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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-28

of cattle for the daughters of chief.
Other women may De had for three or
four cows. If the wife does not suit
the husband in every particular, then
he sends her home and demands an
other, or else part of the price paid
must be returned to him. But if she
proves to be specially valuable the re-
latives who sold her will demand some
extra payment. A bad wife may also
be sold as a slave.
Among the Dulla tribes, on the west
coast, the women have not the slight
est vestige of a right. They are sold
and resold at the pleasure of the men,
They may be given away, lent, and
hired out. They must do all the work
in the fields, and, if they fail to bear
children, they may be killed. And vet
they often manage to hold their own
against their masters. The natural re-
suit of their position is that the women
combine against their husbands in
most alarming manner The traveller
Bastian tells of rich man in Okollo-
ma, with swhom 'he stayed for some
time. The poor fellow was at logger
heads with his women, and had to bar
ricade his hut at night time. Twenty
Infatuated women inhabited his place
and refused to come to terms.
The Importance of the women among
the Dahomeyans is well known. Their
female warriors were much more dan
gerous to European troops than the
men. The enormous extent to which
decapitation was carried on among the
Dahomeyans during Behanzin's reign
accounts for the great predominance
of women in point of numbers. A pro-
cession of the king included fifteen of
his daughters, accompanied by fifty
female slaves, 73O of his wives, thirty
Amazons of the body guard, six COM
panies of Amazons of seventy each, $50
slaves and a rear guard of another
sixty Amazons-but only $50 male war
riors. The influence of the women
among these people has been felt by
both the Germans and the French in
their colonial troubles.-Berlin Wom-
ans Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-28
HER GOLDEN HAIR, ETC.
The Sign That Caught the Crowd" in
Louisville,

The Sign That Caught the Crowd" In
Louisville,
One Saturday afternoon great
crowd had gathered in front of win
dow on Fourth avenue, where a lady
had her hair on exhibition as an ad-
vertisement for patent hair fertilizer
Her hair was long and beautiful, OF
course, and many stopped to admire it.
Of course the terrible small bow had to
come along and get in his woiL~A
little newsboy had been watching the
crowd for some time, saying nothing
at all, but one could see his eyes were
bubbling over with mischief He dis
appeared for a short time and then
suddenly reappeared. Edging his way
through the crowd, he stuck piece of
red paper on the window, on which, in
big, black letters, appeared the legend:
Her golden hair was hanging down
her back"
1t caught the crowd, and in the midst
of the general laughter the kid got
away. The girl in the window heard
the laughter, but could only see the
back of the card on the window, so she
sent clerk out to investigate. He
came, he saw, and he raised the deuce
with the laughing, gaping crowd, but
that didn't bother the crowd any.
Then he made frantic efforts to get the
card off the window, but it refused to
cone. By this time the crowd of
gazers had increased to thrice its size
and the clerk was very mad. He ac-
cused each and every person in the
crowd that ventured to laugh of put
ting the card on the window. Some
of the parties accused showed fight.
and then the clerk thought that pru-
dence was the better part of valor and
retired to the store. A little later
negro was sent out with bucket of
hot water and a sponge and the objec-
tiona BILE placard was removed. -Louis-
vile Commercial
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-28

When man tempts fate by remind.
ing spinster of her condition, his
punishment is generally swift and
sure. In a county of Ireland where
the Quakers are numerous the entire
body on one occasion gathered to.
gether for one of their quarterly meet,
ings.
After the exercises of the morning a
public luncheon was held, at which all
the friends attended. The CONVERSE
ton turned to matrimony.
Bridget" said an unmannerly
youthful member Of the society, speak,
ing across the crowded table to a prim,
elderly maiden lady, wilt thou tell
me why thou hast never married?"
Certainly, friend William" re.
sponded the ready Bridget, in a voice
audible over the room. 'Tis because
am not so aisy pleased as thy wife
was. "-Tit-Bits.
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POISONS OF THE KITCHEN.
Some Things That Should Be Watched by
All Housewives.


All Housewives.
In face of the frequent accounts OF
accidental poisoning, the following
facts may prove both interesting and
useful. In the first place, all copper
vessels should be retinted directly the
surface shows signs of being worn.
Neither acid, salt nor fatty bodies will
attack well-cleaned copper vessels
vinegar may even be boiled in them
with safety, but should it be allowed
to cool in the vessels, it will dissolve
enough copper to become dangerous
The advantage in copper poisoning is
that one of the first symptoms is vomit
ing, that is to say, the poison is elected
from the system.
Zinc, though it conceals itself SC
often under the name of galvanized
iron" is still more dangerous than cop
per. No acid foods or liquids should
ever be allowed to remain in galvan-
lied vessels. Lead, from a culinary
point of view, is the least to be recon-
mended of all the metals, as it poisons
slowly without producing vomiting,
while tin, iron, steel and nickel are
practically harmless.
But it is not only the vessels used in
preparing food which are dangerous;
many foods in themselves are legiti-
nate objects of suspicion. For in
stance, the potato becomes unfit for
food when it has commenced to germ
mate, or when it is green from having
having been partially exposed to the
air while growing. The green parts
ed poison, which has sharp taste,
and is capable of producing a paral
ysis or even death. At the end of the
winter many pigs are unhealthy
through having been fed on these
green potatoes, or potatoes from which
the eyes containing the germs have
not been carefully cut.
Mushrooms should always be care
fully verified by person thoroughly
acquainted with their peculiarities.
Some cooks put silver coin with them
when cooking; if the coin turns black
they reject the mushrooms. This is
really no test at all, as many of the
poisonous fungi will not blacken silver.
All animal food in an advanced state OF
decomposition is more or less poison
Gus; for this reason timed fish is never
to be trusted, as the fish are often stale
when timed. Smokers especially
should be careful, as their taste is often
not SO fine as that of a non-smoker,
and they are consequently less likely
to detect a tin of doubtful fish. Mus
sells, again, are always poisonous, al
though the seat and nature of the poi
son have never been discovered. St
Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-28
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Fig Cake: One and one-half cups
Of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one
half cup of sweet milk, one and one
half cups of flour. one teaspoonful of
baking powder, one-half cup of corn
starch, whites of six eggs. Bake in
two layers and fill with fig filing.
Chop one pound of figs, add one-halt
cup OF sugar and one cup of water.
Stew until soft and SMOOTH. Spread
between the layers, and ice the whole
cake with boiled icing.-N. Y. Ledger.
The newest style of night gown is
the Directory. 1t is cut with an open
square neck, finished with a broad
band of embroidery, about as deep as
the short Directory waist, and from
this band the skirt of the gown falls.
The sleeves are very large and full a.
the top, tapering almost to closenesa
at the wrist. These gowns are very
becoming to young women with plump
necks, but the thin girl should avoid
the Directory gown and choose instead
the Hading, which has deep sailor
collar at the back, ending in very
full jabot down the front
Cocoa Jelly: Mix dessert-spoon-
full of good cocoa in half a pint of wa
ter, stir it over the fire till it boils, and
sweeten according to the taste of the
patient. Soak half an ounce of gela-
tine in half pint of cold water for
some hours, and stir it into the boiling
cocoa and water; flavor with vanilla,
remove from the stove, and while it is
cooling stir at intervals, and place in a
wetted mold. Serve with whipped
cream or a good custard. There is
really nothing very nourishing in this
jelly, but it looks nice, and favors the
cream well.-Leeds Mercury.
Amherst Pudding: Three cups of
sifted flour, two-thirds of cup of mo.
lasses, one cup of milk, one cup OF
suet chopped fine, half-pound raisins,
half nutmeg, half a teaspoonful OF
ground cinnamon, teaspoonful of soda,
quarter-teaspoonful of salt. Into the
flour put the suet, raisins Stoned and
chopped), salt and spices. Add the mo.
lasses, then the milk, to which the
soda, previously dissolved in little OF
the milk taken from the cupfu) has
been added. Steam for three hours in
a tin pudding If suet can not
be had, substitute half cup of melted
butter. Harper's Bazaar.
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The Summer Silks.

One of the newest materials for
waists is a taffeta plisse, which re.
tails at one dollar and seventy-five
cents and resembles a shirred or gof.
fered stripe alternating with plain
and narrower one. Printed Indias
have been brought out by many do
mestic manufacturers in light and
dark grounds, having small figures or
floral patterns. These retail at fifty
cents. Taffetas of the Louisine weave
in stripes, checks and changeable eff
fects are from seventy-ive cents to
one dollar and quarter. The Liberty
satin of soft finish and high lustre
comes in lovely shades for waists and
combinations, and sells for one dollar
and one dollar and a half a yard.
Crinkled or creepy goods, be they of
silk, gauze, chiffon, etc, all have inn
mense favor just now, and may be had
from sixty-nine cents. Plain and
printed designs are sold in these chiefly
for waists. Ladies' Home Journal.
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The Good Roads Movement.

Recent reports to the agricultural
department at Washington report a
marked degree of interest in the good
roads movement among the state legis-
iatures. Gen. Roy Stone, in charge Of
the bureau of road inquiry, has re-
turned from California and Texas,
where large road conventions were
held, the former having concluded TO
utilize convict labor in preparing road
materials. Several bulletins to stimu-
late the movement will soon be issued
by the department. They will treat of
wide tires as lettering the condition of
roads, convict labor in making roads
and preparing road materials, and of
the messages of various state govern
ors on road questions.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-28
THE JACOBINS.
Their influence in the Life History of Ma
poIeon Bonaparte.

pOleOn BOnaparte.
Attention has been called to the dis.
turbances which arose in Auxonne
and elsewhere, to the emigration of
the mobiles from that quarter, to the
utter break between the parish priests
and the higher church functionaries
in Dauphiny; this was but sample of
the whole. When, on July IA, the
king accepted a constitution which de-
creed the secular reorganization of
the hierarchy whereby both bishops
and priests were to be elected by the
taxpayers, two-thirds of all the clergy
in France refused to swear allegiance
to it. All attempts to stablish the
new administrative and judicial sys-
TENS were more or less futile; the dis
affection of officials and lawyers grew
more intense.
In Paris alone the changes were in
troduced with some success. the NUM-
cipality being rearranged into forty
eight sections, each with primary as
sembly These We're the bodies which
later gave Bonaparte the open
ing whereby he entered his
real career The influence of the
Jacobin club grew hourly as the
majority of its members grew more
radical. Necker trimmed to their de-
mands, but lost popularity by his mo-
notonous calls for money, and fell in
September, reaching his home on the
lake of Geneva only with the greatest
difficulty.
Mirabeau succeeded him as the sole
possible prop to the totterlng throne.
Under his leadership the moderate
monarchists, OF "Feuillants," as they
were later called from the convent of
that order to which they withdrew,
seeded from the Jacobins, and before
the assembly had ceased its work the
land was cleft in two, divided into op-
ponents and adherents of monarchy.
As if to insure the disasters of such an
antagonis1n, the assembly, which num-
bered among its members every man in
France of ripe political experience,
committed the incredible folly of self
effacement, voting that in the coming
election not one of its members should
be eligible for reelection. - Prof.
Sloane, in Century.
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A Flock for the Family.

Leaving out the matter Of profit and
of selling eggs, there is much pleasure
in keeping small flock Of fowls for
family use. A few hens can be kept at
less cost, proportionately than can a
large number, owing to the fact that
the scraps from the table are valua e.
No labor of consequence is necessary,
and when an account for the year is
kept the small hocks will be found to
have given quite profit in toe CONVEX
sion of the waste material into eggs
There is no way to procure eggs as
fresh and nice as those produced by
your own hens. If they are of choice
breed, the pleasure will be the greater,
as well from pride in endeavoring to
excel as from the management.-Farm
and Fireside
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-28
LUCK AGAINST HIM.
rhe Story Was Funny Enough. But They
Had Heard 1t Before.

CHAPTER 1.
Jimpscn was sitting in his offce, and
the clock was striking nine.
The clock had habit of striking
twice every twenty-four hours.
There was no one present, SO jump
son sat with his feet on the desk.
He was shaking and chucl1ling all
over. Every few minutes he would be.
come grave and then break out in re-
newed chuckles.
For Jimpson had just heard q brand
new funny story of the richest kind.
CHAPTER II.
A hand was at the door-knob and a
man entered. Jimpson half wheeled in
his chair, his face wreathed in smiles.
''I'ye called about that Biggs CASE
said the man.
The two plunged into business. When
1T was over and the visitor arose, wait
ing to depart, Jimpson stopped him.
I've just heard an awful good story"
he said. Its about Ricketts,"
"Oh, that one" interrupter the caller
That's good one, amt it? Heard it
yesterday. Good day"
CHAPTER III.
Jimpson returned to his desk with a
look of indignation on his face, which
look soon melted away, giving place to
more chuckles, 9yl5s -
His lawyer entered.
Say" said Jimpson, joyously, 1--WE
got an awful good story about old man
Ricketts,. You know"
oh" said the lawyer, I've heard
that. Funny, amt it? Ha, HAP
Jimpson's demeanor was cool when
they parted.
CHAPTER ".
AS the clock struck five and Jimpson
was ready to go home his face had a
weary and careworn expression.
Through the deserted hall of the Of
fee building he walked with downcast
head. He had that story still untold
Suddenly solitary figure appeared
at the end of the hall.
A fierce light of determination came
into Jimpson's face. He sped up to the
stranger and III husky, hollow tones
said:
II heard funny story to-day"
The stranger paused and smiled.
What was it?" he asked.
It's" stammered Jimpson, joyously,
gasping in his satisfaction, sits about
old man Ricketts, and his partner"
"Oh, that one," said the stranger, in
disappointed tones, and as Jimpson tot.
tered on his feet, I'm the man who
started that story!"-Chicago Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-28
EEEQiNG MICA LOWS.


How to Maintain Even Production
Throughout the Season
One of the important items in secur-
ing the best profit from the cows is TO
have an even flow of milk well main
tanned throughout the season. On many
farms there are cows that for a short
season after they come In fresh yield
good flow of milk, but this soon be-
gins to fail, especially if care is not
taken in the feeding and management,
and at the end of seven or eight months
the quantity they give is so small that
they are allowed to go dry. Many
COWS are kept that if charged fair
price for the food they eat would not
pay for their keep.
The first important item is to have
good cows. Then they must be well
fed, even in summer. While during
growing season the pastures can be
largely relied upon it will pay to give
also light feed of bran and corn meal,
or bran and middlings. Then in order
to make sure of a good supply of
cheap food it will also be a good plan
to plant some crop like sweet corn,
fodder corn, millet, sorgkum, or some
thing of this kind that can be used at
any time when needed. There should
be change of feed occasionally, so
as to keep the cow with good
appetite, as the more~ sood food
the good dairy COW g =
more good milk she will give It'win
also be good plan to divide the pas
lures so that she can be changed from
one to the other at least every ten days.
The cows will do much better than If
they are compelled to depend upon one
pasture. Besides, by changing, there
will be less waste of feed With all
animals there is a natural inclination
to eat the tender, sweeter growth, and
| in doing this, when kept in one pas
ture, there will be more or less that
will grow up and mature seed. By
| dividing up the pastures and changing
from one to the other, grass will all be
eaten down more evenly. There should
always be sweet nutritious grasses in
| the pastures, so that the cows can get
enough to satisfy their appetites with
out tramping too long or too far The
quieter and more comfortable the cows
can be kept the better the results.
Feed to keep the COW in a good, thrifty
condition. 1t is not possible to make a
good dairy COW fat, but good treatment
will keep her in good condition. Her
food will be converted into milk rather
than hesh.-St. Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-28
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
PROTEST FROM MAINE.
Mr.. Donnell RidicuIes the Way They
Break Roads" in Yankeeland.

Mr.. Donnell RidicuIes the Way They
Break Roads in YankeeIand.
Some winter morning the highway
surveyor of district No. wakes up to
find all familiar landmarks out of sight
beneath thick covering of snow which,
it is more than likely, has drifted in
huge heaps across the highway wher-
ever a fence, stone wall or clump of
bushes has prevented the winds unim-
peded march. The highway surveyor,
mindful of the important part he plays
in maintaining the social fabric, wades
out to the barn to feed his cattle
cattle" being NewE 1glandism for
pair of oxen-which he yol1es up
after getting his own breakfast.
His method of breaking road is
very simple. Under the front of an
old-fashioned wood sled, with long
runners, he chains stick of wood six
or eight inches in diameter, slips into
the sockets a sled stake or two. to
hold on by, mounts the sled and in
vites Buck and Bright to get up steam.
Now Buck and Bright deserve no small
credit in this matter, for beside gener-
ating the motive power for the sled
they serve also as snow plows, plung-
ing into drifts and breaking down the
snow to an extent that makes it com
paratively easy for the sled to main
tain an even keel, so to speak, even
when the drifts are very irregular IN
| construction.
little way down the road the high
way surveyor will perhaps add neigh
Dor to his outfit, providing that the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-28
Absorption of Odors by MIX.

Parville relates some interesting
facts upon this subject. If can of
milk is placed near an open vessel con
tanning turpentine, the smell of the
turpentine is soon communicated to
the milk The same result occurs as
regards tobacco, paraffine, asafoetida
camphor and many other strong
smelling substances Milk should also
be kept distance from every volatile
substance, and milk which has stood
in sick chamber should never DO
drunk. The power of milk to disguise
the taste of drugs-as potassium
iodide, opium, salicylate, etc. is we'll
known.-London Public Opinion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-28
Cutting the Throat.

To The inexperienced it hardly seems
possible that a person who cuts his
throat from ear to ear can fail in COM
hitting suicide, but a prominent ply.
stefan says that when anyone makes
an attempt of that kind the jugular
vein is rarely severed. The natural
method is to throw the head back and
draw a knife across the throat, but
the muscles of the neck thus thrown
into prominence usually protect the
large veins. Better success can be at
tanned by holding the head forward,
but a medical man can without chance
of mistake cut the jugular vein by
making only a half inch incision in the
side of the neck. -Philadelphia Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-28
WOMEN IN AFRICA.
Degraded in Many Tribes but Possessed of
Influence in Others.


Influence in Others.
Among natural people women have
to suffer on account of their want of
physical strength. and this is especial
ly the case among the African tribes,
where polygamy adds to the degrade
ton of the weaker sex. But their lot
is not without mitigation. 1t is in
fuenced by the same factor that raises
woman to her high position among
civilized people-the love of her chill
dren The laws of the barbarous AT
the mothers in regulating heritage and
succession, which give them umore
important position in the family
and in the tribe. The mothers
and sisters of an African chief
are often his most influential
advisers, even the real rulers.
On the whole, however, the old maxim
holds good. If the intellectual state
of tribe is very low, their women are
treated badly. With the lowest of the
African tribes, the Bushman, woman
is nothing but slave and beast of
burden. During the travels of Bush
man family the wife has to carry every
thing, and if there is a scarcity of food,
the woman has to suffer first If she
becomes weak and old she is aban-
doned to the mercy of the wild beasts
Very different is the treatment accord
ed to the woman of the genuine negro
All things considered, their position is
the same as with us. Men and women
share in the necessary work. True, if
the man thinks fit to beat his wife, no
one is likely to interfere. On the other
hand the woman will find the laugh
on her side if she succeeds in getting
the better OF her spouse by judicious
Use Of her teeth, her nails, and-her
tongue.
Tnn Zulus are u patriarchal race.
The father is master Of the family and
owner OF It's female part; therefore the
patton of the woman is much lower
if her husband has high rank. The
wives of the chief never take part in
ais councils and may only move about
ON their knees before him. The prin-
cipal reason for this degradation is the
custom of selling women. The price
varies between ten and a hundred head
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-28
The Broken Spell.
Thrown over!"

Thrown over!"
The rural lover gaaed at the now
darkened windows of the old red
schoolhouse and wept aloud.
Parted forever by one small wordp
He remembered her beseeching
glance, but how was he to know where
the ''h" came in ''phthisic?"
Anyway, therell be no more spellin'
bees this winter, an if she kin stand it
kim"
Summoning his fortitude, he walked
away.-N. Y. World.
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Featherstone - Look here, Willie.
When l am in the parlor with your
sister do you ever peek through the
keyhole2
Willie - Sometimes, when mamma
ant there. IN. Y. World
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-28

why are you sure that Blinks has
succeeded SO remarkably"
"They used to call him 'disreputa.
BILE stock jobber,' and now everyone
calls him an 'enterprising and brainy
speculator. Chicago Herald