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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
FOR DEvOTEES OF DRESS.
Pretty Combinations in Winter Co.'S
tunes for Home and Out
door Wear.

For dressy afternoon wear, nothing
is in such good taste as a gown of what
is known as lustrous faced cloth.
which, if for walking, would better be
of rich dark color or some of the
tan shades or even violet, and made
rich by furs either in sets or trim
niings. Besides, an almost unlimited
amount of lace is used upon some of
these cloth gowns.
Combinations of the long haired.
silky zibelines and plain broadcloth are
novel features on some of the smartest
winter models. The effect is like a
fur trimmed gown, as the new zibelines
bear striking resemblance to fur,
says the New York Tribune.
The latest fad is to wear a short
Elton jacket of fur that will either
match or contrast with the cloth, vel
vet or velveteen gown. With all the
shades of brown, which are many and
rich looking, jackets of mink lin the
darkest shades) are worn. With gray
and black gowns, sable, mole and
squirrel jackets are worn, unless the
wearer prefers all black, and then
baby lamb is most attractive.
While there is a great run on violet
shades land they are so rich in vel
vets), there is a pronounced prefer
ence for reception gowns of green the
exact shade of emerald. 1t Tights
up beautifully by gas or electric light,
the rays playing among the soft half
ChadGc iuh ;nh Nf
velvet with wonderful effect; and
white flowers, pearls, emeralds or dia-
monds are appropriately worn with
such gown.
For house dresses, yellow, in all
shades from cream to rich orange, is a
fad of the season. 1t is becoming to
blond or brunette, looks well by gas
light or day. and is wonderfully effect
i've with soft meshed laces, either in
white, cream or butter color
The fichu finish for gowns or the
bertha, either, is much favored for
demitoilette, as it leaves the corsage
slightly decollete, thus rendering it
suitable for the house or for theater
wear with hat and wrap.
new idea, or rather an old one re-
vived, is that the hat must match the
gown, thus necessitating the possess
sion of as many hats as gowns. 1t is
artistic and effective, and can be man
aged with little extra cost, if one has
taste and skill for managing one or
two black and white hats with differ
ent trimmings, which can be adjusted
by deft fingers in few moments.
But, whatever the style or shape Of
the hat, to be modish it must be worn
lifted rather high from the head, that
is, if the wearer's face will admit OF
it. This effect may be obtained by d
"barette" of velvet inside the crown,
if the hair is not worn high.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
SAT DOWN, ANYHOW.
Chair Was Not in Its Accustomed
Place and Dignity WIS
Shattered.

The dignity of the supreme court was
somewhat shaken the other day through
the removal of a chair from its GUS
tomary place, relates a Washington re-
port.
1t was during the argument on the
Northern Securities suit, and the interest
in the case had brought so many law
yers into court that it became necessary
to provide additional seats within the
rallied space reserved for members of
the supreme court bar. Chairs were
brought from the marshals Office and
the clerks Office, and to accommodate
a late arrival chair used by one of the
pages who sit in the space behind the
justices seats was taken during the
temporary absence of the youngster on
an errand.
Now, this page is of particularly
chunky and solid build, and when he re-
turned to his station, and without no.
ticing the absence of the chair, pumped
himself down in the place it should have
been, there was sound that might fifty
be described as dull, sickening thud.
1t was sufficiently startling to bring one
of the dignified justices to his feet and
to cause another to rise partly from his
chair, while even the attorney general
paused for moment in the delivery Of
his argument.
The court officials rushed around back
of the partition, with visions, pret APPS,
of dynamite bombs or something OF that
kind, and those of the audience sitting
where they could see behind the screen
craned their necks, but when the Offend
ing page pulled himself together and
stood up, looking sheepish and rubbing
the bruised portion of his anatomy, and
at the same time trying to assume an in
nocent expression, he was greeted with a
broad smile that finally spread over
the entire room.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04

her. The major would get up in the
night when Marie was wakeful, and sing
her the old songs of the empire. The
major would set aside the most press
ing duty to mount with her on the
venerable Michaels back and take her
for an airing. That was a happy time
for him, although his garden was ru-
ined by the drought, his onion-crop a
total failure.
There had been no rain since early in
July and it was now October. The
country about Peshtigo had sea-
soned in the sun until the Whole region
was tinder-box, ready for the match.
Peshtigo itself was ''sawdust town"
which meant that every mill, besides
the lumber it turned out, belched forth
tons Of refuse, which was heaped every
where. A general fire in such a place
obliterates the very streets.
On a certain Sunday in October the
major stood in the cabin door, surveying
his little domain. Fires were shoulder
ing here and there, clouds of smoke hung
above the trees, and he was worried.
Marie's nurse was i'll, and had gone that
morning 10 her relatives in the Sugar
Bush. For that reason, and because the
fires In the vicinity had become serious,
he had determined to take Marie to the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04

strand of the ribbon. Fasten one end
securely on the wrong side under one
of the violets, using ordinary needle
and thread with which to do the tack
ing. Now thrust the needle and ribbon
through to the right side just at the
center of the violet, and down again
at the outer edge of one of the petals,
continuing thus until all are finished,
making each petal with one stitch.
The ribbon is then cut off and the end
secured underneath as in the beginning
Care should be taken after each
stitch to make the folds or wrinkles
which the ribbon assumes, turn down
ward toward the linen instead of curv-
ing up. Sometimes a tiny stitch or
two with silk thread of the same
shade is necessary to make the ribbon
stay in place, but this should not
be resorted to if it can be avoided, as
it produces O. stiff, set look, which is
not desirable. Ii more than one shade
s used, make some flowers darker
some cases lighter or darker than the
lower ones, planning 10 nave the BIOS
SONS as varied as possible.
The hearts of the violets are then
embroidered with few stitches of pale
green floss on the large petals running
from the center a short distance down
the petal This touch of green is then
surmounted by couple of stitches in
yellow at either side of it and uniting
in the center. thus forming an inverted
V over the ribbon. These stitches aid
In holding the ribbon in place, and
must be put in only after the ribbon
is in its proper position.
Use violet or green silk or nearsilk
for the back Of this pillow, and finish
the edge with cord of like color
Mae Y. Mahaffy, in Ohio Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
CANARY ISLAND LACES.

IN quality and of very close and pref
ty weave, with luster like that of
pearls upon it. 1t is practically indie
structible, and when it has had it's day
in high society and graced table set
with Royal Worcester or finest Limoges
it may, perhaps, be relegated to the use
of those who cannot live in fashions
heyday, but who will none the less en-
joy the delicate mesh of this lace from
the islands of southern seas.
The natives of the Canary islands
draw the threads of the linen just as 90
the lace workers of Paraguay and Mex
leo, and work out their lace patterns
upon the remaining threads in the cor
ners and borders of their pieces
Strangely commingled in their work are
the old Spanish stitches, introduced by
the Moors, and evident in nearly all fine
antique lace, and the Indian lace stitch
common to South and Central American
Indians. This quaint mingling of two
styles of lace stitches gives Canary is
land lace place of its own.
The borders and corners Of the table
pieces are very richly worked in an open
design that alternates with closely
worked pattern the general tendency of
which is to square effects. 1t is in these
portions Of the adornment that Moorish
influences are perceptible, for the edges
of all the pieces are finished with disks
very similar in make to those of the
Mexicans
Some Of the plate doilies have the
prettiest little star shapes of open
thread lace, as though some native had
copied starfish or perhaps dreamed
sweet, starlit dreams and woven the
thread of fancy into the meshes of her
lace.
All the small doilies are of solid lace,
while the larger ones are worked into
fancy open patterns in the linen centers
and bordered with wheel-shaped disks
OF thread lace.
The sameness Of this border pattern
gives an individuality to the linen sets,
because the inner patterns are wholly
different from it in type.
In the Canary islands even poor ma
tives revel in the possession of lace
beautiful enough to be desired by cult
waited metropolitan tastes accustomed to
beauty, and its value has hitherto been
as little appreciated by them as has
been that of the exquisite Paraguayan
lace to its patient makers. Now, per-
haps, the soft-eyed makers of Canary
island lace will rejoice at the solid re-
turns from America which they receive
in exchange for its beauty, although to
them the information that "all the most
fashionable people in New York are
buying it" will convey no meaning.
In the simple lives of these little
workers beauty comes as an inspiration
and has no part in a word not coined
in their tongue-"fashion." IN. Y. Her
aid,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
DECREASING RAPIDLY.
Birth Rate of the Bay State Has Faisen
on Very NOticeabIy in the
Last Few Years.

Massachusetts is facing the alarming
fact that while there was big increase
in the number of marriages in 1902, the
birth rate has fallen off so noticeably
that Sweden and France are now the
only countries where fewer children are
born per 1000 of the inhabitants than
In the Bay state. The news is found in
the sixty-first annual report of Births,
Marriages and Deaths in Massachu-
sets" edited by DR.. Francis A Harris,
one of tie medical examiners in Suffolk
county. DR.. Harris says:
THE birth rate for 1902 is the lowest
since 1879, and decrease of 40 per cent.
from the previous year. Doubtless eco
nomlc conditions of the population have
an influential effect on the number of
births by increasing or decreasing the
numbe of marriages, but to what extent
1t is difficult to determine. In the num-
Der of births the children of the for
elgn born mother are largely in excess
over the native.
The average birth rate for 1S49-5S
was $3.50 per cent. for native-born liv-
ing births and 4004 for foreign; the av-
erage of 1S59-G9, the native, 46.O6 and
1859 foreign; the average of 1S69-73
was 1904 for the native and 4S.4S for
foreign; 1S74-7S, average 4Ooz for ma
tive and 1870 for foreign; average 1879
S3, 4l.6S for native and Al 80 for foreign.
IN 1880 the percentage of native-born
was S4S2, foreign-born, A4.10; and in
1900 the percentage was 31.45 for native.
1870 for foreign-born.
The number of marriages registered
IN Massachusetts in 1902 was 25 .6S5.
which was 794 more than in 1901 and
l,943 more than in 1900, and greater
IMAM IN any year since the beginning Of
registration. The number of persons
married for each 1000 of the estimated
population was 174S, so that the num-
Der of marriages to each 1000 was STA
The marriage rate, as calculated from
the estimated population, was oil less
than the average rate for the decade
lS93-19O3, but the number of persons
married was greater than in any year
since 1850"
Some singular facts are brought out
IN the report. In the town of New Ash
field there was neither marriage, birth
nor death. Gosnold a Marthas Vineyard
town, nearly equaled this record, having
neither marriage nor a death. but it
did have one birth. In Gay Head there
was one marriage, one birth and no
deaths. Seven sets of triplets were
born, aggregating IA boys and seven
girls. Four bridegrooms out of the U.s.
6S5 married over so years of age. Three
women became brides at between rs and
80. Seven girls married at the age of
IA and 20 at the age of Is. The young
est boy married was 16 years old.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04

They are telling story down in
south Missouri of cub" reporter in
Springfield whose head was slightly
turned by newspaper perquisites. !"
The new reporter found that by sim
ply saying Pm newspaper report
er" he could generally gain free ad-
mittance to theaters and other places.
He became SO used to getting things
free this way, the story goes, that
when the contribution box came his
way in church last Sunday he looked
up at the man passing it and, with a
wave of his hand, said: I'm a news
paper reporter" 1t is a wonder he
didn't take a quarter or so.-Kansas
City S.ar
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
The Majors
Saddle Bags
ON NOTABLE occasions Basil Du-

ON NOTABLE occasions Basil Du-
" charme arrayed himself in the
huge cooked hat which he had worn as
soldier of France Hepossessed, like
wise, another relic of former glories-a
pair of enormous sadle-bags, with which
he was wont to burden Michael, his ven
cradle donkey. But he allowed himself
only one vanity of speech. when Mar
shall Ney gave me my commission" was
phrase he sometimes used before
strangers. Peshtigo people did not
need to hear it. They knew him and be-
Seved in him as great man.
The major had been only boy when
he went to the wars, and he was not
much more than a youth when the bat
tie of Waterloo and bullet in his Shout
der peremptorily retired him to paths
of peace. He had come to America
to the Green Bay region of Wisconsin,
to join brother, bachelor like him
self.
The brother died, but the major re-
manned. There were many colonies of
French and Belgians on the shores of
the bay. He felt at home And when
he hal grown to be an old man he found
a special intimate friend.
This was DR.. Louis Bonnet, French
man born, educated and married in
Canada, yet with soul akin to that Of
the major Never had the major found
so sympathetic a listener to his tales of
France, of Napoleon and the grand army.
Alas. that their communion was
doomed to be interrupted
DR.. Bonnet was much older than his
wife, and the springs of his life seemed
to weaken when she died suddenly, three
years after leaving Quebec for their new
home in the Wisconsin forest. Then
there was much illness, and the doctor
toiled hard that summer, visiting poor
and stricken homes where no fees await
ed him. In September he took the pre-
vailing fever and died.
By common consent, the orphan
daughter of the Bonnets, little Marie,
not yet two years old, was taken in
charge by Maj. Ducharme. To his home
she was transferred by the old nurse
who had cared for her since the mothers
death.
The baby had been free of the majors
cabin before, but now she ruled it and
Its occupants in a manner that set at
naught all the established rules of
baby-tending. The major would put on
his precious cooked hat and caper for
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
DAINTY SOFA PILLOW.
An Exquisite Fancy Work Idea from
France, at Once Simple and
Yet Decorative.

Pretty sofa pillows add greatly to
the furnishings and general appearance
of a room, and the one | am about to
describe, with its exquisite ribbon-work
blossoms, cannot fail to please even the
most fastidious., The French people
are noted for their artistic tastes, and it
is to them that we are indebted for this
dainty art of ribbon work
In this pillow, violets and their TO-
liage are the motif; huge bunch in one
corner, a little group or two in others,
and some loose, scattered ones, leaving
the careless grace of the natural flower
plainly evident The material used as
a background is brown linen. A cream
colored basket weave canvas is also very
beautiful carried out in this manner.
The leaves and stems are first embroid-
cred solidly in shades of green floss,
and then comes the ribbon work.
For this two or three shades of violet
colored silk ribbon are required, rib
bon that is soft, pliable and about half
inch wide. One shade can be made to
answer, but the result is much more
pleasing if two or three are used, and as
the same quality and width are required
the expense will be no greater. The
French embroidery ribbons are shaded
themselves, so that only the one length
is needed, but it is not always possible
to secure them. About four yards will
be necessary in this instance.
Select a needle with long eye, and
not too coarse. Thread this with
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
COMES HOME AT NIGHT.

How the chiidren's faces brighten.
How they drop their toys and books,
How the mothers burdens tighten,
How eXpectant each one looks,
How the youngsters run to meet him,
How they shout in their delight.
How they throng to kiss and greet him
When papa comes home at night
How all troubles seem to vanish,
How all little quarrels cease,
How he seems all gloom to Danish,
How he brings in joy and peace;
How his smile smooths every wrinkle,
How he sets all wrong Alright,
How he unkinks every crinkle-
When papa comes home at night!
Blest, ah, blest beyond all speaking
Is that happy family,
With a loving father seeking
To preserve it trouble-free.
Let no harm, we pray, come near him
Sudden death-untimely blight;
But long may his children cheer him
When papa comes home at night
Percy f. Bicknen, in Good Housekeep-
ing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
Creme de Menthe s,ndv,.b.v

Creme de menthe sandwiches are a
pretty novelty, the recipe for which is
given in the Cooking Club For 20 min
utes infuse a tablespoonful of pulver-
lied mint leaves in two tablespoonfuls
of hot water; strain and add it to one
pint of whipped double cream add also
saltspoonful of salt, dash of white
pepper and half an ounce of gelatine
softened in tablespoonful of cold
water and dissolved over hot water.
Cool in square mold, and when cold
cut in thin slices and place between sim
llar-sized pieces of brown bread.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
Self COnsciOusness.

Self-consciousness calls for outdoor ex-
ercise, plenty of rest and sleep, a mild
nerve tonic and mixing more with peo-
pie. Just remember that all the world
is not looking at you. Nest of the world
is extremely busy hustl.ng for living
and minding its own business. When
you have some good ideas in your head.
don't belittle them to yourself, but just
let them out. 1t is quite likely that on
are just as right as the next one only
you don't know it.-Chicago Record
Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
Honey ms n Home Remedy.

Honey is valuable medicine, and has
many uses 1t is excellent in most lung
and throat affections, fSd is often used
with great benefit in place of cod liver
oil. Occasionally there is person with
whom it does not agree, but most people
can learn to use it with beneficial re-
suit Children who have natural appe-
tites generally prefer it to butter.
Honey is a laxative and sedative, and
in diseases of the bladder and kidneys 1t
IL an excellent remedy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04

Being a printer, Mr.. DASH" said
the hotel proprietor, maybe you can
advise me. l want to get sign
painted Writing Room Free to Our
Patrons or something like that"
Il don't like patrons, said Mr..
Dash.
NO. Maybe that doesn't sound
just right. What would you sug-
gest?"
Victims" - Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04

Two days later Marie Bonnet's
nurse, desperately hurrying back to
Peshtigo, met some people who told
her Of miraculous escape. A child
had been placed in one of the pockets
of prodigious pair of saddle-bags and
committed to the care of a donkey
which trusty beast had saved both
the child's life and his own by saga
ciously walking into a pom near the
Sugar Bush road.
So! And where was the child? One
should see William DuQuette, the
blacksmith? Very we'll, then To Will
liam Duquette went Mother La Rose
straightway, and proved that it was
the little Marie who had been in the
saddle-bag, and who had come out Of
it a trifie stupefied by smoke, nut very
much alive; in fact, wholly unframed.
Years after, when the little Marie
was old enough to understand, she
found occasion for pride and rejoicing
in the fact that she had been chris
tened Marie Ducharme Bonnet. She
liked to think that the name brought
her nearer to the spirit of the old SOL
der who had loved her and guarded
her to the last-Youth's Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
Half Apple Pie.

This is described as the pie grand
mother made. and is excellent. Use I'M
der crust only. Choose an apple that
will cook quickly; peel, cut into halves
and fill crust. Fill the center of each
half with sugar and a bit of butter.
Sprinkle lightly with -four and grated
nutmeg, add very little water. Bake
in a moderate oven.-Rural New Yorker,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04

He-Beautiful one, is the answer
to my suit to be word of two let
tiers or of three?
She-It's a word Of three letters
It's
"Oh, joy!"
"No; it's nit."-Boston Globe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04

A pinch of baking soda added to the
vinegar for boiled salad dressing forever
banishes the fear Of curdling.-Good
Housekeeping.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
Chicago Restaurants vindIcate,

ChicABo RcStNuFHntS binulcnteO.
One man ate so much IL Chicago
restaurant that he dropped dead, re.
marks the News of that city. Doesn't
that rather vindlcate our restaurantsi
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-15
PORTLAND MARKET.

Wheat-Walla Walla, CSC.
Vallay-77@7Sc
Flour-Portland, best grade, $4,000
4.35 graham, $3.50@4.00.
Oats-Choice white, $1.22lh.
Barley-Feed, $1,000 per ton; rolled
$4,000
Millstuff-Bran, $1,000.
Hay-Timothy, $15@$16.
Potatoes-Fancy, 75c@$1.00.
Bggs-oregon ranch, 19@19hc.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, 12@12'c
per pound; turkeys, 14@16c.
Pork-Dressed. 7@Sc.
Beef-DTessed, 5@6c.
Veal--6@7c.
Hops-1903 crop, 21@24c.
WOol-valley, 10000; Eastern Or.
egon, 10017c; Mohair, 3Oc for choice.
Hides-dry. 1s pounds and upwards,
15@15hc.
Butter-Fancy creamery, zoe.