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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Maintenance of a National Service
Would Cost Not Less Than $24,-
100000 Per- Year.

The officials of the post Office de-
partment look forward now to the ex-
tension of rural free delivery
throughout the entire United States.
They have made their estimates as
to what it will cost to deliver letters
on every American farm or planta-
ton in the sparsely settled and thick
ly settled parts of the country. The
cost will not be trifling. To deliver
every rural American his mail win
take about S24,OOO,OOO a year. Should
the present service be extended al
the rate of 1900 routes a year I'M
til the 100000 square miles of terri.
tory yet to be covered have beer
taken care of, there will be for sew.
eral years an annual deficit in postal
revenues of from SS,O0O,000 to SO,
100000. This deficit will. it is assert.
ed, disappear gradually as the rev
enues increase by reason of the i'm
proved postal facilities.
Not many years ago rural free de.
livery was a questionable sort of ex-
pertinent. The farmers. for whose
benefit it was intended, did not in all
quarters take kindly to it. They are
| not eager seekers after novelties, and
the idea of abandoning the custom
airy trip to the village post Office for
mail, trip which gave them well
come opportunity to gossip with
neighbors and discuss crops and cleo
| tions, was not altogether attractive
to them. But they appreciate fully
now the advantages of the new de-
parture. There is an increasing pres
sure for the establishment of rural
routes, and the representative of a
country district who cannot secure
something in this line for his con-
stituents runs the risk of losing his
popularity.
So strong is the pressure for rural
free delivery that the post office de-
partment officials are not dealing
with a remote question when they
| prepare estimates of the gross cost
| of a complete rural service. But
while the cost will be large it will
not brighten americans. Indeed, they
are in the habit of looking unmoved
on much larger appropriations for
far less useful purposes.
1t may well be that when the let
ter carrier makes his trips to every
farmers gate the farmers will make
| more extensive use of the mails
than they do now, and that the rev
enues of the department will expand
as they have in the past whenever
better facilities have been provided
Even if this were not to be the case
the general welfare" will be pro
NOTED by an expenditure which
brings the farmers of the United
States into closer touch with the
busy world from which most of them
are so far removed.-Chicago Trib
une.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18
so PRLSUMING OF HIM.
Reason to Expect That He
Had n Chance.

The yellow moon hung by its crescent
hook against the starlit azure of the Sep
TENDER sky, and the night was dreamy, de-
liclous, divine, says the New York Her
aid.
The man and the maiden walked be-
meath the silent stars and listened to
the purple music from the dusk. Her
jeweled fingers rested lightly on his arm,
and he felt them there as trembling harp
strings feel the touch of angel hands that
summon forth the souls high harmonies.
His heart beat fast and the red blood
ran riot in his veins, for love had placed
its clalice to his lips and he had drunk
his till. He had not spoken, but he felt the
spirit of the hope that makes man dare
do anything and now this night of nights
should see him conqueror of the maiden S
heart.
"A penny for your thoughts" he whis-
pered, bending low to look into her sweet,
soft eyes.
"No more?" she murmured, looking up
at him, to let those blue eyes fall again.
He caught her hand in his and let his full
heart flow.
"All have in the world" he said, SUBJ
timely.
TOO little" she responded, with firm
ness
And then he knew that some of his
hated rivals had told her he had but $751;
600 year income and no rich relatives.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18
SCOLDING THAT HEALS.


Every organ of the body is en-
dowed with separate and independ
ent intelligence, and if it does not per-
form its functions properly and dis
ease and pain result you have only to
eXpostulate with it or perhaps scold
it, and then it will return to its duty
and your health will be restored"
This is the teaching of a Chicago
doctor who has just returned from a
European tour.
Twelve years ago he threw both
systems, allopathy and homeopathy,
overheard in consequence of a discov-
cry he claims to have made that the
organs of the body are intelligent and
are amenable to reason.
at happened this way" he said.
''While living in Sydney, n. S. W., I
roomed with a friend who was i'll with
pulmonary consumption. AS the dis
ease progressed his cough became
more and more distressing, and final
ly kept me awake at night. After
suffering this annoyance hong time
lost patience and one night, by some
impulse which | can hardly explain,
got into a passion with the mans
lungs and began to upbraid them for
their abnormal behavior. To my sur
prise, the lungs seemed to hear me
and heed me, and at once became
quiet and the man speedily recovered.
This led to other experiments and re-
suited in the discovery of an entirely
new therapy, which l am convinced is
destined to sweep every existing
school of medicine into oblivion"
He says mans heart or kidneys
can hear and understand every word
that is spoken to them, are suscepti-
BILE to reproach and shame, and can
always be induced to abandon irregu-
lar action and return to their proper
gait.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

decay of the hay was prevented so that
it made fair fodder.
Now we find in Bulletin No. 70 of the
Oregon experiment station (COrvallis)
an interesting account of steaming
silage. The silos, made purposely for
the experiment, were constructed of
well seasoned yellow fir dressed
tongue and groove lumber tx inch
thick, 3b inches wide and IL feet long.
When completed the silos measured
approximately five feet in diameter
and u feet deep. They were con-
structed plain, having no doors, so that
the only way of filing and emptying
them was by way of the top of the silo.
Five such silos were constructed; two
of them, Nos. 1 and 5, were fitted with
IL inch piping so that they could be
steamed after being filed.
The picture clearly shows how the
steam pipes were connected. In one
case the steam was delivered near the
bottom only. The other was fitted so
that steam could be liberated in the
silo within two inches of the bottom
at G, and also midway between the
bottom and top at f. The upright pipe
EFF in the silo was covered with a cap
at F so as to prevent fodder from fall
ing into the pipe. Ten to Is holes
three-eighths-inch in diameter were
drilled in the pipe near the cap at F
as outlets for the steam. The elbow at
G turns directly down and comes to
within about two inches of the bottom
of the silo. This elbow G prevents ma
terial from getting into the pipe CHI.
and serves as an easy outlet for the
steam when forcing it into the silo
near the bottom"
The corn cut into these silos was
quite green. 1t was cut into three
fourths-inch lengths and packed down
so that each silo contained little over
three tons. Steam was introduced I'M
der pressure of first 20 and again later
at 40 pounds. This was kept up until
the steam escaped at the top and the
temperature rose to PIP degrees. Then
the steam was shut off and the pipe
stuffed with sterilized cotton, while
the top of the silage was covered with
the same material. AS result of the
steaming the silage shrunk about 25
per cent. When opened there was some
loss at the top, as the cotton did not
prove good protector Below the
moldy part the silage was bright and
sweet-"with the odor of cooked sweet
corn-not at all like ordinary silage!"
Analysis of this silage showed that it
did not undergo nearly as great a
chemical change as the silage put up
in the ordinary way. Of course such a
small silo does not give fair chance
for practical investigation, and this
year the experiments have been re-
peated on a larger scale-in silos nine
and ten feet in diameter These have
been filled with corn and green clover,
and thoroughly steamed. While no ac-
tual feeding results can be given until
this silage is taken out and fed we
feel very confident that steaming. in
tight silos, will be found very useful
in some sections of the Countrywide
| raj New Yorker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18
; - : 1 j]za5
G2N..,,sd :SLlNEI&
STEAM IN THE SILO.
Oregon Experiment Station Tests Fn-
vOr the steaming of EnsiIage, in
Certain Conditions.

Nearly 20 years ago, when silage was
an uncertain quantity, a student at an
agricultural college suggested running
a Jet of live steam in at the bottom of a
cement silo. The argument was that
this would cook the silage, and. if the
silo were then tightly closed, give it
just about the conditions under which
fruit or vegetables are canned. This
suggestion was laughed at as absurd.
From time to time we have seen re-
ports of the use of steam for preserv-
ing stock food. In one case an English
farmer had a quantity of musty or
damaged hay. 1t was packed into a
small barn-all the cracks and holes
being closed. A pipe was run inside at
the bottom of the hay, and steam
forced in under powerful pressure.
This was kept up until the steam es-
capped at the top. The result was that
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18
The Heifer's First Calf.

There should be no such thing as
"breaking in a heifer" when she has
her first calf. She should be so care
fully handled that there will be no
necessity for doing the thing after
that; it should be done before calving.
If this has not been done before, be-
gin some weeks before calving to fam
iliarize the heifer with the mixer.
Stroke her, caress her, handle the
udder, doing everything so carefully
that any advance in the process will
be unnoticed by the animal. Within
a few days the udder can be handled
at will, and the heifer will soon come
to enjoy and even expect such caresses.
If this work is carefully and kindly
done there will be no trouble when
milking time comes.-CincinDati Com
mercial.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18
WONDERFUL WORK.

Case No. 1S,977.-David NJ. Bye, P.
o. Address Box 297, Midland, Mich,
says: "Three months l was al
most incapacitated from labor; could
not sleep at night; had to walk the
floor, owing to terrible pain in the
hips, in the small of the back, in my
instep and ankle of the right leg.
81 was treated for sciatic rheuma-
tism in the hospital, but received no
benefit. One month ago L returned
home and was given box of Doan's
Kidney Pills. To-day residents of this
city can bear witness to the fact that
l am able to work, and can also walk to
ing-stick or crutch.
'In speaking of the immediate eff
feet of Doan's Kidney Pills, did not
find them to deaden the pain, but
quickly and surely to eradicate the
cause of it.
81 am of the opinion that Doan's
Kidney Pills is the best remedy for
kidney ailments that can be pro-
cured. l was especially careful in
my diet, in order to give the treatment
fair play.
"In conclusion, 1 shall be pleased, at
any time, to answer any inquiries re-
garding my case, from anyone desir-
Gus of obtaining it."
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Bye will
be mailed on application to any part
of the United States. Address Eos
ter-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, n. Y. For
I sale by all druggists, price so cents per
q hpv
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18
California.

The Passenger Department of the Chi
cago & Northwestern Railway has just is
sued beautiful book of 60 pages, RELATING
ciGc Coast The book is artistically ar
ranged, beautifully printed and fully Illus
trated-portraying the scenic beauties, no.
tel and transportation advantages, and de-
lights of outdoor life in the favored climate
Of the Coast
This publication is of special value to
those interested in California or contem-
plating a trip to that State, and may be
obtained on receipt of four cents in stamps,
sent to w. B. Kniskern, Passenger Traffic
Manager, Chicago, III.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18
EASILY MADE STONE BOAT.

sloping front. At front and at rear
end bolt 2X4 inch or PKG inch cross
piece. The front crosspiece should
be beveled at one side, to fit close
to the sloping front.
A piece of strap iron of reasona-
BILE strength is bolted or spiked on,
as illustrated, to hitch doubletree to.
A strap of 2X1-inch lath may be
nailed at each side of the boat, if
desired. Planks the size mentioned
will make boat 2h feet wide and
six or seven feet long. If a wider
boat is wanted, use three planks.
Three 12-inch wide planks will make
convenient sized boats.-L. E. Turn
over, in Farm and Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

When planted in the fail, all trees
should be banked up at least one foot
high until spring. This overcomes the
tendency of the trees to heave out,
protects them from mice and prevents
the roots from freezing before they
have taken hold of the soil. In plant
ing roses, shrubs, vines, and other del
icate stock in the fall. the tops should
be nearly or quite buried with mellow
earth during the first. winter. The
surplus earth should be removed early
in the spring-Horticultu Visitor.
Lettuce has become recognized as a
fall, winter and spring crop and is ex-
tensively used because of its appear
ance in the market when most other
vegetables are out Of season.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18
Very Hard to Understand.

Official records show that a new kind
of American invasion is occurring on
this continent, as $4,000 citizens of the
United States have settled in the rich
wheat lands of the Canadian provinces.
Why anybody should want to emigrate
to Manitoba. where a sub-arctic climate
provides almost perpetual winter,
while rich farming lands are to be had
in Missouri and adjoining states, where
an almost perpetual summer provides
the most equable climate in the world,
is beyond the comprehension of a citi-
zen of republican form of govern
ment.-Rural World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18
He Got 1t.

The man with the cinnamon colored
beard was observed standing at the coun-
ter and looking at the bottles on the shelves
in some perplexity of mind
What is it?' said the druggist
isn't there an organization of Methodist
young people," asked the man, that's
named after some place where John Yves
ley used to live?"
"You mean the Fpworth league"
That's it," exclaimed the customer,
his brow clearing. Give me five cents
worth of Epworth salts. Chicago Trib.
me
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18
Miss Maggie WEIGH.

nauseated me, and nothing afforded
me relief until my doctor said rather
in joke, 4 guess Peruna is the only
medicine that will cure YOU
81 told him that l would certainly
try it and Immediately sent for a
bottle. l found that relief came the
first day, and as I kept taking it
faithfully the cough gradually dimin-
ished, and the soreness left me. 1t is
ne."-Maggie WEIGH.
Address the Peruna Medicine Co.,
Columbus, Ohio, for free literature
on catarrh
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18
DURABLE STONE BOAT.
How TO Make One at Home at Very
Small Expenditure of Time,
Labor and Money.

Many regard a stone boat as indis'
pensable. TO make one as portrayed,
procure two sound oak planks, each
about 2X15 inches and seven or eight
feet long. Cut piece about 70 inches
long from one end of each plank,
making the cut at bevel of 20 or 80
degrees. Turn the cutoff pieces over,
and bolt to the planks so as to make
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

Bland-'I didn't get Mrs Berries hus-
bands vote, after all, although / patted
her baby, and told her it was the perfect
image of Mr. Barnes Bowers 49, You
never have seen Barnes, have your
Bland-"Come to think OF 1t, never have"
Boston Transcript
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18
nr Anrnst Knenir,s Hamhnrr Drons. q

Dr. August Koenigs Hamburg Drops, as
a blood purifier, strength and health re-
storer, and a specific for all stomach, liver
and kidney troubles, leads all other similar
medicines il, its wonderful sales and mar
our vast German population. 1t is not a
new and untried product, but was made and
sold more than sixty years ago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

81 think, remarked the man who had re-
Gently won Sl,7O0 at the races before he
woke up, that III play two dollars each
way on this horse" Il see" said the lnno-
that's so if he turns and goes in the OPP
poste direction around the track. you win
just the same, isn't it"-Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18
CATARRH OF LUNGS.
A Prominent Chicago Lady Cured
by Pe-ru-na.

Miss Maggie WEIGH, secretary of
the Betsey Ross Educational and
Benevolent Society, writes from 32s
North State street, Chicago, ILL.,, the
following glowing words concerning
Peruna:
Last fall caught the most severe
cold | ever had in my life. l coughed
night and day, and my lungs and
throat became so sore that l was in
great distress. All cough remedies
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

Dolly said the sick Mr.. Hyroller to
his little daughter, "has it occurred to you
that papa might die and go to heaven?"
No replied the child, because l
asked the doctor that very question.
and what did he say?'
He said: L don't think he will, al
though, of course, he may have to die
some day "-Philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

Willing to Leave 1t Out.-"Sweet are the
uses Of adversely" quoted the philosophical
friend Perhaps" admitted the prosaic
man, 'but I'm not hankering for that kind
of sweetness" Chicago Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18
A Kansas Editor Eliminates.

It is said that when a hungry Indian
goes hunting he kills the first thing he sees,
# it is only crow If he kills duck, he
drops the crow and if he ~,ats deer, he
ular Indians, aren't they Lane New
Leaf.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

"No," said the bride-tobe, 81 didn't ac-
cept Jack the first time he proposed. )"
GLOW could you?' replied Miss Wryvel.
''Why not" "You weren't there. Phil
adelphia PISS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18
Happsest Time of Life.

An eastern paper is trying to find
out what is the happiest time of life.
How. about the time, asks the Chi
cage Record-Herald, when the chill
dren have been put to bed for the
night?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

London used during last year 20S,OOO,OOO
gallons of water a day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

In the Conservatory-He- is
something, darling, | want to tell YOU
She-"Oh, then, let US get away from
the rubber plant. Come, tell me under
the rose baltimore American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

Ethel-"Father, please give me nickel"
Father-"Don't you think you're too big
to beg for nickel" Ethel" 'Spose YOU
give me a quarter, then. Detroit Free
Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

Don't worry about money, darling, when
we are married. We can live on the proven
bal bread, cheese and kisses Il know,
Archibald; but who is going to furnish the
bread and cheese -Baltimore Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

He who has no inclination, to learn more
will be very apt to think that he knows
enough.-Powell.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

A little inside information sometimes
makes a man content to stay outside.-ln-
dianapolis News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

All creameries use butter color. Why not
do as they do-use June Tint Butter Color.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

Silence may be golden. but the golden
eagle talks.-Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

Justice is the insurance we have on our
lives and property, and obedience Is the
premium We pay for it.-Penn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

More people might wake up to find them
selves famous if they wouldn't sit up so
late at night.-IndianaEolis News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

He only is a well-made man who has a
good determination
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

Quads-Funnyman tried writing his
jokes on the typewriter, but had to go
back to his fountain pen.
Space-What was the matter with the
typewriter?
The bell rang too Manila
American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

Kindness is a language the dumb can
speak and the deaf can hear and under
stand.-Bovee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18
stops the Cough

and works off the cold. Laxative Bronze
Quinine Tablets. Price % cents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18

'ItAtl4IIEE13U1r
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-12

The promoters of the free employ
ment agency in Kalispell feel much
encouraged since the matter has been
publicly discussed, and believe that
the council committee at the next
meeting will report an ordinance
favoring the establishment of the
same with the city judge as agent
Statistics of the Butte office, ap-
pearing in Commissioner Ferguson
report, which will be published in
book form, demonstrated that such
agencies are no longer an expert
ment, and the commissioner urges
the establishment of the free employ
ment bureaus in all cities and towns:
The report from that Office cover
ing the entire period of its existence
is at present in the hands of Mr.
Ferguson. 1t shows that from
March 10 to November 80 of this
year, 1924 men and women applied
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-12

Jim Waugh, the alleged leader of
the horse thieves, who was arrested
last week, had his preliminary hear
ing before Justice M j. Sullivan
Tuesday afternoon and was bound
over to the district court in bonds
of $1,000. The three other men,
Stevens, Head and Lyons, were ar
raigned at the same time, but were
released on the statement of County
Attorney R. L. Oliver that the evil
dence in their case was insufficient
to convict. 1t is understood that
these men were duped into making a
complete confession by being told
that Waugh had made a confession,
in which he implicated them as prin-
cipals in the gang and that he also
charged them with the commission
of many other crimes This statement
had the desired effect, in that it SO
inf1amed their anger against Waugh
that, in order to get even, as they
thought, they asked to be taken be-
fore the county attorney, to whom
they made a complete confession. for
doing which they were promised their
liberty.
The charge upon which Waugh
was arraigned Tuesday was the steal
ing of gray horse valued at $11o,
the property of William Engles. His
attorney w. N. Noffsinger, made no
defense beyond moving that the
charge be dismissed, on the ground
of the evidence being insufficient to
warrant the prisoners being held.
This motion was overruled and Waugh
bound over as stated. Being unable
to secure the necessary security he
was remanded to -ail.