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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07
FILTHY FACTORIES.
Public Diaries Are Frequently Conducted
on a DeDlorable Basis.

fuDlic DIARIES Are frequently Conducted
on Deplorable Basis.
"Dairymen should not take with ILL
grace criticisms upon lack of cleanli-
ness of cans, milk, etc, when they
maintain such object lessons as the
average cheese factory. We long to see
one, just one, model factory, whose
floor is clean, whose walls are clean,
whose windows are clean. and last, but
not least, whose flies are strictly linn
tied to the outside 1t can be done"
Another authority seconds this depre-
cation, and adds: There is much Ia
tent devilment lurking in the average
whey vat" There are private diaries
conducted upon strict principles of
neatncss; but | never saw public one
for which so much could be said. The
floors of the milk room are usually of
plank, laid on sleepers, Planks will
dry, shrink and leave cracks; wash
percolates through to rot and tester
and send its eXhalations back into the
room to poison the milk and butter. If
the floor be tight, filth gets into cracks
between the planks. and then has the
same effect. A grout floor is objcc-
tionablc because it is absorbent
A stone floor is better, provided
SPILLED milk" be at once wiped up.
An earth floor is probably the best.
Earth is absorbent; but it is also a
purifier All the wood work in milk
and cheese rooms should have every
crack filled with putty and be kept
thicllly painted. Whey decays and
scents very quickly. If heated to one
hundred and forty degrees and then
cooled it will keep sweet several days,
If there is any scent whatever about a
creamery other than the natural smell
of sweet milk butter and cheese, there
is something wrong. and the products
of the factory will be affected. A
microscope should be as much of
creamery implement as a thermometer.
If the attendants will Scrapc Il little of
the filth from seams or corners of milk
and whey receptacles, or from the
filthy floor, and apply the microscope
test, the wriggling animal life brought
to view will be revelation and Il
potent incentive to cleanliness. 1t is
reported by a local paper that some of
the hog-pen adjuncts of creameries
have been very properly abandoned. -
Galen Wilson, in y. Y. Tribune
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pearing as if covered with mold, ant
later, before it shrivels or drops from
the tree, blackish brown.
The fruit is hollow, consisting only
of the spongy distended skin, contain
ing but TIE shriveled remains of what
would have been the pit and pulp of
the plum.
The disease does not appear to be
more abundant the second or third year
on trees that have previously been sub
ject to it than on others, though from
analogy we would suppose such to he
the case.
Probably gathering the swollen fruit
and destroying it before the spores ripen
which is in central Iowa during the
first two weeks of June-would be as
effective a method as any that could be
suggested. Where the trees are low
this could be easily done, as the enor-
nous puffy plums are very conspicuous.
The Taphrini prunj of Europe is said
to attack the foliage as well as the
fruit This is not the case. however,
with the fungus in question, only the
fruit being affectcd.-Prairie Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07
ABOUT AMBER.
How the Submarine Product First 0Hns
tn he IJsed,

How the Submarine Product First Game
to be Used.
The masses of amber thrown by every
storm on the strands of Jutland and
Scanla, although neglected by the first
settlers upon them, attracted the eager
attention of their sepulcher- building
successors. The submarine product
cast at their feet by the waves served
not only for the adornment of their
persons, living and dead, but for their
protection against supposed malefic
influences, and, gradually becoming
known to distant peoples, was bartered,
in the growing trade centres of the
SOUTH for objects fraught with the sig
nihcance of a new era.
The traffic assumed large proportions.
To the diffusion of the fossil gum of
Jutland from Liguria to Thrace cor
responds an equal surprising plenty of
bronze and gold in Scandinavia, where,
too, finds of wrought amber and of the
objects purchased with it suggests a
reciprocal relation, scarcity of the first
attending on plentifulness of the second
Not even in those remote times was it
poSolple at once 10 nave cake ana TO
eat 1t. About the sixth century b. C.
the Etruscans entered the market. Am
Der occurs in the Oldest tombs at Ger
vetri, and its exchange for bronze wares
explains the stamp of Etruscan design
impressed upon many objects now in
the Copenhagen Museum. Although
the materials for their construction
were imported, the discovery of the
molds in which they were cast proves
conclusively the weapons and imple-
nents of the bronze age in the north to
es&veEtn of home manufacture. Their
remarkable beauty and elaboration tell
of anadvance in taste ensuing upon the
development of commerce they sprang
from, while the system of ornament
adopted in them betrays an Oriental
origin. It's elements were probably
rooted in religious symbolism-fire, for
example, being denoted by the zigzag;
the sun, by tie double spiral character
istic of Danisl bronze work, although
found as well On the pottery of the bee
hive tombs Of Mycene.- edinburgh
Review
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07

Make it 4 point to have your poultry
of the best quality before shipping to
market. One who is not accustomed
to visiting the large markets knows
nothing of the enormous amount of in
feriOr poultry that is sold, and which
largely affects the prices; yet there is
always a demand for that which is
good, and at a price above the regular
quotations. The asserting of the car
casses before shipping also leads to
better prices. Old oysters (Which sell
dom sell at more than half price, should
not be in the same boxes or barrels
with better stock; and to ship poultry
alive, and have roosterS in the coop
with fat hens, is simply to lower the
price of the hens, as the buyer will es-
innate the value by the presence of the
inferior stock. In fact, never send any
poultry to market unless in frst-class
condition, and under no circumstances
ship the inferior with that which is bet
ter.-Farm and FireSidc.
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LOOKING FOR PETE.
He Was Going to "woIIop" Him II He
Was OF Age.

He Was Going to "WoIlop" Him II He
Was OF Age.
Just at the top of long hill, as we
had stopped the horse to breathe, 3
farmer came up. He was at least sixty
five years old, being very gray, and he
was so decrepit that he had to use q
staff.
Say, you! Have you seen anything
of my son Pete along here?" he called,
as he stopped at the buggy wheel.
I'VE haven't met anyone on foot this
morning. How old is hep"
Bout forty-two, and six feet high y
where was he going?'
Hes run away. Packed up his buds
and slid out before got up this morn
ing-the ongrateful rascal. | didn't be-
lieve that of Pete"
"Why, he was of age?"
"MaLes no difference l allus kept
him at home. and allus mean to. He's
bin gittin' board and lodging right
along, and last summer let him sell a
whole sheepslSin to a peddler and keep
the money. He's got to come back or
I'll know the reason why
lOu CtlI VI III lIllll DtlSn' Suh Jou'
& "Can't l! Don't you fgger that
can't. think he took the next cross
road and made bee line fur Spooner-
vile. I'm right on his track, and III
foller him up. When l find him I'll
take both hands hold of his collar-like
this-and I'll rattle his jaw bones like
this-and I'll lay him on his back and
lamb thunder out of him for about tif-
teen minutes. Then I'll walk him
home, and you orter be around and see
them stumps grubbed out and them rail
fences mended! Can't bring my son
Pete back, eh? He's of aige, Ell? Guess
you air strangers in these parts, and
never heard of ole 'Squar' Tyler
''Well, we wish you luck"
Thanks. but don't keer fur wishes.
I'm sartin to find Pete, an by the great
white OK I'll contincr to wollop him fur
ten minutes after he hollers huff Good
day!'-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07
ABOUT UNDER DRAINAGE.
How to Preserve the Fertilzing Materi-
ais in Rain and Snow.

How to Preserve the Fertilizng Materi-
ais in Rain and Snow.
There is more or less fcrtiliZing ma
terial in rain and snow. One of the
principal advantages of under draining
over surface drainage is, much larger
per cent. of fertilization is retained in
the soil. With surface drainage good
portion of this is lost, while in hard
beating rains not only is large per
cent. of what is in the water carried
off, but more or less what is already in
the soil and near the surface is carried
off.
With under drainage the water is
strained through the soil and much OF
this matter is retained therein, large
per cent. of which is soluble, and
hence available for use by the growing
plants.
OF course much depends upon how
the work is done. Improper drainage
is of little or no advantage, and may be
an injury rather than Il benefit The
work should be carefully planned.
One item of Importance is to secure a
good outlet for the mains. Then Sc
cure a gradual fall, not only of the
main drains, but also of the latcrals.
Put the tile at least three feet below
the surface, and thus safe from frost.
Use good-sized drains The difference
in cost is small item compared with
the better and sure results secured.
The difference in cost is only the diff
ference in the price of the tiles, as the
cost of laying is practically the same.
In August and September is good
time to dig the drains and lay the tile.
There is usually time for this during
these months. The soil is generally
dry at this time, and while the digging
may be somewhat harder the other adj
vantages more than overbalance this.
good way to begin is to drain the
low places first, and then work back to
the higher grounds but whatever is
done it will pay to take time and do the
work thorough ly.-Prairie Farmer.
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serve for several silos. They may be
four feet wide or wider and as long as
the silo's width. Handles should pro-
ject at each end with which to lift
them: also short bottom pieces. The
handles and bottom projections should
each have a staple properly set and
clinched. Hooks. stapled to the side
boards, hold in these and so bind the
corner firm. When the ensilage has
settled below them the hooks are loos-
ened and the boards lifted one at a
.ime by two men, and placed over an
other pit which has been filed mean
time. They are merely rough boards
cheated together and need not be air
tight like the sides of the silo. --Holister
Sage, in n. E. Homestead.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07
RARE METALS.
Ten of Them Are Better than Gold in tn
Markets of the World.

Markets of the World.
The rarcst metal-and it is SO rare
that recent discoveries have thrown
doubt on its elemental character-is
didymium. and its present market price,
if one may thus term the quotation of
an article that never appears on the
market, is $500 per pound The next
costliest metal is barium, an element
belonging to the alkaline earth group;
its value is $3.50. Beryilium or gluci-
mum, a metallic substance found in the
beautiful beryl, is quoted at f6S5. Yttri-
un, rare metal of the boron-alumini-
ticed at Yttcrby, in Sweden, is stated to
be worth at present ESQ per pound.
Medium, or columbian, a name sug-
gestive of the American origin of the
metal. it having been first discovered in
Connecticut, is valued to-day at E400 per
pound. The price of rhodiun, an eX-
tremcly hard and brittle substance,
which owes its name to the rose red
color of certain of its solutions, 940O.
Nanadium, deriving its title from one
of the appellatiOnS of the Scandinavian
goddess, Freya, and at one time consid-
cred the rarest of metallic metals. has
been reduced in price to 9315, at which
value there will no doubt be many
eager buyers. Iridium, very heavy
metal of the platinum group, so named
from the iridescence of some of its solu-
tons, and well known in connection
with its use for the points of gold pens,
may be bought to-day at approximately
E140 per pound. Osmium, another me
talic element of the platinum group is
hard, infusible and the heaviest sub
stance known. Its present value is
9125 per pound. Palladium. a silver
white, fusible metal used in the manu-
facture of certain parts of timepieces
and occasionally applied in dentistry, is
worth 91OO per pound. The present
price of platinum, the better known
tin-white, ductile, but very infusible
metal, is on Il par with that of gold, viz,
about so per pound. Iron.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07
HE WANTED A SURE THING.

Tale of n Man, an Alarm Clock. and an
Irate Neighbor VINO Hated Both.
1t happened about o'clock one morn
ing.
A man with flushed face and attired
in white robe stuck lis head out of
bay window and yelled:
SIS that your alarm cloclt?"
A snore was waited through the win
dow of the next house, and that was
the only answer.
81 say yelled the man again, lis
that your alarm clock?"
"Hul?' came mnttered response
as it your clock that's waking the
entire neighborhood?" shouted the an.
"My clock?" came the voice aga in.
Then after a pause: Hold on min
ute and I'll see"
Then draped figure carrying a clock
appeared at the window of the next
house.
by George! it was my clock, it said
at never seems to wake me-"
"Well, it wakes me, roared the first
man.
And then you get up and wake me-"
returned the other. That's kind of
you"
Eyes, l get up and wake you, and
some time I'll throw brick through
that Window
mo necessity for that. You just
swear at me and it'll rouse me all right.
Suppose | leave this other window
open, too. That would make it surer,
you know, and must get up at o'clock.
If you go away from home you just let
me know and I'll put the clock where
it'll catch the man in the house on the
other side, so that he can yell at me. |
want to make S ure thing of it with
one of you, for never hear the clock"
Then he pulled in his he ad and boot
jack whizzed by and shattered lamp
post on the corner.-Chic ago Tribune.
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Chances Ware Dacgers Here,

A young woman, who carried a mil
linery box, boarded an Eighth avenue
open car the Other morning and care
fully deposited the box beside her.
Soon the car stopped for another young
woman, who was carrying a pet pug
dog in harness. She seated herself on
the bench occupied by the young woman
with the millinery box and, ignoring
propriety, placed the dog on the paste
board box with the remark, There,
sit there" The owner of the box looked
sharply at the newcomer and was
about to say something when the lid of
her box began to break under the
weight of the dog. With sweep of
her hand she knocked the dog from the
box. The passengers laughed as the
other woman snatched up her pet and
brushed him off. She bit her lip with
veXation, but said nothing. The wo-
man with the new bonnet signalled the
conductor at this point, and as she
alighted from the car she gave a with
ering glance of contempt at the woman
with the dog, who pretended not to no.
tice her.-N. Y. Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07

If hen is Old, and has given good
record, do not condemn her too hastily,
as sometimes hen is serviceable until
she is six or seven years old. The best
guide is the time at which the hens be-
gin to moult. If an old hen begins to
moult in July, she will, in all probable
lty, lay as well next winter as she did
last. In selling old mems select those
that are overfat and which have ceased
to lay, but which show no signs OF
moulting. Those that are active and
lay well may be better for next season
than the pulletA
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07

A Pullman Car now runs from Chicago
to Manitou Springs without change via the
Santa Fe Route. 1t passes through Kansas
City, Pueblo and Colorado Springs. 1t
leaves Dearborn Station, Chicago, on the
Denver Limited at six o'clock D. m. and
reaches Manitou at half past eight the Sec
ond morning. No other line can offer this
accommodation. You must change cars on
any other line.
Pullman Palace Cars are run by the
Santa Fe Route without change from Chi
3ago to Las Vegas, Hot Springs, Denver,
Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Manitou and
many other Rocky Mountain Summer Re
sorts to which Excursion tickets are being
sold at 2l2 Clark Street, Chicago
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07

Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in it's
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 300
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. M
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Syrup

TOl CuIluISu a HSul-
"A Cougn cine should be abso-
and cro,,n lutely reliable. A
mother must be able to
Medicine. pin her faith to it as to
her Bible. 1t must
contain nothing violent, uncertain,
or dangerous. 1t must be standard
in material and manufacture. 1t
must be plain and simple to admin
lister; easy and pleasant to take.
The child must like it. 1t must be
prompt in action, giving immedi-
ate relief, as childrens' troubles
come quick, grow fast, and end
fatally or otherwise in a very short
time. 1t must not only relieve quick
but bring them around quick, as
children chafe and fret and spoil
their constitutions under long con-
fnement. 1t must do its work in
moderate doses. A large quantity
of medicine in a child is not desira-
Bile. 1t must not interfere with the
child's spirits, appetite or general
health. These things suit old as
we'll as young folks, and make b.
schee's German Syrup the favorite
family medicine. o
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07
SILOS STILL CHEAPER.
They Are Now Within Reach of Even the
Poorest Farmer.

Poorest Farmer.
How to cheaper the silo so it will be
within reach of every farmer has long
been a subject of thought Wood has
been proved better and cheaper than
stone, and surface silos better than
those underground, but a simple con-
trivance in use at Brightside farm,
owned by W. II. Wilkinson, of Hol-
cost still more. Ensilage settles nearly
onc-third after being put in. If a Sc
rics of silos are to he built they may
be of less depth if filling boards like
those illustrated he used. They are
merely side boards To hold the ensilage
while it is settling, and one set will
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07
TRAINING HEDGES.
a New Method That Is Meeting with Favor
and Success.


Nothing is more attractive around a
place than a well-lxept hedge. But
there is no beauty in hedge row I'M
slightly and untrimmed, with part of it
dead, other parts tall and ungain1y. A
new method of training hedges is meet.
ing with favor and success in some
parts of the country. The first step is
to pillow and manure the stripof ground
heavily where the hedge is to be
planted. Usage orange sprouts of a
years growth are then planted eight
inches apart, and the ground kept mel
low and free from weeds the first sea.
son. The next year the sprouts are
braided on fiat sinuOus iron fencing
rod stretched horizontally about six
inches from the ground The next
growth of sprouts of course grows
straight up, and the second season an
other of the rods is fastened in the
same way, and likewise the third A
hedge of this kind was planted three
years ago in this place and now is COM
plcte, and a more beautiful fence would
be hard to find The growth is from
the ground, and is compact cleay to the
top, and no animal can get through it
or over it. 1t is wide at the base and
slopes upward. An old hedge row run
ming along the highway was cut down
close to the ground, and the following
season when the sprouts came up they
were braided as described above. The
sprouts from this old hedge grew seven
feet in one season, of course making
from the large mass OF roots much
more rapid growth than those from the
young cuttings. and producing a neat
and attractive appearance. American
Agriculturist
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07

The Pharos at Alexandria was the
first light bearing tower of which we
have any record. 1t was built of white
stone, and stood on the Island of
Pharos, near Alexandria, in Egypt. 1t
was three hundred feet high and it's
light could be seen for many miles. Jose
phus states that its 'beaming summit
could be seen for three hundred stadia, :"
or forty English miles. 1t was twelve
years in building. The Pharos or light
house was illuminated by huge wood
fires. Previous to this time mariners
were warned at night of their approach
to land by coal or wood fires that were
built on prominent headlands. The
Pharos was erected under the reign of
Ptoleny Philadelphus, B. c. 332, the
same king who commanded the Sep
tuagint or old testament to be under
taken in the Hellenic versions. Sastra-
tus, the architect, immortalized his
name by having it inscribed on the
Pharos Detroit Free Press.
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EUery one suffers

from Catarrh in the Head. Those
who don't have it suffer from those
who do. It's a disease you can't
keep to yourself.
Here are some of the symptoms {:
Headache, obstruction of nose, dis
charges falling into throat, some
times profuse, watery, and acrid,
at others, thick, tenacious, mucous,
purulent, bloody, putrid, and often
sive; eyes weak, ringing in ears,
deafness offensive breath; smell
and taste impaired, and general de-
bility. But only a few of these
likely to be present at once.
The cure for it-for Catarrh it.
self, and all the troubles that come
from ia perfect and permanent
cure, is DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
The worst cases yield to its mild,
soothing, cleansing and healing
properties. A record of 25 years
has proved that to its proprietors
and they're willing to prove it
to you.
They do it in this way: If they
can't cure your Catarrh, no matter
how bad your case, or of how long
standing, they'll pay you $500 in
cash. Can you have better proof of
the healing power of a medicine?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07

The Burlington Route, G., B. & Q. R R.
operates 1000 miles of road, with termini III
Chicago, st. Louis, st. Paul, Omaha, Kansas
City and Denver. For speed, safety, com
fort, equipment, track, and efficient service
it has no equal. The Burlington gains new
patrons, but loses none.
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eyes, said the strange man, ~ was
at Chickamauga when the balls were
flying"
you don't say SOP" said an interested
listener.
81 do" said the strange man.
Hot time, wasn't it?''
you're right. Ninety-fve in the
shade and the best ball game ever
played in this section. Atlanta Con-
stitution.