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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10
Recipes.

Ginger Snaps-One cup molasses,
one cup of sugar, one tablespoonful OF
ginger, one-half cup butter, two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder and flour
enough to make stiff to roll. They
can be cut in any desired shape.
Chicken Pilan-Cut up the chicken
and put on to boil with sufficient wa
ter to keep it from scorching. Add
salt, pepper anda small piece of onion.
When the chicken is done add pieces
of bologna sausage, then stir in with
q silver fork one quart of rice and
continue to stir until the rice is we'll
cooked and dry. Serve on fiat dish.
Cranberry Batter Pudding one
cup of milk add two well beaten eggs,
two tablespoons of sugar and two ta
blespoons of melted butter, one-quar-
ter teaspoon of salt, two and one-half
cups of flour, one heaping teaspoon of
baking powder and one cup of cram
berries, coarsely chopped. Steam for
two hours and serve with sweet
sauce.
Potato Pone-Peel four large sweet
potatoes, CRATE them and stir in a ta-
blespoonful of butter, one pint of mo-
lasses and one pound of brown sugar,
a teaspoonful of powdered orange
peel, one-quarter pound of citron cut
in small pieces. and one quart of cold
water. Pour into biscuit pans and
bake. When nearly cold cut in square
pieces and serve.
Ribbon Wafers-To one pound of
fine sugar add one-quarter of pound
of flour and the grated peel of two
lemons; beat the whites and yolks of
two eggs separately, then add the
other ingredients to them; grease some
shallow pans with melted butter, roll
out the paste very thin. When the
waters are half done, cut in strips, roll
round your finger and return them to
the oven again to crisp.
Red Cabbage Salad Shred one-h half
of large head of red cabbage and
pour boiling water over it; cover close.
ly for ten minutes, then drain. Boil
five Frankfurter sausages for fifteen
minutes, and when cold cut into slant
wise slices; add to the cabbage one
tablespoonful of chopped onion and
one tablespoonful of chopped parsley.
Season with pepper end salt, and when
cold dress with French dressing.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10

Circus day in any Western town at
the present time, according to the New
York Herald, is very much like the
circus day of old, except that there is
vastly more of it. 1t is as much o
holiday as Christmas and the Fourth
Of July thrown into one. The poor,
benighted little New York boy who
goes to Madison Square Garden and
thinks he has seen it all would have
some of the conceit taken out of him
could he be transported to some one
day stand on the Western prairies on
the day when the circus is billed to
appear.
The first gray streaks of dawn find
the town already astir, with the rail-
road station as the centre of interest.
In the old days it used to be turnpike,
but the time when the circus travelled
from town to town in caravans is no
more. Nowadays it is very one
horse show indeed that doesn't own
its own rolling stock.
The small boy of course, pre-
dominates. He has secured the loft
lest perch within the range of his in
ventive genius. Suddenly, from the
dizzy height of the tallest telegraph
pole he shouts, ''Here she comes!"
The cry is taken up below. Half a
mile away, around curve, column
of smoke is seen, trailing away toward
the horizon and a few minutes later
the powerful locomotive, snorting and
putting like spirited horse, comes
into view. Behind it is long line of
yellow cars, and far off, at the rear
end, glimmer the lights of the caboose.
which have not yet been extinguished.
Then comes the unloading of the
mo prosaic paraphernalia-the huge
ten poles, the acres of canvas, and all
the other homely objects which are
quite essential in the rapid transforma-
ton so soon to follow. Gangs of men
scurry hither and thither, apparently
all getting into each others way, but
really working like the one great
machine of which each man is really
part.
Wagon after wagon comes off the
train with military precision. Two,
four, and even ten horse teams are
coming from the direction of the stock
cars, all ready to start for the show
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
A Brazilian doctor says that coffee
is certain cure for anaemia.

A Brazilian doctor says that coffee
is certain cure for anaemia.
Trolley car ambulances are to be in
troduced in the city of Pittsbrrg, run
ming Independently over all the street
Car tracks as called for.
Miss Eleanor Ormerod declares that
the English cockroach is in danger of
determination before the hordes Of
imported German black beetles.
What is probably the largest loco
motive in the world has just been COM
pleted and weighs, with the tender,
over 2S5, 900 pounds. It il, for use
in Mexico.
Munich used to be notorious for its
excessive typhoid fever death-rate, it
being twenty-nine per 10000 in 1856.
With the introduction of pure water
supply and improved sewer system it
has fallen to less than two per 10, 900.
The Semaine Medical publishes de-
tails of the successful experiments
made in Naples by Cantani in making
guinea pigs immune against the infiu-
enza ison by vaccinating them with
steri Ntures of the influenza
bacilln-
Professor George Lincoln Goodale of
Harvard university says that there are
now about 200, 900 species of plants,
divided into towering and fowerless
plants, and although nearly all of the
towering varieties might be used for
food, only about 1000 are SO used and
only 800 are frequently.
In paper read before the Paris
Academy of Sciences, M. Jacquemin
communicated the results of expert
ments showing that leaves of fruit
trees, vines, ETC., develop strong
bouquet of the fruit when soaked in
alcohol. He thinks the quality OF a
poor vintage might be improved by
the addition of some leaves during
fermentation.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10

grounds. The townspeople are agape.
When Obadiah Jones's new threshing
machine had arrive few days before
it had taken almost an entire day to
unload it from the train, if they had
undertaken to unload that pole wagon
it would have taken them week.
Meantime, away out on the prairie,
toward the east, faint cloud of dust
has arisen. Toward the south SINH
lar cloud is seen, and toward the west
are others. The thrifty farmers, COM
ing from far distant points, many of
them having been en- route all night,
begin to come in and look for suitable
camping places for their families and
their teams. The dust cloud grows
heavier and heavier as each moment
passes, until by the time the warning
whistle of the locomotive drawing the
second train is heard gray streaks line
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10

the morning breeze, smells sweet and
savory to the hungry throng now fill
ing the vacant spaces around the tents.
The camp cooks have already lighted
their fires and the great caldrons are
sizzling upon the cranes. This means
preparation for the midday meal,
which even now has all been arranged
and is bound to be ready for every one
shortly after return from parade.
That free glimpse of the enchanted
land behind the swelling canvas is
given at about 10 o'clock. Who that
has ever. seen it on clear, Western
morning can forget the gorgeous bands
of music, the cavalcade of equestrians,
the open cages of wild beasts, the
funny band Of clown musicians, the
general atmosphere of voluntary
holiday, when every boy has money
in his pocket, when his whole object
in life is to spend it.
But what of the streets in town dur
ing this interval? Excursion trains
have been coming in from every point
within fifty miles of the show town.
Every train has been crowded to the
very steps with eager, expectant peo-
pie. Their tickets are in their hat
bands, where they will remain until
the conductor demands them at night,
for who has time to think of tickets
when there is big show in town?
Thousands upon thousands of farmers
have come in from the surrounding
country. Their teams, unhitched, line
the side streets upon every side.
Vacant lots are filed with them and
the alleys and lanes of the town are
impossible. The sidewalks and store
doors are sought as places of vantage,
and an hour before the band strikes
up at the show grounds there is solid
line of humanity from one end of the
town to the other.
By noon every face is turned toward
the show grounds. The side show
properly seen and its myriad Of curios
and freaks explained, the tide turns
toward the ticket wagon. Another
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10
Power of the Marseillaise II ymn.

Nothing OF the kind in this world
can be more impressive than the way
in which an audience of six thousand
French radicals receives that wonder
full air, (the Marseillaise), says Col.
Il. w. Higginson in the Atlantic. |
observed that the chorus of young
men who lead the singing never once
looked at the notes, and few even had
any, so familiar was it to all. There
was perfect hush in that vast audi
ence while the softer parts were sung,
and no one joined even in the chorus
at first, for everybody was listening.
The instant, however, that the strains
closed, the applause broke like
tropical storm, and the clapping of
hands was like the taking flight of o
thousand doves all over the vast
arena. Behind those twinkling hands
the light dresses of the ladies and the
blue blouses of workingmen seemed
themselves to simmer in the air,
there was no coarse noise of pounding
on the floor or drumming on the seats,
but there was vast cry of ''Bis! Bis!"
sent UP from the whole multitude, de-
manding repetition. The moment
the first verse was sung through for
the second time, several thousand
voices Joined in the chorus; then the
applause was redoubled, as if they had
gathered new sympathy from one an
other, after which there was still one
more great applauding gust, and then
an absolute quiet.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10
But the Dog Would Not Keep stin.

A dog caused some commotion at
prominent East Side church Sunday
evening. He sneaked into the church
and kept fairly quiet until the bass So
loist was singing beautiful selection,
'Wait Thou Still" But the dog did
not heed the injunction of the singer.
He barked right out in meeting, and
some of the audience smiled. just as
the singer concluded his song the dog
gave forth one sharp vigorous bark, as
if of approval. The singer did not
show any signs of interruption, but it
certainly was somewhat trying on his
nerves to sing while this dog was
walking up and down the aisle The
preacher saw the dog before he barked,
and so ludicrous was the situation
that the preacher could not refrain
from laughing. The dog was hustled
out OF church, but not until he had
entered protest in the shape of ba; Ia
and growls. columbus Dispatch.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10
A Good Wood Polish.

In these days of uncarpeted floors
and Persian rugs good wood polish
is always welcome. A polish that
halls from Japan is said to be very fine
for furniture as we'll as floors. 1t con-
sists of one pint each of linseed oil
and cold, strong tea, the whites of two
eggs and two ounces of spirits of salts.
These several ingredients to be mixed
thoroughly together and poured into
bottle, which should be well shaken
before the polish is used. A few drops
are poured upon rubbing pad of soft
silk and the wood rubbed with it, be-
ing afterward polished with an old silk
handkerchief. The process is a tedi-
GUS and fatiguing one for the cleaner,
but its effect surpasses that of any
easier or quicker method.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10
Bedroom Slippers.

To make pair of bedroom slippers
knitted in two colors, two knitting
needles, No 13, pair of lambs wool
soles, quarter of q pound of Berlin
wool in two contrasting colors, and a
yard of narrow satin ribbon for bows.
About two and a quarter ounces of the
dark wool and one and half, or
little over, will be sufficient for a No.
slipper.
The pattern is simple and consists
of eight rows. Cast on eighteen
stitches with the dark wool, knit one
row plain and join on the light wool.
Then the actual pattern begins:
Slip two stitches, knit two with the
light wool, slip two dark, knit two
with the light and so ON. The next
three rows are exactly the same except
that the light stitches knitted in the
first and third rows are purled in the
second and fourth. The remaining
four rows are plain and all with the
dark wool, two knitted, the next
purled, and the last knitted. This
completes the pattern and gives a
pretty rib, which will be necessary to
pin the strip OF knitting round the
sole to test the length before taking
off the stitches. The shape of the
shoe is formed by one end of the
knitted strip being sewed very firmly
not to the end, but to the end of the
side, so that the first rib knit lies at
right angles to the final ones, to the
ends of which it is joined. The last
rib thus makes part of the lower edge.
to be sewed to the sole. The extreme
corner should be turned under, which
gives nice round shape to the toe.
To turn the toe make strip of loop
trimming in crochet or knitting. 1t
is most quickly done in crochet. Four
stitches will make it wide enough
and the loops are made in each
stitch in alternate rows, winding the
wool three times round the fingers.
Detroit Free Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10

pandemonium, in which each individ-
ual in the vast throng imagines he
must get his ticket first or be forever
debarred. A struggling, surging mass
OF humanity, with hands and arms
high iu air, clutching tightly to the
money which is to be invested in the
magical pas. oboards that will admit
them to the ~enders of the big show.
The crowd carries itself along until
each OF its component parts has reached
the goal. The money is snatched from
the uplifted fingers aud tickets placed
in its stead, SO quickly, yet SO accur-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10

has not the last train just come in?
To their surprise, however, the mem
agerie tent, with its six great centre
poles, is up and finished. The horse
tent is in position, the managers are
filed and the horses are munching
away at that breakfast which the
townspeople forgot to get. The cook
tents, one large tent for the working
men and another of similar size for the
performers, have been erected and the
choicest of steaks are broiling on the
ranges, whilst the fumes of steaming
coffee and hot biscuits, waited upon
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10
THE REAL CRCUS---SEEN BEHIND THE CANVAS.
vicistudes Life eRoadPic From Real

ately, that the bewildered, perspiring
purchaser scarcely knows how it was
done. Yet, he has his tickets, and
then begins battle for exit from the
crowd. There is no relief however.
until the doorway to the menagerie is
passed, and then the crowd spreads
out within its spacious arena and be-
gins the real enjoyment of the day.
A circus is circus the world over,
and to describe the performance in
this particular Western town would be
but to repeat an old story. And yet
there are some old stories that are
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10
Town Where Everybody is Irish.

OF Benedicta, Me-, Professor Bate.
man writes eff there is another town
in this country like it am unable to
locate it. The peculiarity of the place
is the fact that the population is com.
posed exclusively Of Irishmen. There
is not family in the entire township
through whose veins courses any other
blood than that of the Emerald Isle."
Lewiston me. Journal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10

out toward the horizon in every direc-
tion
Two trains have been unloaded and
the eyes OF the multitudinous small
boy are fairly bulging from their sock.
cts. Where will it all end? A third
train comes putting in, and ON this is
the menagerie. The small boy is now
in state bordering ON nervous
frenzy. 1t is doubtful if he knows his
own name.
Off toward the show ground goes the
morning crowd. Surel- they will be
IN time to see all the tents put up, fc.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10
To waterproof a Dress.

Mix two ounces of powdered alum
and the same amount of sugar of lead
with two gallons of rain water, and
when sufficiently amalgamatedp pour of
the water from the sediment which
will necessarily settle. Soak the gar
ment in the liquid for about twelve
or fifteen hours, and when dry it can
be ironed and considered ready to
withstand the rain. 1t will of course
be. wise to subject only fast colors to
the treatment, and very fine fabrics
would be better left alone.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10
HELPS FOR HOUSEWIVES.
Bath for Dressed Fowls.

In preparing all fowls for the table.
after the pin feathers are removed
scrub the skin thoroughly with warm
soapsuds, then rinse with clear cold
water and wipe dry. No one has any
idea how dirty the skin of fowl is
until it emerges from such bath, with
a complexion entirely altered.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10

An expert declares that he knows OF
at least 600 counterfeits of the old
masters which are now hanging in pri-
vate galleries in the United States, all
purchased at high prices.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10

nearly the speed that he displayed in
the race. 1t is really long, low,
sweeping trot, and is not unlike the
gallop of the horse. After an exciting
race the moose, who showed signs of
nervousness when the crowd cheered,
won by length. The above cut was
made from an instantaneous pho
tograph.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10
AMBULANCE DOGS.

A Regular Canine Battalion For Service
in Military Movements.
One may see any day circulating in
the streets Of the village of fLechensch,
near Cologne, regular battalion of
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-10

Novel Race Between a Moose and PAGER.
The moose is owned by Mr.. Ger
maine, of Newark, Mont. He is
peculiarly gated animal, and at first
glance he did not appear to possess
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-29

steady to fractionally higher for futures. spot
higher; No ., cash. 26iac bid; track, &c; Noyen-
Der. 21hc asked December. ⁣ May, 1850
Use bid; No. white, 29c. Rye lower al 5!t2S.
Flaxseed higher at 92c. Prime timothy seed, SzSu
nominally. Corn meal. SL556160. Bran strong
and in demand; sacked, east track. S4e. hay
ter firm creamery 19024c; dairy, 15q2Oc Eggs
firm 19c Whisky. SIPS. Cotton ties and bag
ging unchanged. Pork lower standard mess, JoD-
bing, $7.S5. Lard firm; prime steam, $5O; cholce'
Sass Dry-saIt meats-Boxed shoulders. A.z0
extra shorts. S4S7ls: ribs, S52 shorts, SSSI1e.
Bacon-Bcxed shoulders, s.; extra shorts. $3.50;
ribs, S75 shorts So Reeeipts-Flour. 0oVV DIls
wheat 100000 bu; corn, $4,000 bu; oats, 49e0e bu
Shipments-F1our 5000 brls; wheat 2S.OoO bu;
corn, 266.0 GOO bu; oats, 5000 bu.
BALTIMORE Nov. 2S.-Flour dull; Western
superne $225G2 go; receipts % $50 brls: exports,
60. 722 brls. Wheat easy; spot, month and Decem-
ber T11571s4c; receipts, 60 500 bu; exports, LOO
bu; Southern wheat by sample. 6SG72&c. Corn
steady; spot, month and December, Ss129SSatc;
1872 s57 bu; Southern white corn, S5l2q3Sc; South
yellow 33G3Sc. Oats firm; No. white, S215
6i33c: receipts "a 800 bu. Rye easier; No. West
ern, CSC; receipts 10000 bu. Butter steady. Eggs
weak. Cheese steady.
CINCINNATI Nov. 2s.-FGour quiet; fancy.
s3.O5@325 family, $2.45@27o. Wheat quiet; NO
red, Soc. Corn firm; No. mixed. S5lsc; new,
No mixed 32c. Oats steady: No. mixed,
Bulk meats quiet AZ $3.50. Bacon easy at S..
Whisky firm at 1926 Butter quiet. Sugar firm
hard refined, 4.47Q5.e7c. Eggs firm and higher at
19c Cheese firm.
TOLEDO. Nov. 28.--Wheat firm and higher; No.
2 cash, tic bid; December, 7lAc Corn active ana
steady; No. mixed. 341kc. Oats dull, but steady;
No. mixed 26c. Rye dull, but higher; No 2,
cash, 64iac bid. Glover seed active; prime, cash,
new, s4.65; December, $4671a.
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 2S.-Wheat steady
November, csc; May. 64l4c; No. 1 Northern, SAC.
Flour-First patents, 50. 70a3.75; second patents,
$S.45QS.55; first clears, S260Q2.T0.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-29
HAS A STRING TIED TO IT
THE JOINT TRAFFIC. ASSOCIATION
HAS A SEEMING EXISTENCE.
AnnuaI Meeting of the II. 81 o. S. w.
lGhOlders-TOnnage Rating for
Trains Gaining Favor.

Chauhcey M. Depew, president of the
Joint Traffic Association, when asked what
was to become OF the Individual members
OF the board of managers, most of whom
have ND other duties with the roads they
represented, replied: when the usefulness
OF the members Of that board ceases in
their present capacity it will be time
enough:to make plans for their future. 1t
Is true that these men have been instructed
to wind up the affairs of the Joint Traffic
Assoc don without delay, but it may be
that thh several roads will find it to their
interests to preserve the committee as a
bureau sof information. The convenience
and value of such a central body for inter
communication and conference has been
clearly demonstrated. The different lines
can SETTLE little disputes and avoid friction
more ea.sily through the medium of such a.
body than in any other way. Suppose, for
instance, that word reaches the ears of
President Galloway that some irregularity
in rate smaking is being practiced on the
Pennsylvania system. He telephones Mr..
Hayden the New York CentraFS repre-
sentative in the bureau Of information, and
the latter at once turns to Mr.. Gray, the
Pennsylyania's representative, and says:
What is there in this? Mr.. Gray, being
in constant personal communication with
President Thomson. of the Pennsylvania,
ascertains the facts Immediately and the
trouble is explained and stopped without
any red. tape ana without the delays in
cident to official correspondence"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-29
AT NEW YORK.
Ruling Prices i'm Produce at the Sea-
bOard,s Commercial MetrOnOIis.

NEW YORK. Nov 2S-Flour-Receipts, q, 443
brls; exports, 300 brls Market inactive and at
first easier closing steady with wheat; Minnesota
patents, $3.s0Q4; Minnesota bakers, 500 %; win
Ter patents So 60QSS0 winter straIghts g. 1903 80
Corn meal firm; yellow Western, H075c Rye
steady; No. Western, &c. +. o. b. ahoa:; 551zc
c. /. f. Buffalo. Barley malt steady.
Wheat-Receipts, 81. 300 blu; exports, So. 100 bu.
Spot firmer; No. red. 77Sc, +. o. b. afl1ds. Cp-
tions opened steady. sold off under liquidation but
finally rallied the late feature was covering in
duced by frmer cables, the rise in corn and ex-
port demand, closing firm at unchanged prices
from Saturdays regular close, but q 9lac above
the curb; No. red, May, 7O7sQ7lAc closed at
Corn-Receipts, 100 225 bu; exports g. 794 tu.
Spot stronger; No. 2, 40asc, T. o. o. sfioat. { p
tions opened steady and advanced on uufavo able
weather news and big export demand, closing
at 391ac.
oats-Receipts. 10000 bu; exports. $50 b1. spot
irTner; No. 2, 3015c. Options neglected
Cotton-seed oil inactive and easier. with prime
summer yellow offered at 21l2c in open m1rl<et.
although choice sorts are held sha1e higher;
prime crude, 1712c prime crude, T. & l.. mills
l31a614c prime summer yellow, 21IslI22c; cef
summer yellow zoe asked: butter gra5es 2jfI27c;
prime winter yellow, 27a2Sc.
Coffee-Options opened steady, with SeDtamber
s points higher and other months uncnanged &C
vanced points on bullish Brazilian cable3, light
from shorts and some buying; reacted in
sympathy with weak Havre advices and Under
light local liquidation; closed quiet. with prices
UNCHANGED to points lower. Sales. a. 500 bags,
including: December. 5.4015.45c; JanurIy, $500
5.55c; March, 5.75Q5S0c; April. 5.8Oc; Mas { SO
& soc: July 59OG6c. Spot coffee-Rio steady Mild
caibo, p. l.; 200 bags Central American, p. L;
200 bags Mexican. p. t.. and fair trade II,
Sugar-Raw strong; fair refining &c. centrifugal,
So test, 41sc; molasse5 sugar, 3$te; ienned firm