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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

dominions is to be constructed imme-
dlately
A naval authority says the inten-
ton is to make Jamaica "another
Gibraltar to command the canal and
be rallying point for the naval and
military forces of the Anglo-American
alliance, when, by dominating both
oceans, it holds the political and COM
mercial balance of power in the hol-
low of its hand"
Jamaica, the chief island of the
British West Indies, lies ninety miles
southwest of Cuba, 800 east of Porto
Rico and 700 northeast of San Juan or
Greytown, the eastern end of the
Nicaragua Canal.
Kingston Harbor is large land
locked basin, available for the largest
ships and capable of being impreg-
nably fortified
The island has coast line of 500
miles, indented with many excellent
harbors. It is traversed by lofty
mountains in all directions.
If Jamaica ever entertained any real
hope of rehabilitating her industrial
condition by political annexation to
the United States, the aspiration has
been finally quenched by the action of
the imperial authorities. There was
time when it seemed as though the
British Government was disposed to
abandon Jamaica as O naval station,
concentrating the military and naval
forces in the West Indies at st. Lucia.
1t was even mooted that the War
Office was prepared to dispose of the
imperial real estate interests at Port
Royal to the municipality of King
ston.
The decisive and obviously prac-
ticable plans of the United States to
secure waterway across the Isthmus
into the Pacific have completely
changed the policy of the British
Government as to the strategic posi-
tions in the Caribbean-supposing
that the notifications indicated were
really contemplated. One thing is
certain: Great Britain never for q mo-
ment credited the bona fides of Count
de Lesseps's Panama tide-level canal
scheme, and after the collapse of the
undertaking she apparently did make
the precipitate mistake of contemplat-
= ing the execution of certain strategic
changes among her West Indian
strongholds, which eliminated-or did
not account for-the element of the
Isthmian waterway. These plans
were, however, suspended, in view of
the movement in France to begin
work again at Panama on lock sys
tenn. If executed that would alter the
aspect of affairs. Meanwhile the
American war with Spain occurred,
one of the issues of which is the
recognition of the necessity for canal
contro oiled by America, and the prob
ability, amounting to certainty, of
its prompt construction. In either
event, Jamaica becomes the key to the
canal in so far as actual strategy is
concerned.
Port Royal itself for some time past
has been the scene of busy operations
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26
Fattenin- Foods.

Buckwheat is very fattening and
GEMS to have whitening effect upon
he flesh. 1t is much fed by the
french, who are quite successful tur-
;ey growers, and it is thought by them
hat this grain imparts to the flesh a
delicious nutty flavor much liked by
heir epicures.
Barley is also fattening food, but
hould not be given in as large guam
tiles as corn, nor fed as often, as it is
lot so easily digested, but it is very
Useful to feed occasionally for q
hange. Sweet potatoes contain sugar
nd are consequently fattening and
re valuable addition to the fattening
alton when fed III moderate quanti-
les. When fed in large quantities it
said they will impart yellow tinSe
the flesh.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26
Warm the Milk.

At this time of year it is often diff
icult matter to churn cream and ex-
ract it's butter fat. Warming the
milk to 140 degrees is an effective
'emedy for this. 1t will also enable
he dairyman to get a greater amount
If cream from the same milk than he
otherwise would. But the milk should
lot be allowed to become much
warmer than 140 degrees or it will
make the butter soft AS the warmed
milk is cooled pretty much all the
Team will rise at once. 1t should be
ikimmed before the top hardens into
crust, as it speedily will. When put
lway to await churning Mt this season
Team should be stirred once a day, so
- to mix all its parts together and
prevent mould forming on the sur
ace.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

maica, the Caribs, practice few of
the aboriginal arts, hewing out great
canoes. from the gigantic forest trees,
after the manner of their ancestors,
making waterproof baskets from canes
and rushes, lining them with wild
plantain leaves, and many other little
things from the bark and roots of
trees and shrubs.
They labor on the sugar plantations
for the white proprietors. go fishing
in their dugouts along the coast, be-
ing expert fishermen and sailors, and
greatly in request in the "sugar sea-
sop," when the lighters and droghers
have to be loaded in the tremendous
surf. In their hillside gardens grow
coffee, cassava, arrow root, maize,
sweet potatoes, yams, plaintains,
bananas, the various fruits of the
tropics, pineapples, oranges, sweet
and sour sops, sapadillas, etc., but
their chief cultivation is the cassava
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26
winter Attack on the Bugs.

The winter months afford good
opportunity for the busy fruit grower
to give his orchard sort of ''house
cleaning" And unless he wishes to
be overrun with all sorts of insect
vermin, this should not be neglected.
First, sharpen the ak, and use it
freely in cutting out all peach trees
that have shown signs of yellows,
which trees should have been marked
before the leaves fell; plum trees af
fected with black knot, peach trees
tunneled by bores, and any trees COW
cred with the gummy exudations OF
the little fruit bark beetle.
Upon old trees it will be we'll to
give the bark good scraping and in
this way catch many of the chrysalids
of the Codline moth, alternating pear
psyllas, oyster shell and scurfy
scales.
When pruning, all the cuttings
should be burnt, as the crotchets and
buds Of the small twigs harbor count
less eggs of the plant lice, especially
the apple aphis on apple, and the hop
louse on plum trees.
lie eSSS VI scNcTul OTCllulu pcStS
are quite conspicuous in winter and
they may be easily picked by hand
and then burnt The hard, gray mass
of the tent caterpillar's eggs, the pen
dant cases of the bag worms, and the
fat, white cluster of the Tussock
moth eggs, may all be readily seen,
and these pests are best controlled by
sueb attention in winter
If any trees are badly infested with
the oyster shell, scurfy or San Jose
scale insects, the winter is the best
and almost the only time to advan-
tageously destroy them. Spray the
trees thoroughly with solution of
potash whale oil soap, two pounds to
the gallon of hot water. Remember
that the scales will not be killed un-
less they are hit, and the trees should
therefore be carefully sprayed from
all sides.
Lastly. don't forget to rake up all
the leaves and rubbish around the or
chard. Many an insect, like the
plum curculio, hides in such refuse
over winter and could be easily
caught.
Don't wait until they are npon you,
to do battle with the bugs; but steal o
march on them and clean them out by
a winter attack. e. Dwight Sander
son, Maryland Agricultural College.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
What Calves Want.

II calf has ration of half oats
md half corn and half feed of it OF
F.! little more-that is, little more
han half of what it would eat up clean
it had chance and if the place of
he grass is taken by good clover hay,
With shelter from storms and protec-
ion from excessive cold, with plenty
# salt and pure water, the calf will
,ay for it all, even if corn were 40
ients bushel. We would not feed
IL all-corn ration, because the calf
equires muscle-fcrming material, and
'ats and bran are the cheapest foods
Il this kind. We would not feed all
ats or bran, especially in severe
veather, because corn is needed to
,eep up the heat and round out the
muscles. Walace's Farmer.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

inside of Kingston Harbor, and dis
tinct from and independent of Port
Royal, which is destined to be one Of
the most extensive and fully equipped
in the British Empire, and worthy to
command the Isthmian waterway when
it shall have been completed. To this
end Government engineers have been
busily surveying the foreshores of the
inner harbor for months past, boring
to considerable depths at all likely
places to ascertain the geological con-
ditions most favorable for laying the
necessary foundations. 1t has now
been announced that satisfactory
site for the proposed dockyard has
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

are used, and the grass, plants and
weeds are sometimes sprinkled with
arsenic, Kerosene and creosote. They
are caught in bags, driven into bitches
and are killed in all sorts of ways.
Nevertheless, in 1896 it is estimated
that $50, 900, 900 worth of wheat was
thus destroyed in two States of the
Argentine. This impoverished the
farmers of those States, and the Ma
tional Government spent $40, 900, 900
that year in giving them seed wheat.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26
Queen victoria,s Crown.

Queen Victoria's crown, or, to give
1t its full name and style, ''The I'm
perial State Grown of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, was specially made
in the year of the Queens accession,
and as it contains so many of the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26
In the Weather Bureau.

The youthful prophet was plainly
mortified. He had just been ap-
pointed and his first prediction had
not been verified.
''The reason we didn't have that
storm" he explained, earnestly
"Husl!' interrupted his aged supe-
rior. "In this business we never
stop to apologize. just guess again. ;"
Puck.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

been located at place known as
Greek Pond, to the westward of the
city, short distance beyond the rail
way terminus. The selection of the
site was, of course, necessarily die
tated by geological conditions. But,
as it happens, none better, from
strategical point of view, could have
been selected. The position is unique
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

KINGSTON. Jamaica Especial. AS
part of the scheme to convert King
ston Harbor into great naval station
in view of the expected early building
of the Nicaragua Canal, the Admiralty
has just bought Greek Pond, at the
western end of the town, where the
best equipped dockyard in the British
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

Customs receipts of the United
States treasury department. now
amount to one-half the ordinary OK.
penliture of the government.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

Each of the thirty-two cities in
Massachusetts, has one or moro public
libraries, and only eighteen of the 321
towns are not so supplied.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26
ARcENTINE's LOCUST PLAGUE.
Many Believe That the Country Can Never
He Free From Them.

The Argentine Republic is subject
to droughts, and the crop rises and
falls according to the weather. The
worst thing, however, that the far
mers have to contend with is the To-
Gusts. The pest that infests the Ar
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

Two hundred thousand families, it
has been calculated, are living in Lon
don on S. week.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

gentine is fully as bad as the locust
plague with which the Lord afflicted
Pharaoh.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-14

The republican party will not
shrink from the faithful dis
charge of the new duties that
we owe to the civilized world and
especially to the F'illipinos them
selves. Those duties were not
of our seeking, they came as the
elimination of events which hu-
man agencies could not control
or direct. The United States
would have gladly escaped these
responsibilities had such been
possible, butrecognizing that we
cannot honorably retreat, we
will carry the matter to a sue
cessful conclusion. Tucson Git
izen.
"Those duties were not of our
seeking" We have seen it stated
time and again that the United
States paid Spain $4,000, 1000
for the privilege Of assuming
these new duties," and they
have cost US about 100000, 900
since.
"They came as the culmina-
ton of events which human
agencies could not control or
direct" " The commissioners sent
to Paris to conclude a treaty
with Spain, were not human
they were demi-gods and VIM.
Mckinley the God-head, as he
dictated the terms and condi-
tions of the treaty. The man
who fired the first shot which
precipitated the present conflict
was supposed to be human and
an American, but we suppose he
was an angel, doing the bidding
of the God-head.
The United States would
have gladly escaped these re
sponsibilities had such been pos
sible. The Fillipinos sent com
missioners to Washington, who
were not evenrecognized-t treat
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-14

Congress appropriates mill
ions of dollars for the building
of levees, rip-raps and dredging
mud to comparatively little pur-
pose; the waters every now and
then come rampaging down and
break over the levees, causing
death and destruction. But the
same money, spent by the same
Government and by the same
competent corps of engineers,
to build storage dams and irri-
CATION bitches, would prevent
floods by storing these waste
waters. and would give employ
ment to thousands of laborers.
and, at the same time, create d
home for every one of them
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-14

preiudiced thinkers that there
is a menace attaching to perma-
nent American sovereignty in
the Far East. It necessarily
means the maintaining of a big
army and the inevitable foster
ing of a spirit of militarism. It
nullifies the Monroe doctrine
and opens the way for further
colonial acquisition beyond the
limits of the western hemis-
phere. It vastly increases the
chances of war with the great
powers of Europe and renders
imperative a constant state of
preparedness for such wars. It
changes completely the attitude
in which this government has
stood before the world through
out in all its previous history. .
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-14

Capt. Carter who was convict
ed something over a year ago OF
stealing a million or more OF
dollars from the government,
and who has been suspended on
full pay ever since, that he
might have an opportunity to
enjoy his honestly acquired for
tune, significantly remarked in
Washington a few days since,
that if he event to the peniten-
tiary he would not go alone. >
This remark will cost some OF
our army officers, and, perhaps,
a few congressman, a good many
restless nights.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-14

Weaver gold district, twenty
five miles northwest of here, is
not, the Mining Journal saws.
more agog over the rich gold
discoveries in the Virginia and
Ramrod mines than over the ar
rival there of an agent of the
Rockefellers Of the big Stand
ard Oil company, who is buy
ing up prospects and employ
ing prospectors to locate claims
for them. The recent opening
up of rich free-miling gold
quartz in these two mines in
that district has not only at
tracted attention and capital
from the Rockefellers, but from
a number of others with capital
to develop good gold claims.
Prospectors and miners of less
wealth are also fillieg up the
district quite rapidly, and the
mountains in this section of
Mohave county will doubtless
receive an unprecedented season
of prosperity during the fall and
winter, during which time many
new discoveries will be made
and opened up.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-14

An exchange asks: who is
the home merchant?' and then
proceeds to answer in this Way.
''He is the man who helps pay
for the streets you walk upon,
for the school in which vou1
children or perhaps you, were
educated; he helps to keep uT
the church in which you worship.
He is a man who builds home
whicn enhances the value of
your property. Every subscrip-
tion paper that is passed has
his name on it. He is the man
who cannot afford to swindle
you. Self-interest, if nothing
else, would prevent this; he
bears his share of the good gov
ernment and stays with you
through sunshine and darkness,
in the days of prosperity and
adversely. These are but few
of the reasons why your patron
age should be given to the home
merchant.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-14
Land monopoly is hardly


Land monopoly is hardly a
question to frighten the West as
yet. There is no dearth of land.
With between seventy-five and
a hundred million acres of pub
lie land waiting to be reclaimed,
irrigated and cultivated the
West need not yet worry about
what land has passed into pri-
vate hands. Let it turn it's at
tention to that remaining and
unite to secure it's reclamation
by the National Government.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-14

President Mckinley is likely
to get into deep water in trying
to formulate a government for
each of his new dependencies.
It is reported from Washington
that he has decided to let Cuba
hold an election to see whether
her inhabitants prefer indepen-
dence to annexation to the Uni
ted States. As they have been
fighting for independence for
the past fifty years and have re
fused to accept anything shor t
of absolute independence there
can be very little doubt as to
the result, provided there is a
free election and fair count
Porto Rico is to be given a ter
ritorial form of government sim
liar to that enjoyed by Arizona.
Hawaii is to have a form of gov
ernment according to the treaty
of annexation. The Philippine
Islands is to be governed by
three commissioners, which he
will select. How many more
governments he will establish
before he abdicates, Mark Han
ma alone knows, and he wont tell.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-14

ed with contempt. To over
lures made to the military au-
thorities at Manila, asking for
terms of peace, the reply has
invariably been unconditional
surrender" showing that we are
not only determined to conquer
them, but that we propose to
make them drain the cup of hui
initiation to It's dregs.
But recognizing that we can
not honorably retreat, we will
carry the matter to a successful
conclusion. " Is it more honor
able to persist in wrong doing,
than it is to acknowledge your
error and seek to make repara-
ton? Which trait shows the
higher degree of civilization and
christianity? Which course is
the more manly? Which re
quires the greater moral cour-
age? To continue the role Of an
overgrown bully, or act the part
of a human and a gentleman?
The Fillipinos are not SO ig-
Inorant and dehased. that they
cannot understand and appre-
ciate the more magnanimous
course. Admiral Dewey said in
d dispatch sent to the Depart
ment on June 23d: '4 expressed
the opinion that these people
are far superior in their intelli-
gence, and more capable Of self
government than the natives OF
Cuba, and [ am familiar with
both races. Further intercourse
with them has confirmed me in
this opinion. :" They were fight
ing for liberty, the same as the
Cubans. Why should one be
granted what they were fighting
for and the other not? Where
does justice come in?
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-14

The contract recently made
by John Wananlaker, the big
Philadelphia merchant for a
page of advertising space for
one year in the Philadelphia
Record, for which he pays 800,
900, should serve as an inspira-
tion for every merchant, big and
little, the country over, says an
exchange. Wanamaker has
made his money and builtup one
of the biggest mercantile estab-
lishments in the world through
persistent, judicious advertising
Imagine Wanamaker setting
back with folded arms and say
ing: "Oh, everybody knows me;
I've been here a lifetime; it is
not worth while for me to spend
money for advertising!" It GER
tainly looks as though Wana-
maker, with his worldwide rep
utation, would be justified in
taking this view of the publiCi
ty question if that is tenable
policy for any merchant, any
where. And yet we find. this
prince in the mercantile world,
whose name, location and bust
ness are known in every house
hold throughout the land, spend
ing 800, 600 for a years public
ity in single newspaper. If
feeling weak kneed as to wheth
er it pays to advertise, write and
ask John Wanamaker for his
opinion.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-14

The Calumet and Hecla com
pany, of the Michigan, will
open five new shafts on their
property at an expense of 1000
600. It is probable that the
company will build 100 to $50
houses during the year for its
employees. This company is
composed of the people who own
the Helvetia mine.-Ex.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-14
Captain Dreyfus has again

Captain Dreyfus has again
been convicted and sentenced to
serve a term of ten years. There
is scarcely any one who has kept
track of the testimony, but be
lieves he is the victim of a deep
conspiracy, and that the French
army is commanded by a das-
tardly lot of officers, without
honor or VeraCitY.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-14

Andrew Grant who is largely
interested in mining properties
in the California group in So
nora, Mexico, was in town late
ly. He reports that the possi-
bilities are unlimited there and
the prospects of rich gold out
put will ultimately be realized.
-Bisbee Correspondence, Pros
pector-
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-14

No rural sections Of the coun-
try are so prosperous as those
which possess successful irrigd-
tion, yet there are 70,000,00C
acres of land in the West now
arid and worthless, but capable,
under complete irrigation, of
raising certain and enormous
crops.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-14

The we'll being driven at Yuc-
ca by the railroad company is
down $40 feet and there is 7(
feet Of water in the we'll. It is
reported that drilling will not
stop until a debth of 900 feet is
reached and also that the com
pany will sink an open shaft
and drift for water. They are
now sinking in shale formation
and have struck a small quanti-
tv of coal all through the clay.
The striking of water at Yucca
is a matter of great Importance
to the railroad company as it
will do away with the hauling
of from 6 to s water tank cars
every day and tend to stop de
lays. 1t is evident that the
Santa Fe is preparing all along
the line for a heavier traffic this
year. They have recently put
on 25 big engines capable Of
hauling,from so to 50 cars each
and have been extending all the
switches along the line to &C
commodate these long trains.
The switches are $500 feet long
and they have all been compile
ted except the one at Drake,
which will soon be finished
Mineral Wealth.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-14

Mining engineers agree that
the limit to which shafts may
be sunk into the earth with the
present machinery and equip
ments is 10000 feet. The deep
est shaft ever dug is the one
now in existance in one Of the
copper mines Of Lake Superior
It has a sheer debth of 5000
feet.-Ex
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-14
A Wonderful Cure of Diarrhoea.

A prominent Virginia editor
had almost given up, but was
brought back to perfect health
by Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy.
READ HIS EDITORIAL.
From the Times, Hillstille, Va.
l suffered with diarrhoea for
a long time and thought I was
past being cured. I had spent
much time and money aud suf-
fered so much misery that had
almost decided to give up all
hopes of recovery and await the
result, but noticing the adver-
tisement of Chamherlain g CnIies
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
and also some testimonials sta
ting how some wonderful cures
had been wrought by this rene
dy, | decided to try it. After
taking a few doses I was entire
ly well of that trouble, and |
wish to say further to my read
ers and fellow sufferers that I
am a hale and hearty man to-
day, and feel as we'll as I ever
did in my life.-O. r. Moore.
Sold by W. R. Campbell, drug
gist.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-14

The Mammoth Gold Mining
company have a force of men al
Mammoth preparing the site
for the location of the twenty
stamps to be added to the mill.
These stamps will be run by a
gasoline engine, seperate from
thosenow in opera ton. Mining
Review,
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-14

The great success of Cham
berlain Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy in the treat
ment of bowel complaints has
made it standard over the great
er part of the civilized world.
For sale by W. r. Campbell,
druggist.