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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16
About Color and breeds,

Many readers who take an interest in
the breeds are at a loss to understand
the advantages possessed by birds of
the same breed, but which are different
in color. For instance, there are the
white, buff, black, brown, dominique
and silver-duckwing Leghorns, but they
differ only in color, being equal in lay.
ing qualities. The same may be stated
of the single-comb and rose comb va
rieties. There is difference, however,
in hardness. Yhe varieties that are
rare, such as the black, dominique and
silver-duckwing Leghorns, are more in
bred. as new blood is not easily OBJ
tanned, but the bluffs, whites and
browns, though harder than the 9th
ers, are about equal in merit otherwise
Color hsS but little, if any, influence in
determining quality.-Farm and Fire
side.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16
taking your Vegetable

den to myself. Was troubled with
smothering spells, also palpitation of
the heart and that bearing-down feel
ing, and could not be on my feet much.
81 was growing worse all the time,
until took your medicine.
after taking three boxes of Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Lozenges, the tumor passed from me.
my health has been better ever
since, can now walk quite distance
and am troubled no more with palpita-
ton of the heart or bloating. rec
ommend your medicine to all sufferers
from female troubles"
1t is hardly reasonable to suppose
that any one can doubt the efficiency
of Mrs. Pinkham's methods and medi-
cine in the face of the tremendous vol
ume of testimony.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16
NEGLECTED INDUSTRY.
The Honey Business Is Not Receiving
the Attention in the West
Which 1t Should.

1t is a matter of congratulation that
SO many of the side industries possible
to the farm have been brought into
prominence within a few years through
the farm press and the farmers insti-
tute, but there is something still lack
ing. The honey business is rarely men
toned at a farmers institute, and many
of the farm papers do not mention it
except in the most casual manner.
Illinois has many honey plants which
would be source of considerable rev.
enue if the honey could be secured, but
because of lack of bees thousands of
dollars worth of nectar wastes every
year. All over the state white clover
grows and flourishes during the sum.
mer, and in most of the state heartsease
and Spanish needle are found in waste
places, while golden rod might almost
be named as the flower of the state.
Besides these is sweet clover, which is
a troublesome weed in most places, and
many dislike the honey that comes from
it.
Intelligent farmers recognize tie
value of bees in the polarization of
fruit flowers, and they no doubt ac-
complish much good in the same way
with other crops. There is room for
bees on every farm in the state, and if
every farmer produced only honey
enough for his own family, the saving
in the item of sweets for family use
would be larger than most men imag-
ine.-Farmers' Voice.
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open, and he heard HIS sisters offer of

open, and he heard h;s sisters offer of
the wine and Georges refusal.
II reminded him of the time when he
took his first glass of wine and then
he thought of the events which fol.
lowed. Like all drunkards, at times he
would have given anything he pos
sessed to break the awful bondage, and
he now wished heartily that when he
had been offered his first glass he had,
like George, had the courage to refuse
Then the thought came to him: ami
going to be outdone by boy u years
old? What he can do, can; it isn't too
late yet. If God will only forgive me
and help me, I'll never touch another
drop"
A few minutes later the boys and
Mrs. Ray and the three grandmothers
were greatly surprised to see Howard
Morse walk into the dining-room and
greet them cordially. Since he had
started on the downward path he had
kept taciturnly to himself when he was
at home, and avoided meeting any of
the people who visited there. This was
new Howard, surely!
After dinner instead of hurrying out
of the house, he Joined the boys in the
library. He was so entertaining, in
shutting new games, and telling thrill
ing stories, that no one could believe
the clock right when its hands PORTED
to the hour for leaving.
Reluctantly the boys went home,
after bidding Uncle Howard" hearty
goodnight.
AS George was going Howard caught
his arm and drew him aside.
II want to tell you, George, that you
have saved me tonight"
Georges eyes opened wide in aston
ishment. Saved you? II"
Eyes; it was your example in refus-
ing the wine that set me to thinking,
and l resolved never to touch another
drop of liquor or have it in the house.
l would like to join your temperance so
ciety. / want to help save others who
have been as low as was"
George was very happy that night
and when he prayed to his Heavenly
Father he did not forget to thank Him
for the privilege which had been given
to him to save soul by his example.
Howard Morse kept his word. He
not only joined the temperance society,
but later on the church, and was well
known throughout the community as
an earnest worker.
Some years afterward he started out
as a temperance lecturer and was the
means of leading many from the
broad way that leadeth to destruc-
ton" And in all his lectures he never
failed to give credit to the boy who had
stood firm for his principles, and by his
example pointed him to the way in
which he was now walking.
Guilbert Mahon, in Union Signal.
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DESIRABLE RABBIT TRAP.

Iy and is to be hung on pivot in such
way that the end outside the box
is slightly heavier. Put the bait (c)
at the inner end of the pivoted box.
1t does not take much to induce rabbit
to enter a hole. Once inside this the
animal crawls along until past the mid
die, when its weight overbalances the
box, which tips up suddenly, and the
animal slides out into the larger box.
The pivoted box then falls back to its
original position and is ready for an
other rabbit. The trap is easily con-
structed, simple and has the advan-
tage of being always set. There can be
two entrances as shown in the illustra-
ton. The top and sides of the box
exposed above ground can be covered
with leaves, snow or anything to dis
guise it. The trap door (a) is for re
moving the captured rabbits.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16
TIVE LITTLE CUPBOARD-PANDOR
BOX.

est hesitation: 81 won't take any,
thank you, Mrs. Ray"
The boys looked at him in surprise,
aid Clifford's mother said: what!
Not any wine? Oh, you are not SO par
ticular! Of course it wouldn't do for
boys to make a practice of drinking it,;
but this is something extra, and glass
won't hurt you; it will make a man of
you"
George was tempted to reply that he
knew Just what kind of man it would
make of him, he had seen men like that;
but he did not like to say anything rude
to Mrs Ray, so he answered politely but
as firmly as before: mo, thank you.
l really can't take it. Please don't urge
mel"
Come, now! You won't refuse a
lady, I'm sure!"
All eyes were turned on George. He
colored slightly as Mrs. Ray poured out
a glass of the sparkling beverage and
set it before him; but his resolve was
not shaken and he repeated: I'm sorry
to have to refuse you anything, but
indeed, can't take it."
Mrs. Ray was evidently annoyed.
"Well, l won't press you, if it's against
your principles to drink it," she said,
and turned to the next boy with: "Well,
you'll take it, Harry Clarke"
George's yefusal had given Harry
courage to act. He knew his mother
would not want him to take the wine i;
but he would not have been strong
enough to refuse if it had nos been for
his friends example, so he said: II
don't believe I'll take any. either, Mrs.
Ray"
Frank Miller, who sat next to Harry.
said the same, and so it went all around
the. table until it came to Clifford.
You'd better shut up the cupboard,
mother, l don't believe any of the fell
lows want it,
Then they went on eating their Gin
ner and were soon as merry as if the
interruption had not occurred. The in
cident was seemingly forgotten.
But there was one who did not forget
it. In the next room there was lis
tener of whom none of the boys were
aware. Mrs. Rays brother had long
been a source of trouble to his family.
1t was the old story of bad company and
then all sorts of dissipation He had
tried one business after another, to
make a failure of all. At last he had
gone away, and his family hoped that
the separation fsom his old companions
might reform him; but he came back
an utter wreck and failure.
Howard Morse had come in while the
boys were at dinner. He was sober
then; but he intended going out later
in the evening with a number of boon
companions, and making night of it,
as usual. The door between the dining
room and the library, where he had
thrown himself down on the divan, was
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16
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S'HlNI4zzi\p7zs
WHAT ONE BOY DID.
His Manly Rejection of the Pr0ffered
Wine Helped to Reclaim a
PrOhigate.

They were just sitting down to the.
table, IL boys, their faces bright, their
eyes sparkling with the anticipation of
the dinner that was before them. It
was Clifford Rays birthday and his
mother had said he might invite II
of his friends to dinner party.
Clifford was an only child and an only
grandchild and, strange as it may seem,
he was blessed with three grandmoth-
ers. The way he came to have more
than his share of grandmothers was
that his mother had married again, so
there was her mother, his fathers
mother and his stepfather's mother;
stranger yet, they lived together, to
all appearances, in peace and concord,
and We'd with each other in petting and
spelling Master Clifford.
The boys lost no time in startiAf Oh
the good things, and they ate as only
healthy, growing boys can eat. They
did not talk much at first, they were
too busy for that; but they enjoyed
themselves thoroughly, which made
Mrs. Ray and the three kind old grand
mothers who waited on them, beam
with pleasure.
After they had got fairly started,
Mrs. Ray unlocked the door of little
cupboard, built in the wall, and said,
smilingly: Now, boys, I'm going to
give you your choice of some very fine
wine. have all kinds here, and you
c&n take your choice, in honor of Cliff
ford's birthday"
"Oh, that's fine, mother!" exclaimed
Clifford, Come, boys, what kind will
you have?"
No one answered, so Mrs. Ray turned
to the boy at the head of the table,
George Warner, the biggest of the IL,
and the most popular; George usually
took the lead in everything.
AS Mrs. Ray turned to him he an
swered, politely, but without the slight
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16
THE CIGARETTE MUST GO.
Enormous Increase in the Annual
Consumption of These
Coffin TnclSs.

An investigation has lately been
made into the question of the num-
Der of cigarettes annually smoked in
the United States, and an enthusiast
tic statistician has discovered that ten
years after the smoke of the first Gig
arctic was blown from the lips of the
pioneer of American cigarette smokers,
the annual consumption amounted to
100000. This was about the year 1874
1t reached the billion mark in 1884 and
five years later it was 1000, 900, and
in 1898 it was 100000, 900 annually. A
comparison of these figures and pc
RODS of progression in the habit will
give some idea of the rapidity with
which it spread. For instance, while
it took a period of five years, from
1884 to 1889, for the consumption to
increase from one billion to two bill
lions, it required only four years to
add another billion to the statistics.
In 1894 and 1895 the figures made an
other big jump, and in 1898, the latest
year for which statistics are available,
the number of cigarettes of all kinds,
foreign and homemade said to have
been sold in the country, approNimated
the enormous amount of 1000, 100000
Placed end on end these 4,000,000,0 900
cigarettes would almost encircle the
earth, and what is of far more impor-
lance, if the money thus annually ex-
pended were turned into charitable
channels, it would put a pair of shoes
on every child in the country, and pur-
chase the necessaries of life for 100,-
900 families!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16
TEMPERANCE BITS.

The liquor shop will go in hurry
when the church goes for it in real
earnest.-National Temperance Advo-
cate.
A grog shop is the devils sign that he
is still doing business in the neighbor-
hood.--Na.ional Temperance Advocate.
A saloon keeper discharged a clerk
for getting drunk. A distiller adver-
tised for two teetotalers to run his still.
A drunkard is at discount with all
people. Even the devil wants a more
respectable man than a drunkard to
work for him.-Baptist Reaper
The National Temperance federation
has prepared memorial to- the Cana
dian government urging precaution
against multiplying incentives to
drunkenness and lawlessness in the
northwestern parts of British North
America.
Here is an advertisement we saw re-
Gently in Rockford paper: WANTED
cobbler to take charge of repair shop
in our store. Must be strictly sober
and good workman. Permanent job
for the right man" No good business
man wants drinking, unsteady work.
man in his employ. This merchant
sells shoes. Other merchants sell gro
ceries, dry goods, clothing, drugs, etc,
but no matter what they sell they want
sober clerks and sober workmen. Even
liquor dealers prefer bar keepers who
are total abstainers, and frequently ad-
vertise for such men. Who wants q
drinking man, or even an occasional
drunkard, around him? The liquor buSI
ness condemns itself.-Lever.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16
ANOTHER RABBIT TRAP.
It Is Quite Clever in Design and Can
BE Constructed by Any In
EenIOus YOunGster.

Sink a dry goods box two and a
half or three feet deep into the ground
near a hedgerow or in a fence corner,
or any secluded spot that may be fire.
quented by rabbits. Leave the top
about six inches above ground. Saw
out a hole about six inches square at
the top on one side. Make a box (b)
without ends, IS inches long, the sides
of inch and the top and bottom of half
inch boards. This is to fit exactly the
six-inch hole in the dry goods box. 1t
may be made so as to work a little free
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16
DisaEreeable February.

The discomforts of this month can bs
escaped ~ taking advantage Of the winter
Railroad to one of the many pleasant re-
sorts of the South. This line offers unsur-
passed facilities for reaching the cities in the
South, the winter resorts of the beautiful
Gulf Coast, of Florida, of California, and Of
the West Indies. Write c. p. Atmore,
General Passenger Agent, Louisville, KY,
for folders descriptive Of Florida or the
Gulf Coast.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16
TWAS But A DREAM.

Methought l saw, the other night,
wildly cheering crowd
which homage did unto man
OF lordly mien and proud
Who condescended now and them
To smile upon the throng
As he trod upon the roses
Which his path were strewn along.
There were lawyers, servants, preachers
And inventors there galore;
So many really famous men
I'd never seen before.
Indeed, 1 saw that in the crowd
CTheir luster somewhat dim
Edison and the airship man
Their hats took off to him.
My curiosity aroused,
1 asked the naughty one:
"Who art thou? Prhhee tell me,
And why this homage done?"
When with APPLYING glance at me
He proudly said: Il am
Inventor of a car door
The brakeman cannot SLANT
Then was Weakened by jar
That drowned the engines scream;
The brakeman had pass d through the car
Alas, twas but dream!
w. H. T. Shade.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16

In a well-known college an old negro
many years. He was not without his
peccadilloes in the way of petty larceny,
and caught tripping on one occasion by ons
of his employers, he was gently reproved.
"Ah, old fellow, you are bound for the
devil! What are ycu going to do, sir, when
you get down in his regions?" 81 dunno,
Mars Ed" answered Tim, "douten l JED
keep on waitin' on de ents!'-House-
hold Words
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16
TUMOR EXPELLED.
Unqualified Success of Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

Mrs. ELIZABETH WHEELocK, Magno-
liza, Iowa, in the following letter de-
scribes her recovery from very criti-
cal condition:
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I have been
taking your Vegetable Compound. and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16

larry few days under Florida's azure
skies; breathe her soft pure air; drink the
fragrance from her orange blossoms, then
tour the Tropics on magnificent steel Pas
senger Ships of the Plant Line, sailing FIVE
Vana,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16
Home Seekers Cheap Excursions.

The Northwestern Line will sell hons
seekers excursion tickets February 81,
March and q, with favorable time lin.
its, to numerous points in the West and
South at exceptionally low rates. For tick
cts and full information apply to agenta
Chicago & North Western R'y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16
Keepinc 1t Tn to the Last.

DIX understand Windig, the attorney,
is seriously i'll.
Hix-Yes; | met his physician this morn
ing, and he says he is lying at deaths door.
That's just like a lawyer. Chicago
Evening News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16

kitchen with its smudge, but nobody
noticed it. Trotty bent over the baby's
high chair; she hid her face against
his chubby, warm cheek.
"I've been here" she cried, with Sob
"'most ever since 1 can remember
ever since Lily was baby, and the
first thing you did you made me red
plaid dress with pocket in it-and-I
I don't want to go and live with any
Taylors!"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16
" Eva Dispositions
Are Early Shouvn. "

Just so evil in the blood
comes out in shape of scrof-
MA. pimples. etc.. in children
and young people. Taken in
time it can be eradicated by
using Hoods Sarsaparlla.
In older people, The aftermath
Of irregular lfOing sho1Us it.
self in bilious conditions, a
heavy head, a foul mouth.
4 general bad feeling.
1t is the blood, the impure blood,
friends, which is the real cause. Purify
;hat with Hoods Sarsaparilla and
happiness will reign in your family.
Blood Poison lived in bed of fire
Tor years owing to blood poisoning that fol-
lowed small pox. 1t broke out all over my
body, itching intensely. Tried doctors and
hospitals in vain. I tried Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. 1t helped. kept at it and was en-
tirely cured. l could go on the housetops
and shout about it." MRS. J. T. WILLIAMS.
Carbonate, Pa.
ScrofuIa Sores MY baby at two
months had scrofula sores on cheek and
arm. Local applications and physicians
medicine did little or no good. Hoods Sar-
saparilla cured him permanently. he is
now four, with smooth fair skin" MRS,
S. S. WRoTEN, Harrington, Del.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16
Just Lovely.

Mrs. Brown was in the new drug store
to-day It's just lovely.
Mrs. Jones-Yes?
eyes, they have six different shades Of
pilsp-Detroit journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16

Ieduy W SOuuu
is praises. 1t
has done Won
1ers for me in
relieving me
of a tumor.
" My health
has been poor
for three years.
Change of life
was working
n upon me. !
y was very
" much bloated
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16

A tight, slanting platform, arranged
under the roosts, so as to catch all the
droppings, will help in lessening the
work OF securing cleanliness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-16
Just Like Other People.

"You look nice enough to eat" ex.
claimed the ysuth.
"And so | do" replied the maiden
"three times a day."-ohio State Jour
nal.
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HooG SaadqbMM
Gazaz: lEIl13l1D


Hoods pills cure liver ills; nonyrritating and
the only csthartic take with Hoods sarsaparilla:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-07
A SNAP JUDGMENT.

VICTORIA (B. c., Aug 27.-From
Corea, the hotbed of political mystery,
intrigue and assassination, comes a
story by the steamship Tacoma of a
man who would be king, and who, in
his bid for the scepter of the most
troublous land on earth forgot to rec
kon that the price Of failure in his land
is death.
Wang Eui 500 was his name and it
was on the I'd of May last that he
and gained entrance to the royal palace
where, to the CONSERVATION of the
court, he promptly proclaimed himself
the rightful monarch of Corea, volun-
teering to produce indisputable proofs
of his direct descent from the ancient
monarchy. How successful his claim
might possibly have been had he first
devoted himself to the winning of the
heart of the people is matter of con-
lecture. His over-sanguinity was.
however fatal to his pretensions.
The all-powerful Lady Mo, risen
from slavery to the dictatorship of an
empire, had, however, no intention of
relinquishing her supreme authority
in the land, and promptly ordered his
arrest and immediate hanging.
Wang Eui 500 protested-not against
death, but against the method Of exc
cution proposed for him. He was a
son of soldier SjraS he declared and
he claimed the right to die by a SOL
dier's sword. There were murmurs of
sympathy and the Queen Regent re-
garded it as polite to acquiesce. So
the self-described lord Of the kingdom
was decapitated, protesting to the last
the legitimacy of his claim to royalty,
and prophesying the speedy dissolution
of the ancient kingdom now fallen up
on evil days.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-07
TO PROTECT THE KAISER.
Indications of Plot Against the Ger
man Emperor.

Indications of Plot Against the Ger
man Emperor
BERLIN, August 26-The newspa-
pers are discussing the fact that during
Emperor Williams recent stay in the
Rhine-Reichsland unusual precautions
were taken for his safety. Nobody
was allowed to approach nearer than
300 yards of him or his tent. The
Rhenish Alsatian papers are printing
a lot of details in regard to the discov-
cry of an anarchist plot organizing in
Paris. One of the plotters, it is said
whose departure from Paris had been
announced to the authorities, was
caught at Eiberfeld, and another was
captured at ST. Privat
Suspicious strangers were arrested
and held until Emperor William had
left. At Dortmund 300 detectives
watched every step of his majesty, and
while he was speaking at st. Privat 100
detectives were distributed among the
crowd. A socialist paper of Elberfeld
says that every socialist in the town
and vicinity was watched weeks be-
fore the Emperors arrival. The same
reports come from Metz and other
places, where the Italian workmen
were either driven away Of closely
watched