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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-11

ARE unlike all other pills. No purging or
pain. Act specially on the liver and bile.
Carter's Little Liver Pills. One pill u dose.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-11

Jam worn out" said the old bank note.
"Never mind, Bill" Said the oycrcoat $50
am J."
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THE ties that bind business houseto the
nublc-adVertise.
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How TO gain tlesh-Buy out butcher
shop.
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Nv must have an organ to support us,
as the man said TO his monkey.-W asEing
ton Star
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SOME ball players-musicians
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Lanes Family Medicine Moves
The bowels each day. Apleasant herb drink
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SOME i'll news-"John is sick"
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A BLENDEK EuSS-klSsIng Ln6 wrong
girl.-Pittsburgh Dispatch
WOMAN is like cigar. You cannot Judge
the filling by the wrapper.-P Pittsburgh
Dispatch
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BLIND people always feel good
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Appropriate for a City Domestic.

WIDE AWAKE is So. 40 a year, 20 cts a
lumber. D. Lothrop Company: Boston.
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SINGING dolls must be pressed to sing.
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THE whole thing in nutshell-The nut
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-11

GOES out or put outr-the candle.
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DAYS of absenee-An alibi
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DAYS of absenee-An abb
REFINED wood-Poh he'd oak Mail and
Express,
W9RE well done is rarc'-Texas siftings
SOME i'll news-"John is sick"
SOME ball players-musicians
GOES out or put Out-the candle.
Always on hand-The five fingers Mail
and Express.
BLIND people always feel good
EPITAPu for an actor-Played out Texas
Siftings.
The whole thing in nutshell-The nut
SINGING dolls must be pressed to sing.
How TO gain fesh-Buy out butcher
shop.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
The Origin Of Visiting Cards.

AS is the case in many other instan-
ces, we owe the invention of visiting
cards to the Chinese. So long ago as
the period of the Tong, dynasty (618,-
800 visiting cards were known to be
in use in China, and that is also the
date of the introduction of the fred
silken cords" which figure so conspicu-
ously on the engagement cards Of that
country.
From ancient times to the present
day the Chinese have observed the
strictest ceremony with regard to the
paying Of visits. The cards which
they use for this purpose are large
and of bright red color.
When a Chinaman desires to marry,
his parents intimate that fact to pro-
fessional matchmaker, who there
upon runs through list of her visit
ing acquaintance and selects one
whom she considers fitting bride for
the young man; and then she calls
upon the young woman's parents,
armed with the bridegroom's card, on
which are inscribed his ancestral
name and the eight symbols which
denote the day of his birth.
II the answer is an acceptance of
his suit, the brides card is sent in re-
turn and should the oracles prophesy
good concerning the union, the par
ticulars of the engagement are writ
ten on two large cards, tied together
with the red cords.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
How a Deaf Boy Told the Story.

Professor Gallaudet, as most of our
young readers know, is friend of
deaf and dumb children. He is their
teacher; he has invented methods by
which some of them are taught to az
ticulate, and he has greatly improved
the sign language. Recently Pro-
fessor Gallaudet asked little deaf and
dumb boy if he knew the story of
Washington and the cherry tree. The
little boy said yes, and began telling
the story up to the point where Wash
ington answers his fathers question,
when the deaf boy said, washington
changed the hatchet to his left hand"
Professor Gallaudet stopped him, say
ing, "Where do you get your author
ity for saying Washington changed
his hatchet to his left hand2" The
little boy looked up in surprise, and
quickly said in his sign language.
Gle needed his right hand to tell his
father he cut the tree" The boy did
not know theIe was any other Ian
guage but his own. Washington, he
thought, was deaf and dumb.--[Chris-
tian Union.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
Household Hints.

Cleanliness is prime necessity in
domestic economy.
To loosen glass stopper, drop a
little oil around the stopper, and place
the bottle near the fire.
If sponge cake is mixed with cold
water it is yellow, but if the water be
boiling hot the cake will be white.
If doughnuts are cut out an hour
before they are fried to allow a little
time for rising, they will be much
lighter. Try cutting at night and
frying in the morning.
However good baking powders may
be, if recipe calls for the use of soda
and you do not have it on hand, do
not attempt to use baking powder
instead, for the result is ruin.
Take one pound of coperas and
eight ounces of crude carbolic acid,
dissolve in gallon of water, sprinkle
the places infested with insects and it
will effectually drive them away.
Gravy will generally be lumpy if
the thickening is poured in while
the pan is over the fire. Set the
pan off until the thickening is well
stirred in, then set on the fire and
cook thoroughly.
Hosiery should always be washed
before being worn, as the washing
shrinks the threads and makes the
socks wear as long again, besides pre-
venting the feet from being injured
by the coloring.
New virtues have been discovered
in the always delicious pineapple. 1t
is said to contain ferment or princi-
pie more valuable than pepsin as a
remedy for dyspepsia, and the juice is
also declared to be a very active
solvent of the membrane formed in
diphtheria.
For light attack of malaria take a
good sized lemon and cut in small
pieces, rind and pulp; add one pint
of water; boil down to half q pint,
strain and cool; take a teaspoonful or
more, as the stomach will bear it, an
hour before meals. 1t is said to do all
that has been attributed to quinine
without affecting the nerves or head
as quinine does.
One of the very best arrangements
of rubber as protection to the feet is
a layer between the layers of the sole
1t is to be regretted that the race OF
village cobblers is fast disappearing
When shoes were purchased of these
men, who often tanned their own
leather, and who always made their
shoes by hand over their own lasts, il
was possible to get well-made, dura-
BILE shoes in the most remote parts OF
the country. These provincial-made
shoes were not so elegant in appear
ance, but they were of more honest
material and were more honest in
workmanship than any shoes at double
the price now Exchange.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
Vitality of Old Glover Seed.

Clover seed more than year old is
known by its light color, the bloom
having been worn off it, and the seed
presenting a dull appearance. 1t is
not attractive, and such seed is often
refused. Yet whatever trials we
have made satisfy us that if the seed
has been properly kept it is as good as
that harvested last fall. Clover seed
often remains in the soil several years
at too great depth to germinate,
and when brought to the surface it
grows as readily as ever. Too. great
heat or too much dampness are the
conditions opposed to retaining vitality
in any kind of seeds.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
Stock Without Profit.

A large proportion of farmers have
been keeping stock that does not much
more than pay the expense of keeping,
and as consequence such farmers have
been obliged to devote their energies
to other branches of farming. This is
in part a reason for the late depression
in the farming business. The remedy
is for each farmer not to cease keeping
stock, but to either improve what he
has, OF to secure other and better thai
will be at least profitable as anything
else he can engage in. To do this il
the best way to help farming out O
the ruts into which it has fallen.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26

Miss Julia Marlowe is said to have
the most wonderful faculty of memo
rizing of any woman on the stage,
and she finds that this faculty has
been intensified by her recent illness
AS a test the other day she repeated
word for word Baron Fava's letter to
Mr.. Blaine, consisting of about SOC
words, after it had been read twice in
her presence. At the same time hei
father was trying to kill himself witt
a shoe knife in Nashville. Miss Mar
lowe has just resumed her tour.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
The Cruel Oheokrein.

Do away with the checkrein. The
head should be free fcom restraint and
carried naturally. The horse will not
tire so quickly and the convenience at
watering trough is great, A horse
looks as well with head in natural po-
sition, and often better, and is
far more comfortable. A horse with
head free can draw load more easily
and increase the leverage by lowering
his head. A tight check will almost
bring on paralysis in the neck, and it
must be exceedingly painful to keep
the muscles and cords strained to one
tension all of the time. 1t is cruel.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
Farm Notes.

The harrow without sharp teeth is
nothing but drag.
The pigs will work industriously il
given plenty of litter, and it will assist
in keeping them in health.
The first cream that rises is the rich
est, the globules of the first cream being
larger than that coming later.
1t is estimated that the large value
of $5OO,OOO,OO0 is wasted annually in
this country in the shape of corn fod-
der.
Sheep desire and are benefited by
fresh fields and new pastures and
should not be kept long in the same
field nor pastured in large flocks.
Lawyer-"What is your occupation ?"
Witness-"T live by my pen." Then
you are an author!' mo, l raise
hogs. Garden.
A horse of good size, even if not
stylish will usually bring a good price,
as he can be useful at many occupa-
tions where strength counts for more
than style.
1t is an Arab assertion that so won
derful is the instinct of the thorough
bred horse that if he casts a shoe he
draws attention to it himself by show
ing his foot.
There is not much difference in the
cost of keeping and feeding COW, but
there is difference all the way up to
100 per cent. in the profit made from a
cows feeding. Cows vary in yield
and quality of milk far more than
their owners suspect.
The lands that are the best adapted
to sheep are high plateaus of rolling
lands. They are more subject to dis
ease on lower levels, and are not so
well adapted to warm, moist atmos-
phere as to the rarer and dryer air OF
the uplands. Low, marshy or swampy
lands have a tendency to bring on foot
rot and kindred diseases.
The farmer who follows a regular
rotation of crops, allowing his hogs
the run of the fields while they are in
grass, finds portable sheds more con-
venient than stationary houses. Port
able buildings should be constructed
of light lumber and securely spiked
and nailed together, that they may be
moved about without coming to
pieces.
Glover forms almost a perfect ration
for all kinds of stock, and particularly
for young animals. For universal
American farming it is as we'll entitled
to the kingship of forage and fertilizers
as cotton or corn ever was to prom.
inence in crops. Farmers may posi-
bly, scratch along without clover, but
none should be so unwise as to attempt
it. There is no other well known
plant which so completely fills il
place.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26

"My DEAR" said young Mrs. Fitz at
the play, '1t's humiliating confession
for me to make, but I'm positively
nervous for piece. of gum"
"I'll go and get you some as soon as
the curtain falls" said Mr.. Fitz.
And various of their acQuaintances,
as they saw him disappear, said what
pity it was that so sweet young
woman should be bound for life to
such slave of the demon drink that
he could not even wait until the play
was over to satisfy his depraved appe-
tite.-[ Indianapolis Journal.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
Modern Methods.

No other occupation requires more
continuous active thought than that
of modern farming. There are a wide
diversity of methods, and no one best
for all places. soils or other circum-
stances. Hence each farmer in the
main must decide for himself. In the
olden times farmers in each neighbor-
hood fell into certain ruts which
might be followed through life with
out much thinking. To this fact is
due the popular belief among city
people that the farmers life is, or may
be, an unthinking one. The few
farmers who practice on this theory
cannot keep up with the great pro,
cession who don't. Many kinds o.
city business require less mental eff
fort than is needed on the farm tC
make success. Sometimes a bust
ness once well started will seem tC
run itself in the well defined grooves
made for it. Farmers cannot do this
The rules of one seasen scarcely evel
apply to the next, and so the facul
ties for thinking have ever to be OF
the alert.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
Can't Sleep Nights

Is the complaint of thousands suffer
ing from Asthma, Consumption,
Coughs, etc. Did you ever try DR..
Ackers English Remedy? 1t is the
preparation known for all Lung
Troubles. Sold on a positive guar
antee at 25c and SOC. Il. G. Julian
druggist.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
He Meant it For a Compliment.

Mrs. Livermore humorously tells
this about herself: She went to a
town in Maine to deliver lecture. A
young minister, who felt greatly his
Importance in having to introdvca so
large light, announced her in these
words; ladies and gentlemen, you
have all heard of the iIlustrious man
across the water, so beloved by his
people, and who is known by the so.
briquet of the Grand Old Man. /
have now the pleasure of introducing
to you lady beloved in Bon1nr
there known as the gran
mani Did ever a conn
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26

In milk the average yield of cows
in Vermont is $3.50 pounds and the
yield of butter is less thon l30 pounds
per annum. Individual dairies give a
yield of 1000 pounds of milk yearly
and over 800 pounds of butter pei
COW. This goes to show that as a
whole we have too many poor cows
too large per cent. that do not pay
for their keeping. That the business
itself is remunerative is plain to be
seen or it would not support so many
inferior animals.-[Rollin G. Smith
Pittsford, Vt.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
Is Life Worth Living?

Not if you go through the world a
dyspeptic. DR.. Acker's Dyspepsia
Tablets are positive cure for the
worst forms of Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Flatulency and Constipation. Guar
anteed and sold by T. G. Julian, drug
gist.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26

Two years ago San Diego (Cal.)
man planted some oysters at the
mouth of the Sweetwater river. His
first plant was 40 sacks of Long Island
oysters, which have now spread over
1900 acres. Three thousand acres
are now ready for eating, and the
owner expects 10 get 1000 bushels tc
the acre.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
A Duty to Yourself.

1t is surprising that people will use
a common ordinary pill when they can
secure a valuable English one for the
same money. DIR. Acker's English
Pills are a positive cure for sick head
ache and all liver troubles. They are
small, sweet, easily taken and do not
grippe. Il. G. Julian, druggist.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
Bucklen's Arnlca Salve.

The best saive in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and pos
itiyely cures piles, or no pay required.
II is guaranteed to give satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 20 cents
! ser box. For sale by w. S. Lloyd.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
Big SHOW
IN TOWN.

But don't lose your money by buy
ing your till you see our full line. We
can afford and do sell more Furniture
for less money than any firm in town.
Our furniture room is up stairs.
Don't fail to look through before you
buy. We have nice line of Refrig-
orators,
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
MEDICAL.
Do Not Suffer Any Longer.

Knowing that cough can be check
ed in day, and the first stages OF
consumption broken in week, we
hereby guarantee DR.. Acker's English
Cough Remedy, and will refund the
money to all who buy, take it as pei
directions, and dc not find our state
ment correct. II. G.. JULIAN.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
TINWARE

We lead in this line. Six-quart
covered Buckets at tic. Coffee Pots
TO-, 13c., 15c., lie, and up. Hunters
Selves, best made, at 20c; everybody
sells at 3Oc. up to 40c. Cuspidors at
10c.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
5000 PAIRS OF HOSE [!

Every pair of them job, and the
incest line ever brought to this city.
If you want pair don't fail to see
them from sc. to $1.00 pair.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
SUMMER UNDERWEAR

We have beauty of a Vest. for
25c., 2 for 25c., up 10 the finest Silk.
Don't buy till you look at ours.
UMBRELLAS-We nave q nice
line of them at way down prices:
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
WINDOW BLINDS, ETC

We can fix you out in this line at
38c, up to 81 90, and fine line of
Lace Curtains at 40c. up to $500.
They are beauties, and don't, .essuGess--
get il. -----...sH,Ff
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26

Miss Foster, of Wellston, o., was
cow-hided by Peter Gallagher, a mine
boss, for stopping his carriage and
clubbing him, besides otherwise insult
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
BARGAINS in Glassware, Etc

We always have lots Of bargains in
this line. 3 good glasses 10c. Dec
Grated Tea Sets $3.50 rer set. Finest
line of Chamber Sets in town at $2.98
a set
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26

Eighteen months ago there were
not fifteen people residing at Cumber-
land Gap--to-day there ARE over 1000
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26

marriage licenses here ?" he whis-
pered to the County Clerk.
eyes"
"Get one any week day?"
eyes"
'Girl have to be here1"
mo"
"How soon can 1 get one after she
agreesH"
"In fifteen minutes after you get
here"
"Sure, pop3"
eyes. Any particular hurry about
it?"
"There is. There's seven of us af-
ter the same girl, and if she says yes
to me I've got to be spliced inside OF
half an hour, or she'll change hei
mind. am just prospecting, you see
Be prepared for cyclone about two
days hence. ."-[ Detroit Free Press.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26

Home and Farm--a pure linseed oil
paint---no water, no benxine, no chem
icals, no short measure.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
HARDWARE

Nails 4c. pound. Good door locks
2Oc. Butts 34x34, complete, at 1Oc.
pair. Corn planters Toe. Steel Hoes
25c. 2-hand Saw Files at sc. Eight
inch Mill Saw File 10c.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
COURT DIRECTORY.


CIRCUIT COURT.
JuDdE JOHN Il. COOPER presiding, Third Monday
MAY and the Fourth Monday in November.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
:Iupgr T. ]. scorT presiding, Third Monday in
September and March.
MONTGOMERY QUARTERLY COURT.
lunar LEWIS APPERsON presiding, Tuesday al.
ter Third Monday in January, April, July and
October.
Third Monday Of each month.
Mr sTKRLiNG CITY COURT.-CIvIL BRANCH.
JUDGE JAMES w. GROVES presiding, First Sat
urday in each month.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
Economy.

The life of farmers career is the
practice of economay. This is not
merely in the matter of cash paid out,
but includes every minutes work,
every seed bought, every animal used,
every hour spent in labor. If any
thing is lavishly spent it leads to
waste, and also favors waste in others.
There are two sides to this question,
as to all others. Work slighted is not
economy. True economy builds up,
never drags down. A man who thor
oughly practices economy, no matter
how poor when he began, surely rises
to a state of comfort, then afiiuence,
then to an honorable, contented, happy
old age, an honor to himself and
country Exchange.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26

1t aint allus do man dat says he
doan know nuthin' dat is smart. l
once knowed er pusson ter say dat he
didn't hab no sense, an dinged eff he
did.
Love will do er great deal in dis
yere life, but you got ter mix it wild
er little meat an bread eff you wants
ter make yo' homo happy.
1t may be all right fur us all ter
wush fur old age, but it is better to
live we'll one year den ter live bad
fifty.
Oar has been many er smart man
dat wuz er thief, but has knowd folks
dat was too ignorant ter be honest
[Arkansaw Traveller.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
Tacks, Matches, Picture Frames,

We seli-4 boxes Tacks for Sc. r
boxes Matches &c. Window Poles 20c
NeaGh. Nice line of Picture Frames 23c
2Sc., up.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-05-26
Stoves! sTOvEsl

We are headquarters for this line.
Can fit you out at from So up to any
amount.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-06-16
Intrinsic Value of Money.

When DR.. Livingston set out on
an exploring expedition in Africa,
he provided the expedition with
bales of bright print calico cloth.
This cloth was the DOCTORS money.
The cloth was torn into strips and
given the natives for food or other
necessaries the natives were able to
furnish the expedition. Who will
dare to claim that the cloth did not,
to all intents and purposes, answer
for, or rather perform the functions
of money. The intrinsic value OF
strip of calico cloth was not equal
to the intrinsic value of a mOrsel OF
food, but it could be exchanged for
the food, and it's value lay almost
wholly in that, that exchange could
be made. What is true of the colico
cloth is true of gold or silver. The
intrinsic value of gold or silver coin
to the farmer or laboring people lies
in that it can be exchanged for nec-
essaries, and anything that will per-
form the same functions in civilized
communities that Livingston's cali
CO did in Africa, is good enough for
money. The intrinsic value of gold
and silver belongs to the product of
fine arts and for that alone are the
metals necessarily useful.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-06-16
Woman Suffrage.

1t is assumed by the opponents Of
woman suffrage that women's duties
are exclusively domestic. If she
had no talents for others than domes-
tic employments this assumption
would seem to be correct. But, her
talents are fully as varied-cover as
wide range of human knowledge
as man. Any difference is purely
physical. God, in the marriage re-
lation, as wife, entrusted to her
duties and responsibilities equally
onerous with that of her husband,
and it will not be denied that she
has proven more faithful to her trust
than husband to his. Recently en-
tering our universities and colleges
she easily moves forward to the
front. She excels in the school room.
She is the mother of our leading
charities and the author of some of
our choicest literature. She sue
ceeds in law and medicine, and
would succeed in politics if only she
had the opportunity, but there the
fossil remains of the eighteenth CEN
fury bar her progress. One old fogy
cries: "She can't sing bass" An
other one: "She has no beard. "
She has the brains; she has the
pluck and the push; and one of these
days the bass singers and beard
trimmers will find her voting and
holding Office and demonstrating her
competency to do so.