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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04
THE GRAND TOUR.

How an EXcursionist Visited the Historical
Points of Interest in the Old World, and
How He Profited by His Visit
II see," said a man, addressing an
acquaintance with whom he was walk
ing along the street, chat they are get
ting up another one of those cheap ex-
cursions to Europe. Ever go on one of
them?n
mo, did you?"
Did l? Well, yes. My great de-
sire to visit the old country robbed me
of sleep. thought that if [ could just
90 to England and catch up handful
of the soil which the great poets have
trod, 1 would be the happiest man in
the world. | met the excursion party at
New York. We were to be furnished
an excellent guide, and l suppose we
were. When we got on the ship the
guide said: This is the ship and that
water out yonder is the ocean. The
town you have Just left is New York.
That thing over yOnder is another ship.
, See that up there? It's bridge See
the tug? That thing it drags along is
ship. Hear that noise? It's bell.
Somebody's ringing it. If nobody
were to ring it, you couldn't hear
it. Well, now we are going.
That kissing noise is made by the
steam. Here we 90. You see we have
/ left New York This was certainly in
structive, out a little too chatty, [
| thought. We were to visit all the great
places of historical interest, and was
| glad that our guide was so willing to
explain every thing. When we disem-
| barked at Liverpool he hurried us to the
railroad and then into number Of
clothes closets This is q train, said
| he. Now we are going. That's En-
gland on this side, and this over here is
also England. Here's station. That
noise YOU heard was caused by some
one slamming door. He'll slam it
again after awhile. Here we 90 toward
London When we arrived in the great
city he hurried us to hotel He
seemed to think we were all children.
Early the next morning he came around
and said that he was ready to show us
the sights. PutuS in hacks and had us
hauled around. 'Yonder is the Tower
of London, said he. Couple OF young
sters murdered there some time ago.
English papers haven't got hold of the
news yet. Was published in America
some years ago. All. here's Westmin-
ster Abbey! Lot of old fellows buried
in there. Belonged to the first families
of Virginia, | believe. Yonder's the
Parliament House. Pretty good-slze
shanty, you observe. Well. let's 90
back to the hotel. You have seen Lon
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

Economy in feeding, and in all the
operations of the farm, even if only a
Fery little is saved by each one, would
add greatly to our National and individ-
nal wealth.
Give to the COWS none but the best
and purest food. With no other stock
Is this so essential, for the reason that
it has been fully demonstrated by COM
petent authorities that the milk is a
very prolific source of transmitting dis
ease germs from impure food, and
especially from impure water.-N Z.
Farmer.
For a lemon rice pudding, take
two-thirds of cup of rice, boiled and
cooled, add the well-beaten yelks of
three eggs, salt, a teaspoonful of butter,
three tablespoonfuls of sugar and the
grated rind of two lemons, with milk
enough to make very moist. Bake
forty-five minutes. Use whites of eggs
and juice of lemons for frosting, and
brown ErcbaRge.
A French scientist has been study
ing the effects of alt itude upon Vegeta-
ton, and concludes that for each aug
mentation of about one hundred yards
there will be, as a general average, a
retardation of four days; that is, other
circumstances being equal, crop
planted at the sea level will appear
above ground four days before a similar
crop planted 800 feet above it.
Baked Eggs: Take five eggs and
put the yelks in bowl and stir with II
little salt and pepper. The whites
should be beaten to a stilf froth, and ii
there are more whites than yelks, the
dish is so much better. After the whites
are stiff as can be, pour the yelks over
them and mix lightly with a spoon,
then turn all instantly into a hot baking
dish with little melted butter in the
bottom and bake Immediately Boston
Globe.
The happy owner of COW can
always provide some dish for dessert
upon short notice. Here are directions
for a 'tride:" Cut several slices OF
sponge cake into small pieces of regular
shape, say an inch square; put them
into a deep china bowl, cover with a
rich boiled custard, reserying the whites
of the eggs to whip for the top, or il
the COW produces cream, use the whites
of the eggs in the custard and whip a
pint of cream for the top of the bowl:
flavor with vanilla and sweeten slightly:
add the sugar while whipping the
cream.
Slightly soiled white wooden arti-
cles, knitted or crocheted, may be made
to look as well as new if they are care
fully rubbed in flour. Cover them with
flour and rub gently, as if washing,
until the flour becomes dark Shake
out the article and rub in clean fom
until all soil is removed. Shake well
and hang in the wind until no atom OF
flour remains in the wool. OF course
one would not care to cleanse in this
way articles that are worn next to the
body, but for shawls, caPes and head
coverings -four answers admirably
N. 7. Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04
CkTARREI
NOT aLIQUIn or SNrrr


Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham: Very dear
Madam: My wife Arie A. Green has suf-
fered with a displacement which caused
her unknown pains till 1 had almost given
up all hopes of finding any relief for her.
But the Guiding Spirit referred me to your
Vegetable Compound. went u miles to
purchase q bottle and the first t1oo doses
gGoe her Immediate reljcG and after the use
of the first bottle she declared herself new
person, tlco bottles entirely cured her. Your
medicine is invaluable to me. 1t was in
deed a messenger Of peace in my house, it
cured my wife, and God knows 1 am the
happiest man alive to-day. Words can
not express our feelings towards you.
GEO. W. GREEN, Campti, La.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

Sweet are the uses of Gdversity, the print
er's copy said, but he set it up, sweet are
the uses of advertising. Sweet, indeed, to
those who in sickness and suffering have
seen the advertisement of some sovereign
remedy, which upon trial has brought them
from DEATHS door, "The best thing l ever
saw in my paper was the advertisement of
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery"
is again and again the testimony of those
who have been healed by it of lung disease,
bronchial affections, tumors, ulcers, liver
complaints and the ills to which flesh is heir.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04
SCIENCE.

The Talent for the Pursuit of Scientific
knowledge Generally Hereditary.
A somewhat remarkable event Oc-
Cured in 1854, in the history of the
University of Edinburgh. That institu-
ton had been in existence for hundred
years before a single chair in medicine
was instituted in it, 1t was now that
Sir Robert Sibbald, famous as a natur-
alist and an antiquarian. was appointed
professor of the healing art. The medi-
cal faculty in the University, which had
so humble beginning, has grown with
wonderful rapidity, for it has now some
sixteen professors and more than seven
teen hundred students. In another
department of science several members
of a Scottish family were making the
name of Gregory known in divers parts
of the world. 1t is remarkable that in
different universities three brothers
father is said to have been the first
owner of a barometer in Scotland, and
being able to foretell the weather, made
n narrow escape of being prosecuted
for witchcraft. One of the sons
was the inventor of the rejecting
telescope, which gave him familiarity
with the stars unknown to pro-
fassional astrologers. His birthplace
was the Old manse of Drum0ak, on the
banks of the Dee, a few miles above
Aberdeen; but little could he have
dreamed as he sported in his boyhood
near the bright and rapid river, that
two hundred years afterward, far up
among the Ountains and beyond what
were then the outskirts of civilization,
the Queen of England would hlld u
castle on its banks and woo in these re-
mote wilds the calm and domestic life
which eluded her grasp in the older pal
ace of the Empire. Strange to tell, Il
man who had made so remarkable use
of his eyes was struck with blindness
while observing the satellites of Jupiter,
at the early age of thirty-seycn and died
a few days afterward His sad lot re-
minds us of Beethoven and his deafness.
Down through son and grandson passed
the hereditary talent, science, and the
hereditary claim to professorships. Our
minds are carried back to Sir Isaac
Newton and the foundations he was lay
ing so firmly of the empire of physical
science, which had grown so wonder
fully since his day. Some may be dis
posed TO contrast the calm pursuit of
science, as followed by these men. with
the heated conflicts of the religious
world. But the philosophers were not
always so calm, after all. One of the
Gregorys who had a philosophical dis
pute with Huygens, showed no small
heat in maintaining his ground. And
rs for the church, the blame of the
strife was no more to be laid to her
charge than, in the Apocalyptic vision,
the blame of the commoton that fol-
lowed the birth of her child was to be
laid to the charge of the woman at
whose side stood the great red dragon
ready to devour her child as soon as it
should be born.-PrQE Blaihje, IN the
QUjCer.
The shortest letter ever sent was as
follows: Dear Som and the shortest
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

ais YOUR master busy?" asked the tailor.
"No, he is out" "But I just saw him at
I'm upper window" "Well, l just asked
him for money, and he said he was out"
oh, if that's the case l am out, too."-
-ChicagO Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

IT is not the change of scene that cures
so many travelling invalids. 1t is absence
from the DOCTOR -PhHddelphio eau.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

LORD WoLsELEY has invested the Mudir
OF Dongola with the order of ST. Michael
and st. George. By the way, General,
"does your Mudir know your reute?''--
Forrjstoe1R Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

WHEN is a Scotchman like a donkey?
When he stands on the banks and braes.-
ErchGRge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

WHEN ones tile is old fashioned, adding
an IS" will make it (s) tileish again.
LOCeU Courier
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

EVERYBODY does not have the same
opinion of roller skating. Itdepends prin-
cipally upon their experience, the way it
strikes them.-Ierds SittiRgS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

TIE REV. ANDREW J. GRAHAM,
(P. E.), Grand Island, Neb., in 1881 was
pronounced fatally sick with Bright's Dis.
ease. His condition he says was desperate
and he could get no relief from physicians,
He then followed Warmers SAFE Cure
treatment, and July 7, 1854, he wrote,
AN loca! trouble has disappeared.
Have taken no medicine for nearly year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

TENNYsoN says: "Men are Gods trees"
Some, however, who call at newspaper Of
ices are not. They never leave.-SGa
Francisco EGdn,iRer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04
ALWAYS in use-The letter s.

A Boston girl never says butter, 1t IL
always "butta." A longer word would
melt before she got it out of her MOUTH
Pittsburgh Chronicle
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

THE seal is gentle and harmless, and
rarely retaliates when attacked, says an
exchange. This is because it is fur bear
ing animal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

A CYNICAL old bachelor says that ''lov-
ers are like armies; they get along well
enough till the engagement begins"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

GIVE got the bulge on you!" was the
vaunting expression of the swollen jaw
to the acrobatic toothache. - Whitehall
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

A PUPPY's joke is not very funny, but
there is something waggish about a dogs
tail.-IeCGS SJtiRgS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

A CATS heart beats one hundred and
twenty times a minute, but it never breaks.
-LOL0PN Courier
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

C. w. HAMILTON, Milton, Santa
Rosa Co., Florida, December 18th, 1888,
wrote that "four years ago my wife was
suffering with liver complaint which re-
duced her to a skeleton. The doctors
finally pronounced her case Bright's Dis
ease of the kidneys, and incurable. She
then took - bottles of Warmers SAFE
Cure, and has been in perfect health ever
since. She now weighs $50 pounds where
formerly she was skeleton. Warmers
SAFE Cure will make permanent cure
always if taken by directions"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04
Boston
936,842.

HON. N. A. PLYMPTON (IIon. B.
F. Buffers campaign manager), of Wor-
cester, Mass, in May, 1880, was pros
trated by kidney collie, caused by the pas
sage of gravel from the kidneys to the blad-
der. He then began using Warmers SAFE
Cure and in a short time passed large
stone and number of smaller ones. Dec.
10th, 1854, Mr.. Plynlpton wrote, 81 have
had no recurrence of my old trouble
since Warmers SAFE Cure cured me-"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

The shortest letter ever sent was as
follows; Dear Som and the shortest
reply was: Dear Father" 1t turns
out that the father meant, Dear Son --
Send my coal on" and that the reply
of the son, who was u coal dealer, was:
Dear Father Coal on Semi-colon
and colon never before had been put to
suah se.--GoldcU Days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04
Chicago, 2,lSl,52O.

CHAS. Z. STEPHENS, of Louisville,
KY, Nov. IS, 1882, wrote, "When my
daughter was ten years of age she was
seriously attacked by extreme kidney dis
order. She recovered temporarily, but
year ago was again Frustrated. She was
swollen to twice her natural size, had fire.
quent headaches, nausea, and other dis
guised symptoms of the disorder. All her
Louisville physicians agreed that she
could not recover. Her case and treat
ment were telegraphed to a New York
specialist, who said recovery was I'M
possible. Last August we began to treat
her ourselves, and now, wholly through the
influence of Warmers SAFE Cure, she is
apparently as well as ever" November,
1884, he says, My daughter is apparently
in perfect health"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04
Cleveland,

B. J. WORRELL, of EHaville, Fla, in
1879, was Frustrated with Bright's Disease
of the kidneys, and under the best treat.
ment, grew worse. ION the advice OF
Governor Drew's sister, began Warmers
SAFE Cure, sixty bottles of which restored
me 10 full measure of health. l have now
been cured about four years, and my case
IS regarded as miraculous" Govegnor
Drew OF Jacksonville, Florida, April Goth,
1854, says " Mr.. Worrell's case and cure
give me great confidence in Warmers SAFE
Cure, and | unhesitatingly indorse it"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

Mrs, S. A. CLARK, East CRANKY,
C2nno IN 1851 was utterly used up with
constitutional and female complaints of
ne wors! kind. Been sick ten years. and
V d everything. In November, 1884, she
t"ota, Warmers SAFE Cure cured me
Inr years ago, and has kept me we'll.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04
ELY'S
CREAM BALM

when applied into the nos.
trlik wfll be absorbed, eff.
fectually cleansing the
head of catarrhal virus.
causing healthy secre.
tons. It allays lnflamma-
tlon, protects the mem.
brane from fresh colds.
completely heals the sores
and restores the senses of
taste and smell.
NOT a LIQUID or SNUFF.
A few applications re.
lieve. A thorough treat.
H'snt 'oiH cure. Agreeable
to use. Price so cents bv
mail or at druggists. Send
ELY BROTHERS,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

REV. JAMES ERWIN, Methodist
minister, West Eaton, N. Y, was long and
seriously i'll with Inflammation of the pros
tate gland, "a very obstinate disorder). In
1882, he began the use of Warmers SAFE
Cure, and June 25th, 1854, wrote, The
relief obtained two years ago proved per-
manent; physicians express great sur
prise"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

Detroit, 635,2lO.
S. +. HESS, Rochester, N. y, the
well known tobacco manufacturer, three
years ago took twenty-five bottles of War
ner's SAFE Cure for liver disorder, and
August goth, 1884, he reported, az con-
slider myself fully cured, and the credit is
wholly due to Warmers SAFE Cure"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

kOBERT GRAHAM, II rem strees.
Brooklyn, N. Y, suffered for six years
from inflammation of the bladder and
structure. Six physicians, specialists.
ave him up to die. In 1883, he began
Warmers SAFE Cure and its continued use,
he says, effected complete cure. Under
date June IS, 1884, he says, Ny health
continues good have used no medicine
since April 80, 1881"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04
Bal. S.W. States. 635. Q92.
San Francisco, S32,2l0.

S. A. JOHNSTON, Lexington, Ohio.
Sept. 90 1851, stated that for thirty years
he had suffered tortures with dyspepsia,
but he was entirely cured by the use of
Warmers SAFE Cure. Dec. 9Th, 1884, he
says " took 10 or rs bottles of Warmers
SAFE Cure, and it has never failed to stop
any symptoms of my old complaint il they
appeared my health is good"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04

HOG pISEASEs.-The Arm ana Hammer
brand Soda and SaIeratus is used With great
success for the prevention and cure OF HOO
CHOLERA and other diseases, NT~
Mix with the animals food. MNAM
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04
Southern States, : 2,725,5l3.

JOSEPH JACQUES, Esq, St. Adams,
VT, in January 1877 was taken desperately
sick with Bright's Disease of the kidneys.
He spat blood, was tremendously bloated
and seemed to be beyond the power of the
best physicians. He then took 90 bottles
of Warmers SAFE Cure, which restored him
to health. January Ist, 1885, eight years
afterwards, he wrote 81 never enjoyed
better health in my life than do now, and
l owe it all to Warmers SAFE Cure. / con-
slider myself cured of Bright's Disease"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-30
A Raid Into North Carolina.

Rev. E. A. Perry, in The State, gives
an account of the raid from Newbern
to Goldsboro, from which we copy as
follows: "On the 10Th was fought the
battle of Whitehall. Our regiment
marched that forenoon for two or three
hours to the music of brisk cannon
ade. We came at last to the field to
find that here too the Neuse river was
crossed by wooden bridge. 1t had
been set on fire that very morning to
prevent our crossing. Our line of
march was still to be on the south side
of the river, but to deceive the rebels
General Foster acted as though intend
ing to rebuild and cross. Across the
stream was partly built iron-clad. A
daring feat was here performed by one
of our men. He plunged into the river,
swan to the burning bridge, secured a
torch, crossed to the gunboat and en-
deavored to fire it. He became a tar
get for rebel muskets, but came back
uninjured. His attempt was not sue
cess. The boat was battered in pieces
by cannon shot. This battle was fought
by the brigade just in advance of us.
The writer remembers that when ad-
vancing along the brow of the hill to
take the front of the line he saw the
Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Regiments
of Massachusetts lying on the ground
under fire. AS we marched by on the
high ground we became the target for
rebel sharpshooters posted in trees on
the other side of the river. They were
too far away to do us much harm.
Two men only of our regiment were
wounded. The next day, the 18th, was
for our brigade the most eventful. We
now were in the advance. The next
battle would be ours to fight. Just be-
fore noon word, emphasized by the
boom of cannon, came down the line
that the enemy was in force across our
way. Our ranks opened to allow Gen
eral Foster and staff to ride to the
front. To reach the field on which the
battle line was being formed, we crossed
vide creek, shallow in water but with
high banks. The formation of the line
brought us who were the left into the
woods. While we stood in the hush of
intense expectancy, known to the SOL
der at opening of the battle, one of the
men belonging to my company was
seen rapidly ascending the tallest tree.
When ordered down by the major, he
exclaimed, in an injured tone of voice,
Il want to see the rebels He had
his wish later on. We soon moved to
the right into the open field. The
rebels were now making no demonstra-
tions, while our men were busy tearing
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-30
Questions Answered.

II. d., Williamstown.-The medical board
at Wells River has been partly changed, but
1t is still regarded as a fair board to exam
inc applicants for pension. All the medical
boards in the state have been changed, in
whole or in part.
j. A. s., Burlington.-You should send
your affidavit to the pension office, stating
that you cannot furnish medical evidence
from 1860 to 1870, and state the reason why
such testimony cannot be furnished: and
you should also furnish the best obtainable
testimony of disnterested neighbors show
ing your physical condition for each year of
said period.
@. s., Duxbury.-The commissioner of
pensions in his last report recommends an
increase of pension for total deafness from
S13 to $50 month and proportionate ra-
tings for lesser degrees of this trouble. This
recommendation, however, is not consistent
with his action in granting less pension
than IS month for partial deafness, the
rate fixed for that disability by decision of
the secretary of the interior April g. 1884.
G. p, Braintree. are entitled to a
pension if you can show that the death of
your husband was due to any disease con-
tracted while he was soldier. You are not
entitled to the pension that he was entitled
to for varicose veins of legs if he never ap-
piled for pension. If he had applied for
pension, and had an uncompleted claim
pending at the time of his death, YOU would
have the right to complete his claim and re-
ceive his pension.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-30
WHAT a useless life mine has been

"WHAT a useless life mine has been !
/ never learned anything thorough
when at school, and the only branch of
work for which L ever exhibited real
knack was cooking. l do love to cook,
but l don't suppose the family dignity
would survive the shock if l should adj
vertise for position. If l ever have
daughters, every one of them shall
learn trade. 1t is awful to be thrown
on a world like this with no ability
to earn livingl" So mourns a girl in
a story; but if she did not overrate
herself she already had one of the best
paying trades in the world. There is
hardly anything which woman can
do that will bring in more money than
genuine skill in any department of
cookery-meats, pastry or cake. Any
one of these branches is a trade of
itself, and well-paid trade, to genu-
inc experts who are steady and reliable.
AS for the family dignity" anything
of that kind that is hurt by any sort of
useful industry is false and worthless
thing, far better lost than kept. There
is no dignity so stable and enduring as
the dignity of honest, useful work.