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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy; Syrup Of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
Ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any Substitute if offered.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

the cold of winter 1t is certain that
such protection well repavs its cost
simply in the colder water that is thus
afforded in the heat of summer and in
the freedom from continual freezing of
the pump during the cold snaps of
our northern winters. A well-house,
however can be made of more than
this practical value; it can be made to
odd an attraction to a country place,
provided taste is displayed in its con-
struction. The design herewith calls
for an octagOnal house with a dish
na roof, which is shingled and
stained. The sides may be of matched
boards of equal width, beaded, over
which vines may be trailed. The
foundation wall should be solid, to
prevent the entrance of toads, insects,
etc, TO the well. which may be reached
by making portion Of the well-house
floor removable. A few shrubs near
such Il house will add TO its attractive.
ness.-Cor. Country Gentleman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26
WORKING THE ROADS.
lresent System OF Repairing Is a Case Of
Labor Lost.

Resent System OF Repairing Is Case OF
Labor Lost.
AS a general thing the country roads
IN this continent have been so badly
coated that to build costly pavements
apon the present lines and previously
provide elaborate systems of drainage
would be dreadful waste of money
As it is ordinarily beyond the means of
country people to do more than improve
he present condition of their roads
his is the task that they should under
take as soon as possible.
In beginning such a task the first
step TO be taken, in my opinion, is to
stop that which has generally been the
custom of this country-that is. work
ng the roads. Working tue roads, as
I is usually practiced in this country,
consists in calling out in each road dis
trict gang of men who work out"
their road tax under an overseer elected
by the people. The labor is worse than
thrown away, for it is rare indeed for
either the overseer or the men under
him to have any clear comprehension
Of what is needed.
roads these men do not work very hard,
but rather choose to regard the few
days on the road as a kind of holiday
outing. a picnic frolic and means Of
getting rid of certain amount of tax.
If they really worked with all their
might they would make the roads al
most as impossible in the summer as
\, 10, ha M nd .1x1
spring. With some kind OF glimmer-
ing idea that bitches on each side of a
road are good to have, they pillow up
these bitches, together with the sod
that grows down into them. and pile all
Of this muck in the middle Of the road.
This material, it may be said, has a
most excellent fertilizing value, and if
it were put upon the fields instead of in
the roads it would amply repay the
farn who carted it away. But in the
roads it is sad and an immediate
hindrance to travel Luckily the friend
ly spring rains usually wash it back
into the bitches, where it stays until
there is some more tax to be worked
out" When these rains are not suffi-
cient to wash away these impediments
that have been deliberately placed in
the roads, the consequences are very
dusty roads during all the dry season.
In some neighborhoods little more
ambitious than those generally to be
found they mend the roads by placing
gravel and broken stone upon them.
Then the overseers say that they are
nacadamizing the roads. Without
thoroughly draining the roadbed TO
put either broken stone or gravel upon
it is merely a waste of money and
la Dor, and the ambitious neigh borhoods
so doing prove in the end no wiser than
those who cover their roads with
muck. But ii is within the means of
every neighborhood in the United States
to materially improve their roads at
once-improve them so much that
where the traffic is not extremely
heavy and continuous the roads will be
in tolerable order nine months in the
year and very much better than at
present, even when the frost is coming
out of the ground at the beginning of
spring. And this can be done in three
or four or five years without spending
one penny more than is now spent in
the hurtful methods mentioned. H ar
per's Weekly
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26
THE USE OF CANDLES.
Many Still Employed for Various Spec
Purposes.

Many StIll Employed for Various Special
Purposes.
The domestic use of candles for ordi-
nary purposes of illumination has al
most entirely ceased: oil has taken the
place of them. but a great many can
dies are still used for various special
purposes. Candles are used to go
down cellar with, and for servants
bedroom lights. They are used in
breweries, in watts, because they don
smoke, and they make less heat. Can
dies are used in some mines.
There is large consumption of can
dies by Hebrews in the observance of
religious rites at home, and they are
used also in the synagoues. Plumbers
use candles about their work because
they are handler and safer. Candles
are used for the illumination of politi-
cal transparencies. They are used on
dinner tables and in drawing rooms;
they are made Jor these uses in various
colors. There are at least ten kinds of
Christmas candles: they are made
plain, ribbed or fiuted, and cable, and
in various colors.
The candles for these various special
uses are made chiefly of stearine, par
atfine and wax. The consumption of
them in the United States shows a
slight increase. We export candles to
Mexico, Central America and South
America. They were formerly many
manufactures of tallow candles in this
country; there are now few, and the
trade is decreasing. Scarcely any tai
low candles are now used in this coun
Sv; those made are shipped to South
America. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26
FARM AND GARDEN.
GOOD THING TO HAVE.
Description of an Effective and Convenient
Forcing House.


Forcing House.
l have spoken OF the comforts that
even the home gardener can take in the
possession of a forcing pit heated in
some convenient and simple way, and
of the benefits in pleasure, in study, in
fine homegrown plants, in winter veg
etables, such as radishes, lettuce, spin.
ach, in flowers, ETC., that are thus put
in our reach.
E. Bushgayer, of Westmoreland coun-
ty, Pa, sends me a sketch and descrip-
ton of forcing house built partly on
principles mentioned by me and now
in running order. He writes as follows:
Il have made it like regular green
house in regard to beds, as they are
raised one foot from the ground to al
low looking after pipes if anything
goes wrong l built 11}sx30, with a
exc addition to the end one and one
half stories high, with a cellar. In the
cellar l have water heater of 45C
square feet capacity, costing Si7e in
New York. Expansion tank, tools,
etc, were kept on ground floor. In the
upper half story l have barrels for
water to water plants with. I'll the
barrels by turning valve. They are
connected, and a pipe running into the
house carries the water to center. A
l5-foot hose with sprinkler does the
rest To run the water direct to the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26
LATEST IN WOMEN'S HATS.
Perfectly Flat Disks of Felt Which Are
Twisted Into Fantastic Shapes.

Perfectly Flat Disks of Felt Which Are
Twisted Into Fantastic Shapes.
Manufacturers are now busy in max
ing perfectly fiat hats for women.
They are mere disks of felt, which the
milliners twist and bend into fantastic
forms. Crowns which are mere rings
of felt or other material are sewed on
the under side of the felt plaques,
sometimes in the center, but oftener
at the side or rear of the center. The
felt disks are fifteen inches in diane
ter and are only slightly stiffened
The demand is exceedingly brisk just
now. and six or seven Newark firms are
making them.
Many patents have been obtained
upon this simple fiat disk of felt and
the process of making it. The most
important patent is one for splitting
the plaques and cementing the pieces
together. There is great advantage
in this. not only because it enables
them to make hats of two different
colors, over and under. but it makes a
disk of greater dura bility and stiffness
for the weight of fur used.
Heretofore all fur hats dave been
formed by blowing the fur upon per-
forated cone and shrinking them with
steam or hot cloths. In making the
fat plaques most of the manufacturers
have been blowing them upon los
cones and fattening them in the sizing
process. One firm devised a process
for blowing the disks fiat and in a con-
tinuous strip, and have made sizing
machine for working the fiat material.
They have also machines for bouncing
and finishing the plaques.
Some Of the fiat hats exhibited in the
milliners' windows are dreams OF
beauty with gorgeous blendings of
color upon the mapped upper surface
and creamy felt below. Others have
BROAD border of furry nap or are full
brush hats. A few have low crowns,
built up by hydraulic pressure, but the
dictim from Paris is that the crown
must be on the under side, and matters
are now. making shallow crowns of
felt to be sewed on. Some Of the
French plaques are so linn that they
can be formed into tams and beef
eaters, while others are made much
sitter, and viii be supplemented with
milliners' wire seved under the rim
The American plaques are superior to
the imported in every respect and are
preferred by the millinero.-N. Y.
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26
Simple Test for Margarine.

A very simple test by which to distin-
guish butter from margarine is to draw
three or four pieces of ordinary sewing
cotton slightly twisted together,
through the pieces to be tested, set
light to it, and blow it out almost i'm
mediately, and smell the smoke If il
is margarine it will nave the peculiar
smell of newly extinguished tallow
candle, but with butter there is no such
smell
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

A GIVEN quantity of cheese contains
more actual food than any other article
best when It has just fairly ripened,
and j, is not desirable to use very old or
strong cheese, otherwise than as a con.
5iment
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

Miss RURAL-'I want to see some dark
blue gloves" Clerk-"What is your sizea"
Miss Rural-"Five feet five without my
shoes. Inter Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

This can easily be done. First, use the
finest nervine and tonic in existence, Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. Next, give up opiates
and mineral sedatives, which ruin the stom-
ach, and soon cease to have an effect. except
in dangerously large doses. Dyspepsia is the
parent to insomnia and nerve weakness.
The Btters remedies indigestion and the
two symptoms named. 1t also cures ma
larial, liver and kidney complaints.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

"YoU don't dot your is or cross your
is" said Mr. Dimi.y to his new bookkeeper.
"No Sir" was the reply. SIN these hard
times-er-I thought it advisable not to use
any more ink than could help, sir. "-har-
per's Bazaar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

HALLS CATARRH CURE Is liquid and Is
taken internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
Write for testimonials. free. Manufactured
by f. j. CHENEY q Co., Toledo, O..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

TEAcHER-"Yes, likely signifies pleasant
possibility, and liable an unpleasant one.
Now give examples of both" Smart Scholar
There is likely to be good skating to NOR
row, and we are liable to miss it by having
TO 20 TO school, Yankee Blade.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

"IF l ever get rich," said Tommy, 81
mean to 60 TO Italy aud eat all the bananas
want, right off the trees. Indianapolis
JnOrnal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

"WHAT makes Mr.. Snapper so fond Of
the children next door," Mrs. Snapper
because they cry most of the time"
"Thars strange reason" "Oh, no, it
isn't; it browns the voice of the young lady
who sings in the fiat above"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

as SwIGsEY really studying for the bar
and" Watts-"Yep, he's got so he's ia
miliar now with most all of the sidedoor
taps. Inter Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26
The Loss to One state.

Massachusetts, according TO the re-
port of the state highway commission,
loses five million dollars annually on
account of its bad road&
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

SEND 2-cent stamp to Buchanan Fence
Co., Smithville, Ohio, and get circular OF
the fence used by the best farmers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

PRoF. PoTTERBY-"The body of the frog
gentlemen, is composed almost wholly OF
water" Freshleigh-"Spring waterF-1n
dianapolis Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26
New Through sIeepinr Car Line

From Chicago TO Seattle via the Chicago,
Milwaukee a St. Paul and Great Northern
Railways, has been established and first
class sleeping cars will hereafter run daily
from Chicago at II 80 p M, arriving at
Seattle 10 80 p. NJ, fourth day. This is un-
doubtedly the best route to reach the North
Pacific Coast.
For time tables, maps and other infor-
nation apply TO the nearest ticket agent,
or address GEO. II. HEAFFoRD, General
Pass. Agent, c., NJ. & St. z. Ry, Chicago,
Ill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

JoHNNIE-"Papa, when you set the hen
on picked eggs will she hatch out picked
chickens! '-Harper's Young People.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

A FALLEN meteor has very downcast ap
pearance IN its own hole IN the ground
PIcdyuuc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

TIE world, unlike other great wheels, al
ways rolls over the man who ags behind it
Galveston News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

NOTWITHSTANDING its prevalence, the tor
nado will never become popular as IA ma
tional air St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

If brevity is the soul Of wit, all we who
are "short' ought to be very jolly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

CHECK Colds and Bronchitis with Hales
Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

WOMEN who now attend church simply To
show their coaks are cQuereligious.-
Lowell Courier
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26
PRETTY WELL-HOUSE.

Besides Being an Ornament, 1t Serves a
Useful Purpose.
The accompanying design for well
house may call attic ltion to the fact
that but few of the wells upon country
places are honored with a shelter of
any kind from the heat OF summer Or
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

WHEN the baseball season ends the foot
ball season begins. The bail season
lasts all the year round.-BOston Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

IT ISN'T the llltcrate man who makes his
mark in journalism. Buffalo Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

BEECHAMs PILLS are n certain cure 70
weak stomach and disordered liver, and ar
famous the world over. 25 cents u box.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

WINDS may be tempered to shorn lambs
sometimes, perhaps, but you wouldn't think
so generally, 10 see them shiver.-Somer-
vile journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

WE doubt ifthc ignoramus often referred
to said: II will drown. nobody shall help
me" He probably sand: Il shall be
drowudcd."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

"THE hammock fell with me last night.
"Was Jack hurtf'-Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

Nor IN.-She "Was woman made in
vain!" He-"No, not quite so much as that :,
only vain. "-DctroIt Free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

-"Have you had good season.
asked tourist. Nav" replied the
seaside landlord, Even The mosqui.
toes have nearly starved to death. -
Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

IN summer the fat man may be styled
very warm fVend.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

A rApLr acrobat-The tumbler.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

"TnIs Krupp gun is the largest cannon in
the world. " But | suppose the Ferris
wheel IS the largest revolver" Nv orid's
Fair Pack.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

A CLOSE Gala whisper.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-05-04
AMONG FARMERS,

James Sullivan OF Meme took time by
the tirelock this spring, and had 65 bush
els OF oats sown before the rainy season
set IN. The grain has not been injured
1t toJk root and is now we'll overground.
The Reitz cheese factory at Francis
Greek has been re-opened by syndicate
of farmers. The machinery was purchas.
ed by them but not the building.
Albert Landreth has his warehouse in
Sheboygan about completed. Notwith-
standing the unfayorable weather, he is
pushing his planting quite vigorously.
de will this year SOW ], 900 acres to pease.
George Meisnest reports that no seed
ing has been done in his section. Similar
reports come from portions of Kossuth.
Farmers say that under the most favor
able circumstance 1t will take a week
before seeding can be do-e. This will
give US an unusually late season. Late
springs are the curse OF this country.
VIM. Carey OF Franklin says that the
pease sowh In his section seem to be COM
ing out all right, but that an examination
CT the oats sown shows that they have
rotted because of the long cor tinued cold
and wet weather.
The weather crop bulletin reports that
condltlonsare unfavorable throughout tie
entire wheat and corn growing section.
The rainfall has been excessive while the
temperature has been much below tie
normal. No corn has been planted in
this state and in the southern part not
all the small grain is yet sown. No plant
ing has yet been done in the northern
pa OF the state. Glover promises to be
a good crop. Winter grain though back
ward. has experienced no winter killing
aud with good weather will be all right,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-05-04
SURROUNDING COUNTRY.

John Mack a blacksmith who Is con-
fined in the West Superior Jail, made two
attempts to commit suicide on Saturday
last. He FIRST suspended himself by means
OF his suspenders and handkerchief but
was cut down. Then he tore off a ragged
piece OF tin from a drinking cup and saw
ed away at his throat. Before he had ac-
compllshed his purpose the improyised
weapon was taken away from him.
Milwaukee had another destructive fire
on Sunday morning last. The building
occupied by Schuster & Co. was found TO
DO on fire at P. NJ. Two families used
some OF the upper rooms as residences
and 1t was with the utmost difficulty they
escaped. The loss is estimated at $780,
600.
1t IS now thought that the little girl
whose body was found on the railroad
track near Plymouth last week,-an &C
count OF which appears on the outer
pages OF this weeks issue, had been
murdered by tramps after having been
outraged. There are various circum.
stances which go to make this conclusion
probable. There was but little blood on
The track, the girls hand tightly clutched
her hair which would not be the case if
death was sudden. Two tramps were
seen II the neighborhood one OF whom is
supposed to have been the person who
assaulted a girl near kiel only few DAYS
before. The authorities Will likely in
vestlgate the matter.
John II. Engels of Granville, Milwau-
kee county, wealthy farmer shot him
self through the heart on Monday last to
escape arrest for the attempted murder of
his brother-ln-law,k aemerling with whom
he had quarrel relative to the division
of property. Engels went to Kaemer-
ing house on Sunday at midnight, call
ed him out of bed and lodged a bullet in
his breast. The bullet did not kill
haemerhng, but the wound will likely
prove fatal.
The sheriff proceeded to arrest Enpels.
When he entered the house he heard the
report OF revolver and entering the
room from which 1t issued found Eugels
lying on the bed, shot through the heart,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-05-04

THE number of failures taking place in
large concerns this year is simply start
ling. The latest reported is that of T. II
Weeks of New York who is president Of
the Land & River Improvement Company
of West Superior. This company is sup
posed to be worth S15,000,OOO.
These failures have made money tight
in the large business centers and it is
said that 10 per cent is asked and paid
for loans with good collateral security.
The effects of these failures cannot be
otherwise than Injurious to business in
terests this pear. The reaction will come
IN time of course, but period of dizziness