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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28
Counterfeit Plan. in IA state Prison.


Expert counterfeiters among the
,onvicts in the state prison at Folsom,
CAL, have been making counterfeit
money within the walls.
The other day watchman detected
something wrong at the rock crushing
plant and the engine room was raided.
As the officers entered two convicts
named Cayne and Brown leaped
through window, ran to a canal and
threw in crucible and dies, which
sank in the quicksands.
The officers found pile of finely
executed nickels made out of babbitin,
a soft, white metal which forms the
inside rim of the axle-box found on a
locomotive. This substance was taken
from the engine which runs through
the prison grounds and hauls the
trains of crushed rock which are
shipped from the prison ck-crusher.
The nickels are seemingly as perfect
and complete as any ever made by
Uncle Sam. Many of them have been
given circulation and some have been
found in the town of Folsom.
How the dies and crucibles were
ever made will perhaps remain mys.
terry. Plaster of paris moulds were
used, and in the engine room were
found many fragments of this ma
terial.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

tinction has been conferred upon a
woman. Miss Wilmington is mill :
tary enthusiast and is the sponsor of
Company A, Third infantry. She is
well-known society belle at Hot
Springs, and as hostess she has no
5uperiors in the South.
Miss Wilmington is the daughter of
Major Alf Wilmington. one of Hot
Springs most prominent citizens; a
granddaughter of Colonel Hiram
Wilmington, one of Arkansas pio-
neers, who settled in Little Rock in
1926 and established the Little Rock
Gazette, which paper is still in exis-
tence. In 1882 he moved to Hot
Springs. He was selected to repre-
sent in the general assembly what was
then the Western District of Arkansas,
and was prominent in framing the
new constitution of the State.
In her full uniform of colonel Miss
Wilmington will be prominent fea-
ture at the State Encampment, to be
held at Little Rock.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

The bunting is made in Massachu-
setts. 1t is entirely of wool and of the
best quality. 1t must have so many
threads and fixed tensile strength.
The colors must be fast
The stripes are cut out just as cloth
ing is cut, in many layers at time,
by means of circular knife that is
kept as sharp as razor. Then they
are sent to the sewing-room, where
skillful young women sew the stripes
together and place the blue field in
place.
The stars are cut out thirty at a
time by means of cold chisel and
big iron-bound mallet. Folds of
goods, smoothly woven, of standard
grade, are laid in yard lengths, thi rty
thicknesses together, on large
square block made of cubes of oak,
put together with the grain running
in different directions. A metal star,
used as a model, is placed on the mus
lin and carefully marked around with
lead pencil. Then the workman
places his chisel on the pencil line
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

Josephs coat. At one time these de
signs were painted, but they didn'
last. Now the color is cut out by it
self and sewed in place. 1t requires
expert needlewomen to do this work.
One of the most difficult flags tc
make is that of China. 1t is triangular
in shape, a brilliant yellow, with a
black, open-mouthed dragon crawling
about. One of the most beautiful
flags is that of the President of the
United States. 1t has the coat-of-
arms of the nation on blue field, sur
rounded with stars. The eagle is
white, and the shield he holds is
properly colored.
There has been O deal of dispute
over the evolution of the American
flag. When the Revolutionary War
broke out the flags used by the colo
nists were English ensigns, bearing
the Union Jack, upon which were
written Liberty and Union" or other
similar expressions. Then were de-
veloped the Pine-Tree flag, the Rat
tlesnake flag and many others.
The American ensign was adopted in
1777 by the Continental Congress.
There is dispute as to the significance
of the flag. The explanation accepted as
the most probable is that the blue
field is intended to represent the
night of affiiction that in 1777 sur
rounded the thirteen States, which
were typifed by the white stars ar
arranged in circle, signifying the
endless duration of the new Nation,
while the stripes were chosen out of
compliment to New York and the
Dutch Republic, and were compli-
ment to Republican principles.
The number of stripes symbolized
the thirteen States, the first and thir-
teenth, both red, representing New
Hampshire and Georgia respectively.
General Washington was member OF
the committee appointed to design a
flag. Mrs. John Ross, of Philadel-
phia, made the first flag. She de-
signed the five-pointed star.
John Paul Jones put the new flag
to the first public use. He ran it up
to the masthead of the Ranger. The
flag, strangely enough, had but twelve
stars, probably due to blunder.
Jones had the same flag Or the Bon
Homme Richard.
VI course everybody knows that
each star in the flag represents a
State, and that for two years the en-
sign had fifteen stripes, the addi-
tlonal one representing Vermont and
Kentucky. The flag has been un-
changed, save for the adding of stars,
since 1878
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28
SinChalese Children.

The Singhalese children are said to
be more beautiful than those of any
other race on the four continents, and
some of the little girls, even of the
very lowest caste, are irresistibly
pretty as they run before you in the
streets to beg; they cry out in the
sweetest and most plaintive of voices,
touching the stomachs to signify hun.
ger in way that would be awkward
and vulgar in any other being, but in
them it is so winsome that, before you
know it, you sacrifice rupee to the
bad cause of encouraging them in beg
ging-knowing quite we'll that all they
want is a good opportunity to Pick
your pocket for more. Outing.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28
Balance.

He was making hollow pretence
of being hungry at breakfast.
''Had to stay at the office to balance
the books last night, my DEAR" he
remarked.
She was gazing gloomily out of the
window; and upon the lawn there
were divers tracks.
81 hope the books were better
balanced than yourself when you got
through" she answered, not without
bitterness. Detroit Journal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28
A woman's Fight with an Eagle.

Mrs. William Robson, a young
woman living in Bedford county, Pa,
had terrible encounter with large
eagle. The bird swooped down in
her yard upon goose and was about
to carry it away when the woman
rushed to the rescue with club. The
eagle dropped the goose and fought
desperately for it's life, sticking its
talons into the woman's flesh, tearing
her clothes and covering her with
blood. The brave woman did not
give up the fight, but welded her
club so effectually that she succeeded
in killing the eagle, which measured
nearly seven feet.-Cincinnati En-.
quirer.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28
ABOUT SLEEP WALKERS.
Narrow Escapes and Cures That Proved
Effective.

Narrow Escapes and Cures That Proved
Effective.
The mention of sleep walker
standing upon the street railway track
the other night and barely escaping
being run down has brought to the
minds of many people incidents in
this line that have come under their
observation, and it is simply astonish-
ing how general is this habit.
One person mentions the case of
member of the household who was
found wandering about on the house
tops, all unmindful of his danger,
while the observer was at his wits
end to know how to get him in before
he should make misstep and fall to
the ground. Usually the eyes of the
somnambulist are wide open, and now
and then a story indicates that the
vision must be fairly good at times.
For instance, gentleman remem-
bers that when he was young man an
acquaintance was badly given to the
habit, and he would often go out into
the yard and wander about. One
night number of them lay in am
bush for him just to watch his opera
tions. BY and by the door opened in
a businesslike way, and out came the
young man. He went straightway
across the street into lot where there
was nut tree and proceeded to pick
up nuts and put them in pile. A
few moments at this task, then he
started toward the house. In span
ming the fence he made misstep and
fell. This awakened him, and while
he was in the first act of collecting
his thoughts he saw in the darkness
the young men who were watching
him. Just at that time their appear
ance so startled him that he fed like
deer. The circumstance was so
impressed upon his mind that he never
afterward indulged in the habit.
A gentleman told an amusing
incident that happened in his early
life. He was sure that he could not
have been more than five or six years
old at the time. He often found him
self at the far end of the long, unfin-
ished chamber where he slept and
usually could not wake sufficiently to
find his way to bed again, so one or
the other of his parents would hear
him crying and come to his rescue.
Naturally, they got a little tired of the
bother, and no one should be blamed
for what followed AS stated, the
chamber was an unfinished one, and in
place of the guard rail at the danger
end of the stairway a number of bar
rels had been placed. When the
nights somnambulistic tour culmi-
mated that left lasting impression on
his mind, as well as his body, he was
near those barrels and it seemed had
oeen struggling to get through be-
tween them when he must surely have
been killed by falling down the stairs.
The noise aroused the parents, and on
this memorable occasion the father
visited the chamber and just in time
10 save the lad from getting through.
He was on his hands and knees push-
ng through, and the opportunity for
administering the usual punishment
Of those days could not have been bet
;er arranged to order. 'Talk about
,pankings,' said the relator; "why,
that must have been 40 years and
more ago, sbut can feel the sting as
ii it was last night! But it cured me,
you may be sure. Hartford Courant.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28
kNEAps AND FORMS a LOAF.
A Eread-Making Machine That Does the
Work of Eight Men.


A machine, about as high and not
so broad as man, is doing the work
of eight men at a bakery in Indianapo-
lis. Half of it's height is taken up by
its legs, so that the working part Of
the machine is compact.
At the top is q trap door, opening
downward. The dough falls OH this
door and passes through four sets of
two rollers each placed at different
distances apart. When the dough
leaves the last pair it is one-eighth of
an inch thick and has been thoroughly
kneaded. It falls on piece of can
vas attached to two rollers. The roll
lers come together, forming a pocket
with the canvas, which forms the
dough loaf-shape, and when the roll
lers separate again the dough is
thrown out upon table. The oper-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28
MAKING The
STAR-SPANCLED BANNER.
HOW PRETTY MAIDS AND OLD SALT SEA DOGS WORK
UPON THE GLORIOUS EMBLEM.

turesque workers. They are two ole
sailors, and expert sailmakers. It is
their business to put on the finishing
touches-the rings, the tape that adds
strength, and many other things
They wear white canvas uniform
use the queer sailmakers' thimble and
talk in fascinating sea jargon.
Directly the flags are finished they
must be measured. Triangles
squares and stars of polished brass
mark off the floor. If flag is al
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28
Food in an Egyptian Village.


can Artist Among the Fellaheen"is
written and illustrated. by R. Talbot
Kelly, the English artist. Mr.. Kelly
says of his daily food in a typical
Egyptian village:
We rise early, and a cup of coffee
is always offered, sometimes accom-
panied by piece of bread, or small
cake made of -four mixed with honey
or OIL Somewhere about midday, if
we are within reach, some light food,
such as boiled eggs, bread, and coffee,
is sent to us. In many cases the eggs
are boiled hard, shelled, and served in
large bowl of oil, and the meal has
the added interest of the endeavor to
catch the slippery morsels as they bob
about in the liquid. The taste for oil
or SIENNA clarified butter) is one that
must be acquired; both are frequently
more or less rancid, and are literally
mixed with almost everything you eat.
At night, from 6 to 8 p. m., the only
meal of the day is prepared. 1t is
almost always the same. This con-
sists of little very greasy soup, to
which is added SIENNA, stewed or
boiled mutton, or goats flesh, on a
pyramid of rice, and the ceremonial
dish of riz bill laban boiled rice and
milk. This last is always good, and
in most cases is the only thing eatable.
Pigeons and turkeys from a pleasant
variety when offered; but few hosts
give one the choice, ''lamb or kid of
the flock" being considered more
honorable" dish, and demanded by
ones position.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28
Happy Family of Bees and Rattlers.

While out hunting recently Claus
Ahlf found colony of bees hidden in
the crevice of a huge rock, and, on
opening the cavity. discovered snugly
coiled in the same apartment five
rattlesnakes, two of which measured
four feet ten inches in length and nine
and half inches around the bodies.
The quart of oil rendered from the
rattlers Mr.. Ahlf thinks more profit
able than both honey and bees taken
from the rocks. = Oceanside lCal.k
Blade.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

inch or two out of the way it is re.
iected. The width of an American
ensign must be ten-nineteenths of its
length. The largest flag made at the
Navy Yard is thirty-six feet long and
nineteen feet wide.
The foreign flags give the greatest
trouble. Some of the designs are ex.
tremely intricate and the colors are US
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28
WAIST DANClERS.
Ingenious Devices Which Supply tho
Uses of Women's Pockets.

With her chatelaine dangling from
her belt the modern woman bids de-
fiance to the man who recommends
pockets like his in her lovely gowns.
eff I must be businesslike, says
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

In India the rhododendron grows to
height of thirty feet. Marigolds and
camomiles in North Africa reach o
height of four or five feet.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28
YOUNG GIRL A COLONEL.
Miss Emma w. Wilmington OF Hot
Springs q Militia Oncer.

Miss Emma w. Wilmington of Hot
Springs, Ark. has been made colonel OF
militia by Governor Jones of that State.
This is the third time in the history
of the American Republic that this dis.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-30

In Butte has aimed to divert attention
from its trsitorous enlistment in the
ranks Of silver's enemies: and In this.
to a degree. the Clark effort has beer
successful. So that. the Butte public
having accepted the fact of the Clark
opposition to the Campbell ticket. II
will deal this week with the Clark ef-
fort to win approval for the incendiary
utterances Of a BLACKBOARD who wants
the torch applied and with h Clark
attempt to buy Butte-even Butt-for
the use of silver's enemies in the next
legislature.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-30

HERE Is a sameness about the
tidings which the Standard
prints this morning. briefly de-
scriptive of the outlook in every coun-
ty In the state. That happens because
everywhere in Montana Il is the same
story Of steadfast loyalty to the right
side OF the campaigns great, central
issue. Thus. while the summaries are
in the same general tone. they are not
monotonous: far from that. the story
they tell Is one OF good cheer; Montana
will vote right. and there Is no doubt
In the world about II. The summary is
printed on this mornings third page.
The election comes n little too late
for those who had fattered themselves
that wool was going to move Montana
out Of the free-coinage column; wool
didn't keep up to top figures long
enough: even in several OF the cow
counties" Campbell Is going to follow
Bryan's lead In upsetting republican
traditions. In many Of the counties,
earnest work has been the feature of
the campaign but. except as the Clark
disturbance In Silver Bow county
forced itself upon public attention.
there have been few wide departures
from the main issue.
One very useful and gratifying result
90 the campaign Is that IL has smoked
Mr.. Carter out. Backed with an album
dance Of Mr.. Hanna's pelf. the at
tempt TO make the conquest of Mon
tsna for the gold republicans started
out bravely enough.
But Mr.. Carter isn't the kind OF man
TO make a sink-or-swim fight. Con
trary to Mr.. Hanna's distinct orders.
Mr.. Carter retreated TO n position
where he found Il good policy to pre-
tend that there's something for silver
In republican supremacy. The result
is that the whole goldbug outft comes
out Of II all a good lei the worse for
the wear and tear of a months opera
lions behind masked batteries. There
Is benefit for the future OF silver I'm
that. Remembering this years mis-
spent dollars. Mr.. Hanna will refuse
q Montana campaign contribution as
firmly In 1900 as he refused the Helena
Herald's ten-thousand dollar demand
In 1896. They say Mr.. Hanna is a man
who knows when he's had enough.
Montana may be permitted to move
through the ina week OF the campaign
without special exhortation. Nothing
can by any possibility happen that
will jostle the state out OF its free
coinage lines The result will be. at
next weeks polling precincts. substan-
tial democratic victories across the
state and thus an assurance that. from
its two seats in the senate down to
constabie.. this state is out and out
for free coinage, with every honest
friend OF silver armed and equipped
for 1900.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-30

regular republican county convention.
with which the silver republicans In
Butte utterly refused to have anything
TO do. That's the Iot-a sure-enough
goldbug OUTFIT for the state senate and
the lower house N the legislature.
standing on the Official ballot under the
Marshall republican state ticket. right
in Butte. the distinctive center of free
coinage sentiment in the Northwest.
The consequence is that the situation
in Silver Bow county has a novel phase
this year. Hitherto Mr.. Clark has pre-
tended TO run his political operations
within democratic lines. His efforts
have beer a chapter OF failures. and
these the more conspicuous since the
days in 1894. when Mr.. Clark attempt
ed to get a senatorship by the Infamous
purchase OF the votes Of republican
members OF the legislature. Since then
there has not been an instance when
Mr.. Clark has been able 10 make his
money count for him in Butte politics.
He is trying u on this year outside the
lines OF the democratic party. In open
advocacy OF republicans on the Mar
shall ticket. and with a following made
up Of the administration republicans in
Butte-what there Is of them.
These facts are so perfectly well
known In Butte that they hardly need
newspaper recital; every high school
boy In Butte is familiar with them. But
the Miner seemed to want a statement
OF them in the Standard. The Miner is
accommodated. Come again.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-30
There Are Two of Them.

n s Is apt to be the Ease at gener-
I al elections. the two proposed
amendments to the constitution
OF Montana have been left to do their
W campaigning. Yet. respecting
these two, there really ought to be a
representative expression at the polls.
one of these amendments provides
that the members OF the supreme bench
may summon. for the trial OF GER
tain causes. a district judge of
the state. this to be permitted
when the case Is one with
which a member OF the supreme bench
may have lac to do in his practice.
as a former counsel or otherwise.
1t Is the testimony OF the members
Of the supreme court that cases answer
ing this description are not rare. There
are rather frequent instances OF litlga-
ton. prolonged under appeal, with
which a member of the court may have
had professional relation. These are
cases which ought TO be heard by a full
bench; the proposed amendment sim
ply makes II legal to call in q district
Judge. to act for the supreme Judge
whom the circumstances bar.
The other proposed constitutional
amendment is an effort to take the
tangle out of provisions in the existing
law that deal with the question Of the
tenure of county commissioners and
that are found to clash.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-30
Only Six.

- My ak working days left In
~ this prolonged political cam
paign. but the Butte Miner has
not yet printed one line In defense OF
its advocacy of the election to the Mon
lana legislature OF the candidates NOM
mated by the Carter-republican county
convention In Silver Bow county.
In Butte, among all silver men. the
conclusion has bout been reached that
the Miner has made up its mind not to
try TO defend or excuse its desertion
of h free coinage ticket. Attempts
at explanation. on the Miners part.
become Of less account as the cam
paign approaches It's finish.
Mr.. Clark's Miner has spent it's ener-
giles in talking against the walls OF
buildings. the like OF which MI. Clark
himself was not willing TO erect
in Butte; buildings that mark
the sure transition from a min
ing camp to an enduring city.
Mr.. Clark's paid orators have
spent their breath in lamentations be-
the torch was not applied soon
er than 1t was to the Hale house. where
many miners lodged. and in kindred
talk
BY this process the Clark disturbance