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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12
HOME DAIRY PRODUCT.
Unless 1t Is of the Best There Is No
Profit In 1t.

Unless 1t Is of the Best There Is No
Profit In 1t.
In the fight against oleo every dairy
man has a part to perform. Not the
least of this with many dairymen is
the Improvement of their own product.
Oleo advocates claim, not without some
show of reason, that oleo finds ready
sale because there is so much poor but
ter on the market. Oleo, favoriess, or
nearly SO, colored and put up in at
tractive form in imitation of the
choicest butter, is fraudulently offered
to consumers as butter Thinking that
it is butter, consumers buy it in prefer
ence to genuine butter that is off fla
vor. For months past, during the low
est business depression ever known,
choice dairy products have brought re-
munerative prices What stronger in
ducements than good prices and fair
profits are needed to encourage i'm
provement in the quality of The product
of the farm dairy? Better care of the
cows, better methods of handling the
milk, cream and butter will make the
desired improvement, and they are
within the reach of every butter-maker
Improved dairy apparatus saves time
and labor and makes it comparatively
easy to turn out gilt-edged product
There is no profit now in anything else.
There are profits in making choice but
ter.-Farm and Fireside.
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Gathering Points for n Sermon.

A laughable incident is told of a
distinguished Massachusetts clergy
man, who thought he had a point for a
sermon. One day he walked through
the local soap works, and, after hav-
ing had explained to him some of the
intricacies of saponification, asked the
foreman how he adulterated his goods.
Thinking it was all in jest, the fore
man gave him elaborate explanation
of various mythical ways of substi-
tuting marble for soap. The next
Sunday the soap manufacturer himself
was at church, and had the pleasure of
listening to a wrathful sermon about
adulteration, especially of soap. The
poor man had a dreadful time convinc-
ing the minister of his error, and then
1t was the minister's turn to fesl
Sheepish
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12
Gardening by Electricity.

BY the use of electric light Hon. W.
W. Rawson, of Arlington, Mass, claims
that he makes a gain of five days in
each of his three crops of lettuce
that is, two weeks in a season-that
the gain on one crop pays all the ex-
penses of the electric lighting for the
season, thus giving him the gain on the
other two for extra profit His atten-
ton was first called 70 the usefulness
of the light by the advance made in
the growth at the ends of his green
houses next the street and in the glare
of the electric light This was so
marked that he introduced the light
through his lettuce and cucum Der
houses. DIR. Bailey, of Cornell univer-
sity says as the result of his own ex-
periments that the influence of the
light is greatly modified by the inter-
position of a glass roof. Plants in
jured by naked light were benefited
by the protected light. Five hours
light per night at distance of twelve
feet FASTENED maturity week or ten
days, but proved injurious to young
plants and those newly transplanted
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

from which he may have an unob-
structed view of his surroundings.
From this outlook he scans the ground
for some luckless grasshopper or
cricket, and sometimes flies eighty or
one hundred feet to pick from the
grass-grown ground an insect he had
evidently seen before he left his perch.
But little as we know of birds vi
sion, we know even less of their power
of hearing. There is, however, no
reason to doubt that the latter is not
quite as acute as the former.
The robin on our lawns may be seen,
with head on one side, listening in
tently for the movement of worm be-
meath the sod, and it is said the wood
casion, while seated quietly in the
woods, barrel-owl lit about fifty
yards away, with his back toward me.
Watching him through my field-glass,
| made the slightest possible sound
with my lips-a man would not have
heard it at distance of twenty feet
and instantly the bird turned its head
and the great black eyes looked direct
ly at me.
A friend of mine in South Carolina
tells me that hooking. bird which
was resident in his garden at the time
of the earthquake a few years ago be-
came sentinel to his family, warning
them, by sharp, twittering note, of
the approach of each shock several sec
onds before the rumble which preceded
it was audible to human ears.
Instances of this kind give us some
idea of the acuteness of birds hear
ing, but as yet we have no observa-
tions suitable for the purpose Of exact
omparison.-Frank NJ. Chapman in
Youths COMPANION.
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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.
Its 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.
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A CONSULTATION.

the little peep bird came out of the
box Judy prepared for spring and
when the cuckoo came out she leaped
up on the stand where the box sat and
seized the bird by its throat. The
whole thing-box, birds and all--fell
on poor Billikins. and the more he
tried to get from under them the more
tangled up he became. Judy disap-
peared as soon as trouble began.
The whole house was aroused by the
chatter. Down came the little mis-
tress, and there she found Billikins
and her pretty new cuckoo clock all
broken to pieces. She was very angry
and she punished Billikins, while Judy
looked on with amusement. Billikins
thinks now that cats are very deceitful
animals, but he doesn't quarrel with
Judy. 1t seems better to him to live
on peaceable terms with her and to be
very careful not to give her even a
negative support in her schemes.-N.
Y World
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them to his harness, as you see in the
picture. If you look closely you will
discover the Mexican dollar, and also
a Kings Daughters badge which some
one presented to him.
Owney did not tarry long in Wash
ington, but was soon off again with
his new harness. The farther he
went the more checks he had to carry,
and the heavier grew his load. At
last the attachments alone weighed
over two pounds, and poor Owney was
tired of carrying the dangling things
about with him.
A Boston postal clerk saw him and
took pity on him as Mr.. Wanamaher
had done: he carried him home to his
house, and wrote letter to the post
master at Albany, telling him of the
dogs difficulties. Word came back to
take Off the harness just as it was, and
forward it to them. This was done,
ant the harness with it's attachments
can be seen at any time in the post
Office building at Albany, preserved in
a glass case with Owney's picture.
Once in his travels Owney reached
Montreal, and happening to follow the
mail-bags to the post office, he was
taken possession of and locked up,
while a letter was sent to Albany tell
ing the officials there of his where
Rbouts. A reply came to let him go
and he would take care of himself.
This the Canadian postmaster refused
to do till the cost of feeding and keep
ing him was paid, in all amounting to
two dollars and fifty cents. A collec-
ton was called for among his old
friends, the money forwarded and Ow-
ney released.
Everybody in the postal service in
the United States knows him, and per-
haps the next time he visits Canada
he will not be a stranger.-M. l. Inger-
soil, in st. Nicholas.
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THREE QUEER FRIENDS.
How a Cat and an Old Pug Deceived =
Young Poodle.

How a Cat and an Old Pug Deceived =
Young Poodle.
These are pictures of the pets of
certain little girl. They are Punch,
the pug dog, Billikins, 1.-The prize-bred
Russian corded black poodle with a
pedigree" and Judy, the cat. Billikins
dwells on terms of friendship with the
others, as you can see by the fact that
he has had his picture taken with each
of them. But sometimes there are
slight Misunderstanding
For instance, one day Billikins was
lyin on the door-mat gnawing on the
backbone of duck when Punch ap-
peared. Punch wanted a bone, too,
but Billikins didn't care to share his,
so Punch wandered off. BY and by
there was a dreadful commotion on
the other side of the house, a wild
barking and scrambling. Billil1ins
jumped up and rushed off. He was
afraid something had happened to his
mistress and he wanted to help Punch
defend her.
When he reached the other side of
the house. there was no one there. No
one was hurting his mistress, the
house was safe and Punch had disap-
peared. After a little investigation,
Billiiins went back to his mat and his
bone, and there lay Punch gnawing
contentedly at it! The false alarm had
been trick of the willy old pug to get
that bone.
One Christmas the little mistress re-
ceived a curious present which the cat
and the dogs could not understand.
Every now and then, out of a box, a
bird would step and say Peep, peep"
Then door would close. another one
would open and another bird would
appear and say Cuckoo" Billikins
hated the noises and so did Judy, and
the cat planned to kill the birds. Bill
kins was glad enough, but he didn't
intend to take an active part in the
matter. He was just going to watch.
Well, in the middle of the night Judy
came and woke Billikins up. Wher
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12
BIRDS EYES AND EARS.
They Far Exceed in Keenness Those of
Our Own Kind.

They Far Exceed in Keenness Those of
Our Own Kind.
1t is certain that the keenness of vi
sion in birds far exceeds our own, but
in what degree we cannot precisely es-
innate. We know, however, that a
hawk SO high above the earth as to
seem a mere speck against the sky
above him can at this distance distin-
guish his prey from its earthly sur
roundings.
Snipe and plover, migrating at SO
great height that to us they are in
visible, seem by their calls able to
recognize individuals of their own
species feeding, perhaps on some mud
fat. where, if they are motionless, we
can distinguish them at fifty yards
with difficulty.
Flycatchers launch forth after
gauzy-winged prey we could not detect,
and have seen jacamars in the gloomy
forr SITS dart more than thirty feet into
the air after some tiny insect.
The loggerhead shrilSe of the south
Always selects, like a hawk, perch
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

There is an experiment, that any one
can try, to discover whether he has an
incipient cataract. Stand with the
back to window with lighted candle
before the eye. If the eye be healthy
three candles are seen-two are erect,
but the middle one is turned upside
down. When the back of the lens is
opaque the inverted candle nearly dis
appears or is obscured, and when the
front of the lens is affected the inverted
candle entirely disappears. -Labou-
chere's Truth
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
rHEoUTGRoWN DOLLS LAMENT

Oh, listen well
While tale tell
OF poor unfortunate dolly,
Who was born in France
And given by chance
To sweet little girl named Polly.
A wee little girl
With hair all a-curl,
And dimpled cheeks and shoulders,
When l and she
Took an airing, we
Were the JOY of all beholderS
Day after day
AS time passed away,
We'd nothing to do but keep jolly;
But it could not last,
For she grew so fast,
This dear little girl named Pollyl
First she was seven.
Eight, nine, ten, eleven,
And then she was four times threei
She outgrew her crib,
Her apron and bib,
And now-She has outgrown mel
Forgotten, forlofn,
From night till morn
I'm left in the playroom corner;
From morn till night
In the same sad plight
Like picless Little Jack Horner.
And Polly, she
At school must be,
Or else the piano strumming,
While / sit here
Growing old and queer,
Vainly expecting her coming.
With frozen stare
AT the walls glare,
My mind to the question giving,
If the life of dolly
Outgrown by Polly
Be really worth the living
Julia Schayer, IN St Nicholas
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

1t is the almost universal practice
among dairymen in this country to
turn their cows out to drink once day.
They say the COW can then drink all
she needs until the next day. My word
for it, it can't be done, says an east
ern writer Their actions and appe-
titles show very plainly to anyone who
will take the trouble to test their
drinking apparatus that they need
water oftener than once a day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

The lowlands breed miasma, the parent Of
chills and fever, bilious remittent and other
forms of malarial disease. Hostetter's Stom-
aoh Bitters is sure defense against them
all. Nor is it less effectual as a safeguard
against rheumatic and kidney complaints
caused by wetting. Dyspepsia, liver COM
plant, constipation and nervousness are
likewise eradicated bv it. Take it regularly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12
TRAVELS OF A DOG.
An Albany Canine Who Is a Pet of Uncle
SANS Postmasters.

Am Albany Canine VINO Is q Pct OF Uncle
SANS Postmasters.
Owney went to Chicago, Cincinnati
ind st. Louis, and they attached
checks to his collar. Then he went on
through Salt Lake City to California
and from there to Mexico. In Mexico
they hung a Mexican dollar on his
neck. From there he came up through
the south, finally reaching Washing
ton. His collar was hanging full of
tags and checks, and poor Owney was
weary of the heavy load about his
neck. Postmaster General Wanamaker
saw him and took pity on him. He
carried him out one day and had har-
ness made for him; then he took the
badges from his collar and fastened
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

'Tf you have any last WISH" said the
priest to the convicted man on the
scaffold, tell me and l will try to
carry it out"
YES" replied the poor wretch, ~
want to learn to play the piano.
Texas Siftings.
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Please Note the Contrast.

1t is said that ton can be moved on
good, level macadam road with but
forty pounds of power There are
times when it would take four-horse
power to move ton on Tor in) the mad
road. Agricultural Epit0mist
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

First Street Waif-Got 'nough money
to- by y'r supper?
Second Street Waif-Yep.
"Sov l. Less go to de t'eater."
''Wot'll we do fer supper, den?"
There's most always meal in
every play. We kin watch de actors
eat."-Good News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

hayden Layne-How does your
father pass his time, now that he has
retired from business?
Marcus Sparks, Jr.-Gards are a
greadt comfort to him. He BASES der
time blaying solitaire NIT himself. -
Puck
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

the thoughts her very own, do you think}''
Mrs. Catchly-"Oh, dear yesl She paid
ten dollars for them, she told me. Inter
Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

An illustrated book, unmarried by adver.
Using, containing stories and anecdotes told
by Abraham Lincoln, many heretofore I'M
published, will be sent free to every person
sending his or her address to the Lincoln
Tea Co, F't. Wayne, Ind.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

"JAoK has finished my portrait" "At
last didn't think he ever would" ooh,
yes! He's been at work on it only year"
HDear mel Isn't that a long timer" 1--WE
didn't think So We're engaged now."-
Harper's Drawer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

PASTOR ito peasant girl)-"Why do you
weep so muchi" Because my lover has
gone to the army for three years" "But
those will soon be over; then he will re-
turn" eyes; but am afraid that in the
meantime another man will marry me.m-
Fiegende Blaetter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

FIRST BARNsToRMER-"And, may ask,
me boy, what is your favorite role?' Sec
ond Barnstormer-"By my faith, l will
burgh Bulletin.
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HUsDAND-"Well, you may buy that cloak
but tnen you must promise to leave me in
peace Wife-''Oh, certainly; If l have
that cloak can get anything else l want on
credit r-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

HE-''They are not on speaking terms,
you know" Shc-"Why, they are dead in
love with each other" He-"For that rec
son they don't speak; they just sit and gaze
at one another. n-Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

He-Miss Budd isn't as pretty as she
was.
She-That wins my bet.
Heidi you bet that her beauty
would fade?
She-Nope; that you would propose
to her and get left-Truth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

AS shell has struck before you hear the
report of the gun, so SANDER does its fatal
work befor the calumniator can be To-
Gated
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

THE fellow who tells all he knows
wouldn't be half so insufferable if he only
knows all he tells.-Philadelph Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

S'Iow pity the poor fellows whose bust
nee sequires them to be out on might like
this" said the policeman, looking out from
the SIDE door.-Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

CHECK Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

THE weigh of the world is about fourteen
ounces to the pound.-Iowa Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

DoN allow yourself to grow old prema-
turely, Keep enough summer in your heart
to thaw the winter in your veins.-Ram's
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

''DowN brakes!" cried the railroad mans
wife as the dinner platter slipped from his
grasp.-Louisville Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

TESTED BY TINE. For Bronchial affec-
tons, Coughs, ETC., Browns BRONCHIAL
TRoCHEs have proued their efficacy by test
of many years. Price, % cents box.
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YES, man is the stronger vessel-but he
has often to be baled out.-Cleyeland Plain'
Dealer.
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A DEFINTTIoN-''Pa, what is a perquisitel"
IAN authorized steal, my son.''-Puck.
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PAPA-"What are Georges prospectsl"
Mabel-"His uncle thinks of proposing to
a rich widow. PUCK.
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Few men are SO selfish as to be unwilling
to share their thoughts with others.-Ram's
Horn
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THE girl who laces merely does it as a
matter of form.-Philadelph Record.
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EVERY singer in quartette can tell you
three good reasons why the organization
isn't absolutely perfect.-Elmira Gazette
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FARM AND GARDEN.
CARTS WITH BARREL.

Two Styles Which Can Be Easily Con-
structed at Home.
A subscriber asks how cart can be
constructed so that barrel of slop can
be drawn about by hand. We illus
trate herewith two such devices. No.
is made as follows: For the axle ,sa
9x2 or 2x3 inch pieces of white oak or
other hard wood, upon which fit culti-
vator or other wheels which may be at
hand. To this axle fasten two handles,
good plow handles will answer. At a
distance from the axle little less than
the diameter of the barrel at the mid
die, bolt a 2x2 thus forming square in
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-03
SEVEN KILLED AT A TREsTLE.
The Structure Collapses Beneath the
Montreal Express.

Bangor, Me, July about o'clock
this morning a terrible wreck occurred
to the Montreal express, going east on
the Canadian Pacific railway. on a tres
tie over the west outlet to Morehead
lake, some twelve miles from Greenville.
The train was proceeding at its
ordinary rate of speed when it struck the
trestle. The engine, baggage, mail, sec
ond-class and smoking cars went over the
trestle into a rocky gorge some twenty
five feet below 1t was wooden trestle
with an iron bridge in the center. About
forty feet of the western end Of the tres
tie collapsed beneath the train.
The sleeping car was the only one that
did not 20 into the gorge, but that was
thrown on its side in the gully. The pas
scnEers number %. Few escaped without
injuries of some sort. The engineer, fire
man, mail clerk, two other employees OF
the road. aud two secOnd-class passengers
We're killed. Another railroad man was
fatally hurt. Nearly everybody else on
the train was more or less injured.
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dent to issue a proclamation and order
troops from Fort Sheridan to the scene.
At noon 400 United States deputy mar
shals were distributed among the various
depots. New men are being sworn in at
the rate of ten minute.
MOST SERIOUS NEWS.
News of a most serious nature has lust
been received at the headquarters of the
managers association. Two hundred
and fifty deputy marshals and seventy
five deputy sherifs sent to Blue Island
to raise the embargo on the Chicago,
Rock Island, and Pacific railroad tratfic
were overpowered and whipped by mob
Of over 1000 strikers and sympathizers
and are still in the hands of the lawless
element. The second regiment of this
city has been ordered to the scene
1t was stated at the Office of the Rock
Island road that the mob at Blue Island
has cut OF all telegraph and other com
munication between that point and this
city. and the news in regard to the fight
between the strikers and the combined
force of deputy sheriffs and deputy mar
shals cannot possibly be obtained until
troops have arrived at the scene and re-
established communication