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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

and meetings which not properly speaking crowds Almost
every AN ASSEMBLY is LESS INTELLIGENT THAN
IT'S MEMBERS council of less than the generals
than the Jurors So the individuals gathering
ing their aggregate intellectual level becomes lower
Crowds subject to collective Authorizations and all those
mental disturbances known mana
pac for concentration They dominated by sensess PRIDE
sort of hyprropy of the collective well of the individual
ego
FOUNDATION, AN INSIGNIFICANT NOISE, MAY TRANSFORM
PEACEFUL CROWD A sRUTEs
THROUGH CROWDS BECOME TERRoRsTIc POSSESSED
OF A PERFECT FURoR AND A MANIA FOR DESTRUCTION
1t that dangerous disposition of crowds which has induced oc
olog make study of them Each of the individuals of
which crowd composed leans toward magny than toward
indulgence Feelings of hatred easily knded than those
of love- If truhfuy be said that in the refined
and civilized individual there SLUMBERS "REMINISCENCES
OF PRIMITIVE FEROCITY it also crowd forms
the favorable condition for the reawaenng those
brutal instincts In such original
barbaros condition with all the erocious instincts of his
of atav engendered by
pathetic force of COLLECTIVELY
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31
Last Fight of
Outlaw SalaverAS

The legislature of Arizona has just
provided for a body of rangers to pa
troll the extreme southern part of the
territory to run down desperate charac-
tiers. Burt Mossman, a well known
ranch superintendent, has been made
captain of the rangers.
Burt is the man who years ago ran
down the Mexican bandit Salaveras,
who shot the superintendent of the
Calico Silver mine when he was on his
way with the coin to pay off the men.
Burt happened to be up in another part
Of the territory at that time and was
in Daggett when the story of the muir
der came into camp. Salaveras was
Mexican miner and had been working
in the Calico. At just about tie time
when the superintendent was about
half way to the camp Salavesas start
ed to meet him. After shooting the su-.
perintendent the Mexican took his
horse and money and started off across
the desert to Utah. The horse gave
out near the big dead lake of Paradise
valley, and Salaveras had nothing to
do but run to the coyote holes. He
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

knew that by this time the men whose
pay he had captured would be on his
trail to avenge the superintendent
death.
Down into the mud the Mexican
plunged, taking care to put the money
bag beneath him as he burrowed his
way into a coyote hole. On the side
from which his pursuers must approach
there was a large bunch of Spanish
bayonet grass, which completely hid
the MeXican's head-all that remained
If him above the surface. 1t was hours
before the pursuing party reached the
coyote holes. With Mossman were a
couple of Indian guides and their dogs,
whose services the ranchman had Sc
cured to track down the culprit. One
of these brutes was soon smiling
around the bayonet bush, and Sala-
yeras, seeing the game was up, got out
of the hole and faced the posse with
his siXshooter. Inside of two minutes
he was filled with bullet holes, the
money was dug out, and he was left for
the crows to feed on.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31


menced to complain of "queer noises
and strange movements" beginning al
ways about midnight and continuing
until about . a. m.
The Misses Decker said that the bed
in their room was lifted from the floor,
bearing them with it, and that their
furniture ratified furiously about the
room. David Decker was a practical
and conservative man. Superstition
was unknown to him.
To satisfy the girls that they We're
merely suffering from a bad case of
nerves" the father invited Captain
George Wood and five other neighbors
to spend the night with him in the
haunted chamber.
The next morning this committee of
hitherto skeptical researchers calmly
reported that they had witnessed
enough to substantiate the theories of
the frightened girls.
While the seven men were seated
upon the iron bedstead of the chamber
it repeatedly raised about five inches
from the floor and at intervals contin-
ued suspended in the air. The Decker
family Immediately left the house,
which remained vacant some years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

beseeching him to call on the mission
aries to assist her out of purgatory."
The padre says that, despite the fears
which were aroused by this strange
request, he determined to go and took
for his companions Mariana Mellado
and two sacristans. On reaching the
house, which was gloomy place, he
was conducted to cheerless room,
where he seated himself and imme-
diately became aware of a floating
vaporous figure, while at the same
time he heard "creaking of bones"
The wretched young woman made her
confession and on being absolved, dis
appeared suddenly.
The padre states that the awful ex-
perience brought on a severe illness,
but that since his recovery he has de-
termined to make the fact known that
others may not be exposed to the same
long durance in purgatory for want of
dissolution.
The news Of this occurrence has
spread like wildire, and the mission
aries have been the recipients of hand
some contributions since it took place.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31
Weird
Tales Of
Specters
Records of
Psychica1
Society
Tell of
New York
Ghosts

The records of the Psychical Re
search society do not prove that there
are ghosts, but they do show that there
have been many weird and mysterious
happenings which have never been sci
entifically explained.
The society's records furnish num-
Der of interesting ghost stories from
Greater New York. The first specter
reported was popularity known as Shep-
pard's ghost.
Joseph B. Sheppard was a night
Waterman who patrolled Third avenue
between Thirty-ffth and Fortieth
streets. In March, 1873 he aroused a
sleeping man at Thirty-ninth street
and First avenue. Soon afterward
a heavy body was heard to fall
with sickening splash into the East
river.
Sheppard was missing from that very
moment, and investigation led to the
belief that he had met with foul play
at the hands of the wayfarer whose
slumbers he had interrupted. His body
was soon recovered and buried from
his sons house.
Shortly after the funeral the east side
became a-flutter with excitement. On
the waters edge near Tbirty-nin
street hundreds watched a mysterious
floating fame. This supposed spirit fire
danced aimlessly about and glided Just
over that part of the rivers surface
where Sheppard's body was seen TO
sink. When pursued, this spectral flame
vanished like breath in the wind.
Later strange figure was seen to
haunt the Thirty-ninth street wharf.
Many identified it as the ghost of Shep-
pard. The phantom, it was said, would
gesticulate toward those with whom
that i'll fated man had happened to be
acquainted in life, but ignored the
many who had been unknown to him.
1t always appeared to be arrayed in the
clothing and SLOUGH hat worn by him
on his nightly rounds.
1hcSO flSlldJlOuS are Sdlu 10 nave
continued throughout the spring of
1878, and so vivid was the resemblance
of the weird shade to Sheppard that
many who viewed it grew to believe
that it was really the old Waterman
still alive, masquerading in the dark
ness, and that his family had been
mistaken in its Identification of his
corpse.
"The haunted house of GraniteviIle"
was the next psychic phenomenon to
set New York agOg. This edifice stands
on the left side of the road leading
from Graniteville Corners, Staten Is
land, just above the grounds of Isaac
Van Name. 1t is an ancient three
story mansion, standing alone.
In 1879 it was occupied by David
Decker and family. The Misses Deck
er, daughters Of the household, occu-
pied the second story rear room, just
over the kitchen. The Deckers had
been in the house but a short time
when the women Of the family COM
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

n a IN e d Padre
Pimentel, who
is staying there,
stated in a SER
mon he preach
ed that he was
V | S i t e d by a
youth II a N e d
D a II ell Diaz,
who begged him
to go to his
house and con-
fess his sister,
who had been
dead five years
"and who had
appeared to him
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

"Whew" exclaimed the first pigeon.
wasn't that sparrow mad when
swiped that grain of corn from him?'
81 should say so,' replied the other.
Talk about your small hot birdsv y
Philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

One of the very prettiest of lawn
trees is the common haw, or thorn
bush. 1t may be pruned as closely as
red cedar into almost any shape and
in no manner injure the grass which
grows beneath it. These trees may
sometimes be found in an old pasture
where they have been browsed by the
stock into an ideal shape for a lawn
tree.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31
Genius? We Haven't
Time For That
BY J. G. SCHURMAN,
President Of Cornell University

a republic like ours, governed by
public opinion, high average of
popular intelligence is the first de-
sideratum. The success of repub-
lican institutions depends upon the
education of the people, and the
people have been educated.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

Whatever method you may adopt in
the handling Of the shocked corn, do
not leave it out in the field until the
snow is piled up two feet in depth
around the shock, for if you do you
will wish that you had never cut up
hill. Nothing wears on mans piety
more than to have to handle shocked
corn when the butts are frozen into the
mud and snow.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

Through the west there has been four
times as much corn cut up, bound and
shocked as ever before. This forage
will release an immense amount of
hay and thus become indirectly a sub
stantial source of revenue to thousands
of farmers
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31
Strange Story
From Mexico

A most remarkable and curious tale
has recently come from Mexico. 1t is
almost unbelievable, yet is vouched
for by such credible witnesses as to
deserve the careful consideration of
those persons who do not believe in
ghosts. The story comes from the
state of Pueblo. A missionary priest
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

The calf intended for beef animal
should be kept continuously fat from
the time of his birth until he is ready
for the slaughter house. The heifer
calf intended for milk COW should be
kept just thrifty, but never fat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

A pretty good rule as to milk and
cream furnished the creamery is this:
If for any reason it is so off in quality
that you would not use it yourself,
don't send it, just applying the do as
you would be done by test.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

If the Grout bill for the suppression
of oleomargarine stood as good a show
in the next congress as bill for the
suppression of anarchy, the dairy cows
Of the country would forthwith hold a
jubilee meeting
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

The August exports of wheat from
this country were 26,694,S32 bushels, or
more than double those of August a
year ago. America is the Egypt to
which all the heather and Philistines
of other countries are looking for bread
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

When the conditions are all favora-
BILE, the milk of a fresh cow may be
considered disable at the fifth milking.
When men seek to work any of the
other four milkings on to the creamery
they do a dirty trick.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

One of the most extensive feeders of
beef cattle told US recently that he al
ways made the most money in feeding
either when corn was 20 cents or so
cents, his best returns being from the
80 cent corn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

The tea roses did not like the ex-
IRENE dry heat of midsummer, even
though they never lacked for water,
but they did respond to the moderated
and moister heat of September with an
abundance of beautiful bloom.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

A September frost which spared the
dahlias, nasturtiums and cannas was
still severe enough to kill every leaf on
the coleus, showing it to be one of the
most tender Of our summer growing
plants.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

We know of several men who will
harvest thirty-fve or forty bushels Of
good corn to the acre who should, if
they don't, feel real miching over the
way they howled over the loss of their
corn crop last July. 1t always pays to
trust Providence just a little bit when
a fellow has done his level best.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

If you put out that celery bed as sug-
gested last spring, you can now tone up
your nerves at small cost
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

A feature of the dairy interest in Nor
way consists in placing a dish of pOr-
ridge on the threshold of the COW barn
en- Christmas morning. While this
smacks of superstition, it is still better
than swiping old bossy with the fork
handle on days which are not rated as
holidays.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

Everything points to still higherprices
for beef. The more money the Ameri-
beef he wants. We do not believe any
thing but a run of hard times will ever
bring up beef production to equal the
demand
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

One reason why the south does not at
tempt to raise its own corn is the great
difficulty in keeping the corn when
raised. The moist, warm fail and win
ter weather prevents the perfect ripen-
ing of the corn, while even northern
grown ear corn placed in crib in Lou
isiana will mold and spoil.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

The harvest is past and the summer
ended, and every weed which grew in
the highway around the farm went to
seed. So general has this thing been
that we are ready to favor a change in
the law which will compel a man to
fence his crops and leave the highways
as commons pasture for the stock.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

We once watched a man cultivating
a little patch of corn upon the side of
a West Virginia mountain. The slope
was so steep that he had to do all the
work by hand with hoe. This was
raising corn crop under difficulties,
for, aside from the hard labor the
coons, crows and gophers were each
waiting for chance at the crop as
soon as it was big enough for them to
eat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

The average cost of the hogs bought
by packers in the stock markets these
days is not far from SIS each.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

A good many of the Illinois men who
sold out at 500 per acre, expecting to
buy just as good farms in Iowa and
southern Minnesota at $50 an acre,
were not quite quick enough and found
cut that the last named farms have
jumped in price to $40 and $50 per
acre
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

Many a man who has not enough
faith to accept the simplest of religious
any of the fancy brands of sausage
meat turned out by the packing houses.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

Possibly 20 cent corn and hog cholera
Ordinarily if hogs do die when corn is
so cents it is no great loss, provided
they die young enough.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

One COW with diseased hoof, which
affected the quality of her milk, was
responsible for a loss of 8 cents a
pound on the entire make of Wiscon-
sin cheese factory for over thirty days,
or until the source of the trouble was
located.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

Ducks may be raised without a pool
or creek for them to swim in, but we
would not want to try the job.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

We rode over section of country
lately where the cocklebur held undis-
puted possession of nearly all the till
able land on the farms. 1t was the
very worst weed show that we ever
saw. The landowners in that section
have serious problem to contend with,
and it will require united effort to sub
due the pest
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

The peach growing belt i'll the west
was moved easily a hundred miles
north the past season in all the west
ern states and large crops raised where
it had been thought impossible to grow
this fruit. Perhaps the peach belt will
follow the corn belt in its extension
north.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

The grade of piety in country COM
munity may be pretty accurately sized
up by the style of the hOrsesheds at the
country church.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31
THE MIND
sx OF A MOB
RENE DOURfIC,
Professor AFT SfauiSfaS C0lleSe paris
RENE DOUMIC,
Professor at Stanisias College. Paris

HE Intellectual level of crowd is always lower than
the average levels of the component, individuals.
No crowd can ever rise to high intellectual level,
but it may sink to the lowest depths of brutality.
What is true of crowds is also true of gatherings
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

The highest priced rose on the mar
ket this winter will be the Early Rose
potato.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

We note with pleasure the work that
is being done by many of the great
railway corporations in the matter of
improving the looks of their rights of
way and their depot grounds. In fact,
the roads are setting the farmers
splendid example in the matter of keep
ing down the weeds, while the small
parks at the depots are becoming OBJ
ject lessons in landscape gardening
and decorative effect for all.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

The question of potatoes for seed will
be a serious one next spring
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

Instead of serving potatoes with a
meat order the dining cars and many
Of the restaurants are now serving
them as side dishes and charging an
extra 10 cents for them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

1t seems like carrying Goals 10 New
castle to import potatoes from Europe
to this country, yet this will be done on
an extensive scale before another po-
tato crop IS raised.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

1t looks as though the limits of
profitable sheep production in this
country had been about reached unless
our folks will eat more mutton and
less beef and pork.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

A good August rain in New Mexico
advanced the price of cattle from $40,
SIT and $50 for one, two and three
year old animals to SIS, $40 and $23.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

None of our forage plants comes up
with a fall growth quite equal to the
sweet clover, but some way stock does
not take kindly to it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

We note that the old trouble in the
matter of tying the shocked corn is
just as common as ever this fall. The
shocks are tied too low down, leaving
the head spreading and fuzzy to catch
the rain and spoil the corn and fodder
also. The well put up shock should be
a cone when settled. Nearly half of
the fodder was spoiled last year as
result of this careless and improper
method of tying the top of the shock.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

A reader anxiously inquiries whether
it is any worse for farmer to go off
on a Sunday excursion than it is for
him to say at home and stone his
neighbours chickens. Passing the ques-
ton of the Sunday excursion, we will
simply say that it is strictly pious
duty to stone the chickens If they are
scratching up your garden This
chicken business is enough to make
the most sanity old deacon fall from
grace.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

M iiaz2salszszEsx-l
Hx&E6YVXT1
The question of potatoes for seed will
be a serious one next spring.
The highest priced rose on the mar
ket this winter will be the Early Rose
potato.
If you put out that celery bed as sug-
gested last spring, you can now tone up
your nerves at small cost
The average cost of the hogs bought
by packers in the stock markets these
days is not far from $1S each.
Ducks may be raised without a pool
or creek for them to swim in, but we
would not want to try the job.
L llC BlhbC VI pitNg III a NOuhlLg Opib-
munity may be pretty accurately sized
up by the style of the hOrsesheds at the
country church.
None of our forage plants comes up
with a fall growth quite equal to the
sweet clover, but some way stock does
not take kindly to it.
Lard is quoted at wholesale at 1912
cents per pound, fact which is likely
to weaken the argument against cleo
and cottonseed oil substitutes for it.
The Lord made four things which
man cannot improve upon-a Polled
Angus steer, a blue grass pasture, a
strawberry and a Jersey COW.
One dollar and a quarter per bushel
is just four times too big a price to
pay for potatoes when one has refer
ence to them as a nutritive ration.
A good August rain in New Mexico
advanced the price of cattle from $40,
SIT and $40 for one, two and three
year old animals to SIS, $40 and 500.
1t seems like carrying Goals 10 New
castle to import potatoes from Europe
to this country, yet this will be done on
an extensive scale before another po-
tato crop IS raised.
1t looks as though the limits of
profitable sheep production In this
country had been about reached unless
our folks will eat more mutton and
less beef and pork.
Instead of serving potatoes with a
meat order the dining cars and many
of the restaurants are now serving
them as side dishes and charging an
extra 10 cents for them.
Possibly 20 cent corn and hog cholera
have something to do with each other
Ordinarily if hogs do die when corn is
80 cents it is no great loss, provided
they die young enough.
Many a man who has not enough
faith to accept the simplest of religious
truths will devour with keen relish
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

One dollar and a quarter per bushel
is just four times too big price to
pay for potatoes when one has refer
ence to them as a nutritive ration.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

Lard is quoted at wholesale at 1912
cents per pound, fact which is likely
to weaken the argument against cleo
and cottonseed oil substitutes for it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

The Lord made four things which
man cannot improve upon-a Polled
Angus steer, a blue grass pasture, a
strawberry and Jersey COW.