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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10
THREE PLow ATTACHMENTS.

ground. Some prefer to fasten the
chain farther back on the pillow beam,
or at the standard In turning IN
der very heavy corn stubble, the chain
is sometimes found too light to do its
work well, and an extra device, cen
ter of cut, is added. This is round
stick of wood, one foot long and two
inches in diameter, one end pointed and
the other fattened, and wired to chain
at point chain leaves furrow to fasten
to pillow beam. The earth as it leaves
the moldboard falls on the stick, and
causes it to hold the chain always in
the right position, drawing to the
bottom of the furrow the heaviest
cornstalks or weeds. A device used in
place of a chain is shown below this.
1t is round stick of heavy wood, about
four inches in diameter, and one and
onehalf to two feet long, which is at
tached with a rope swivel to pillow beam,
about two feet in front Of the standard,
where it rolls along on edge of fur
row, and acts like the chain.-Rural
New Yorker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10
TRUST OF FARMERS.
Coming Agricultural Congress
in Paris.

The uniting of all the farmers of the
or agreement to restrict the produc-
ton of wheat and to raise prices is the
project which it is hoped to carry out
at the International Agricultural con.
ference to be held in Paris July to 16.
1t is proposed to ask the farmers of the
world to reduce their wheat output by
20 per cent, and not to sell bushel
for less than one dollar.
j. C. Hanley, of ST. Paul, execu-
tive agent of the Farmers alliance and
Industrial union, the National Cotton
Growers association, the Farmers
Federation of the Mississippi Valley,
and the National Grain Growers asso-
citation, is the chief promoter of the
international Agricultural trust IN
America. Prof. G. Rutland, of the
University of Fribourg, Switzerland, is
the chief promoter of the plan in Eu-
rope. The idea was conceived by these
two men independently.
Mr.. Hanley has been a worker in the
y
has been interested in many hold-your-
wheat schemes and is prominently as
ISOLATED with the farmers elevator
and various cooperative undertakings
He has for years studied the problem
of wheat prices and is at present very
active in promoting legislation by con-
gress in the interest of the farmers.
He has long been of the opinion that
if the farmers would only get together
and come to an understanding as to
limiting production and would agree to
sell only when their price could be OBJ
tanned they could easily master the
situation. AS professor of economics
Prof. Rutland had come to the same
conclusion. His study of the agrarian
problems of different civilized coun.
tries led him to believe that the only
cure for the widespread troubles of
farmers, which are much more severe in
the old than in the new world, is to re-
strict production. Both Mr.. Hanley
and the professor were hard at work
getting the idea into practice when
they encountered each other through
correspondence. Since then they have
been working in harmony with a COM
mon idea, namely to persuade the In
ternational Agricultural congress to
indorse the idea and recommend it to
the various associations present at
the conference for application next
year-N Y Sun
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10
DEVICES FOR FLOWING.
They Nave Been Found Serviceable
Durable md Effective by Those
who Have Tried Them.

When blowing down corn stubble,
green crops, tall weeds, manure or
straw, a number of devices are used
to draw the stalks and litter into the
furrow and distribute along so as to
be covered by the pillow, the most COM
mon of which is the chain arrange
ment shown in the cut. The chain
usually is about five feet in length,
one end fastened to evener and the
other to pillow beam at the place where
the coulter is attached, allowing the
chain to drag along in bottom of fur
row and over portion of the unplowed
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10
THE WHEEL IN CUBA.
American Dealers Are Trying Very
Hard to Develop the Bicycle
Fever in the Island.

The bicycle era has been a little
slow in getting to Cuba with it's full
strength, but it is there now, and
wheel cranks are developing with
rapidity.
You can scarcely go on any street
in Havana that you do not find BIZ
cycle store urging the merits of some
wheel, and now they are practically
all American wheels that are finding
a market.
Havana is not good wheel city be-
cause of the bad pavements. In the
heart of the town there is no place
except the Prado, from Central park
to the Punta, about ten New York
city blocks, where the riding is de-
cent. Here there is a macadam or al
legged macadam pavement. The Prado
Is very wide, there being a 60-foot
road on either side of the raised paseo
Or promenade. The wheelmen and
wheelwomen do not confine them
selves to the roadway. Even in the
afternoon, when the paseo is crowded,
bicycles tear up and down the smooth
course to the great annoyance of all
the promenaders.
Outside of Havana there are several
good roads, some heritage from the
6paniards and others the result of
American energy. The shore road
from Havana to Ell Vedado was re-
built by the Americans, but the same
mistake was made here that was
made on the Prado. The road from
Havana to Guines after getting out
side of the city limits, is splendid
piece of work and simply ideal for
wheeling. 1t is what the Spaniards
call a calzado, and, although built
years ago, is as smooth and hard as
asphalt 1t stretches away across the
island, 40 miles to the city limits of
Guines, and there stops as abruptly as
though it plunged into an abyss,
The women need the exercise to
train them down. Cuban bellies are
all too fat.-Cycling Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10
AUTOMOBILE WITH FENDER.

would look like cowcatchers, but their
object would be that of the street car
fender-to lessen the injury done to
persons who might be struck. The
idea is good one. Even with the most
conscientious guide, a horseless car
riage is liable to run down pedestrians,
other vehicles. The utility of the
scheme is obvious. But whether the
shape of the fender shown in the draw
ing is the best that could be devised is
not beyond doubt. This can be as
certained only by experiment. The
main idea is good one, but perhaps it
might be worked out more satisfac-
torily.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10
THE FIRST SAFETY BICYCLE.

plates, end axe actually oil-retaining,
the principle being the same as in the
latest barrel hubs, which were dis
covered" and put on the market quite
recently. The brake, too, is quite up
to date, being, in fact, the direct ances-
tor of the patent frictionless roller
which is now so much in vogue. 1t is
actuated by turning the handles on
their horizontal axis, thereby tighten
ing a chain which causes a revolving
drum to press against the tire of the
back wheel. The pedals are of the rat
trap variety, with tread of ten inches,
and the bicycle omplete-including
the lamp, which, as will be seen, forms
no unimportant feature-weighs just
under so pounds. The photo was taken
by Mr. Wareing, of Gloucester, the own
er of the machine.-Strand Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10
ONE POINT OF VIEW.
Boomers of Chainless Wheels Are Too
Pronounced in Advocating Their
own Pet Goods.

One of the curious symptoms Of the
time is the belief entertained in some
quarters that the belated boom which
was to carry the chainless machine
into almost universal use is about to
materialize.
The belief is so utterly at variance
with the popular feeling that it is
worthy of discussion for that reason
alone. Outside of those directly in
terested in the chainless to the ex-
tent of subordinating the chain-driver
to it, pretty general consensus of
opinion prevails.
1t is to the effect that the new ma
chine has demonstrated that it is a
mechanical and a commercial sue
cess; that it has attained a certain
vogue, with a certain number of ac-
cessions to the ranks of its adherents
every year; but that it will never, in
the immediate future at least, men,
ace the supremacy of the chain ma
chine.
This is the popular belief. This
year an opposite opinion obtrudes
itself very persistently. 1t holds that
with certain stores and in certain cit
les and towns the chain machine this
year will be very bad second. The
bulk of the trade, and that part best
worth obtaining, will plump for the
chainless.
There is probably a measure of
truth in this view Dealers who have
pushed chainless machines long and
strenuously have been rewarded by
creating a sentiment strongly in IA
vor of it. They have impressed them
selves on the public as chainless adj
vocates, and while people will go to
them for chain machines they are not
as apt to do so as would otherwise
be the case.
Therefore, their trade is almost en-
tirely in the chainless type of ma
chine. The chainless demand is mag
nifed and the call for chain drivers
minimized in their eyes. They do
good trade in the former, and see it
giving promise of increase; and to
some extent they are right in saying
that the chain-driven machine is hope
lessly distanced-with them.-Bicy-
cling World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

An American water hyacinth which
is not infrequently an obstruction to
navigation in southern rivers has been
successfully killed on the Melpomene
canal, New Orleans, by a chemical
spray.
Treatment of soil with lime has
been suggested to the Paris academy
of science as possible remedy for
malaria, as it has been noticed that
countries having a surface rich in lime
are free from this malady.
A drill which will bore through
solid rock at the rate of 31s inches per
minute, and through a mixture of rock
and schist at the rate of 434 inches
per minute, has been at work in the
0lpa Arsberg mine district, Austria.
DR.. Michaelis, an Austrian authori-
ty on cements, considers that a mix
ture of Portland cement. volcanic tufa
and graduated blast furnace Stag is
better than Portland cement alone
where structures are to be exposed to
salt water.
Some old quarries of oriental ala
baster have recently been discovered
in the neighborhood of Monte Amiata
near Siena. 1t now seems very prob
able that the beautiful columns OF
that material in the interior of the
Cathedral of Siena came from those
quarries. The quarries are about to
be worked.
The Rhodesia telegraph system, in
Guiding transcontinental line. con-
sists of 1855 miles of lines, with 3, 1863
miles of wires, says the Western Elec-
trician. The police telephone system
consists of 251 miles of telephone; ex-
changes have been opened at Sails
bury and Bulawayo. There are GO tel
egraph offices i'll Rhodesia.
a Cleveland engineer has invented a
machine for the automatic manufac-
ture of steel balls. The machine auto
matically forms and polishes steel
balls, which are entirely spherical, at
the rate of $4,000 a day. Gnbical pieces
of hot steel, each of which is tc be
made into a ball are fed into the ton
of the machine, one at a time.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10
Accidents Due to Bicycles.

LIE Velo, the Partisan cycling paper,
as set-off to the statistics often pub
hshed as to how much damage is done
by cyclists, frequently publishes list
of accidents caused in France by horses.
In recent issue it stated that during
the last year horses were responsible
for the deaths of 62s people and for
injury to 6,566. Compared with these
figures, the accidents due to bicycles
are insignificant indeed. There has
been discovered the case of an old man
in the southeastern suburbs of London
who makes good living by being run
over by cyclists. He manages to get
knocked down four or five times a week
by woman riders. OF course, he pre-
tends to be severely injured, and the af-
frighted women readily part with a
sovereign to appease him and to pre-
vent action being taken. 1t is said that
this man has two little children, re-
puted to be his grandchildren, whom he
has also trained to be knocked down by
cyclists.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10
AUTOMOBILE FENDER
A Philadelphia Suggests Initiating
n Locomotive COwcatcher for
Saving Pedestrians.

In large cities~ir is customary to put
a fender on the front of trolley cars to
catch unwary pedestrians that may
be in their way. Although these attach
ments to street cars have not altogether
done away with accidents, they have
reduced the injury wrought by the lat
ter. The cowcatcher of locomotive,
although resembling car fender in
general appearance, really has some
what different object. 1t aims at throw
ing cattle from the track to save the
train from being derailed and hurt.
No special consideration is paid to the
cow.
A Philadelphia man now proposes to
put tenders cn automobiles. These
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10
Barred Him Ont.

ct suppose that Rev. Mr.. Sheldon must
have endeavored to set up moral standard
for his subscribers during Sheldon week. -
remarked fat eX-Kansan, as he rode with
a friend on South side car, according to
the Chicago Inter Ocean.
How so? 1t looks reasonable to suppose
that the worse a man is the more he needed
Sheldon's newspaper" said the other man.
"Humph! Looks that way. But used
to live out in Topeka, and I've subscribed
for that paper the last ten years. Well, the
week that Sheldon ran it never received a
single copy. Reckon they thought / wasn't
fit to receive it."
Sized you up as Jesus would, " chuckled
the frit i as he slid off the car.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10
The Ideal Road Companion.

Among the various qualifications of
a successful touring companion, an
obliging disposition must be placed
first, for without it no two persons can
expect to cycle together in an agree
able way One who is continually
wanting to do this, and Directing to
do that, is by no means an ideal com
panion. A pleasant fellow, who will
accommodate himself to a reasonable
extent to the inclinations of his com
panion, will make a ride enjoyable. A
man who will get off and assist to mend
a tire, and not ride on and wait for you
mile up the road, is the style of COM
panion the quiet rider wants.-Golden
DAYS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10

According to the Irrigation Age, the
waters of the Great Salt lake in Utah
have receded n mile within the past
year, and some persons think that
within the coming century this won
derful body of water may be complete
ly dried up. The cause of the lowering
of the water is ascribed to the rapid
extension of irrigation bitches, which
draw their supply from the streams
emptying into the lake. There is now
"salt desert" not far from the lake,
which was once covered with water.
The salt deposit on the floor of the lake
itself is believed to be OF great thick
mesa
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
tor any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J. Cheney & Co, Props, Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
blm perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
cut any obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot.
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonial
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10
Cooked Rations for Cattle.

The cost of cooking the food Of
stock is the great drawback to the use
of cooked food. yet where there are
as many as rs cows or more the method
might be adopted with advantage. II
would induce farmers to grow more
root crops, and it has been found that
when well cured corn fodder has been
cut fine and steamed there was a gain
by the experiment. Clover hay can be
cut and steamed with advantage dur.
Ing cold weather, as it 10 relished by
both cattle and swine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10
FIRST SAFETY BICYCLE.
Said to Have Been Invented and Con-
structed by n Citizen of ClOuces-
ter, England.

This machine was invented and con-
structed by Mr.. George Shergold, of
New street, Gloucester, in the year 1876.
The front wheel is 81 inches in diam
eter and the rear wheel 81 inches,
geared to As inches. The rims are of
angle iron, with inch solid rubber tires.
The chain is of two-inch pitch and the
spokes one-quarter inch in diameter.
The hubs are of wood, with iron side
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10

loam," the Ultimate Producer is saving, ~
the best land to raise sugar beets i'm 81
dare say the crop exhausts the sand very
rapidly" the Ultimate Consumer hereupon
observes Even now they seem not thor
oughly to understand each other-Detroit
journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10

He-"If 1 were poor would you still love
me-? She-"Why ask? Do not love you
now" He-"Yes, but riches have wings.
To-day ! am wealthy, tomorrow | may be
with love, dear. To-day l love, tomorrow
who can tell?"-Pick.Me-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10

4 Shrewd Move.-Tess-"H How s your club
getting along?' Jess-"O! we're getting a
big membership now since we reduced the
imitation fee. TEST told you five dol
lars was too much to expect any woman
to pay" Jess-"Yes, we realized that, 90
we made it $49S. philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10

A contract made over the telephone
is legal and binding, according to a
decision recently rendered in Penn
sYlvania lawsuit.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10
Coughing Leads to Consumption.

Kemp's Balsam will stop the Cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a
sample bottle free. Large bottles IS and 50
cents. Go at once; delays are dangerous.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10

Then you have no hope of the coming
universal brotherhood of MANI" asked the
Sweet Young Thing. Not much hope. /
dunno, though. The women may yet drive
EN- to it in selfdefense," said the Savage
Observation-Disclosures Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10

Tom-"The trouble with me is that I'm
bit hasty in my speech; should weigh my
words. Miss Pepprey-"Yes, do. And
don give such generous measure "-Phila.
delphia Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10

Turkeys are different from ballot boxes"
said Dukane to Gaswell. Doubtless; but
what striking difference had you in mind?''
I'VE prefer our turkeys stuffed. IN. O.
Times Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10

Some people have faith in odd numbers
and the favorite is number one.-Chicagc
Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10

The average consumption of alcohol
ic drinks In England last year was at
the rate of 500 worth per family of
6Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10

HoaX-"Those two fellows should make
fine soldiers. They are always fighting tooth
and nail" JoaX-"They don't look it,"
HoX-" Nevertheless, one is a dentist and
the other chiropodist. Philadelphia Rec.
ord.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10

Hen Peck-'1 want to sue for divorce. -
Lawyer" Has your wife left you?" Hen
Peck-"No. She won't. baltimore Amer
lean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10

An "Anti."-' am an anti" declared
Sammy Snaggs, whose father is an ardent
eXpansonist. you are what?" demand.
ed the elder Snaggs, with great surprise. ~
am an anti" repeated Sammy; IAN anti
spankationist. Pittsburgh Chronicle Tel
egraph.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10

Superintendent Of Immigration, Department of
Interior, Ottawa, Canada, or address the Under
signed. who will mail you aliases, pamphlets, etc.
free of cost. F. PEDl.EY, Supt. of Immigration.
Ottawa, Canada; or to NJ. V. NCINNES, No. Merrill
Biz. Detroit Mich: D. L. CAvEN. Columbus Ohio.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10

Hon. Dan. A. Grosvenor, Deputy Auditor
for the War Department, in letter written
from Washington, d. c., says:
Allow me 70 ex 1reSs my gratitude
10 you for fine benefit derived fros,s
one bottle of Peruna. 0S5e EGeEY kaS
brought wonderful changes AND arm
now as wolf as ever BeSFdeS bcEsag
one of fibe very best spring sonfco E< Is
an excellent cafarrh remedy" VcEv
respectfully, Dan. a. GPosysnoP.
Hal p Denton, Chief National Export
Exposition, Philadelphia Pa, writes: II
was completely run down from overwork
and the responsibility naturally connected
with the exploitation of a great interna-
tional exposition. My physician recon-
mended an extended vacation. When life
seemed almost a burden | began taking
Peruna, and with the use of the fifth bottle
| found myself in normal condition. l
have since enjoyed the best of health"
Almost everybody needs tonic in the
spring. Something To brace the nerves, in
vigorate the brain, and cleanse the blood
That Peruna will do this is beyond all ques-
ton. Everyone who has tried it has had
the same experience as Mrs. d. w. Tim.
berlake, of Lynchburg Va, who, in a recent
letter, made use of the following words: II
always take a dose of Peruna after business
hours, as it is great thing for the nerves.
There is no better spring tonic, and | have
used about all of them"
For free book on Summer Catarrh,"
address The Peruna Medicine Co., Column
bus, Ohio.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10

The Makers of Cnrter's Ink Say;
ave can't make any better ink than we do:
we don't know how to. We can make poorer
ink, but we won't" Carter's Ink is the best.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10
In Cor 4 Years an IndependenceIs Assured

Ifyou take up your homes
in Western Canada. tho
land of plenty. Illus
trated pamphlets, giving
experience of farmers
who have becomewealthy
In growing wheat. reports
OF delegates. etc. and fun
information as toreduced
railway rates can be had
on application to the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10

Hon. Dan. A. Grosvenor Deputy Auditor
for the War Department, in a letter written
from Washington, D. c., says:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11

about p; m they decided to make an attempt
70 ride out and rejoin the troops who had fallen
pack me nan OF fire was close and deadly so
vitatfon to death $3.50 "
Having shaken hands with each other and said
gooaoy5 these Officers resolved TO attempt an
cape Captain Herbert rode off first, and had his
thifa horse shot in the neck, but he got away
clear. Ten minutes later Captain Fitzpatrick made
an essay Bullets and shell rained around him. and
lucky small solid shot striking between his
aoEses heels put such mettle and speed into the
amman ina. he was quickly borne into safety The
t Inn of1eer had scarcely got few yards from
the oonga when he was killed by a she'll
"A Daily Telegraph" correspondent. writing of
Colonel Baden-Powell and Mafeking says:
Cron1e thought TO approach by trenches but the
taste OF British bayonets signal occasion
disposed forever of the plan Then they have
taxed OF storming the little town some dark night
BUT on such nights Baden-Powell has lanterns OF
various sorts and sizes disposed round his front
ana the enemy cannot make up his mind whether
there are not men with fixed ayonets immediately
pehind those lamps intrenched in such sort
that tnsy could bring down every single Boer that
got near them. For Baden Powells men are crack
snots: the bursher who shows within 1000 yards
OF mem is casualty In marksmanship the
siaets nave no chance with the men inside. 1t il
JOKE IN maL,eking that Baden.Powe hangs these
lamps IN positions where the Boer shell fire will
40 ,he ,esst harm and enjoys the fun OF seeing
men sit hit nom time to time Then, too the slim
BRITISH eoHAmandant-and they confess and admire