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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-08-28

"Daniel," remarked the President
Yesterday morning in a thoughtful
tone.
Eyes, sire," responded Daniel.
"Where hath the Attorney-Ge
al gone for the summer?
HE hath gone to Arkansaw,
SIRE"
Sand is the fever and ague bad in
Arkansaw this year, Daniel ?"
Exceedingly bad, sire"
"Knowest thou, Daniel, of a case
wherain the fever and ague of Arkan-
saw hath been fatal?"
faye, that / do, master; many
such cases are on record"
"Ah, well, Daniel, do thou write a
friendly letter to the Secretary tell
ing him in MY name that I will look
after the electric interests of the gov.
eminent so long as he shall desire tC
remain at rest tell him. Daniel, tC
take a good vacation"
Eyes. SIRE"
II am not given overmuch to levi
ty, Daniel-much levity doth not
become the married state; but if
should remark that cherish the hop;
that the ague of Arkansaw will save
me the trouble of giving the eminent
Acknowledgement the 'shake,' il
would not be bad. Eth. Daniel 2"
+ S'I' good faith, master, thou dost
rive me with thy jokes. p Omaho
Republican.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-08-28
The Best Chill Medicine.
SALISBURY, Md, Aug. 1884

SALlSBURY, M d., Aug. 1854.
Dear Sir:-I had the ague and
chills and fever for six months, had
taken several different medicines, but
none done me any good. Through
the recommendation of friend l
was induced to try "ARoMANNA."
l used one bottle and have not had a
chill since.
JOHN PARSONS.
SALISBURY, Md, May 25, 1885.
Dear SIR Il was cured of Dyspep-
STA by using two bottles of "ARo-
MAMMA"
MARY HEARN.
Price % and IS cts. Sold by A. G.
Sturgiss, Oakland, Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-08-28
FOR SALE!
Steam Engine, Saw Mill and
Single Machine.

I am authorized to sell Fifteen Horse
Power page" Engine, Saw Mill and Single
Machine, with carriages &c, complete. the
property of Mrs. Eva Riggs. The mill has
been in use about five years and Is in good
running order VIII be sold cheap for cash
or collateral which may be easily converted
into cash. May be examined atSwanton. Md.
Must be sold soon.
For price and terms address or apply to
JAS. A. Fl AYDEN,
Oak land, Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-08-28
BLACKSMITHING.

am prepared to do all kinds of blacksmith
ing. Farmers work a speciality. Prices as
low as can be had for first class work. shop
near Browning House."
# "a DAVID LITTLE.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-18

displayedin skirts, as there are those
which are round and full, pleated their
entire length with scarf drapery above
or killed at the sides only, with one wide
box-pleat in front and full drapery IN
the back. There are also box-pleated
skirts which have avelvet tablier cover
ing the front and sides, this tablier often
being covered with rich silk embroider-
les, or beaded ornaments, or is left quite
unadorned.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-18
LONG BRANCH, Aug. goth, 1886.

LONG BRANCH, Aug. goth, 1886.
DEAR FRIEND:-1 was out almost
up till noon to-day, enjoying the surf
that came rolling in. The sea was lit
tie rough, but we have all had such
taste given us for nautical affairs that we
can swim now in a pretty beating sea.
We are wearing navy blue, we have
sailor hats, we have put on pretty but
tons, and are looking as much like
yachtsmen as we can. To-day while I
rested in the pavilion on the beach in
front of the West End Hotel | saw the
Galatea 60 by and my memory was
logged to tell you of the pretty bit of sail
ing we saw few days ago. We went
down on the cars to Sandy Hook to wit
ness the trial races of the yachts and
waited and waited to see them start.
They did not get off until halt past
twelve, but they looked Just too beautiful
their white sails spread and their bows
fairly leaping from the water. AT first
every one thought the Puritan the best
sailor, but General PaneS' boat, the
MayAower, sailed so we'll last week that
many believe that she will be the yacht
selected to sail against Capt Henn's
Galatea. ! just can't tell you how much
TT ike the sea. We almost live on it,
and as Clio and myself have some
friends among the yachtmen we are just
as nautical as fashion will let us. We
went on little cruise yesterday. The
water was as green under the cloudy
sky as a green satin peticoat under a
white satin and lace court train. Our
little brig slipped along over the shining
water like duck. Our yachts captain
told us it was good light weather
yachting day for the wind was blowing
steadily from the east by southeast, we
held our hats on, and it was the most
! fun to breath such long breaths Of the
salt water away from land. | never feel
afraid now. AT first dreaded the sea,
but it is such good form now TO like
yachting that we tried our best to get
over our rights when the big waves
came rolling in, and we have now a
good deal of courage.
How are our good friends at homer
And how is the nice JOURNAL coming
on? ! am coming home in three weeks,
/ till then, "NARCIssA."
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-18


III 'front.' with plated position back.
Bias Ruffles are to be revived. and
Sseveralvery narrow ones will be used As
a support for heavy materials, the ruff
lies to be OF plain silk matching the dark
est color in the fancy goods, and sewed
on the skirt lining under the heavy
goods.
Stripes of velvet, of beads, and stripes
that look like braid trimming, are woven
into many of the new woollen materials
and 1t will not be difficult, by the aid of
these wonders of the loom, to make A
troek look asif an infnity of work had
been wasted on it while all the time It
is very simple.
a novelty is bar clasp for fastening
the collar of the dress. It resembles a
single cross-bar OF a Maltese cross. 1t
parts near one end, and when the bar is
slipped through one end two button holes
provided for the purpose the clasp is
fastened. Fhelarge ends prevent the
bar from drawing through the button
holes.
A beautiful black and white costume,
fit for worldly daughter of a Quaker to
wear, recently appeared in New York.
The back of the skirt was of black illu-
sion yelled with white, the front of black
satin with an apron embroidered with
white berries worked on black net. The
waist was of black satin with white en-
brodery and a waistcoat like the apron,
the whole Shrouded in white illusion. The
wearer looked like maid of the mist.
Among the handsome striped suitings
tor autumn wear are twilled woolens,
which sb0w clusters Of Pin stripes in va
ri-color, lines mostly brilliant on dark
grounds, but not in any degree conspic-
nous owing to the narrowness OF the
stripes. These fancy woolenS are made
up in plain tailor fashion, and the en-
tire costume is formed of the strike, with
usually a vest and color and cuffs of
velvet, although for utility purposes,
shopping and the like, the suit is finished
with machine-stitched edging only.
Ribbons will be used with lavish
hand on dresses, not only in the shape
ofbows with cockade ends, but laid on
flat. as braids are used, and also arranged
in points with Hungarian spikes on each
point. Wide black velvet ribbons with
picot edges are made into vests or Slmu-
lated vests, formed of loops Of the velvet
laid one above another as cottage roof
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-18
Young Peoples Page.
n AUTUMN ROBES.

Dl,o Green and brown ottoman cloth
D ,,.b brocade in Turkish designs.
racish tweeds in all the new colors
.6ourette dots Outright or light col
r.r,ev plush is one Of the new materi-
5tr millinery and trimming purpo-
Shepherds plaids and invisible"
bid, are to be much worn in the au-
Hnn
The closer their resemblance to mems
mods the more fashionable are the
bevots and tWeeds.
Tiny volns, enameled in perfect imi-
bion Of their prototype, are passing
hry for lace pins. ......
Y PIaids with silk cross-bar are broca-
ledvith chenille. This style is the only
leo which chenille forms any part,
Ottoman cloth has plush stripes in
Fich are bright-colored dots, similar
the goods shown last spring, but
avier,
Canels hair with checked surface,
ssuipes oftwo colors, one of which
PaWays red. Red and white, red and
brown arethe combinations.
Some Of the new materials have braid
Ike stripes OF brlght-colored velvet, then
stripe Of dark, covered with rows of.
FFbeadS Of the same tint.
frogs with ruby eyes, bird claws hold
ySapphreS, anchors and swallows, all
FnEly set with diamonds, among the
devices for brooches or hair orna-
FnS' They are all of large size.
Inc narrow plating at the bottom of
V&lrt is not altogether discarded, al
oogh It is not seen upon all of the new
'NS' "A new fancy is a bias fold of the
goods set on in the same way.
Large plaids in some woolIen goods,
40e number ofcolors is limited to three
wy most and they are not used in the
1"'' mere are plaid velvets for pet
'" u DC worn with plaid cloth skirts
|u'P'd very low.
,, tSe'es are undergoing great modi6-
| ro''aS -they are no longer plain and
'u'ped; they are now trimmed
4 's shoulder to halfway down the
y. w. "n'le the lower part remains per-
levers. W. w.
" are now cut in the same style
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
Jackson Mt Charlottesville.

From General Pleasanton's paper on
Charlottesville, in the September Cen
tury, we quote as follows: When he
advanced upon the artillery at Hazel
Grove Jackson had another opportunity
to win if his infantry had been properly
handled. The fire of his infantry was
so high it did no harm; they should
have been ordered to fire so low as to
disable the cannoniers at the guns.
Had the infantry fire been as effective
as that of the artillery, Jackson would
have carried the position. The artillery
fire was effective because l applied to
it that principle of dynamics in which
the angle of incidence is equal to the
angle of refection-that is to say, if
the muzzle of gun is three feet from
the ground and it is discharged so that
the shot will strike the ground at dis
lance of one hundred yards, it will
glance from the earth at the same angle
at which it struck it, and in another one
hundred yards will be three feet from the
ground. knew my first volley must
be crushing one, or Jackson, with his
superior numbers, would charge across
the short distance which separated us
and capture the artillery before the
guns could be reloaded"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
Probably a Hoax.

A New Orleans dispatch says: {" DR..
George j. Allen served in a Massachu-
sets regiment, and when near New
Orleans on foraging expedition he
and two other Union soldiers seized
and carried away 100000 in gold and
silver. Being afraid to enter the city
with so much money, they selected a
spot and buried it. Allen was after
ward severely wounded and his COM
rades were killed. The past summer
Allen made journey to New Orleans
to obtain his buried treasure, but, to his
dismay, found that the place was so
changed that he could not recognize it..
However, for weeks he delved and took
several parties into partnership who
advanced money to prosecute the
search, but not being successful in I'M
earthing the hidden treasure his part
ners had him arrested on the 10th in
slant for enlightenment" We doubt
the truth of the statement that such a
large sum was stolen from citizens in
Louisiana and no complaint or claim
made to the general government for
its return.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
explanation has been given of the phe-
nomena. -EGchdnge
Spiders and Doors of Their Dwellings.

The spider is very neat house,
keeper; she leaves no debris in the cell
lar under her tower, the remains of all
insects are thrown from the top, in the
same manner as the pellets. This spi-
der takes strong insects like grass
hoppers, or large moths, into her cellar
to kill them; then she brings them up,
strips off their wings and legs, throws
them away, and sucks the juices from
their bodies. Burrowing spiders build
beautiful complicated structures above
their burrows, with which they take
as much pains as most birds in
building their nests. The tiger spider
has stripes of white and black on
its legs. 1t digs a tube in the earth
six or seven inches deep uniformly
straight. Its skill is displayed in erect
ing the upper part of its home, which
is evidently for concealment First it
makes funnel, which is the foundation
of a concealed room, which sometimes
takes it several nights to complete, as it
does not work during the day. The fe-
male first spins canopy of web over
the funnel, leaving place of exit.
She next comes out and steps carefully
over it to see if it is strong. A dry oak
leaf is laid over the canopy and fas-
tened down. This makes a strong roof.
Then she sees beetle coming and
spies chance for supper. In few
days she had closed the door to her home
and | could hardly find the place. 1
am watching twenty-eight of these spi-
ders closely, and find that all have
closed the doors very firmly. Some of
these burrows are in beds of moss,
and so cunningly arranged that the
most expert naturalist could hardly find
them. have often shown my friends
space of few square inches in which
the concealed door lay, but they could
never hit the exact spot.-Harper's
| Mdqdzine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
Gbe Soldiers &uoget.
Pensions Granted.

To Solomon A. Cross, deceased (pay-
able to Adeline E. Cross, East BetheD,
"a month and $3.50 arrears; Charles
Jones, Barre, so month and SAG ar
rears; Russell Wheelock, East Calais,
"a month and S240 arrears; ARENAS
w. Wilder, diseased, 1924 month and
1912 arrears payable to his widow,
Sarah p. Wilder, NorthfelO; Elijah
johnson, Underhill, $12 a month and
81 1856 arrears; John Cummings, Rut-
land, 81 a month and $500 arrears;
Charles w. Ransom, Hardwick, an in
crease from S4 to SO month; John A.
Kelton, Worcester, an increase from
S4 to SO month.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
Damp Beds.

The peril of sleeping in damp bed
is of the greatest, and it is almost ever
present. The experienced traveller
rarely hazards the risk of sleeping
between sheets, which are nearly sure
to be damp, until they have been
thoroughly aired under his personal
supervision at fire in his bedroom.
If this be impracticable, he wraps his
rug around him, or pulls out the sheets
and sleeps between the blankets-a dis
agreeable but often prudent expedient.
The direct mischief may result from
the contact of an imperfectly heated
body with sheets which retain moisture.
The body-heat is not sufficient to raise
the temperature of the linen or calico
to safe point, and the result must be
disastrous if, as is sure to happen, the
skin be cooled by contact with sur
face colder than itself and steadily alb
stracting heat all the night through.
There is no excuse for the neglect of
proper precaution to ensure dry beds.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
Questions Answered.

G.. L., WEST RANDOLPH.-If the
justice of the peace executed your
voucher for drawing your pension
without seeing your pension certificate
he committed an offence that is pun
ishable by fine.
G.. n. S. HUNTINGToN.-An insane
soldier is received at the insane asy-
lum at Brattleboro the same as other
insane persons. Vermont has made no
provision for caring for insane or needy
soldiers different than that for other
unfortunate mortals. California has a
Soldiers Home with one hundred eight
inmates.
ATTORNEY, MIDDLEBURY.-Wh
the special examiners are so instructed
or not, it is their practice to inquire of
every claimant how much the attorney
has been paid or is to receive for pro-
curing the pension. Such inquiries
made of your clients are in accordance
with the general practice. You have
no special reason for feeling sensitive
over it.
j. e. c., WEST RANDoLPH.-If a
widow marries before her pension is
granted and while her claim is pending
in the pension office, she can afterward
complete her case and receive her pen
sion up to the date of her remarriage.
The children of the soldier, if under the
age of sixteen, can make application for
pension, by guardian, and if success
full will receive the same rate of pension
as the widow would have received had
she not remarked, commencing from
the date of the marriage of the widow.
T. r. S., BURLINGToN.-The bill
increasing pensions for loss of limbs
was approved August 4th, 1886, and
your incrense will commence from that
date. The increase will be paid with
out employing an attorney to assist
you. You will receive it at the Deem
Der payment, if not before. We would
not advise you to send any money to
the United States Manned Soldiers
League" at Philadelphia, even if you
have paid a membership fee. 1t
has recently issued a circular to those
entitled to the increase of pension
under the act of August 4th claiming
it is due to its influence that the law
was passed and appealing to all COM
rades to send to the treasurer, to main
tain the organization, a liberal amount.
I" If each will send" the circular says,
"a few dollars from his increase it will
place the League in sound financial
condition, and enable it to render much
deserving assistance to our class of
men as they become more infirm in the
FUTURE Whether the League did
much or little in lobbying the bill
through congress, it has already been
literally paid for its assistance, and
veterans had better not throw away
any part of their pension by sending it
to such an organization.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
Burning Bank Notes.

In 1906 Turner determined to make
Liber Studiorunl, or Book of Studies"
1t was issued in a series of twenty num-
bers, containing five plates each, and
the subscription price was seventeen
pounds ten shillings. There were end
less troubles with the engravers and it
was not paying well, and was aban-
doned after seventy plates were issued.
1t seemed to be so worthless that
Charles Turner, one of the engravers,
used some of the proofs for kindling-
paper. After the artist became famous,
however, this Liber Studioru1n grew to
be very valuable. Before Turner died
copy was worth thirty guineas, and
more recently single copy has
brought three thousand pounds, or
nearly fifteen thousand dollars. Col
naghi, the London print dealer, paid
Charles Turner fifteen hundred pounds
for the proofs which he had not de-
stroyed; and when the old engraver
remembered how he had lighted his
fires, he exclaimed, " have been burn
ing bank notes all my life. st. Nicho-
las for September.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
Deserved Rebuke.

One day during the American revolu-
ton an officer, not dressedin uniform,
was passing on horseback by some mill
tary works that were being repaired by
a small squad of soldiers, and he found
the leader of the party merely standing
by and looking on at the operations,
which were being carried on with diff
Guilty, owing to the small number of
men. The officer, seeing the state of
affairs, and that assistance was much
needed, inquired of the man why he
did not render a little aid instead of
only standing idle. The latter, in great
establishment, turned around, it is said,
"with all the pomp of an emperor"
and replied: Sir, am corporal"
You are, are you?' said the officer;
l did not know that Raising his hat
in solemn mockery, he continued, 81
ask your pardon, Mr.. Corporal" He
dismounted from his horse, threw off
his coat, and not until he was tired out
from sheer hard work did the stranger
cease to render assistance to the squad;
and then, turning round to the corpo-
raj, he said: Mr.. Corporal, when you
have another such job as this, and
have not men enough, send for George
Washington, and he will come and help
you a second time" And, to the utter
amazement of the poor corporal, he
found that the unknown officer who had
addressed him was indeed no other
than his own commander-in-chief.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
"reminiscences.

AMONG the officers of a Missouri
company was one who was particularly
fastidiOus in the matter of eating and
drinking He could not get used to
the ough-and-tumble life of camp, and
he did not want to. On one occasion
number of us rode up to a large
spring where a dirty old crone was
washing clothes, and at the moment of
our arrival she was rubbing snuff over
her few long, yellow teeth. There
except gourd, The fastidious officer
looked first at the snuffy mouth of the
old woman and then at the gourd and
entered into calculation as to how
many times the gourd had passed be-
tween the spring and her lips. But he
was very thirsty, and seeing a broken
place opposite the handle he concluded
he would get away from the old
woman's place of drinking and try this
unused notch in the gourd. He did
this and took long drink. When he
had finished the old woman remarked:
"How queer you'ns is. " You'ns
drinks out of the notch where l always
drinks
| Hal lClllluS lHc, Sdlu all eA-Sur-
geon, "of story of Buell. On one
occasion near Cave City he ordered the
men kept away from fine spring, but
the guard was overrun by thirsty men,
and Buell. rode with his stern, official
dignity to the spring to stand guard
himself. He wore at the time a little
straw hat and his fatigue uniform. A
large, energetic six-footer came up,
very thirsty and impatient to fill his
canteen. He rubbed against Buell. as
he passed and stepped with one foot in
the water to fill his cup. Buell. said
quietly but decidedly, "Take your foot
out, sir" Still STOPPING, the six-footer
looked up and said, "You 90 to Green
lands icy mountains. dom want any
quartermaster's clerk ordering me
around" For an instant the COM
mander of the Army of the Ohio was
stunned by the unexpected reply.
Then he said, quietly but emphat-
ically, General Buell. orders you to
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
Early War Regiments.

Vermont was not the only state that
equipped her soldiers in the early part
of the war so bountifully as to cause
amusement and the general govern
ment to refuse to pay the expenses of
such lavishness. The First New Hamp-
shire Regiment was likewise provided
with an abundance of household uten-
sils and camp equippage that would
make the officers and men comfortable
wherever night overlook them, but to
be thrown away on the first forced
march or hasty retreat. Among the
items of equippage specified as carried
by the First New Hampshire, and which
formed an amusing contrast to the work
ing outfit of veteran regiment in later
times, were one hundred p-kettles,
two hundred fifty mess-pans, with tin
plates, cups, Dutch ovens, and knives
I'D Rbitum. In view of this large store
of impedimentd, General Scott and the
president complimented the regiment
on its " superior preparation for imme-
date service" Had it appeared in this
trim before Sherman at the commence
meht OF his grand march, the comment
would undoubtedly have been different.
-Four years OF warfare were productive of
much information in campaigning, and
those of the First who afterward served
in other regiments doubtless have many
amusing recollections of their first three
months experience. General Wash
ington's equippage is carefully pre-
served at the patent Office at Washing
ton and is a great curiosity for its size
and weight. Any military officer, after
the experience obtained in the four
years of the rebellion, would as soon
start out on campaign without equip
page as to take that of Washington OF
that provided for the regiments at the
beginning of the war in 1861.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22
" True as Preaching"

The Smdoy-school Times well says:
" A good reputation is important to
any man in any sphere. Yet a good
reputation is neither gained nor pre-
served by anxiety about it. There is
no way of getting reputation like con-
tinuing to deserve it. If you would
have others think a good deal of you,
first see to it that there is a good deal
to you. If you think too much of your
self, others will not. If you think very
little of yourself, others may think more.
Not until you have forgotten yourself
will the world generally feel any re-
sponsibility to give thought to YOU"