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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-02
Highly COlOred English.

The resources of the English language
are nowhere more severely taxed than in
the provincial correspondence of the
Calcutta papers. One writer having oc-
casion to describe the burning of boat,
draws this highly colored picture: The
Inflated vessel becomes so totally en-
wreathed in vermillion flames that the
power of human agency is imperative"
This brilliant stroke is far surpassed,
however, by correspondent of the
H1fj0R Mirror in his description of the
sad fate which befell :" a promising
youth at bacon, while he was "assd1-
ously coming his midnight task by the
help of u kerosene lamp" The lamp
did not do its duty and 81 he tried to
mend it, but unfortunately his finger
went wrong, the ignited wick dropped
into the combustible oil, the lamp burst
into a terrible expansion, spreading
flames all around" In consequence
the promising youth was crema-
ted by speedy and miserable death"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-02
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Fifty children of the missionaries Of
the American board are now laborinU "a
foreign missionaries
There has been a revival in ,Jafrra
College, Ceylon, and fifty of the seventy
three students have renowned paganism
for Christianity.
Several libraries in the United States
report a decrease in the reading of fiction
by the young of from sixty-fve to fifty-
eight per cent. This decrease is due
chiefly to the efforts of teachers and IL
brarians to give school children better
taste in reading. detroit Post.
The will of Mrs. Elizabeth F. Hazel
tine, late of Philadelphia, bequeaths to
the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis-
sions, the Presbyterian Board of Home
Missions, and the Presbyterian Board of
Education $500 each.-M Y. Post.
In Cairo, Egypt, there is Moham-
medan Theological seminary. The Rev.
MIR. Mangasarian, a returned missionary,
recently made the very large statement
that in this seminary 10000 students are
from sunrise to sunset studying the Ko-
ran. He says that every year vast num-
bers of missionaries are sent out from
this school through Africa and eastern
ASIA seeking converts. s. Chicago Herald.
The colOred people of Delaware have
long bravely struggled to support their
schools, raising by contributions among
themselves two-thirds of the necessary
sum. They have forty-six schools, and
not until last year did the Legislature
give them any help. Its appropriation
was only 2,400. The colored popula-
ton is one-iifth of the entire population
of the State Chicago Journal.
There is a foolish movement in the
San Francisco School Board for reducing
the salaries of primary teachers II
ought not to be necessary to tell school
officers i'll this age that the man or
woman who gives child its first train
ing, its first mental bent, should be a
specially intelligent and competent
teacher, person worth liberal compen-
sation.-N Y. Tribune.
Justin D. Fulton, pastor of the Bap-
fist congregation worshipping in
building known as the Brooklyn Rink,
has been very successful in establishing
4 good work. The building, which
originally cost 1927, 900, was purchased
by this congregation for $50, 900. 1t was
in bad repair, but the congregation have
spent $l0,000on repairs, besides paying
$4,000 on the building. This leaves
$4,000 debt which the pastor and the
people are very anxious to remove. It's
in reality a peoples church, and many
who would not enter the more wealthy
and fashionable churches on the Hill feel
at home in this church. Christina Id
U0cate,
Baltimore has population of about
34O,O and a church membership of
177.68S. The Roman Catholic Church
leads, with a membership of 10000.
The Methodists come next, with 2S,642;
then the Lutherans, with II, AIS; Protest
ant Epscopalians, 1851; Baptist, 6,SS7;
Presbyterians, 1895; Reformed, 4,1O9;
Friends, 1,003. The Catholic Church
includes the whole Catholic population
in the number above given, while men,
bership of the Protestant churches has
stricter sense. The NesCs, which gives
the figures, concludes that there are in
Baltimore at least 1862, 900 persons who
are not members of any Christian church.
N Y. San.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-02

to paw my respects. Come over in the
course of the evening, both of you"
And, while Tom stared blankly after
him, he went away.
Tom looked at me and looked at him.
Tom thrust his hands through his yellow
curls and then into his trousers pockets.
He then whistled-I whistled.
"Such a man as that to marry q brown
front and set of false teeth p eiacu-
| lated Tom. "Jove sir, I'm struck
dumb -
In proof of which he became slightly
| profane.
I do not approve of strong language
| do of hook so, to immediate two birds
with the same stone, | cried:
"In any case, let us drink her health "
After which cheerful resignation came
! to Tom, and he was good enough to say
"Well, after all. it will be pleasanter
for Bertha and myself than if the governor
had had better taste. | wonder what
entertainments the old Gree threw around
him ?''
"rn tell you what" said Tom, as,
later in the evening, we assembled to the
drawing-room of the bride-elect and her
lovely niece, "rll get Bertha out for a
stroll this lovely moonlight night, and as
sure as fate I'll propose. 1t is just the
evening for that kind of thing, especially
with those tender, blue-eyed things.
say, hadn't we better knock, lest we
might interrupt the love-making -
But | had opened the door, and there
was nothing for it but to advance.
The room was but dimly-lighted. yet
sufficiently so to show Miss Seldom, the
aunt, seated in a distant srm-chair.
spectacles on nose, the paper she had
been perusing fallen on her lap, while Il
gentle sound, like the snore of a fay,
proclaimed that she was wrapped in
slumber, as was also the poodle ying at
her feet.
Close to the piano stood Mr.. Latimer,
bending tenderly over little sylph in
white tulle, whose bright har foated
over his black coat-sleeve, md whose
white fingers were shyly twisting one of
the buttons of said coat-Berha, in fact.
They started as the door opened, and
Bertha would have sprung away, but his
encircling arm detained her
mere, LON ne cdIIeu OuI, come
and pay your respects to your future
stepmother. She is but little body,
but no doubt she'll make you good
one.'
Good evening, Tom" said Bertha,
smiling half-shyly. "Why didn't you
tell me before that you were going to be
my step-son? You are so nice and kind,
| love you already, and I'm sure We'll
get on so well together -
Nice and kind D, Tom, my poor
friend
The last time heard of Tom, he was
safely landed by the Skillful and indefati-
gable Godne, and they were spending
the honeymoon in Paris.
Mrs. Latimer, his stepmother, is a
most charming little person, and they
certainly do give the most recherche
dinners in town.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-02
What the Ancients Believed.

Arrian, who fiourished about the mid
die OF the second century of the Chris
tian era, was of a skeptical frame Of
mind and had wholesome distrust of
the evidence of eye-witnesSes. He rid
iculed the old stories about ants that
dug up gold, and griilins that guarded
the precious metals, and declared that
none were to be found in those parts
of India that were visited by Alexander
and his officers. He describes, howev-
er, learned, or rather q musical ele-
plant which cheat upon a cymbal while
several others danced to his music
Two cymbals were hung between his
forelegs, and one tied to his proboscis
or trunk. He then striking the cymbal
which was tied to his trunk against the
Others between his forelegs alternately,
the rest of the elephants moved round
him as in a dance, and lifted up or
bowed their bodies as fifty and justly
as the measure and reason of the sound
seemed to require, or as he who played
upon the instrument directed He
a so speaks, though from hearsay, Of
an elephant dying of grief because it
had killed its keeper i'll a moment of
frenzy. Nearchus, it seems, had pro-
tested that he once saw the skin of a
TIGER, and that the natives averred that
the animal, when alive, was as big as a
full-grown horse, and further that it
would leap upon an elephant, and
strangle it, 1hereupon Arrian remarks
that those he saw were like speckled
wolves, only little larger, so that he
never saw tiger at all, but only a Loop
ard.-AH tic Tear Round.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-02
( Fight With Montana Wolves,

A son of Mr. S. A. Thompson, of
Mounds View Township, Ramsey Coun-
ty, is now in Montana Territory. In a
recent letter to his parents he narrates
some of his hunting adventures. He
finds game plenty and with his trusty
rifle brings down an occasional deer and
antelope. He also finds in great num-
bers several varieties of large prairie
birds, the names of which he does not
know. He details rather startling I'd
venture with wolves. He had pursued
wounded deer some three miles from
his camp, when the darkness of nipht
overlook him. On his way back to his
camp, where he had left his companion,
he found himself suddenly surrounded
by numerous pack of large, black Mon
tana wolves. The moon was shining
brightly. He could not tell how many
of these yelping ours of the forest there
were, but he could see there were a good
many. He fired on the gang in as rapid
succession as possible and thus kept
them at bay, though at times they came
within ten feet of him. He finally
reached the camp in safety, having shot,
he thinks, more than twenty of the
wolYes-St. PuUL GlObe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-02
TOMS EXPERIENCE,

zone of those affairs, you know, tilted
over the face lust sufficiently to throw a
most becoming shadow over the ewes,
making them look like violets on a shady
bank; and golden brown hair. sir. stream
ing on the wind; and such an ankle!-
perfection, SIR and such an innocent
baby-face, like one of Raphael cherubs!
Jove! girl worth looking after, assure
your
The weather was too warm to do more
than stare languidly at Toms excited
countenance; but, fortunately, he was
too much interested in his theme to be
as erigednt as he generally is, so he ac-
cepted the stare as sufficient token of in
terest on the part of his attached friend
-myself-and straightway proceeded:
" She's with an old lady in brown
front and spectacles, and set of teeth
false, you know-and no one knows who
they are, and she walks on the sands
every morning quite early, without the
lady with the front, and as sure as my
names Tom Latimer, I'll manage an in
PRODUCTION"
Here found energy sufficient to say,
What about Godine?" in tone re-
plete with that elegant sarcasm for which
lam noted, but which, curiously enough
Tom never appreciates as it deserves.
lie now obliged the company-myseli
and lemou-colored settcG with one OF
two forcible, though inelegant expires
sions, bearing reference firstly to me, ant
secondly to Godine, and consigning us
to a latitude where chills are certainly
not one of the evils of life-Godine wa,
thelast damsel to whom he had whispered
vows of love.
The weather, as | have said, was ex
cassivelv warm, and Tom is eXtremel,
tail, via weu.deyelopcd sleeps, SO the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-02

There is q clock in Nantucket that
shows the movements of the tides and
nlanets, one wheel of the clock requir-
inc 100 years to complete single reyo-
lution. - Boston Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-02

The returns of the Italian Money.
order Office last year show that the
greatest increase was in orders from the
United States and France. The revenue
was $500, 600 over that of 1880.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-02

-"Mealing' is the word used in Lew
iston, Me-, to describe the avocation of
the clearinghouse keeper.
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-16
Bananas and l'laintalnS.
From the New orleans Democrat.


4 pound of bananas contaius more M.
triment than three pounds Of inert or many
pounds Of potatoes, while AZ food it ia in
every sense Of the word far superior to the
best wheaton bread. Although it grows
spontaneously throughout tho tropics, whom
cultivated its yield 10 prodtgious;for an acre
OF ground planted with bananas will return,
according to Humboldt, as much food
material as thirty. three acres of*vheat.
or over hundred acres Of potatoes. The
banana, then, is the bread OF millions who
could not we'll subsist without it. Ii Bra
iii it is the principal food Of tbs iaboriup
classes, while it is no less priced Ia tue
island Of Cuba. Indeed, in the latter t0un.
try the sugar planters grow orchards Of it
expressly for the consumption OF their
slaves. Every day each ha nd receives his
lations Of salt fish or dried beef,
rs the case may be, aod four ban
snas and two plahtains The banana
it should be called plan
tain, for until lately there was no such
word MS banana-is divided iuto several
varieties, ali Of which are used for food
The ptHfinu Mdn>ini.0 ls Il small, delicate
fruit, neither longer nor stouter than q
ladys foretiuser. 1t is the most delicious
and priced Of all the varieties Of tue plan
taiu. ri Plutino garineO, called by rs the
banana, is probably III demand more than
any other kind. 1t is sub divided into dit
fereut varieties, the principal OF which are
tue yellow and purple tauauas We Sec foi
safe in our markets; but the latter is SO lit
tia esteemed by the natives Of the tropics
~ it is seldom eaten Ly them, FL pla.
tho yTandf known to us as simply the
plantain--is atso sub divided INTO vurities
which are known by their SAVIOR aud thei,
size. The kind that reaches our markets
is hearty ten inches lorg, vet on the ISL j.
mus of Darisn there ,.rc plantains that
grow from eighteen to twenty two inches
They are never eaten law, but are eithe,
boiled or roasted or are prepared as pre-
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-16
FIELD, HOUSE AND GARDEN.
Domestic RecIps.


FRENCH PANCAKEs.- two eggs,
two ounces Of butter. two onnces of sifted
sugar, two ounces Of -four, and half pint
Of new milk; beat the eggs thoroughly; then
beat the butter to a cream and add it to the
eggs; stir in the flower aud sugar, end mix
all the ingredients thoroughly; then add the
milk very slowly. stirring all the time; pour
the batter thus prepared into we'll. buttered
plates and bake in quick oven for 20 min
utes; take jam, jelly. or marmalade and
spread upon each pancake. placing another
on the top: serve in piles OF five OF six,
sprinkied with tina white sugar; it preferred,
the pancake can DO spread with the jam and
then rolled up aud served in the form Of
rolled pancakes, or the jam can be omitted
ana lemohjnice and sugar supplied in it's
place.
ORANGE TART Crate the yellow Of two
large oranges. and squeeze ont all the juice;
take the rind aud ia CO also of one lemon,
stir into it q quarter Of pound of sugar,
two tablespoonfuls Of melted butter, and
the yolks Of three eggs and white of one.
Beat all thoroughly together; line some small
scalloped tins with rich paste, rolled very
thin. aud I'LL with the mixture. aud bake IT.
teen minutes. Beat tho whites to stif1
froth. add two tablospoonfuls 1ne sugar,
and spread u little OF it over each tart aud
brown, two minutes in moderate oven.
Can be served either hot or cold.
BALLOON PUDD,Nas.~-Onepi pint of milk,
one pint Of flour, three eggs; stir little
milk into the hour until 1t becomes pasty.
not lumpy; then add the beaten yalks Of
the eggs; then the rest Of the milk: last Of
all the beaten whites OF the eggs. Bake in
the gem pans; serve with sweet sauce.
lemon egg sauce, or wine sauce.
A PASTE THAT WILL KEEP WELL.-A
correspondent Of the Dru00ists' Oircula,
gives this formula for non- poisonous
paste that will keep we'll in hot weather
Wheat Hour. one ounce; powdered alum,
one-half drachnl: water sufficient, or eight
ounces; oil Of Glove, or wintergreen, three
or fonr drops. Rub tue -four and the alum
with the water to the consistence of milk
place this over moderate tire, and stil
constantly. until the paste drops from the
wooden paddle IN jelly like fakes and has
the appearance Of glycerite of starch
While the mass is still hot, add the essen
tial oil. and ponr the paste into an eartAer
ware pot or open jar. In the course ol
| about an hour crust forms on the top
pour gently Oh this an inch OF water, more
or less. When some paste ia wanted, de-
cont the "nter. take out the quantity need.
cd, aud put some water again on the re-
mainder, repeating the opemtlon each time
Paste may be kept in this way for months
AMI will never bs troubled with flies.
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-16
What wife" Means,

Says Ruskin: what do you think the
beautiful word wife comes from? It il
the great word in which the English aud
Latin languages conquered the French and
Greek. hopo the French will some day
get word for it instead OF that femme. But
what do you think it comes FROM? The
great value of the Saxon words ia that they
mean something. Wife means weaver
You must either be house. wives or house,
moths. remember that In the deep aenss.
you must either weave mems fortunes u.tl
embroider them, or feed upon aud bring
them to decay. Wherever true wife comes,
home il always around her. The stars may
be over her head. the glow worm In the
nights cold grass may be the fire At her
feet, but home is where she IL, and for
noble woman il stretches far around her,
better than houses ceiled with cedar or
painted with shedding its quiet
light for those who else are homeless. This.
believe. il the woman's true place and
mower"
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-16
The Vegetable Garden.
Ernm fha Nhino e,e> ~uSro,e

Almost for the first tune since the coun.
try was settled, fresh garden vegetables
have been brought to eastern cities from
foreign countries during tho past year. The
importation OF them still continues. On.
ions, tomatoes and early potatoes have long
been brought from the Bermuda islands,
and canned beans, peas, cauliAower and
mushrooms from France and Italy. But at
present We are importing potatoes. celery,
beets, carrots. turuips, onions and cabbage
from Germany, England and Ireland. The
country at large is poorly supplied with
vegetables. In most Of the southern states
it is difficult to raise and keep garden veg.
etables for use late in the season. A simi.
lar difficulty ID experienced in portions Of
the northern states that are subject
10 severe ana protracted draught. As
rule, the people in cities consume larger
quantity and greater variety Of vegetables
than people living Oh farms A farmers
table will contain but ono or two kinds Of
garden products, while five OF eix varieties
Will be found on the bill of fare OF civ
hotel or restaurant. Less attention Is paid
to the production Of vegetables by western
than eastern farmers. Generally, the lar
ger the farm the smaller and poorer ia the
vegetable harden. Most farmers content
themselves with the more common sorts Of
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-16
That the Const tlt tuition - Wrecked

That the CODstttuttOn u Wr8cked
BY periodically recurring attacks Of malaria, il
they are not arrested, is fact too amply prov
en- by the haggard looks. worn frames and ne1v-
lous debility of those who have felt the ma
ign influence for any length OF time, to admit
Of reasonable doubt To temporiZe with the
disease is to incur phyeical evils, soon felt and
very serious The pleasant and
cafe specific, Hostetter's Stomach Bittcrs, roots
out the disease and prevents it's return, and ia
also curative for the debilitating effects OF
dyspepsia, ~ we'll 40 for irregularity OF the
bowels and kidneys, and for rheumatism. 1t
restores diminished nervous energy, aud is \
general appetizer and cheering corr ective.
Bilious symptoms are removed by il. and con-
slipation. fiatnlence, heartburn and other in-
dicis Of arrangement Of the organs Of assilni-
lstioa aud secretion, are overcome by It, With
their cause. Convincing and abundant tesd-
monv establishes the above facts
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-16
Snrinx Fever.

Pereons should not think lightly Of that feel
ing Of extreme debility, 90 common in the
spring OF the year. 1t is often the forerunner Of
. year OF i'll health 1t renders the sys-
tenn very susceptible to disease, and 10 caused
by the blood being filed with poisonous hum
ora The blood, by all means, should be kept
healthy. otherwise its power to assimilate
Iutritious food becomes impaired, and dyspep-
eis, liver-complsint, headache. nervous debili-
y. extreme languor, weak kidneys, want Of
physical and mental endurance, and general
prostrstion il the result. Since prevention is
better than cure, don't wait Tor the final result
Ut springtime indisposition, when the first
symptoms OF langnor are manifested, but begin
ueing Dr. duysott's Yellow Dock and Sarsapa-
ri!la AS spring medicine, it excells all
other remedies, gently but surely expel]ing the
poisonous blood hunlors with which the sys-
tenn becomes impregnated, by the incidental
effect OF changeAble winter weather Il makes
the blood red, rich and pure, causes it to cir
cnlate with more vim, enables it to renew the
wasted tissues, and carries strength and vitali-
~ to every weakened part Of the human
system, restoring impaired bodily functione,
and checking all decay OF the urinary, diges-
tive, and pulmonary organs which, il neglected,
too often ends in 4 permature grave
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-16

DEuao1sTs ATTENT1oN!-H are conviac
ing proofs ~ to the popularity and immense
eale Of DR.. haiiday's Blood Purifier and other
rtmedies .. Blackford, the proprietor has
st. Paul MINI. in the last month"; "a doZel
bottles Blood Purifier, small size, IL dozen
large size, and Z l-2 dozen bottles Of wash anc
injection aud other remedies When druggists
call 10 mind that this immense sale is to bu
one firm. and that other firms duplicate suct
orders, they will know that il ii to their interes
to lay in y goodly supply for the boon, that is
sure to come this spring
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-16
Judge Blatchtorl's Decision In the Mcalpin
Shield Ping Tobacco Case.

An important decision, widely affecting the
interests OF the tobacco trade throughout the
country, was rendered recently by Judge
Blatchford, in the United States Circuit Court.
10 the suit Of p. Lorillard Il Co. against D. H.
McAlpine Il Co.. manufactures OF tie famous
"Shield Plug Tobacco" claimed to be IN in
frineement OF the "seidler Tin Tag Patent. VI
His Honor refused to grant au Injunction, as
signing ~ his reaeons therefor that Nc Alpin =
Tin Shield does not infringe the patent. The
case was regarded as = test snit. being vigor.
with interest by tho whole trade. Clifford &
Clifford appeared for Iorilard; samuei A
Duncan and B. F. Thurston for McAlpin.
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-16

vegetables, and altogether neglect the cut
tivation OF those that deservsily rank 20
luxuries. Very few western farmers are at
pains to raise celery. lettuce. radishes.
cauliAower and fragrant herbs. They raise
hut a single crop Of peas and never have
mushrooms or water cress. i: !;
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-16
On Thirty Uay's rtlat.

The voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Micll.,. vii!
send their Electric Voltaic Belts and other Eer-
tric Appliances on trial for thirty days to ANY
person afflicted with Nervous Debility, Los;
Vitality, and Kindred troubles. guaranteeing
complete RESTORATION OF sgor and mallhn1d.
Aldress Is above without delay
+. 3 No risk il incnrred, as thirty tiav's
trial is allowed
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-16

The captain OF the Ounard steamer Catelo-
onia, 1t Liverpool from New York, reports
that when of Point Lynas OH the outward psE-
sage, his vessel came in collision with an mn
known barkentine during dense fog, and he
believed the latter sunk with all on board.
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-16
GHAND Forks, ID. r.. June IL,

GRAND Forks, u. r., June IL, 1851
Allen'a Iron Toni: Bltters give entire eati1
faction. We have cold them for abont fou
years, and we pronouncs them tho best toni.
and blood purifier that We llave ever sold
Sliccess to Aliou's Iron Tonic Eitters.
ECKIES & hlnnGAN Drnpgiats
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-16

Wells Health ReDewcr.--AbsOlute cure for
nervous debility and weakness of the generative
functions 81. at druggists. Prepaid by exp.
$l,25 & for 81. T.. s. Wells, Jersey City,