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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
Falling Leaning Tree.

To fall a leaning tree in the opposite
direction to which it leans on the side
% which you wish the tree to fall chop
IN two or three inches; then with
eross-cut saw-a narrow one is best
saw at the other side; then insert an
iron wedge in the sawed place, and as
.he saving progresses, keep the wedge
firmly driven in. BY following these
directions a bending or leaning tree
,an he laid in almost any direction.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02
A Mothers Faith,

During a recent visit to Chicago Dr..
Robert Collyer told how his mother
had heard him preach for the first
time in her life at Leeds 35 years ago,
and walked proudly away from the
church on his arm. Looking fondly at
him, she said: I'm not sure, lad, that
l understood thy sermon this morning,
and Pm not sure l would have believed
it if had, but make sure, lad, believe
in thee."-Argonaut.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02
Neither Bright Nor Shining.

Heine's wit was caustic. When
forced into the arena to fight silly
duel, he said:
1.-The field of honor is dirty!'
This is so true that it is hard to
understand why this popular bubble
thus deftly picked did not collapse for
good and all.-Youth's Companion.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02

According to a German newspaper.
there are at present in Europe II mar
riageable princesses and only Al mar
riageable princes.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02

A railway is to be constructed from
Damascus to Mecca in order that pill
grims may be saved from sea voy-
age 1t is proposed that the line shall
be built by soldiers.
Wasps eat honey, honey dew and
the juice of fruits, but they also are
carnivorous and live largely upon other
insects. Pollen of flowers they are
not supposed to use
At one place in England, at least,
states are washed twice a day with
a disinfecting fluid. The states OF
children should be carefully inspected
and great attention should be paid to
the sponges with which they clean
them.
Irrigation is of the utmost impor.
tance in Persia, as cultivation depends
upon it, and water is extremely dear.
1t has been suggested that artesian
well manufacturers might find an ex-
cellent opening once that the success
of these wells was assured.
The application of scientific irriga.
ton methods has recently given new
development to rice culture in south
western Louisiana, as explained in
bulletin of the department OF agr1-
culture. Rice requires wet LANDS, but
on such lands harvesting machinery
cannot be used. The difficulty has
been met by flooding the dry prairie
lands during the growth of the rice,
and then draining them by system OF
pumps, canals and levees, when the
crop is nearly ripe. On the drained
sands it is possible to use reapers to
harvest the rice; thus the cheap labor
employed in foreign rice-growing can
be met by American machinery.
The application of the turbine prin>
ciple to the motor machinery of ships
has achieved another triumph in the
case Of the British torpedo-boat de-
srroyer, \.per. AT recent meeting
If the engineers at the Royal lnsti-
tuition in London some interesting
facts concerning the surprising speed
If the Viper were discussed. On ner
second preliminary trial she attained
n speed of 35.5 knots, equal to nearly
Al statute miles per hour. This is rs
great speed as that of many express
trains, and if it could be developed IN
great passenger ship and maintained
continuously would cut down the time
needed to cross the Atlart'" - ahout
three days. When running either
slowly or at top speed the Viper NX-
periences little vibration, and j. an
ticipated that she will eventually sur
pass her own record.
The balloons used by the English
army are different from those of other
nations, gold-beater's skin being en-
ployed in their construction insteau of
oiled silk, it being much lighter. and
much more impermeable. The enve-
lope Of 10000 cubic feet capacity
weighs but 100 pounds. and The COM
plete weight of balloon and appliances
ready to lift two observers is less than
200 pounds. The cable which con-
meets the balloon with the ground
weighs 81 pounds for length of $50
yards. To initiate the balloons hydro
gen is employed, and it is carried COM
pressed in steel cylinders for use when
desired, this method having been
adopted in preference to generating
the gas on the spot with chemicals.
These reservoirs form the heaviest
part of the equipment, as cylinders
for one charge weigh 9 3-4 tons.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02

Te Cure Cold In One Day.
Take LAXATIVE BRono QuINND TADLBfS. All
druggists refund tho money II IL fails to cure.
). W. 01ov1'0 signature 10 ON each box. VIC.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02

The state of New York has 10000
more bachelors than spinsters.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02

Within twenty years California has
Gded 500. 900 to it's population.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02

The gravestone never says mean things
about the man that's down.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02

Jell.O, the New Dessert
Pleases all the family. Four havors:-
Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry.
At your grocers. 10 cts.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

A railway is to be constructed from
Damascus to Mecca in order that pill
grims may be saved from a sea voy-
age 1t is proposed that the line shall
be built by soldiers.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02

Wasps eat honey, honey dew and
the juice of fruits. but they also are
carnivorous and live largely upon other
insects. Pollen of flowers they are
not supposed to use
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02

At one place in England, at least,
states are washed twice day with
disinfecting fluid. The states OF
children should be carefully inspected
and great attention should be paid to
the sponges with which they clean
them.
The true northerner., 1900-11-30
HE TESTED HIS SKILL.
The Result Moved the Philosopher
to Discourse on Success.

"Did you ever realize that the sue
cess that one really enjoys comes only
through hard work?" asked the philos-
opher II know the average mortal
would prefer to gain his ends without
hard toll, but few do, and | doubt If
those few gain any pleasure from hav-
ing the plum drop in their laps without
any effort on their part
Il had that fact impressed upon me
only the other day. | chanced during
an idle moment TO pick up an empty
ink bottle, and something started my
thoughts back to my boyhood days
when an empty bottle furnished an
ideal mark to throw stones at. Smiling
to myself at the childishness Of it, |
set the bottle on n hitching post, and
after carefully selecting a number Of
stones | stood off about 80 feet and
prepared to make test Of my skill.
The very first stone that | threw
caught the bottle fairly in the center
and shattered it into hundred pieces.
/ threw away the stones that | had so
carefully gathered in disgust. ! had
accomplished what | had set out TO do
on my first throw, but | fully realized
that it was only n fluke and that l
might throw 30 more stones and not
come anywhere near the mark.
'Now. if. on the contrary, | had miss
ed. would have carefully noted where
the fault lay and tried TO have correct
ed it on my next throw. The throws
that went too low and too high, as
well as too much to one side. would
have all been valuable lessons to me.
and in the end ! would have succeeded
in placing n stone where wanted it.
That would have been success gained
by working for 1t. The very few peo-
pie who gain success on their first
throw have my sympathy."-Detr
Free Press
The true northerner., 1900-11-30

bread Seems to Be Failing In Favor
nr an Article of Diet.

- - <@@'~"< - -~->~s
~ look upon bread as an article of
food destined to be completely abolish
cd before many years said a New
York doctor, for The number of per-
sons who are willingly giving up the
use of il increases every year. The ma
jority OF them do this on the advice of
their physicians, who find more ground
for recommending abstinence from
bread as tley see the results that such
course o. treatment has on their pa
tients.
"For nearly all forms of dyspepsia,
gout, rheumatism and kindred all
ments the patient is first told TO shun
bread unless ii be submitted to certain
preparation and be taken only In GER
tain forms. The great increase in the
number of hygienic foods that have
been put upon the market and the al
most invariable success of any of these
manufactures which prove an accepta-
BILE substitute for bread and other
starchy foods are other indications in
the change of the public feeling toward
bread as simple food which could be
taken under all circumstances.
"Some years ago a man wrote book
devoted chiefly to exposing to the
world the harmful qualities of bread.
Persons at that time thought he was
crank, and little attention was paid to
his very sound utterances on the sub
ject. But his opinions are now re-ech-
oed by most physicians, and the great
army Of abstainers from bread gathers
recruits every day. The revolt against
such well established institution is
naturally a little bit slow. But bread
is destined to be ultimately Stunned
even more than ii is today, and this de-
struction of a tradition that has lasted
centuries is already well under way.
Most OF it's force comes from the COM
plete satisfaction Of the persons who
do give up bread entirely. They are al
ways the most enthusiastic advocates
Of the new theory on the subject
New York Sun.
The true northerner., 1900-11-30
CnnrtInr In Cnrdnrn

At night Cordova sleeps early. A
few central streets are still busy with
people, but the rest are all deserted.
the houses look empty, there is an al
most oppressive silence. Only here and
there as one passes heedlessly along q
quiet street one comes suddenly upon
n cloaked figure, with broad brimmed
hat. leaning against the bars of a win
dow, and one may catch through the
bars glimpse of vivid face, dark
hair and n rose (an artificial rose) in
the hair.
Not in any part Of Spain have l seen
the traditional Spanish lovemaking,
the cloak and hat at the barred win
dow, so frankly and so delightfully."- on
view. 1t brings n touch of genuine ro-
nance which IL is almost difficult for
those who know comic opera better
than the countries In which life is still
In its way serious travesty to take
quite seriously. Lovers faces on each
side OF the bars of window ut night
In narrow street Of white houses
that, after all. and not even the mirac-
ulous mosque, may perhaps be the
most vivid recollection that one brings
away with one from Cordova.-Satur-
day Review.
The true northerner., 1900-11-30
BY NJ. QUAD.
COPYRIGHT, 1900. BY C. b. LEWIS.

If any one had told my friends that ]
was possessed of the slightest spark OF
romance at the age of 40, the informa.
tion would have been received as q
base canard A bachelor Of that age
who has drifted about with all sorts of
people and bumped up against all sorts
of adventures is pretty sure to have
had all romance knocked out of him.
He thinks more Of his hat than his
heart and more Of his pipe than the fe-
male sex. Yes, | was a hardheaded,
practical man, and had the most beau
tiful woman on earth attempted a fir
tation with me l should have scowled
her down. That was the sort Of man
was, and / gloried in it, but alas, no
man can tell just what day Of the week
lie is going to fall over his own feet
and make an ass Of himself.
on n certain Tuesday / took train
at Elmer Junction for London, and as
there were but few passengers l had a
compa lent to myself. l had been
busy - a newspaper for half an
hour VIII I noticed small package
lying unC he opposite seat. l found
it plain pdsteboard box and was pre-
pared to find a specimen Of free chew
ing gum CT new brand Of troches in
side. 1t was something different. how
ever. 1t was ladys diamond ring
The true northerner., 1900-11-30
MINNEAPOLIS MURDER
Not Certain That Hamilton Is the
Guilty Man.

Minneapolis, Nov. 27.-Notwith-
standing the fact that Frank e. Ham
ilton, the newspaper man, charged
with having stabbed to death Leonard
Day, during a fight in the West hotel
Saturday morning, was Monday ar
raigned on a charge of murder in the
first degree and bound over to the
grand jury, it is not at all unlikely
that another arrest will soon be made.
1t was learned late Monday afternoon
that one of the society young men in
the fight was also interested in the
woman in the case as well as Day and
Hamilton and the claim is made that
on various occasions he and Day had
clashed regarding her. AS yet there Is
no direct evidence against him, but
the public is beginning to belieN {
Hamilton is not the one who reall,
killed Day. There is dark mystery in
the case and it is expected that it's un-
folding will be sensational in the ex-
treme.
The funeral of Young Day took place
Monday afternoon from the West Ho-
tel. The invalid mother of the dead
man created no scene at the bier OF
her son as had been feared. 1t is not
improbable that the hotel will have
its liquor license revoked as a result
of the tragedy. The mayor is now
making an investigation and it is said
has declared that if the barroom was
pen at o'clock Sunday morning as it
is claimed he can do nothing but re.
woke the license of the place.
The true northerner., 1900-11-30

made up Of five stones of the purest
water and on the inside were the ini-
tials "B. p" The ring was a double
hoop Of gold and had probably been
made to order. 1t was lying loosely in
the box, and the box had once contain
ed steel pens. | argued that it must
have been some careless person who
carried a valuable ring around in that
fashion and that it had been lost by
passenger who had left the train at the
junction.
am only a fairly honest man. My
first idea was to keep the ring 70 my
own profit but l remembered that l
was known TO the railway porter and
that the property might be traced to
me. If not strictly honest. | am pru-
dent, and therefore gave up the idea
of converting the ring. ! would hold it
for a reward, however. That bauble
must have cost at least 5000 and was
perhaps valued beyond price as a gift.
/ figured that | ought to get 800 out
of it, and | figured just what | would
do with that extra money. Half an
hour later | felt curious sensation
stealing over me. | began TO feel sem
timental. ! began to connect that dear
little ring with dear little blond hair
ed, blue eyed girl. | got up and kicked
myself three times and called myself
fool, but the feeling did not 60 away
TO my astonishment and indignation ]
found it growing stronger, and before
] knew 1t the grip of romance had got
me by the neck.
/ was a man of leisure, though had
no great amount of money TO my cred
it. / would hunt up the owner Of that
ring, and if all things went well |
would marry her. | settled on that
even as / kicked myself again. Com
mon sense told me that l might better
fall in love with the old apple woman
at the Waterloo terminus. but when
romance takes hold common sense has
to let 60. For q week | watched all
the papers, but the ring was not adver-
tised. This seemed to prove to me that
the loser was either rich and indiffer-
ent to her loss or that for some reason
the loss had not yet been discovered.
Romance made me anxious. and 1
therefore went to the expense of adver-
tising in five different papers. | sim
ply stated that a diamond ring had
been found on railroad train and ask
ed the loser to correspond.
Inside of three days l received about
100 letters I'm reply. They came from
all sorts of places and from all sorts of
people. The number of stones was
given all the way from one to ten, and
almost every railroad In the kingdom
was mentioned. The $50 writer's were
fakes and liars, and the true loser had
not answered me. was bit nettled
at this neglect on her part. She was
not meeting my romance half way. I
advertised second time, and this time
l gave date and day and train. Again
got peck OF letters, and at least half
of them were from people who had an
The true northerner., 1900-11-30
lNsTAN7L7 KILLED
An Iowa Doctor Shot Dead and Man
Arrested on Suspicion.

Marysville. la. Nov. 27.-Dr. II. A.
Hamilton. prominent physician OF
this place. was shot deaG onday. Al
fred Ain. who had accused the doctor
Of causing she separation of Ain and
his wife. is under arrest on the charge
of firing the fatal shot. No one saw
the shot fired and the physician died
without making any statement.
Dr. Hamilton left his residence soon
after breakfast to go to his barn.
which is situated in dense grove. He
had passed within the line OF trees
when a shot disturbed the silence. A
moment later he staggered back to his
house where he fell dead.
Members of his family carried the
lifeless form into the house and then
spread an alarm. The little town was
soon the scene OF great excitement and
posses were searching for the assas-
sin. The grove was surrounded and
then searched. Not trace of the mys-
terious slayer could be found.
The sheriff of Marion county over
looked no clew and when he heard of
threats said to have been made by
Ain he decided to take him into GUS
tody Ain is 35 years old. He is said
to have brooded over his domestic
troubles until his condition bordered
on insanity.
The true northerner., 1900-11-30
Nnnsen's Pancakes.

From boyhood Nansen accustomed
himself to the use of snowshoes and
would often 60 40 or 80 miles on them
without taking any food with him. He
had n great dislike to any outfit for his
excursions. On one occasion he and
some of his friends set off on long
snowshoe expedition, all except Nan
sen having a wallet containing their
provisions on their backs. When they
got to the first resting place. Nansen
unbuttoned his coat and took some
smoking pancakes from the lining and
asked his friends 10 share his food
They all refused, however, not caring
for the mode of conveyance and heat
ing Nansen replied. "More fools you.
for let me tell you there's jam in
them"
The true northerner., 1900-11-30
STATE SPECIALS.

Mrs. Mary j. Spratt of Concord died
Sunday night of cancer. Her property
of $25 900 is left to nieces and nepn-
ews.
Mrs. Annette Perry, of Jackson, aged
6S years, fell dead on the sidewalk
Sunday evening from heart disease.
She had lived in Jackson Sc years.
Rev. Dan b. Schoield, who has re-
sided in Traverse City 35 years, died
Sunday. He was a Methodist minister
and during his ministry married ~
couples.
A barn on the farm Of James Per-
kin, near Berille, caught fire while
the men were at dinner. and the barn,
the threshing machine and mare and
colt were burned
Lee Yost, aged "a, died suddenly at
Hudson Monday of heart failure, while
sitting i'm his chair He was for many
years prior to 1890 prominent grain
buyer at Ypsilanti.
At Ann Arbor Monday, marriage
license was granted to John Trip and
Nancy Hotrum. The groom Is 75
years old and has been twice married
before. The bride is IS and spinster.
Simon and Edward Smith, two col
ored men confined in the Flint jail on
a charge of larceny, INDUCED In a
pitched battle Sunday, in which Ed
ward. who attempted to Kill Simon
with a knife, was knocked senseless
with a stick Of cordwood.
The true northerner., 1900-11-30
A Hard Trip.

Saginaw, Mich, Nov. 27-The steam
barge Maine and tow arrived here
Monday night with lumber for Schu-
cite & Co, from a Lake Superior
point, after the hardest trip in their
experience. Last Thursday while 60
ing into Grand Marais for shelter,
Charles Snyder was lost overheard
from the tow barge Buckhout. He was
drawn some distance by a tow line
from the next barge in tow, which he
grasped. Snyder shipped from Bar.
aga a week ago. He was 81 years of
age, and is supposed to have relatives
at Sanford, this state, and a sister on
a ranch in the west, where he pre-
viously worked
The true northerner., 1900-11-30
Discussed SUGAR Bounties.

Washington, Nov. 23.-United States
Consul Barnes at Cologne, transmits
to the state department information
concerning a conference of German,
Austrian and French delegates held at
Paris for the discussion Of the pro
posed abolition of sugar bounties. At
the final sitting of the preliminary ses-
sion France declared herself willing to
agree to the abolition of direct boun-
ties while reducing the indirect boun.
ties by so per cent and making pro-
portionate alteration in the duties.
Russia, Great Britain, Italy and Bel
gium are to send representatives to
the next conference to be held at
Brussels.
The true northerner., 1900-11-30
A Good Investment.

lis marriage a failure?" II should
say notw remarked an Oregon farmer.
"Why, there's Lucindy gifts up in the
mornin, milks six cows. gifts breakfast.
starts four children to skewl, looks ar
ter the other three. feeds the hens.
likewise the hogs, likewise some moth
erless sheep. skins 20 pans of milk,
washes the clothes. gifts dinner, ct Get
cry, ct cetery. Think / could hire any
body to do it for what she gifts? Not
muchl Marriage, sir, is a success-a
great sy'-Womans Journal.
The true northerner., 1900-11-30
HOW 1T SPREADS.
People All Over Michigan Talking
About Ii.

About 1t.
How it spreads.
Can't keep good thing" down.
Ever notice how good things" are
initiated?
Better the article, more imitators.
Fortunately the public has a safe
guard.
Praise can't be initiated.
And true praise takes root and
spreads.
Claim is one thing, proof is another.
Claim is what the manufacturer says.
Proof is what the people say.
Everywhere in Michigan people say:
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kid
neys,
Cure all kidney ills.
w. S. Kilmer, Passenger Engines on
the NJ. c. Ry., residing at No. PA Or
ange street, jackson, Mich, says: sin
1895 / had considerable trouble with
my kidneys from the result of Sc
we're cold which settled there, and
though / tried every means at hand
and treated with doctors the pains
through the small of my back became
DtISlSlcuL anu StNGIt. lO duQ
to my troubles the kidney secretions
were unnatural and irregular. At last
| was obliged to lay off work. When
at home getting no better under the
treatment L was then taking, some one
advised me to use Doan's Kidney Pills
and / procured box more out of curl
osity than from any expectation that
they might help me. Now / want this
thoroughly understood, when finished
the box l went back to work without
a pain or an ache. But to make matters
doubly certain l took a second box.
Since that time, and that is three years
ago, have neither had an ache nor a
pain. Is it any wonder that at this
date, 1898, i recommend Doan's Kidney
Pills"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price, so cents. Mailed by
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sole
agents for the u. S. Remember the
name Doan's and take no substitute.
The true northerner., 1900-11-30
VIII Take Weeks.

Washington, Nov. 27.-The issue be-
tween the state department and Tur-
key, over the Withholding Of an exc
controversial stage and the indications
are that 1t will be weeks before the
matter can be settled.
Quateur to DR.. Thos. H. Norton, to be
consul at HaYpoot has passed into the
The true northerner., 1900-11-30
Seamen's Convention.

Boston, Nov. 27.-The annual confer
ence of the international seamen's un-
ion of America was opened here Mon
day with President VIM. Penje, of Chi
cago, in the chair. After the opening
ceremonies the president delivered his
annual address in which he outlined
the business which the convention will
take action upon. After the appoint
ment of a number of committees the
convention took a recess until Tues
day.
The true northerner., 1900-11-30
Literary Irrigation.

"Your latest novel seems very dry"
said the reader of the publishing house
to the young but rising author.
81 was pretty sure you would say
that" rejoined the author; "conse-
quently IL you will count them you
will find the heroine weeps real tears
on just 253 pages of my story"-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.