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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28
The Yukon Miners.

The United States does not recognize,
protect or control these mining COM
munities in any way. No geological
explorations or surveys have been I'M
dertaken.. and there are no official ge-
- rs upon the location, formation, de-
velopment or yield of this rich placer re-
gion. There are no military posts and
not territorial or federal officer in
Yukon, Alaska, save one customs in
spector and postmaster. There is no
law, save as the miners maintain their
own unwritten code. Church mission
airy societies have provided for the few
peaceful Indian tribes, but even spirit
ual comfort is withheld from the
miners. Heaven is high, and the car
is far off, despairing Russian colonists
used to say long ago. Since the military
occupation of Alaska ceased, in 1877,
frequent appeals have been made for
the establishment of garrison at Chill
kat and the construction of a military
road over the pass traversed by Yukon
miners for the last 16 years. Gen. Miles
once considered the matter to the ex-
tent of detailing an officer to make re-
connoisance. - Eliza II. Scidmore, in
Cantury
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28

Telegraphy by induction between
parallel wires about two miles apart
was successfully accomplished recently
in Scotland. The cable connecting
the isle of Null with Oban broke. and eX-
periments were made before it was re-
paired. The channel at this point is
from ~ to . miles wide, and the
distance between the overhead wire
on the isle of Null and the main
land is almost uniformly two miles.
A gutta-percha insulated wire was laid
along the shore of the mainland and
grounded at each end. A long Undue
tive circuit was then arranged and mes
sages sent through either wire could be
read on the parallel wire. During four
days 40 regular messages were sent,
besides a press message of 100 words.
The cable repairs were then completed.
Troy Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28
THE ROCK-A-BY CHAIR.

Oh the rock-a-by chair is jolly old ship,
And grandma's captain and crew,
And she sings a nice song as we start on our
trip,
Though I never have heard it quite
through;
But it's all about islands and rivers and
things,
And the treasures and dream-people
And this is the song that my grandmamma
sings
In the wonderful rock-a-by chair:
"oh, a beautiful stream is the river of
sleep,
And it flows through the Kingdom Of
Nod;
And its current is broad and its channel is
deep.
And its shores are so fair and so placid its
sweep,
And 1t flows from the footstool OF God,
From the fountains and footstool of God.
''There's a marvellous isle up that river so
Where a glow of eternity CLEANS;
And our hopes and our warnings are real
lied there.
And freedom from sorrow, and surcease
of care,
In the beautiful island Of dreams,
In the misty mid-island of dreams.
"Oh, the faces so fair in that far-away
- ISL
And the treasures that never shall rust;
There are glimpses and CLEANS of the sweet
after while,
And the touch and the kiss and the vanish
ing smile
OF lips that have crumbled to dust,
OF lips that have fallen to dust"
And this is her song, but don't know the
rest
AS 1 never have heard II quite all;
For l cuddIe down close to my grandmam-
mas breast,
And my eyelids grow heavy and fall;
But l know thas she sings about Heaven
and God,
And the angels and everything there,
AS we journey away to the Kingdom of
Nod,
In the wonderful rock-a-by chair
~-Albert B. Paine, in N. Y. Independent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

DR.. Richardson figures that the
blood flows through the body at the rate
of seven miles an hour.
1t appears that the single state of
Georgia now has more manufactures
than the whole south had in 1860. This
is an illustration of the remarkable
change that has been taking place in
outhern industries during the past 30
FEARS.
TO the list of things made from
wood silk must be added. This fact is
due to the experiment of Frerchman
named Chardonnicr. The process OF
manufacture differs little from the maxi
ing of paper. The wood is first ground
into pulp, steamed and chemically
prepared.
Horse power in steam engines is
calculated as the power which would
raise $4,000 pounds a foot high in a
minute, or 80 pounds at the rate of four
a piston is taken at ten pounds per
square inch, and is, of course, ten times
the square inches in pounds.
Last seasons salmon pack in Brit
ish Columbia was 566.395 cases. 1t is
expected the pacl, on the Columbia
river this season will be enormous if
the run is good. Many canning estab-
lishments have been removed to the.
American side of the river, because
CANA an Gamers are only permitted to
y,.4e 4.>ks, while American Gamers may.
use any device to catch the fish.
President Harris, of the Reading
railroad, estimates the original contents
of the Pennsylvania anthracite fields att
14,500, 100000 tons, of which about IS
per cent. have been taken out. This
would leave nearly 10000, 900 tons.
which at an annual rate of production
CT 45,000,00O tons, would last 265 years,
but probably only about one-half of the
amount unmincd would be actually
available.
Lord Kelvin has been making eX-
periments to discover what the effect
of a canonade of quick-fring guns
would be on board the vessel firing
and the ship subject to the fire. He finds
that after Is minutes firing the sur
ylvors of the crews of both vessels would
be reduced to Il state of mental. # not
physical, incapacity, owing to the con-
cussion of the proJectiles on the sides
of the vessel and the noise of the guns
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28

The oldest and most curious her
barium in the world is in the Egyptian
museum at Cairo. 1t consists of crowns,
garlands, wreaths and bouquets of
flowers, all taken from the ancient
tombs of Egypt, most of the examples
being in excellent condition, and near
" all of the flowers have been identi-
fed. They cannot be less than 5000
years old.-Chicago News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28
Ruins in some countries indicate

Ruins in some countries indicate
prosperity; in others, decay. In Egypt,
Greece and Italy they record the decline
and fall of great empires; in England,
Scotland and Wales they mark abolition
of feudal tyranny, the establishment of
popular freedom and the consolidation
OF national strength.-R. Anderson.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28
Impure

blood, to take Hoods Sarsaparilla, and
prevent such eruptions and suffering.
II had dreadful carbuncle abscess,
red, fiery, fierce and sore. The doctor at
tended me over seven weeks. WheL tho
Hbscess broke, the pains were terrible, and
l thought 1 should not live through it. /
heard and read so much about Hoods
Sarsaparilla, that / decided to take it, and
my husband, who was suffering with
boils, took 1t also. 1t soon purified our
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28

If you devote YOUR time to study.
you will avoid all the irksomeness of
this life; nor will YOU long for the APP
Proach of night, being tired of the day:
nor will you be burden to yourselves;
nor your society insutferable to others.
Seneca.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28
Blood

built me up and restored my health so
that, although the doctor said l would not
be able to work hard, have since done the
work for 90 people. Hoods Sarsaparila
cured my husband of the boils, and we re-
gard it wonderful medicine" Mrs. anna
PETERSON, Latimer, Kansas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28

A SHINING EXAMPLE of what
may be accomplished by never varys
ing devotion to a single purpose is
seen in the history of the Mccormick
Harvesting Machine Co., Chicago.
For o5 years they have simply been
building grain and grass-cutting ma
chinery, and while there are probably
forty manufacturers in this line, it is
safe to say that the Mccormick
Company builds one-third of all
the binders, reaperS and mowers used
throughout the entire world.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28

The hairs in the ear of cat are
so sensitive that if touched, as with a
pencil, the animal shudders,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28
B0iiIs

1t is often difficult to convince peo-
pie their blood is impure, until dread
full carbuncles, assesses, boils, scrof-
ula or salt rheum, are painful proof of
the fact. 1t is wisdom now, or when
ever there is any indication of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28

AL the universe seems to seek Safety in
fight.
Boston Courier
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28

How MY THROAT HURTS Why don't YOU
use Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tari
Pike S Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28

Nor IN RASGE.-''IS anything known of
HE prisoner or his habits?7 Officer
Nothing, your honor. He lives opposite
.he police station. i'a.JudY.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28

FITS stopped free by DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve RestOrer. No fits afterfrst days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and So trial bot
tie free. Dr. Kline. 93l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28

ARTIsT-"How do you like my new pic
ture!" Friend-'Be assured / SHAH al
ways esteem you as a-man. FIiegende
Blaetter
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28

PIso's Cure for CONSUMPTION relieves the
most obstinate coughs.-REv. d. BUCH-
MUELLER, Lexington, Mo-, Feb. "A, '94.
ISLANDER is the revenge of a coward and
Discrimination his defense. johnson.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28
Hoods
SarsapariIla

Is the One True Blood Purifier All druggists ST.
Hoods Pills aES y eptFsts q c sah
Middletown transcript., 1896-03-07
Good Garden Soil.

What is or what is not good garden
soil is often great question. Very few
people understand that good soil is one
in which the atmosphere can freely cir
culate. The earth must not allow the
air to circulate to such an extent as to
lose its moisture, but it must have an
abundance Of small spaces which will
contain small quantities of air before
plants will thrive. We sometimes speak
of "air plants," but in truth all plants
are air plants, no matter whether grow
ing ON rocks or trees or whether growing
in the earth. Air is Of far more conse-
quence to the roots than to the leaves,
When. therefore, we have stiff clay
earth to deal with, we make good soil
by applying sand or vegetable matter,
which when it roots will leave small
spaces in which air may be collected.
1t is for the same reason that we crush
hard clods, for a hard clod has no air
spaces. When broken to pieces-pulver-
izing is the technical term-we simply
give the chance for atmospheric air to
spread throughout the whole mass. For
the same reason what is known as O wet
soil is bad soil because water drives
out the air. There is no air in earth
which is water tight. 1t has been noted
in Meehan's Monthly that the use of
hole in the bottom Of flowerpot is not
80 much to allow the escape of water as
1t is to permit fresher air to flow in the
spaces of the earth when the water
leaves it. In the language of gardening,
. good soil is one which is perfectly
"aerated.
Middletown transcript., 1896-03-07
MICROBE FARMING.

The mystery of nitrifcation is now
so we'll known that any farmer can
understand it. Plants live on nitro
gen, but apparently have no power
to take it either from the air or the
soil. Here the nitrogen bacteria get
in their work. These microbes, like
atomic sponges. take in the nitrogen
from the soil and the air, and trans
form it into nitric acid, in which form
the plant can consume it. A soil may
be destitute of nitrogen and need both
that and the microbes, or it may lack
only the microbes, in which case sup
ply of them renders the field immed-
lately fertile. Stable manure la IL
tie nitrogen but swarms with the
germs of microbes. Add to field
where clover seed won't "catch," a
light dressing of soil from plot where
clover thrives to perfection, and
catch of clover seed is almost sure to
result. Whyp Because the soil added
is full of the germs or microbes that
enable the young clover plant to avail
itself of the nitrogen in ground or air.
Middletown transcript., 1896-03-07

than from any over-production of gen.
uine goods. But it is safe to say that
there has been a great change in pub
lie opinion in regard to curtailipg the
output of bogus goods to be sold as
genuine No objection is made to the
manufacture of oleomaryarine and bu'-
terine, if they are sold for what they
are but the presumption is that in a
large per cent Of cases persons who
buy them for consumption buy them
for genuine dairy products. This is
not right and should be stopped, and
in great measure will be.
Taking everything into consideration
we think it is safe to conclude as sta
ted in the first sentence of this article,
that good dairying is not overdone,
and further that it is no immediate
danger of being overdone. Like all
other branches of agriculture it will
have its seasons OF depression, but as
rule less frequent than in most other
lines of farm products.
Middletown transcript., 1896-03-07
Mammoth Onions.

A writer in Field and Fireside says
81 do not think that extra large size is
so very desirable in onions. Prize takers
weighing a pound apiece or a little
more may do we'll enough for Grating
or for home market in a small way, but
the average city or village buyer who
purchases onions by the peck or bushel
usually fights shy of the very large ones
and will more readily take a medium
sized onion. The very large ones do not
keep so we'll, either, as the smaller spec.
linens. But the extra large ones often
como handy as prize takers at the fairs
and otherwise. am informed that Mr..
w. Atlee Burpee of Philadelphia has
awarded the prize offered by him for the
largest specimen grown i'll 1895 to per-
feet prize taker weighing 51s pounds.
1t was not double onion, either, but
single perfect bulb"
Middletown transcript., 1896-03-07
Here and There.

In Maine the farming interests arr
changing somewhat, and it is noted thai
dairy farming is on the increase. ,
Raw bone should contain 8 to De,
cent of nitrogen and 90 to 25 per cent o1
phosphorio acid, the rest of the bulk be-
ing mostly lime. In boiling about hall
the nitrogen is lost.
The splendid work done by the Massa-
chusetts horticultural society is reflected
In the progress of Horticulture and fruit
growing, not cnly i'll New England, but
Throughout the country.
There are no indications of any les-
sened production of spruce logs this yea.
as compared with last years cut.
Under the new tariff the importation
OF Sumatra leaf tobacco far cigar wrap
pers and f,lcrs, according to American
Cultivator, has greatly Increased, and
1t works serious injury to the tobacco
growers Of Connecticut
| Reports place the annual production
iof dried raspberries in western New
York at 300 tons, about 1000 tons of
which are produced in Wayne county.
A bounty on hawks and foxes is ad-
vocated by certain Pennsylvania farm
ers as an aid to poultry culture.
The treasury department has made
ruling shutting out all packing house
substitutes for b. unless they are
plainly marked *. Margarine. !"
Middletown transcript., 1896-03-07
a m. a M. a m. d m.

| Daily. SDaily except Sunday.
ton and points north, or take passengers for
points south of Delmar.
| 'f' Stops only on notice to conductor or agent
or % on signal. y e''
=" Stops to leave passengers from Middle
| town and points south.
IT. Stops to let off passengers from points
south of Harrington.
VIEW, MEW CASTLE AccoMMoDATIoN TRAINs.-Leave
= wilmington ~ LILO q. m: and 9.5I M, daily
days: Leave New Castle 30 a. m. and 10 ia n
m, daily, 8.3l, 9.45 lI.O7 a. M. lis. s az az
7Z2 p. M, weekdays.
Express trains leaving Harrington sos a m
throunb al',v,Hg sn1ig at III p. M weekdays, run
and Newark.
BRANCH ROADS.
DELAWARE, MARYLAND & VIRGINIA R. R.
Leave Harrington for Franklin City and way
stations lu37 m. week days, 6.2S p m Tuesdays.
thursdays and Saturdays only Returning
train leaves Franklin City 5 81 a. M. weekdays.
only.
Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague (via
steamer) 43 p. m. weekdays Returning
leave Chncoteague Az a. m, weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Lewes
AZ aa iuS1 a. m 62S p m weekdays Returning,
leave Lewes6 As a. m, 20 p. M. weekdays
Leave Harrington for Berlin, 1857 a. m. week.
Gays ana 6.2S P M. Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays only. Returning, leave Berlin $50
only. >'
QUEEN ANNE & KENT r. R-Leave Townsend
lor Centreville and way stations 20 a. M, and
o,50 M week days. Returning leave Centre
vile 7Sl a. M. and 30 p. M, weekdays.
DELAWARE CHESAPEAKE R. R.-Leave Clay
ton for Oxford and way stations 3.38 a. m.. and
30 p m, week days Returning, leave Oxford
900 a. M, and 40 p. M, week-days
CAMBRIDGE SEAFoRD r. k.-Leave Seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations H. l5.a.
laws opdp rT,,ao o<1,,,, Q
Saturdays 7.O5 p. m. Returning, leave Cambridge
6zo 81. a. M weekdays and 2.47 lip. m. Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays
CoNNECTION.-At Porter with Newark and
Delaware City Railroad. At Townsend, with
queen Anne's Kent Railroad At Clayton
with Delaware & Chesapeake Railroad and
Baltimore & Delaware Bay kailroad At Har-
rington with Delaware Maryland & Virginia
railroad. At SeafOrd, with Cambridge L Seaford
Railroad: At Delmar, with New York, Phila-
delphia u Norfolk. Wicomico u Pocomoke and
Peninsula Railroads
s. M. PROVOST, General Manager.
J. r WOOD Gaparol poseaorn. Au.-x
Middletown transcript., 1896-03-07
RENTING LAND.
A Term of Years Is Beneficial to Both
Owner and Tenant.

A Term of Years Is Beneficial to Both
Owner and Tenant.
In nearly every section local rates,
regulations and terms have been estab-
lished for those who rent or work land
on shares hence there is no need to dis
cuss that point. 1t is far better for all
parties concerned that the contract
should extend over term of years, no
matter whether the land be devoted to
trucking, grain raising or dairying.
It is fact that unless the tenant is
thoroughly conversant with the actual
fertility and capabilities Of the soil mis-
takes of a serious nature will occur, such
as sowing field after field to a crop the
soil Of which is not adapted for it. Of
course these mistakes need not or should
not occur after one or two years of cul-
tivation-that is, if the manager is an
observing man. It is a fact that the
successful farmer is the one who studies
the character of his land as closely as be
does the habits and condition of his do
mestic animals and knows almost to
certainty what crops this or that field
will produce and what kinds of fertili-
zers can be applied to the best advantage.
All these important matters the new
conner has to learn; hence the advantage
of a long lease.
The owner is also benefited, as the
workman considers it more of perma-
nent home. The fences and buildings
are kept in better repair and minor i'm
provements and conveniences added that
in one or two year lease would not
have been made. Landowners are also
more kind and interested in a long
term tenant than one who migrates year
ly, and this yearly moving is destructive
to household effects and farming imple-
ments of any farmer. The New England
Homestead, authority for the foregoing,
also advises as follows:
Put the terms Of the lease in black
and white. no matter how well &C.
quainted the parties may be. Half
day spent in jotting down tho important
portions of the contract is time we'll |
spent and often prevents what might |
otherwise lead to serious dispute and |
misunderstanding.
Middletown transcript., 1896-03-07
B. & O. Railroad,
Schedule i'll effect Dec. l, 1895.
TRAINS LEAVE DELAWARE AVENUE
WILMINGTON DEPOT EAST BOUND.

TRAINS LEAVE DELAWARE AVENUE
| WILMINGTON DEPOT EAST BOUND
tor Express trains
All trains Illuminated with Pintsch light.
New York weekdays, t3OS, 1880, 1880, IS. 40
Ne% se York % il2SI san5a8s 55s tses tlP
a. M. 1906, 1882, t7s3 tl1.0o. 3. m. INV ~ 0'
Philadelphia, Twenty Fourth and Chestnu,
saeets 3 " Mefsaedaigs fa % is ts = - 5 s4o $780, 745
1882, $40, 1000, tl1OO p m. f' o'O''
Sundays, 1905 las $780, ts.4o. tll35
g. ~ MI II IL l2l9 70 tso6 Ass. t5s, $50, 49,
Philadelphia, Twelfth and Market Streets.
Weekdays 1905 $780, 1880, tlOa5, a. m., t7.s2,
PhllsdelPh,a, s Sundays, 1905, tl1s5, ., M,
Chester, weekdays, 1908, 5.55, $40. 1880.
a;45, 1879, f9l5, tlo35, lilo am, 12.4O, u.5y,
t22u, o2 4.55, t5S2 $50, t7.32 2o,1O, til p m.
Chester, Sundays, taos, t7.45, $50.
t1S5 M, Il TO- go, IS, Is s2 $50, Il s2 70
!: Atlantic a. ii City weekdays, 1880, a. M, t12 q
Los, f3 O6 p. M, Sundays, II 45 a. M, t3 O6
Cape May, weekdays, t6 40, a. M, tl:5s. n m
'D- ''''' VEST e: BOUND.
Baltimore and Washington, weekdays, IA 20
1913, IS % 1883, p. m Sundays, i4S6, zoS, tSzS.
Baltimore and way stations, 702, a. M, 303 D.
Newark, Del, weekdays, tao, 7o2 is.4s,
III 05 am, tl255 3.0S, IA 03 t525, 735 tsa0 1885,
lilo p. M. sundays, t4.1. 7.02. 1913 a. m,
4l2S5, s. S0S, 1525, rs, 1870, ts5sp. N.
Sundays v lS m., IS 25 pm.
Chicago, tS4S a: M, 1926, p. M, daily.
Cincinnati and st. Louis, ii2555, p. M, 1858,
New Orleans and Memphis via Bristol and
Chattanooga, 1913 p M weed days; *525 pm.
Memphis and New Orleans.
Singerly accommodation, 7.02, a. M, S.O3 725
and IL 10, p. m, daily, except Sunday.
Landenburg accommodation, weekdays.
7.02; 1917 a. m, l.55 and SIS, p. m. Sundays,
10 90, a. M, 5.25, p. m.s
For New York, weekdays, *5I5 pm.
For PhiIadeiphia, weekdays, r2a
T25 M, 2 o5, IS is, 8 Is p m. n' eunaays'
m.
For Baltimore. weekdays, $50, a. M.
", II 1913 foppaal,, ?. m; Sunday, t5.l5, p. m.
lays, $50, 10 %. a. M, 2 O5, sis, p m. Sundays
! Leave cave, Philadelphia, Twenty-Fourth ana
Snsstnus 3 .a streets for Wilmington, weekdays,
o. $50, t7.ls ls2s lOio and ii.s5, 3. m. " '0s'
n sufGays' ifaS' fisS i.sS oo 1913 goo Mso Il 2. g.
Leave Philadelphia, Twelfth and Market
streets, weekdays, 1870, t7.55, tIO.l6, a, M.
~, p. m. Sundays, 1870, t7.5b, a. M, t7N,
Telephone, 1893.
Rates to Western points lower than via any
ther line.
! 0. sCULL. General Passenger Agent
!. B. CAMPBELL, General Manager.
Middletown transcript., 1896-03-07
Skeleton Lands.

The term Skeleton lands" is applied
in northern New Hampshire to desig,
nate forest area where most of the saw
logs have been cut and hauled off, the
remaining growth being small and either
fit for low grade pulp wood OF more val
liable still for future growth and subse-
quent cuttings Of timber during the
next generation. According to American
Cultivator. skeleton lands vary in value
according to the character and extent of
the forest cuttings.