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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-24
a Queens Charity.

We hear less about Portugal than
about Spain at any time and Of late
have heard less than usual. The
Queen of Portugal is sovereign de
serving long mark for her interest
in hospitals and hygiene, and also in
the welfare of the children OF poverty.
At Alcantara she founded, in 1898,
dispensary peculiarly for meeting
the demands of childish invalids, as
pleasantly situated as possible and
spaciously planned, combining diet
kitchen, consultation rooms, surgical
halls and much OF the departmental
work of hospital. Almost every day
the queen herself goes to the estab-
lishment and takes personal share in
the labors of the charity-now waiting
i'll the kitchen distributions, and again
assisting in the surgery. Several
well known women of her court are
equally practical. The general charge
Of it is committed to religious order,
n favor;te of the queens, but the emf
nent Portuguese physician, Dr.. Silva
Carvalho, heads the staff of medical
workers. In one year, QS95l there
were given in the binding 1863 con-
sultations, So, 704 rations from the
diet kitchen, 80, 521 bandagings, 76,-
4S0 prescriptions and 470 vaccina-
tions. The milk and vegetables are
furnished gratis by the queen, and
the medical supplies are also betrayed
by her. Fifteen hundred babies were
treated in one twelvemonth 1t is
said that there is not any royal char
ity of the sort i'll Europe SO efficiently
managed, with the additional active
cooperation of the founder. -Har-
per's Weekly.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-24
Gleaninys from the Shops.

White silk stockings having the
openwork instep threaded with white
baby ribbon.
White and colored taffeta silk para
soils, plain and corded, mounted on
bamboo sticks.
Pique stocks in all shades with
white ends attached that can be tied
in any preferred form.
Long neck scarfs made of delicate
pink crepe de Chine showing appiiques
in rich black thread lace.
A great variety of allovers in taste
full combinations of valenciennes lace
and openwork embroidery.
Costumes of figured or striped mus
Inns trimmed with groups of narrow
frills arranged in bayalere effects.
Gowns of white foulard lavishly
decorated with lace finished on the
lower edge with narrow silk fringe.
Many chemisettes composed of al
ternating rows of fine lace inserting
and bouillonnes OF mousseline or
gauZe.
Costumes of white taffeta made with
pointed tunic finished with broad
founce of rich guipure headed by sew
eral rows of matched inserting and
lace sleeves. Dry Goods Economist
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-24
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Charcoal used to be the fuel in tho
manufacture of steel. Coke has taken
its place.
There are in the world about ninety
establishments devoted to spinning
silk waste.
Pennsylvania coal-mincs are prepar-
ing to substitute compressed air for
mules as the motive power for the cars
in the underground workings.
Platinum has been drawn into
smooth wire so fine that it could not
be distinguished by the naked eye,
even when stretched across piece of
white cardboard.
a Turgan steam boiler is now made
in Paris, France, which, with weight
under ton, gives sixty horse power.
1t only occupies rather more than
cubic yard OF space.
Liquid air expands 139, 100 foot
pounds to one pound of air, and is
capable of developing tremendous
power, but only the most skilled chem
lists dare to handle the new force.
Milk has been shown by experiment
to have advantages in extinguishing
burning petroleum. 1t forms an emul-
sion with the oil, and in limited
space is thus made to quench flames
upon which water could be thrown
with little effect.
To establish steel-rail works, an
expenditure of So, 600, 600, is required
before single rail can be turned out.
The steel is made to conform to an
accurate chemical composition-the
most accurate in the ordinary range OF
technical operations.
A writer in the Edinburgh Medical
Journal declares that many fancied
disorders of the stomach are really
the results of the metabolic misdeeds
of bacteria in the intestines Rest.
milk diet, and cheese are among the
remedies suggested.
Electricity, when unretarded by at
nospheric influences, travels at the
tate of 22s, 600 miles SECOND. Along
wire it is of course vastly slower,
and a perceptible period of time is
occupied by the electric current in
sending kilograms over long distances.
It is said that some 5000, 600 acres
Of land in Italy, the cultivation OF
which has been abandoned because of
malaria, are to be developed by the
aid of American capital. Land OF this
nature can be reclaimed by drainage
and proper attention to sanitary laws.
Sawdust is turned into transportable
fuel in Germany by q very simple
process. 1t is heated under high
steam pressure until the resinous in
gradients become sticky, when it is
pressed into bricks. One man, with a
two-horse power machine, can turn
out 5000 bricks day.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-24
Robert Bonner's Methods.

Robert Bonner read every manu-
script that was submitted to the Led
ger before relinquishing control to his
sons. There was an old bench in the
hall in front of his private Office, on
which the hungry literates used to sit
hour after hour, waiting to speak to
him. He followed religiously the
barber-shop principle of first come
first served. Cards were taken in over
counter in an ante-room, and to this
counter the publisher would step from
time to time, calling out the name of
some visitor. The person would rise
and begin a speech, which Bonner
would interrupt with the most patient
voice imaginable: "We haven't time
to talk now; come back on Thursday
and will tell you whether want the
story or not" Before another word
could be said he disappeared behind
his private door with the precious
manuscript.-New York Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-24
Fashions Against Suffrage.

Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in
speaking 10 a club woman the other
day. expressed herself as entirely out
of sympathy with that kind of femi-
nine taste that induces a woman to go
about with trailing dress and no
pocket She spoke on the matter in
this wise:
$50 me one of the saddest sights in
our streets today is an educated
woman wearing trailing dress that is
destitute Of pocket. Behold her!
In one hand she carries her umbrella,
fan, cardcase, pocketbook and hand
kerchief; with the other she holds up
her dress if she attempts to prevent it
from trailing in the dust. Thus en-
numbered, her skill in getting in and
out of cars, etc., passes all under
standing. True, she occasionally
falls, twists her ankle OF drops all her
possessions, aud these the sons of
Adam kindly pick up and restore to
her."
81 have tried" went on the aged
reformer, pathetically, ''for fifty years
to bring about the equality of the
male and female of the human family,
but in view of this everyday picture
what can say? /, a mother i'll Israel,
have no influence with my country
women compared with the Parisians
who set the fashions. All my peti.
tioIs, appeals and protests have thus
far been in vain. Skirts must have
a graceful sweep on the ground; they
must be tight to the figure to show the
outline OF form. The pocket was
banished from the front that it might
not interfere with the set of the skirt,
then some one had it sequestered in
the gathers at the back, but now the
edict has gone forth that the skirt
uust be tight and smooth all around,
so the deathknell of the pocket is
heard throughout the length and
breadth of the land.
''Suppose some new Beau Brummell
should send forth decree that ones
sire and sons should have fonnce on
their trousers, or their outer garments
should be too tight and smooth topper
NIT them to have a pocket, think you
they would submit to such folly? Not
they.
II tremble to think what have
done to get the suffrage for women,
fearing all the foolish fashions they
might by law cause to appear in our
midst. New York Tribune.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-24
Women Work while Men Fight.

''Half of the crops raised in Kan
sas are sown and gathered by women,"
said Seymour Davis, one OF the lar
gest agriculturists in Southern Kan
sas, in a recent conversation. 'This
may seem rather startling state
ment to comprehend at first, but I
know it to be absolutely true. Since
the war in the Philippines nearly 1000
more women have begun work in the
fields. Nearly every member of the
Twentieth Kansas volunteers was q
farmer, and they left wives, sisters
and sweethearts behind them. These
women resolved at once to do the
proper thing, and they are running
the farms themselves while the boys
are away. It's patriotic thing, but
there are more widows, orphans and
spinsters who run farms than the
other class. Altogether, there are
1000 women in the state who farm. l
think that is about so per cent. OF the
farmer population. ] mean the heads
of families who reside on farms
women and children excluded.
'After they were gone the women
went nobly to work. Mrs. Mary Dix
and her two daughters run a 250-acre
farm in Wilson county. Father and
son both enlisted. Mrs. Sample,
widow, whose son is with Colonel
Funston, lives on a small tract of land
in Sumner county and does the work
herself. Her crop yield will be ex<
cellent this year.
81 came to the state in 1875 and
women had already commenced to
farm then. My wife has plowed in
the field many day while was out
hunting after cattle the Indians had
stolen. Many of the frontier women
of the state did likewise. The girls of
this state who work on farms are as
highly educated as those who work in
stores or adorn the drawing room. In
deed, have seen some of the prettl-
est girls in the state on the farms.
They wear sunbonnets and do not get
tanned OF course their hands are a
little coarse, but that only proves that
they are not afraid of work. After
all, the Kansas woman is heroine.
philadelphia Press"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-24
The Sublima.ed Shir. Waist.

The shirt waist of linen, severe and
tailor made, and the sublimated shirt
waist of batiste, brocade or crepe de
Chine are really first cousins after all,
and, strange as it may seem, the
woman who is naturally stylish
looks as we'll IN one as in the other.
Nothing is more becoming, if it is be-
coming at all, than linen shirt waist,
properly fitted and modish in cut.
The woman who has natural styie''
seldom looks we'll in the severely sim
pie blouse OF linen OF madras, but the
artful blouse of soft material can
transform her into thing of beauty.
A charming soft little blouse of white
null is arranged in narrowly tucked
stripes alternating with insertions OF
Valenciennes lace. The high trans
parent collar Of lace is pointed at the
sides, and the sleeves have transpar-
ent cuffs that reach almost to the fin
ger tips.
Silk shirt waists with corded tucks
stitched in contrasting color, batiste
waists with simulated yolles and boil
eros Of lace and embroidery, and soft
crepe waists with lace iabots and gem
buttons are delightful additions to the
seasons wardrobe.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-24
he LOST HIS PENCILS.
But the Reporter Wrote His Story with
an Electric Light Bulb.

But the Reporter Wrote His Story with
an Electric Light Bulb.
.'Did I ever tell you about the time
that I wrote story with an incan-
descent light bulb?" said the police
reporter to few of his professional
friends.
"No? Well, it's a fact, just the
same, and all had to write with was
one of these glass globes.
The hearers moved uneasily and one
was heard to say something about
taking another draw. The police re-
porter was undaunted, however, and
went on:
''This is no pipe dream. / was
working on the Brooklyn Eagle and
had been sent down to small inter-
ior town on one of the hottest stories
you ever heard about-double murder
with good mystery end-dead peo-
pie both prominent, and suspected
murderer prominent citizen.
81 pulled into the station at exactly
II o'clock and of course went into the
station, the only telegraph Office in
the town, to tell the operator that I'd
have some stuff to file not later than
l o'clock in the morning. He was an
agreeable fellow, and he said he would
GO home and get two hours sleep and
be back in time to handle my story.
jumped in the town and in an hour
was back to the telegraph office, which
the operator had left open for me.
II peeled off my coat and vest and
10, cfn ,,f
my life. My hand sought my upper
vest pocket, where 1 carried my pen
ellis, and, jumping Jupiterl l had lost
every one of them. l remembered
that I had them little while before
when taking some notes, but they
were gone now.
II then began to gaze around the
office. The operator had plenty of
ink, but nary pen or pencil could 1
find. l was in beautiful hole.
Within an hour of filing time and not
a thing to write with. Just thought
and thought, and in doing so hap
pened to look again at the operators
desk. There lay pad of thin paper
and between the first and second
sheets was piece of carbon paper.
The way out of my difficulty came to
me like fash.
'In the little Office were three in
candescent lamps. l turned the key
and put out one, unscrewed it, and i'll
another moment had the pad of paper
with its carbon sheet in front OF me.
At the big end of the bulb was a pro-
truding point of glass. l took the
globe in my hand, holding it like q
stylus, and marked on the top sheet:
The Eagle, Brooklyn, \. y. Imag-
ine my Joy when l lifted the upper
carbon paper to find that it had taken
the impression perfectly. Then l went
to work and at l o'clock when the OPP
orator arrived, had starter for him of
thousand words"
did YOU finish the story that
way" was asked.
''Yes. The operator offered me-
writing material, but the novelty of
the thing had taken hold OF me. So
/ ran the other 1900 words out in the
same way"
Then, " "drawled the court recorder,
"you walked up" - Atlanta Constitu-
tipo
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-24
A Lotion That Removes Freckles.

To remove freckles, mix one ounce
of lemon juice, quarter OF drachm
of powdered borax, half drachm
OF pulverized sugar, and let it stand in
glass for few days; then apply it and
let it dry on the skin. Or apply with
linen cloth two tablespoons OF grated
horseradish mixel with teacupful OF
sour milk. If girl freckles easily
she should keep this lotion and use it
frequently, being careful not to allow
it to touch her eyes.-Ladies' Home
journal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-24
How They Catch scorchers in London

How They Catch Scorchers in London.
A great many communications have
recently been sent TO the London
papers saying at the Kingston police
always catch the wrong person when
they attempt to stop the wheelmsn
from furious riding. The policemen
have contradicted these accusations.
There seems to be mistake some
where. Possibly the true explanation
may be found in what is said to be
true American story" printed in the
London Mail. This story, says The
Mail, has great bearing on the case
at hand. There IS certain time when
the vision of the officer loses The real
offender and he never gets him within
the range of his eyes again. Here is
the story, which is said to explain
matters: "A gentleman was leaning
out of a railway carriage window to
kiss his wife, who was on the platform
bidding him goodby. The train, how
ever, moved ON with that celebrity for
which American trains are famous in
anecdote; SO fast, indeed, that the
chaste salute was bestowed on por-
ter at the next station. The sugges-
ton is that, as the cyclists travel so
fast in Kingston, the police do not
catch the scorcher, but the slow rider
who is coming up lust behind him"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-24
HOW WE WASTE FOOD.
1t Costs Twice What 1t should to Feed
This Family.

The results of single dietary study
will show the general trend Of the in
vestigations OF Professor Atwater, the
expert of the United States food COM
mission. 1t was made in the family
of mechanic consisting of father,
mother and three small daughters.
According to the standards the family
should have had little more than the
daily food required by three men.
This family paid for food S12.22 in
ten days, or at the rate of about S37
per month. Their reat was Sl2 per
month When the man had work, he
earned about $50 per month. Deduct
ing the cost of food and rent from this
only 81 per month remains for fuel,
light, clothing and the numerous other
requirements of family. With good
management in its purchase aud pre-
paration, food sufficient to meet the
needs of man a. moderate work for
a day can be obtained at a cost rang
ing from fifteen to twenty cents. The
food of the family OF well-to-do pro-
fessional man, whose dietary was re-
Gently studied, cost eighteen cents per
day, or but little more than half the
cost of that of the family quoted in
the table. By the proper expenditure
OF their money the New York family
would have been able to buy their food
for $75 to S2G instead of $50 per month.
The purchase of condensed milk, pre-
pared -four, poultry and most kinds of
fish, was unwise. Ordinary milk and
tnur oo1 fba ,naonar cr,4a of haaf
would have been more economical.
The amount of food purchased might
we'll have been reduced twenty-five
per cent, and, with some intelligent
substitution this would have effected
the saving indicated. The cost of
their living would have been extrava-
giant for we!l-to-do family, and for
people in poverty such as theirs it was
ruinous.
In general, the inves legations show
that We waste food in two ways. We
throw away great deal that might
well be eaten, and we eat too much.
The cure for the former mistake can
be found only in more careful house
hold management. The remedy for
the latter evil must come from the
more general spread Of such informa-
nation as is contained in the tables
accompanying this article, and from
an appreciation of the fact that in the
matter of food. economy and frugallty
are not only respectable but eminently
desirable in giving us healthful bodies
and efficient minds. e. w. Mayo in
Ainslee's
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-24
Fun on a Military Transport.

When the United States transport
Zelandia carried part of the second
expedition Of troops from San Fran
cisco TO Manila during the early part
Of the war now in progress aboard
were the Tenth Pennsylvania volun-
teers and the now famous Utah bat
terry.
To divert the monotony of long
voyage the yet unframed soldiers in
lulged in all sorts Of games and pranks
during the intervals between drill and
school.
The officers were not all inclined to
stand upon military dignity, and so
when the privates had exhausted each
others good nature they dragged in
the "noncoms, who in turn dragged
the commissioned officers into the
various traps the skylarkers set for
each other
Says a former private who took the
voyage In question:
''Some of the boys were gathered
together on the forward deck; quietly
they passed the word back that SO and
so was wanted. Coming forward one
Of the group would beckon to him
mysteriously and as he stopped to
listen 'whack' would come tremen-
dous blow from barrel stave from
some unknown source behind him.
'After yell Of laughter had sub
sided he would be handed the stave
and given the privilege Of naming the
next victim.
"This happened in turn to private,
corporal, sergeant, lieutenant, captain
and major, and the boldest held their
breath as the major, with grim smile,
said:
" Private SMITH, present my COM
pliments to the colonel and tell him
Major respectfully desires his
presence forward.
''The colonel came, stopped over,
received his whack, Strengthened up
and to the delight Of the boys shouted:
"'Tell the chaplain to come forward
at once. '"-Chicago News.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-24
Women as Druggists,

Comparatively few women have thus
far become druggists. 1t certainly
has not been on account of their disa-
bility for such work, for their deftness
and delicacy of touch, and their "a
tience and extreme cleanliness, make
them most valuable in the laboratory.
In business the only women who sue
ceed are those who go to their work
with positive conviction that they
have selected wisely ana we'll and
whose energies are tireless. It is true
they are not often so well paid for the
same work as men, but it is to be
hoped that the world will soon realize
hat there is no sex in brains, and,that
this error Of the present day will soon
De rectltied.
The course Of study to fit one to
prepare and dispense drugs and to
earn the principles of immediate use
drug store usually extends over a
period OF from year and half to two
ears; it includes O certain amount OF
Instruction in Latin, chemistry, bot
ny, materia melica, microscopy,
pharmacy, etc. The fees for instruc-
ion at the various colleges of pharm-
cy throughout the country are mod
rate-about S75 term, which covers
II necessary expenses.
The work is eminently suited to a
eGned, educated woman, though to
ain admission to any of the colleges
My good general education is neces-
ary. Once qualified as dispenser
lere is always employment to be
and. The work is not usually well
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-24
Tactful Messenger Boy.

"One of the beautiful traits in the
makeup of Washington messenger
boys" said a railroad man who lives
in Washington, sis their tactfulness.
l think otherwise. They are chock
full and loaded down with tnct-with
the copper on. To illustrate:
"My wife went over to New York
city a few weeks ago to attend the
bedside OF seriously i'll relative, who
was not expected to live. This morn
ing I was sitting in my Office. wonder
ing why l didn't get letter from her
by the first mail when tousle- headed
messenger boy joggled open the
door.
'Where'll I find de office O. Mr..
--?" he asked mentioning my
name.
Right here, son, said I. You're
talking to him.
"'WelI, said the kid, measuring
me up with the probable expectation
that I'd do stage back fall, I've
got death message fer you, an they
tole me at tn Office that it was i'm
portant.'
"Nice, mild, tactful way of putting
it, wasn't it? He just left it up to me
to wonder, while / was ripping the en-
velope open, whether the message
announced the death of our aged rela-
tive or the decease of my wife. 1t
happened to be the former, but I am
inclined to believe that that boy
would have been just bit ettei
pleased had it been the latter. -
Washington Post.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-24
A Loss, a Puncture and a Find.

A Melbourne lady whose husband
is in the bicycle trade lost gold-nug-
get brooch the other day while whirl-
ing along on her wheel. A st. Kilda
hotelkeeper got puncture in his tire
The same day, and took the bicycle to
the shop of the husband aforesaid,
with the result that the wife's lost
brooch was extricated from the pune
ture.-Sydney New South Wsles)
Bulletin.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-24
To Soften New Gloves.

A new glove stretcher is a treasure
to the woman whose patience is short
when warm hand and new glove
have to be introduced to each other.
The stretcher is of similar shape to
those now in use, with the exception
that one finger is hollow and contains
a powder, which is discharged inside
the glove when the stretcher is III
operation.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-24

enough paid to attract an overplus Of
men, and is consequently too frequent
ly in the hands of Indifferent persons.
a condition to be deplored when it is
remembered that for this particular
enterprise womens abilities are un-
questionably fitted.-Ameriean Queen.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-24
The Uncertainties of Life.

Colonel Andrew J. Smith, who was
in Atchison day or two ago, has had
seven bullets put in him and is we'll
and hearty. Mrs. Henry Wallenstein
of Wichita picked up rose, pricked
her finger on thorn and died within
week. Death is not always met
where people most expect to find it.
Atchison Kan. Globe.