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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
Pure Bred Hogs.

1t does not cost any more to raise
full blooded stock than half breeds
and inferior scrubs. The only differ
ence in the cost is the initial purchase.
The full blooded naturally costs sever
al times as much as the inferior ami
NAL, but in the end one such animal
may prove cheaper than three of four
of the scrubs. The farmer who starts
In with the idea and buys only a few
blooded stock as he can afford it, in
creasing his herd gradually. may find
I'm the end that he Is in much better
position than his neighbor who buys
any sort of hogs simply because they
are cheap. The reason why more do
not start In with this idea is because
costs more to maintain the blooded
stock.
This Is not true at all. for the fine
hogs do not require more food nor bet
ter surroundings than should be given
to every farm animal that Is worth
anything. If the farmers style of
keeping hogs Is To neglect them and
let them practically shift for them
selves. the scrub stock may be better
suited to this purchase. for the half
wild animals are undoubtedly harder
than the well bred ones. and they will
be able To pick up living much bet
ter ON cold. cheerless and almost
foolless range But where the animals
arc kept carefully. according To modern
ideas OF hog raising. with sufficient
food to nourIsh them and proper shel-
ter and protection, the blooded ami
mails are just as cheap To support as
the poorest scrub.--Swine Advocate.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
Be Regular with Your Cow.

Habit in domestic animals is strong
er than in man. because there is less
of that thinking power that enables
man to turn aside or to go higher.
Cattle. horses or sheep are quick to
take on habits and slow to throw
them off. What is true of their out
ward actions is alike true of their in
ternal functions Feed n COW twice q
day, at q a. IN. and g p. m, for Il
will start home to her stall in time to
begin eating to- the minute. Milk her
with regularity, and with like
regularity she will have her
milk on tap. Vary the time
for either feeding or milking. and she
is thrown out of her reckoning-is
disturbed in her habits-because ir-
regular, has to be sent for, does not
give down her milk as cheerfully nor in
rs liberal quantities.
These are facts similar. of course, to
all who have ever handled or observed
cows. But the practical Importance of
regularity in milking is not rightly ap-
preciated. There is no surer way 10
reduce the value of good COW than
by irregular milking. unless it be I'M
perfect milking-not milking clean-or
handling the COW roughly.
The Oregon station has been trying
an experiment on this point. 1t took
six cows and divided them into two
lots as near alike In condition as to
age and length of time in milk as il
could One lot was fed and MIXED
regularly from ) TO a. m. and from
to q p. m, which last is a too com
mon practlceamong farmers. This was
kept up for three weeks. the amount
of feed being the same for each lot.
As a result those fed aud MIXED reg
ularly increased their milk pro-
duction 80 per cent. while the other
LOT shrank ia per cent.
This difference of 10 per cent. in
three weeks between regularity and
irregularity only partially illustrates
the value of the one ana the disad-
vantage of the other. Both results
tend To increase and To become fixed
habits of the COW. Thus the careful
man who Is methodlcal will keep his
COWS improving. while the cows of the
careless man are falling off every year.
Fix your hours for milking aud feed
ing and stick Ia them, rain or shine.
Allow nothing else 10 interfere with
them.-N. II. Franklin, in Jersey Hull
tin.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
Heat from the Earth.

"A distinguished scientist has serious
~ suggested the sinking of boilers deep
enough to use the heat of the earth as
fuel" said a prominent engineer of
the city. "That sounds rather fantas-
tic, in view of the fact that depth OF
1900, 900 would be necessary to boil
water, but scheme of the same sort
was urged with great energy back in
the sixties by Washington inventor
named Foraip.
"If memory is correct, Forain was a
man of considerable means and n
mathematician of ability. The inter-
nal heat of the earth is supposed to equal
about one degree of the 100 feet of
oenetrat,on. but he claimed to have dis
covered that the percentage was very
much greater and increased in COM
pound ratio after a certain depth was
reached. He figured out an elaborate
table and prop sod to sink huge shaft,
with accumulators ut the bottom. from
which unlimited steam would be sup
plied to the service. All that was need
cd was few million dollars capital to
nav for the digging of the plant, and
he Immediately set TO work TO raise the
amount.
"Fora.n succeeded In interesting Il
number of people of wealth and formed
n ioInt stock company. but meanwhile
his calculations were assailed by scien-
lists. and it was shown pretty clearly
that the figures were incorrect. lie re-
piled with great bitterness. and the
scheme went to pieces In the shock of
the controversy. What became of For
ain | don't know. IL the problem IL
ever actually solved | suppose he VIII
be fished out OF the limbo of cranks
ana missionaries to take his proper
place in history"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

volving enuIn without Inside Inacrln.
cry, until the butter comes in granules
about bird shot size. If SO done the
butter will be strictly one thing and
the buttermilk uhother, and the butter
milk will run out if you give it an op-
portunity.
Rinse the butter twice with pure
water with salt added. The last rims
ing will come out nearly clear of bat
termilk. Drain the butter a few min
utes. add about two ounces of good
dairy salt to the pound of butter, the
butter still being in the churn, revolve
the churn few times and the salt will
intermingle evenly with the butter. 1t
Is well to allow few minutes for the
salt to dissolve and then give 1t good
banging in the churn which will give
the butter nearly all the needed work
ing. Now pack the butt sclid'y in tub
or crock or work into rolls with the
butter ladle. About three-fourths of
the large amount of salt put in the but
ter will come out in the brine in work
ing or banging the butter into Il solid
body. l have practiced this method
over 30 years ard can certify to its
value for farm dairy use or say up to
30 pounds of butter at churning.-
L. G. Curtis, in American Agriculturist
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
my wound was not at all serious.

my wound was not at all serious. I
went down stairs and proceeded to
look over the scene of my adventure.
draperies were in like position; but
the strangest thing was furrow
plowed for little way along the top
of the piano, and the box which had
contained the flashlight powders was
empty and partially burned. On the
piano, also, was one of the slides from
a plate-holder. A further examination
of the camera showed plateholder in
position to take a picture; the shutter
in the lens was closed. On the dis
covery of these things the brilliant
light of the night before was all made
clear. l had left the room just as
was about to take a picture; had
drawn the slide from the plateholder,
opened the shutter, and was just
about to touch the flash off when l
was called away. The room was, of
course, in total darkness, and I had
not determined to finish my work.
When the burglar had fired, the bull
let struck the fashlight powder, and
naturally the inflammable stuff had
gone off; that made the light. The
shutter of the camera had been closed
by the jar when l fell over. AS soon
as these facts came upon me, most
astounding thought took possession
me. Could it be possible that photo
graph had been made Of the man III
the very act of shooting? Incredible
as the thing seemed at first, it GER
tainly would have been the result OF
the conditions described. l determined
to at once put the matter to the test,
and carried camera and plateholder to
my dark room. Hurriedly mixing
chemicals 1 proceeded to develop the
plate. 1t was one of the most remark
able periods 1 have ever passed
through; my excitement was so in
tense that I could hardly handle the
chemicals; imagine my feeling when
an image actually began to appear!
1t was only a short time before l had
perfectly developed negative, and
two hours later the finished pictures.
1t showed the man full face, with
levelled revolver and draperies all
about him.
The rest can be told in a very few
words; the picture was turned over to
the police, and the man was recog-
nized to be a noted "crook" who was
wanted for several other robberies in
the neighboring towns. Copies of the
photograph We're scattered far and
wide, and every effort was made to
locate the man. So far as l could find
out, however, he was never heard
from again.-Waverley.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
Bony Material Made Out of MIX.

Kansas City man has discovered
a way of making billiard balls out of
the milk, is extracted by coagulation,
the powder so produced is combined
with some alkaline substances, and
this forms cement which is water
proof. The inventor calls his new prep
aration lactite ivory, and expects to
use it largely in making billiard balls.
other articles that are now made chief
ly of celluloid. Just at present the
material is being made into nest eggs
for the purpose of deceiving the gentle
biddy of the barnyard
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
Growing Plants Under Colored Glass.

European experiments with growing
plants under grass of different colors
may result in important changes in hot
house arrangements. -Four small
greenhouses We're erected, with glass
es of red, green, blue and white. Into
these mimose seedlings of uniform age
and development were planted and
cared for in an ordinary manner for
three months. At the end of that time
the plants in the ordinary conservatory
had grown in q normal manner, and
had attained height of nearly four
ine hes. Those in the blue glass had
been planted three months before. and
can best be described as plants in
trance. They were alive and seeming
ly quite healthy, but absolutely un-
developed. In the green glass house,
the plants had shown a large amount
of energy, and had pushed up to
height half as great again as that at
tanned by those in the ordinary con-
scrvatory. There was no doubt that
the atmosphere of green had stimula-
ted their growth upwards. though, on
the other hand. they We're not so well
developed or so bushy as the others.
But it was in the red glass that the
most striking results Were apparent.
In this the seedlings had simply leaped
Into stature. They We're four times
as tall as their contemporaries of nor
nal growth. and they were actually
more than Is times the size of the
little plants which had slept in the
blue light. Moreover, they alone of all
the seedlings had lowered. Similar
experiments with other plants pro
duced differences as remarkable.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
Importance of the Hired Man.

The hired man on the farm is a
more important parsonage than may
be supposed. To inform the city labor
er that there is ''plenty of work on the
farms" may be true, but the farm
or does not care for man who does
not understand milking. feeding, plow-
ing, cultivating, planting. harvesting,
etc, nor does he have time to show
one how to do the work. The city
laborer can learn, however, but his
wages will be low until he makes him
self useful. If he is steady, knows
what to do, and at the right time
without being told, he can get good
wages, and in every neighborhood it
does not take long for the farmers to
find out who the best farm hands are
and by whom they are employed.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
The Ducks.

The ducks are now gorging then.
selves and growing like weeds. They
will eat about all they can get 10 eat.
and give good account of all they tc-
,our. The ducks liking for useetS
olakes ii valuable l.rd on the farm.
II will clean ield of any of tn,
larger insects. and no better plan for
rGding II crop of such insects pro-
vided it is one that the ducks will not
injure-can be adopted. The only
trouble is that the ducks will eat al
most anything that is green. 1t is
well to remember that the large money
in duck breeding is in the sale of
young ducks. The majority of peo-
pleas mas leeu often sald-do not
know what Il delicious thing a young
duck is. Bli, community can b. edu-
Gated to appreciate it, and the way to
do it is to furnish some of the best
families of the nearest town with
young ducks. even if they are given
to them. 1t is pretty blunt palate
that will not crave young duck, once
it has tasted one.
A large trade has been known to be
built up in the way we have suggested,
and it was very profitable, for those
who appreciate such a toothsome
meat. are willing to pay for it. Keep
ing ducks until they reach their full
weight is not profitable as compared
to the sale of young ducks. We often
fail to make full profits from a line of
production. because we do not properly
work an existing market or create a
possible new one. We like n good
poultry breeder. whom we heard Of
who bred fine poultry. sold hen for
30 cents. that was afterwards sold by
the purchaser for 81. The first man
knows how to produce, but did not
know how to sell. Many of us are like
him. and it need not be said that we
ought not to be.-R. II. Dunn, in The
Epitomist.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

'.The Singer Manufacturing Com
pany. OF l49 Broadway, New York.
show their usual American enterprise
by having very creditable exhibit
located in Group KILL, Glass 70, at the
Paris International Exposition. where
they show to great advantage the eel
ebrated Singer Sewing Machine which
is used in every country on the globe,
both for family use and for manufac-
turing purposes. The writer was
highly pleased with this display and
observed with much satisfaction that
it was favorably commented upon by
visitors generally.
The Grand Prize was awarded by
the International Jury to Singer Sew
ing Machines for superior excellence
in design, construction, efficiency and
for remarkable development and adap-
tion to every stitching process used
in either the family or the factory.
Only One Grand Prize for sewing
machines was awarded at Paris, and
this distinction of absolutely superior
merit confirms the previous action Of
the International Jury at the Worlds
Columbian Exposition, in Chicago,
where Singer Machines received fifty
four distinct awards, being more than
We're received by all other kinds Of
sewing machines combined.
Should 1t be possible that any of
our readers are unfamiliar with the
celebrated Singer Machine, we would
! respectfully advise that they call at
any of the Singer salesrooms, which
can be found in all cities and most
towns in the United States"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
NOT WHAT SHE WAS LOOKING Foh
She Wanted Dire Punishment Dealt Out
at Once.

She Wanted Dire Punishment Dealt Out
at Once.
The woman stepped inside the station
house door and stood looking around
the room. 1t was a pleasant morning
the windows were open, admitting a
refreshing breeze, and the trees in
front cast cooling shade over the
front of the building. The place
seemed more like the comfortable
Office of wayside inn than n city
police station The official behind the
desk took off his cap and bowed, for
the lady was not such as he was
wont to receive there. She came over
within conventional conversational
distance and bowed slightly to the
official
This is the police station house
isn't - she inquired.
Yes, madam" replied the officer.
"rhis is where they bring prisoners
when they arrest them, isn't it?"
"Yes, madam"
"Do you keep them in there until
you are through with them?'
"Oh. no; we lock them up in the cell
room."
Indeed! May see that?'
Certainly. madam" and the polite
official. bowling, escorted his strange
visitor through the heavy door into
the cell room,
1t was empty and still and clean,
and the fresh air of the morning had
got in and made it almost attractive
in it's cool cleanness. She looked
around for minute more.
'Do you shut the prisoners In those
iron cages?" she asked.
"Yes. madam"
"What do you feed them?"
"We don't feed them. We do not
keep them here long enough for that
where do they sleep?"
"On the benches you see in the cells
''How do you punish them|
"We don't punish them at all. That
Is not our part of the business"
She looked surprised.
Don't you put irons on them, or
gag them. or douse them in ice water,
or put them in straight jackets, or
tie them up by the thumbs. or whip
them with a cat-and-nine-tails. or shut
them In dark room, or something
like thatT
Certainly not, madam" and 1t was
the officials turn To he surprised.
eThat is ALL" she said. and started
for the other room again. Once there,
she stood by the desk again.
II have husband" she said, medi-
tatiyely rather than didactically.
"who comes home about five nights
n week drunk and dlsorderly, and |
was thinking of having him arrested,
as | have stood 1t about as long us
l can"
"You ought To do II, madam, II he
Is ugly" suggested the official.
"IIe Is ugly" she said. with EN-
phass
mo" she said, as she started TO
leave; "no. guess won't. am
much obliged to you for your polite
ness. but this Is altogether too good
for him. Washington Star.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
corncobs "a. Fire Lighters.

Corncobs make the best fire lighters,
and the ashes are richest in potash.
Instead of pouring Kerosene on wood
fire, which is dangerous operation,
dip two or three corncobs in kerosene
and place them aside for use. Apply
a lighted match and the cob will give
off heat for quite while, making the
matter of starting fire an easy one.
In fact however, no one should use
kerosene for making a fire at all, but
the use of corncobs Is the safest meth
od
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
A@gP AgPlEES|Ha}g4Al lES|Ha} 9
DISCRIMINATING a Bad Weed.

mated with difficulty, as the plant pro-
duces a great many seeds and they
remain in the soil for years, ready to
grow as soon as conditions are favor
able. If the plant is cut off below
the ground and a handful of salt
thrown on the root the plant will soon
die, as the root is soft and the salt
-tH it
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
FOR ALL THESE THINGS

thaHk Thee, Lord, for wind and snow,
For the brown wren upon the bough.
/ thank Thee for the level rain,
For the gray cloud and wrinkled plain,
For running water and bright grass,
For eyesight that all this JOY has.
And, most of all, thank Thee for
The thankfulness have in store.
! thank Thee, Lord, for work and rest,
For all glad dreams within my breast.
l thank Thee ,Or the way l win,
For my child faults and early sin,
For childhood kisses and the sky,
For chance to live and hope to die.
And, most of all. thank Thee for
This want of mine to thank Thee more.
Post Wheeler, in New York Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
wartiag tsutter.

Butter, when properly made In the
granular form, needs no working other
than that done in the churn. This
saves more than half the labor and
makes iirst-class butter Salt should
be evenly distributed through the hut
ter aud the butter freed from the hut
termiIk aud surplus moisture. Why
churn the butter into "A mass and fast
en- the buttermlik inf Stir the cream
well together when more cream Is add
ed until enalgh ID gathered to ehufn,
churn the - eaia al IL degrees In u re-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
uonal remedies. Deafness is caused by an IN
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian, Tube. When this tube is in
famed you have rumbling sound or imper-
Deafness is the result, and unless the infiam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for anv
case of Deafness (caused by cata rrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh cure. Send
for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

"uow viii you have your eggs fried
on one side on BOTH asked the wait
ress OF the youth who spends all his
snare money for vaudeville tickets.
"Frye one on one side aud the other
ON the other" answered the youth.
with a real seabrookish expression
baltimore American
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
Best For the Bowels,

No matter what ails you, headache to h
cancer, you Will never get we'll until your
bowels are put right. CAsoARETs help
nature, cure you without grippe or pain,
produce easy natural movements, cost you
just 10 cents to start getting your health
back. CAscARETs Candy Cathartic, the
genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tab
let has C.C.C. stamped on 1t. Beware OF
mutations
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
Canton. Queer street.

Canton. China. possesses the queer'st
street In the world. II is rooted In
with glazed paper fastened on balnbuo,
and contains more signboards Ia the
square foot than any street In any
other country. II contains no other
shops, but these of apothecaries aud
dentists. rhyi'e rsysse y ~ svVvo
pirate name,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, redu uces fnfiamma-
ton, a lays pain. cures wind collie. 25c. "A bottle
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years agO.-MRS. HOS. Rob.
BINS Maple ST, Norwich. n. y, Feb. Il, l9Ol
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

The heat Il 50 great In Museat that
three men belonging 10 the British
maa-of war cossaek died from heat
apoplexy while the suabsst ty a,
anchor al that port.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
- Hunting and Fishing in the
SOuth.s

A book descriptive of the best localities in
the South for various kinds of game and fish.
The game laws of Virginia, North Car1s M.
South Carolina, Kentucky. Georgia, Alabama,
Tennessee and Mississippi. the States .pene-
trated by the Southern Railway. For infor-
nation address Alex. S. Thweatt, +. z. Agt,
llS5 Broadway. New York City.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

HEDGEHOG. baked in clay oven, is a
dish any epicure might envy.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

&c. will cure the children of worm troubles
stores or by mail. E. & S. Frey, Baltimore, Md.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

Indigestion Is bad companion. Get
rid OF 1t by chewing a bar OF Adams Pep
sin Tutti Frutti after each meal
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
Deafness Cannot Re Cured

A man never knows how badly he feels
until he gets his doctors bill
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

Octopus is largely eaten in the Isle OF
Jersey.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

When it comes to board every man
should expect to plank down.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

Many of the waiter girls in Swiss hotel
belong to well-to-do families.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

There are sixty-four monasteres in Ho
land.