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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24
FaVorite Hobo Triple.

In many of the Bowery saloons "a
large glass of pure Kentucky whisky
is the speciality, but the hobo who
really wants quantity and cares only
for the qualities that induce almost
immediate intoxication patronizes the
places where Dolly Warden" or 'Al
Sorts" is sold.
Il call it liquid hash" recently said
a barkeeper in West street resort.
''They call it Sweet Dreams Sun
shine Dolly Warden 'Catch-asCatch-
CAM AL Sorts and a half dozen
names You see, do good business
down here with all kinds of people,
and l sell all kinds of goods-good
goods and some that are pretty bad.
Behind the bar here l have got a
large six-gallon demijohn, with a fun
mel in the top. Into that | pour the
dregs of cocktails, punches, old ale
any old thing that sticks to the
glasses. l tighten this up with a lit
tie cheap whisky now and then. Some
people use cayenne pepper, but l don't.
l put all the squeezed lemons in and
add little water, and l get drink
that these fellows like, especially in
the winter. l can afford to sell it for
five cents, because it is nearly all
profit. Did l ever taste it? Not on
your life!''-N. Y. Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

A good dairy COW should be trained to
stand quietly in milking, so that the
mixer can readily use both hands.
1t is less work to wash the butter
milk out of the butter when in granu-
lar form, and it can be done more effect
lively.
The rate of consumption of cheese in
America is about three pounds per cap
tia per annum.
Let one person do the milking, if
possible. Cows get used to a mixer,
and almost invariably hold up" their
milk when a new mixer comes. Too
frequent changing of mixers has
ruined many a cow.
Practice and chemistry agree that
good clover hay is the best roughness
which can be used in the dairy; but,
remember that poor clover hay is poor
COW feed The leaves are lost when
tumbled about too much after it is
dry.
Don't hire at any price man who has
a bad temper; he will ruin your cows.
Don't hire one who is not good mixer;
he will dry off your cows. Don't en-
ploy a man or boy who is not willing
to learn to carry out your instructions.
Rural World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

home it is! For the boy it has been a
prison and cage.
The doctors who have studied Willie's
case say it is the queerest one they have
ever heard or read about. For ten long
years young Collins has been kept in
captivity by his mother, who logged
him nearly every day, and kept him
naked and in heavy chains all the time.
Is it a wonder that to-day Willie eats,
drinks and banks like dog, or that he
should be pronounced by the lunacy
commissioners of California as a dam
gerous, raving maniac! If you were in
one room and this poor, bedraggled lad
in another, you would easily believe
that the strange noise which Willie
makes with his throat was the bark of
dog or the cry of a wild beast.
Think of spending the first ten years
of your life in small, dark room,
chained to the floor, with bundle of
filthy rags for a bed! Is it strange that
this unfortunate boy should become
crazy and dangerous? Gradually Will
lies reason faded away until now he
cannot talk. and does not recognize any
one All that he seems to understand is
that piece of meat flung down before
him is something to eat. For ten years
Willie Collins has never left his black
little room, full of foul smells and as
bare as the back of your hand. Those
who remember him when he was a baby
say that he was very bright and good
tempered. Surely it would have been
much better for him if, like Mowgl,
he had been stolen by the wolves and
reared under the free skies, going
wherever he pleased and breathing the
fresh air of the woods. Even now he
walks about on all-fours and snarls
when YOU toss him bone.
Neighbors of Mrs. Collins often COM
pained to the police of Oakland that
she was abusing her son, for they fire.
Quently heard his cries in the night.
But in all those years no one has done
anything to bring this unnatural
mother to justice. An investigation Of
Wslie's case has been made. Mrs. Col
Inns will probably go to Jail, but Willie
will probably have to spend the rest of
ms lie III the insane aSSluln, where lie
has just been placed. The doctors say
that light and good food and sunshine
have come to Willie Collins too late
His brain, once bright enough, is now
a blank.
Such is the true story of the Ameri-
can Mowgli. who, a wild boy indeed
had none of the privileges Of Mr.,
Kipling's young hero, who never knew
a mothers love. and who must end his
life in chains even as he began tn,
Y. Recorder.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24
Hunter Attacked by Cranes.

While an Indiana man was out hunt
ing he had desperate fight with a
flock of cranes. He had shot and
wounded one crane and attempted to
capture it alive. The wounded bird
fought furiously, striking him repeat
eddy with its beak and trying to peck
out his eyes. In addition it made such
an cutlery that the rest of the flock re-
turned to its assistance, and all sur
rounded the now frightened hunter.
He actually had to fight for his life,
and it was not until he had killed or
disabled II of them with his dubbed
gun that the rest left him. Then he
was completely exhausted, his cloth
ing in fragments, and his face bleed
ing in a score of places.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24
PETERS BABY CARRIAGE.
How a Chicago Boy Put Celevr Ide
Into Practical Shape.

How a Chicago Boy Put Celevr Idea
Into Practical Shape.
Peter was such a bit of lad that he
could scarcely reach the crossbar of the
handle of the baby carriage. On ordi
nary occasions Peter cared little
whether he was tall or short, but he
always wished ne was two feet taller
whenever his mother put Tom in the
baby carriage and told Peter to mind
him" The broad walk which extends
along the west side of Lincoln park is
half mile long.
Until the policeman in gray uniform
put a stop to the fun the boys on the
north side of Chicago found a great
deal of sport in racing down the long
walk on their bicycles. To be sure, they
had to dodge scores of baby carriages
and nurses, but this only gave zest to the
pleasure.
Peter owned a tricycle.. 1t was one of
those cheap machines without rubber
tires or springs and was timed all over
to give good appearance. But Peters
sturdy little legs could make the tricy-
Gle spin down the long walk, and al
though he never won he always raced
with the boys who rode bicycles.
Peters mother. whenever the day was
fine, would put Tom, the little brother,
in the baby carriage and push him to
the lonk walk in Lincoln park. Then
she void tell Peter to push the car
riage. He was 50 short that he could
rot look over the top, so he was obliged
to peep ahead by looking around the
corner of the baby carriage.
One day he found a pair of wheels anc
the axle of an old baby carriage. He
took them home, and was playing rail
road" with them when he thought of
something. He mounted his tricycle.,
and CARRYING the wheels and axle hur-
red to the carpenter, who had his shop
down in the alley. He gave the carpen-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

Prof. John Wise, the eminent Ameri-
can aeronaut, who lost his life in max
ing a balloon ascension on September
IS, 1879, once viewed storm from bal
loon, which is described as follows:
The view of storm cloud from
above is one of the most interesting
sights every beheld by mortal man. A
sesrsn viewed from above the clouds
has the appearance of ebullition. The
upper surface of the cloud is bulged
upward and outward, and has the re-
semblance of a vast sea of boiling, up
heaving snow. Immediately above the
storm cloud the air is not so cold as it
is in the clearer atmosphere above or
in the cloud itself. The falling of the
rain can be distintly heard, making a
noise like waterfall over precipice
The thunder heard above a storm cloud
is not loud and the flashes of lightning
appear like streaks of intensely white
light on the surface of the gray colored
vapor. Atlanta Constitution.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24
SCIENTIFIC FEEDING,
no" eopie Should Regulate Their Diet
to Live Rightly.

Ho" people Should Regulate Their Diet
to Live Rightly.
hst tlng must no longer be carried on
for tSpe mere pleasure of the palate or
DeauSe one is hungry, say the profess
sors lat berkeley. They are investigat-
ing Bhe subject of human food, and will
sooIP promulgate rules for practical
1ee1ing by which people must regulate
the4r diet if they intend to live rightly,
or, perhaps, at all.
hereafter costly dinners, embracing
all Vhe delicacies of the season, will
havel to stand the test of the college
mems measuring tubes, and if they do
not contain the proper proportions of
protfln, carbohydrate and fat, they
Wig condemned on the same grounds
that fuberculous cows are destroyed
by IN health officer
ASBrding to the professors tables,
L- balanced diet contains proper
tiolnate amount of these three ingredi-
snSs, and they are going to find out
whether the people of the coast are
eaSlng them as they should.
Erotein is better known under the
general name of meat, milk or eggs.
N&rpohydrate sounds more seductive
Wpen labeled sugar or starch. Fat IS
JUST plain fat, and the learned ones ex-
PLAIN that its chief use is to make peo-
pie go. 1t is the fuel, and the average
man needs a third of a pound of it
every day, besides quarter of pound
OF he protein or meat, and full pound
OF ie starchy or sugary material.
- esofs. Hilgard and Jaffa have begun
an Investigation of what people eat on
the Pacific coast Prof. Atwater, at
Storrs, Conn, is doing the same thing
in the east. Prof. Playfair, in En-
gland, and Prof Volt, in Germany, are
making Investigations along the same
lines. They want to find out what is
the best scientific menu in the world,
and when the work is done poor peo-
pie will get the full benefit of scientific
economy.
By the tables of the professors thus
far computed there is about 20 per
cent. of material that is wasted in beef,
about Is per cent. in mutton, about Is
per cent in eggs, and only little over
IL per cent. in ham. Chicken, on the
other hand, wastes SO per cent. and
turkey 80 per cent, while oysters lose
as much as 81 per cent. AS between
the founder and the halibut, the for
mer loses &C per cent and the latter
only II per cent
Everything in the list of eatables has
its value, from string beans to sweet
potatoes. A man who eats in a single
day 10 ounces of steak, 8 ounces of but
ter, ounces of potatoes and % ounces
of bread is feeding all right. But the
man who eats ounces of oatmeal,
ounces of sugar, 8 ounces of chicken
and ounces of rice gets very little
muscle-forming food, though it is a
common diet, and most people who live
on such bill of fare think themselves
well fed-San Francisco Examiner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

Babylon is one of the elephants in a
circus exhibiting in Chicago, and
"Growler" is a bear. which is chained
near the elephant. Not long ago a lit
tie girl, the daughter of one of the cir
Gus riders. was playing near the ele-
plants, when Growler seized her in his
claws. Babylon, who witnessed the cap
ture, promptly brought his trunk down
with crushing force on Growler's head.
The bear was stunned by the blow and
released the child. who had tainted. The
elephant then picked her up and placed
her where the bear could not reach her,
Attendants then came running TO the
rescue, but too late to deprive Babylon
Of the honor of Swing q human life
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24
OAKLAND'S WILD BOY.
Has Been Kept in Chains for Ten Years
by His Mother,

Has Been Kept in Chains for Ten Years
by His Mother,
If you have read any of Rudyard
Kipling's stories about Mowgli, the
wild boy of India, you will see the point
of this true narrative, which is really
news, and is doubly interesting because
it is in our own country.
Mr.. Kipling's wolf-boy hero was
brought up by the wild animals of the
jungle, and very happy boy in his free,
fierce way he was, too. Willie Collins,
about whom this story tells, was
brought up by wicked mother, who,
in many respects, is worse than any
wild animal, for the latter nearly al
ways look out for the welfare of its
young, and guards them tenderly.
Willie Collins, as the result of his
mothers cruelty and neglect, is more
like a wild boy than any lad e9er
brought up in a large city. Willie's
home is in Oakland, Cal, and what o
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

keep the hay from coming down under
the cattle's feet. Chains for the neck
take the place of stiff stanchions. A
raised walk in the rear is added, room
being afforded between this and the
platform for a manure gutter, which
should be lined with cement. A feed
box for grain, roots or ensilage slips in
from the feedingfoor like draw, and
can be removed when empty. This plan
looks TO the saving of all the manure
and to the greater comfort of the cows
and those who have to care for them,
while the changes that would have to
be made to secure these advantages
would be inexpensive. With the changes
suggested ought to be mentioned also
the need in the average old-fashioned
barn of more windows to let in light
and sunshine.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

ter his idea, and in an hour little Peter
triumphantly rode into the front yard
with his tricycle. made over into baby
carriage.
The carpenter had fixed the axle and
wheels which Peter found to a board
and had fastened the board to the rear
axle of Peters bicycle. On the board
he had nailed a box large enough for
Tom, and there was Peters idea put
into practical shape.
On almost any fine afternoon Peter
and Tom may be seen on the long walk
in Lincoln park; Peter on his tricycle.
and Tom in the box behind holding the
,reins with which he drives his two
legged horse. When Peter gets tired Of
pulling Tom he pushes him and guides
the tricycle. by means of Toms reins,
which he ties to the handle-bar.-Chi-
cagO Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

1t is useless to talk to the average farm
er whose barn is in this shape of what
ought to be done, if what ought to be
done" involves the building of new
cattle quarters. 1t is, therefore, more
sensible to plan how these old "tie-ups"
may be made more serviceable, with
some simple interior alterations. With
this end in view, two illustrations are
given herewith, the first showing the
arrangement of the old-fashioned cattle
stalls, to be found so frequently at the
present day, and the other a remodeled
version of it. In the latter it will be
seen that the platform has been raised
andmoved forward, bringing the cattle's
heads up to the side of the feeding floor,
part of the partition being hinged
to let down, so as to form crib for hay
Uprights four or more inches apart
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24
INDUSTRY OF BIRDS.
Some Build Their Nests and Rear Their
Families in summer.

Families in summer.
Birds are the most interesting of the
lower order creatures with which men
have to deal, and they are also the most
industrious, though according to the
ideas of some men their notions of in
dustry are sadly perverted.
The English sparrow is an industrious
bird, but its industry is not appreciated
TO any favorable extent save by natur-
&lists who are not prejudiced. The
English sparrow raises several broods
of chicks every year, the female begin
ming to build a new nest almost as soon
as the young are out of their shells, and
leaving them to the care of the male
while she hustles fora new location and
new material for a nest.
Many of the minor birds build extra
nests. The robins may sometimes be
seen these days putting up nest, hav-
ing built one and got rid of first brood.
Blackbirds are occasionally Industrious
in this way, and the warblers are like
wise good breeders.
The little field sparrow and its cousin
the song chip lay eggs in the spring and
in summer, and their young are still
under tuition in September.
The woodcock, the ruffed grouse and
other large birds sometimes build late
nests as well as early ones. The late
hroods are probably those of birds
whose first lot of eggs was destroyed by
fox or some other predatory animal.
But the early broods may be safely as
cribed to a young pair of birds, year
lings, who think the first pleasant day
of springtime to be harbnger of many
such days.
Hawks and predatory birds are the
powers of bird society. They live by
the lives of the weaker birds. They are
aristocrats, almost ranking with the
eagles and herons. Their children are
few but mighty, being princes of the
air when young, and becoming kings
and queens before their parents die
n. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24
ABOUT MILK FEVER.
Useful Hints on tho Subject from the
Rhode Island Station.


Rhode Island Station.
Bulletin 6, of Rhode Island station, is
an illustrated pamphlet on milk fever.
This is a brain disease, caused by too
much or too little blood Many cows, it
says, inherits predisposition to milk
fever, the Jerseys being especially liable
to it. Overlooking and want of exer-
else are frequent causes of the disease.
The symptoms are chill, twitching of
muscles of head and face, stoppage of
milk and urine, padding" with hind
feet, staggering, grinding the teeth, and
sometimes violent tossing of head and
believing. Treatment: Put the COW
in warm place, wrap the body closely
in sheet wrung out of cold water, and
wrap several blankets over the sheet.
Blanket the neck, and rub limbs with
wisps of straw. After perspiration
starts change sheets every half hour.
Make the bowels act by injecting eser-
inc under the skin, or giving the follow
ing: One ounce powdered nux vomica,
two ounces tartar emetic, IS ounces
glauber salts, Az pounds fine salt-all
boiled ten minutes in two quarts water,
and give one-fourth of the entire guam
tity every half hour. If COW is down,
keep her propped up on brisket. If
she bloats, puncture the paunch from
above the hollow just in front of
"haunch" bone. When sheet and blan-
kets are removed, cover her with dry
blanket to prevent chill. Squibb's fluid
extract of ergot is a good preventive and
cure
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

A small town in Bavaria is about to
celebrate the three hundredth ami
versary of lawsuit with list of
barons concerning the ownership of a
forest of oak and beach trees. The
villagers have come into full posses
sion and have managed the property
SO well that its value has increased to
c5O0 600
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

In the Missouri river, near Platts1
mouth, Neb., is an island which is over.
run with curious mice. They have 6
golden brown coat, while the lower
part of their bodies is pure white.
Their legs are pink and their eyes are
jet black. No such mice are found
anywhere else.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24
FARM AND GARDEN.
NEAT CATTLE QUARTERS.
How to Improve Old-Fashioned Dairy
Barn Tie-Ups.

How to Improve Old-Fashioned Dairy
Barn Tie-Ups.
The cattle quarters in most of the
barns some time built are objectiona-
BILE for the following reasons: The old,
stiff stanchions are generally in use,
depriving the cows of proper comfort.
The platform on which the cattle stand
is not high enough to keep their tanks
out of the droppings, nor is there a
gutter in the rear to hold the solid and
liquid manure, the floor usually being
SO open that all the liquid runs to waste
the best part of the dressing. There
is also no walk behind the cows, but
one must pick his way through the
manure-a filthy condition of things.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

VERY low rates will be made by the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas Railway for ex-
cursions of AugustlSth, September 1st, 18th
and 29th, to the south, for Homeseekers
and Harvesters. For particulars apply to the
nearest local Agent, or address JAMES BAR
KER, Gen. Pass. u Tkt. Agt., st. Louis, Mo.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

Address D. j. Price, A. G. p. A, L&G. N.
R. R., Palestine, Texas, sending seven cents
postage, for 200 page handsomely illus
trated book telling all about Texas. Texas
is now attracting great number Of settlers
by reason of cheap lands and mild climate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24
superstitions of the Siamese.

The Siamese have such a supersti-
tious dislike of odd numbers that they
studiously strive to have in their
houses an even number of windows,
doors, rooms, cloaets, etc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

SEND ten cents silver for sample box DIR.
Bailey's celebrated Liver Pills. Fifty pills
for CSC Agents wanted. Excelsior Chemi-
cal Co., Lock Box COS, Rochester, N. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

FITS stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Res orer. Free 50 trial bottle
Z treatise DR. KLINE. 1913 Arch St Phila Pa.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

FRIENDSHIP is plant of slow growth, and
must undergo and withstand the shocks of
adversely before it is entitled to the appella-
tion-Washiugton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

SUCCESS in life is not so much matter OF
talent or opportunity as of concentration and
perseverance.-C. W. Wendte.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

"WHAT do you suppose caused the ma
tives to think that Little Billy had wife up
in the city?" "Oh, from his happy, care
less manner, they naturally judged that he
was freed for the time being from some
weight on his mind ''-Philadelphi North
American
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

IT'S looking downward that makes one
dizzy.-Boston Waterman
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

WHEN we are good in the right way we
are good for something. Chicago Stand
ard.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

PIso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me many a DOCTORS BILLS. F. HARDY,
Hopkins Place, Baltimore, Md, Dec. ?, '94.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

PRUDENCE is the knowledge of things to
be sought and to be avoided.-Chicago
Standard
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

AN EYE TO BUsINEss.--"I thought, Alice,
that you were engaged to H9ry Smith, and
now | hear you are going to marry his
father" THAT'S right, Maude. The old
gentleman said he could support only one of
u.s. aud | decided to be that one, and took
the WidoWer. n-Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

WHAT makes life dreary is want of mo
ttve.-George Eliot
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

PRUDENCE and industry are the best safe
ard.
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No MAN ever worked honestly without
giving some help to his race.-Ruskin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

SELFIsHNEss is self robbery, no matter
whether it dwells in hut or in palace
RAMS Horn
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

If the best use 10 made of existing means
they will insensiblY multiply.-E. Johnson.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

WHEN you loaf, remember the rights OF
busy people.-Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

AN UNJUST CHARGE" look here
said Tattered Thompson to Weary Walker,
who had become engaged in debate, ''you
insult me, interrupted Walker. 'Td have
you know l never labor."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-09-24

OF an idle, unrevolving man destiny can
make nothing more than a mere enameled
vessel Of dishonor, let her spend on him
what eoloring she may. Let the idle think
of this.-Carlyle.