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The Republican., 1898-10-27
RUM AND RUIN.
Sevcnty-Year-OId Blacksmith a Liv-
ing Testimony of the Wisdom
of Total Abstinence.

Mr.. John Reynolds, of Ranney, WIS,
an old acquaintance of the editor and
old subscriber of the Western Plow-
man, called upon us few days ago.
Mr.. Reynolds is 70 years old and has
been shoeing horses over half a CEN
tury and is an expert in the business.
tHe says too many horse-shoers destroy
their usefulness by drink. He is a
young and strong looking man and at
tributes his splendid physical condi-
tion to his lifelong total abstinence.
II is one of the strangest things in life
that men, with all the terrible results
of intemperance before them. will per-
sist in wrecking themselves by indul.
gence in liquor. But while we prevent
druggists from selling poison to any
one who may ask for it and prevent the
butcher from selling diseased meat.
and the fruit dealer from selling de-
cayed fruit, we authorize the sale Of
liquor that has spread more devasta a.
tion through the ages than all the
wars, pestilences and famines have
ever done. The sale of liquor is tho
one thing upon which the majority Of
men seem to be positively insane.
Upon no other grounds than upon the
supposition of clear-cut insanity can
the support of the saloon by fathers Of
boys and professed Christian people
be accounted for. The liquor traffic is
murderous business. 1t is an injury
to every respectable interest in the
community. 1t is the most conscience
less enemy that the home-the founda-
tion of cur liberties-has, and as we
have frequently said, is treason against
society and government. The saloon is
a leech upon society. What it pays the
government in license fees is mere
nothing to the damage that it inflicts
upon society, and no amount of money
could pay for the wrecked characters
and the broken hearts that it makes.
"A civilization that will foster such a
crime against humanity is not Chris
tian civilization, and with our saloons
open on every corner, we ought to be
ashamed to censure Spain for her bull
fights or old Rome for her gl- diatorial
contests.-Western Plowman.
The Republican., 1898-10-27
IMPROVING PASTURES.
A Few Daxs' Labor Every Season VIII
Surprise the Owner in Its
Beneficent Results.

If there Is any one part of the farm
that is neglected in the summer time
when the rush of harvesting takes up
most OF the time and attention of all, it
is thu pasture fields, says a writer in
Indiana Farmer. While there may be
some little excuse for this on large
grain farms, it can hardly be over
looked on a dairy farm, where grass
and green pasture are the chief de-
pepdeneies for success. The improve
ment of pasture fields is a crying need
on many old places. AS a rule the
roughest and most sterile fields are
given over to pastures, and it is not
giving cow fair show to make her
pick up living on land that would not
produce anything else. This is often
the case, however, and then we blame
the COW for not giving more milk. Half
the fault against our dairy cows can
be traced to improper feeding. Be
cause COW has large field or mead
ow to Craze in it does not follow that
she ought to give large flow of milk,
A much smaller piece of land would
produce much better results if the
pasture was rich and well cared for.
It is all right to give the cows for pas,
lslSEE -. .rolpg ghest and rockiest part of
the farm, for naturally one does not
select that portion for blowing under
crops. But it is the part of wisdom to
bestow little care upon such fields to
improve them each year. A few days
labor devoted to the pasture fields
every season will surprise the owner
in the results five years later. First
there are rocks and stones that can
be gradually carried off the field and
piled up. Gearing the pasture field
in this leisurely way will yield its re-
ward some day when it is found desir-
able to cultivate the meadows or hill
side for orchard or field crops. Along
with this work should go that of clear
ing the land of wild berry bushes,
brush, roots and weeds. The roots
once taken up will kill the bushes and
trees for good, and so with the weeds.
See that they are rooted up, and not
simply cut off. NoXious weeds prevent
grass EIdHtS IIOul growing, ana gen.
orally they harbor parasites and rusts
OF grain which may spread to the cul-
tivated fields any day, and do a great
amount of damage. This work OF
clearing the pastures of foreign
growths is very important at this sea-
son of the year when weeds are about
ready to produce their seeds. One
plant destroyed root and branch now
may prevent the growth of so next
summer. So it is wise to begin 1t once.
for every year that the work is post
poned the pasture field degenerates SO
much more. While engaged in this
work of destruction it might be well
to reconstruct, too. Plant a few
shade trees in the most convenient
place of the field, and if necessary for
their protection fence them in until
they attain a good growth. Years
later they will be appre eciated by both
man and beast. When the weeds are
pretty well rotted out, it will pay to
sow the field in the fall with grass
seed, spreading it thinly around to re-
enforce the old grass.
The Republican., 1898-10-27
FOUR BILLION CIGARETTES.
The Alarming Increase in the Annual
Consumption of These Coffin
Tacks.

Statistics may not be interesting,
but they are sometimes serious. G..
Edmund Hatcher, special correspond
ent of the Nashville CTenn.) American,
furnishes the following:
Ten years after the smoke of the
first cigarette was blown from the
lips of the pioneer of American cigar
ette smokers the annual consumption
amounted to 100000. That was about
the year 1874. The large number of
| foreigners coming to America during
the Centennial at Philadelphia in 1876
gave the habit another impetus, for
cigarettes were almost common
abroad long before they were known
in America; and from that time on
the consumption grew enormously
each year until it reached the billion
mark in 1884. Five years. or in 1899,
government statistics showed the con-
sumption to be 2,OOO,OOO,OOO annually,
| and in 1898 it was 5000, 100000.
"A comparison of these figures and
periods of progression in the habit
will give some idea of the rapidity with
which it spread. For instance, while
it took period of five years, from 1884
TO 1889, for the consumption to in
crease from 100000, 900 to 100000
900, it required only four years to
add another billion to the statis-
tics. In 1894 and 1895 the figures made
another big jump; and in 1896, the
last year in which statistics along
this line are obtained, the number Of
cigarettes of all kinds, foreign and
homemade, said to have been sold in
this country, approXimated the enor-
nous sum of 4,000,OO0,O00.
stop just moment and think Of
the significance of these figures Placed
end to end, these 4,OO0,00O,0O0 cigar
cites would almost encircle the earth,
Laid side by side two inches deep, they
| would cover ten-acre field. If all the
smoke arising from all the cigare ties
consumed every year could be con-
| centrated in one vast cloud, the density
thereof would obscure even the radi-
ance of the noon-day sun. Most Sc
rious thought of all, if the money thus
annually expended were turned into
useful channels, it would put a pair Of
shoes on every child in the country,
| and purchase the necessaries of life
for 100000 fanilies!"
The Republican., 1898-10-27
VARIOUS NOTES.

The worlds annual taxes amount to
$4,000, 100000. If the world would quit
drinking, it could pay its taxes without
swearing at the assessor or lying to
the ecollector.-American Issue.
Col. Gambler, of the Georgia volun-
teers. arrested man foT selling liquor
in his camp, tried him under military
law, and sent him to prison. If we had
more Gamblers, we should have fewer
"canteens. ."-Epworth Era.
THE committee of entertainment in
Honolulu paid out hundreds of dollars
for lemonade, ice cream, fruit, etc,
but not cent for liquor" for the re-
ceptions recently given to the Amer
lean troops en- route to Manila.
The Congo Free State has prohibited
the transport by railways of liquors to
be sold to natives. The Congo railway,
extending into the interior. has Just
gbee1 opened. The liquor business is
now practically limited to coast towns.
Union Signal.
l have always strongly opposed the
canteen system or the sale of intoxi-
eating drinks Of any kind j military
grounds, and have opposed it until alb
solutely overruled and required 20 es-
tablish canteen at my post. Iregard
it as demoralizing to the men, besides
impairing seriously their efficiency
Gen. w. Il. Shafter, in His Letter to the
Voice.
The Republican., 1898-10-27
NOTES FOR BEEKEEPERS.

Do not market white honey in dirty
boxes.
September is the proper time to be-
gin feeding.
To prevent robbing it is usually best
to feed at night
Every colony should have 25 to 30
pounds of stores now.
The thinner the honey when extract
ed the more evaporation it will re-
quire.
For keeping, extracted honey is
much more easily cared for than comb
honey.
1t is an advantage always to furnish
a new swarm with frame of young
brood.
1t is important with bees in win
ter to provide thorough ventilation in
the hive.
Satural queens can in no way be pro-
duced except under the swarming i'm
pulse.
1t is a mistake to leave honey in the
hive any length of time, as it becomes
yellow.
Extracted honey will granulate and
become hard on the approach of cold
weather.
Bees will bear confinement much
longer on good quality OF honey than
on inferior honey.-St. Louis Repub-
lie.
The Republican., 1898-10-27
Large Returns from Poultry.

Readers should not object to the
extra amount of attention devoted to
the hen and her products. Eggs are
comparatively low. They will soon
be higher. Grain is cheap, but it will
soon be dearer. If the farmer is to
have any eggs to sell while eggs are
scarce and dear, he must begin the
work of preparation now and keep at
it. The price of eggs is not much, but
the sum total of all the eggs produced
in the country is greater in value than
the products of all the silver mines.
This country does not produce eggs
enough to supply the home market.
There is no other direction in which
the intelligent use of labor and ma
terial will produce as certain and
profitable returns as with poultry. A
flock of hens kept on the farm and
well cared-for means many comforts
and luXuries that would not other
wise be pcssible.-Farm and Fire
side.
The Republican., 1898-10-27

arms and turned her face towards 42S
George street; 428 George street is a
'house;" 1t was her "home."
] was then that ''2o3" appeared. He
seized her, conducted her through
various thoroughfares to the patrol
box, passing ladies sittingrooms"
rs he bore his prisoner along, rang up
the patrol station, and in a few minutes
two policemen appeared. Mabel Smith,
profane, reckless, drunk, was on her
way to jail. She became"4198," and her
case was called on Thursday morning.
When 1903" had given his testi-
mony, and the counsel had presented
his plea, a citizen suddenly appeared as
witness for the defendant. He
averred that, though "419S' was intox-
tcated, she was in charge of friends
who would have conducted her to her
"home."
Her case was dismissed, and "419S"
became Mabel Smith again. But a
brief interrogatory disclosed the fact
that Mabel Smiths story has it's crisis
in Victor Hugo's words in Les Miser-
ables:" "And the unfortunate girl
went on the streets" She had come
from West Virginia. She was only 10
years old; but for year and half
she had been an inmate of 429 George
street Deceived, she was abandoned"
-foated like derelict upon the seas,
upon the rocks-the wreck of soul.
Having been abandoned by man,
she sold herself to men. Having been
abandoned, she abandoned herself;
and the unfortunate girl went on the
streets, that June afternoon, to buy
drink. And the city, finding her drunk.
marks her "419S" and arraigns her for
crime. But the villains who aban-
doned her one by one, the saloonkeep-
ers who had sold her drink and thrust
her upon the streets; the thugs who
bore her through the thoroughfares to
jail--there was no law against them,
although every one of them had vio-
lated all the letter and all the spirit of
the laws of God and man.
-Four thousand one hundred and
inety-eight-MabclS Smith; drunk; ar
rested by '203;' dismissed" That is
the entry in the police court record.
When "419S" passed out of the court
room she met her 'landlady" and n
saloonkeeper. They were her only
friends. The minister who asked her
age, the names of the saloonkeepers
who sold her the drink, and pleaded
with her to return home, was not her
"friend." He only exposed himself to
newspaper assaults upon his fair name.
George Milton Hnmmell, in Union
Signal.
The Republican., 1898-10-27
Eggs for Hatching.

The selection of the eggs is the first
and most important matter in the
Matching of chicks. Very large eggs
small eggs, eggs sharp at both ends
eggs that have protuberances, thin.
shelled eggs and such, should be dis.
carded, as it is a waste of time using
them. Eggs should he of normal
size. perfect in shape, smooth and
fresh. When the chicks are matched
out do not feed them much wet foods
but keep them at work scratching for
seeds, and you will have fewer cases
of leg weakness and bowel disease
The matter of raising chicks, how.
ever, depends on the eggs from which
they are hatched.-Farm and Fire.
side
The Republican., 1898-10-27
FAVEROLLE FOWLS.
They Are Already Quite Popular in
France, Where They Originated
Not Long Ago.

The Faverolle fowl is remarkab BILE for
auickness of growth, easy fattening
and quality and amount of flesh. 1t
was a result of a demand in French
markets for larger fowl than the
Houdan. The breed was developed in
the district about the town of Fa-
verolle, a small place about dozen
miles to the south of Houdan, and no
doubt the Faverolle fowl is a result of
various crosses with the Houdan
breed. To obtain a true explanation
of this variety it is necessary to go
back about 40 years. The district
about Faverolle, at that time, pos
sessed race of mongrel poultry, to-
gether with the pure Houdan. This
was the time when Cochins, Light
Brahmas and Dorkings first became
popular in France. Poultry keepers
The Republican., 1898-10-27
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CASE "41o8. +"
"A Sample of Police Court Justice
An Incident in n Human
Tragedy.

-Four thousand one hundred and
ninety-eight!" shouted the proseeut-
ing attorney. -Four thousand one
hundred and ninety-eight! - Mabel
Smith"
There are times when the signif-
canoe of ones life as expressed in a
number-that is to say, when man
becomes "hand" or policeman or a
criminal Mabel Smith had become a
criminal-"419S" on the docket.
When her name was proclaimed in
the courtroom, she ascended the steps
from the cellroom and confronted
his honor the judge, and his honor
the prosecuting attorney, and ''203;"
"203" was the patrolman.
At her side stood her 'counsel''-one
of the most brutally degraded, sodden
police court lawyers whose practice
blackens the page of law.
mabel Smith-drunk!"
Its her first appearance" pleaded
the lawyer.
But "2O3" being duly qualified, testi-
fed that "4198" was drunk on Wednes-
day afternoon, and that he had made
the arrest. His testimony was bare,
heartless, official; but it was not all of
the truth.
The facts were these: On Wednesday
Mabel Smith emerged from ''house," :"
went to a saloon sitting-roOm, bought
a bottle of whisky, and drank it's con-
tents. Went to another saloon
sitting-room, bought another bottle
of whisky, drank its contents,
and then went upon the streets
one of the city's best residence
streets, which runs parallel with one
of the city's worst streets. Her black,
curly hair uncovered, her loose, long
robe unbelted, she staggered along
the pavement under the hot June sun.
Suddenly entering another ladies
sitting-room," she remained III it's
screened mystery for a few minutes,
and then emerged, and reeled along
the streets, until, plying the unfor-
tunate, two colored women took her
The Republican., 1898-10-27

Whenever the pastures have been
overgrown with shrubs and young
trees the best way to repress their
growth is to turn in sheep to pas
ture. A flock can thus be kept on
land that without it would soon be
SO overgrown that no grass could
be procured: The sheep will bite of
the tender growth of the present year,
and will get as much nourishment
from it as they would from feeding
with hay. AS means of keeping
pastures from being covered with
brush, sheep are invaluable. They will
thrive where any other stock wc-ld
scarcely be able to live.-American
Cultivator.
The Republican., 1898-10-27
Sheep on weedx Farms.

That sheep are more profitable for
the average farmer than cattle, and
especially for those owning hilly OF
broken farms, cannot be denied, as
sheep will thrive where a steer will
starve, and for renewing worn-out
and rundown farms they have no
equal, as they soon rid the land OF
weeds, briars and brush, while their
manure is the richest of all fertil.
izers and is distributed evenly over the
surface of the soil. But, like every
other business, care and Judgment
must be exercised in order to Sc.
cure the highest rate of profit. A
full-blooded ram should be used, aS
scrub is dear at any price.-Epitom-
ist
The Republican., 1898-10-27

introduced males of these breeds to
cross with the Houdan. From these
crosses, without any especial method,
the present Faverolle was developed,
IN much the same manner that the
Rhode Island Red has been developed
In our own country. The various
types of the Faverolle vary consider
ably some showing decided Cochin or
Brahma characteristics in gait and
build, also the black notified plumage
of the Houdan. See cut.
The distinctive point of the Faverolle
Is the size as compared with other
French breeds, together with the
amount and delicacy of the flesh,
which makes the poultry from this
vicinity especially esteemed in the
large markets of France. 1t is regard
ed for table purposes as superior to
the Houdan, having greater size, rapid
ity of growth, and tendency to fatten,
besides possessing the fine flavor for
which the Houdan is noted. The
Faverolle is an excellent layer and has
been recommended as a good variety
to keep for profitable reproduction.
The chickens are exceptionally hardy
as compared with other French
breeds, an advantage which breed
ers have come to appreciate. Very
few growers in this country keep
the Faverolle, but it has been intro
duced to a considerable extent into
England, where it is quite well liked,
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Republican., 1898-10-27

A weak colony will never build nice
comb honey no matter how liberal the
honey fow.
The Republican., 1898-10-27
Eject of Fat on Hens.

What effect fat has on the develop,
ment of eggs is probably not known,
but certainly there is a direct effect.
A hen was fattened until she weighed
ten pounds. She was too fat to walk.
After laying no eggs for months she
was killed. Five pounds of leaf fat
was taken from her. An examination
of the egg producing part of the hen
showed that there were quantities of
minute eggs in her, but not one of
them had started on their course of
development. - Dakota Field and
Farm.
The Republican., 1898-10-27

MRS. .PINKHANrS
Women suffering
with Mrs Pinkham
private illness thus has established the eternal
outof the
possible
nothing
Surely foolish advantage
Pnlhan
1.-The Mrs
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1898-02-05

assise pres dune fenetre ouverte ct
tenant d la main la tasse remplie de
the qu'elle buyait a petites gorgees.
Lenfant portait une assiette rem
pile de gateaux.
VOLTA ce que maman vous en-
vote, mamzelle Dahlia, dit-elle en-
posant fassiette sur ia table. Ellie
fait ces gateaux elle-msme. Gon-
tez-les Cd ira bien ayec votre the.
Pas ce soir, chere petite, repon-
dit Dahlia; il me serait impossible
d'avaler une bouchee. Jen mango
raj demain pour dejeuner. Vrai, je
Grains de tombsr bien malade: ma
tete Sc brise... tout tourne autour
de moi ct je me sens une bien forte
envie de vomir... Celia Went de ce
the peut-etre... je lui trouve IN sim
gulier gont... oh! mais c'est bien
certainement imagination.
Et presentant sa petite compa-
gne une cuilleree du breuvage:
-Gohte ceci, mon enfant, dit-elle,
ct dis-moi ST tu le trouves amer on
non.
Lila fit un geste d'horreur ct re-
poussa la CUTLER de sa petite main.
-Je ne boirai pas de the, dit-elle,
meme qu'on me paierait un million
de piastres. J'en bois quand je suis
malade ct encore. il faut ms forcer.
-Eh bien! dit Dahlia en- riant,
CONNIE je suis malade, je vais me
forcer a avaler le contenu de cette
tasse.
Et, ajoutant Faction aux paroles,
ellie but le reste du the dune seule
gorgee ct posa la tasse sur le bout
du manteau de la cheminee.
-Mamzelle Dahlia, demanda la
petite Lila, est-ce que vous 'allez
pas chanter pour moi?
| -Je lie voudrais, chere petite, re-
pondit la jeune file; mais jeprouve
IN etrange malaise... mes yeux Sc
ferment malgre moi.
Eth bien! alors, lisez-moi un
petit conte.
-Je vais essayer. Donne-moi ce
livre... la... sur la table.
Ellie prit le livre que lui presen-
TAFT Ina ct essaya de lire :; mais un
voile obscurcissait So vue, il lui
semblait que ses pieds s'attachaient
a la terre, SO langue s'alourdissait
ct ellie se sentait saisie dune singu-
liere sensation de froid.
On dirait que j'ai le frisson,
dit-elle.
Ellie sc leva ct laissa tomber lie
livre sur le planchsr ellie ferma la
fenetre ct, sans Sc Golfer pour la
mutt, sans dire ses prieres, otant ses
pantoufes, la pauvre enfant Sc lais-
sa tomber sur son lit, trouvant seu-
lement assez de forces pour dire
a Lila:
Ferme tout, petite.
LOUISE RAYMOND.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1898-02-05
MASON De PENSION.

LIE soussigne informe lie public qu'ila acLete
retablissement ci-devant tenu par M. Emile
Bernard, d cote du bureau de poste Edgard,
ct quill fait de grandes amelioratiuns.
Les voyageurs trouveront logement Ell PEN
sion, ct des repas seront servis sour comn.an-
de. Des voitures seront tenues la disposition
des personnes qui ont des courses faire.
Uue belle barre fait partie de la mason.
JULES JOSEPH.