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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21
The Dishorning of Cattle.

Civilization is transforming nature
in surprising ways. The dishorning
of cattle is an example, as this prac-
tice is gaining favor so rapidly that
horness cattle may be expected soon
to become the rule, rather than the
exception. The first objections were
that it is cruel and unnatural. The
early method of dishorning with a saw
was undoubtedly slow and painful,
but specially constructed clippers are
now used that often remove horn in
single second, and with so little
suffering that feeding is continued as
usual, and the operation is really hu-
name, the frequent injuries in herds
from goring being prevented. The
horns have become utterly useless,
being no longer needed as protection
against natural enemies.
In calves less than three weeks old
the embryo horns can beremoved with
one stroke of a sharp knife, or they
can be treated with caustic sufficient
ly powerful to destroy them. For
three years the Maine experiment sta
ton has dishorned calves by rubbing
the horns four or five times with
caustic potash. In every case but one
the operation has been successful, the
calf in exception having reached the
age of thirty five days before treat
ment, with the result that dwarfed
horns an inch or an inch and hall
long were subsequently developed. =
Philadelphia Record.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21
WMlt 'W|kkntN s
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whether the fat of animals, including
the butter fats taken from the milk oi
cows, could possibly be the products
of the various carbohydrates taken by
such animals as food. From such
vegetable fats as can be found in such
feeds as linseed and cotton-seed meal,
they might see how the process of III
gestion might change these into ami
NAL fats, or even into the cream and
butter fats that are found in milk.
There is small proportion of vege-
table fat or oil in corn or other grains.
So far, the effect of feeding corn to
fatten might be explained, but beyond
that science had far less intelligent
theories on this subject than had the
mass of farmers, who believed what
they saw and felt quite sure that the
fat of fattened animals as we'll as the
butter made from the milk of cows
were all derived from food. which, so
far as could be seen, had no fat but
only starch or other forms of carbo-
hydrates in it's composition.
At last the scientists have been
obliged to concede that the conclu-
sions arrived at by the hard, practical
common sense of farmers were cor.
rect The New York state experiment
station at Geneva has been conducting
a series of experiments in fattening
cattle on corn meal from which all the
oils that existed as oil in this grain
were removed. Every particle of food
given was weighed, as we'll as the ex-
cretions, which were analyzed to
show their chemical character. 1t was
found that the proteid compounds
were very largely excreted from the
system, though there was some gain
in flesh from this source. The greater
part of the gain was in the increased
amounts of fat on..all parts of the body
This was thus conclusively shown to
be the product of the starchy carbo-
hydrates that were eaten by the cows,
and by them changed into other forms
Of animal fats, including butter.
All of this was generally guessed at
by most farmers. But it is interest
ing to know that the question has
been investigated by scientific methods
and that the theories on this subject
which the majority of farmers have
always held have been proved to be
founded on scientific certainties. =
American Cultivator.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21
where the Fat Come. From.

Chemically considered, fats of all
kinds, starch, coal and vegetable fibre
are only so many different forms of
carbon. Even the diamond is crystal
lied carbon. 1t has been supposed
by old-time scientists that the different
forms were mostly not interchange
able. But modern science has sue
ceeded in transmitting one form of
carbon into others. That this can be
done by chemical skill has not, how
ever, given most chemists greater
faith in the ability of nature to do this
by her own means and without their
help. There has for example been a
long standing doubt among chemists
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21

Because-because, ''she whispered.
in answer, while a wondrous light
beamed in her eyes, 81 need never
leave you, Clint, if you will keep me.
I am free, dear. The news of my re-
lease came to me after you were taken
i'll. My husband died a year ago
died as wretchedly as he has lived.
The disappointment.w was more than his
aunt could bear, and she, too, lies
under the sod. am alone in the
world today. Clint, have you room
for me?"
With wonder if it were not still
delirium, and prayer that it might
last forever, Clint Loring opened his
arms, and the weary, tossed
woman had found rest at last--rest
and love. Clint lost his neighbor-he
found his wife. Saturday Night.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21
The proportion Of blind people in the
world Is 500 to every 1000, 600.

The Tourist Sleeping Car Line operated by
the Southern Railway between Washington
and San Francisco without change, via New
Orleans, has proven so successful that it has
become necessary to make n semi-weekly ser.
vice. the Westbound departure being or
Wednesday and Saturday of each week.
This sleeper offers sleeping Car facilities tc
the berth rate being only $700 fromWashing.
ton to San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Port
land berth being large enough for occupancy
by two people, if desired, without extra charge
These Sleepers run through Texas. Arizona
and New Mexico, and connect with similar
cars for Oregon.
Information in regard thereto may be had
from any Southern Railway Ticket Agent
from Mr. A. j. Poston, Gen1 Agent, Sunse,
Washington, ID. G., or from Nj. w. A. Turk
G. p. A., 1900 Penn. Ave. n. W., Washington
ID. C..
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21

Residents of Apalachin, n. Y, had
bad scare recently, when the four
year-old child of Henry Rathburn
started out alone to look for trailing
arbutus. 1t was half an hour before
she was missed, and then all trace of
the little one was lost Her distracted
father and his neighbors joined in the
search
While passing through ravine they
were startled to see an uncouth object
shambling toward them some distance
up the road, carrying bundle i'll its
mouth. Closer inspection proved
to the terrified searchers that the OBJ
ject was bear and the bundle child.
1t is many years since a bear was seen
in this section, but the men, though
unarmed, prepared to give battle, one
of their number going back for help.
But the bear trotted toward them as
though totally unconcerned, and when
a few yards away carefully laid down
the child it was carrying by its dress.
When the men approached and took
up the little The bear did not show
fight, and Il cio.~. investigation proved
he had a ring in his nose. Later it
was found the bear belonged to an
italian who was camping i'll a nearby
barn, making tour of the country.
He had purchased the animal when
cub and reared him in New York
tenement, where he was allowed to
play with the children, and it was
there he had learned the trick of car
rying the little ones. New York
Press
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21
HIGH PRICES FOR LAND.

More Than $3.50 Per Square Foot PAID
for Lot in New York.
The most valuable plat of ground in
this country, at least, the one that has
commanded the highest price, is To-
streets, New York city. in the heart of
the great financial district. Several
years ago, says the Washington Star
Mr.. Wilkes established record for
high priced realty by paying $l68, 900
for sos square feet of ground on this
site, or $330.70 per square foot.
The immensity of this rate of valua-
tion can best be appreciated by meas
uring off a square foot of space and
those of $3.50 i'll money. Such CON-
parison will show that if Mr.. Wilkes
had paid for his property in one-dol.
lar bills he would have been able to
cover his entire lot with so layers of
greenbacks, OF he could have paved it
with four tiers of silver dollars placed
edge to edge as closely as they would
lie. Doubtless if the worthy Dutch
burghers of New Amsterdam could
return to earth they would be as
founded to learn the value of the land
on which they pastured their COWS 200
years ago.
Though no other piece of ground
has commanded an equal price per
foot, there are several other plats in
New York city which are quite equal
to the Wilkes property in value. For
example, considerably larger lot on
the northwest corner of Nassau and
Pine streets, one block above the
Wilkes property, was sold last year
for $3.50 per square foot, and the op-
posite corner of the same streets, in
Guiding 6043 feet, was bought by the
Hanover National bank for 81 $50, 000
The lot on the corner of Broadway
and Maiden lane, and the site of the
Commercial Cable company's build
ing in Broad street, are also properties
that could be covered fifty deep with
dollar bills out of theirpurchasep price.
Probably the largest amount ever
paid for the site of q single building
was that given by the Broadway Realty
company for the lot on which the
Bowling Green building has been
erected. This sky-scraper, which is
the largest in the city, extends from
Broadway through to Greenwich street,
and covers 30, 152 feet of ground, for
which So, 900, 600 was paid This is
$102. per foot, and though the price
per foot is less than has been paid for
several other plats, the total represents
an enormous sum to pay merely for
the ground ON which to erect one
building. One peculiar effect in real
estate values that has followed the
sky-scraper era is the extraordinary
price which has been put upon sites
that are suitable for very high build
ings. Spots with open surroundings,
on which other lofty structures are
not likely to be built, are, of course,
the most desirable for this purpose,
and such places are few in the city or
New York. The result is that many
buildings which are already very prof
liable are being torn down to make
room for the erection of sky-scrapers.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21
Where Old Hats Are Popular.

The inhabitants of the Indian ocean,
have an extraordinary fancy for old
hats, and regular trade in such cast
off headgear is carried on between CAL
cutta and Nicobar, the most desired
head pieces being paid for in cocoanuts.
A tall chimney-pot is the favorite
among the Nicobarians, and the acme
of fashion is considered 70 be high
white hat with black hat band. This
is worth from fifty to sixty cocoanuts,
and is worn by the Nicobarian dandy
when he goes out fishing, the rest of
his attire consisting solely of waist
cost.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21
Farm and Garden Notes.

Crit must be sharp.
Do not feed glass for grit.
In grading up use pure bred male
on your best females.
The average weight of the sheep
marketed last year was eighty-five
pounds.
If the farming tools are out of re-
pair, better have them fixed up right
away so as to be ready for business.
Weeds will soon be bobbing up
here and there and we must get right
after them; it's the only way to keep
ahead of them.
There is profit in poultry when
raised on a farm, so that waste prod
ucts can be utilized and all food sup.
piled at producers cost.
If lambs are docked when they are
from ten days to two weeks old, there
is little danger of either bleeding or
undue soreness resulting.
A chicken full of pin feathers, just
developing its permanent coat, Is in
the worst possible shape to withstand
sudden change and cold storms.
1t has been estimated that if farm
ers could be induced to discard
scrubs and use only pure breeds, the
increase in value of poultry products
would be fully 100 per cent.
While light seedlings of clover and
grass sometimes give good stands, yet
liberal seeding is the safer plan, par
ticularly when the seeds named are
low in price. Sow wheH g-ou-i is
honeycombed.
The legumes should be more extern
sively grown, they make the best of
feeds and besides they improve the
land. Those of our readers located in
southern and south central latitudes
should investigate the merits of the
stock pea.
In few sections where clover thrives
is it worth while to look around for
anything better in the way of legu-
minous crop, for while the clover pro.
duces paying crop above ground, 1t
also develops a root growth su&s-ient
to fertillze the soil.
What have you provided the hens
| to grind the grain with this winter?
| If near lake or stream, where a load
| of washed sand can be had, it will be
a fine thing to cover the floors of the
coops with every time you clean up,
Sand should be kept dry.
| Someone has remarked: The COW il
mother of the beef steer, servant oi
the pig, and savior of the debtor far
mer. If any one doubts that she Is
queen of beasts let him admit, at
least, that the COW is the foundation
of successful agriculture.
AS the best bred animals cannot
produce paying results without good
feeding and care, neither can the best
improved varieties of grain produce
paving crops without liberal supply
of plant food and a thorough prepara-
ton of the seed bed followed by good
cultivation.
A mixture of four parts wheat bran,
one part corn chops and one-half part
cotton-seed meal is about the best and
cheapest winter feed for chickens that
can be bought. The writer has been
using the same with great satisfaction
this fall and winter, and shall continue
to use it as long as its laudable results
continue.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, :,

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of f. j. CHENEY &
Co., doing businessn in the City Of T Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of CATARRH that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
- presence, this 9TH day of December
( SEAL A. d. 1886. A. w. GLEASON.
t~l Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, anG
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces.
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
FL. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21
That Settles 1t.

With the blosm and beauty Of the season,
its balmy airs and delightful temperature.
we feel like living with new life, and are
therefore often very careless in taking care
Of ourselves. 1t is this forgetfulness that
lays us liable to attacks of rheumatism, the
more liable because we think there is little
danger OF it's coming on, but rheumatism Is
an easy thing to take and sometimes hard
thing to get rid of unless we take the advice
OF others and learn that the best way pos
sible is to use st. Jacobs Oil. 1t has been
used so long as sure cure that this advice
Is given in good faith from the testimony OF
thousands
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21
Succession of Vegetables.

Proper Succession of Vegetables.
Among the commonest mistakes in
planting the farm garden is that of
not providing for proper succession
of vegetables. Too often only one
variety of peas, sweet corn, etc., is
planted; there is feast while the sup
ply lasts. then famine. Plant several
of the standard varieties so as to keep
up the supply as long as possible.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21
Beauty Is Blood Deep.

Cleah blood means clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean soqr blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving ali i'm
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sicklysbiious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beadty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c, SOC.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21

Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as Cough medicine;-F: NJ. ABBoTT, Ss3 Sen
eca ST., Buffalo, N Y, May 8, 1894.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21

farmer in Dickinson County, Kansas
realized $4,000 from his apple crop last fall
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21

No-To- Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong. blood pure. Soc, g. All druggists.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21
SPIN cHEERFULLY.

Spin cheer;ully,
Not tearfully.
Though wearily you plod.
Spin carefully
Spin prayerfully,
But leave the thread to God.
The shuttle of His purpose move
To carry out His own design,
Seek not too soon to disapprove
His work, nor yet assign
Dark motives, when with silent dread
You view each sombre fold;
For 10, within each darker thread,
There shines a thread OF gold.
Spin cheerfully,
Not tearfully,
He knows the way you plod;
Spin carefully,
Spin prayerfully,
But leave the thread with God.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21

The vintage of France amounted to ILL.,.
700, 900 gallons in 1897.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic 10c or 25c
II c. 9. Q. fail to cure, druggists refund money
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
lOc, 25c. II c. G. C. fall druggists refund money.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21

The first printing press in the United
States was introduced in 1929.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21

Chew Star Tobacco-The Best.
Smoke Sledge Cigarettes.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21
Nn-Tn-R

The first theatre in the United States wa
opened in 1852.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21

The flesh speedily reunites when obstinate
sores are ceansed with Glenns SULPHUR Soap
Hills Hair SWhisker Dye. black or brown, soc.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21

In 1897 Ohio furnished almost 81 900 tons
of grindstones.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21
To Cure A Cold in One Day,

The unexplored area of Can ada is 1000,
900 square miles.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21

IL Is the Chinese custom to tnaugurate
business venture with display OF fire.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21

It's 440S miles from San Francisco to Daw'
son City in the Klondike.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21

A Russian does not become of age until
he is twenty-six.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21
Spring Medicine
A Good Blood Purifier a Neces.
sity Now
HOODS SarsapariIIa Unequal!ed
for Making Rich, Red Blood

The necessity for taking a good Spring
Medicine to purify the blood and build ur
the system is based upon natural and un.
avoidable causes. In cold weather there
has been less perspiration and impurities
have not passed out of the system as they
should. Food has consisted largely OF
rich, fatty substances, and there has been
less opportunity for outdoor exercise
The result is, the blood is loaded with i'm
purlties and these must be promptly ex-
PEELED or health will be endangered.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is the best Spring
Medicine because it is the best blood
purifier and tonic: 1t thoroughly purifles
he blood and gives vigor and vitality.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-21

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. A
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. %
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-17
State Teachers Institute.

The State Teachers Institute will be held
in Columbia August 90 to September 10th.
Arrangements have been made with nun.
Der of private boarding houses and the
Grand Central hotel for reduced rates.
Please make it generally known among
the teachers.
The following rates will govern from
functional points named: Charleston, via
Atlantic Coast Line, $40; Sumter, via At
lantic Coast Line, S1.S0.
Tickets limited to consauous passage
in each direction to be sold August 81 to
September :, with final limit September
l3, 1898.
Would be glad for all teachers to attend
who can. Yours truly,
W. S. RIcEBoURG,
4-2tl Supt. Education.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-17

Age is uncharitable; a woman
never gives it away, but it tells on
her.
Truth wears we'll. People have learned
that DeWitt's Little Early Risers are relia-
BILE little pills for regulating the bowels,
curing constipation and sick headache.
They don't gri pc. R. B. Loryea. Manning;
L. w. Nettles, Foreston; II. L. Wilson, Jor-
dan.
No matter how cruel fate may be,
the washwoman always manages to
hang out.
More than twenty million free samples
of DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve have been
distributed by the manufacturers. What
better proof of their confidence in its mer-
its do you want? It cures piles, burns,
scalds, sores in the shortest space of time.
+. B. Loryea, Manning; L. w. Nettles.
Foreston; H. L. Wilson. Jordan.
Politicians should employ wise
men to dictate their official utter
ances.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-17

One of the candidates e6ing over the
county accidentally slippsSover the county
line, and strange to sayI6e met with many
promises of votes, ana stranger still, not
soul mentioned the names of his oppo-
nents; be was sweeping things before MIN.
This candidate had never been about much,
and when at last he discovered he was out
of his bailiwick he had his horse hlsched
up and Immediately pulled for Clarendon,
hoping that neither of his opponents would
find out his accident, but fate was against
him; one of his opponents spent the night
on the county line and was waiting for
him to return. These candidates, once
they get the scent, follow close behind and
are hard to shake Off But the fellow that
crossed the line Jared better in the end, be-
cause his opponent in wishing to make
himself agreeable to his guests where he
spent tie night, walked up to a crib where
little baby was cooing, and as ne truchied
the little dimple-cheeked fellow under the
chin he remarked that he would recognize
the child anywhere by the striking reSem-
blance TO its father. The mother of the
child changed the subject abruptly and it
was not until the next day that our glib
tongued candidate discovered the mother
to be sensitive on that subject, as the
father of the child was not proclaiming
that parentage from the housetops.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-17
MANNING, S. c.:
Five Hundred C6tton Sheets

at 20 each. or s225 per dozen. a large lot
Of heavy, thick Homespun for making cot
ton picking bags.
A large line of Heavy Groceries now on
hand at prices that will induce farmers to
lay in their cotton picking supplies at our
store. a large stock of Flour, Sugar Cot
fee, Rice and Ba~vn at prices that must
command your attention. We bare spe-
cial job of 1000 pounds Coffee at lie per
pound in round lots that look cheap at l5c
per pound. Come and see itand buy some
and try it. We mean what we say. The
best Patent Flour at SIS per barrel. Good
Rice at SAC per pound; best Rice 6 lac
per pound.
t>,s.s -: see the line Of Calcoes we Of
ter as1 I'D; sells elsewhere at 6 Lac
al. i II line OF the best fall Gins-
.a.;-s 8; Sc ard. Closing out Summer
ts...sla..s ~ &c per yard. full line
Il Jeans making pants very cheap.
Co... anu see our line of fast color Quilt
Calicoes from l to 8 yard lengths, SS yards
for 81; these goods are the regular SC Cali
cos; in short lengths, only Sc per yard.
Yours truly,
w r JENKINSON,