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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26
FOR LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING.
small table and gas stove, she dis.
covered that, no matter how much care

small table and gas stove, she dis.
covered that, no matter how much care
was exercised, light housekeeping
would leave heavy odors. But she
finally hit upon a plan that makes
light housekeeping odorless, easy and
practical, even if the keeper has only
one small room.
She had little box kitchen built
outside of the lower part of her win
dow. In this there were two shelves.
the lower for gas stove and the up.
per for variety of culinary utensils.
The window kitchen is miniature ex
tension, and can be made out of q
strong pine packing box and attached
outside of almost any ordinary win.
dow. It mu st be firmly screwed tc
the woodwork on either side, and the
top slanted and covered tar paper. A
row of holes about an inch in diameter
should be bored through each parti-
tion of the miniature kitchen, to as.
sure good ventilation and to carry out
the steam and odors that come from
cooking. A hole must also be bored
in the lower sash of the window, large
cuouSu lor gus buDe W pdSS tuTouSu
and be connected with the nearest gas
jet. This allows the window to be
raised without interfering with the
tube.
In warm weather the upper shelf of
the window kitchen can be used as a
receptacle for food to complete the
kitchen arrangements. Inside the
room the inventor had window seat
built and upholstered. The upholstery
and hanging could be removed while
the meal was being prepared and the
seat used as table, while the draw.
ers and compartments and cupboards
built underneath served as recep
tacle for dishes and table linen. She
hung peat little pair of curtains from
the middle sash OF the window, which
could be moved back and forth when
the stove was in operation.
After the dishes had been washed
and restored to their shelves and cup
boards the upholstered seat is put
back and the end of the couch piled
up with pillows. The curtains are
drawn, and no one would ever know
that a meal had been prepared.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26

The oyster openers are class ly
themselves, as distinct and clannish
as the 'longshoremen for ocean liners.
They receive 81 thousand, and it
is poor shucker that cannot earn $5
in days work of eight hours. Many
of them earn So and SO.
There are rs many ways of opening
an oyster az there are of carving a
duck, and each shucker thinks that
his way is the best. 1t depends upon
where man has been brought up to
the business. Men who have been
brought up in New York use nothing
but the knife. but they ase it in diff
ferent ways. Not one man in hum
dred is a good side knife opener.
Other men who use nothing but the
knife simply stab the oyster. Epicures
declare that this spoils it, but oyster
men say that for the general trade it
makes little difference. If shucker
has been brought up in the South,
Baltimore or Norfolk, for instance, he
uses hammer as we'll as knife in
opening an oyster.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26
Uncle Sans Beautiful Girl Model.

A beautiful little New York girl has
the distinction of having her picture
on every 81 bill issued by the United
States in 1896. Her name is Roso
Marston, and she is but sixteen years
of age. Little Miss Marston is said
to be the most shapely child known to
the New YORK artists. She is par
ticularly remarkable for the beauty
and grace of her arms. hands and feet,
which closely resemble the old Greek
models. On the 1896 50 bill there is
ii group of five beautiful female fig
ures. The one which represents Roso
Marston is that of the girl kneeling
on the left of the group. The ac-
companying illustration gives fair
representation of the girl in one of
her poses. She has posed for leading
artists for over four years. The fig
nres of Steam, Electricity and Manu-
factures on the 1896 50 bill were all
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26

New YORK Cry (SpeciaD. The
life of the sailors aboard Admiral
Dewey's flagship, the cruiser Olympia,
is duplicate of the routine peculiar
to every other boat in the United
States Navy. The discipline has not
been relaxed because the jack tars ac-
quilted themselves SO we'll at Manila.
On the contrary, an extra effort is
made by the crew to hold by good be-
havior in peace the laurels they won
in time of war. The men-o'-war's men
of the Olympia are feted and petted
while ashore, but once under the Ad-
miraPs eye they return to the stern
realities of life on the ocean wave.
It is rot o very fascinating or wildly
hilarious life that of the man forward
on board modern warship. There is
q monotony and sameness of things
that eat into the heart at times, and it
is only the excitement caused by q
wreck or a storm or series of battles
like that recently experienced that
lends welcome air of diversion to the
naval day. To rise at 5. 80 to the harsh
notes of bugle and drum is the or
der, except during the few winter
months, when half hours grace :is
permitted. The "musics," as the
marine drummers and buglars are
called, are summoned ten minutes be-
fore time by the corporal of the guard.
The two lads, rubbing the sleep from
their eyes, take their stand near the
forward hatch, and, at the word from
the officer of the deck, break into the
stiffness of the early morning with an
internal hubbub technically known as
''reveille." The hideous uproar speed
lily brings a chorus of grunts and
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26
Controlling the Potato Stalk weevl.


The adult weevil passes the winter
in the potato stalk, where it develops.
The easiest method of getting rid of
it is to destroy all the potato vines
after the crop has been removed. The
sooner the potatoes are dug the bet
ter. If the vines are left too long
many of them will rot, leaving the
roots together with one or more vice.
wills in the ground. The Kansas ex-
fact that there are certain very COM
mon weeds which are in themselves
great nuisances and aid in harboring
the stalk weevil. These are ground
cherry, stinkweed, cocklebur and bull
nettle. These farmers should learn
to recognize and keep out of potato
fields. They should be pulled up
roots and all and destroyed. If pull
ing is too expensive an operation the
weeds should be cut down while young
and allowed to dry up. Many of the
larvae in the stalks will perish for
want Of proper food.
Great care should always be taken
to promote vigorous growth by clean
culture and fertilization. The heavy
vine does not suffer nearly SO severely
as one that is in any way weakened.
The greatest in ury occurs to vines of
low vitality which have suffered al
ready from the attacks of other insects
drouta or heat. Spraying with lon
don purple and paris green has been
recommended and may be Of some
use. Sweeping the vines with m in
sect net when the beetles are on the
outside may result in getting rid of a
great many OF them. New England
Homestead.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26
chicken Chat.

Ban keeps the chicks in good con-
dition.
Fumigate aud whitewash the hen
house at least twice year.
A good pan is to divide the run
way into halves and cultivate one Sec
tim every year.
If any OF the fowls acquire habit
of feather eating, separate them before
the vice sprea s.
A good hen should lay from $50 to
It's eggs a year. Gull out those which
will not do that we'll.
Unless the ground is light and mel
low in the chicken run, dust bath
should be provide in summer.
Watch that grit box and see that it
is always well tiled. Many of the So
allied cases OF cholera came from this
one neglect
There is no better location for
poultry yard than the orchard. Many
a stray worm or bug which might
damage the trees furnishes food for
the fowls.
If you have crop Oh millet use
some for your scratching shed this
winter. The hens are fond of the
seed, and get the exercise they require
while searching for it
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26
: FOR FARM AND GARDEN. |
The Top of the Fail.

There is an old saying among dairy
men that the cows profits are at the
top OF the pail. When feeding this
should never be forgotten, and the
dairyman should make it his business
to see that the feed is of such char
acter that will allow the COW to put
plenty Of ''top" to her milk.
For an ordinary dairy COW ration
of twelve pounds of clover hay, twenty
pounds of corn silage. four pounds of
corn meal, four pounds of wheat bran.
and four pounds of gluten meal will
assist the animal greatly in accom-
plishing the feat. It might also be
we'll to bear in mind that thorough
bred will greatly assist the milk in
getting the stop"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26

means shore with it's fascinating at
fractions, and if there is anything on
this footstool the average sailor loves
it is to chit the beach" with few
dollars in his pocket.
Sunday is, as far as possible, kept
as a day of rest. After. the morning
scrub and inspection comes service by
the chaplain. The old rhyme of
Six days shalt thou labor and do all that
thou art able;
On the seventh, holystone the decks and
scour the cable,
Is no longer appropriate, since all
labor, except what is absolutely neces
sary, is dispensed with.
To attend divine service, dressed in
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26

week days the morning hours are
generally devoted to drill. A settled
schedule is made out when the ship
goes into commission, and this is
strictly adhered to. Each ship has
its general quarters, fire quarters,
collision drill, abandon ship, arm and
away boats, broadsword exercise, or
something of similar character, and
from $50 until noon the decks are
alive with men under instruction.
Dinner is followed by short rest,
and at o'clock ''turn to" is sounded
again. During the afternoon five
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26
Cutting the Chickens Wings.

If person cares to, it is possible to
cut the wings when the chickens are
young so that their flying ability will
be effectually impaired for all time.
This will often prove to be great adj
vantage. especially with fowls of the
Leghorn, Hamburg and Minorca
breeds. This is not difficult or pain
full to the chick, if done at the right
time, and consists simply in cutting
the wing at the last joint; the portion
cut off is but trife when the chick
is young, but when it is developed it
makes quite material difference in
its wing power, so much SO that it is
comparatively small matter to con-
fine them, and SO far as practicability
is concerned, it does not impair their
useful qualities in the least. II the
work is done when the chicken is
about ten or twelve days old, it is
scarcely painful, and the chick soon
RECEIVERS its usual activity.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26
A Relic of the Light Brigade's Charge.

A soldiers mouldy hat has just been
found under huge stone in the
valley of Death" at Balaclava. Some
boys had shifted the bowlder, as bees
had built nest beneath it, andSthe
youngsters wanted to get the honey.
From the design of the badge it is
evident that the headgear belonged to
trooper of the Seventeenth Lancers,
a corps which was included in the i'm.
mortal Light Brigade. - London
Chronicle.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26
An Editors just Plant.

''Send in your items OF news when
they are fresh," says the Salisbury
(Mo.) Press. 1--WE don't like to pup
lish a birth after the child is weaned,
q marriage after the honeymoon is
over, a death after the widow is mar
ried again, nor the notice of an enter
tainment after the job work is done
elsewhere and the editor is charged
for admission"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26

their best, is the one extra duty re-
quired of the men, and the afternoon
is practically free until sundown.
Chaplain Reaney, of the Olympia, is
one of the most popular men aboard,
and the men confide in him to an ex-
tent that is remarkable.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26

sprinkles little water upon the spot,
then spreads his shirt, previously
soaked, upon the deck. Then with
salt water soap and scrubbing brush
he sets to work. A subsequent rinsing
completes the task and the garment
is fastened with bits of twine 10 the
clothesline stretched from mast to
mast.
Holystoning decks and serubbing
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26

days of the week the crew is kept at
work attending to the multifarious
duties of the ship. Saturday after
noon is considered half holiday, the
smoking lamp is lighted, and if the
ship is in port the IN are allowed to
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26

mel inside and outside shirts and the
ordinary cotton hose, the operation of
washing does not call for skill or prep
aratlon. For instance, if the article
to be renovated is the flannel shirt,
Jack selects Q clear part of the deck,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26
OYSTER Opening an Art,

It takes one hundred million oysters
week to satisfy the requirements Of
the New York market. This year the
supply promises to be prolific.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26
Winter Feeding and Roup.

During winter in the morning I feed
O warm mash composed of one scoop
full of oats and corn, ground together,
to twice the uuantitv of bran. about
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26
RoSo MARsToN.

sketched from her poses, and she was
one OF the models for the beautiful
figure paintings that decorate the
walls of the Congressional library at
Washington. It is said that Miss
Marston earns $50 week as model
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26

The number of penniless men in the
Elondike Is placed at 1000
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-26
oDoRLEss WINDOW KITCHEN.
How Ono Woman Does Light House.
keeping In One Room.

A neat little window kitchen is the
invention of an ingenious woman who
was compelled to do light housekeep
ing in one room in which there.were
no modern improvements. After
struggling for some months with
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
HIS SIGHT RESTORED.
Modren Miracle Performed on r. A. Wade
Chieago's Great Criminal Lawyer.

Nine Days Wonder in the Middle West
X. A. Wade was Totally Blind from Kid.
ney Disease Kidney Pills Cured
the Kidneys and Restored His Eyesight.
Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. 7-R. A. Wade,
the criminal lawyer of this city VIII o
defended Pendergast and who has
been engaged in a score of other sen.
sational trials in the last few years has
become additionally famous. Mr..
Wades eyes had failed him utterly
and II was thought that he would be
obliged to retire from the bar But by
what seems n miracle Mr.. Wade's eye.
sight has been completely restored. #
is given out that a patent medicine,
Dodd's Kidney Pills, was the means by
which Mr. Wade recovered the use of
his eyes and reporter called to get
the details Of what seemed to be gen.
uine modern miracle.
"How 10 1t that medicine intended
for the kidneys was the means Of heal.
ing your eyesights" Mr.. Wade was
asked.
~ was troubled with rheumatism
and kidney trouble for years before l
went blind" said Mr.. Wade. my
condition gradually grew worse and
worse in spite Of all could do to i'm
prove 1t. You know what kidney dis
ease Is don't yous"
~ don't know that I do exactly"
replied the reporter.
WELL" said Mr.. aWade, an tell
you. The kidneys are the filters Of the
blood. In kidney diseases they get
clogged up and the impurities rema in
in the system. Uric acid is generated
which causes rheumatism by lodging
10 the joints. Well this uric acid not
only gave me rheumatism but 1t at.
tackled my eyes which were already
strained owing " overwork. The re.
suit was l became totally blind"
"Aud Dodd's Kidney Pills:restored
your sights"
Perfectly. They cured the kidneys,
The uric acid was strained out Of my
system. My rheumatism was com
pletely cured and my sight came
back"
1T is certainly sensational cure,
said the reporter.
ut gives me great pleasure to rec
ommend Dodd's Kidney Pills." said Mr.
Wade in conclusion. ~ am convinced
that they will cure all troubles arising
from disordered kidneys"
MIR. Wade is at present senior mem
bcr Of the firm Of Wade & We'll, and il
at present occupying a suite of room
at 800, 100 Washington street, Chicago
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
HABITS c7 DIET.
Excess In Eating and Drinking Il
Conducive to obesity ana
Illness.

The lower animals In wild life do not
appear TO require the services of n vet
erinary surgeon, nor DO we hear OF dis
ease or epidemics raging among them.
Though they range over fields dotted
here, there and everywhere with poi
sonous weeds, God-given instinct
teaches them what TO shun, the SAVIOR
doubtless indicating TO the senses what
constitutes improper food. Domesti-
Gated animals would enjoy like ex-
emption from disease II, without the
Intervention Of man, they were permit
ted to confine their diet and habits OF
life TO the all-sufllcicnt provisions OF
nature; but man corrals them in un-
sanitary places, applies the overfeed-
ing, examining processes and reverses
natural conditions as he also does for
himself by his own personal habits, and
thus we have the man glutton and the
brute martyr TO mans ignorance and
psrverse notions of life.
II 10 q question not difficult Of solu-
tion. whether the modern connoisseur
10 not the greatest enemy Of mankind.
Not educated to eat and drink only
those simple things which are health.
full, Kfe-giving and primarily designed
to prolong life, the average youth is
reared by the overindulgent mother
as monstrosity Of perverted appetite.
with consequent inclination to run
the entire gamut Of abnormal feeding.
including all the slops that are sold
over the bar or fountain counter. What
wonder Is II that the boys Of the ma
tion are developing so many cigarette
wrecks and juvenile tipplers with
crippled intellects and lack Of capacity
for any purpose worth living for7 Too
many of our boys are educated glut-
tons, . condition of disease ~ mex.
orable and exactiDg AZ the drink or
drug habit. The obese man or woman
will tell us that ancestry is to blame for
their inherited (?) condition, never
seeming to realize that they consume
each day food enough to sustain three
or four hard-working sons Of toll, and
they are mountains Of fat only because
they gorge their anatomy beyond ma
ture's capacity TO eliminate, leaving II
no other alternative than TO store the
surplus here and there on vital organs,
tissues and muscles, as waste matter
that cannot be disposed Of while the
supply is unchecked. The victim dies
ten or twenty years before his allotted
time has expired. Vital statistics show
an ever-increasing percentage OF
deaths by heart failure, nervous pros
tration. ETC., yet the process of cram
ming the children goes on in increas-
ing ratio. The appetite habit requires
a cure, and IL mothers would initiate
IL in the nursery by the application Of
common sense methods, they would
rear fewer drunkards and self-indulg
ent derelicts and sheds fewer tears ir
old age because Of the preverse habits
they have unwittingly enforced.-Ban
ner Of Gold.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
A Gift to Give

1t is often difficult to decide what to
get lyour friends for holiday gifts.
Here is suggestion;
"Good morning, Jennie, ! have
brought you nice present." said Ger.
trude as she handed her friend a neat
ly wrapped package.
The pale, weary looking girl, who
was slowly rec ,vering from severe i'll.
ness, opened the bundle and held up q
large bottle Of clear, rich medicine.
Hoods Sarsaparilla" she exclaimed
II have been reading about 1t today
and wished I had bottle"
On New Years Day Jennie was able
to be out on the streets, and to hel
friends who remarked how we'll she
looked she simply said Hoods Sar
saparilla," and everyone 0f them knew
that 1t was this great medicine thai
had given back her health.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
FEAR OF LIGHTNING.
Mueh Mental Suffering IL NeedlessSy
Undergone by Nervous
PersoBs.

The keen suffering which many un-
dergo Just in advance OF or during a
thunder storm is Of dual nature. The
sense of impending danger alarms and
terrifies but there is also depression
of spirits which is physical and real,
brought about by some as yet unknown
relation between the nervous system
and conditions Of air pressure, humid
ity and purity. The suffering due to de-
preston and partial exhaustion re-
auircs. from those who are strong,
sympathy rather than ridicule. The
suffering due TO alarm and fright, how
ever, is unnecessary. 1t is largely the
work of the imagination. To u nerv-
ous nature there is something appall-
ing in the wicked, spiteful CLEAN of the
lightning, and the crash and tumult OF
thunder. But such IA one should re-
member that the flash is almost always
far distant, and that thunder can do no
more damage than the low notes OF a
church organ. Counting oil the deaths
from oil the storms during q year, we
find that the chance Of being killed by
lightning 10 less than one in hundred
thousand. The risk In the city may be
said TO be five times less than In the
country. Dwellers in oity houses may
be startled by peals Of thunder, but
owing TO the great spread Of tin roofing
and fair ground connections, there 10
very little danger. In the country, II
buildings are adequately protected, and
the momentum of the fiash provided
for, the occupants may feel secure. A
good conductor well grounded 10 nee.
essary In all isolated and exposed build.
ings. Barns, especially when lined
with green crops, should have good
lightning conductors. The question is
often asked: "Do trees protectY" The
answer 10 that the degree Of protection
will vary with the character Of the tree
and its distance from q watercourse.
An oak IL more liable to lightning
stroke than o beach. The character OF
Ihe wood, the area Of LEAKAGE, the ex.
tent and depth Of root, will determine
the liability TO stroke. Another ques'
ton which is often asked is whether
thCiC - hboohu ~ 'oh
ship during thunder storm. On the
contrary, there are few safer places.
Sufficient metal with proper superficial
area is interposed in the path of the
lightning, and its electrical energy con.
verted into harmless heat and rapidly
dissipated. Accidents occur chiefly be.
cause the victims ignorantly place
themselves in the line OF greatest
strain. and thus form part of the path OF
discharge. For this reason, il is not
wise to stand under trees, near flag.
poles, or masts, in doorways, on
porches, close to fireplaces, or near
barns. Those who are not exposed in
any of these ways may feel reasonably
safe. II should be remembered, in the
event of accident, that lightning does
not always kill. II more often results
in suspended animation than in somatic
death. Therefore, in case of accident
try to restore animation, keep the body
warm, and send for physician without
delay.--Alexander McCabe, in Century
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-12-08
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO I
LUCAS COUNTY.


LUCAS COUNTY. 90
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the firm of +.
j. Cheney Il Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo, county of Lucas, state
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum Of One Hundred Dollars for
each and every case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Halls
Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
In my presence this 9th day of Decem.
der, 1885. A. w. GLEASON.
[sEAL] Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system
Send for testimonials, free.
FL. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo, D:
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.