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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04
FARM AND GARDEN.
STRONG FOOT BRIDGE.
gow 20 Bald Ces Of the Popular suspea-
sion Variety.

gow 20 Band Csas Of the Popular suspen-
sian Variety.
Foot bridges, In both mountainous
and nearly level regions, across streams
from ten 10 one hundred feet in width,
would often be a great convenience
and save going around to cross on some
public bridge. Since wire has become
so plentiful and cheap there is no great
difficulty in having foot bridges across
almost any stream less than one hun
dred feet in width. Posts are set firmly
in the ground from four to ten feet
back from the margin of the stream,
as shown in the illustration, from
sketch by L. d. Shook. Against these
posts is placed a strong piece of timber
of some durable wood, around which
are firmly secured the ends of the wire
intended for the bridge support. A
fifty-foot bridge requires No. or 8
gauge annealed fence placed from six
to eight inches apart always remem-
bering that the shorter and narrower
the bridge, the less weight in foot
boards it will be obliged to support,
consequently the more durable it will
prove The wires should not be drawn
too tightly, but should have curve of
about ten inches in fifty-foot bridge.
Make the floor of some light, durable
wood one inch thick and four inches in
width. Commence laying at one end,
fastening each end of the board to the
outside wire with staple driven I'M
derneath. Place the boards one inch
apart.
The posts should be about four feet
IN height, over which are strung hand
wires firmly secured to anchor posts as
shown. Short guy wires are placed
every few feet and connected with the
outside foundation wires; these not
only add to the supporting strength of
the structure but prevent the bridge
swaying in heavy gales. If heavy
stones are placed near the posts for
The cross-timber to rest against the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04
The Russian Thistle.

The so-called Russian thistle, which
has become such pest in the north
western states, is not properly n
thistle at ALL but an annual, nearly
allied to the saltworts. 1t has done
more than $4,000, 600 damage to the
crops last year. 1t was accidentally in
itroduced seventeen years ago in some
Ihaxseed imported from Russia by a
man in Scotland, 5. d. 1t is estimated
that it will cost 100000 to eradicate
1t, and the department of agriculture
has been appealed TO to take the matter
In hand.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04
.ck Gowns
goods there are some at

- goods there are some at
tracti> :. yelties. Carmelite is hardly
new. but needs word. 1t is one of
the family of Henriettas and is as lus-
trous, soft and silky as the other goods
of this make. 1t is silk and wool
mixture, possibly little light for fall
wear, but very satisfactory for house
wear all through the winter. Basket
cloths and the old armure fabrics are
revived in black and the new crepe
cloth is soft and Grapes well, besides
looking as 'crepey'' as the stiff mourn
ing fabric itself Broadcloth will be
worn in black, altho ugh not in colors,
and swivels will prevail even more in
the somber goods. An inexpensive lit
tie home gown can be made of serpen-
tine crepe, which is variety of the swiv-
ell goods. There is q new goods called
empire, which comes in greater varie-
ty in black than in colors. One very
attractive pattern has ribs, alternately
broad and narrow. Another shows a
narrow satin stripe, while the very
prettiest has little pinhead spots of
satiuy stuff scattered over it after the
fashion of the shower of hail" For
evening wear the newest thing is a
crepaline. 1t is crinkley, of course, but
has bar or cord running through it.
1t comes in colors and also black, with
mowers in natural tints scattered ir-
regularly over the surface.-N. Y. Post.
just as Good.
. ,aw--have you such thing as-as a
full-dwess cigah?" inquired Fweddy,
who was on his way home from a re-
ception.
~ think not, sir" said the tobacco
mist, refectively, but we have some in
very elegant wrappers" - Chicago
Tribune.
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WOMEN AS MIXERS.
Why They Are to BE Preferred to Men
When They Can BE Had.

Why They Are to BE Preferred to Men
When They Can BE Had.
A correspondent in the Country
Gentlemen says:
We have several times had an ar
rangement with wives of our tenants
for milking morning and evening, and
have paid ten cents for each service
that is twenty cents per day. This is
based upon an hours service at each
milking, at the rate of one dollar for
days work. In an hours time good
milller ought to milk ten cows
There are several reasons why wom-
en- are to be preferred for mixers when
they can be had, or when a portion of
the force can be women. Their natural
dexterity is greater than that of men,
and they will milk with more rapidity
and with greater ease to the cows,
which means that they will get more
milk, and the udders of the cows will
be kept in better condition.
The presence of women at milking
time checks rude conversation and
boisterous conduct, and the quieter the
stable can be kept the better, especially
if You have any nervous cows. The men
are not apt to neglect the thorough
cleaning of the stalls or brushing of
the cows in the occasional absence of
the proprietor if they know that wom-
en- are to aid in the milking. The
average man, born, or long resident in
this country, looks upon every woman
as a lady, and entertains for her re-
spectful courtesy which keeps him up
on his good behavior in her presence.
Anyone will be making a good move in
Introducing as many women as he can
AMONG his millxers
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and one-half feet in length, from three
by four-inch hard wood stuff, and firm
ly nail to the side of one end of these
a board at least eight inches wide, to
form the sides of the table. Along the
top edge of each end drive wire fence
staples, one and one-half inches apart,
with about a quarter of an inch of
staple left projecting. Through these
staples tightly string No. ~ galvanized
wire lengthwise of the table, as shown,
making all spices near the staples, to
produce a smooth surface in the CEN
ter. For every four feet in length nail
cross-piece or support. The proper
width is for three rows of pans, and
by little calculation the cross pieces
can be located between the cross rows
of pans. Hence no wood work will be
within several inches of them. Should
the space be limited, two-story table
may be used by increasing the length
of the legs and using Il four-inch board
for the upper sides, in which case only
two rows Of pans will prove more con-
venient to place in position and re-
move, unless the space between the
two tables be increased, which is easily
done. BY using the best galvanized
staples and wire these tables will last
many years and in most sections wire
can be obtained almost as cheaply as
the pine boards. Milk thus set cools
as quickly as if hung in mid-air.-Amer-
lean Agriculturist
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04
Have You Thought

About going to Florida this winter7 It's
the greatest resting place in America Sea-
son soon opens. Elegant hotels, magnif-
cent tropical surroundings. While people
in the North SILVER and button their great
coats closer you can sail summer streams,
lounge through the magnolias, or rest under
the bloom of orange groves.
You can angle in the best stocked fishing
waters of America.
You can have the most perfect hotel
service.
The way TO reach Florida is by the vesti-
buled Trains Of the Queen q Crescent
Route.
Finest trains in the South.
Solid Trains and Through Sleepers TO
Jacksonville.
100 miles shorter than any other line
Service as perfect as a modern American
railway can make it.
Apply to any agent, or send your address
to W. c. RINEARsoN, g. P. A, Cincinnati,
o., for winter tourist rates, schedules, In
formation as to hotels, etc. See that your
tickets read over
THE QUEEN & CRESCENT ROUTE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

S. S. Teacher explaining the sultle
influence of Satan)-Why is that boy
will pass by the fruit in his own yard,
and then take the same sort of fruit,
not bit better, from neighbor's tree?
Boy-'Cause if yeh take y'r own
fruit, yr father will lick yeh, but il
yeh take the neighbours fruit, Tho,
neighbor dasent lick yeh, cause your
father will get mad and lick him.
Good News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04
MlLK-SETTiNG TABLE.
1t Insures Free Circulation of Air All
Around the Cans.


Those who do not use u creamery for
cooling milk and raising cream should
use every practical effort to cool the
milk as soon as possible after being
quisites is cool cellar. The next i'm
portant thing is to so locate the pans that
there is a free circulation of air all
about and beneath them. The accom-
panying illustration shows milk ta-
BILE which was planned by l.. D. Shook
for this purpose. 1t is SO simple and
cheap that any farmer can make one.
For the size of table needed for five or
six cows, cut four legs or supports, two
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04
@1OO Reward. @IOO.

The reader OF this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity Catarrh
being constitutional disease requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting naturein doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails TO cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, O.
s~Sold by Druggists, T5c.
HALLS Family Pills. 25 cents
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04
Keep Your Weather Eye Open.

Fraud loves shining mark. Occasionally
spurious limitations spring up of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, the great American family
remedy for chills and fever, dyspepsia, con-
stipation, biliousness, nervousness, neu-
ralgia, rheumatism and kidney disorder.
These limitations are usually fiery local Bit
tiers full of high wines. Look out for the
firm signature on the genuine label and
vignette of st. George and the dragon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04
1e Worlds Fair Photos for One Dime.

The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
frst-class publishing house to furnish a
series of beautiful World S Fair pictures, of
large size, at the nominal cost to the pur-
chaser of only ten cents for portfolio of
sixteen Illustrations Nothing so handsome
In reference to the Worlds Fair has before
been published. The series would be worth
not published in such large quantities, and
we are therefore able to furnish these works
of art for only ten cents.
Remit your money to GEORGE II. HEAF-
FORD, General Passenger Agent, Chicago,
Milwaukee q ST. Paul Railway, at Chica-
go, Ill, and the pictures will be sent prompt
ly to any specified address. They will make
handsome holiday gift.
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Limit.

Charley Hardup-What will you have
first?
Ada-O, please order for me. l eat
everything.
Charley Hardup-Not when you're
out with me, my dear!-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

should send at once to John Sebastian, O.
T. A, c. R. l. & P. R. r., Chicago, TIM
CENTS, in stamps, per pack for the slcksss
cards you ever shuffled. For S100 you viii
receive free by express ten packs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

BINGs-"Whirer didn't say thing whel
Knox mashed his hat" Bangs How coult
hel That's what he talks through. Life
Calendar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04
THE QUEEN & CREsCEN

ONCE asked my old darby the age of the
two boys he left behind him in old "kain
tuck" Thoughtfully he polished his bald
old skull moment and then said: "Dere's
one of 'em big enough to plow and de
udders two sizes smaller. "-Washingto
Post
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

Mrs. PEAcHBLow-"Why does your hus-
band carry such tremendous amount OF
hIe insurance m Mhen nes IN such perLeSs
me. Men are naturally cruel. Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

No, MIEERvA, the tie that binds together
the hearts Of the theatrical profession is
not Il railroad tic.-Elmira Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

Miss DAYpYE-'I shall never marry
Miss Bloom Don't say that; some one
may leave you q fortune some day. Brook
lyn Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

WHEy man is ordered to get gait on Il
is nonsense for him to take offense. --Phila-
delpLia Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

IT may rot ruin man financially to pro-
pose to q girl, but it often temporarily en-
barrasscs him. Rochester Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

THE problem Of the day-How to get
this years sleeves into last years jacket
London Punch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

MN is an animal, but it doesn't follow
that man who has lost the power Of speech
is dumb animal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

In an autograph book-"Be consistent
Never accept advice Not even this"
Fliegende Bleetter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

"WILLY." said the history teacher, chow
did Cleopatra diel' 'She bit herself with
snake" said Willy.-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

AFTER all, 1t is the condition Of trade tina
regulates the fashions. Nearly all kinds o
garments are worn longer in dull times thai
in prosperous nes.-Boston Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

You can't tell the size of mans bank
account by The magnitude of his chrysan-
themum.- hilGdelphia Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

Mr.. BEENTHERE-"Well think marriage
at the best is but lottery" Miss Yellow
leaf (eagerly)-"You don't happen to
know where they sell tickets, do yor 9''-
Chips.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

WE met man to-day with string tied
around his finger, and he confessed that is
meant pair of suspenders and a mouse
trap.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

TIE motto of business man in Erie
county, N. Y, is: "All things come to hin
who hustles while he waits
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

TIE barber is always champion. When
he has q shaving match with customer,
the cup remains with him.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

EVERY man is supposed to know his own
business, but it is hard for his friends to
believe :t.-PIck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

DEATH does not end all. Look at the
large number of contested will cases.
Texas SiftingS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

CURE your cough with Hale's Honey oS
Horehound and Tar.
Pike g Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
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"TnIcKuEDs ignorance has got him
into box at last HAS, eh? What kind
,ota, boxp' Jury box. Buffalo Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

A PHILOSOPHER is man who does not tr,
to argue with Others until Re knows he cal
down them-Galveston News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

ToMMY-"Willie do you know the names
Of all the stars2" Willie-"No." Tommy
"Well, do. That ones O'Brien."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

To ERR is human, and there are some peo-
pie who are remarkably human.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

DIR. Hoxsie's Certain Group Cure
Saves thousands of lives. Checks lung
troubles. Send soc. to Hoxsie, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

LAURA-"Tell me, Uncle George, is that
deformed gentleman what is called a
'crook2" Uncle George-''No, indeed. He
is q bicyclist. boston Transcript.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-07-07
NEWS CONVERSATIONS.

Congressman Lisle Of Kentucky d
A controlling interest in Duluth
street railways has been sold 60 Eastern
capitalists.
The cash balance in the treasurvais
Sli9. O79s328, OF which $64.742. 7S5 e
gold reserve.
The more favorable weather of the
second half Of June has had q good
influence upon cereals in Hungary.
O'Donovan Rosa has returned to
England and announces his intention
OF standing for election as city marshal
of Dublin.
George Pond, u negro, charged with
attempting to criminally assault \
white woman, was hanged by n mob nc
Fulton, Miss.
Thomas Cantwell and Charles Quinn
have been arrested in London. chareed
with melting the murder OF member
OF the royal family.
A dispatch from Sofia, Bulgaria, saws
that x-Premier Stambulof will be in.
dicted for general abuse of power and
for opening private letters.
At Upper Marlboro. Md. Jamea
Allen, colored, was hanged for assault
upon q I2-year-old daughter OF Thomas
Simpson, residing neal Woodmore.
1t is officially declared that the re
ported ferry accident ON the river
Tess, in which 100 people were said 10
have been drowned, 10 entirely nm
founded.
Richard Lenox. alias r. Z. Goodwin.
alias HI. i. Leonard, a famous crook.
who defrauded two Milwaukee banks
out q $4,000 on June "a last. was ar
rested near Atsscon, N. =.
The Brazilian minister at London has
received a dispatch saying that 1 loo
rebels were killed In the battle Mt Passo
Funda, Rio Grande do Sui, June 27.
which General Saraiva, the insurgent
commander, has claimed az q victory.
The contract for completing the state
capitol building ct Bismarck has been
let to George 6hickler, 81. Paul. The
work will begin as soon 40 the material
can be moved. Workmen and material
will only lie accepted from North Da-
kota residents.
Congressman Haugen proposes TO in
troduee D resolution instrueting the
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce TO prepare d bill for the gov.
eminent control Of railroads In accord
ance with the general idea laid down
by a. B. Shckney In his recent book on
the railway problem.
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Ala the A. a. U. Men I'm IA City 0uis
"-" $500 work.
CLEVELAND, O., July ~7.-Slowly but
surely the great railroad strike Ia sweep.
ing eastward.
After an all night session or the men,
bsrs Of the A. r. u, In which every
road running into the city was repre-
sented, 10 was decided at an early hour
TO tie mp every line centering in Cleve.
land. BY z o'clock the Big Four yards
were reported dead, with the exception
OF an occasional passenger train. The
night force had quit and the day men
failed TO appear for duty.
A like condition Of affairs prevailed
on the Cleveland, Canton and Southern
road, where work ceased at an early
hour, and the yards were as silent 90
the grave.
As soon as the long session OF the
A. II. q. came TO an end
committees were started out i'm all
directions to notify the men in the nu-
merotis yards { cease work.
.flnAt 3 O'clock the Lake Shore men
struck. Out OF 40 crews and engines
ON that road in this city, only ONE en-
CINE was working. and the men ON that
said they had not yet been notified. One
or W passenger trains arrived and de-
parted during the early morning hours,
but 10 long freight trains were being
constantly pulled into the yards and
deserted on the main track, it seemed
probable that . blockade would soon
result.
The Cleveland and Pittsburg men
promptly stopped work when notified
I o do SO by the committee, and at $50
q. m. only q crew out OF thirty was
at work.
The men who struck are exclusively
switchmen, and passenger trains viii
only be affected by freight blockades.
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q Nsesolutlan 81 Alan.

WASHINGTON. July I-Allsn 81 Ne.
braska introduced In the senate 3 reeo-
luton Tor the appointment Of d ICON.
naittee of i've senators, not o than
two Of whom shall be- OF the Same
party, 70 consider the Instability 81
necessity OF government .ownsrship 81
railroads and teleeraphs and especially
the existing troubles between employers
and employees, and what legislation i
necessary 70 prevent strikea and lock-
outs In the future.
%. Paai and Dnluth Crsppied.
DULUTH, July THE ST. Paul and
Duluth road has been drawn into the
strike here. All switchmen Quit and
clerks and other employees are making
up the trains. Trains are getting ont
ON the Omaha with .'scab' fremen.
The Northern Pacific is closed MP tight
and nothing is moved. TX the Sc. Paul
and Duluth ties up entirely there will
be- o scarcity Of provision here M nearly
everything Is coming over that road
now
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-07-07

takes but o mighty short time to do q
lot Of very effective shooting, and il is
matter for surprise, this year OF blood
and disaster and reprisals, that the she'd
ding Of blood In the Ashland district
has been delayed % long.
The public Ii well informed regard
ing the ~pre-existing facts of the situa-
tion--the circumstances, that In Of the
legal contest Id which he came on Sec
ond best; that w. G. p. Breckinridge.
the sitting member from the Ashland
district, had 30 no through, with Made
line Pollard for an opponent. and the
opposition that has developed against
him ON social purity grounds The pub
lie should also be aware Of tbs fact
that down 60 the present time q Demo
cratic nomination I'm the Ashland dis
trict has been equal to an election; that
the battle now raging il for the nomi-
nation only, and that IL Il quite within
the bounds of possibility that there may
be more than one Democratic nominee
this fall. III there is, the fight kor the
election will doubtless be b harder 0ne
than that for the nomination. Colonel
Breckinridge's chief sopponeuts In the
present fight arc Owens and Settle, ths
first named being perhaps the more
prominent of the two.
William G. Owens lis q citizen OF
Georgetown, KY, q town located about
GO, miles from Lexington. the state cap-
ital. He Is q man who has alEeadymade
. record 10 public official. having sery-
cd many years In the state l~egislasnre
and more than one term ~ speaker OF
the lower house. Moreover, he ID not
unknown outside Of Kentucky, Tor at
this last national convention OF the Dem
ocratic party he was made temporary
chairman and won praise by the digni-
fed manner with which he acquitted
himself ON that occasion. He ID about
40 years Of age, D bachelor. and his
family, like the Breckinridge family, il
or the blue grass aristocracy. He Is q
lawyer with q good practice and ! lib
eraI income. His personal habits are
indicated by those who know him when
they speak Of him as ga free liver and
c~onvivial spirit, but of unsullied repu-
tation." When it is added that he plays
as stiff q game OF poker as any man In
the state, 1t viii be clear to the reader
undoubtedly that he is o typical Ken
tncky gentleman. Between him and
Breckenridge there has long existed q
bitter personal feeling, and that fact &C
counts i'm some degree for the extraordi-
nary vigor which Mr.. Owens has i'm
fused into the present contest.
Evan T.. Settle, the second Democrat
ic opponent of the gallant colonel, il q
lawyer, like the others, and is a present