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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-19
WHEAT MAKES MONEY.
Illinois Farmer Gives Facts and Fig
ures Which Prove the Truth
of This Assertion.

Is the wheat crop a money maker L?
That depends great deal on the land
that is used 20 produce it. and still
more on the farmer himself An Hill
nois farmer writes as follows in re-
gard to the possible paying qualities of
this crop: On good ground | raised 81
bushels of wheat per acre, and on as
good soil produced ~ bushels of oats.
Last year was perhaps an extra year
for both wheat and oats, and my
wheat made As bushels per acre. at rs
cents per bushel, and my oats went
81 bushels per acre, at 80 cents per
bushel. This was machine measure.
and explains very well why | continue
to raise wheat. My expenses on the
crop were about the same, excepting
that of thoroughly covering the ground
with manure, as if | had only secured
an average on a small crop. | know a
man who sells S2.50 worth of straw for
GO cents and charges the wheat with
his two dollar mistake, and then adds
another $3.50 charge to the grain for
lost fertilizer, thus making a $3.50
loss. he then counts loss by max
ing hay and harvesting, also the
thrashing of the grain and the cutting,
as well. He thus loads down wheat
heavier than it was loaded when it
brought $3.50 per bushel a couple of
years ago. l also raise wheat to feed.
that is, if it is not bringing enough to
sell on the market. In the last three
years have fed over thousand bush
els of wheat, and it has been proved
cheaper than shorts, and has also been,
to my notion, better and more profit
able feed than 50-cent corn fed alone
Wheat that tests 62 pounds to the
bushel is the kind to raise do not
find any other crop as profitable as
wheat with as little labor when land
is properly matured. Many failures
are due to poor land and poor farm
ing.-Prairie Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-19
The CENSUS BUREAU.
Interesting Figures from the Report
of Director North.
An Available Balance on Hand from
Last Year of Over $500. 0OO-GOOd
Work Done in Collecting
Cotton Statistics.

According to the annual report of the
director of the census for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1903, the twelfth census
If the United States cost S13, lis 1922
according to the computations made by
Director S. N. D. North.
The total amount of disbursements for
the permanent census office during the
year was 81 ,282 ,9962S. To this sum
should be added the accounts chargeable
against the fiscal year ending June so,
1903, which have been presented for pay
ment, amounting to sec, ass 65, making,
since July l, 1903, the total cost for that
year S1,343, 4S193. 1t is estimated that
the cost of printing ordered during the
same year, but according to information
obtained from THE government printing
office, not begun until after the end of
the year, and therefore chargeable to
the appropriation for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1904, will be about So
600. The total cost of the census Office
from its organization under the act of
March 3, 1899, to the close of the last
fiscal year was $13.115, 1927. The cost
VI Nol ms Oll NllC WOlh VI lUt OlHCG
for the fiscal year covered by this re-
port was S402 ,26829 less than the ap-
preparations available for that purpose.
Under the provisions of the act to sup
ply deficiencies in the appropriations for
the fiscal year, as construed and inter
preted by the attorney general, the whole
of this uneXpended balance is available
for general census purposes during the
fiscal year ending June go 1904 Adding
this uneXpended balance to the regular
appropriation voted by congress for the
conduct of the census office for the cur
rent fiscal year, $1,1S3 200 (Which in
cludes the allotment of $3.50 600 in the
appropriation for public printing and
binding for that year,, the total sum
available for that purpose is 81. $50, 52S %,
or $242,O46.36 in excess of the total ex-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-19

worthless sort OF loafer, mistreateo
her shamefully, only to abandon her
at last and die miserably in some
heathenish country"
''She couldn't ever have-have really
cared for him, them"
"Oh, | think not, at the last; she
couldn't very well, you know, after
everything"
A clock somewhere in the neighbour
hood struck two and Carter rose to
go. I'll be in tomorrow at ten" he
said carelessly, and closed the door
behind him
But tomorrow came and went. and
he was not there; and many more to-
morrows, until a month had slipped
by.
Finally, one day. in CHANGING over
his morning mail, Dr. Henderson was
not in the least surprised to come
across letter bearing the Manila
postmark and addressed in the
scrawling, backhand of his patient.
A check for a generous amount was
enclosed, and just few lines on half
sheet Of note paper solved the situa-
ton.
My dear DOCTOR" he wrote, 81
need not tell you that the old restless
fever for excitement is on me again:
you've doubtless run across my kind
before. And that 1 appreciate more
than l can express. your kindness and
patience, is also superfuous to add.
Maybe out here l can stick it out
alone somehow. Sincerely,
"a. E. WILKINS"
DR.. Henderson read the contents
over twice; then folded the sheet and
laid it aside, mechanically.
Poor devil" he unused, with a genu-
inc sigh, he'll be a dead man in less
than two months, and he knows it.
thought from the first that he cared
rather a trife too little about getting
well, in spite of his assurances to the
contrary"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-19
Killed by Eating Rat Pie.

Charles Wingate, aged 60 years. died
from poisoning by strychnine, at Pc
oria, III. Mrs Wingate, who has been
much troubled by rats, made two pies.
One of these she prepared for table use;
in the other she put a large desc Of
strychnine. 1t was the intention of
Mrs Wyngate to place the rat pie on
the floor of the closet, but she neglect
ed to do so, and her husband, coming in
hungry when she was not in the room.
took the first pie he saw and ate it. I'm
fortunately it was the wrong pie. The
coroner's jury censured Mrs. Wyngate
for leaving the poison in a manner So
easily mistakable.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-19

is well opened for free ventilation. The
floor is raised one foot in the center,
so as to make sufficient fall for feed
to drop into feed trays, f. A slide,
g, one by six inches by Is feet, may
be used to regulate the flow of grain
into manger. 1t should have two han
dies attached as shown.
The door to the scoop hole should be
made with sides similar to a scoop
board, as at a, and about two by two
and one-half feet, that there may be
no waste of corn while filling the crib.
The two by tours, b. which form the
bottom, should project on each side
bout 20 inches to build the feed
trough on.-A. w. Heide, in Farm and
home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-19
CURE FOR BALKINESS.
Simple Remedy Which VIII start
Horse Ninety-Nine Times
Ouy of Hundred.

For the benefit of those who have
been caused a great deal of anxiety by
a balky horse, lost trains as well as
tempers, and even sometimes ruined
the horse, says a correspondent in the
Horseshoers' Journal, | will give your
readers a remedy which, no matter how
bad he is, will start such a horse SO
times out of 100. Of course it may fail
one time in hundred. When a horse
balks, no matter how badly he sulks
or how ugly he is, do not beat him;
don't throw sand in his ears; don't
use a rope on his forelegs or even burn
straw under him. Quietly go and pat
him on the head moment; take a
hammer or even pick up stone in the
street; tell the driver to sit still, take
his lines, hold them quietly, while you
lift up either front foot; give each nail
a light tap and a good smart tap on
the frog; drop the foot quickly, and
then chirp to him to. 60 In 80 cases
out of 100 the horse will go right on
about his business, but the driver must
keep his lines taut and not pull or Jerk
him back. If l have tried this once /
have tried it 500 times, and every time
have suggested it people have laughed
and even get five dollars and bottles
of wine that | could not do it. So far
l have won every bet. This may make
you smile, but a horse has more COM
mon sense than most people are will
ing to give him credit for. The secret
of this little trick is simply diversion.
l am firm believer that with kind
ness and proper treatment horse can
be driven with string.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-19
A CURIOUS VIOLIN.
Strange Musical Instrument Made
from "A LObster's Claw by
New jersey Genius.

The only violin in the world made
from the claw of giant lobster has
just been completed by John H. Dadmun,
Of 429 Berkeley street, Camden, n j.
This unique instrument, strange to say,
can be made to produce as sweet musical
tones as any high-class violin. Its own
er gives the following as the story Of
its life:
The lobster from which the claw was
taken was caught off Gloucester, Mass,
in March, 1862. In time it came to Con-
cord, N. H., where Mr. Dadmun saw it.
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New Jersey)
At that time the lobster weighed 1T15
pounds. A single claw weighed 51a
pounds. The claw that Mr.. Dadmun pre-
served, after the lobster had gone tine
way of such things, was 1874 inches long,
Z inches broad and 314 inches thick.
Preserved among other curiosities of
the Dadmun household, the giant claw
remained claw for many years One
day it occurred to its owner that it was
shaped something like a violin. and he
tried the experiment of fashioning it to
look more like that popular musical
instrument. After much patient effort
Mr.. Dadmun managed to transform the
claw into violin that could be played
The tone was sweet, but not loud enough
for an orchestra. Experiment proved
that by changing the fittings and settings
the tone could be made much louder.
AS it is now the violin when played prop
erly sounds exactly like any other vi0-
lin. 1t is doubtless the most curious
musical instrument ever made
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-19
Oldest Mines in Americn.

The great clock of Wells cathedral, in
Somersetshire, England, is very nearly
the oldest and certainly one of the most
interesting Of clocks in existence. 1t
was built in 1922, by Peter Lghtfoot,
one Of the monks of Glastonbury abbey,
six miles from Wells, where it ran for
$50 years, until the abbey was dissolved
by Henry VIII, and its last abbot hanged
over his own gateway. The clock was
then removed to Wells, where it has
been running ever since.-St. Nicholas.
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FILTER FOR CISTERN.
How to Make One That Purides the
Water supply az Fast
IL Falls.

A simple filtering arrangement for a
clstern is made by inclosing the bot
tom OF the suction pipe in a chamber
built of soft brick or filtering stone.
Its capacity may be 20 TO 80 gallons,
and is built round to give strength
The cistern should be so arranged that
the bottom of the cistern and sides of
hltering chamber can be cleaned oc-
casionally, and in this way these filters
give good satisfaction. No cistern
should be without one, unless there is
some more thorough means of filter
ing at hand. But if one wishes to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-19
POLITE POTATO FREAK.
After Being Supplied with n Hat This
Tuber Closely ReSembIed
Human Form.

The military looking potato whose
portrait is presented herewith, was
grown by New York farmer Meth
er the man who dag the potato nor
those who packed it recognized its
lifelike appearance and expression. 1t
was unusually large, weighing a trlfe
more than a pound and half. When
it came to be packed its size attract
ed the attention of the farmer, who
placed it carefully on the top of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-19
MOIes and Seed Corn.

To prevent moles taking seed corn
first pour melted grease of any kind over
the corn, then sift Paris green in over
the creased corn and mix well. Just
enough Paris green to make the corn
green. The Paris green adheres to the
grease on the corn and does not iniure
in the least. We have tried this two sea-
sons where the moles had taken it. and
secured a good stand of corn by using the
Paris green.-Mrs. H. c. Campbell, in
Epitomist.
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barrel which was to bring it to New
York
1t CHANGED that the commission mer-
chant who unpacked the potatoes was
a man of imagination, and he instantly
recognized the semblance to the hui
man form. The only artificial addi-
lions since it left the ground before be-
ing photographed were the hat and the
pipe and the eyes It will be seen that
these adjuncts merely lend an appear
ance of brightness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-19

Nov, here's piece of goods" said
the voluble drummer, that speaks for
itself L"
"All right" interrupted the weary
buyer, suppose you keep quiet for five
minutes and give it a chance '-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-19
IN THE FOREST.

Deep shadows in emboughed trees
Are homes wherein to stay,
Green forest-vistas build with ease,
The spirits glad highway.
The aspen leafs fine tremolo
Can never quite be still,
But oscillates, now swift, now slow,
On light-hung pedicieI.
All forest-stems, or dark or gay,
Or straight, or bent, l love,
But most the aspen's bole of gray,
In hue soft as dove.
And birches that. mid dappled green,
Stand Ike the columns light
OF marble temples in the sheen
OF alabaster white.
At noon a woodsy fragrance lifts
Distilled by midday heat,
And redolent 1t dreams and drifts,
Till all the air is sweet.
The feathery, curling ferns possess
Damp hollOws of the woods,
Their fronded tribes the forest bless
Emerald beatitudes
At nightfall swells a wild, weird note,
Tone-music of the breeze,
Blown from a mountain gorge remote,
To play upon the trees.
Mrs. Merrill E. Gates, in n. Y. OBJ.
server
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-19
AN IDEA FROM IOWA.
Details of IA SheIIed Corn Self Feeder
That Has stood the Test of
several Seasons,

My style of feed crib can be made
of any size, 50 as to suit any number
of cattle. Mine, however, is six feet
wide, Is long and ten high. 1t has run
ners, e, underneath, that it may be
readily moved to any place desired.
The roof is extended out so as to keep
grain dry as well as the backs of
steers. 1t is supported by two by four
braces, as shown at C c. Cupola, d, ,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-19
A Primitive TeIescnne

Galileo's first telescope was made of
a piece of lead water pipe, in each end
Of which he cemented common specta-
Gle glasses,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

would have been a mistake. He did not
sleep. A nearer approach discovered
that this elderly and peaceful man &C
cupied a seat upon the soft turf of the
bank equidistant from four bamboo
poles arranged like the guns Of a sea-
coast battery and trained upon the rip
ping current of the creek The ancient
man sat with two poles on each side
of him and within reach of a ready
wrist. From the outer ends of the poles
bobbed and swung four corks. The pc
destrian stood in silence and watched
Suddenly one of the corks surged under.
Quick as a fash the piscatoria pa
triarch reached for the proper pole and
heaved. struggling upon the grass. a
leaping victim Of his successful lure
With quiet move. the hook was re-
wormed and the bobber bobbed at ease.
Once two Of the corks were pulled under
at once. and the agile ancient whisked
his catch upon the bank, one pole in
each hand. Between times he sat in
awful stiffness and puffed his corncob
pipe.
A question. pitched in tone prop
erly guarded. brought his head around
upon his shoulder. He said he had been
having pretty fair luck for three hours
fishing, and ne strained at string an
chored beneath him on the bank. In
this he was Ike the most fastidious fly
caster that ever struck trout with a
tiny glitter Of gold and red He showed
his catch with conscious pride. The pc
destrian counted eight mullets, five rock
bass. three so-called Oswego bass. a
five-pound pickerel, and innumerabIe
sunhsh.
Are the mullets good TO eat at this
time Of Year," asked the pedestrian.
wall" said the manager Of the pole
quartet. mot pertickler. bein soft"
He was thereupon asked what he did
with them.
Take EN- home to show to the old
woman, and then, If the neighbors don't
want them. fthrun EN- away The ole
woman is powerful fond Of Iookin' at
my ketch"
Now the artist with the hyrod way
fishing and the patriarch with the four
bamboo poles was fishing. The que stion
Is: Who was the fisherman?
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WASHINOTONS GIFTS.

I Ohm DILLON, a banker at Geary,
owns medal alleged to be one Of
- the eight given by George Wash
ington to eight Arapahoe Indian chiefs
In l1S9, says the kansas City Journal"
The medal is nearly two and one-half
inches In diameter and made of unal-
loyed silver 1t was given. to Mr.. Dillon
by an Arapahoe chief, Jock Bull Bear,
who declared that 1t was given orig
inally to his grandfather, White owl, by
Washington, and transmitted by White
Owl TO his son OF the same name. who
was the uncle of Jock Bull Bear. and
from whom Bull Bear received it.
on one side is the head of Washing
ton, encircled by the words, George
Washington, the Father of Our Coun-
try" Below is the date, '17S9." On the
other side are two olive branches, in
closing two clasped hands, with the
date, ''17S9." and two crossed pipes be-
meath. In the outer margin at the top
is the word, Friendship" with six stars
on each side separating It from the
words, THE Pipe OF Peace" in the
other margin at the bottom of the
medal The thirteenth star is imme-
diately beneath the word Friendship"
The story Of the medal as told to Mr..
Dillon is that the Arapahoe tribe was in
camp at Colorado Springs. in 1888. when
eight chiefs left on horseback for Wash
ington. They made the trip successfully,
and returned In nine months from the
day of departure. Mr.. Dillon does not
know the value of the medal. but has
refused all offers for its purchase.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
WAGONS THAT SMART BOYS MAKE

carded hand trucks. These made wag-
on almost too heavy TO draw with IA
cility; but doubtless the boy owners
there were two Of them-of the wagon
thought they had a great outfit.
So almost any sort of wheel can be
made TO do. and more than one soap
box wagon has been seen-most curious
wagons these-with no two wheels alilxel
The hardwood disk wheel is a consid-
cradle item of manufacture IN factories
turning out wares of wood, and it is a
regular article of trade. Many thou
sands of sets of sIch wheels are sold
yearly, and the greater number of the
soap box wagons seen here and there
and everywhere are running on them.
But the bigger boy runs to biggerwheels
and gets them as soon as he can.
And the use of the soap box wagon in
it's higher development is not confined
to children of parents in circumstances
too moderate to permit of buying more
expensive wagons. Many a boy who
could afford to buy a regularly manu-
featured wagon puts together a soap
box for the joy of making It.
In its common use the soap box wagon
is. so to speak. a pleasure vehicle. Chill
dren push and pull one another about
In them, and have fun, but there is
many a soap box wagon that is used as
well for purposes of utility. for hauling
home for firewood refuse stun cleaned
from the wreckage of torndown build
ings. 1t is fair to presume that, this
work done, the children that have thus
hauled the firewood home turn loose and
race their soap box wagons around with
the rest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
MANY WAYS OF CATCHING FISH.

"HERE is fishing and fishing. A
man may enter into the pastime
4 with all the enthusiasm of old
Izaak Walton, or he may haul
the finny victims from their native ele-
ment at the end Of a thick hand-line.
says the Rochester Post-Express
Either In the popular parIance is called
fishing Also, dynamiting netting
spearing. and sharing are equally in
cluded under the game categorical head
And in this confusion OF methods IN
der one designation is found obvious
reason for that difference of opinion
which Pudd' nhead Wilson observed
was necessary in horse races
The artist in the sport looks askance
at the hauler OF the hand-line, and he.
in turn. sneers with contempt at the
delicate instruments OF the Others
preference The one seeks sport. not
fish; and the other fish, not sport. Last
Sunday a pedestrian who was enjoying
the peaceful beauty of the Dugway
had an opportunity OF beholding a puz-
cling picture Of piscatoriaI opposites. At
one bend in Irondequoit Creek stood a
man with slender and flexible rod.
more like a whip than a pole A gilt
tering reel responded delicately to the
pressure of a finger. and the silken line
ended in an invisible length Of filn1v
lead The tiny weight OF a leaden pel-
let made the rod flicker and bend like
a feather in a zephyr. and when an oc-
casional rock bass struck, the strug-
gle whipped the graceful shaft into a
parabola Of jerking stubbornness.
Every fish which the sportsman landed
meant five minutes Of skillful play, and
their number was not spectacularIy
great nor their size worthy Of extended
language.
Half a mile up the stream the wan
derer strolled, and there he saw another
sight II was a picture of peaceful re-
pose, set in frame OF restful method.
Beneath a willows mournful boughs sat
an ancient and ruminative man.
corncob pipe was between his lips. and
ever and anon he pulled in a gentle and
contemplative cloud. From behind one
would have thought him asleep, but it
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
AN ACCOMPLISHED RULER

~ ECENTLY a curious incident oc-
CURED at Weingarten. on the
L shore Of Lake Constance. An in
fantry regiment was in garrison there,
and one evening the bandmaster, fading
time hang heavy on his hands. strolled
down to the lake in search Of adventure
The first thing he saw was a bottle,
and, picking it up, he placed in it
leaf which he had torn from his
pocketbook and on which he had writ
ten few words. Then he corked the
bottle and threw it ato the lake. What
he had written on Sise leaf was a re-
quest that anyone who might find the
bottle would send him a postal card
notifying him Of the fact
Some days later postal card reached
him, and on 1t were these words in
German: Il found the bottle and gladly
comply with your request William II,
King Of Wurttemberg-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

THE above picture shows Armand
Gumprecht. the weIl-known and
popular organist. seated at the or
gan at ST. Patrick's Church. Mr.. Cum
precht came to Washington from Bos-
ton number Of years ago, and has
been prominently identified with the mu-
steal progress Of this city ever since
his arrival.
Beginning the study of the organ in
Boston, under Anton Bilse, of that city.
he went 10 Milwaukee later and took
lessons from John Singenberger, the