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The broad ax., 1899-05-30

promenading with . natty naval
ensign from one of our warships in
the harbor. The senoritas Watched
her in silent amazement, the
senoras with distrust, and both
seemed 70 think her the most won
derful creature they ever bsheld.
Instead Of quiet, dignifed de-
mesnor, the American beauty rat
tied away to her escort like . rail-
road train running away from
itself, meanwhile pealing forth
rings of merry laughter, and her
bright, happy ways really had .
depressing effect upon her more
precise sisters.
BICYCLE COSTUME CAUSES coNMo-
fIoN.
But the climax came q few days
later, when another American girl
appeared on the plaza riding 9
wheel, and clad, according to con-
ventionality IN the States, in the
usual short riding skirts, jocky hat
and knee leggins. Had the sun
suddenly blazed forth at midnight
the CONSERVATION of the Santiago
women could not have been greater.
The astounding sight was the talk
of the town for several days, but
the novelty soon wore of, and
American surprises have now about
ceased to excite comment or won.
der among the slow-going natives.
When the Americans arrived
here the city was simply overrun
with every breed of mongrel,
hybrid, and cur dog known TO the
western world, and the slaughter
pens were their great rendezvous.
Morning, noon, and night these
disease spreaders gathered in
swarms about the place, andsnarled
and fought with human creatures
almost a. wretched % themselves
for the spoils of the pens. 1t was
q miserable, sickening sight, o
sight totally unfamiliar to Ameri-
can eyes, and one that is simply
indescribable. In one week Gen.
Wood changed the whole scene.
His first work was to clear out the
dogs, and nearly 5000 worthless
brutes were destroyed in a single
week. His next move was to feed
the starving, and this was followed
by q corps of "white wings" who
daily sweep and flush the vicinity. |
The slaughter pens are now as |
clean a. any similar place in /
America, and the sanitation of the
entire city is managed in the same |
manner.
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Summer Excursions via Union
Pacific Railroad.


Pacific Railroad.
June 60. Omaha or Kansa,
City and return, $500.
june 6F. st. Louis and ne.
turn, $3.50.
June 60. Chicago and re-
turn, &44.5O.
June 80. Buffalo, N. Y,
and return, $3.50.
june l6-17. st. Louis and re.
turn, $3.50.
July l-2S. Detroit, Mich,
and return, ISL 90.
July 6-9-l0. Richmond, Va,
and return, $59.75.
For full particulars concern
ing any of the above mentioned
call on or address b. NJ.
Cay, General Agent, No. 20l
Nam Street, Salt Lake City.
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shipped toanyone,
anywhere, on 10
days free trial,
In your ON y
hone, without
asking one cent
In advance
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NfKRIoR OF sANfIAso HOMES.


At frst sight, coming up the bay
Santiago is Disappointing to the
new arrival. Its $1,000 popula-
ton are hidden beneath acres of
low, fat, red-tiled roofs, and the
houses themselves, built of sum
baked adobe or native stone, are
usually but one story in height.
The streets are narrow, crooked
alleys, rambling up hill and down,
many of them 90 marrow that two
vehicles cannot pass in them, and
were, before the American occups-
ton, totally without paving of any
kind except the narrow Tagging
next to the buildings. Unprepos-
sessing as the houses appear from
the outside In their dauby colors
of blue, chrome-yellov, and muddy
red, within the better ones are al
most palaces of beauty. Their
main feature il an inner court
With stately palms, flowers and
fountains, Aanked on the four sides
by covered piaxzas containing
handsomely tiled floors, and these
answer the purpose of
lining rooms, lounging places, q
comfortable retreat for the noon
lay siesta, or for any other general |
2urpose the family may desire.
Hammocks are swung In convenient
,laces, rocking chairs and lazy
ofas invite one from various hooks
nd corners; birds fly at viii from
lace 10 place, and no inner court
Eould be complete without Its pair
4 ehattering parrots. Window
lass and chimneys are unknown in
'antisgo. The shadows are heay-
y barred with iron, and ponderous
Eooden shutters close out the heat
{ the midday sun. At night
Is thrown open to yenti-
ltion, and a. for kitchens and fuel, Z
separate inner court With a
razier answers for the former, and !
lrbon u the only combustible used 9
" culinary purposes. \
The plaza i the great evening
sort, and here gather "a In tafde"
le bellies and beaus of the town.
bis i > fne large square lighted
; electricity, with enormous orna-
entail Tampa, vhitevashed statues, G
ID broad pavements of marble IL
les. On one side towers theI II
lge cathedral With In twin spires d
aching far into the an, and I
,posite reclines the low-roofed Ii
.Iacs where now, a. formerly, the G
6cisl functions of the province .
. transacted. On the east side
9 graceful San Carlos club and 4
9 massive Casa Grande overlook
. plaza, to the west the Cafe c
,nns-psrhaps the largest of its p
nd IN Cuba-completes the pretty 4
me. J. n T. RAkrxELo, In
Captain q. s. Army. j
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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
Interesting Chemical Substance.


Potassium is one of the most inter
esting substances known to chemical
workers. The metal itself is scarcely
used at all in the arts, but it's many
salts are of imm ense practical value,
being used largely in the production
of gunpowder, fertilizers, medicines
and dyeing compounds. Cyanide is a
compound of cyanogen with metallic
agent. Cyanogen is colorless, poi
sonous liquefiable gas which has the
odor of almonds and burns with a
purple flame. Cyanide of potassium
is made by burning potassium, an al
kali metal, in cyanogen gas, and is
really prussiate of potash. It is
produced also in blast furnaces in
which ore is smelted, with coke or
coal, and is permanent when kept dry,
but decomposes readily in moist air.
Itcrystallizes in dry, octagonal blocks,
and Is extremely soluble in water. 1t
has the odor of prussic acid and kin
dred bitterness of taste. Cyanide of
potassium is also used in electro
metallurgy and photography to con-
siderable extent. 1t will remove me-
tallic oxides, the juices of fruits and
indelible ink.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
Ono Way to Explore Caves.

The Frenchman, E. A. Martel, who
has done more than any other man to
improve methods of cave exploration.
takes the greatest precautions to avoid
the possibility of losing his way during
his pioneer expeditions in caves. He
is man of large means, pays all the
expenses of his explorations himself
and usually has from ten to fifteen
assistants. He carries compasses to
make surveys for his maps and lays
down his routes on paper as he ad.
vances. He marks all the routes of
ingress with white paint and carries
hunting horns and whistles with which
to signal to the men in his party. He
also carries tinder to kindle fire and,
if need be, take the place of matches.
which are apt to become damp.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
What President Was This?


One day President of the United
States sent for me. He had been
elected to that high Office, but had not
yet been installed.
'I hear" he said, ''that you have
just come back from Washington.
eyes"
"Did you go to the White HouseY
You did? Well, please sit down and
tell me all about it. What sort of a
house is it? How is it managed?
How many rooms are in it? Where
abouts does the President do his work =?
And how did you get in there-how
do visitors manage to see the house
while the President and his family
are living in it?"
"Why," I exclaimed, ''you have
often been to Washington! Have you
never visited the White House?"
"No," said he, ST have only seen
the outside of it. I have never even
seen President, or in fact, any great
man. am so peculiarly constituted
that if knew the greatest man in the
world could be seen by walking to the
corner 1 would not walk there. But
now that am about to make the White
House my home, I should very much
like 20 hear all that you can tell
me about it. Julian Ralph, in the
Philadelphia Post.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
High Lights.

If a man has enthusiasm he can get
along without ability.
Man imposes on woman, but she
always thinks he doesn't m can it.
The man who never tracks mud into
the house is usually meddlesome in
the kitchen.
The man who can make other peo-
pie put up with his eccentricities is
called philosopher.
A wise rule in conversation is never
to say anything that you know some
body else wants to say.
A man has to earn his dollars by
himself, but anybody he knows will
help him spend them.
The woman who worries generally
has husband and lot of daughters
who won't worry at all.
Happiness lies in our wish to make
others happy; but we want them to
feel the same way about us.
A woman with heartache can show
naughty demeanor. but she has to
limp when her shoes hurt.
Friendship is that feeling which
keeps women from telling one another
when their shirtwaists don't fit in the
back. Chicago Record.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
A Life for Il Hat,

Joseph Pribanicz, aged SO, OF Hoe
aein, man who has always been con-
sidered to be in normal state of mind.
was travelling by train when his hat
was blown OF and carried out of the
window. With scarcely moments
hesitation Herr Pribanicz opened the
door of the carriage and jumped after
it. He fell down the railway en-
bankment and remained insensible for
some time. When he came to his first
thought was for the lost hat. He
dragged himself, although severely
wounded, up the embankment again,
and crept on to the rails to get the hat.
At this moment an express train came
round the curve, and before the in
jured man could escape he was caught
by the engine aud dragged for dis
tance of some fifty yards. This fool
ish man died a fearful death rather
than lose hat worth about one dol
lar.-Vienna (Austrinl Extrablatt.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
Eject of n IYelI-cut Corset.

1t is extraordinary what trans.
formation well l-cut corset will effect
in a woman's appearance, and how,
without any perceptible pressure, the
waist may be heightened even as
much as two inches. This is really a
very important consideration at the
present time, when princess dresses
and eelskin skirts are SO popular, and
any one who wishes to have an ele-
CANT and graceful appearance should
first of all give consideration to the
corset, otherwise the work of the
dressmaker is likely to be lost.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30

None but fattering comments are to
be made of dress waists as they now
reveal themselves, and powerful as
has been the effort to coax women to
accept more decoration on their skirts,
the waists, bodices and blouses of the
majority of costumes continue to steal
all the real glory and color.
Stitching is in high favor as finish
for wraps and costumes. A fine ex-
ample of waist trimmed with stitch
ings is shown in the large engraving.
Several gowns were seen with no other
trimming save rows and rows OF fanci-
flfl stitching in some contrasting color.
Blouses are now exactly like those
nj previous years. They are made
tighter and over very close fitting
lining. The pleats, which used to be
,nNthe upper part of the bodice, ana
wer3 widened Mt the breast, putting out
md enlarging the waist. are continued
20 the belt, kept flat, and sewed with
lingerie stitch. These pleats are ar
ranged in every possible way, long,
wise, horizontally, diagonally, as in
,ertions. etc. Collars are still made
lpright.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
skirts That Are the Mode.

This seasons styles fulfil twofold
mission. They make the stout woman
look thinner, and the slender woman
becomes dream of loveliness and
shapeliness when she dons princess
effect gown, a short jacket and Direc-
toire hat. Every skirt is tight fitting
about the hips and very much fared
around the bottom, sleeves are small,
collars high, some basques are shown,
and fringe is the acme of novelty.
The favorite model in skirts will he
a seamless circular shape, fitting like
a glove over the hips and back, and
faring at the bottom to the width of
from four and half to five yards.
This fare is very perceptible as the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
Art of Making Candles.

Among the lost industries of rural
Long Island life is the art of making
bayberry candles, for which there is
now a certain demand from those who
are fond of collecting souvenirs of the
past. Occasionally farmers wife
will still be found who has kept her
mothers moulds and who understands
the process OF collie ,ting the clear
green wax from the little whitish ber-
ries that cluster so thichIy around the
twigs of the low, scrubby bay bushes.
Every one knows the delightfully."- re-
freshing odor of the bay when made
into a toilet article, and the candles
have the same sceut, only fainter. The
process of obtaining the wax is easy
and is wo tn trying, as it consists
merely in boiling the berries in cop
per kettle and skimming the scum as
it rises. The scum is the wax, and it
should he boiled second time to re-.
fine it. After cooling, it can be melt
ed and poured into the moulds. The
color is an aesthetic green, which is
doubtless helped by boiling it in cop
per.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
The Newest Form of Cloak.

The newest long cloak for theatre
and general evening wear is crepe de
Chine. 1t is lightly stretched around
the shoulders to about the elbow, and
from this point to the ground all the
fullness is set into narrow little rib
bons or tucks, doing away with all
folds or flutes. This is reversal of
the usual order of things, tucks and
straightness below the elbow instead
of above it, as for tall, slim woman
the innovation is very becoming. The
high collar of this cloak is edged with
feathers and the edges of the front
and all around the bottom are bordered
with netted silk fringe.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
TRIMMED WITH sTITCHINGs

brim of velvet comes nearer than any
other to being the prevailing mode,
as almost invariably becoming to pret-
ty hair, the small, close -draped velvet
toque, worn over the face, is also a
favorite to accompany tailor dress. 1t
is trimmed with stitched bands of
cloth or silk, and a bird or an eiry
butterfly is added for garniture.
A striking piece of headgear is the
accompanying example taken from the
Dry Goods Economist. 1t is hat of
brown and blue velvet, with roses
merging from ecru to dark brown sur
rounding the brim. The butterfly
shows both colorings on cream
ground. The collet is of velvet,
mousseline de sole and renaissance
lace with gold buttons and cord.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
Save The Nickeis.

From saving, comes having. Ask your
grocer how you can save 15c by investing
sc. He can tell you just how you can get
one large 1Oc package OF "Red Cross"
starch, one large lOc package of "Hubin-
gers Best" starch, with the premiums, two
beautiful Shakespeare panels, printed in
twelve beautiful coors, or one Twentieth
Century Girl Calendar, all for sc. Ask your
grocer for this starch and obtain these
beautiful Christ mas presents free.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30

skirt is held up, with one hand hold
ing the bottom and one the belt. The
front breadth, which used to be cut
perfectly straight in order to insure
"good hanging skirt" is now percep-
tibly fiared in the skirts, which are
made on the gored pattern, which will
also be very much worn. The shirred
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
FOR THE HOUSEWIVES.
Care of a Cellar.

A pailful of unslacked lime in cell
lar will overcome slight dampness.
AS soon as it is reduced to fine pow
der it should be replaced by fresh
lime. Cellar windows should not be
closed until there is actual danger of
frost, as vegetables will sprout unless
they are kept in a cool place. A clean,
dry cellar is not only necessary in or
der to preserve vegetables and fruit,
which may be stored there, but as a
safeguard against sickness in the
family.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30

tend to messiness, and when the pro-
fessionals lean that way also the re-
suit is something to wonder
at" is the original meaning.
In their search for the picturesque
the new hats are piled so high and
swathed so deep with superfuous Or
naments that all the symmetry OF the
head and figure is lost in these monu-
nents of misdirected industry.
While the large toque with rolling
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
Sequins Are Fashionable.

Sequins are to be seen on many
things this winter, particularly on thin
goods with lace effects. White gowns
of net are covered with them, but
they must be sewed on carefully, and
home sewing is usually better than
that of the shops. 1t is better to
have no sequins at all than sequin
off here and there. 1t is a degree
worse than a missing boot button.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30

While the infant mortality in Sweden
and Norway is not over IL per cent.
it rises in the German empire to %,
and in the Bavsrian highlands to As
per cent.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30

Not a single penny, halfpenny, or
farthing has yet found its way back to
the English mint.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-30
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
Designs For Costumes That Have Be
come Popular in the Metropolis.

New YORK CITY. Especial. The
deepest pitfall in the path of the anna
teur milliner is the messiness Of pre-
vailing styles. Amateur milliners
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29
DEWEY AT VAUDEVILLE.
Admiral viii See Corbett
Spar and Hear French
Songs.

New York. Sept. 2S--The program
prepared by Oscar Hammerstein, who
was elected by the committee to pro
vide for the entertainment of the tars
of the warships at the Waldorf Asteria
Saturday evening, and at which Admir-
al Dewey will be present, is as fol-
lows
Patriotic delineations and singing;
Cal. Stewart in the character of Uncle
Sam, delivering Joe Kerr's poem,
entitled Hello, Dewey" assisted by
Miss Frances Lee, dramatic soprano;
assemblage to join in the singing of the
"Star Spangled Banner" These Two
features will mark the finale after Ad-
miral Dewey's arrival.
Humorous delineations suitable to the
oecasion-Marshall P. Wilder, John
W. Ransome. Ezra Kendall.
Chansonettes Francaises-Mll Anna
Held
Songs of wit and humor-Marie Dress
lei, Louise Baudet, the Hawthorne sis
tiers. n.
Grand opera seiectionsAJo Sheehan,
6. P. Verne, Miss Frances Lee, Mrs.
LuddIngton.
Ventrioquism-NIi Lydia Dreams.
Pusilisal--J. Corbett, j. Kennedy.
Variety-Carr and Johnson Polk and
johnson, Haines and Pettingell, De
Haven and Mai, Gallettis' monkeys, o.
X. Sato, Angels sisters.
Conductors-H. Paret, It. Egenei,
Luckstone.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29
DEWEY ANECDOTES.

On the docket of the old Justices
court of York county. Maine, of date
thirty years ago. appears this entry:
George Dewey, assault, fined So.
Costs, $3.50 Total, 1880"
The occasion for the entry was an
engagement between the then lieuten-
ant and a civilian named Garland who
did not pay what Dewey considered
proper respect TO him and his uniform,
and in fact, jeered at them both.
Dewey promptly knocked him down and
Deputy Sheriff Plaisted promptly placed
him under arrest.
Dewey, who was then very young and
whose stripes were new,s loftily told
the deputy sheriff he had no power to
place him under arrest; that he was
an officer of the United States navy,
and would decline to be taken into Gus
tody. He did unbend enough to ac-
company the deputy sheriff to the COM
modores office. in order to enlighten
the law officer upon the great gulf be-
tween deputy sheriff and lieutenant
in the United states navy. The COM
modore looked at the deputy's badge,
inspected the warrant he produced, and
then said:
Lieutenant, the young man is right,
and you had better prepare for trial."
1t was great copedown for Dewey,
ard 1t was a long time before he re-
gained his full confidence in the navy
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29
THE MEN WHO FOUGHT WITH DEWEY AT MANILA MAY 98

had with him in Manila on Feb. 10 last
by Edward Wildman, the special cor
respondent of Leslie's Weekly. With
this gentleman the admiral discussed
the possibility of the presidency with
unusual freedom. When asked If he
was republican or a democrat, he re-
plied "A sailor has no politics. /
come from Vermont, and you know
what that means. To be anything but
a republican in Vermont is to be man
without a party. Our flag lieutenant
comes from Georgia.. He tells me that
to be anything but a democrat in the
south is to be a nobody If | lived in
the south l would probably be a dem
ocrat." The admiral added that he had
not voted in many years, and that his
vote was usually influenced by person
al preference or local conditions, and
as to the presidency he said; Don't
you think it would be presumptuous to
accept nomination before 1t Is o.
fered? Perhaps 1t would be equally
previous to reject it." The general
drift Of the admirals remarks was
complimentary to the existing admins
tration and against the suggestion that
he should be a candidate.
The unanimous choice ever again OF
any man for the presidency seems ex-
trenely doubtful. If any one could have
it, Dewey under existing circumstances
could be thus favored. First, because
he is the hero of the nation; secondly,
because he is more familiar than any
one else with the gravest problem that
now oonfronts us-the Philippine ques-
tion-Qt should be noted that the Lon-
don Spectator advises the appointment
of Dewey as the encouragement of the
Phllippines); and, thirdly, because ais
unanimous election would set at rest
the fear of the business world regard
ing grave financial disturbances that
will obviously follow another campaign
with Bryan pitted against Mckinley ON
the old platforms.
1t would be unique and extraordinary
If both parties were to indorse Dewey,
making his nomination unanimous and
the presidential election mere matter
Of form. Such an eventuality, If 1t were
possible, would remove the one great
menace to a continuance of the ooun-
try's present extraordinary prosperity
that is, the menace of presidential,
election, with all that that implies OF a
possible change in our financial and
economic policies.
While the Worlds suggestion, there
more. appears to be fanciful, it is obvi-
ously not to be laughed at.