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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09
SEEDLESS MELONS.
A Much-Advertised Theory About
Their Production Fails to Work
When Given d Trial

A good many varieties of fruits have
been grown so long from cuttings that
they have become seedless. We have
now apples and pears that are almost
seedless, specimens frequently being
found that are altogether so, and seed
less grapes and oranges are not at all
uncommon. The banana has no seeds
or at best only rudimentary ones, and
the pineapple is a seedless fruit. All
this must have taken long years of Sc
lection, whether it was done intelli-
gently or by chance, and all seedless
fruits are valued because they are
usually of superior sorts.
story is going the rounds that a
melon grower has discovered a method
of producing seedless melons. This is
to cover the joints of the vines until
roots start from them and then cut
them off at the roots, leaving the sec
ondary roots to support the vine. This
sounds quite nice, and the only trouble
with it is that it isn't true. If we could
produce seedless melons in this way il
would be valuable discovery, but hav-
ing tried it we found the melons had
the usual number of seeds, as usual in
the sweetest part of the melon
Farmers Voice.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

five inches wide. Inch lumber can be
used. The corner post should be about
seven feet long; six will do. As you will
notice, there can four cattle feed at
each rack, if they have horns, and more
without. The beauty of the rack is
when it gets full of trash or it becomes
muddy around the rack it can be raised
up and set at another place, as it has no
bottom. If it is made out of new lumber
1t will last quite awhile by placing a
couple of old boards under the corners
to keep it off of the ground. have long
thought of presenting the matter, but
had neglected it. By looking at the
sketch you will become convinced of
its utility.-D. w. Thuma, in Farmers
Review.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09
CITY BOYS GOOD SOLDIERS.
An Old Citizen Says Restaurant Fare
and street Car Travel Fit Them
for ROughing 1t.

at takes country boys to make sol
had scraped his feet on the bricks out
side the lunchroom with great care be-
fore he entered. at takes boys that's
been used to work as long as the sun'l
shine, and well into the night if the
moon happens to be full"
I've heard that" remarked the man
who was neat in dress and nervous of
manner. But have my doubts
Its true. Look at the discipline a
country boy gets. He's out in all sorts
of weather and he gets his muscles as
hard as iron. He has endurance"
Eyes. He builds up splendid consti-
tuition. But he has no means of insur-
ing himself against the perils which
surround an army"
That's the point l was just trying to
make. He puts fresh air into his lungs
and good plain food into his stomach
and makes himself a set of muscles
that pay no more attention to heavy
load than the fy-wheel of an engine
pays to speck of dust on its rim"
The country boy is good and strong,
I'll admit. But he hasn't had any prac-
tice in digesting things that call on a
mans stomach to stand up and do its
duty with all its might.
HE doesn't rush away from his work
and drink pint of coffee and swallow
a chunk of any kind of pie that happens
to be left every day at noon. He doesn't
ride on the back of a street car, with
snow water dripping down inside his
coat collar, nor stay up half the night
going to theaters and parties.
HE doesn't eat ice-cream and drink
strong coffee at midnight, and then
start in for days work the next morn
ing as if nothing had happened. Your
boy may beat ours for natural strength,
but l tell you we've got the seasoning"
And the other said he guessed that
talking the matter over and averaging
things up would explain why they were
pretty much to be depended on, no mat
ter where they came from.-N. Y. Jour
nal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09
MAKING EXPORT CHEESE.
low to Produce n Uniformly High
and Profitable Quality That
VIII Stand Shipping.

In an address to California dairy
men, E. H. Hogeman said: Cheese for
export that will stand shipping can be
made in the following way: Take good,
sweet milk and heat it to Sc degrees
Fahrenheit, have the rennet test at GO
seconds before adding the rennet.
Then add rennet enough to coagulate
,he milk in about 80 minutes, using
from two to three ounces according to
strength of rennet, and cutting when
firm; stir the vat gently at first until
the curd firms up. Cook to 100 degrees,
then stir vat every Is minutes to keep
curd in granular shape, till curd has
developed one-eighth inch acid, when
they should be run off, which usually
takes from one to one and one-half
hours. The curd is then ready to be
placed on curd rack and strainer cloth
and when matted down cut in square
blocks and turn over every Is minutes.
If gas holes form in curd the pieces can
be piled two or three deep; this will
press out the gas and will tlatten out
the gas holes in the curd. When an
inch of acid has developed and the curd
shows meaty texture it is ready to
mill. When the curd is milled let it fall
onto the bottom of vat. If kept on racks
after it is cut too much moisture would
be lost and cheese would perhaps be
dry. Keep the curd stirred till ready
to salt, and salt the curd about one-half
to three-quarters of an hour after mill
ing, using two and a half pounds of salt
per thousand pounds of milk. Give the
salt a chance to dissolve well, which
also takes from one-half to three-quar-
tiers of an hour, then put to press about
so degrees. a point of vast Importance
is to have the cheese well pressed and
all of the same size. If tainted milk is
used it should be treated somewhat
differently from the above, but remem-
Der that the best cheese cannot be made
from sour or tainted milk. A soft,
mild cheese, of which a great deal is
used in this market, requires absolute
ly sweet milk without faint. Heat to
SIS degrees. Rennet test should be 100
seconds. Set the milk at IS degrees,
using the usual amount of rennet.
Cook to JOG to 10S degrees. Cut when
firm and run whey off at one-eighth
inch acid. Use about two pounds of
salt per 1000 pounds of milk. This curd
can either be worked in the granular
form or with curd mill and put to press
at IS degrees. If pure, sweet milk is
not used and is tainted, gas holes will
form and the cbeeSe will Elyalv syvaIl
up and roll off the shelves.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

In Illinois they are utilizing the skim
milk from the creameries in "a new man
ner, First it is curdled, and the curd,
when hard enough to handle, is dried
and ground to a fine meal, which is
sent to Ohio to be reduced to liquid for
glazing paper. The whey which is left
is boiled for some time, then run into
evaporating pans and boiled to thick
strip. After standing certain length
of time it is again boiled until sugar
forms. This is worked and drained I'M
Ill it resembles ordinary brown sugar.
1t is then barreled and sent to the re-
finery, which sends it out snowy white.
The process of refining is secret care
fully guarded. The refined milk sugar
sells at 40 cents per pound. 1t requires
5000 pounds of milk to make barrel
OF sugar, but the waste remaining aft
er the sugar is taken out can be util-
lied in feeding stock.-American Cul.
GVatOr.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09
CONVENIENT FEED RACK.
1t Assures Economy and Makes the
Taking Care of Live Stock
Comparatively Easy.

AS economy has become very impor-
tant matter in the feeding and taking
care of stock, l thought would contrib
ute method of making a convenient,
portable and cheap hay and fodder
rack, of which l send you rude draw
Ing, from which you can make an illus
tration. There is no patent on it, 1t is
one that my father used when 1 was
boy. 1t can be made out of old discard
ed lumber. Two by four inch studding
can be used for corner posts; four by
four would be better. They should be
made about seven feet square, four or
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09
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neither manure cellars beneath the
cattle nor tight manure cutters behind
them near by, nearly or quite half of
the value of the stable dressing will be
lost. With good supply of absorbents
all the liquid manure will be saved, the
stable will be kept neater and the air
Purer. If dry loan or sawdust is not
at hand, it will pay to go to the woods
and secure a supply of dry leaves. Not
only will these make good bed for the
cows and prove a good absorbent for
the liquids, but the decay of the leaves
also will add not little fertility to the
manure pile, and eventually to the soil.
N. Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09
FEEDING SKIM MILK.
How to Avoid Injuring the Calves
and InnictinE Upon Them In
digestion and ScOurs.

A correspondent writes asking some
advice as to how to feed young calves
on skim milk. The essential points in
growing calves on skim milk are that
the milk be sweet when fed, that it be
blood warm, that it be not fed in too
large quantities and that it be proper.
ly supplemented with suitable meals.
Cold and sour milk almost invariably
disturbs digestion and produces scours,
which may or may not result seriously,
but it is at best certain to interrupt the
growth and thrift of the calf. A great
many calves are injured by over-feed-
ing skinned milk, the effort being to
make up in quantity for the fact that
the milk is less nutritious than whole
milk. The better way to meet this OBJ.
lection to the skim milk is to add corn
meal and linseed meal, that is, ground
inseed, to the milk. The proportion
of the inseed to the cornmeal may be
about one part to ten. The amount of
skim milk to be given will vary with the
appetite and age of the calf but from
II to 20 pounds per day is liberal guam
tity, and with sufficient addition OF
meals, good calves have been raised on
considerably less than this amount.
When the calf is born it is best to give
whole milk at first, gradually substitute
ing skim milk, increasing the quantity
of the latter until it is all skim, in about
ten days or two weeks. For 90 days
feed an average of about one pound Of
cornmeal per day, with one-tenth as
much linseed meal to each 12 pounds of
milk, will be sufficient, the amount OF
the meal being light in the early part
of the feeding period and gradually in
creased. Hay should be added as soon
as the calves can be induced to take it,
If it is difficult to get linseed meal
ground, boil the Hnseed to jelly and
add it to the milk in that way.-Live
Stock Indicator.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09
FASHION NOTES.
Some Short Items on Dress for the
Present and the Conn
ing Seasons.

Hats made of fur and tulle present an
extreme but very smart combination.
The jet paillettes are in great demand
for trimming black gowns in lace or
net.
A soft stock collar is much preferred
by some women to that of very unyield-
ing material. All collars are very high.
Buckles form a prominent place
among the dress trimmings. They are
used as belt clasps, both back and front,
and in small sizes for the center of
bows which fasten the gowns at the
SIDE. Crystal set in silver forms one of
the pretty varieties, which is an old
fashion revived.
Mousseline velours is a new material
for evening gowns. 1t has a finish like
mirror velvet, but longer nap, more
like panne, and the warp is usually a
contrasting color, giving it change
able effect.
Foreign fashion notes tell us of hat
pin with a fastener secured by a tiny
gold chain, which makes it impossible
to lose the pin without losing the hat.
Pins with chains attached are used as
hat ornaments to fasten a bunch of
flowers in place.
Spring and summer goods are now
filing the shops. and to get the first
and prettiest designs in thin goods one
must not wait until March. Cheviots
are in pretty stripes, plain colors and
in rather large diagonal plaids. Some
Of the cheaper cheviots make excel
lent skirts, and having considerable
body they do not require much starch,
and they are not unpleasantly slimsy
without any. They must be selected in
suitable stripes.
A solid plaid in white goods makes
up attractively and with a certain style
of its own. Figured white has the adj
vantage that it does not show every
wrinkle, as do the plain goods. A waist
made of the white plaid with sleeves
and yoke of the plain is very pretty.
When velvet is used on an evening
waist it must be of the softest quality.
The mirror velvet is very much in de-
mand, for it is more on the plan of the
liberty satin and velvet, and goes into
soft folds, and has none of the harsh
ness of the heavier velvets. The shades
that are used are exquisite, a pretty
fashion being the introduction of some
contrasting color. A white gown would
be relieved by light pink or bright blue
velvet introduced on the waist around
the low-cut neck and in the sleeves,
while with the gray gowns is often seen
a yellow velvet; indeed, yellow and
gray are considered most artistic. If
the yellow is not becoming it can easily
be softened with white lace.
A pin box is novelty that appeals to
every woman. 1t is common failing
Of the sex never to be able to keep a
supply of ordinary pins, safety pins or
hairpins on hand, and the pinboX is de-
signed to obviate this difficulty. 1t is
nearly foot long and about five inches
wide, and is made of white metal or
solid silver. Inside it is lined with vel
vet, and divided into compartments for
shell hairpins, ordinary hairpins, hat
pins, safety pins, and, in short, pins of
all sorts. The box is a beautiful orna-
ment for the handsomest of dressing
tables, and is a great time as well as
temper saver-Boston Budget.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09
SERVICEABLE DEVICE.
Helps to Absorb Moisture In the
Dressing and Should Find
Place in Every Dairy.

A lot of dry loan or sawdust ought
to be put into the barn to absorb mois-
ture in the dressing. Have bins at the
rear of the cows, if there is space, and
have covers that can be raised to level,
and held so by inside cleats, as shown.
This serves as shelf on which milk
pals can be set.
This matter of absorbents is not fully
appreciated or we should see a greater
effort in the fall of the year to get in
supply for winter. Where there are
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

Small Politician want to talk to
you, sir, about remark you made
about me in your paper. You called
me political jobber, sir.
Editor-Ies, it was a very annoying
typographical error, and | promptly
fired the compositor.
"Ah! Then you didn't mean to call
me 'jobber.'
mo, sir, | wrote it 'robber' very dis
tinctly. "-Catholic Standard ard Times
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09
Money in Growing Nuts.

Nut growing is profitable, but it re-
luires years to bring nut tree to a
stage of growth where it will pay well,
hence only young farmers are induced
10 devote land in that direction. Wal
nuts, chestnuts and butternuts would
improve with cultivation. In a few
years walnut trees will be so scarce that
the farmer who has grove will secure
his own price therefor, the timber be-
ing valuable.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

The book called David Harum" is one of
the most intensely interesting, as well as one
Of the funniest stories of American life yet
published. 1t deals mainly with country
people. 1t is true to life and so full of in.
terest it is difficult to stop reading when one
begins. For sale at all book stores, or sent
post paid on receipt of $3.50 by D. Appleton
l. Co., y Fifth Ave, New York.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

The variety of pretty silk and wooden I'M
derwear to be had at such reasonable prices,
is very tempting to dainty women, yet many
refrain from purchasing such on account Of
their liability to injure in laundrying. If the
york is properly done, this trouble may be
tyoided. When ready to begin fill tub half
'tuN of warm water, in which dissolve a
articles through it with the hands, rinse in
warm water, and squeeze, but do not wiring.
Hang on the line and press while still damp.
ELIZA R PARKER.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09
$4,000 for a New Corn.

That's what this new corn cost. Yields 3l3
bushels per acre. Big Four Oats $50 bushels
-Salzer's Rape to pasture sheep and cattle
at Csc per acre yields so tons; potatoes 81 20
per Dbl. Bromus Inermis, the greatest grass
on earth, .Beardless Barley 60 bushels per
acre; 10 kinds grasses and clovers, etc.
Send this notice to JOHN A. SALZER
SEED CO., LA CROSSE, WIS, with l0c
stamps and receive free great Catalogue;
$1,000 Corn and 10 Farm Seed Samples [K.]
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

Write today to Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy,
N. Y, for a FREE sample of Aliens Foot
Ease, powder to shake into your shoes 1t
cures chilblains, sweating, damp, swollen,
aching feet. 1t makes New or tight shoes
easy. An instant cure for Corns and Bun
ions. All druggists and shoe stores sell it. 25c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

Ask your grocer to-day to show you q
package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The children
may drink it without injury as well as the
adult. All who try it like it. GRAIN-O
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java,
but it is made from pure grains, and the
most delicate stomach receives it without
distress. IA the price Of coffee; l5c and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09
Aged Woman Rides a Bicycle.

Probably the oldest living bicyclist is a
woman in County Essex, England, aged SO,
who is an adept rider and whose sprightli-
lness is astonishing. Most people could enjoy
5ealth until very old age if they took proper
precautions to prevent diseases of the diges-
live organs by taking an occasional dose OF
Hostetter' sStomach Bitters. Even after dys-
'pepsia, indigestion, biiousness and consti-
patton have secured foothold and become
chronic, the Bitters will afford speedy relief.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09
Coughing Leads to Consumption.

Kemps Balsam will stop the Cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get
sample bottle free. Large bottles Is and SC
cents. Go at once; delays are dangerous.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

1t is not the carpenter with the most
tools who is the finest workman.-W ASKING
ton Qa.) Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

For Whooping Cough Piso's Cure is a
successful remedy.-M. P. Dieter, 81 Throop
Ave. Brooklyn, N. Y, Nov. IA, "a.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09
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 head
ache Price 25 and 50c
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

If the COW is well fed and gives thin
blue mill-which she will sometimes
do-she is not worth the salt she eats,
as q mixer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

'I am told that he is her fifth husband"
"Say, it must be awful to man to feel that
his wife looks on him as mere habit" p
INDIANAPOLIS Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

The automatic weighing machine gives
pounds in return for pennies.-L. A. W..
Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

A man is mad when he oversleeps and
mad when an alarm clock wakes him up on
time.-Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

The man who pleases nobody is really
more loveable than the man who tries to
please everybody.-Town Topics.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

advanced in years hnd themselves in
the tolls of catarrh. Mr.. and Mrs.
Collum, of Giddings, Tex, found help in
Pe-ru-na. Mr.. Collum's letter follows:
Ps-rK-na Medlein< Co., Columbus, o.
Dean SrRs:-"I think your Pe-ru-na
is the best medicins ever tried for ca
tarrh. have tried all the catarrh
medicines that could hear of and none
of them did any good until tried yeHrs.
and my wife have both used the Pc
ru-na and Man-a-lin, and we are about
well. ar 70 years old and my wife
is 60. When we commenced to take
your medicines we were not able to SEQ
after eur work, but now she can tend
to her work and see after my farm.
You cam use this publicly If you want
to."--A {P. Collum, Giddings. Tex.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

Keep on, you'll learn the best cure for
Neuralgia is St. Jacobs Oil.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

The wages of sin defes alike the hard
times and monopolies.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

The king Of Slams favorite hymn is said
to be Gust 'S-I-am."-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

The value of departed fortune increases in
the ratio of the squares of its distance
Town Topics.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

When woman of 40 laughs heartily she
actually means til. A. w. Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

Can't work? Stiff and sore from cold
Use st. Jacobs Oil-work tomorrow.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

How natural it is for most of us to think
that other folks are liars.-Washington ia. }
nemoarat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

Cuttings for graftings may be made
now at any time when the trees are not
frozen
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

Only a spran? You may be cripple. St.
Jacobs Oil cures, sure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

Covetousness turns a man out of the
warmth of his own house to stand shivering
on his neighbours doorstep.-Ram's Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

A doctor and undertaken walking together
expect to attract attention, and they al
ways do.-Washingto Qa) Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09
HEALTHY MATERNITY.
Two Grateful They Received From


The climax of life force in is capable motherhood
The first requisite for good mother is good health
Health of body health of the generative organs
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

To Cure q Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure Csc.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-07-08
THE FOURTH IN MANILA.
Chincse-sing America and the Decia-
ration Of Independence Ii Read.

Manila, July 5.-There was great
celebration of the Fourth here with
fireworks, bands, speeches and decora-
tions everywhere, all nationalities par
ticipating. The foreign ships and con-
sulates, including the Spanish, raised
their colors in conjunction with the
stars and stripes. The flagship Balti-
more fred national salute at noon.
All nationalities enjoyed what the
Spanish papers termed the fiesta of
North America" Several hundred
boys and girls-Filipinos, Spaniards
and Chinese-from the public schools,
dressed in their best clothes, each car
rying an American flag, sang "Amer-
lea" in n curious mixture of dialects.
Chaplain Knudsden, of the Washing
ton regiment. read the declaration Of
independence.