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SOME GEOGRAPHY.
An gnsilsh View Of Your Unols eavn's
"paraiyrIns solitudss."

An gnsllsh View OF Your Unols easn's
"ParaiyrIns solitudss."
People who are acquainted with the
'paralyzing soIitudes'' OF Iowa and
Nebraska, says the Chicago News,
may be Interested In the Sc. James
Budgets description OF Weston's last
long walk. The Budget 10 published
In London. II Gays: Imagine the
awful. soul depressing soiitudes
through which Ae has passed. In vast
tracts Of Nevada no bird sings, no
plant grows. For huadreds Of miles
there I'm not a tree or d house. The
walkers only companions are skeie-
tons OF animals devoured By jackais
and coyotes: simple immensely Of red
dish sand as Senor Scarfoglio aescrib.
Cd T. The crossing Of the Rockies
provides more variety, but scarcely
more exbilarattpg conditions for the
pedestrian. The road too oktea IL q
msrs mule pain. rough hacked and sub
5ect 90 cataracts Of stones.
"Hfom the Rockies Weston would
descend into Nebraska and its colossal
sea Of grass, hypnotixing In tts I'm
mensity. BY and by the terrific wastes
are sparseIy sprinkled with windmills
and herds Of horses as Iowa u enter
Cd, but still there are endless. hopeless
" nat. barren Helds. most melancholy.
most miserable.
ssuch are the concomitants OF q walk
through the western states Of Ameri-
ca. Through these paralyxing solf-
tudes Weston kept MP forty-five miles
a day"
Saint Mary's beacon., 1910-08-11
BUILDING Superstitions.

In remote times sacrifice Of some
Kind was always offered at the compile
ton OF a building. either public or pri-
vate. Sacrifices were not only offered
at the completion Of structures Of all
kinds. The foundations themselves
were usually laid IN blood. whether the
structure was a castle. bridge. cottage
or church. O1ginally-tracing the sub
Ject back 10 heathenIsh times-the sac
rtnce was offered 90 the god under
whose protection the building was
placed. I'm early Christian times the
bloody rite was retained, but was piveo
another Significance. In those days IL
Fas generally believed that no ediiice
would stand unless the cornerstone
was la3d I'm mortar mixed with blood.
Usually the blood was obtained by sac
Tincing q dog. a pig. q wolf. a black
cock or q goat. and not fnfreQuentIy
some malefactor's blood was poured
out 20 make the ceremony morn Inv
A
Saint Mary's beacon., 1910-08-11
Causes Of Appendicitis

An unusual number OF deaths or
prominent persons In England from
Appendicitis recently has set the Lon
DON papers TO discussing the causes Of
the disease. One surgeon. quoted by
the Chronicle. says: eft has been said
that appendicitis Is often brought on
By the use OF toothbrushes, hairs from
the brush lodging I'm the system. In
the same way the pits OF fruit have
been spoken OF as a cause Of the
disease. All can say Ii that Il is very
rare 20 flnd any OF these things in the
appendix. and the most important fac
tor In bringing on appendicitis In un-
doubtediy indigestion and certain other
familiar disorders"
Saint Mary's beacon., 1910-08-11
Public Opinion In China.

AZ the present moment there In hard
~ q newspaper worthy Of the name
I'm China which is not owned OF subsi-
died by the mandarins. and the result.
as shown In their columns. In that out
spoken criticism OF two years ago is
generally replaced by a spirit Of COM
Portable acquiescenee In the establish
ed order Of things. This change, slow
ly and secretly brought about by meth
DDS which testify to a considerable
amount Of intelligent organization In
the ofscial class. would not have been
% readily possible were II not for the
arbitrary postal and registration regu-
lations introduced under the authority
OF the central government.-London
Times
Saint Mary's beacon., 1910-08-11

An Albanian noble In ths Turkish
army recently went over to tbs rebels.
but was made prisoner and was con-
demned to be shot. HIS son was told
on M one of the firing party. and, al
though he appealed against the order.
he was forced TO fire with the others.
10 WINS noticed that he shot into the
air. and. being arrested Be banged hin,
"a b cell - ~1
Saint Mary's beacon., 1910-08-11
GreenWeu'S Mill.

FLOUR, Meal and Feed on hand
Tor sale ell the time cheap for cAsH.
PSreafter, In order 70 avoid hav-
Ing TO keep mill books, all orders
must DO accompanied by the cash.
y, Y. GREENWEIL =.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1910-08-11

Having receiving instsaetion at enc oi
the best schools In the Union and been
granted O. diploma, ami prepared to
shortest notice. i give psss0nal atten.
tion to all the details Of the business
Everything In my line warranted TO be
Hrst class and up-to-date,
Respectfully,
UEOGENE HALL,
DynArdM
Saint Mary's beacon., 1910-08-11

DR.. Alan 8. Boarman will be nd his
onice at Mechanicsville on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, and In
Chaptico, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, the last full week OF each
mOnth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02
A SEVERE CRITICISM.

There has been much criticism re
Gently Of the method which is followed
by the government i'm the disposal If
public lands. which requires the would
be humcsteader To- travel hundreds or
thousands If miles 20 register for a
drawing when hardly one person in
300 can possibly be successful one
Of the >everest critics Of this system
in vogue is President Hi Of the Great
Northern road. which has been beuc-
fitted 10 the extent Of millions Of dol
lars in car fare through the trausporta.
ton Of folks 10 these land drawings.
IN speaking Of the Flathcad Indian
reservation drawing in western Mon
tana. Mr. Hill says that less than =
per cent of the people who registered
had a chance to draw any land at all
while a good share Of the claims which
were thrown open 10 entry were well
nigh worthless. He concludes: Il have
met lots Of people who gave up good
positions in the east and went Out
there. only TO be bitterly disappointed.
The thing is entirely impracticable and
on the order of sw!ndle to take the
peoples money away and give it 10 the
railroads" In view Of such con
demnation as this. coming rs it does
from a beneficiary Of the system at
present in vogue, it would seem that
Uncle sam might well see his way
clear to devise a more just and less
eXuouSivp method Of discussing of his
public domain.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02
A CLAM HATCHERY.

The pearl button manufacturers of
the country feel much pleased over
the prospect Of the clam hatchery
which is to be erected at Fairport, a
little town near Muscatine, Ia. The
work is to be in charge of officials Of
the bureau Of fisheries and will cost
about 100000 The plant will consist
Of buildings, pumping station and
laboratories. and sixty acres of land.
the greater portion of which is slopinS
and will be cut up into series Of
some fifty tcrraced ponds, the water
being pumped into those on the high
er level and gradually seeping
through to those below. So closely
have the American streams in which
clans abound been dredged in the
past few years that the supply bids
fair to become exhausted unless pre-
cautions are taken to protect and prop
agate them artifcially.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02
A CABBAGE SNAKE QUERY.

A lady reader of these notes living
near Massillon. O., writes making in
Quiry if there is any ground for the
impression existing in some localities
that the cabbage snake or worm is
poisonous, or, rather, if cabbages in
habited by them are such. she having
found one twelve inches long coilcd
up in bunch about as large as Il
hickorynut. There was quite a stir
over this matter three or four years
ago, and enough was published in the
papers so that the cabbage growers Of
the country lost many thousands Of
dollars. With a view to getting ut the
truth about the matter the agricul-
tural department AT Washington made
thorough Investigation at the time
and reported that there was no con
ncction and could he no connection
whatever between the presence Of
these long white worms in cabbageS
and the illness or death Of persons eat
ing them. The probabilities are that
If deaths ever did occur from eating
cabbage they were due rather TO the
fact that the cabba@es had been sprin-
Killed. with paris green after they had
begun 10 head or were stale when eat
Ell. ptomaiue poisoning resulting from
the process Of decay which had al
ready set in. 1t is true that the mere
idea Of one Of these snakes being in a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02
GOOD LIME FOR LAND.

Replying 10 Il query relative to the
application If the limestone byproduct
Of beet sugar factories to sour or acid
soils. the Illinois experiment station
states thar such product will be as
valuable for this purpose as finely
ground limestone. provided the burnt
lime used does not contain too much
magnesium. which element should No.
exceed > or per cent. Where it dos
not contain magnesium in excess it
has some advantages over natUr'.
ground limestone in that it contains
much of the phosphorus of the sugar
beet. together with considerable gum
titles Of organic nitrogen from the
protein and albumenoid compounds Of
the beets.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02
HER CHAUFFEUR.
How a Girl Worried Her Family
by Loving an Auto Driver.
Ev F. A. mitchell.

copyright, 1910. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
Cab" called young girl standing
on curb on f street. Washington.
A chauffeur sitting in an auto on
the other side of the street caught her
eye. She was very stylishly dressed.
very pretty, and, although attractive,
the chauffeur looked at her for a mo-
ment without replying to her sum
mons. then. as if obeying an impulse.
drove his auto to the curb ON which
the young lady was standing.
Are you engaged" she asked.
Nom
Il thought you were from your not
answering my call at once" She step
ped into the auto. Take me to -
Massachusetts avenue"
"Yes'm."
Formerly all the unfortunate love at
fairs and misalliances with manserv-
ants occurred between the pretty
daughter of the house and the family
coachman. In these days of motors
the coachman has given place to the
chauffeur. From the moment Miss Flo
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

sCIOUs.
IA Denton, the daughter Of a rich con.
. gresham who had recently been elect
ed from the middle west, set eyes or
the chauffeur there was trouble in
store for her.
Il presume you know all abou,
Washington she said leaning for
ward On her seat. Il don't know my
way anywhere. We came only yestcy.
day"
I'm pretty familiar with the streets
have TO be to drive an auto"
What a rich. deep voice" said Miss
Denton to herself then aloud: Il want
some one can trust TO take me about.
If you viii tell me where l can call Oh
you I'll have you regularly"
The chauffeur did not reply at once.
When he did he said:
call up telephone No. GS42."
Miss Denton took pocketbook from
a little bag hanging 10 her wrist. from
which she drew 4 card and on the
card wrote the telephone number.
who shall ask for:" she said. Il
suppose there are other autos there"
say you would like to speak to
Drake"
Very well; here we are-the dark
stone house over there What's the
faref" she added as she alighted.
If I'm TO drive you regularly you
might pay at the end Of the month. ="
replied the obNging chauffeur.
"That'n do very well. if you're sat
isfed. Perhaps you'd better come to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock to take
me for ride"
An right maam.'
When O'Clock the next afternoon
came Miss Denton was mt a front win
dow in auto costume. drawing on her
gloves while waiting for the cbauf-
feur He drove up punctually and.
not knowing that the lady was looking
at him. stepped out Of his machine
and, walking up to the door, rang.
well. l never" exclaimed Miss Den
ton. He walks like a ramrod. | be-
lieve he was 4 soldier before he be
came cab driver. Just look at those
shoulders! It's wonder they don
pull him over backward"
She met him at the door with a smile.
but suddenly repressed it, remember
ing his station. She asked him to take
her across the Potomac He did So.
and once away from the city they spun
along merrily Reaching an old bridge
over a shallow creek, he said:
If l could trust that bridge / would
take you back by way Of Arlington"
Gross it. I'll take the risk"
Il doubt if it viii hold under the
weight of this machine It's off the
main road and not intended for gen
eral use"
TRY it,
81 think I'd better not"
Miss Denton shifted the air. 81 had
an idea that you were a soldier before
you became a chauffeur. I'm surpris-
ed at your timidity."
He made a dash at the bridge, hop
ing for safety in speed. They had
got nearly over when it broke under
them and down they went.
Fortunately the distance to fall was
not great. and the machine remained
right side up. But a falling beam
struck the chauffeur on the head. and
when Miss Denton. who had scram-
bled out on to dry land, turned to
look at him he was sitting in his seat
unconscious. with blood streaming
down over his face.
~ the moment there came the honk
CT IN auto horn, and Miss Denton ran
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

The fact that a fellow names his
farm is no proof that he is boastful or
stuck on himself, but simply that he
considers what he is doing sufficiently
worth while so that he is not ashamed
to have tie public know to whom the
place belongs. If a fellow doesn't be
heve in naming his farm. there is
doubtless a practical reason for it that
is not far to seek.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

The discovery a few years ago of
large deposits of Ignite or semi-formed
soft coal in the Dakotas and the more
briquets give much promise to the Mis-
souri, valley country as a future manu-
featuring and industrial center.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

John Sundberg of Iowa. whose rec
ord Of producing 100 bushels of corn
per acre the past season was mention
ed in these notes, will have to take a
back seat for Mr.. Bats of Wake coun-
ty, \. c.. who the past year raised
22G % bushels on an acre Of ground
as certified 70 Is he state commission
er Of agriculture and the chairman Of
the Raleigh board of trade. This corn
would not rank high as viewed by corn
show standards. but it delivered the
goods-the shelled corn. The variety
was Cookies Prolific. which on the acre
in question averaged four ears to the
stalk. some stalks carrying as many
as eight ears. The blue ribbon for the
highest yield in 1903 was carried Of
by q grower in the same county. with
iSJ bushels.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

The frost of winter cracks the water
pipes, nips the vegetables stored in
bin and cellar and kills tender fruits
not well protected, but the service it
performs in disintegrating and loosen
ing the soil of the field and making it
easy for the plowman to handle is be
yond calculating, more than offsetting
the harm it works
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

Farmers bulletin No. $50, published
by the bureau of plant industry. treats
of loco weed poisoning and has been
issued largely in response to demands
Of ranchmen Of the western plain and
Rocky mountain states where the loco
weed is found. While investigations
into the matter have not been CON.
pleted, some Of the findings are of def
mite and practical value. The bulletin
states that of the two varieties Of
loco weed. purple and white, the for
mer, although the more poisonous, af-
fectS horses almost exclusively. as cat
tie and sheep rarely eat it. The white
is eaten by all three animals and pro
duces disease in all of them. The
worst effects Of the disease are noticed
in animals which acquire a taste for
the weed ana eat it when other herb
age is abundant Locoed animals may
recover under careful feeding and by
being kept On a range from which the
weed has been eraGicated The cure
is FASTENED by the use of Fowler's SO
luton for horses and strychniue for
cattle. Loco weeds may be eradicated
from fenced pastures by cutting the
plant below the crown buds.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

Owing TO the fact that very many of
the Danish cows are tethered while at
pasture, their owners drive the water
10 them instead of driving the cows to
water, as is customary in America and
some other countries where larger pas
lures are the rule.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

There is probably no factor in the
winter feeding of the flock of poultry
that has more to do in getting results
in eggs than in making the hens
scratch for what they get to eat. A
loafing hen stuffed chiefly with corn
never has laid to speak of in the win
ter or any other time and never will.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

The danger of vegetables in the Gel
lar freezing on the severest nights may
be reduced by having tub or two or
three pailfuls of water there Water
is more susceptible to the action of
frost than vegetables and viii there
fore freeze first.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

The great agricultural labor Of the
coming years will not he devoted to
developing virgin lands so much as
conserving and restoring the fertility
of soils already under cultivation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

1t is strange that the stock judges at
the big shows don't insist that animals
outside of the fat steer class ripe for
slaughter should come before them for
honors in normal breeding trim instead
Of the overstufred. fat and logy condi-
ton which characterizes so many ami
mails in the show ring. Especially Is
this true Of the heavier breeds of cat
tie which have TO be stuffed and pol
ished for weeks and put into an IN
natural condition in order to fit them
for exhibition. The harm in the sys-
TEN lies in the fact that it gives a
wrong impression and leads many a
breeder to believe that unless an ami
NAL has mountains Of fat on it it is
not well bred, which is as far as can
be from the truth
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

One Of the chief drawbacks to sod
in the orchard or a mulching system
which involves a lot Of dry litter about
tie trees is the danger from fire. espe-
cially in the spring when things have
dried out 10y warm winds and before
the green heritage starts Where it is
deemed best for any good reason TO
keep an orchard in sod this fire danger
should be guarded against by having
strip plowed around the orchard.
which will stop a fire originating out
side, while occasional burrows in the
orchard VIII prevent the spread Of
ire from one part Of the orchard 20
another
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

A hot soapstone wrapped in a flannel
cloth and put in the foot of the bed in
a cold room is worth at least % cents
per application and is about the only
thing that makes life endurable in a
below zero country.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

The very poor are thrice handicapped
in that scarcity of food is usually ac-
companied by shortage of fuel and
thinness of clothing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

The 1909 corn crop is far and away
the most valuable ever raised, its worth
being placed at $l,72O,O0O,O0O While
in quantity it is less than the crop of
1906, there vas still a total of 2,TG7.-
100000 bushels, which is 30 per cert
greater than the average for the past
five years. The value Of the 1909 crop
exceeds 10y 80 per cent the value Of
the crops for the past five years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

While a majority of folks banker for
4 larger measure of leisure than is
theirs, the truth is that more people
die from too little exercise than over
work after they reach the age of forty
five. Every person who can stand On
two feet and move his hands is better
off if he has some regular work and
exercise. if it isn't more than walking.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

The grower Of spring or hard wheat
on land worth $50 an acre, with a yield
that the past year averaged but fifteen
bushels per acre in the spring wheat
belt. is up against practical PROPOSE
tion-namely, his returns at prevailing
prices after expenses are paid don /
leave him a fair return on his invest
meut. He must either raise a variety
Of wheat that Will yield more bushels
to the acre or quit raising wheat alto
ge,her except in three Or four year
rotation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

Experiments which have been recent
ly conducted by the aricultural depart
ment show that fruit like oranges
grapes and apples may have their
life considerably extended by cooling
to Il temperature Of 40 degrees before
shipment Normally fruit is picked
and packed under warm conditions
and, while it cools during shipment,
does not cool rapidly enough to pre-
vent the rapid ripening of some fruit
and the decay of other fruit. 1t seems
clear that this preceding will not only
extend the area over which such fruit
may he shipped, but it will improve
its quality and reduce the amount Of
ice required in refrigeration.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

\ Wolf river apple weighing twenty
five ounces and measuring sixteen and
tive-cighths inches in circumference
took first prize for size at the Spokane
national apple show. \ Spokane Beau
~ weighing forty-one ounces and meas
uring seventeen and one-eighth inches
in circumference was exhibited, but it
was disqualified because of bruises re
ceivcd in harvesting or packing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

1t is probably safe TO assume that
if the true status Of all dairy herds
in the country could be known tn
berculosis would be found one of the
greatest sources Of no profit COWS. The
dairyman who applies the tubercu!m
test 10 his herd and eliminates af-
fected animals not only does the pIblic
a service by disposing OF hotbeds of
disease, but in the long run puts dol
lars in his own pocket Should he add
to the tuberculin the Babcock test, to
tell him what his cows are doing along
the line of butter fat production. he
will be able to spot every undesirable
individual in the herd.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

Hood river apple growers received
the highest prices for their 1909 crop
than for any yet recorded. They were
bought by Steiuhardt * Kelley Of New
York city and were handled through
the local apple growers union. Best
Spitzenburgs brought S325 per bush.
q box, fancy Newtowus $50 TO s, 49,.
fancy Jonathaus s., fancy Ballv.aa
Sl9O and fancy Ortleys 500. The
choice fruit was sold TO Portland deal
ers at from $40 per box and less.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-06-02

The grand champion fat steer of the
1909 International was King Ellsworth.
a two-year-od pure bred Angus shown
by the Kansas Agricultural college and
weighing Loo. The same auima. E.~
exhibited last year. when he weighed
l,4OO pounds. His ration the past year
has been corn, bran and oilmcal, VIII
alfalfa hay. In the car lot exhibits
the Shorthorns had the best of ii, not
only winning the championships in the
fat and feeding classes. but the grand
championship carload the first time in
the history Of the big show. the prize
bunch being a carload of yearlngs