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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-12

There is a fine new Hay-PauncefOte
Treaty IN process OF Incubation, and it is
said that il will form a part Of The Brit
ISL Ambassador luggage when ne goes
home for his Summer holiday We are
also informed that the main object Of
British diplomacy in the connection Is to
secure American territory in Alaska, in
addition to the two thousand square miles
already surrendered by US, ano port on
Pyramid Harbor. Whether, or not. the
treaty viii provide for such new CessiOn
remains to be seen There Is small occas-
ion to doubt that it viii again attempt 70
support England in her attempt to re-
vive the dead and buried Clayton uIwer
Convention.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-12

Senator Spooner is quoted as expressing
the belief that the Cubans viii soon come
10 appreciate the necessity of the Plat
terms and accept them Other public men
are rapidly reaching the conclusion that
II Cuba should reject them and act ugly
about the matter. the only course open to
this country would be to have Congress
declare American sovereignty over the isl
and and take it in That is an alternative
which It would be well Ter the Cubans to
consider attentiyely.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-12

It is reported in England that King Ed
ward recently seat for Mr. Chamberlain
and AR Brodrjck. and told them that
Lord Kitchener's negotiations with Cen
erai Botha had been conducted in alto
Gether too DeremptOry a manner His
Majesty is said to have instructed the
ministers to reopen the correspondence
and TO treat the Boer leader with great ter
courtesy and consideration. We hope that
the story IS true. If so it shows Eng
lands new sovereign IN very. agreeabI
and welcome light
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-12
Purely business.


tFFJ3U thc hansas tItv JJuTn1I)
Kansas City has 10 aniru:ls against the gsers
We rather like the sturdy old burghers who
smoke big pipes and forget 90 shave We vyr7,l,.
sell mules 10 theE cheerfglly as to auF people
on earth and IL wouldn't ruiu as at ali il they
captured every mule We ship As soon as il reaches
African soil The attempt OF some OF tine Boer
interests TO choke of our mule trade with the
British Il all right as a war measure and we DO
not think al al hard Of them FOR H. At the
same time il d man with Husfnessgika eve
comes ia our midst and offers tempting price for
a fes hundred head II blocky nuics We are not
likely &" give him tie CLASSY stare. even II he
does drop his aitci.s IN conversation.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-12
\ vain ExEatrfation.

IFT0m DO &. L0uis sl0Le-Dem0lrIIl
The report Of the ban, IInent OF ToI,t6y b.
order Of The Gar wil give to the world some idea
ri the seriousness Of the present political sItua-
ton ia Russia BUT what is RusSa's council Of
the state going 10 do with Tolstoy'z ideasg Gan
the ruling senate make his laws Of humanity in
TalidZ The committee OF ministers can as il
has done, drive out his corporal body hut how
can II deal with ms spiritual seifz Quarantine
cannot be erected against ideas. All the Cars
fartsrE, CcSsacks. and Calling guns would IL a
powerless 10 kill beliefs ideals. aspirations As
they would be to annihilate sunshine OF air
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-12

\ disIaterested friend can often do a
good deal to solve 4 problem. but the
friendship must be disin,erested. not
biased by personal wishes or views:
and if il is free from such bias it viii
ordinarily be withheld Till the proper
time comes for Its Use. a cool head is
worth at least as much as a kind heart
in the affairs of this world, altruis1ic as
well as selfish.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-12
CheapenIng College Honors.
tFrom the Pittsburg Dispateh.)

Harvard University Is discussing with some spf-
tatiOH the usual proposition 10 confer the degree
Of Ii d. on President Mckinley. 4 considerable
party thinks the title should be conferred GA snv
holder OF the Office Of President while Others take
exactly me opposite siew. The discussion and
tine fact that a title supposed 10 certify 10 a
long study and exceptional academic proficiency.
is conferred simply because a man holds au
office are illustration of the Slight value Of
these honorary culargemeHts Of = mans name.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-12
4 Silent Partner.
(From the PbiladeIpbIs Times

IiIVLlI NC IlIldHtIPUIa IIfnes-l
II there IS any value ~ the United States STAT
utes intended 20 control the abuses Of the trusts
the Attorney General IS the official who Ialist nut
them IN force. To appoint for this duty Z Iagyer
Intimately ass0ciated with the most far-reaclng
OF all the trusts. and that with the expressed
approval Of its promoters. seems Deliberately 10
ideltlf; the Government with ti.e interests Of
THIS alarming combination in a way that popular
opinion cannot fail - resent
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-12
CURRENT HUMoR.
4 YictIm of E,nnnsIon.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
The next morning.
Cant you get your hat on straight -
Cant get it on at all
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-12
Wasted Opportunity.

From the indianapolis Press1
I'D like 90 know what q man thinks Of the
girl he kisses the brow, the novelist used
to say
I'D rather know what a man Of that kind
thinks Of himself
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-12

tFF0ln Ilt fflIIatFIilTIa PTe~S-l
Tommy Mamma, gife Elsie an apple. won't
you?
Mamma suppose you'n want one for your
self then. too
Tommy No Just give one to Elsie We're
tempt me.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-12

CFrom the Detroit Free PresS)
DO you believe IT push OF pull. As elements
IN suceess2'
'Neither."
What them
pig"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-12
To 10 Them.



= wonder" nla.sri the mother camel At Lin
coin Park gazing at the hump on her offspring
If the political managers Of this institution are
capable Of understanding obvious a bunch Is
that
And the monkey clattered Voubly
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-12
botanical Entbusiasm.

(From the Chicago Record Heruld)
Il believe Prof. BIN Is out OF his head
Why
Il asked him Il he knew any news. and h
said that chickweed and pePpergrass We're il
bloom"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-12
o a' ha5 s5asas viii h On Sale Tomorrow Morning.
The HOusekeepers' Great Spring Supply Sale

The last OF
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-12

Publication Office.
HE HUTCIIINS b l LID = "
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-12

Toilet Sets. ssith slop Jars; choice OF
three patterns; large washbasins and
pitchers, decorated with
bright filled-in colors G Z
and gold Worth 81 04.OO
Special
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22
RHEUMATISM IN PIGS.
Rev to Combat This Dangerous Dis
ease Which Is Common Among
Young Animals.

This is a very common disease
among pigs, especially young ones. 1t
is impossible to say what causes
rheumatism in the pig, as it is found
under all conditions, where the pigs
are well kept, or where they are not.
Symptoms: There is lameness in one
or more legs, which is more or less
noticeable according to the severity
of the case. The joints often swell
at the fetlocks. When the muscles
are affected it may assume the form
of inflammatory rheumatism and will
cause an elevation of temperature and
sickness. In such case the animal will
be very stiff and refuse its food, its
breathing will be fast and short, and
its snout dry, and if the animal is made
to move, it may squeal with pain.
When the legs are the parts affected,
it may shift from one leg to the other,
but if the joints swell it will likely
remain stationary until relieved.
Treatment: Keep the animal in a COM
Portable place, and if it is in good flesh
give it a dose of EPSON salts, one to
two ounces, or two to three drops of
Croton oil in a spoonful of sweet oil,
CIR it may be dropped in the mouth.
Croton oil seems to be a useful medi-
cine in rheumatism. Follow this by
giving ten to fifteen drops of oil of
gaultheria to the adult pig three times
day in a little sweet oil. For pigs
two to three months old give half this
quantity. | have given iodide and the
bicarbonate of potassium in ten-grain
doses two or three times day in
little water with good results; but l
have excellent results by giving the
oil of gaultheria. Rub the sore,
swollen joints with equal parts of oil
of turpentine and sweet oil. In cases
of infiammatory rheumatism, after
giving the physic, give from three to
five drops of the tincture of aconite
every two hours for the first two
days, then give the oil of gaultheria
as directed. Young and old pigs are
liable to sprains of the hgament at
the top of the hoof and fetlock joint,
which may be mistaken for rheuma-
tism, as the symptoms resemble it;
but as the treatment for rheumati sm
of the joints will answer the purpose
for sprains, it will make no difference
if a mistake is made.-Dr. Mcintosh,
V. s., in Swineherd.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22
LEVEL CULTURE BEST.
No Kind of Season Warrants RidE-
ing of Corn and No Kind of
Soil Demands It,

No farm practice is more inimical to
intelligent corn culture than that
alarmingly common in the corn belt
of laying by the corn with large SHOW
els set to throw the earth from be-
tween the rows into ridge centering
in the rows. Ridges thus formed in
crease the exposed surface and hence
make possible larger evaporation of
moisture. Moreover, they leave the
middles hard and compact so that the
soil pumps ooze out the water by the
ton, and compel the foraging roots of
the plants to go straight down for
food and moisture, which should be
available in the first several inches of
soil that has been removed from the
middles and thrown about the base of
the plants.
Ridging spoils the surface of the
ground for pasture and meadow I'M
less it be repeatedly worked. If you
should sow clover in the corn and lay
the latter by with ridge-forming shov-
els your clover pasture always would
be series of bumps, which would ag-
gravate the driver of the moving ma
chine, cause the hay loader trouble
and annoy in other ways.
In a rolling country where, strange
to say, ridging is commonest, the
practice is of greater advantage than
in the prairie country, since in the
former it furnishes convenient surface
avenues for the escape of water,
which in a short season transforms
them into small bitches and skins off
the cream, as it were, of the land and
deposits it in the creek or stream,
leaving the farmer a veritable new but
poor farm.
Level culture is not only easier on
the corn, team and workman, but it is
decidedly better for the land 1t
avoids root pruning, aerates the soil
and removes weeds. Experiments
have shown that it also will give larger
yields than ridge culture. Then why
ridge your corn?
We know one of the principal
reasons why corn growers do it:
Ridging covers up large number of
weeds growing in the hill and thus
makes the field appear clean. We are
convinced that the weeds if left I'M
covered cannot do as much injury to
the corn plants as the ridges will in
hict. As between the two evils choose
the lesser.
Don't ridge your corn. Adopt that
saner system-level culture. No kind
of a season warrants ridging and no
kind of soil demands it-science con-
dennis it, good farming opposes it
and you ought to quit it.-National
Rural.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22
GREEDY PIGS HELD IN CHECK.

true if the animals cannot be kept
out of the troughs until they are filled.
Hence it is that the arrangement
presented in the picture will be found
of much value and great convenience.
Before pouring in the swill the front
end of the pen, in the form of a
swinging door suspended from the
top, is placed in the position indicated
on the right. The trough is then filled
and the door allowed to assume its
former position, as shown at the left.
King Porker thus can easily be held
in check until his table is set, and
neither he nor his owner be caused
any harm thereby.-Fredrrick o. Sib-
ley, in n. Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22

The old idea that the goats are all
bad and the sheep all good will have
to be modified, if the goat proves
himself as useful as a southern farm
er says he is. After trying in vain to
protect his sheep against sheep-kill-
ing ours by shooting an occasional
cur that presented a good mark, Mr..
j. A. Morris, of Atlanta, bought some
Angora goats. He found that these
animals, while friendly with sheep,
fought the stray dogs to a finish. Not
only so, but their pugilistic spirit
spread to the rams, which had for
merly been afraid of the dogs. and
so the flock was doubly protected. If
this faculty of the Angora goat is
general it will be worth many thou
sands of dollars to the farmers of
the southwest, who have in many
cases abandoned sheep raising be-
cause of the depredations of the
worthless, wandering cur. - Rural
World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22
THE AMERICAN BREEDS.
Many Promising Plymouth Rocks
and Wynndottes Are Positively
Spoiled by Overweight.

Farm-Poultry, an influential Bos-
ton publication, has of late been invit-
ing opinions concerning the proper
weight of the American breeds of
chickens, among which are the Ply
mouth Rocks and the Wyandottes. We
should say that fully two-thirds of
the breeders who have expressed
themselves on the subject take the po-
sition that the standard weight is too
high. 1t is claimed that the medium
sized birds of these families are al
Most invariably better layers than
those which meet the demands of the
standard in regard to weight. One
wellknown poultry judge, in his con-
tribution to the discussion, says that
not more than one Plymouth Rock in
IL which pass through his hands at
the shows is up to standard weight. If
the men who patronize the shows meet
with difficulty in getting their birds up
to standard weight, how much more of
task it must be for farmers who,
as rule, can give but a fraction of
their time to the study of the prob
lens of the poultry yard? And if this
heavy weight is obtained at the sacri-
flee of the laying qualities why not
cut it down? Some advertisers take
great pains to have it known that their
birds are fully up to standard weight.
Farmers should know that they can
easily pay more money for that kind
of Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes
than they are worth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22
GRADUATES IN DEMAND.
Young Men Educated in the Science
of Agriculture Have Bright
Future Before Them,

Four or five years ago, says the San
Francisco Chronicle, we warned our
readers that graduates in agriculture
would soon be in greater demand than
any other class of educated men, and
that young men and women who would
at once enter a first-rate agricultural
college would find their careers ready
for them at the end of their course.
That prediction has come true. The
department of agriculture is securing
the country for promising young men
who have been educated to do it's work.
We do not suppose that single one of
our readers was led by our prophecy
to enter an agricultural course, and we
would not now venture to repeat it.
The advantage of pioneering is gone.
The demand is rapidly producing the
supply from the young men of states
whose people are better informed and
more alert than our own, and students
who enter now will probab bly, find them
selves at graduation exposed to strong
competition which only the fittest can
survive, and perhaps no better off than
graduates in law, medicine, electric
ity and the like who are walking the
streets in search of a job. But, never
theless, while the day of the "sure
thing" for the graduate in agriculture
is past, and his reward not likely to
equal those of the most brilliant and
successful graduates in other profess
sions, the opportunities, on the whole,
are still far better than those in most
ether lines of achievement,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22
COOP AND RUN FOR CHICKS

small slide door is made on one side
of the coop, and the run is placed so
the opening in the side comes oppo-
site this door. At night the chicks
can be shut in the coop by closing the
slide door, and this makes it easy to
move them to fresh ground frequent
1y. When the chicks are thus inclosed
they are safe from all animals or what
ever could harm them. Last year 1
had brood of 80, all brooded by one
hen, in such coop and run, and did
not lose one of them, while formerly
l always lost some of them by the
hawks, rats, cats or other animals. |
was not bothered with chicks running
over the lawn or garden.
The same coop and run were used for
setting hens. l used small portable
boxes for nests, and when l have a
setting hen l move her at night to
one of these coops and set her on some
old eggs, and when get three or four
hens in a coop setting on old eggs 1
am ready to put my good eggs under
them and at the same time fill the in
cubator with eggs. They all hatch
about the same time, and all the chicks
are given to the hens, as one hen can
brood from 25 to 80 chicks, if the
weather is not too cold. When you set
hen in such a coop, with run attached,
she can go out in the run and get her
food and water and dust herself She
cannot get away, and there is but little
danger of her leaving her eggs. For
making the coops buy large boxes at
the stores, and the cost of a coop and
run has only been about two dollars
when they were made by carpenter
The wire netting will not cost oEeF
80 cents, and if one does the carpenter
work the expense will be small.
would especially recommend this plan
of raising chickens to people living
in villages.-W. II. Jenkins, in n. Y.
Tribune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22
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COMFORT FOR CHICKS.
Coop and Run Which Enables Them
to Get Plenty of Exercise and
Fresh Food.

have coop and covered run which
is used both for the setting hens and
for the hens with chicks. The coops
are about four feet square, and are
made very much like portable hen
houses, only smaller. They are made
SO tight that nothing can get in them
to disturb the chicks when they are
closed. With each coop have a COW
cred run made by taking some boards
about - feet long and II inches wide
and mailing them together in the
form of box IL by feet, without top
or bottom. A piece of wire netting
is nailed over the top, and the COW
cred run is completed, except some
openings in the sides through which to
put feed and water, and to make n
passage from the run to the coop. A
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22
Some Homework Figures

A Vermont man, with fondness for
figures, has produced the following:
''We have often heard of women dish
washing their lives away, but did any,
one ever think of the number of times,
reduced to actual figures, the table has
been spread, cleared of dishes washed
and put away during 80 years? A black
walnut dining table has been in use in
my family for 80 years. In that period
this table has been spread 1850 times,
and as many times cleared and the
dishes washed. My family averaged
five during that time, making 1914, $50
meals eaten from that table. At the
low price of Is cents per meal these
would amount to SPA, 637.5O. These fig
ures are small compared with co years
of continuous service which sometimes
happens, but they show how women
cheerfully do their duties from the
cradle to The grave"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22
FEEDING THE PIGS.
An Arrangement That VIII BE Found
of Much Value and an Aid
to Cleanliness.

Pigs, being voracious animals, are
hogs in every sense of the term, and
while it may be pleasure to admin
lister to their wants when they are
small, the feeding of them upon their
having attained a good growth is not
always so agreeable. Especially is this
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22


over the wagon until the top is per-
pendicular with the side of platform
next to stump. l use platform con-
sisting of two poles of sufficient size
to be strong enough to hold up heavy
load, with boards laid between. Place
the wagon far enough from the stump
or stone to be removed, to allow two
or three planks five or six feet long
to be set in between stump and wagon
with ends resting on platform. Tie a
rope so or 60 feet long to top of poles
"a az so that there wsl be at least IS
feet left over on the short end. This
short end is tied around the stump.
The team is then hitched onto the long
end of the rope (b). This is an easy
method of drawing out large-sized
stumps.-J. A. Norman, in Farm and
Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22
PACIFIC OCEAN TURNS RED.
Most Remarkable Phenomenon L.
Witnessed Along the California

Following the earthquake shocks
that visited the California coast pc
culiar phenomena have developed in
the Pacific ocean. Within a distance
OF 65 miles along the Los Angeles
county shore line the waters, hereto
fore clear and of the usual greenish
color have become terra Gotta red.
This color line extends off shore for
several miles, and is so distasteful
to the fish family that they have
gone far into the ocean to seek clear
er waters. At night this colored sea
water gives off a phosphorescent
light that enables one to read aver
age print.
AT certain point along the beach
the water has turned into sweet
water that can be drunk. No theory
is advanced except that in the Pacific,
off the coast, the earthquake opened
a assure that forces fresh water and
colored matter to the surface, and
the latter is drifting to the shore. A
tidal wave followed the earthquake.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22
TO GRUB OUT STUMPS.
A Comparatively Easy Method of Pre-
pairing Old Timber Land for
General Cultivation.

The plan herewith shows a method
of Kidding field of stumps. Two
poles "a az are placed slanting against
low wheel wagon. They should be
- feet long and bolted together at
the top and placed on opposite side of
the wagon from the stump, leaning
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22
They Cry I'm Tragedy.

Friend-Did you ever shed real
tears on the stage?
Actress-Often. It's enough to
make even an actress cry to be told
right in the middle of a tive-act trag-
edy, that the manager has skipped
with the receipts.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22

mpartial.-Tess-'I never see Miss Spin
ner out wheeling that Mr. Wheeler and Mr..
Sprockett are not with her" Jess-"Yes,
she's got them both on her string; The
girls are calling her Miss Tandem Tess
But she rides an individual wheel"
Jess-'Ye but she's a bicycle maid for
two Philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22

An Unluclly Coincidence Silas--" How
did Ezry Marks come few lose his farm"
Jason-"He thought his neighbours fence
wuz encroachin' on his land, an the very
fust darn lawyer he spoke tew about it
thought so, too"-Boston Traveller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22

Diggs-Do you believe there is any
truth in the saying that it takes a
genius to live with a genius?
Biggs-No. / don't. / never consid-
cred my wife genius.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22

'It was marriage of reason" What!
With that donkey Todkins? Absurd!'
"Not at all. He may be an apology for
man, but as an apology is an excuse, she
reasoned he was an excuse for getting mar
ried. "-Philadelphia Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22

Nell-"Mr Weston paid me quite COM
pliment at dinner last evening. He told me
| ate like a bird" Belle-"Well, he's a
good judge. He runs an ostrich farm, you
know Philadelphia Record.