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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
TESTING TEE SEEDS.
Now Is the Proper Time to Investl.
gate Their Vitality and Ger
minatinE Power.

1t is now time to procure and pre-
pare seed for this springs sowing.
If put off until late, because of the
delays that arise during the rush of
spring shipments and spring work,
the seed may not be on hand at the
proper time, the seeding will be late
and smaller yields will be the result.
This is the proper time to investi-
gate the vitality and terminating
power of seeds. This should always
be done unless there is no question
about the matter, and there usually
is; and the cost of test is but a
trife.
Purchased seed should always be
tested. Seed may have been put
away in storage, in proper condition,
but it may have absorbed moisture
from the air, the ventilation may
have been poor and the seed may
have been injured by molding or heat
ing or freezing. If such seed is used
and the usual amount is sown, the
stand is poor and irregular, and II
low yield is the result.
The weather during the fall of
1902 was hard on the vitality of
seeds, and even where the best Of
care has been taken, the per cent OF
termination may be low. Where the
seed has been neglected the per cent.
of termination may fall below so.
Much poor seed will be sent out this
season and it is very necessary that
all seed be tested before planting.
A simple apparatus for testing
seeds can be made from two ordinary
plates and a piece of flannel cloth.
Fold the cloth and lay it in one plate,
placing the seeds between folds of
the cloth, which should be moist, but
not dripping. Cover the whole with
another plate inverted and stand in a
warm place. If the test is made dur
ing cold weather, care must be taken
to stand the plates where the tenn
perature will not fail much below SO
degrees Fahrenheit at night and will
be about 65 or 70 degrees during the
daytime.
The seeds that have sproutcd
should be removed every day and the
number recorded. When the test is
completed the number of seeds
sprOuted con be compared with the
number put in the test and the per-
centage of termination determined.
Cereals and alfalfa should be tested
for about ten days, while grass seeds
need IA to 30 days.-Farmers' Voice.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
THE THEATER TALKER.
An IntOIerabIe Nuisance Quickly and
Quietly Suppressed by a
Little wit.

They had been reading a Rolfe ammo
tated edition of the play, and there was
nothing in Julius Caesar that they
were not perfectly familiar with. Before
the performance was half through there
was nothing that they knew which every
body within half a dozen rows did not
hear about; for among the three of them
"a man and two women-there were
such capacities for superhuous converse
ton as are met with nowhere except in
a theater, says the New York Mail and
Express.
In tones that alternately Missed and
brayed and rasped till spinal columns all
around them ached they told one another
that Antony was much better done than
Brutus, that Portia would come on in a
minute in the garden scene; that Casca
was supposed to be a gruff old Roman;
that Caesar actually did have fits-think
of it, that it was a pity (this in a whis-
per that shivered far down the aisle and
splintered at least a score of vertebrae)
Roman ladies didn't wear corsets. So on,
ad nauseam.
At last the ghost and the distraught
BrutuS met and there was a thrilled 81
dence in all the crowded house save in
row Q, where a strident voice complained:
81 can't hear a word the ghost says
Why doesn't he speak louder?"
A man behind the Querulous disturber,
quite beside himself with rage, leaned for
ward and said in tones as courteously
sweet as the sting of honey bee:
perhaps the ghost is a gentleman, and
does not like to annoy people"
Which. of course, was very rude though
it did fill MANY hearts with an unholy joy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
HELPFUL FARM NOTES.

The best method of making the farm
profitable is to make it productive.
Manure adds to the productiyeness
of the land as soon as it is applied. but
all the substance is not used up in ono
season.
During the winter is good time tn
clean up the old fence rows and cor
ners that have been allowed to grow
up in weeds.
Tie time to shape the heads of trees
is while they are young. Then the
tops can be easily trained in almost
any shape desired.
In profitable farming the farm prod
ucts must be put in the form in which
they will command the most money
and yet leave the farm in the most
productive condition.
President Roosevelt says: "WhiIe 7
am a son of Harvard, | believe that the
late land grant institutions are do
a greater work and are closer to
hearts of the people than many of
older and better equipped col
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
BERRIES UNDER CLOTH.
Plants Are More, Productive, When
SO Protected Than When Grown
I'm the Open.

The Experiment Station Record thus
reviews some experiments by o. w.
Blacknall. He has successfully used
thin muslin, known as tobacco plant
bed cloth, as protection for straw
berries. In his experience the berries
grow larger, the blossoms are better
pollenized, and the plants more pro-
ductive under cloth than when grown
in the open. He considers also that the
slight increase of warmth obtained by
lessening the radiation at night was
very beneficial to the growth of the
strawberries. Taking one year with
another, he estimates that this kind of
protection adds from so to 100 percent
to the yield of berries, makes them
larger and more reliable, and ripens
them earlier. Care should be taken
not to use a cloth too thick and i'm
pervious to sunlight. The Fabricated
kind such as is used in large quanti-
ties for tobacco-plant beds is consid-
cred just right The cloth is fastened
down over the bed by driving 1s-inch
stakes into the ground about one foot
deep. A wire hook is attached to the
tops of the stakes, by which the plant
cloth is held in place. The stakes are
set the width of the cloth apart, in
straight rows and "a inches apart in the
row. The original cost of a protection
of this kind is estimated at $3.50 per
acre. The cloth lasts about three years,
and the stakes if carefully protected,
from five to ten years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
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GRfgNR,..,1s5 :SLlIEE]S
1--e\ ~"
AN IDEA FROM OHIO.
Nelghbors There Got Together and
Installed n Cooperative Corn
stalk Shredder.

There are perhaps many farmers
who realize the value and conven-
fence of shredded fodder but do not
feel that the results Justify the ex-
pense of personally owning a shred
der. Two years ago we hired huslH-
er and shredder, the first one ever in
our community, at $40 per day. But
with cold weather, short days, NOV
ing the machine, etc, we found it
very expensive method. Besides, the
owner was some distance from home
and did not like to stop work when
the fodder was not in the best con-
dition for storing. Last year eight
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05

of us, neighbors, bought a husker
and shredder including a knife grind
er, etc, for 1925, or $25 per share,
as one stakeholder was allowed two
shares, he having about twice as
much corn as the others. He also
had to furnish two men when husk-
ing, as it took nine to work it up to
full capacity; two in the field to load,
three to haul corn from field, one to
haul husked corn and three around
the machine, to haul water and keep
the thing moving in general. They
also took turns in feeding, as that
was perhaps the hardest work in
connection with it.
Each shareholder was charged
three cents per shock, 144 hills, for
what he had husked, and was allowed
ten cents per hour for helping the
others, no charge being made TO
teams or wagons, as they would have
been idle anyway. We found this
better than husking at so much per
bushel, as it was less bother. If
ones corn was good and large, it
cost him less proportionately than
his neighbor, but as it took longer
to husk it he had to pay for more
labor. and vice versa, so that at the
settlement things were pretty we'll
evened up. We hired a man with his
traction engine and necessary outfit.
at so cents per hour actual running
time. AS most of us had consider
able stock to feed we began at eight
a. m. and quit at four p. M, so that
we were not rushed to death" If
the fodder or fields were not in good
condition we quit until they were.
One of the number kept account of
the shocks and time we were at work.
In ITO hours we husked 1 ZOO shocks.
which made at least $500 bushels
shelled corn. Much of the crop had
been husked by hand before gettin
the machine.
This plan gave very good satisfac-
ton. This year, however, we have
not accomplished much, as the
weather has been so unfavorable.
We found no difficulty in keeping the
fodder, if practically dry when shred
ded. The blower is much better than
the old style carrier, as that requires
man in the NOW, which causes the
fodder to heat where tramped over.
We tried stacking the fodder and it
kept very well, except where the
blower deposited on the stack. But
1t was quite job to stack it. and
much of the lightest and best parts
of the fodder were blown entirely
off the stack. 1t was also quite a
task to haul the shredded fodder to
the barn, as it is difficult to handle
by ordinary means. A neighbor had
some baled, but did not find it profit
able selling it in competition with
hay at $40 He said the bales were
nearly all moldy when opened for
feeding. Shredded fodder is all RIGHT
If one has NOW room to store it, and
plenty of stock to consume it, other
wise we doubt its value when COM
pared with its cost.-Ohio Letter, in
Rural New Yorker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
A VENERABLE PASTOR
CURED By PE-RU-NA.

In old age the mucous membranes
become thickened and partly lose their
function.
This leads to partial loss of hearing,
smell and taste, as well as digestive
disturbances.
Peruna corrects all this by its spe-
cific operation on all the mucous men,
branes of the body.
One bottle will convince anyone.
Once used and Peruna becomes a life
long standby with old and young.
Mr.. Samuel Saunders of Blythedale,
Mo, writes: my disease was catarrh
of the urethra and bladder. l got a
bottle of Pe-ru-na and began taking
it, and in a few days l was relieved and
could sleep and rest all night. think
that Pe-ru-na is a valuab remedy. l
had tried other very highly recon-
mended medicines, but they did me no
good. My physician told me that 1
could not expect to be cured of my
trouble, as L was getting to be an old
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
Pe-ru-na is a Catarrhal Tonic
EspeCidliyAdapted to the De-
Clining Powers of Old Age.
The Oldest Man in America Attributes
His Long Life and Good Health
to Pe-ru-na.

Mr.. Isaac Brock, of McLennan coun-
ty, Texas, has attained the great age
of ia years. He is an ardent friend
of Peruna and speaks of it in the fol-
lowing terms. Mr.. Brock says:
'After a man has lived in the world
as long as l have he ought to have
found out a great many things by ex-
perience. l think | have done so.
Zone of the things | have found out
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
why Green Manuring Pays.

There are two advantages in green
manuring. One is that it improves the
mechanical conditions of the soil, MAX
ing it more porous, easier mellowed
and more open to the action of the
sun and air. The other is that it in
creases the vegetable matter-hu1a-
us-in the soil and then furnishes
just the condition necessary to cause
the chemical changes which will
change the inert plant food into avail
able form for the use of the plants
Midland Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05

In later letter she says: 81 am
only too thankful to you for your kind
advice and for the good health that
1 am enjoying wholly from the use OF
your Peruna. Have been out to the
Yellow Stone National Park and many
other places of the west, and shall al
ways thank you for your generosity"
Mrs. F. E. Little.
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa, write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving a full statement of your case
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
Bathing the Baby,

Young mothers naturally feel anxious
about the baby's bath. 1t is best to begin
at six weeks to put the little one in the
water, first folding soft towel in the bot
tom of the basin. Use only Ivory Soap,
as many of the highly colored and per-
fumed soaps are very injurious to the ten
der skin of an infant
ELEANOR R. PARKER.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05

in the barn and stable to hang your
lantern on, then it will not get
knocked off. They will not unlock
by being hit with anything. Three
eighths inch round iron, sharpened
on one end and bent as shown in the
illustration, answers the purpose
j. S. Blackwell, in Farm and Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
A TRAVELLER
AT SEVtNTY-ONE
YEARS OF AGE.

also cough. Now my cough is all
gone, and all the distressing symptoms
of catarrh of the stomach and bowels
have disappeared. 1 will recommend
it to all as a rare remedy. am so well
I am contemplating trip to Yellow
Stone Park this coming season. How
is that for one II years old?"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
Keeping Insanity at Raw.

Old Gentleman-So you think my daugh.
Ter loves you, and you wish to marry her?
,Dudlelgh-That's what I called to see Won
about Is there any insanity in your fam
No, sir and there's not going to he
any."-Medical Record. ~ NC
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05

m e d i C in e f or
chronic catarrh of
the stomach and
bowels. | h av e
been troubled Sc
verely with it for
over a wear, and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05


fhafI
troubled rheumatic
hearing restored
pains cannot
So
Doctor
suffering
t.'-ReV. j. NJ
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
Seeking q New Hnme1

why not try the great Southwest? Low
coionlst. rates on the first and third Tues
days OF each month. Ask for particulars
and literature. Address James Barker
Zen l Pass. Agent, NJ. X. Il 7. Ry., 2O3
Wainwright Bldg, St. Louis.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05

man (57 years.. I feel very thankful
for what Pe-ru-na has done for me.''
In later letter Mr. Saunders says
81 am still of the same mind with re-
gard to your Pe-ru-na incidence
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
SAFE LANTERN HOOK.
1t Reduces Danger from Fire in the
Barn or Stables Almost to n
inimum.

1t is not safe to hang a lantern on
a common nail, as many do. Have
some hooks made and put them up
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05

to my entire salts
f a c ii on is the
proper remedy for
ailments due di-
rectly to the eff
fects of the eli
mate.
For ia years 1
have withstOOd the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05

Go to the anstomist for inside informa-
tlon.-Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05

II you want creamery prices do as the
creameries do, use June Tint Butter Color.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05

Never take your troubles to bed with you.
United Presbyterian.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05

The Public Awards the Palm to Hale's
Honey OF Horehound and Tar for coughs.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
as cough ,cure.-J. w. O'Brien, 500 Third
Ave, N. Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 6, 1900.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05

You'll be reasonably happy if you stop
worrying because you are not.-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05

The Overland Limited, solid train Chi
cage to the Coast daily. Chicago, Union
Pacific & Northwestern Line.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05

,klndness will win where gold will fail
United Presbyterian.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
A New Man at 79.

Major Frank O'Mahoney, West Side,
Hannibal, Mo-, writes:
81 am professionally a newspaper
correspondent, now 70 years old. 1
have watched the growing power of
the Peruna plant from its incipiency
in the little log cabin, through its
gradations of success up to its present
establishment in Columbus, Ohio, and
[ conclude that merit brings its full
reward.
up to few years ago felt no need
to test its medicinal potency, but late
ly when my system needed it, your
Peruna relieved me of many catarrhal
troubles. Some two years ago /
weighed 210 pounds, but fell away
down to 16S pounds, and besides loss
of flesh was subject to stomach trou-
blesr-indigestion, loss of appetite, in
somnia, night sweats, and foreboding
of getting my entire system out of or
der. During some months I gave Pc
runa fair trial, and it rejuvenated
my whole system. I feel thankful
therefore, for although 70 years old
| feel like young an."-Major
Frank O'Mahoney.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05

The rolling stone gathers no moss, but it
acquires certain polish.-Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
"I RELY UPON
PE-RU-NA fer
ALL CATARRHAL
DISEASES"


changeable climate of the United
States. During my long life l have
known a great many remedies for
coughs, colds, catarrh and diarrhoea.
had always supposed these affections
to be different diseases. For the last
ten or fifteen years L have been read
ing DIR. Hartmans books and have
learned from them one thing in par
ticular: That these affections are the
same and that they are properly called
catarrh.
'As for DR.. Hartman's remedy, Pc
runa, [ have found it to be the best,
if not the only reliable remedy for
these affections. HhaS been my stand
by for many years and attribute my
good health and my extreme old age
TO this remedy.
1T exactly meets all my require
ments. l have come to rely upon il al
most entirely for the many little
things for which l need medicine. 1
believe it to be especially valuable to
old people, although have no doubt
it is just as good for the young''-
Isaac Brock.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05

Good stock, fertility and industry
are essentials to good farming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-22
FOOD VS.. DRUGS.
A DRUG MANS WISDOM THAT COUNTS

It's shrewd man who while In the drug bust.
ness. learns that although drugs are all right In
their place, the of proper food will make medi-
ciEe unnecessary in the ma jority Of cases.
Travelling through various towns" writes a
drug salesman from Lancaster, Pa, drinking diff.
ferent waters to which was not accustomed eat
Ing strangely prepared meals at irregular hours,
contracted dyspepsia. accompanied by nervousness,
loss of sleep and consequently loss Of energy.
often had the blues that indescribably toupa
ceiling which makes one look on the dark side of
every picture, and the shadows of life rather
than the substance, imagine the thousand calam-
tiles that were never In existence, and SO render
life almost unbearable Many thousands of men
under the circumstances would have resorted to
stimulation from drugs or liquor
Il happened TO read an article on Grape Nuts
about a case similar TO my own and determined TO
give the food trial. 1t agreed with me from the
start and the miserable distress that usually came
after eating did not manifest itself when I ate
Grspe-Nuts. I asked for this food at every hotel
at which stopped and made 1t the principal part
of the meal. My stomach soon got SO that could
eat any kind Of rich food in connection with
Crape-Nuts without 1t distressing me- Ny dys-
pepsa and nervousness disappeared and life looked
bright and happy once more 1 am now we'll
healthy, happy and able to work l6 hours out OF
the - and can sleep like healthy child the other
5 hours
My family soon tires Of mushy cereals but
we sever tire of Grape-Nuts The children thrive
on 1t and enjoy it. You may publish this II you
think 1t Will encourage others to try Grape-Nuts
Instead Of medicine or spirituous remedies that
stimulate the system for a time but do not build
II up" Name given by Postum Cereal Co., Battle
Greek. Mich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-22
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Fourth street southeast between C and D
streets-Henry r. Webb ct al. trustees to
Maria l. Hanson, original lot 6, square $50;
$2,329.41.
U street northwest between 18th and 18th
streets-Charles w. King ct ux. to James
H. Johnson, jr., lot 254, square $50; $40.
Valley street northwest between P and Q
streets-Edgar P. Berry ct al, trustees to
Frederick l.. Moore, part lots and 10,
square 1911; SO.
Fifteenth and c streets northwest-Wil-
liam F. Mattingly ct al, trustees, to Guy
r. Doane, original lot Z, square 23O; So
Cleveland Heights-Lizzie j. Brodhead to
Mark Brodhead, lots II and II, block 5; 80
Fairview Heights-Ross B. Brodhead to
Lizzie ]. Brodhead. half interest in lot !,
block Z: SO.
Fairview Heights-Mark Brodhead ct ux
to Ross B. Brodhead, lot 8. block .; SO.
Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Plains
Dwight Anderson to William T. Walker,
Thomas E. Landon and Jesse L. Heiskell,
assignees, part lot 121; $40 William T.
Walker ct al, trustees, to William E. H.
Merritt, part lot 121; $40.
Connecticut avenue northwest between r
and streets-Louise A. Hayden to Arthur
D. Hayden, lot At. square 80; $40.
New Jersey avenue northwest between G
and H streets-Cornelius Horigan ct ux to
Traugott L. Schmidt, part lot 8, square 563;
$40.
X street southwest between Sd and AZ
streets-John T. Arms ct ux. to Charles H.
Parker, part original lot 20, square 543; $40.
N street northwest between 33d and 34th
streets-Hannah White ct vir, Edward T.,
to Isaac Sacks, part lot rs, square 1920; $40
Holmead Manor-Wiliam Holmead ct al,
trustees, to VIM. F. Holmead, lots to 10,
block Al; $40. VIM. F. Holmead ct ux to
Hugh Govern, part lot 10: block Al; So
Same to Frank Govern, part lot 10, block
Al; $40. Same to Claud Livingston, part
lots 10 and IL and all lot IL, block Al; SO.
Same to Amory X. Tingle, lot 10 and west
half lot IL, block At; 80. Same to William
Holmead, lots 8, IA. Is. 10. block Al; $40.
1 street southeast between 10th and 18th
streets-Heirs Of Charles H. Wright to
Thomas B. Claggett part lot 3, square 974;
so.
Thrtieth street northwest above @ street
Katharine L. Ross ct vir, Tenney, to Carl
B. Keferstein, lot 80, square 1888; SO.
Nineteenth street northwest between E
and F streets-Allan E. Walker ct ux. to
Mary ]. Perry, original lot II, square 122;
$40.
Asbury Park-District Investment Com
pany to Charles F. Sontag, trustee, lots 1
and 2, block 1; SO.
Widows Mite-Wiliam P. Kellogg ct ux.
to Alpheus H. Bowman. lot 1877; ST.. 800.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-22
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to The
following:
White-Thaddeus E. MCGOWAN and Ida
G. Meem; Frank A. Osborn and Lula A.
Allen; William A. Duvall and Deborah d.
Mead, both Of Anacostia D. c.; Harry E.
F. Seller and Beulah E. Ward; Charles W.
Robey and Minnie w. HeitZler: r. E. Lit
tie of Norfolk, Va, and Nora E. Bryan OF
Petersburg, Va: Stuart Cooke and Martha
Lundy, both of Richmond, Va; Chester r.
Smith of Flat Brookville N. j., and Ger
trude G. Heck of this city; Robert L..
Thomas and Nellie Franger, both of Green
ville Va.
Colored-Musca D. Harley and Sarah e.
Tinseley: Henry S. Robinson and Ella
Bruce; Harry Gordon of this city ard
Nellie Toney of Montgomery county, Md !;
John II. Robinson and Harriet Moore
Walter Mcdaniel and Louise Mitchell; AL
phonso Wilkinson and Rosina Smith; VIM
Dorsey and Lottie Goodwin; Irving Green
and lrma Thornton; Ebert Arnold of Spar-
rows Point. Md. and Laura Lee of Baltl-
more, Nd; Rufus Thyson and Scotty John
son: John Green and Alberta Alexander.
William j. Dunkins and Lucy Minor.