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The Republican., 1899-12-21
ORCHARD AND. GARDEN.

When possible put the new orchard on
new soil.
The soil for fruit trees should be of a
good quality.
Transplant tree with as little mutt
lation of the roots as possible.
1t is a good plan to manure the garden
thoroughly and then plow deep before
cold, freezing weather sets in.
While mulching is beneficial to straw
berries it should not be done until the
ground freezes hard enough to bear up
a wagon.
One item in preventing decay il fruit
through the fall and winter is to pre-.
serve a uniform temperature. 1t is the
changes that Injuries.
Now is a good time to secure what
trees one needs for planting and heel
them in carefully, providing good drain
age and protection from rabbits.
One advantage in plowing the garden
deep and thoroughly in good season in
the fall is the destruction of the white
grub that so often infests the soil.
One advantage in fruit growing is the
small amount of plant food that the
vines and trees consume from the soil.
No other farm crop draws so lightly.
Never set out a tree with the leaves
on. If they come from the nursery with
the leaves on, strip them off carefully
before setting out.-St. Louis Republic.
The Republican., 1899-12-21

wood nailed firmly to the building.
Fig. 2 shows section of strip fence,
and in this case a single cleat nailed
on one of the strips forms the support.
The wire loops and stationary fen
der are interchangeable of course. 1t
is easier to put the cans in place with
the rigid top, but there are places
where il would be in the way, and the
place of which the left hand drawing
is view is one of them. Both are
given, that choice may be made, as
may be the most convenient for the
position employed.
In case no stationary place offers it.
self, it ought to be comparatively easy
to make portable rack embodying
these features, from what is shown in
the right-hand figure. By leaving off
the three bottom boards and intro
ducing another post where the brace
meets the outside of fender, and far
ing both posts so as to broaden the
base, and the addition of another brace
crossing the first, you have it in nova
BILE form, if it is so desired.-Richard
II. Mitchell, in Country Gentleman.
The Republican., 1899-12-21
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Peetess of Passion Writes About the
Attitude of Women Towards the
Men of To-Day.

The attitude of women to men is
varied, and interesting to study. There
is the type of woman who regards man
as her natural enemy. She believes
that his one object in life is to destroy
her peace and to make her subservient
to his will.
She is always on the defensive
against his wiles; but she usually mar
ries early and poses ever afterward as
a martyr. She warns her daughters
against men and assures them they will
regret it all their lives if they do not
heed her counsels.
They never do, and when they become
wives, she is the most impossible sort of
a mother-in-law, and makes trouble in
their households. Woman she believes
to be all angel, man all devil. Woman
can do no wrong, man no good. How
ever much in fault woman may be, she
defends her and blames the often inno-
cent masculine victim of feminine ca
price, and you might as well try to rea-
son with the wind as to argue this wom-
an into any other view of the sexes.
Another type is the woman who
thinks of man as ''an excellent fellow, a
good comrade" She has no sentiment
in her feeling for him. She likes him,
and finds him more companionable than
most women. She is breezy and up to
date and liberal in her views of human
ity, and men meet her on mutual mental
ground more frequently than her own
sex.
She is, as a rule, given to outdoor
sports, and is versed in horse and dog
lore. When she marries, it is usually
through the accident of propinquity,
and constant association with some
good fellow" whom she believes will
be good comrade" for life, and she
laughs at anyone in derision who ac-
cuses her of falling in love.
Then there is the woman who looks
upon man as merely signer OF
checks, and who considers all methods
fair which result in the transfer of
money from his pocket to hers.
When she is well educated and reared
in refinement she becomes rich hus-
band hunter, but under less favorable
conditions she develops into an adven.
The Republican., 1899-12-21
DRAMATIC CRITICISM.
"East Lynne" as Reviewed by q
wild and WOOlIy Topeka
Reporter.

The reports from those who attended the
production of East Lynne" in all its gor
geous misconception the other night unite
in pronouncing it a little the worst show
that has ever cracked IA square yards Of
plastering off the ceiling of the opera house
in this city. Lady Isabel was about as be-
witching as a sun kissed maiden of Sene.
gambia, and a man who would fall in love
with her would fall into a coal pit through
a two-inch guard rail. When she returned
from the mountains of Germany as Miss
Vane to play the nursery maid to her son
she looked as though she had played hockey
from a smallpox graveyard. The special
scenery where she met Sir Francis Levlson
and made post-mortem contract to run
away with him looked like a cross between
the malaria-smeared hills Of Arkansas and a
diseased vermiform appendix.
Mr.. Carlyle had a voice which had to be
raised with a derrick in order for the people
in the back part of the audience to hear it,
and then when it was at its highest pitch the
tackle would break or some one would knock
the blocking from under it and it would fall
like the price of steers during democratic
administration. Barbara Hare looked as
though she had been left over from bargain
sale and didp t care much whether her insur-
ance ran out or not. Aunt Cornelia had a
voice that sounded like a cross between an
army mule with a rlngworm and cross. cut
saw, and was built good deal like an Okla
homa cyclone on stills. The only good thing
about the entire show that a good deal oil
it was left out and it could have been i'm
proved upon by taking a meat ak and cut
ting out the rest of it and turning the actors
into the cornfelds and kitchens where they
belong.-Topeka journal.
The Republican., 1899-12-21
sUBIRRIGATIoN UNDER GLASS.

sorts like White Perfection, New Hot
house, ETC., than the OLD way of surface
watering ever gave. The cut shows the
bench as l use it. The bench is made
of a two-inch plank bottom with sides
of four-inch board, resting on frame
OF three by four-ineh scantling, and made
watertight by means of cement lin
ing. Lines of two-inch tile are laid upon
the bottom across the bench, two to
two and a half feet apart, the end tile,
which receives the water, turned up at
an angle of As degrees.-T. Greinier, to
Massachusetts, Horticultural Society.
The Republican., 1899-12-21
Science OF Winter Feeding.

Feed the cattle, dairy cows and all.
plenty of good fodder; it is roughage
without a superior in the fodder king
dom, and the finer the better. Grass is
short now and winter feeding will be in
augurated at once. Remember, the mod
ern live stock grower feeds for a pur-
pose; if he is preparing animals for beef
he feeds rations that will fatten; if for
milk he gives a milk-producing diet; if
for bone and muscle he metes out clover
hay, bran, oats and the like Let us
have good reason for feeding certain
rations, and better results will come
from efforts in this direction.-Farm.
ers' Voice.
The Republican., 1899-12-21
THE ICE MACHINES PART.
ture Introduced Into Uncle
Toms Cabin.

There is new wrinkle in "Uncle Toms
Cabin" theatrical companies. One of them,
which is ransacking the state of New Jer-
sey for audiences, has hit upon the device of
buying a refrigerating machine and using
real blocks of ice in the scene in which Eliza,
pursued by pack of barking mongrels,
crosses the river carrying in her arms a
stuffed doll.
The icemaking machine has proved an
enormous success. AT the Ridgewood opera
house, where the ice machine played few
evenings ago, frantic crowd fought its way
through the doors. At the first perform
ground. Several cakes were manufactured
before the performance and placed on the
green baze river. They were carefully sand
ed on the surface, SO that when Eliza made
her grand dash for liberty she would not
turn undignifed somersaults. The ice ma
chine, however, had been so largely adver-
tised that yokels wanted to see it. They
sat in their places after the curtain de-
scended upon the solemn death of Little
Eva and howled for the ice machine to come
put and show itself. The stage manager
and a couple of deck hands had to carry it
down to the footlights. Then they turned
the handle and, amid uproarous applause,
the machine produced a cake of real ice.
Since then part has been written in the
play for the ice machine. When the river
scene opens couple of southern spectators
are discovered experimenting with the
machine They produce their ice, and not
having any immediate use for it turn it into
The river, and it sits upon the river surface
at proper intervals to accommodate Eliza S
footsteps. A colored man comes out and
sprinkles sand over the ice in full view OF
the audience|Chlcago Chronicle.
The Republican., 1899-12-21

tom furnishes the music and is invari-
ably beaten as the procession advances.
In the lower left-hand section of the sui
tan's flag are twoimplements of warfare,
the upper one, white in color on the red
body of the flag, represents one of the
borongs, or huge knives almost uni
versally carried in peace as well as in
war, while the lower, also white in color
in the flag, is section Of a spearhead,
which implement is only used in fight
ing and in the chase.
l presume there have from time to
time been exhibited specimens of the
Manila insurgents flag by returned sol
diers who captured them in battle.
These have golden-colored stars on the
white field, representing the chief
tribes engaged in the uprising against
our forces, while the rising sun in the
center stands for the rising of the
young republic as presaGed by Aguin-
aldo.
There are two stripes forming the
rest of the flag, the upper blue and the
lower red.-Iolo (Sulu) Letter in n. Y.
Times.
The Republican., 1899-12-21
KEEPING SEED POTATOES.
Kansas Farmer Has Invented IA Meth
cd That Seems to BE Emil
nentIy Satisfactory.

How to keep potatoes sound and in
good condition until planting time, or
even later, is a matter that causes
farmers in this latitude anxiety should
the weather be variable in winter. A
Kansas farmer tried the experiment of
putting his potatoes in an alright
chamber and burning sulphur therein
for few minutes until the fumes Of
he sulphur filled the chamber, which
was then closed for half an hour. The
potatoes may then be placed in bins
in cool place. He found that the sui
phur fumes prevented sprouts from
growing, destroyed all disease-such
as scab-and the potatoes were as
sound attractive in appearance
as those bought for seed. He also
found that they germinated ahead of
others planted alongside, and made a
much stronger growth. He tested with
only few bushels, being afraid of in
jury to the potatoes, but recommends
to farmers to try the plan with few
bushels and compare with some not so
treated. If a tight barrel (whisky or
vinegar) is used it may be filled three
fourths to the top a sulphur candle
lighted and the top put on throwing
a piece of carpet over the TOP to pre-
vent leaking of the gas. There will
be enough oxygen in the barrel to sup
ply sufficient sulphur for the purpose.
Every half hour the barrel may be
emptied and more potatoes used. The
gas is heavy and sinks to the bottom.
Troy IN. W Times.
The Republican., 1899-12-21
Glass vases for Flowers.

Every now and then florists and other
authorities rise up and declare that it
is no longer good form" to keep flow
ers in clear glass through which their
stems show. That is very much like
saying that it is no longer good form"
to have long eyelashes or rosy cheeks.
The stem of a graceful flower is one OF
its greatest beauties. Seen through
bit of clear crystal with tiny globules
of water encrusting it, it is almost as
much of an ornament as the blossom
which it supports. Until nature be-
gins to produce ugly stems nothing will
be more appropriate for holding flow
ers than well-shaped glass vases. Occa-
sionally bit of colored glass is permis-
sible. There is delicate green variety
and faint amethyst kind, both of
which add to the beauty of the stems
they reveal
The Republican., 1899-12-21
SETTING OUT TREES.
They Should BE Planted n Little
Deeper Then They Grew in the
Nursery and Well MuIched.

In selecting site for an orchard q
northeast slope should, if possible, be
chosen. A southwest slope is the
worst location, as the trees are liable
to sup scald both summer and winter.
To protect the young trees from sun
scald, cornstalks may be tied loosely
around the trees up to the lowest
branches. The ground should be
plowed, well fitted and marked off into
squares with string or wire, 25 feet
each way. After most of the leaves
have fallen is a good time to set out
the trees, and what leaves remain
should be stripped off so as to give
the roots all the chance possible. The
trees should be obtained from the
nearest nursery, and four of a kind
are enough for home use, two of q
kind being planted this fall and two of
similar variety planted next fall.
After the second planting blossoms
the trees should be stripped of their
blossoms in an effort to have one-half
of the trees bear each year. AS rule,
trees bear heavily once in two years.
Summer, fall and winter apple trees
should be selected of both the sour
and sweet varieties, so that apples
may be had from late summer until
spring. In setting the trees the varie-
ties should be mixed so the blossoms
will become fertilized. The hole for
the tree should be dug large and deep
to suit the size and shape of the roots,
leaving few inches of mellow soil in
the bottom. Lean the tree slightly
toward the southwest, put mellow dirt
among the roots, keeping them
straight, and when the roots are COW
cred pack the dirt slightly, pour on a
pail of water and fill up with more
dirt. Trees should be set a little
deeper than they grow in the nursery.
A mulch of rotten manure is then put
al ound the trees; strawy manure is
not good, as mice will nest in it and
girdle the trees.-F. Ames, in Prairie
Farmer.
The Republican., 1899-12-21

turess, and in the lower strata of hf,
she is a blackmailer.
Whatever her station, she is at heart
always the same-a lEsxucSary and
cold-hearted creature, who regar0i
man only from a financial standpoint
No love missive has any value to her, nc
matter what impassioned sentiments il
hreathes, compared to a simple auto
graph signed to check of three or foul
figures.
| In delightful contrast to her we have
the feminine-heaIted creature to whom
man represents the eternal lover. Sh,
may be a dignified and loyal wife anc
mother, but she unconsciously gives hel
hair little pa: and her drapery a more
attractive twist when even her trades
man comes into her presence.
She does not like her butler to see hel
in curl papers, though she would not
mind her maid. Where this sex distinc
ton is strongly developed in woman II
permeateS her whole conduct and life
1t makes her charming and seductive
in youth and during her prime, and il
she is not well balanced it renders hel
ridiculous in middle life.
Even in old age the sentiment of co
quetry survives where it has beer
strong In youth.
Thee was quaint old lady of 95
who in her prime had regarded all mer
as possible lovers, and at 95, when ar
invalid, she kept bit of rogue and e
powder puff under her pillow and adroit
ly used both before the visit of her ply
sician, who might have been her grand
son.
Absurd, perhaps, and yet it is type
more agreeable to encounter than many
another. because it is nearer to nature
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in N. Y. Even
| ing Journal.
The Republican., 1899-12-21
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SULU SULTANA'S WORK.
Rulers Mother Has Made n Flag for
Our New Dependency with Her
Own Hands.

The sultana dowager, as we might
call the mother of the reigning sultan of
the Sulu archipelago, has shown an un-
expected practical side of her character
lately by actually making with her own
hands a copy of the royal standard Of
Sulu.
The flag is red and the field carrying
the stars is blue. These two colors ap-
pear in very many different shades.
The four small stars in the blue field are
the four principal tribes of Sulu, while
the central and largest star is for the
sultan himself.
The wiseacres here say he would do
well to be somewhat more modest and
The Republican., 1899-12-21
How to Stick In HntpinH.

With the hair dressed low, an elastic
can be substituted; but in the case OF
coil worn high up, two pins must be
used. Let them be of moderate length
and take the trouble to run them il
among the trimming of feathers, so tha,
bare bit of straw is not damaged anG
left exposed to view another time. The
point should pass through the hair on
the top of the head and just penetrate
the opposite side of the hat, so that
it is fixed firmly, though the pins re.
main invisible. When the hat or bon.
net is lavishly trimmed this course is
easier, naturally, but sailor hat. with
its plain band, can be treated in the
same way, the pin going across just
above the ribbon.-Woman's Life.
The Republican., 1899-12-21

take a less conspicuous place in the
galaxy, as there are two tribes not
more than Is miles from the capital
whose dattos, or chiefs, are very power
full, and who are not on very friendly
terms with the sultan.
The sultan's followers are neither as
numerous nor as adept in the use of
arms as the surrounding tribes, while
the sultan himself is what might be
called a harumscarum sort of chap,
whose household contains a decided plu-
rality of wives and who cares more for
the ease and pleasures of home than for
the excitement of the fighting line.
The dattos WELD the most absolute
power imaginable among their follow
ers, who seem more like slaves than in
dependent members of the community,
and l understand that the sultan is even
more arbitrary. The datto is always ac-
companied by 4 sword bearer who has
two or more large swords or huge
knives thrust in his girdle. This is one
of the most important offices in the
retinue. Another, and generally one
VI tilN y lOllONNNl Cdl 1 iOS tllO Sll-
yer box containing the beetle root and
lime. These substances they roll up in
a wad and chew continually, much to
the harm of their teeth, which get coal
black, and their gums, which turn a
bright red.
A third follower in the retinue carries
the umbrella, from which the datto
never seems to be separated for any
length of time. A fourth, and the most
powerful and longhaired man of the
lot, takes the part of the beast of bur
den, and carries the datto himself about
on his shoulders.
The long hair is grown for the pur-
pose of giving his eXcelIency something
to steady himself while riding. This
he does by grasping the hair with both
hands and clasping his knees tightly
about the neck of the carrier. A tom
The Republican., 1899-12-21
H.eh-Bred Horses Sell We'll.

There is now, and always will te, de-
mand for good horse flesh. uotwith-
standing the various uses made of elec-
tricity. The automobile and other elec-
trical vehicles are here and will doubt
less stay, but the game, highheaded,
well-bred horse will at all times bring
a good, round price and remain prime
favorite with majority of the people.
Breed high and no trouble will be ex-
perienced in disposing of your horses.
Very few men prefer the cold, slick
lever of an automobile to ribbons taut-
ly drawn along the backs of spanking
team of high steppers.-Up-to-Date
Farming.
The Republican., 1899-12-21
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MILK CAN SUPPORT.
Simple, But Keeps Out Dust and
Dirt EGectuaIIy.

1t is frequently question what to
do with cans when not in use. What
ever plan is decided on, it must pro-
vide that they shall be upside down
in a nearly vertical position, in order
that they shall thoroughly drain.
Sometimes a stick is laid alongside a
fence and the cans are turned upon
this, leaning against. the fence. When
placed so near the ground the wind
and rains carry dust and dirt into the
The Republican., 1899-12-21
To Keep Linens Smooth.

Linen centerpieces, doilies, and even
tablecloths are not things of real
beauty from folding them. Any round
piece of wood, covered with flannel, OF
a roll of paper, around which the pieces
may be carefully rolled, will be found
invaluable as a means of keeping linen
in good order. In fact, tablecloth
ironed with only two lengthwise folds
and then rolled, will look far better or
the table than one with criss-cross lines
from too much folding.
The Republican., 1899-12-21

mouth of the cans. If a rack is made
to hold them, it usually has Slated
floor, and the rim of the can resting
on this soon rusts out.
All this trouble is obviated by using
the device shown in the illustration,
as the can is supported by one handle.
Fig. / shows a section of the side of
building, or tight board fence with
a can in position, and to the right the
support, which is simply two strips of
The Republican., 1899-12-21
Mrs. Pinkham's Medicine Made
a New Woman Of Mrs. Kuhn.
[LETrER TO MRS. p1NxHAx NO. 64,4pzl

DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-I think it is
my duty to write to you expressing
my sincere gratitude for the wonder
full relief have experienced by the use
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. l tried different doctors, also
different kinds of medicine. l would
feel better at times, then would be
as bad as ever.
For eight years was great suf-
ferer. had falling of the womb and
was in such misery at my monthly
periods could not work but little
before would have to lie down. Your
medicine has made a new woman of me.
1 can now work all day and not get
tired. thank you for what you havo
done for me. 1 shall always praise
your medicine to all suffering women"
-MRs. E. E. KUHN, GERMANo, ONO. d
have taken eight bottles of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and used two packages of your Sana-
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and 1 can say that your remedies will
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taking your remedies was very bad
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no ambition, could not sleep, and my
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