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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27
STRANGE BIRD PET.


II Is Half Eagle Half Ostrich and Striped
Like "a Zebra.
Tommy Harvey is a boy of ten, and
lives away out in Sonoma, Cal, and he
has the queerest bird pet of any lad
in the United States. Some day, per
haps, some man who knows all about
birds will give Tommy's strange pet a
great long rame; but just now there
is no one who can tell just what sort
of bird this one is or what to call it.
Tommy Harvey caught his bird while
out hunting for frogs in marsh not
far from town, and was having a good
time. Suddenly he heard a sound, be-
tween a screech and a whistle, that
mSde him jump. He started to run
and saw the strange bird directly in
front of him. OF course it did not
brighten him So badly as it did some peo-
pie who have seen it since, but for sew
eral moments he thought there was g
sledge-hammer inside Of him where his
heart ought to be. AS boys have pow
erful habit of doing, Tommy got over
that feeling and started to investigate
the bird. 1t was not the least bit
afraid of him. He used a long stick at
first, for the bird to exercise its beak
on, until he saw it could not bite very
hard. Gradually he got nearer and
nearer, and bIaver and drawer, as he
assured himself of the queer birds
harmlessness.
In short time Tommy mustered up
courage enough to stroke the birds
back. This seemed to please it. Tommy
was delighted also, and was not long
in making up his mind to take the bird
home. He had forgotten all about the
frogs, and they croaked and croaked
in unmolested glee.
When Tommy reached home with
his prize he first showed it to his
mother. But that good woman did not
want to look at it. She simply gave u
shrek and fled from the house the mo-
ment Tommy set it on the floor. The
bird, of course, did not mind the shrek
and proceeded to make itself at home.
Tommy fed it the best there was in
the house, and also all there was in
the house, and still it was hungry. 1t
ate and ate, and Tommy's mother, who
by this time had recovered enough 20
sneak around the side of the house
and peep in the window, was willing
that it should have all it wanted.
Tommy then took his bird out on the
street and created great CONSERVATION
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

among the men, and envy among the
other boys because it did not belong
to them. The first night Tommy owned
the bird he wanted to take it to bed
with him. His mother allowed him
to do this, but boy and bird both slept
in the woodshed. Tommy has since
made up his mind that the bird can
sleep by itself in the woodshed. He
said he was not afraid-of course not
but it was lonesome out there, and
his pet wanted TO play with him and
wouldn't let him sleep.
There are a great many peculiar
things about the appearance of Tom
my's bird. 1t looks like a combination
of ostrich, eagle and owl. 1t is very
young, and yet it is at least IS inches
high, or larger than baby ostrich Of
the same age. 1t is covered with Il soft,
white fuzz, like young duck, and has
feet that look to be about twice the
size they ought to be. Passing down
the sides of this creature are stripes
of brown color like a zebra; and its
head-it's a nightmare. Projecting
from dark circle on its face is the beak
of u vulture, while the eyes are small
and wicked-looking. The birds wings
are dark in color, and most of the time
hang down at its sides. 1t cannot fly
yet and is not able to walk much. Il
looks as heavy as big turkey, but
really does not weigh more than three
pounds. A strange pet for boy, don't
you think?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27
FARM AND GARDEN.
DRAINAGE OF ROADS.
1t Is the Basis of All Permanent High
way Improvement.

VT hSH0Ss
1t Is the Basis of All Permanent High
way Improvement
'Water is great destroyer of dirt
roads and drainage is especially i'm
portant in the proper making and keep
ing of the dirt roads, because the ma
terial of the roadway is more suscep'
tible to the action of the water and more
easily destroyed than any other high
way material used in the consts4etlon
of roads by more elaborate methods,
Side bitches are provided for country
roads in most cases, but common ex-
perience shows how imperfectly these
are made, and how inadequate even the
best side drains are to relieve the road
from its soggy, impossible condition.
Nothing brings relief except the SLOW
process of evaporation, and even when
a road is dried by the sun and wind it
is generally left in rough, rutty con-
dition," SO says Drainage Journal.
How should a dirt road be drained ?
A column might be written upon this
question alone, for, more than any
other, it affects the maintenance of
| thousands of miles of dirt roads now in
constant use, besides being an impor-
tant consideration in the construction
of new roads. When water falls upon a
dirt road we aim to carry it off either
by giving the surface of the road slope
to one side or the other, both, or by un.
der-drainage, in which the water, fail
ing to escape by running from the sur
face to the side bitches, is drawn into a
permanent drain, generally laid length
wise with the roadway and beneath it,
and so made as to carry the wafer to
some adjacent outlet. Let US consider
these matters separately. Most dirt
roads have an obstinate tendency to
hold water. You may scrape one Of
these roads into the form of nicely
graded surface and roll it as hard as you
please, only to find that the softening
influences of the first rainstorm will
permit the wheels of the first loaded
wagon passing over it to make more or
less of a depression. This depression
serves to hold the water, and in this
manner the bottom of it is softened
and made susceptible when the next
wheel comes along, and so the depres-
sion is deepened into an actual rut.
have never yet seen dirt road which
offered a permanent and sufficient
drainage by side open bitches during
the wet seasons of the year. These
bitches are often carelessly graded and
always carelessly kept, being generally
left to clear themselves, and so neglect
ed that they become INSTRUCTED by
washings from the road surface and in
other ways. What kind of drains shall
we use? The ordinary drain tile used
in farm drainage will be found 20 an
swer an excellent purpose and should
be used wherever the question of eX-
pense will permit.
THE drainage of highways should be
recognized as the basis of permanent
road improvement where the soil and
subsoil get wet and spongy. The lay
ing of two lines of tile, one on each side
of the travelway, inside of the water
bitches, will prevent the water from
percolating through the soil under the
roadway and secure a firm travelway."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27
THE LEADING MEN.

The leading poet of Professionalism
was Milton. His Paradise Lost" has
been styled THE Great Puritan Epic. :"
The Greeks regarded Pindar as the
first of their lyric poets, and since their
time the judgment has been confirmed.
The most skillful military tactician
was Napoleon. His victories were won
more by skill and tact than by strength.
The wisest of natural philosophers
was Aristotle, in whose works are
found the beginnings of the history of
nature.
The leading pantheistic philosopher
was Spinoza. He fou nd God in every
thing, and deemed that everything
was God.
The most talented actor was David
Garrict. His faculty was such that he
was equally good in tragedy and com
edy.
The most profound of modern his
torians was Gibbon, whose Decline
and Fall" was history of the world
for 1900 years.
The most exact poet was Pope. He
frequently reWroCe poem elghI vi
ten times before allowing it to go tc
the printer.
Scott was by far the most eminent
writer of historical fiction. The
founder of this school, it has never
since produced his equal.
The most accomplished of linguist:
was Mezzofanti. At the time of his
death he is said to have been familiar
with ia languages
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27
HIS TIME WAS UP,
OF the Disadvantages of Hiring .
Lawyer by tho Day.

CD Lawyer by the Day.
with the name of Rufus Lockwood is
req allied to mind one of the most ex-
taioroinary geniuses that the state Of
Caltiiornla ever produced. 1t is many
yealrs now since Lockwood held sway
IN ne courts of San Francisco. He
wast IN his day, perhaps, the best law
yer I'm The state, and it was only be-
Gauge OF his utter indifference to pecu-
marry matters that he did not leave a
largf fortune behind him.
Lockwood went at one time to Hor-
ace yhawes, very distinguished law
yer 'Fand the author of the consolidation
ACT (which is now in force. Halves had
q reputation for close figuring, and
Lockwood knew it. He said: Mr..
hayes, I'll hire myself to you for one
yeatf from date at salary of $25 day,
payable every night"
bAl right" said Halves, delighted to
engage the services of the brightest
mllnd In the state at so low figure
folct the salary was not a great one in
thf Sc days-and the bargain was sealed.
1t Cans II o'clock in the morning. But
fro 4 that time on, it is said, Halves
never missed an opportunity of re-
mindting Lockwood of his bondage. He
would say, in the presence of others;
Lockwood, go fetch that book; Lock-
wood, do this or that" etc. Lockwood
never said word, but did as he was
bidSs1, and Halves enjoyed his triumph.
- Ei4ally it came to the day when the
years engagement terminated. There
was most important lawsuit on hand
which Lockwood had made a careful
study Of No one in the state could pos
sibly have handled it as he did. Well,
on the day in question Lockwood stood
in court, an array of law books in front
of him, and expounded his views in
mastery fashion. Suddenly he looked
up at the clock and saw that it was the
hour of II. Closing the book from
which he was quoting, he turned to
Halves, who was sitting beside him, and
said: Mr.. HAYES, year ago to-day at
this hour contracted to work for you
one year. NY times up, the contracts
cancelled, and am going"
Thus did he repay his master for the
humiliation heaped upon him. Halves
was in the greatest CONSERVATION. He
could not possibly take up the thread
of the case where Lockwood had left
it, and he begged and implored him to
proceed. But Lockwood remembered,
and he turned deaf ear to all persua.
sions He kept his word, the contract
had expired San Francisco Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27
PIKE GOES BIRDING.
A Naturalist Tells low 1t Conducted Itz
Peculiar Warfare.


1t is a common saying that birds go
a-fshing, but it is not generally known
that very often the case is reversed and
the birds supposed to be the enemies
of the fishes a e caught in the tolls.
Several Yeas ago, while fishing off
the Maine coi.st, the writer observed
what the fishermen called the running
of the dog-fsh. One day the fishing for
cod, hake and paddock was excellent;
the following morning it had stopped as
suddenly as though a command to all
the finny tribe had been issued by Nep-
tune.
The explanation was that an army of
small sharks, swimming in from the
unknown depths of the sea, had driven
away all the edible fish. This horde was
SO starved and ravenous that they were
a menace to life. If anything was
thrown into the water they rushed to
the spot; bit at the oars and sails that
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

A curious thing about the sparrow
has often been noticed by wheelmen
When bicycle riding first became com.
mon the birds used to hop up in the
air and fly away before the wheel was
within 20 feet of them, plainly being
very much frightened. But now, even
with the increase in the number of hi.
cycles and the speed at which they are
ridden, the birds show little or no fear
They wait until the very last moment
before getting out of the way, and then
they hop aside only few inches.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
kATYDID.

There's a little telltale
In the old oak-tree,
And it's always saying
Dreadful things of me.
Just as sure as mamma
Says with such a sigh:
Who's been in the pantry,
Nibbled at the pie?
Who has cropped these bread
crumbs
All around the floor?
Who ran in so rudely,
Didn't shut the door,"
Or; Who threw this bonnet
Down upon the stairs %
Or: Who left these cookies
On the parlor chairs 2''
Then the little telltale.
In the tree-top hid.
Answers shrill and saucyi
Katy did! She did,"
Say, now, little gossip.
Don't you think it's mean.
Watching me 30 slyly,
Telling all you've seen?
But I've thought Of something
Such q splendid plan.
II NC just as Careful
As ] ever can;
Keep my fingers useful
All the livelong day;
Then how s'prised and happy
Mamma dear will soy:
V What good household fairy,
Or what little sprite,
Washed the cups so neatly,
Rubbed the glasses bright
Hung up hat and jacket,
Shut the closet door?
Set the supper-table,
Swept the kitchen f1oor?'
Down then from your peep
hole
In the green leaves hid,
Cheerily you'll answer:
Katy did! She did,!
Youth Companion
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

On account of the G. A. II. Encampment
The North Western Line Chicago & North
Western Railway will, on August 81 and
September l, 1896, sell excursion tickets
from Chicago to st. Paul and return at rate
OF 500 Tor me round trip good for return
of further extension to September 80, 1896
For tickets and full information apply to
agents of connecting lines, or address w. B,
KNIsKRRN, &. p. & T. A, Chicago, ILL.,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27
Cheap Excursions to the West and North
west.

On August 4, IS, September /, IL, 90, Oc-
tober 6 and 20, 1895, The Northwestern
Line Chicago & Northwestern R'y) will
sell Home Seekers excursion tickets al
very low rates to large number of points
in the West and Northwest. For full in
formation apply to ticket agents of con-
Meeting lines or address
w. B. K NIsKERN, CT & T. A, Chicago, Ill
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

AN employment, the satisfactory pursuit
of which requires of a man that he shall be
endowed with retentive memory, quick at
learning, lofty minded and graceful, is the
friend and brother of truth, justice, forth
tude and temperance-Plato.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

VERY low rates will be made by the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas Railway for ex-
cursions of August1Sth September 1st 18th
and Harvesters. For particulars apply to the
nearest local Agent, or address JAMES BAR
KER, Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt., st. Louis, Mo.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

Calves that are losing the hair about
the eyes may be subject to mild form
of mango. Sulphur and lard rubbed on
the spots occasionally will effect cure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

How STRANGELY do life's prizes go,
Awarded by the crowd;
Some triumph by the things they know,
And some by talking loud.
-Washingto Evening Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

"JoHN," said Mrs. Wilbur, "why don't
you brush that fly off the top of your head7
He's been there three minutes" 'Oh, let
him stay" said John. 'Tm not using the
top of my head just now. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

AND He FOLLOWED IT.-"One kiss" he
said, before gon
The girl knew what she was about,
And said to him: "The rule, you know,
In kissing is, three times and out. I"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

never drew you to itl" He Gmpressively)-
at was not the seaside drew me here. :"
She-"Of course-you came by train, didn't
youl It was the engine drew your'~>Illus-
trated Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27
How Charlie Saved Her,

THAT Charlie spindles is a horrid
fellow, isn't hep"
Yes, but he once saved me from a
mad bull"
How was that?"
II saw Charlie coming and went
through another feld."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

DEACON BERRY-"You remember the
words of st. Paul in his defense before
Agripp1." Miss Stalemate-"NO, l can't
say that remember, deacon; st. Paul, you
Berry-"You surprise me. "-Boston Tran
script.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

"ARE those stars which you see at night
suns2" asked little boy of his father
Eyes, my boy, they are suns" "Wen,
them added the youth, ~ suppose the
shooting stars are ddrtersi"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

SHE-.'The secret of my age is intrustec
to time" He-"Are you not sometimes
afraid that time will tela"-Detroit Free
Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

WAITER lat club restaurant) -"Ready
with your order, sah?" City Sportsman
(back from n weeks fishing)-"Give me
some fish; Pm tired to death of other
things" IN. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

FITS stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Res orer. Free So trial bottle
& treatise DIR. KLINE. 933 Arch ST. Phila Pa.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

ALICE-"Oh Edith the honeymoon is be-
ginning to wane. Percy called me plain
Alice to-day" Edith-"And yet you are
not so plain, dear. "-Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

''Mh. TAILOR, if you'll get my coat done
by Saturday, / shall forever be indebted to
you" ''If that's your game" said the
be done"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

SEND ten cents silver for sample box DR..
Bailey's celebrated Liver Pills Fifty pills
for 25c. Agents wanted. Excelsior Chemi-
cal Co., Lock Box COS, Rochester, N. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

THE men never talk about each other, be-
cause they know all about each other; the
women know so little about each other
that they do lots of guessing
Globe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

BELIEVE Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my boys life last summer.-MRs.
ALLIE DOUGLASS, Leroy, Mich, Oct. 20, '94.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

THE TALL MAN (angrilyJ-"rn get even
with you, sir" The Short Man easily
you will have to get down on your knees
to do it.''
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

CARE you taking swimming lessons, Cad
byl" "No, old fellow. It's too much
bother. My valet is learning, and as
never go anywhere without him, If fall in
the watah he could rescue ."-Harper's
Bazaar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

The condition of the road is the price
tag that tells the value of the farm
Good Roads.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

Gilt edge butter cannot be made from
the milk of cows that are fed largely
upon cotton seed meal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

JOHNNY says it was William Tells son
who had such an arrow escape.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27
Awonderful Phenomenon.

The man who should pass through life
ton, might be fifty regarded as wonderful
phenom enon. We doubt if such priv
ileged mortal has ever existed. If so, we
have never seen him. But thousands are
known to be tally relieved of dyspepsia by
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the popular
remedy for that truly national complaint,
as well as for fever and ague, debility, con-
stipation, rheumatism and kidney troubles.
THE LADY-"It runs right into something
the minute you let go. Oh, I'm sure l can
never learn to ride it." Instructor Stick
taught an idiot to ride last week"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 75c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-27

Love lives, lifts, lightens, learns =
Chicago Standard.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-09-03
I'm to Date-1896.

The most complete Tariff Text Book
ever published is the new edition OF
Tariff Facts for Speakers and Stu
dents" Defender Document No $3.50
pages. Just out. Publishers, The Am
erican Protective Tariff League. Cam
paign text books issued just before the
election are of little value. The Tariff
League is to be congratulated on its
foresight in getting out its hand book
so early in the year. Order by number
only. Sent to any addres for % cents.
Address w. F. Wakeman, Gen. Sec,
las West 23d ST., New York.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-09-03

er dollars and dimes are legal tender to
the amount of $40 in any one transac-
tion.
1Ssl-Second international monetary
conference in Paris.
1892 Meeting Of third international
monetary conference at Brussels.
Gold standard adopted by Austria.
Suspension OF silver coinage in
India. Fall OF silver TO the ratio OF
to 3l43 Repeal of the purchasing
clause OF 1890.
1897, 1857, 1873, 1888 These were the
panic Yeas. The causes OF the first
two we're wild cat banking and inflated
bank credits, and speculations il real
estate The panic OF 1873 was caused
by excessive railroad building and eX-
panded credits, aud by paper money in
hation The panic of 1873 was caused
by shrinkage Of revenues by the demo-
cratic tariff, and by excessive silver in
/ hation.
Silver has always been measured by
gold. Gold was and silver was vafi-
able and measured by it. In 1886 the
rauio was to is: in 1886 it was tos2l
in 1896 it is to 30.
Today ounce of gold will purchase
as much as 80 ounces of silver. Ii we
coined silver at 16 to j therefore we
would be forcing on ourselves a dollar
Of purchasing power or debt paying
power of only one-half the present dol
lar of our currency, all its dollars now
being kept up to a value OF 100 cents
each by the existing gold standard,
Nowhere in the world at the present
time is there any free coinage OF silver.
nor has there been since the mints oil
India closed years ago, The few ano
unimportant countries that continue to
coin silver charge q profit on it. The
Bryan party offers to dc the work free
for all the world, and would have nc
difficulty in getting the contract on
hese terms, Josiah HartZell.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-09-03
Eat onions and be ra!r.

New York Times: y German scien-
list is authority for the statement that
if women will eat anious they will rid
themselves of nervousness and beautify
their complexion at the same time.
And as an antidote 10 the pungent OBJ
lection which will be promptly brought
forth, he further asserts that sprie oi
parsley dipped in vinegar and eaten
after the onions, at once removes all
evidence OF their consumption.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-09-03
FACTS FOR H0usEKEEPERs.
Gold Prices in the United States. Free
Silver Prices in Mexico.

l. r. f. Campbell, mayor of the city
of Ell Aaso, Texas, hereby certify that
have made careful and thorough in
quiry into the Wholesale price OF some
common articles Of merchandise IN the
city Of FL Paso, Tex. and the city OF
Juarez, Mexico, just across the Rio
Grande, and at this date. August Z. 1896
the prices OF the following articles in
the two cities are as follows, those on
this side of the river being reclloned in
United States money, and those on the
other side In Mexican money: