" at all in
some hogs.
But the prevailing system of feeding
can not create lean in streaks or other
wise. Lean is simply muscle. Make
muscle and you make lean meat. Now
we all know how to make muscle. 1t is
made by maintaining the health of the
hog and by feeding muscle-forming
foods. If we feed in that line and breed
from hogs thus fed we shall in time have
leaner pork. If double the quantity OF
muscle is created that the average hog
now has there will be double the quza.
tity of lean meat. But we must give
the muscle time to develop. We can not
expect that two years growth of muscle
can be made in nine months. Western
Rural.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

DID you ever try dry bran for packing
apples?
TAKE walk around the orchard and
garden. Have your note book along.
HAVE you protected the young trees
of the orchard against the attacks of
mice?
ABOUT ten million pounds more dried
and evaporated apples were exported
this year than lest.
If yoa have some long manure that
you wish to put to good use, spread it
amongThe raspberries.
If the ground is not yet frozen it w Il
yet do to lay down the raspberry and
blackberry bushes and the grapevines.
IT is claimed that the daily consump-
ton of good sound fruit is better than
all the cathartics in the universe. 1t is
pleasanter ito take"
ASSERT your seeds and make list of
what you need for next years planting
do it now--when the opportunity
comes for buying you will know just what
you want
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11
CARE OF BEES.
How They Should BE Fed and Treated
During the Winter Months.

How They Should BE Fed and Treated
During the Winter Months.
There is but little opportunity during
the winter to give bees attention, and
the proper time to put them in shape is
during the summer months. The
American Agrculturist says the feeding
should all be done before cold weather
sets in, and they should be settled in
their winter quarters before real winter
is at hand. 1t often occurs that winter
overtakes US with colonies that lack
food. In such cases we can not possibly
use strip for food, as the weather is too
cold for the bees to seal it over, and I'M
sealed stores will not serve properly for
winter. The moisture which always
arises from the bees in cold weather en-
tiers the unsealed honey and dilutes it,
making it very unwholesome. Our only
resort, therefore, for feeding in cold
weather is to make candy and use it.
This is very good and healthful food
if properly made and administered.
1t is made from graduated sugar by
melting it, adding a little water-no
more than will thoroughly melt the
sugar-when it is boiled few minutes
and poured out into cakes or states of
three or four pounds each. When cool
this becomes very hard, almost like rock
candy. In feeding this it is placed on
frames just over the cluster of bees
where they can have access to it at all
times. When in this position it receives
the heat arising from the bees and they
remain on it all the time. 1t is so hard
that it will last them long while. This
candy may be given bees at intervals
during winter, and colonies may be
brought through in good shape that
would have otherwise persisted. This,
or any other work that is necessary to
do with bees in winter, should be done
on warm days. 1t will not do to modest
them on cold day, but it should always
be done on days when the bees are
HUinu
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

On board an ocean steamer gentle
man wished to help lady, who was of
an inquiring mind, to comprehend the
principle of the steam engine. This is
how he cleared away all difficulties:
why, you see, ma'am," quoth he, Its
just one thing goes up, and then an
other thing comes down, and then they
let the smoke on, which makes the
wheels GO round. That's what they
call the hydraulic principle. It's quite
simple when you know it." Law me,
l never understood it before! But then,
1 never had it properly explained" re-
piled the fair listener.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11
THIS BED WARRANTED
To nrOdupp
NEURALGIA. RHEUMATISM,
Stiff Joints. RQckuche.
DOCTORS Bills AND DEATH |!

y
When l go out into the country to
visit my relatives, tho spare bed rises
up before my Imagination days be-
fore | start, and SILVER as l remember
how cold and grave-like the sheets are.
put off the visit as long as possible,
solely on account of that spare bed. I
don't like to tell them that l would
rather sleep on a picket fence than to
enter that spare room and creep into
that spare bed, and SO they know moth
ing of my sufferings.
The spare bed Is always as near mile
and half from the rest of the beds as
1t can be located. It's either upstairs
1t tho head Of the hall, or off the parior.
The parlor curtains haven't been raised
'or weeks; every thing is as grim as an
I'D maids bonnet, and the bed is as
,quarc and true as if it had been made
Up to a carpenters rule. No matter
whether it is summer or winter, the bed
like ice, and ii sinks down in way to
make one SILVER. The sheets are Slip
perry clean, the pillow-Slips rustic like
;hrouds, and one dares not stretch his
eg down for fear of kicking against a
tombstone.
Ugh! shake me down on the kitchen
floor, let me sleep on the hay-mow, on a
lounge, stand up in corner, anywhere
but in the spare bed. One sinks down
until he is lost in the hollow, and foot
by foot the prim bedposts vanish from
sight. He is WORKOUT and sleepy, but
he knows that the rest of the family are
SO far away that no one could hear him
If he should shout for an hour, and this
makes him nervous. He wonders if any
one ever died in that room, and straight
way he sees faces of dead persons, hears
strange noises and presently feels chill
galloping up and down his back.-Sani-
tary Volunteer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

Fig. l.-Dodder vine and sule' anu o"O
flowers upon alfalfa. caps ule bears
Fig. "A. Head of flow fror, +vvo tn four
erS-natural size. B. An iho WV w
individual flower. c. Two perfect SEEDS. IL
celled capsule. d. Seed. is evident. there
L. Section of vine, show . a.,
ing scale-like appcndages. lore, thaV III Cne
branch represented .$here would have
been produced from 2,400 to 1880 vital
seeds. AS these are hardy and ger
inmate readily, it is hardly necessary to
answer more explicitly the question:
is it bad to spread?" If one little
spray will produce SO many seeds, what
number would a plant or patch of
plants produce? The seeds (D) are OF
good size, and often escape the fan and
sieve in preparing clover seeds for mar
ket, and it is possible the plant in ques-
ton was sown with the alfalfa. Destroy
it. Do not let it ripen it's seeds. The
plant will not injure cattle, but would
be of little benefit as feed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11
FoRoEPs FOR PRINTING METAL LABELS

same number appearing OF top between
two Of the dies, and the operator is thus
enabled to avoid ali mist-hes. To
avoid the necessity of setting the whole
machinery for single figures from to
81 these figures appear a second time,
and independently, on the handles, as
appearing Il illustration, and impress
sions of them can be taken rapidly
without changing the whecl.-popular
Gardening.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

away precious time and money and tritie
with your health experimenting with un-
certain medicines, when DR.. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery is SO positively GER
tain in its curative action as to warrant It's
manufacturers in guaranteeing it to cure
diseases of the blood, skin and scalp, and
all scrofulous Affections, or money paid for
1T will be refunded.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11
Forceps for Numbering Labels.

The little device for numbering zinc
or lead labels is sent out by German
firm as the best and simplest of its kind,
and costing only about $3.50. 1t is
small enough to be carried in ones
pocket, and has sufficient purchase to be
easily worked. Any number from to
9999 can be pressed into label with a
single impression. The number ready
for impression is also indicated by
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11
Consumption Surely Cured.

readers that have positive remedy for
the above named disease. By its timely
use thousands of hopeless cases have been
permanently cured. | shall be glad to send
TWO bottles of my remedy FREE to any OF
your readers who have consumption if they
will send me their express and post Office
address. Respectfully, T. A. SLoCUM, NJ. c.,
ISL Pearl street. New York.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

Fowls in confined runs need extra at
tention or they get out of condition and
cease to lay, the ground becomes tainted,
and they feed on food defiled by their
own eXcrement, which naturally pro-
duces loss of health and condition.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11
CATARRH.
Catarrhal Deafness-Hay Fever-A New
Home Treatment.

Sufferers are not generally aware that
these diseases are contagious, or that they
are due to the presence Of living parasites
in the lining membrane Of the nose and
eustachian tubes Microscopic research,
however. has proved this to be fact, and
the result of this discovery is that simple
remedy has been formulated whereby
Catarrh, Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness
are permanently cured in from one to three
simple applications made at home by the
patient once in two weeks.
N. B.-This treatment is not snuff or an
ointment; both have been discarded by
reputable physicians as injurious. A pamph-
let explaining this new treatment is sent on
receipt of three cents in stamps to pay
postage by A. II. Dixon & Son. cor. of John
and King Street, Toronto, Canada.-Chrts
tidn Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

You hardly realize that it is medicine, wher
taking Carriers Little Liver Pills; they are
very small; no bad effects; all troubles
from torpid liver are relieved by their use.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

THE saving in clothing where Dobbins'
Electric Soap is used is tWenty times the soap
bill. 1t is no new experiment, but has been
sold for "a years. To-day just as pure as in
1865. Try 1t. Your grocer has it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

THE science of mating for best results,
not only in fine points but vigor and
fertility, requires careful study and
practical observation. Study your stock,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

The impecunlous snob who hires car
rage and does not pay for it is really no
more aristocratic than the rich man who
walks.-N. o. Picayune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

NOTHING tends to turn man toward pro
hibition quicker than going to the closet in
the dark fer the brandy bottle and getting
the cod liver oil bottle by mistake. -Somer
Vile Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

ONE would imagine that counterfciter
were very exact about their work, consid
ering the danger cf detection, and yet they
are satisfied if it is passable.-Baltimor
American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

TALK about generalship! If Napoleon had
ever seen girl climb a barbed-wire fence
he would have held the honors of Auster
litz at nothing -Binghamton Republican.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

THE law permits man to use his wife to
rob his creditors. Yet in the face of this it
is argued that marriage is failure -Bing
hamton Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

AN EXTENDED POPULARITY Bro,Cn's BrOn-
chidI Irochcs have for many years been the
most popular article in use for relieving
Coughs and Throat troubles.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

THERE is a great difference in poker
players. There's the man who can play
poker, and there's the man who thinks he
acheck-Epoch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

You can no more judge man by his
daily walk and conversation than you can
an election-day saloon by its front door,
Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

It's mean man who treads on woman's
corns in the horse car simply because she
didn't thank him for the seat he gave her
Merchant Traveller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

IT is no longer necessary to take blue pills
to rouse the liver to action. Carter's Little
Liver Pills are much better. Don't forget this.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

WHAT wrecks many homes is drinking
whisky on beer income.-San Francisco
Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

PULLING the wool over a mans eyes nat
urally gives him a sheepish appearance
Binghamton Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

AUTHORS of fesh-reducing systems find it
spaying business, for it enables them to
i've on the fat of the lard-Baltimore
American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

SLANG interprets slang. II is easy to see
the force of the remark, Don't be a clam"
when you reflect how frequently the clam
IS in the soup.-Toronto Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11
Oregon, tho Paradise OF Farmers.

lid, equable climate, certain and abundant
rops. Best fruit. grain, grass, stock country
the world. Full information free. Address
oregon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

TIE greatest fool in the world is the fool
,:wtQ. when he is made fun of, says he has
'6eeh Gnjustly criticised.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

THERE is no full stop to the furnace in
cold weather. Railways requires the colon
Boston Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

1T is all right to blow your own horn, bu'
some people haven't any horn to blow.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

OF the sprlg re-
ceived Gig. ~
and also a de-
tailed sketch of
the flower and
lits parts Gig. q.
The vine is very
slender, almost
threadlike, and
the minute flow
ers Gig. 2, By
are produced in
heads of a dozen
or more along the
vine, as repre-
sented at A, Fig.
2. Fig. l repre-
sents over one
hundred heads of
flowers, a bou t
half of which are
indie a t e d, t h G
others being in
the rear and not
shown. If each
of these heads
contained twelve
flowers, which is
a modest esti-
mate the spray
w Gould number
1900 flowers. At
c, Fig, 2, is shown
a capsule with
two styles. Each
flower has a cap
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

WE sometimes hear of the spirit of hope,
but hope is no spirit; it's only an ex-
pecter.-Binghamton Leader.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

PEOPLE who are sneered at as being
Quixotic are most always right.-Washing-
ton Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

$500 Reward offered for an incurable
case of Catarrh by the proprietors of DR..
.Sage's Remedy. Scots, by druggists.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

:. WHEN man is fishing for compliments
peoples good ,graces !-Glens Falls Repub-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

The quickest way of smoothing rough
characters is to iron them. - Baltimore
American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

One of the horrors of being a woman is
the possibility of becoming mother-in-law.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

SPEAKING of hunting, sewing societies are
greater promoters of dears talking.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

liz order to appreciate being kissed a girl
should be old enough to know better.-Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

No Opi,inl in Piso's Cure for Consumption
Cures where other remedies fail. Csc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

A sKILLFUL cook is the most popular OF
interior decorators.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11

Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should
carefully read the above