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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13

knew quite we'll that Brisy Fox
was one Of the Fehm. and now un-
derstood that the business had been
turned over to her. To be quite can
did, was burning with curiosity to
know exactly what the business was.
All knew for certain was that it con-
cerned the identity of Mr.. Mason; be-
yond that guessed, but my guess
seemed SO extravagant that I wanted
to have facts in it's place. More than
that it all had to do with Mason, Lydia
had refused to tell me, and thought
1t wise not to try to pry into the
dreadful secrets of the seven.
However, as the car stop, ed early
in the journey and Mason himself got
on, with some other men, thought
proper to say to Mrs. Cook:
''Please let down your veil."
The warning was unnecessary. She
had seen Mason and recognized him
as soon as I. Through the rest of the
journey could feel that Mrs. Cook
was trembling and sobbing. But we
reached the Surge residence without
further adventure.
I have always thought that, consid.
ering my faithfulness and care in the
discharge of the duty laid upon me,
Lydia ought to have let me be present
at the meeting between
Oh, of course, they were husband
and wife.
But this was Lydia's original way
of bringing them together. She wrote
Mason a note something like the fol-
| lowing:
''Dear Mr.. Mason, be SO kind as to
spare one hour from your real estate
transactions tomorrow and lunch
with me. It will be three cornered
party. Ny other guest is friend Of
mine who Is dying to see you, and I
insist upon your coming. even if you
have to break another engagement"
She took good care that Mason
should not get her note until the
morning of the day she wanted him.
Nevertheless, believe he suspected
the truth and was terribly frightened.
But he came, and>at the close of the
lunch there was little scene-a most
interesting one Bobby, who was not
afraid to help himself freely, now, was
the only spectator.
''And were they divorced?" I asked
Lydia, when she consented to tell me
more of the stor'.
'No," she said. 'But they quar-
! relied over some rubbish He used to
practise as physician, but wnen they
separated by mutual consent three
years ago it made talk in the town
where they lived. So he moved away
and took to real estate. Then she
saw the foolishness of i all and tried
to make it up, and he was misled by
lies that some divorce shark had told
him. His chief aim in life for more
than year had been to escape from
his own lawful wife and at the same
time escape divorce trial. Mason is
one of those fool men who will go ten
miles out of the way TO avoid scene
as they call it. l had to bring him up
to time sharp"
''And did the Fehmgericht investi-
gate and dispose of all those-lies?" l
asked in awe.
Lydia only smiled and said: "H'm."
Denver Times.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13
On Growing Horns.

Horns as head ornaments for bulls
are now considered useless and dan
gerous. The conditions existing in
their wild state which required them
for weapons of self-defense no longer
obtain, hence smooth poll is pre-
ferred, which can be obtained by use
of polled bull, or by use of stick
,austic potash applied to the embryo
norm when the calf is few days old
by first wetting the button or young
horn and then rubbing with potash
until burned sufficiently to kill it
that is kill the horn, not the CALI
Homestead.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13

mixing thoroughly. Slake two pounds
of lime in two gallons water, filter and
add the II ne water to the above mix
ture. 10 all this add one-half pound
of paris green and mix thoroughly.
The wash may be made thicker by
adding lime. The same treatment
will answer for borers on any kind of
trees. A wash made in this ina ner is
not expensive, is easily applied and
very effective. New England Home.
stead.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13
Diseases of Sweet Potatoes.

According to Professor Townsend
of the Maryland station all the dis
eases of the sweet potato are produced
by small parasitic plants cllled fungi.
A fungus is composed OF two parts,
viz, vegetative and reproductive. The
vegetative part is composed of thread
like structures which are hollow, and
which grow in or on the tissues of the
diseased plants. The reproductive
part consists of small, round or elon-
gated bodies, called spores, which
have the ability under favorable con-
ditions to produce new fungi. The
spores are produced in different ways
by different fungi, and some of the
fungi are able TO produce spores in
several different ways. Some spores
are much more resistant than others
and are capable of retaining their vi
tality for several years if the condi-
tions for termination and growth are
not favorable.
Black rot-Both stem and root H.
able to be attacked by this disease.
Causes the diseased part to turn black,
as the name signifies. May attack
the young sets in the bed or it may
not appear until the plants are in the
field. The remedy is to discard all
diseased sets, spray with Bordeaux
mixture ii an attack is feared and not
plant in the same field where disease
appeared last season.
Soil rot-Attack is confined to the
roots and tubers, giving the appear
ance to them of string of beads of
irregular size and shape. Treat the
soil with sulphur four hundred pounds
to the acre, sowed broadcast and
worked in. 70 the sulphur may be
added with advantage the same amount
of kainit, also rotate crops.
Soft rot-Attacks tubers, usually
after they are stored. Tubers shrivel.
Black masses when skin is broken and
disagreeable oGor. Avoid bruising
the tubers, store in dry places at a
temperature of about seventy degrees,
remove and burn diseased tpbers as
soon as they begin to decay.
Stem rot-Dark lines appear on the
stem Just at the ground. Vine turns
yellow, then black throughout, unless
rooted at some node, beyond which it
remains green. Disease extends down.
ward, and causes upper part of tuber
to decay. Short shoots from partly
decayed tubers. Rotate crops and
use only vigorous sets.
White rot-Attacks tubers only,
giving them a white, chalky appear
ance. Rotate crops and use only Wig.
orous sets.
Dry rot-Attacks underground parts
only, giving to them wrinkle I, pimply
appearance. Interior OF deceased
tubers becomes dry and powdery.
Gather and burn all diseas ed roots at
the time the crop is harvested.
Scurf-Attacks undergroundpo portion
only, giving to them rough, brown
ish, and sometimes q shriveled APP
pearance. Discard all diseased tubers
in producing sets and rotate crops.
Leaf Mold-Leaves become si,kly,
brown spots appear upon their upper
surfaces, and white spots upon the
under surface. Destroy all reated
weeds. Spray with Bordeaux mizr
ture.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13
Notes of the Crusade.

Saloons are veritable pest houses, whose
presence is a menace ito all progress ant
civilization.
area Of 10000 square miles, there are only
nine saloons.
Good coffee will gradually DESTROY n
liking for alcohol. In Brazil, where coffee
Is grown extensively, and the inhabitants
drink It many times oay, lntoxication Is
rarely seen.
So long as the licensed saloons are per.
mitted to sell spirits to anyone. so long will
crime, disease and pauperism exist. It Is
tion OF nature.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13
Losses In Battle.

An old friend sends a clipping re-
lating to Mr.. Alexander Sutherland's
article in the Nineteenth Century OH
the question of war being on the de-
cline. The conclusion is that the loss
of life in Europe by war during the
present century does not exceed one
per annun out of every 10, 900 of the
population, whereas one in 100 would
be low estimate of similar deaths
in the Europe of 1000 years ago. -
New York Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13
| FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
Coarse Sandy Soils Uuprofitable.

Professor Kings experiments de-
monstrate quite concinsively that
sandy soils, no matter now rich they
may be in plant food, must remain un-
productive where the ground water is
not near the surface and where good
showers do not fall at regular inter-
vals or where irrigation is not prac-
ticed.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13
Tho Battle in Ohio.

The Anti.Saloon League is making itself
strongly felt in Ohio. Last year it dis
trtbuted large quantities of temperance
literature, held thousands OF temperance
agitation meetings, and was instrumental
in closing the saloons In forty-four town
ships and towns. Moreover, through its
influence there are many towns in which
the liquor laws are better enforced than
aver before
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13
THE cHlLpReM.s HOUR.
(CoMMox srr1r.)

I'm Just ON the verge OF oblivioL.
And crossing the borders OF Nod
When bang goes the door OF the nurs'rys
And in comes an army odd.
They tanish sleep in an instant.
They storm every protest down;
II try 10 escape they squelch me-
Farewell to somnolence town.
II you wish cure for insomnia,
lnfallible, certain as Fate.
Just spend six months with three children
Whose ages are three, five and eight.
But, oh! for land beatiflc
/ wish could tell you the name,
Where old Sol never shines till six-thirty,
But children abound just the same
-Longfellow Jones, in Puck.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13

Between the dark and the daylight,
When Aurora's just leaving her bower,
Comes break in the nights quiet slumbers
That Is known as the children's hour.
At four-thirty on summer mornings,
At six In the winter cold,
hear from the chambers adjacent
The cries of our tyrants bold.
First, Billy calls for a cracker,
Then Lucy "dwink" demands;
And nothing will satisfy Charley
But his blocks direct from my hands.
turn out of bed with q shiver,
yawn and stumble and grope,
And when their demands are complied with
For forty winks more hope.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-13
THE GERMAN CONSUL
URGED MATAAFA TO
KEEP ON FIGHTING

Admiral Kautz, asking if two
great Christian nations approved
of this inhuman and barbarous
practice against the laws of
Christianity and the decree of
the Supreme Court.
The admiral replied, agreeing
with the Consul as to the inhu-
manity Of the practice, and
pointed out that had "the Ger
man Consul upheld the decree OF
the Supreme Court in January
there would have been no blood
shed; that the custom was an old
Samoan one, but first made
known to the world ten years
ago, when the heads of honest
German sailors we're cut off by
the barbarous Chief Mataafa,
whom the representative of the
great Christian nation, Germany,
is now supporting"
Expeditions in armed cutters
belonging to the Tauranga and
Porpoise are doing considerable
execution against Mataafa's
strongholds along the coast.
The British forces are being as
sisted by 100 Samoans. About
forty-six Of Mataafa's boats and
several villages have been de-
stroyed. In the meantime flying
columns are being sent daily
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-13

n UCKLAND, N. T., April
a I2-9 a. m.-Further ad-
vices from Apia, Samoa,
say that on the arrival of the
British cruiser Tauranga at
Apia the British and American
Consuls issued a proclamation to
give Mataafa a last chance, and
that the French priests also used
their influence, but all efforts
failed, and the rebels continued
their depredations. Property
was destroyed and bridges and
roads were barricaded.
On March 20 the enemy was
sighted at Maguigi and machine
guns and a seven-pounder were
used. The. friendlies, Malietoa's
men, also attacked the enemy
during the latter's retreat and
several rebels were killed or
wounded.
The friendlies carried one
head through Apia, which made
Captain Stuart so furious that he
went to the King and threatened
to shoot any man found taking
heads. The King then issued a
proclamation, forbidding the
practice.
The German Consul wrote to
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-13

mistakable disavowal of the ac-
ton of their naval commanders,
together with the alleged official
statement by the Berlin Foreign
Office the day before sustaining
Consul Rose and charging VIC
lation of the treaty by American
and British officers, places the
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-13

the apparently sudden veering
about of the Berlin Foreign OF
fee causes great surprise. The
statement attributed to an off
cial of the Berlin Foreign OF
fee, published this morning,
that Great Britain and the
United States must make an un-
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-13
THE. CALL BEATS THE WORLD.

January 8 special cablegram
the world the of beginning Of the
trouble in Samoa.
Maaafa taking against Chief
declaring MaetOa King had the
defied the Of his
morning The Call beat the
printing the that American English blood had been
that the under Mataaa had ambushed
party bIuejackets Apa
this reaching than
needs little comment The Call spared
to eiVe its readers only all the all the
the best of the ahead Of its Steal
ing garbing Calls the
issued spasmod jerks after the do not
beating The Calls copyrighted cabegam from
The Call printed yesterday To-day Call carried
he remotest of the Stale
The achievement the splendid placed the credit Of
San Francisco In passing observed that
Call will continue the Samoan field fields
other newspaper in San Francisco
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-13

matter in an entirely different as
pect from that anticipated by
reason of the attitude of the Ger
man Embassy here, and suspi-
cion of double dealing has been
aroused in some quarters.
The State Department can
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-13

officials assume an attitude ad-
verse to the British and Ameri-
cans.
The situation is still further
complicated by the statements
quoted in the Associated Press
dispatches from Berlin as official
from a representative of the
German Foreign Office. The
tone of these utterances is so de-
fant and SO far in conflict with
the attitude assumed by the Ger
man ambassador at Washington
that even before news of the col
lision at Apia was received the
was looked upon as par
taking of a more serious aspect
than had been before anticipated.
The course of the German En-
DasSy at washington IN COM
munication with the State De
partment since the first outbreak
of the trouble in Samoa has ap-
peared conciliatory, and the
on the commission
was looked upon as assuring a
peaceful settlement. This Gov
ernment has had reason to be-
lieve that Germany had no pur-
pose to sustain the German Con-
sui, and that his proclamation
exciting the natives to resistance
would be repudiated. Therefore
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-13
VERY WEARY OF
GERMAN TACTICS.
SAYS Mr.. HULL

Nv 15=HTSe AsHHSeT9S: 6siT. AR5sl .Rslsl
" sive cablegram fro m
Auckland concerning the latest
fight in Samoa was the only in
formation at hand at the War
Department early this morning,
and was eagerly discussed. 1t
was confirmed some hours later
by a cablegram from Admiral
Kautz.
The possibility of very grave
consequences resulting from the
collision at Apia lies in the COM
plicated circumstances surround
ing the case. If the ambuscade
in which the American and Brit
lsh officers and sailors were killed
was actually led or instigated by
a German, as indicated in the
news dispatches, it would still be
a simple matter for Germany to
disavow the act and punish the
offender. The trouble is, how
ever, that this ambuscade does
not stand by itself. The instiga-
ton in hostilities in Samoa is
charged to the German Consul,
and this latest bloodshed in
which the responsibility of Ger
man is indicated is but develop
ment in hostilities growing out
of the dispute in which German
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-13
THE SCENE OF ACTION AT SAN


chimney
,abouha he
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-13

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special emergencies, were other gall
legs, each of which, as our plotting cap
tive had discovered while clambering
innocently about the place, contained
oars; these might come into play. And
here it should be added that the eight
Americans engaged in the plot were all
familiar with boats and rowing.
All things having been carefully
considered, Beman awaited a favorable
occasion to undertake the perilous adj
venture.
The chance did not come until one
rainy and dismal day late'in October.
Fog rendered objects few rods distant
quite invisible. The boat from head
quarters, delayed by the fog and an I'M
| usually strong tide, was late in reach
ing the Whitby. and arrived just as the
guards were changing. The circum-
stances were favorab1e-a fact for
which Abel Beman had been inwardly
praying all day.
When the boat touched the ship the
officer sprang up the side, bearing writ
ten orders in his hand. Shouting back
to an oarsman to follow him with a
basket brought from the city, he hur-
ried to the cabin.
just CnSh the Jay SudIU WIS DtlHS
called away and the night guard told
off in their places. To add to the haste
and confusion of the scene the pris-
oners were purposely restless and
noisy, surging about the deck as if to
keep warm. and shouting in the most
boisterous manner.
Whispering to one of his seven COM
panions, very tall man. to reach up
and get a pair of oars from galley
overhead, Beman, with a boyish, good
natured smile and remark to the re-
naming oarsman, sprang over the side
into the boat. Keeling as if about to
| fall, he exclaimed, childishly: Here,
| catch hold Of my hand!'
The koatman, evidently plying him
sprang forward, seized his hand and
gently drew him toward seat in the
| stern. But this was a fatal mistake
| for the oarsman, for like a fash the
little American captain grappled the
bulky Britisher, overturned him, head
| downward, as IL he had been a stick
and plunged him into the river.
at the same second the guard posted
| at the gangway came down head frs
| also, gun and all, hurled by the pris'
| oners on deck into the water. Then
| gliding down like so many swift shad
ows, came the seven grim followers o.
the daring dwarf, and all except thost
who were to WELD the oars squatted il
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GRANTS GOODNESS.
Generals Remarkable Pres
ence OF Mind.

When Gen. Grant threw his army
across the James river in 1864 and es-
tablished his headquarters at City Point
thousands of tons of ammunition in
canal and other boats were anchored
in the James less than an eighth of
mile from the commander in chiefs
tent. 1t was the depot from which botk
the Army of the Potomac and the Army
CT the James received their supply OF
ammunition; and both armies used tons
of it nearly every day.
Along in August. 1864, and think il
was the 18th. the army at Petersburg
and beyond heard a succession OF great
explosions at City Point, a dozen miles
away. The unusual noise caused great
excitement. The soldiers were aware
of the presence at the point of the
stored powder, and in space of time
briefer than it takes me to write it a
story was started that the confederates
had made raid on City Point, captured
Gen. Grant and blew up the ammuni-
ton boats. Other wild stories were set
to going. but they all soon ran into q
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-17
stood at each end of the ship. and a row

stood at each end Of the ship, and a row
of them lined the rail Oh either side.
Around the shores of the bay stretched
a Gordon of pickets, while several frig-
ates were moored in the river, and bris-
tied with shotted cannon ready to bel
low away at any moment But for the
vast. magnitude Of these difficulties he
would have liberated all the prisoners
on the Whitby, over thousand in num-
ber Indeed, one magnificent attempts
was made, but failed.
On a dark night the guards were
overcome and confined below decks
without shot or an outcry; then the
anchors were lifted and the ship was al
lowed to drift, in the hope that she
would run ashore somewhere and at
ford an opportunity for the Americans
to escape. But the rafting Of chain
in raising the anchors reached the ears
of the night officer on one of the frig-
ates, and before the Whitby had fairly
begun to move yawl filed with ma
rines came alongside, and the under
taking was frustrated.
But so enfeebled by rigid confine-
ment and low diet were most of the
prisoners that probably many of them
would have persisted even had they es.
capped. They had not endurance to
march across the country to their
friends. Thus it was plain that any
attempt at a general escape would de-
feat itself.
Finally Beman decided to include a
few only of his harbor comrades, and
hoped by quietness and swiftness to
get off without awaking much oppo-
sition. To this end he selected the
seven Of his companions best fitted for
the attempt, and, rehearsing his plans
to them, obtained their hearty support.
He had observed that every evening
just before the change of guards gal
ley came over from British headquar-
tiers in New York, bringing lieutenant
with orders for the night and sometimes
letters or wines and delicacies for the
officers of the ship. This galley was
manned by only two oarsmen, who gen.
orally, while waiting for the lieuten-
ant, came on deck to chat with the
guards and prisoners, and left their
oars in the small boat.
Swung above mems heads over the
deck of the Whitby. and designed for
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In Manila most OF the houses have
tiny window panes, made of translu-
cent oyster shells instead of glass.
An average window. six feet high by
four feet wide, contains go shells,
which temper the heat and light of
the sun and prevent blindness
Minnesota is proud Of having in her
college OF agriculture at Minneapalis
over 90 young women They study in
general the same course as that pur-
sued oy the young men. only that thew
sn ossitnte sewing. laundry work and
cooking Tor blacksmithing. carpentry
aad military drill
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FOLLOWED IT ABOUT ON RATS.

wall. with one eye cast up. pathetically.
1t presented a formidable spectacle,
moving slowly along, and no one dared
enter the water, consequently no cas-
ualties were reported. But it was not
long before an article appeared in a
northern paper, calling attention to the
terrors of Dry Tortugas, where amcng
other tortures the union officers used
man-eater sharks to capture prisoners.
and so no little excitement was occa-
stoned among thoughtless readers in
the north and south at what was con-
ceived 10 be the brutality of the officers
who had charge of the Dry Tortugas
prison.
Meanwhile the great shark, in reality
a timid and utterly demoralized crea-
ture. was swimming about. refusing the
daintiest morsels of fish which were of
fered it, finally becoming-so tame that
it could be touched by its boy captors.
who followed it about on RATS. while
the naturalist watched its method of
swim g and made many sketches Of
it and the singular fishes which chung
to it's sides. The shark lived six
months. finally dying of starvation Its
jaws may now be seen in the American
museum of natural history, Central
park, New York city.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.