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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05

ring, as shown. So long as there
is no pressure on the wires between
the ring and the horns, the nose
ring is simply held upwards without
any discomfort to the animal.
Should the bull rush any other ami
NAL, or attempt to get through any
fence, the pressure pulls the nose
ring upwards, causing considerable
pain. 1t requires very few expert
ences to teach the animal that any
misbehavior on his part is attended
by suffering to himself. One promi-
nent breeder says even the fercest
of bulls is quickly tanned b. this de-
vice. In place of the blocks on the
horns, the latter are sometimes bored
through near the point and the wires
secured. The blocks may also be put
on in different ways, the object be-
ing to bring the wires from the
horns to the nose away from the
head and face"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05
UNPRoFITABLE TREES.
Some Reasons Why the Fruit Crop Of
Many Orchards Is Not What
1t Should Be.

In some cases it will be found that
old fruit trees, though profitless at
present, consist of good salabie kinds,
and the question is: By what means
can such trees be brought into fruit
tul or profitable condition? A fruit
tree of this kind need not necessarily
be Improbable because it is old,
though if it is old and has been neg
tected it must be. We find that many
of this class of tree are what they are
through neglect. The heads have for
years been allowed to become tan
gled mass of growth. The head wood
has become crowded, so that too many
fruits set, and in the end do not come
20 sa!able size, neither do they color
lp as they should do. In such cases
he remedy is simple. The old, dead
growth must be cut out thoroughly.
The mOss-covered boughs must be
cleaned. All branches that cross and
rub against each other must be reg
llated by removal, and generally the
pruning out process must be carried
out in such a way that when finished
the heads of the trees will be open and
airy, which viii insure a free crop of
the best fruits. If anyone will look
into the matters with which we deal
they will find that the majority of the
profitless fruit trees we refer to are
planted in grass land. The fact is in
structive, and it justifies in the most
emphatic manner the denunciations
that we have launched against the sys-
tenn for years. 1t is utterly impossi-
be to grow the best apples and pears
in grass land-there can be no doubt
about that. If we pay visit in the
fruiting season to the fruit trees set
in grass we shall be struck with the
small size of the fruits the trees usual
ly bear. There may be plenty of ap-
pies or pears, but there will be few
goodsized fruits to be seen among
them. Tillage is of the utmost i'm
portance to fruit trees, but this impor-
tant operation cannot be carried out
when the trees are surrounded With
grass. Aeration, so necessary in the
production of large-sized fruits, be-
comes impossible, and the fine surface
filth that is so needful under good cul-
ture cannot be produced unless the
land is open and uncropped by grass
or any crops growing right up to the
stems of the trees.-London Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05
A Comfortable Possibility,

Never hesitating to slur the plain
farmer, some of the big city dailies
are cartooning the proposition adj
vanced in a western state to estab-
fish steam laundries and bakeries in
well-populated neighborhoods. Wheth-
er feasible or not, the inspiration is
a good one. The Woodworking farm
er's wife has never been able to
share very much in the labor-saving
machinery and implements employed
on the farm, and her position has
been one of hand to hand contact
with the pressing work which must
be accomplished 365 days in the year
Not impossibly these enterprises
could be successfully run by farmers
on the cooperative plan, affording
needed relief to the overworked help
mate who does so much toward the
permanent success of the farmers
business ard toward his comtcrt.--
Farm and Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05
LAWN GARDEN ROLLER.

one part Portland cement and three
parts sand, put in enough water to
make it thin enough to pour, being
careful to keep can round. After dry
ing out well center ends and bore
holes size of rod or broomstick and
mount in a frame as shown in the IL
lustra ton, made of one-inch boards
four inches wide, braced well. The d.
ameter of the box regulates the
weight of roller. If not heavy enough
weights can be put on the frame in a
shallow box. All this costs but little.
The one l made cost not to exceed so
cents.-J. o. Peeks, in Agricultural
Epitomist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05
Soil for a Peach Orchard.

J. H. Hale says: The soil for peach
orchard is a warm, loamy soil, yet any
soil except a strong clay will give good
results. l used to apply commercial
fertilizers freely, but have learned
that they are not necessary in many
instances, providing sufficient culture
is given to the orchard. am reclaim
ing abandoned farms; clearing up
tracts of land covered with brush and
other rubbish, and am planting them
to peach orchards, clearing up the
rocks, ETC., at considerable expense.
1t will pay to use subsoil pillow be-
fore planting peach trees except
where lands have sandy or gravelly
subsoil. Do not plant the trees until
your land is well subdued.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05
The Cows in Fly Time.

Here is something that should be
preserved by every reader that owns
cows, especially, and good for other
cattle also in fly time. The Country
Gentleman gives it from it's veter-
mary editor, who says it is cheap,
reliable remedy used on his cows for
years, and found to be lasting in re-
suits, easily used and such a comfort
to the animals that they could stand
and be MIXED in the field, if neces-
sary. Pine tar, one pound; lard, six
pounds. Melt the lard and stir in the
pine tar. Keep an old sponge in the
pail, and smear little on the back
of the cows head, along the spine
and on brisket twice q week, or when
necessary.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05
The Largest Peach Tree,

The largest peach tree in the
United States, if not in the world.
stands in an orchard in Kent county,
Maryland. 1t is about the size of an
ordinary kerosene barrel, measuring
rs inches around at the base, or nearly
&c inches through. One foot from the
ground it is So inches around, and at
two feet it is Sc inches. The crotch is
Sc inches, while the four primary limbs
arc from 25 to 80 inches in circumfer-
ences. There is also one secondary
limb as large as ten-year-old tree
This mammoth specimen is 2S years
cd, and has never missed a crop. IL
frequently overbears, and then the
wood breaks badly, for it is very brit
tie. The big tree is one of the sur
vivors of a large orchard planted at
the same time, some trees of which
measure four or FIVE feet in circum-
ference.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05
KOCH ON TUBERCULOSIS.
Recent Statements of the German
Pathological Should BE Taken
with "a Grain of Salt,

London dispatches state that Prof
Koch, the German pathologist, who
is attending the British congress
called to consider means for the pre-
vention of consumption, in the course
of an interview with a newspaper re-
porter authorized the statement that
he has demonstrated that the meat
and milk of cattle infected with tu-
berculosis may be consumed with i'm
punity. To the newspaper corre-
spondent he is reported to have said:
You may say substantially that /
have reached the conclusion that
mankind's fear of contact with tu-
berculosis-infected flesh and fluid is
unnecessary and unfounded. | ar
rived at the discovery through what
1 consider practically indisputable
tests. These experiments lead me to
believe that human tuberculosis and
bovine tuberculosis are two entirely
distinct species. I have found the
human tuberculon incapable of inocu-
lation into the animal system. Pro-
ceeding from that premise, am pre-
pared to show that humanity's far
reaching precautions against infected
cattle may once for all be aban-
doned."
The results which DR.. Koch is cred
tied with securing are not in accord
with those which have been the prod
uct of similar tests made by many
pathologists of this country and Eu-
rope, and before accepting these
statements at their face value we
shall await further particulars
Farmers Review.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05
Those Lucky boston Girls.

heat"
But she's from Boston, you know"
eyes, / fancied so. She scowled horribly
when | split an inGnitive yesterday. But
why does that save her from worrying over
the heat?"
She never knows how hot it really is"
Explain"
''Why, when she takes the thermometer
from the hook her hands are so cold that
the mercury gets a chill and falls down in a
comatose condition, and by the time she
can bring her nearsighted spectacles to
bear on the tube the freezing point is in
sight. 'Fifty-three,' she said yesterday as
she stared at the thermometer. Isn't it
singular how the Imagination will affect the
human mind? Now dont-call that hot.
And it was actually 81 degrees in the
shade!"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05
Same Kind of e Cat.

Dorothy, the only daughter of prom
lnent western minister, possesses a will
that, II 1t increases with her years, will be
most formidable thing to encounter by
and by. As it is her father and mother
are constantly being shocked by her I'M
godly ways and general lncorrigibility.
Not long ago she was playing with ner kit
ten, which objected in frantic jumps to be-
ing dressed in dolls golf cape: and in
her sudden desperation and evaporation
her mother was Mortified to hear her ex-
claim:
You d little cat!"
Ot course a vigorous chastisement fol-
lowed and the usual penitent tears were
shed and promises made, but alas, for baby
resolutions! The next day the kitten
again proved intractable, and childish i'm
patience was about to express itself when
she caught sight of her mothers warning
eye and upliftcd finger Then with an air
OF resignation she said:
That's all right, mamma, but she's the
same kind of a cat that she was yesterday"
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05

The regular contributor to the "Poets'
Corner in the Berrytown News was sum
moned before the new editor
81 shall be obliged to request you to dis
continue your contributions, unless the;e
is a marked improvement in your rhymes, -
said the editor
What" cried the poet, Indignantly
"When | am willing to publish for the love
of my art without financial recompenseE"
"That makes no difference-or very lit
tie" said the editor, firmly. Il have borne
with you while you rhymed love with
move and sour with pour and come
with home But when in your last poem,
entitled: The Death of August, you tried
to inAict peaches and she aches on a
ng-sutfering public, l felt it was my time
to speak and say that unless you buy a
rhyming dictionary, can publish no more
poems from your pen. '-Youth Com
panion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05
Did Not Get what He wanted,

The late Rev. r. s. Storrs was a very
hard man to interview, for he resented the
inquisitiven"ss Of the press and was lev
to its, agents. One evening a reporter at
tended a reception at his house. and in the
course of the evening touched his arm and
whispered: Doctor, I'm from the -;
want the, names Of guests and all the rar
uculaTs. Yes" Or. Storrs whispered in
return, "this way, this way." and. tatinp
the young man s arm, he escorted him to the
front door and put him out.-Chicago
Chronicle
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05
A CHECK ON BULLS.
improvement on an American Device
Suggested by South Australian
Experimenters

The Australian Leader suggests
this improvement on a device to pre-
vent bulls from breaking fences
which was published years ago in the
Country Gentleman--devised by the
South Australian department of agri-
culture. 1t is described as follows:
"A block of wood is screwed on to
each horn, and a wire stretched from
block to block and also to the nose
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05
GARDEN CONVENIENCES.
Gate and Seat Which Contribute Ma
terially to the Comfort of the
Farmer and His Wife.

Set couple of posts eight feet high
in the fence near the garden gate and
the kitchen door. About Is inches
from the ground make a mortise in
each post and put in a Pinch plank
for seat. About eight inches from
the top nail board across from post
to post and put in a few boards over
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05
SumIt,arY Refriburion-

"Behead the brass band!" shouted the
Chinese emperor.
The court fayorite looked questioningly
1t the empress dowager.
Certainly, said she; "If it will amuse
him. behead the entire band
But what reason shall l give?"
Simply call attention to its lack of
1elicacy. As we were entering the Forbid
len City it played: The Old Home Amt
What 1t Used to Be "-Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05
CHEAP GARDEN ROLLER.
Can BE Made at n Trihing Cost and II
as Useful as More Expensive
Article.

Procure ten-gallon oil or carbide
can, cut out the top and bottom
smoothly. Next make square box of
inch boards. This box makes center
of roller. Stay this in can by means
of long nails. Set the can and box on
wide board and fill the space with
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot Ease.
a powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or New
Shoes Feel Easy, Cures Corns, Itching,
Swollen, Hot, Gallons, Smarting, Sore and
Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe
dress, Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy. n. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05

GARDEN GATE AND SEAT.

the whole for a roof. This will be a
good place to hang your hoe rake, etc,
where they are handy to get when
garden work is taken up for a few
minutes. Then if small cupboard is
rugged on one of the posts or drawer
under the seat, garden seeds might
be brought out there in the spring
time, and the packages would then be
as handy as the tools.-J. r. Patter-
son, in Orange Judd Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05

An Alibi-"Has my Willie been in swim
ming here today" asked Wllie's angry
father. "No, sir y replied the biggest boy
in the water. "Are you sure?' Sure.
Why, it was as much as he. could do to keep
from drownin', but we gotslim out all right.
He's restin' over there in the bushes now"
Philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05

Vigorous, But Futile-Wealthy Patient
"What is your bill for amputating my leg"
Eminent Surgeon-"rhree hundred dollars
sir Wealthy Patient filling out check
That's a brave effort, doctor, but it will
never restore the leg to its normal length.
Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05

+ Quizzer-Isn't it remarkable the inter
est foreigners take in American affairs
from the very minute they land?
Guyer-Yes, and especially in the money
Question.-Kansas City Independent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05

A pessimist is one who declares wher
a drought is finally broken that the rair
will help the weeds more than anything else
-Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05

| do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton has an equal for coughs and colds
John +. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb.
10. 1900.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05

Ridicule of the things we envy is kint
of autojolly that is not always worth all i
costs us.-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05

Culture without conscience gives man
ners without morals.-Ram' Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05

A single word to the point is better than
a speech.-Chcago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05
Cure ard Prevent Pneumonia

Unfortunately, we usually answer a foo
according to his own folly-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05

We don't think it wise to cultivate
sweet potatoes or to disturb the vines
when the latter have covered the
ground. Pull out the weeds, but moth
ing more.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05

There is no rest Tor the idler.-Ram's
Horn
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05

With Hoxsie's Group Cure. Infallible. scot
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-06
THE SLEEPER AWAKENED.
Bat the Disturber Of His Repose
Made Hasty Retreat
(From the Cleveland Plain DeaIe-1


There Is a West Side boy who is quite
daft on the subject OF photography He
Ism satisfied with the mere taking OF
plctureS-anEbOdy can train a camera on
a scene or a sitter-but he aims at secur-
ing novel effects. something out Of the
common run Of subjects At times this
Inclination leads him into unpleasant pre-
dlcaTnents-though there is nobody ike
your devoted camera fend for wrfezIine,
out OF trouble; and sometimes il is IN
Pheasant for the other fellow
one evening not long ago he planned q
surprise for his brother Incidentally ne
meant TO secure his portrait under cir
cuInstan ces that perhaps have never been
exactly duplicated.
Usually he retires at a ressona f,fy- .ea,.!rr
hodf. put this evening he was in no hur-
~ he waited until his brother was IN
Ded ana presume bly, asleep. and then he
stole up to their room with his r-.-,7e.T-9
ana load Of daSh-ffght powder
He listened for moment TO his broth
y : deep and regular breathing and then
pared for action
When all vas in readiness he suddenly
let out a wild war whoo2 and as MS
started brother arose in terror he to.,f.1
"a on the fash-light and snapped the
Il may be imagined that the victim
Wneu he had QUieted down his trembling
nerves, was determined TO hammer no
photographer good and plenty but. as
usual. the scamp escaped
DE calls his picture The Sleeper wax
eHed. and thinks IL is one OF the hest
JnIGgS IN his collection.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-06
The Chacma Baboon.
CFrom The Lon3on Spectator.)


Two officers escaping from Pretoria
were about TO cross a river when they
saw on the opposite bank troop of these
balloons coming down to drink. They were
so sensible of the danger Of irritating
these beasts. or OF making the troop utter
their barks and yeIps of alarm. that they
remained for two hours up to their neCks
IN water until the troop retired. Some
surprise WAS expressed that the officers
should pay regard to "a troop Of mon
keys. Anyone who shares this feel
ing may see at the Zoo, probably for the
first time in fifteen years. a fulI-grown
Chacma. 4 soldier writing home from
the front described a locust as some
thing between a bird and a fly" This
babOOn is something between 81 monkey
and q boar" Its head. shoulders. tusks.
and muscles show immense strength and
its size is greater than the measure
mentS given in 4 recent work on South
African mammals 1t is three feet six
inches long from the nose 10 the end of
the body, and when IL stands upright its
head is four feet four inches from the
ground The balloons have maintained
their place In South Africa against all
enemies. including man. and are likely
to do 50 for some years to come.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-06
GROW CARELESS OF DANGER.
Constant Handling of Explosive
Renders Wen Reckless.
F-rom tle - OrIeans Tfsles-Democr.

OFTom the NeW Orleans TI3les-Democrat.)
After a miner has handled dynamite
for eight or ten years without q serious
IniShap II is good idea 10 put him TO do
ing something else about the works. said
a gentleman of this city who has had u
great deal Of experience with high expiO-
sives- The chances are 100 TO I that his
long immunity from accident has given
him such d contempt for danger that he
Is an unconscious menace TO every body
on the premises He wiz DO things that
not only imperil his own life. but the
lives Of all his comrades To give you an
illustration. I once had an old Cornish
man at work at a mine in which l was in
terestSd and had entrusted him with 2
general supervision of all the blasting He
had been handling dynamite for twelve
years OF more and was justly regarded as
an expert. During that entire period he
had never had an accident worth speak
ing Of, and by degrees the care and Vigi-
lance that were responsible for his excel
lent record had worn away until he was
beginning to entertain the delusloH, com
mon to old hands, that the danger Of the
stuff was very much exaggerated
one day was passing through A cut
where some blasting had been going on
and noticed the old Cornishman hammer
ing drill into what seemed 70 be Il
boring In the rock. ] asked him what he
was doing and he told me coolly there
was Il cartridge in the hole that had failed
TO explode and he was Just knocking out
the tamping to reprtme it ! was horri-
fed. for at every blow he was liable to
explode the dynamite, and | ordered him
steTnly to stop and never % repeat such
q performance. The proper method would
Rave been to have drilled 8 new hole near
by and exploded the first charge with a
second blast He Obeyed SuiIenIy- grumb-
ling TO himself and less than a month af-
tcrward WAS blown up while dOinE exact
y the same thing. He lost his left arm
at the shoulder. his left eye and part of
his LETT ear He also lost his contempt
for dynamite. and when he finally emery
ed from the hospital gave him back his
former job / never had a more scrupu-
lously careful employe than he was from
that time on. It seems a brutal thing to
say, but there is refining that does an
old dynamite hand as much good as to
get blown up once or twice
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-06
aIountnIns az Snnn-

tfIo3l tlie London Daily Telegraph }
Many person who talks lightly about
SHuI and Sduf-saking as elements of a
MINOR vice. trivial and insignificant would
be astonished if made aware OF the d.
mansions TO which the trade has before
now attained. and Of the traordinary Ia
DOT and patience bestowed upon the prep
aration Of the article Do the dream Ia
france that tobacco leaves az piled to
gether in stacks of over 100 ton. to make
into snuT; that these are Ief. 10 ferment
Tor six or eight months At a time being
tended more carefully than melon beds or
vineyards; that il occupies nineteen or
twenty months to bring the leaf and stat
into mt state 10 be converted into rappee
and that over and over again salts and
aTomaucs, drugs and perfumes. must be
introduced into the mass? II VIII NOT be
toe much TO declare that mountains of il
are shifted up somewhere or other. for the
record OF the sales are still kept in hun
dredS of tons.