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The Republican., 1890-07-11
UNCLE SANS SEEDS.
where They Come From and How They
Are Stored.


Are Stored.
All the seeds now being distributed
are exceedingly fine, and the depart
ment represents certain potato that it
IS sending out as probably the most ex-
cellent article in the shape of Hiber-
man tuber ever obtained by cultivation.
1t never offered potatoes before this sea-
son, by the way. The germs of this
wonderful vegetable will be sent to you
II you make the ,request-twenty-five
"eyes" in wooden box-all cut up and
ready to plant. OF course. the notion is
that the farmer, observing that the po-
tatoes grown from these twenty-five
eyes are superior to any others of his
crop, will keep them for seed, and other
agricultural persons in his neighborhood
Will obtain from him specimens of the
vegetable for planting, the product of
all that particular district being in this
way improved. Such, indeed, is the
whole idea and purpose of the seed dis
tr1bution-that the vegetables and
flowers grown in this country shall be
as good and pretty of their kinds as pos
sible.
The seeds bought of the farmers by
the agent are sent to Washington in
bags, and in this shape are piled in the
storage department of Uncle Sans barn,
which is big brick building just back
of the main structure of the Department
QfASgiculture. An enormous room ad-
Joining is filed with pretty women sit
l. Hob1 1,,A
seeds from sacks into brown paper en-
velopes. Some of them use quart pots,
others pints, and so on down to mere
thimbles with long handles for such
little seeds as carrots. Obviously, too,
the envelopes differ in size. Each en-
velope, having received it's measureful,
is sealed up and label is pasted on it,
telling what seeds it contains, giving
directions for planting them, and saying
at the bottom: please rapport results. -
1t is desired to know, you see, how
the seeds turn out. Finally the packets
are put up in punches of fives and tens,
and, after being addressed, they are
sent off in this shape. If you ask
simply for "some vegetable and flower
Seeds" you will probably receive ten
envelopes of the former and five of the
latter. A sample bundle of ten vege-
tables would very likely contain quar-,
of corn, half pint of beans, half pint
of peas, and some small envelopes of
cabbage, pumpkin, tomato, pepper, rad
ish, cucumber and beet. Quarts are
also given of buckwheat and lawn
grass. A separate room in the barn is
devoted to the putting up of flower
seeds, which are purchased from the big
seed houses. es.-Washington Letter.
The Republican., 1890-07-11
BROKE THE BELL.
a Desperate Case Cured When the First
symptoms Appeared.


In the days of the chestnut bell lot
Long Branch train, and one of the men
began telling about his experience on a
wrecked vessel in id-Atlantic. Near
by, on passengers trunk, sat pale
faced, weary-eyed young man of twenty
summers, who was going down to the
Branch with his ma. He wore a chest
nut bell, and this was perhaps the first
time he had had a chance to ring it.
The gentleman was proceeding with his
story when ting-a-ling! went the bell.
He stopped and looked around and
then continued, but after half minute
the young man belled him up again.
The man looked annoyed, but went on,
and during the quarter of an hour he
was talking that bell rang about fifteen
times. When he had finished he looked
over to the weary young man and asked:
''What is that bell for?"
"Chestnuts," was the reply.
''How do you mean?"
''Why, you know, when you hear any
thing old you-ting-a-ling On the bell"
so, you do guess I'll try il once"
He got up, shook the young man out
of his coat and collar at the first shake,
and then whirled him around, ended
him up, and gave him a toss over a heap
OF baggage. The bell boy got up COW
cred with dust and wreck, the bell
broken by the shock, and his collar
hanging by one end, and as he disap-
peared into the ladies' room we heard
his mother eXclaim:
"Why, darling. didn't l warn you to
look out for the locomotives"
And the man who had told the story
added:
"Best to take such cases at the start
and administer strong medicine. He
might have rung that bell on somebody
who'd have got mad and damaged him
beyond repair. N. Y. Sun.
The Republican., 1890-07-11
BEDROOM SLIPPERS.
The Materials Required, and How to Nal
and Embellish Them.

The Materials Required, and How to Make
and Embellish Them.
A skcin of Germantown wool, either
in white or some bright or delicate
color, and little white Shetland wool
or knitting silk for che ankle edge, are
the materials required.
With a bone crochet needle make a
chain of s stitches. Work, in short
crochet, all around this chain, making
2 stitches in the 4th chain so that there
are Is in the row. Work rows around
this little oval, widening at each end
and at the middle-where the first
widening was make. After these rows,
widen only at the middle until 30 or %
rows are completed. Now work back
and forth, emitting II stitches--5 on
each side of the middle stitch. These 16
rows are crocheted alternately on the
back and the front loops of the work, so
that the stitch may resemble the rest of
the shoe.
Crochet together at the heel; and be-
gin the ankle. This is quite plain, 6
rows in short crochet, missing stitch
at the corners where the II stitches
were left. This narrowing shapes a
slender ankle.
Then work one row of double crochet,
for cord or ribbon to be run in. This
row is not narrowed, neither are the
two plain rows of short crochet which
follow it.
Now with the Shetland wool, or the
silk, make row of sca1lops, thus: One
short crochet, miss l. 5 double crochet,
miss 1, short crochet. Repeat.
If silk is used, be careful to fasten it
strongly and leave an inch of the silk
run in at tho wrong side of the work. A
crocheted cord, or, still prettier, mar
row white ribbon should be run in
around the ankle and tied in dainty
how -Homa
The Republican., 1890-07-11

whose front leg was injured in fight.
Jack was worth considerable money and
was a great favorite, so he was conveyed
to the hospital to see what could be
done for him. 1t was decided that eth
er Jack or the leg must be sacrificed.
Jacks owner declared that the leg, like
the Chinese. must 90. Accordingly Jack
was put under the influence of ether and
laid upon the slippery marble slab OF
the operating room.
The behavior of that dog was awful.
He kicked and screamed and foamed at
the mouth, and swore the most frightful
canine oaths. Whatever he might have
been in his right senses, he was dis
tinctly vulgar dog when etherized.
Fortunately the operating room is we'll
removed from the wards, so the younger
animals could not suffer from the COM
munication of these very bad manners.
The attendant doctors made an oblique
incision just above the knee-a few
skillful slashes-and Jacks legs mum.
bered only three!
He became famous patient, and after
oOllc t1ulc IAo Oh hcl hlO u pOLl GuC
ius device of wooden leg for him. At
first Jack found it awkward and in the
way, and would go on limping on three
feet, pushing the foreign leg ahead like
a wheelbarrow. By degrees he became
used to it, and albeit slight stiffness,
walked as we'll as ever. Sad to relate,
Jacks woes have not softened or sub.
dued his nature. He vas always fight
ing dog, and always will be. Instead Of
being incapacitated, he has a great bulge
on his opponent now. A strange dog is
always welcome to chew away on that
wooden leg while Jack proceeds to do
him up with the others. He gets there
with three feet. After a prolonged
fight Jack enjoys nothing so much as
calmly extracting the remnants of his
enemy's teeth from the hardness of that
deceptive wooden leg.
The Republican., 1890-07-11
Rank and Money Marriages.

1t is becoming more and more hard
for Faubourg st. German mothers to
find rich husbands for their daughters.
AS there is no court hero, the connec-
tion which marriage with one of these
young ladies might open to a nouoet en-
rtcht would be of small value. She could
not endow her husband with title, and
her pretensions to be better than his
family would be uncomfortable. AS her
forefathers and foremothers all married
for money, she has not the recommends
lies, as such, are not nearly so much
priced as they used to be by the mag
mates of the French Jewry. Still, they
can pick up in all directions the daugh-
ters of men who have made money in
business For instance, a match is con-
templated between the heireSs of a
manufacturer of corsets and descend
ant of Marshal dc Grouchy, who was a
man of ancient family. Her father is
glad to buy title for her, and she is de-
lighted at the prospect of hearing a
sayltsh maitre d'hotel announce that
Madame la Marquise est servie." A
Belgian Prince of non-royal house was
able some eight or nine years ago to get
hold of e4OO,O0O by going to Hymen's
altar with the daughter of man who
rose from being street-sweeper to hav-
ing contract for sweeping the streets
of Paris. But his sisters, who were PEN
niless, had to marry poor widowers.-
London Truth.
The Republican., 1890-07-11

doctor for plainly remarking that over
feeding and coddling had been the cause
of the disorder, and new regime must
be commenced.
sit is just this sort of thing which lies
at the rootof half the dog diseases, said
a doctor to the Times representative.
THE animals are fed on cake, candy,
live in heated rooms. Consequently
they have indigestion, followed by ner-
vous disorders and often paralysis.
Hysteria is quite common among pugs
and poodles and such pets of the ladies" ="
A pretty little dos with the "hiyes"
was pathetically fanny sight. 1t was
valuable pug, and the great red
blotches showed on it's smooth skin just
as they would on a baby'S, while its
poor round eyes were swollen until near
ly closed. Same cause. Too much pie.
But all the cases are not the result of
indulgence. Dogs have sore throat,
lung fever, bronchitis and such CON-
plants, just the same as human beings
or horses. Then there is the accident
ward. A splendid st. Bernard was
spreading his superb leonine body over
a vast expanse of sawdusted floor, while
he guarded severely crushed fore paw.
A collie that had been run over by a
wagon lay blinking in his cot. Settlers
and grcyhounds in various stages of dis
repair wandered around in the conva-
lescent wards. In almost every in
stance the animals were superb speci-
mems and the property of wealthy men
and women of the city. The doctors ap-
pear to have a genuine love for the
creatures they tend, which is duly ap-
preciated, so that the sight is rather
more cheerful than tho ordinary hos
pital ward.
About the funniest case recorded IS
that Of Jack" full-blooded bulldog.
The Republican., 1890-07-11

scour3e this applies to the aristocratic
pay patients that seek the hospital.
Street ours are not troubled with nerves.
These are product of higher civiliza-
ZION.
A hysterical dog is queer sight. Re-
Gently u young vet was sent for in
tremendous hurry. CONSERVATION
reigned in the mansion whence the sum-
mons issued. Mistress and maid were
alike in tears. The darling puggy-pug
was shut tightly in the kitchen. They
were afraid it had gone mad, and their
first impulse had been to call in po-
liceman. But policemen are rude Great
ures without proper conception of a
pug's sensibilities, so a messenger was
dispatched in hot haste for doctor in
stead.
The doctor who came was young
man, and not bad-looking one. If he
had been old and ugly there is a possi-
bility that less alarm would have been
vouchsafed for his welfare. AS it was,
every time he attempted to open the
kitchen door there was a chorus of
"Oh's" and "Ah's, - you'll get bitten!"
''Oh! do be CAREFUL" "Oh! come back,
como back; better for dear Puggy to die
alone than to cause your death, tool"
After various frantic and Intellectual
dashes for the door the intrepid young
doctor succeeds in obtaining a glimpse
of his interesting patient. Puggy was
reveling in fit of Mysteries in the most
lady-like manner. Shrieking, moaning,
whining, by turn stiffened out, or pre-
The Republican., 1890-07-11
HOW HORSE TASTES.
Its Flavor Is Half Way Between Those OF
Beef and Game.

Beef and Game.
Physically, it may be distinguish ed
from beef or mutton by its appearance.
1t is coarser in the grain than beef. In
this respect it resembles bull beef moro
than any other. 1t is darker in color
and looks more moist than beef. 1t has
peculiar smell and peculiar sweet
ness of taste. Its flavor is generally con-
sidered to be half way between the
fiavors of beef and game; it is some-
thing like the flavor of hare. One reason
why horseflesh is as a rule darker in
color than beef is that horses which are
pole-aXed, or which have died from in
jury, disease or old age, are not properly
bled and dressed by the slaughterer.
1t is, however, by it's fat that horseflesh
is most easily distinguished. The fat of
horsefesh is not generally mixed with
the lean. 1t is yellow in color. 1t looks
more moist than the fat of beef. 1t
soon melts and soon becomes rancid.
Consequently, unless a rapid sale is eff
fected or the fat removed, an advanced
price must be charged in order to secure
the butcher from loss on unsold meat.
Lastly horsefesh can be distinguished
from beef by it's chemical characteristics,
and it is in this way that it may be rec
ognized when mixed with other SUBJ
stances. Who can tell, except the
chemist, what are the component parts
of sausage, polony, or saveloy? Or
who can tell by taste what those parts
are? We do not Judge by taste, we Judge
by flavor, and in the making of flavor
to use Sam Weller's phrase-''It's the
seasoning as does it. ."-Nineteenth Cen
The Republican., 1890-07-11
A Complete Give-Away.

Census Taker Ito an old maid when
were you born, Miss?
Old Maid--I was born about the time
shat Lincoln was assassinated.
Census Taker Ia little later, to the
mother)-ln what battle did you say
your husband was wounded?
Mother-At Vicksburg, l think.
Old Maid-Why, no, mother, it wasn't.
1t was in the Mexican war. l remem-
Der it as we'll as can be.-West Shore.
The Republican., 1890-07-11
Taken. But Not Paid For.

Georgia Editor-What shall we call
our new paper?
Friend-Call it "The Watermelon" {"
Then all the colored people will take it.
Georgia Editor-Yes; but they would
never pay for it.-Light.
Dealer-Now, here's showcase that
will magnify the goods you put into it.
CLstomer-Great Scott! Then don't
want it. I'm shoe-dealer. and want
case for displaying women shoes
The Republican., 1890-07-11
It Was Tough.

"Please give me bite of something
ma'am?" appealed hungry tramp.
Here, poor man, is some canned beef,
1t is all can spare you"
SIS it Texas beef, ma'am?"
Eyes, poor man.
"Then," said the wayfaring man,
turning sadly away, may God forgive
you: never. never cam.
The Republican., 1890-07-11

''May I take kiss before l go, dear
est?" said George as he prepared to
depart.
"You may borrow one, George" said
charming Jennie, "but you must not
take one, for mother has repeatedly
cautioned me against giving kisses to
any one. So George was obliged to bor-
row.-Boston Courier.
The Republican., 1890-07-11

Cora-Miss Fussanfeather's hair used
to be black. 1 see it has turned to a,
chestnut. How do you account for
that?
Clara-I believe she has been using
the funny papers to do her hair up in.-
Youl.ers Statesman
The Republican., 1890-07-11

Tangle-Here's a package of mackerel
just come, Mary, that ordered from the
city.
Mrs. Tangle Why, no, it isn't mack
erel, Henry, it's cod. Can't you see it's
marked c. o. D.? How stupid of them
TO send the wrong kind of fish!-Light.
The Republican., 1890-07-11
Some One to Blame.

You say you want a silent partner?"
"Yes."
"Can't you attend to the business
alone?"
Eyes, but when any complaint arises
from customers 1 want some one who
isn't near to lay the blame on. Chicago
Times.
The Republican., 1890-07-11
A BROKEN JAW AND A CRUSHED PAW.

A BROKEN JAW AND A CRUSHED PAW.
ternaturally exuberant, Puggy had q
complete monopoly of that kitchen, and
showed how artistically complete hys-
terra could be made.
The ladies, were much relieved to dis
cover their idolized pet was still in full
possession of the small amount of sense
nature had bestowed, They were. how
ever. inclined to be Indignant with the
The Republican., 1890-07-11
Almost a Hint.

Gentleman Visitor-It seems to me
that l have forgotten something.
Lady-Yes, you have forgotten to &C
home.-Texas Siftings.
The Republican., 1890-07-11

When young man loses his heart
to some girl, he usually loses his nerve
at the same time.-Terre Hauto Express
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-24
Confessions of the Train wreckers.


There does not seem to be any reason to
doubt that the men who wrecked trains on
the New York Central and Hudson River
railroad were strikers. Some of the men
who were engaged in the dastardly crimes
have made confessions, in which they make
grave charges against Master Workman
Lee, the man who ordered the strike. Lee.
of course, denies there is any truth in the
confessions SO far as he is concerned. 1t
may be that he is falsely accused, but the
chances are that he is not
Although all the men who have made
confessions are Knights of Labor, it does
not opear that the train wrecking was
authorized by the Knights of Labor organ
izasion or by any district assembly of it.
The train wreckers were influenced to do
what they did by their desire for revenge
or they were directed TO do it by an officer
of their organization.
The whole truth about the matter should
be sought for earnestly with the view of
visiting upon all who are guilty the severest
punishment the law permits. They DELHI
erately set about taking the lives of inno-
cent people by the wholesale simply to do an
injury TO corporation with which they and
their organization were at war. Death by
electricity is too light punishment for such
men. There ought to be special punish
ment for criminals of their Kind.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-24
BRIGHT BITS.

IT IS BETTER to be right than to be left.-Bos-
ton Herald
BUSINESS is picklns up in the cotton regions
-Net0 Orleans Pcaytne.
You should not wonder If balloonist is of a
Eighty dsposition.-Great Darlington Ne,cs.!
AT THE SCIENCE EXAMINATION: (Which is
the best known insulator? A.-Poverty-C Chat
ter
THE man who proposed at 5 O'Clock in the
morning did the business in dew time.-BoSton
Gazette.
Much as a man admires the truth, he prefers
to have it told about some other fellow.--Atchi-
son Globe.
SULPHUR and birthstone are on the free list
So is salvation. Now take your choice-Gredt
harrington News.
EVEN the --LATEST of men can usually see some
work that some other fellow ought to do
SomerUiHe Journal
IT would be impossible for the amateur fish
erman to dispense with his hook and lynn
Binghdmton header.
"RUsTLERs' are all right in their way, per-
haps, but they run into great many unneGes-
sary tights.-Atchfson Globe.
TEMPERANCE WORKERS should turn their at
tention to money. which has been terribly tight
for some time philadelphia Call.
THE attractive young woman who takes
charge of the gypsy tent for the benefit of the
church represents fair prophet Washington
Post.
DON'T waste sympathy on a community which
deliberately suffers from a drought when il is
possible to get up an agricultural fair.-Elmird
Gazette.
THE man who expects to go to heaven on his
wife's church membership or the chickens he
fed to the preacher is taking awful chances. -
DOUer Sentinel
FIRST BuRGLAR-Good Lord! let's run; here
comes some one.
Second Burgar-Oh, come on: it's only a
polioeman.-Hoosier
MRS observation-disclosures, do you know
that silver is up?
Her Husband-f ought to. I put ours IN
while you at the seasioe.-JetceLer.
LEGALCAP-A client addressed me familiarly
this morning as old Horse"
Brlefer.Had he just paid his bill?
Perhaps twas his way Of telling you that
you were a splendid charger" -Ne,D York sun
''HYpNoTIsM is a great thing. can hypno-
tie any one, and what desire the subject to
do he does
II give you 10 per cent. on all the collections
you can hypnotic out of my customers.
Hdrpers Bazaar.
MIR. FREsHMAN-Excuse me, professor, but are
you good at figures?
Prof Matthew Matics-Ahemi Why do you
Mr. Freshman (moving awayl-Only to find
out whether you preferred Mrs Langtrys or
Mime. Modjeska's.-Nea0 York Weekly.
Miss TERRIUr-When mommer and wore in
Yurrup, oh, the awfullest thing happened
There was a prince-and a count-and-and
they fought a duel-about poor me-with
pistols.
Yabsley-Ah were they loaded
Miss Terriut-No, they weren't They were
Just as sober as could be.-hldidnnpolis
Journal
MAINE CONGRESSMAN (exultantly)-Well, we
elected Burleigh.
Ohio Ditto (curiously) Burleigh? Who's Bur
leighs
Maine NJ. c. dndignantly)-Why, man, he's the
republican candidate for governor
Ohio Ditto-Oh, beg your pardon. | didn't
Know anybody was running but Reed -Wdsh-
In0toa Star
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-24
Their Cheap Little Lunch.

Jones and Smith happened to meet at the
same table in restaurant says the Pittsburg
Dispatch.
DO you dine at this place often'" asked
Jones
Quite often" said Smith. 1T is moderate
In price, at least for common dishes, the COOK
ing is excellent, the service good, and every
thing is clean"
1T is pretty well patronized, too' observed
Jones. "A good many merchants and board of
trade men come here for their meals
Yes. What are you going to order?"
II think II take q porterhouSe steak, glass
of claret and pudding of some kind. A man
on salary can't afford a swell dinner"
That's a fact. We've got to curb our appe-
tites. I'm going to try veal outlets Dreaded a
few vegetables, an omelet souffie and pint of
porter. can't go over rs cents or a 81 for a
mere lunch"
That's about the figure for me. Now, if l
could afford such meal as Tubbes over
there at that table in the corner is about to
order, I'd have something worth talking
about"
You bet What do you suppose Tubbles is
WORTH"
""He's worth c'ean million and half"
Jones and Smith looked enviously at the ia bic
in the corner, where the millionaire, with the
bill of fare before him. was knitting his brows
and pursuing up his mouth in the effort to de
eide what he wanted. After studying the
printed slip from top to bottom several times he
seemed to have come to a conclusion.
Waiter" he said to the white aproned Off
cial stan ding respectfully by. bring me some
doughnuts and cup of Coffee
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-24
Praising the Newspapers.

A very satirical form of expression, which
most of us have used in our school days. saws
the Youths Companion, consists in making a
serious statement with the addition lover the
left" This indicated that the declaration was
not to be taken for the truth. "Ieft-handed
compliments" are of the same nature, and.
though they may be innocentiy intended, steep
the soul of those who receive them In sadness
and modification. A certain editor says he has
recently been afflicted with more than his share.
My husband has been threatening to stop
your paper, said lady to him one day, but
I wouldn't hear of it for moment"
Il am delighted" said the gratified news.
paper man.
Its the best shape in the world for pat
terms" continued she; and then it mover tears
Now the Mercury is just as large but very thin
and iimsy."
Not long after the same editor received a
letter from a friend at a distance beginning
with the sentence: II fully believe your paper
has saved my life."
anticipation? Yet this was what followed:
Yesterday took q long drive into the coun-
try. The morning was fine, but at noon a ter
riole east wind came up and began to chill me
TO the bone. Last spring, if you remember, l
was i'll With pneumonia, and my lungs have
since been delicate. What could do without
extra wraps, in my thin spring overcoat: l
called at farmhouse and asked for an old
newspaper. One was given me bearing the
familiar imprint OF your Office / laid it across
my chest, buttoned my coat over it, and drove
on triumphantly."
And now if this editor is, by some happy
chance, told that he has good paper he re-
plies whimsically, We'll, yes, it's a good large
paDer. ~