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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
SHOE REPAIRING SUPPLIES.
Household Kits of Cobblers' Tools Are
in General Use Throughout
the Country.

1T was not so very many years
ago, said a dealer in shoe supplies,
to New York Sun man, that you
saw in every cobbler's shop a side of
sole leather or, it might be, a roll of
such leather standing over in one cor
ner, the stock from which he cut his
supply OF soles, as he needed them, in
repairing shoes. But now from many
thousands of such shops this once IA
mlllar feature has disappeared. In
stead the cobbler buys soles already
cut out
Cut soles are made in a great va
rlety OF sizes and shapes. The cobbler
can now buy cut soles and get exactly
what he wants for less than he can
buy the leather and cut them out him
self
About so per cent of the cobblers
OF New York and this part OF the coun-
try now buy cut soles; in the south
now about rs per cent buy them. In
the west about rs per cent of the cob
blers buy them. They are apparently
more progressive there than the peo-
pie of the east.
This is accounted for. | suppose, by
the fact that there are more new COM
munities there, and towns starting
new are likely to start with everything
modern. If you We're going to install
a new plant of any sort you would put
in the very latest styles of machinery,
while in older communities they cling
more TO old ways.
And in the west, too, cut soes are
sold to people who mend their own
shoes. Taking them altogether, in all
parts of the country there are many
thousands who do this.
There are plenty of people living
scattered about the land who would
have to go 25, so, rs miles, to get a
cobbler and this wouldn't pay. Or
they may mend their own shoes for
economy's sake
I'm old times the farmer or other
head of family who did this work
had for it an improvised set of tools.
But in these days he buys household
kit of cobblers' TOOLS
"In no trade has there been a great
er advance than in that of shoe manu-
featuring. And no trade has been
more highly specialized. For example,
there are concerns that make nothing
but shoe counters, and other establish
ments that turn out nothing but boot
and shoe heels; and there is one
big western concern that makes
nothing but kits Of cobblers' tools,
turning out of household kits and
other sorts car load day.
"a good many kits of cobblers'
tools? Yes, a lot, know. but this is
big country with lots of people in
it, and there are other lands to supply.
'Well, the farmer or other man
who mends his own shoes buys in
these days household kit of cobblers'
tools, and he can also buy cut soles,
getting just what he wants, and all
handy to use"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
QUAINT ENGLISH CUSTOM.
Pancake Tossing Ceremony That
Comes Down from the Days
of Queen Bess.

There is probably no old English Gus
tom so rich in interesting memories as
the pancake-tossing ceremony of which
the hall of Westminster school was the
scene recently, says the Westminster Ga
zette. The custom, which is known TO
the boys by the unaesthetic name of
Grease" has an unbroken history
which takes us back to the days of Queen
Bess, when as many as 300 boys would
scramble in one tumultuous heap for
the possession of a solitary pancake.
Heneage Finch, first earl of Noting
ham, grovelled with the rest long years
before he subsidized into the no less cov-
eted Woolsack. John Dryden, the par
sons boy from Northamptonshire
struggled on the floor with the young
Christopher Wren; and from the crowd
of pancake-snatchers in 1743 you might
have picked out William Cowper, War
rem Hastings and Charles Churchill, all
very small boys, to whom the pancake
doomed much larger than the laurels
they later won. And among the scram-
bling crowds of other years were John
Locke, Charles Longley destined to be
the primate of all England, Edward
Gibbon. Lord Raglan, and many another
boy who was to win much greater tro-
phies in the world outside the school
walls.
Then think of the stories those walls
could tell had they but tongues. Ed
ward the Confessor watched the build
ing of the arches upon which the school"
rests; King John was signing Magma
Charta when the very walls which re-
echoed the boys shouts this morning
began to rise on the site of the dormi-
tory in which generations of Benedic-
tine monks had slumbered. Boys were
learning their lessons in the same hall
years before Oliver Cromwell was born;
and for three centuries all the classes
of Westminster school were held where
the pancake is tossed to this day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
BRUIN THIN IN THE SPRING.
Stays Fat While in Hibernation. But
Grows Gaunt When He
Starts to Eat.

ANY one would naturally suppose"
said Pike county man, relates the New
York Sun, that after lying holed up
sound asleep and without mouthfu to
eat for four or five months, as they GER
tainly have done this winter, bears would
come out in the spring lean and scraggly.
but that is just contrary to the facts in
the case.
"The bear when he seeks winter quar-
tiers is perhaps the latest thing on four
legs. He doesn't swell up with fat, like
a pig, but seems to go to fat all over.
When he starts in to fatten up for
his winter retirement bear can eat a
bushel of chestnuts at a time with ease
AS he gets fat his stomach gets smaller
and smaller, until, when he is in proper
condition for wintering over, it hasn't
capacity enough to hold a double handful
of food.
This fat sticks right by the bear all
winter and keeps him warm. If you are
after a bear for his grease, you kill your
game either just before he goes into his
hole in the fall or right after he comes
out in the spring.
In a week after bear comes out he
will be as lean as razor-b back hog. al
though he has been eating everything
eatable he could lay his paws on since he
woke up and that's good deal A bear,
after thus. losing his flesh in the spring.
will keep lean until he begins to fatten up
again for the winter, and then he rolls
up the fat as before.
ut seems odd that bear should keep
fat for months without having eaten a
morsel of anything and lose his flesh-or
grease, rather-as soon as he begins to
take in food, but that's the way the bear
is made, and l don't see how we are 60
ing to help it.
And, by the way, the bears are out in
Pike county. Three are reportedas hav-
ing been killed already in the region
south of the High Knob, and that without
|. taking into account the two rat-like cubs
that were with one of the bears killed,
and starved to death for want of her"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
HIS DEAR CHILDREN.

Look at his hands. they are knotted;
See how his shoulders are bent;
In toiling and gathering riches
All of his years have been spent;
STRIVING for gain has deformed him.
But great is the wealth he has won
To leave to his care-free daughter
And give to his polished son,
And they blush for shame at the manner
In which their father began,
For she has a maid to attend her
And Reggie possesses man.
From that which the world thinks is pleas
ure
he has steadily turned aside;
All OF his wit and his power
TO gaining have been applied;
Inc poor little shop where he started
Stands idle beside the way,
And the papers are publishing pictures
And stories thereof to-day;
lie shaves himself in the morning
AND saves wherever he can
y French maid dresses his daughter
And Reggie possesses a man.
He Is proud to think that his children
Have a right to the pride they show;
He is proud of the way he has risen,
OF the start he made long ago;
And they are impatiently waiting
To build him a monument.
TO buy the old shop and destroy it
And boast of a proud descent,
Tor his hands are knotted and clumsy,
Showing us how he began
\ maid serves his glorious daughter
And Reggie possesses a man.
S. f. Kiser. in Chicago Record Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
GAMES JAPANESE PLAY.
Are Very Different from Those Played
by the Young of This
Country.

The passion for toys and games of all
kinds is remarkably developed among
japanese children, and they are encour-
aged to play games in much the same way
that children of other countries are urged
to learn.
One of the most curious features about
japanese child life is that each season
of the year has its own particular games
In fact, the games are distributed, as it
were, and apportioned to different
months-battledoor and shuttlecock be-
ing played at certain seasons of the year.
ball at another, and so on. AS for the
dolls, they have special fete day devoted
TO them and in Japan dolls are as much a
boys plaything as a girls.
The dolls of the japanese boys are gen.
orally dressed to represent historical
heroes; others are attired as the emperor
and empress, or as heroic or legendary
figures. Japanese children. too. on the
Feast of Dolls" give their dolls pres
ents, and put them on shelves or seats
in the best room in the house.
They also play at funny little cards,
but, these, instead of being like English
cards, each bear quotations representing
the gems of japanese poetical literature
The game consists of drawing a card
with one-half of the quotation, and find
ing the other which bears its context.
There is also the game of scents"
This consists in burning various per-
fumes and guessing the scent in ques-
ton by the smell Of the smoke it creates
sometimes very difficult matter it is
said
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
CALLED THE HANDBAG FISH.
Name Given in New Jersey to an In
teresting Species, the Orange
Filefish.

"Ah, / see you have some hambag fish
here" said Jerseyman who was look
ing along the tanks in the aquarium,
relates the New York Sun, as he paused
) n front of one containing two fine adult
specimens of the creature known here
abouts as the orange filefish.
There are few common fish that have
not variety of names; and the Jersey
mans name for the orange filefish is
rather appropriate. The fish has some
hat the outline as well as the color of
the yellow bags in which smoked hams
were once put up.
The two specimens in the aquarium
are the survivors out of four taken in
Gravesend bay in June last One of them
is yellow all over, the other is brown
IN color over three-Quarters of the sur
face of its body and of bright light
yellow over the remainder
The orange 1iletish is homely in shape
and as thin-bodied as an ordinary flat
fish. but, unlike flatfish, in this respect.
which swims flatwise. the fetish swims
with its body edgewise in the water.
and commonly carrying its head more
or less down. Sometimes when not
swimming it drops its head so far that
the fish seems to be standing on its
head in the water.
Odd in shape as it. is, and odd in ac-
ton, and withal bright colored, it is a
very striking creature. and the two
specimens of it here are among the most
attractive of the aquarium's exhibits.
These two orange filef1shes are the first
that have ever been carried here
through the winter, making a record for
the species in captivity.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
Life.SaYinp ST. Rernnrds.

st. Bernard dogs seems to retain
their life saving instincts even in this
country. A large specimen of that
breed was recently seen at Keene, N
H., making great fuss over what ap-
peared to be an old coat partly buried
in a snowbank. At last someone in
vestigated the coat and found that
there was a man inside of it who was
almost dead from the cold. AS soon
as the dog saw that the man was to
be properly cared for he went on his
way.-Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21

''Hades is supposed to be located in
the center of the earth, isn't it?" re-
marked the thermometer.
Yes, but what of it?" asked the ba-
rometer.
1T seems funny. l was just thinking
the lower down l should get in that
direction the higher up I'd go."-Phil-
adelphia Press,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
Her New Cana

A little girl the other day illustrated
two things-the difficulty of selecting
the right noun of multitude and the
Unborn cruelty of childhood. She want
ed a game-a game of her own inven-
ton. What is the game?" asked the
new nurse. The innocent eyes bright
ened as the answer came: You be a
poor little lame lamb and I'll be flock
of tigers"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
Not Without Distinction.

Citizen-What have you done in that
murder case?
Detective-Well, we've jumped on to :,
more wrong clews than any other setll
of detectives this ACKNOWLEDGEMENT =
Commercial Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21

associations strongly the expeenc of establishing
governmental inspection and this reasonsrst
that they societies Democratic government despoc
ernment dskes secret societies. particularly they
for the of their social and indus
trial strife Is UNNECESSARILY better the forces of publicity
discussion and fellow feeling before physical place rather
than after they have occurred
Whoever gets ponopolybe men-invara
bly, tries to keep other people from sharing his exclusive privilege
monoposc classification abdgens personal
liberty all and conditions of Moreover fun.
damenta object of the labor the employers
the benefit of its class these organizations providing
democratic society with exhibitions selshness which other
society been quite
different from those that manifest example noblies
prestO6ds and soere The world has had bitter experience
evils resulting from the class hess of these
military combnatons democracy we'll to dis,st
the developments of class nes different though classes
be that manifest this dangerous quality.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
At the Musicale.

Miss Knox during Miss Kreechs
solo)-My, isn't that awful?
Miss Janus-Atrocious! What a
voice!
Miss Kreech (resuming her chair a
moment later)-Whew! that's over.
Miss Janus-What a voice, Miss
Kreech! l was Just exclaiming about
it to Miss Knox.-Philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
Forgiveness and Failure,

WAS your elopement with Miss
Goldberg a SUGGEST"
Hardly"
what went wrong?"
Her father, the millionaire. sent US
telegram saying: DO not return and
all will be forgiven London Tele-
graph.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
DiStruSt of Monopoly
By PRESIDENT ELIOT,
OF Harvard University.

l. possible alterations and defenses being taken into
account must be confessed that the prospect of
tering combination of perfect labor union and perfect
employers association both engaged in providing neces
sary of life and both bent in raising its price is formula
bic for society at large Democratic society has by its
legislation and by its public opinion made such combna-
ton possible, and democratic society must guard against
dangers which, in its pursuit of liberty has endangered
The present tendencies of labor unions and EMPLOYERS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
Keeps Register of Horses.

The French government keeps a
register of every horse, pony and mule
in France. so that it may be called
upon in case of war.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
A Great Traveller.

Mr.. Rider Haggard has travelled many
thousands Of miles, from Iceland to Mex
leo, in search of material and local coll
or for his novels.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21
Big shrinkage in Pensions.

The burden of pensions has shrunlI
in ten years from 1924 to $1.32 per
81, 900 of taxable wealth.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01

tables to stand in water after they are
cooked.
Plush goods, if sponged with little
chloroform, will look as clean and
bright as when new
When color has been taken out of
any fabric by acids, sponging with am
monia will often restore it.
Ammonia is an excellent remedy for
the bites and stings of insects. 1t
should be applied Immediately, II pos
sible.
If a lamp gets overturned, water
will be of no use in eXtinguishing the
flames. Earth, sand or flour thrown
on it will have the desired effect.
Two hints in kitchen chemistry are
to rub tough meat with cut lemon,
which will exercise an excellent in
f1uence, and to serve fried apples, sweet
ones if you can, with liver and kidney.
Chemists say that it takes more than
twice as much sugar to sweeten pre-
serves, sauce, etc., if put in when they
begin to cook as it does to sweeten
after the fruit is cooked.
Mildew is very difficult to remove.
One method is to rub the spots with
lemon Juice and then with salt; an
other is to wet them with warm water,
rub on little soap and sprinkle with
powdered French chalk and salt. Dry
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01

into the water after the acid has been
poured into it. After the room has
been thoroughly aired and dried, re-
place the articles of clothing, scatter
ing moth balls among them.
If the moths have gone into the car
pet they will be found near the walls,
and may be removed by hanging the
carpet on line and beating well, then
steam well, on both sides, using a
damp cloth and hot fiat irons. The
moths eat only around the outer edges,
so the carpet need not be steamed
farther than eighteen or twenty inches
back from the walls. Before replacing
the carpets mash several moth balls
and scatter around the outer edges OF
the room This process will have to
be repeated if the little pests have be-
come very numerous, as one is liable
to miss some of them.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01
Tuft the Hair Mattress.

1t is the advice of an experienced
housekeeper that both economy and
comfort are secured in hair mattresses
if close tufting is insisted upon. Try
this, she advises, the next time hair
mattress is to be made over. Out OF
one good thick mattress two can be
made if the tufts are about four inches
apart. It is a mistake in these days
of fine springs to use thick mattresses.
Those of half the thickness, if closely
tufted, are to be preferred, and in hot
weather they are much more comfort
able. In Cuba, for example, no mat
tresses are used except when taken
down by Americans; quilt folded is
put over the woven-wire springs. This
close tufting makes for economy, too,
because a mattress so made does not
need repairing, except at long inter
walls. They do not mat, as the hair is
held in place.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01

How to Clean Wall Paper.

Remove every particle of dust from
the paper with a soft cloth. With
flour and cold water make a stiff
dough; take convenient piece and
rub the wall gently downward, being
careful not to cross the paper, or to
go up again and in this way go around
the entire room. When the dough
becomes dirty cut off slice.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01
Hints for the Housewife.

Iodine spots on linen will disappear
if soaked for time in ammonia and
rinsed in clear water.
To prevent the irons sticking to
starched linen. add a pinch of salt to
the starch when mixing.
To preserve the fresh green color of
vegetables like peas, beans, etc., the lid
of the saucepan should never be put
on while they are cooking, as this will
ruin their color; and never leave vege-
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01
Furniture Polish.

A good furniture polish consists OF
one ounce of linseed oil and two OF
turpentine, or Is ounces of white wax,
one ounce of powdered yellow resin
and a quart of spirits of turpentine;
stir until dissolved, lay it on with
cloth and polish with flannel. Many
old housekeepers prefer beeswax and
turpentine for polishing furniture, to
linseed oil and turpentine.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01
How to Make Sausage.

To every twelve pounds of meat take
three tablespoonful Of salt, three OF
black pepper, six of sage and a tea
spoonful of red pepper. Grind the
meat through the mill, then mix in
the seasoning throughout. Let this
stand half an hour, then grind again
and stuff in cases which have previ-
ously been properly and carefully pre-
pared. Hang up in dry, cool place
1t is best not to link the sausage, as
they dry more quickly when not linked.
After they hang a week or ten days,
or until the skins are dry, take them
down, rub we'll with meal and pack in
a wooden box with thick brown paper
between each layer. Sausage may be
kept fresh for any length of time, If
fried, placed in jars and covered with
the drippings, or if there is not suf-
ficient drippings to cover we'll, make
up the deficiency with lard. The
stuffed sausage may be boiled, then
packed in lard the same way and they
will be found to be almost as fresh as
when made, when taken out, fried and
served. Keep the jars in which sausage
is packed we'll covered and in cool
place. Of course the seasoning may
be varied to suit ones taste.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01
1t Will Be to Your Interest

If you contemplate visiting the st. Louis
Exposition to secure reliable information
to railroad service, the lowest rates and the
best routes. Also as to local conditions in
St Louis, hotels, etc. etc. If you will write
the undersigned, stating what information
you desire, the same will be promptly fur
nished If we do not have 1t on hand, will
secure 1t for you if possible, and without any
expense to you. Address b. H. TRUMBULL.
Com. Agt. Illinois Central Ry., 142 Third St.,
Portland, Ore.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01
To Get Rid of FIeas.

Sweep the entire house from top to
bottom one day with salt. Then
each day, for few days afterwards,
brush up around the beds and in the
nursery with straw strewn over the
floor. This treatment will always be
successful.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01

in the sun and repeat the treatment if
necessary.
1t is we'll to remainder that pound
of sugar is one pint, an ounce of
LIQUID is two tablespoonfuls and pint
of liquid weighs sixteen ounces.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01
To st. Louis Fair.

The Northern Pacific will make reduced
rates June 7th, 10th, 18th and 18th for your
benefit. Do not arrange for your trip until
you call at the Northern Pacific city office,
Seattle, at any Northern Pacific ticket
office.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01
Moths.

Moths are frequently in our carpets
for some time before we discover
them. They like all insects, have
their favorite breeding places. A clos
ct or waste room where wooden cloth
ing is kept or where cast-off clothing
and old scraps of wooden goods are
thrown, make most desirable place
for them. Persons having room of
this kind will soon find the entire
house polluted with moths, and to rid
them out one must begin where they
began. First find where that is, re-
move all clothing which is to be kept,
shake it well and hang upon the
clothes line to air, burn all the articles
which are of no use, fumigate the room
and mop the floor with water into
which has been put a few spoonsful of
carbolic acid Do not put the hands