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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03
ABOUT ROAD-MAKlNG.
Essentials of Telford and Macadam ROAD

Essentials of Telford and Macadam Road
Construction.
The essential difference between a
Telford and Macadam road is in the
foundation. The Telford base is
made of six or eight-inch rocks or
powders. or large pieces of irregular
shaped stone, on which is placed layer
of coarsely broken stone, and this is
surfaced with pieces which do not aver.
age more than three-quarters of an inch
in diameter. The Macadam road has
the foundation of broken stone an inch
and half to two inches in diameter, a
second covering somewhat smaller and
the top finer yet. These differences are
shown in the illustration.
During nearly century these roads
have been in use, and there have been
some changes more in detail than in
principle. The Macadam roadway is
frequently made in two layers. Some,
times the first GOVERN & is only four OF
five inches, followed by second OF
about the same thickness. At other
times the covering aggregates thirteen
or fourteen inches, divided into three
layers. In the original Telford road
the inventor insisted that the broken
stone be such as would pass through a
two-and-a-half-inch ring, and that the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03
ABOUT OvERFEEc.No.
Put Before Animals No Mare Food Than
They VIII Eat Up Clean.

Put Before Animals No Mare Food Than
They Will Eat Up Clean.
With grain it is only in exceptional
:ases that overlooking is done. Some
times in fattening hogs more corn will
be given than will be eaten up clean,
and the same will occasionally be done
with fattening cattle, but there is usu-
ally less waste in this way than in feed
Ing roughness.
1t is no advantage to have feed be-
fore animals all of the time. Whether
1t be grain or roughness the better and
more economical plan is to give them
what they will eat up clean. There
will in many cases be stalks or weeds
or trash that will not be eaten; these,
OF course, can be cleaned out of the
racks or managers and used for bed
ding. 1t is certainly no economy to
keep hay, straw or fodder before the
cattle or other stock all of the time.
Feed regularly and feed literally, but
only give what they will eat. When
overfed, stock are inclined to pick over
and eat the best and waste more or less
of the rest; this necessarily increases
the cost, with no benefit.
Liberal feeding is always best, but
wasteful feeding is loss. Animals
will thrive better, keep healthier, and
make better gain in proportion to
the amount of food supplied, if we'll
fed, but not over fed.
To haul up a lot of hay, corn fodder
or straw and fill large racks and let the
stock gorge themselves a day or two
and half starve one or two more is not
making the most of the feed.
OF course on many farms roughness
Is a cheap feed, especially straw and
fodder, yet this is no reason why care
should not be taken to feed out in a
manner calculated to secure the best
possible results, and this can be done by
feeding daily what the animals will
eat up clean, rather than turning the
stock into a field and letting them help
themselves for few days and then
stalve until a new supply can be hauled
| in.
Provide racks or managers where the
| feed can be put, whether in the stables
or in the fields, and give what they
| will eat clean and no ore.-Prairie
Farmer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03
THE STRAWBERRY.
It's Early History and the Wide Zone In
Which 1t Is Found.

It's Early History and the Wide Zone ir
Which 1t Is Found.
The wild straw berry is very widely
diffused over the surface of the earth,
being found in the chill regions of the
north, as well as in the sunny chimes of
the south. 1t is not tropical plant
however, and, except on mountain
sides, is not found south of latitude
thirty-eight degrees north. On the Eu-
ropean continent it grows extensively
from the Lapland and the Shetland
isles to Italy and Greece. 1t is also
found throughout western Asia, but is
unknown in China and japan. 1t has
grown abundantly on the bleak hills of
Iceland for centuries. 1t is found in
America from Labrador and British Co
lumbia to the pine woods of the south
ern states and on the high lands of
Mexico and the Andes. The hardy
plant, with its tiny scarlet berry, may
be said to girdle the earth on the line
Of the Polar circle, and several hundred
miles southwark, except that it is not
found in the basin of the river Amoor, ir
Siberia. Though history and story are
alike silent as to the cultivation of the
strawberry in early times, we know
that the fruit was well known in En-
gland in the fifteenth century. Shakes
peare has three illusions to straw ber-
rics In Henry "" the Bishop of Ely,
in illustration of the good qualities
which the young king possessed. in spite
of his wild habits and objectiona BILE
companions, says:
The strawberry grows underneath the nettle,
And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best
Ncighborcd by fruit OF baser quality
The reference here is obviously, to
the wild berry But in the play of
Richard Ill" straw berries are spoken
of as growing in the Bishop of Ely's
garden at Iiolborn, and this seems to
show that the berry was cultivated
with considerable care as early as the
latter part of the fifteenth century;
though Haydn's dictionary of Dates as
serts that the common strawberry was
brought to England from Flanders in
1880. 1t is curious to note that one
hundred years after the crafty Richard
begged some of the bishops straw ber-
ries, we find a description of a garden
at Holborn, the property of the rich
Barber-surgeon Gerard, wherein four
kinds of Strawberries great variety
for the time-were successfully culti-
waited. The third Shakspearcan allu-
sion to this fruit is in reference to the
Inflated handkerchief of Desdemona,
which was spotted with stra wv berries"
horticultural Times
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

TO Test Butter.-Heata small guam
tity well. If it bubbles and browns
quickly the butter is genuine. If the
substance melts to a clear, oily material
it is a case of oleomargarine.
For chocolate tarts take a quarter
of a pound of sugar, one ounce and a
half of grated chocolate and the yolks
of six eggs. Stir for quarter of an
hour, then add three ounces of corn
starch and the whites of the eggs beat
en- to a snow.
-Fumigating Sick Room. Sprinkle
spoonful of ground coffe upon fire
shovel on which two or three live Goals
have been placed, and Immediately the
sick room will be filled with a pleasant
odor, which cannot be anything but re-
freshing to the invalid -Ladies' Home
Journal
Nut Kisses Whites of six eggs
beaten stiff, one pou nd powdered sugar,
two tablespoonfuls -four, and one pound
nut kernels Hickorynuts are very
nice, but Brazil or other nuts may be
used, according to taste. Drop on nice
| ly buttered tins and bake in a moder-
| uoSiN wal uCi ONCn.
Lemon Cheese. one cupful Of
sugar, two tablespoonfuls of butter,
two eggs the juice Of two lemons Beat
the sugar, but ter lemon juice and the
yolks OF the eggs together; add the
whites of the eggs beaten to stiff
froth and cook un til thick, stirring con-
tinually. Phil adelphia Press.
| -Giblets - Clean the giblets of tur-
key or chic ken, cut the gizzard into
quarters and separate the lobes of the
liver. Stew them in water to cover,
with an onion, sal and pepper. When
tender, thicken the liquor with -four
and bu tier cooked together; add tomato
or walnut ketchup to taste, and serve
on toast.-Boston Budget.
-Roa sted Chicken.-A spring chicken
roasted is more delicious if cut open up
the back, rolled in sifted bread crumbs
and placed inside down in dripping
pan containing plentiful allowance of
hot butter, than when roasted whole.
Basic often, be careful and do not
scorch, and serve with brown gravy in
a boat-N. Y. Observer.
| -Old-Fashioned Jumbles Stir to-
gether till light of color pound of
sugar and half the weight of butter,
then add eight egg beaten to a froth,
rose water to the taste, and flour to
make them suffic iently stiff to roll out.
Roll them out in powdered sugar until
about half an inch thick. Cut into
strips about half an inch wide and four
inches long. Join the ends together
so as to form rings. Lay them on fiat
tints that have been buttered; bake
in quick oven.-Ladies' Home Journal
-Broiled Chicken. SINCE, split down
the back, break the joints and cut out
the breastbone. Wipe with damp,
then with dry cloth, rub all over with
butter. olive oil or cottolene, sprinkle
with salt and white pepper, and place
in double gridiron. Place the inside
of the bird to the fire first, have the
latter clear, but OF too hot, and broil
twenty minutes, turning several times.
Serve on hot platter garnished with
fresh watercress. If not perfectly ten
der, put the chicken into hot water
when ready to broil, bring to boil, re-
move the scum and simmer gently fol
ten minutes. When quite cold, brush
the pieces and proceed to broil as above.
N. Y. Observer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03
Seeding for a Purpose.

The Farm Journal suggests that seed
ing should be done for purpose. The
old way of sowing equal quantities of
timothy and clover is the best way for
a meadow and to keep up the rotation
of crops. Such seeding left for two
or three years will improve the land. A
shorter way to renovate the soil is to
seed only with clover and plow this I'M
der the second year. This should always
be done or the clover will kill out and
the full benefits be lost. When seeding
for a pasture, grasses should be selected
to go with the clover which will be
permanent and start up fresh when
eaten off The best of this class are
orchard grass and red top. Blue grass
stands at the head. where it is natural
for it to grow large. 1t is an indigen.
Gus grass everywhere. but in the north
ern and older states it is too small for
a meadow, but affords great deal of
pasture
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Cows WILL stand much higher feed
ing in winter and yield good profit
thereby if they have good pasture dur
ing the summer and are given rest
from grain food.
ONE of the most important things to
do is to take the herd of September and
October mixers and so handle them
during the autumn as not to materially
lessen the yield of milk. In the sta
bles for the winter, with regular feed
and care, good cows will milk for
months. and when grass comes keep on
for weeks. -John Gould.
THE economists who in the early part
of this century feared a growth of pop
ulation which could only be checked by
war, pestilence and famine took no
cognizance of agricultural chemistry.
Apparently no limit can be placed to
the product that may be put at the dis
posal of man, providing he keeps pace
with the methods of science.
HEIFERs, if they have been we'll kept,
will make better cows when coming in
at two years old If they have not
been so grown and so kept, it is better
to give them rest year after having
tie first calf. Do not allow the heifer
calves to become too fieshy. Keep them
growing, even if you have to feed them
on skim Observation-Disclosures.
GoURDs are susceptible of being
transformed into beautiful house orna-
ments OF real usefulness. Cut off care
fully with a saw, after thoroughly dry
ing, they may be vanished, stained or
painted and made into vases for cut or
dried bouquets or into receptacles for
pots of growing plants. The fact that
they hold water makes them all the
more valuable.
If you attempt to save expense by
putting as many fowls as possible in
one coop you will lose much more than
you will gain in the saving on cost of
the coop. Poultry should be shipped
in prime condition, but that is impossi-
BILE when they are crowded. for the
filth, loss of flesh from inability to Sc
cure food and water, etc, will depreci-
ate them in value.-Farmer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

in Fig. q, with notch at the top to
hold the cross trigger, and a notch at
the lower part to catch to the bottom
side of the hole it passes through. Now
make trigger about four inches long
&c in Fig. p. Then make long staff
strong enough to hold up the two
doors, say an inch square; it must be
three feet long-the length of the trap.
The two end doors must have a groove
to work in, which is made by mailing
two small strips on each end, and then
wider piece over it. Put staple or
nail in the middle of the top of each
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03
FARM IMPLEMENTS,
A Number of Receipts for Mixing Cheap
and Suitable Paints.

and Suitable Paints.
Answering a Michigan subscriber,
who asks for a receipt for making
cheap paint for farm implements, we
give the following. Indian red is an
excellent dark red color suitable for
farm wagons and farm implements. So
is chrome green, of which there are
three shades. So also is brown. II
red is used the bolt heads. etc, may be
black to make the trimming.
If you decide to use green, take, say
two pounds medium shade dry chrome
green. Mix it to thick, mush-lil<e
consistency with carriage rubbing
varnish, then thin the mixture with
turpentine, just enough to have it
work with the brush. DO not make il
too thin. A good plan is to test the
paint on a piece of board. and add var.
nish or turpentine until it dries with
slight gloss-not too dead.
If red is desired, get the dry In dian
red and mix with carriage-rubbing
varnish and turpentine, as in the green.
If brown is wanted. mix a little
lamp-black with the carriage-rubbing
varnish, add enough to the red in small
quantities to get the desired shade.
When ready to paint the implement,
thoroughly clean every part from dirt,
grease and loose paint An old knife
will do this we'll. Then rub each part
with No. saudpaper, dust off thor
oughly and begin the painting, laying
on the paint evenly and with no more
brushing than just enough to cover the
surface. coat of medium quality
carriage-fnishing varnish, after the
coat of paint is dry, will cause it to
look better and last longor.-Farm,
Field and Stockman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03
FIG. @.

sliding door, so that string can be
tied to it and then to the ends of the
long staff so as to hold them up when
the trap is set.
Fig. 2 shows how the triggers are set
A small nubbin of corn will make ex-
cellent bait. Fasten it on the end of
the long trigger "a in Fig. q by stick
ing the sharpened end into the nubbin.
AS sure as a rabbit comes along he will
go in and begin to gnaw the corn, which
will throw the trigger, and the trap
doors will fall and catch him in the
trap.-H. o. Groom, in Farm and Fire.
side
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03
FARM AND GARDEN.
SIMPLE RABBIT TRAP.

when Properly Constructed 1t Never
Fails to Do Its Work.
Here is simple way of making q
rabbit-trap. Rabbits are very bad
about gnawing young fruit trees, ETC.,
and many would like to catch them for
game. The trap is made as follows:
Make an oblong box one foot square
and three feet long. Saw two doors
one foot square, to cover the ends of
the trap. Bore two holes in the middle
of the box, one six inches from the
side and the other three inches. Make
stick one foot long and drive it into
the middle hole; it must be sharpened a
little at the top, SO as to hold up the
top trigger, as shown in Fig. 2. Then
make trigger about two feet long "a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

TElEORD ROAD
MACADAM R0A[


surface be made of broken stone which
would average three-quarters of an
inch in diameter. Macadam was more
particular about weight than about
size. His idea was that each stone
should be SIX ounces in weight, and,
with that end in view, his help carried
balances with which to test the weight
of the stone.
In the Telford road it was evidently
the idea to put the large stones at the
bottom, in order to prevent the soft
ground from working through. BY not
breaking this stone labor is saved, but
worn places may reach the rough rocks.
1t is fair to say that both are good
roads, as anyone who has travelled over
the two kinds will testify. Both have
had severe tests, and each has its
friends. Agriculturist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

First Boy lat summer resort How
long are you going to stay here?
Second Boy-Till get tired.
First Boy-What's you going to do
with it?
Second Boy-I heard papa say he
didn't care how long mama stayed here.
When get tired, I'll tell mamma wot
papa said, an then she'll 20 right back
Good News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03
Two GREAT REMEDIES.

The human citadel is open to attacks
from two sources and aside from accidents
these two are the avenues from which ALI
of the maladieS that aftlct the race spring.
The first of these are what IS known as
the excretory organs-the lungs, the kid
news and the skin. These suffer from
congestion which takes the form of colds.
Starting from what is called cold the
malades that result are wide spread rang
ing from cough to consumption. They
attack all ages and all stations. No one
is free from these troubles. There is,
however, remedy that is a safeguard
This is REID'S GERMAN COUGH
AND KIDNEY CURE. 1t contains no
poison, and it will heal any form of lung
trouble or any malady that arises from a
cold. The other class of disease arise
from arrangement of the digestive organs
and result in constipation. When the
bowels do not act the stomach soon refuses
to digest the food and we are troubled
with indigestion and long train of dis
orders that embrace a large range of mala-
dies. THE LAXATIVE GUM DROPS
will correct any difficulty of this sort.
They contain nothing deleterious, but arc
safe and pleasant. Get them of any deae ..
SYLVAN REMEDY CO., Peoria, III.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03
Fine Playing Cards.

tian, Gen'l Ticket and Pass. Agt, c., II. l.
Il p. R'y, Chicago, for pack of the Rock
Island" Playing Cards. They are acknowl-
edged the best, and worth five times the
cost. Send money order or postal note for
Soc, and will send five packs by express,
prepaid.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03
Are You Yellow?

also implies that you have dull pain and
tenderness in the right side, nausea, sick
headache, furredl tongue, sour breath and
indigestion. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
is what you want Prompt relief follows
its use IN liver complaint, dyspepsia, con
stipation, malaria, rheumatism. kidney
trouble and nervousness. Physicians un-
qualifedly recommend it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

Besides its wonderful curative power in
attacks Of Group, Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis
and Asthma, DR.. Hoxsie's Certain Group
Cure possesses three d stinct advantages 0per
any preparation Sold for the above diseases.
1t is pleasant TO taste. 1t does not contain
opium in any form. 1t does not cause
nausea or vomiting. 80 cents. Address A.
P. HoxsIE, Buffalo, N. Y, manufacturer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

Needs assistance it may be best to render it
promptly, but one should re.hember to use
even the most perfect remedies only when
needed. The best and most simple and gen
tie remedy is the Syrup of Figs, manufac-
tured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

DRopsY IS dread disease but it has
lost its terrors 70 those who know that II
H. Green & Sons, the Dropsy Specialists OF
Atlanta, Georgia, treat it with such great
success Write them for pamphlet giving
full inflammation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03
It MAY BE Interesting to Know

That whenfxcursion rates are made to Chi
cago for people who live in the East, TO en-
able them u attend the Worlds Fair next
year, it is contemplated by the Western
roads to alp make excursion rates from
Chicago to NJ principal business and tour.
list points ID the West, Northwest and
Southwest, sd hat those who desire to spend
few weekb among their friends in the
Great West nay have an opportunity of SO
doing without mourning much additional
expense. 1t may be well to consider this snb-
ject in advanctof actual time of starting,
and the Chca8, Milwaukee a. St Paul Rail-
way Co. has isbued maps and time tables
and other instructive reading matter, which
it will be glad y furnish free of expense
upon applicable by postal card addressed
to GEO. H. HElFFoRp, General Passenger
Agent, Chicagoiln.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

Send twenty-five cents to F. II. Lord
Phenix Building, Chicago, ILL.,. and obtain 1
fine steel plate picture Of the Worlds Fail
grounds and buildings, suitable for framing
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

IT CosTs NOTHING. Advice Is the cheapes
thing in the world, which is why so man,
people are so fond of giving 1t away. :
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

FL. CHENEY e. Co, Toledo, o.. Proprs.
of Halls CataIrh Cure, offer 600 reward
for any case OF catarrh that can not BE-
cured BY taking Halls Catarrh Cure. Send
for testimonies, free. Sold by Druggists, 7jc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

THE Public Awards the Palm to Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar for coughs.
Pixies Tootiiache Drops Cure in one minute
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

$50 YOU havea new servant GIRL" said
one housewife 70 another. YES" Glow
does she Ike you?''-W ashington Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

A MAN that has no scruplcs about goinJ
fishing on Sunday is pretty certain 10 hav'
drams
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

WOMEN never stutter. When they wan
to they can say Eyes" without stammer
IN. o. Picayune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

IT isn't the man who blows most who
finds It the easiest to raise the wind.-Cape
Cod Item.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

IT takes a lot Of pluck To get all the feath
ers of an ostrich -Philadelphia Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

"THTs," said the red-eyed cook, who was
peeling an onion, 'is one o. thin concealed
weepins. w ashington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

MRS GUMsauN calls her children "stars
because they don't know how 10 act.-Bos
ton Transcript
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

EvERYoSE's sweetheart sometimes gets
up in arms against him.-Galveston News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

PEOPLE who cling to the anchor of hope
often have TO go down into the mud with it.
PUCK.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03

II THINK" sail the Calendar to February,
at the close of tie leap year, 'that you had
better take daS of. ="
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03
Old-Fashioned Herbs.


old-fashioned people could tell the
names, as well as the properties, of
many flowers, and had a smattering of
knowledge, almost intuitive, of pot
herbs and simples, and certain degree
of plant lore was handed down from
parents to children. All this is being
fast forgotten, and the pretty country
names and the Old World meanings,
often OF themselves whole history in
a word, are alike relegated to the lum-
Der room of the past, disappearing be-
fore the botany manuals with their glib
vocabulary as swiftly as aborigines in
the track of civilization. The modern
Perdita would scarcely recognize her
posy; you must go back two generations
at least for the names, and, it is to be
feared, further still for their deriva-
tons Poor selly things" said an old
dame recently, they can none of 'em
do as they used. When 1 was girl my
mother would have stared to see the
doctors carriage at the door so long as
she could stir the yarb-pot; but it Sims
as no one has their health nowadays;
they all larn themselves SO dissatisfied,
they're forced to go to the towns to get
i'll" And for the few who remain be-
hind the leisure, the ease, the careless
ness of country life is gone.-Macmil-
lan's Magazine.