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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-25
AN AMPHIBIoUS BOAT.


A Unique Craft In Usc In the Canadian
Lumber Regions.
A new Canadian invention for use in
the lumber districts Is coming into
general use in northern Ontario. II is
called steam warping tug. II propels
itself on land as well as on water, and
1t Is used by lumbermen whose opera
tions are carried on among small lakes
connected by streams of uncertain
navigation.
The vessel hos proved not only a sue
cess, but a great boon to the lumber
trade. Six Of these unique crafts havo
been built by the inventors during the
past season, four completed at their
yard in Ottawa, and two shipped,
ready TO be put together ut their desti-
nation in tho Nipissing district.
They nre built scow shape, with
steel-shod runners for moving over
land; are thirty.seven feet long, ten
feet beam, dccltcd all over, and have
sleeping rooms for four men in the
bow; the bottom and up the bow is
covered with steel boiler plate. An en-.
ginc twenty-two-horsc-powcr furnishes
steam for ten hours work, with three
quarters of cord of wood.
In the water IL moves six miles an
hour forward or backward rs required,
propelled by side wheels.
On land it is propelled by having
cable drum, ON which is coiled five
eighths Of a mile of steel wire cable,
which is fastened with pulleys TO
tree or some oOject in front, the boat
moving as the wire is coiled up. The
boiler Is hung on an axle in the center,
and screw arranged on the front en-
ables the fireman to tip il forward or
back, and keep it level going up or
down hill.
1t will move over an elevation OF one
foot in three on land and draws about
twenty-eight inches in the water.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-25
THE PLUMBERS HAT.
An English AcadeDIoiRn Receives n Les.
son on Manners.

son on MRnnor%
Has a plumber a right 10 wear his
cap in ones house2 This was the point
submitted to the Highgate Justices by
an ex-fellow OF Balliol. The plumber
and his son came to the ex-iellow's
house 10 clear away stoppage In tho
bath. Arrived at tho scene OF opera
tions they kept on their caps, as is tho
use of British workmen. The house
holder lectured the parent plumber on
the bad example he was setting his son
In not teaching him TO take his cap off
In a gentleman's house. The parent
replied by setting up the custom of the
trade to work covered. The plea was
overruled, and the father plumbers
cap thrown out Of the window by the
indignant ex-fellow Then the parties
aggrieved adjourned TO the open air
Ut was drizzling), and went--the
plumber capless and the ex-fellow car
rying the plumbers cap-to seek coun-
Gel and advice of the nearest police
man, who referred them to the JUS
ticcs. The ex-fellow says that he was
on the way called by the plumber "a
thick-headed old fogy." Yet the JUS
ticcs fined him ten shillings for his
manner Of giving lesson in manners,
and gave him no redress for his very
unacademical language.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-25

TIE human skin Is exactly like that
OF fish, as II Is covered with iv!au1
''G' = '7'f' 'eTD.u~ sreh other
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-01
SETTINGS OF FASHION. =.
Brief Notes o: styles That Are Coming
Into Vogue.

Lace, passementerie and embroidery
are appliqued upon silk or wool ma
terials dress Of gray camels' hair
has an embroidered edging about eight
inches wide at the hem. This is APP
pliqueG on to the material. Above this
is an insertion to match, also in APP
plique. IN some cases the material on
which the embroidery is wrought is cut
out: in other cases is laid on fat and
closely fastcred down.
\ new waist of silk is fitted in the
back with full skirts and gathered in
very full at the front. There is deep
rutfic of lace around the shoulders, the
full sleeves are finished with lace fr!lls
and folded collar is finished with rib
bon. This waist has belt only from
the under-arm seams across the front.
Strap-fnishcd seams are among the
features of tailOrmade costumes. They
have this advantage. that one can fit IA
cloth garment with much more ease by
having the seam on the right side.
These are then trimmed off and COW
cred with bias bands Of the material
stitched down en- either side.
\ stylish costume has fat fold of
the material about five inches wide at
the hem of the skirt There is double
breasted jacket with lapels faced with
corded silk, and a vest is suggested by
a section of contrasting material, eX-
tending below the double point at the
waist line.
Yokes of embroidery are becoming
more fashionable with every importa-
ton. Some of them have shoulder
rutfies in epaulet fashion: others sug-
gest round cape; Others are pointed at
back and front, extending to the waist
line.
4 novelty, and one that there win be
decided efforts to popularize, is the use
of fancy plaid velvet as combination
material. Plaid yolles. deep cuffs, bod
ices, skirt panels and bands around the
hens of skirts will be worn.
A pretty waist is made of accordion
plated silk The collar, the shaped
belt and cuffs are of passementerie.
The sleeves above the elbows are enor-
mously full. and the cuffs are straight
from wrists to elbows.
a very comfortable wrap is of soft,
thick wool, with a double breasted
front, cape sleeves with half-ftting
sleeves inside. a slightly-shaped back
and hood that may be drawn up over
the head for evening wear.
Jackets Of crochet, embroidery or
passementerie are imported. for use
over fancy waists. They are without
sleeves, are pointed and sloped back
below the waist line and have turned
over collars.
A new bodice has skirts short at the
sides and running down in long points
at the back The front is in very full
rutiie and cut straight across.
Sleeves are growing shorter, and
gloves are growing longer. Some la
dies are wearing mousquetaire gloves
extending almost to the elbows.
! A full-folded belt with bow resem-
bling the four corners of a handker-
chief with knot in the middle is q
novelty.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-01
FARM AND GARDEN.
SHEEP FARMING PAYS.
If Properly Managed 1t Is Sure to Return
Fair Profit.

IF Properly Managed 1t Is Sure to Return
Fair Profit
Sheep farming requires the least
labor of any kind of farming. and is
one of the most profitable if properly
managed. 1t is the least la borious be-
cause sheep are more easily kept than
other animals. They wiz eat food
that no other kind of stock will touch,
and they require less personal atten-
ton, besides being more hardy and
less liable to disease.
They are the most profitable because,
In addition to the foregoing, they are
the sources of two valuable products,
while with other stock but one is
looked for. Even though wool is low,
the fleece will bring enough to pay for
the keep of the animal, and the NUT
ton will be the profit.
Formerly sheep owners bred simply
for wool, and as the highest develop
ment in the wool-bearing capacity is
incompatible with the perfection of
mutton-producing ability, the latter
suffered to such an extent that the
flesh of the animal was practically I'M
salable. Mutton-eating was steadily
discouraged and the genuine lovers
of this meat had recourse to Canada,
where mutton sheep were reared.
That this belief in the inferiority of
the American product still exists is
shown by the fact that Canada NUT
ton" signs are still exhibited in the
butchers shops and wagons in New
York.
But with the discovery that the pro-
duction of both flesh and fleece in a
high degree is compatible in the same
animal, the demand for mutton has
grown. At sight of this delicious,
juicy meat prejudice has faded and is
fading away. 1t has become formid-
able rival to beef, and its consumption
may readily be increased hundred
per cent
And yet many men are talking as If
the business were ruined and are get
ting out of it as fast as they can, ig-
norant of the fact that it is the best
farm property they have to-day. These
are the men who forget that condi-
tions have been reversed since they
went into the business. Mutton is
now the staple and wool the by-prod-
uct. If the wool pays expenses, that
is all that should now be asked of it
d. Florens, in \. y. World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-01

There is nothing in the world which
hens enjoy better in the winter time
than silage. They will greedily jump
into the COW stalls and rob the cows of
their share if possible. Green silage
is delicious food for them in the win
ter time and it ought to be just as
profitable to raise and store this for the
hens as for cattle. Good, sweet green
cornstallls carefully preserved in the
silo makes a tempting food ration that
stimulates the hens to better health
and productive work. The profession
al poultry man who raises hens by the
hundreds might well consider the adj
visibility of preparing silage for their
winter food. Those who have only a
few on the farm should take some of
the silage prepared for the cattle ana
give it to the poultry every day or two.
breeders Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-01
ABOUT ESSEX SWINE.
Some Merits and Defects of One of the
Oldest breeds.

Oldest Breeds.
This is one of the oldest English
breeds of swine. Its merits have OBJ
tanned for it well-deserved popular
ity in this country. as well as in its
native land. The modern Essex breed
is the result of a cross of the original
stock on the Neapolitau. 1t belongs
to one of the so-called small breeds.
Essex swine are black. or, rather,
ash-blacll in color: they have a short
dished face, broad between the eyes;
erect, thin ears, full jowls, short
thick neck, body of medium length
broad, deep and straight, with heavy
hams, bones fine, but sufficiently
strong to support the body: hair fine
and soft, but thin; no hristles; legs
short and fine, but straight and set
wide apart; hoofs erect.
When matured. the improved Essex
will weigh from three to four hundred
pounds. They mature early, are pro-
life and possess great vigor of consti-
tuition. They fatten easily, range
well and, not being troubled with
mango or sun-scald, are q peculiarly
valuable breed for the south. The
Essex are excellent as cross, being
sure to give quality and early maturity
to any breed. When crossed upon
common or coarser swine they will i'm
prove them almost beyond recognition.
The objection urged against them is
their tendency to fatten rapidly, which
causes the carcasses to lack the de-
sired proportion of lean meat. This
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-01
WINTER BEE-HOUSE.
How to Build One That Is Cheap, Warn
and Very Comfortable.

How to Build One That Is Cheap, Warm
and Very Comfortable.
Prominent bee men recommend the
construction of winter quarters for
bees of straw of any requisite size,
building two walls, that is, an outer
and an inner wall of straw; the straw
is confined by stakes, and the space
between the two walls to be filed
with sawdust. or something of that
nature: a cheap roof and one door.
Such place might be made cheap and
very warm and comfortable. 1t need
not be very large. 1t can be modelled
to suit yourself. AS more expensive
affair, after considerabl progress has
been made. Mr.. Quimby recommends
a room built as follows: The room for
this purpose is Sx16 feet, and seven
feet high, without any windows; a
good coat of plaster is put on the in
side: d space of four inches betwe en-
the siding and lath is to be filed with
sawdust. Under the bottom construct
a passage for the admission of air, an
other overhead for its exit, to be closed
and opened at pleasure in moderate
weather, to give them fresh air, but
closed when cold, and so arranged as
to exclude all light A partition also
extends across, so that when cutting
in or taking out, one need to disturb
only one-half at once. He says he has
wintered bees in this manner for years.
Such a room will accommodate about
100 stocks of bees. The room with
same proportions as to length and
breadth can be made of any size
banners Voice
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-01
FIREsIOs FRAGMENTS.

A Fish Sauce.-Boil two anchovles
and half an onion chopped very line. IN
one tablespoonful of vinegar, four OF
wine and four Of melted butter or
cream. and serve very hot.-Boston
Budget.
apple Tart.-Make good pie paste
and line the hollow sides of a cake pan.
Sliced apples are laid on the paste and
sugar and cinnamon sprinkied on them
Bake in good oven and when nearly
done beat up quarter of plnt OF
thick cream with four eggs, two taole-
Spoonsfui of sugar and q tSaspoon1ul OF
cinnamon. Put the mixture over the
tart and replace in oven until done
Womankind,
Sweet Tomato Piclle.-Peei and
slice seven pounds of tomatoes, drop
ping them into the preserving kettle
and placing between the layers hght
brown sugar until you have used three
and half pounds; cover with quart
of good vinegar, add one ounce OF
cloves and one ounce of cinnamon and
mace mixed, tied up in a bit of cheese
cloth and stew all together for one
hour. Seal up in cans. If prefeYed,
or for a change, the tomatoes may be
left whole when it will be necessary
to select small fruit,-Orange Judd
Farmer.
Apple Bread Pudding. Place a
layer of thinly cut slices of sour apples
in pudding dish, then one of bread
crumbs; continue in this wayesl ~
three medium-sized apples have been
used, placing apples on top. To cup
full of boiling water. add half a cupful
of sugar, tablespoonful of butter and
lemon, vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon or
whatever favoring is desired. Pour
this liquid over the pudding, let stand
fifteen minutes, then bake III a moder-
ate oven forty minutes. Serve hot with
hard or liquid sauce.-Country Gentle
man.
Cream of Lettuce Soup.-Tear in
small pieces one good sized head of let
tuce: cover with one pint of boiling
veal stock: boil ten minutes. Rub to-
gether one tablespoonful of butter
with one of flour. add to the soup and
stir until it th:cliens. Press through a
sieve. return to the kettle and when it
is a.Tain heated ada one-half of a cup OF
cream. Season and serve at once with
croutonS. If the lettuce flavor is not
sufficiently strong take two heads for
the amount of stock given. A few
drops of onion or celery extract add tc
the flavor of the soup.-Table Talk.
Pineapple Preserves. Take eQua'
quantities of pineapple and the best
loaf sugar: pare and slice the pine
apple, being careful to remove the little
pricllly eyes. Put nearly or all the
sugar over it and put into deep bow
and let it stard all night. IN The
morning pour the sirup into Il porce
lain kettle, and when it begins to sim
mer put the pineapples in ard let al
boil for twenty minutes, Tie a piece
of white ginger in q muslin bag anC
boil in the sirup also. After boiling al
for the twenty minutes, remove the
pineapple and let the sirup and ginger
boil ten minutes longer: then pour il
over the pineapple. The pineapple
should be perfectly ripe, but sound
St. Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-01
SOCIAL LIFE IN OLD ENGLAND.
Family Customs Among the Little Folk of
the Seventeenth Century.

When boys and girls were about two
years old, they began to learn their
lessons from a "hornbook. These curl
GUS little tablets for they are not
books are now excessively rare, and
consequently valuable-so much so that
they have been forged. The hornbook
was sometimes called the "Christ Cross
Row"-from cross prefxed to the
alphabet. 1t is so mentioned in Shakes
peare in Richard Ill, Act l., Sc. |. 1t
was simply a small sheet of paper,
generally about four inches by three
inches, on which were one or two
alphabets. then came the vowels, and,
after that, the "Syllabarium," alb, eb,
ID, oh. etc. then followed the "Ascrip-
ton" in the name of the Father, etc, "
and it wound up with the Lords
Prayer, ending with deliver us from
evil This was pasted on piece of
wood about one-third of an inch thick,
shaped somewhat like battledore, and
covered with a thin sheet of trans
parent horn, which was fastened to
the wood by nails driven through strips
of copper or brass. BY this means the
Christ Cross Row was rendered almost
indestructible by the little urchins who
! have to make use of it.
They ate and drank as well as they
could afford. Breakfasts as we know
them, were not. A man took a snack
of something, and morning draft
be it of small beer or wine for tea
and coffee counted not for morning
consumption IN those days either at
home, or at tavern, which, be it re-
membered, it was no derogation of dig
nifty to frequent-because it took the
place of a club, and people were unpre'
tending enough to buy their bit of fish
or what not, and have it cooked at the
tavern.
Early in the century, dinner time
was at noon; before the eighteenth cen
fury it had extended till p m; anG
very rough, though plentiful, was this
meal Forks were not introduced into
England until about 1915, the practice
being to cut off the meat and use the fin
gers to put it into the mouth, wipine
them afterwards with a napllin.-JohI
Ashton, in Chautauquan.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-01

objection can be largely overcome by
limiting the amount of food and com
pelling exercise. Being good grazers.
they should be allowed unrestricted
run Of pasturage and no corn or other
fattening food until it is desired TO
finish them off. On the other hand,
their tendency to fatten is a great
recommendation where roasting pigs
are desired. The meat can DE made fit
for pork at any age, from month up
ward. In England these hogs are
marketed in great numbers when from
five to eight months old, for light fam
lily pork, and for that purpose there
are none better.-N. y. World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-01
ESTATES" OR "SKEETS."
Folk Speech in America and Its Ancient
Antecedents.


Antecedents.
When l was little boy my playmates
at a country school in southeastern In
diana wore "sl1eets" and went ''slleet-
ing" though the village boys said
skates. | counted "skeet" a curious
corruption. Fancy my surprise at meet
ing an old acquaintance in a far-otf
land, and in strange company, when
long years afterward ! read the pas
sage in Evelyn's Diary" for the year
1862, in which he speaks of having
scene the strange and wonderful deX-
terity of the sliders on the new canal
in st. James park, perform'd before
their majesties by divers gentlemen
and others with Selects after the man
ner of the Hollanders, with what swift
ness they passe, how suddenly they
stop in full carriere upon the ice" and
so forth. The CHI in ''scheets" is Dutch,
and therefore sounded like k. Pepys
tells of being at St James park on the
same day: Where ! first in my life, II
being a great frost, did see people
sliding with their skeates, which is a
very pretty art" | here discovered
that the country boys in the hills OF
Craig township, when they said ''skeet'
were only one or two centuries behind
the fashion, and were using the word
as pronounced by Charles and his cour'
tiers when they brought the very
| pretty art to England. A New York
| journal of 1884 complains of the time
wasted in ''skeating" on Collect pond
| Nowhere is it truer that all which
| is partakes of that which was" than IL
| nguage.-Century.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-01
Feed the Young Stock.

Lambs, colts and calves should be
kept continuously growing, whether
they are to be kept over winter or sold
in the fall. When they go into winter
quarters the observer should be able
to note their sleek, fine, healthy, ro-
bust condition. Such growth can only
be obtained by judicious management
and attention. Good pasture, pure
water, perhaps little grain during
the droughty season and frequent salt
ing are needed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-01
AMONG The POULTRY.

THE runs should be spaded once a
year anyhow.
FEED ducks and turkeys always
where you wish them to roost.
SUNFLowER seed should never be per-
mitted 10 go to waste. 1t is too good
for poultry.
WHEN the floor of a poultry house is
a year and fresh earth put on.
SELL off the boosters. They are not
needed in the winter, and it is best to
have new blood in the spring
RoosTs may be immersed in kerosene
oil and the oil set on fire, as a remedy
for lice, if the roots are movable.
ATTEND to leaky roofs in the poultry
house. No water should ever be per-
mitted to find its way through the
roof.
WHOEVER permits broken windows
or cracks in the poultry house in win
ter would seem to have little apprecia-
ton of eggs,
TARRED paper on the outside of a
poultry house that is full of cracks,
well battered down, will be an ex-
cellent application.
The fall of the year is good time
to buy pure bred poultry. Breeders are
apt to sell at very reasonable prices to
get rid of their surplus stock.
Is BUCKwHEAT suitable for hens?
asks subscriber. Yes, but it should
be fed with other grains. 1t is too
much of a fat producer to be fed alone.
WHIrEwAsH the nests by immersing
them in a tub of whitewash, which
should be strong enough of carbolic
acid to give out smell of the acid
Farmers Voice.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-01

tario, at cost of S32. 1t shows plans
for two pens, but it can be duplicated
or enlarged to any extent desired. Fig.
is the elevation. 1t is 1Ox16 feet, and
0 feet high in front and feet in the
rear. Tar paper is used as sheathing.
The floor is double, with tar paper be-
tween Roof, No. shingles. If any
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-01
SEA GULLS' SHARP EYES.
Their Dexterity in Seeing and Picking Up
What They Need.

"Any one who has watched the gulls
and other tish-catching birds along our
coast must have discovered how keen
is their sight and how cunningly they
discover a school of fish long before a
fin has disturbed the surface of the
water" said a sea captain. Often
times when at sea | have tested the
vision of gulls that happened near my
ship, to the great amusement OF the
passengers. l remember one occasion
when the ship was going along at a
pretty rapid rate | noticed number of
gulls following closely in our wake,
apparently on the watch fer anything
that might be thrown overheard
Going to the cabin l procured a small
biscuit, and returning to the deck. pre-
pared to show the passengers the won
derful power of vision possessed by
these birds. Breaking the biscuit into
small pieces, the largest of which was
less than an inch square, dropped one
into the seething waters, just under
the bow of the vessel. 1t was of the
same color as the foam into which it
was dropped, and it was, Of course,
rapidly carried astern. Once dropped,
the piece was utterly invisible to our
eyes, and we could only guess as to its
whereab bouts; but before it had fallen
thirty yards astern a large gull de-
tected it, and with a headlong dart
dipped into the foam and secured it.
With equal dexterity the other bits
were picked up, one by one, the gulls
at last venturing so close to the vessel
that they seemed to be watching our
movements with their large bright
eyes. "-Harper's Young People.
Much as we dislike trouble we are sci
dom willing to admit that anybody else has
as 0uch as Young Nous Era.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-01

If you are held captive by the enemy,
rheumatism, bound hand and foot in the
shaoa,les of rheumatic govt, you have your
self to blame, because you did not check
their approach in the outset, with Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. Tackle them at once
with this pain soothing, nerve quoting,
blood depurating specific, and you will eX-
perience speedy relief. Biliousness, ma
iarial, dyspeptic, liver and neuralgia com
plants Weld to it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-01
Hard Times BrilIiancy.

Bride (disconsolately)-Half my we'd
ding presents are cheap plated things
Mother-Never mind, my dear; no
one will suspect it. have hired two
detectives to make themselves conspic-
uous watching them.-N. Y. Weekly.