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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02
FARM AND GARDEN.
FOWLS IN WINTER.

An Excellent Heater and ventilator for
Poultry Houses.
Among the many plans now in use for
warming the poultry house, the heater,
illustrated below, supplies heat and
ventilation, or supply of fresh, warm
air. Any kind of fiat top stove, OF
even kerosene stove will give sufficient
heat. The size of the stove should de-
pend on the size of the house, but 40 de-
grees is sufficient heat. The illustration.
shows closed box a yard square and
an inch deep, made of ordinary shee
iron. The box or heater is placed on &.
small stove, or if legs are attached to
each corner of the heater, lamp may
be placed under it. The cold air comes
in at A, passes through the box, be-
coming heated, and energies at the pipe
B. The cold air pipe is one-half inch
in diameter, and the warm air pipe one
inch. The pipe A should be long enough
to extend through the walls to the out
side, SO as to bring in the pure air. No
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
JOHN CABOT.

Hickety. pickety, John Cabot
Longed to discover a brand-new spot
He found Cape Breton. and, well content.
AS fast as the pillows would take him, he
went
Back to his home with a very high head.
And unto King Henry the Seventh he
said:
81 have found China, that empire old,
Give me a garment all trimmed with gold"
Hickety, pickety, John Cabot,
Garments and titles and honors he got.
And he said to his barber one summer
day,
81 have an island to give away,
An island In China, a very nice spot,
j hope you will like it," quoth John Cabot.
Hickety, pickety, bless my heart,
TO own an island is very smart.
''To own an island is great indeed"
The barber he said, and title I'll need
And I'll wear a mantle all trimmed with
lace,
And never again will shave a face"
But alas for the barber, and poor John TOO,
Their titles and honors and airs fell
through.
1t was only corner Of Canada, not
The Chinese empire which John Cabot
Had found in 1897
And unto his barber so freely had given.
So then this poor barber of John Cabot
Back to his shaving went trit-ty-te-trot,
Both of his island and title bereft,
Lucky indeed that his razor was left.
But hickety, pickety, John Cabot
Really discovered brand new spot.
-Harper's Round Table.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02
NOTES FOR BEEKEEPERS.

1t is the bees reared in the fall that
we have mainly to depend upon during
the winter and spring.
Each colony should have frame or
two of brood for il is the bees Matched
in the fall that survive the winter.
The objection to leaving honey in the
combs late in the fall is that it is apt to
become dark in color.
If bees are to be wintered in cellars,
care must be taken to have them dry, as
dampness induces disease.
More bees are lost on account of bad
food or none at all than from all other
causes combined, especially in winter.
There is no factor in wintering bees
that is so important as the matter of
food, and it is one that is often neg
lected.
1t is often the case that there is more
or less robbing while feedinSin the fall
and it is an almost certain indication
that something is wrong.
All colonies in good condition at this
tine should have portion of brood in
the combs, and if this is not the case
something is wrong with the queen.
Quietude is one of the essentials in
successfully wintering bees, whether in
or out of doors. Never disturb them ex-
cept when strictly necessary.
One way of making nice entrance
during the winter to the hives of bees is
to spread sawdust over considerable
surface in front Of the hive and filing
up level to the entrance.
Mice are very fond of honey and will
soon clean outa colony. Before winter
begins. it will be good plan to fix up
the hives so that it will be impossible
for mice to get Inst. Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

Ireland, is long tract of turf coming
to the edge of the rocks overhanging
the sea, where cattle and geese feed;
at a barn on this tract there was low
Enclosure with a door fastening by a
hook and staple to the sidepost; when
the hook was out of the staple, the door
fell open by its own weight. He one
day saw a goose with large troop of
goslings coming off the turf to this
door, which was secured by the hook
being in the staple. The goose waited
for minute or two, as if for the door
to be opened, and then turned around as
If to 60 away, but what she did was to
make rush at the door, and making a
dart with her beak at the point of the
book nearly threw it out of the staple;
she repeated this maneuver and sue
ceeded at the third attempt. The door
fell open, and the goose led her troop in
with sound of triumphant chuckling.
How had the goose learned that the
force of the rush was needful to give the
hook sufficient toss?-James Weir,
Sr., NJ. d., in Boston Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02
THE SHREWD SQUIRREL

Attending Strictly to Business, He Gets
the Better of Hunter.
"Of course" said hunter, "every-
body knows that when man with a
gun comes along the gray squirrel goes
around on the other side of the tree;
he doesn't get killed if he can help it,
and he can help himself pretty well.
L remember once coming across a
gray squirrel up in great oak; he was
out on branch about 40 feet from the
ground. He saw me as quick as l did
him, quicker, l guess, and when l was
ready to fire he was around on the
other side of the branch. This branch
was very small, only mighty little
bigger than the squirrel, but he Rugged
it SO close and he was in such perfect
line with me that you couldn't see any
thing of him at all except a little bit
of the tip of his tail that was blown
out by q strong wind. l Alazed away
at him and never touched him. Then
l went around on the other side of the
tree, thinking that possibly l could
get a shot at him from there, but as l
went one way he went the other, and by
the time l had got over on the other
side he was on the side | had come
from, and in just as perfect line with me
as he was at first, and just as safe.
tried him again, with just the same re-
suit.
Then 1 pulled a stake out of rail
fence near by and planted it in the
ground on one side of the tree and
hung my coat on it, and went myself
over on the other side; thought that
possibly L might make the squirrel
think there were two men there, or
put him in doubt long enough to en-
able me to get a shot at him, but he
never paid the slightest attention to the
coat. l don't suppose it would have
made any difference to him if I'd
opened clothing store there; he knew
the man with the gun, and it was the
gun that he was looking out for.
'Well, we lodged around that tree
for quite a spell longer. There WASH
any other tree near by that the SPUR
rel could go to, and he knew his only
safety lay in sticking to the one he was
in, and the way he did stick to it and
keep around always on the other side of
that branch was something wonder
full. l fired five or six shots at him
altogether and filled the branch under
him halffull of shot. but never touched
him; when l thought l had wasted
time and ammunition enough 1 left
hlm."-N. Y. Sun,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02
STATUE TO A COLLIE.
Mr.. Burckle's Dog Still Stands Guard
Over His Masters Tomb.

Mr.. Burckle's Dog Still Stands Guard
Over His Masters Tomb.
All who have entered the main gate of
Cypress Hills cemetery, at Crescent and
Jamaica avenues, Brooklyn, during the
last few weeks have had their attention
arrested by the life-size statue of dog
standing a few PAGES in front of mas
sive and handsome vault, says the New
York World. Inquiries revealed pa
thetic story thus perpetuated.
The vault, which is of granite, per-
haps 10x15 feet and ~ feet high, has
just been erected by the widow of j..
George Burckle. 1t is situated in sec
ton No. IS of the cemetery, quite near
the entrance, and by its location on a
high mound and the big statue of the
dog, which is the only image of any
animal on the grounds, makes the spot
conspicuous.
Mr.. Burckle died just two years ago
at the age of 65. He had been ranch
man in the Dakotas, removing to Brook
Ign several years ago and making his
residence at No. 40 Hanson place. He,
his wife and daughter were a devoted
family, but there was as much affection
lavished on a pet collie dog he brought
from the ranch as upon any member
of the family. After Mr.. Burckle's de-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02
There Must Be a Division.

The cry is nowadays: Give us the
good, ll.round animal" The Country
Gentleman thinks there is an element
of error in this. Carry out this idea to
an extreme, and you blot out the dis
tinctive characteristics of every breed
of animals existing. AS in the mechan-
ical, so in the animal world-there must
be n division of labor. We owe all the
improvement of the present day in all
classes of domestic live stock to special
breeding for definite purpose. Let
the breeder of the race horse try to
combine the strength of the Clydesdale
or Shire with the speed of his thorough
bred, and the result is an increase of
strength, but reduction Of speed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02
THE MUCH-AsUSED GOOSE.

Not silly, But, on the Contrary, a strik-
ingIy Sensible Bird.
"As silly as a goose" has become a
proverb, yet the goose is not silly, but
is, on the contrary, a remarkably sensi-
BILE bird. l sew a goose chase young
frog to a shelter beneath piece of mat
ting. She tried to seize it by thrusting
her bill beneath the mating, but was
unable to do so. She then walked over
it, evidently trying to brighten the frog
into seeking another hiding place, but
the frog failed to make its appearance.
She then seized the mating with her
bill, dragged it several feet away and
pounced upon the frog before he had
recovered from his surprise.
A reliable authority vouches for the
following: AT Ardglass, county Down,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02
SOME TIMELY HINTS.
Observe Them, If You Want Eggs During
the Winter Months,


the Winter Months.
1. Get the hens into healthy growing
condition, shrinking, if necessary, to
remove surplus fat, or adding to, if
poor. In the first Instance, feed only
on cooked vegetables and oats or bran
in the latter give more corn.
2. Make the ration one rich in egg
materials. Let certain per cent. of
animal food, meat scraps, meat, meal, or
food of this nature be given daily. One
pint to pailful of cooked food is
enough.
3. Feed to promote health rather than
destroy, and temper the quantity. A
wooden pail full of cooked vegetables,
or cooked clover, with two quarts of
mixed ground grain worked we'll into
the mass, is breakfast enough for 80
hens. Reduce rather than exceed this,
the sole object being to satisfy the
claims of hunger and promote activity.
Let the night ration be not more than
one quart of mixed grain (whole) to
II hens, be so scattered about the chatf,
leaves, straw or earth, that only kerr
mel will be found at time. This means
that the hens will scratch busily until
dark, and this it is which promFotas
egg building. In the coolest weather,
fill the crops just at night with corn,
for the same reason that you fill the
stove with coal-to keep warm.
4. Three or four times a week feed
cooked or chopped clover with ground
grain in the morning mash.
Glover, animal meat, meal or scraps,
wheat. vegetables and oats, if fed as
indicated to hens having comfortable
pens, will insure stesdy egg production.
Rural World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

mise the animal was incN1solable, and
wandered about vainly searching for
daily.
The Burckles' burial plot was former
ly in section No. 2, and there the collie,
with the fidelity that has made the
breed historic, often found his way. In
short time he, too, was dead.
This devotion that even death could
not daunt nor diminish SO touched the
family that it was decided to reproduce
the dog in statuary. So there the faith
full collie stands in life-like attitude
steadily gazing at the last resting place
of all that was mortal of his master.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02
QUITE A DIFFERENCE.
After Thompson Had Bought the Dog
His Bark Was Musical.

eAAbch Aholhpsoh bouSHC Ihe OOR
His Bark Was Musical
The fabulist of the Chicago World has
invented little tale of two men and q
dog. Its lesson is too obvious for COM
ment, perhaps, but cannot be learned
too often. 1t is commended to all read
ers, both to those who keep dogs and to
those who do not.
Johnson and Thompson were next
door neighbors. johnson had dog
that barked considerable part of every
night. Finally Thompson said to John
son:
Look here, johnson, we have always
been friends, and hope you won't take
offense if tell you that the barking of
Your dog is driving ME and my family
mad for want of Sleep"
Dear mel" said johnson. That's
queer. l haven't noticed that Leo ever
barked any to speak Of"
Two or three evenings afterward
Thompson came home leading a dog
the doggy string.
Now, them" said he to Mrs. Thomp
son, 1--WE will soon have a chance 10
sleep. l didn't like to shoot the beast
while belonging to johnson, so | have
bought him. Nobody can blame us for
killing our own dog. I'll get some
chloroform Tomorrow"
A month passed, and johnson and
Thompson met.
well, Thompson, you haven't chloro-
formed the dog yet"
NO." said Thompson. THE truth is
we have become rather fond of the fell
low. He is SO lively and playful"
But doesn't his barking at night
annoy you?"
II haven't noticed it,"
"H'm!" said johnson. 1.-THE brute
keeps us awake half the night. don't
see how you can put up with it."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02
An Early Diving bell.

The eldest intelligence respecting the
use of the diving bell in Europe is the
relation of an exhibit at Toledo, be-
fore Emperor Charles ", in the mid
die of the 10th century, when two
Greeks, in the presence of several thou
sand persons, let themselves down in
the water in a large inverted kettle with
a burning light, and came up again
without being wetted.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02
How Does 1t Strike You?

Asulky little girl was being entertained
by friend, niddle-aged woman, I'm.
used to children, who nevertheless wss
doing her best to arouse interest.
"Oh, look at pussy" said the hostess,
lust see how nice and clean she is. See
how she washes her face"
The sully one cast a contemptuous
look toward the domestic pet. "She
amt washing her face" she remarked
at last, she's washing her paws and
wiping them ON her face. "-Brookl IN
Eagle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

rentilators on the top of the building
will be required, and the air will keep
the house dry. Always bring the air
in and discharge it near the roof, as
the birds will not then crowd or be-
come lame as they will when the
warmth is below them.-Farm and
Home
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02
Great Reduction In Time to California.

Once more the Northwestern Line has
reduced the time of its trans-continental
trains, and the journey from Chicago to
California via this popular route is now
made in the marvelously short time of
three days. Palace Drawing Room Sleep
ing cars leave Chicago daily, and run
through to San Francisco and Los Angeles
without change, and all meals en- route are
served in Dining cars. Daily Tourist Sleep
ing car service is also maintained by this
line between Chicago and San Francisco
and Los Angeles, completely equipped
eerths in upholstered Tourist Sleepers be-
ing furnished at a cost of only $500 each
from Chicago to the Pacific Coast Through
trains leave Chicago for California at 6 zoo
p. m. and 1880 p. m. daily, after arrival of
trains Of connecting lines from the East and
South.
For detailed information concerning rates,
routes, etc, apply to ticket agents of con.
Meeting lines or address:
W. B. KNIsKERN. G. P. & T. A., Chicago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02
Fret Fret That Dreadful Crv

Is fraught with import doubly dire to the
unhappy man who beholds his dwelling or
his warehouse feeding the devouring ele-
ment uninsured. Happily most people who
can, insure-everything but health. Nine
tenths of US neglect the preservation of this
when it is in palpable jeopardy. Incipient
indigestion, liver complaint, la grippe, mac
ton of the kidneys and bladder and malaria
are all counteracted by Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02
BETTER Than the Grand Stand.

(which would you rather be, Willie,
q monkey or giraffe?"
"Giraffs, every time. 1t would be
bully in the summer time for looking
over the baseball ground fence
Homo and Country.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

Holiday Number) Full of bright
by bright writers and artists. Entirely
original, new and entertaining. Mailed free
TO any address on receipt of six (6) cents in
postage stamps. Write to GEO. H. HEAT
FORD, Publisher, 415 Old Colony building,
Chicago, Ill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

DArsHTER Creading letter)-"But pa,
much Pa (self-made, and not bit of
pride about him -"'Ave l, dear2 Never
mind; dare say I've left one out in soma
other word. 80 that'u snnare it-i,-Tit-Rits
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

Effectually, yet gently, when costive or bill
ious or when the blood is impure or slug
gish, to permanently cure habitual consti-
patton, to awaken the kidneys and liver to a
healthy activity without irritating or weak
ening them, to dlspel headaches, colds or
fevers, use Syrup of Figs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

Our OF IT ENTIRELY.-She-"I wouldn't
go out sleighing with a man l couldn't
trust" He-"I am afraid you wouldn't go
with me-" She-"Why not" Hell ain
a man that even a livery-stable keeper
wouldn't trust PUCK.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

THE look on any married woman's face
should convince the girls that the men are
not worth the exertion necessary to catch
one.-Atchison Globe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

LovER-"I know as well as anybody that
she has no beauty or money or accomplish
ments or anything, but | love her and"
Friend-"And in any case she will still be
your better f.''-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

CoUNsEL-"Well, after the witness gave
you blow what happened" Prisonor-
HE gave me third one.'' Counsel-"You
mean second oner' Prisoner-'No, sir,
landed him the second one Fun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

NJ WOULD like some powder, please"
"Face, gun or bugln-Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

A MAN is like a razor, because you can't
tell how sharp he can be until he is strapped.
Texas Siftings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

KANsAN-"Say, Bill, it says here that the
crew of the schooner were compelled to rig
jury mast What's jury mastP' Mis-
sourian-"Why, anybody could tell you
that. It's one of those big masts that it
takes twelve men to put np."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

A Cough SHOULD Nor BE NEGLECTED
"BroUns Bronchial 1rochts" are a SIM pile
remedy and give immediate and sure relief
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

For Whooping Cough, Piso's Cure is
successful remedy. M. P. DIETER, e. Throo]
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

MADGE-''I'm in an awful fix" Ethel
"What is it, dearf' Madge-'Jack insists
that shall return his engagement ring, and
for the life of me | can't tel which one it
is."-Brooklyn Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

IT is no sure sign that the west is pol
ished country because so many people scour
the plains.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02
To California.

Study all time cards and you will find
no railroad carrying tourist cars make as
quick time as the Phillips Rock Island
Excursions One hour and thirty minutes
quicker time than any other route Chicago
to Los Angeles.
A. Phillips & Co. have carried over
125, 600 patrons to and from California.
Whyl Because every wellposted Cali
fornia traveller understands Phillips has
the best regulated tourist system.
JNo SEBASTIAN, G. P. A,
Chicago, Ill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

IF a praying machine were invented many
would use it it it did not take too much time
from business to wind it up.-Texas Sift-
ingS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

FoNp PARENT-'I wish, Bobby, that l
could be a little boy again" Bobby-"I
wish YOU could-littler than me-"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

"SoME mighty good people," said Uncle
Eben, ''gibs er lot OBJ advice whah dey
might 'complish more by locatin' dab
chicken-coop whah it wouldn' be so temp
tatious. Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

"WHArl you refuse me some, your in
innate friend, whom you once called your
second ego' "Ah, my dear boy, l know
the money."-Le Figaro.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

PRESENTS of mind-having mind to give
something, but never giving it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

In MUSICAL CIRcLE.-He-"What would
you think, dear, if l should say you were a
harp of a thousand stringsp' She-''I
should think, love, that you were lyre"-
Town and Country Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

"SoME white folks seems ter imagine
said Uncle Eben, ''dat dey is so much bet
tah'n other people dat dar ain no necessity
fob 'em ter show it by dar actions. Wash
ington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-02

THE class in natural history being asked
the difference between a dog and a tree, the
head boy answered: "a tree is covered with
bark, while a dog seems to be lined with it."
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-12-16

When most needed il is not unusual for
yonr family physician to be away from
home. Such was the experience OF Mr..
J. Y. Schenck, editor OF the Caddo, Ind.
Ter, Banner, when his little girl, two
years Of age was threatened with severe
attack OF Group. He says: My wife in
sisted that go for the doctor. but as our
family physician was ont ol town / pur-
chased bottle of Chamberlain s Cough
Remedy, which relieved her immediate
ly. will not be without it in the future
% and SO cent bottles for sale by Drngg-
lists and dealers here and the CONNER
cial Co. OF Loyelock.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-12-16

counties show bright outlook for this
branch of our mining industry.
Owing to the limited demand for mar
bic the Inyo Marble Company has not
been actively engaged during the past
few months, but recent large orders from
San Francisco will soon see operations
resumed at the quarry.
The lnyo Development Company of
Keele- have produced this year 5000
tons OF high grade carbonate of soda.
Extensive improvements have been
made, and 100 acres OF watts are used for
the evaporation OF the water of Owens
Lake, covering distance of nearly 5
miles along the shore Two extensive
pumping stations are required, as tie
water is supplied by two az and Is inch)
pipes, beng taken from The Lake at a
distance OF 1000 feet from shore. Ii is a
long process from the time the water en-
ters the canal, until eryslalzations takes
place in the vats, and one that requires
the most careful management ng Il 0
process of evaporation.
Operations have been resumed in the
mines of Cerro Gordo, Lookout, Pana-
mint and the Lane Mine. Considerable
interest is taken in the new mining
camp, Randsburg, situated eighty miles
southeast of Keeler.