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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-11
Table Notes.
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A table daintily arranged with food
daintily cooked and served produces a
more favorable impression upon guests
than one overburdened with elaborate
decorations and an amending variety of
perhaps poorly prepared dishes, with no
regard for order or appropriateness The
fashion of serving one or two articles at a
time, and having a number Of courses
does away with a great deal of the con-
fusion which characterized an old-fash-
toned dinner. Really there need not be
any very great variety for nice dinner
or supper, but served separately it seems
more, as longer time is consumed by the
meal, and greateropportunity is afforded
for sociability.
The table should be laid with the
greatest care, first covered with a mat
or cover of cotton flannel, which will
add greatly to the appearance of the Ia
ble-cloth, making it look much heavier
and handsomer. Then the ornaments,
knives, forks, spoons, glasses, salts, but
ter plates, etc, should be arranged with
precision, calculating what will be need
ed for each course, so that when the
changes are made there will be no con-
fusion. The dishes for the several
courses should be set on the sideboard
or side-table, counted and piled together
so that the waiter will have no trouble
about them. ~
Dinner cards are used of great variety,
from plain card, with the name writ
ten on it, to beautiful, painted satin
fancies in the shape of little fans, tam
bourines, etc. Some of the novelties
are apples, oranges and lemmons, tied
around with narrow ribbon, which is
first passed through two cuts in the end
of a small, narrow, gilt-edged card.
These seem more appropriate for break
fast parties. A fancy clothes-pin is
sometimes employed to hold card
Fruit and flower decorations are lower
than formerly, and for several reasons
are more desirable. 1t is quite in order
to remove the outside from oranges and
bananas, and have the oranges divided
into quarters, or even into smaller parts,
and the bananas cut into several pieces.
They are then interspersed with grapes
and candied fruits of different kinds.
In order to have ameal served elegant
ly, and without confusion, it is of the
utmost Importance that every detail
should be attended to beforehand, and
that the servants know Just exactly what
they are expected to do. Then the
servants should not be called to do other
things when they are passing certain
course. Nothing creates more confusion
and disorder and changes the even tenor
of a meal more than to have some one
come in late. 1t disarranges everything.
There is an obligation on the part of the
guests as well as hostess, and whether
invited to a dinner or visiting at a
friends, it is breach of etiquette to be
late to meal, especially so if there are
others invited. Invitations to dinner or
tea should always be accepted or de-
clned SO that Il hostess. may know for
what number to arrange her table
ClerelGnd Leader.
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Hints to Transplanters.


5 The Gardeners Monthly reviews some
of the many practical things brought out
in experience and now confirmed as good
doctrine. 1t says: ".'
1t is now established beyond all ques-
lion that tree or shrub taken out of a
poor soil will not bear TRANSFORMING as
well as one that has been well fed For
instance, if five years ago two Norway
spruces were planted, both of same age
and in soil Just alike, but one should re-
ceive no manure for all that time and
the other have little manure every
year, the chance of success in removal
will be very much IN favor Of the we'll
fed tree. Numbers of trees with good
roots and well planted die after re-
moval, simply from very weakened
constitution brought about by poor living
Another capital fact of practical value
to transplanters has been developed.
which is only Just now becoming well
known. 1t has always been understood
in this country that transplanted tree
is safer for being pruned, but the pruning
generally consisted Of shortening in all
the branches strong as well as weak.
But it is now found that the tree should
not be shortened in, but merely Timed
out. All the weaker branches should
be cut out and the strong ones left.
And there is the practice becoming
now better known than others, also first
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-11
How to Distinguish SMALLPOX.

When the passengers in Third Ave-
nue. elevated railroad car Yesterday
caught sight Of the face of a man who
got in at Ninth Street, some of them
moved into other cars, and all the others
except one went to the other end of the
car and sat close together there. The
face OF the man who caused this commo-
ton was covered with big pimples. He
would have had the end of the cay to
himself but for another passenger who
remained close t. him, and then resumed
the reading of a newspaper The other
passengers looked at this couple curl
ously. One of them signaled the man
with the newspaper, and he, too, moved
to the crowded end of the coach. a
That man you sat by appears to have
the smallpox, and thought you might
like to know il" said the man who had
signaled to the newspaper reader.
"No, he HASN'T said the other. 81
had been looking at him when you
beckoned. He has got acne, that all. "
Are youa physician?''
g am surgeon" ,3.1
What is acne?n Of se.' oo-s5.
"Acne is merely. a cutaneous disease,
producing an eruption like what you see
ON his face. Smallpox does not look
like that at ALL ff1 5n
How does it lookup
Well, whenever see pimples de-
pressed in the center you may take that
as a sign of smallpox. Smallpox pus-
tules appear first on the face, then on the
neck and hands, and afterward ON the
body. AT first they are the size and
have the solidity of small shot, but a lay
man would not be able to Judge of them
until on and aftert the fourth day, when
they become depressed in the center and
surrounded by a circle Of pink that turns
dark crimson. The pimples are often
so thick that they run together. There
is an odoraccompanying the disease that,
once noticed, cannot be forgotten. am
sorry / can't tell you more, but / must
get off here"
! The passengers Were interested in
what the surgeon SAID, and disappointed
when his short lecture was ended. NJ
Y. Sun. tltti /. ti{!
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Vanilla.


vanilla, the parasitical plant, grows
Wild IN the woods of the States of Vera
Cruz, Tabasco and Oajaca, in Mexico.
Inc cultivation of the vanilla is very
simple, and mostly Indians and mulat-
toes are employed in this branch of in
dustry. A shoot is planted at the foot
OF a tree, and this spot must be Kept
clear OF weeds and parasitic plants. In
the third year the plant yields fruit and
continues to do so for thirty years. Fifty
htisks on an average are yearly gathered
from plant. The wild-growing vanilla
yields more than that cultivated by the
Indian, but it is inferior in quality. The
plant blossoms in February and if north
erly winds and showers are prevailing,
the Hover drops and the plant yields no
frtnt; 1t ripens in June, and the gath
erlng is done at the end of July. After
the vanilla has been exposed to the sun
1t IS enveloped in woollen blankets in
order to make it perspire, and after this
process it is exposed to the dry air for
two Or three days, finally dried in the
sun and packed into boxes. A pound of
vanilla may be purchased in the growing
districts at two dollars--C0r. ". T. Post.
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a Picturs worth Beholdinr.

Hanging between two small windows, and
catching the lightfrom larger one opposite
in one Of the offices of Adams Express Com
pany, at 50 Broadway, New York-the office
occupied by Mr.. W. II. Hall, head of the de-
livery department-is a plainly finished but
neatly framed chrome about ~ by 3 feet in
size, which is looked upon by hundreds of peo-
pie daily, on many Of whom it has wonderful
and salutary effect. 1t represents fight of
half dozen rough stone steps leading from
the swarded bank of placid lake to little
rustic temple set in the rugged side of the
mountain which rises in stupendous proper
lions in the background all covered with a
rank luxuriant growth of foliage in brush and
tree. In the open door of this little temple
stands half concealed figure, with an arm
and hand extended, holding forth small,
dimly defined package, while seated on the
sward at the foot of the steps an aged pilgrim,
barefooted, lame and decrepid, bears a staff in
one hand, and in the other holds before his
dim eyes small bottle, whose label he eager
~ scans This label bears the words est.
Jacobs Oil the Great German Remedy" Sim
pie as this little chrome appears in its unos-
tentatous position, it has an influence which
it would be difficult to estimate. g 1t is to
that picture and the persuasions of Mr.. Hail.
said Mr. Edward j. Douglass, a gentleman
connected with Mr.. Halls department, "that
owe my present ability to perform my work
Some weeks ago was violently attacked with
sciatic rheumatism, and hour by hour / grew
worse, and nothing my family or the doctor
could do gave me any relief. | began to think
in a few days that my case was hopeless and
that was doomed to be an invalid and help
less cripple for life. But at hast thought Of
that picture which l had so often looked at
with but little interest, and then Mr. Hall
came to my bedside, and telling ME how S..
Jacobs Oil had cured him of worse and long
er standing case than mine, urged me to use
the same remedy. | did so that very night,
directing my wife MOTTO spare it but to apply
it thoroughly according to the directions; this
she did with a large piece of flannel cloth
saturated with the Oil, and then bound the
cloth to the affected parts. The next morn
ing was free from pain, and although little
sore in the hip, was able to dress myself, and
the next day resumed my duties in the office
as sound as dollar, HereI am now in fun
health and strength, having had no touch of
rheumatism or orther pain since. Whenever
see one of our drivers or any other person
who shows any symptoms of hmeness or stiff
ness, l point him tothe picture in Mr.. Halls
Office, and then direct him to go for St. Jacobs
Oil at once. IN. Y. Etenina Tel<arans.
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Winter Treatment of Hens.


Hens must have comfortable and con-
venient quarters in winter Most people
keep too many hens for the accommoda-.
lions they furnish them. Hens are nat.
uraliy active animals, and when confined
in winter quarters require plenty of
room, Five hens and five roosters, of
all ordinary breeds should have house
24xl6 in the clear and ten feet high in
the clear. This will allow about seventy
cubic feet of space for each fowl, which
is little enough. No class of animals is
so susceptible to the i'll effects of crowd
ing as the feathered class. Hens will
not lay when too much crowded, nor
will they remain healthy long if too
many are. kept together. The building
should be well ventilated by chimney
without admitting any gusts or draughts
of wind. 1t should face the south, if
possible, and have several windows in
'front.' z Where the weather gets very
cold it will be well to have thes wholeg
front glazed and have stove inside.
Hens cannot lay unless they are kept
comfortable, and when the temperature
falls to ten degrees, or lower, they re-
qliire little artificial heat. This heat
~ NssiNhufiI dflIttlt HIT
only should. be Kept, and it should be as
steady as possible. Uniformity of tenn
peratlue,is what iswanted., The houses
must be kept clean and neat The floors
should be sweptleyefy day, and be dust
ed over with dry earth, ashes chat,
short straw, or litter of any kind that
can be easily removed Every henhouse
should have plenty of suitable. Croosts.
There should. he q shallow bey OF bin in
one. corner a sunny corner is best
containing dry earth, ashes, chip dirt,
or q mixture Of them for the hens to
wallow in. They enjoy their bath in
winter as much as in summer. Where
oyster shells cannot be easily procured
there should be box containing gravel
within reach Of the fowls. A sufficient
number of nest boxes with glass nest
eggs in them, several shallow vessels for
water, and a feed trough will complete
the necessary outfit for the hen house. A
very important adjunct to the hen house
is an open shed where the fowls can
stay at pleasure when the weather is not
too cold. Such shed should protect the
hens from the prevailing Winds West
eTR Rural.
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learned through our pages. that it is not
possible toepound the earth too tight
about the transplanted tree. 1t is not
possible to avoid all risks in transplant
ing. The art will never be so perfected
that some will not die; and mortality
where all the conditions can be con-
trolled, will be less than ever before.
Another thing may be remembered,
that trees die in winter from drying out.
Therefore give the roots all the chances
you can to heal and grow before cold dry
ing winds and frosts come. One of the
best of these chances is to plant early.
Plant rs soon as you can after the fall
rains come 1t makes little difference
whether the yellowed leaves have fallen
or not.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-11

The public school of the village of
Fort Ann, N. Y, is successfully man
aged by L, w. Barrett. Recently some
Of the mischievous masculine pupils
formed the conspiracy to put cayenne on
the stove, and then persist in denying
thepb, Or any knowledge of it. They
succeeded in doing it to the letter, but
Mr.. Barrett proved himself master of the
situation, He promptly dismissed the
feminine portion of the pupils, and then
ventilated the room by letting down the
windows. Then to convince the boys
that thesin of lying was as great a tres
pass against the laws of school as was
the original offense, he raised the tenn
perature of the room to nearly fever
heat by administering corporeal punish
ment to every one of the thirty-fve lads
who had tansgressed by either cayen-
ming the atmosphere or falsely denying
knowledge Of it. One of the boys ac-
knowledges that the punishment inflicted
was no sneezng matter.
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NOSES How, ESQ.,, of Haverhill Mass,
strongly Endorses st. Jacobs Oil for rheuma-
tism, etc, from the observation of its effects
in his factory as also in his own family-so we
see from one of our Massachusetts, exchanges.
bridgeport Gonna Standard
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The VIRGINIA Chronic1e civos tbes

The Virginia Chronicle gives these
as appropriate threadlines for each
months bunch of marriages: JANUARY
Jumps, February Fastenings, March
Matings, .April's Annexations, Nays
Matehings! June's Johiibgs,' July joy
Gus Ones, August Agreement. Septem-
Der SplieiIgs, kOctober's Odds Made
6 Dari5g H p9gSs E NPq07egS December
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Dan Edison. of Warrensburo !

Dan Edison, of Warrensburg, Pa. =,
was a terrible blasphemer A horse
kicked him in barn the other day, and
his CALCULATIONS were uncommonly pro-
longed and violent. Then flames broke
out among the hay, and the building was
destroyed. There is no convincing the
neighbors that Dams sulphurous Ian
guage did not kindle the fire.
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"WHERE did you dine yesterday, Fwed"
ooh, at the kwub.n Good dinnahF' "Yasse,
0, vase; dined on such q lovely pwimwose
with gewanium for dessert. With those
dwunk in the delicious fwagwance of a sweet
and tendah wiolet.n 4" How pwccous !"
''Yasse, itwas evan souttahly soul+satisfEing
and supwemc.n ...i CiYANB 3 "a p
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lister recently, in Diminishing one theme of his
subject to take up another. "Then | make it
spades yelled man from the gallery, who
was dreaming the happy hours away in an
imaginary game of eucher. 1t is needless to
say that he went out on the next deal, assist
ed by one Of the deacons.-lH lWdtltee Sentinel.
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Allen Dodwolth. the teacher of
dancing 80 aristocratic New Workers, is
an old gentleman of fine figure. with
snowy white hair and beard, sharply cut
features, bright black eyes, and the
courtly manner of an old school gentle
man. He has travelled all over the
world, picking up not only much gen
eral information, but suggestions for
new compositions in the national dances
OF different countries.
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Mr.. RAGBAG was only twepty-three, when
his eldest SON was born. We remember the
day we'll We congratulated him. But he
didn't seem very jolly. Not but what it was a
fine boy, and Ragbag was wealthy, so family
was no burden TO him. But he said; 9 Good
Lord, old friend, just think of it! Here at the
age of twenty-three I've got to begin setting q
good example l''-BoSton Post. l1
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"THE muses. kiss with lips Of flame" says
a recent poet Of the new order. Then we are
thankful that we are not counting any Of the
muses. just now. We don't wish.to have our
best winter mustache burned of until later in
the season.-NeW HdVep Register.
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I An old sailor was observed to be always
hanging about the door of a church when a
marriage was taking place. He explained that
Saturday Niglu.l L'.lEEgt.N 9i' ~
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"WBAT is the greatest charge on record?'
asked the professor of history. And the abb
sent-minded student answered: Seventeen
dollars for hack hire for self and girl for two
hours.n
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sAfAKE SOMEBODY GLAD" urges recent
poem. Hundreds of young men can comply
with this request by simply bidding her good
nights.-NoyTistoan Herald. rn D.. t.sI', .a
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MISTRESS: bridget, really can't allow
you to receive your sweetheart in the kitchen
any longer'' Bridget: Thank you, kindly,
mum, but he's too bashful for the parlor."
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AN affeetionate mother noticing her little
daughter wipe her mouth with her dress
sleeve, asked what her handkerchief was for,
and received for answer g It's TO shake at the
ladies in the street. That's what papa does
with his.n
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HENS scratch up fower-beds only when
they are barefooted. That's why women run
out and 1" shoon the hens to keep 'em from
doing dalnage.-Ne,p Orleans Picdguas.
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g Best Of AL"

DR.. r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, n Y: Dear Sir
My family has used your "Favorite Prescrip-
tom and it has done all that is claimed for it.
It'll the best Of all preparations for female com
plant. recommend it to all my customers.
G. S. WATERMAN, Druggist, Baltimore, Nd.
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The BEST SALvE for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, u
GERS, Salt Rheum, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains Cons and all kinds OF Skin Erup-
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UNDER the microscope hair has rough
edges like rasp No wonder then that Il
young mans mustache often tickles girls
philadelphia Chronicle.
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Tho Bilious,

dvspeptic or constipated, should address, with
two stamps and history of case for pamphlet,
WoRLDs DIsPENsARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,
Buffalo, n. Y.
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-Demetrius Papagianacos and ltha-
nasius Audrichaches are two Chicagoans
who on last Sunday beat a rival candy
peddler for interfering with their sales.
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Is the best remedy for Dyspepsia, Biliousness.
Malaria Indigestion, disorders and diseases OF
the Stomach, Blood Kidneys, Liver, Skin, etc.
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THE Harvard students are like widows
they are always trying to take advantage of
fresh man.----Teras SJtipgS. ,,-,r7rpy,,
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DR.. Morris LIVER PILLS are the best Veg
etable Cathartic Regulators.
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L. E. RANSOM BUTTER Color will not color
the butter milk nor the cloth on the tubs. En-
tirely harmless.
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TscULAPIUs practiced medicine even when
an infant, which gave rise to the song, g M. d.
is the cradle. Casclkllsati SatIrdau NigAt.
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DURNo's CATARRH SNUFF cures all affec
tons of the mucous membrane of the head
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Golden Medical Discovery"

for all scrofulous and virulent blood-poisons
is specific. By druggists.
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A little girl who was watching a
sunset of crimson, orange and purple,
SAID: ''Is that the power and the glory?"
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Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-12-25

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