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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28

Mehetable Brown, dashing stray tear
from her faded blue eyes, as she medi-
tatively lifted a huge brown potato
from the shining basin which she held
on her lap and proceeded to pare it.
"What with Lindy's dying and Johns
going away to college right here in my
own house; the Green's, that I'd lived
beside nigh onto forty years, takin' it
into their heads that they must move
into the city and be somebody, and
Ruth marryin' as she did and goin' off
as a missionary to Feejie or Hottentot;
Samantha Ingols, that I've knowed ever
since she was Samantha Merrymather.
and wore pink calico pinafores to dees-
trict school, gettin' the western fever
and settin' off with only weeks notice
to take up claim and fight Indians
way out in Okelhama, or some such
place. Though why she couldn't be
content on the neatest little forty
acres in all Blair county, that poor
Silas shaved SO hard for and left her
when he died of typhus, is, as 1 told
Eleanor Winner, when we was talkin'
it over at the mite society, the day it
met at your house, Mis- Williams, a
mystery to me, and allus will be. For
my part never was one O. them rovin'
kind, and there amt citizen in all
Brownsville that has stuck any closer
Observation-Disclosures for the past sixty
odd years, if l can't vote and do say it
as shouldn't.
"The Browns never was of that I'M
stable disposition. There was my
great grandfather, Ebenezer Brown;
he settled on that eighty just south of
the meetin' house when there wasn't
white man nearer than fifteen miles.
He come to stay and he stayed. When
he died my grandfather took the same
place and I've heard him say he never
went beyond the county line but once
in thirty years, and that was in lookin'
after some stray cattle. Then there
was my father, Jacob Brown, no one
can say he was any hand to be sky
larkin' over the country. He was one
o. them peaceable, hometown men, and
liked to took a fit when he was sub
pornied on the jury to Miller, burg the
time Nat Williams stole them sheep.
"As for Lindy and me, you know as well
as do, we amt slept outside this house
in forty year, exceptin' the time when
Cousin Emily was married, and nothin'
would do but we must go to the we'd
din. 1t WIS all fuss and futter. We
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28

Prof. Ramsay's last conclusion is
that ar2on and helium contain as n
common ingredient a gas not hitherto
identified, two lines in the spectra in
the newly discovered elements being
identical. The atomic weight of the
new gas would be about ten. Prof
Ramsay has found helium in meteoriIe
The Van Buren press., 1895-03-23

TlRnt.
Then they sat In silence for awhile,
and Marcia thought how she had read
the advertisement in her city home,
and laughed at it, and then suddenly
determined to answer it, and find ont
what manner of woman Martha Bas-
com was. She thought over the words
she had read:
WANTED, lady boarder, by o plain country
woman, who will do the best she can. The
| view from the piazza Is beautiful, and you will
bc sure to like It. Address Miss Martha Bas-
com, Littleneld, Mass
And here she was, seated on the
piazza. She let her eyes wander over
the scene before her.
eyes, 1t is beautiful" she thought
The house was on hill, and she could
look long way down the valley at he,
feet. Field after field was outlined
there; the stone walls that marked
their boundaries seemed like children,
work--like the playhouses her brothers
used TO make years ago, marking out
the rooms with row Of stones. A thick
growth Of bushes and trees told where
the river crept, and she could see ths
glitter Of the water, here and there, be
tween the trees.
~ don't wonder" she said to herself
that the poor woman wanted to keel
her home. will help her all eau"
One day they were in the parlor, N
Marcia called the piazza. She hat
hung it around with pretty shawls, ant
had bright cushion in the hammock
a vine shaded one side, and Martha
thrush sang in his cage among thu
leaves.
"There is one thing ! want to tel
you," said Martha. at don't seen
right to take four dollars week to
The Van Buren press., 1895-03-23
sweet Potatoes as Stock Food.

We have received the first issue OF the
Carolina Farmer published at Flor
ence, S. c., from which we extract the
following:
During the state fair we had the
pleasure of meeting Mr.. w. G. Hinson,
of James Island, and at our special re-
quest he gave us the result of his cxpe-
rience in feeding stock on sweet pota-
toes He stated that he had been using
the potato for several years for this
purpose, and found it not only admira.
bly, adapted for the purpose, but far
cheaper than either corn or oats. He
uses them for his work animals, cattle
and hogs, and finds that they all thrive
on them and keep in the best possible
condition. He has a small cutter that
cuts up the potatoes sufficiently
small TO prevent danger of chok-
ing, and then feeds them raw. The
quantity for large mule for each
meal is one ordinary-sized bucket
full. In order to give the gastric juice
of the stomach a better chance to act
on them, he gives in addition about
two quarts OF rice flour or bran. He
commences feeding them us soon as
they are large enough to dig, and
keeps on until the potatoes begin tc
sprout in the spring. He keeps them
in cellar instead OF banking them
and regards this as much the better
plan. as it makes them more easily ac
cessible, and then obviates the trouble
of washing them before feeding. Mr.
Hinson regards them as the cheapest
stock food that we can raise, and it i,
almost needless for us to say that Mr.
Hinson is good authority on anything
relating to agriculture. Those of oul
farmers who have large crops of po
tatoes would do well to utilize them il
this way and sell their corn-that is
as much of it as can be spared. Farm
and Ranch.
The Van Buren press., 1895-03-23
FARMERS, TAKE couRAoEl
Times Are Not So Hard ~ They Were -
1888, Though Hard Enough.

r,mes Arc Not So Hard ~ They Were II
1865, Though Hard Enough.
During recent visit to my planta'
ton in Lee county, Ga, / was very
much rratified to know that q majority
OF my neighbors had raised enough
corn, potatoes and peas to last them
during 1895. and to observe that they
were sowing an unusual number OF
acres in oats; they have also q good
many hogs to kill yet, but found
them far from cheerful. Five-cent
cotton has made them lose heart,
and their courage and cheer
fulness have been greatly dlssl'
pated. The small debts which they
owe. and which are due, are staring
them in the face, and their incomes
from the sale OF their cotton have been
too small to enable them to pay out.
| It will be to the interest OF the cotton
| factors, warehouse men and merchants
to be as lenient with their planter
patrons rs possible. The farmers should
be encouraged. Cheerfulness was
never SO much needed as at this time.
Grave difficulties are confronting
them, and their minds and hearts
are distressed and Respondent.
Times are not SO hard as they
were in 1865, and our surroundings are
not SO gloomy; we must not yield to
dependency and despair in time like
this 1t is cowardly humanity which
sits down in gloom and despair, and
laments and grleves over its lot be-
cause it is confronted by great ditti-
culties and surrounded by terrible OBJ
stacles and the strictest economies.
Let us have faith and courage in the
future and find stimulus in opportuni-
ties, not depression and despair.
The more difficult the task and
the sterner the duty before
us, should excite the greater resolu.
tion and effort. The man who avoids
and shirks duty when the task is hard,
is the greater coward for it, As long
as one has faith in himself, there is nc
cause for despair Our farmers must
cheerfully and bravely face their diff
culties, and they will surely overcome
them. We must not lose faith in our
fellow-men nor confidence in the
promises of our Maker. Brave cheer
fulness and resolute courage will over
come all the obstacles which oul
southern farmers are now meeting
Cor. Southern Cultivator.
The Van Buren press., 1895-03-23
HERE AND THERE.

Stock farming Is developing great
ly all over the southwest Well the
farmers just had to come to it to save
themselves from disaster.
1t is true the farmer can not pros
per without a good market, but there
is no gainsaying the proposition that
he can always make living.
If farmers would get into the way
of buying for cash only. they would do
more to promote the prosperity of the
whole country than could be accom-
plished by any other means.
Cotton seed are not complete fer
tilizer. They are deficient in both
phosphoric acid and potash. About
fifteen bushels of cotton seed are equal
in value to 200-pound sack of fertil-
izer.
"A good COW well cared for brings a
better rate of interest than govern
ment bonds, or railroad stock. A poor
COW is per capita tax heavier than an
ordinary municipal one, and that is
too heavy to talk about.
The swine industry of the country
has been for two years, and is now, in
more prosperous condition than many
other industries. And breeders are
looking to the south as the best point
for the future development of this great
and growing industry.
in an old paper we find this ex-
tract: "We laugh to scorn the ancient
people who sacrificed to the war this
harmless unnecessary cat, but we our
selves worship the savage and unre-
lenting dog, and sacrifice our invalua-
BILE sheep to it's bloodthirstiness.
"A sweet potato root will go six feet
and over after nourishment and mois-
ture; hence we might give this crop
and plants than is commonly done, and
yet get all the potatoes the soil is ca
pable of producing.
OF all the corn and other plant food
fed to the stock, 80 per cent. of it re-
turns to mother earth as manure, and
contains the nitrogen, phosphoric acid
and potash necessary for the produc.
tion of SO much more grain Nature
wastes nothing. 1t is the fault of the
needless farmer If she does not have
her way.
When cotton fell to ten cents per
pound, the farmers grumbled, but con-
tinued to plant it. When it went to
eight cents, they still grumbled, and
planted and grumbled again. 1t
reached seven and quarter cents, and
the programme was continued. At four
and quarter cents, they who grow it
also grow profane, but they will plant
cotton all the same, and having done
SO will blame the government for the
inevitable results.
The Van Buren press., 1895-03-23
COTTON ACREAGE.
The Proposition to Reduce 1t Should Not
End In Talk.

The Proposition to Reduce 1t Should Not
End In Talk.
It IL to be hoped that the PROPOSE
tion to reduce the acreage in cotton
will not end in talk. The commercial
world can not be misled by the pas
sage of resolutions declaring that the
cotton acreage should be reduced. 1t
requires the actural accomplishment
Of the proposed reduction to affect, in
the slightest degree, the markets of
the world. To bring about the re-
turn Of fair prices for cotton, the
crop must be reduced. How can
this result be accomplished? Not
by the efforts of one community,
one county, or one state; but by the
combined action of planters through
out the cotton belt. How can this con-
cert of action be brought about? We
know of no way except the continual
agitation Of the subject through the
press of the country, and by the united
efforts Of farmers throughout the south.
When the manufacturer finds he can
not realize the cost of the products of
his mill, he wisely discontinues manu-
featuring until prices improve. When
the merchant finds he can not sell an
article for the money it costs, he pur-
chases no more until prices change SO
he can realize profit.
Then why should the cotton-grower
continue to impoverish himself and
burden his home with debt by contin-
uing to plant cotton after its market
value is below the cost of its produc-
ton?
It is absolutely true that the more
cotton a farmer gathers, gins and sells
at five cents per pound the more money
he loses.
A shrewd man, of wide business ex-
perence, was heard to say recently
that he had saved several thousand
dollars by allowing his large planta-
ton to remain uncultivated and with
out tenants for four or five years.
| His neighbors had cultivated cotton
and sold it at loss. Their work was
thrown away absolutely; their lands
were more or less impoverished and
damaged, and the only result of their
efforts was an increase in the amount
of their debts.
If the acreage of cotton throughout
the south should be reduced to three
fourths of the acreage OF 1894, the
price OF cotton would advance at least
to remunerative figure. II this
policy is adopted and adhered to for &
term Of years, instead OF having tt
find market for their crops, the buy
ers would hunt up the farmers ant
purchase their cotton at their doors.
BY all means let there be genera
determination throughout the south t.
discontinue policy so manifestly ruin
Gus, and return to profitable farming
Dixie Farmer.
The Van Buren press., 1895-03-23

-Teacher-"Now Johnnie, you may
tell us this: Suppose your mother had
told you to come home at five o'clock
and you did not go; what would you
be doing?'' .Johnnie-'I don't know
whether it would be swimmin' or play
in baseball. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Van Buren press., 1895-03-23
olvE WHAT THOU oANsr.

GIVE vAst thou canst altho' Il may not b
= tithe cf that the poor man asks Of thee,
6fvo that thou canst, and give II willingly.
Give, frpsly give; nor for the asking stay
q a1y poor man tossed and turned astray.
And from the borrower turn not thou away.
Ne eolA is In thy pursei No silver therei
1As1 give thy love, thy pity-tender care
FOR him who SORROWS more than he can bear.
Freely thou hast received, and Il may be
Ghat borely thou shalt need, and then TO bo
1hy Father's creditor will pront thee
H marks the sparrow's fall. and chooseth the
70 raise Il from tho low ground teuderly;
20 tend the broken wing and set II tree
% when shall ccme to thee the direful day.
When thou oanst sec NO light along the way
HI boundless love shall be thy sta6 and stay
IA O. Cleveland. in Brooklyn Eagle
The Van Buren press., 1895-03-23

is it hard to learn how to make a
fine article of butter? That depends
entirely upon the man or woman who
undertakes the job. While it is prob
ably true that some people never can
learn, at the same time almost anyone
with fair amount of intelligence and
determination to master it can.
The Van Buren press., 1895-03-23

Necessity is cruel, but it is the only
test of inward strength. Every fool
may live according to his own lkings.
Goethe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-26
IN THE WHEELING WORLD.

Eddie Bald has won about 81, 500 worth
of prizes thus far this season.
Nat Butler, who won the two mile ma
tional championship recently, is a Boston
bricklayer
George Banker, the swift Pittsburg rid
er, has beaten Protin, the fastest man in
Europe, and is now generally regarded as
European champion.
Douglas, the half mile swimmer, and
Cabannc, who Is an ex-champion swim
mer, say the swimming muscles are about
the same as those used in cycling.
L. ID. Cabannc shipped home over 81 900
worth of diamonds recently, and each was
marked with the race, the time of the con-
test and the place where won. Cabanne
says he can show nearly every prize he ever
won.
1.-THE elbow is the term given the lat
est wrinkle used to advantage in "queer
riding" When tho men are punched to-
ward the finish of race the man near the
pole is suddenly lifted in the direction of
the grass by the rider to his right hosting
the pole mans handle bar up with the aid
of his elbow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-26
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.

f. W. Hjcrtbcrg, the cx-champion steo-
plechascr, has retired Prominently from the
path.
1t is said that John L. Sullivan will Sec
ond James J. Corbett in the prize fight at
Dallas on Oct 81 next.
The Yale and Cambridge athletic teams
will contest for the international cham
pionship at New York Oct 5.
William Richards and Tommy Lee, the
New York A. G. sprinters, will represent
the winged foot at the championship meet
ing.
C. W. Stage, the Cleveland sprintcr and
ex- baseball umpire, has joined the New
York Athletic club and will contest
against the London A. c.
Tommy Connects time, minutes SO
seconds, in the two mile run recently at
Worcester, proves conclusively that the
Irish boy Is running in his old time form.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-26
LIGHTNlNG'S WORK.
Mrs G. W. Stackpole's Barn on Church Hill
Designations. About $500.

During the thunder storm of Thursday
evening, about o'clock, the barn at the
farm Of Mrs. G. W. Stackpole on Church
hill, this city. was struck by lightning
and destroyed, together with most of the
contents. Two horses and two cows were
taken out by Mrs Stackpole's son
Eugene, before the neighbors arrived. but
the flames spread SO rapidly that nothing
else could be saved 1t was only by
prompt and hard work that the house and
a small ice house were saved
The barn contained about 25 tons Of
hay, just cut, 40 bushels of grain, farm
ing implements, two carriages, - cords
of dry wood, two new harnesses one hog,
some hens, some dry lumber and other
articles. Quite number of apple and
cherry trees were ruined.
The insurance is small and the loss will
fall quite heavily on the owner The
neighbors and residents for miles around
turned out and rendered every possible
assistance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-26

Another fallir is on the road to Au-
gusta, with new skin game and as
usual has found a good field to work in.
This smooth gentleman claims to repre-
sent Boston firm who are trying to in
troduce line of silver ware In order to
do this, according to the story he tells,
his prospective victims they are offered a
very liberal inducement. In fact it is SO
liberal that were it bona fide, the COM
pany would probably go into insolvency
in very short order. This inducement
consists in a number of envelopes which
the alleged agent offers for sale at twenty
five cents each Some of the envelopes
contain slips Of paper, at least the agent
says so, although up to date no one has
been found who has succeeded in getting
one of the slips and II you get slip you
may win from fifty cents to five dollars.
If you draw blank you are entitled to
piece of silver ware, which will be sent
to you from Boston-that is, If you live
long enough.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-26
Railroad and Steamboats,.
ARRANGEMENTS OF TRAINS II EFFECT
JUNE %, 1895.
Passenger Trains Leave Augusta =
Follows:
THROUGH TRAINS,

GOING wEST-e.25 A. M. for Lewiston.
Rockland. Portland. Boston and Montreal
9.sS AM and ll.S5 1920 Sundays only for main
line points,) express for Brunswick Lewis
ton, Pennington PHILIPPE. Rangeley, Rockland.
Portland and Boston, connecting for White
Mountain points and Quebec; 3.O5 and $50 p.
N. for Brunswick. Bath, Portland, Boston; n. 90
p. M. might Pullman) every night for Lewis
ton. Bath, Portland and Boston; $50 A. M.
Portland and Boston.
GOING EAST-l.+5 A. NJ. might express) for
Skowhegan. Belfast, Bangor. St Stephen, St.
yohn and Aroostook county; 9.12 A. Nj. for
Waterville and Skowhegan: 2.55 A. NJ. Bangor.
Bsr Harbor Old Town and Bangor & Aroostook
hsllroad; Moosehead via Dexter; 2.45 express
uWnIy, TOT Bangor sndBar HArbor, 347 p. Nj. for
Malerville, Oakland, North Arson, Bingham,
SMko,w.negsn Belfast, Bangor, Old Town and
mms,.awamkeag; us p. NJ. FOR waterville; 9,i5
M sundays only for Wsterville and BAN
Inc Night Pullman Train going East ut l.50
a; NJ, going West at n.00 p. M, runs every
nlght, Sunday included, connecting for and
from Lewiston, but not to Skowhegan on Nom
gay mornings, or to Belfast, Dexter or bevond
mornings. ounoAy
=, The day trains going West at s45 A. M.
io.zo lsundaysl 1i.S5 A. NJ and East at 2. AZ p
M M, run daily. Sunday included, between Bos-
ton' Lewiston. Bath, Bangor and Bar Harbor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-26

j. A. Norton, street commissioner, has
just purchased Joseph Ellis trucking
business, horses, wagons, harnesses and all
He will carry tho mail for tho Vickery &
Hill publishing house and conduct gen.
eral delivery and trucking business, such
as Mr.. Ellis has successfully carried on
for some years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-26
dred subjects

Olin b. Hunnewill returned to A, :
gusta, Monday, after spending two
weeks vacation with his parents in this
village. Mr.. Hunnewill has been en-
ployed at the Insane asylum in Augusta
for the past six years, and has steadily
worked himself up from ward nurse to
supervisor of the institution. 1t is with
just pride that we congratulate him upon
his constant success Madison Bulletin
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-26

Col H. G. Staples received telegram,
Thursday, from the manager of John l.
Sullivan's company asking for terms to
show at lakewood The colonel imme-
diately replied giving rates that will be
likely to induce the company to come here
If they do there will doubtless be a crowd
at the gardens that will call for all the
standing room.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-26

The American Express Company trans
ported the Blaine's coach horses and car
riages to Bar Harbor, yesterday, in spec
ial car. The Blaine family will pass a
few weeks there at their fine cottage.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-26

We are glad the ladies are to have the
privilege Of listening to Mrs Goodsill, a
talented and philanthropic woman from
New York, on the much mooted questions
of woman's higher or freer life and kin
dred subjects
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-26

Litbgow library has been enriched by
the presentation of valuable book by
Mr.. John II. Buck of the Gorham Manu-
featuring Company, silversmiths., New
York The title of the book is &C Old Plate,
Ecclesiastical, Decorative and Domestic
Its Makers and Marks" 1t is valuable
work and will be appreciated by all inter
ested in that subject.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-26

There is not as much building in Au-
gusta this year as last. one reason being
that during the past two years the cree,
ton of dwellings has been so extensive
that the supply was greater than the de-
mand or in other words the city's popu-
lation is pretty we'll supplied with houses,
though several good ones will be added to
the number before the season is at an
end
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-26

People from Augusta visiting the Sid
ney blueberry boys say that daily very
large quantities are being picked and that
not for years have the berries been SO plen
tifu1
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-26
CITY OF AUGUSTA.
Collectors Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the taxes as
sessed on the polls and estates OF the city OF
Augusta for the year 1895 were committed to
J. r.. Townsend. Collector of said city on the
2,st day OF June, 1895. That by a vote OF The
city council OF said city, said taxes are due
OF Seotember 1885, and that an abatement or
discount OF six per cent will be allowed on all
taxes assessed for the year 1895 which shall be
voluntarily paid to said collector on or before
the goth day OF August. 1895. and interest will
be added to all OF said taxes remaining unpaid
September Goth, 1895, from that date.
]. X. TOWNSEND, Collector.
Augusta, July 3D.. 1886. iulyidtd
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-26

The following Augusta people left for
Squirrel Island, yesterday, where they
will pass a few weeks at their cottages
Mrs. G. d. Haskell, j. B. Hamltn and
wife, S. c. whitehouse. j. f. Fuller's
family and Mrs. f. E. Smith.