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

pretty Gloss CALI wait until your head
gets Il little clearer and ] will explain
In short while they told me that
the professor was an inmate of lu-
natic asylum in P, where they
were employed as keepers. He had
succeeded in escaping that morning,
and they had tracked him with great
difficulty, as he was wonderfully cum
ming. When in the neighborhood Of
our KIN they had heard his wild
shouts as he made his last attack on
me and rushing thither had arrived
just as I fell, overpowered. After a
desperate struggle they had secured
him.
f" He is sound enough except on
this subject of fire, said the keeper.
'Nnly last night he poisoned one Of
pet dogs with some chemical mix
tu-e, treated the body with his elixir
and then put it in the furnace. The
only way we could quiet his frenzy
was to tell him the dog was sleeping
quietly. And now, as we must get
him back to the institution, is there
anything we can do for you?'
~ requested him to go to certain
farmhouse and call one of my helpers
to take my place. as did not feel
able to finish ont the night This he
did; and then taking the madman, who
had relapsed into sullen fit, into their
carriage, the men bade me good night
and drove away, and / never set eyes
on the professor again. Yes, you
may rest assured I never forget the
10Th of December
Thanking him for his story babe
the lime e-burner good-by and left him
piling the wood on his great fire, which
threw lurid glow on the interior Of
his shed. -Waverley Magazine.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

The report of the secretary of the
interior contains some interesting IL.
formation bearing upon the expansion
policy. He shows that of total OF
1856, 1913, 972 acres of public domain,
637, 339, 400 acres have been appropri-
at.d and are now occupied; 139, 516,-
276 acres have been reserved for vari-
Gus purposes, including 40, ,719, 474
acres as permanent forest reserves:
579, ,36S, 274 acres still remain unoccu-
pied, of which 262, ,651, ,971 acres are
unsurveyea. Ninety-four per cent. of
the unoccupied area is classed as desert
lands, and only about71, 900, 900 acres
are capable of cultivation either by ir-
rigation or under the natural rainfall.
This indicates how near the agricul.
tural land belonging to the govern
ment is exhausted. During the last
year 11,328,037 acres were disposed
of to private settlers, and 1882, 534
acres to railways. The forest reser.
vations which are permanently with.
drawn from settlement for the pur.
pose of preserving the timbers and
protecting the sources of the streams,
are situated in the following states
and territories: Arizona, 1861, 76O
acres; California, SSH, 794; Colora-
do, 3,1O3, 800; Idaho: Montana and
Washington, 16, 81S, 100; New Mexico,
431, ,040; Oregon, 1853, 440; South
Dakota, 967, $50; Utah, 875, $40; Wy.
oming, 3,195, 1GO.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

The hatred of France to England,
however inconvenient, is natural.
Lord Salisbury's sagacious and mas
sive mind now apparently accepts with
reluctance the truth, long since rec
ognizei by the majority of his fellow
subjects, that the conditions for an
enduring friendship with the Latin
races do not exist Hence the i'm
mense efforts made by the premier to
bring the English speaking peoples
into sympathy with each other.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

The advantages of ancestry and
family are worth little in themselves
to young man save in our Oldest
communities. In the newer parts of
the country the day laborer, provided
nature has gifted him with brains and
energy, may cherish any ambition.
Lincoln was day laborer. General
Miles was clerk in a dry goods store.
Blaine taught country school. Gar
field drove mules on the towpath.
Mckinley practised law in the insig
nificant little town of Canton, Ohio.
Many of our millionaires began as
workinen. Other men who are drudg-
ing for wages today will be the mil
lionaires of twenty-five years hence.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26
A Useful Invention.

There is an invention of the Eng
llsh which means SO much comfort to
the householder that it should be i'm
borted. 1t consists of a couple of
pulleys and ropes for the opening and
shutting of heavy windows. The pull
leys are high up in the framework of
the window, and there is some little
arrangement in the sash which fastens
the cords. Two handles at the ends
of the two pieces of rope fall where
they can be conveniently reached.
One is dark, the other is light. The
dark one is for ''down," so that when
the window is to be opened one has
only to pull the dark handle, and
down comes the window. When the
window is to be closed the light han.
die is pulled, and the window-sash is
lifted. -Harper's Bazaar.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

The Massachusetts, Socialists are
highly elated by the showing which
they made at the recent election in
Massachusetts, having total of TO-
900 against 6301 year ago. This will
entitle the party next year to place
upon the official ballot as regular
political party, and they are greatly
encouraged by the success in Haver-
hill of James f. Carey and Louis M.
Scates, who were elected to the Legis-
Iature on the Socialist Labor ticket,
and will be the first Socialists to hold q
seat in any legislative body in the
United States, it is said.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

One of the greatest drawbacks tc
arming in this country, and espe-
cially in the New England states, is the
difficulty of keeping the boys upon
the farm. Fifty girls have taken up
the study of scientific farming in the
Minneapolis college of agriculture.
The progress of these young women
will attract general attention, and if
the results are practical the innovation
will naturally spread to other states,
and thus in the end work reform in
farming matters that will not only give
q new impetus to the industry, but
also rehabilitate many of the now
abandoned New England farms, and
furnish profitable, healthy and even
congenial employment to the super.
abundant female population of those
states. With scientific methods, in
conjunction withsthe labor saving ma
chimes now in vogue, farming is not
accompanied by the drudgery that
necessarily attended the work in the
years gone by. There is nothing in
the whole routine of farm labor that
cannot be accomplished by the aver.
age woman, and in no instance need
she unsex herself in it's performance.
1t is to be hoped the movement start.
ed By the Minnesota women will re.
suit in reformation in farm matters
that will not only increase the quanti
ty and quality of the product, but also
render the home of the farmer attract.
i've to the young men of the family.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26
\ Safe and Effective Fire Kinder.

kindling with kerosene, though al
most universal when it comes to start
ing the kitchen fire on winters
morning, is a dangerous operation as
generally done. No farmer or his son,
of course the wife or daughter never
has this cold and disagreeable task to
perform, can be blamed for wishing to
abridge this uncomfortable duty. If
he will try the following plan he will
find it success He neither spills
oil on stove and floor, carries oil in
the dishes to season the breakfast
later on, and last but not least, does
not blow up the stove or set the house
on fire.
Take tn can, Cne with cover so
that the oil will not evaporate, AMI fill
about two-t -thirds full of oil, and set in
some handy place out of the way AT
night put two or three cobs in the
can aud leave to soak When the fire
is to be started, take the cobs and put
on the CRATE of the stove, piling the
kindling and fuel over them. Then
touch match to them and your fire is
going full blast. Always have some
cobs in the can. If for any reason it
is desirable to have fire on short no.
tice, your kindling is always ready
J. l.. Irwin, in New England Home
stead
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

''Early to bed and early to rise" is
d Philadelphia proverb. Ever since
the days of Benjamin Franklin that
city has enjoyed repute as place OF
staid virtues and moderate habits.
People were not supposed to go there
at the pace that kills. But it seems
that Philadelphia has lately been los
ing its beauty sleep, and movement
is on foot among its social leaders to
restore the good old days of Poor
Richard, so that young men and mai.
dens may have better chance to
grow wealthy and wise.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26
A WEATHER SONG oE HOPE.


singing birds havef
havee known;
Is
In
of the
he
o
oms
And be
morning! moring!
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

The Catholic churches of Cincin-
natl have been forbidden to allow the
singing of certain masses because
they too closely resemble operatic
music, or, to use the words of one of
the leading priests of the city, are
''too STACEY" Hereafter, the com
Mittee on church music of the diocese
will pass upon each piece before it is
allowed to be sung.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

One of the first acts of General
Wood at Santiago de Cuba was to re-
form and vastly improve the school
system. General Kitchener's first act
concerning Khartoum since his con-
quest of the place is to raise $500, 600
for the establishment of a college
there. That is what Anglo-Saxon
conquest means today-the building
not of fortresses to enslave people, but
of schools to educate and elevate
them.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

Since July last $50 bicycles have
been stolen in Chicago, and the po-
lice of that city give out the opinion
gravely that some bike burglar is try.
ing for ten-century record.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

The shade of Christopher Columbus,
III the Elysian Fields, must smile with
amusement to see his countrymen OF
today carrying his brothers. dust to
and fro upon the earth under the
pious fiction that it is his, while his
own rests undisturbed by the side OF
the rusting fetters he once wore.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

A Denver (Col man gaze dinner
to four thousand children on his wed.
ling day. At the end of twenty years,
if he is able to give dinner to his
own children, he can be said to have
made success of life.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26
New Use for the Drum.

Into American households at last
has the war come. The drum-that
instrument of martial sound has
been transformed into one of the most
necessary articles Of the home-the
scrap basket Work boxes and work
baskets, too, are wi iii little ingenui-
ty made out of the same implements
as the band of the march.
But little labor is required to fit
these drums to their new vocation. If
possible sentiments sake, if
nothing else-drums that have actual
ly seen service are preferable, but if
an old drum cannot be procured, q
fresh new, miniature one, direct from
a shop, glistening in all its gorgeous
ness of bright paint, will do. Any
size is allowable, and the adornment
thereafter is limited only by the taste
and skill OF The fair war enthusiast.
The first step is to cut out one end
not knock it out, mind you, as that
would loosen the strings and break up
the drums entire structure. This ex-
cision should be done carefully, and
with Judgment. Then the interior
should be lined with silk, sateen or
cretonne. Bands of ribbons should
be tied around the outside, in the
same fashion as ribbon is tied around
any basket, aud the metamorphosis
should be finished off with huge bows,
tied in the most artistic manner.
What are known as ''baby drums"
are made in the same fashion, into
very tiny scrap baskets to stand on
the feminine writing table, aud yet
another use for the transformed drum
is as a chair receiver" to be placed
on my ladys dressing table. ''Baby
drums, too. must be used for these.
New York Herald.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

Extensive educational reforms are
projected by the Madrid ministry.
The war demonstrated the need OF
teaching the Spanish young idea hov
to shoot.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26
HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES.
Poster Pillow for the Divan.

To make poster pillow choose
poster that is of the realistic school
one that shows not more than three
colors. Trace the figures on the stuff
selected and then buttonhole them
with a coarse silk on to the pillow
cover. Velvet or satin may be used,
OF two shades of linen, or even un-
bleached muslin. = Ladies' Home
Journal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26

France has decided to follow Ger
maay's example in establish hing ma
val attache at Washington. This is
gratifying evidence of the world rep
atation the United States navy has
acuuire
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-26
Recipes.

Peach Roll Use stewed, evaporated
peaches, we'll mashed and sweetened.
Make good baking powder biscuit
dough, roll half an inch. Spread but
ter over, then the peaches. 1t may
be boiled, baked or steamed. Thin
cream, sweetened and favored, makes
very acceptable sauce.
Stewed Salsify-After scraping. boil
tender and cut in pieces; there should
be three pints; put in a saucepan With
teacup each of vinegar aud water,
one tablespoonful of butter and one
of sugar Season with one teaspoon
full of salt. Just before serving mix
in half a teacup of cream and beat
en- egg.
Rice Balls-Mince a little cold
chicken very fine. ado bit of minced
onion, salt, pepper and sprig of pars-
lev. if at hand and liked. Shape cold
boiled rice into balls two inches or so
in diameter, hollow ont and fill with
the chicken mixture, cover over, roll
in -four, then in beaten eggs and then
cracker crumbs. Fry in butter nice
brown. Serve hot and with ''cream
sauce" tablespoonful each of butter
and -four braided and cup of hot milk.
Potato Poue Add to the mashed
potatoes instead of -four, sifted corh
meal, melt the lard and wet up with
boiling water. Leave the dough very
stiff, then break into it, one alta time,
two fresh eggs. Work them well
through the mass. Take it up by
small handfuls, toss them from one to
the other, and hatten them lightly
around the sides of hot baking pan,
yery well creased. Bake quickly until
a crisp brown crust forms on top and
bottom.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-17
ONE PROUD CORPORAL.
fa.try, Writes Hts MotAer How e,
He Captured spaniaras. r.

From all accounts Albert II. West,
n corporal in the First Illinois infan-
etry, covered himself with glory during
the campaign in Cuba. His mother
IS in Rye, \. Y. In a letter to her the
young soldier declares tha, his squad
is the ''proudest bunch OF men in
Cuba" West succeeded in capturing
n Spanish officer and four men, all
of whom were acting as spies. He is
in possession of the machetes which
he captured fr5m the Spa MIA rds, and
promises TO bring them home for the
adornment of his mott hers home.
The young corporal gives vivid de-
scription of the fhardships through
which the men have been obliged to
go since landing in Cuba. The coun-
try is fair to look upon, he
says, but the forests are filed
with dead. bodies and countless
buzzards quarrel over the bodies,
which have been washed from hastily
prepared graves. He says his own
cheek bones stick out like knobs on
hatrack." and his eyes, are as big as
soup plates. An his companions pre-
sent similar appearance.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-17
ILLINOIS NAVAL MILITIA.
High Praise for the Men who Fo~aht
Braveiy on Losrd United states
wsrships.

The Illinois naval militia has distin-
guished itself during the war, and has
not only won the admiration of the Of
ficers afloat, but those of the depart
ment as well.
The people of Illinois and Com
mandcr Harrison should be proud of
their sailor boys, as they have won a
great name for themselves. Com
mander Hemphill. of the navy. said:
81 wish to state. without hesitation
or equivocation, that the Illinois re-
serve is the best in the country. They
entered the service to fight, and they
did so like veterans, and are deserving
of much praise for their gallant con-
duct"
Sixty of these reserves were on board
the Oregon during the battle at Santi-
ago, and they conducted themselves
with such bravery that Immediately
after that desperate fight the officers
and men of the Oregon lined up and
gave three cheers for the Illinois re-
serves. At the beginning of the war
they offered their services to the gov
ernment, and only stipulated that they
should be sent where they would be in
the fray. When their organization was
broken up and scattered there was not
murmur of discomfort, bu, everyone
was satisfied that his desire TO partici-
pate in the war avenging the Maine
was to be gratified. Some of the as
signments of the reserves are as fol-
lows; Oregon, 60; Yale. Sc; Harvard,
60; Cincinnati, as; Franklin, 40; Ynnk-
ton, 81; Newport, ~; Newark, 27; Dol
phin, %; Montgomery, %; Hector, 21.
and the Terror, "a.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-17
PURELY Personal.

j. G. Dautell and S. NJ. Bra
den went to Canon this afternoon.
Prof. George Kellar and Sher-
if Hawkins were down from Canon
on business today.
B. R. Kries well known +.
d c. G. fir eman was Leadville
visitor yesterday,
w. H. Firth. the general agent
of the Rock Island railroad made
this office a pleasant call today.
Mrs. Max Donuer returned
from Rookvale yesterday, where
she has been visiting her sister.
w. f. johnson and party
came down from Cripple Creek
this morning and stopped at Cyan
ide. They went on to Denver this
evening on No. 4.
Mr. and Mrs. f. f. Brown and
DR.. Jennie Bailey went to Victor
and Cripple Greek this afternoon
on a sightseeing expedition. They
will return Thursday morning.
Expert engineer Phillips ar
rived this morning from st Louis
over the Santa Fe. He says that
from all indications he hopes this
trip will not prove to have been
unnecessary.
w G. Rogers has returned
from Salida where he went to have
his hand "mended." He will not
lose his finger, as it was thought
he would, but it, the finger, will in
all probability be stiff.
&C. S. Desch, Grand Chancel-
lor of Domain of Colorado, X. of
P, is in town and will meet with
Petroleum lodge this evening, 1t
is hoped that ruiz attendance or
the members may be had,
Samuel Laws and Lloyd Was
son, of Canon City, were taking in
the sights here today. These en-
terprising young men are the own
ers of the Lone Cactus claim at
Dawson City. The claim is GER
tainly very promising one, it
showing a value of "a at the sur
face, and at depth of ten feet the
value has increased to S242. They
expect to put force of men to
work on the property in a day or
two. THE TRIBUNE hopes the
young men will reap richly for
their energy and pluck.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-17
SPAIN'S IGNORANCE.
The Ruling CiH--cs Are sadly Lack
ing In knowledge of Contem-
porsry Iistory.

Modern languages are unknown in
Spain to a degree which has TO be re-
allied before it can be believed. Politi-
clans, statesmen. physicians, Journal
lists, courtiers, and even merchants are
content with speaking their own sono-
rous language--and can very seldom
express themselves in any other. /
have seen Entlishmen and Frenchmen
in the foreign department of the Cen
tral Telegraph office wandering discon-
solately hither and thither unable TO
find single official conversant, in any
degree, with the French tongue. The
liberal government of Senior Sagasta,
having introduced censorship of for
eign kilograms such as has never been
practiced in Russia. was at its wits
ends TO find ceLsor capable OF read
ing messages written in German. and
finally II was decided thar they should
go as they We're, uneSnmined. / fire.
quently saw two Identical kilograms,
of which one was in French and
the other in German. handed in at
the telegraph Office. and on the fol-
lowing day learned that the French
message had bean suppressed by the
censor ana the herman telegram
transmitted without remark.
Monumental ignorance of contem-
porary history and modern languages
has left its abiding mark on the rul-
ing classes in Spnin. and-is to large
extent pnswe rn bile for the irreparable
calamities which have ovfrtaken the
brave, patient and noble-minded pco-
pie. 1t is dangerous for one blind man
to lead another but II is utterly ca
lamitous when III, sightless leader has
visions. and is under the delusion that
he can see. Aud these are exactly
the rela tions which. ever since the days
of Queen Isabella. have subsisted be-
tween the rulers and the ruled. The
results thereof are writ large in every
pnge of contemporary Spanish his
tory. in every step of successive Span
ish government. in the dangerous mix
ture of wanton sigor and unpatriotic
license which was meted out to the
colonies. in the paralyzation of all
healthy enterprise in the Peninsula, in
the neglect OF national interests, and
the stepmotheriv treatment of the
army and navy.--Dr. J. f. Dillon, in
contemporary Review
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-17
tn. Peaco-k. of santiago.

: The beaux of Santiago WOO with a
peacock's feather in their hand, so
light thing is love there. The bellies
hide glances of affection behind the
glitter of a peacock fan. so slight,
thing may blind warm eyes. Curious,
though. the native Cubans, the men
with Garcia at Manzanillo so years ago,
with Gomez to-day, have no love for
the peacock The affection is all to
be found in the Spanish blood on the
island The native of Cuba when the
son of Columbus came to the island
worshiped the sun and the stars and
believed in supreme being. The en-
blem of the native Cuban, wherever
in four centuries one has been used.
has been a star, sometimes increased
in size until it resembles sun. In
strange contradistinction the en-
blem of the Spaniard of Santiago de
Cuba is a peacock-H. l. Cleveland, in
Chicago "Times-Herald.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-17
-PuNGERr PARAGRAPHS.

Some girls keep dairy" remarked
the observer of men and things, while
others destroy it the following year"
Detroit Journal.
Ethel-''I'se had fully dozen offers
of marriage lately" Maud-'Mercy,
me! Good ones?" Ethel-"Yes. All
from George.
In the Want Wanted--A cour-
ageons waiter; he will often be called
on to get custom, r. their night keys
from home.-Fliegende Blaetter.
He-"What is il about Whirly that
throws all the other fellows in the
sbade?" She-"I guess IL must be his
family tree.'-Detroit Free Press.
Missed Good Thing.-"Spain dis
covered us" Yes. and she made mis-
take in not keeping posted about us
after our discovery. Chicago Record.
New Sea Serpent.-.Didy you hear old
Longbow's latest story" Nope"
Says he saw hoop snake with a
rubber tire. Plain Dealer.
Sure Enough.-'Talking about neck
ties" gayly remarked the western
sheriff, as he deftly arranged the
nooss, ~here is something that is per-
foctly killing. g."-lndianapolis journal.
First Artilleryman-"rm glad we
haven't one of those noisless cannons."
Second Artilleryman-''I don't see
why" Because Id hate 10 be- beat out
of a chance to fire shot that might
be heard around the world."-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
How II Happened.-Smith-''I was
surprised TO hear that young Price had
married that rich widow: why, she is
old enough to be his mother" Jones
Yes; of course; but. you see, he was
without money and she was without
Price.'-Chicago Daily News.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-17
The Model sbip.

The Oregon will'probabls take rank
as the model ship for future building
in the United States navy. There will,
of course, be an effort to- improve on
some of her. points. but she has present
I'd so much that is desirable that she
must he regarded in the light of pat
tern. The Oregon steamed $4,000
miles and was ready to go into battle
at the end of the journey. Capt. Clarke
sets down as two of the principal les
sons OF the war, smokelesspowder and
warships without woodwork. Then
comes speed