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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-16

MAY-''They tell me your engagement
with Charley Gumphleigh is broken. How
did it happenl" Carrie-'It is no great
mystery. The fact is, he was too fresh to
keep; that's all. "-Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-16

The leg bones Of animals like the
elephant are very heavy, indeed almost
solid, being designed TO support great
weight.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-16
Ghosts Are Pale and shadow.

Say those who profess to have interviewed
them. Whether spooks are tallow-faced or
not, mortals are whose blood is thin and
watery in consequence of imperfect assimi-
lation When invalids resort to Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, and use that unequalled
tonic persistently, they soon "pick upn in
strength, flesh and color. 1t should be.
used also to prevent malarial, rheumatic
and kidney complaints, and to remedy con-
stipation, sick headache and nervousness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-16

AFTER physicians had given me up, was
saved by Piso's Cure.-RALPH ERIEG, Will
Transport, Pa, Nov. 20, 1898.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-16

"AND did he say he remembered me when
was a girl!" mo; he said he remembered
you when he was a boy"-Life.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01

EGG OMELET.-Six eggs, one table
spoon butter and salt. Beat well
two eggs with one-fourth teaspoon
full Of salt. Pour into frying pan in
which little butter has been heat
ed hot. AS soon as under side is
slightly Drowned, roll up and place
on hot plate. Repeat the process
till all the eggs have been used.
Serve hot, cutting each piece in two.
DREAMED POTATOES AT this time
of year one is apt to have a quantity
of small-sized potatoes, and here is
a good way in which to dispose of
some of them: Take two dozen
small potatoes, allow one pint of
milk, one tablespoonful of butter,
l1a tablespoonful of cornstarch, one
half teaspoonful of salt. Moisten
the cOrnstarch in half-cupful of
the milk; place the rest of the milk
on the fire, and when scalding hot
add the cOrnstarch mixture. Cook
again until scalding hot, set on the
back of the stove, and add the but
ter and salt, Have the potatoes
peeled perfectly, with no speck of
the thin skin to be seen, boiled until
tender and drained and sprinkled
with salt. Place these in the serv-
ing dish, pour over Them the cream
dressing, dust slightly with pepper
and serve at once.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01

Coffee pounded and burned on an
iron plate; sugar burned on hot
Goals; vinegar boiled with myrrh
and sprinkled on the floor and furni-
ture of a sick room.
The following is going the rounds in
household exchanges: "For clean
ing tinware there is nothing better
than dry flour applied with a news
paper. First wash the tin in hot
soap. suds, wipe thoroughly dry, and
then scour with -four and well crum-
pied newspaper"
When you feel tho pricking pain
on the eye-lid, which announces the
coming of sty, use as an applica-
tiOn very strong black tea, or simply
tea leaves, moistened with little
water, put in a small bag of muslin
and lay over the eye-lid. Moisten
again as it dries. This, if used be-
fore the sly gets we'll under Roadway,
Will generally drive it away.
Everyone knows that washed lace
is improved by being dyed in cold
coffee, but perhaps blondes are not
aware that if it be dipped in tea it
will become a color more likely to
suit them. AT any rate, lace dyed
in tea is a nice change and keeps
fresh longer.
| want to tell you some uses for
empty spools. For closets, try put
ting a spool on the nail, and then
drive it into the wall. This will pre-
vent the nail from breaking down,
even when quite heavy things are
hung on it. They are nice to use on
a screen door when the good man
has forgotten to get the knob you
asked him to get in town. We all
cannot have many conveniences
that we would like, so these make
shifts may suggest to others a way to
get along till better days arrive.
Immediately upon leaving the
sleepiDg-rOom in the morning the
windows should be all raised full
height and the doors thrown open
to enable the fresh outside air to
reach every corner of the apart
ment in free circulation. There is
power in the air to sweet
en- and to purify. Very thoughtful
people, who like things absolutely
fresh and pure, are careful to turn
back the bedclothing in such a way
that the air can touch every part
which has been in contact with the
sleeper, or, better still, the bed
is taken from the bed and
spread upon chairs near the open
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01
What is

CastOra DIR. Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children 1t contains neither Opium, Morphine
other Narcotic substance. 1t is harmless substitute
for ParegOric Drops Soothing Syrups, and Castor OIL
1t is Pleasant Its guarantee is thirty years. by
Millions of Mothers CastOra destroys Worms and alays
feverishness. CastOra prevents vomiting Sour Curd
cures Darrhea and Wind Collie. CastOria relieves
teething troubles, constipation and fatuency
CasOra assmilates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep Cas-.
tOria is the Childrens Panaceathe Mothers Friend.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01
Influence of Wealth.

A very serious and nOticeably
growing evil which it behooves all
right-minded parents to carefully
consider and endeavor to eradicate,
is the immense importance that is
attached to wealth and its luxuries
by the children of this generation in
what is known as the "smart SET"
1t would be amusing, if it were not
sad, to see the exaggerated respect
which these ignorant and necessari-
ly discriminating little beings feel
for money and moneys worth, and
how they choose their friends, not
because they are lovable, attractive
and worthy of affection, but because
they are in certain set and because
their parents are known forJthe po-
sition acquired by large possessions.
Even little ones esteem it an honor
to be among the intimates of those
who possess the lions share of this
worlds goods. 1t is a curious and
melancholy study to note how. this
faint of the almighty dollar" runs
through modern childish life.
A little girl of the period receives
q Wv VI J6W6lIy VI SllN6T dts SlIG,
and the name on the box is imme-
diately looked for to gauge its proba-
bic cost. A pretty frock or coat is
despised unless it comes from we'll
known and consequently'high-pric
establishment; While many people Of
moderate means find that they must
give up entertaining their children's
friends altogether or compete in the
latter's critical estimation with those
whose luxurious table appointments,
flowers and gifts, make a child's
party an affair of absurd cost and
consideration. Parents have only
themselves to thank for this cOndi-
ton of affairs. Children are essen
TALLY imitators, and it is the grow
ing alteration of wealth and its rep
resentatives by their elders that
perverts the minds of the coming
generation. Mammon worship is
undoubtedly one of the greatest as
well as one of the worst influences of
our modern life, and it is unreasona-
BILE to expect high ideals from the
children when the parents bow down
before the golden image.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01
women who Have the Thrills"

A noted physician, who devotes
most of his attention to neuratic all
ments, is warm in his recommended
ton of bicycling. tennis playing,
and horseback riding as a cure for
the thrills" from which so many
women suffer. What he calls
thrills" is a species of the disease
known as "house nerves. differing
from it only in that it comes from a
dull existence generally. He says
that many women who are out
every day, but whose duties keep
them in groove, suffer from
thrills as much as the housewife
who hardly ever leaves her home.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01

Would you know what to do if
baby were to put a marble in his
mouth and it were to slip down his
throat? Catch him up quickly and
hold him head downward. If the
marble should not roll out instantly.
give him sharp blow between the
shoulders and continue holding him
head downward. A marble is men
toned because accidents so fire.
quently happen through the care
lessness of big brothers who play
indoors. The same rule holds good
for any foreign substance which
sticks in the throat. Many a life
has been saved by some one happen
ing to remember what should be
done in such an emergency. If any
one chokes over food, he should at
once hold his breath and look up
ward. This stops the spasm, and
should be taught to all little chill
dren. 1t would save them from
many painful choke.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS
AT THE
LADIES' BAZAAR.
White Chip Sailors, only $500.
Trimmed Hats for 20.

We are recognized leaders in fine,
up-to-date Millinery, and offer the
best and most stylish goods at the
lowest possible prices consistent
with good quality.
We cordially invite the ladies to
come and see us, and make the Ba-
zaar their stopping place while in
town. The LADIES BAZAAR,
Bethel House Corner.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01
LETTERS.

Have not the blind their CLEANS OF daylight
back,
Though their delight of eye be cold as stone,
LIES natural joys and glOries dead and
gone,
And all earth's hues and bravery turned to
black?
Yea, led in spring along a daisied track,
Tuned voices eloquent beguile the blind,
Painting the happy May on heart and
mind;
They hear, they feel, and half forget their
lack.
Blindedl To me the liVelong day was night,
Farlng forlorn, as eyeless beggars rove,
Until, rs blind folk half regain their sight
Until, rs blind folk listening almost see
Almost myself thy letters grew to me.
NERNA NILLIERS.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01

If troubled with headache, try the
simultaneous application of hot wa
to the feet and back of the neck.
Asthma may be greatly relieved
by soaking blotting or tissue in
strong saltpeter water; dry it, then
burn it at night in the sleeping
room.
If a poison has been accidentally
swallowed, instantly drink a pint of
warm water, in which has been
stirred a teaspoonful of salt and one
or two of mustard. A half-glass of
sweet oil will render many poisons
harmless.
There are many simple and effec-
tive disinfeetants, among which are {:
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01
Beautiful Old Age.

There is such thing as beautiful
old age. When the rosy color is all
gone, when the pretty dimples have
become wrinkles, aud Youths charm
ing grace has disappeared beneath
the gnawing tooth of time, then
comes the period that tries of what
material the man or woman is made.
Alas for the old age that has nothing
left it but wrinkles and gray hairs.
Nature takes a horrible revenge upon
the life that has been given over to
selfish pleasure-seeklng first and
selfish repining afterward. There
are few objects more pitiful than an
old, peevish, disconnected man or
woman, with life steadily going out
like the flame OF a burned-out can
die, and with nothing pleasant to
dwell upon in the past, nothing
hopeful to look forward to in the flu
ture. But lovely old agel Draw up
the armchair, place the footstool
before it, and bring the young peo-
pie to look upon this perfect beauty
that comes when the year has been
a prosperous one and the shock is
fully ripe for the garner. There is
no other beauty like 1.-THE beauty
of matured, well-rounded, harmO-
NOUS life, ready and waiting for the
change that will come as softly as
the closing in of a summer even
ing.
Blessed is the household that has
an armchair in 1t, where the clos
ing of life is filled with submission
and hope, with resignation and peace
and trust. A figure is in my mind
while write--the figure of a sweet
old woman whose hair was as white
as a snowdrift, What storms had
passed over that whitened head!
Along what thorny paths had she
been compelled sometimes to go!
Troubles closed around her many
times, until it seemed that there
was no way of escape; but she was
led on, step by step, and there was
always the pillars of cloud by day,
or fire by night. She came past all
the thorny ways at last, and rested
on the shores of the placid river.
"What cheerful sweet good wo-
mani" was the cry of everyone who
saw her, and people turned and
looked after her lingeringly. "What
a cheerfully sweet good womaum
Blessed is the household that has
an armchair IN it. Put the arm
chair in the cheeriest corner. Let
light and pleasant conversation and
general laughter be about it. If you
have cares, keep them to yourself.
The trembling form that sits in the
armchair has borne the burden for
long time, and has the right to lay
it down. Some day there will be no
use for the old chair. The snowy
hair will be smoothed down for the
last time; the wrinkled face will
settle into profound repose. Keep
smiles and sunny warmth for trem-
bling old age while it is here.
When we come to occupy the old
armchair how will it be with us, I,
wonder? Perhaps we, too, will find
that the tears come easily, for so
many who started through life with
us have grown weary and fallen by
the wayside; perhaps feeble age and
its enforced inactivity will stir up
all that is bitter and rebellious in
our nature. But ahl let US hope
not. Let us live so truly and noble
that when Eat the last shall come
old agen it shall crown us with thy
placid restfulness that should come
at the close of every well-spent life,
and may all our doubts and strug-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01
Bad for the Children.

Night parties, night studies, and
double beds for nervous children
are all frowned upon by many doc
tors. One of them says: mo mat
ter in what else you economize, there
is criminal folly in economizing in
beds. Every person needs his own
bed more than he needs his Own
chair or Owa plate at the table"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01

August.-Amiable and practical;
likely to marry rich and dress strik-
ingly.
September. - Discreet, affable,
much liked and fashionable dresser.
OctOber.-Pretty and coquettish,
and devoted to attractive garniture.
November.-Liberal, kind, of a
mild disposition and an admirer of
stylish dress.
December. = Well proportional,
fond of novelty, extravaganza, and
student of dressy effects
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01
The Daily Round.

AS the warm weather approaches,
many a housekeeper will YEARLY
sigh, and say, so the commonplace
life | am leading. Just one round
of getting up and working all day,
and then creeping off to bed at night,
each day just like those gone before,
and nothing out Of the ordinary
round in any of them"
This is all true, and a faithful
picture of the lives of multitudes
among our good housekeepers. The
routine of life seems to have caught
them in its grasp. They rise and
WORK, eat, and then are off to sleep
again. And yet the very monotony
of their lives is a real and a true
grandeur, did they but realize it.
As Emerson aptly phrases the idea,
MAN is surprised to find that things
near are not less wOndrous and beau
tiful than things remote. The fool
ish man wonders at the unusual, the
wise man at the usual. 1t is in the
small everyday occurrences of our
ordinary lives that much of our
truest heroism is displayed; and the
woman who faithfully performs her
duties in the very ordinary avoca-
tiOns of domestic employments finds
if she but stop to consider the mat
ter in its true light, that she is con-
stantly building better than she is
aware of. She is keeping a home
whose very foundations are industry,
self-denial, patience, and noble liv-
ing. Each member of the house
hold may plod on from day to day,
and in their persistent efforts are to
be found the mainsprings of noble
and grand lives. 1t seems such
trifling matters to feed and clothe
and wash the children every day
and yet such work can never be
tritling. If the children never do
grow into anything beyond good
ordinary men and women, the faith
full training of each into molds of
honest fearlessness of character, will
tell much in the social well-being of
society at large. TO desire the
unique, the prominence in gifts or
talents, or the extraordinary in
development for children, is to wish
for them much loneliness and often
times unhappiness in life. 1t is the
lowlieT and humber characters who
suffer least in the hustle and jostle of
life. And of the great rank and file
the commonplace must always be
the great proportion. If the aver
age be of strong principle and high
courage, the whole will be of good
tone. Let no housekeeper despair,
then, if the daily tasks be monoton-
Gus, nor weary in welldoing, for
surely her reward is at hand if she
faint not, in the usefulness of the
lives of those about her whom she
silently, and day by day, influenced.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01

"Castoria Is the best remedy for children Of
which am acquainted. hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest OF their children, and use Castoria in
stead of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
Dr.. ]. F. KNcHE1.oE,
Conway, Ark.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01
Castoria.

"Castoria is so we'll adapted to children thai
I recommend It as superior to any prescription
known TO me-"
Fl. A. ARCHER, M. D..
Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. 7,
"our physicians in the childreu's depart
ment have spoken highly of their expert.
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits Of Castoris has won US to look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPENsARY,
Boston, Mass
ALLEN O. SMITH, hes,
'rrAy Street, Now York City.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01
Castoria.

"Csstoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children"
DR.. G. G. OsaooD,
Lowell, Mass.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01
Beauty and Fashion.

| Beauty and Fashion.
Mohair is all the rage, and has en-
tlrely replaced serge for medium
weight gowns. Summer lawns are
gorgeous-painted and embroidered
with every variety of flower. Blous-
es will again be popular as the warm
weather approaches, on condition
that they be profusely trimmed With
lace and embroideries. 1t is only
the plain linen or silk blouse that
will not find favor for the present
among us. Skirts will differ from
the bOdices, not only as regards the
silk bodice and wooden skirt, or the
black satin skirt and fancy blouse
that has for so long been the home
dress of the million, but with regard
to evening toilettes there is marked
preference for colOred skirts and
bodices of a different shade.
Vienna Guipure is the name of
new lace, worked entirely in button
hole stitch over fine cord.
Belts and buckles are to be worn
with every variety of feminine gar
ment. And every style and kind of
material has been pressed into SER
vice-elastic, silk, leather, lace, sat-
in, MORE and metal, both stiff and
woven. The leather belts appear
in diversity of styles, of which the
very latest are the "horned alliga-
tor" in dull and russell browns and
fancy dyes. White seal is equally
popular, and is much worn in half
mourning, with a fine cut steel
buckle as a clasp. For full mourn
ing the preference is for dull, gros-
grain silk belts finished with rich
jet clasps. Patent leather belts are
worn with trim fitting costumes and
are clasped with plain steel buckles.
For white satin or leather belts the
appropriate finish is found in gold
filigree, in tinted miniatures or mo-
safes. Rhinestone buckles are also
effective with white belts for dressy
toilettes.
With tight fitting bodices, belts
should pass through the side seams
and never show all the way round,
while with full effects they should
circle the waist and clasp conspicu-
ously. The girl with the slender,
SLENDER waist" may be adorned
with the narrOwest threads of belts.
An excellent width of belt for a
stout person is two and a half inches,
explains the New York World,
which illustrates some of the new
est styles in belts. Dainty belts and
girdles for organdie frocks are shown
in gilt metal and in Dresden rib
bons. For snowy visiting toilets the
lace belt, which is a fine pattern of
rare lace drawn smoothly over a
plain surface, is the newest arrange
ment. Leather belts are most often
seen with tailor gowns. Egyptian
silver belts are much sought after.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01
Horoscope for Girls.

Here is an old astrological predic-
tion of the character of n girl born in
each of the months:
January.-She will be a prudent
housewife, given to melancholy, but
good tempered and fond of fine
clothes.
February.--An affectionate wife
and tender mother, and given to
dress.
March.-A frivolous chatterbox,
somewhat given to quarreling, and a
connoisseur in gowns and bonnets.
April.-Inconstant, not very intel
ligent, but likely to be good-lOoking,
and studious of fashion plates.
May.-Handsome, amiable, and
given to style in dress.
June. - Impetuous; will marry
young; will be frivolous, and like
dressy clothes.
July. - Possibly handsome, but
with a sulky temper and a penchant
8.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01

The green coat so fashionable in
oak may be given to it by using a
stain of lampblack mixed with lin
seed oil and turpentine. Rub the
stain well into the grain of the wood,
and finish with orange shellac. The
shellac will change the black to
green in the same way.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01

A pretty and novel wav to drape a
mantel is to procure 80 yards of
plain china silk in any desirable
shade and sew to it lengthwise a
strip of Persian silk, also 80 yards
long, but only half as wide. Fasten
the scarf at one end even with the
mantel board, and at the other form
a loose knot of the long end, letting
it hang in folds. Take the other
half width of Persian silk and to it
attach small brass rings; through
these run brass rod. Secure this
by tiny brass brackets to the wall
above the mantel, taking care that
the silk reaches that which covers
the top of the shelf. This forms a
beautiful background for photo
graphs or bric-a-brac. At the side
of the mantel where no drapery falls,
place huge plant or several plants
in graduated wire rack until the
topmost one stands on line above
the mantel. This mode of decora-
ton is particularly pretty for din
ing-room.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01

giles be answered when we journey
down to the tomb and find the stone
rolled away.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01
The Nails.

Women never cared more care
fully for their nails than now, but
the woman of taste avoids extremes
in this as in all things. Pink nails
are admired because a perfect nail
should be thin enough to show the
rosy blood beneath, but a nail glow
ing with the red salve of the toilet
table is no better liked than lips and
cheeks which owe their brilliancy
to the rouge pot. Nor is an artifi-
cial polish to be recommended. The
natural gloss merely should be main
tanned and heightened. The best
authorities forbid the use Of the
nailbrush; any dust or soil may be
removed with bit of cotton wound
around wooden toothpick or bit of
orange wood. The small emery
boards, which are sold everywhere
for the purpose, keep the under sur
face of the nail SO smooth that little
or nothing can adhere.