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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

O-AA I II. u. INL@IL JI'
the Americans slain during the storm
Ing Of Pekin. His battery of artillery
did much to make a breach in the
great wall about the city, through
which the British and Americans en-
tered on the night of Aug. Il.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
WOm0nS IngenuffV.

The wives of the policemen Of Phila-
delphia devised a plan for keeping
their husbands cool during the hot
weather the other day. 1t, at least,
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

confident that the scheme is feasible
and will prove highly successful.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
Value of Gira ffe Skin.

A good giraffe skin is worth $40 to
$40 in South Africa today, and much
more In Europe.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

illustrates how the
ingenuity of a
w o m a n m a Y
make light of Of
fetal rules, even
though they be
those of a munich
pal police depart
ment.
One of the strict
est regulations of
t h e Philadel-
phia department
is that all officers
on duty must wear
coat and vest, and
must have the top
button of the coat
buttoned. No in
fractions of this
rules are allowed
even under condi-
lions which make
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
SENATOR DOLLIVER.

publican vice presidential nomination,
to succeed the late Senator Gear. He
was born in Kingwood, West Virginia
Admitted to bar in 1873. Elected to
congress 1878, and served four terms.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
Died SformfnG Pekin.

Captain II. J. Reilly of the Fifth
United States Artillery. than which a
Drawer soldier never lived, was among
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

Each package of PUTNAM FADE
LESS DYE colOrs more goods than any
other dye and colors them better, too.
90 Promise Me- is Inappropriate for
weddings. What is needed is a song
entitled, Nov Keep Your Promises
I do not believe Pso's Cure for Consumption
has an equal for coughs and colds.-JoHN L
BOYER, Trinity Springs Ind, Feb Is. 1909
You would naturally expect a per-
Torrance on a roof garden 10 be of an
elevated character.
Some articles must he described Whites
Yucatan needs no description; it's the real
thing.
Most women would rather be called
stylish than sensible.
Mrs. Winsl ow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces ~
Illumination aays pain, cures wind collie. Csc bottle
When a political hanger-on is i'll he
wants a sinecure.
You Try Yi-kI-lou.
Cures Corns and Bunions. NJ pau. No poison.
Never tails. Drug stores. Is cents.
A tongue may infiict a deeper wound
than a sword.
PARKER's HAIR BALsAM keeps the hair soft and
plentiful and restores the color when gray.
HINDEEcoRNs, the best cure for corns. I5cts
a good wheelwright seldom gets left.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
BATTLEoFMANIl

Wabash Ave., S. OF Auditorium. Chicago.
A wonderful reproduction of the greatest naval
victory in history. Dewey voyage from Hong Kong
across the Chinese sea. \ tropical sunset. The CHI
nese typhoon at night with new and startling cleo
trical effects. The American fleet engaging the
Spanish batteries at the entrance OF Manila Bay. The
BAY OF Manila 10y moonlight The wonderful lighting
effects In old Manila and Cavite at night. Tropical
sunrise. The discovery and complete destruction OF
the Spanish heet on Cayte. Open from ~ 10 PM-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

ItE n En- EIt.
1t has been known for 1000 years. In
spite of her unequaled agriculture,
China does not raise cotton for export
nor, in fact, enough for her own
needs. In the growth and manufact-
ure Of it, as in everything else, the aim
is not. as in these United States. to
save hand labor, but TO use as much OF
it as possible. There are no power
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
Are You Using Allen, root-Fs..s

-AHN HI't tSIIiS -fIitII , i UON- LHE&I
II is the only cure for Swollen.
Smarung, Burning. Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Y.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31
Electric omnibuses.

Tire electric Omnibuses have been
ordered 20 run between Lyons and So
dus Point a summer resort on Lake
Ontario. to compete with the steam
railroad.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

~" pm" lions which make
IoiioeHieh heep the bronze statue
oool' of William Penn
sit in its shirt sleeves. Pniladel-
phla policemen are all strictly
observing the rule, and yet they are
Keeping reasonably cool. The wife of
each OF them has taken an old vest
and entirely cut away the back and
sides, leaving only a single thickness
of blue cloth in front without lining.
This remnant has been sewed into the
coat, which is also entirely robbed of
Its lining, so that while the appear
ance remains the substance is almost
lacking.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

has an equal for coughs and colds.-JoHS L
BOYER, Trinity Springs Ind, Feb. 10. 1900
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

90 Promise Me- is inappropriate for
weddings. What is needed is a song
entitled, Now Keep Your Promises .
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

Each package of PUTNAM FADE
other dye and colors them better, too.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle Of CASTORIA,
safe and sure remedy for infants and children
and see that il
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

You would naturally expect a per-
Torrance on a roof garden to be Of an
elevated character
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

Some articles must he described. Whites
Yucatan needs no description; it's the real
thing.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

Most women would rather be Gale
stylish than sensible.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

PARKER's HAIR BALsAM keeps the hair soft and
plentiful and restores the color when gray.
HINDERCORNs the best cure Tor coTns. I5cts.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

A tongue may infiict a deeper wound
than a sword
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

You Try Xi-kI-l on.
Cures Corns and Bunions. NJ palu. No poison
Never tails. Drug stores. Is cents
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

For children teethng, softens the gums, reduces
Illumination, alays pain, cures wind collie 25c bot
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

a good wheelwright seldom gets left.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-31

When a political hanger-on is i'll
wants a sinecure.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
washing Seed Wheat.

An experienced grain grower says:
"Take common washtub about two
thirds full Of water, and pour into it
half bushel of wheat, and after stir
ring with stick skim or pour off what
rises on the water, taking care not to
let the good grain run out; then empty
into basket or some vessel that will
retain the wheat, and drain off the Wa
ter: put it on a clean floor and sift or
sprinkle onto it about peck of dry
ashes, stirring it over thoroughly so
as to cover all the grains with the ash
es, and ser ,ing the whole quantity to
be sown in the same way.
"After it has lain few hours it will
be ready for sowing. 1t has proved a
sure preventive in every case of trial
with me, but when it has been omitted
there has been plenty of smutty grain
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
Raising squads.

Nothing is nicer for an invalid or
little child's appetite than nice fat
young pigeon. especially in cold winter
time, when young chickens are scarce.
and you are not convenient to markets
where such things can be purchased.
In the state of Maine where select
varieties of pigeons are raised, superb
or young birds bring as high as 20
or 80 cents at five weeks old In scarce
times. They are shipped with feathers
on. the same as game birds, and are
killed by bleeding in the mouth.
Pigeons are extremely prolific in the
South. and If properly housed, watered
and fed, they are easily raised. Rails
ing squads might be made n valuable
crop, if proper pains is taken. With
out proper attention nothing ever
yields a prolific revenue in money.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
The Use of Water In Churning.

If the milk has been properly man.
aged and the cream kept "a to 36 hours
at temperature of 60 degrees until
it is slightly acid. no addition of water
will be required. as rule. The but
ter should come in about 30 minutes.
The normal temperature for churning
cream is GO to 81 degrees, but this may
vary with the weather. In winter 80
or 10 degrees may be permitted and in
hot weather IS degrees may be right.
In case Of difficulty. in either direction,
water, cold or warmed. as the condi-
ton of the cream may need. may be
added to the cream in the churn to re-
move the trouble. When the cream is
too sour and is thick and adhesive, and
foams in the churn, the addition of
water is sufficient to obviate the
impediment to the chruning. by thin
ming the mass and reducing its Wis.,
costly.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

the operator warns the miners as
they go in when gas may be expected
and it is up to the miners to avoid eX-
plosions. This is what the license"
has done for the men.
Mother" Mary Jones, queen of the
mines" and the idol of the miners.
occupies unique place in the world of
labor. This kind-hearted, philan-
thropic woman is so loved by the
rough delivers of the coal mines in the
anthracite regions that with them her
word is tantamount to law. Mrs.
Jones is fifty-six years old. silver
haired and beautiful. Her voice has
been sweetly eloquent in behalf Of
the workers whose cause she has
adopted, and her appeals have won
unstinted sympathy for her simple.
hard laboring friends. She lives at
Wilkesbarre.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
Milk and Disease Germs.

One class of bacteria producing hui
man disease pass directly from sick
cows into the milk. tuberculosis is an
example of this class, and a tubercu-
lous cow may, under certain circum-
stances, contaminate her milk with the
tubercle bacillus; but this seldom oc-
ours unless the disease has attacked
the udder, or unless it has reached it's
last stages. These bacilli may give
rise to the disease in a human being if
the milk is used. 1t may occasionally
happen that scarlet fever and dipth-
liberia arise from milk contaminated
with the germs of these diseases.
In another class of diseases the
germs find their way into the milk
from some outside source. Typhoid
fever Is q most common example of
this class. The germ grows with great
readiness in milk. and If few of them
get into milk supply, they may mul-
tiply so rapidly as to distribute the
disease over a whole community and
produce an epidemic. The milk may
be contaminated by handling the milk
VI ulllh CillS Dg tHOSe WuO nave COLuC
in contact with the disease. Impure
water is more common source of CON
tamination. On milk farms where
there has been case Of typhoid fever.
boiled water only should be used for
rinsing the milk cans.
In summer it sometimes happens
that bowel diseases are produced by
abundance of bacteria In milk. The
preventives are cleanliness and low
temperature. Beyond much doubt
considerable part of the bowel diseases,
especially of children, is directly trace
able to milk coming from cows with
inflamed or diseased udders.
In general. II the dairyman wishes
to avoid danger of distributing dis
ease in his milk he must adopt four
rules: Never allow milk to enter the
milk supply-if it comes from an animal
suffering from any kind of diseased
udder; never allow any person having
any contact with or recovering from
typhoid fever, scarlet fever or dipth-
iberia to have anything to do with the
dairy; always insist upon cleanliness
in dairy matters and the application of
cold to the milk to prevent bacterial
growth rinse the cans with water
from reliable sources or with boiled
water-Professor w. II. Conn, in
American Agriculturst.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
The Depth to Plow.

A man said to the writer the other
day that farmers plow too deep. This
was news to us. We have often said
farmers plow too much. but we have
the first man to find who plows too
deep to suit us. 1t can be done. per-
haps. but very few, to our notion. plow
too deep. This man contends that four
inches is deep enough to plow in this
country. He finds this about right on
his farm. He may have the right idea
SO far as his farm Is concerned, for he
keeps 200 or more sheep on half
as many acres and feeds them all
his. farm produces and some besides.
In this way the upper four inches of
his soil are kept rich and productive.
But If he had no sheep and had only
a half dozen head OF cattle, 80 to 20
hogs and four horses and would raise
grain and hay for sale he would, In n
few years, go below the four Inches
to find another farm to wear out. just
as the rest of us are doing. We are
wearing out from six to eight inches
by turning one side of ii up this year
and farming 1t and then next year
turn up the other side and so on until
a poor man owns his poor farm or a
partnership is formed with the banker
with the sheriff acting as middleman
in making the conveyanees.-Farm
Guide
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

There was n haZy story that an I'M
known operator had once paid the
family of an unknown driver boy, who
was killed. SO. But this case could
not be traced within the time at tho
ordinary mans disposal Most of tbs
operators make some sort of repara-
ton by furnishing special employment
about the works to the men crippled
in their employ, and where the father
is killed n place is generally found
for the boys if there are any in the
family. But such thing as a cash
settlement is never dreamed of.
The little chance that the miners
had in this direction was skillfully
taken from them by piece of legis-
lation that was passed, lin the inter-
est of miners" and that was hailed
with joy by the men at that time.
This was the creation of county ex-
amining boards. to insure miners
licenses. Without such license no
man can mine coal The men foolish
ly thought that this would protect
them from unskilled competition. and
especially from the competition of the
foreigners that were pouring into the
region. They soon found, however.
that the protection didn't protect. The
county boards are paid fee for each
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
ThickIcc Frozen RAPIDLY.

In the illustration is shown an ap-
paratus which will aid materially in
the formation Of ice on a small lake.
1t is well known that when body
of water starts to freeze on the sur
face the latent heat of congelation is
liberated into the water underneath,
thus retarding the freezing process and
often preventing the formation of ice
beyond certain depth. In localities
where the temperature seldom falls
much below the freezing point it is
difficult to obtain good crop of ice
by natural methods, in which case
this machine will be found useful The
apparatus is so arranged that it will
withdraw the water from beneath the
thin sheet of ice cool it. and return it
at the opposite side of the pond. The
sluice through which the water passes
is provided at intervals with planks
set obliquely, to stir the water and
extract the latent heat. The water
re-enters the pond in very thin
sheet directly under the ice for
nation, and being now of a low tenn
perature freezes rapidly. the inventor
claiming that crop of ten or twelve
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
Harvesting Sweet Potatoes.

Where sweet potatoes are grown for
stock. the Texas experiment station
suggests that cattle may be turned in
to eat the tops and vines and after
wards hogs may be allowed to harvest
the tubers. In this way the entire crop
will be utilized at the smallest cost.
If the crop is to be dug. it is impor-
tant to determine when the potato is
ripe. If when the tuber is cut, the
comes dry the crop is ready to be har-
vested, but if the cut place turns
gleenish black the tuber is not mature.
The crop should be harvested with
breaking plow, using n roller coulter
to cut the vines. Bruised tubers should
be used at once, as soft rot is very
liable to set in. Where the vines are
to be stored for stock feed, the Ar
kansas station recommends that they
be put into silo, as they do not cure
readily into hay.
The preservation of sweet potatoes
has been studied by several of the
stations. In Georgia the potatoes were
stored in a pit Nov. %. and all but
per cent. were sound April l. The
sound potatoes were in excellent condi-
ton. not sprouted, and when sampled
on the table. of excellent quality. At
the New York station tub,rs packed in
dry road dust and kept at temperature
of 60 degrees, continued tit for the
table until after the middle OF January.
At the South Carolina station expert
ments were made in keeping sweet po-
tatoes packed with various materials
in barrels The materials used We're
sand. cottonseed. cotton hulls. dam
aged lint cotton, wheat bran. news
paper and hay. Dry sand and cotton
hulls gave the best results. Wrapping
each potato in paper induced rapid
decay. but double lining of paper
next the barrel was fairly effective in
keeping out cold and preventing rot.
The keeping qualities of large and
small tubers appeared about equal.
The Texas station reports that good
results have been obtained by letting
tubers remain In the ground until
wanted Throwing dirt over them
with turning plow will prevent
freezing. Ii the potatoes are to be
stored. they should he allowed to dry
about two weeks and then carefully
sorted. They should then be stored In
dry road sand In ventilated house.
The sand should he changed each year
as it will become infected with black
rot. The sand proved q sufficient pro
lection against mice. and potatoes kept
well by this me, >od even when the
winter temperature went down To
within degrees OF zero.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

generated into farce. in so far as It
serves as a. protection against COM
petition, and danger from the presence
of poor workmen. But for the operat-
ing companies the measure has proved
n great thing. By employing only
licensed" miners they are released
legally from all responsibility for ac-
cidents. If miner is buried under
tons of coal and rock when he is at
work, the fault is his own. If the la
borer working at his side is also killed.
the laborer's relatives may look to the
family Of the licensed" miner for
damages, but not to the operator. If
there is an explosion of gas, the miner
in whose chamber 1t occurs is the re-
sponsible party.
The operator hired him on the
strength of his license, the possession
of which presupposes that the man
knows all about gas, and how to get
away from the chambers where it lies
before it accumulates in dangerous
quantities.
The "fire boss who inspects the mine
every morning for gas on behalf of
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

ment that he is underground. And so
shrewdly have the operators managed
that the financial penalty for an ac-
cident never falls on them. In almost
any other pursuit in which an en-
ploye is killed his family has chance
of claiming damages. In the coal
mines no one ever dreams of putting
in such claim as legal right. Many
diligent inquiries l made to find case
where n coal operator had been
mulcted in damages, for injury and
loss of life, but none could be found
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
High Lights.

Weak coffee often nerves man
sufficiently not to tip the waiter.
Other peoples blunders either edu-
cate us or make us more conceited.
Good luck is simply having the
agility to get on "a car that is going
your way.
The cheerful life Is like all other
entertainments: we have to seek lit
out and pay to get in.
We like the people who don't put
on too much style and the people who
don't put on too little.
When we try to blame other people
for our mistakes we usually get hold
Of the wrong person.
Polite people are those who listen
To us while we talk about something
they have no earthly interest In.
IL Is well occasionally 10 put your.
self In the other mans place. even II
you feel yourself too big 10 lie a good
iit.-chicago Record.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

graphs of the operation, cuts from
which are shown herewith. The in
sects are brought from the country in
light baskets by Malagash women on
the day upon which the silk is to be
reeled, and placed in a frame in groups
of one or. two dozen. 1t is important
not to mutilate or wound them during
the operation, since they are capable
of being submitted to four or five sue
cessive reelings in month, represent
ing about four thousand yards of
thread. At the School of Tananarive
the idea has occurred to place the
spiders in what are called "guillo-
tines" the crescents of which hold
them between the abdomen and corse-
let. Their legs are turned back upon
the corselet and their abdomen
emerges from the side on which the
unwinding and twisting of the thread
is done.
The NIalagash girls, in performing
this delicate operation, touch the end
of the abdomen of the prisoners with
the finger and then gently withdraw
the latter. thus carrying along, in Il
single bundle, the twelve or twenty
four th-eads to hook that unites
them single one. whence they
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
AHint to American Apiarists.

Beginners In beekeeplng should re-
member that the modern hive with It's
eight frames is really but half hive.
ana sometimes not more than one
warmth can gather together into the
lower story. and the rest of the hive
can be taken away. but as the family
increases In the spring and begins To
store up honey they must have more
room or some OF them must move
away or swarm. II We had but one
good colony of bees we should want
an empty hive and about six surplus
boxes. each provided with frames OF
sections for comb hons,. We would
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
How Pennsylvania Coal
Miners Work and Live.


them down as being underpaid as a
class. Compared with other forms
of work, mining, even in it's highest
form, is little more than unskilled
labor, and the scale of prices may
seem high. But in determining tho
earnings of miners as compared with
the earnings of other laborers, num-
ber of things are to be taken into con-
sideration. The character of their
work is extra hazardous. Every time
a man goes down the shaft he puts
himself at the mercy of all sorts of
dangers over which he has no control.
Gas explosions, squeeze" the fall
ing of mass of coal, and dozen
other things menace his life every mo-