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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
HINTS FOR DAIRYMEN.

Do not depend on beauty of form in
the selection of the good dairy COW
alone. One among the best butter cows
we ever possessed was of undeniable
Scrub origin and exceedingly angular
While a great many people find fault
with the Devon on account of their long
horns, yet they have proven themselves
"a good beef cattle; besides, they have
excellent milking qualities.
In the Elgin district there are prob
ably produced 100000 pounds of but
ter per day, which would require $780,
600 pounds of milk and loss of ten
cents per hundred would mean loss OF
$500 per day, or nearly $1,O0O,00O a
year.
One really good COW will furnish as
much milk as two ordinary ones, while
the one will cost but half as much as
the two for keeping. In the latter case
the profit all goes in keeping the extra
COW. If we would prosper we must
keep our wits awake.
Skip one feeding period after the calf
is removed SO it will have good appe-
tite, then give from three to four pints
of whole milk fresh from the COW; it
will then drink without the finger.
Feed only twice day and the first week
feed it's mothers milk fresh--Western
Plowman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
PLATFORM FOR PLANTS.
A Stand Which Enables the House,
wife to Preserve Her Floral
Pets in Cold Weather.

Various are the contriyances for hous-
ing plants through the winter in coun-
try houses. Some people do not like
their windows darkened and it is often
d matter of much anxiety how and
where the house plants can be kept.
Where windows are small shelf on a
level with the window sill is the most
convenient, although however faithful
ly coal fire may be kept burning
through the night, there are always a
few nights through the winter when
the temperature drops so low that there
is danger of Jack Frost taking nip of
the choicest varieties unless they are
moved out into the center of the room.
Stiff, brown wrapping paper slipped be-
tween the plants and window is usually
sufficient protection, but a flower lover
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
MOVABLE PLANT PLATFORM.

often moves the plants rather than run
any risk. Where the windows are
large, reaching from floor to ceiling, ac-
commodating a number of plants, this
moving is quite task. Most plant
stands of the stepladder sort are not
easily turned, hence the plant and flow
ers all grow toward the window.
A stand Of the kind portrayed here
has been found to fill the bill. Nail
smooth boards on three cross pieces
of rafter timber, making a strong plat
form the width of the window and
which should extend out into the room
four feet. When casters are screwed
into each of the four corners it is just
the height of the window-sill, about
one and one-half feet from the floor.
The flowers do not darken the window
while they all get share of the sun.
One can enjoy the blossoms from the
interior of the room; and looking down
upon the mass of foliage and blossoms,
1t is like flower garden in the ROOM
Alice E. Pinney, in Farm and Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
HAULING CORN FODDER.
and Far More Convenient
Than Any Wagon.

A handy sled for hauling corn fodder
from the field to the rick or barn is
more convenient than wagon. drive
within a foot of the shock, push the
shock over with a pitchfork and the
man on the sled takes hold of the top
and pulls while the man with the fork
pushes. 1 begin loading at the front
end, and fill one side, then fill the other.
Then drive to where it is wanted and
set the shocks off whole. This mehod
is better than stacking, as it does not
break up or waste it. L want to haul
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
Grapes on Little Land.

1t is surprising how little extent OF
earth's surface is needed to root a
grape vine. If it can grow upward and
have open space enough on one or two
sides to get plenty of sunshine, the
area in which it's roots can run is a
matter of comparatively little impor.
lance. We have seen thrifty and pro.
ductive grape vines where there was
only three feet space between a house
with its cellar wall on one side and
the street sidewalk on the other. As
the sidewalk was made of plank, the
grape roots undoubtedly extended un.
der it. But even with this there was
scarcely space seven by twenty-five
feet on the earth's surface, and thii
supported for years two grape vines,
each of which ran up trellis as high
as the house, and bore every year fine
clusters of luscious fruit at the top
Farmers Review.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
Feminine FRILLS,
New Notions That Are Noticed In tn,
Latest Costumes for the Ladies.

Latest Costumes for the Ladies'.
The modistes have not planned for
amateur workers this season. Puffings
and shirring and fine work on chiffon
are to be seen in everything. The
necks of some gowns are filled in with
the finest shirred chiffon and chiffon
ruffies are ruti1ed again with chiffon,
or finished with little double puffs. A
pretty reception gown of silk has chif-
fon sleeves pulled the full length, and
tiny double ruff1e or puff edges the
front panel and runs around the bot
tom of the skirt. The chiffon appears
on the gown in no other place. These
little finishes of chiffon are very
pretty around the skirts of gowns.
There are few kinds of trimming
that are not to be seen this year, and
much of the trimming runs around
the skirts and bodices bayadere fash
ion. Embroidery is always charming,
and pretty little gown of white chit
fon made over white silk has rows of
embroidery in white around the skirt
and the little, full, round bodice, alter
mating with tiny ruffies of the chiffon,
and covering it entirely. 1t is very
girlish and pretty.
A striking gown which brings out
the popular chenille and the polka dot
effect has big chenille dots on gown
of a pretty pattern of coarse, white
net. Black and white are seen on a
gown which has the white for foun-
dation, some pretty, thin material, the
skirt ruffled half way up and the re-
mainder trimmed with graduated
bands of black velvet ribbon perhaps
two inches wide at the head of the
ruff1es and growing smaller gradually
up to the waist, where they increase
in width again up to the low-cut cor
sage.
! Entire gowns of yellow and orange
are seen for evening, and these colors
lorm parts of other gowns. There is
more embroidery to be seen in a vel
low gown, over which is white chiffon
with tiny yellow flowers embroidered
upon it in soft silk.
The bias bands of velvet lend them
selves to the crinkled ruff1ed effects to
be seen in so many things. In one cos
tune the overskirts and panels are
outlined with bias bands of velvet ruff
fled on, or, it may be more appropri-
ately said, held little full in the sew
ing, SO that it has the effect of very
scant ruffie set into the edge.
The tiny rutfles of chiffon, which are
not finished with ruffles, and even
some which are, are edged with tiny
bands of ribbon or velvet. On a pink
gown the many ruffles of chiffon are
edged with narrow pink velvet with a
soft and attractive effect.-N. Y.
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

"Our boy was absolutely helpless. His
lower limbs were paralyzed, and when we
used electricity he could not feel it below
his hips. Finally we let the doctor 60 as he
did not seem to help our son and we nearly
gave up hope. Finally my mother who lives
in Canada wrote advising the use of DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People and l
bought some.
This was when our boy had been on the
stretcher for an entire year. In six weeks
after taking the pills we noted signs of vi
tality in his legs, and in four months he was
able to go to school.
1T is two years since he took the first of
the pills and he is at school now just as hap
py and we'll as any of the other children. It
was nothing else in the world that saved the
boy than DR.. Williams Pink Pills"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

The man over the hills who raises
grain is scared out of a days work
If he receives a telegram, for he il
sure that some one is dead. The man
who raises fruit may lose a days
work if he does not receive a tele.
gram, in which case he thinks the mar.
ketman has forgotten him. The style
of ones farming, with particular ref
erence to the number of crops which
he raises, has great influence upon the
man. Grass farming makes grass
farmers.-Prof. L. H. Bailey, In Ame-
lean Gardening
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
A FATHERS STORY.

From the Evening Crescent, Appleton, Wis
A remarkable cure from a disease which
has generally wrecked the lives of children,
and left them in a condition to which death
itself would be preferred has attracted a
great amount of attention among the resi-.
dents of the west end of Appleton
The case is that of little Willard Creech,
son of Richard D. Creech, well known
iemploye of one of the large paper mills in
the Fox River Valley. The lad was attacked
by spinal disease and his parents had given
up all hope of his ever being well again
when, as by miracle, he was healed and is
Mr. Creech, the father Of the boy, who
resides at 1862 Second Street, Appleton,
Wisconsin, told the following story:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reac~
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infamed you have rumoling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to it's normal CON
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases of Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
Go South This Winter.

For the present winter season the Louis
vile & Nashville Railroad Company has
improved its already nearly perfect through
service of Pullman Vestbuled Sleeping
Cars and elegant day coaches from Cincn-
natl, Louisville, st. Louis and Chicago, to
Mobile, New Orleans and the Gulf Coast,
Townsville, Ga, Pensacola, jacksonville,
Tampa, Palm Beach and other points in
Florida. Perfect connection will be made
with steamer lines for Cuba, Porto Rico,
Nassau and West Indian ports. Tourist
and Home-Seekers excursion tickets on sale
at low rates. Write c. p. Atmore, General
Passenger Agent, Louisville, KY, for par
ticulars.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
SLED FOR HAULING coRNFoDDER


every shock of my corn up and set it
off around the lots so | won't have to
go out blizzardy days and get it from
the field. l use four horses abreast on
it, for the field is billy and good ways
to haul. Dimensions are: Hickory
runner poles 1914 feet long and six
inches at butt, four feet four inches
apart. Cross pieces are ten feet long
hickory poles hewn down about square
and bolted to runners. The runners
want to be braced strongly in front so
they won't pull together. The boards
are 16 feet, outside pieces four by four
inches to add strength. Runners have
two-inch holes bored in them for
stakes, which are of hickory. The
front ones fit tight, but the back ones
are loose, so they may be removed
when putting the last shock on. L.
Hubbard. in Farm and Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
To California.

Attention is called to the excellent serv-
Ice of the Northwestern Line to Califor-
MIA and the favorable rates which have
been made for single and round-trip tick
Its for this seasons travel. Best accom-
modatons in frst-class or tourist sleeping
.ars, which run through every day in the
year. Personally-conducted tourist car
parties every week to California and
Oregon. Choice of a large number of
different routes without extra charge.
Particulars cheerfuily given upon appli-
cation to agents Chicago & Northwestern
R'y, or connecting lines.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
Justly Offended.

No wonder the colonel got mad. He was
shot in the, leg at Santiago, and on coming
by one of these fussy old chaps who likes
to hear himself talk and who broke out
With: ''Why, colonel, l see that you limp.
What's the matter with your"
Fell out of bed!" roared the colonel.
Don't you read the papers?"-Detroit Free
Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
Give the Children "a Drink

Alled Grain-O. 1t is delicious, appetizing,
aourishing food drink to take the place OF
coffee. Sold by all grocers and liked by all
who have used it, because when properly
prepared it tastes like the finest coffee but
is free from all its injurious properties
Grain-O aids digestion and strengthens the
nerves. 1t is not stimulant but health
builder, and children, as well as adults, can
drink it with great benefit. Costs about / as
much as coffee. Is and 25c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

disease. Mrs. l.. A. Johnston, 1O3
Pilham and Ripley Sts., Montgomery,
Ala, tells her experience with catarrh
of the stomach and how she was
cured:
81 will state to you that 1 have
taken eight bottles of your Pe-ru-na
and two of Man-a-lin and rejoice to say,
God bless DR.. Hartman and Pe-ru-na.'
And L earnestly assure you that it
has done me more good than any medi-
cine L have ever taken in my life
prescribe it to every one l meet who
is suffering, as the best medicine in
the world, and have made many con-
verts who are now rejoicing in the
great good which they have derived
from the same. l can tell you that
am almost entirely relieved of indiges-
ton, that great foe which has tortured
me SO many years, and can now eat
anything desire withoutit is fruits or
something acid"
To understand the scientific action
of Pe-ru-na it is best to have DR.. Hart
mans special book for women or his
book on chronic catarrh. These books
are mailed free by the Pe-ru-na Medi-
cine Company, Columbus, o. ALI
druggists sell Pe-ru-na.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

Clearly it was advisable to 90 to war
"But how about revenue?" ventured the
courtly Sir Godfrey.
"Revenue?" repeated the queen, lightly.
II have but to stamp my foot and abundant
revenue will be forthcoming!"
1t will be observed that in those DAYS
there was no stamping of bank checks, vac
cination certificates or chewing gum, to say
nothing of cigarettes and keg pilsener-De-
troit journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
Lanes Family Medicine.

Moves the bowels each day In order to be
healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache
Price 25 and SOC.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

For days she lowered at deaths door; but
now the fever had turned at last "You will
recover!" exclaimed the physician, joyously.
A shade of anxiety swept across her wasted
features. "Will my hair grow in curly?"
she demanded All, how pitifully confound
ed is science before the really important Sc
crets of the futurel-Detroit Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

Little Girl Ito small boy, who is strutting
around with his hands in his pockets)-
Come over and play with me, Johnnie
Small Boy-"Can't." Little Girl-"Go and
Cant ask her; she is out somewheres, look
ing for me."-Sketch
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

Clergyman-You want to be separated
from your husband? Don't you know that
marriages are made in Heaven?
She-I know that, sir; but ours was not
] got my husband through an advertisement
in the papers.-Illustrated American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
Home Seekers Cheap Excursions

On November l, Is, December and 20,
the Northwestern Line will sell home seek
ers' excursion tickets, with favorable time
limits, to numerous points in the West and
South at exceptionally low rates. For tick
cts and full information apply to agents
Chicago & North-W Western R'y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

I've got to stop my paper" whats the
trouble?" why, there's no living with my
wife since she commenced readin' how that
Chinese empress was carryin' n."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
Coughing LEAFS to Consumpt1o,

Kemp's Balsam will stop the Cough al
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get
sample bottle free. Large bottles 25 and 81
cents. Go at once ; delays are dangerous
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

Charley Gosset asked friend of his from
the country the other day if she had been
out to the fair, and she replied as follows:
81 didn't went, l didn't want to went, and
if had wanted to went / couldn't have
gotten to gwine. "-Clarksvill Leaf Chron
icle
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

The Cheap Cynic- "'The number of people
Statistcan, " lis now ll6 900, oo0" lit i is
wonder" said the Cheap Cynic, "some of
them do not get on the age."-Cincinnati
Ennuirer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
Small CnDital.

First Theater-Goer-Mrs. De Style, who
went on the stage, after a divorce scandal
has failed to make expenses.
Second Theater- Goer-Well, it wasn't
much of scandal, anyhoN.-N. Y. Weekly
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
Honesty is n shiel,

Honesty is shield with two sides. The
two parties to a business transaction see it
from different points of vew-Life.
You can tell the caliber of a man by the
way he counts the change a person gives
him.-Washington Qa.) Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
Information Wanted.

Mrs. Wickwire-I wonder what has be-
come of the paper. There was an article in
1t wanted to saVe-lt was about jams.
Mr.. Wickwire-Fruit, log or jim?-In.
dianapolis Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

''De trouble wifi some men dat knows
heap" said Uncle Eben, sis dat dey hab sech
a positive way o tellin' it dat dey makes
folks too mad to listen."- Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

Mrs. Young" Bridget, run over and see
how old Mrs. Smith is this morning."
Bridget returning -"Shure, ma am, she
says she's seventy years and eight months
old, and wants to know what business that
is of yours cornell Widow.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
One Thing NeedfuI.

What we need in this country" howled
the political orator, lis an elastic cur
rency-"
Right you are, mister" interrupted a
man near the door; something that will
stretch a mans income so as to make both
ends meet. Chicago Evening News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

Dropsy treated free by Dr. H. H. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world Read their adver-
Cisement in another column of this paper.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

During courtship lovers overlook each 9th
er's faults, but after marriage they spend
most of their time in looking for them
Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

Some housewives are so busy they seem
to be trying to create the atmosphere of
home by agitation, on the principle of ven
tilating pparatus.-Detroit journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

I am entirely cured of hemorrhage of
lungs by Piso's Cure for Consumption
Louisa Lindaman, Bethany, Mo, Jan s, '94.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

Almost any man who has kept house for
20 years can go up in the attic and see things
that cost him $1,000, and that he couldn't
get $40 bill for now.-Somerville journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

Folks dat insists on habbin' dar own
way" said Uncle Eben, runs good deal
o risk in not habbin' no one ter blame when
6ngs goes wrong. Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
Not the Dame,

Baggs-It is said that Dame Fortune
knocks once at every mans door.
:, Jaggs-Well, it was her daughter, Mis-
Fortune, who called on me-Boston Tray,
eler.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17
A Frigid Combine.

There's the. coolest deal yet" snapped
the hardware dealer to his head clerk.
whats that"
They're getting up refrigerator trust"
Detroit Free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

The weather prognosticator is himself a
torm-center.-L. A. W. Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

Jamaica, with its ginger, might become de-
sirable territory if this country ever gets
cramped lsewhere.-Philadelph Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

The servant girl who doesn't know her
place shows that knowledge isn't the only
thing which is power-Detroit journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

| Eric-"1 like to see a man ready to fight
for the truth" Alec-"Yes; why, only yes
terday man said l lied, and hit him in
i an Instant -Answers
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

Scientists now announce that whisky con-
tains ptomaines. In antebellum days in st.
Louis they were called snakes.-St. Louis
Star
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

The congresswoman from the new state
of Mpjkobrwp, now rose and addressed the
house. II move" she exclaimed, that all
this red tape be dispensed with" The mo-
ton carried unanimously. But when it was
tame with pe horJor
arose. The brunette wing of the dominant
party, supported by the agrarian bleached
blends, insisted upon shrimp pink.-Detroit
Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

Keep on, you'll learn the best cure for
Neuralgia is st. Jacobs Oil.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

It's always hard to please man who
doesn't know what he wants.-Chcago
Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

A package is usually done up well for an
express purpose.-Golden Days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

Every master is more or less of servant to
his "help."-L. a. w. Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

Some men are so dignifed that they never
unbend until they are dead broke.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

Surely the best thing out is st. Jacobs Oil
for Rheumatism.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

A center shot. St. Jacobs Oil strikes Sci
atica and it is killed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

Some of the highest-priced stuff the apoth.
cary sells is a drug on the market.-GoldeD
Days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

1t is from books that wise men derive con.
ISOLATION ir the troubles of life.-VictOr
Hugo.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

Only sprain? You may be cripple. St.
Jacobs Oil cures, sure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

The loss of Cuba means to Spain the loss Of
the very sustenance of the nation. Already
her tax ridden people are crying for bread.
In the same way the loss of your once Wig
orous appetite means poverty and starvation
to your body. If any reader of this paper
wishes to be as hungry again as when a child,
and wants to fully enjoy hearty meals, we
can recommend Hostetter's Stomach Bit:
tiers. 1t cures Indigestion, dyspepsia and
constipation.
In warning there is strength.-Lew Wal
lace.
a mule, kick, man sick. St. Jacobs OIL
cured the bruises.