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Dl0pmfOuteiu.

Springfontein. Orange Free State, April
Sowing to information that Beers are
towering 10 tho neighborhaad of the rail-
way running from this place to Bloemfon-
TEN. General Gatacre is preparing to take
vigorous measures to cope with any at
tempt 10 cut of Lord Roberts line OF
communication with that point.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-05
Have Nothins 10 Say.

Portland, Ore, April 4,--when asked
tonight for an opinion on the candidacy OF
Admiral Dewey for the presidency, Colonel
w. ], Bryan said; Il dc not care TO dis
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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
Proud of His Profession.

Speaking of the elder Bennett OF
the New York Herald never having
held Office puts bright contributor
to the Journalist in mind of a story
told about him. Having been told OF
an editor who had 'risen to be a
Member of Congress, he snappishly
replied, ''risen! good God mon, what
do you mean? I once knew mon
who, although he had been Member
of Congress, yet rapidly rose until he
became respectable as an editor; 3
noble example of perseverance under
terribly depressing circumstances.
Risen, mon, risenl why the Presi.
dency is not so high position as the
editorship of the greatest paper in the
country. Hoot ava, mon, and talk
sepse."
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
Tool Making.

If the human race continues to exist
and to advance in morals, comfort and
elegance of living, tool making must
begin and must be carried to what
now appears to be a high develop
ment. What is the limit of the tool
makers art, and when and where
should OF must tool making stop?
Commercially speaking, it must stoI
in any particular case when more tool
making cannot cheaper the total time
cost of production; if the demand for
the product is unlimited, then the
only limitation to tool making is the
limit of human understanding and
mechanical resources.
Broadly speaking, it is conceivable
that in some special production tool
making may be carried to point
where no further profitable advantage
can be made, and it is also conceiv.
able that there may be things useful
and desirable to the few, which can.
not by improvement of quality and
lowering of cost be made useful and
desirable to the many. Speaking mar
rowly from existing facts and condi
tions, it seems probable that the limit
CT tool making has never been reached
in any particular case.--Engineering
Magazine.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
Mulching the Garden.


There is work that may be done in
the garden after the ground is frozen.
The rhubarb or pie plant should be
mulched as soon as the ground is
frozen an inch or two, with coarse,
strawy manure from the stables OF
poultry yards. If this is not at hand,
any variety of mulch, as straw, leaves
or evergreen branches will be better
than nothing, but the plant is rank
feeder and cares little whether it's fer
tilizer is green or we'll rotted, or a
chemical fertilizer, bat the latter is
best if put on in the spring. The
mulch is, of course, to prevent alter
nate freezing and thawing. This will
enable it to throw up stalks earlier in
the spring, and if manure is used lib
orally and the plants are not frost
bound, the stalks in the spring will
make the marketmen or the house
keeper who gets them, think it is the
mammoth sort.
OF course almost every strawberry
grower understands the benefit of
mulching the strawberry bed for win
ter protection, but few know how
much good it will do the currants and
gooseberry bushes, the blackberry and
raspberry to have heavy mulch put
along the row at the same time. Try
it once, and the crop will pay for it
and leave balance to pay for doing
so another year.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
Beste wing the yictorl. cro...

I asked the officer in charge of the
medal branch of the British War
Office how Victoria Cross was OBJ.
tanned after it had been won.
"Why, there isn't so much red tape
about 1t as you would fancy" he
said. 'The action as reward for
which the cross is given must be per-
formed i'll the presence of the enemy"
and it is desirable that the superior
officer OF the man who distinguished
himself should have witnessed it. It
happens sometimes, however, that no
officer is present, and is a case like
that the candidate must prove by his
companions that he really did do
what he asserts that he did. When
his immediate superior is satisfied
that he ought to be rewarded he
writes au account of the business and
hands it to the officer in command OF
the forces and he indorses the papers
and sends them on to the War Office.
Here they are laid before Lord Wolse.
ley, Commandor-in in Chief, who passes
upon them and decides to which ap
plicants the Cross should be given.
"Of course the Cross goes most
often to soldier, sailor OF m arine,
and when it happens that the for,
tunate man is is England he receives
mis- medal from the hand of the Queen
herself. If he is in the field, however,
IL on shipboard, he receives his dec
)ration from the General or Admiral
N chief command on the semi-annual
inspection day and in the presence OF
.he men who were at the scene of HE
exploit. - Correspondence New York
Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
Beware of the EartI,worm.

Who could suspect the earthworm
of being possible enemy to the chick ?
Have we not, from our earliest infancy
dug earthworms to feed to the young
chicks. and have we not encouraged
others to do likewise? This many
times has been the cause of the little
ones dying from attacks of gapes, but
we did not suspect it. Not till science
took the matter up and demonstrated
conclusively that the earthw worm is the
host by means of which the cape
worm eggs are conveyed to the trachea
of the fowl, did we recognize the
earthworm as an enemy. The micro
scope has revealed the process in
enough of its stages to prove the rest.
The government experiments have
shown that to keep the chicks free
from cape worms they need only be
kept from all possibility of picking up
worms. Not that all worms have in
them the eggs of the cape worm, but
we never know when the danger is
present. After the chick is little
more than half grown this precaution
may be set aside, as the cape worms
are unable to destroy good sized
birds.
The writer has fed chicks earth
worms and. as an apparent result, has
lost chicks. IT is the best plan to
keep the new broods on grass plot
OF on board floor. The grass plot is
preferable, unless the sod is very thin.
There is little or no danger of the
earthworms coming within reach of
the chicks, even i'll wet weather, as
would be the case on bare ground.
A little caution in this matter, espe-
cially where gapes have prevailed, will
save many chicks.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
d6odJ> Sat4abaMM
31lE2l22:lzdE'

why Her Letters Were Not Delivered.
The Postoffice Department has been
bothered a great deal lately by GER.
tain woman who has been complain.
ing about the mails to Manila and the
apparent neglect to deliver the letters
she has been sending to her sweet
heart, who is a soldier in the army.
So persistent were her complaints that
the department determined to pay
cable tolls on an inquiry to Manila to
find out why the twenty-five letters
the woman claimed she had mailed
had not reached the soldier. The in
quiry has just been answered h y the
postal officials in the Philippines. The
report states that the soldier was
traced to the firing lines and acknowl-
edged receiving his letters. He said
he had not only received his mail
promptly and regularly, but that he
had received twenty-five letters from
woman who insisted upon writing to
him, although he did not intend to
answer her Washington Correspon-
dence New York Mail and Express.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
Chah Packing.

I believe that exclusive chaff pack
ing directly over bees will admit of
too much ventilation, and more
especially so if limited amount is
used, which is usually the case.
Twelve inches of very fine chafr thor
oughly placed and weighted down,
with the entrance of hive left open,
will still admit of too much draft
through the hives with the usual COW
ering on them.
1 have come to the conclusion that
so much top dressing in the way of
chaff cushions, etc. and leaving large
entrance open to its full capacity, is
about on the same principle as that of
trying to keep sitting room COM
Portable with the outside door
open. We know that bees keep in
good condition in hive or anywhere
else. A two-story hive that contains
half bushel of bees, and is full of
honey in the hottest part of the sea
son, can get along and do business
with very small entrance, perhaps
no larger than will admit of half
dozen bees at once. If this be the
CuSc, Vuu tulHh HO one Will say III IS
not, then how much of an entrance
does hive require in winter, with
one-fourth the amount of bees, and
set OF combs containing only twenty
five or thirty pounds of honey, to give
them all necessary ventilation re-
quired? In answer to this l will say
that no entrance whatever is required
when the bees are not flying, and in
addition, the top of the hive should be
air tight as the bees make it by gluing
up all the cracks, and also coating the
cloth covered surface entirely as they
do.
1 do not say that bees do not treuuire
large entrance in summer, for am
believer in very large entrance in
summer, and especially SO during the
honey season when colonies are
strong. But in winter 1 have thor
oughly experimental with all the diff
ferent plans, and the last one referred
to suits me best, and my bees have in
variably come through the winter in a
more healthful condition and stronger
in number. "A. H. Duff in Farm,
Field and Fireside.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
THE NEW WoMAN'S BABY.

She Brings Him Up According to the
Rules Laid Down in the Books.
''But haven't you any more books
on the subiect?' asked the woman, ap-
pealingly, much as if the person she
was consulting had large installments
of books hidden away, only forthcom-
ing when his heart should soften.
Not in, now," and the young man
at the circulating library turned to Il
newer conner.
"Why don't you take something
else?" advised her companion.
Because l do not come here to
get any books. 1 just want books that
Will give me information about caring
for baby. Ever since he was wee
little thing l have been reading every
thing [ could : ct on the subject. 1
think" she said. crushingly. turning
to the young man in charge, 81 will
not take any book today"
Then as she started away her tone
changed to one of pity.
'How was it," she said to the other
woman, "that babies used to struggle
up, when there were no magazines or
books about how they should be
trained? Every one of my friends who
has baby does just as 1 do and gets
evey article she can upon their physi-
cal or mental or moral well being.
And one does get such help. just the
other day was reading somewhere:
NO mother should be without baby's
diary. Jot down all the sayings of
the little one, and so I've started with
such pretty book, leather bound, you
know, and l mean to keep it up"
'That must be awfully interesting, F"
said the other woman, isn't it?''
o''This last book, the one 1 had
given back when met you, gave me
fine directions for caring for baby's
teeth, especially the second teeth. L
shall do exactly as it says, and take
him to the dentist in time. In that
way, you kn W, you avoid all trouble
about teeth coming in crooked and all
that kindergarten methods are fine,
too, and I've been reading up about
them, for l want him to have the ad-
vantage of the latest ideas"
"How old is he now?" asked the
listener suddenly.
"Three months old, "said the proud
mother, fondly. New York Sun.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01

tell where it came from, and couldn't
SEQ anybody that looked like him, SO
gave it up"
"Goose!" cried Mrs. Stone. "He
was probably over at Jason Soper's,
where they always stop out in the
barn, like as not. If you'd only men,
toned it! Well, we must just make
the best of bad JOB. I know where
Maria puts the kitchen key when she's
away, and we might as we'll go in and
take possession--as they will have to
do at our house, reckon.
The key was found on a nail under
the stop, and Mrs Stone proceeded
to take possession, while her husband
stabbed his horse. When Mr.. Stone
came in he found the lamps all Lighted
and his wife in high state of excite
ment and delight at the prospect of
''using Cousin Maria's nice things for
while! 1 guess it's all for the best, >"
she announced, with unexpected
cheerfulness. 'sFor once in our lives
We will have taste OF keeping house
with modern conveniences!"
It was tremendous snowstorm
thai swept New England during Feb
ruary 25 and 2e. Mr.. and Mrs. Stone
were snowbound for week i'll the
Holmes house, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Holmes, as it happened, were similarly
imprisoned in theirs. Roads We're
not broken through for FIVE days, and
no one knew how his neighbor was
faring.
In the meantime Mr.. Stone took
care of Holiness stock, and Mr..
Holmes took care of his, while their
wives revelled to their hearts content
in the supposed domestic advantages
and Improvements for which they had
envied each other SO long. At last
the two families were able to get word
to one another, and day was set for
the mutual evacuation of each others
premises and meeting at Hydeville
on the way. Both parties were in
vited to dine at Jason Soper's that
memorable day, and the reader may be
sure it was not one of those dinner par
ties that languish for'lack of conver-
sation.
Late in the afternoon, as the Stones
came Ill SlSnU OF unelr own pieaSaut
farmhouse, Mr.. Stone said, hesitat
ingly, 'John and l had some talk of
exchanging farms while we were har
Messing up. We thought. il''-
stop right there, Amasa Stone!"
cried his wife, with sudden uncalled
for burst of tears. eff you ever men
tion such thing again" -
Why exclaimed Mr.. Stone, in
glad astonishment, az thought you
were crazy for Cousin Maria's modern
conveniences. and John said that
Maria made life a burden to him by
hankering after yours. SO we thought
we'd please both of you by swapping
farms"
well, you'll neither of you ever
hear anything more on the subject
from Maria or me, 'sobbed Mrs. Stone.
"We were both of us so homesick and
so ashamed that we burst out crying
when we were up in the front chamber
at Mrs. Soper's. and confessed what
fools we had been. 1 guess neither
of us will ever quarrel with her own
things again least of all, with her
own husband. American Agricul
turist
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
placed in a heap, covered with straw
and then enough earth is put on them

placed in heap, covered with straw
and then enough earth is put on them
to prevent freezing in the severest
winter weather. This is a great mis-
take, and many pits are lost because
OF this over-protection. 1t is very
desirable to avoid storing large quan
titles of roots in the cellars of dwell
ing houses. Consequently where no
separate storage place is available,
pitting outside is the best plan.
Gather the roots after they have
been dug and sufficient time has
elapsed to allow them to dry of.
Place in oblong heaps in high spot
in the field SO that good drainage is
possible, cover with straw and few
inches of earth SO that moderate frost
and the slight freeze of early winter
will not iniure the roots, dig trench
around the base of the pit SO that
water will not stand. Where the
water rises near the surface during the
wet period, it is best to place the roots
on the top of the ground. as suggested
above. However, if there is good
drainage there is no reason why an
OACdNdtlO SuhAop OO hIduO olA lCOt
wide and about foot deep and as
long as necessary. Begin by carefully
stacking the roots, filing the first two
feet of the trench. This will form the
first section, leave space of about
six inches, then put in another sec
ton, and SO on. Round up the top,
fill the six inches of space between
the heaps with straw and cover the
whole with straw and 1S or more
inches of soil.
This plan requires much less work
in covering and is in reality a series
of small pits each distinct. The tubers
keep better in this way, and as only
one section at time need be opened
there is less liability to waste than if
the pit were large one containing
the entire crop. In some sections of
the country the covering or soil must
be two or three feet deep to prevent
freezing. New England Homestead.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
philips Devotion 10 Hi. wife.

A beautiful story is told of Wendell
Phillips, the famous American orator,
illustrating his loverlike devotion to
his invalid wife. At, the close of a
lecture engagement in q neighboring
town his friends entreated him not to
return to Bos on.
1t was fearful cold night, and the
last train had gone, SO he would have
to return in carriage. ''You will
have IL miles of rough riding before
you get home" they said.
''But at the other end" he replied.
'T shall ind Anne Phillina !"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
Small Diamonds More Perfect.

There are more perfect small dia
monds than there are perfect large
ones; and where man gets together
collection of perfect diamonds he is
most likely to have collection OF
perfect diamonds he is most likely to
have collection of small ones. Thus,
the diamonds owned by Americans
are not, as rule, so large as are the
ones owned in Europe. Artificial
light enables the European diamo mond
wearer to wear big stones that are not
sltocether perfect.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
Acccptable!

should say so; they all say the same
too, when they get them. Who is there
that would refuse such works OF art when
they car get them for almost nothing
will enable you to get one large 10c. pack
age OF "Red Cross" starch, one large 10c
package Of "Hubinger's Best" starch, with
the premiums, two Shakespeare panels,
printed in twelve beautiful colors, as nat
ural as life, or one Twentieth Century Girl
calendar, the finest OF its kind ever printed
all for Be-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
AFTERcLoW.

After the clangor of battle.
There comes moment OF rest,
And the simple lrcpes and the simple joys
And the simple thoughts are best.
After the victor's p@an.
After the thunder of gun.
There comes that lull that must come to al
Before the get Of sun.
Then what is the happiest memory
Is it the foes defeat?
Is it the splendid praise of II world
That thunders by at your feet?
Nay, nay, to the life-worn spirit
The happiest thoughts are those
That carry us back to the simple joys
And the sweetness of life's repose.
A simple love and simpler trust
And simple duty done
Are truer torches to light to death
Than whole worlds victories won.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
Beyond His Reach.

What has become of the big man
who used to beat the bass drum?'
asked the private of the drum-major.
HE left us about three months
ago."
"Good drummer, too, wasn't hep
"Yes; very good. But he got so fat
that when he marched he couldn't hit
the drum in the middle. Tit Bits.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
Pay In Rings.

1t is interesting to note that the
early Egyptian custom of paying gold
in the form of rings has not entirely
died out in Africa at the present day.
and that English merchants trading
with the Congo are quite accustomed
to receiving gold in the form of rings,
frequently ornamented with the signr
of the zodiac in relief.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
>FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
Eating Nests.

In cold winter when forage is scarce
hens are liable to eat the hay of which
the nest is made. 70 prevent this you
can make the nest of shavings OF ex-
celsior. Hens will eat very coarse
fodder like long grass, pea vines. ETC.,
if chopped up little in the feed cut
ter.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
Preserving Root Crops in pits.

Many in their desire to have roots
safely stored for winter overdo the
matter. They like to make as short a
job of itSas possible, and as soon as
the crop can be dug. the roots are
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01

Marylands tomato pack last yeai
was nearly 3,000,000 cases, one-third
Of the entire pack of the United States.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
"Mature Abhors a Vacuum.

Nothing in the qvorld stands still. If
you are zueH and strong day BY day the
blood supplies its tide of o'igor. If you are
ill., the blood is 4urong and carries h,creas-
ing quantities of diseased germs. You can
not change Nature. but you can aid her BY
keeping the blood pure. Hoods Sarsapa
,ILa does this as nothing else can. Be
sure to get Hoods. because
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
Haze You
Lost It.?

We mean all that rich. dark
color your hair used to have.
But there is no need of mourn
ing over it. for you can ind it
again.
Ayers Hair Vigor always re-
stores color TO gray hair. We
know exactly what we are say
ing when we use that word
always"
1t makes the hair grow heavy
and long. too: takes out every
bit of dandruf. and stops fall
ing Of the hair. Keep it on
your dressing table and use it
every day. :l.ee bottle. An druggists.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-01
A Temporary Exchange.
BY JAMES BUCKHAM

IT WAS s O'Clock of a Saturday
morning in February when Mr..
and Mrs. Stone drove out of
The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-20
KRUGER's LAST TREk-
From the Chicago Record.

From the Chicago Record.
President Kruger's last trek has pict-
uresque and pathetic aspects which will
appeal to the historian, the painter and
the poet OF the future.
According to Lord Roberts the Boer
leader has resigned the presidency Of
the Transvasl republic When last
heard from he was diligently studying
his Bible at Lorenzo Marquee.
As a boy he trekked with his parents
into Natal to escape The Englishmsn.
and when the Englishman came there
he irekked to place where he thought
no Englishman would come The life
he spent there, the work be did and the
nation he founded have come to naught,
nd as be sets out now on his last trek
even the name Of the South African re-
public is erased His nation is appar-
emily gone, his home is gone and he is
an old man. Un1ess be sill nurses an
obscure hope Of awakening interest in
Europe by personal appeal there is
nothing left for him but to resign him
self to idleness in some foreign country
and ruminate peacefully upon the part
he has played in history.
Dom Paul is not handsome and his
features do not lend themselves readily
to the idealizing aims Of the artist. The
spreading whisker, the high hat, the
baggy costume Of the ex-presi sfy
roman Gin. Nevertheless he press
pathetic figure for some painter with J.
right kind OF perceptiye powers.