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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
She Didn't Look Good.

81 want to get a good boss for plow-
ing" said Farmer Jones to a horse
trader, "and l want a good one too"
Il got just the boss for you, friend.
she's Il good worker but she doesn't
look good" returned the H. T.
Il amt buyin' him for the looks, so
if he's Il good boss l guess I'll take
him"
Two days later Farmer Jones re-
turned with the horse. Why In the
devil didn't you tell me the old boy
was bind?" said Farmer Jones to the
horse trader.
"Wcll, l think l made it plain
enough when l said she didn't look
good SO Farmer Jones has still got
the old boss.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
YOU MAY TRY CUTICURA FREE
That's the RuIe-Free Samples to Any.
one Anywhere.

We have so much confidence in the
wonderful soothing and healing proper
ties of Cuticura Ointment for all skin
troubles supplemented by hot baths
with Cuticura Soap that we are ready
to send samples on request. They are
Ideal for the toilet.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L
Boston. Sold everywhere-Adv.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
All Modern Conveniences.

FOur-year-old Marion with her moth
er was visiting in a small town. One
day while passing the public watering
trough for horses a flock of birds was
perched on the side of the tub drink
ing. This was something new for
Marion and, looking up at her mother
in surprise, she said: "Why, mudder, l
didn't know they had bathtubs for their
birds down here"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
Sarcastic Beqqar.

The lady of the house shut her lips
tightly when she saw who had rung
the bell
NO" she said, you were here in
January. l never give to a beggar
twice. l know he is undeserving of
help"
Il wouldn't ave called, num-" said
the tramp, seeing that he need expect
nothing more fsom that house, "only l
'oped you might ave one of them little
'ome made cakes, left like you gave
me at that time. l want to enlist, but
I'm jest a stone too light, and one of
your little cakes would have put me
right London Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
Be the First.

Many quarrel would come to q
speedy ending if both sides were not
afraid of being the first to make ad.
vances. Instead of being unwilling to
take the first step, you should be glad
of the chance. Some of you perhaps,
are a little inclined to be envious of
the one who is a born leader, who is
the first in so many things, but there
is no greater honor than. to be the
first to end a misunderstanding, the
first to say, I'm sorry."-Exchang
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04

other earth unusually difficult TO
loosen. Either type is drawn by four
horses, or in some cases by O traction
engine, and is operated by three men,
including the driver. Such plOws aver
age about $50 pounds In weight and
sell at an average price of from S12
to SIS, but heavier plOws of this type
range in cost up to about $50. With
average soil conditions they may be
made to turn a furrow about or s
inches deep and from 8 to 10 inches
wide. The hardpan plows vary con-
siderably in weight and selling price
but cost more than the turn plOws.
One reason for the higher cost is that
the points must be made of a very high
grade of steel in order to be durable.
Drag scrapers are made in 1-horse,
11a-hOrse and 2-horse sizes, which
have respective rated capacities of 3,
and cubic feet. Drag scrapers
have an average weight, when empty,
of from IS to 100 pounds, and an ac-
tual capacity of about three-fourths
the rated capacity. The price, f. o. b.
factory, averages from 81 to Sc per
scraper.
In operating drag scrapers the driv-
ers also may load and empty the
scraper, but frequently it is econom-
ical to provide additional laborers for
this purpose. With a haul length of
100 feet and the teams moving stead
lily, one laborer should be able to load
or empty and spread the material for
about three scrapers. For scraper
work to be effective the material to
be excavated must be thoroughly loos-
cned by the plows and should be free
from large roots or stones. Where
such distinctions occur time is saved
by having them removed by hand dur
ing the process of blowing.
The average small organization for
carrying on road-grading work with
drag scrapers is made up about as fol-
lows:
Force:
l foreman.
( to scraper drivers
2 laborers for loading scrapers.
2 laborers for dumping and spreading.
l driver for plow
l labOrer to hold pillow.
l laborer for trimming shoulders, etc.
4 to 8 two-horse teams for scrapers.
l or two-horse teams for plow.
Total, l foreman, IA laborers. and Z
teams.
Tools:
c drag scrapers Capacity cubic feeO.
l road pillow.
2 picks.
. axes.
2 mattocks
shovels.
The force employed should vary
somewhat with the haul length, which
is usually between % feet and $50 feet.
Under average conditions an Organiza-
ton such as that described above
should move from 800 to $50 cubic
yards of earth per 10-hour day.
Objectionable Feature.
An Objectionable feature of drag
scraper work is that the entertainments
tend to settle very irregularly. The
reason is that the successive loads are
not spread out uniformly as they are
dumped, but are deposited as a success
sion of rather compact cores with the
Intervening spaces consisting of COM
paratively loose material. The loose
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
SHOOTING Pains.

Small Katherine had the jumping
tOothache," although her mother was
unaware of the nature of the pain. In
her efforts to discover this she asked:
What does it feel like, honey?" "Oh,"
said Katherine, with a note of pain
and despair, at des feels like a dun
a-shootin'."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
When Children Are Cross. Be Kind.

Don't be cross with children when
they are cross. If they are irritable
and pouty leave them alone to their
blues by trying to divert their atten-
ton to some interesting book or game
or toy. Get them outdoors to play or
to walk. Take them for a ride. The
common retort to cross children is in
being cross yourself, but this only
hurts the children and makes them
moody and later respondent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
The Rudder OF the Day.

Some one has called the early hours
of the morning, the rudder of the day
and it would help some to keep that
thought in mind. The girl who gets
out of bed at ten o'clock. and then sits
around listless till noon. will never
make as much of the twenty-fOur hours
as she should. The early hours are
the rudder of the day. Steer by them.
Exchange
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
Proud Man.

One is brought face to face with
the stern facts of nature when a sales
woman at a Brooklyn department
store while exhibiting dehydrating
machine says: You are mostly water
and if you were put in here you would
soon look no better than that dried
onion" Eagle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
Lost His Sweetheart.

Harold, aged five, was visiting his
aunt in the city, and the little girl
next door was his sweetheart till one
day when she came over with her
little pink rompers on. Mortified, Har-
old said: "Why don't You go home
and get a dress on; I don't want you
to be a boy"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04

relief and six bottles have entirely
cured me. All women who have female
trouble of any kind should try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. " -
Mrs. Eta DoRIoN, Ogdensburg, Wis.
Physicians undoubtedly did their best,
battled with this case steadily and could
do no more, but often the most scientific
treatment is surpassed by the medicinal
properties of the good old fashioned
"oots and herbs contained in Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
If any complication exists it pays to
Icite the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
c., Lynn, Mass. for special free advice.
CYn Girls Club S sacfa free of ZIG
Al eNqusitely perfumed Face Creme. giving clear,
a1ng Corym Products Co, SOC Dake Bldg, Rochester n
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
II Paws Dividends.

Great books need hard, close repeat
ed study, and are not to be skinned
over like current fiction. When the
time which must in any case be ex-
pended on the mastery of the thought
is subtracted, a modest knowledge of
the language does not represent so
very formidable an extra investment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
At the Theater.

Markey-0h, look. We don't need
to stay and see the last act.
Oswald Remembering that five
ucks)-Huh?
Markey-It says right here in the
program in the list of scenes: "Act 4
Same as Act l."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
NEVER HAD A CHILL
After Taking ELIXIR RARFE

"My little daughter, 10 years old suffered
nearly year with chills and fever, most Of the
time under the Doctors care. l was discour-
aged and friend advised to try Elixir
Babek. gave it to her and she has never had
chill since. 1t completely cured her" Mrs.
Cyrus Helms, 302 ST. n. E., Washin gton, d. G,
Elixir Babek so cents, all druggists or by
Parcel Post prepaid from Kloczewski & Co,
Washington, D G.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04

To find out if they have been cooked
alive, Holsters should be examined
very carefully. If their tails are tight
ly curled to their bodies it is reason
ably certain that they were properly
cooked.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
Simple Cure for Hiccoughs.

DIR. P. B. Aquinto of Buenos Aires
reports in the Semana Medica case
of severe hiccoughs that resisted all
treatment for "a hours, but that yield
ed at once when the mans eyeballs
were pressed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
Dwarf Trees for Gardens.

Dwarf trees are suited to small gar
dens, they occupy little space, are
easily cared for, bear sooner than
standard kinds, and they are easily
shaped into bushes and pyramids, or
can be used in espalier forms, trained
on buildings, fences or trei!ises.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
"The Easiest Way"

ne Easiest Way"
you say he loved his dearest
friends wife?"
yep"
And married her later?"
"Yep?"
'Divorce?"
NO; took husband on hunting trip,
Maine woods"
ooh, l understand" Lamb.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
A Healthy SPOT.

Lisyane must be healthy spot.
Within a small radius there are resid-
ing in the pretty Cardiff suburb seven
people whose aggregate ages total 500
years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
Good Roads CiVilizers.

The building of an American road in
one Of the most lawless provinces of
the Philippines was said to have had
wonderfully civiliz;ng influence.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04

pains lAk0 d kills
through my back
and side. l finally
lost all my strength
so l had to go to
bed. The doctor
advised an oper-
alton but | would
not listen to it. I
thought Of what 1
hadread aboutL Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
tried it. The first
bottle hro,lUht oreat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
Essentials Of Happiness.

"The grand essentials of happiness
are something to do, something to love,
and something to hope for."-Chal-
merS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
MOTHER!

Have you ever used MOTHERS JOY
SALVE for Colds, Coughs, Group and
Pneumonia, Asthma, and Head Ca
tarrh? If you haven't get it at once.
1t will cure you.-Adv.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The system

Take the Old Standard GROVE S
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking. as the formula is
printed on every label, showing il Is
Quinine and Iron in tasteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron
builds up the system. 90 cents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04

It's always safe but unspOrtsman-
like to reserve your congratulations
until the happy pair have been mar
ried a year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04

Love sometimes flies out of the VIM
dow when the cooking school graduate
enters the door.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
Mental HooVerism

Reading anything of substantial
nature these daysY "NO; l am con
serving all food for reflection"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04

Men have Il right to bet if they
choose, but they should be careful how
they choose.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04

DR. Peerys Dead Shot" not only expeis
Worms or Tapeworm but cleans out the
mucus in which they breed and tones Up
the digestion. One dose sufficient Adv.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04

The kiss of a homely girl may be
sweeter than that of pretty one-to
q blind man.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
DOING Her Bit.

Doing Her Bit.
GLADYS Twobbles has joined can
ming club"
Put Gladys can't cook She hasn't
spent fifteen minutes in a kitchen
since the day she was born"
Maybe not, but that won't prevent
her from reading a learned paper be-
fore the club"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04

torpid liver prevents proper food asslm-
uatton Tone up your liver with Wright's
Indian Vegetable Pills. They act gently Adv.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
PAINS SHARP
And STAbbING
Woman Thought She Would
Die. Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Ogdensburg, Visit suffered from
female troubles which caused piercing
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04

If a jailbird doesn't fly, it isn't his
fault.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
What He Feared.

During some building operations 1t
was necessary for the workmen to
walk across a single plank some dis
lance from the ground.
When it came Pats turn the fore
man noticed that he went across on
all tours. So he went up to Pat and
asked contemptuOusly:
whats the trouble, man? Are you
afraid of walking on the plank?"
mo, sor," replied Pat. ITS afraid
OF am av walking Off 1t"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04

Wise men make haste but never
worry.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04
AGUARANTEED REMEDY FOR
HAY FEVER ASTHMA

Your n0aRY WILL Bg REFUNDED BY your druggtsS
without any question II this remedy does not benenS
every case of Asthma, Bronchial Asthma and the
Asthmatic symptoms accompanying Hay Fever. No
matter how violent the attacks Obstinate the case
The Washington herald., 1917-08-27
LESSON NO. I3.-GROUPING MEN INTO TEAMS.

The smallest unit or team" in
the army is the squad. A squad
usually consists of eight men, one
of whom Is the leader; he is called
the corporal" You will be as
signed to a squad almost at once
on entering the army. At FIRST. you
may be shifted about considerably
from one squad to another, but
within a short time you and seven
other men will be brought together
as a permanent team.
: The Squad Unit.
In any case remember this: The
eight men in a squad form a team
in the same sense that a baseball
nine or a football eleven is a team
Your squad is competing with all
the other squads in your company.
Whenever 1t shows itself especially
well drilled, quick to learn new
duties, or careful In respect to
cleanliness and general bearing,
you pile up a few points in your
favor. The umpires are the officers
OF your company; and you may be
certain they are watching your
squad every minute of the day-not
watching for chances to criticise
but watching hopefully for signs
Of soldierly spirit and intelligence
1t is your first duty to help your
own squad make a good showing.
The company is permanent
team" in the sense in which we
have been using that word. Its men,
bers always live together, eat to-
gether, drill together, and fight to-
gether. All the officers and soldiers
in company become well acquaint-
The Washington herald., 1917-08-27

ed. Each mans points of strength
and of weakness are known.
Four companies are Joined in a
battalion" The battalion Is an i'm
portant unit in the army organiza-
tion, but is not so clearly marked as
either the company or the regiment.
Regiments and Divisions.
The regiment consists Of three bat
talions, making twelve companies. In
addition. there are three special COM
panies which do not belong to any
of the battalions. These are the head
quarters company. including the band
and the color guard; the machine
gun company. TO be referred TO later;
and the supply company. responsible
for the regiments food, ammunition,
and other supplies. Counting in every
one, the regiment at full strength In
our old tables of organization totals
2,O5s officers and men. 1t will go
more than this with the increase In
strength OF companies. 2,631 Is the
strength of infantry regiments in the
first expeditionary division. The regf-
ment is, OF course. very seldom at
full strength. but Is never allowed to
remain below a minimum strength of
about 1,40o.
Two regiments are Joined in a bri-
gade. Thus the brigade Is built up
by assembling individual soldiers in
to squads; squads into platoons;
platoons into companies; companies
into battalions; battalions into regi-
ments; and regiments into brigades
BrIgades may in turn be Joined to
form divisions, divisions may be
Joined to form corps. and corps to
form field armies.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-27
TO TAKE INVENTORY
OF ALL FOOD STOCKS
Department of Agriculture to Secure
Data of Supply on Hand.


A complete inventory OF all the food
stocks held in retail establishments
in New York city. and in the city
and rural portions of forty-three
counties in various parts of the
country, will be made August 81 by
agents of the Department of Agri-
culture. Estimates from these figures
will make 1t possible to approximate
the quantity of all the food on hand
throughout the country, 1t was an
nounced yesterday.
The survey OF retail stocks Is the
fourth inventory now under way, the
other investigations being stocks on
farms, in wholesale commercial es-
tablishments and storages and in the
homes Of consumers, The retail sur
vey will be conducted by the Bureau
Of Markets, assisted locally by agents
of the Bureau OF Chernistry and of
Of the States Relations Service.
other local agencies, such as boards
Of trade, chambers of commerce. re-
tail grocers' associations, far m
bureau agents and other State,
county and city officials have assured
the department OF their cooperation.
Aside from New York, where an
inventory will be- made, the largest
city selected as a part Of the basis
Of estimating is Cleveland. Its coun-
ty, Cuyahoga. was selected because
Cleveland is centrally located with
reference to large Industrial centers
and may be considered as a typical
manufacturing and commercial cea-
ter. The detailed survey in New YORK
city will be made as separate proo-
lem.
The first group, represented oy
Cleveland. is for metropolitan as
tricts with a population Of 10000 OF
more. the second group lncluoes
counties with cities Of a population
Of 5000 to 10000. This third group
takes counties with cities 25.O0o TO
1000; fourth. from 1000 to 5000; and
then down to 900. and then certain
counties having no city or village OF
$500 population.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-27
BROOKLYN OBSERVES
LONG island BATTLE
Thousands Gather to Do Honor to
Valor of Men of '76.

(By the International News Seryiee.)
New York. Aug. 6.-Brooklyn today
celebrated the 141st anniversary OF the
battle OF Long Island. Twenty
Thousand persons, many OF them
members Of the Kings County His
torical Society. assembled IN Prospect
Park, sang patriotic songs and cheer
ed patriotic speeches. One Of the
speakers was the Rev. Chas Reader.
of the Flatbush Dutch Reformed
Church. which was started on the
island in the same year the memoir
able battle was fought.
One of the songs. The Battle of
Long Island" was written especially
for the day by Giavanni Conterno, a
composer Of some note.
James Sullivan, State historian in
speaking. predicted that as we once
had defeated a German King on an
English throne in 1716, so we would
again defeat a German Kaiser on a
German pedestal.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-27

hour bottles and paving bricks were
hurled through the air and nearly all
the windows in the houses in Ludlow
street Just south OF Market were
broken. Several shots were fred
The riot began when a negro threw
milk bottle at members of the
Third and Sixth regiments, marching
by on their way TO camp, after fin
ishing recruiting work in the city. As
soon as the bottle was thrown the
soldiers made a dash for the negro
and scores of policemen from the
Flfth-fifth and Pine street and the
Sixty-frst and Thompson street sta
tions hurried to the scene and battled
with the crowd of mixed whites and
negroes for more than an hour.
The lighting Immediately became
general. Anything that could be
The Washington herald., 1917-08-27
STRANGER STRANGLES
Child FOR REVENGE
Guatemalsn Denies Crime When
Confronted with Corpse.

Paris, Aug. 5.-Lured from her
playmates by a well-dressed stranger
who met her outside her mother S
door. little, bright-eyed girl of Z.
named Carmen Bermann, has Just
come to terrible end.
When her disappearance was re
ported the police searched the city
in all directions, and a dentists as
sistant named Antonio Guerrero y
Guerrero, a Guatemalan, was arrested
on suspicion. He denied ever having
seen the child Later a package, left
at the Care du Nord under a seat.
was found to contain the corpse OF
little Carmen, who had been stran-
gled.
To her torn dress was pinned a
scrap OF paper bearing the words,
This Is revenge" When confronted
with the corpse, Guerrero denied the
crime.