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bill at Tuesdays session was made by Mr..
! Dolliver of Iowa, aud in opposition to it
| by Mr.. Dockery of Missouri.
AT the session of Tuesday evening Mr..
Bailey of Texas, the leader of the Demo
cratic side presented the report of the mi
nOrity of tbe ways and means committee
on the tariff bill. This report opposed the
bill on the ground that if its high protec-
tive features were carried into effect it
must result in compelling consumers to pay
more for their goods. The minority hold,
also, that the government has no right to
collect money in the form of taxes and
then distribute it among its favorites in the
form of bounties, or otherwise.
At Wednesdays sessions Fox of Mississ-
ippi, Sayers of Texas, and McMillin of
Tennessee opposed the bill, while Presi
dent McKinley's personal friend, Mr..
Grosvenor of Ohio, made the principal
speech on the Republican side.
General debate on the bill closed yester-
day, when Representatives Russell, Dal-
zell, Steele and Payne, Republican mem
bers of the committee on ways and means,
and Mr. Bailey, the Democratic leader,
were the speakers. Mr.. Bailey made the
formal closing for the minority and Mr..
Payne for the majority.
Under the schedule for the tariff bill in
the House, arranged by the committee on
rules, general debate Of the measure was to
close last night and today consideration
under the hve-minute rule begins The
bill is to be open for amendment until 3
o'clock next Wednesday afternoon, 3lst
inst, when voting on the amendments and
the bill begins.
Immediately after its passage through
the House the bill will 90 to the Senate and
within a day or two thereafter it will be
sent to the finance committee of that body,
from which it probably will not emanate
for consideration by the Senate before the
first of May. After the Senate has con-
sidered and amended the bill it will 90 to
a conference committee Of the two houses
for adjustment Of the differences which will
inevitably arise. The general expectation
in Washington is that the measure will not
be finally enacted and become operative be-
fore the first OF July.
The Republican members Of the Senate
finance committee have already begun con.
sideration Of the bill without waiting for
its passage through the House. In this
way work upon it will be greatly expedited.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-03-26

~ S.PRATT, VI. d.,
y. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Ofice and residence is North Main street, Brat
tleboro. Office hours until Q A. NJ; 1890 to ,
p. NJ: 63O to p NJ.
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r. WILDER,
"A. Manufacturer of Book Cases and Desks,
Picture Frames, Also fine line of fPctures. Flat
Street. Open evenings, 7toS.
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- PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office in Crosby Block, opposite Telephone Ex-
change. Office hours to. AM, to 3P. Nj. Res
dence corner Main and Walnut SITS. Bratteboro
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" WAITE, AUCTIONEER,
H. Office with A. V. May, Boyden building
Elliot street. House so South Main street.
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Business Garos.

II ID. HOLTON, VI. D.,
H. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Ohice and residence corner Main and Walnut
treets. At home from to and to Pm
Brattleboro. VT.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-04-15
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE RIDE TO DREAMTowN.

Listen. my darling! Low and clear
The sound of the Sleepland bell l hear.
II is calling, calling, from far away,
Through the twilight falling still and gray.
Fairy music its sweet voice seems,
AS II bids you away to the land of dreams.
There's a good steed waiting, my dear, to
bear
My little one where the lream-elVes are.
Mount it, my darling, and ride away
Through the starry twilight, still and gray;
II Will carry you safely DER hill and lea
This trusty charger of mammals knee
Mount and away, with a goodnight kiss.
Was ever so gentle a steed as this?
1t ambles softly where roads are rough;
a touch of your unspurred foot's enough
TO set it galloping fast and free
Was ever a steed like a mothers knee?
We are halfway over the road. my dear.
The stars are out and the way is clear,
And gallopng, galloping, on we go,
Till the drowsy plains we have crossed,
and 10!
The CLEAN of the Dreamtown lights we see.
What steed so swift as a mothers knee?
What host of children ahead of you!
Big ones and little ones, dark and fair
They have come to Dreamtown from every
where!
l wonder, dariing-1ind out for mel
If they all rode over on mothers knee
-Eben L. ReXford, in Youths Companion
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-04-15

C, water tank f, and the hot water pipes
IA h are so laid as to allow of outflow
and RETURN of water. The hot water
pipes are directly below the sawdust-
covered top (e). Dimensions are feet in
rear, feet i'm front and IL feet for
length of roof, including caves, while
the full length of the floor space is 12
feet. The windows d open out for ven.
tiiation and are feet long; the win
d0ws are 3 feet long and open in. The
covers of the coops consist of light
frames with ~ inch netting. A doc,
closes off either coop during cold
weather, to keep the heat in either one
coop. The tops of the breeders (e) over
the hot water pipes, are covered with a
good coat of sawdust to keep in the
heat. Besides the door at the sides of
the brooder, there is a heavy fringe to
keep in the heat.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-04-15

1t is not accidental that oats, the grain
which, next to whole wheat, is best for
furnishing growth to the muscles
should have always been the favorite
food For horses. They are better than
wheat for all animals except man, and
as good also for man, if properly pre-
pared. 1t is the large proportion of
hull which makes oats superior for
horse feed, as the hall distepds the nu-
triment and prevents it from compact
ing and heating in the stomach Dat
grain not only contains large amount
of heterogeneous nutriment, bnt it has be-
sides certain stimulative substance,
which is peculiar to the oat.-Rural
World
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-04-15
Grain for Spring Feeding.

At present low prices for grain it is
cheaper, SO far as nutritive value is
concerned, than any other kind of for
age. Part of this cheapness consists in
the greater ease with which grain, if
fed in moderation, can be digested.
This is especially true of spring feeding.
AS the time approaches for turning
stock out to grass they should have
some kind of succulent food given with
the grain ration. After winters freez-
ing and thawing, dry feed, whether hay
or cornstalks, becomes dry and woody
instead of having some of the juices it
had when put up the previous fall
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-04-15

singer has u perfectly true voice you
had better use some instrument to tune
your pinnetta by. Use new, straight
pins, and pound them in until they
sound exactly like the singing, just as
violin is tuned with a piano. The
deeper the pins are driven the higher
the sound. If a very high I,ote is de-
sired, small black pins are best and for
bass notes large needles are best, but
common pins can be used for all. a very
little difference in the depth of the
driving makes great difference in the
sound. Suppose you want to play Two
Little Girls in Blue" You sing the first
word, AN" and drive the first pin in
until it keys exactly with it, then the
second word old and tune with the
second pin, and so ON to the end, plac-
ing the pins about a quarter of an inch
apart or closer.
Holding the box firmly in your left
hand, or better, placing it on table,
you take a long pin IN your right hand
and run the point along the middle of
the pins in the box as they stand up
right. You should run the pin in your
hand according to the time the piece is
written in.
The pinnetta can be made in perfect
tune, played in perfect time and has
clear, sweet sound like water running
over stones. If You possess any musical
talent you can make the accompaniment
of chords on another box and have a
very pretty duet.
Anyone can make and play a pin
netta.-Chicagc Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-04-15
NERVOUS PROSTRATION.
On the Verge Of a Total Collapse.
The Wear and Tear Incident to the
Life of a Travelling Salesman
Very Often Results Seriously.
From the Press, Cleveland, Ohio.

From the Press, Cleveland, Ohio.
u. h. Whann, who lives in suite No. 70 in
the Body block, corner of Payne and Wilson
Avenues, Cleveland, Ohio, had suffered for
months from nervous prostration and ex-
IRENE nervousness. His nervous system
lad become undermined by irregular hab-
It's, and he was reduced to the verge of total
prostration. Mr.. Whann is no longer a
travelling salesman, that occupation was
traught with too much danger to his health,
and he abandoned it. AT present he is con-
nected with the Mahoning Coal Company,
and has charge of mine three miles distant
from Alliance, Ohio, and there he spends
most of his time.
travelling statesmen have to put up with
great many inconvenience when they are
on the road" said MIR. Whann. Meals,
sleep and rest, are often irregular, and these
causes unsettle ones nerves, | was rapidly
approaching a point where would become
nervous wreck unless employed extreme
measures. found it almost impossible to
read or write for a period longer than a few
minutes. l would pick up newspaper with
the intention OF glanclng over the news OF
the day. In five or ten minutes | would
have to lay the paper aside and get up and
walk around to quiet my nerves. 1t was the
same thing when | did any writing. l could
write for few minutes and then have to
give. it up, as my hands would become shaky
a2a my whole body and mind in culver.
This nervousness brought on severe
headaches; it also brought loss of sleep,
all of which combined to gradually break
down my health. | became run down and
lost my appetite and performed my duties
with no heart whatever. My friends rec
commended one medicine or another, and
one of them suggested Dr. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. l bought few boxes
and followed the directions regarding their
use. They restored my nerves to their nor
NAL and natural condition; they drove
away the violent headaches and insomnia,
and made me feel like a man who enjoyed
life. l am now at times troubled with a
headache while experimenting the work at
the mine, but the pills quickly and effective
ly dlssipate it.
Mrs. Whann, too, is very enthusiastic in
her praise of the pills. She has used them
for headache and nervousness, and has rec
commended them to many of her friends.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills contain, in a
condensed form, all the elements necessary
to give new life and richness to the blood
and restored shattered nerves. They are an
unfailing specific for such diseases as loco
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, st. Nitus
Gance, sciatlca, neuralgia, rheumatism, nerv
Gus headache, the after affect of la grippe
palpitation of the heart, pale and salloW
compilations, all forms of weakness either in
male or female. Pink Pills are sold by all
dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt
of price, 90 cents a box or SIX boxes for s.. 80
by addressing DIR. Williams Medicine Com
Lany, Schenectady n Y
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-04-15
NEW STREET SPRINKLER.
Brussels Streets Wet with a Dilute Disin-
fectant of Carbolic Acid.

Brussels Streets Wet with a Dilute Disin-
fectant of Carbolic Acid.
Brussels has inaugurated after much
experiment a system of sprinkling its
streets with diluted disinfectant, the
efficacy of which has been promptly
made apparent by the prevention of
such another epidemic of upthous
stomatitis as occurred in Belgium a
few years ago. Consul Roosevelt, who
reports on the matter to the state de-
partment, says that while few sporadic
cases of this disease, an Inflammation
of the mouth, are now reported in Bel
1gtNm, an epidemic exists in Holland.
During January it was reported in $50
cattle stables distributed over ITO COM
munes, the number of cattle infected
aggregated over 11,OOG. 1t is believed
that the disinfeetion system adopted in
Brussels has prevented the spread of
the disease to Belgium. 1t is simple
affair, cylindrical reservoir of a car
bolic compound being attached to the
ordinary watering apparatus. 1t was
devised by the director of the munich
pal slaughter house and used for the
past fo'lr years around the market,
courts and yards of that esta blishment
with such success that it has been eX-
tended to the city at large.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-04-15
Story of n Wise Cas.

There is in the treasury department
at Washington a cat that understands
English perfectly. His name is Tom,
ard when addressed he will quickly re-
spond, even waking out of a sound
sleep 10 go toward the speaker. Some
times, to confuse him, the clerks will
sing out some word or words in which
the syllable Tom is emphasized, and to
that he pays no attention. But let any
one call: Tom. it's dinner time!' and
forthwith he walks across the room,
reaches up with his paws to tin pail,
claws it down and comes bringing it
in his mouth. Tom is passionately fond
OF music. At the cry of Hand organ!"
he climbs to high window seat. but at
the words 'Here's dog!" he sinks I'M
DER a desk
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-04-15
FUNNY MOUSE TRAP.
Clever Girl Catches Seven Rodents I'm
Sewing N1r1iine.

This is a story of how asewing ma
chine f,acame a mouse trap. Miss
Boutchear of Federal street. below
Seventh, is particularly fond of cake,
and has got into the habit of eating
it while rInning her sewing machine.
Every night she would Leave some under
the lid. For the past few mornings
she has been missing much of her cake,
and naturally blamed her little brother
for taking it. Her brother, however,
always resented the charge and de-
clared his innocence. The other night
Miss Boutcher left quite large quanti
" of cake on the machine and concealed
herself to watch the thief. When every
thing was quiet she heard a scratching
noise and then saw very sma4l mouse
climbing up the strap of the machine,
which connects the lower wheel with
the upper one. The first mouse had
hardly disappeared through the small
hole through which the strap is run
when another appeared and followed
it's predecessor. This performance was
repeated six times by as many mice.
Miss Boucher hastily plugged up the
hole through which the little thieves
had entered, and with the assistance of
her brother carried the machine into
the kitchen. Five cats were quickly OBJ
tanned from willing neighbors and the
lid was lifted. Only one mouse escaped.
--Ph!lRdelPhia Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-04-15

DIR. c. c. Miller in Gleanings in Bee
Culture says what is to be done to unite
swarms is to hive a swarm in hive
in which another swarm has been hived
If You have any choice as to queens, kill
the poorer, but if you have no choice
the bees will settle the matter to their
own satisfaction. If the swarms are
small there will be a decided gain in
uniting; but if the swarms are large it
is not so advisable to unite. Unite two
large swarms and by the next spring
you will have no more bees in the hive
than each would have had if you had
h1ved them separately.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-04-15
FIGURE NO. 5.

that he will float upon its surface, talk
mig care not to let his upper side get
wet The trick is to make him move on
the water without blowing upon or
COUGHING him. You can let your friends
puzzle about how to do this, and then
show your superior wisdom by drop
ping one drop OF oil into the round
opening at the oenter of the fish, upon
which he will move forward, for oil
spreads, and in doing so in this case it
Will have to spread down the groove
running toward the tail of the fish and
SO svill push him forward by itself push
tng the other way--GWtterick's Deli
Ile2Eeu.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-04-15
A REMARKABLE CAT.


rings the fluho'
Randolph B!anel, of Mount Vernon,
was seated in his library one evening
several weeks ago when he heard GU
rious sound in the parlor below. The
rest of the family had gone to bed.
The sound was rather musical, being
humming in various notes, broken by
little twangs. MIR. Blanel went down
stairs softly ana peered into the parlor.
There in the moonlight which shOne
on the piano top he saw the house cat,
big black tom, called Steal.
Steal was sitting on his launches be
side the banjo which Mr.. Blanel's boy
Rob usually plays. Steal had learned
that by touching the strings with his
paws he could make them sound. 1t
was remembered afterward that the
cat always came into the room when
Rob played, but that was supposed to
have been because the boy made great
pet of him.
Blanel watched the cat, and says he
saw Steal pick the strings, first touch
ing the fourth, then the third, the sec
ond and the first BIanel tip-toed his
way back upstairs and listened to the
cats playing for over an hour, when
it ceased. Soon afterward Steal came
running upstairs, lay down before the
CRATE fire, and went to sleep.
Since that night the cat has gone reg
ularly to the banjo every night at about
II or 1880 o'clock and picked away
at the strings, manifesting his delight
by purring loudly. The cat has been
seen also picking at a guitars strings,
the instrument having been left in the
banjo's place purposely. The cat does
what many other cats do, running
up and down the keys of the piano.
Rob Blamel says, however, that Steal
has a more delicate piano touch than
other cats.-N. Y. Sun
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-04-15
FARM AND GARDEN.
BALLING OF QUEENS.
How to Release the Captive Insects
without Injuring Them.

Without Injuring Them.
When a queen is balled you'll find a
bunch of bees as big as hickory nut
or larger that seem to cling rogether in
very solid manner. You can't pull
the bees apart, and you may roll the
ball over and over, says Texas Farm
and Ranch.
If a strange queen is thrown into a
hive she is usually balled, and, as near
ly as we can make out, the process is
something like this: The bees seize
the queen at various points till she is
entirely surrounded; then other bees
seize the ones that have hold of the
queen, and in this position they remain
fixed for hours, until the queen rs dead.
If strange worker is thrown into the
hive she isn't treated the same as a
queen, and nothing but queen is ever
balled. The worker may be bitten or
stung, but never balled.
The balling bees generally make a
Kissing sound, unlike the noise they
make at any other time. Whether that
proceeds from anger, or what, we do
not know. Sometimes bees will ball
their own queen, usually for the sake
of protecting her. In the middle of a
ball of her own bees it certainly seems
she ought to be safe from foes. You
cannot pull the bees apart so as to free
the queen, and if you should succeed
in getting some of the bees away or
should manage to get the queen loose
the bees will Immediately seize her
again. Perhaps the quickest way to
get the queen free is to throw the ball
into cold water. The little miscreants
will scramble to get out of the water
as lively as they can, and at once seem
to forget all about the queen, leaving
her to her own fate. Water is not al
ways at hand, and you can blow smoke
upon the ball. If you blow hot smoke
upon them, as usually you will if you
hold the nozzle close enough, you will
at once seal the queens doom, for the
bees will promptly sting her; but If
you hold the smoke at a distance and
keep up q strong stream of cool smoke
the bees will soon conclude they want
to find some place with a purer at
mosphere.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-04-15
An Interesting Item.

BY reason of its mileage and location, the
Texas & Pacific Railway is the most impor-
tant of all railway lines in Texas. 1t trav-
erses the Lone Star State from East to
West, through the most progressive towns,
great forests of pine, and the broad prairies
and well-kept farms, atfording the most
beautiful scenery all along the line. No
other line affords such opportunities for the
home seeker or investor to see and enjoy
Texas. Cheap lands for all. Low rate Home
Seekers Excursion Tickets on sale at all
points in Texas and Louisiana February
10th, March 2nd and 10th, April 9th and
Goth, May 4th and 18th.
For handsomely illustrated book fully
describing the wonderful State of Texas,
conceded to be the finest publication issued
m recent years, send eight cents postage to
Castor Mesier, Gent Pass'r & Tiki. Agt.,
Dallas, Tex
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-04-15
SCIENCE FOR CHILDREN.
How to Conduct Two Very Interest,"
ing md AmuSinE EXnerimentr-

How to Conduct Two Very Interest,"
ing and Amusing Experiments
The air you breathe seems to be a
very simple thing, but you may learn
something new about it in the first OK
pertinent we will try. Procure plate,
IA tumbler and a gOod-sized piece of
tissue or other thin paper. After set
ting the plate on the table, pour water
into it until it Is full up to the first rim.
Crumple the paper into loose ball,
place it in the middle of the plate of wa
ter and set its top on fire. Then quick
Iy cover it with the tumbler, as shown
at Fig. No. / and you will see The Wa
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-04-15

the science which treats of these things
so she fills itup with the first thing art
land In this case it is the water,
which is farGed up into the space by
the pressure of the outside air.
The remaining illustrations show q
trick that is also of scientific nature.
The fish shown at Fig. is to be
cut from cardboard or very heavy pa
per. Perhaps mamma will lend you a
dish which you can fill with water to
make pond for your fish to swim in.
Lay the fish Gown upon the water SO
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-04-15

ter rush up into it from the plsse. Here
IS the explanation of this curioas effect:
You all know that there is something
called oxygen in the air. Fire changes
this oxygen into carbonic acid gas,
which does not take up nearly as much
space as does the oxygen, SO, if there is
no opening through: which more air can
get into the tumbIer, there is left a
vacuum. Now, nature abhors a
vacuum-Jf this you will find many
proofs when you grow older and study
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-04-15
THAT SPLENDID COFFEE.

Mr.. Goodman, Williams County, H.,
writes us: From one package Salzer's
German Coffee Berry grew 300 pounds
of better coffee than 1 can buy in stores
ct 30 cents pound"
A package of this and big seed cata.
logue is sent you by the John A. Salzer
Seed Co.. La Crosse, Wis, upon receipt
of is cents stamps and this notice. [K]
Some very harsh things have been said
of the sin OF loafng, but no one can success
fully dispute that loafng is very pleasant
Atchison Globe.