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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14
GUESSING SONG.

Oh, no! oh. no! Pray, who can be?
l sweep Ger the land. l scour DER the sea;
1 cuff the tall trees till they bow down their
heads,
And l rock the wee brides asleep in their
beds
Oh, no! oh, no! And who can be
That sweep DER the land and scour DER the
sea?
Irumple the breast of the gray-headed daw,
l tip the rock S tail up and make him cry
cav"
But though love fun, I'm so big and SO
strong.
At puff Of my breath the great ships sail
along.
Oh, no! oh, no! And who can I be
That sweep Ger the land and scour DER the
sea?
swing all the weathercocks this way and
that,
play hare-and-hounds with a runaway
hat;
But, however I wander, ne'er so astray;
For, go where l WILL I've free right of
way!
Oh, no! oh, no! And who can I be
That sweep Der the land ana scour DER the
sea?
I skim DER the heather, dance up the
street;
I've foes that I laugh at, and friends that
I'm named in the east and I'm known in
But think the Dean Bridge is the place l
love best
Oh, no! oh, no! AND who can be
That sweep Ger the land and scour ser the
sea?
Henry tombstone, in St. Nicholas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14
Take Care of the Roads.

1t is the duty of every farmer to keep
his roads in good condition. Those about
the house and in the more conspicuous
parts of the premises serve double pur-
pose Of being both useful and orna-
mental. A road is not any particular or
nament, it is true, under any circum-
stances, yet well-kept road is credit
to a place, whereas neglected road is
always shame. The farm roads need
cleaning up and resurfacing almost as
much in the fall as in the spring. After
the rush Of the summer is over, they
ought to be put into condition for win
ter wear 1t is a timely piece of work
just now.-Country Gentleman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14
AMUSING PARLOR TRICK.
1t Is Called "Fettered and Unfettered'
and Any Bright BOY Can
Learn to Perform 1t.

The performer allows himself to be
tied with a fetter consisting of a
band) as is shown in C of illustration
One hand is tied to the end of the band
first, then the other. The band must
be so long that the hands can move pref
ty freely. The performer, after being
tied, speaks a few words of introduction,
excuses himself for being obliged to take
off his coat, takes off his coat and ap-
pears fettered as before.
Finally he slips his coat on again and
asks somebody to cut the letters, which
appear to be intact and in the same con-
dition as when they were tied at the be-
ginning of the performance.
To perform this trick effectively, a
cutaway coat should be worn, having
in its back pockets the principal requi-
site, a second fetter. Besides this fetter
small pair of scissors is secreted in
the same pocket. This pair of scissors
serves to cut the band tied by the audi
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14
BARN FOR THE DAIRY.
Description of Structure That is
Supplied with the Most Modern
Sanitary COnyenfences.

The stable floor may be of plank, brick,
cement or mixed clay and gravel. II
good stiff clay can be had, and clean
gravel, floor made of two parts clay
and one of gravel, thoroughly mixed
and well pounded, when of proper state
OF dryness, will make a floor which l
prefer to all others. There should be a
fall of one-half inch TO foot to the
standing floor towards the trench, and if
clay and gravel floor be used q plank
OF good, durable wood by IL should
be set up on edge and securely bolted
to the back of three-by-three-inch pieces
firmly driven into the ground. The
trench may be made of durable planks,
but cement is better. Very few trenches
are made deep enough, for when shall
low the cows will often step down into
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14
EDITORIAL NOTR-Non ,,,or \,
DEATH RATE LESS.
Inroads of Consumption In New York
City Have Been Reduced 40 Feu
Cent. I'm Recent Years.

Since 1881 the death rate from pull
monary tuberculosis in New York
city has fallen from 40 per 1000 to
2.29 per 1000, reduction of more
than 40 per cent. This is set forth
in circular of information just is
sued regarding measures adopted by
the board of health for the sanitary
supervision of tuberculosis in the
city. Since the disease was recogniz-
ed as infectious the board registers
all cases of pulmonary tuberculosis
at the department of health.
The board also furnishes instruc-
tions as to measures to prevent in
lection; disinfects or orders the reno
walton of all premises which have
been occupied by persons suffering
with the disease; provides as far as
possible for charitable assistance and
hospital care for cases needing it.:
educates the general public as to the
nature of the disease, the precautions
to be taken against its spread, and
the advisability of institution and
sanitarium treatment. As a result OF
these and other similar measures a
great impression has been made in
the fight against the disease.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14
ROOSTER FINDS MOON.
Lord of the Barnyard Made Strange
Discovery Which Surprised
Him Very Much.

Because he had eaten too much sup
per, a rooster one night was unable to
sleep, and he just had to sit up on
the roost and gaze out through the
cracks in the henhouse roof at the
stars while all the rest of his family
slept and snored.
He thought the stars were very won
derful, and tie moon seemed marvel
Gus.
The next day, as he crossed a field
he came across a ball-one of those
fancy colored bouncing balls that chill
dren bove to play with. Now, Mr..
Rooster had never seen one of them
before, and he did not know what
it was.
This must be the moon that 1 saw
last night" he said, finally. 81 Won
der what it is doing down here, in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14
Relic of Roman Rule.

A most interesting memorial of the
Roman occupation Of England has just
been sold under the auctioneer's ham
mer. This is The Roman station of
Amboglanna, the largest on the famous
wall which marked the limit of the
Roman province. After an existence of
1900 years the walls of the station,
five feet thick, are in a wonderful state
of preservation. The gateways are
noble specimens OF Roman work. Some
of the wedge-shaped stones in the
arches are still to be seen on the
ground Tho interior Of the camp is
marked with lines of streets and the
ruins of buildings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14

them and stand with the hind feet in
the manure, thus making it hard to
keep them clean. But if the trench
is not less than eight or ten inches deep
the cow will not step into it, except by
accident, will never stand in it and con-
sequently keep much clearer If the
trench is made only wide enough to fit
the scoop shovel used for cleaning, it
will be found better than if made wider.
Whatever the material Of floor or
style of fastener or stall used plenty of
bedding should be used where it is OBJ
tainable; it adds greatly to the COM
fort of the cows and helps to keep them
clean. The plan shown gives arrange
ment of stalls, feeding alley and box
stalls with driveway for cleaning out
manure. The doors of box stalls are
shown, the one opening into the other,
but if preferred the back one may have
the door inside. The water pipes are
shown by the dotted line with drinking
basins in each two stalls, and supply
tank at A or B as convenient. This
supply tank is fed from a large tank
or from spring as desired. The silo is
shown outside the stable, but so placed
that the door opens into the feeding
alley and still leaves a window for
lighting. If the basement is ten feet
and the posts about feet, the silo may
be made so feet deep by excavating a
little for the bottom. or by running the
roof upon the roof Of stable few feet,
thus making it necessary to have silo but
ten feet square. If the walls of this
stable are made of stones, they need not
be over Is inches thick and in this case
the driveway would be only nine instead
of II feet. The box stalls would be six
by nine feet, which would still give plen-
ty Of ROOM. S. Woodward, in Rural
New Yorker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14
SPIDER ENTRAPS BIRD.
A Brown Crecper Inyndcs the Field
Museum and Suddenly Comes
to Grief.
VIII you walk into my parlor-

SdAu lIlG SpAhSL " lIe ny
This time il was rot the fly that the
willy spider sought to entangle in his
meshes, but a small bird, against which
he felt he had just cause Tor grievance.
1t seems that during the past season
the Field museum at Chicago has been
infested with large quantities of OBJ
noXious spiders. They have feStooned
the ceiling and great columns OF the
building with yards of their shuttle
WORK, much to the annoyance of the
authorities. Scrubwomen and iauitors
have tried in vain to relieve the building
Of the pests and their work. Even the
suggestions of frost did not seem to
greatly diminish the insects. Finally
wee brown creeper, discovering the
state Of things there, decided to take up
his abode inside and assist the authori-
ties in Kidding the building of the pests.
For several days he fitted about very
much as he pleased conining himself
mainly to the rear entrance room, wag-
ging up and down colUma after column
and probing his long bill into every crew
ice. With his murderous vigilance he
actually carried on very effective work
there. He seemed a permanent fixture,
and the authorities ald the public eyed
him amusedly.
The other morning, however, as a cur
ator of one of the departments was
passing, a guard remarked:
There's bird for your collection.
! Looks as if it was done for"
The bird lay painting on its side at the
bottom of one of the columns.
Bring a fly" said the scientist, as he
took the little creeper in his hands.
The guard held buzzing fly on the
point of a pin to the birds beak, saw it
bite at it voraciously
Doesn't look as if he were going to
| de-" said the scientist. Il wonder
what's the matter with him, anyway"
Turning the bird over in his hand, he
found it had been entrapped in large
spiders web. which had bound the wing
and tail together in such a manner as
TO preclude flying. 1t looked as if some
wise old spider had resented the birds
work OF determination and had purpose
ly ensnared him in trap.
The queer bandage was removed and
the bird darted out over the iron grating
and shot out of sight across the lagoon.
| Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14

Frederika, Ia, Dec 2S.-Mr. A. S. Grover
is now "a years of age. For the last 80 years
he has suffered great deal of sickness, and,
although he is a temperate man and never
used spirits of any kind, his kidneys had
troubled him very much. He said-
Il was told | had Diabetes, and my symp-
toms corresponded exactly to those of a
young man who died of Diabetes in this
neghborhood. My feet and limbs were
bloated quite little.
81 heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and at
last determined to try them. took in all
ten boxes before | was well, and now | can
truthfully say that | am all right. The
1 have gained eight pounds in weight. and
can sleep well at night, and every symptom
of my trouble is gone.
at is some time now since | was cured,
and | have not had the slightest return Of
any symptom of the old trouble"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14
Pure Milk for City Dealers

There is being made steady advance
in the matter of producing pure milk.
This advance is largely stimulated by
the business men ofsthe cities, who are
here and there establishing plants for
the reception of milk from the country
its pasteurizations and its putting up in
the most popular form. We hear of pure
milk plants being established in differ
ent cities. The city handler of milk is
becoming every year more exacting In
his demands of the producers of milk
Farmers Review.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14
Texas Farmers in Unions,

The farmers of Texas are being union
tied. There are more than 5000 unions
in Texas, with total membership of
10000. 1t began at Emory, under the
name of THE Farmers Educational and
Cooperative Union of America" and is
now established in nearly every popu-
lous county in the state. The purposes
of the union are to buy and sell in bulk,
to educate along agricultural lines, to
study politics and to discuss political
economy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14
Remarkable Discovery.

A German chemist has discovered heal
ing agent in coal oil which has created
quite sensation amongst sufferers wher-
ever it has been tested, on account of the
wonderful cures accomplished by its use.
A few applications are sufficient to cure
muscular Rheumatism, Neuralgia, head
ache, tooth, ear or backache, lameness,
sprains, chilblains, in fact every severe
pain. 1t is sold in drug stores as Dr.
Bayer's Penetrating Oil in 25c and soc.
bottles and warranted to cure OF money
refunded.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14
Milk for Cheese Making.

1t would Geem from the experience of
those who are in position to know,
that when milk for cheese making has
been properly and thoroughly aired by
some of the excellent devices on the
market for that purpose and then cooled
to keeping temperature, it is not at all
necessary to resort to what is known
as the soaking process in cheese making
to insure fancy quality. - w. w. Hall,
Secretary New York Dairy Association.
A COW becomes restless if she is kept
at milking longer than is necessary,
consequently will not give down freely,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14
Getting Her Moneys worth.

Mly-I was weighed this afternoon aud
tipped the scales at 993 pounds.
Billy think that if the man that
had weighed you had been real generous,
he would have thrown in three-quarters Of
9 pound, and made it an even hundred.
$50 do l. But he was Running one of
those You weigh for a cent affairs. The
next time I'm going to try 'nickel-in-the-
slot machine, and maybe I'll get more for
nv money "-Detroit Free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14
The Armchair's sleeves.

Tommie's mother was having some
furniture upholstered; and she sent him
to the shop to see when it would be ready.
Its all done 'cept the sleeves to the big
armchair" the little man explained up
on his return.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14
Mnrkn would Not Conc.

Small Willie was trying to write with
a dull lead pencil that his mother had
given him, but meeting with poor sue
cess he finally exclaimed: ooh, man.
ma, the wood has slipped down over the
lead, and the marks can't come out!"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14

as it true" asked the funny individual
from Cleveland, that trains don't stop
at Cincinnati unless they are flaggedY
We'll, even if it is true, it might be
worse" said the Cincinnati man. 81 I'M
derstand they never stop at Cleveland De
cause the engineers can't see the place. -
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14

'I-er-had a peculiar dream about yo..
the sofa.
And what did You dream?" asked ths
young man in the case.
That | saw you in jewelry store pric-
ing engagement rings" she blushingly TO
plied.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14

/ Hicks-Is Tompkyns good pay?
Wicks-Tompkyns! You couldn' get any
money out of Tompkyns if you should send
a warship.- -SOmervlle journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14

"A New York man signed his love
letters "Swak.' This, according to
the lady who got the letters and is
using them as evidence in a suit for
breach of promise, means "sealed
with kiss" Guilty or not, the
man who swakke ed should be swatted.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14

Cholly Nimrod-Aw-and when is the sen.
son | can't shoot?
Guide-Three hundred and sixty-fiye days
in the year.-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14

you say you saw my sister at recent
wedding" Yes. 1t wasn't very long
ago" But | don't remember that she
mentioned you Very likely. | was
only the groom. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14
An English Earl. Opin,on

The English, next to the Americans, are
the greatest travellers in the world, and
while they as a rule insist upon having the
best, there is to be obtained, they appreciate
good service and beautiful scenery The
spent some little time in the United States
during the summer, speaks most enthus.
iastlcally in regard to what they have seen.
a few days ago he said to a gentleman in
Buffalo:
Our stay in New York was delightful
one, and the picturesque grandeur along the
Hudson and its surroundings was a source
of much JOY to us all.
1T has seldom been my good fortune to
pass the time in such excellent sport as that
furnished in your enchanting Adirondack
Mountains. Albany Times Union.
Whether a man is handsome or wheth-
er he only thinks he is, he acts just the
Same N V Ti,nas
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14
Are YOUR KIDNEYS WEAKp
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and
Never Suspect 1t.
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'' B.H. oHG HAS Ely d SSei' Of Police,
Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible
for many kinds OF diseases and if permitted to
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sure to fottOU. Kidney trouble irritacs the nerves,
makes you dizzy, restless, scepless and irritable
Makes you pass water often during the day and
obhges you to get up many times during the
night. Unhealthy kidneys cause rheumatism,
gravel catarrh of the bladder, pain or dull ache
IN the back, joints and muscles; makes your head
ache and back ache, causes indigestion, stomach
and liver trouble, you get sallow, yellow COM
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he cure for these troubles is DR.. Kilmer S
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14

Some men, said Uncle Eben, says Gey
don't care fur money. when as Il matter OF
fack dey means dey amt able to take care
Of it. '-Washington Star
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14

Do not believe Pisos Cure for ConsumY-
ton has an equal for coughs and colds.---,B
f. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is, 1906
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14

The doing of duty sows the seed Of q
delight.-Ram Horn.
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Mrs. Church-Did you ever catch your
husband flirting?
Mrs. Gotham-That the way did catch
h4m-Stray Stories.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-14

The wastes of wealth lead to the wan sg
want-Ram's Horn.
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The man who puts his heart in his work
is using good erial.-Puck.
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The religion of success is never success-
full in relgion.-Chicago Tribune.
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Even in restaurant a man may re-
veal mis- religion.-Ram's Horn.
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Cneerfulness is an offshoot Of goodness
and of wisdom.-Bovee.
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Happiness is an equivalent for all trou-
blesome things.-Epictetus.
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Bad men excuse their faults, good men
will leave them-.Johnson.
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Worry is the worst wolf that comes to
our doors.-Chicago Tribune
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Stops the Cough

Men often make up in wrath what they
want in reasOn.-Alger.
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Luxury is apt to transform pleasures into
burdens.-Chicago Daily News.
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Fruit acids will not stain goods dyed
with Putnam Fadeless DYES.
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A man may be won by fattery: he can
be retained only by cookery Life.
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Did she return your affection?" Yea,
unopened. Detroit Free Press.
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