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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21
skimnilk Excellent Human Food.


Skimmilk contains nearly all of the
food value of the original milk, with
the exception of the fat, and even this
may be present to the extent Of from
one-tenth to l per cent. It contains
from 3.5 to per cent Of protein,
about per cent of milk sugar and g
per cent of ash or mineral matter.
Its chief value is as a muscle making
food and hence it is of great value to
growing children or laboring people.
Its economy as an article of diet can
best be shown by comparing it with
other foods. Invent five cents will
purchase 6 1-2 times as much total nu-
trients and five times as much protein
in skimmilk at two cents per quart as
in sirloin steak at twenty-five cents,
or four times as much nutrients and
3 1-2 times as much protein as mutton
shoulder at fifteen cents per pound.
Or three quarts of skimmilk, worth
from six to eight cents at retail, will
hold more total nutrients and more
protein than pound OF round steak.
At the present prices the only COM
mon food materials that will furnish
more protein for given sum Of
money than skimmilk are beans,
wheat flour, oat meal, corn meal and
salt Goldfish.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21
A Moral Tribe.

In the whole wide world there is
not class of people to be found who
inflict severer punishment upon them
selves that the Caribs of Central
America. Their religion, which is
one of the most peculiar kind, de.
mands self-punishment for sins inten-
tionally or Internationally committed.
The punishment takes the form of
starvation and close confinement.
If the sin be in the form of lie, no
matter whether it is calculated to in.
jure another or not, the sinner goes
without either food or drink for three
days, at the end of which it is believed
that the offender has paid the penalty
for his or her sin.
Blaspheming and using bad lam
guage is punishable by absolute star.
vation for two days. Assault, drunk
enness and other serious sins call for
four days starvation for one week,
three days starvation for the second
week, two days starvation for the
third week and one days starvation
in the fourth week.
All sins are punished with starva.
tion. For that reason crime is very
low among the Caribs, who are among
the best behaved and truthful people
in the world.-Pearson's Weekly.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21
Dehorning the Calf.

Horns are an unmitigated nuisance
in herd of cattle. In every herd
there is one ''boss" if not more; aud
it requires feed to provide the energy
to fight and the activity to elude the
fighter Hornless cattle can be kept
in smaller enclosures, will destroy
less fodder, will utilize what they eat
to better advantage and can be shipped
at less expense. Horns are expensive
from whatever standpoint they are
viewed. But there need not be con-
slant dehorning of grown animals.
The growth of the horn can readily
be prevented.
When the calf is born there are no
indications of horns. But their de-
velopment begins at once, and in a
very short time the button eau be felt
Cut away the hair about this nub or
button; wipe the hairless part with a
sponge Dipped in water and ammonia,
and then dip the eud OF stick of
caus,ic potash in water, and then rub
it on the button until the skin begins
to start. The application should be
made when the calf from one to
three weeks old. In the majority of
cases that will | o the end of ho IL
growth on that calf The entire stick
OF potash, except the end TINT is APP
piled to the button should be wrapped
with paper to prevent burning tae
hands.
Nature animals should not be de.
ho. ned in fly time. 1t has been done.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21

The years 1894 to 1896 he spent in
graduate study, the first year in
New York University and the second
in the University of Halle, Germany.
In this latter university he had excep-
tional advantages in being a member
of the family of one of the professors Of
philosophy, with whom he spent part
OF the summer in the mountains on
the border of Silesia. After complet
ing two semesters in Germany he be,
came instructor in philosophy in New
York University College, and was adj.
vanced the present year to the posi-
ton of assistant professor of philos-
OnkY
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21

Whatever the Island OF Santo
Domingo may lack, it is not from any
remissness on the part of Mother
Nature, for it was originally richly
endowed. Everything that grows
within the tropics may find home
somewhere between coast line and
mountain tops, and in the elevated
regions may be produced almost every
variety Of fruit and vegetable peculiar
to the temperate zones. As for
minerals, the most precious OF all.
gold, in flakes, particles, sands ana
nuggets, has been found in abundance.
It was the gold of Hispaniola, as
Columbus called the island, that first
attracted him thither, and from the
native caciques on the north coast he
obtained the precious metal first
taken to Spain, some of which may
yet be seen in Burgos and Granada.
As his sailors were filling their
. water casks at the mouth of the
river Yaqui they were delighted with
the sight of golden sands, and from
this circumstance Columbus called
it Rio del Orc, or the river Of gold.
The founding Of the prehent capital,
Santo Domingo, was owing to the dis.
covery of gold on tributary of the
river on which it is situated, from
which resulted the rich mines of San
Cristobal, first brought to light in a
romantic manner in 1896. Here was
dug up in 1902 that nugget said to be
the largest ever found in the new
world, of such dimensions that the
lucky miners, in the first excess of
their joy, had pig roasted and served
upon it as table. They let it 60 to
the King of Spain, some time after
ward, bu. sent message to the effect
that ttey had done what no royal
parsonage had ever done; dined off a
table of solid gold. This great mug
get was lost when the feet that sale q
with Bobadilla went down, and still
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21

quaintances of mine resident there
have informed me that they were never
sick day unless they exposed them
selves unnecessarily.
Far more precious than gold are the
historical memories of this island.
Here, on it's north coast, Columbus
founded the first city in America, Isa-
bella, erected the first church, built
the first forts and initiated the move
ment by which the indigenous inhabi-
tsnts were eXterminated. In the capi-
tai city We may see the ruins of a
chapel erected in his time, a fortress
built by Don Diego, his son, and the
remains of the first conventual struc-
ture, as we'll as Of the first American
university. In the cathedral lie his
own remains Notwithstanding Havana's
claim to the contrary and those of
his brother and grandson, while relics
of such well-known adventurers as
Fernando Cortez, LAS Casas and Velas-
quez, the subjugator of Cuba, are on
every hand.
There is yet another possession of
the island which neither the rapacity
Of the Spaniards nor the misdoings of
their degenerate successors can take
away or spoil. This is its great ma
tural basin and glorious harbor, Sa-
mana Bay. AS naval necessity Sa-
mana is no longer desirable, but as a
factor in our commercial development
it would be invaluable. However this
may be, there it lies, ons Of the most
magnificent bays and natural harbors
in the world, almost unused, and at
all events not sufficiently utilized. 1t
is not quite so solitary as when Colum-
bus discovered it, in 1893, and thence
took his point Of departure for Spain,
on his return voyage; but it still ex-
lists in isolation, the deep channels
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21

lies at the bottom of the sea off the
east end of the island.
1t is not known that much has been
done in recent times to exploit the
mineral riches of the island; in fact,
the interior mountains have never
been satisfactorily examined. In
their shelter yet exist hooks and
caves, secluded valleys and dells,
which have never been visited except
by the Indians of early times and the
"Cimaroons" or runaway negroes OF
slavery days. Humboldt declared
that what the Spaniards obtained was
merely tho surface washings of the
placers and the hilltops, and what
they got from the beds of rivers. The
golden secret has not been revealed,
as yet, and will not be divulged un-
til some more progressive Government
than that at present ruling in Santo
Domingo shall undertake the explora-
tion of the great central range of
mountains.
But it is not in mineral wealth alone
that Santo Domingo offers tempta-
tions to the explorer. This island,
which of late has been known to
political adventurers as "Leelee's"
Island ('Leelee" being contraction
of Ulysses, former President Heu-
reaux's Christian name) is rich in
every possibility. Within its area
of some eighteen thousand square
miles, Santo Domingo has every range
of climate and soil, capable OF produc-
ing everything necessary to the sup
port of man. Nature, as has been
observed, did everything needful for
this beautiful island, but during the
four centuries of mans domination its
rich gifts and generous provisions
have been perverted and even prosti-
tuted to the basest ends.
When Sir Francis Drake went to
Santo Domingo intent upon sacking
the city, he found it hardly worth the
plucking. So 1t happens that while
rich in historical associations, both
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21

John Henry MacCracken, who has
just been elected President of West
minister College at Fulton, No., is the
youngest college President in the
United States, and probably in the
world.
Mr.. MacCracken has not quite COM
pleted his twenty-fourth year. He
first entered school in New York City
in 1886, having been previously taught
at home.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21

as ever, but is used by the congrega.
tion only during the warm months OF
the year. AS the ancient edifice is
not supplied with heating apparatus or
glass-protected windows, the people
refuse to patronize it in winter.
Seen from the outside, the church
seems to be all roofs. Over the low
colonnades, partly open, partly closed,
that surround the church on all sides,
rise two rows of roofs covering the
side naves. Above them ore the roofs
of the centre naves, crowned by tower
ing rafters and timber work. The
roofs are covered with moss-grown
shingles and dragon heads and other
emblems of Norsemen lore protrude
on all sides.
The interior construction shows
even more plainly than the outside
that the builders of this edifice were
advanced architects, for they discard
ed the primitive blockhouse principle
for that of posts set upright and joined
by woodwork. The church proper is
divided into a "high church" and a
choir, which is smaller than the first,
and terminates in an oval altar niche.
Both "high church" and choir have a
centre and two side naves, separated
by rows of pillars. The middle naves
are elevated after the manner of the
Roman Basilica. There are three en-
frances under fine arches, master
pieces of wood carved with axes.
The church is always stepped in
mystic gloom, for there are no win
dows, only series of small, round
holes cut into the upper side walls
where they join the roof. There are
no window frames nor shutters, and
the holes in the walls are never closed,
summer or winter. The altar and the
pulpit are of the simplest description,
unadorned by paint or picture. There
is bench at the side of the altar for
the burgomaster and the alderman of
Borgund; the rest of the congregation
has to stand or kneel on the bare floor.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21
Feeding Clover to Fowls.

The very common advice to feed
clover to hens as an aid to egg pro-
duction needs caution attached to it.
If hens have grain with the clover
they will not probably eat too much
of the lighter food for their good.
But exclusive reliance on cut clover
as winter feed for day or two may
so clog the gizzard with light indigest-
ible food, that when grain is given it
only makes the matter worse by fur
nishing more heating material to fer
ment in the crop. Wherever much
grain is given to fowls they become
too fat to lay, and it is such hens that
are most likely to be crop bround.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21

that would suffice for the largest
steamships only giving passage to few
craft beside small sailing vessels.
From the grand promontory of
Balandra Head, which guards the en-
trance to Samana Bay, there sweeps a
terraced shore line, with constant
succession of palm .bordered beaches,
forest-crowned bluffs and crescent
shaped coves of white and glistening
sand, back of which run fertile val.
leys, cultivated to the tops Of the hills.
The channel takes US close to the
beautiful beaches and almost within
hail of the fishers cabins on the shore,
giving glorious contrasts between the
deep blue water, the silver sands and
the varied vegetation of the hills.
A few natives cultivate the lands ad.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21
Transferring Bees from Box Hives.

Tran Sferrin. Bees from Box Hives.
There are at least three ways Of
transferring bees from box hives into
movable frame hives. The old method
is to pry open the old hive with cold
chisel and hammer and cut out the
combs and fit them into the frames of
the movable frame hive and fasten
them IN with sticks and strings. After
trying this method on several colonies
j must pronounce it messy, sticky and
unsatisfactory A much better way is
to drive them out by the following
plan: Take the hive which is to be
transferred under tree in the shade
or alongside of building and turn it
bottom up, place on top OF it an empty
box of the same size, blow in a little
smoke at the bottom occasionally and
drum on the old hive with couple of
sticks for ten or fifteen minutes.
Nearly all the bees and the queen will
go up into the empty box above. In
the meantime place the hive in which
you wish to put the bees on the stand
where the old hive stood, so as the
field bees which will be coming in all
the time have place to go. OF course
they will be rushing in and out, not
knowing what to make of it. Take
the box of bees and dump them in
front OF the new hive and they will
soon run in and make themselves at
home. Stand the old hive in a new
location and drum out again in twenty
one days. Put these bees in new
hive or add them to the old colony as
you prefer. If one desires two hives
from the one, it is best to let the old
box hive cast swarm first, then drum
i'll twenty-one days. and the one drum
ming will be all that is necessary.
Still another way, which is better
and less work than either Of the above
methods if one wishes to keep the
whole force together and get the most
honey, is to take movable frame hive
full of combs week or two before
swarming time and place under the
box hive, closing the entrance of the
upper hive and compelling the bees
to so through the new one. When
honey begins to come in rapidly the
bees will crowd the queen into the lower
story, always putting the honey above
the brood. When the queen is laying
nicely in the lower story, put queen
excluder between the two hives and
soon all the brood will be Matched out
above and the combs will be filed
with honey. 1t can be taken of, the
combs cut out, the honey extracted,
the old combs melted into beeswax
and the old hive cut up into kindling
wood. l am trying some this way
now and find it the most satisfactory
method OF all, getting more honey and
wax and keeping down the increase.
F. G. Herman in Orange Judd Far
Inar
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21

and the application Of tar has pre-.
vented bad results, but it is inadvis.
able. We do not advise a novice to
undertake the operation. Better EN-.
ploy a veterinary surgeon to at least de.
horn few of the herd, until the
owner becomes somewhat familiar
with the process. Clippers are the
best dehorning apparatus. They re-
move the horn at single stroke. In
cur experience and observation de-
horning does not cause much suffer
ing. The Agricultural Epitomist.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21
Keep ON Hand.

The one all-important mixture that
every tree-owner should have on hand
is kerosene emulsion. This is made
soap in hot water; then add two gsl.
Ions OF kerosene, and churn with
pump for ten minutes; then add about
three gallons OF hot water, and you
will have the emulsion in good condi.
tion for storage. When you wish to
apply this mixture, dilute it with five
or ten parts for trees, and for rose
bushes tho solution should be very
much weaker; otherwise you will
damage the foliage of your bushes
and the flowers as we'll. 1t is far bet.
ter to experiment with weaker solu.
ton; and il insects and slugs are not
destroyed, apply the second day
stronger solution. For scale insects
you may make the solution very much
stronger, and rub it stoutly into your
trees. Bear in mind always that pure
kerosene is as deadly to vegetation as
to animal life, and must be applied
with common-sense and caution. 1t
is unwise to be without stock of this
emulsion on hand the whole year
through.
The experience of horticulturists
during 1898 ought to have taught them
the necessity Of also having on hand
Bordeaux mixture. During July and
August of the year fungus develop
ment took place, which ruined millions
of barrels of apples, as we'll as Sc
riously injured the pear crop. This
could have been met and checked by
a prompt application of the Bordeaux.
l think it as we'll for us at all times to
apply Bordeaux in the spring. 1t is
made by mixture of copper sulphate
and quicklime. Dissolve six pounds
of the sulphate in four gallons of
water, slack the lime in an equal
amount of water. Then mix the two
and increase the water 10 forty gal
Ions. Keep your barrel, as well as
the kerosend emulsion, and all other
materials, in separate room in your
barn, where they can be locked up
tight. Bear in mind that all rot
moulds and mildews are of the fungus
order and demand the same appl.ca-
ton. The solution can do no harm
where it does no good. Remember
that successful orchardist is one whe
is alrea3y furnished with spraying
materials, pumps, ETC., and is not
compelled to hunt up a neighbor to
borrow materials. All fungoid attacks
are very sudden, and will not allow of
any delay in the application of RENE
dies. e. p. Powell in New York Tri-
bune.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21
!! FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
Potatoes Require Careful Irrigation

Run the water through between the
rows of potatoes as quickly as posi-
BILE and see that there is free open
ing at the lower end so that the water
will not back up and stand. After
once irrigating, the land should never
be allowed to become very dry. Wa
tering is usually discontinued after
the first of September. In some parts
of Colorado the potato crop is not ir-
rigated until after the young tubers
are set.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21
:MAGkM%*3sGa08EssGAG@ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
NATURE SMILES IN SANTO DOMINGO.
Has All the Charms of Both Tropic 7
and Temperate Zones.


And yet, any good sort of people
might make second Eden of this beau
tiful island. Notwithstanding its
tropical situation, exposed to torrid
heats and torrential rains, Santo Do
mingo is a very healthy island. A
white man can live there, if he exer-
else due caution, with almost perfect
immunity from diseases such as en-
demic and yellow fevers. Many ac-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21

jacent to the beach, and their huts of
palm leaves occupy bluff above the
water. The beach of pure white sand
is,pverhurg by cocoa palms in ranks
and groups, and an islet off shore
breaks the force of the incoming
waves.
The real barbor Of the great lay Of
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21

island and city are poor even to the
verge of poverty. In the interior Of
the island, where the banana and
sugar cane grow wild, and the ground
is covered with rank growths of valua-
BILE plants and trees, I have been fol
lowed for miles by begging children
Hupplicatipg q morsel Of food.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21
An Indian Storekeeper.

Sleeping Bear, full-blooded Gros
Ventre Irdian, successfully conducts
a general store ut Great Falls, Mon.
He will not give his own people cred
it, bnt extends it to a limited number
Of whites.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21

A Wooden Church 700 Years Old.
Here ia the oldest wooden church in
the world, erected at Borgund, Nor
way, more than 700 years ago, when
Christianity was first introduced in
that neighborhood. It is still as sound
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21

The Republic of Venezuela contains
506,15O square miles. It is larger
than any country in Europe except
Russia.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21

by his brother, the Grand Duke
Michael. He was born in 1873 and
is the youngest son of the Dowager
Empress.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-21
Suited Him Exactly.

Bilkins looked up from his desk ae
he heard some one enter his Office.
Two ladies, members of his church,
stood before him. ''We are out on
another begging expedition" they
chorused.
Bilkins frowned.
"What is it this timer" he inquired,
snappishly. ''I just paid out 50 yes.
terday on foreign missions and dol.
lar the day before on repairs for the
church. suppose you are collecting
on new carpet now"
"No, no; we are trying to raise
enough this time to send the minister
away on vacation"
The frown on Bilkins's countenance
vanished, giving way to broad smile
of satisfaction. "Oh, well," he ex-
claimed in joyous tones, "put me
down for $10." Ohio State Journal.
The "Doliy Barber" Tree Blown Down.
In the recent storm the s'Dolly
Barber" tree, famous landmark on
the "New Cut" road, Washington, was
carried away. It is said to have re-
ceived its name from q famous belle.
1t appears as boundary point in q
title deed OF 1880. When Jefferson
was President he rambled to the street
on which the "Dolly Barber" tree was
located, aud probably rested often be-
meath its shade. The owner at that
time, an Englishman named Foxhall,
was his friend.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-06
stances was fault found with anything or any
body. and wish expressed by the writer 10 return
home.
THE PRESIDENT ANXIOUS FOR PEACE
HE TELLS DR.. sCHURMAN NOT TO IMPOSE
HUMILIATING CONDITIONS ON
THE INSURGENTS.

Washington, May 5.-The State Department
to-day received a dispatch from President
Schurman. of the Philippine Commission, giving
the substance Of the conferences with the rep
resentatives of Aguinaldo and asking for
further instructions. While the text Of the dis
patch is not TO be made public, Secretary Hay
said that It showed very satisfactory condl-
ton of affairs in the Philippines. and pointed
to a settlement Of the difficulties there.
The reply Of the President to Mr. Schurman's
dispatch. 1t is understood. said that he was
anxious to have the peace negotiations con-
cluded at the earliest possible moment. and TO
this end he desired that no unnecessary or hu-
initiating conditions should be imposed on the
insurgents.
1t is believed in Administration circles that
as as Aguinaldo is convinced OF the SIN
cerlty of the American Government he VIII
agree to a surrender. He will be required. how
ever to lay dow his arms This will be the
principal condition. and until an agreement on
this point is reached the negotiations VIII not
make any progress toward a conclusion.