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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24
ANIMALS AS MODELS.
Experiences of an Artist in Sketching
from Life.

Leaves from the Sketch-Book of an
'Animal-Artist, is an article by Mere
dith Nugent in St. Nicholas. Mr.. NJ
gent says:
There was an elephant in the Jardin-
des-Plantes that would not pose unless
he were paid for it, and paid in adj
vance. Then he took payment in buns
and pie, but if these were not forth
coming he would deliberately walk to
the farther end of the Enclosure and
turn his back. The only way to get
a drawing of this big fellow was to
engage some one to feed him mean
while.
In the same gardens I saw an I'M
usually interesting sight one morning.
A little sun-bear with a large marrow
bone in his shaggy paws was resorting
to all sorts of bear devices to get the
sweet marrow. Suddenly he lay down
on his back, placed one end of the bone
in his jaws, and with his hind paws
tipped the other end of the bone so
high up that the choice morsel slipped
into his mouth. If the animal could
only have understood the shouts of ap-
proval that greeted this performance, l
think it would have turned his head. In
one of the sketches you will see how
this feat was accomplished
AS rule find the models very good
natured. True, they keep a sharp eye
on me for the first few days but after
that are generally quite friendly. OF
course, there are some parts of the
business they do not like. The oriole
never was happy when held him in
my hand for close inspection, but a
beautiful cat which rebelled when I
first placed her in bird-cage-to keep
her in front of me-grew so fond of be-
ing there, that after finished my draw
ings she cried and cried to be put back
into the cage.
Intense curiosity is the great char
acteristic of animals when in the studio.
They are as much interested in YOU and
the surroundings as you are in them.
This is especially the case with birds.
Leave the studio but a few minutes.
and these two-legged fellows are hop
ping into everything. OF course they
inspect the paper on which you have
been drawing, and the paints, and the
brushes, and occasionally vary these
| proceedings by taking a bath in the
Waterfowl.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24
FARM WORKING TEAMS.
They Should BE Evenly Matched and
Well Harnessed.

wen harhesheus
In working farm teams, either for
blowing, cultivation of the land or
hauling heavy loads, there are at least
two prime requisites demanded for in
suring satisfaction to the driver and
the greatest amount of ease and COM
fort to the horse, says the Indiana
Farmer. First, they should be evenly
matched as to size, speed and spirit, and
in the second place the harness and
whiffietrees must be so balanced and
adjusted to the load that an even pull
will bear equally upon the weight to
be drawn. The average plowman is
liable to overlook the Importance of
this equal adjustment system, and it is
not uncommon to see the end of the
doubletree to which the furrow horse
is hitched several inches, often foot,
lower than the other as the team pulls
the pillow along; this not only adds la
Dor and friction, but it throws the
running of the pillow out of balance
making it harder for the plowman and
impossible for the best class of work
to be performed. The whiffietree, or, as
they are known to some, the double
trees, should be level when the pull is
on and not cooked up at one end, atwist
as is too often the case. 1t can all be
obviated by a proper adjustment of the
harness and by using the larger horse,
if there is a difference in size, in the
furrow; the lowering or raising of the
traces at the breechings and backband,
as the occasion requires, will do it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24
FARM AND GARDEN.
VALUE OF A PEDIGREE.
The Question Discussed by IA Man of
Wide Experience.

Wide Experience.
The question has been asked: What
is the value of pedigree?" 1t seems to
me the value of pedigree cuts a big
figure in our business, but whether it
should or not | am not prepared TO say.
How to equalize this value of pedigree
is also another very difficult problem.
In the west certain strains and families
have been popularized by various meth
DDS, until anything tracing to them is
demanding very high prices. In the
east the same strains are advanced in
price but very little, and no particular
attention is given them, unless the quail
ity of the animal is fully up to the
standard. As to my general practice,
when buy hog and of good pedigree
l want pig from good sire and dam;
a good family, with a good show rec
ord, and it must be good pig. The
first qualification, and perhaps the only
one | would sacrifice, would be show
record; all others ! would strive to
preserve in the animal l purchased. l
know that since the commencement of
the system of booming hogs many buy
ers rush after the descendants of these
high-priced hogs. How often they get
fooled is only known to the seller of
this class of stock, and can only be APP
proximated by those who have for
years been striving to produce standard
PolandChinas from the best material,
that according to their judgment, they
could purchase.-Lloyd Mugg, Before
Central Poland-China Record Associa-
ton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24
HINTS FOR STOCKMEN.

Horses are often choked down by a
too tight-titting collar. Always have
the collar fit.
The swine that are sheltered from
winds and cold eat less food and make
better gains.
The horse that has been eating dry
feed all winter would likely be bene-
flied by good purge.
The hog is just as appreciative of
kindness as any animal, but very often
gets little petting.
The druggist can make you blister
or put you up medicine for any ordi-
nary animal disease.
If feeding places in winter are shell
tered cattle will eat ten per cent. less
feed and do ten per cent. better.
The horse that is paid to keep, I'M
less you can find a removable cause for
the trouble, should be got rid Of
One seasons experience with clover
pasture and the swine breeder would
never be without one in summer
Wolf teeth do not cause blindness, we
would say to an inquirer. Dentition
will often affect the eye temporarily.
Leaving nails or splinters where an
animal in the stall can be injured by
them is very careless piece of bust
ness.
Infuse new blood into the herds and
see what per cent. of profit it will pay
you. Stock, like everything else, lie
cheap, too.-Western Plowman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24
STONE MOUNTAIN LION.
Striking Monument Erected by Ma
ture in New Mexico.

Striking Monument Erected by Ma
ture in New Mexico.
In the mountainous valley of the San
ia Fe yiver in New Mexico there stands
q huge rock known in the country
around as The Monument" 1t towers
hundreds of feet above the bottom of
the valley and even lifts its head far up
ward from the top of the ridge upon
which it rests. A person going up the
valley is struck with its striking resem-
blance to some huge animal not unlike
an Egyptian sphinx, standing upright
and gazing out across the valley to the
mountains opposite.
But it is not a sphinx; the Indians
who once owned the country have their
own explanation as to how it came
there. Far back in the time of their
grandfathers the mountain lion, who
was one of their gods, came out of the
west, running toward the rising sun.
For days and days he ran. and every
time his feet struck the earth they left
a valley, and every time he breathed
forests were uprooted before him.
And at last when he had run for many
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24
Birth Custom in JnDan.

AT the birth of Japanese baby a tree
is planted which must remain untouched
till the marriage of the child When
that hour arrives the tree is cut down
and skilled cabinetmaker transforms
the wood into furniture, which is al
ways cherished by the young couple
as the most beautiful of ornaments in
the house.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24
All Strength In His Limbs

gave out. The physicians told us it was
paralysis, which sometimes follows an
attack of diphtheria. We did everything
for him, but he grew worse until he was
in pitiful condition. He suffered ter
ribly at night and complained continu-
ally of his head, and in what little
sleep he was able to get, moaned I'M
ceasingly. He lost all control of the
muscles of his body and limbs. He had
no appetite and complained of feeling
sick at his stomach all the time. After
we had tried many different remedies
and had about given up all hope we COM
menced giving him Hoods Sarsaparilla.
In short time he ceased to complain,
his appetite improved and at the end
of three months he was able to attend
school part of the time. Now he is
well and quite strong and rugged boy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24

WHERE THE STONE LION STANDS.
days he stopped to rest, curling his hind
legs under him and nodding just as any
giant cat would do. He was so tired
that he slept a long time, and while he
was sleeping along came the greatest
of all Indian hunters and shot him with
his bow and fiint-tipped arrow His
blood flowed in such quantities that it
wore the deep valley in the plain where
the Santa Fe river now runs. Being a
god, the great mountain lion did not
fall down, and by and by he turned to
stone, and now he stands guard over the
valley. And the fur on his legs and sides
is now the shaggy chaparral.
A man standing on the neck of the
stone lion is hardly more than a speck
and the head of the great creature tow
ers, bold and forbidding, scores of feet
above him. Only one person ever
climbed to the summit. That was lit
tie Mexican shepherd named Juan Con
zales, who was watching his flocks near
the base of the stone lion. One day he
clambered up the steep sides to the
very top, but when he started down
he found himself slipping and slipping,
and it was only by an effort that he
could dig his toes into a crevice and hold
fast. For a time he shouted for help
and he was fast growing weak when
some neighboring ranchers saw him
and came with ropes and poles and got
him safely down. Since that time nc
one has tried the dangerous ascent
Chicago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24
SOAP BUBBLE SHOW.
A Neat Trick That Is Always Pulling
to Observers.

The most interesting trick is the soap
bubble one. To perform this two cork
figures must be made. They can De
colored with bright paint. Fasten them
with wire TO a small cork stand.
The soap bubble mixture is important
to prepare. For it you must shave a
quantity of CASTLE soap, perhaps half
a teacup, and add to it Il fourth of the
quantity of glycerin. Melt the soap in
warm water before adding the glycerin.
This should make perhaps a pint of
heavy. soapy water. Test the bubbles,
and if you cannot blow them as large
as the moon the mixture is not properly
mixed. Soap bubble exhibitors often
blow bubbles as large as three and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24

ues until it is estimated that fully one fourth
of the human race die before attaining their
fifth birthday, owing in great measure to
our rigorous and changeable climate. And
there are thousands of adults, even in this
land of plenty, that stomach, liver and bow.
ell complaints are reducing to confirmed in.
validism, whom Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers would promptly relieve and invigorate.
Malaria, rheumatism and kidney trouble
yield to the Bitters
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24
SAFETY PIG TROUGH.

kept away from the trough until every.
thing is in readiness for him to eat,
The swinging door is closed until the
trough has been cleaned and tie milk
or other food poured in. Then it is
raised and all the usual bother obvi.
ated. Have ring on the rope to avoid
the necessity of having to tie it when
everthe swinging door is raised-Amer'
lean Agriculturist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24
WHO'S AFRAID IN THE DARK2

"Ch, not l." said the owl,
And he gave a great scowl,
And he wiped his eye
And fiuffed his jowl-"Tu WHO'D"
Said the dog: Il bark
Out loud in the dark-"Boo-oo!'
Said the cat: "Mew!
I'll scratch anyone who
Dare say that l do
Feel afraid-Miew'
Afraid" said the mouse,
''Of the dark in the house!
Hear me scatter,
Whatever's the matter
Squeak
Then the toad in the hole,
And the bug in the ground,
They both shook their heads
And passed the word round;
And the bird in the tree,
The fish and the bee,
They declared all three
That you never did see
One OF them afraid
In the dark!
But the little boy who had gone to bed
Just raised the bedclothes and covered hi
head.
Louisville Western Rec order.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24

was very sick and for several days it
seemed as if he would never be any bet
ter. After awhile he began to improve
and in few weeks was able to 60 out,
although weak and miserable. Then,
gradually
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24
Americas Greatest Medicine

Youare at liberty to use this testimonial
if you desire, as we feel we cannot say
too much in praise of Hoods SarsapA-
rilla as blood purifier and building up
medicine" Mrs. +. E. ANDERSON, Cum
berland. Maine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24

Willie-We have a nice canopy to
cover our carriage.
Bobbe-That's nothing; we have a
mortgage on ours which more than
covers it.-Up-to-Date.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24
SAFETY PIG TROUGH.
1t Looks Like Useful and Easily
Made COntriVancc.

The pig will get into the trough when
one wishes to clean it out, and he will
put his head under the spout when one
wishes to pour in the milk. The device
herewith shows how the pig can be
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24

Many young mems first idea of business
is to learn to hold cigar right when not
smoking. Washington Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24

1t is never too cold to cure Neuralgia
With St. Jacobs Oil. Sure Cure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24

Very little fever is required to cause q
sick man to say he is burning up" with it
-Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24

An Ohio minister objects to skating on tn
ground that it has tendency to promot
.backsliding Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24

First Klondiker-What ostentation!
Second Klondiker-Particularly that soil,
taire suspender on!-Detroit Journal,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24

Rupture. Surecure Book free. Write for II
toS.J Sherman, Specialist, Mt. Vernon N. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24

Swallow your trouble and bolt it down.
Rural New Yorker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24

Isn't scald burn? Yes; and
st. Jacobs Oil is cure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24

Hot and itchy-as frost -bite Cooled anC
Soothed-as cure by St. Jacobs Oil.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24

In Winter Sciatica is worse. Any time
St. Jacobs oil is the best cure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24

Very few girls who look coyly out of the
corner of their eyes at the men are gooc
INSTRUMENTATION Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24

Cold weather aggravates rheumatic pains
But st. Jacobs Oil cures-any time.
The age-herald., 1898-07-13
The recall of camara is sign of peace
GEORGIA'S SMALL LOAN.

From the Savannah Press.
 Some of the Georgia banks do not think that the governor should have gone to New York to borrow money to supply tenn porary deficiency in revenue. They de- clare that Georgia's credit is good at home as it is in New York and that had he applied in Savannah, for instance, he might have secured the money in five minutes. Suppose he is charged 1per cent. more in the state than in New York, the banks in Georgia. they say are pretty well taxed by the state, and if there is any in- terest to be paid for loan it should be paid at home. Georgia banks do not hesi- tate to say that they have plenty of money Atlanta banks announced that they were ready to take few millions of the popular loan two weeks ago. Surely there is enough money here to enable the governor to make loan on good terms. Savannah bankers even say that the eA- penses of the governor in New York on a ten days trip would be enough to make up for the small amount in interest that he would save by making the loan there instead of in Georgia.
The age-herald., 1898-07-13
WANG UNBUTTONED.

From the North China Herald.
 MT Wang, who has charge of the Tient- sin telegraph office, was so unfortunate re- gently as to delay transmitting an imperial decree destined for a southern viceroy. The misdemeanor having been reported to Viceroy Wang, the unlucky manager was hauled over the coas in his senior officers s presence, who also sternly asked whether he (Mr Wang) were not ashamed to still retain the button on his official hat after having been guilty of such serious mis- demeanor. Upon this MT. Wang humbly took off his official hat-all this time, be it remembered, being in a kneeling position and penitently unscrewed his button from the pinnacle of his conical hat, having done which, both hat and button were gently placed on the floor the wearer not daring yet to place his shorn hat upon the spot usually reserved for it by it's owner. As soon as the viceroy considered MT. Wang had received sufficient kneeling pun ishment, he told him to clear out, promis ing at the same time that the case would be ct once reported to the throne and the delinquent denounced.
The age-herald., 1898-07-13
CdU forth your actors by the scroll, Mas ters,
 Spread yourseIres.
 Midsummer Nights Dream.
EnqIish Open-Hearth Steel.

A recent number of the Iron and Coal Trades Review discusses the cost of produc- ing open-hearth steel in Great Britain. Open-hearth steel is chiefly made in the Cleveland district in the north of England, and in Scotland, but some is made in the other iron districts of the country Cleve- land possesses, however, the best advan- tages, the price of hematite iron being low CT there than elsewhere in the country, and the shipping facilities very favorable. In the course of twelve years it's product has risen from 5000 tons to 90o00O tons a year. About as much more is made in Scotland, and the two districts are keen competitors.
 The cost of open-hearth steel ingots' at one of the works in the Cleveland district is thus given in the Review:
The age-herald., 1898-07-13
DRAMATIC BUT CONTRADICTORY.

From the Macon Telegraph.
 Admiral Cervera," says the Nashville American, lis quoted as having delivered two philosophic epigrams since his capture, both, of which are good if true. but un- fortunately they are contradictory. When first taken he was reported to have said: T would rather lose my ships at sea, like a sailor, than in harbor Later it has been stated that the order to leave the harbor came from Madrid, and that Cervera re- piled; I will obey, and go to my doom Sunday Cervera's better judgment it is said, was to destroy the ships in the har- bor. The Spanish admiral appears in very creditable light in either one of these stories, and in each he evinced the power of dramatic speech. But they don't con- sist.'' Why not? What if the gallant Ad- miraT preferred to go to his doom at sea, ra ther than in a harbor?
The age-herald., 1898-07-13
Wheat and Cotton.

The yield. perhaps, and certainly the quality, of the new wheat crop, are not as brilliant as they were a month ago, but the expert crop guessers still put the crop at 700,0O0,000 bushels Rust and wet weather did some damage to the winter wheat, and dry winds and droughty weather are in To- calities lessenng the spring wheat out turn. But no one ventures to put the crop below 625,O 900. It will range somewhere between the two aggregates named, and there will in any event be an abundance of wheat for year to come, both for home use and for export. Cheap bread at home. and wheat with which to meet foreign in- dehtedness, are both assured. If the ex- port demand Is we'll maintained the rail- roads will be prosperous, and in one way or another the great crop-greater than the record-breaker of 1S9l-92-wll be blessing all around.
 The size of the cotton crop cannot be de- terInined in July, as the wheat crop can be; but this we do know-the world will take a ten-miion-bale crop without cutting the price below cost of production. The present crop is 2,5oO,o0O bales larger
 
 than the previous crop, and yet the world s supply is only GOOOOO bales larger spinners are not buying freely at present, because they think they see another big crop com ing; but even if the crop should be 10000 900 bales, prices will not be lower than they are now. A big new crop has, in other words, been discounted. and any unfavor- ab!e change will put prices up. Many a tered early frosts or unfavorabe picking weather, and the outcome has been dis
The age-herald., 1898-07-13
SmokeIess Powder.

The advantages of smokeless powder are the great guns soon fill the air with smoke if the old-fashioned powder be used and on land it's use discloses at once the location of our men, while the Mauser cartridges are discharged without affording any such evidence. The advantages are all in favor of the smokeless explosive, and the disadvantages go with the other kind This is now conceded.
 Owing to g tangle over competing varie- ties of the new powder, we entered upon the war with Spain wholly unsupplied with smokeless powder. But this deficiency will be overcome as rapidly as is possible. The New Orleans now uses English cordite, which is a mixture of nitro-glycerne and gun cotton. It is not absolutely smokeless Newark are also supplied with smokeless powder. Large orders have been placed for smokeless powder of the best sort, but it will be impossible to procure full sup ply TOT Dotn arIiy anu nilNy Wltliil a IeW weeks or even months. Practically, we must fight out the Spanish war with old fashioned powder.
 This is an instance of our general unpre- paredness for war. The antiquated rifles placed in the hands of the volunteer forces, and the equally antiquated powder used in them should be a lesson to us all that should not be forgotten. In all other re- spects this country is immeasurably in ad vance of Spain, and it is indeed strange that in the matter of rifles and of powder two essential articles of warfare-this gov ernment has been wretchedly, almost criminally, negligent. The mistakes cer- tainly will not be repeated.
The age-herald., 1898-07-13
IS given in the Review:
Minimum Maximum

In other terms, open-hearth ingots cost in England at the furnace, $15 ton. The Review claims, however, that in the best furnaces this cost has been somewhat re- duced. It will be noticed that the iron from which the steel is made costs about s10.5O a ton. Similar iron would cost in Alabama s650 a ton. This saving would alone reduce the cost of open-hearth steel to $11 a ton Possibly another dollar could be saved in the cost of coal and in wages. Using the English figures as a basis, it should be possible to make open-hearth ingots at Ensley or at any other point in this district at about $1O ton. The cost in Pittsburg cannot be much greater for steel rails are selling at $16 a ton.
 No item of cost is against the Birming- ham district, and all the chief ones are in its favor This district now names the price of pig iron in the markets of the world, and there is no reason why 1t should not also distate the prices of soft steel Nature plainly intended this to be the chief seat of iron and steel production, for hill of coal was placed on one side of the val ley and hill of iron ore on the other, and between lies bed of the best Aux in the world.