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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30
Ten by Courtesy.

Every one is aware that much of the
tea we drink is tea in name only, so
much is it adulterated. But there are
many beverages called teas which are
not fraudulent manufactures, though
they are called by the name of the
delicious Chinese leaves. III Mauritius,
for example, they make tea of the
leaves of an orchid.
In Peru, they drink mate, tea made
from native species of holly.
The Abyssinians make tea from the
leaves of the catha edulis, which has
such stimulating qualities that to chew
a single leaf will produce all the effects
of strong cup of coffee. 1t is most
valuable to travellers.
The Tasmanians are said to be the
lucky owGers of no fewer than 100
kinds of leaves from which tea can be
made, while the Tonkinese have tea
from berries, leaves, woods and barks
of trees.
In Sumatra coffee leaves are put in
the teapot and the result is said to be
excellent.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30
SEA BIRDS AND THEIR EGGS
Auatsrs Contest With GnlIs for Posses
sion of the Spo!Is

Hunters Contest With Gnlls for Posses
sion Of the SpoiIs.
II the murre Is disturbed by an egg
hunter and It's single egg taken IL
Will return and replace its succesoively
stolen ovum until eight have been laid.
II Is loath to leave l.s nest. even when
the despoiler approaches. and when lie
comes up she leans away from him and
moves over to the far side of the. nest.
But presently, yielding TO the alarm
Wltnln her breast, she emits IL sudden
squawk and flies od'. flushing the en-
tire r0okery as she moves toward the
sea, leaving the piekers to ill their
pouched shirts with the booty. They
must hurry the work. for as soon as
the eggs are uncovered the gulls hover
close and become Thick upon the scene.
TheSe the men must fight off. for they
braZenly interpose themselves and bat
tie with the humans for the posses
sion of the eggs.
The opportunity being open. the gull
sweeps down. upon the murre egg,
seizeS 1t in its mouth and goes sailing
alOft, cracks it in it's bill and gobbles
what of its contents ii can. the residue
falling on the rocks below. Then it
takes another swoop away and bal
ances itself to spy out n new egg. The
gulls egg is palatable.
That the islands in San Fran
CISCO bay were Il great repository
OF edible eggs became known
In the early tifties. Al the time of the
discovery of this fact provisions were
scarce and gold plentiful in San Fran
cisco, ana the rookery eggs offered IN
the markets of that city brought one
dollar dozen. The opening of this
new and free opportunity To acquire
wealth precipitated numbers of people
upon the islands and in the business
or egg gathering. Quarrels ensued be-
tween the competitors as to their re-
spective rights in the premises, with
the result that company was formed
among number of the pickers, which
bought out the claims of the others.
This company managed TO hold onto its
advantages for some wears. not however.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30
The Surgical Ant

The native Brazilian. far removed as
he usually is from doctors and sur
geons. depends upon little ant to sew
up his wounds when he is sIashed or
scratched. Truth to tell, the average
surgeon could do the job no better than
these little insects. The ant has two
strong nippers on his head They are
his weapons for battle or forage
When Il Brazilian has cut himself, for
example, he picks up an ant, presses
the nippers against The wound. one on
each side. and then gives the bug a
squeeze. The indignant insect nat.
urally snaps his nippers together.
piercing the flesh and bringing the
lacerated parts close together. The
Brazilian ut that moment gives the
ants body Il jerk. and away it flies.
leaving the nippers imbeded in the
flesh. that kills the ant, but. as he has
served his most useful purpose, in life.
II is well. The operation is repeated
until the wound is sewed up neatly
and thoroughly
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30

pie matter TO form the skeleton OF
strips of light pine from an inch to an
inch and half in thickness. Only the
outside pieces and two cross pieces are
required to brace the frame and make
1t taut and firm. Once the frame is
completed the rest is easy.
Now stretch over the frame some fig
ured burlap, that can be secured at the
low cost of 1912 cents a yard. Choose
this for the face of the screen. Place
the frame upon the floor. Tack the
edge of the burlap TO the top piece OF
the frame, and stretch tightly and tack
to the lower pieces and sides In doing
this the edge OF the burlap should be
drawn over the corner Of the wood, so
that when the back is covered in the
same way all the surface is smooth
except the rim of the screen. This rim
or braid. or a narrow piece OF burlap,
hemmed and bound. Fasten it on with
brass-headed tacks, and the panel Is
completed. Light brass hinges join
the panels. and the screen is ready for
use.
Many other cheap fabrics may be
used to cover these screens. Figured
burlaps. blue denim, creton, or inexpen
sive tapestries all make admirable sur
faces They can sometimes be COM
bined with good results. Thus screen
may be faced with denim and the re
verse covered with creton, or the pan
els may be divided-the upper half GOV
cred with tapestry and the lower half
with some good tone of burlaps; or
the three panels may be covered with
different fabrics. Should the screen
be intended for use in a bedroom /,
can be made to serve double purpose
by covering but one side with burlap On
denim. The cross pieces should be
three or four in number, and the frame
generally strengthened little, when,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30

Mrs. Frederic, widow of Harold Fred
eric, the newspaper correspondent and
novelist, who died at Henley, Surrey,
on Oct. 10 last, died at London, Eng.
ThesMaxim guns which Yale gave to
the cruiser Yale have been voted by
Congress to the University campus, to
be available, of course, for the cOun-
try's service in case of war.
Harry Burton, the last of the dyna.
miters recently released from Jail in
London, has arrived at Dublin. Bur-
ton was Il member Of the famous Clan
Gael which for many years spread
terror Throughout Great Britain.
The Secretary of the Navy has
ordered the gunboat Wilmington to
proceed up the Amazon as far as it is
navigable, to study the country and
gather specimens of fauna for the Ma
tional Museum at Washington.
The stockholders of the Riverside
Iron Works, at Bellaire, o., have voted
to sell the plants at BenwOod and
Steubenville to the combination OF
which j. Pierpont Morgan is the head
for $6.0OO.0OO.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30
PRETTY SCREENS.
HOW TO BUILD A USEFUL BIT OF
FURNITURE WITH LITTLE OUTLAY.

Japanese snd Chin@sc Screens Can He
Purchased at Very Reasonable Prices,
but They Can BE Msde Home at Much
Less Expense.
The screens that come from Japan
and China are best for the moderate
purse. They can be purchased at rea-
sonable prices in almost every town
and city in the country. Or screens
at still less expense may be made at
home.
First determine upon the size of the
screen. the height OF the panels, their
width, and whether two, three or four
shall be used. \ screen of good pro.
portion is one formed of three panels,
five and one-half feet high by two feet
in width.
Have frame made by the carpenter,
or, better still, make it yourself if lou
are clever at such work. 1t Is a sim.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30
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Gen. T. W. Hyde of Bath, Me-, has
written a letter TO Sanford L. Fogg, the
Chairman of Sagadohoc county Re-
publicans, accepting the county in
.lorsement for Congress and agreeing
10 stand as a candidate in the Second
District Convention for the Republi-
can nomination to succeed the late
Congressman, Nelson Dingley
The women of Ohio, through the
Ohio Federation of Womens Clubs.
have filed a petition with the Centen-
nial Commission requesting that at
the coming celebration to be given Mt
Toledo the ''couche couche" dance be
forbidden. The ladies request that the
Midway" be given over to their ex-
elusive control. They promise an edu.
:ational show.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30
The sinmese Bridcgroo m.

Every Siamese girl who reaches a
certain age without marrying is tick
eted and labeled and placed in a privi-
legged class, under the special care of
the king, who binds himself to find a
husband for them all. His method is
delightfully."- simple. A prisoner in any
of the Siamese jails may gain his par
don and release by marrying one of
ineligible class. Whether he is alrei
married or not is not 81 great conse-
-quence, for in Siam it is not necessary
to draw the line at one wife.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30
THE WOMAN OF TACT.
The Numerous Ways in which She Makes
Herself Loved.

Herself Loved.
She had been talking pleasantly to
two or three women. She had made
her good-byes all cheerful and bright,
and, after she had disappeared, one
woman turned to another and said in
a tone that was scoffing: She is a
thorough woman Of tact" Now. in
this case, the woman who had said
none but pleasant words, who, by a
bright story, had prevented the discus
sion of petty scandal, was a woman
who was as brave-hearted as any that
ever lived, and who bore, not only her
own, but the burdens of good many
other people, yet she saw no reason
why she should infiict her troubles on
her friends. or why she should not be
in its best sense a woman of tact.
A woman of tact is one who feels
that the story told to hurt your feel
tngs is essentially bad form, and in
considerate Of the feelings Of others.
A woman OF tact is the one who is
courteous to old people, who laughs
with the young, and who makes her.
self agreeable to all women in all con-
ditions of life.
A woman of tact is one who makes
her goodmorning a pleasant greeting,
her visit a bright spot in the day, and
her goodbye hope that she may come
again.
A woman of tact is one who does
not gauge people by their clothes, or
their riches, but who condemns bad
manners.
A woman of tact is one who is cour-
teous under all circumstances and in
every condition in which she may be
placed. She is the woman who can re-
ceive the unwelcome guest with smile
so bright and handshake so cordial,
that in trying to make the welcome
seem real it becomes so. A woman Of
tact is one whose love for humanity is
second only in her lifes devotion, and
whose watchword is unselfishness in
thought and action. By making self
last it finally becomes natural to have
it so.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30

presto, the reverse side of the screen
becomes a wardrobe and towel rack.
BY fastening hooks in the top strip of
the screen dresses can be hung upon
it, and towels, stockings, ETC., can be
placed on the cross pieces. There is
really no end to the uses to which
screens may be put, and their manufac-
ture is so simple and SO inexpensive
that every ingenious woman may pos
sess one.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30

With little expense a pretty corner
sofa may be made for sitting or draw
ing-room. The platform, one foot in
height, may be made by any amateur
carpenter. Upon this is fitted mat
tress or cushion, which may then be
covered as elaborately or as simply as
desired, the same scheme being carried
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30
we,xe Al Seen Them.

There ought to be school for teach
ing men and women how to carry an
umbrella Most people seem to think
that umbrellas were made to trip up
pedestrians or to swipe off their eye
Glasses and put out their eyes.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30
Might He Adopted Here.

There are curious customs in some
parts of the Middle Empire, as China
is called. Young girls who are mar
riageable wear their hair in a long plait
down their back while in this a red
ribbon is interviewer. This can only
be worn by one who is unmarried and
is not bound by marriage engagements.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30

out in the curtain at the back, which
should be lined with a plain color
The looping is done by drawing the full
last on either side being finished with
an ornament such as a Japanese fan,
or any other effective bit of color Piled
up with cushions this makes charm
ing piece of furniture.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30
HI. Unfortunate Argument.

She-After all, you must admit that
women are better than men.
He-Oh, l don't know. The Bible
doesn't say anything about seven de-
wills being cast out of man.
She-No, OF course not; he has every
one of them yet.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30
bird Migration.

Among the many mysteries of bird
migration is the fact that oversee
Journeys are generally conducted in the
darkness and invariably against head
wind
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30
In n Primitive state.

The Papuans of the Malay coast Of
New Guinea are still in the most primi-
tive state. They are wholly unac-
quainted with metals, and make their
weapons of Zone bones and wood.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30
A Long Canal.

The length Of the Grand Canal from
Tientsin to Hangchau. in China, Is $50
miles. 1t connects great ports with rich
coal regions.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30
Chinese Fans.

Over eleven million fans are export
ID intoSe year from Canton. China.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30
Proper Derivation.

Gooseberry fool is corruption of
gooseberry foule-milled or pressed
gooseberries.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-30
Four Out Of SixSignal Corps Men
Killed or Captured.
REBEL STRENGTH SURPRISE
Gen. 0tis,s Marriage order Contains
No Provisions for Divorce
who May Marry.

New York. Dec. 3o.--A dispatch to the
Herald from Manila says.
Six men Of the signal corps were at
tackled Thursday at Talcvera. east OF
Tariac. by n force OF POO insurgents. and
four OF them were either killed or cap
turud
dispatch stating that tho Fliipinos
werc hafasslnE the entire Lingayan
coast from vlgan to san Jaolnto In
small bands and that Lieut.. j. G. on.
more ana the members OF the cruiser
Yorhton's crew who are prisoners OF
the rebels had been separated aud were
with insurgcnt bands In the northern
mountains was censored by Gen. Otis
ON the ground that he had contrary In
formation.
The strength OF the insurgents Mt
Matalabon caused surprise to the Amer
leans
Merchants here are anxious TO have
the campaign In cavite province begun,
20 that II may be the sooner finished
and the ports be opened to trade.
Gen. otls's recent decree authorizing
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-30

one may cite the following example:
According TO the tests recently made
between Berlin ana Buda Pesth, It
would take but n trine over sixteen
minutes TO trangmit the contents OF "a
newspaper containing 10000 words. An
expert tolegraphcr. using he Hughes
system, would require no less thnn
thirty hours for the transmission OF
such message. while II would be Inn
possible for Morse operator to do the
work In less than Ave days and nights.
As the result II IL not difficult to SEQ
that the successful test of such an In
vontlon means that the entire tolc-
graphic system OF the world Il soon 10 be
revolutlonized. Not only Will the cost
OF tclegraphing be reduced, but the cx-
listing lines can be put 70 much better
use. as the employment OF sufficient
number OF pcrforating machines would
enable the companies to meet any de-
mhnd that could possibly be made upon
the service. For these reasons. as well
az for many others that need
not be mentioned. the names
of the two Hungarian inventors,
MessrH. Pollak and Nlrag. Will certainly
occupy prominent place upon the
pages of the history OF the progress %
the nineteenth eentury.-cieveland
Plain Dealer.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-30
THE FUTURE OF THE sOuDAS.

The Khallfa was destroyed as a seri-
Gus power in the battle OF omdurman;
but that is not the same thing as es-
tablishing an acting dominion over a
stretch OF roadless and generally wa
terless country some 100 miles from
west TO east and 500 from north to
south OF the provinces west OF the
Nile no soldier OF the Egyptian gov
eminent has reset foot In the WESTERN
most, Dafur. Kordofan. between II and
the White Nile. still harbors the Khali-
ia. Attempts have been made to push
into the Bahr-el. Ghnzh and mp the
White Nile to the equatorial lakes, but
they have not been successful The
Hudd, or floating vegetation, has eff
fectually impedcd the gunboats, and
becomes more and more difficult as the
river falls. A down-river expedition
from Uganda has 80 far been baliled by
the sainc difficulty.
on the other hand, the country east
OF the Nile has been fairly covered up
to the frontier OF Abyssinia. The River
Sobnt ana ita tributaries have been
explored for u distance OF nearly 800
miles and fortified port. the southern
most In the Sudan, established at Mas
sar. over $50 miles by water beyond
Faahoda. The Blue Nile and Its trib-
utaries are commanded to the head OF
navigation. The island" or country
between the White and Blue Niles
the best cotton land In the sudan-is
pacined Gcdarlf II being connected
with Kassala and the He'd Sea coast
by telegraph. As soon as possible u
railway will probably he constructed
from Khartum. along the Blue Nile.
by Abu Haraz. Gedarif and Kassala to
sualSlm. Gedarif liz the granary OF the
sudan. grain there can be bought
doubly ms cheap as at Kassala, and
eight times M cheap as ut Omdurman.
Better communication between the
capital and its bread supply is the first
necessity Of the situation.
The remaining section Of the Sudan
the Nile banks from WRdy Halfa TO
i<hnrtum-is the one where most prog
ress may naturally be looked for, II
II the longest conquered and the easiest
to communicate with. Hut what n
country South OF Khartum rain falls
freely In summer-here. hardly ever.
Red-hot rocks and white-hot sand. eye
soaring glare, coarse, sapless grass,
mimosa thorn, wooden-frultcd dom
palms. empty bladders of Dead Sea
fruit. white ants and scorpions.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-30
snurELpr TO M couRrMARrIALEp
Refused to Obey an Order to Submit to q
civil Court

Washington, Dec. 29.-The war de-
partment has accepted the challenge OF
capt. II. W. shufeldt. United States
army. retired, and has transmitted all
the papers referring to the case OF the
officer to Mai. Gen. Merritt command
Ing the department OF the East at New
York. for court martial proceedings.
Several days ago the adjutant gem
eral, by direction OF the secretary OF
war. ordered Capt. shufeldt to place
himself within jurisdiction OF the civil
courts OF Maryland. before which that
officer was the defendant In divorce
proceedings.
This order was based on representa-
lions OF the attorneys OF the wife VI the
officer that he had failed to comply
with the ordera or the court for the
payment to his wife OF u stated amount
OF nlimony. and that he remained out
side the jurisdiction OF the state court
In order to cvade process.
Subsequently the officers counsel In
formed the war department that. act.
ing ON his advice, Capt. shufoldt would
decline TO comply with tho order to
place himself In the jurisdiction OF the
court The attorney said he based his
advice on the fact that his client had
recently been declared bankrupt by the
courts Of the District OF Columbia, ana
consequently was relieved from the
payment Of the alimony decreed by the
Maryland court. amounting 10 date TO
about 5000. A compliance with the or
ucrs uf the war department. the attor-
nov stated, undoubtedly would lead 20
Capt Shufeldts Imprisonment without
proper cause.
Tho attorney furthermore declared
the proceeding was a scheme on the
part ~ the prosecution to put his client
In prison. and said that Capt shufoldt
would stand the consequences OF court
martial proceedings rather than obey
the order which virtually meant his
incarceration without legal support
Capt. Shufeldt also wrote a letter to
the secretary OF war protesting
against the action OF tho military au-
thoritios and notifying him that ho
must decline to obey the order to place
himself within the jurisdiction ot the
Maryland court. lie told the secretary
that he had been under military arrest
for more than a year. and that he con-
siderod the order issued In his case as
unreasonable, as would be one which
would require him to commit murder or
some other crime,
Al the correspondence In the case has
been referred 10 Gen. Merritt with In
structions 10 order n court martial for
the trial OF Capt. Shufcldt on charges
of schndRious conduct and OF conduct
unbecomlng an officer and u gentleman,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-30

The transmission OF intelligence II q
subject OF such enormous Importance
that " has attracted much attention
and has called forth the best Efforts
o. Inventors and capitalists ever since
the day when Il was frat discovered
that II was po,tiblc to make use %
electricity In sending messages from
me ulaoe 10 nrothcr. Little by little
tho methods OF telegraphy have been
improved upon. but no invcntion OF
modern tiries las attracted more at
tSa,ion than the now automatic tcle-
graph maciiuo that has Just been IN.
ttoduced by Anton PollnK and Joseph
vifas. the Hungarian Inventors. IL is
their claim that they have succeeded
In mastering the problem Of quick tel.
egraphy by the discovery OF a method
by which they Will be able TO send mes
nHcs at tho rate Of hi,0Oo words an
hour.
Impossible as such feat may seem
10 thnkt who have no practical knowi.
edge ~ the science VI telegraphy. many
men OF the widest experience have nd
mlttsd that the Invention Is an I'M
qualified success, Among the exports
who have examined the new Invention
and who have watched Us operations
II charles ~. Baker. the supcrintend-
ond ~ construction OF the Postal Tei-
estaph company. lie has Just returned
from Buda .Pssth. whore he witnessed
q eeiits nf tests Of the new device, ana
IL IN his opinion that II w onA OF the
Rreat inventions NJ the century.
irg years many Inventors have been
gl'.nH THEFT best thought To efforts 10
Increase the speed 81 biography. Ac-
cOfdlrg 10 the old Morse system II was
possible 10 ronh out, approximately
go words an hour although this II u
system that depends chiefly upon the
endurance and accuracy Of the opera
tor. With the Morse Duplex system
the number ~ words wcec Increased to
400 With the Hughes system from
1000 TO 1900 words an hour could be
sent and the iIughes Duplex Increases
the number TO about i,s0o words an
hour, a fow years after the introduce
tlon % the Hughes system Inventor
Bau1ot succeeded In Increasing It's ca.
pacity 10 1900 words an hour By tho
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-30

civil marriages makes no provision for
divorce. Only the Catholic reasons for
separation are recognized In the or
der.
Girls " years old and boys OF II are
permitted 20 marry with the consent OF
their parents, but otherwise they must
be u years old.
In order 60 remove any doubt of the
statuH OF Protestant marriages per-
formed during the last year by army
chaplalns. where one OF the contracting
parties was Catholic, Gen. OtlH's or
der was made retroactive. Native wo-
men who have married soldiers without
their relatives,
Justice Arellnno requested the omlH-
sion OF n divorce clause from the de-
cree because OF the belief OF the Fiji
pinos that the marriage tie cannot be
broken.