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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
TOMBSTONE RHYMES.
Remarkable Samples Discovered In New
England Cemeteries.

Remarkable Samples Discovered In New
England Cemeteries.
1t is common to say that makers of
gravestones have little regard for the
truth; monumental liars" they are
sometimes called. But though the
good side of the departed is generally
and properly-emphasize there are
many instances in which a spirit of
frankness seems to have possessed the
village poets, whose services are SO
much in demand on mortuary occa-
sions.
In a Vermont cemetery, according to
an exchange, one may read the follow
ing epitaph, which certainly does not
TT on the side of flattery:
Here lies in silent clay
Miss Arabella Young,
Who, on the 2lst OF May,
Began TO hold her tongue.
And here is a quatrain, never be-
fore in print, of curiously similar i'm
port
Here lies the body OF Hannah Thurber,
Once she talked, and none could curb herr
Three husbands had she, all are dead,
They died of earache so It's said.
In the same rural cemetery where
this last outspol1en epitaph is found,
visitors sometimes pause to smile at the
ingenious grief of widower whose
change of mood in the concluding coup
let was perhaps quite unintentional:
In memory OF Susan Glover,
My wife most true and kind;
Though should marry ten times over,
Her like l shall not ind
Grammatical correctness is perhaps
too much to ask of the unprofessional
masters, and while man is intent
upon minding them, he is almost to be
| pardoned for using little too much Of
| that very convenient article known as
poetic license. In case like the fol-
lowing we may praise the smoothness
of the verse rather than laugh at the
ruggedness of the grammatical con-
struction:
Pause, good friend and drop tear,
| The body OF John Pratt is here.
Think of the day when you will be
Under the sod as deep as me-
The amateur poeti is troubled not only
by the trammels Of meter and rhyme,
but by the narrow space in which he
isobliged to work. 1t is impossible to say
everything in four lines, and, as a con-
sequence, much must be left to the I'M
derstanding of the reader. So it was,
no doubt, with the author of the fol
lowing:
Beneath this stone lies William Bett.
In the river he was drowned;
sQuaL came W, his boat upset,
His body was never found.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
CHEAP HOMEMADE GREENHOUSE.

structed as it might be. For peoAe
who cannot do better, and must avoid
every expense possible, especially also
that involved by the plan of hot water
heating, / think | can recommend the
house here illustrated (cut made after
an illustration appearing in Canadian
Horticulturist) Any person handy
with tools could put up the frame work.
The material is almost wholly scant-
ling, 2 by 4 inches, and cheap boards.
The building should be double-boarded,
with paper between the two walls. Or
binary hot-bed sash can serve for the
roof, and the side windows may also be
bought ready made in any sash and
blind factory. The heating may be
done by simple flue, the fireplace (for
coal or wood, being in the northwest
corner, and the chimney in the east end.
Our Canadian friend, who furnished
the idea, uses house of this kind as a
sleeping-room at night, and sitting
and working room by day. The posts
or studdiny along the front side are
by inches, 6 feet high, and set just far
enough apart to allow the windows tc
come between, so no window castings
are used. The house is 10 feet wide
and heated with 2h foot box stove
that takes in very coarse wood. The
stove pipe runs along the back or north
side of the building, behind the staging
that is under the roof windows.-Amer
lean Gardening.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
THE GOOSE BARNACLE.
One of the Most Interesting Members or
the Shellfish Family.

One of the Most Interesting Members or
the Shellfish Family.
The goose barnacle does not attach
itself to an object rigidly by its shell,
like the common barnacle, but by a
disk, at the base of stem or a neck,
and it is from this stem or neck that it
gets the name of goose barnacle. With
a glue or secretion of its own it at
taches itself so tightly that it is diff
cult to scrape it off; but the neck is
flexible. The body of the goose barn
acle, when its hand or feeder is within
its shell and out of sight, looks some
thing like soft-shelled clam; and it is,
in fact, sometimes called the clam bar
nacle. The goose barnacle is not I'M
usual in the waters around New York.
In its earliest existence the goose
barnacle, like other barnacles, is free
swimmer, but it very soon attaches it
self, and thereafter it remains fast. 1t
may hitch on to a Spite in tideway or
to some other fixed object, but it is gen.
orally FOUND moored to a floating OBJ
ject, piece of wood, a plank, or the
side of vessel; fastened to a moving
object it is more likely to get sufficient
sustenance.
The barnacle lives upon animalcul9.
1t fishes for its food with a feeder,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

A covered tin pail will serve as receptacle
for bottles and water. A shallow bench
on which to set the bottles to keep them
from pumping" may be made from tin
plate punched full of holes. An inverted
bowl or block will serve to equalize
level of milk in different sized bottles
where such are used. Cover is removed
when temperature of water is taken.
pints and quart cans are used at the
same time, an inverted dish or piece of
wood will equalize the level.) Set these
in fiat bottomed tin pail and fill with
warm water to same level as milk. An
inverted pie tin punched with holes
will serve as a stand on which to place
the bottles during the heating process.
3. Heat water in pail until the tenn
perature reaches one hundred AMI
sixty degrees Fahrenheit; then remove
from source of direct heat, cover with a
cloth of tin cover, and allow the whole
to stand for half an hour.
4. Remove bottles of milk and cool
them as rapidly as possible without
danger to bottles, and there in refrig-
orator.
There are several devices that have
been suggested for this purpose, but
this simple method is quite as eticieni
as any other. Milk treated in this way
ought to keep perfectly sweet for sew
eral days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
FRESH DAIRY NOTES.

The severe drought has stopped the
operation of creameries in many parts
of the country.
We have noticed more reports of poi
soning from cheese this year than ever
before. This is possibly because the PEG
pie are learning to distinguish the
symptoms of this sort of poison bet
ter than formerly.
1t is important in the dry season
that the cows have a plentiful supply
of fresh pure water. If they have
plenty of this they will do much better
on the dry grass than they will if the
water furnished them is impure and
stagnant.
The Michigan State Dairy association
will hold series of dairy Institutes al
the county fairs of that state this fall
which will doubtless be of great benefit
to those who Sttend and attract inter
est to this industry. The idea might be
carried out in other states with profit
Farm News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
THE PECULIAR TURK.

What He Does When Fire Breaks Out
in His Neighborhood.
American boys and girls accustomed
to the dash of fire horses through the
streets, and the reaching of the burn
ing house or shop in five or ten min
utes, only fair performance of our fire
departments, will laugh to hear how
the slow-going Turk manages the mat
ter.
In Turkeys most important city,
Constantinople, there are no electric
fire signals to be rung at almost any
street corner, but the fires are watched
for from several fire towers that are
built in various portions of the city
The one shown in the accompanying
picture is in the old part of CONSTANT
nOple, just inside the gate of Soula-
mamie, and is historic one, for it is
built on the site of the forum of Con-
stantine the Great, from whose
name, as many of you probably know,
this beautiful city of the Bosporus is
named. Toward the top of this tall,
graceful tower rod or pole projects on
each side; these are for the fire signals.
On the top of the tower stands. day and
night, Waterman, who looks all about
on every side for the first sign of a fire.
If he sees a suspicious smoke any
where he at once hangs out on the rods
& sort of ball-shaped basket or lantern
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
THE HEAVIEST TAX.
Farmers Pay Millions Every Year Which
Could Easily BE Saved.


Could Easily BE Saved.
The roads of the country, says Farm
News, are disgrace besides being the
most costly of all our public works.
If we could have good roads it would
add more to the value of farm property
than all the other public improvements
put together ever have. 1t would re-
duce the cost of getting our crops to
market one half, and, in the saving OF
feed that is now fed to idle horses, it
would amount to sum that staggers
the imagination.
Every day that team remains idle
it is something for which no return
will ever be received. If we had good
roads the teams could be used on the
farm when the ground was in condition
and the crops could be hauled to mar
ket at such times farm work could not
be prosecuted.
With good roads larger loads could
be hauled and time saved in this way.
| 1t has been computed that the average
cost of getting crops from the farm to
the railroad station is greater than put
ting it from the railroad station to the
sea-board, and if We count the cost of
ordinary wages we will see that this is
not far wrong.
The subject of improving the roads
of the various states is being agitated
now, and the Good Roads league is
scattering information on the subjecT,
and it is to be hoped that the people OF
the country will awaken to the impor-
lance of the matter before long and at
tend to it promptly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
TURKISH FIRE TOWER.

as It is called, one for each district, up
to the one where the fire seems to be.
The city was built on seven hills, and
each hill is district, so if the fire is in
the third district three balls will hang
on each side, that all may know where
to run for the fire.
The street watchman, whose duty it
Is to keep his eye often on the tower,
soon sees the signal, and ID it is in his
district he starts on a run to warn the
firemen. He has a club, and ashe runs
he beats on the pavement with it, and
cries at the top of his voice: "Yanghin
var! Yanghin var!" There is fire!
There is firer' The first to hear
the noise and din are the dogs
of the city, and the dogs of
Constantinople ought to have story
all by themselves, for they are very
prominent. There are ten thouGand of
them, and the visitors say that it seems
as if every dog in the city turned out
for every fire. 1t is certain that almost
at once the Waterman has a great
crowd of dogs yelping and barking at
his heels, and this commotion soon
arouses the fremen. These are volun-
teers, not a regular company of trained
men as we have, and part of them run
to where an old-fashioned hand engine
is kept, and get it out and start for the
fire with it, and another set of men
grab their leather water bags, which
they sling over their shoulders as they
run. and go to the nearest public foun-
l.
they, too, rush to the fire, the engine
pipes are attached to the bags, the men
begin to pump, and at last, when the
fire has had good half hours start,
some small streams of water are played
on it, without, however, as you may
guess, very much effect.
At night a colored light is used on
the towers, its color showing the dis
trict where the fire is. AS the districts
are large and the fremen have no idea
in what part Of the district the fire
may be, they sometimes race over the
most of \, with dogs and people follow
ing, before they find the blaze; by that
time, perhaps, good part of the
water has leaked out of She bags,
which are kept in use when they are
old and worn, and little good can be
done. 1t is because their means OF
fighting fire are SO slight and imper
feet that the city is often visited by
most serious fires, and this is why, too
the most dreadful sound in the streets
particularly at night, is the shrilI
"Yanghin VAR" of the Waterman
Many of the wealthier citizens keep or
hand large heavy curtains, almost a.
thick as the Turkish rugs, and of grea
size, which they hang in front of theil
houses when a fire is near and Seems
threatening. This curtain is called
kuzkeelim.-N Y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
The Ethical Side of Dairying.

No other agricultural line can be
compared to dairying. Hog raising
premeditates cold blooded murder.
Bee keeping is systematic robbery.
Beef raising is cold, heartless desertion
of the animals which had fed from the
hand they had learned to trust, and
horse raising, in speed lines, caters to
the dishonest greed of gain which
hopes to profit by others losses. The
boy who has been reared on the dairy
farm will not 60 far wrong.-Farmer'S
Voice. 49,.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE WISE LITTLE SCHOLAR.

The wisest of my scholars is gentle little
maiden,
Who looks at life and learning with pair Of
soft blue eyes;
She has an answer ready, with a deal Of logic
laden,
And solves all knotty questions and prob
lens as they rise.
We were learning in geography OF surface
elevations
"Can You tell me what relief maps nre?" I
asked the little class.
] expected only hanging heads and verbal
heSitations;
But my wisest little scholar couldn't let q
question pass.
eff you please, SIT, said she, joyously-with
pride her cheeks were burning,
To think that she could answer when the
others couldn't do it
"a relief map is map you've been a awful
time a-learning,
And you're awful tired OF IT, and you're so
glad to get hoo 1t -
Louisa Il Bruce, in N. Y. Independent
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
How Papa Was Pinned Down.

Papa, I've got some mending for
you 10 do. My roller-skates are broken. u
"Well, put them away till morning.
It's too late to mend anything now"
"Whyl you said this morning that It
was never too late to mend. "-Harper'E
Round Tnble
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
PASTEURiZlNG MILK.
Directions for Performing This Important
Operation at Home.

Directions for Performing This Important
Operation at Home.
The following directions for perform
ing this operation at home are issued
by the Wisconsin Experiment station:
1t is possible to carry out the opera.
ton with very simple arrangements.
In fact, it can be thoroughly and eff
GENTLY done by the addition of al
ordinary thermometer to the common
utensils found in every kitchen.
For the benefit of those who may de-
sire to pasteurize milk, either for gem
eral or infant use, the following simple
suggestions are offered:
1. Use only fresh milk mot moro
than twelve hours old) for this pur-
pose.
2. Place milk in clean bottles or fruit
cans, filling to a uniform level. Of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
Kate Field In Denver.

DENVER, Sept. 10-My journey from
q Quincy Railroad, one of the best man
aged systems in the country, should says
judging by the civility of the employees, the
comfort l experienced, the excellence of it,
roadbed, and the punctuality of arrival l
actually reached Denver ahead of time. The
Burlington Route is also the best to ST.
Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha and Kansas City.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

Hidden in the grass, malaria but waits our
approach, to spring at and fasten its fangs
upon us. There is, however, a certain anti
dote to its venom which renders it powerlesa
for evil Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is this
acknowledged and world-famed specific, and
it is, besides this, thorough curative fol
rheumatism, dyspepsia, liver complaint, con
stipation la grippe and nervousness; IN CON
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
CHEAP GREENHOUSE.

Any Person Handy with Tools Can Put
Up One without Trouble.
There seems to be a great demand
for cheap greenhouse. Many people
who raise plants for home use, or sale
on limited scale, would like to have a
plant-house of some kind, but fear the
expense. The little greenhouse at
Woodlands gives entire satisfaction,
but it is by no means as cheaply con-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24
Highest of all in Leavenng PowerLatest u Govt Report
@!> q! RRskii:s
ABSOLUTELY PURE

"YoU ask me to marry you, George3" she
said, slowly. "Do you know that ! am
rich?n YES" ''In my own right!' Yes"
And that you will have to come to me for
money!" YES" Even for a cab farel'
Eyes" "And that you will have to walk
in pleasant weatherln 'Yes.n "And you
are willing to marry me and take the
chances!" Eyes" ''Then / am yours,
George, and l hope you may be happy
Household Words.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

Lady Customer-Are you sure this is
real Ceylon tea?
Well-Informed Young Salesman -
Certainly madam, Mr.. Ceylon's name
Is on every package.-Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

NEVER listen to calumnies, because, if
they are untrue, run the risk of being de
ceived; and if they are true, of hating per
sons not worth thinking about Monies
quieu.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

LET'S take the instant by the forward top; ;
for we are old, and on our quickest DEGREES
the inaudible and noiseless foot of time
steals ere we can effect them.-Shake-
SDeare.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

Coon PLAN.-''What did yourtailor charge
YOU for that suit" Nothing" what
How did that happenH "He didn't charge
it. paid him for it. detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

T.-'Arry-"Let's take baout,
Chorley." Chorley-"Not me! Not just
after d dinner costin' me two shillin's. -
Fun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

The statistician is not given to fgurative
expression, Notwithstanding he is given to
expressing himself in figures. Young Mems
Era
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

How TO tie knott shouldn't be hard
for muden to tie a knot with the young
man whom she can twist round her finger.
Household.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

HE-"Id kiss you if l dared" She
''What YOU don't think I'd strike a man, do
your'-Albany Freeman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

THERE is this difference between happi-
ness and wisdom, that he who thinks him
self the happiest man, really is so; but he
that thinks himself the wisest is generally
the greatest fool.-Colton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

JEss-"They say Heaven lies about US in
our infancy" Jack-"Possibly; anyway
the world does when we grow up."-N. Y
Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

"PAw," inquired Tommy Tucker, "when
it was young did they call it Boyhattan
island Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

NATURAL SEouENCE.-"I see she was mar
ried in a bloomer suit. What next?' "a
divorce suit, probably. detroit Fret
Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

He is a great simpleton who imagines
that the chief power of wealth is to supply
wants. In ninety -nine cases out of hun.
dred it creates more wants than 1t supplies.
Anon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

A BEGGAR's rags may cover as much pride
as an aldermans gOwn.-Spurgeon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

MEN are never so easily deceived as while
they are endeavoriug to deceive Others
Rochefoucauld.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

WE have not been without Piso's Cure for
Consumption for 20 years.-LIzzIE FERREL,
Camp St, Harrisburg, Pa, May 4, '94.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

HARvEY's Scalp Food makes hair grow. SOC.
What cleans the blood! PUMFICo. 500.
FreeAdUice HARVEY MEDICAL Co. ,CinCin'u Q.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

THE quarter of an hour before dinner is
the worst suitors can choose.-Zimmer-
man.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

STUPIDITY Where is your French cook,
Mrs Toneall2" "She has taken French
leave n-Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

Would you kill the weeds in your gar
den, plant it with good seed; if the ground
be well occupied there will be less need Of
the hoe.-A. Fuller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

MORE EARLY HISTORY. Yes, l see you're
a new woman, Eve" said Adam, but III
take the risk You haven't any past. Chi
cago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

THERE is nothing that man can less at.
ford to leave at home than his conscience
or his good habits.-Packe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

EVERY great writer is a writer of history,
let him treat on what subject he may
Landor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

BEECHAM's PILLS for constipation 10c and
25c. Get the book (free) atyour druggists
and go by it. Annual sales 100000 boxes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-24

Halls Catarrn Cure
Is taken internally. Price 75c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-27
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RTCHvOvn.
Y0RK.RlYER LINE, VIA wE>rpoIyr
THE FAvoRITE ROUTE NORTH
LEAVE RICHMOND.
TRAIN No. 10. a.in p n

TRAIN No. 10. $40 r. T.
LOCAL EXPRESS. daily eAe-pt SIM.
day. Stops al all stations. At Les,s,
Manor connects with stage for Walktrt5n'
also at West Point with YOrA-r,ys,
steamers for Baltimore
TRAIN No 10. AS Z. VI.
BALTIMORE LIMITED. daily. eKce.t
Sunday. Close connection al West Fo.nt
with steamer for Baltimore.
Steamers leave Baltimore at T. n
and West Point T. NJ. daily. exeeg.
Sunday.
Trains from West Point arrive az Pes.
mond at 9:01 a. NJ. daily; 10 % A h.
daily, except Sunday and Monday. anu a,
200 l.. NJ. daily, except sunday
TRAIN No. 80. 100 s. ~
LOCAL. MINED. daily except sunday
leaves Twenty-third street for West Pllrt
ana intermediate points.
Ticket-office at station, foot of Virginia
street open from 500 4. NJ. 10 Coo T. NJ,
ana from $50 L. NJ. 10 2.p1 a. 81
]. NJ. CULP. W. 4. TURK.
Traffic Manager. General Pass Agt
W. II. GREEN. General Superintendent
~. j. O'BRIEN, Superintendent.
s. g. WHITEHEAD. CITY raeser.
ger Agent. go east Main street. hlchmont
Va. ia