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The Republican., 1896-10-29
RESPECTABLE RIDERS.
1t Is just as Well to Talk Civilly as Not
to Farmers.

to Farmers.
Hello, old gentleman! Are we on
the right road to Newburg, and what's
the name of this place?" called out one
of the two wheelmen who, while spin
ming aloug country road, had halted
beside cornfield in which an old man
was blowing. The old man thus ad.
dressed "whoa'd his mule, wrapped
the rp1ns about the plow handle and
began fairly tumbling down the hill
between the rows of corn.
Don't bother to come; we can hear, "
expostulated the cyclist, but the elder
ly plowman only increased his speed
and finally struck the road.
II want to take look at you," he
painted, leaning against the stone wall;
you're the most respectable soundin'
fellers I've seen here since sunrise; been
tryin' to plow this here corn patch
pretty nigh all day, and amt done
much more'n 4 tel ll.ae hlpt.ef efc TO "plsces:
Kiff6 O. thought might as well make a
sim post O. myself and stand round
here sum'ers pintin' up the road,
Wouldn't mind so muck" he continued,
balancing his hat on his left ear while
he mopped his countenance. ''if some
O. them city house plants didn't think
themselves SO tarnation smart! You
spoke civil like and called me gentle
man just now, and I'm willin' to tell
you all kin, but when passel of up
starts comes whizzin' long ringin'
their bells at nothin but rabbit tracks,
with legs on 'em that looks as if they
had been fred at by that new-fangled
X-Y-Z sharpshooter, and calls me Dea-
con Hayseed, Poppy Green Grass and
Daddy Corn Cob, it's not agreein' with
me, and they finds it amt
81 asks feller this mornin' who he
thought he was talkin' to, and he said
"a modern Cincinnatus, and then he
| winked at another feller. Now, likes
| to be winked at as much as anybody,
| and l told that feller that perhaps he
was modern New Yorkus and owned
| the earth, and was ridin' round to boss
the job, but I'd be blamed if he didn't
| look jist the greenest durndest grass
hopper I'd ever seen straddle one O.
them patent go-arounds
"'We're scorchin, says one. Glad OF
t., says l, fur maybe you'll be nedin'
the practice later on | talk re-
spectacle to them as talks respectable
to me, and Newburg's straight ahead
then to the right every time and the
name O. this place is Claudius Smiths
Turnpike. If you'll stop at the house,
round the curve yonder, the folks'll
give you some buttermilk, fresh
churned-city livers like buttermilk >
And the old man climbed back to the
plow, where lot of horse flies were
laughing at the way the mule was try.
ing to kick them and couldn't-St.
Louis Post Dispatch.
The Republican., 1896-10-29
A REMARKABLE BOY.
Has Had More Hard Luck Than ANY other
Youngster Alive.

AOunSSter Alive.
Victor Bedingfield, the 12-year-old
son of the editor of the Flatbush Press
and Kings county Gazette, seems des-
tined to reap the rewards promised in
the beatitude which says something
about the long suffering, says the New
York Tribune. He has probably suf-
fered more pain and experienced more
hard luck than any other Flatbush
youngster alive at the present day. The
father as we'll as the subject of this
story was seen the other morning by a
reporter.
Victor is bright boy, and reads
good deal" said the father. ''He was
not born on Friday and | am not sure
that any of the accidents with which he
has met happened on the 18th day of
the month. When the lad was about
six years old we lived in York street,
Brooklyn. One day Victor, while play
ing with another boy, was asked to
walk down a plank which had been
placed on the stairs. Well. he was not
TO be dared, and started to perform the
feat. He fell and was picked up uncon-
sciOus. Our physician said he would
have to undergo an operation as sew
eral of the blood vessels in his head had
burst. We took him to the Brooklyn
hospital, where the physicians said al
operation would kill him. They, how
yer, bandaged the head tightly and
forced the blood into the system. The
marks of the bandages are still on the
child's forehead. His head at the time
was swollen until it was twice the nat
ural size.
Several years ago my wife gave all
the children creosOte. Victor swal-
lowed two spoonfuls of the poison
and was once more rescued from
the brink of the grave. My wife
administered the fluid thinking it
was cough mixture. The doctor said
the dose was sufficient to kill two men.
When he recovered from this illness l
bought him a bicycle. This was
smashed one day and Victor was car
ried to the Kings county hospital A
soda water wagon had run him down
and had almost severed his right leg
from his body They were going to am
DuldIe lne HIND With L dIIINtb at tuN
hospital, but l would not permit it. To-
day as you can see, he is able to walk
as we'll as anybody, Notwithstanding
the fact that he has undergone 13 OPP
erations All! that is the only place, I
think, in which that number figures in
his life. The doctors wondered at the
vitality of the boy and think some of
the operations performed on him have
been unprecedented. When Victor
came out of the hospital he was forced
10 use crutches. One day while walk
ing in Flatbush avenue he fell and
again split his head open. Once more
he was laid up. The latest accident hap
pened six weeks ago. when he upset a
kettle of boiling water. He is now grad
ually recovering from this and the flesh
on his foot, which was burned nearly to
the bone, is rapidly healing"
Victor was born in the city of Christ
Church. which is the south island of
New Zealand. He has a pleasant face,
and, as his father says, he is bright.
The Republican., 1896-10-29
WINTER POULTRY HOUSE.

one raised. By using a high support
the windows may be raised 10 the level
of the rear portion of the roof. There
are no other windows, the other end of
the house being used for the roosts and
nests. Such a house is warm during
the day, and the fowls are out of the
way of draughts at night. Being also
light, the fowls will prefer to remain
inside, which is not the case when a
poultry house is dark, gloomy and
dreary. The house may be of any size
preferred, the roof being Of tarred
paper, and the sides of tongued and
grooved boards.-Farm and Firesids.
The Republican., 1896-10-29
FARM AND GARDEN.
MARKETING FOWLS,
How to Dress Chickens and Turkeys
the Chicago Market

How to Dress Chickens and Turkeys for
the Chicago Market.
Poultry should be kept without food
or water "a hours before killing for
market; full crops injure the appear
ance and are liable to sour, and when
this occurs correspondingly lower
prices must be accepted tAan obtaina-
BILE for choice stock. Never kill poultry
by wringing the neck. The demands OF
various markets vary little in the
manner of dressing poultry, and in
preparing it for market; the custom of
the market to which one is to ship
should be followed.
Chickens for Chicago should be
killed by bleeding in the mouth or
opening the veins of the neck; hang
by the feet until properly bled. Leave
head and feet on; do not remove the
iEtestines nor crop. Scalded chickens
sell best to home trade, and dry picked
best to shippers, so that either manner
of dressing will do if properly done.
For scalding chickens the water
shonld be as near the boiling point as
possible, without boiling; pick the legs
dry before scalding; hold the fowls by
the head and legs and immerse and lift
up and down three times (if the head
is immersed it turns the color of the
comb and gives the eyes shrunken ap-
pearance, which leads buyers to. think
the fowl has been sick); the feathers
and pin feathers should then be re-
moved Immediately, very cleanly and
without breaking the skin; then
plump by dipping ten seconds in wa
ter nearly or quite boiling hot, then
Immediately into cold water; hang in
cool place until the animal heat is
entirely out of the body.
To dry pick chickens properly the
work should be done while the chickens
are bleeding; do not wait and let the
bodies get cold. Dry picking is much
more easily done while the bodies are
warm. Be careful and do not break or
tear the skin.
In dressing turkeys for Chicago OBJ
serve the same directions as are given
for preparing chickens, but always drv
Pick. Dry picked turkeys always sell
best and command better prices than
scalded lots, as the appearance is
brighter and more attractive Endeavor
to market all old and heavy gobblers
before January l, as after HOLIDAYS the
demand is for small, fat hen turkeys
only, old toms being sold at discount
10 canners.-Farm, Field and Fireside.
The Republican., 1896-10-29
YOUNGEST LIFE SAVER.
How Boston Boy Saved a Young Com
panIOn from browning.

AAO" - DosLOh hoy saved a 1OunR COM
panIon from Drowning.
The youngest life-saver on record is
11-year-old Victor E. Gilbert, of Bos-
ton, Mass, who with his parents is
spending the summer at Winthrop
Beach. Regardless of possible conse-
quences, while older boys than he stood
aghast watching their playmate strug-
Cling in the water, he plunged in and
brought his drowning companion safely
TO land. He himself tells the story in
the following words:
You see it was this way. We oil
went down to the beach for a swim,
and were having a great time, when
along came Robbie Turnball. and he
came in with us. Bobbie is nice boy,
but he can't swim much. There's no
place to dive on the Winthrop beach,
and we went back little ways to an
inlet where there is high dock to dive
from.
THE water there is about ten ft ct
deep, and the inlet is maybe 100 feet
wide at that point. It's bad place
for beginner, but all right if Il boy can
The Republican., 1896-10-29
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
A LITTLE VISITOR,

There's q busy little fellow,
Who came to town last night,
When all the world was fast asleep,
The children's eyes shut tight.
| cannot tell you how he came,
For well the secrets hid
But l think upon a moonbeam bright,
Way down to earth he slid.
He brought the Misses Maple
Each, a lovely party gown;
1t was brilliant red and yellow,
With a dash or two of brown
And he must have had a Midas touch,
For if the truth is told,
The bircheS all, from top to toe,
He dressed in cloth of gold.
Then he took a glittering icicle
From underneath the caves,
And with it. on my window,
Drew such shining silver leaves,
Such fair and stately palaces,
Such towers and temples grand,
Their like I'm sure was never seen
Outside of Fairyland.
Who is this busy little man,
Whose coming brings us joy?
For I'm very sure he's welcomed
BY every girl and boy:
The little stars all saw him,
Though they will not tell a soul;
But I've heard his calling card reads thus
J. Forst, Esq, North Pole.
Helen Standish Perkins, in N. Y. 1nde
pendent.
The Republican., 1896-10-29

Some of our boys and girls th"k that
one forenoon is a great deal of time to
wait for dinner after breakfast is over.
But there is big anaconda in the Phil.
delphia Zoo which ate its breakfast
almost two years ago-22 months to be
eXact,-and has just got around to its
dinner. During all that time it didn't
seem to be a bit hungry, although when
it was really ready for meal, it ate
the whole bill of fare, which consisted
of fat rabbit, all at one gulp. It is
not very unusual for snake to alb
stain from food for several months. at
the end of which time death generally
results; but the anaconda's case was
distinctly different from any other. It's
fast lasted over twice as long as any
in the history of the ZoN, and during
the whole Of it's continuance there waa
no evidence of lll-heath.
The Republican., 1896-10-29
BIG COAL TRUST in LONDON.
First Move of the Retail Dealers Combi-
nation Is an Advance

First move OF the Retail Dealers Com bi-
nation Is an Advance
England's first retail coal trust, or
ring" as it is characterized by MANY
leading papers, has just gone into OPP
Grafton. 1t is composed of all the coal
merchants in London, many of whom
control the trade in other parts of the
country.
The capital of the trust, which has
been fixed on the basis of the business
done by the dealers concerned during
the last five years, together with a
valuation of plants and good wills, is
S13, 900, 600 in addition to which there is
an issue of bonds to the amount of
S., 900, 900 The trust is to be carried
on under the general name of William
Cory & Son Qimited), the firm having
the largest interest at stake in the
syndicate and which has been the most
active in bringing about the fusion.
all the firms in the trust will carry on
their branches for the benefit of the
general company.
The first effect is an advance in the
retail price of coal amounting to four
shillings, or fraction less than one
dollar per ton.
The Republican., 1896-10-29
PAPER BOOMERANGs.

one or all of these little boomerangs
(see cut), and set them upon book
with one end projecting. Then sharp,
quick blow with a stick, or snap with the
thumb and lorefinger, will cause them
to fly off in the most unexpected direc-
tions. These boomerangs may also be
made of wood of a considerable size,
and thrown in some vacant lot, where
there is plenty of space for them to de-
scribe their erratic curves; The investi-
eating boy can find out how good an
Australian hunter he would make. The
natives in that country hunt their game
with the boomerang. They throw it
with great skill, and the unsuspectirg
game is taken unawarcs by the strange
direction from which the blow comes
If they attempt to fly from the ap-
preaching missile, or to dodge it, they
are more than likely to put themselves
exactly in the way of it,-Chicagc
Times Herald.
The Republican., 1896-10-29

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure it you must take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by one of the
best physicians in this country for years,
and is regular prescription. 1t is COM
posed of the best tonics known, combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect COM
bination of the two ingredients is what pro-
duces such wonderful results in curing
Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
+. j. CHENEY 81 Co., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Republican., 1896-10-29

RIcHARD-"I understand that old Griffin
has given his consent to your marriage with
ms daughter. Was he good naturcd about
itf' Robert" confound it, he was so
good-natured that couldn't help wishing
that while l was about it | had asked for
something valuable n-Boston Transcrint.
The Republican., 1896-10-29

THE THUNDER OF FBATTLE.-'What," asked
firing off to the left2' 1--WE are not vet
definitely informed" replied the aid-de-
camp, whether it is a ge leral engagement
or policeman shooting at a mad dog"
With the fate of nations in the balance, the
uncertainty was awful Detroit Tribune.
The Republican., 1896-10-29

"WHEN grow up" said little Jack to his
father, Pm going to be just like you,
papa" Good boy to say So" said his
father. well, mean it." said Jack
What jolly time you do have with mann
ma always about to ton your'
The Republican., 1896-10-29
PAPER BOOMERANGS.
How to Make a Toy That Affords Lots of
Harmless Amusement.

If the children must amuse them
selves, let them cut out of stiff card
board-ordinary business cards will
answer the purpose admirably-any
The Republican., 1896-10-29

| A SPIRITED MEAL - Cannibal Chief
what was that had for dinner?" Can
excellency.' Cannibal ehief-''I thought |
detected burned taste" Cansibal Chef
"Yes, your eXcellency, he was scorching
when we caught him. ."--Yonkers States.
man
The Republican., 1896-10-29

PRoFEssoR-'Yo were on the lookout
for specimens yesterday, ] understand.
bow many of you read sandstone!" Head
Scholar-"Can't say as to that, sir, but
know that fathers read Blackstone"
The Republican., 1896-10-29

PROFESSOR, said graduate, trying to
be pathetic at parting, 81 am indebted to
you for all know" "Pray. do not men
tion such tri1e," was the reply.
The Republican., 1896-10-29

IT is queer thing that some men cannot
consider themsel ,es truly religious without
making other people uncomfortable -
Truth.
The Republican., 1896-10-29
COLD-WEATHER HOUSE.

A Structure THU Is SHIu 10 COHDIh8
Light, Warmth and Ventilation.
The poultry house illustrated is in
tended 20 show how to combine light,
warmth and ventilation. BY raising
the windows the house can be convert
ed into an open, well-ventilated shed,
without draughts. On very cold days
the windows may be down anu only
The Republican., 1896-10-29

"Ha the plot thicl1ens," muttered the
suburbanite, as he gazed closely at his new
Sown lawn.
The Republican., 1896-10-29

''SAY, grandpa don't you wish you was
boy again9" We'll, mebby I'd like to be
one ef l could git back the two fingers
he'd blown off by one o. them blamed little
cannOnSD
The Republican., 1896-10-29

THE people should really take more pains
to conceal what they know.
The Republican., 1896-10-29

1T is the telescope that distance lens an
chantment TO the view.-Texas Hiftsr,
The Republican., 1896-10-29

sod by druggists, price 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-08-20
w.,y Not ren-oer. Do1lorsq


We eli know that this country cen
sustain a limited amount of silver cur
lency at g. ratio of sixteen tD one, be-
cause it is already doing IT. But Il it can
sustain an unlimited amount coined as
the same ratio, why can it not sustain It
at ratio of three to one? In other
words, why can it not strike from our
ten cent piece the inscription Zone
dime" and make It ''cne dollar?"' If
this be practicabia-and tt seems to
me that the one is as practicable as the
Others not the proposition Of ulim-
tied sixteen to one an eNt1nvagant and
useless waste OF the most valuable COM
nsodity which the world has ever
known? 1t appears that there are great
er possibilities open to the advocates
OF the white metal than even they have
as yet conceived.-T +. Rice.
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-08-20
Gov. Renfrow of Oklahoma.

The testimonials in behalf of Hoods
Sarsaparila are not only from people
who cannot afford costly professional
treatment but they come also from
persons in official stations. Nor is
Hoods sarsaparilla praised only by
those who have learned in their owu
experience Of it's wonderful curative
powers, but men Of highest in telligence
and soundest judgement are ready 80
speak IL It's favor. His excellency VIM.
Z Renfrow, Governor of Oklahoma, n
a recent voluntary letter, writes US;
From its general reputation, I know
of none that | would prefer to Hoods
sarsapsrila il we should need a blood
purifier or remedy for general debility"
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-08-20
HARD TIMES AND FREE SILVER
Cheap Money Productive of Oemmerctaa
Depression.

Cheap Money Productive of Osmmerctaa
Depression
THE Clarksville (Tenn.) Leaf Ohrrn-
icle has the following:
There is not a first-class commercial
country On earth NOW that'has free coin
age
There IS not a free silver country ON
earth that has as much as five dollars
per capita In ctrculation-aIl kinds of
money.
There is IN circulation in the United
States S2z per capita, or $3.50 more
per capita than any free silver country.
On earth.
I'VE have more IN circulation to-day
than ever before, and more per capita
than any free silver country ON earth.
Our dollar will buy more sugar,
coffee, fouT, meal, uasat, medicine.
hardware ond clothing than In 1873.
"a bzsrrel OF corn, q b,,shel of wheat
or 100 pounds Of tobacco will buy nearly
double as much Of the articies that
farmers consume as the same kind of
cora, wheat or tobacco would buy Tn
1873.
THE wages OF the laboring man win
buy double as much of the necessaries
of life now as in 1878, and hts wages
have not been reduced one-fourth as
much as the purchasing power of hrs
money. has been Increased"
All Of the above propositions we a.s-
eE,without the fear ofinelligent con-
tradictinn. Then, if 1t be fact THAI no
free silver country on earth has as
much as five dollars per capita; and II
it be q fact that we have about S24 per
capita; and If 1t be a fact that we have
more silver IN circulation per capita
than any free silver country tn the
world; and if 1t be a fact that the pur-
chasing power of our dollar is now
about double whaA It waa in 1873, and
that the products Of the farm win pur-
chase more necessaries of life than in
1878, cur ffea silver friends viii have TO
hunt harder for the bard times COM
plained Of. They can't charge It TO s4
reduced circulation OF higher prices
Galveston News.
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-08-20
= The Free-oopper movement.

The silver bug should not delude him
self with the idea that the only enemy
he has to combat IS ahe goldbug. There
are others. The copper bag is abroad in
the land. His arguments are finding
fixed iodgment in the minds Of many
who have rejected the goldbug and the
silver bug. Every argument advanced
for free silver applies with greater
force 80 free copper. The widows mite
was copper. The money of the poor Is
copper. It has been coined into money
by nearly all the nations Of the earth
for 2 thousand years. Ii the govean-
ment with it's stamp can make SO cents
worth Of silver worth full dollar, It
can make three cents worth Of copper
worth enc dollar. II the 53-cent silver
COLLAR WIFI bring prosperity and give
money to all the people, the three cent
copper dollar will bring those blessings
in greater measure. If the debtor eau
save ~ cents on every dollar under free
silver, he can save 81 csntls on every dol
lar by paying with three cent copper
dollar. The copper bug certainly has a
better scheme than the silver bug. II
the e,rgutnea1ts of the silver bug arc
sound, those Of the copper bug arc
soondey. But let US suspend juog
ment, brethren, uni we hear from the
men with the leather dollar.-ChicaSo
Times Herald
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-08-20
NUMBER 10

be elected and We viii have free silver,
l6 to l, to throw at the birds.
Ben Noris-I say Bryan will surely
be elected aud we will have free silver
in short order am going to Arizona.
stake out me claim and be in the
swim.
L. o. Walker---I believe that McKip-
ley will be the wors defeated man that
ever offered for the presidency. l
regard Bryan's election as doubly
certain. We Will surely get free silver.
AL. Tabor---I have believed all the
time that Mckinley would come out
on top and lhaye no reason 10 change
my mind yet. His majority will be
large enough for all practical purposes.
DR.. RAY am for Bryan, but cannot
begin to indorse the Chicago platform.
l think the Democratic ticket viii he
elected.
J NJ. Bailey-eI tbink Bryan and
Sewall will be elected. l am straight
out silver man.
Postmaster Wallace---W While 1 do not
see the silver question as most Demo-
Gratis around here do, believe that
Bryan and Sewall viii be elected.
P. Fl. Stroud---My notion is that the
silver people will win, but it's hard to
tell what the American people are
going to do till they have done 1t. If
the sound money Democrats put out
ticket and support it. the chances will
then be in favor Of Mckinley.
j. Barrett Mckinley will be elected.
OF course. Don't see how it could be
figured out otherwise.
7. S. Phillips---Put me down for
William Bryan, that's all | have to
say.
j. H. Buell---I almost know that
Mckinley will be elected. He is gain
ing ground every day.
e. S, Foreman Mckinley will un-
doubtly be elected. The sound money
Democrats will offset heinroads the
free silver people are making on the
Republican ticker. Unless all signs
fail Mckinley viii be our next presi-
| dent.
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-08-20
CLERKS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the following
named administrators and Guardians filed at
the Jul term 1886 of The Carroll Probate court
for the Eastern District, their account currents
1t was ordered by the court tllat the same he
continued and advertised fer confirmation or re-
lection 1T the Oct. term Of SAID court, 1856 viz
L. L. Fl arbert. executor OF tie estate OF jeff
Baker, decd, Srd ANIMAL account current
W. G. Russell, guardian of Charles Goforth,
final account current.
o, c. p. Grim, adnr. of the estate OF j N.
Grim, decd, lst annual account current.
All persons having exceptions to sad settle
ments are requested to ale the same in this
court on or before the 2nd day Of the Oct. term
thereof,
This July q 1896.
j. P. Faneher. Probate Clerk.