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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
SAVING A DROWNING PERSON.

stroke can learn in half an hour to
turn and swim on his back, and he will
find it much easier and more restful
than the ordinary method. Indeed, he
will find that he can keep himself afoat
merely by padding gently with his
hands, allowing his legs to lie entirely
still.
In effecting a rescue the drowning
person should turn or be turned on his
back, and the swimmer should grasp
him lightly at the back of the neck with
one hand. Both should lie as deep in the
water as possible, and the swimmer can
then propel himself with his feet and
one hand. OF course, this method would
not work where the drowning person
was frantic with fright, although II
such person can be sustained until he
becomes unconscious he may then be
easily towed to safety. Next time you
are in swimming try this method with
some other boy acting as the drowning
person. You will be astonished to see
how easily he may be dragged through
the water.-Chicago News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
Tale of n Grateful Bird.

1t is a rare occurrence for animals in
wild state to select man for COM
panion, or evince any gratitude for
fuvors, but there is an occasional excep-
ton. A boy in Maine killed a snake that
was just in the act of robbing song
sparrow's nest, and ever since the bird
has shown its gratitude in a wonderful
manner. When he goes into the gar
den the sparrow flies to him, sometimes
alighting on his head or shoulder, all
the while pouring out a song Of praise
and gratitude. 1t will not leave the
garden, but all the time he is there the
bird hovers around him, with every
manifestation of love.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
FARM AND GARDEN.
TREATMENT OF PIGS.
A Mixed Diet Usually Produces Satiss
factory Results.

factory Results.
The treatment of pigs intended fol
porkers and those intended for bacon
should from the age of IL or IA weeks
be somewhat different. The former
may be pushed on sharply, and fed
at least three times day, says National
Provisioner, but care should be taken
not to give more food at each meal
than is thoroughly cleaned up. A good
mixture of two or three sorts of ground
corn, either scalded or steamed, with
the addition of some boiled potatoes,
mangles or swedes, and a little skim
milk, will make porkers fit for the mar
ket in four or five months. Pigs intend
ed for bacon should be allowed a fair
amount of exercise, and for the first
four or five months need only be fed
twice a day, on such food as will pro-
mote growth and produce flesh rather
than fat, but they should never be al
lowed to stop growing nor to lose their
suckers flesh. When put up to feed,
the change to richer food should be
gradual. Opinions vary very much as
to whether it is desirable to give meal
raw or cooked; for my part, 1 have
found the best results from cooked
| food.
AS regards the diet on which bacon
pigs should be fed, it is impossible to
lay down any hard and fast rules. The
pig, of all animals, thrives best on 8
mixed diet, and every pig feeder must
decide for himself what is the mixture
| that he can most economically use
having regard to the produce of hit
country. There is no doubt barley mea
Is one of the best all-round foods fol-
the production of good bacon, with the
addition of a small quantity of pea oil
bean meal, and fourths flour. Maize
meal is most useful food in small
| quantities, but It should always bt
scalded or boiled. and never be used ex
clusively, or as the principal ingredi
ent in food where high class, streaky
bacon is desired, as its tendency is t.
produce fat. 1t is of the utmost impor
lance that pigs should be fed at regu
lar intervals. When this is not attend
ed to they become restless and do no
thrive as they ought to. The foot
should be varied from time to time
as nothing promotes a good appetite
like change of food.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
PARROT PRlMA DONNA.
Chicago BIRD Can Sing Six Song
Words and Music.

Chicago Bird Can Sing Six Songs,
Words and Music.
There are parrots that talk and par
rots that laugh, parrots that cry and
parrots that swear, but the parrots that
will sing song, both words and music,
and keep the tune are rare indeed. Yet
ouch a wonder exists in Chicago, and it
sas, moreover, the reputation among
bird fanciers of being the best-educated
parrot in this country.
Unfortunately this learned birds
tame is somewhat obscured by its name.
It is one of the Smiths of parrotdom-
Polly-and it stoops to ask for crack
er with as much earnestness as any of
Its less clever cousins.
Polly is the property of George NJ.
Pullman, of Pullman's Palace Car com
pany. She was purchased last fall and
has since been giving daily perform
ances at his home in Prairie avenue.
She sings no fewer than six songs, both
words and music, to say nothing of
trilling the scale from do to do with the
greatest ease. One of her favorite songs
is Hear Dem Bells" which she sings
with a delicious negro accent. She is
also fond of "Old Mother Wiggle Wag-
gle and of CHEEKY whip-poor-will
song. If it happens to be Sunday she
sings 'In the Sweet By-and-By," with
an occasional variation to "Oh. dear
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
PRIMA DONNA POLLY.

what can the matter be, Johnny's so
long at the fair" into which she puts
all the possible parrot pathos. If sheis
in humorous mood she tries, "Oh, yah,
dond dot vas fine"
Besides being a songster, Polly is an
accomplished talker and she can laugh
and cry like little girl, crow like Il
rooster and whistle like a boy, and
sometimes she jumbles them all up to-
gethef III the most astonishing and
laughable manner. Hei principal con-
versation is carried on III the following
sentences:
Woodworking, Polly. How do you
do, Polly? Pretty boy, shake hands.
Oh, Polly, where is Polly? Oh, Polly,
what's the matter. Naughty Polly.
Come here, Polly, Sing Polly, why
don't you sing, Polly?" and many
others.
Besides these words Polly sometimes
calls for Mary Ann" in the most pa
thetic way, and if Mary Ann doesn't ap-
pear she adds in teasing voice, Come
on"
She was born in the southern part of
Mexico, and, together with big family
of brothers and sisters, she remained
for some time in the home nest. One
day a Mexican came and took her and
all her relatives and carried them to
his home, where he fed them for some
time on soft bread and corn. Then in
o+I re
all crowded together in coop, she was
shipped by railroad northward into the
United States. After remaining some
time in a bird fancier's store she was
purchased and sent to cripple named
Harry Marsden, who lived in a Missouri
town. Here she received the best of
treatment, and her owner became her
private tutor. She soon became very
fond of him, and when he said some
thing to her very distinctly just before
going to bed she would wake up the first
thing in the Unorning and begin to prac-
tice, saying it over and over, and in this
way she learned all of her accomplish.
meuts.
But one day her kind master was or.
dersd to go to Florida for his health
and she was sent to Chicago, where, fol-
some time she swayed in a cage at
Fred Kaempfer's bird store in Madison
street and astonished those who visited
her with her remarkable cleverness
No other parrot that the dealer evel
saw could sing and talk so well as this
one. One day last fall Mrs. Pullman
saw Polly and purchased her and since
then she has made her home in Chicago
Polly belongs to the most intelligent
of all the parrots-the double-yellow
head Mexican. She is over foot IL
length and of magnificent green color
with pale-yellow spot on her forehead
red tipped wings and a cream-colored
beak. She is altogether as handsome at
abe is clever.--Chicago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
why BaIed Hay IL Musty.

Much of the baled hay that comes
to market is musty. Most farmers
when they bale hay think it need not
be very dry, as the bales are small. But
the amount of hay packed in them 10
always sufficient to get up violent
ferment unless the hay is properly
dried before it is put into the bale. II
there were more care used in balinR
hay the price for it would be much
better than it is, as the hay itself
would be better worth it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14

would get well. l had female troub IeS
in their worst form, suffered untold
agonies every month my womb tipped
back to my backbone, had headache,
hysteria, fainting spells, itching, leu
corrhea.
MY feet and hands were cold all
the time, my limbs were so weak that,
l could hardly walk around the house.;
was troubled with numb spells. I
have taken four bottles of Lydia E,
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, ono
bottle of her Blood Purifier, one pack
age of her Sanative Wash, and am
entirely cured. 1 have not had ono
of those numb spells since. Can You
wonder that 1 sing the praises of q
medicine that has cured me of all these
ills ?"-MRs. LOUISA PLACE, $50 Bel
mont St, Brockton, Mass.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
The Fight for Pure Honey.

If there is one subject above all 9th
ers that needs attention just now it is
that of honey adulteration. We must
have a national pure food law enacted
pretty soon, or the business of pure
honey production will be ruined for
ever. The shameless adulterators are
constantly at work, and will so con-
tinue until compelled to stop by the en-
forcement of rigid anti-adulteraticn
law. The United States Beekeepers'
union has big job ahead of it. 1t will
require the united efforts and funds
of all beekeepers to win in this fight,
1t is well worth undertaking, however
in fact, beekeepers cannot afford to
submit longer without soon finding
their occupation gone, - Wisconsin
AgriculturiSt.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
DOROTHYS BARGAIN.

Dorothy's own dearest auntie Anne
Leaned over Dorothy's bed;
Clad all in pink, to her feather fan,
She looked as sweet as an auntie can,
With roses pink on her head.
Go right to sleep" said her auntie Anne
shut up your bonnie brown eyes;
I'll bring a breeze with my feather fan
That will take you off to YuCatan,
And give the flowers surprise"
Dorothy's eyes but the bigger grew;
She laughed at her auntie Anne;
You is big nuf why, l sought you knew
Dat breezes on'y took fings what flew,
And DOwofy nebber tan"
Then III bring a breeze from cold, cold
land
The fan waved high and fast
To pinch your nose and nip at your hand
To freeze you asleep with icy band
And quilt of snow that will last"
But like it tool, dear auntie Anne,
An o feel my fies. go cweep.
III slut my eyes If your fodder fan
Will make our baby run off wild a man,
An let poor Dowofy s'eep."
-Elvira Floyd FroemCke, in New Unity.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
BLIND WOMAN FARMER.
TilIs the Soil Herself and Clears $500
Each Season,


While women who farm are numerous
in Illinois and in the other states of the
union, a blind woman farmer is seldom
seen. There lives in Oak Hill, Tex, a
blind girl, who has from few acres OF
land, cultivated by herself, cleared
about 5000 each season for several years
by the growing and sale of vegetables
She began with no capital and an un-
fenced piece of uncultivated land. There
is now neat fence about her domain,
a well and pump in the center, and she
has, in addition to purchasing these,
paid for piano and hack to take her
vegetables to the market, which is 20
miles from her home.
Every evening during the dry season
she waters a certain number of plants
until she has gone over the entire place,
when she begins and goes over it again
in the same way. The active sense of
hearing which nature has given this
blind girl in lieu of her sight enables her
to detect insect life easily, and by feel
ing with her sensitive fingers she can
distinguish the nature and size of the
plants and vegetables she raises. She
is familiar with all kinds of vegetables
and plants, knows the size they should
attain, the color Of their hue and the
shape they should assume.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
Latest Bicycle slnnK.

An awkward person is "wabbler."
A gossip travels with loose sprocket
wheel"
If your clothes are not in style you are a
"'95 model"
When mans sweetheart jilts him he is
the victim of broken chain.
ANY rider abrading the skin by fall
merely "scrapes off some of his enamel"
He who looks upon the wine until his feet
are entangled is person whose wheels do
not run true
A stupid Individual, if there be any such
On a bicycle mas sand in his bearings.
A proud person, or one unduly naughty,
rides with tls handle bars raised too high.
One who III disposed to be imaginative to
the extent ef romancing is 'geared up to
100"
The individual who shouts at night when
others desire to sleep is the victim of loose
spokes. IN Y. journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14

of the stable place a bar of iron across
the doorway, as shown in cut, one end
(a) entering far enough through the
doorpost to allow the other end (b) to
fit into socket. An iron key is put
into hole in the bar near GAY and pad
locked there. These two devices are not
patented and they are effective.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
TWO STABLE DEVICES.


The illustration shows device to be
used where horse kicks his stable com
panion. 1t is made from one-inch gal
Sanized iron tubing. The two corners
are screwed together with a return
coupler. Pins go through holes in the
upper ends and are attached to the
Woodwork of the stall. A cord is fas-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
HOW TO SAVE LIVES.
Hints for Boys and Girls Who Know
How to Swim.

Hints for Boys and girls VINO hnoW
How to Swim.
A boy or girl never knows at what
moment he may be called upon to save
the life of friend from drowning, espe
cially in these days of swimming and
boating. He should therefore prepare
for the emergency BY practicing life
saving devices every time he goes in
swimming \ little calmness of mind
and a very little skill will often serve
to sustain a sinking swimmer until
help may come.
One of the methods used by the Eng
lish life-saving service is shown in the
picture. 1t may at first sight look DIFF
cult, but it is one of the easiest of all
the methods. 1t is necessary, of course,
that the boy who saves a person in this
way be able to swim easily and readily
on his back. Any boy who can swim
in the regular way with the deep under
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
Almost Inside Out.

The stomach that is not turned thus by a
shaking up on the ''briny wave" must be a
well fortified one. The gastric apparatus can
be rendered proof against seasickness with
that stomachic so popular among travellers by
sea and land-Hostetter' Stomach Bitters.
1t defends the system against malaria and
rheumatism and subdues liver complaint,
constipation and dyspepsia.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14

tened to the device for raising or low
ering as required. When not in use it
is raised and is we'll out of the way of
everything. In use, it does not interfere
at all with the animals movements, eX-
cept to prevent his being too free with
his feet and legs.
To prevent thieves taking horses out
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
HANDY CHICKEN COOP.
II OvercOmes All the Objections UrgeS
Against other Kinds.

The cut shows chicken coop which
has overcome all the objections tc
plans which have been given to the
public from year to year through
poultry journals and agricultural pa.
pers.
The coop is % by &c inches floor meas
ure, having four posts of oak one by two,
which hold the nails firmly and stand
the weather best, as they rest on the
ground. The front posts are cut "a
inches long and the rear ones IS inches,
with a one by two joist nailed on in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14

First Daughter of the Revolution-She
says she'd like to know, for her part, what
practical good our society does.
Second Ditto-Why, the mean thing! just
as ii we hadn't made it almost fashionable to
he patriotic.-Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
SUFFERING WOMEN.
How Many of Them Have Quietly
Obtained Advice That Made
Them Well

My sister, if you find that in spite OF
following faithfully your family doc
tors advice, you are not getting well,
why do you not try another course 2
Many and many a woman has quietly
written to Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn,
Mass, stating her symptoms plainly
and clearly, and taken her advice, which.
was promptly received. The follow
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
Kentucky Appreciates.

"Er-Col Clay, it's fine wheat crop we
have this year"
fpen@d sub splendid rd BSst an tbr Sesb
suh!"-Cleveland World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
A Sick Church.

They dedicated church in a certain New
York village a few days ago, and shortly
after the incident the daughter of citizen
living over the way was heard to say to her
mother:
church. Ma, do you know"
NO" replied the mother. "Why do you
think theirs IS anything the matter with it"
Cause" answered the child, 81 heard
'em say it was medicated. boston Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14

Walace-"T didn't know you rode
wheel" Ferry-'I don't" Wallace
"Then what are you wearing knickerbockers
and a sweater for?" Ferry-"To keep the
fool bicycle riders from running over me.
E0ouirer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
Last Month of the Tennessee Cen
tennInl and Industrial ExpOsitiOn.

Tbo month of Oc+obor oloCec this greatest
III Enoi+ o,,a,. boIJ in tba Sontb and
VI an ~ ~, tb tba hest ever held in
~ ~ a w EoY +bo cloeing month she.
cial attractions have been arranged ana
the rates from all parts OF the country nave
Deerl Ihade loWet Clld al, eNTi pet0i =; NJ IL
The location lNashyllle, Ie3nh;J IS on NE NE
main line OF the LoulsyllIe q Nasi l, me
Railroad, directly on ITS through car ar IQu;e
in either direction via that city can be
made as cheaply, II not cheaper, thah Via
any other route. Ask your ticket agent
for rates, or write to e. +; Atmore, General
Passenger Agent, Louisville, NY, LOT rates
anu '"'o' i'''.o--- .
Smith-"Did many of the passengers go
to hear DR.. Fourthly preach in the main
cabin this morning. Brown-"1e si but
text" SmithG'What was III" brown
"Cast thy bread upou the waters. Life.
-r..--
Speaking frorn Experience.
recently "I IS 'nat T,e snRstaace can an
space, W9lch no wall u o''lei s0'S''"N' 00'''
sh4C Out: c1on,,o r., Got d,,ol1er) - The
1II'l ~ eninn ,' pc nisysLGdds and Ends
siileli VI 0"'0iie, ms 0Dl-- 'i''0
,1,r;.troto TIn o,;dence sbo1ys that Won
.Is as'S', .tcI,, nv ,+o Io NAN
threw St33e aU InS i II Shows moro than
MIS-, M Gun ~ s' tb@f 'i b;t
I b yer nolHr, IL siio"S 'i"' -'''
S,oU pototo
,.,.;a, Tha+ falIa,, n,,hhv ;sr,+ Of much
-Ash!ls-li,'I ~ lSllo" DuoDy' 1911 u
importance, Is ne: :..u4o-oo9 WIN, no
;po II; X ondie ~ the
winter time!-Puck,
n.,-- at -'t--5-- 4Lo ,oanod,
FIRST Boarder- wonder Ihe Hnu!"I9
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14

ing letter is u
pretty strong
confrmationoE
our claims :
" l had been
sick for six
months ;
. one doctor
n told me 4
II would have
Y to go to a
y hospital
\ before 4
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14

HE broke the record for continuous
fast riding"
Eyes; he was arrested six days in sue
session for scorching."-Cycling Go
Zette
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
Sad Naturally.

Gotham-Pcople are so different here in
Boston. See how sad everybody looks.
Naturally. How could they
look otherwise when they think of the I'M
fortunate people who cannot live in Boa
ton Boston TRANSCRIPT
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14

Judge-How do you know the prisonerT :
threw eggs at you?
Tragedian-I caught them in the act,
Up-to- Date
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14

A Dose in Time Saves Nine OF Hsle's
Honey of Horehound and Tar for Coughs.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14

1 am entirely cured of hemorrhage OF
lungs by piso's Cure for Consumption -
Louisa Lindaman, Bethany, Mo, Jan. s, %.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
To Cure n Cold In One Day


Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25S
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14

Do not slight the man because he has dens
wrong.-Ram's Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is q Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.

Cover an ass with lions skin, and he
will soon manage to poke his ears out soLns-
how-Ram's Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
Speakina frorn Experience.

Teacher-What is that which pervades all
space, which no wall or other substance can
shut out?
Johnnie Sharpe Ia fiat dweller) - The
smell of onions, miss-Gdds and Ends.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14
A Woman of Mark,

Magistrate-The evidence shows that you
threw stone at the man.
Mrs. McDutf-An' it shows mors than
that, yer honor. 1t shows that hit him
Boston Traveller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14

Askins-That fellow, Dubby, isn't of much
importance, is he?
wouldn't even cut any ice in Klondike in the
winter time!-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14

Smith-"Did many of the passengers go
to hear Dr. Fourthly preach in the main
cabin this morning. Brownies, but
most of them left when he announced his
text" Smith-'What was it, Brown
"Cast thy bread upon the waters. Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14

First Boarder-"I wonder the landady
lets him stay; everybody can see that he
drinks" Second Boarder-"Ges; but he
never has any appetite in the morning. -
Puck
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14

Many sore-eyed man sets up for an eye
doctor, and does a thriving business at it.
Rams Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14

a." said the pompous actor, was once
where the shells fell SO thick and fast that to
escape them was impossible" And you
are alive to tell it," ooh, yes. The shells
were loaded with egg. '-Detroit Free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14

what do you regard as the most impor
tant event of the century," asked the phil
osopher. "Well," answered the wheelman
"the finish is about as satisfactory as any
part of the run. Truth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-14

Cock Ito policeman How neatly you
carve that goose" with a sudden out.
burst of jealousy You have deceived me! |
am not your first love. ,,-Eliegende Blaetter.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-14

anneares that he possessed personal orna-
r,ents and tewcry worth over $780, incl1d-
,ng n solid gold watch and chain, solid
GOLD three-stone genuine diamond ring.
cold and diamond cum buttons, and two
scar,ulns. Bliss refused to give w these
ar,ieies 10 Daniel j. Early, who had hcen
apoo:.tru receiver, claiming At first that
they belonged 10 his brother, and AFTER
ward that they were owned by his wife
PRO, eed,ngs were Instituted to have hin
ad,udxed guilty OF contempt fof refusing
to obey the order OF the court directing
tho delivery Of these articles. Justice Rus
sell. of the Supreme Court has granted
the application, holding that the eireuh-
stances showed IA contumaeious purpose
10 impede the action and duty OF the
officer of the court. Diamonds and ex-
penslve gold watches, the court held
we're. in the eye OF the law. Incompatible
with execution-proof ownership. ana
guss's conduct was a wllful contempt.
The Court adjudged that he pay a hne
OF SnO. but commitment was not 10 issue
for five days, and 81 within that time ne
delivered the property and paid $50 ne
would be purged OF the contempt