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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-21
CLOTH FROM WOOD.
a Detailed Description of the Process b.
Which 1t Is Made.


A detailed description has appeared of
Mitscherlich's most interesting process
for producing cloth from wood. Thin
boards or laths, free from knots, are cut
into strips in the direction parallel with
the grain, and are boiled in solution
of sulphurous acid Or bisulphite, this
boiling etfecting disintegration without
the strips being reduced to very small
pieces. The wood, after boiling, is
dried in the open air, and when dried
the fiber becomes comparatively strong.
The damp masses on the frame are
transferred to a travelling endless cloth,
which leads them to pair of rollers,
which may be plain or provided with
corrugations in the direction of their
length, the ribs of the one roller being
made to gear into the recesses of the
other one, whereby they effect stimuli
taneOuS strong bending and squeezing
of the masses. The cutting of the
material in passing through the rollers
is avoided by having the endless cloth
to pass over the lower roller, and by
placing canvas covering around the
upper roller. The pressed masses fall
from these rollers on to a second endless
cloth which conveys them to a second
pair of rollers, from which they are con-
veyed to a third pair-and so on, for six
times. BY continued treatment of the
wood the fibers become at length so pill
able and isolated from each other that
they can be employed directly for
coarse filaments; but to obtain long
fiber, the boiled and pressed masses are
completely dried, then combed in the
direction parallel with the ibers, SINH
larly to the operations for combing fax,
cotton, etc. The separation of the ex-
tractable matter from the fiber produced
by boiling the gums and soluble organic
matter can be effected at any time,
though it is preferable that this be eff
fected after the fiber has been spun into
threads, etc.-Mechanical News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-21
MISCELLANEOUS.


The official directory of the New
York Central shows that of 2O6 station
agents on the road twenty-six are
women.
The farmers near Salt Lake City are
followed by large flocks of seagulls,
which find rich picking in the freshly.
turned burrows.
1t is said that the annual production
of eggs in 7his country equals in money
value the country's annual production
Of iron. The eggs are eaten as fast as
produced, while the iron stays by the
owners, and is subject to taxation as it
accumulates from year to year.
Women inventors appear very often
on the patent Office records, and one OF
them who succeeded in pushing through
an improvement in an eye-glass spring
is said to have made very comfortable
fortune by the capitalization of her
ideas in practical form.
"A freight car which passed through
West Chester, Penn, Monday con-
tanned the following notice on the side
written with pencil: "S5Oreward The
above will be paid for the arrest and
conviction of the man who invented
work, by Camp No. /, Sons of Rest, Keo-
kuk, Ia
An old Wyoming hunter estimates
that there are not over 500 butfaloes on
the globe now. There are less than 100
wild bisons, about 200 in captivity and
eQQ.in Yellowstone Park. Nearly all of
~ Wild ones have been located.
twenty-five are known to be in Texas,
20 in Colorado, 20 in Wyoming and Mon
ltsna and Is in Dakota. The big herd
said to be in the British possessions is
but myth.
IA short time ago the Government
ssued by mistake two bank notes, the
ace representing SO, while the reverse
sde represented $50. One of the notes
vas subsequently returned by the
cshier of the First National Bank OF
Washington, n j., and the other came
tdight in New York. 1t is held by the
clrk of an insurance company, and it is
sad that he has refused large sum for
it.
AT recent meeting of the London
Biological Society, \. D. Bartlett com
mlnicated some observations on wolves,
jacals, dogs and foxes, based mainly
upn his experience of those in the
Biological Gardens. His remarks tended
to rove that all the varieties of the do
metic dog owe their origin to wolves
andjackals, the habit of barking having
beer acquired under the influence of do
INVESTIGATIONS: and that the dog is the
mos perfectly domesticated of all ami
mall.
An old lady in Vienna ordained in
her last will and testament that a
Strats waltz should be played at her
! funeal, for which each member of the
orchestra was to receive ducat. The
heirs objected at first, on religious
| grounds, but the provisions OF the will
we're distinct, and could not be violated
without endangering their own claims;
so Strauss and his musicians were en-
gagged and placed in circle around the
grave, and while the coffin was being
lowered they played the favorite waltz
OF their late lamented admirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-21
RUSSIAN PIPE LINES.
Their Construction VIII Keep American
Oil Out of Europe.


American petroleum will, in short
time, be thing of the past on the con-
tinent of Europe, as the Rothschilds,
the owners of the Russian oil wells,
will, in short time, award to an Amer
lean firm, the contract for the building
Of a pipe line 497 miles long, tn run
from the oil wells at Baku, on the Cas-
plan, to Batoum, on the Black Sea, the
loading port. The project has been
sbelved for a long time, owing to the at
titude of the Russian government, which
owns the railroads which now carry the
OIL and which the pipe line is bound to
ruin, oil being the only business done
on the road.
The pipes will be of cast iron, eight
inches in diameter, and there will be
sixty-four intermediate stations. The
pipes must be buried at considerable
depth to guard against cracking in the
intense frost and cold. The entire Pc
troleum shipments from this port sinca
January 1, 1890, have been 40,71S,0T
gallons, while at the same time last year
they were A., sos, $50 gallons.
The important effect which the con-
struction of a pipeline will have upon
American oil interests is we'll known to
the Standard oil Company and all others
interested in petroleum exports. 1t is
we'll known that transit by pipe is i'm
mensely cheaper than rail carriage, and
the Russian producers will now be able
to carry their oil to European markets
from the wells at the very lowest prices.
The fight with American oil has for late
years been decidedly stiff, but with tho
added handicap that pipe lines will give
the foreigners may score decided VIC
tory.-Philadelphi Record.
The roast beef of old England has
been obtained for years in the United
States; breeders are now sending over
here fer turkeys to improve the British
stock.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-21
THREE ROSES.

Together on a slender spray they hung,
lowered with equal beauty, passing fair,
And blent as though an unseen censor swung,
Their mingled perfume W it'll the NOR ming air
Not theirs the fate to linger till decay
Strewed their sweet-scented petals on the
ground;
For ere the close of that bright summer day
Each sister rose another fate had found.
Twined in the meshes Of n beautys hair
One blossom faded slowly, hour by hour,
Until at parting, some one in despair
AS memento craved the withered flower.
One went an offering to vain coQuette,
Who plucked its leaves, and as they iutter-
ing fell,
Whispered test that has believers yet,
He loves me-loves me not-he loves me well.
A maidens form lies in a darkened room,
In folded hands, upon "A pulseless breast,
One touch Of color in the deepening gloom,
The last Of the three roses is at rest.
ENVOY.
o Love and cruel Death, so far apart.
Rose-sisters fair, could l but change with
thee
And choose the fate of either of the three,
happiest rose Of all. my choice would be
Thy place above the maiden's pulseless heart.
j. H. Symes, in Chambers Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-21
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

Green grapes make most excellent
pies. Stone the grapes, and use a cup
full of sugar and lump of butter to each
pie.
-Stewed Mushrooms: Let them re-
main in salt and water an hour, then
cover them with fresh water and stew
them until tender: then add salt. pepper
and little cream.-Boston Herald.
To cook fish in its own juice: After
cleaning place in a jar with a few cloves
and sprigs of parsley, cover it close and
set it in a saucepan of boiling water.
Keep it boiling for half an hour. Serve
with sauce.-N. Y. World.
Butter Cakes: Prepare dough as for
quick biscuit. roll it out quarter of an
inch thick, and cut into small rounds.
Roll each of these out until as thin as
cookies, prick with fork and bake in
quick oven. When done, butter we'll.
Leave in the oven half a minute longer,
and send hot to table.-Harper's Bazaar.
French Mustard: Slice an onion
into bowl, cover it with good vinegar
and let it stand two days, then pour off
the vinegar into a basin and add to it
one teaspoonful each of pepper and salt,
one tablespoonful of sugar, and enough
mustard to thicken it. Mix we'll to-
gether and let it come to boil, then
remove it at once from the stove.-The
Housekeeper.
Preserved Strawberries: Place the
berries in an earthen dish with an equal
weight of granulated sugar. Let them
e%o -
them into preserving kettle and boil
rapidly for twenty minutes. Preserves
may be kept in glasses like jelly, but
one is much safer to put them in self
sealing cans, where they will keep for
years.-Rural New Yorker.
Velvet Mullins: Sift one quart OF
-four with level teaspoonful of salt in
it. Rub into the flour thoroughly four
ounces of butter. Mix it with one tea
cupful of good yeast and as much fresh
milk as will make very stiff batter.
Beat four eggs separately, very light,
stir these in and set in moderately
warm place to rise. In three hours it
will be sufficiently light. Bake in odd
fashioned muffin rings.-Ladies' Home
journal.
Hamburg Steaks: Hamburg steaks
should be made from fresh, uncooked
meat, but the left-overs from steaks and
roasts may be chopped, moistened with
uncooked eggs, seasoned, made into
cakes and cooked the same as Hamburg
steaks. In Hamburg steaks, the meat
being uncooked, the albumen in the
juices holds the meat together. The
uncooked egg added to the cooked meat
answers the same purposes. - Troy
Times.
Coffee Bread: One-half cupful of
sugar, one egg, one cupful of milk, one
half cupful of yeast, enough flour for a
sponge. When it is risen, add one-half
cupful of butter, worked in with the
hand mot kneaded), and flour enough TO
make it soft, so that it can be patted
down in a creased pan to be baked.
When it is risen, put little specks OF
butter over the top, press them down in,
and sprinkle sugar and cinnamon over
it. Bake in quick oven-twenty min
utes when the oven is right. Serve
cold. Cut in strips about an inch wide;
for breakfast o.. lunch.-EXchange
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-21

the one 1 now occupied without the
labor and fatigue of returning as had
come. The excavation was broad and
did not look very deep. There must be
some way to get into it, ofcourse. lean
fall in, if there is no other way" ex-
claimed aloud; and L walked on
quite elated with the prospect.
Reaching the place, 1 founo
descent would be more difficult
than had at first appeared; in fact,
it seemed almost impossible. While /
was considering the matter, the sound of
voices reached me. / knew well to
whom they belonged. They might be
near; they might be far off, for sounds
deceived one here; and / stood on the
brink, listening intently, and looking
down into the quarry. had no idea
OF carrying out my suggestion to fall
in, but sudden dizziness came over mo
as gazed. l tried to step back. The
stone on which 1 stood settled Slightly,
and l felt that was falling. l clutched
at the brink and grasped it, but could
not save myself and, with wild scream,
l loosed my hold and fell.
Fortunately was not much hurt, only
little stunned and much frightened,
and l lay trembling, but dimly con-
scious that footsteps were approaching
clam boring up the stones Presently,
felt my face bathed with water, and
opened my eyes to see the lady and
gentleman bending over me, the LADY
holding the silver cup which l had heea
sketching only short time before =
| After little, felt able to sit up hnd
look about me. There lay my sketch.
book with all the sketches fallen out
and spread around to view, no less than
seven of them representing these two
people too accurately to be unrecog.
nized, and the gentleman was slowly
gathering them up. The sight restored
me, and l rose up with nervous laugh.
He finished, and, turning toward me,
said:
when you are sufficiently recovered,
we will assist you to get down from
here" and then, as he pointed to the
sketches: you must have spent great
deal of time over Us, and you have rath-
er battered US, think"
This interested the lady, and she
begged permission to examine them for
herself. could not refuse, and 1 sat
down and leaned back against the rocky
wall, while they looked them over to-
gether. The lady was greatly moved.
Tears were in her eyes, and as she re-
placed the last sketch she murmured:
Every one speaks eloquently of love"
Love true and exalted added the
gentleman.
THE landlord called you two lovers"
l began, alphabetically.
1--WE are two lovers" said he with
emphasis.
Why was this so remarkable? Why
! were these two lovers so fascinating tc
me, and why had they the wondrous
power to restore my faith in real and
disinterested human love?
They had been married fifteen years
Belle Warner, in Housekeeper.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-21
TWO AMERICAN FABLES.
Their Per Al Ought to Benefit Person:
Afflicted with the Big Head.
THE GOOSE AND THE DUCK.


THE GOOSE AND THE DUCK.
A Goose who was summing himself on
bank was much put out by the Inn
portant airs assumed by Duck, and
finally Observed:
Thank Heaven that l wasn't Born
with such a Waddie as you've got.''
"Nor with my Good Looks, eitherw
Retorted the Duck.
Bah! your Colors fade in the Wash!"
"Your Voice is Cracked"'
sit is, Ell! Let US go to the Gobbler
and Settle this matter. We will ask
him to Decide between u.s."
When the Gobbler had looked them
both over and heard each one Sing, he
picked his teeth with Straw, looked
very Wise for time, and then said:
''Well, now, but up to this moment
had Credited both of you with good
Looks and Common Sense Now that
you Particularly draw my Attention to
yourselves l find you both so Homely
that it makes my head ache, and / am
amazed that either of you has Wit
enough to keep your head Above
Water"
MGRAL-One's Broken Nose never
looks so bad until you Brag OF its Sym
metry.
THE MAGPIE AND THE TRAVELLERS.
One day as Maybe had taken seat
on a limb of a tree near the Highway,
two TraYelers came along and Halted
under the tree to rest. They soon OBJ
served the bird, and, never having seen
one of its Species before, one of them
called out:
Behold the Eagle! What a noble
Bird.''
How Beautiful! How Grand" added
the other. -~-r@
Filled with Conceit, the Maybe began
to Chatter her satisfaction at these
Words, but she had scarcely Opened her
Mouth when one of the travellers Tx
claimed:
What Fools we are! l know from
what l have Read that this Bird is only
a Common Magpie"
"And let her BECOME" added his
friend, as he picked up stone and sent
it Whizzing at her head
MORAL.-A Crow, VINO had heard and
seen all without being noticed himself,
now Scratched his Ear and murmured:
'If some Folks would only keep their
Mouths shut what Credit they might get
for what they don't know.-Detroit Free
Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-21
Uncomfortable PeonIe.

We all know them; they are in every
community, in every church, in manv
families. They are always uncomfort-
able themselves, and they infict dis
comfort on every body else. A really
aggressive and well-developed specimen
will overshadow locality like a ban.
yan-tree, yielding the whole year
through all manner of fruit bitter to
the taste, and not to be digested with
out serious injury. These people supply
an ample stock of friction; they bring
out the latent possibilities of general
unpleasantness in large or small
circle; they SOW seeds of discord, not
only in the fallow ground, but by the
wayside, and are followed by abundant
harvests of the kind that are sown with
JOY but reaped with tears.-N. Y. Led.
ger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-21
WOMEN in MEDICINE.
No Direction in Which Female Aptitude
Can Find Greater Usefulness.

No Direction in Which Female Aptitude
Can Find Greater Usefulness.
1t can not any longer be said that wo-
mans sphere is limited to mere house
hold economies, and that the employ
ment of her skill and ability has no re-
lation to the happiness and comfort of
the world at large. Perhaps there is no
direction in which her particular apti-
tudes can find greater usefulness than
in connection with medicine and sur
gerry. While it is scarcely forty years
since the first woman graduate in medi-
cine received herdiploma in this country,
the number of female practitioners in
medicine is every year on the increase,
and not few of them have obtained nigh
rank in the profession. We find women
in all our hospitals equipping themselves
not merely as nurses, but for the service
of humanity as experts in the healing
art, and the facilities for medical train
ing are constantly increasing.
A most significant movement in this.
direction is that which has taken shape
in connection with the Johns Hopkins
University and Hospital The some
what straitened financial condition of
that institution has suggested to many
prominent women of the country the
possibility of contributing to its relief,
and at the same time fastening the es-
tablishment of a medical school in
which the benefits of the highest medi-
cal training shall be afforded To this
end they propose to raise the sum of $780,
900, which is to be given to the trustees on
the distinct condition that women whose
previous training has been equivalent
to that of an ordinary preliminary medi-
cal course shall be admitted to the in
stitution on precisely the same terms as
men. Committees are at work in six CT
the principal cities, including Boston
and San Francisco, and considerable
contributions have already been made
to the furtherance of the movement. 1t
is not designed that this medical school
shall take the place of the ordinary
schools for women now in existence
but that it shall supply opportunities
for that advanced medical training
which they are now obliged to seek in
foreign schools. The prominence of the
ladies engaged in this enterprise, to-
gether with the obvious desirableness
of the school proposed, leave no room
for doubt that it will be successful.
We can see no reason why women
should not be admitted on an equality
with mon in all our educational institu-
tions, of whatever character Whatever
woman is able to do we'll and efficiently
without sacrifice of the primal relation
which she holds to society, she should
be permitted to do and helped to do.
Since her influence is the supreme
factor in every great moral reform, and
is rapidly becoming prime influence in
all social progress, it certainly is desir-
able that no obstacle should be placed
in the way of the largest possible utili-
cation of her capacities.-Fr Leslies
| Illustrated Newspaper.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-21

"A lion cub at the Cincinnati Zoo is
being raised with a black cat. 1t is
very fond of pussy, and they play ard
fcolic together most amusingly.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-26


Col. Mcdowell seems to boast that,
although Col. Baxter gave the Toiler
his "Shetland pony, Maplewood
Farm advertisement" it did not
control his political sentiments the
least bit. Well, the To.ler is TO be
congratulated on its modest and most
wonderful disinterestedness and in
tegrity in not allowing itself to be
bought up by a paltry ten dollar ad-
vertisement, and appears to be fully
conscious of that immaculate and
Diana like journalistic chastity which
refused to sell out at such a price,
Erin NeWs.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-26
The New Town Of Kimball.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May "a, 1890.
Ground was broken to-day at KIM
RAIL-, the new town in Marion county,
ON the banks of the Tennessee. Not
withstanding the fact that the start
ing of new towns in the South is now
OF frequent occurrence, yet the I'M
usual Importance Of this occasion in
duced Governor Taylor, the State
Officials of Tennessee. and many dis
tinguished citizens of this aud other
Stale To assembled in its honor.
Major Thomas, President OF the
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
r.. r., brought in his private car a
party composed Of some Of the l,ah'.s.
douShters of Tennessee, one OF whom
drew the flag TO the top of the stately
liberty pole that had been p!snted, , on
the summit of symmetrical Indian
mound which is one OF the interesting
features az this lovely locality. PROT
Edward Hull, Director OF the Geoiogi.
cal Survey Of Ireland, threw the fi r
spadefil of earth, and Prof. j. M
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-26
A Heaven Sent Gift.

There is in the Office of the Merchants
National bank of Kansas city a fragment
of meteor which has peculiar history.
A farmer in Western Kansas had borrowed
more money on his farm than he found
himself able to repay. While meditating
over his bad fortune, but with the usual
energy of the Kansas farmer still tilling
his soil, he turned up this meteoric stone
and examined it, but discovered nothing
peculiar in its make up until a relative
from the east, who was visiting him,
noticed it and told him that it was of
great value. The farmer communicated
with Professor John Hay, state geologist,
at Junction city, Kan, who visited the
place and confirmed the opinion OF the
relative and caused collectors of such
stones to compete for its purchase. 1t was
sold for sum largely in excess of the
amount required to redeem his home from
the money lender.-Kansas City Times.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-26
THE AAYMARKET MONUMENT.
An Unsuccessful Attempt to Blow 1t Up
with Dynamite.

An Unsuccessful Attempt to Blow 1t Up
with Dynamite.
CHICAGO, May 26.-An unsuccessful
attempt was made Friday night to blow
up the Haymarket monument erected in
memory of the policemen who were
killed by the bomb thrown May 4, 1886.
Officer Singer found ON the base of the
monument Saturday morning a large
tin can, containing ten pounds of dyna-
mite, with Illuminating cap and fuse at
tached and wrapped up.
The fuse was originally three feet
long, but had been extinguished when
all but three inches Of it had been
burned, by the rain storm at o'clock
this morning. A mark of burned
powder on the base marked the original
length of the fuse. The police have no
clew as yet to the perpetratOr of the
deed Extraordinary efforts will be
made to find the instigators, who are
undoubtedly in the ranks of the An
archists.
The material in the can was tested by
w. b. Lewis, of the Eena Powder com
pany. He pronounced it dynamite,
heavily charged with nitro-glycerine,
and hence most powerful explosive.
So far the police have placed no sus-
picion on any one in particular, save an
ex-Anarchist editor. His recent move
ments are being looked up, but SO far as
can be learned the police regard HIM as
an instigator rather than the actual per-
petrator of the crime.
He is well known in the east and west
He will probably be taken into custody
for the purpose of examination Unless
it is shown that the suspicion is I'M
founded. The talk about Mrs. Parsons
being implicated, is discrecited.