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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
REMOVE THE WEEDS.
they Rob All Kinds of Crops of Nourish'
meut and Moisture.

AhOy hOU All MINUS OF SrOpS OF NOuElsh-
ment and Moisture.
1t is now considered an indication of
encouragement when weeds are per-
nitted to grow on farm. Formerly
the disgrace was in allowing the weeds
to overrun the farm, but with the adj
Vantages of the many improved appli-
ances for destroying weeds they should
not be permitted to even get start.
They appear before the time arrives
frost, drought or excessive moisture
do not affect their progress. The
farmer preserves his weed seeds over
the winter by covering them up in the
fall, where they are secure from cold,
and brings them up to the warm sur
face in the spring. The oft-repeated
inquiry as to where the weeds come
from is easily answered. They are in
the soil because they are allowed to
propagate themselves late in the season
ana scatter their seeds so as to be
plowed under. The only way to pre-
vent this is to completely exterminate
them.
The annual expenditure for labor in
keeping down the weeds on the farm is
a large item, but there should really
be no weeds. A large number are de-
stroyed by cultivation of crops, and a
persistent warfare is waged against
them, but in most cases the work of de-
structiOn is not thorough, as a sufficient
mum Der of weeds escape to reseed the
land for the next years crop. The re-
pugnance of most farmers to using the
hoe, depending on horse cultivation en-
tirely, is responsible to a great extent
for the presence of weeds, but even
when the harrow and cultivator are
used the work is not as frequent as
may be necessary. There are a great
many kinds of weeds, and they come
up at different times. Work must be
applied so as to do the most damage to
the weeds at the least cost and this
means not only to begin early but
often. The work is performed to the
best advantage when the weeds are
just coming through the ground, as
slight scratching of the soil will then
be more effective than the cultivator
or pillow later in the season. AS soon
as the seeds terminate they should be
destroyed.
Every weed that grows robs the crop
of nourishment and moisture During
period of drought weeds can bring
to the surface and evaporate as much
moisture as other plants, being verita-
BILE pumps, which take moisture from
the soil, and the larger they are per-
mitted to become the grea ter the ca
pacity of their roots to take away from
the crop the necessary plant food
Philadelphia Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

pine. This was nailed on the inside of
the tank, with its centre over the open
ing of the overflow pipe. Over the hole
in the block was nailed FIVE by-fve
piece of galvanized wire netting, of
quarter-inch mesh. Now, any ice that
may form is kept an inch away from
the mouth of the overflow, for the
water never freezes inside the wire net
ting. 1t always has a free passage
through the meshes of the wire below
the ice, and up between the wire and
the side of the tank to the outlet.
This device is SO simple, and works
so perfectly, that the writer confidently
recommends its adoption wherever
there is difficulty with the choking up
of tank overfows with either ice or
dirt. The size and shape of the block
may be modified to suit the tank and
the water supply.-E. N. Millen, in
Country Gentleman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
FARM PHILOSOPHY.

The short road to wealth is seldom
safe to travel.
A CEMENT floor in your poultry house
will prove good investment
SOME farmers are hard run because
their wives have forgotten how to
patch.
SOME church people enjoy no meet
ing SO poorly as meeting the payment
of debt
Oh, for some kind of felt boot to put
on mems hearts to keep them from
freezing!
A LOOK into the swill pail will often
reveal the reason why some mortgages
are foreclosed.
He that works always with his
hands, and never with his brain, will
ever be a poor man.
The man who never speaks gently
to his horses is the same man whonever
speaks kindly to his wife or to his
children. American Agriculturist
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
IN every department of science wonderful,

IN every department Of science wonderful
advancement has been the order of this pro-
gresslve age; the impossibilities of yester-
day are the probabilities of to-day
To no one should this fact appeal SO
strongly as to those who are suffering with
some chronic disease The fact that wears
ago, months ago, even weeks ago, he has
been told that nothing could be done for
MIN does notprove that the disease cannot
De attacked and conquered, upon lines and
methods'hltherto undreamed of. Chronicity
does not nOW signify hopelessness, sit once
did.
Those who give their time, experience and
careful research to this class of disorders
are sentlnels upon the outposts of advance
ment.
Rheumatism has always in the near past
meant slavery to pain, Imprisonment of
free motion, the extinction of usefulness
n01O, when tissue can be altered, deposits
absorbed, the era of freedom for this class
OF sufferers is at hand.
The Ruptured have long suffered the in
convenience and misery of instruments, to
SIMPLY make life endurable with no claim of
cure. NoW, permanent cures without sur
glcal interference is within the power of
those skilled in this class of work.
Epilepsy, that dread disease, that saps
life OF all that is restful in the fear of at
tack, and the gradual encroachment upon
sanity, Is now treated from the only physio-
logical standpoint that will bear the scrutiny
OF science, or that offers any logical hope of
success.
Drs. Beekman & Pixley, of 81 West 122nd
st, N. Y. City, invite inquiry from sufferers
of these or any other diseases of a chronic
nature, and bringing to bear upon every
case the latest and most scientific methods,
together with many years of actual expert
ence in this special field, they offer oppor-
tunlty for relief where none has hitherto
seemed to exist
Theirplan of treating patients in their own
homes by correspondence is fully set forth
in the Individual Statement Blank which is
sent on application.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
Points of the Work Horse.

Strength is not all that is required in
a work horse One that has a fast
walking gait and moves off rapidly
with load will always be in demand
There is large field open for the in.
PRODUCTION of breed of fast walkers
with pedigrees that permit of tracing
them to selected families Size will al
SO be desirable, but size can also be
secured at the same time Some draft
horses are too slow and clumsy for gen.
eral work
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

1.-THE breed and the feed" must be
of the best There is much III the feed,
and even the scrub animal will show
an improvement with better feed But
breeds represent certain inherent char.
acteristics, and though requiring the
best are capable of converting the food
into larger proportion II the desired
product, thus increasing the profit by
utilizing the food to the greatest adj
vantage that is possible
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

Little Ethel-O, mamma, we is get
tin up beautiful play! l is to be a
statue, an Johnny is to be a sculptor,
an he is to fall in love wiz me, an
then am to come to life.
Mamma-And what are you to do
after you come to life?
Little Ethel-Guess I'll say Boob
Good News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
WATER TANK STRAINER.
A Device Which Is Highly Recommended
by Its Designer.

Water is piped to my barnyard from
a spring a hundred yards away. The
half inch supply pipe enters near the
bottom of the tank, and is kept from
freezing by being continually i'm
mersed. But the one-inch overflow
pipe, which goes out about three inches
from the top of the tank, used to get
clogged with ice in the whit er and dirt
In the summer, causing much annoy
ance. TO obviate this, l hit upon the
following device, which has stood the
test of years:
A hole three inches square "a round
one of this diameter would do as welD
was sawed in a six-by-six piece of inch
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
STATE OF ONO. CITY OF TOLEDO, .a~

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY
& Co., doing business in the City of Toledo
County and State aforesaid and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D. 1886,
( A W. GLEASON,
(o} Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur.
faces of the system. Send fortestimonials
free F. j. CHENEY q Co, Toledo, O,
t9TS Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills, 25c,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
j. ]. Case T. NJ. Go.

Users of Threshing Machines, Engines
and Sawmills have long been familiar with
the name of the firm heading this notice Its
career has been consistent and honorable
in an exceptional degree. During the past
winter large part of its mammoth works
have been remodeled and rebuilt, ard fine
plant is owprobably the most complete Of
its kind extant.
Careful buyers are learning the lesson
that it pays to deal with reliable firms, and
anyone contemplating the purchase of
threshing machinery of ony kind, saw
mills, etc, should write for Illustrated
Catalogue issued by the j. I. Case II. M Co,
Racine, Wis, which is mailed free to any
address.
THE paste; the present.; the FUTURE
Puck
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
When Travelling

Whether on pleasure bent, or business, take
on every trip bottle of Syrup of Figs, as
it acts most pleasantly and effectively on the
kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers,
headaches and other forms of sickness. For
sale in so cents and 81 bottles by all leading
druggists.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
Which VIII You Be.

A farm renter or farm owner? tt rests
with yourself. Stay where you are and you
will be renter all your life Move to Ne
braska where good land is cheap and cheap
owner. Write to J. Francis. g P. TT A.,
Burlington Route, Omaha, Neb., for a de-
s6riptive pamphlet. It's free and a postal
will bring it to you.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
GROUND PLAN.

haymow almost to the floor. w W are
one-sash windows. There are two sim
liar windows in the wall back of the
stalls. d D d, etc, are doors The
hay is pitched into the NOW through a
door in the end. The cost of erecting
such barn is about s7O0 or $780,
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
like the Gentle Dew From Heaven

Comes blssful peace to turbulent, unruly
liver brought into subsection and disciplined
with that grand regulator, Hostetters
Stomach Bitters, boon of priceless worth,
not only to the bilious, but also to the
malarious, the rheumatic, the nervous, the
feeble, the constipated, and those whose
kidneys and bladder are inactive. The liver
is always chiefly involved in malarial COM
plants, for which the Bitters is a specific.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
Map of the United States.

A large handsome Map of the Uni.eG
States, mounted and suitable for office Of
home use, is issued by the Burlington Route
ceipt of fifteen cents in postage by P. S
EUsTIs, Genl Pass Agent, c. B. 81 Q. r. r.
Chicago, Ill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

SALLY GAY-''What a cunning little fell
low Mr.. Callipers isr' Dolly Swift-''Cun-
ningi Why, he is dreadfully bow-legged."
Sally Gay-''Yes, but that gives him such
an arch look, YOU know. Inter Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

SHE-''You profess to think a great deal
of me That is call right so long as every
thing is going pleasantly. But would you
make any great sacrifice for my sake!" He
You know l would. Haven't offered to
marry ou?n-BoStOn Transcript
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

GUssIE (at dinner)-''Are you fond O
French dressing!" Miss Breezy-''Yes;
get all my gowns made in Paris. "-Phila
delphia Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

AND He SCowLED DARKLY.-"Ah, there
their hubp' soliloquized the tragedian, as h
stood on an eminence and took his first view
nf Roctnp
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

"ALLow me-" remarked the rattlesnake
as it approached the rabbit Familiarity
Charmed, I'm sure" was the disingenuou
reply.-Puck
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

GALL the world may be stage" remarks
the disguised dramatic critic. ."but Shake
speare was wrong when he said that all the
men and women were players. "-Philadel-
nhia Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
A NEBRASKA BARN.

having a small door just below the
caves through which the grain is
thrown. A is a wagon shed, U work.
shop and F grain box 3x3 feet X is
watering-room, 7 trough and P a
pump. NJ NJ is a manger feet wide
and 3 feet high. S SIS S S are stalls
each 4x7 feet. b B are box stalls hav-
ing the racks which slope from the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

He who robs children of the pleasures O.
childhood is guilty of a great crime
ArkansAW Traveller
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

"DEAR me- Your father is a paralytio
isn't her well, you'd better guess again
He's German, and very proud of it, too
Inter Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

'DoEs your nurse speak F'rench7" "Oh
beautifully. I've studied it for six years
and | can't make herunderstand one word.
Inter Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

THE funny man says the chameleon.
should be called ''poets," their tails are sucl
"LongfelloWs."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
FARM AND GARDEN.
CHEAP FARM EARN.


Built in Nebraska at a Cost of About Eight
Hundred Dollars.
Our illustration is of cheap Nebras-
ka farm barn. II is "a feet wide, ~
feet long, and 10 feet from the ground
to the caves. The cut in the upper part
OF the illustration shows the elevation
and the general appearance of the
structure. The lower cut represents
the ground plan. G is large granary
running the full length of the barn and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

''MA,n said a discouraged 7urchin, 81 amt
going to school any more.n ''Why, dears1
"Cause faint no use. can never learn to
spell The teacher keeps changing the words
every daV''
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

You can obtain packo best quality play
ing cards by sending fifteen cents in postage
to P. S, EUsTIs, Gen'l Pass. Agent c. B. &
Q. r. R., Chicago, III.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

ASDREws-"Whati is the extreme penalt,
for bigamy2" Biggs-'Two mothers-in
law. lid Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

JUST about the time man learns to dance
his desire for dancing is gone-Atchiso1
Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

Parker-Swell boarding house, isn't
1T?
Barker-Swell? Hash is never men
toned except except as renaissance
corned beef!''-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

STRANGER-"What have you in that en-
velope that you are handling so carefully?'
Singerly-"A live fly. I've got to catch an
early train in the morning. Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

FRESHNESS and purity are impaired to tn
complexion by Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, SOC.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

A cLoCKMAKER is the only one who can
wind up his business affairs and have them
continue to run.-Inter Ocean,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

SENTIMENT and starvation do not driv
double.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

IT is always best for a man to keep his
temper. No one else wants it.-N. O.
Picayune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

THE charity that begins at home is often
so discouraged that it never goes farther
Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

"FENLwoRTH's been abroad good deal
uasn't heH' ''Yes. How did you knowP
His wits are still there."-Truth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul R'y
has now ready Redistribution sixteen page
portfolio of scenes along its line, half tones,
of the size of the Worlds Fair portfolios
lately issued. They are only ten cents each
and can be obtained without delay by
RENTING the amount to GEO. II. HEAFFoRD,
General Pass. Agent, Chicago, H.
A BARE cupboard will furnish food for
thought.-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

An exceptionally favorable OPPORTUNITY
for visiting the richest and most productive
sections of the west and northwest win be
afforded by the Home-Seekers' low-rate ex-
cursions which have been arranged by the
Northwestern Line. Tickets for these ex-
cursions will be sold on May Sth and 29th, to
points in northwestern Iowa, western Min
nesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Man
ltoba, Nebraska Colorado, Wyoming, Utah,
turn passage within thirty days from date
of sale. Stop-over privileges will be allowed
on going trip in territory to which the
tickets are sold. For further information,
call on or address Ticket Agents of connect
ing lines. Circulars giving rates and de
tailed information will be mailed, free, upon
application to w. A. Thrall, General Pas
senger and Ticket Agent, Chicago 81 North.
Western Railway, Chicago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

GENIUS rears its own monument.-JudI
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

THERE is no ''if'' in horse trade.-Puck
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

"IT's lucky thing" said the sad-eyed
humorist, 'that the magazine editor didn't
accept my verse" "Why2" Because CON-
mon decency would then have compelled me
to let up on sarcastic remarks about his not
knowing good poetry when he saw it."-
WASHINGTON Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31
Western American Scenery.

THE paste; the present.; the future-i
-Purly
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-06-21

the Democratic party, believing
however, that the silver men
at ratio OF l6 10 /, were
able to elect him governor of Texas
Judge Reagan declared he was SIAN
dered, but now mis- confidential organ
gives away the whole scheme COLI
cocted by Judge Reagan. the ques
ton resolves itself into this, Whether
or not Judge Reagan ia greater ehah
the Democratic party of Texas, "heth,
er the Democratic party of Texas Will
permit him to brush aside most SOL
emn peace contract for the purpose OF
electipg himself governor Of Texas
We rather opine that the Democratic
party of Texas will not submit 10 MS
dogmatic and dictatorial rule ana Will
land him high and dry OH the banks
of that classic stream yclept 0ai'
river.
With his failure to produce d
ground swell and with MS
fortunes waning it was thought oest'
it seems as a dernier resort to unVeil
his whole scheme and appeal to Iexas
Democrats to repudiate their promises
to the Matlock people after the latter
had laid down their arms and joined
heart and hand with the Baker wing
to rehabilitate the party in the state,
as the Judge himself had gone BACK
on his promises to the other canu'-
dates for governor in the field. VIII
the Democracy of the state falsify ana
repudiate the action OF their commit
tees, betray their brother Democrats
with whom they had signed treaty
of peace and corporation, at the COM
mand of John H. Reagan? We do not
believe that they will. There is too
much honor in the old party Tor the
success of such scheme, The auto
nomy and the nationality of the DEM
ocracy of Texas is too dear
to them to permit any
man to disorganize and disrupt
the party after the terms OF peace had
been agreed upon, signed, sealed and
delivered. Judge Reagan's last des~
perate game played by his organ, the
Tyler Telegram, will be creckmated
by the Democracy OF the state. He is
powerless, as the primaries prove, to
lead the party into temptation, or to
tole Democrats into the meshes OF his
double winged ct.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-06-21
Ouenched Their Ardor.

A fire engine was recently the means
of putting sudden stop to a duel in
Germany. Two physicians quarreled
and arranged for a meeting with
pistols. The village chief magistrate
heard of the proposed duel He in
formed the fremen, and together,
drawing a machine, they proceeded 20
the scene of the encounter. Just as
the seconds had stepped Off the dis
stance a heavy stream of water struck
one of the physicians, and moment
later the second doctor was also
drenched to the skin. The would-be
fighters. in their dripping clothes,
looked so ridiculous that they both
burst out laughing, shook hands and
returned to their homes, thanking the
ingenious mayor for his intervention.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-06-21
JUDGE REAGAN'S PURPOSES
UNVEILED BY HIS CON-
FIDENTIAL ORGAN.

The Tyler Telegram declares the
peace made between the two wings OF
the Texas Democracy at Dallas is OF
"make shift ligaments," with "torced
environments" resulting in "duplic
itous declaration" on the mooted
national plank, but it congratulates
itself that the Democracy of the state
has heard "a familiar voice THE voice
of great commoner, as strong as
Caesar and ss faithful as Lycur-
gusu calling them back to prevent
a surrender of their convictions of
principle to hocus pocus, now you
see it, now you DOM see it, peace
treaty"
And that voice was the voice Of
Reagan, that great commoner was
John H. Reagan, whom the Tyler
Telegram champions for governor.
The Tyler Telegram can therefore
ne considered the confidential
organ OF John H. Reagan and
the TYLER Telegram confirms exactly
hat THE STATEsMAN charged when
Judoe Reagan first announced his
candidacy, to-wit; That his object
was 10 destroy the effect OF those
peace measures, reipject the silver
question into state politics and disrupt