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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19
SHE is ASLEEP.

She ts asleep. but if the quiet pail
And deaths cold gsrb around her form
should be,
How fondly would my bleeding heart recall
The loving labors of her life for me.
Cae kindly deeds her tired hands have
done,
The kindly words her gentle lips hath
said,
Her hearts dear faith since mine and hers
were onH,
Would all come back to me if she were
dead.
II my neglect had ever grieved her breast,
Ana of her tears had ever been the cause,
IL Uuresponsive when she has caressed,
Or. from her heart with held mine owns
applause,
L would recall all my unllindness now,
Above her bier regre,ful tears would
shed.
And laying kisses on her dead, cold brow,
Relate the v}~tues of the life she led.
But what co'hd this avail the pulseless
heart?
CauId tears call back again the absent
breath
Or kisses on her lips their smiles could
Or praises please the unheeding ear of
death?
She hath been faithful-let me kiss her
now,
While my caress can make her dear heart
glad,
Nor wait till death has settled on her brow,
To tell the greatness of the soul she had
All, we neglect the praise which is so dear
To loving ones who labor day by day,
And wait till death has laid them in their
bier.
To pay our tribute to unconscious clay.
w. W. Morrison in n. o. Times-Demo-
cE2t.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19
THE PLATFORM WOMAN.
This Noted Author Says She Has Eve.
Been a Blot Upon American
WOmanh hood.

The platform woman never has been
a credit to, but ever blot upon, Amer
lean womanhood. | make this emphat-
ic statement from a personal knowl-
edge of the homes which these women
leave behind when they go to their
meetings, writes Edward Box, in La
dies Home journal. | have seen the
rooms of their homes left in wild dis
order; | have seen their servants sit
ting in idleness with work on every
hand to do; l have seen the children
neglected and left to their own devices;
l have heard husbands speak in derson
of the motives of their wives. No wom-
an in a happy American home can ever
afford to listen to these parasites of
her sex. Fortunately, the platform
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19
Unique Obituary.

Obituary notices seldom touch on the
shortcomings of deceased persons, and
for this reason the item from the Pleas
anton (Kan.) Observer of which the
following is an extract, is unique: His
greatest fault was the extravagant use
of profanity. 1t was almost impossible
for him to engage in any sort of CONVEX
sation with man, woman or child with
out using it. He no doubt often swore
uncor,sciouGly"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19

woman's influence is steadily on the
wane. She was never power. She was
never even picturesque. Her worst in
jury was wrought upon certain weak
women who for the time she deIuded.
But even with them she was soon re-
garded with wonder rather than with
interest; with suspicion rather than
with confidence. Less and less has she
been able to get listeners, and it is sig
nifcant that in places where she has
spoken during the present season she
has not been seen again. The disap-
pearance of the platform woman is
case of a blot being blotted out.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19
NORTHERN FUR COMPANIES.
They Were Founded Chiefly by Fig
Iishmen, hut the Scotch Al
in the Majority Now.

Latterly all the employees of the HID
son Bay company were caught young;
only lads born in the solitudes of lie
highlands could habituate themsels-4
10 the life of loneliness; only constis I
items of iron, hardened under herr Z
itary conditions, could endure so +
nendous a strain. 1t was essential Il II
the brain power of the factors shos id
be unimpaired, and that their eneg es
should rise superior to the depIes bg
surroundings-in fact, that the in
rlast be all there when a sudden Gall
as made on his mental resources, says
Backwood's Magazine.
1t may be assumed that the first al
venturers consisted chiefly of English
men, although the Scottish invasion of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19

shows how risky thing it may be,
after all, for a prisoner to speak in his
own defense. One such, who seemed
TO be really making out his innocence,
the lord chief justice, who had missed
d mumbled word, interrupted with the
questions: What did you say? what
was your last sentence?" Three
months, my lord" said the crestfallen
prisoner-pleader 1t is hardly neces-
sary to add that the lord chief justice
forgot his admission, or remembered
it only in the prisoners favor when
that particular sentence had to be
passed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19

The duches of Northumberland owns
shawl which formerly belonged to
Charles X. of France, and was manu-.
featured from the fur of Persian cats
Many thousands of cats skins were
utilized, and the weaving occupied
some years. The shawl measured eight
yards square, but is so fine that +. car
be compressed into the space of a larg
coffee cup.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19
WONDERFUL SUBSTANCE.
Liquid Air Cam Now Be Produced at
Cost That VIII Make Its
Use General.

A scientific discovery that is too ex-
pensive to be used is not of much prac-
teal value. 1t is said that the first
ounce of liquid air produced in England
cost $4,000. Liquid air at that price was
too dear. An American. Mr.. Charles E.
Tripler, set himself to cheaper 1t, and
succeeded. He can now produce it at
a cost that Will place it within the
everyday reach of the scientific and
mercantile world. In the Cosmopolitan
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19
suItan's Fortune in Jewels.

The estimated value of the sultan's
Jewels is $4O,OO0,OOO. In his majesty
has any hobby at all it may be said 10
be the purchasing of jewels and wit
Messing private theatricals. No pro-
fessional of note-be he actor, singer,
or conjurer-passe through Constan-
tinoplc without an invitation from the
sultan. He always pays for these per-
formances in Bank of England notes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19
The Origin of Dogs,

The view now generally taken by lat-
uralsts is that the dog is neither a
specieA, in a geological sense, nor even
the descendant of any one species mod
flied by domestication, but that dogs
of different parts of the world have a
correspondngly various ancestry, from
different wild species of the genus CAMS,
as wolves, foxes and jackals.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19
First LapIand Newspaper.

a decided novelty in the way of
newspaper enterprise is announced
from Lapland. The first paper in that
country has appeared. 1t is written
upon a single sheet of paper and is
published every Sunday at a town
with an unpronoupceable name. Up
to the present the journal has only half
a dozen subscribers, and every issue is
welcomed with loud applause.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19

TO meet him, and while fondly rub
bling against him fell overheard. Com
mander Blackburn who was in full uni
form, promptly plunged into the basin,
although the risk was great, the night
being intensely dark and there being
chains between the Adelaide and other
ships. Shouting for lights to be
brought, he kept himself and the ga
zelle afloat until both were rescued"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19
PULLING SNAKES FANGS.
During the Period of HibernatiOn
This Is by No Means n Danger
Gus Operation.

Snakes become so sluggish during the
period of their Information that they
do not even resent being touched and
handled. Il have taken venomous rat
tIesnakes," says an expert handler of
ophidians, land drawn their fangs with
my fingers without the least danger,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19
Gen. sherman and the Doctor.

The late DR.. Bliss was for many years
Gen. Sherman's physician. Once when
the soldier complained: Your stuff is
doing me no good" he replied: Take
Shakespeare's advice, then, and throw
1t to the dogs" There are too many
valuable dogs in our neighbour ood,"
replied Sherman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19

An incident illustrating the sailors
attachment for animals recently was
reported in the London Times. The
item was as follows: las Commander
Lewis Blackburn, of the cruiser Blen-
helm, was leaving the hulk Royal Ade-
laide, in Chatham dock yards, on the
night of November "a. a gazelle which
he had recently brought from broad ran
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19
wedding Ring Custom.

The wedding ring is worn on the
third finger of the left hand because it
was believed by the Egyptians to be di-
rectly connected by a slender nerve to
the heart itself. And these ancient
worshipers of Isis held this finger sa-
cred to Apollo and the sun. and there
fore gold was the metal chosen for the
ring
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19
Got Mixed at the wedding.

During the present century seven in
stances have been recorded in the Brit
ish isles in which The bride has married
The best man by mistake.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19

Lord Curzon Of KedlestCa attracted
attention on leaving London for India
by dressing like an ordinary tourist,
in "a tweed suit, blue overcoat and
Dot hat"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19

Unfortunate Misrepresentation.
A story of Lord Russell of Killowen,
as told by himself the other day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19

DISAGREEABLE OPERATION.
pulling a Snakes Fangs During the
Period of Hibernation)

although this usually revives them
pretty thoroughly from their stupor.
l had photograph taken showing
how this was done. Such treatment
shows that snakes must be insensible
to pain during Information"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-23
COTTON A BY-PRODUCT.

1t is estimated that during the past
year over 1000 900 tons of cotton seed
were crushed, and that from them pro-
ducts valued at more than $4,000, 900
were marketed. Only few years ago
the seed of the cotton plant was prac-
tically a waste product, and often a
source OF annoyance, If not actual ex-
pcnsc to the planter. The growth of
the cotton oil industry has been hardly
short of marvellous. Last year there
were shipped nearly DO, 100000 gallons
of the oil TO Europe, large increase
over ali previous years, and it is con-
fidently expected that the exports of
Oil for the present year will be very
much greater. And while the field
tor the oil is being extended, new uses
Tor it are constantly found. The mar
kct, therefore, is far from being fully
developed.
In view of these fact, says the Savan-
nah NeaOs, it is not beyond the range
OF possibilities that III course of time
and it may not be such long time,
either-the lint of the cotton plant
will become the by-product and the
seed the chief staple. There is at
present a very wide margin between
the total value Of the lint crop and the
seed crop; but it must be borne in mind
that while all the lint is harvested and
marketed, only a portion of the seed
crcr IS utilized. Siouii, the price Of
lint go much lower than it is at present
and should the development of the oil
industry and It's collatcrals 90 on with
anything like the same rate of progress
that has been noted during The past
ten years, the seed crop might easily
become the most valuable product of
The cotton plant. Rcvcrsals in indus
try, equally as remarkable as this would
be, have heretofore occurred.
Five or six years ago the principal
mines in Colorado were known as sill
yer mines, though they also contained
gold. Tho extraction of the silver was
the most profitable, hence tho main
product of the mines was that metal.
When the price of silver fell to low
figure the owners of the mines devoted
their attention to gold as the main pro-
duct and silver as the by-product.
Colorado is now producing moro gold
than over before in her history. The
great copper mines on Lake Michigan
were at first know as silver mines, un-
I'll it was discovered that they could be
mado to produce copper at better
profit than silver. They ale still, as a
matter of fact, producing both of the
metals, but silver is the by-product
and Is depended upon to pay the cx-
penses OF extracting the copper. And
thus it may be in the matter of cotton.
We may discover that the seed is the
most valuable part of the product, and
raise the lint to pay the cost of grow
ing the seed.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-23
AN oooNEE HOG RAISER.
"A South Carolina Farmer who
Makes Profit by Isaising Cat tie

A South Carolina Farmer yyb,
Makes Profit by Raising Cattle
and Hogs.
KeoGee Courier.
That a man can raise hogs enouph
for home use, and thus dismiss com.
mission mon and Western raisers as
woll, without interfering with Othel,
crops, is the experience Of Mr.. II. b.
Collins, Of Fort Madison, S. @.
But few weeks ago Mr.. Collins
killed q 426.pounder. ut was no great
wonder" he writes, "because 1 have
netghbors who do even better.
Mr.. Collins, upon being asked to give
his experience for the benefit of his
fellow farmers, mOdestly said:
III can raise hogs with more ease
than can talk to the public. I am
now giving cattle raising moro atten.
tion than hogs. I sold ten head of
steers of my own raising, which were
shipped from my home in Fort Madison
In January last. The experiment
proved great success.
"As to my hogs, however, l will say
that l did Kill pig eleven and one
half months old that weighed 426
pounds in January last. lay no claim
to being the best hog raiser in my sec-
tion, as several of my neighbors have
raised and killed larger hogs than
ever have, though the pig in question
beats any yet, taking age into consid-
grafton. My experience in hog rails
Ing has been on the small scale. [
have never tried to raise more bacon
than would be necessary to supply
every need on my farm.
" can do that cheaper than 1 can
buy 1t. or course that can be consid-
cred at q profit.
" have never tried any experiment
In feeding my hogs. Corn first and
last has been my main dependence for
feed. l wean my pigs at one month
old, give them milk and soft bread for
week or two, until they begin to eat
corn, letting them have free access to
the young weeds and grass. l attend
to them regularly myself, or have some
special one to give them al they will
drink Of slop twico every day. Atten-
tion Is what makes good pigs.
ANY family that will try can take
four pigs one month ola in March and
make 1900 pounds of pork by Novem-
ber or Decembe
"As for breeds, prefer O cross be-
tween two thoroughbreds for fattening
purposes. The pig in question was 8
cross from an Ohio Chester male and q
Berkshire SOW. fed him on nothing
but corn all summer, letting him run
in a lot with plenty Of grass in it, also
branch of running water, until in
October | enclosed him in q floored pen
by himself. l fed him twice day, as
I did my other hogs. Most people
feed fattening hogs three times O day.
| learned many years ago that the mid
day fed is lost. Hogs should get hun
cry to digest their food properly.
will say that roasting ears is the best
feed for pigs | ever tried in my life to
make them both grow and fatten at
the same time. February or March
pigs make the cheapest meat that we
can raise, generally making $50 ard
300.pound hogs in the fall"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-23

The railway mail coaches are really
working post offices, rushing along at
lightning speed, whizzing through
towns, swirling round curves, and
rumbling over bridges, While the rail
way clerks, men with prodiglous mem
ories of lives, offices, stations, routes
and timetables, distribute, classify and
tic up tons of papers and letters. Not
a second must be lost, not q motion of
the hand must be wasted. One min
ute's loss Of time may pulsate across
the continent and delay mail for many
hours OIL numborless connections.
Yet SO accurate is the.work of the 5000
railway postal clerks that during last
year there was but one error in the
handling of every IL 900 pieces. Each
clerk sorting mail averaged 1,560,800
pieces.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-23

TILLMAN IN 190O.-The Greenville
Mountaincer, edited by Col. james A.
Hoyt, recently contained we'll con-
sidered editorial in reference to the
record already made by Bon. Tillman
in the United States Senate, and its
probable effects upon the contest in
tnis State in the summer after next,
Tho Mountaineer concludes that Ben
Tillman will be hard to beat and that
any gentleman who has it in mind to
oppose him would do we'll to recon-
slider the matter. The Mountaineer Is
right.
Bon Tillman, considered with refer
ence to his prospective candidacy for
recollection, ts as strong as ever. He
has yindicated the claims of his sup
porters that he would impress the Sen
atc and impress the country. He has
done both. He will go before the De-
mocratic voters in 1900, hoving the ad.
vantage Of fine record in Washing
ton. Any man in South Carolina who
may undertake to beat Gim had best
begin preparations at once for the
toughest job ever attempted in South
orn politics.-Hampton Guardian.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-23

ltARE L PLANTS. The Rock Hill Her.
ald says that tho propagating house of
the winthrop College Is now o place
OF much interest. 1t was established
only two months ago by Prof. II. B.
Bulst, but Is already we'll supplied with
plants and llowcrs Of ovcrv variety
known to our florists. The Young Ladies'
manifest much interest in lloricultmre
ana visit the ,propagating house daiiv
in large nrmbors. ''
One OF the rare plants in bloom thera
now Is q terrestrial orchid, q native of
South America. This plant now has
six blossoms and another bloom will
appear In q few days. The nowor of
this orchid is believed to be q link be-,
twcon the vegetable and the animal
kingdoms. Tho petals of tho Hower
represent the wide open human hand
extended upward, with its thumb and
four fingers. From tho palm OF the
vegetable hand q tulip like flower
springs, royal purple and brown in
color Inside the flower Is o miniature
representation Of yelled and hooded
nun, pure white, the veil also being
pure white.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-23

Tho first garden was called Para
disc because man found it made when
he got thero.
Occasionally woman manages q
husband by letting him think he is
doing it himself.
The Spanish have good proverb
to the effect that whore the sun doesn't
enter the doctor must.
Scientists say that butter 10 the
most nutritious of all articles of diet,
with bacon o good second.
Portraits always fatter us, but our
friends dare not tell us so. and we
don't believe our enemies.
There must be warmth In the
sparkle of o diamond. A. glove is sell
dom worn on jewelea hand.
-Sorne people wait until they are
requested to do things and some wait
are requested not to-
"A man never cares anything about
meeting his wife's relations--unless
hey are rich and distinguished.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-23

HYBRID COTTON PLANTS. THE
News andy Couriers Washington's cor
respondent says that somo interesting
experiments with cotton are going on
- The department OF agriculture. Prof
Webber Of the department has shown
the correspondent some beautiful speci-
mons OF hybrid cotton plants. BY cross.
ing the sea island cotton with tho
short staple, or upland cotton, crafty
ing results have been obtained. In IT, G
hybrid the staple is not quito as lonr
as tho ordinary sea island cotton, but
1t Is considerably longer than the short
staple variety, and in addition it is
heavier and Of superior quality. The
plants OF the hybrid cotton are twice
the size OF the largest sea island plants,
showing that the hybrids are more
vigorous than their parents.
Those experiments in cotton grow
Ing arc not confined to the hot houses
OF the agricultural Department., for a
number OF cotton planters in South
Carolina and Georgia arc keeping
right abreast with tho department in
this work. Some Of the finest speci-
mems OF hybrid cotton are produced in
South Carolina. Those hybrids are
expected to produce bottcr quality of
cotton, and each plant will probably
produce twicc as much rs the ordinary
sea island plant. 1t Is expected that
hyo cotton can be grown in tho eli
mate and under the Same conditions "A
now prevail in the upland colt IN bolts
of the South.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-23
Tho ArmV and Navu Journol toll

Tho Army and Navy Journal tells
q story Of warrior from Mississippi
town. The woman organized % Red
Cross Auxiliary Society, and among
their contributions to the comfort OF
their absert heroes was O case of home
made pajamas. The box containing
these was sent to camp, but no &C.
acknowledgement of its receipt was re-
turned. So the good women tele-
gfaphed: Anxious to know If yoA
goS the pajamas last week." Now, the
captain had been sitting up with the
boys the night before, and when the
dispatch was handed him he was try.
ing to reduce his swollen head with q
wet towel, and his mind was somewhat
confused. So the women of the relief
society were astonished by the receipt
Of this dispatch: "Story is lie out
of whole cloth probably made up by
my enemies to ruin me politically.
Admit am not total abstainer, but
never had the paajamas last week or at
any other time"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-23

1t must bo remembered that start.
ing in to milk hcifer when she first
comes ia, is taking considerable lib
erty with her. TO avoid having her
kick and "cut up" when il becomes
necessary to milk her, she should have
been previously handled now and then,
her legs rubbed and her udder stroked
and felt.
Japan is SO far advanced as to make
its own electrical machinery.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-23

A table recently published show
ing the number Of times each of Ger
verGs cruisers were hit by American
Prolcctlles in tho fight at Santiago
SHOWS that only about one shot In
every thirteen fired blythe Americans
MT anything more than the water.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-23

- Amanda" said tho husband of
the s3Qon-to.bo widowed young Wis,
my last request Is that you viii not lei
anybody know there is q largo insur.
ance on my life: | want you to live In
undisturbed enjoyment OF it for o, few
years OF least" "AF"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-23

savage lion. The men who perfor,, +1,j,
foolhardy act are few and far between
IheYe are tens Of thousands of men u,,,o
aaliy 40 much more rash and danpero,,a
deed. they are the men who oyerwork
ana neglect their health. No man car, do
TINS with impunity. The inevitable res,Ilt
IS serious illness and premature death
One OF the most common resl1lts Of care
iessness in regard to health Is consumnfion
thefe IS one, and only one, unfailing rem.
cay Tor this dread disease. It Is DIR. PIerce,a
Golden Medical Discovery. It has n record
OF thirty years, during which time II hoo
cured % per cent. of all cases of bronchial.
throat and lung affections. It acts directlyy
on the digestive and mtritive organiam Il
creates healthy appetite for food fac;ii'
tates the flow Of digestive iuicea aud ~
notes the assimilation of the life giving eio
ments of the food. 1t Is the great blood mai.
er, fesh-builder and nerve-tonic In caaea
Of nervous prostration it builds up the nerve
hbres and gives sound, refreshing sleep.
"I took severe cold with sore throat - ,,r,teo
Mrs. A; s. Everhart, Of Gard Spring, Scott Co
Ind. =" Soon I began to cough. nv rIoht s;Sne
though my side would burst The physician said
! had pieurisy. :; took his medicine for some
and summer used mustard piastefs and AZ big
ters on my side and over lungs. FINALLY began
to ache so badly between my sl1ouIdeya thaf
could hardly endure 1t and at times almost
smothered:. Ny ybreath was so short that could
sGaIcely talk Several Of my near relatives had
DR.. Picrce's Golden Medical Discovery. took
two bottles ofit. and two Of his Pleasant Pei.
lets, and am new person. would not falro
any money for the benefit received"