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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13
SHEEP ON FARMS.
They Should Never BE Fed a Large GUAM

They Should Never Be Fed a Large Guam
tity at One Time.
No infallible rule can be given for
feeding sheep on the farms that can be
considered applicable under all coHai-
TONS They need good variety, and
this can be readily secured with llttie
care on the average farm. Hay fodder,
if bright and clean, oats, bran, some
corn and oil meal will make up a good
variety, if properly managed. Breed
ing ewes especially need good care at
this season, in order to secure the best
results with the lambs A light ration
of bran and oil meal can nearly always
be given the breeding ewes now with
profit, especially if early lambs are ex-
pected. In raising lambs for market
earliness is quite an item, and to secure
this in a majority of cases it will be
necessary to push them from the start,
and one of the best ways of doing this
is to feed the ewes literally with ra-
ton that will enable them to supply
their lambs with plenty Of milk. This
is one advantage in feeding oil meal
and bran; combined they make an eX-
cellent ration, and with clover,
hay and oats it is easy net
only to keep the ewes in good,
thrifty condition, but also maintain
a steady growth with the lambs. There
is no advantage in stinting the feed
either for the lambs or the wool. At
this time, while the weather is SO
changeable, care muct be taken to keep
dry. Sheep need considerable exercise,
and do not bear confinement well, yet
it is not best to allow them to remain
out in windy or stormy weather, but it
is very important at the same time that
the shelter should be dry under foot.
Sheep should never be fed large guam
tity at one time. Better results can be
obtained by giving a small ration at
feed and feeding ofteper. The profit in
sheep is in the early lambs and in the
wool. Both of these depend largely
upon the feed and care given during the
winter. A difference of few days in
marketing the lambs and few pounds
difference in the weight Of a fleece will
make a considerable difference in the
profit that it is possible to realize.
Provide plenty of bedding to keep the
shelter clean and dry, good variety of
food and plenty of it to keep in good,
thrifty condition, and sheep can be
made prottable.-St. Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13
A DAYS FARM WORK.
Brighten the every Days. and You Will
Not Forget the Holidays.

Brighten the "Every Days and You Will
Not Forget the Holidays.
J. NJ. Rice, Christian County, Mo-,
seems to know how to get the most of
true living on farm, and in a recent
number of the Practical Farmer tells
how he gets some of it.
He says: There should be time
when the work for the day is over,
when the harrassing chores are all
done and real rest at noon be had, and
real rest and recreation in the even
ing.
ut is our rule to have the work to
stop in time, that the chores may all be
done before dark. Throw aside at
least some of the work-a-day clothing
and gather in well lighted room where
books and papers abound.
Don't be content to have on your
table the interesting local paper and
even a good farm and home paper; but
let there be a half dozen suited to the
varied tastes of the family.
"In our little circle of six, no two of
us are equally interested in the same
things. Why should not the wants of
each mind be supplied SO far as posi-
BILE? You may say you can not afford
it. We think you can.
eve were never so poor-and we
have often thought we were at the bot
tom round among common farmers
but what the library table was better
supplied than the dining-room table.
We think more of the minds of our
children than we do of their bodies, and
in the little circle of growing boys
and girls we see the good fruits of the
outlay.
There has never been day or night
when the farm has not been our home,
and we have tried to make it pleasant
place for the young people, and we
have the satisfaction of seeing them
with deep love for the farm home,
with no desire to wander away from
it's fold. Yet they have deep interest
and an active place in every good work
in the community.
brighten the every days and you
will not forget the holidays"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

cylinder form and attaching it to short
stakes to stick in the pot, it is but
step to the balloon form, section OF
which is rudely shown in Fig. 2. TO
bend the wires in the right form, take
q piece of board and draw balloon
shaped outline upon it of the desired
size. Then cut the heads off of some
six-penny wire nails and drive them in
the board at intervals of two or three
inches along the outline mark. Then
bend wire in the line of the mark,
giving it one turn around each
nail. These loops are represented in
the drawing at A, b, c, d, E and +. To
make the trellis, take three such wires
and crossing them at the apex stick
them in the pot and connect them by
horizontal wires put through the loop
holes. A perfect globe trellis may be
made in the same wy. A collection OF
climbers upon handsome hollow trellises
might be made very attractive, having
the trellises of diff srert forms and sizes
to suit different Kinds of plants A
free growing climber like the Germa,
ivy or Madeira vine can be made to
cover trellis as big as an oil barrel in
a few months, if properly grown. Ii
ladies would study a little upon their
collection of house plants and get
little out of the beaten path they might
perhaps get little better return for the
coal consumed in carrying them through
the winter. For semi-climbers, to grow
in Ave or six-inch pots on balloon trel-
Uses eighteen inches high and nine
inches in diameter, nothing is prettier
than the ivy geraniums. There are now
more than twenty varieties double and
single) of these cleanly beautiful
plants, and collection of them would
adorn any sitting-room.-L. B. Pierce,
in Ohio Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13
FARM AND GARDEN.
TRELLIS HOUSE PLANTS.
How to Develop the Incompatible Beauty
of Climbing Vines.

How to Develop the Incompatible Beauty
of Climbing Vines.
Il is rare to find any climbing vine
among house plants given half a chance,
or so treated as to develop a 1.-THE of the
beauty that might be secured if fur
aished with suitable trcllis and prop
erly trained thereon. The ordinary
rellis as manufactured for the trade is
about as insufficient, worthless an ap-
ology for what it is intended for as any
thing could well be-a simple fiat lad
der. 1t takes only short time for the
plant to reach the top and then there is
no chance to support the growth unless
the vine is turned unnaturally down
ward or led off on to something else.
What is wanted is q large amount of
surface exposed to the light and air
with chance to train the growth
horizontally for definite length of
time.
The simplest form is to follow the
example of the gardener or hop grower
and have q pole, only it should be a
skeleton and as large as the inside of a
pot 1t is easily made by taking six
plant stakes and making holes through
them with a brad awl, three inches
apart Take wires the size of the
holes, and about as long as the inner
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13
PeonIe Who Eat Alone.

In all thoroughly civilized countries
the members of family and their
guests part ike of raeals while collected
around central hoard, but this is not
so with the majority or even fraction
of the semi-civilized and baroarous ma
tons. The Maldivian islanders dine
alone, retiring to the most secret parts
of their huts for the purpose of eating
their food. This custom probably arose
among them in an early period of their
history, for fear, perhaps, that another
with equally as sharp an appetite and
more bodily strength would deprive the
feaster of his meal-St. Louis Republic
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY.
how to Properly Manage the Affairs OF .
Family.

Family.
There Is nothing which goes so far
toward placing young people beyond
the reach of poverty, as economy in the
management of their domestic affairs.
1t matters not whether a man furnish
little or much for his family, if there is
a continual leakage in the kitchen or in
the parlor. 1t is the husbands duty to
bring into the house, and it is the duty
of the wife to see that nothing goes
wrongfully out of it-not the least arti-
Gle, however unimportant in itself, for
It establishes precedent-nor under
any pretense, for it opens the door for
Ruin to stalk in, and he seldom leaves
sn opportunity unimproved. The hus-
bands interest should be the wife's
care, and her greatest ambition should
carry her no farther than his welfare or
happiness, together with that Of her
children. This should be her sole aim,
and the theater of her exploits in the
bosom of her family, where she may do
as much toward making a fortune, as
he can in the counting-room or in the
workshop. 1t is not the money earned
that makes a man wealthy-it is what
he saves from his earnings. A good and
prudent husband makes deposit Of the
fruits of his labor with his best friend,
and If that friend be not true to him,
what has he to rope? If he dare not
place confidence in the companion Of his
bosom, where is he to place it?-N. Y.
LEDGER
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13
WHY SHE LEFT.
She Preferred Starvation to the Posi-
biiity OF Becoming Freckled.


biiity OF Becoming Freckled.
A handsome young woman, who is
we'll known for her philanthropy and
who devotes great deal Of her time to
making light the burden of poverty
which other folks bear, recently found
a family worthy of her assistance. 1t
consisted of mother and several chill
dren, the oldest girl of twenty years,
wretchedly dressed. The young woman
cast about and finally secured Il position
in a wholesale candy store for the girl.
The salary was fair, the hours were
not long, and all the girl had to do was
to pack candy. She accepted the situa-
ton gladly, and the young woman
left the family, feeling that she Sad
placed the girl in position to earn
enough money to support them.
About two weeks later she called at
the tenement where the family lived, and
was surprised to find the girl at home.
"Nhy. what's the matter?" she asked.
Gave you not working to-day?'
"No, ma'am,'' was the reply; I'm
not working at all"
when did you leave your placer"
Last week"
What was the natter?" Didn't they
pay you enough money!"
20, yes, ma'am; the wages was all
right. 1t wasn't that"
"Was the work too heavy for you?"
"No, ma'an; my work was light
enough"
The young woman began to feel very
uneasy. She dreaded what might follow.
But she faced the situation bravely, and
asked:
Were you not treated right, them"
80, yes, ma'am; was treated all
right, but you see, ma am, they put me
to work in an alcove near a sunny win
dow, and the sun came in nearly all
day, and was afraid I'd get freckled,
so left. Chicago journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

20. p, Q. x, Y, 2 are plant stakes repre-
scented only 10 inches high, to save space, in
which holes are made with d brad awl for the
reception OF the wires BA, CB 0nd DE. The
hole A, in stake o, is supposed to be punched
inches from the lower end; in z, 5a inches and
so on. When bent in a circle the end Of the
wire A is placed In the hole A; in and
80 on.
circumference of the pot, and string
the stakes upon them and then, bend
ing the wires in the form of a cylinder,
stick the stakes in the pot and you have
a light, substantial trellis with an out
side surface three times the diameter
of the pot multiplied by the height. A
hollow trellis like this. six inches in
diameter, is eighteen inches around,
and one two feet high would allow
twelve spiral turns of German or
English ivy, or eighteen feet in length.
Fig. shows how to bore the holes sc
the wires will ascend in a spiral direc.
ton from top to bottom. The second
series of holes is three inches above the
first, and so on. Making the wire en-
circle the stakes in spiral form gives
less formal and more pleasing appear
ance to the hollow column or trellis
than if the wire ran around horizon.
tally.
From this simple hollow column
form, which can also be made by bend
ing piece of wire netting such as
paasterer's serves are made of, INTO o
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

EARhCL' I, 20 20. Of
No. orc annealed iron wire he can,
with the use of pair of common pinch
ers, readily make hoop. At one end
of the wire form neat loop; measure
the length of the old hoop, add two
inches to the length, which will be the
dimensions of the wire required
Place the opposite end through the loop
already formed; bend back to and
around the main portion of the wire,
where hoop is formed with connec-
ton similar to that shown in the en-
craving. 1t is placed over the barrel
tub or other vessel, and driven on as
firmly us possible, retained in position
by small tacks driven upon TIE top or
bottom side rs required, or better still
make few wire staples with sharp
points. These are driven over the HOOP
and hold it firmly. The barrels as well
as the wire hoops should be well
painted. For pork barrels, well painted
wire hoops have been known to outlast
wooden ones.-American Agriculturist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

Coon draft horses, roadsters, or work
horses are always in demand at good
prices and with care in the selection of
the breed-stock may be raised as cheap
" as common plugs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

Ann article that has outlived "a wears Of
and imitation, and sells more
and more each year, must have merit: Dob.
bins Electric Soap first made in 1865 is Just
that article Ask your grocer for it. He
has it, or will get it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13
A Pleasing Sense

or health and strength renewed and OF ease
and comfort follows the use Of Syrup OF
Pigs. as it acts in harmony with nature to
enectually cleanse the system when costive
or bilious For sale in soc and $1.OO bottles
by all leading druggists.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

For winter layers you must depend
upon early pullets; to have early pull.
let's you must have early sitters, and
early sitters come with winter layers;
each is dependent upon the other.-St
Louis Republic
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13
Completed to Deadwood.

The Burlington Route, c., B. & Q. R. R,
from Chicago, Peoria Il st Louis, Is now
completed and daily passenger trains are
running through Lincoln, Neb and Custer,
s D., to Deadwood Also to Newcastle,
Wyoming Sleeping cars TO Deadwood.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

You hardly realize thatitis medicine, when
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, 1891-03-13

For Coughs and throat troubles use
"BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs. ''-''They
stop an attack Of my asthma cough very
promptly."-C. Falch, MEANWHILE, Ohio.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

TEE expenses Of an electric company may
be summed up in current expenses.-Law'
renee American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

If you want to be cured Of cough use
Hale's Honey OF Horehound and Tar.
Pike Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

SH1LAx-"So Wantrox didn't marry for
beautyW Brodix-''No; ne married foI
booty n-Epoch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

A PROSPEROUS butcher is always able to
meat his indebtedness.-Pittsburgh Chron-
icle Telegraph.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

TIE reason most poets think to no pur
pose is that their thoughts are ldyl thoughts
philadelphia Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

A GOOD text for O baseball sermon
"where sre the nine"-Burlington Free
PreBA
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

THE very best products of the farm
have the least competition.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

Do NOT purge nor weaken the bowels, but
act specially on the liver and bile A perfect
liver corrector Carter's Little Liver Pills.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

How SAD It makes man feel TO observe a
five dollar straw hat on q seven cent head.
-Kearney Enterprise
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

BEST. easiest to use and cheapest Piso
Remedy for Catarrh. BY druggists. 25c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

THE girl at the bont-race 10 always LOOK
ing around for beau trace.-Wasbington
Star
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13
WlRE-HOOPEO BARREL.

1t VIII Outlast Ten of tho Kind Usually
Used on Farms.
The expansion of the barrel slaves as
well as the decaY of wood and rllSt of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

iron causes a vast
d c S truction of
hoops each year,
necessitating of
the taking of the
sci to the
cooper shop icr
r e h o o .pi n G !;
Whereas If one
The record-union., 1891-11-07

The Cepay Valley Land Company is offering the
most fertile lands in this beautiful valley upon terms which
enable the purchaser to pay for the land out of its
product viz: Interest only for five years at per cent
The only condition imposed is that reasonable pro-
portion OF the land purchased shall be planted to fruit
trees or vines Land may be bought without this
condition on payment of 20 per cent. cash and re-
naming 30 per cent. at the end OF five years. with
terest annually IN advance att per cent. The various
tracts owned by the Capay Valley Land Company have
been subdvlded into and 2oacre lots which are for
sale at prices varying from ESQ to $50 per acre SINH
lar unmproved land in Vaca Valley has recently been
sold at $500 and $500 per acre.
These Capay Valley lands under the most favor
able climatic conditions for the prosecution of profitable
fruit growing, and the locality has proved itself to be
enc OF the earliest in the State The grape crop of 1850
from the company vineyard at Cashmere was picked
dried and shipped to Chicago and Philadelphia before
the Fresno County grapes ripe.
he railroad passes through all of the tracts owned by
the Capay Valley Land Company, thus nsuring excel
lent shipping facilities and land may now be purchased
IN the immediate proximity of either of the following
stations: Cspay, Cadenasso, Surrey Gunda Sauterne
Cashmere or Rumsey.
At many of these places fine orchards of the choicest
and earliest varieties of peaches and aprcots may already
be seen and during the coming considerable ad-
dltona acreage will be planted out One of the recent
sales made by the company that Of the Tancred
Tract containing 500 acres to a colony association.
This tract has been subdivded into forty holdings all of
which will be planted to fruit trees this season.
The fine orchards on the Guinda Tract, where 400
acres have been sod especially worthy of mention
and is significant fact that several of the blocks are
pect to make their earliest shipments from here.
The record-union., 1891-11-07
MtHreun1eouH.
ABOUT DRINKING-WATER.
Large Cities Investigating their Water
Supply-Discovery of Disease Germs
Smaller Cities also In Danger.

smaller Cities also In Danger.
New York and other cities are now agitating
the very serious question OF their water sup
ply. Investigation has brought to light the
TACT that impure matters, in spite of expen-
siye attempts at prevention, will ind their
way into the streams from which the water
supply is drawn. 1t has been thought for
years that a stream running in the open air
Will cleanse itself partly by settling OF the inn
puro matter and partly by aeration, but 1t has
recently been decided by the proper authori-
takes place.
AS in most places the water supply is drawn
fron streams which pass through land where
cattle horses or sheep Craze, q very general
movement has taken place throughout the
United States towards the puriticalion of
water for drinking purposes in the home it
sell. The most popular and effective method
Is TO mix little pure whisky with the water;
nltration, it seems, does not get rid of the
pressed on all those who take this method of
preserving their health that the whisky used
must be pure. Duffy's Pure Malt is highly
recommended by leading doctors and sci
entists as being the purest medicinal whisky
on the market. Blues. headaches, nervous
ness, liability to sore throat, peculiar pains in
the back and many other small but trouble
some Ills frequently have their origin in inn
pure drinking-water. The mixing of q little
Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky with drinking
water Will render it incapable of producing
these or even the worse effects of typhoid and
other malignant fevers Of the same type. By
tbe-by II viii be well to remember when YOU
cali at your druggists or grocer's for Duffy's
Pure Malt Whisky, that it is the only pure
medicinal one, so do not be willing to take q
substitute recommended as '.just as good"
The record-union., 1891-11-07

Too much stress cannot be laid upon the great ad.
vantage to the fruit grower of being in early locality.
In cases it makes the difference between success
and failure The industrious orchardst of Capay Valley
may rest assured that he will derive all the benefits gained
by the first fruit shipments of the season. and that 20
of this rich land, when the are in bearing
will yield handsome and assured income
The Capay Valley Land Company has agent
siding in the valley whose duty It to show the various
tracts to land seekers.
Four townsites have been laid out in different points
in the valley, viz: Esparto, Cadenasso, Guinda and
Rumsey. Town lots may now be purchased at reason
able prices and on easy terms.
The enterprising and lourlshng town of Esparto is
situated the lower end of the valley and $I25
worth of substantial buildings have already been erected
including fine four-story brick hotel two large brick
blocks and waterwors with pipes laid in the streets,
besides extensive warehouses and numerous residences
The town has postoffice school-house and weekly
paper and the fine railroad depot contains telegraph
and express offices.
Postofces have alse been established at Guinda and
Rumsey This latter place. situated at the head of the
valley, is the present terminus of the railroad The
comfortable little hotel makes excellent quarters for
hunters we'll as land-seekers.
The advantages enjoyed by the settler in Capay Val
ley may be thus concisely summed up:
soil of great fertility yielding bountifuly of every
crop.
A soil and climate which will rpen all kinds of fruit
and vegetables earlier than anywhere else in the State
climate perfectly adapted to the curing of raisns and
drying of fruit without the aid of artificial evaporators
location that is central and close markets Railroad
communication which enables shipments to be made
quickly and cheaply Lands which are sold cheaper
and better terms than anywhere else in the State