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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10
Army Badges.

If, from any cause whatsoever, any
one happened to have lost his com
mand. or to have strayed away from or
been left behind by his regiment, he
could usually tell what part of the army
he WAS with.
AID admirable and significant system
of badge was adopted for the entire
Union Army. The different corps were
distinguished by the shapes, The dille--
ent divisions by the colors, of their sew
eral badges. Thus, the First Corps
wore round badge, the Second a
clover leaf, the Third a diamond, the
Fifth a Maltese cross, the Sixth Ro-
man cross, the Ninth a shield, the
Eleventh crescent, the Twentieth a
star, and SO on. As each corps includ-
ed three divisions. and as it was neces-
sary to distinguish each of these from
the other two, the three good old colors
OF the flag were chosen for the purpose
red, white and blue; red for the first
division of each corps, white for the
second and blue for the third. Thus, a
round red badge meant First Division,
First Corps; round white, Second
Division, First Corps; round blue,
Third Division, First Corps; and so on
of the other corps. Division and corps
headquarters could always be known
by their flags bearing the badges of
their respective commands. As the
men were all obliged to wear their
proper badges, cut out of flannel or col
ored leather, on the top of their caps,
one could always tell at glance what
part of the Army of the Potomac he was
in. In addition to this, some regiments
were distinguished by some popularity
of uniform. Our own brigade was
everywhere known as "The Buck
tails for we all wore buck-tails on the
sides of our caps.-Harry N. Keiter, IN
st Nicholas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10
French Women Addicted to Twilight.

Parlsians are always thorough in their
hobbies, and if they somewhat overdo
the medieval or whatever style they
affect, and crowd their rooms inconven-
iently, their choice is on the whole made
worthily, and bad limitations of old mod
els are very carefully eschewed. Per-
haps the worst specimens of bad taste
are manifest in stained-glass windows.
fofwhereas individuals here and there
get hold of fine bits of stained glass
the spoil of some ruined church or alb
bey-the far greater number have re-
sorted to modern productions, often
crude and inharmonious enough This
filling in of window frames with semi
opaque instead of transparent glass DIFF
fuses dim. uncertain light through
many Partisan drawing-room for the
introduction of stained glass is by no
means reserved for the back premises,
as in London-and as matter of course
the short window curtain, hanging
against the glass Uitrdge-it is called
here's suppressed. English men and
women would not readily submit to
dwell in the mysterious half light of a
Gothic aisle; but French women
are rather addicted to twilight,
especially when they have, sought
to make up for the irreparable
outrage of time with cosmetics. and
even those who are by no means afraid
of appearing in the broad light of day
when out OF doors, are nevertheless par
tial to half measures at home. When
they do not go in for stained glass they
grape the windows very closely with
lace and embroidery, sometimes COM
bined with thin eolored silk; and if they
possess baN studio, or gallery win
dow, it is hung with awhile or crimson
SILK blind, gathered in billowy drape-
ries by means of a complicated arrange
ment OF cords. The plain white linen
bllnd which does duty in so many Lon
don mansions would be considered an
absurdly primitive article here. Fig
ured muslin and machine lace is the
simplest material permissible for the
purpose, and some of these are very
handsome limitations of the old Cluny
and Venetian point, while the more
costly are in machine or hand embroid-
cry, with the monogram or family
crest worked in the center. Even the
Inquired muslin sometimes exhibits
heraldlc devices woven 10 order, as
they are in tablecloths and napkins, u
bit OF extravaganza not dreamed of out
OF France | should think, where beau
tiful house linen is heldina sort of ven
GRAFTON and II young woman on her
marriage Is often provided with enough
to last her her life and set up one
Slaughter in housekeeping for the least.
---farts Cor. London 7siegyaph.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10
Can a Man Hibernate!

els it possible for man to hiber-
nate?" inquired the reporter
II think So" was the reply. eve
often hear of persons falling into Il
coma, all the faculties being suspended
andthe patient looking perfectly healthy
after days and weeks without food
There is no reason why the highest of
mammals should not be open to similar
possibilities as the lower. In fact.
there is case on record of undoubted
Information. 1t occurred some wears
ago in India. A native Fakir boosted
that he had this faculty that only GER
tain lower animals possessed, and of
fered for considerable sum to make
the experiment. A number of officers
and scientific men undertook to take
charge OF the experiment The man
prepared himself by placing something
in his throat and was actually buried
alive and kept there under guard for
several months. At the end of the
time the eXperimenters dugup the body,
expecting to find it dead, but found il
perfectly fresh, and when the object
was taken from his throat the native
recovered and in few hours was as
well as ever. He merely claimed that
he was enabled by force of will to
cause an almost total suspension of all
the faculties, so much so at least that
there was no waste, no drawing upon
the system, and consequently no
need of fuel or food. What is the
secret? Well, that's hard to answer.
1t IS like great many problems
we know it, and there our knowledge
ends. The state of Information is by
no means the direct result of heat or
cold, as you would naturally suppose,
but rather the result of departure of
temperature from the optimum Meth
er is the natural awakening from this
state in the spring the result of in
creased warmth. In experiments made
upon weasels one awakened in a room
where there was absolutely no change
from what it had been surrounded by
Q0o CD all winter. During the
awakening the recovery of body heat is
surprising. The temperature at the first
sign of arouSing, though there is nomo-
ton on the part of the animal, rises
very rapidly. In one watched, in the
first hour and fifty-fve minutes the
body temperature rose to &c c.; in the
next fifty minutes it rose 10 c., and
during all this rapid increase there was
not even an increase in the rapidity of
the breathing. So you see there is
some as yet unknown physiological ex-
PLANTATION. Extreme heat or cold at
first awakens alternating animal and
then kills tit is not true that they can
stand any excess. The lowest temper
allure attained in any warm-blooded an
imal is in the case of the zizel, where
it almost becomes cold-blooded ami
NAL, the temperature being reduced to
- c., about the same as the surround
ing ir.-Pai}adelphi0 Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10
Two Kinds OF Suicide.

NO doubt great proportion of all
self-murderers are insane, and the
largest installment of these may be d.
rect!y traced to that fruitful source of
insanity and crime. Intoxicating drink.
There is another large class of self-de-
stroyers in society whom nobody ac-
cuses of suicide. They are the fast
livers " of society, who waste the pow
ers OF life in some qualification or in
diligence that consumes vitality and
shcrtens life. These are not necessarily
those who pursue absolutely vic Gus
and demoralizing courses of lie.
Young men, who would be shocked to
be told that they were I'd ssipated."
sometimes pursue courses that end in a
speedy consumption of the powers of
life. Such are they who are overload
of part es, of pleasure and innocent
gaiety, who rob themselves of sleep to
enjoy these festivities. Late hours.
irregular meals, want of sleep, hot
night suppers and exposures of vari-
Gus kinds are suicidal. Experience
says to the innocently INDUCING youth:
You viii kill yourself by this or that
excess Nevertheless, the youth per-
sists in this style of intemperance
Death ensues. The community is
shocked, but does not call il suicide
because it was not done by poison, or
rope, or pistol, or river. 1t is regarded
as "a dispensation of Providence
Is there so much of life allotted 10
each one of us and has each the power
to dissolve the precious pearl in acid
and swallow it at single gulp? Or
may we spread it out thin Ike a zen.
erous layer of butter upon broad & ce
OF broad and consume it at leisure ?
Certain it is that, aside from acc dents
which no forethought could anticipate
or prevent, long life seems to be the
reward of temperance. care and ripid
attent on to the laws of health. Early
death is often the result of the careless
| or destructive use of the powers ON
which life depends. What IS the reck.
/ less or destructive use OF these power.
but careless or deliberate suicide
ministering to, if not actually accom-.
plishing, self-murder. -2roy m. 81
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

There is a ladies' club in London
which has more than q thousand men,
bers. IL is the Somerville, and has been
in existence since 1880. 1t has found
its former rooms too small, and this
month the club will remove to larger
rooms, 405 Oxford Street. The club
was founded with view to affording
women of every class of society and of all
political opinions facilities for meeting
and for discussing the various questions,
Legislative as well as social, in which
they are interested. In furtherance of
this object debates and lectures are held
in the lecture room every Tuesday
evening.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10
Relation Of Clothing to Bodily Heat.

The tbinnest veil is vestment in the
sense that it moderates the loss of heat
which radiation causes the naked body
cloudy sky protects the earth against
too great cooling in spring nights. In
covering ourselves with multiple envel-
opes, of which we augment the pro-
tecting thickness accordingto the rigor
of the seasons, we retard the radiation
from the body by causing it to pass
through series of stages, or by pro-
viding relays. The linen, the ordinary
dress and the cloak constitute for us so
many artificial epidermises. The heat
that leaves the skin goes to warm these
superposed envelopes; tpasses through
them the more slowly in proportion as
they are poorer conductors; reaching
the surface it escapes, but without
making us feel the chills which direct
contact with the atmosphere occasions,
for our clothes catch the cold for us.
The hairs and the feathers of animals
perform the same function as toward
their skin, serving to remove the seat
OF calorific exchange away from the
body The protection we owe to our
clothes is made more efectual by their
always being wadded with stratum of
warm air. Each one of us thus has his
own atmosphere, which goes with him
everywhere, and is renewed without
being cooled. The animal also finds
under its fur an additional protection
in the bed of air that fills the spaces
between the hairs; and it is on account
of the air they inclose that porous sub
stances, furs and feathers keep warm.
"Clothing and the atmosphere" IN
Popular Science Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10
For Young Readers.
AMY BELLE.

Y know a little girl right well;
Her parents named her ISABEL;
She ue'cT was cross, but often smiled,
And was real goOd-natured child.
Though busy playing she might be,
She q run on errauds cheerfully,
Upstairs or down, hither or yon;
And thus was oft imposed upon.
She went 60 school. But Belle, alas,
Was never foremost in her class;
For it was hard for her to get
The lessons that were daily set.
Yet on eKamination-day
This little girl, I'm proud to say.
Received prize worth more, no doubt
Than any others given out.
A silver medal, all engraved
With words that told how well-behaved
The child bad been throughout the year,
Caused many an envious pang, fear.
For there are lessons not in books
Kind words. kind help and cheerful looks,
That make-Is wise. These Belle had learned
And practiced till the prize she earned.
When she whom they had thought Ounce
Was honored thus. then all at once
Her sisters called her Amy Belle
A name that suits her very we'll
Josephine Pollard, in N. Y. Independent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

"A correspondent of the St. Louis
Globe DemOcrat, writing from Spain,
speaks of the women of that country as
follows: beautiful A man whose
blood runs red within his veins may see
beauty elsewhere, but he has never felt
the perfect charm of woman's woman
illness, until he has met love looking
from the melting brightness of those
matchless orbs which none but Spain s
dark glancing' maidens bear" That
young man should be called home. =
ChGcGqO Inter- Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10
The Old Settlers Affection.

"Well, Major" said the Sheriff, as
the Old Settler came in, lit his pipe,
and took his seat by the Crissman
House base-burner; ''got over your
cold, have you?"
Eyes, b'gosh, hev,' said the Old
Settler. 1--WE got over it, an f ever
git mother one like it want We all to
UNI erstan' that they'll be fus' class
funer'l to our house, an I'll lead the
percession. I'll iis' hist myself over
the river with dose O lead pills, one
bein' dose, an war nted sure cure
or money refunded, Then my wilder
kin turn the house inter a perpetual
quiltin bee f she wants ter, an kin
inj'y the roomytiz all she's mineter.n
80, by the way, Major" said the
Sheriff, chow is the old lady to-day?"
IF you mean my ole woman, she S
tol able conf table, thank We" said
the Old Settler, drawing long breath
and tapping the floor nervously with
his foot. "She's toll able com'table,
thank We. She's pooty well done up
with the roomatiz, but, Ell | tole her
this mornin', she's got Il heap to be
thankful fur.
"'Thankful fur??' says she. EFF
they's anythin on the hemispear ez I've
got to be thankful fur says she, I'D
be pow rful glad to hear We sing out
W at it is, says she.
"I'll sing it, says |. I'll sing out
what We orter be thankful fur Cause
We hain't got no impcd ment IN yer
speech, | sung. an | didn't pitch it
low. nuther Cause We amt tongue
tied. b'gosh! Them what We cot to
be thankful fur!' An We could heerd
me singin' of it quarter of a mile
An, boys, " continued the Old Settler,
emphasizing his remarks with his IA
vorite humping of his cane on the
floor, 'ef they ever were 4 person ez
want tongue-tied, that person is my
ole womann'
There had evidently been some do
nestle disturbance over at the Old Set
tiers house, and he was very percepti-
bly, affected by it.
'Yes," he went on, with an injured
air, 81 don't think I've ben treated lis
right by M'riar. They amt ben no
summer fur twenty year ez I've had a
Dettef tlme long with Tn n the one us
past. The Amy didn't tackle me but
.wunst, an went kinder easy with me at
that. I've had some o. the bulliest kind
o settin's round yer with you fellers,
and hev gone hum nights feelin' like a
fightin' cock They amt none o.
M riar's folks ben a-visitin of me, an
none amt likely to, b'gosh, leastways
not fore Christmas. anyhow. The fall
season opened with me jis' more'n
feelin' good, gloatin' over wat I'd
ben mi yin an dotin' on the bully
times was 'spectin' to hev. An now,
on top O all this. NI'riar goes an gifts n
spell o. the roomatics an spies ali my
fun. ! tell We, boys, b'gosh, it amt
right. It's durn discouragin'. an I'll
leave it to you if it ain't.--N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10
"A few DAYS 400 ca

"A few days ago Captain Powell .,
the convict guards at Live Oak, Fla
was surprised by receiving MESSAGE
from William Tyner, an escaped coDyiet
to the effect that if he would notpun;sS
him for escaping he would yoluntariIv
return. The Captain made the promise
and next morning in walked William
armed with a huge pistol, which he nm.
buckled and handed Captain Powell
saying: There, Captain, take it and
put me to work. l have come to servo
out my sentence He has about
eighteen months to serve yet.-Chica0o
Herald. "
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

One hundred million dollars an.
nually go to other countries for sugars
to suppl y the demand for that article at
home. With the present encouraging
prospects for making sugar from sor,
ghum the chances are that in the near
future the sum thus spent will be greatly
diminished. ChicG00 Tribune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10
Getting the Keys.

A little cousin of mine came TO me
about year ago, with pouting lips and
a Knot between her eyebrows almost as
big rs walnut. 80, dear. Cousin Car
,ie'' she sighed, ''there's only one
svecb more Of vacation. Then I've got
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10
One of the Elect.

CLEVELAND, O.-The Plain Dealer re.
ports that Hon. Martin A. Foran, Congress.
man-elect from the Cleveland, O., district,
has used st. Jacobs Oil in his family and
has always found it safe and reliable, and
it afforded him great relief to lame knee,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

The other day an old darkey came
into Live Oak, Fla, with n smile on his
countenance tifty-two weeks long; that
is to say, from year to year. Some
one approached him cautiously and
asked him u few questions as to crops.
"Well, boss, ~ says he, II isn't had any
catterpillars in my cotton dis year. /
has learnt how to keep 'em out. "
"Well, how was that?" his questioner
inquired fervently. "Well, you see,
boss. when dey fust comes you Jest
catch nine of 'em and kill eight and den
tell do oder to cit an tell de crowd dat
dey must move dey quarters. Dey Il do it
eh'rv time. boss. and YOU needn't to
doubt it, OATS ies' de way KEEP 'em
0ut'n my patch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

"HERE's conundrum," exclaimed Fogg
the other morning at breakfast, after toy
"Why is the lady who come over with
Henry Irving like our daily fareP No
body succeeding in guessing. Fogg gave
the answer: "Because she is Miss Terry"
Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

THE difference between besotted man
and pig is slight one at best. Ones a
hunting grog and the others grunting
hog.-PittSburqh IeZeqraph.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

SwIFT's Specific Is. S. 81 has cured me
entirely of bad Blood Poison. l went one
hundred miles to get it, and it made me as
sound as a new dollar.
j. w. WEYLEs, Meadville, Pa.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

ACCORDING to an unascertained entomolo.
glst, mosquito resembles charity when
1t begins to hum.-RocheSter Post Express.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

THE ex-Spea1er of the Alabama Assem-
bly, has been robbed. AS he was passing
through lonely piece of woods near War,
ren's Forks a highwayman, who was con.
cealed in ditch, rose to purse and ali
Observation-Disclosures Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

WHEN Ismail Pasha looks at his bills for
fall bonnets, that's the time, of course, he
finds his harem scare 'im.-N. Y. GTdphic,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

ONE of the Indian pupils at Carlisle, Pa.
is said to be almost Incredibly clever al
performing arithmetical calculations
sort of Indian summer, as it were.-Indian
dpOLis journal. '''
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

SALTMARsH, ALA.-Dr. Jas. B. Mills SAYS:
"Several of my patients have used Browns
Iron Bitters for chronic indigestion with
benefit"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

4, THERE is not always honor amone
thieves. A society reporter is somethins
OF pirate himself; yet he frequently ats
Jacks private ears.-N. Y Neles. Nv
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

For aged men, women, weak and sickly
children, without rival. Will not cause
headache. Browns Iron Bitters.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

NEVER judge by appearances; but, in
case of heavy defalcaUion, it is generally
safe to judge by disappearances.-C Chicago
HprnI1 -
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

DARDANELLE, ARK.-Dr. NJ. NJ. Groom says:
"Brown's Iron Bitters is the best medicine
in the world and is effecting miraculous
cures"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

EVERY father should paddle his own;
can YOUTH. Y. NegS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

THE man who tried to put "this" and
that" together had some difficulty in
working the words into anything like a
satisfactory anagram.-DetrOH Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

BASEBALL proverb-A run in time saves
the nine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

SOME people can get along without
much work, but the butter-makers certainly
belong to one of the classes which chnrn .
iving.-The Jltd0e. 0''Ai d
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

PRESSED for money--a suit of clotbes.-
Cincinnati Traveller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

1T is certain that no river can run drv.-
~ o. Picdyune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

p A GUILT frame-The prison window.
Boston Bulletin. "'i'Uo"'-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-10

THE first weather report-Thunder.@
Pittsburgh Telegraph.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-04
SEALING A LETTER.
A Fine Art.

There is great art in sealing letter, and
the candle, the stick of sealing wax and a
dalntily engraved seal are requisites of the ee-
giant writing table. Quite a good suggestion
forth holiday season may be found in these ac-
cessories which are as acceptable to most
women as are the elegant little appointments of
the toilet. Personal gifts that are for such
close personal use must be chosen to suit the
user, man or woman, and not what the givers
would prefer for his or her own. When seal
note and candle are all ready do not begin by
thrusting the end of the wax-stick into the
flame and conveying it in flaming splatter of
wax to your envelope. Take plenty of time to
II. First lay the seal right to your hand. so
that the impression may be square and not
wrong side up. Then hold the wax consid-
erably above the flame Of the candle, not close
enough to burn. A burnt wax makes brittle
streaky seal and is hard to manage. When the
wax has gradually softened, apply 1t with cir
cular movement of the hand upon the note Rub
proper circle and of sufficient thickness. Then
do not apply the SEAL The wax has cooled SO
that it would not take clear impression, and
still there is no hurry. Take up your note again
and hold the seal at some distance from the
flame. yet near enough to soften. If you come
too near you will scOrch the envelope; but you
will soon learn the proper distance, and let the
wax slowly melt, SO as not to drop. Then lay it
again upon the desk and apply the seal. The
result should be clear cut impression, which
conveys to your correspondent not only your
chosen device, but the sense that it has just
left your hands, which brings the personal
element again very pleasantly into sealing q
letter.