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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09
RUSSIANS AND MONGOLS.
The Fearful Change Wrought by the
Tartar Rule.

Inc rearIul Change wrought by the
Tartar Rule.
All independent modern Russian
writers agree in stating that the long
Mongol dominion sadly affected the
character Of the populations through
out the land. With the exception of
Novgorod and the few kindred COM
munities in the north, the spirit of
freedom had scarcely existed in Russia
even before, among the mass of the
people, but the Tartar yoke wrought
fearful change for the worse.
Political slavery" writes Prince
Peter Dolgorukow, whose family traces
its descent from Rurik, in his work,
La Verite sur la Russia" destroyed
all feeling of personal dignity. The
Russian rulers were compelled to go to
the Horde of the Tartar Khan in order
to receive the investiture for their
states. Admitted to the presence of
the khan they had to remain on their
knees before him. Having left his tent,
they had still to pay an assiduous and
obsequious homage to the most infiuen-
tial men of the Mongol Horde. If they
incurred the khan's disgrace, they were
loaatdef with chains, tortured and
i1vestture R Rer1 atsppPyw was spared to
back to render the yoke of their own
subjects more heavy, in order to in
demniiy themselves, by tyranny and
by exactions for the insults they had
had to bear among the Horde. The
laws we're altered the manners became
of a harshness and barbarism unknown
until then. From corporal punishment
nobody was exempt, not even those
highest in office-neither the boyars,
nor even the members of the princely
houses, who hailed from Rurik. Fort
mighty Review.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09
s-YEAR-oLD ATHLETE.

some day. He is possessed of all the
characteristics of his father, who is
one of the learned men of the day. Lit
tie Gilbert is a most ambitious young
chap.
Gilbert developed a strong liking for
athletics long before he had reached his
sixth year, and grasped every oppor.
unity to develop his body. He was
particularly fond of running and walk
ing, but, as a matter of fact. he tried
his skill at everything. 1t was not until
last year that he was brought before
the public, the occasion being the in
door games of the preparatory classes
Of the Berkeley school, held in the
latter's big gymnasium before a large
crowd. Master Gilbert was entered in
nearly every event and was one of the
youngest competitors. He secured first
place in the one-quarter-mile walk, de-
feating boys three years his senior.
The latter performance encouraged
him, and he trained diligently for the
indoor games which We're decided re-
Gently. At the latter games Gilbert Sc
cured two frsts and two seconds. In
the one-quarter-mile walk he again met
lads much older than himself, and had
10 be content with second prize. He
won the potato race, an event which
necessitates great amount of strategy.
The sack race resulted in another win
and in the roller skating race he cap
tured second place.
Gilbert's favorite distance is 100
yards, and next year he hopes to take
conspicuous part in the junior inter-
scholastic championship race at that
distance. He is steady runner and has
excellent motion; he will be very fast
when he is fully matured. Gilbert has
recently shown great speed as BIZ
cycle rider, and is also an excellent mu
IN c111rr vi Il r5dPti
IN the interest of the Messiah home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09
FARM AND GARDEN.
HANDY SWILL TRUCK.
One Can BE Made at Home at Cost of
Three Dollars.

One Can BE Made at Home at Cost Of
Three Dollars.
/ have homemade swill truck which
1 like very much. bought an oil bar
rel, knocked out one head and bored q
hole opposite the bung hole and of the
same size. Then, at a blacksmith 8,
l got two old buggy wheels with boxes
in, and the iron part of a buggy axle,
and had the blacksmith take piece out
of the axle and shorten it so that it
measured two feet nirfe inches between
the hubs. [ had the axle for two inches
back of each shoulder rounded, it being
square, and showed it through the holes
in the barrel, until the ends were at
equal distances from the barrel; then l
wedged all around the axle with some
soft wood, such as pine. Then l made
frame, see 2, two feet eight inches
from outside to outside, in
width, and which may be of
any length desired. Two irons,
3, of the right length to bend around
the axle, were bolted to the frame.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09
The ARTFUL DODGER.
Appropriate Name Given to a Lazy Horse
That Played Lame.

Some horses are as lazy as some men,
and perhaps it would be equally true TO
say that some horses are as cunning as
some men; but not many ever combine
the two qualities of laziness and cur
ming better than one whose perform
ances are chronicled by Lady Barker.
He was one of her horse friends in New
Zealand, christened Artful Dodger.
This name was given to him on &C"
count of the trick of counterfeiting
lameness the moment he was put into
the shafts of a dray. That is to say.
if the dray was loaded; so long as it was
empty, or nearly so, the Dodger stepped
out gayly, but if he found it at all heavy
he affected to fall dead lame.
More than once, with a new driver,
this trick had succeeded to perfection,
and the Dodger found himself back
again in his stall, with rack of hay
before him, while his deluded owner or
driver was trying to find substitute in
the shafts.
In order to induce the Dodger to ACT
his part thoroughly a drayman was
one udy dppOluttu "ilolh 'iio Ioi sc i''N
never seen. The moment the signal
was given to start, the Dodger, after Il
glance around, which plainly said: 81
wonder if l might try it on you?" tool'
q step forward and almost fell down
so desperate was his lameness.
The driver, who was well instructed
III his part, ran round and lifted up QUO
sturdy leg after the other, with every
appearance of the deepest concern
Thus encouraged, the Dodger uttered :
groan, but still seemed determined t.
do his best, and limped and STUMBLED
a ward or two farther on.
1t seemed impossible to believe th'
horse to be quite sound; but the mo
1nent had come to unmask him. Hi
master stepped forward, and, pullir'
first one cunning ear, on the alert TO
every word, and then the other, cried
1T won't do, sir! Step out directly
and don't let us have any nonsense"
The Dodger groaned again-this tim
from his heart, proba bly-snook him
self, and, leaning well forward in hi
big collar, stepped out without mul
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
MARGERY'S THOUGHTS.


Dear dear, what pity, I've nothing but
legs,
For legs are such stupid slow things;
EoW why wasn't made like those beauti-
full birds
Who are flying up there on their wings
Now when go home 1 must trudge up the
hill,
And then I must climb the stone wall.
And as likely as not l shall scratch both
my knees,
And perhaps get terrible fall
But then, I suppose if God made me bird
l should have to eat worms for my food !:
And l think that I'd really like bread and
milk best,
For ! don't believe worms taste as good.
And then in a nest suppose I should sleep,
And give I'D my pretty white bed,
And, oh, for a pillow, just feathers and
hairs
Would be all I'd have under my head.
And when in the morning got I'D to hattie,
Why, what should do for a tub?
And, what should l do for coarse towels
and soap
When 1 needed to have good scrub?
Well, really I'm glad that God made me a
child,
guess it's the best thing to be-
And perhaps now those birds are all look
ing down here,
And wishing, each one, he was me.
Herbert jerks, in Our Little Ones.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09
Ian,er Full OF Dainties.

Foxes are devoted parents, like Nil of
the lower order of animals, and the way
they provide for their young is some
thing amazing. 1t is related that one
fox in Scotland had developed such
a marked fondness for lambs that
efforts had TO be made to find her lair.
\ fter a long hunt the men succeeded,
and in the den five young foxes were
found. They found also store of food
calculated to last a long while. There
were lambs, rats, curlew, plover, ducks,
cartridges, and, most astonishing of all,
76 short-eared owls. All the game was
dead, and the hunters soon dispatched
The young foxes, and also Mrs. Reynard'
when she approached her lair.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

Careful feeding produces a good
growth and healthy condition.
To raise good horses in the best pos
sible way it is essential to start right
and end right.
The way to make farming profitable
is TO keep land and stock in healthy,
vigorous condition.
Even on the farm no two horses have
the same vafue-one will be worth
more than the other in some recognize
able way.
One advantage with a well formed
animal is that it does not require u
great deal of fat to make good ap-
pearance.
Rich food given too soon or in toe
large quantities after the sows farrow
will cause the milk flow to be too rich
and too abundant.-Farmers'U Union.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09
,ddfng water and heating over a spirit

lamp.
The Florence flask, used by the lta!-
ians principally for putting up wine, is
1ound-bottomed and covered with
wicker work. As soon as the water Ill
the flask becomes heated streams OF
fire issue from it in the shape of min
iature skyrockets. If the heat be re-
moved and reapplied three or four times
the upper surface of the flask becomes
dry and the particles adhering to the
side of the flask scintillate like stars
emitting brilliant rays, and many OF the
stars will shoot from side to side. Such
exhibitions as these are strenuouslT
condemned by practical chemists.
Durand Woodman, one of the leading
chemists in New York, whose attention
was drawn to the subject by the writer,
said: Tricks and games in which phos
phorus is used should not be INDUCED
in by persons who are not used by long
experience to handling such stuff.
Phosphorus is one of the most danger
Gus commodities which we have to
handle, and should never be used for
amusement purposes, or in playing
tricks, unless by a chemist or some one
else thoroughly familiar with its use.
"In parlor magic games, if it must be
used, a large kettle full of water should
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09
Fowls Running at Large.

There is no better place for flock hav-
ing full liberty than to allow them ac-
cess to brush land, as they will then Sc
cure insects and be comparatively safe
from hawks. Many waste track of such
land could be used for poultry-raising,
and if the soil is light and sandy it will
be all the better as it will be dry. II
fowls have free range they will partially
support themselves, but more land will
be required for them than when they
are confined. 1t is not so much the con-
finement as the inactivity that often
causes failure. If fowls in confinement
are kept busily at work they will need
no range, nor will they care for it.
Prairie Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09
Ingenious Chimpanzees.

A recent report by Prof. o. F. Cook
on colonization in Liberia gives some
interesting facts about the chimpan-
ices living in that country. 1t appears
that these animals, which bear such
curious resemblance to men that the
natives call them "old-time people, "
are very fond of the flesh of land crabs,
which they dig out of their burrows.
To crack open the shells of the crabs
they dash them against the rocks.
They also crack nuts with stones in
the regular human fashion; and most
curious of all, perhaps, they kill pythons
bv grasping the huge serpents about
the neck and beating their heads with
stones. Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09
FARM WATER SUPPLY.



Few farmers remember how much
they appreciate n cool draught of wa,
ter, fresh from the well or fountain
stock. ZOO OFTEN the tank or trough
is filled but once in "a hours. The pigs
too often have access to the drinking
places of the larger stock. Positive
detriment to the stock results when
the water is not always of an inviting
temperature.
As a rule, digestion is aided more by
good water ever in the reach of the ami
mails than any other one article. The
quality is much better if possible to
furnish it free from surface impurities.
The deep wells which are sunk now
100 feet or more below the solid rock
strata will do much to abolish the evils
attending the surface water. Where
the expense is great on account OF the
depth of 500 feet or more, cooperation
Of small farms is advisable. A town of
200 or more people in some parts of the
west is supplied by two or three deep
wells, with no serious consequences.
from two to four farms might be sup
piled by partnership well, where
brains governed the management.
Double fences for a few rods, to keep
the stock separated by healthful dis
lance, would be the chief consideration.
Such reserve wells, too, would prove
often very convenient every month in
the summer, even when the surface
wells are filled, avoiding the removing
of some of the stock long distances
from the pasture for watering.
Each 160-acre stock farm should have
deep well-Farm, Field and Fireside
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09
Here is the cost:
Total cost

l threw in the labor for good cause.
From our dooryard to the hogpen is
200 feet For eight months of the year
my wife was carrying out the swill, if
we men folks were away. There was
an average of IL pals day for some
body. Walking the 200 feet ~ times over.
or 2,4oo feet day, in eight months,
counting 26 days to a month, gives us
EOS days, and 499 200 feet in year. In
rs years this amounts to IL, 4S1 900 feet,
or 1864 miles walking; at so miles
day, this would occupy nearly 10 days.
In 25 years one might have to eXpend
SIS for trucks and repairs. Anyone who
carried the swill would earn about 20
cents day. Young married man, do
you wish your wife to work for 20 cents
day and board herself, when if you have
q truck standing by the door you can
take it right along on your way to the
barn without extra steps Rural New
Yorker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09
An Appeal for Assistance.

The man who is charitable to himself Will
listen to the mute appeal for assistance
made by his stomach, or his liver, in the
easy sensations in the regions of the glands
that secretes his bile. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, my dear sir, or madam-as the
case may be-is what you require. Hasten
to use, If you are troubled with heartburn,
wind in the stomach, or note that your skin
or the whites of your eyes are taking sal
low hue.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09
PHOSPHORUS MAGIC.
a Popular Amusement Which Is Full of
Danger and Perils.

Parents. school principals and others
are just beginning to realize the dam
ger attendant upon the practice, which
is becoming quite too common, of using
phosphorus as an agent for playing boy
ish pranks, or for the purpose of max
ing miniature fireworks in parlor
magic shows. 1t is also frequently
used in "hazing' tricks by college boys
and is freely sold and recommended by
amusement promoters.
1t is generally prepared for such pur-
poses by placing a half pint of solid
phosphorus in pint Florence flask.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09

Mr. SrINGYBoY-''I am so down on trusts
of all kinds that l never go near soda
water fountain" Pretty Polly-"And what
trust do you find therea" Mr. Stngyboy--
"The gas trust, of course. "-Cleveland
Plaindealer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09
CHAMPION BOY ATHLETE.
Has Record for Walking and Running
That Is Unbroken.

That Is Unbroken.
All the famous athletes of the present
day were heard of when they were buzz
children preparing for the academic
course, but none of them has been so
prominently heralded as Gilbert White,
the eight-year-old son of DR.. White,
who conducts the Berkeley school,
where young men arc prepared for col
lege, and where Gilbert is in attend.
ance.
This athletic youngster, says the New
York Recorder, is an excellent example
of the muscular young American, and
gives promise of being a famous man
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09

l next put on the wheels, and the thing
was done. 1 can put in II pailfuls of
swill, and if pains be taken to wedge
water-tight, l can fill it three-fourths
full or more. To empty, tip the barrel
and pour out, as the axle turns in the
wheels and frame.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09

Nor CURE-"Mamma, teacher whipped
boy to-day for whispering in school. J"
"Well, that was right" "fut, mamma, ne
hollered ten times as loud as he whispered"
Chicago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09

Mrs. WIoKwIRE-"These clairvoyants' ad-
vertisements are so ridiculous. Here is one
that begins: Madam X tells everything.
The idea" Mr.. Wickwire'-"Tells every
thingl Any woman can do that. INDIAN
apolis Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09
MONEY is like manure, of very little use,
except to be spread.-Bacon.

s.STAND back" exclaimed the friend OF
the man who was down on the ground.
"Stand back and give him air!' And the
bystanders accommodatingly stood back,
while the man who was down on the ground
calmly went on pumping up his rear tire
Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09

AMONG THE BokEMIANs.-"Wh do YOU
dine tonight" II do not dine-and you?,
Nor do l. " Every good. Let US dine to-
gether."-Courier des Estas Unis.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09

"WnArEvER now happens tome, "he said
violently, "the consequences are upon your
headl' "Reallyln said the maid. 81 hops
they are on straight"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09

GIVE dog bad name" said the Corn.
fed Philosopher, land the policeman will
come along and plug everybody in the
beasts neighborhood full of bullets. In
dianapolis journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09

EXAMPLES of vicious courses practiced in
a domestic circle corrupt more readily and
more deeply when we behold them in ner.
sons in authority.-Juvenal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09

Mrs. BRowLEIGH (who has just been told
that her husband has been Knocked down
and robbed)- There, l knew it would be
SO / told Henry he'd better leave some OF
his money at home n-Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09

FIRST FLOOR MANAGER-"Dat's an awful
razor YOU have dab, Mistah Johnsin. Looks
like it could cuhve right through man.
Second Floor Manager sab. OATS
a Rontgn rays-or, sab. memphis Scimi-
tar
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09

FRIEND-"Do you always wait for inspi-
ration before you write a poem?" Author
NO. always need ten dollars. "-Somer-
vile Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09

=, FITS stopped free and permanently cured
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle
q treatise. DR. KLINE. 933 Arch st. Phila Pa.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09

always be in position beneath the bottle
containing the phosphorus, so that il
the flask should break the fiery fluid
would be caught in place of safety.
There is always more or less danger
from the skyrocket-like particle which
energies from the neck of the bottle.
One of these small, fiery particles might
light on a woman's dress and set her on
fire in a moment. Again, if the neces-
sary precautions are not taken, the bot
tie might break and the phosphorus
spread all over the floor, causing a Sc
rious conflagration.
"No chemist could conscientiousiy
recommend the use of phosphorus for
any such purposes" he concluded.
A Bit of Weather Philosophy.
whether it's wet,
Whether it's hot,
We have to weather.
Whether or not"
So rups the philosophic entry in
Dxyonshire visitors book.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09

But, waiter, if this is spring chicken.
where is its wishbonel" Waiter-(eoual 10
the occasionl-'It was too young to wish,
sir."-Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09

WE have not been without Piso's Cure
Tor Consumption for 20 years.-LIzzIE FER
REL, Camp St, Harrisburg, Pa, Nav 4, '94.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09

"THE weather can often foretell,"
He said in tones of pain;
IA new silk hat with no um breu
Is a certain sign of rain"
Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-09

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is Constitutional Cure. Price 75c,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-01-22

vuu,lcs; but this should be done in
your general law for such corporations
nnd as near uniform with that pre-
scribed for State electors as practi-
cahle.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-01-22

plan, in my judgment, would be to
leave the requirements now existing as
to obtaining charter from the gener-
al assembly and make them applicable
to the secretary of state. and to re-
quire the petitions setting forth the
route with map to be fled with the
secretary OF state, and empower him
to issue such charters upon the further
condition that a certain amount Of
work must be performed and road
built and equipped within two years
after charter is granted, otherwise
the same to be null and void and for
felted. All industrial charters (other
than railrond charters) are now issued
by the secretary of state, and If my
suggestions meet with your approval
he will be required to issue municipal,
railroad and all other charters.
It will, therefore, be advisable for
you TO fix o scale of feesto be charged,
graduated according to the amount OF
capital stock involved in the industrial
charter or to the importance and mag
nitude of the municipality chartered.
At present the secretary of state
charges uniform fee of only S6 for
all industrial charters, charter where
the capital stock is $500, 900 costing no
more than one where the capital stock
is only s1OO. This fee is imposed to
cover only he actual cost OF recording,
fling and indexing first the declaration
and subsequently the return and
writing, recording, indexing and lssu-
ing first the commission and subse-
quently the charter, necessarily done
in each case where charter issues.
The fee is hardly adequate for the
clerical work and does not compensate
the cost of record books and blanks
nor for the necessary examination and
scrutiny of the declaration and return.
Again, while foreign insurance com.
panies are required to pay an annual
license Of 500 for doing business IN
this State, On association OF individuals
living in another State may take out
for $6 a charter to do any insurance