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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04
FARM AND GARDEN.
PLAIN TRUTHS.
Some Of the Causes of Failure In
Breeding.


Some of the Causes of Failure in
Breeding.
A reader rises to ask why it is that in
many instances farmers who have come
into the possession of well-bred live
stock have not succeeded in producing
as meritorious animals as they had been
led to expect would result from the use
of such blood?"
Well, in the first place, the farmer
standard of excellence may not have
had really uel-6red animals to begin
with. The terms purs-bred and aceU-bred
should not De confused. 1t is related of
Lord Rivers that when asked how he
succeeded in always having irst-class
greyhounds, he replied: 81 breed many
and hang many" Not every breeder
makes such wise use of hemp. Not
all pure-bred animals are equally we'll
bred. The well-bred animal is that
which has inherited genuine merit from
his immediate progenitors, and the more
of his ancestors that were distinguished
in the same direction the better is the
breeding. Not every pure-bred animal
measures up to this standard. Many of
them are merely pedigreed ''weeds, !"
and the farmer who buys of the dealer
and ''peddler' rather than the legiti-
mate breeder, while he may get beast
at low price that can boast herd-book
entry land Therefore pass as pure-bred),
may still fall short of securing we'll
bred beast. This, it is needless to state,
is prolific source of disappointment,
and suggests it's own cure.
If we were to limit our reply, however,
to one single point, we should be strong
ly tempted to assert that more good
breeding stock is ruined by poor keep, a
failure to maintain the animals in an
atmosphere conducive to thrift, than by
any other single cause. AS rule the
best specimens of the various improved
breeds are those that have been gener-
ously reared upon proper foods, allowed
plenty of liberty on pasture, and
handled by men who were too much in
love with their beasts to permit them to
be abused in any way, shape, form or
manner; and to transplant good animals,
highly developed by painstaking men,
to farms where any or all of these ele-
ments of successful management are
wanting, with the expectation that they
will maintain their excellences and
transmit them to their progeny, is to
expect the seed from sound, heavy
yielding grain to produce a bountiful
harvest when sown in sterile soil and
turned over to the tender mercies of
noxious weeds. In other words we may
amplify the old law Of transmission of
hereditary qualities by saying that "like
begets like or the likeness of some an
cestor'' under like conditions. Neglect
and niggardlv treatment will in a very
few years undo the work of generations.
So many gruesome tales of woe have
been sung about the evils of over-feed-
ing that some well-meaning people de-
liberately starve all the excellence out
of their pedigreed animals.-Breeder's
C1zpfta
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04
AR1EsIAN CuRIoSITIES.
Live Fish and Fossils from the Bowels OF
the Earth.

the Earth.
In the upper San Joaquin valley, or
what is more commonly termed the
Tulare valley, is to be found the greatest
artesian basin in California, if notin the
United States 1t covers territory
about sixty miles in length and from
fifteen to twenty miles in breadth, and
is gradually extending. Many OF these
wells discharge over 2,000,0 900 gallons OF
water every twenty-fonr hours, and
there is one in the Smith colony, in Kern
County, which flows 100000 gallons
every twentv-four hours. Such we'll
is said to be capable of irrigating two
sections of land, and a good-sized canal
is required to carry the water. Another
we'll spouts to height of thirty feet
whenever the we'll is uncapped. just
south of Tulare lake, and within radius
of ten miles, there are about three dozen
of these wells averaging flow of nearly
2, 1000, 900 gallons to the we'll for every
twenty-four hours. Some of these wells
send up considerable natural inf1amma-
BILE gas; and there is we'll near Tulare
lake where, it is said, coffee can be made
from the heat furnished by the gas as it
comes up out of the we'll. A short time
ago the well-borers working the farm OF
Charles Henderson, near Tulare Lake,
brought up pieces of petrified wood with
their augers when at depth of 1000
feet. How it came there is a matter for
conjecture. During the summer gen
tleman living in Kern County was sur
prised one day by finding several small
fishes in trough where the water ran
out of an artesian we'll located on his
ranch. At first he supposed that some
one was trying to play joke on him.
He took the fishes out of the trough,
but his surprise knew no bounds when
next morning he found quite number
Of the fnny tribe swimming around
There was but one way to account for
their being there. They had come up
out of the artesian we'll. An examina-
ton of the fishes by different persons
resulted in their being pronounced a
specie that is to be found in the Owens
river country, situated almost directly
on the opposite side Of the Sierra Neva-
da range. In the month of August one
of the wells lying near the northern
shore of Tulare lake gave indisputable
signs of subterranean disturbance.
The water suddenly fell in the well and
as suddenly rose again. but in that short
time the color it assumed was an ashy
white. 1t also became tcpid, and re
manned in that condition for several
hours, when it resumed it's usual con-
dition.-Tulare cor. San Francisco Ex-
aminer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04
Clicked Cattle.

In our last issue we gave two
methods in vogue for relieving choked
cattle. A correspondent of the New
England Homestead has an excellent
as we'll as humane way for accomplish
ing the same result and he thus de-
scribes it, when an animal becomes
choked, | find the obstruction by feel
ing along the throat with one hand, and
in nine cases out of ten it is found in
the outlet. With a pressure of the
thumb ami fingers the obstacle can be
forced out the way it went in, and gem
orally the animal is ready to assist in
its removal A few years ago had a
heifer that was choked with apples
every few days, and in every instance /
removed them in this way without diff.
ficulty or danger of injuring the animal.
l think any thing which an animal
gets into its throat and can not get
down in the natural way should not be
punched or pushed down, thereby en-
the life of the animal, but it
should be taken out the Fay it went
in"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04
PICKLE WORMS,
One OF the Pests That Work in Gardens
How to Get Rid of Them.


The larvae of the neat cucumber
worm is often found by the wholesale
in some gardens, running the pickles or
cucumbers. The larvae is easily recog-
nizable; it is about an inch long and OF
yellowish white color with greenish
tinge. On each segment are a few
slightly elevated shining dots, from
each of which fine hair issues. The
head of the larvae is yellow with brown
margin. The illustration herewith rep
resents the cucumber as affected; the
larvae generally begin to appear about
the middle of July and continue their
depredations until late in September,
feeding on the flesh of the cucumber,
rendering it unfit for use, and causing
premature decay. Often several spec.
linens are found on single cucumber.
When mature, the larv@ leaves the
fruit, draws together few fragments Of
leaves, spins cocoon and in about eight
or ten days the slender brown chrysalis
changes to yellowish brown colored
moth. There is more than single
brood, and the chrysalis of the last
passes the winter emerging as moth
the following year.
The moth, as shown in the illustra.
ton, has an irregular patch of yellow
on the fore wings, which also consti-
tutes the color of the greater portion
of the inner parts of the hind ones
the thighs, breast and abdomen are
silvery white, giving the whole of the
under side of the body a pearly appear.
ance. The lower parts of the legs are
yellow. The body of the female diff.
fers somewhat from that of the male
it terminates in small, 1attened,
black brush, squarely trimmed; the
preceding segment, however, is of 9
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04
When the Ring Was Lost.

A terrible incident happened at we'd
ding, that of couple both of middle
age. There was grating just in front
of the altar rails, which led down to the
pipes which heated the building. In
his agitation of putting the ring upon
the finger of his bride the unfortunate
bridegroom let it go, and it rolled down
the grating. The clerk descended and
hunted for some time. The ring, how
ever, could not be found. The poor
bride shed copious tears, and the BRIDE
groom gallantly stanched them as we'll
as he could with large redand-green
handkerchief, murmering soothingly:
There, don't zee cry-don't zee cry" in
the endearing tone which is often used
to baby. We are sure we sympathized,
but our sympathy was hardly sufficient
to control our risible propensities. A
ring had to be borrowed from one Of the
officials, and the brides tears were dried
at last.-Chambers' Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

Until within short time the stew
ards on the large ocean steamers have
used condensed milk almost exclusive
ly. We are now told that many are
using Norwegian canned milk, which
has the merit of beisg all ready for use
as we'll as being without change of
form, and preserving the mixture of but
ter fats almost exactly as the product
came from the COW. This Norwegian
milk is prepared by a patent process
which is so simple that it is quite sur
prising that it ever could be patented or
that it was not made use of long ago.
The milk is heated to ITO degrees, then
cooled to so degrees, then heated to 10
degrees again, and again cooled, then
heated to about 100 degrees and at once
placed in tin cans and perfectly sealed.
After being treated in this way it is said
ito keep perfectly for months in tin cans,
or even for several days after being
taken from them. Cream taken from
this canned milk makes excellent but
ter. 1t is confidently expected that the
canned milk will be offered for sale at
all grocery and provision stores in En-
gland within few years. Why not in
this country? The process is said to be
the result of efforts made by dairyman
in Norway to provide a profitable use
for surplus milk at milk factories. We
have an abundance of surplus milk in
this country. Why can we not have ex-
periments made to test the value of this
patent here? This is a GOOD chance for
our experiment stations to show their
interest in practical dairy matters
Rural New Yorker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

Susty brown color above. The brush.
like appendage of the male is much
larger, formed of long, narrow scales,
which vary in color in the same speci-
men; some are white, others are brown
or orange, but generally all three colors
are present in one specimen. About the
only way to deal with this pest is to
dentroy the larvae of the first brood by
manipulating while the vines are not
yet too large, or cook and feed the af-
fected fruit to the hogs. Being diff
cult to control, it is necessary that
every precaution be taken and every in
sect destroyed.-O. j. Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

To THE EDITOR inform YOUR
readers that have a positive remedy for
the ABOVE named disease. By it's 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
VIII send me their express and post-ofice
address Respectfully, T. A. SLoCUM, NJ. c.,
ISL Pearl street. New York.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04
WHY nee6 it Der" we say, and sigh

They hoped to guide in pathways sweet.
1t need not be in many cases. All about
US women are dying daily whose lives
might have been saved. 1t seems to be a
widespread opinion that when woman is
slowly fading away with the diseases which
grow out OF female weaknesses and irregu-
larities that there is no help for her She
is doomed to death. But this is not true
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is con-
stantly restoring women afflicted with dis
eases of this class to health and happiness.
1t is the only medicine for their ailments,
sold by druggists, under a positive guaranteed
from the manufacturers of its giving salts
will be refunded.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

you arc clap-boarding or painting your
house, you will want something by
which to hang the paint or nail pail to
the rung of the ladder. In picking APP
pies, pears and other fruits it is invalu-
able. Another use to which it can be
put admirably is to hang up tools.
Stretch piece of Turing one by two
inches along the side of the barn on
studs, nail it firmly and throw over it
dozen or fifteen such hooks. Upon them
aang light chains, whifiietrees, neck
yokes, shovels and other tools and i'm
plemen Is. Farm and Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04
To Dispe1 Colds,

Heada&es and Fevers, to cleanse the sys-
llSyyet gently, when costive or
biliousA OF, when the blood is impure or
sluggish. to permanently cure habitual
constipation, 70 awaken the kidneys and
liver to healthy sctivity without Irritating
or weakening then, use Syrup of Figs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

The girl who has rejected man never
reads his marriage notice two years after
ward without saying to herself: ''Poor fel-
lowi really hope he will be happy" and
all the time she knows she doesn't mean it
-Somerville journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

The next time you see a piece of
heavy wire that has been thrown away,
an old bed>pring or telegraph wire, for
instance, just put it in your wagon and
when you get home heat it and shape it
like the engraving. Very few things
are handler for variety of purposes. If
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04
Oregon, tho Paradise of Farmers.

Mild. equable climate CERTAIN and abundant
crops, Best fruit, gran. grass, stock country
in the world. Full information free. Address
Oregon Immigration Bard, Portland, Oregon
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

THE worst time to hand a man a tract on
the sin of swearing is when he steals down
stairs in the Silly night and catches his toe
in the upturned corner of zinc that turks
near the fire-lght's uncertain glow.-Phil-
adelphia Inquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04
CATARRH.
Cat4rrhal Deafness-Eay Fever-A New
Home Treatment.

- hohe treatment
Asfers are not generally aware that
tnesefnseases are contagious, or that they
are I'VE 70 the presence of living parasites
IN ~ nnlng membrane of the nose and
eusta9hian tubes Microscopic research,
however. has proved this to be a fact, and
tne result of this discovery is that simple
renEeoy mas been formulated whereby
Cafarrn, Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness
arg permanently cured in from one to three
slnple applications made at home by the
patient once in two weeks.
N. b.-This treatment is not snuff or an
clntment; both have been discarded by
reputanie physicians as injurious. A pamph-
let explaining this new treatment is sent on
receipt OF three cents in stamps to pay
postage by A. Fl. Dixon & Son, cor. of John
ana Aing Street, Toronto, Canada.-Chrts-
Sunerers from Catarrhal troubles should
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

Is iteconomy to save few cents buying a
cheap soap or strong washing powder, and
Use dollars in ruined rotted clothes! If not,
use Dobbins' Electric Soap, Whit as snow,
and as pure. Ask your grocer fol it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

The soot-begrimed chimney-sweep is a
figure Of the past, but the clean sweep is
still with US, and quite prominent in pol
dtica -Philadelphia Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

A HORSE race by itself may be perfectly
innocent amusement-but whoever saw
horse race not associated with some form
of gamboling!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

THROAT DISEASES commence with Cough,
Cold or Sore Throat ''Br",cns Bronchial
IrochcS" give immediate relief. Sold only
in boxes. Price 25 cts.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

THE collapse Of a real-estate boom only
means that the wind has been taken out of
the sales-Binghamto Republican.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

POLICEMEN neves commit crimes, and
they are rather slovin the commitment OF
criminals.-N. o. Piayune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

THE railroad engineer may not have
much style about him, but wealth anG
fashion follow in his train.-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

ALL disorders caused by bilious state of
the system can be cured by using Carter's
Little Liver Pills. No pain, gripping or dis
comfort attending their use Try them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

AMONG the millions always irretriev-
ably lost in great fires are those which
mark the difference between the first esti-
mates and the adjustments.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

ONE would naturally expect to find a
muggy atmosphere in beer saloon. -Terre
Haute Express
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

A DOSE in Time Saves Nine of Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar for coughs.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

THERE are only few certainties in the
world. One of them is the mother; you can
always depend upon her.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

1T is strange that the man who Is dead in
love with himself should be hated uy every
body who knows him.-Boston Transcript
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

THERE is more than one kind of smoke
less powder that is fatal to the ranks Of
mankind.-Merchant Traveller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04
Last Winter

I was troubled so badly with rheumatism in my
right shoulder and joints of my leg be able
to walk took Hoods SarsapRrilla, and now 1
don't feel any aches pains anywhere. l sell
newspapers right in the middle of the street every
day in the year, and have been doing for years.
and standing on the cold stones amt no picnic,
can tell you. And If Hoods Sarsaparilla cured me
1t certainly ought to be good for those people who
don't stand on the cold stones. can be every
day in the year at corner Tompkins and DeKalb
Avenues. WILLIAM W. HOWARD, Brooklyn, N. Y.
n. B. Be sure to get
Hoods SarsaparilIa
Sold by all druggists 81 six for IS. Prepared only
by C. HOOD s. CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
i'm n4oo1 n~ N~IIo
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

SOMETHING attractive in the way Of q
cigarette helder-a pretty girls mouth
Rochester Post Express.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

THE statesman in lis eagle flights Of ora
tory simply spreads his opinions.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

A MAN generally finds little difficulty in
getting half seas over when he makes free
use Of the schooner.-Troy Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

MAN wants but little here below, but
when he can't get it he is in want OF every
thing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

IT is the lie abilities, asset were. that
make the successful assignor. Ex-
press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

STRANGE as it may appear, it is when the
fall comes that TRADE takes rise.-Boston
Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water Druggists SELF 25c
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

MERGgRY had wings on his pedal extremi-
ties: Ihe inference is that he had soar feet
-Bnghamton Republican,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

BEST, easiest to use and cheapest. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. Csc,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

MONEY makes the man, but the man has
to make the money frst.-Somerville Jour-
nal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

MANY man may double his physical
capacity by strengthening his mind some
what
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

IT is paradoxical, to say the least, that the
higher classes are the lore classes, and the
lower the hire-LaMrence American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

A DISPUTE over the coal bill is likely to be
heated controversy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

THE pretty typewriter handles the key O
the situation -Drake's Magazine
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

A CHICAGO druggist retailed over 100000
"Tansills Punch'' &c. Cigars in four months.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, the original and only
genuine Little Liver Pills; Is cents vial;
one DOSE
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Sunerers from Catarrhal troubles should
carefully read the above
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-15
NATIONAL FETE.
Fall of the Bastile Appropriately
CaIehpated

Fall of the Bastile Appropriately
Celebrated.
The celebration of the great French
fete marking the destruction of the
Bastile, the terrible prison of Paris,
France, occurred in this city in two
places last night, one celebration be-
ing in the form of a picnic and barDe-
cue, given by Mr.. Ulysses Grandiean
in his private grounds on Mitchell
street. About $50 to 200 guests, most
ly workingmen, attended this, al
though Mr.. Claudon and others also
took part.
The proper celebration of the day,
however was given at Mission garden
by the regular French society, recent
ly organized under the name of the
French Workingmen's society, and
was attended by nearly all the ladies
and gentlemen of the best French
society of the city.
The celebration began with a grand
polonaise led by Mr.. Lucien Lacoste
and sister, and this opened the grand
ball, in which several hundred ladies
and gentlemen participated during
the evening until supper at IL
o'clock, when splendid spread
was served and fully enjoyed. After
the regular courses were finished,
Preside lent Braunnagel, of the society,
read a congratulatory telegram from
Mayor CalIag han, who is now in Chi
go, after which he delivered a short
address of welcome.
City Attorney Bergstrom followed
in an Grafton in English in which the
history of the Bastile and its political
bearing Oh French history was very
intelligently placed before the audi
ence.
Mr.. Bergstrom was succeeded by a
German, Mr.. Rochs, who read in
French long speech he had prepared.
Mr.. Darius Quasso, an Italian, next
spoke, and gave a tribute to Carl
baldi.
This ended the toasts, the ladies
nor the press being remembered.
The press can stand it if the ladies
can.
Repairing to the dance pavilion, the
remainder of the pleasant night was
passed in dancing until the small
hours, when everyone left tor their
homes.
The committee who had charge Of
the affair deserve great praise for
their excellent executive ability in
arranging such a successful and fit
ting celebration of this time honored
anniversary.