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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08
A New Advocate of Good Roads.

Though general progress in the
improvement of public highways is
slow, it cannot be doubted that the
cause of good roads is destined to
prevail. Even if there were only a
feeble indication here and there of in
terest in the subject, it would still be
unreasonable to suppose that thrifty
and intelligent people would always
remain Indifferent. But in recent
years there has been a notable awak-
ening, which in some States has al
! ready produced actual results of great
importance. In an address to which
we lately referred President Menden-
hall of the Worcester Polytechnic In
stitute, who is member of the High
way Commission, describing what is
being done in Massachusetts, said
that during the last six or eight years
more money had been spent there in
road improvement than in any other
State. The plan now in process of
OANNhliOll a ItCOll6bIuCUlOH
of the road system of the Common
wealth, embracing about two thous-
and miles, or 10 per cent. of the whole,
to which local effort will doubtless in
time make large additions. An annual
appropriation of 100000 enables the
Commission to complete about fifty
miles every year, and it could proba-
bly, obtain 100000 from the Legis-
lature if it so desired. Truly this is a
wise liberality which may well cause
envy in other parts of the country.
We have frequently discussed this
subject, but we find new and par
ticularly interesting suggestion in the
fact that DR.. Mendenhalrs address
was delivered before the Automobile
Club of America The part which
the bicycle has taken in the promo
ton OF highway improvement is ac-
knowledged to be important. Per-
haps it might not be an exaggeration
to say that the influence exerted by
wheelmen in support of that work
has been stronger than that proceed
ing from any other source, and it now
seems probable that the movement
will be taken up by the owners of
horselesS vehicles with increasing
earnestness as their number multi
plies and their use extends. So long
as, outside of centres of population,
the automobile remains chiefly an in
strument of pleasure it may not count
for much in the demonstration of the
good roads proposition, and it is even
possible that some persons will be so
narrow minded as to listen with a
trace of resentment to claims made in
its behalf. But if such feeling should
develop it could not last long. There
is reason to suppose that the automo-
bile is destined to occupy a great
place in the domestic economy of the
civilized world. In proportion as it
makes its way into the common ser
vice of the people by its adaptability
to commercial and industrial uses,
they will recognize the conditions
which it peculiarly demands and con-
sent to supply them.
There are many indications that
the automobile is on the eye of gen
eral conquest comparable in extent
with that which the bicycle so swift
ly achieved and otherwise more i'm
portant to mankind.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

PRAISE God from whom all bless
ings flow was the text of Mr.. Joseph
H. Manley's congratulatory telegram
to President Mckinley at his home in
Canton, o., where the President had
gone to vote.
The sentiment contained in Mr..
Manley's message is echoed by the
thousand majority given by the Re-
publicans of Garrett.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

The Sixth district has done well in
giving new commission to Mr..
Pearre. He is eloquent, able, honest
and handsome, too. Such men, when
sent to Congress, should be kept
there, because they become with
every added year of more use to the
country and to their immediate con-
Stituents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

The experience of c. A. Snow & Co., i'll OBJ
tanning more than 10000 patents for inventors
has enabled them to helpfully answer many
lectual property. This they have done in a
pamphlet treating briefly of United States
and foreign patents, with cost of same, and
caveats, infringements, decisions in leading
patent cases, etc, etc
This pamphlet win be sent free to anyone
writing to c. a. Snow & Co., Washington, ID.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08
Editor Sees Wonders.

Editor w. V. Barry, of Lexington,
Tenn, in exploring Mammoth Cave,
contracted a severe case of Piles His
quick cure through using Bucklen's
Arnica Salve convinced him it is an
other worlds wonder. Cures Piles.
Injuries, Inflammation and all Bodily
Eruptions. Only 25c at all druggists
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

MR.. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
now realizes that man has never
been and never can be elected to the
Presidency by appealing to the pas
sions and prejudices of the voters.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

A FEW more speeches from Messrs.
Daily, Hamill ct al. would probably
make the Republican majority reach
1900 in Garrett county.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

THERE was a frost in this COM
munity Wednesday morning, but of
course politics had nothing to do
with it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

Mr.. MCKINLEY, the Great Ameri-
can Republic wants your services four
years longer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

The esteemed SuU has found out
that an election cannot be carried by
the suppression, mutilation or manu-
facture of news.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

IT WOULD be well for the Repub-
licans for the local Democratic spell
binders to again canvass Garrett
county.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08
Settled.

Settled.
The Philippine Question.
The Silver Question.
William Jennings Bryan.
George Lewis Wellington.
Embalmed, cremated and buried
The country took no chances.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

THE American people refused tC
scare at the catawampus of militar
ism.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

ANTI-IMPERIALIsM will be laid up
for repairs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

MARYLAND is still in line for honest
money, national integrity and the
glory of the Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

Now Aguinaldo will probably come
in out of the brush and behave him
self.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

The popular fiat has gone forth.
The flag will not come down.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

A Car Yellow Corn just received at
Dixon & Kelso's to sell at 4Sc. Will
pay 40c for good hand-picked apples,
zoe for eggs and zoe for fresh butter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

WE TRUST the sun will not sup
press the news of McKinley's election.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

the American Flag. Prof. Beechley;
tableau, Waiting for Her Boy
Daisy Grimm. MA.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER s, 1900.

THE people voted for Prosperity.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

Want two thousand bushels apples
at highest market price.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if it fails to cure.
E. W. Groves signature is on each b, X. 25c.
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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03
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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03
WEEK OF EXCESSIVE HEAT
AS a Whole Has Been Very Favora-
BILE for Corn.

Washington August 28.-The weather bu-
reru's weekly summary OF crop conditions says
IN part:
Except in Alabama. VIII are an Improvement
in condition Of cotton IS reported. the general
Ger dition OF this crop over he central and
eastern portions Of the cotton belt has fur
Their deteriorated. rust, shed ling and ire
mature opening heiag generally reported. while
the boil worm has been destructive in the cen
trail and western poctiO1s. In Texas cotton
has generally improved In the southern por-
tiCn, but IN some localities in the northern
portion 1t was injured by the hot winds"
The week ending August 9th is the fourth
week OF excessive heat In tho districts east
of the Rocky mountains. and while II was ory
over the greater part Of the southern states,
PORTIONS OF New England. and the ohio val
levs there were I'm these districts coed rains
over local areas and very general rains over
the northern portions of the central valleys,
souttern half OF the upper lake region and in
the middle Atlantic states.
The temperature conditions Tor the past week.
al in the preceding week Of August. have been
highly favorable for the rapid development OF
com.
As a whole the week has been very favor
ciTal corn states more particularly the central
and norther districts. but over the northerIs
portions OF the gulf AMI south Atlantic states
4. untaForable.
In western KENTUCKY. the Carolinas and por-
ticns OF Virginia and Maryland, tobacco has
sCnt red from drought. but in the two last
nomed states rains of the past week have ma
ttr:ally improved its condition. In the other
tCt acco states the crop has ma lie ver7 favorable
progress.
In the southern states the conditions have
not been favorable for fall blowing.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03
Sowing Wheat.

III. A. c.. Yorkvile, Tenn.-Would it
nav me 10 buy fertilizers to use on my
wheat field this fall? My land IS clay
INLAND. il made ten bushels per acre
this wear What kind and how much 10
use per acre and how TO put II in? In
form me all you can on growing Whea'.
/ have about twenty acres OF pea STUB
bile that / cut the vines from ana made
into hay. ! will SOW II I'm wheat this
fan. I would like some reading on The
subject. how to grow wheat Tor prollt
Answer soon as you can.
Answor-It will certainly pay to buy
fertilizer 10 go on your wheat and get
a larger yield than ten bushels per acre,
provided YOU get the fertilizer at fair
and reasonable price. The pea stubble
is the very place for a fall crop of wheat
Break close and deep at once, so as To
give time for all litter TO decay and the
soil 10 become firm. Sow about the usual
time of first killing frost. say one bushel
of purple straw wheat per acre, using u
grain drill. Mix a fertilizer as follows:
300 pounds acid phosphate. p TO % pounds
rnuriate of potash. $50 pounds cotton meal,
applied at the time of sowing seed. Ap-
piy 73 pounds of nitrate Of soda In the
spring, say about middle of March to
April LIST. Bulletin sent you
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03
Sore Eyes IN Cattle.

Specific ophthalmia in an enzootic form
Is appearing this season In n number Of
localities. and we make the following in
quiry received from reader the occasion
for some suggestions In regard to it:
Our cattle have a disease Of the eve
which puts them blind i'm one eve. The
eve seems to swell and run n watery fluid
for about three days. when n white scum
covers tho eve and runs water and mat
ter from Il. which lasts about six weeks.
then they go totally blind In some
cases IT IS the right eve and in some the
left Can YOU give us any advice on the
subject? If so. please do II. for one of
my neighbors has cattle th2t are also af-
fcCted.
Answer-This disease IS commonly
known among veterinarians as catarrhal
coniunctivitis The outbreaks that occur
are usually attributed to some irritant ma
terlal carried I'm the atmosphere or ema-
mating from tho soil It is most prevalent
on low grounds and is seldom seen in the
winter. 1t affects old and young cattle
alike The symptoms usually are q dis
charge from the eye, much Inflammation
of the mucous membrane, swelling of
the eyelids and an early appearance Of
opacity of the cornea- The flow of tears
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03
A Few Words About Fowls.

BY John s. Richardson. Sumter. 5. CT
keep twenty hens and two roosters.
barred Plymouth Rocks. Coop 9xl3 feet.
yard G5Xg0 feet | keep the coop well
whitewashed. inside ana out, twice a
year putting one pint of Kerosene In the
wash. Clean out the coop every two
weeks: keep tho nests and roosts creased
with kerosene oil. | use WOodwards
medicated nest eggs. I also use a tea
spoonful Of sulphur and snuff when | set
a hen and have not seen a mite or jigger
i'm two years. | give my fowls one and
half quarts of mixed corn and oats every
morning and In cold weather one quart
of scaldcd wheat bran I'm the evening. cit
would be better to give the grain at night
and tho bran IN tho mOrnlng-Editor). l
give my young chicks grits three times
day and succeed in raising nearly all
that arc Matched. From January list 10
August II l got 500 eggs from my twenty
hens
A quick shade for poultry yard may
loo had by planting castor beans around
tho yard about six feet from the fence,
as the plants grow very fast If kept free
from weeds and well MANFRED. Mine are
now eight or nine feet high and fun or
seed, Of which fowls arc very FOND.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03
TO TEST STRENGTH OF LAWS.

Boston. August 2s.-Giles Jackson, a ne
gro lawyer, of Richmond. Va. acting for
the national council Of the Constitutional
Rights Association. has employed ex-
Attorney General A. b. Hillsbury. Of this
city. and Hon. w. c. p. Breckenridge. Of
Lexington. Ky, as his counsel in proceed
inCs which viii be instituted for the pur-
pose of bringing before the supreme court
of the United States test of the legality
of the recently enacted statutes. laws and
constitutional amendments IN some of
the southern states which 1t IS claimed
tend toward the dlsfranchsement of the
negro.
The case viii probably he brought be
fore the courts of Massachusetts. and will
be carried to the supreme court of that
state.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03
Going Down Behind.

A very common trouble with swine is
that of which the principal symptom
is a total or partial loss of the use ana
control Of the hind parts.
The principal cause of this difficulty Is
paralysis. although the pigs sometimes
lose actual control of the hind legs to
greater or less extent in rheumatism.
This cause, however, may tfIsraliy be
distinguished by the fact tnat In hand
ling, the animal, suffers great pam In
rheumatism, while in paralysis there Is
little or none. The difficulty Is also some
times ascribed TO the kidney worm, out
we doubt seriously whether the kidney
worm will produce il. or at least whether
il frequently produces II. At All events
live wo.ms have been round In the hiu-
neys OF both the pig and the dos, me
kidneys being perfectly healthy ana the
animals not seeming 10 be in any way al
tected by the worms.
In most cases the paralysis whlch
causes the weakness and gong uoWh oI
the hinder parts Is Il symptom OF some
difficulty located i'm some other part than
that winch appears to be aNecleu. II may
depend upon disease of the nervous
ceuters or in the conducting hlament, or
il may be strictly local and depend upon
an altered state of the terminal nerves.
The true seat Of the disease therefore
may be in the brain, the spinal marrow,
the conducting nerves or the nerve ram
iuCatlOnS OF the affected parts. GoSt
norton examinations IN these cases nave
often shown the spinal cord ana man
nerves 10 be enlarged and softened. In
other cases they are atrOphied and hard
encd.
The paralysis may come on suddenly or
gradually. Usually the first thing noticed
will be stiffness. with some aching of the
back and a Knocking forward on the
ankles OF the hind legs. If the pig can
rise it may be able to stand. In some
cases there are evidences of pain, and If
the animal moves it VIII drag its hind
parts. In the carly s.1seS OF the dis
ease at least the appetite is not usually
impaired. but as IL advances the pigs
eat less and the pulse becomes faster and
weaker. Sometimes paralysis Is COM
bined with rheumatism. and II becomes
hard to tell how much of the leading
symptom Is due 10 the one or the other
disease.
In the early stages OF this trouble the
pig should be given an ounce of castor oil
containing one or two drops of croton oil
AS soon as the physic operates give eight
or ten grains of iodide of potassium
three times a day I'm the drinking water,
or If the animal viii not drink water.
give in a spoon. If in three days there is
no Improvement give from two to three
drops of nuX vomica and from ten to
fifteen drops of oil of gaultheria in a
tablespoonful of sweet oil three times Il
day. Rub the back. lOins and hips with
compound soap liniment. feed soft feed
and see that the animal Is sheltered from
the sun, rain and cold.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03
Culberson Oats.

p. D.. Clanton, Ala.-Win you be so
kind as to answer the following ques-
tions through the Farms and Farmers
Department and oblige a well-wisher OF
The Constitution? .
VIII the Culberson winter oat do well
I'm central Alabama. and VIII they rust
or he injured by cold? Also what time
should they be sowed and how many to
the acre? How Is the easiest or best
way of destroying the so-called Grow
foot grass?
Answer regret to say that 1 do not
know anything whatever about the "Cul-
berson' oat.
"Crowfoot' grass. as know II Dacty-
loctenium Egyptiacum), is an annual
summer grass, growing mainly on the
soils of the lower half of the cotton
beIt 1t can be destroyed by late culti-
walton. as 1t comes up in June. July and
August.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03

becomes mixed with Dus. some
times streaked with blood. which
gathers in masses on the cheek.
The eyes are usually kept closed.
and blindness of one or both eyes
commonly occurs. ConstitutiOnal!y there
is high fever. loss of appetite. falling
off of the milk flow in cows. Toss OF
cud," etc. The principal changes take
place within a week. but the disease re-
quires about six weeks TO run Its course.
When this trouble appears in IL herd the
first thing to be done Is TO remove the
unaffected animals To another locality;
that is. to fields of a different character
both in soil ana in the feed they contain
The water should also be changed. espe-
cially If they have been getting drinking
water from a running stream or stag
nant pond.
In treating the animals attacked they
should first be housed IN cool, dark
stable and supplied with fresh water anu
given soft, succulent food. The medica-
lion should be both internal and local.
Give from n pound to a pound and half
of EPSON salts dissolved in two or three
pints of water. and follow with tincture
of veratrum vIride every two hours in
thirty-drop doses and give half an ounce
of saltpeter three times a day. Various
local applications are used. The simplest
is boracic acid, one drachm. on which
four ounces of boiling water mas Deen
poured, and use as a wash directly on the
eye as often as convenient. DIT. BittnS
found saturated solution of bOracic actd
of some value, but preferred as a local ap-
plication a l per cent solution OF atroplne
twice a day and busting the eyeball with
calomel once a day. using a small
insect powder bellows for the purpose. III
treatment IS undertaken promptly and the
animals unaffected removed to new pas
lures Improvement viii be noticed in
few days. and there will not only be res
toration of the general health, but none
of the animals Will become blind.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03
FARM CORRESPONDENCE.
Garrel or Congestion of Udder.

Thomas W. Haynes. Bedford city, Va
I have n Jersey heifer that dropped her
first calf last May. She was then just
two wears old About month after cav
ing her uddpr became diseased There
are sore hard places whore the teats Join
the bag Please give remedy through
the columns of The Constitution.
Answer-I have often prescribed tor
such cases. II IS the result Of an attack
of garcet. Mix together two drains OF
iodine and two ounces pure lard. MIX
well and rub some of IL on the hard places
every second day until they become soft.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03
Making Manure Out of Straw.

Z \. b.. Adams. Georgia. wish To
make manure from now until the coming
SIring from my horse and cow lot on an
CcCrcn ical plan with oak leaves. pine
straw and such by hauling i'm my lots and
Tenning at intervals. which of course VIII
heat. First. what per cent Of plant food
" IN be lost by heating II any, DO you
think? Second how would he the best
plan to make this manurc2 / have plot
Of clay lana that wheat was cut from this
wear which IS thick VITA cocklebur and
flee weeds Third. would it 1epreciate
the strength Of land 90 NOW HON down
to prevent sco1 rom maturing. This land
will grow a bale TO the acre with moder-
ate fertiliZing.
Arswcr-The chief expense OF making
uanure by hauling ard bedding of straw
ana leaves Is the labor ]. | cannot say
what per CCntum of plant food would be
lost and the amount would way between
very wide limits according to the vio-
lcnce of the heating. .. Litter your stalls
and the open lot with the straw and
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03
Fistula of Neck.

w p. Stcdman, Stursis Miss.-TeH me
what to do for my fuur-year-old mare.
Al out three months ago she had an at
tack of stranges. or distempe". and the
left gland of her throat rose and has
been running ever since
Answer would now call II n hstula.
1t will be necessary to OF the swelling
so that The matter will run out freely as
fast as formed. making the incision at
It's lowest point. Inject into 1t daily
little of the following lotion: One half
ounce of acetate Of lead and one-half
ounce Of sulphate Of zinc dissolved in one
~ art of water.