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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
Spanish PoIiteness.

In a recent book of Spanish travel
Spanish Highways and Byways"-
the writer speaks apprecia lively of
the courtesy extended to her at a
time when the remembrances of the
war between her own country and
Spain were still recent and acute.
No insults were offered her, nor
even a rude word uttered against her.
On the contrary, she was the recipi-
ent of constant courtesies and kind
nesses, and sometimes a solicitude
for her comfort and welfare was dis
played which embarrassed her.
At San Lucar a pleasing incident
occurred. She entered a small shop
to make a necessary purchase. The
proprietor declined TO sell, deeming
his wares unsuited to her require
ments, and babe his son conduct her
to more fashionable store.
He had guided her thither, as well
as to more important points of inter-
est, and on her proffering a requitat
in money, he bowed with smiling
ease and said: Il do not take pay for
pleasure, madam"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
Feeding ca1ve. on skimm,,k.

Prof. d. H. Otis, of Kansas, in an
address delivered before the Missouri
State Dairymen's association. said: A
dairyman's herd of skim milk calves
is very good index as to the char
acter of the man. Experience of both
the experiment stations and up-to-
date dairy farmers shows that calves
fed warm sweet skim milk, in clean
buckets, with access to corn or Kaffir
corn meal, bright hay, fresh clean wa
ter, salt, plenty of sunlight, shelter
and bedding in cold weather, shade in
summer, regularity, thoughtfulness
and kindness in treatment, will usual
ly be thrifty and gain from one and
onehalf pounds to two pounds daily.
The dairyman who is unable to do this
is behind the times and usually behind
in his accounts. In other words, he
Is a scrub dairyman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
HEREDITARY ALCOHOLISM.
Careful, Scientific Study shows That
Ii Is Present in Over so Per
Cent. of All Inebriates.

A careful study of many cases by
various observers shows that hercdi-
ty is the most prominent cause and
is present in over so per cent. of
all inebriates. Another active factor,
more apparent and controlla BILE in
the problem of inebriety, is that of
marriage. At present the indiscrim-
mate marriages are largely infuen-
tial in intensifying and continuing
the alcoholic stream. Criminals, pau
pers, inebriates and others notori-
ously far down on the road to dis
solution are permitted to marry and
raise children freighted with a truly
frightful legacy of degeneration. It
is this defective heredity increased
and intensified by marriages with
equally bad stock that is the great
fountain spring from which inebriety
comes. Alcohol, of all other drugs,
seems to intensity and provoke dis
ease and the most favorable 1)ndi-
tions for the destruction of cell and
nerve force.
Heredity leaves a feebleness of
bhNoO NNlllCISY WIFI OlItH SlTOHp
predisposition for alcohol, which may
remain dormant, only to come into
great activity upon taking the first
glass of spirits. Injury and disease
may be followed by the arrangement
of these higher brain centers. and
the narcotic action of alcohol affords
grateful and seductive relief.
The study of alcoholic cases shows
that over two-thirds of all inebriates
have history of previous degenera-
ton both of the brain and nervous
system before spirits were first used.
The largest proportion OF these cases
come from alcoholic, insane, con-
sumptive and other neurotic an
cestors. The remainder have a
marked history of disease, injury,
brain strains, shocks and states of
profound exhaustion, from which
they have apparently recovered, al
though followed by the use of spirits.
Persons with such history show
great susceptibility to the action of
alcohol. The effects are grateful and
as pronounced as opium when it
quiets the painful nerve. The first
action of alcohol qu;ckening the
brain circulation, then slowing it,
numbing and paralyzing the sensory
centers, giving the impression of COM
fort and approach to health that the
victim is unable to correct. The use
of alcohol is quickly followed by a
train of degeneration that is always
concealed in the early stages and is
unrecognized by the victim and often
by his friends.
The disease IF inebriety is clearly
associated with criminality. In both
a progressive degeneration of the
higher moral centers of the brain
goes on with a steady decline of all
brain vigor and health. No other
drug is known to science which has
so prominent an influence over the
highest and last formed elements of
brain force and structure. No other
part of the brain is so quickly dam
aged and diseased by alcohol and
concealed by decisions OF the senses.
DIR. I. D. Crothers, in Union Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06

the legumes, and the buttertiy-shaped
blossoms, whose ovaries develop into
a seed pod. AS the flower withers the
stock or spike of the ovary rapidly
lengthens and pushes into the
ground, so that the pod is matured
beneath the surface. Peanuts are
widely grown throughout our south
ern states and are used extensively
in that section as a food for hogs.
The illustration, here reproduced,
from a bulletin of the United States
department of agriculture, shows the
different parts of this plant.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
THE ROAD TO FAILURE.
Farmers Who Don't Get Ont of the
Rut and Stick to Antiquated
Ideas Surely Are ON 1t.

The more a wagon runs in rut
the deeper the rut grows and the
more difficult it becomes for the driv-
err to get out of it. There are hun
dreds of farmers in ruts, so to speak,
| and each year seems to weaken their
power or thwart their desire to get
out. The farmer who for Is or 20
years has been growing corn and oats
alternately on what he mistakenly
thinks inexhaustible soil is in deep,
well-worn rut that slopes toward
hard times for that farmer. He
ought to get out and travel on
smooth surface. He ought to grow
more crops and live stock. He should
grow cowpeas and soy beans, rape
and sorghum, clover and vetch. What
will he do with them? Feed them
right on the farm.
Oats and corn have their place in
rotation of farm crops, but a great
many farms in the middle west would
be much improved if given rest
from these fertility teaches. Legumin-
GUS and forage crops must supplant
celedl cIOpS 10 Il large extent III the
corn belt. The land demands the
change. Good farming approves it.
Farmers must get out of the rut or
be mired. The latter will be their
lot if they continue the two-crop
system which they so long have been
practicing. To avoid 1t is quite as
easy as to encounter it.
Without suggesting a complete pro-
gramme, let us urge that you sow
some cowpeas and soy beans this
year. Double disk some of your oat
land as soon as the crop is harvest
ed, harrow it well and drill in the
peas or beans. At last cultivation of
corn sow about ten pounds of clover
seed per acre broadcast amongst the
stalks. Try ten acres this way. Sow
some rape. Try some vetch. Get
more live stock on your farm. Feed
them on those good things herein
mentioned. Keep some good COWS.
Raise poultry. Grow fruit. Have sew
eral hives of bees. Re real farmer
and get out of the ruts.-Farmers'
Voice
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
MAYOR WARS ON ALCOHOL.
Chief Magistrate OF Lyons, France,
Seeks to Curb Intempernnce
of His City.

DR.. Angagneur, who is mayor of
Lyons, France, as well as a professor
in a college. has issued a drastic or
der prohibiting the establishment of
all new public houses within $50
yards of cemetery, school, church
or other religious building. The rea-
sons for this order he gives in these
words:
when 1 was elected mayor Of
Lyons 1 was struck by the great
number of public houses in the town.
There are no fewer~than 5000, and
that means one for every so inhab-
itants or for every three houses, and
every day we receive applications to
be allowed to open more.
Il resolved to stop the growing
wave of alcoholism, and l sought
some means of preventing the crea-
ton of new public houses. l found
it in the law of 1880, which contains
an article stating in substance that
the mayor of a town, after consult
ing the municipal council, can refuse
to authorize the creation of public
houses within $50 yards of religious
edifices, schools and cemeteries.
eve have, as you know, recently
voted the suppression of the octroi
taxes and their replacement by an
increase in the cost of public house
licenses.
''In addition to preventing the in
crease of new public houses we have
found in the law of 1880 the means
of compensating to some extent the
present proprietors of cafes and wine
shops, for in prohibiting the opening
of new houses we render their prop
erty more valuable.
''In the decision which I have taken
the members of the council are unan-
imously with me. The measure has
nothing to do with politics, but is
issued entirely in the interest of the
public health. The population of
Lyons has no illusion on the subject
and is with us heart and soul"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06

Since 1 abandoned alcohol in surg.
cry l have not had bad, prolonged,
or fatal case of shock. In this very
condition, a few years ago, it was
considered the remedy par excellence.
Now, in death from shock following
surgical operation, where alcohol
has been literally administered, I
should consider it well to inquire
whether the alcohol had not been in
strumental in causing the death. 1
believe, as a rule, surgery will he
more successful, by large percent
age, without the employment of alco-
hol.-Dr. Charles d. Davis, Chicago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
Moderate Drinking.

The dictum of science, then, on the
subject of moderate drinking is by no
means ambiguous. Science cannot
support the plea that alcohol is a
harmless pleasant beverage. 1t can
not support the plea of the mod
crate drinker that alcohol is an aid
to health. But it does support the
position of the total abstainer with
an emphasis which it is culpable to
disregard. Science shows how the
abstainer can do more and better
work than the moderate drirker.
Science shows how the abstainer lives
longer and is healthier than the mod
crate drinker. Science, in short,
shows that the abstainer lives the
normal life while the moderate drink
err lives the observation-disclosures East
on, M. D.. in Health.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
Squash Unknown In Eurone.

Squashes are practically an I'M
known luxury in Great Britain. Like
the sweet potato, they are not grown
and their importation never has been
seriously attempted. The depart
ment of agriculture intends to make
number of trial shipments of next
seasons crop CT Boston, Marrow and
Hubbard squashes, as it is believed
the vegetable will be favorite. Sec
rotary Wilson hopes, he says, to see
eventually good export trade built
up both in England and on the con-
tinent for each Of these American
products.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
THE PEANUT PLANT.
Il Is a Member of the Legume Family
and First Cousin to the Bean
and the Pea.

The peanut differs so much in ap-
pearance from the bean and pea, and
is put to such different use that it is
seldom thought of as a legume. A
study of the growing plant imme-
diately shows the resemblance. 1t is
struggling, more or less trailing an
nual, with leaves characteristic of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06

The Grocer understand you said I sold
you jug of cider that had water in it?
The Butcher - on have been misin-
formed. What | said was that you sold
me jug of water that had a little cider
in it.-Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06

Mrs Flatbush-Mrs Daubchina is so
artistic! Whenever she refers to art it in
always with big A.
Flatbush-Well, her husband differs from
her. He generally refers to art with big
D--Brooklyn EAGLE
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06

in the glittering bead-like eyes of
the unmasked Drink Demon, the
wrecked homes, the heartbroken
wives, the starving children, the
poorhouses, asylums, hospitals, jails
and a black cloud of wretchedness,
dcpravity, lust and crime let loose
from the very pit of he'll.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
Willing to Pay ANY Price.

Very few people are willing to pay more
than the manufacturers price for any ar
ticle even though it be remarkably good,
like Palmer's Lotion. Such was not the
case, with Mrs. Martha NJ. johnson, of
Derby, Connecticut, who wrote: please
to send me some of your Lotion l am
willing to pay any price for it, for | have
heard it highly extolled and seen it's won
derful effects. This proves Palmer's Lo-
ton as nearly priceless as any remedy can
be; If your druggistidoesn' have, it send to
Scion Palmer, 374 Canal street, New York.
for samples of Palmer's Lotion and Lotion
Soap.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06

If there were wounded dog lying
out in front of your house, would
you walk out and kick it? That is
what you do when you repeat Cos
sip; you are simply cruel.-Atchison
Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
TWO PICTURES.
Wisdom Faithfully POrtrays the
Demon as He Likes to APP
pear and as He Really Is.

Gook not thou upon themf when it is
red, when it givefh his IN the cup.
when it moveth itseff-afA. - At the last
II biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like
an adder.-Prov. 23:31-S2)
This text contains an epitome of
the whole history of the drink evil.
Wisdom concisely and wildly sets
before us two word pictures that
graphically portrays, first the Drink
Demon, with sparkling eye and witch
ing countenance, arrayed in gar
ments of attractive beauty and pos
ing in the most enticing and grace
full movements, drawing after her in
mad infatuation the multitudes who
heed not the warning cry of Look
not thou"
y
The second picture reveals the
Drink Demon unmasked What a
shocking contrast! Instead of the
fair creature smilingly reckoning us
on, we unconsciously recoil from the
writing, insidious monster that
thrusts its head from the pool of
sin, and would strike its poison
fangs into our flesh and send the
deadly virus coursing through our
veins, bringing palsy and death.
Surely it is not a pleasant picture
to look upon, for as one gazes, fas-
cinated by its very awfulness, he
sees passing in kaleidoscope review
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06

Can it be that these two pictures
are companion pieces? Has not
Wisdom intensified and heightened
the coloring of the pictures? How
often in gazing on a brilliant land
scape scene, in which the vivid col
orings of the sky overhead and the
hill and dale beneath, covered with
luXuriant verdure, and the sparkling
stream coursing down to the sea
seemed overdrawn, we have said: 81
never saw such vivid lines" Prob
ably not, for though having eyes, we
have not beheld the wondrous beau
ties that have been revealed to the
sensitive perception of the faithful
artist. So Wisdom, with unclouded
vision, penetrates the disguise of the
Drink Demon and behOlds what is
withheld from our own eyes because
we are blinded by our own conceits
and lusts. Having eyes we see not
Let Wisdom out of the Book of
books be eyes for us and speak won
drous things to us.
4 4 x X
Wisdom sees the beginning and the
end; the first step taken in thought
less, careless fascination, and the
last staggering plunge over the preci-
pice of unbridled appetite and lust.
There may be years between the two
experiences. But Wisdom, with I'M
erring vision, beholding that young
man, that young woman, with the
sparkling wine glass in the uplifted
hand, looks down the years of indul-
gence and sees that the enticing cup
has become the enslaving curse, and
the Drink Demon. disguise no longer
necessary, with kissing glee casts
aside the mask and coils about it's
victim for the last crushing squeeze
and dsadly sting.
"Look not thou" What harm can
a look do? l want to see if it does
sparkle, if it giveth its color in the
cup and moveth itself enticingly.
'Look not thou" says Wisdom. A
look means a taste. q taste means
a passion, and sin when it is finished
bringeth forth death. Pope says:
Vice is a monster of so frlghtful mien,
AS. to be hated, needs but to be seen:
Yet seen too oft. familiar with her face.
We first endure then pity, then embrace.
Look not thou" for sat the last
1t biteth like serpent and stingeth
like an adder"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
Loves Strange Spell
By William j. Hampton.

IOOh1OOOOOOOOO OO(OOOOOOOO
Crom the Saturday Evening Post, of Philadelphia,
Copyrighted. Reprinted by Special Permission.)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06

Willing to Pay.-'What do you think Of
the proposition to tax bachelors" asked
the sweet young thing. "Oh, luxuries ought
to be taxed replied Mr.. Crustie-Smart
Set
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-06
HOxsfe's Group Cure
The life saver of children. No opium. 80 ct

What Did He Mean?-Riter-"H you
read my last poem? Reeder-'rI hope So"
-Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-10

done? She was not likely to get much
rest till the bone was set.
"Did you ever take chloroformT l
asked.
"No; never needed It," she answered.
"should you object to taking it?"
Anything" she replied passively. 81
will do anything you wish"
I went back into the kitchen and open
ed the portmanteau my father had put
up for me. Splints and bandages wero
there In abundance, enough to set half
the arms In the island, but neither chlo-
roform nor anything In the shape Of an
opiate could I find. might almost as
well have come to Sark altogether un-
prepared for my case.
/ stood for few minutes, deep In
thought. The daylight was going, and 1t
was useless to waste time; yet / found
myself shrinking oddly from the duty be-
fore me. Tardif could not help but see
my chagrin and hesitation.
Doctor" he cried, "she Is not going to
dia?"
"No, no." l answered, calling back my
wandering thoughts and energies; there
Is not the smallest danger Of that. /
must go and set her arm at once, and
then she will Sleep"
returned to the room and raised her
as gently and painlessly as I could. She
moaned, though very softly, and she tried
to smile again as her eyes met mine look.
ing anxiously at her. That smile made
me feel like child. If she did it again
knew my hands would be unsteady, and
her pain be tenfold greater.
"I would rather you cried out or shout
ed," said. Don't try to control your
self when I hurt you. You need not bs
afraid Of seeming impatient, and loud
scream or two would do you good.'
felt the ends of the broken bone graf
ing together as I drew them into theil
| right places, and the sensation wen
through and through me. I had sci
scores of broken limbs before with NJ
feeling like this, which was 50 near un
nerving me. All the time the girls whitt
face and firmly set lips lay under m!
gaze, with the wide open, unfinchini
eyes looking straight at me; mournful
silent, appealing face. which betrayed th'
pain made her suffer ten times more
than any cries or shrieks could hav'
done. I smoothed the coarse pillows 70
her to lie more comfortably upon them
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-10
Best Time to Freshen Cows.

There is no room for further discus
sion of the question as to whether it is
more profitable to have cows freshen in
the spring or in the fall, says Hoard's
Dairyman. 1t has been tried too often
and under too widely differing condi-
tions, and without exception, so far as
we are advised, the cow that freshens
in the fall will yield more milk in
twelve months, and the milk and its
products are worth more money. The
best plan of all probably is to have
cows freshen at different times in the
year-say three-fourths of them from
September to January and the others
at intervals throughout the balance of
the year.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-10
Notes About Fruit.

For apple scab use bordeaux mixture
every three weeks up to the middle of
July or 1st of August.
In general. especially in small vine
wards, a thousand vines are pruned too
little for one that is pruned too much.
Road dust, air slaked lime or wood
ashes busted over small cherry trees is
an effective remedy for the cherry slug.
Pomona is the best favored red cur
rant and White Imperial the best
among the white sorts, according to one
of the stations.
Currant worms that appear when the
fruit is half grown should be treated
with pyrethrum, tablespoonful to a
gallon of water.
Tomato plants grown from cuttings
from plants which had fruited are said
to have produced over thirty per cent
more fruit than those grown from seed.
1t seems that the pecan tree has its
insect pests as well as the other trees.
1t is said that the borer, dirty white,
grublike creature, Is one of the worst
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-10
A Joke on the Doctor.

Going into the free dispensary of the
New York Medical College and Hospi-
tai for Women one afternoon a physi-
clan found three or four little girls who,
while awaiting treatment, had evident
ly made friends, and were huddled to-
gether on one bench, eagerly discussing
something of great interest, which on
Investigation proved to be a much
handled "chunk" Of candy. In aston
ishment he inquired what they were
doing Some questioning finally elicit
ed an explanation that 'de one what
tells de biggest lie wins it." ''Oh," said
the doctor, 81 am ashamed Of you.
When was little like you never told
lies" A slight pause, then from the
smallest girl, "Give him de candy
New York Tribune.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-10
The Doctors Dilemma
BY Hesba Stretton


see but a very old friend Of mine. Tar
some but weather-beaten face betrayed
great anxiety. Ny father looked cha
grined and irresolute.
Here's a pretty piece of work, Mar
tin," he said; "Tardif wants one Of US to
60 back with him to Sark. to see
woman who has fallen from the cliffs
and broken her arm. confound it!'
"Dr. Martin" cried Tardif excitedly,
81 beg of you to come this instant even.
She has been lying In anguish since mid
day yesterday-twenty-fou hours now,
sir. 1 started at dawn this morning,
but both wind and tide were against me,
and / have been waiting here some time.
Be quick, doctor! II she should be
| deadp'
The poor fellows voice faltered, and his
eyes met mine imploringly. He and l
| had been fast friends in my boyhood, and
our friendship was still firm and true.
shook his hand heartily-a grip which he
returned with his fingers Of iron till my
own tingled again.
81 knew you'd come" he gasped.
"Ah, I'll go, Tardif," / said; "only I
must get snatch of something to eat
while DR.. Dobree puts up what I shall
have need of. I'll be ready in half an
hour"
The tide was with US, and carried us
over buoyantly. We anchored at the
fsherman's landing place below. the cliff
of the Havre Gosselin, and I climbed
readily up the rough ladder which leads
| to the path. Tardif made his boat Sc.
cure, and followed me; he passed me,
and strobe on up the steep track to the
summit of the cliff, as if impatient to
reach his home. It was then that ]