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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-10
$4,000 WORTH
FINE HOUSEHOLD GOODS.

Parties desiring beautiful furniture.
carpets draperies, etc, will be wise TO
attend this sale. Among the many choice
lots of goods for sale Is an elegant Turkish
Parlor suit, steel frames, all hair and covered
in the very finest imported French BrJca-
teile; beautiful Mahogany Frame Cheval Mir
ror, Oak Hall Stand, smoking room furnished
in artistic Rattan Furniture; French Clock,
costly Vases, Jardinieres, quaint Oak Carved
Chairs, etc. The dining room has a magnif
cent Oak Sideboard. oak Pillar Extension
Table and Oak Dining Chairs. The kitchen
has an elegant No. 5 Model Grand Range
Kitchen Table Chairs, etc, Decorated Dinner
set, Haviland China Tea set. etc. Magnih-
cent line Of Silver Ware.
AT l2 o'clock viii sell THE FINEToNED
CABINET GRAND UPRIGHT lIANo in Val
nut Case. Patent trichord oyerstrung on iron
frame, with pedals.
Three White Enamel Chamber Sets nd
Brass.trimmed Enameled Bedsteads, elegant
Hair Mattresses. best Geese Feather Pillows,
blankets. Spr, ads and bed Linen.
After the contents of the house are sold.
shall offer the contents OF the stable, 10 wit:
A Coupe, Rockaway, Dog Cart, single snd'
Double Sets of Harness and two tine Carriage
Horses.
The house will be open for visitors the day
preceding the sale and polite and courteous
porters will 20 in attendance
Sale positive, rain or shine. TUESDAY.
Aug. l3 Continuance of sale Wednesday will
commence at 10 a. m.
House and grounds for sale. Apply to Auc-
tioneer.R AARON MILKMAN
au5-5t l37 Eddy street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-10
Cause OF the Delay.

There was a halt in the clearing away
of the debris of the old Grosvenor build
ing yesterday morning. not that there
was any strike or unwillingness on the
part of the workmen TO do as they were
ordered, but in overhauling the old lum-
ber in the cellar that was formerly por-
tion OF the "Senate," " two barrels OF ale
were found. IL was an awful hot day,
and as none of the men who was al work
there was known to be connected with
any temperance movement il was thought
best TO sample the contents of tha
barrel, which was done, and II there had
been but one barrel found, and that a
small one, it is quite evident that the
contents would not have affected the men
TO any great extent, but there being two
the case was different. OF course no one
would work, even IL he lost his Job, so
long as there was any beer in sight, SO
the boss had to make the best of the
matter. They are all on hand today and
all keep close TO the cellar OF the old
Senate, in hopes of striking another beer
mine
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-10

At 1885 last evening the fire apparatus
Mt the Wickenden street station was sum
moned TO extinguish blaze in the house,
explosion Of lamp.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-10
ARcHwAY IN NEW BUILDING.

There has been slight change in the
plans OF the new Grosvenor building, or
at least IL is SO whispered. The change
is that an arching the height OF the first
story will be made through the center OF
the building running from Weybosset to
Dyer streets.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-10
A Challenge.

Providence, Aug. 9, 1896.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-19
AMONG THE POULTRY.

THE latter part of summer or early
in the fall is the best time to buy
breeding fowls.
The hens that lay best are neither
very hungry nor very fat. A good,
thrifty condition is best.
The feed and care that should be
given the fowls are always as impor-
tant as selecting the breeds.
HENS like a variety of food. All
scraps from the table and refuse from
the kitchen shouh be mixed with their
morning ration.
GRADUATED is the best food in which
to keep bone meal before the matured
hens. In this form it keeps fresh longer
than in fine meal.
WHOLE wheat is an excellent food for
hens, but if kept constantly before
them to eat all they will it may make
them too fat to lay well.
ONE advantage of the white breeds is
that in dressing there are no black pin
feathers to be broken off in picking,
leaving the skin dark colored.
BEAUTY of form and stylish appear
ance have strong hold in the minds
of breeders. With nearly all kinds of
stock the best qualities belong to the
most desirable form.
CHARRED bone, as veil as charred
corn, is good for poultl., for the sake
of the charcoal it contains, which is
very healthy Tor them, purifying the
blood and aiding digestion.
TURKEY can be fattened readily on
thick boiled corn meal and oat meal
tinged with wilk. 1t should be given
in closed coops, away from other birds
If in a good thrifty condition about ten
days will be necessary to fatten.-St.
Louis Republic
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-19

In many parts of the country artesian
wells may be bored and will furnish
running streams at the surface. This
is due, of course, to the formation of
the under strata of the earth, and if
one is fortunate enough to strike
good vein the supply will be abundant.
In portions of the south artesian wells
have been bored to the depth of twelve
hundred feet One of these wells was
finished in less than three weeks,
striking vein of water twelve hun
dred feet below the surface that fur
nishes an output sufficient for the
towns uses. 1t is not an uncommon
occurrence that one must drill the
second time into well to secure a
permanent supply of water, 1t is a
curious fact that after one has reached
a certain depth piping Is unnecessary.
A well in New York state was dug to
the depth of hundred and fifty feet
and furnished reasonable supply of
water by pumping. After the second
season it gave out entirely, when the
drill was put in and nearly two hun
dred feet more were cut through be-
fore water was reached, For the first
hundred and fifty feet the pipe went
down, but after that the water rose
through the cut in the earth, there
being consistency and frmness enough
in the soil to make piping unnecessary.
N Y LEDGER
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-19

1t is best to give the hens free range.
but they should never be allowed in
the barnyards and stables, as it is as
important to have a place for the
hens as for the horses and cattle. 1t
is not creditable to farmers that their
mows If the poultryhouse is clean,
and suitable nests are provided, there
is no necessity for the hens laying
elsewhere. In favor of the hens, it
nay be mentioned that they often re-
sort to the barn because the poultry
house is infected with lice. The barn
yard, however, is not the place for
poultry, but for larger stock. Farm
and Fir eside.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-19
Vigor and Health In the Flock.

Health in the flock is largely due to
selection One of the best modes of Sc
lection is to observe the thickness of
the bones of the leg. Stout bones in
dictate strength, and chicks that have
strong and thick thighs will nearly al
ways make vigorous and healthy
fowls. Hardness of the flock is more
essential than anything else, as it is
disease that usually destroys the ex-
pectations of the poultryman and
causes him to lose when he should be
making profit Rural World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-19
MUTTON AND WOOL,


Profit Only Found in a Combination OF
These Qualities.
While there are many breeds of
sheep which are distinctly mutton or
wool breeds, there are others in which
the dividing line is not so sharply
drawn. 1t is true that the very best
mutton sheep do not grow the best
fleece, and the best wool sheep do not
give the best mutton. But it is quite
possible to get an animal that, with
fleece sufficiently good to pay for its
keep will also produce mutton of a
quality to satisfy the palates of the
most fastidious.
These objects are to be obtained by
cross breeding and proper handling
the two methods which, reduced to a
science, have made English mutton the
only profitable branch of farming in
England Cross-bred sheep may be
readily obtained by the crossing of
any of the improved breeds which
have done well in your section upon
the common sheep. This is really the
easiest part of the process. The diff
cult part is the proper handling Our
sheep have cared for themselves so
long that it is hard for us to realize
that a change is necessary. The i'm
proved breeds have been made such
chiefly by liberal feeding of succulent
food and shelter from storms. This
care has been continued for so long a
period that it has entered into and al
tered their systems, replacing hardi-
ness of constitution with juiciness of
flesh. Neglect will cause the % run
down and lose this most desirable
characteristic. 1t will also affect the
quality of the fleece, so that the care
less shepherd will feel the pinch on all
sides.-N Y. World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-19
PoULTRY-HouSE PLAN.
Its Designer Claims That 1t Has Always
Given Satisfaction.


Given Satisfaction.
; l send you herewith a drawing of
the handiest and best all-purpose poul-
try house ! know of. 1t is a medium
sized house, % feet long and 20 feet
wide, with hall 4 feet wide running
lengthways through the center. 1t IS
large enough to house eight different
breeds of poultry in the breeding sea-
son with from ten to twelve fowls in
each pen. The house is divided up in
eight rooms, four on each side of aisle,
leaving 7xS feet for each room. The.
6X6-inch sills can be used laid on
stone or blocks set in the ground. Use
Axis for up-and-down studdlng spiked
on top of sill 2% feet apart. Use 2x6s
FOR floor joist, 20 feet long, spiked to
up-and-down posts. Floor with COM
mon inch flooring. The center posts,
Axis, are spiked on top of sills 4 feet
apart each way, leaving a 4-foot aisle
through center of house. The plates
on top of posts are 2x4s and the rafters
@x4s. For siding, drop siding is best.
The roof is sheeted and shingled. The
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-19

inside of house should be plastered
with cement plaster When plastered
it is easy to rid of lice or mites that SO
much infest cracks in hen houses, and
the plastering can be easily white
washed and swept off clean
The partitions and inside doors
should all be wire poultry-netting
fastened on strong frames so that all
can be removed when the breeding
season is over and the whole house be
used III one or two parts, one on each
side.
There should be noroosts to perch on
where the large breeds are kept. The
floor covered with straw three or four
inches thick makes the best roost for
large breeds; they will do better and
never have humble foot. The straw
should be swept out once a week and
fresh straw supplied.
Almost any sized windows can be
used. The upper windows are half
the lower size. No more windows
should be used than the diagram
shows, as too much glass light is in
furious to poultry.
The yards outside should be 10 feet
wide and at least 100 feet long. To
get four yards 10 feet wide on each
side of house the corner pens must be
brought out feet on each corner of
house. This leaves 4 feet of house for
each of outside pens. These pens
should also be bedded with straw or
litter of some kind from ) to inches
deep, and all grain fed should be
strewn in this 30 make the hens work
most of their time. The same plan is
also the very best for a hog house, ex-
cept that half windows are used be-
low have a house of this kind on
my farm and it gives perfect satisfac-
toni. e. Orth, in Breeders Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-19
CAUSEDBY VACCINATION.


Every one in the vicinity of Meldrum
avenue and Champlain street, Detroit,
knows Mrs. Mcdonald, and many neigh
Dor has reason to feel grateful to her for the
kind and friendly interest she has mani
Tested in cases of illness.
She is a kind-hearted friend, natural
nurse, and an intelligent and refined lady.
To reporter she recently talked at some
length about DR.. Williams Pink Pills, CIV
ing some very interesting instances in her
own immediate knowledge of marvellous
cures, and the universal benefcence of the
remedy to those who had used it.
81 have reason to know" said Mrs Nc
Donald, something of the worth of this
medicine, for it has been demonstrated in my
own immediate family. My daughter Kit
tie is attending high school, and has never
been very strong since she began. sup
pose she studied hard and she has quite a
distance to go every day. When the small
poX broke out all of the school children had
to be vaccinated. / took her over to DR..
Jameson and he vaccinated her. / never
saw such an arm in my life and the doctor
said he never did. She was broken out on
her shoulders and back and was Just as sick
as she could be. To add to it all neuralgia
set in, and the poor child was in misery.
She is naturally of a nervous temperament
and she suffered most awfully. Even after
she recovered the neuralgia did not leave
her. Stormy days or days that were damp
or preceded storm, she could not go out at
all. She was pale and thin and had no APP
petite.
81 have forgotten just who told me about
IL. l.. 7 how, nt,1
they cured her right up. She has nice
color in her face, eats and sleeps well, goes
to school every day, and is well and strong
in every particular. 1 have never heard of
anything to build up the blood to compare
with Pink Pills. l shall always keep them
in the house and recommend them to my
neighbors''
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are considered an unfailing specific in such
diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paraly
sis, st. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia,
rheumatism, nervous headache, the after
effects of la grippe, palpitation of the heart,
pale and sallow compilations, that tired feel
ing resulting from nervous prostration; all
diseases resulting from vitiated humors in
the blood, such as scrofula chronic eryslp-
elias, etc. They are also a specific for
troubles peculiar to females, such as sup
pressions, Irregularities, and all forms OF
weakness. In men they effect radical cure
in all cases arising from mental worry,
overwork, or excuses of whatever nature.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all
dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt
of price go cents a box or six boxes for
$2.50-they are never sold in bulk or by 1907
by addressing DR.. Williams Medicine Cos
Schenectady, N. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-19
FARM AND GARDEN.
FEEDING FOR PROFIT.
Some of the Ess entails to Success in the
Raising of Stock.

Some OF the Ess entails to Success in the
Raising of Stock.
In order to make feeding of the stock
on the farm most profitable every adj
vantage must be taken, not only in the
feeding, but in the management. The
kind of animal that is being fed will
make considerable difference in the
gain secured in proportion to the guam
tity of food consumed. A well-bred,
thrifty animal will make a much bet
ter gain in proportion to the food con-
sumed than an unthrifty scrub.
So, vigorous, thrifty, well-bred an
imal is one of the first essentials in
profitable stock feeding. The cost of
the food and care is the same, and the
difference in the price realized is that
much more profit with the better an
final.
In order to make the most out of the
feed and the animal the feeding must
be regular Animals will not and can
not thrive when their food is given to
them DISQUALIFICATION it happens to
suit the convenience of the feeder. Ir-
regular feeding disturbs and deranges
the organs of digestion. If the food is
given before the regular time the stom-
ach is overloaded or the organs put to
work before they have fully recovered
from disposing of the previous meal.
The work of digestion and assimilation
is imperfectly done, and there is loss
of food. If the feeding is delayed be-
yond the usual time, the animal gets
so hungry that the food is eaten hur-
riedly, not properly masticated, and,
of course, cannot all be digested, and
more or less is lost.
Nature is regular in her work, and
if the waste in feeding is avoided the
animal must be supplied regularly.
Liberal feeding is another essential
A certain quantity of food is necessary
to sustain animal life and repair the
daily waste of the system. 1t is only
from the food consumed over and
above this that profit can be derived.
Hence, other things being equal, the
most proita BILE animal is the one kept
at the maximum gain consistent with
good health and thrift. Generally the
appetite of the animal is the best
guide. Feed all that is eaten up clean,
DuG no more. w men more is given IL Is
wasted.
There must be good variety of food
to keep the animal with good appe-
,tite and supply all the needs of a sys-
TEN to secure the best gains at the
lowest cost. Feed variety of foods,
taking care to make up complete
ration. The more fully this is done
the better will be the gain in proper
ton to the food consumed. One other
essential is to have the food of good
quality. Good health is essential to
thrift and this can only be maintained
when sound, nutritious food and pure
water are supplied. Poor or unwhole-
some food or impure water, while it
may not induce actual disease, pro-
duces at least an unhealthy condition
of the system that prevents the best
growth and thrift, and to that extent
lessons the proft.-St. Louis Repub.
lie
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-19

When the wife of the late Sir Bartle
Frere had to meet him at the railway
station, she took with her a servant
who had never seen his master. you
must go and look for Sir Bartle," she
ordered. But" answered the nom
plused servant, chow shall 1 know
him?" oh" said Lady Frere, look
for tall gentleman helping some
body" The description was sufficient
for the quick-witted man. He went
and found Sir Bartle Frere helping an
old lady out of a railway carriage, and
knew him at once by the description
N, Y, Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-19
TRADE IN HONG KONG.
Commercial Progress in the Great Chi
nese Entrepoy.

Commercial Progress in the Great Chi
nese Entrepos.
II is only ffty-two years since Hong
Kong was occupied, as Singapore had
been thirty-three years previously,
under the idea that it might be made
an emporium of trade. 1t was then a
barren rock. To-day it contains a
quarter of million of inhabitants; it
is the entrepot of trade estimated at
forty million pounds, and there pass
through it annually some fourteen mil
lion tons OF shipping. But the essen
tial condition under which this prog
ress has been achieved, and under
which only it can be maintained, is alb
solste freedom of the port. If you tax
trade youadrive it away, for the island
is only an entrepot. The trade is the
trade not of Hong Kong, but of the
south of China and Japan. 1t is be-
cause their trade is free, while Saigon
is heavily taxed, that Hong Kong has
beaten the latter as a depot for the
trade even of French Indo-China.
Nine-tenths of the population are Chi
nese-who occupy every walk of life.
They are bankers, boatmen, domestic
servants, merchants, storekeepers and
clerks; but the great majority are en-
ployed in the porterage of cargo and
incidental labor at wages of less than
one pound a month.
You cannot get blood out of stone
nor revenue from granite rocks; nor,
obviously scan you extract much, here,
from the working class. The annual
revenue of two million dollars is de-
rived, accordingly, from house and
lank tax, stamps, licenses and similar
imposts; and it represents, probably,
the limit of discreet if not of possible
taxation. Nor has her majesty's treas
ury, to do it justice, pretended to ap-
ply here the extreme principles of self
maintenance without self-government
which it persists in asserting in the
straits The Hong Kong garrison is
larger than that of the straits; but it
is so small that it would have been
gratuitous to convict it of a duty
which it could not fulfill. 1t was
mulcted, however, in its degree. 1t
had paid, previously, twenty thousand
pounds year. This was raised, in
1890, to forty thousand pounds, and it
was required, moreover, to provide
Notifications which have cost one hum
dred and twenty thousand pounds
Fortnightly Review.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-19
PERSONAL MENTION.

W. II. WALLACE, the postmaster Of
Hammondville, o., has served under
thirty-one postmaster generals.
Mr.. THOMAS B. REED spent the sum-
mer in the pretty cottage at Grand
Beach, Me-, which he has recently pdr-
chased.
PROF. ZUsPITKA, who died the other
day, was professor of English at the
University of Berlin. 1t has been said
of him that, although a German, he
was the greatest authority on early
English.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-19

work, cutting one row at time. The
drag was made from old lumber in the
backyard, and the knife (Which slants
backward and is twenty-six inches
long, was welded by blacksmith for
twenty-five cents out of two old plow-
shares and fifteen cents worth of bolts
finished the job. No one with two or
more acres of corn to cut can afford TO
use the hand knife.-J. A. Pettis, in
American Agriculturist
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-19
DEEP WATERWAYS.
Wealth to the Western Farmer Is As
sured by Its Completion.

For many years the work of creating
deep channels between Lakes Superior.
Huron, Michigan and Erie has been
going on. At length the work is done,
or under contract to complete, so that
from all the lakes twenty-foot channels
may practically be said to exist. With
the completion of the inter-lake
channels, all the immense and rapidly
increasing navigation converges to the
common eastern terminus at Buffalo.
The existence of the great lakes has
made possible the so-called northwest,
since it has permitted the products of
the northwest to reach markets at a
much lower figure than has been
possible by all rail. From Duluth to
Buffalo, eleven hundred miles, it costs
about one-third as much as it costs to
transship and transport across New
York state. Increasing competi-
ton from those countries of
the world possessing cheap land
and cheap labor makes it
imperative on the producers, the farm
ers of the northwest, to search out, if
crops to the eastern markets at a lower
rate than they have been getting. To
every producer in the northwest it will
be of interest to know that on Septem-
Der 1896 there will be a convention
held in the city of Cleveland for the
purpose of developing in a large way
the facts relating to this deep water
navigation from Buffalo eastward.
With a view to decreasing the cost, it
is necessary to use the existing lakes
and river, with supplementary canals,
and to reduce the cost from Buffalo
east in some such ratio as has been Sc
cured in the upper lakes. An eminent
engineer, C. n. Dutton, who has given
the matter great deal of study, has
prepared the following statements and
figures, which l beg to present, with
out comment, simply asking that they
be read and thought on:
sixteen great states, namely, Ohio, Indi-
ana Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Wisconsin
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri North Dakota
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Montana
Wyoming and Colorado, must ship their sur
plus agricultural products from the great
lakes to the seaboard Deep-water navigation
would effect an immediate reduction in freight
costs, and consequent increase in crop values
of an average Of five cents a bushel on grain
and potatoes, four dollars ton on hay and
Eve dollars and upwards ton on straw.
I'm the sixteen states most benefited, the
direct money gain, computed on the crop re-
ports of 1895 will be as follows:
YEARLY GAIN.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-19
In This work-a-Day World

Brains and nervous systems often give way
under the pressure and anXieties of bust
ness. Paresis, wasting of the nervous It's
sues, sudden and unforeward collapse of
the mental and physical faculties are daily
occurrences, as the columns of the daily
press show. Fortify the system when eX-
hausted against such untoward events with
Hostetters Stomach Bitters, that most
helpful medicine of the weak, worn out and
infrm. Use it in rheumatism, dyspepsia,
constipation and malaria.