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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16
COPYRIGHT. 1861

heard theer was courtin' gwaine be-
tween the two, an as Yole hisself had
seen 'em morc'n vance together in the
owl-light, then Applebird let go awful,
an Polly got dressin' down that night
as made her GREEN to think on for years
arter. Then, when he knawed the cat
was out the bag, Bill went straight
long an spoke wi the auld man, an
theer was ferocious words. Applebird
had right on his side when he said no.
cause his gal was under age; but for all
that, Bill stuck to it, an swore he
weern't gwaine to take no for an an
swer.
eff you marries her, you'll go to
prison fort, though pay every lawyer
in Exeter to send e said the landlord
o the 'Huntsman's Rest dajncin' wi
wrath. IT'S against the law, an you'll
suffer for it; an whites yorf'm in clink,
the gal shall starve for me-; so now you
l<naws wheer you stand. AN never you
darken my door agin, oT'TIl wiring your
damn neck myself
lyon poor bee-k3 epin' twoad of a
bwoy,' he says, orhful, you CERT silly
gaby, to dare an t hink my darter guide
enough for the likes of you
81 never did think so, an 1 doan't
now, Master Applebird, but facts be
facts; she'm gwaine to marry me, an
I'll bear the punishment like man,
an so all's said
I'm coourse all weern't said, by a
darned long way, but the rest O. the dis
coourse fell pom the ears of them in
the bar, for Bill he went off so naughty
as turkey cock wi his nose tip-tilted
an his lips curlin' like peel's.
Meantime, arter the trouble wi her
father an before the final coorious
happening, there was a fire in a croft OF
auld Apblebird's an a linhay, as didn't
matter, WAS burned down, and huge
CERT wbeat-stack, as did matter lot
was saved by Bill Vogwell and two
other c!haps-chiefy through Bits
long-hea dedness. For Bill, though a
hot-headied fule of lad in some ways
yet had a BRAVE sight o common sense
with as guide nerve in un as you might
see teen Exeter an Plymouth. Aud
Applebird thanked Bill for what he'c
done, vii face same as though he was
chewin' lof lemon all the time. Their
days passed an twas known that Polly
Applebilrd weer gwaine up to her aunt
as lived to Exeter. An so she wecr;
i 'puC tneer was more in the trip than mel
the eye, cause Bill he'd ordained tc
meet her theer quiet and marry hel
fore the registrar. The plan was her'n
an what was TO follow coined out o
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16

Bills own noddle-a purity darned silly
notion, tn, for Bill, you see, vas half
famous and half a idiot, an them two
halves got mixed now an again.
of went Polly, inherent SEEM
inly as a gusechick; and Bill had a
job that luke him out O. Merivale same
day.
"All went merry as need be. They
met as planned the next day, an off they
traapsed, an thcer weren't no sort o
difficulty about the job, for marryin's
easy as lynn if you ges two of a mind.
Then coined the darn rum thing what
Bill done. He and the gal, as was bis
lawful wife, walked straight away to
the prison, an as they went her grawed
fearful an cuddled of his arm closer'n
closer, an shivered all over when she
seed the CART walls o. chink a-towerin'
afore 'em
"'They won't hurt 'e?' she said, sob
bin quiet.
mot Them he said. The time'll
pass like a dream along O. thinllin'
you'm my avn wife by law, what none
short o God Almighty couldn't take
from me-
'Wi' that he ringed the goal bell, an
n BRAVE noise it made; an a chap opes
u little bit of gate in the middle of a
big wan, an axes Bill his business.
81 wants to see the head p'liceman,
I seZ Bill.
"'Well, you CANT, for hem away to-
day; but p'raps, when all's said, might
sarve 'e?' SEE the man.
"And Vogwell, seem the chap was a
officer of some sort, reckoned he would
do, an set out his business short and
plain.
""Tis like the ere, he said. 1 be new
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16

"As to tellin' a story of moor men an
sich-like, things happen out pom this
ould gray an brown world same as is
ether places, but they bant o much ac-
count 'cept to ourselves. can call home
wan tale, though as III tell e, if you
mind to hear it. IT'S bout the courtin'
of chap by the name o Vogwell.
''Bill was a writer of signs an SIGH
like, an a chap of his hands most ways
Wi general sense in gwaine through
the world which doan come to many as
young as it coined to him. He was al
ways surprisin' clever or else main full
ISL. Theer wern't no half measures
bout un. He lived wi his father in the
last house o. Merivale, an because sign
writin' wasn't enough to keep him, he
built ten bee-butts, an strawed EN- so
clever as a regular catcher an sawled
purs heather honey at shillin' a pound
nIf did BRAVE pom it, His father
Ncern't O no account, though guide
man. Fuzz-cuttin' was his job-fuzz-
cuttin' an fern-cuttin' in autumn time.
Then coined the matter o paintin'
that sign, an Master Applebird, who
could filings money about like a duke
when he'd mind to, which was bout
vance ina month o Sundays, gived Billy
the offer to paint CERT picter on wood,
an frame it an hang it awyr the inn
faace. l mind just what Applebird said
Tor | was theer and heard: I'll give
e ten shillin' for the job, if It's done so
as all folks can see what's meant by un.
Applebird done it really cause he
kEawed John Conner, of the Red Heifer'
inn, Princeton, had just got fine
sign drawed by Plymouth chap; an
Applebird would have sooner gived up
business altogether than let Conner best
him anywheer.
$50 Bill Vogwell got his brushes an
paints an lies together an made a
square o boards, an done out the hunts
man, wi carpenters pencil, copyin' the
same from a butivul almanac what a
grocer to Travistock had gived away to's
customers the winter previous. Master
Applebird ordained as the picter should
be done in a tallet outside the inn; an
theer Bill worked day by day till the
thing was done. An Polly Applebird
watched un' DRAWN an paintin'; which
is wheer this tale starts proper. She
was a maiden of sebenteen year old, so
brown as the moor in autumn, wi eyes
wheer you GUIDE 'ardly see the pupils sep
arate from the blackness of the paart
which is brown or blue or gray in differ
ent folks. Her hair was jack-daw color
If you knaws that. Ted'n zactly black
nor yet blue, but betwiX' an between
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16
Catching Sharks.

According to a Cuban, shark fishing
is a sport to be dreamed about. The
Cuban shark fishermen take large
pieces of beef and throw them over
board out beyond the reefs, where the
dorsal fins of shorks are to be seen
cutting the water with vicious swish,
like the plunge of modern rifle bullet
into a stream. Instantly there is a
rush, fit to make ordinary brave men
blanch, for the eagerness of the sharks
to rend the meat is something to think
twice about. Now is the time for the
sportsman to do as the Cuban fisher
man does. Stripping OFF his light
clothes, graSping a big, keen knife, he
leaps among the fish and thrusts the
blade to the nearest sharks heart. A
quick wrench opens a wound that
spurts blood, and then the sport fairly
begins. 1t is death to a man who loses
nerve. The teeth are the trophies. To
get them the head is boiled in big
iron soup caldren. A tooth of healthy
shark is ivory white, with hard, porce-
lain finish, and makes an attractive
ornament. There are several rows of
these teeth. One row of them cut out
would make saw, the teeth being OBJ
tusely triangular, while each exposed
edge is cut into minute teeth.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16

wi a dancin' light as gaws from wan to
'tother. Her lips was red as ripe quar-
render apple an allus just thot open.
You'd swored she was a French fur
riner or some SIGH thing; but 'tweer't so
at all.
''She an Bill got so thick as thieves
afore the pfcter was out O hand, an he
dawdled that cunnin' an CRAFTY awver
the paintin' that twas best part of
month fore he allowed the thing was
done. An, poor fules, just cause auld
Applebird weer mazin' pleased wi the
sign-board, they must think as he'd be
main pleased with the painter, tn; an
they kept comp'ny unbeknawnst to un
for matter O three months or more
Then twas that bent, crooked limb O.
Satssh, by name Benjamin Yole, what
spied theer little game, an brot the
climax to the courtin'. Yole hadn't no
business of his avn, being pensioned
from the clay-works awin' to breakin
his legs in an accident. But he crept
about Merivale wi his wicked ears
fiappin' for every coorious thing as
might happen. He knawed some harm
bout every man, wummon, cheel an
cat in the village, an hadn't no kind
word to say for anybody on Gods airth
but hisself. This here Yole soon spied
how Polly Applebird an Bill Vogwell
would go out o Merivale differn't ways,
as inherent as bees, an yet somehow
get drawed together arter. Full of this
noos he clattered, all crutcheS an spite.
into the 'Huntsman's Rest an aXed to
see landlord theer an then. Mind you,
Applebird had thot kind enough of the
young chap, for Bill was well set up
an gray in the eye, and looked folks
straight in the faace; but he
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16
Commercial Item.

Smith-Dusenbury has left for Eu-
rope. y
Jones-What Dusenbury are you
talking about?
why, Dusenbury who failed last
month"
Whose books showed a deficit of
$5O,OOO?"
THE same"
What is he going to live on while
he is in Europe?"
"On the deficit, of course. Texas
Sitter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16

81 don't understand the popularity Of
your woman's column" said the news
agent to the great editor. 1T beats.
anything 1 ever heard of in that line"
Its easily explained" replied the
editor. Il just scatter bargain sale adj
refreshments through the column, and
the women have to read one to find the
other."-Chicago Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16

Mr.. Wedgewood docking up from his
paper)-I see that it is a custom for the
Chinaman, when he wants to take an
oath, to break plate or something. 4
Mrs. Wedgewood eproachfully)-
And you wanted me to hire a Chinese
cook. Surprising he had been addicted
to bad language?-N. y. World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16

Did you find the bicycle useful on
the battletield?"
"Yes, indeed; we dashed up to the
enemy, and then we stacked arms and
shook hands every man on both sides
rode the same make of wheel. "-Chica-
90 Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16

The laundryman with few conclud-
ing gestures hung the shirt up on the
line.
"Well, how do you feel?" sighed the
buttonholes to the bosom.
81 feel completely done up" answered
the bosom, with a heave; chow is it
with you?"
The buttonholes groaned.
"Oh, we're all torn out" they replied,
In a faint voice.-N. Y. Recorder.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16
Afraid of the other End.

Kind Neighbor accompanied by 3
large mastiff, to little girl very much
afraid of him)-He's a good dog; he
never hurts anyone. Don't you see how
he's wagging his tail?
Little Girl (still shrinking back)-
Yes, 1 see; but that isn't the end I'm
afraid of.-Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16

Slick-Head Sal-Quick! quick! hurry
up, young Teller! l want a 'surance.
policy on my husband fer 100000.
Bland Insurance Agent--But, my.
good woman, why all this hurry?.
Won't tomorrow
Slick-Head Sal Ter-mOrrer be-
blowed! he's jist stole hoss.-Truth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16
Confused,

The boy looked good deal puzzled.
an. was silent for such long time as
10 attract his mothers attention.
What are you thinking about"'
she inquired.
81 want to ask a question, only I
can't get it so that it won't sound mixed
up"
What is it?"
"Why, when an elephant shakes his
trunk is he wagging his tail?"-Wash-
ington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16
THE REASON.
EENA14
HB-n -

There's one thing" he said, jeering-
ly, "men never get together and talk
about one another the way women do"
NO." she answered, Il don't think
they do. There is nothing interesting
to say about them. Washington Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16

The old man shaded his eyes and
looked after the fleeing bicyclist disap-
pearing up the road.
II wonder" he ruminated, whether
that's my boy or my girl."-Chicagd
Post,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16

Fair Shopper lin great store)-There,
this novel will do. Don't wrap it up.
Clerk-Don't wrap it up?
mo, indeed. I'll sit down here and
read it to kill time while waiting for
my change."-N. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16

"What do they call the microbes that
breed diseases, John"
please, sir, germs"
"Correct-and what do they call the
people who know how to handle germs
in scientific way?"
please sir, Germans" - Brooklyn
Life,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16
Might Make Ut Worse.

"But why do you not PRINT a card and
deny the accusation" inquired the poll
tician's wife. {
Deny it?" howled the politician,
land then have them prove it? No, T
will treat it with Truth. :
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16

Tommy grandpa, what are you
going to do with all your money when
you die?
Grandpa Skinnerly-I guess I'll take
it with me.
Tommy-Oh, grandpa; don't - it'll
burn.-N. Y. World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16
Covering 1t Up.

"You bad boy, you have made grease
spot on the new sofa with your bread
and butter" said Mrs. Chaffie to her son
Johnnie.
"Never mind, ma; you can sit on it
when there is company in the parlor. -
Texas Sitter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16

81 had always understood that the
late Mr.. Wellington was man of con-
siderable property"
Wasn't he?"
HE couldn't have been. I haven't
heard of any steps to contest his will"
Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16
Method in His Madness.

YEAST don't see the use of kissing.
There's that man Gushington forever
kissing his wife.
Crimsonbeall-It keeps her from talk
ing, don't you see?-Yonkers States
man.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16

Elder Lady-At the present day a
woman is considered most interesting
when she has reached 40.
Young Ditto-Really, dear? 1 did
not think you were quite so old as that.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16

She smiled at me a. she swiftly passed.
Over the handle bar;
That sunny smile was the maidens last
over the handle bar;
She carromed hard on oobblestone,
She took header she couldn't postpone
Her twinkling heels in the moonlight shoae
Ger the handle bar.
Cleveland Post.
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why She Suits Him.

Bryce-Clubleigh says he has wife
that just suits him.
Gryce-Why, l thought she was
vixen, and raised a row with him every
day.
Bryce-That's just it. She drives
him to drink.-Town Topics.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16
Why His Ardor Cooled.

She-You promised to love me always.
He-ButI never knew that you looked
like that in the morning with your hair
In curl papers:-Yonkers Statesman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16

Patient-What, doctor! One dollar
a visit!
Physician-Why, that's not much.
It's less than most of my patients pay.
Patient-That may be, doctor, but re-
member it was who brought the fever
into the neighborhood.-N.Y y. World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16
PAWned In London.

Nearly G 100000 worth of articles are
pawned in London weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16

"'My birthday see seq. L be coined
of age, an | loves e so dear as ever. an
Bill no less than l did when us was
married It's my bounden dooty, dear
father, she seq.
The auld man answered never a word,
but he stood at the door with his CERT
double chins all rumpled up as he put
his head down like bull snortin' an
putin. SO se watched her go, an then
went in the door. Nobody seed un all
that AFTERNOON, but when evenin' came
an the lights twinkled out o Merivale,
like a row O. glow-worms climbin the
black hill, Applebird be- put on the vel
veteen coat he used for rabbit shootin',
an brushed his white hair till it shone,
an counted out tidy little pile of SOW
ereigns from bag, an took his stick,
an tawld the stabIe-boy, as also served
in the bar, he'd be back in an hour or
less. Then he snealied down the hill
as though he was gwaine poaehin';
but he stopped at the last cot, an looked
at light in the kitchen winder' an
seed two heads close together eatin'
supper at little moo table. Then he
tramped up the pathway soft, but Polly
heard an knawed the step; an fore
he reached the door twas open"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-22

look my best. And what is more,
woman ought no more to neglect
trying to look pretty to the end of
her days than she ought to forget to
do her duty. Who does not know
the dear, old grandmother, whose
sweet, wrinkled face, clean cap,
clean dress and lavender scented
lace collar, carry one back to child
hoods days? There are years there,
and the experience of trouble, the
sadness of losses, memories of brid-
ais and of graves, and a rapid APP
proach to those silent church-yard
gates through which we must walk
whether we will or not. But grand
mother is pretty still, and will al
ways be pretty till the white hands
are clasped over quiet breast, and
she goes home to those who went
before her.
A woman, no matter how poor she
is and how deep the care of family,
ought to take more and more pains
with dress as time rolls on. A
young girl may wear anything. A
matron, however, who has lost the
first plump charm and indefinable
beauty of youth, has to be careful.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-22

As a protection against the tleas
that even well-bread cats and dogs
sometimes introduce into our houses,
an entomologist advises the owners
of such pets to provide rug for
them to sleep on and to give the rug
frequent brushing and shaking, af-
terward brushing up and burning
the dust. AS even with this care
some eggs will probably remain on
the infested animal, it is well to Oc-
casionally rub into the hair of the
cat or dog quantity of pyrethrum
powder. This will stupefy the tleas
and cause them to fall off. They
should be swept up and burned.
Houses sometimes become infested
with fieas, even when no pet ami
mails are kept, through visitors car
rying them from the houses of
friends who have cats and dogs. The
conditions most likely to cause an
outbreak of these pests are damp
ness and lack of proper sweeping.
These conditions are most likely to
occur in unoccupied houses. The
remedy is a free sprinkling of py-
rethrum powder in the infested
places, and, if that fails, spraying
of carpets and floors with benzine,
with no fire or lights about for six
or seven hours, will certainly rid the
house of fleas.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-22
In the Household.

TOothache may be splendidly and
delightfully."- cured by the applica-
ton of small bit of cotton,
saturated with ammonia, to the de-
fective tooth.
The best remedy for bleeding of
the nose is the vigorous working Of
the Jaws as if in the act of chewing.
In case of a child, small roll of
paper is put in the mouth and the
child is Instructed to chew it. The
remedy is simple, and has never
been known to fail.
A decoction of the leaves of COM
mon chamomile will destroy every
kind of insect, and nothing contri-
butes more to the health of garden
with number of the plants scat
tered through it. No green house
or hot beds should be without il, in
a green or dried state either; the
stalks of flowers will answer. 1t is
a singular fact that if a plant is
dropping, and seems to be dying, in
almost every case it will revive if
you plant chamomile by it.
A pretty dish for desert is made
by beating the whites of four eggs
to a stiff froth, and then add gradu-
ally cup of powdered sugar. Take
the juice from a can of red rasp-
berries, strain it, and color and
flavor the eggs with it. Serve i'm
glasses with cake or with charlotte
rUse.
When you open can Of tomatoes
YOU may sometimes be so fortunate
as to find several slices that have
kept their shape; reverse these
when heating the others for the
table, and after letting them drain
well, fry them in butter and they
make a good entree, or a garnish fol
game or fowl.
If you are obliged to have your
hands i'm water q great deal anC
they feel uncomfortable after it. rub
them all over with oil. A very lit,
tie salad oil, or even % little lart
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-22
About Potatoes.

/ give few suggestions for select
ing and cooking these tubers. for
they make appetizing breakfasts.
Very large potatoes should be re-
jected. They are usually hollow
hearted and unsavory. TO boil
potatoes, have the water boiling first
and slightly sailed. Cut off the tips
of their ends and throw into water.
When done, drain and shake, hold
ing the cover down firmly. Set
back upon the stove for a minute,
and they will be dry and mealy. In
the spring potatoes should stand in
cold water IA few hours before using.
Mashed potatoes look much nicer
when done with a patent masher.
Baked potatoes are improved by
first boiling them tskins ON for Is
minutes, then putting them into the
oven. Always have a quick oven
for baking potatoes, and turn them
over once or twice while baking. A
meat pie is far healthier, if, instead
of the usual crust of rich pastry, Il
potato crust or cover is used. Many
appetizing breakfast dishes are pre-
pared from cold boiled potatoes,
among which are the following from
Good Housekeeping, authority also
for the foregoing suggestions Cold
mashed potatoes may be nodded in
to balls, then dipped into beaten egg
and rolled in sifted cracker crumbs.
Fry in hot lard until nicely Drowned.
Garnish with parsley.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-22

"In the matter of Perfume" says
noted florist, II have learned the
Importance of what seems a trivial
thing by catering to the tastes of
brides. When woman is going to
be married, she is strung up to high
pitch of nervous excitement, and
an extra Whit of perfume will some
times cause her to faint. Don't put
in any flower with an Odor,' is FREE
quently the instruction / get for
bridal bouquet. This is the cause of
the great demand for orchids, eX-
pensive as they are, for brides
flowers. Even the subtle, hardly
noticeable perfume of the lilies-of.
the-valley, which are charming for a
snowy bouquet, is objected to by
some. In Paris, orchids, and or
chids alone, are used for a brides
bouquet, but such a bouquet as they
make there, duplicated here, would
cost 800. We generally manage to
put in little spray of orange bios
SONS in every brides bouquet, un-
less expressly desired not to do so;
but the chief place in which orange
blossoms are used now is IN the
newspaper accounts of weddings.
The reporters conclude that brides
ought to wear orange flowers, if
they don't. Bride roses, white and
scentless, are popular for bridal
flowers, but lilies-of' the-valley, un-
obtrusive and delicate, slipping out
of their little green sheaths, with a
few orchids grouped with them, to
give the whole form and character,
are in exquisite taste"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-22
Table Linen.

Round and oblong cloths with
circular borders come in various
sizes for dining tables so shaped.
Floral designs predominant largely
in these, the clover leaf, pansy and
chrysanthemum taking the lead as
the favorites. The handsomest
ones, however, according to The
Decorator and Furnisher, are of
plain linen, known as butchers
linen, these being decorated by IA
three-inch insertion of renaissance
lace and a hemstitched strip and
edging corresponding in design with
the lace. Others are tastefully
decorated with bands of clumsy lace
in liner, alternating in Mexican
drawn work in fanciful designs.