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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-08-20
NOTICE FOR HOMESTEAD PROOF.

NETTIE MOORE-Hd No. 1926
LAND OFFICE AT
Lewiston, Idaho, Aug. 3. 1891.
~ office is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed notice Of his inten-
tlon to make fna' proof in support of his
claim. and that said proof W i'll be made before
the U. s. Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho, on
Sept. IL. 1891, viz: Nettie Moore for the Sc 4
net els Sc 4 sec IL and nv q sw y sec II 80
nr4 W NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of. said land, viz:
Martin Boyer, Mary Boyer, Will Hannahan,
Henry Huntington, all Of Waba Idaho.
C. NJ. DAY.
As Register.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-08-20

ee0O0. ~ year 10 being mads y ~
Goodwin, Troy NY At WORK To- - =
you may not make - mach, ~ ~
teach you quickly how 70 sase -
so day 1t the start, and nor Ad
on. Both sexsa, all ages. II -
America, you can commence o. ~ ~cSu
fing all your time, Ut spare mooS n0A
the work. All u new. Great peySSit
every worker. We stast yeHs, s1k
PXfriCuiARs FREE. Ad1ssr q
sIiAsOI 8 CO., FORILAxos
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22
POULTRY PlCkINGS.

CLEAN straw is good for the hens to
scratch in.
PUT turpentine in the drinking wa ter
to prevent gapes.
SOME recommend soaking corn in
kerosene for cholera.
GENERALLY on the farm there is no
necessity for buying extra foods.
GEESE eat the grass close down to
the roots and often kill it out in this
way.
WHEN hawks bother the chickens a
few brush piles will afford good pro
lection.
POULTRY will readily digest bones if
they are broken fine enough for them
to eat.
CLEANLINESS now will aid materially
in preventing the lice from getting a
good start.
HENS will lay more eggs without the
ROSTERS than with them, but of course
the eggs will not hatch.
The tendency of wheat fed whole is
to produce healthy growth and to aid
materially in laying eggs.
In a majority of cases it is impossible
to compete to advantage with incubat-
ed chickens as regards earliness.
FEED only what is eaten UP clean and
at certain hours in order to keep the
fowls from getting too fat.
CURD is good feed for young poul-
try of all kinds and can be fed to the
laying hens to a good advantage.
In many cases it will be best at this
season to feed all the hens will eat at
night just before they go to roost.
Ducks and geese can be picked now
whenever their feathers are ripe; there
is no advantage in letting them go to
waste.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22
A HOMEMADE FEED CUTTER.

four scantling, three feet long, crosa
them within one foot of the ends and
place thereon two boards, securely
fastened, to serve as a trough for
holding the clover to be cut. Next
take stick about one and one-half by
two inches, and three feet long, and
fasten one end at or near the bottom OF
one of the legs with bolt and at the
other end of the stick make a mortise
one and one-half by two inches long, tc
admit the heel of an old scythe which
has been bent back and made fiat,
with half-inch hole in it to admit a
bolt Have the point of the scythe
hammered down so that handle can
be put on it. On the inside of the
trough put two strips of thin iron about
one inch wide and as long as the boards
are wide, so that the scythe will not cut
into the ends of the boards The stick
in which the scythe is put should be
incased with a board, SO as to steady
the motion of the scythe. One peck OF
feed can be cut in two minutes"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22
BUSINESS PRINCIPLES.
Why Farmers Should Keep Accounts of
Their Business Affairs.


While looking about for the cause
of agricultural depression, we should
not fail to scrutinize those things that
come more directly under individual
control. 1t is true we have just cause
'or criticising our public officials, but
At the same time, if we examine our
own management of individual affairs
On the farm, we may sometimes find
sources of loss that could easily be
remedied.
Among other things, the farmer
should have some systematic method
for keeping his accounts. He should
have this system so arranged as to
enable him to ascertain which crop
yields the greatest profit, or which line
of stock is more profitable for him to
raise. 1t is a lamentable fact, how
ever, that comparatively small num-
Der of farmers keep any accounts what
ever. The general excuse is that they
have not the time, or that the varied
complexities of their business render it
impossible to so systematic it as to
make bookkeeping practical. AS to
the first excuse, it will not hold
good, for many farmers waste enough
time to keep several sets of books.
Besides, in many families there
are boys or girls to whom the
task would be a great benefit. The
second excuse has a better foundation,
yet farm transactions may be so re-
corded as to be of great value. We
could not think of contending against
;he low prices of the present time did
we not produce those articles which
our books show to be the most profita-
BILE. For farmers who have no knowl-
edge of bookkeeping we would sug-
gest large account book, ruled, let
Sered and spaced for every department
If farm operations. Though we have
Kept careful record of all transactions
for twenty years on ordinary blank
books, we have lately secured one of
these books, as its small cost is no item,
and it will enable us to make our
accounts more definite and require
less time.
We believe farmers should not only
Keep their accounts Systematically, but
al contracts, verbal or written, should
be properly recorded, that no room may
be left for troublesome disputes. Then,
again, where everything is thus re-
corded, the mans house is always in
order so that when the summons
come his executor will have no diff.
Guilty in adjusting his affairs and max
ing final settlement of the estate
John L. Shaver, in Farm and Fire
Sida
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22
FARM AND GARDEN,
KEEPING COWS CLEAN,
4 Woman's Interesting Contribution to
Agricultural Literature.

4 WOman's Interesting Contribution to
Agricultural Literature.
Much of the trouble in keeping cows
clean could be obviated by boarding up
the managers on the back, or side farth-
est from the COW, so she could not
step forward at all. This detracts
greatly from the pleasure of looking at
the cattle (mine stand face to face,
with a sixfoot alley between), and it is
also impossible, then, to feed from the
alley. My present mode of tying /
learned in the barn of Col. H. S. Rus
sell, Milton, Mass. Each COW has a
separate stall. and the partition runs
back to the cutter las there is still am
pie room for them to back QUIT and the
front of manger is formed of a stout
piece, with a big V cut out in center,
Fig. 1; a are two iron rods about as
thick as ones finger, which runs paral-
lei with the sloping sides of the V, and
are secured at each end by small bolts.
On each of these rods runs an iron ring,
with about fifteen inches of chain at
tached ID b, and the other end of these
chains meet in a ring, to which is at
tached the broad leather strap (c). l
have seen nothing more comfortable
for the cows, and noticing which gives
a better view of them, in easy and
natural positions.
When the cows get up, the rings run
up on the rods and spread out, SO that
the chain is stretched horizontally
across the big opening at the top of the
v. When the cows lie down, the rings
slide down, till they meet at the lower
point of the V, and the COW then has
all the slack there is, and can turn her
head and reach away back in her stall,
and sleep with her head on her side.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22
A CHANGING SEA.
Remarkable Fluctuations of the Level OF
the Caspian.

Remarkable Fluctuations of the Level OF
the Caspian.
The Caspian sea lies eighty-fve feet
below the level of the Black sea, and is
Che greatest body of water in the world
lying below the sea level. 1t is remarka-
BILE not only for this fact, but for the
changes that have occurred in its level
About the first century of our era, there
is no doubt that the level of the sea
stood eighty-fve feet above it's present
horizon, and, of course, spread over a
vastly more extensive area than at
present. The Russian Geological soci-
ETY. has printed a treatise, written by
N. NJ. Philipof, on these remarkable
changes of level. Since the early part
of the Christian era, a general and
gradual decline of the leve&sOf the sea
has taken place. In the eighteenth CEN
fury, however, there appear to have
been few periods when the level rose
From the beginning of the present cen
fury there has been fall, but since
1865, Judging from recent observations,
the level has been higher. Lieut.. Soko-
lof, naval officer, while working in
the Caspian region, from 1913 to 1S4S,
collected much information. He found
that in the present century the level
had steadily fallen, just as in the last
century it had risen. causing great APP
prehension among the inhabitants of
an inundation, and giving rise to the
belief in periodical variations every
thirteen years. Lerch, while in Baku,
in 1884 and 1747, found submerged build
ings which had stood on dry land thirty
years before, and he mentions a saying
of the Persians that the sea rose and
fell alternately every thirty years. Mr..
Philipof has made a special study of
the whole question. Inquiring into the
causes of these changes of level. he
finds a variety of influences at work,
such as wind driving the water towards
certain coasts, temperature of the air
causing in summer evaporation and con-
sequent fall in level, and in winter cold
producing a rise in level. Rivers, rain
and earthquakes are also among the
active agencies, causing fluctuations
from month to month and from day to
day .-Goldthwaites' Geographical Mag
aZine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22
Latest In Hosiery,

On hosiery the latest novelties are silk
Stockings with foot and ankle in one
cdlor and the legs another Some black
feet exquisitely embroidered in red or
gold are buckled to bright red uppers
others are black with pink feet and the
combinations of lavender or black,
green or gold, mauve and orange are in
tended to match the creations of the
modiste. For careful usage some stock
ings are embroidered with pearl and
gilt beads intended to be worn with
dancing toilet. The stockings said to
be favored by the aristocratic are more
lace work than silk. In some the fronts
are composed of Chantilly insertion,
between which is succession of Rhine
stones, the designs beginning at the top
OF the stocking and graduated to the
slipper linen. Y. World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

Between the manger and the feeding
alley the partition is low enough to ad-
init of readily feeding over it and see
ing the cattle, and it does not reach
down to the floor by foot. The square
feeding boxes have each a handle, so
that they are easily pulled out into the
alley and cleaned and emptied, without
any lifting; the Manager is swept out
into the alley, and the boxes refilled
with food at the proper time, and pushed
back again.
/ fine this a good arrangement, if
could only do two things. One is, to
board up the partition in front, and, l
think. when | get time to study it out a
little, l can invent something that will
be m0odble so it can be easily removed
for feeding, or if friend comes in to
see the cattle. The other necessity is,
to both widen and deepen the gutter
behind the cattle, although this is not
as much needed, as the entire stables
are cleaned out twice day, and at
present cutters are l foot wide and 6
inches deep.
One Improvement / have made that
was not in Col Russells stable, or if
it was, did not observe it; it is neces-
sAry to nail two upright cleats on each
side partition of each cows stall to
slide the front piece or v down into.
Instead of two cleats on each side, we
have half dozen, and we can thus suit
the length of the stall to the length of
the animal, which is great conven-
fence, as it does not take minute to
lift out the V, as we call it, and set it
further back, or forward, as the case
may be.
Next, I found that the stall floors
were just as short as it was possible to
have them. Next, that the gutter was
a very great deal wider and deeper
than our own. But now came the RI
diculous part. Just above the gutter,
and running the whole length of the
barn, was Il horizontal wire rope, of
such height that mans head could
not strike it. On this were number
of small rings, each of which had
long cord hanging to it, and at the end
of the cord was a common harness
snap. The whole thing looked
like Fig, 2. These snaps were about
two feet from touching the floor. As
each cow walked into her stanchlon,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

Hc--Your husband, madam, sent me
to fetch his overcoat.
She-Indeed! I'm glad to hear it. My
husband died two years ago, and I've
always feared that he went to a place
where they don't need overcoats-Mun-
Icy's Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22
USEFUL FEED GUTTER.
1t Will Cut One Peck of Feed for PoultT,
in Two Minutes.

Will Cut One Peck of Feed for Poultry
in Two Minutes.
Those who are interested in the use
of chopped clover for fowls, will no
doubt notice the illustration of a
cheap, homemade feed cutter, sent to
Farm and Fireside by Mr.. w, j. Noble.
State Center, la. Mr.. Noble says: 81
am astonished at the great amount of
fnely-chopped clover that flock will
eat, and for the use of those who desire
a cutter, / send the cut Of one not new.
but which will answer the purpose. To
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22
Before You starr

On journey by sea or land, procure Hos
letters Stomach Bitters as q defense
against travellers nausea and climatic in
fuences. Collie, cramps and dyspepsia
don't stand the ghost Of a chance against
this paramount Alternative and stomachic.
Neither do malaria, kidney trouble, sick
headache and biliousness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

City Railway, the popular route to all points
of interest in the scenic Northwest and the
Puget Sound region. Connects with trans
continental trains for all resorts dear to the
hearts OF pleasure seekers. F. II. LORD,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
Phoenix Building, Chicago, Ill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22
To Dispel Colds,

Headaches and Fevers, to cleanse the sys-
tenn effectually, yet gently, when costive or
bilious, or when the blood is impure or
sluggish, to permanently cure kabitual con-
stipation, to awaken the kidneys and liver
to a healthy activity, without Irritating or
weakening them, use Syrup of Figs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

THE Grip of Pneumonia may be warded of
with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

SPRING Is the seed time. To the fellow
who is still wearing his last winters
clothes it is also the seedy time.-Buffalo
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

DoBBINs' Electric Soap does not chap the
hands, being perfectly pure. Many people
afflicted with Salt Rheum have been cured
by its use. Preserves and whitens clothes.
Have your grocer order it and try it nolO.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

A MAN can well excuse excess in the use
of egg-nog by claiming he is thereby sim
ply satisfying his appetite for early spring
Observation-Disclosures Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

The tramp is like railroad sleeper-he
y readily adapted to q roadbed-Boston
Courier
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

In 1850 "Brotpns Bronchial TrOchcs" were
introduced, and their success as a cure for
de,lds, Coughs, Asthma and Bronchitis has
z zen UNPARALLELED.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

FIG. 2.

the owner graspcd her tail, by the
plated switch, and in an instant he
had fastened the snap into it and let it
go. ! never saw anything so funny in
all my life! But it did just exactly
what the owner wanted. AS the cows
stood up, their tails hung in the nat
ural position, or pretty much so; the
gutter was so deep and wide, and floor
of stalls so short, and stanchions kept
them from stepping forward, so that the
floors where they stood and lay were
spotlessly clean. Just then some of the
cows lay down, and the owner pointed
with pride to the fact that not one OF
their tails lay in the wet gutter to after
wards befoul the cows. And it was all
true. There lay the cows, couteniedly
chewing their cuds, ana each with her
tail gracefully festooned up, just out OF
the dirt; not particle of bedding, but
a good clean floor, warm stable, and
plenty of good food, and each COW as
clean as my own at honle.-Eliza M.
Jones, in Country Gentleman.
A Word About Horseshoeing.
Some horses hold their shoes longer
than Others, but their hoofs grow
nevertheless and in six or eight weeks
it is difficult for them to travel AS
the shoes protect their hoofs, they are
not subject to the natural wear and
tear and become too long. Have them
set every six weeks at least; every four
weeks is better. Don't send boy tc
have the horses shod but go yourself,
unless you know your smith and can
trust him. While there don't sit and
read, but watch the shoers and give
directions. Much Of your own and the
animals comfort depends on proper
shooting. Don't have the feet pared too
much. Most horses used for light work
may go barefoot all summer. to theil
ultimate neutrality-suspicious. and Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

"THIs is in full of account" said the bar
keeper, as he took the change out of bill.
Also replied the customer, an account
of full. ''-WaShington Post. v
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

DON'T wait until you are sick before trying
Carter's Little Liver Pills, but get vial at
once. You can't take them without benefit.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

A MAN naturally finds it necessary to have
recourse to his "uncle" after he has
"suntied" too much.-Binghamton Leader.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

BEFORE plunging into housekeeping con
slider we'll the point of a-tack.-BinghamtoE
Republican.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

ALL cases of weak or lame back, backache,
rheumatism. will find relief by wearing one
Of Carter's Smart Weed and Belladonna
Backache Plasters. Price25 cents. Try them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

THE pussy-willow forces the season, bu,
she's prudent; she always wears her furs.-
Binghamton Republican.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

JINKs-''Do you Judge a man by the
clothes he wears!" Filliins-"Not 50 much
as by the clothes he doesn't wear."-N Y.
Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

IT is natural to suppose that when you
stroke q cats back the wrong way the poor
animal doesn't feel fur straightforward
Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

IT would take moro nerve than money to
get 'in the swim" at the north pole.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

A GROCERY clerk puts down an order, anC
then he puts 1t up.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

Ar the present rate Of legal fees none but
awealthy man can keep his own counsel"
Boston Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

THIS is the season Of the year when pot
ted plants want the earth.-Wash ington
Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small
doses of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

A BAD boy is often hand-cufsed by hi.
parents.-Dralle's Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

THE auctioueer is thorough ''going'
man.-Washington Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

ANYBODY can see through 1.-THE micro
ScOOe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

THE Barney stone is merely sham rock
after all.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

81 HAVE tried many ways of getting
ahead" writes a subscriber. Can you
give me some advice"' "Why don't you
try mixing your drinksf'-N. Y. Recorder.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

THE glazier is always giving people q
pane-St. Joseph News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

WHEN deductions are made-in subtrac-
tion.-N. Y. Mail and Express.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

ALWAYS ahead of the procession-the
band.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

A sTRAPPING fellow-the schoolmaster.-
N. Y Mail and Express
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

LIMBS of the law are probably legacies.-
Spirit.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

CRAZY grain-wild oats.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

CRAZY grain-wild oats
NECKwEAR-horse cellars.
-0
Box occupants-sardines.
WAS always short-Tom Thumb.
SELDOM make run-Messenger boys.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

Box occupants-sardines.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-22

NECKwEAR-horse cellars.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-31
THE PHAN OF PEACE.

Written for The SUNDAY INDEPENDENT,
With ever some wrong to be righting,
With self ever seeking for place,
The world has been striving and fighting
Since man was evolved out of space,
Bold History into dark regions,
His ~torch-light has fearlessly cast.
He shows us tribes warning in legions,
In the jungle of ages long passed.
Religion. forgetting her station,
Forgetting her birthright from God,
Set nation to warning with nation
And scattered disseEsion abroad,
Dear creeds have made men kill each other,
Fair fate has bred hate and despair,
And brother has battled with brother
Because of a difference in prayer.
But earth has grown wiser and kinder,
For man IS evolving a soul;
From wars of an age that was binder,
We rise to Il peace girdled goal.
Where once men would murder in treason
And slaughter each other, in hordes,
They now meet together and reason,
With thoughts for their weapons, not
swords.
The brute IN humanity dwindles,
And lessons as time speeds along,
And the spark of divinity kindles
And blazes up brightly and strong.
The seer can behold in the distance,
The race that shall people the world;
Strong men of a Rodlike existence
Unarmed. and with war banners furIed.
No longer the blood thirsty savage
Mans vast spirit strength, shall unfold;
And tales of red warfare and ravage
Shall seem like ghost stories of old.
For the booming of guns, and tho rattle
OF carnage and conflict shall cease,
And the bugle call, leading to battle,
Shall change to Il pear of Leace.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-31

HELENA is to have a cracker factory
and a powder fa%ctory-two manufac-
lures hat will pay from the start. The
home demand alone will secure a steady
market for all their products at a good
profit. Outside money and home CAPT
tai are interested in these enterprises.
We want more of these small industries.
They will pay. They are of greater
benefit to a town than single over-shad-
owing industries whose failure or shut
ting down ~paralyze the entire business
of a community. There is room for
more here and money for the men who
get the field first.