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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07
GETTYSBURG HEROINE.
Monument to BE Erected in n
of Jennie Wade, VINO Gave
Her Life for Soldiers.

The Women's Relief Corps of Iowa
has decided to erect a monument in
Gettysburg, Pa, to honor the MEM
DRY OF Jennie Wade, the heroine of
the battle of Gettysburg. For the
past 81 years this little grave has
been unmarked, save for a small
stone. The monument will probably be
erected in the spring, and will be
dedicated July 3, 1891, the thirty
eighth anniversary of the battle.
Jennie Wade was, at the time of
the famous battle, only 20 years of
age, and many of her old friends who
are still living here recall her as a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07

Only one country in the world has
national bathing day, and that is
Mexico. The day is the 14th of June,
and in the "a hours so nominated
every one in the republic, from Pres
1dent Diaz down to the commonest
servant, is expected to take a good
wash. Unnumbered thousands allow
no water to touch their persons except
on this occasion. known as St. Johns
day.-Chicago Chronicle,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07

That the British empire looks after
its children the world over is well
illustrated by the fact that the crown
agents for the colonies are inviting
tenders for the supply of four sail
ing ships, or three steamers, to carry
Indian emigrants from Calcutta to
FIJI. 1t is the annual trip of coolies
to the FIJI colony, there to work in
the plantations. The paternal Indian
government takes complete charge of
the affair. The coolies are recruited
up country, brought to Calcutta and
placed in charge of the officer of emf
grants for a fortnight or so, in or
der that weakhngs and those develop
ing disease may be weeded out Then
they are shipped to FIJI or Demerara
or other West Indian colonies in gov
eminent controlled ships and indent-
ed to the planters for five years. the
government fixing the rate of wages,
the hours of labor and the conditions
of life.-N. Y Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07
Serving a Cabbage Salad.

Cabbage salad as an accompaniment
to fish or oyster course is sometimes
served in lemon cups. The lemons are
cut in two, the contents removed and
the cabbage replaced. On the top of
each cup just before sending to the
table put little mayonnaise with
powdering of fnely-cut red and green
neDnerS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07
How to Serve Turkey Salad.

In making turkey salad from what
is left from dinner avoid serving it too
dry. Moisten with little broth water
or thinned-out salad dressing. Cut the
meat in uniform sizes. using an equal
quantity of celery cut into strips. Mix
and mask with mayonnaise.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07

The weather bureau station at
Eagle, Alaska, has now been in opera
ton for somewhat over a year. The
lowest temperature observed during
that period was 6s degrees below zero,
in January of 19OO.-Chicago Inter
Ocean
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07
How to Make Turkey Pie.

Turkey pie is made in similar way
to chicken pie. First boil the turkey
in the form of a stew then put into a
deep baking dish, cover with rich paste,
leave vent holes for the steam to es-
cape and bake. The stew must be hot
when put into the baking dish, SO that
it will cook evenly in the oven.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07
A Queer New Combination.

Three tablespoonful of freshly
made japan tea with pinch of nut
meg is the latest suggestion in the way
of additions to apple pie. The com
bination is said to produce an ''inde-
scribable flavor"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07

Husband Cat the opera)-Why didn't
you bring your opera-glasses?
Wife-I did, but can't use them.
Husband-What's wrong with them
WITHHOLDING; but | forgot to wear
my rlngs.-Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07
His Sage Mnx-

Arlington is it that lack
Swift is SO popular with the ladies?
Teller-Oh! lie haf, way of insin-
nating to every girY that when he is
with her he is always afraid he will
say more than he Intends to.-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07
VIII Make II Run

Hetty Green is trying to learn to
operate an automobile. If she fails.
says theaS'hicago FINES Herald, it will
be the st time she ever got up against
anythI that she co0ldn't run.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07
A Good Neal AIiLe

Trying to conduct large business
without capital is a good deal like
trying to sharpen lead pencil with
a pair of scissors.-Chicago Daily
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07
It's quite Common, Too.

''What is youthful enthusiasm, pa 2"
Thinking that you know more than
your father, my son" brooklyn Life.
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23
AS TO CRIMSON CLOVER.
1t Is of Value in Horticulture Be- cause 1t Gives a Large Amount
 of Humus and Nitrogen.

l want to speak a good word for this clover. For years it has been considered an experimental plant" in northern sections; for years farm CTS in Ohio and Michigan have taken but slight stock in it's virtues, and have been inclined to condemn rather than praise it's use in practical way. Now don't blame anyone for feeling this way; I was just as skeptical my self not long ago. Until recently crimson clover has certainly been a doubtful experiment. north of a cer- tain point; until recently the seed ob- tainable was largely of southern growth and, on that account, some what unreliable when sown at the north. And, too, it might be said with truth that until of late years the peculiar characteristics of this clover have not been thoroughly un- derstood by northern farmers and fruit growers. Too much was expect ed of it. It was not given a fair. chance; or it was sown at the wrong time, or sown on unsuita ble ground.
 First and primarily, crimson clover is 8 cover or manuria1 crop and not
 
 sometimes be fed to advantage in the green state, but owing to it's season of maturity, it is seldom practical to cure it for hay. The time to SOW it is in July or August, not in the fall. The place to SOW it is in stand ing corn, or in potatoes at the last cultivation, or on the turned-under strawberry bed, or in the orchard in fact anywhere where a cover crop is desirable or where the soil needs enriching with humus and nitrogen. The seed to SOW is the northern grown seed which is now .obtainabie in some places. It is acclimated, to certain extent, to our cold climate; it does well where the southern seed will fail; it may cost a little more and be little harder to get than the or dinary seed, but the extra trouble and expense will be we'll repaid.
 I speak now from actual expert ence, on my own farm in Van Buren county, Mich, from personal observa- tion on surrounding farms, and from the experience of brother farmers in neighboring states whose observa- tions have been set forth in the dog en or more farm papers which l read. Crimson clover is here to stay. It may fail occasionally; but so does ordinary clover. It won't grow on land too poor to raise red clover; but if you give it a fair chance it will give you large amount of humus and nitrogen to blow under in the early spring-W. E. Andrews, Brookdale Fruit Farm, in Ohio Farmer.
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23
VOLUNTEERS AND REGULARS.
There Were Many Changes Made Between Them.

sIn April or May, 1661,' said the ma jor, in the Chicago Inter Ocean, "I fel in with a young fellow named Ander, son of company A, Sixth Ohio, or the Guthrie Grays, as the regiment was called in Cincinnati. He left the com. pany early in May, and there was g rumor in camp to the effect that he had been given commission anc transferred to a regular regiment Thirty-eight years after that I mel him in Chicago as Gen. Thomas M. An derson, major general of volunteers and brigadier general in the regular army.
 About the same time, in 1861, fel into close companionship with young man named Guthrie in company c ot the First Kentucky regiment, whicE was organized in or near Cincinnati Thirty eight years later a gentleman of soldierly bearing, imping from s wound received in front of Santiago came into my office and stated briefly that he was Maj. Guthrie, of the Eff teenth regulars. Tn 1862 met young soldier in one of the Ohio regiments who answered to the name of Corbin
 
 Spain I met him as an adjutant gener- al of the United States army. Another Ohio boy named Chaffee, enlisted as private in the Sixth regular cavalry in 1861, when he was only 19 years old He is now major general commanding the American troops in China.
 Hundreds of volunteers at the time of the reorganization of the army in 1866 took service with the regulars The reorga nization bill of that day provided for five regiments of artillery ten of cavalry, and 45 of infantry. It was provided that the original vacan- cies in the grades of the first and sec. ond lieutenants should be filled by se- lection from among the officers and soldiers of volunteer cavalry, and two- thirds of the original vacancies in the higher grades from officers of volun- teer cavalry and one-third from the officers of the regular army. In the fantry regiments original vacancies in the grade of first and second lieuten- ants were to be filled from among the officers and soldiers of volunteers, and of the higher grades, one-half were to be filled from officers of volunteers and lut1 II O1Il 2OlIlCSISs sOl DIC reg dlttI dIIly
 ssIn this way several hundred volun- teer officers were carried into the regular service, and hundreds of them are still in the service. Ap- pointments of another kind were made. Tn the early years of the civil war noncommissioned officers -e1na ssen regssas! 2sr sery. ice were detached and given commis- sions in the volunteer service. These came in time to hold commissions in the regular service. In the reorganiza-I ton act of 1869 and 1870, when the 45 infantry regiments were reduced to s5. the government was embarrassed
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23
A succuIent suggestfon.

Here is an encounter Chaplain Say CTS. of the Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Republic grand e8campment, had with a hotel waitress and the son of the proprietor of the hotel where the incident occurred. sWill the chaplain have roast beef, roast pork, roast lamb or roast veal?' in guired Mary, with that faraway look in her eyes which all hotel waitresses have. .No, thank you, Mary" said the polite chaplain. Will the chap lain have cold beef, cold lamb, cold chicken or cold veal ?'' was Mary's next effort. ''None of those, Mary; you see, I'm a vegetarian" As Mary was passing out of the dining-room the six-year-old son of the boniface, who was terribly distressed by Mary's inability to please the chaplain, tugged at her elbow and whispered: Say, Mary, maybe he will suck an egg. After that the young man was kept in close confinement, so that he had no further opportunity to repeat what he heard his elders say.-Troy Times.
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23
GOSSIP OF BRIToNs.

London consumes II tons of salt a day.
 There are 72 places named Newton in England.
 Thirteen hundred Irishmen die vio- lent deaths for every 57o Irishwomen.
 The average depth of the Irish sea is 24o feet; of the English channel. no feet.
 The value of the houses in London is e7oo, 100000 against BOG, ,oo0, 900 in Paris.
 Only 7O,ooO British reside on the continent, while 100000 Europeans live in England.
 Homegrown eggs would last Great Britain 6A months; homegrown bread, ten weeks.
 The county of London has 35.o9s persons to the square mile, the coun- ty of Westmorland, s4
 Two hundred thousand and seven ty-fve acres of the area of Eng land and Wales are water, and 222,- TOO orchard.
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23
GRIM MESSAGE OF DEATH.
How the News of LincoIn's Assassin. alton Was. Received on
 Shipboard.

In the lobby of the Denison house two men were discussing the effect oi the assas sination of President Lincoln on the closing events of the civil war and the reconstruction of the south They finally united in the opinion that while his death did not materially af- feet the closing days of the war, the policy of the government would have been different during the reconstruc. tion period had Lincoln lived They agreed that the southern states would not have been required to submit to "carpet-baggers."
 This conversation recalled to mind an anecdote connected with the assas- sination of Lincoln that probably has never been published. Inasmuch as the stars and stripes were hauled down for the first time during the rebellion at Fort Sumter, in Charleston harbori it was decided to raise them first at the same place and with much pomp and ceremony, says the Indianapolis Press To that end many of the country's rep resentatives were invited to meet at Baltimore to be taken south on gov. ernment vessel to participate in the ceremony. Arriving at Charleston, the flag was to be run up to the top of the pole amid unbounded enthusiasm. This
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23
CONQUERED THE MULES.
An interesting Incident of Grant's Career as lieutenant in the
 Mexican War.

#F
 Maj. J. A. Watrous, U. s. A., tells, in Saturday Evening Post, several good stories of Gen. Grant when he was a lieutenant in the Mexican war. One is the mule story. He tried a detail of men and many ropes, but the mule got the better of the expert ment. Then this happened:
 Returning, he gave orders to take the next victim to the large rock. It was backed as close to the ob- struction as possible without actually touching it. Half dozen men were told to hold the brute by the head, ears, and neck, and on no account to let it advance. from the rock. Then a man was told to clap harness on quickly. As soon as the buckles be- gan to fasten the mule became rest less. Pretty soon it made a sudden lunge and succeeded in getting four feet away from the rock, and then the fun began. Its heels cracked against the rock savagely for short time It was new experience, and apparently painful one, for the bat tered hind feet were lifted again and again, but very gently, and only one at a time, while it's head shook and ears fopped. That mule was cured, and the problem was solved. The de- tail returned to camp late that even- ing having accomplished it's mission taken the kick out of drove of as unmanageable mules as ever hauled pork and hardtack."
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23

plants climbing up on the sides and over the roof. In an uncle's garden the summer house was placed against the wall on the north, or further, end of the lot, and choicest grape vines were trained along the walls on both sides, and others covered the summer house so completely that there was a real cozy retreat for any member of the family looking for a chance to rest, read or enjoy the luscious fruit of the vines. Many happy hours of my early boyhood have spent in these summer houses. Tn all of them we had a table in the center, with chairs or benches around it, and here we would play, or enjoy the fruits of the season, usually standing in big fruit dish in the middle of the table, or read a paper or book, or write letters, or take our coffee and lunch. Old country peo- pie, in short, take time for comfort and for the enjoyment of the good things of life. On this side of the big water, in our anxiety to acquire the means to live, we forget to live and to enjoy life. I know that the sum mer house has added much to my pleasures in early life and to my love for home and family; and I believe that it is worth while to make use of so inexpensive means of adding to our chi1dren's pleasures and comforts and to their appreciation of home. This was the chief object I had in view in making my plea for summer houses.-Farm and Preside.
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23
COMFORT IN GARDENS.
A Plea for summer Houses That
 Should Appeal to Every Parent Fond of His Children

was born and brought up in the city, but my folks had quite large garden just outside the city walls, and a little bit of a garden back of the dwelling house, and our neigh bors had gardens and yards of their own, too, and in every one of these gardens, large and small, there was at least one summer house, yine-clad and shrub-surrounded. These sum- mer houses were in most cases con- structed of latticework, in simple and cheap manner, with an open roof, the grapevines or other running
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23
IN THE QUEENS LIFETIME.

Ladies who attended drawing rooms kissed the queens hand only at their first presentation.
 One of her majesty's special treas ures was little white-marble bus of herself at the age of ten years.
 Her majesty had three crowns. The 1ightest weighs eight ounces, and has in it 2,673 white diamonds ard 523 -brilliants.
 On every occasion on which the queen visited the house of lords the state crown was borne before her majesty on cushion.
 It was on the day of the queens birth, May s4, 1919, that the first transatlantic steamer started from Savannah for Liverpool.
 Twenty-two dolls cushions, made by the queen when ten years old, are still in existence. So is her favorite toy book, called "Ellen; or the Naughty Girl Reclaimed" and pub ished in 1911.
 Queen Victoria received about $12o,- 100000 from the British nation in payment of her official salary. This would make about ITO tons of gold in English sovereigns or more than two tons of gold for each year of her reign.
 The queens entry in the duchess of Flies book of Hikes and Dislikes" runs thus: God has been so good to me, and given me so much to make me happy during life, that now, in my old age, I will not confess that I have any dislikes."
 The queen owned Il yachts during her reign-the Royal Charlotte" ]" Royal Sovereign William and Mary" Royal George" first 'sVic- toria and Albert,'' ssFairy," ssElfin,' , second Victoria and Albert" Al berta,' Osborne" third 'sVictoris and Albert"
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23

rose, cut T-shaped incision through the bark near the roots Gig. p, care fully raise the ends or bark of the in
 cision and insert the bud;, wrap firmly above and below the bud with a strip of cloth about one-fourth of an inch wide, commencing at the bottom and passing above the bud, returning again and tying just below, covering all above the bud. In about ten days after bud ding, if in spring or early summer, un- wrap it, and if the operation has been successful, which it is most sure to be if properly done, cut the old stalk off
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23

about two inches above the bud; and when it has made a new shoot tie it to this old stump to make it grow straight. Buds of different roses, crimson, white, red, etc., may be insert ed in single stalk, threby producing rose tree of many colors. It is not nec- essary to bud on the wild rose only, but if you have some other single rose you wish to improve, insert a bud or buds of some nice variety, and think you will be pleased with the result.
 I hope every Lady reader of this pa per will try this method of propagat- ing, for it is very simple and easily done, and you can have rose ready for bloom in the same length of time it would take a cutting to form roots. And by using early and late varieties on the same bush one can have a sue cession of bloom on the same plant, which is quite an item when one is crowded for room-Geneva March, ip Agricultural Epitomist.
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23

oy the abundance of commissioned of 6cers.
 The first order of consolidation left unemployed fully 500 officers. Tn 1870 congress authorized the president to discharge st his discretion, with one years pay, such officers as might apply tired officers The inducement of one years pay without service carried a Il those who had no great liking for the service into civil life and it left on the active list the officers whose health and equipment and taste fitted them for military service. With these facts in mind, it is easy to account for the presence of general and field officers in the regular army who are not grad uates of West Point"
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.

In the British army in South Al. rica 19,0Oo eases of typhoid fever have occurred, and 5000 were fatal.
 Tn our army BOA officers speak Spanish fuently, 224 are handy with their French and 136 are well up in German.
 The German army has a swimming school for troops, where everyone must learn to swim. The best swim mers are able to cross a stream of several hundred yards width, even when carrying their clothing, rife and ammunition.
 The German naval programme, which, according to the original an nouncement, was not to be completed until 1916, is now, it seems, to be fin ished by 1906. Tn that year Germany will have at least 40 ships, 20 large cruisers and ss small cruisers.
 It is not generally known that one British regiment has been in mourn ing for more than century. This is the old Forty-seventh, the Loyal North Lancashire regiment. The off cers wear black blended with the gold braid in memory of Gen. Wolfe, who w;is killed Af 9aebec.
 There are now 2o,ooo Of the Britt ish troops in India whose terms of service have. expired; some nearly two years. They are demanding their discharge, but the authorities hope to induce them to continue to serve until the close of the South African war by paying them a special bounty.
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23
THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

Forty-fve words a minute is the out. side speed for Atlantic cable transmits sion.
 Municipal ownership of electric plants is on the increase in Canada Woodstock and Kingston, Ont, are the latest to acquire the electric plants a municipal property.
 Prof. Robenan, the Berlin electrical expert, who is studying the applicabili- ty of electric traction to the Tran s-Si- berian railroad, states that within ten years one will be able to travel round the world in 22 days.
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23
PRESIDENTIAL LOVE AFFAIRS.

One married abroad.
 One married a divorced woman. Five presidents married widows. Cleveland was oldest married -at 49.
 Three presidents were twice mar ried.
 Four married clergymen's daugh- ters.
 Three became engaged while at school.
 Johnson was the youngest married at IS.
 Mrs. Cleveland was the only white house bride.
 Tyler's wife was a5 years younger than himself.
 Dolly Madison was the youngest presidential wife.
The weekly examiner., 1901-03-23
BENEFITS OF PRUNING.
1t Improves Quality and Consequent- Iy Adds Considerably to the Pro-
 ceeds from the Orchard.

In my experience as a. grower and dealer in apples for more than 50 years, I have found that the fruit that was grown and ripened in the sunlight was finer in flavor and worth in the market from 25 to SC cents per barrel more than if grown on trees of thick foliage that shaded the fruit.
 There is no fact more plainly visible to an observing man, as he goes about the country, than the shabby looking appearance of the orchards. Shoots are allowed to grow until they are so thick that in gathering the fruit it has to be picked from the outside of the trees, there being no good chance to place a, ladder inside. do not think I have ever seen more than a. dozen properly shaped and pruned orchards, if the trees, when planted, were grafted or budded. All varieties of apple trees do not make the same excess of wood, and neglect of pruning would not dam age all the varieties alike, or to the same extent.
 My experience in growing pears is the same as with apples. have in creased the value of pears in the mar ket 50 cents per bushel by thinning out trees that had not been pruned from the time they were first planted. Pears are so cheap in our markets here that it scarcely pays to market them, un less they are of good size and fine quail ty. Pear trees will not grow good fruit if the trees are neglected like the ap- ple trees.-Jonas H. Priest, in Country Gentleman.