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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
Twino Made in Peuiten tia ries.

Minnesota's binding-twine plant, es-
tablished in the state penitentiary, is
as much a success as the like institu-
tion in Kansas. By this means the
problem of convict labor has been
solved in these two states to the salts
faction of about everyone concerned,
including the labor unions. Members
of the latter are gratified, as we'll as
satisfied, as penitentiary mace twine
is a direct slap at trust. The farm
ers, too, are happy, as they get their
binding twine at from to cents less
a pound than is charged for the prod
uct of the trust. The only complaint
in each state is that the penitentiary
plants are not large enough to supply
the demand.-New York Post.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

to the waist line only. The back fits
smoothly across the shoulders and IS
drawn down at the waist. The fronts
are gathered at the neck and again
at the waist line, and the entire lower
edge of the waist is attached to the
upper edge of the belt. The sleeves
are in bishop style and are finished
with pointed cuff bands that lap over
at the seam and hook invisibly into
place. At the neck is shapely stand
ing collar. The waist is closed at the
front with buttons and buttonholes.
The skirt is cut in five cores and
falls only to the floor. 1t fits smooth
ly across the front and about the
hips, and is arranged in gathers at the
back. The placket is made at the left
front seam, where it closes invisibly,
and the upper edge of the skirt is at
tached to the lower edge of the belt,
the left half of the front gore being
attached to the extra portion and
hooked over into place.
To cut this gown for a woman of
medium size seven and half yards
of material twenty-seven inches wide,
seven yards thirty-two inches wide,
or six yards forty-four inches wide.
will be required.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
Invention of the Guillotine.

Some years before the terrible
French revolution of 1893 a learned
Partisan physician, DR.. Guillotin, turn
ed his attention to devising mode OF
executing criminals that would be
more humane than hanging He was
man of note in the scientific world
OF his time. having introduced inn
proved systems Of ventilation and
other sanitary blessings much needed
in that period. So, when the French
national assembly convened in 1889 it.
gave willing ear to his description Of
decapitating machine that would
"whisk off ones head in an instant,
quite without pain" Other matters
were pressing, however; there was no
money in the national treasury, and
the assembly took no action upon DR..
Gulllotin's plan. The matter seemed
quite forgotten until the reign OF
terror" began. Then a machine made
after the doctors idea suddenly ap-
peared and was put into Immediate
use. Its novelty caught the fancy of
the mobs who attended the daily exc
cutions, and it was quickly named "la
guillotin," after the man who had pro.
posed it. DR.. Guillotin, who had never
made working model of his inven-
tion and who had thought it quite for
gotten, was SO heartbroken by the ter
rible use to which his plan had been
put that he left France
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
AFRICAN DIAMONDS.

First Discovered by an Irishman, John
O'Reilly.
Mr.. John OReilly. who had occasion
In the winter of 1857 to do business in
the Hopetown District of Griqualand
West, on the other side of the Vaal
river, first discovered diamonds in
South Africa. He passed night at
the house of Schalk van Niekerk, a
Dutch farmer. While bartering with
the Boer and his wife O'Reilly's at
tention was attracted by a game the
children were playing, being particu-
tarly struck with the peculiar trans
parency of one of the pebbles used In
the game. Though O'Reilly had never
seen a diamond in the rough he ex-
pressed an opinion that the pebble
played with by the children was really
the precious gem. The farmer ridi-
culed the idea. saying O'Reilly might
have it If he cared for the rubbish,
adding that there were plenty more OF
them in the river clay. O'Reilly accept
ed it on the understanding that If it
turned out to be diamond the farm
er should receive half the sum. AT
Colesburg it was submitted to experts
most of whom denied it being of much
value, but DR.. Atherstone, of Grahams-
town, pronounced it to be veritable
diamond weighing 231a karats and
worth $500. The then governor OF
the Cape, Sir Philip Wodehouse
bought it for that sum. Diamonds
IN, ho oyyd
walls of native huts, and this led to the
opening of the dry diggings where now
stand Du Toits Pan. De Beers, Kim
berley, Bultfontein and the Premier
mine.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
LUCKY PREACHER
Makes Fortune In Mining Stocks and
Pays on Church Mortgage.

Makes Fortune In Mining Stocks and
Pays on Church Mortgage.
Shrewd investment in Arizona min
ing properties has raised Rev. Larkin
A. Rockwell, pastor Of the West Pull
man M. e. church, from his position
as struggling minister on small
salary to a man of affluence. Several
years ago he began buying stock in
the Azurite, Twine Beauties and other
old mines in Arizona His investments
turned out so profitably that short
time ago he was able to announce to
his congregation that he himself would
pay off the mortgage of $4,000 which
rested over the little church where he
presided as pastor. At the same time
he resigned his salary, as he said his
own income was adequate for the sup
port Of his family. Rev. Mr.. Rock
we'll was formerly pastor of the Sec
ond Methodist church at Englewood.
When he accepted the call to West
Pullman he found that church incum-
bered by a mortgage and the congre.
CATION hardly more than able to keep
up the interest. The mining invest
ments Of Mr.. Rockwell are reputed to
have made him worth 100000. He is
at present in Arizona looking after
his investments. He has in view other
charitable dispens&tions on his return.
Chicago T1mss-Herah.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

lining cut with back and fronts only
and fitted with single darts, which
close at the centre front. On it are
arranged the shirred fronts, the right
side of which extends over the centre
of the lining and closes invlsibly at
the left side beneath the jacket. The
sleeves are in bishop style, with
straight pointed cuffs that close at the
seam and hook over invisibly. AT the
neck is a stock with turnover collar
attached. The girdle is shaped, gath
cred at the front and smoothly drawn
to fit the figure, forming soft folds
that meet at the front. The bolero is
includes a smooth back and fronts
fitted with single darts. The sleeves
are one-seamed, and are shaped at the
lower edge where they are faced and
turned over to form cuffs or allowed
to fall in bell style, as preferred.
To cut this waist for woman of me-
dunn size, three and three-eighth
yards of material twenty-one inches
wide, two and three-luarter yards.
twenty-seven inches wide. or one and
one-eight yard. fortyfour inches wide,
will be required, with two yards of
material twenty-one inches wide, one
and half yard twenty-seven inches
wide, or one yard forty-four or fifty
inches wide, for bolero, and one yard
of bias velvet for girdle, turnover col
lar and cuffs.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
Gown For Housework.

Every woman who is called upon to
perform such household tasks as dust
ing and the like recognizes the me-
cessity for suitable gown. The May
Manton design illustrated in the large
cut is essentially practicable and is so
completely simple as to commend it.
self at glance. Preferably it is made
of washable stuff. such as percale, in
order that it may be laundered and
made fresh at need; but fannelette is
entirely suitable when greater warmth
is required, as is any inexpensive light
weight wooden material. With the
gown should be worn the simplest of
neckties and belts.
The waist is in Spencer style, and
differs frnIu a shirt waist In extending
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

sleeves. For afternoon wear 1t is made
of velvet cloth and taffeta, and IS
worn over a waist of soft silk. For
morning wear it is shown in French
flannel, and is worn over an unlined
waist of the same or of figured India
surah, as preferred. The May Man
ton model shown is in Russian green
broadcloth, with the waist OF soft nm
ished taffeta in harmonizing lighter
shade with girdle. collar and cuffs of
velvet in shade deeper than the
cloth. The bolero is edged with band
of the material machine stitched and
has a trimming of small gold buttons
arranged in groups.
The foundation for the waist is a
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
The Flare Reduced.

1t is noticeable that on new models
of winter jackets or winter capes and
cloaks the collar is carefully cut, so
that the flare is much reduced from
its former proportions. This looks
better when the jacket is seen from
the side or from the rear.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
Boston. 1enor.no. of Celebrities.

The Boston Athenaeum has long
contained three busts which no one in
that city was able to identify. The
assistant Librarian, young woman. has
lust recognized them as excellent like
ness of Lewis Cass, the great states
man; Nicholas Biddle. one of the most
eminent financiers OF the century, and
Russian prince, famous all over the
world.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
Woman's Russian Waist.

Russian styles are always comforta.
bic and desirable and are, just now,
in the height of style. The smart May
Mauton example illustrated is waist
at once simple and extremely tasteful.
The model is made from the new vi,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
Best For the Bowels.

No matter what ails you, headache to .
cancer, you will never get we'll until your
bowels are put right. CAscARETs 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
limitations.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalH
SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, n. J.. Feb. II, 1900.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

The famous Strasburg clock. which
gave all the movements of the sun,
moon and planets, was constructed
$50 years age
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

Within the last 20 years the number
of American and English female ply
sicians in Asiatic countries has in
creased from 20 to 900.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

New York City.-The popularity OF
the bolero appears to increase as the
season advances. In its latest form
it is collarless and includes elbow
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

In China there is twenty times as much
coal as in all Europe
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

Ts Cure . Cold in One Day.
Take LAXATIVE BRoNo QuININs TABLETS. Al
druggists refund tho money II IL fails to cure
T. w. GROVES signature is on each box. 25c
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for childreI
teething, softens the gums, reduces nfiamma
uon, allays pain. cures wind collie. shc q bottle
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

A division of the wheat crop in Eli.
County, Kansas, would not give each resi-
dent more than 1888 bushels.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

Arctic dogs burrow under the snow, curl
up into the smallest possible bulk, and
thus Sleep
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

A good camel will travel 100 miles day
for ten days through the desert
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

More than half the population of the
earth has direct access to the Pacific
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

Indigestion is a bad companion. Get
rid Of 1t by chewing bar OF Adams Pep.
sin Tutti Frutti after each meal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

1t requires no experience to dye with
PUTNAM FADELEss DYES. Simply boiling
your goods in the dye Is all that is necessary.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
GET FREE ADVICE FROM Or. GREENE

Real belongs perfect health possible
advice
specialist will all thlss
that
happiness You consult Dr. 0ene without BY calling writ
City,
sway your Write to-day.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
for the Blood and Nerves

Attractive the female organism OF order
always periodically
necessary everywhere
be why they pale thin?
The age-herald., 1900-11-04
WHAT ID SEE AND HOW ID TRAVEL
 5 IN AND AROUND B|G BIRMINGHAM
The Railroads and the Trolley Cars and the Wonderful Sights
 for Visitors

No city in the South Is blessed with bet ter railroad and street car facilities than Birmingham, and the thousands of visitors who come to the State Fair will no doubt appreciate this fact before they have bid den this great city of industries goodbye.
 Nearly every section of the State is con- nected with Birmingham by a direct rail- road route, and in cases where change or lines becomes necessary the schedules are so arranged that very little time is lost.
 There are running directly into Birming- ham the main lines of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Southern Railway, Central Of Georgia Railroad, Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad and the Birming- ham Mineral Railroad. Besides these are several small branches of the Southern and the Louisville and Nashville which tap the many mining towns clustered around in the Birmingham district.
 All of these lines have been doing thriv- ing business since the State Fair was open ed; traffic has been heavy, though the fair is yet in its infancy.
 The visitor after arriving in Birmingham is always confronted with the problem or where are the important sights and how 
 time. This problem has been solved by the street car company.
 No city in the country is equipped with better system of street railways than is Birmingham. On all the lines a perfect schedule Is maintained, and there is never a congestion of cars at the crowded street orossings-a familiar sight in some cities Any suburban town, excepting Bessemer can be reached within thirty minutes.
 Of recent years the first place of interest to strangers is Ensley, the wonderful little Steel City, which like a mushroom suddenly sprung Into great industrial center from barren fields and pine thickets.
 The Various Car Lines
 The street car line to Ensey Is called the Ensley line, and cars leave the corner of Second avenue and Nineteenth street every fifteen minutes. Pratt City and Thomas are also on the Ensley line, and at both towns there are many places of interest. The fare to Thomas is five cents, and to Pratt City and Ensley ten cents.
 Bessemer can be reached by steam dunn mics. These miniature trains leave the cor
The age-herald., 1900-11-04
SOCIETY
Continued from Tenth Page).

Continued from Tenth Page). ----~~-~~---~-~~~~-~----~ Hord Club on Tuesday. The programme for the afternoon was follows: "The English Folk, leader, Miss Massey; "Teu- tonic Arrival" Mrs. Massey; Conversion of Kingdom to Christianity" Mrs John ston. Literature, Bede, Caedmon, The Bards, Mrs Montgomery. Parliamentary drill.
 Mrs. " M. Hutchinson, of New Orleans who will be in the Strother-Kitchell we'd ding party, is stopping at present with Mrs. Savage, Rush avenue
 
 Miss Helen Nushat has returned home after spending the summer in south Ala bama
 Miss Lidie Lane of Auburn will reach Birmingham next Tuesday, and be the guest of Miss Mary George Lynn. MT. and Mrs c. c. snider and their little daughter Mary have returned from Char lotte, N. c.
 Mrs L. s. Handley and Mrs John Streit, who went as delegates from the Central church to the meeting of the Foreign Mis- sionary Union at Huntsville, have re- turned.
 Dr. and Mrs Felix Tarranta of Brewtes. are visiting Dr. J. H. McCarty. Miss Frances Elizabeth slbert of Gads- den will be the guest of the Misses New man, 516 Twenty-second street, north, dur ing the fair
 Mrs. R. F. Wilcox and Miss Henrietta Wilcox have returned from a months visit to New York
 The Amaranth Club will hold Its next meeting with Miss Ethel Sharp next Fri- day.
 Miss Browder of Gallon and Mrs. Garber are visiting their sister, Mrs. Jane Whee- Ian, in this city.
 Miss Katherine Roberts of Knoxville, Tenn, will arrive in the city tomorrow night and be the guest of Miss Nina Strother, 621 Twenty-second street, North.
  Misses Mary Palmer, Jennie Palmer and Bessie Leak of Tuscaloosa are visiting Miss Grace Berry of Birmingham during the fair.
The age-herald., 1900-11-04

ner of Nineteenth street and Second ave nue every hour and fifteen minutes. At Bessemer can be seen the largest pipe works in the South. On the Bessemer line is the famous Hawkins Spring. This beau tiful work of nature covers an area of about thirty feet square, and its depth has never been ascertained. A line over one hundred feet in length has been let down into the depths of this spring, but the bot tom was never found. The fare to Besse- mer is 25 cents round trip.
 Gate City, East Birmingham, Woodlawn and other smaller suburban towns can be reached over the Gate City line. Cars on this route leave the corner of Nineteenth street and Second avenue via Nineteenth street every twenty minutes. At East Bir- mingham can be seen the works of the Con- tinental Gin Works, the cotton oil mill and a great machine and foundry plant. At Gate City the rolling mills are in operation.
 Cars for East Lake, Woodlawn and Avon dale leave the corner of First avenue and Nineteenth street every fifteen minutes. Tn Sloss Furnaces the coke ovens, the plant of the Blakesle Manufacturing Company and the Avondale Cotton Mills are visible from the East Lake cars.
 The North Birmingham cars leave the corner of First avenue and Nineteenth street via First avenue every twenty min utes. The town of North Birmingham and North Birmingham Park are on this line. These cars will also carry visitors to the North Birmingham furnaces and the Dim mick Pipe Plant
 Persons desiring to visit Elyton, West End, Cleveland and Powderly should take the Elyton cars. These leave the corner Of Second avenue and Nineteenth street every twenty minutes. The cars are marked Twelfth Avenue and Powderly."
 Cars to Fountain Heights and Avondale and Avondale Park via Twentieth street and Avenue F leave the corner of Twentf- eth street and Second avenue every twelve minutes.
 Cars to Lakeview and various points along Highland avenue and the South Highlands leave Second avenue and Nine teenth street every fifteen minutes.
 All North and South Highland cars tra- verse Twentieth street at intervals of eight minutes. Highland loop cars leave Second avenue and Twentieth street every twenty minutes.
 For the convenience of visitors to the fair a temporary car service has been establish ed which lands passengers at the main en- trance gate. These cars run on a loop, and leave Nineteenth street and Second avenue every few minutes, returning up town via First avenue.
The age-herald., 1900-11-04

to the true artistic worth of the book re- mains to be seen.
 It is said that Mir Winston Churchill, the author of Richard Carvel," after consd- ering a number of hattering offers for the serial publication of his new novel on the subject of the civil war, finally decided that he would publish the story Tn book form only. This means that he sacrificed not less than ten thousand dollars by the decision. Well, one facetious writer adds that man who makes as much as MT. Churchill has made out of one novel can afford to sacrifice a few thousand dollars for an idiosyncrasy.
 Ernest Seton-Thompson writes to Bird Lore from abroad of a growing superstl- ton in Paris against the meaning of ''ai- grettes, which, with characteristic origi- nality, he voices in rhyme, as follows: ''The danes of France no longer wear The plumes they used to prize; They find that aigrettes in the hair
 Bring crows feet in the eyes,
 PAUL PRY.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09

There are more or less rumors that
President Kruger of. the Tranvaal re-
public will sue for peace. Doubtless
he will some time, but it is hardly like
ly that he will yet. The reverse from
Kimberly with the loss of Gen. Cronje,
and the relief of Ladysmith, would
hardly seem to be sufficient cause fol-
the complete encouragement of the
Beers, unless convinced of the utter
hoplessness of their course, and be-
lief that it would better to stop now
and so put an end to further slaughter.
But war is not very often carried on on
that basis. It generally takes most
decisive defeat to bring about peace,
and such an event has not yet occurred
ON either side. While there is proba-
bly, no question as to the outcome of
the war, because of the superiority of
British forces, still it would not be at all
surprising but there would yet be severe
British reverses. The face of the coun-
try does not indicate one-sided con-
test, even from now on.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-09
EXTENDING THE CONSTITUTION

There is no doubt that the sentiment
of the country is making itself felt at
Washington. The people do not want
the Porto Rican tariff bill. They did
not want it on first thought. nor do
they want it on second sober thought
after hearing arguments in its favor.
President Mckinley struck popular
feeling when he recommended the ap
preparation of the duties collected, for
the relief of the island. And Senator
Davis has brought forth the final solu-
ton of the question in his amendment
to the bill, extending the provisions of
the constitution as relating to tariff du-
ties and interstate commerce to Porto
Rico, It is clear, concise and states
manship way of solving the difficulty
presented. 1t gives free trade to Porto
Rico with the states and that is as it
should be. This amendment will sus-
tain the contention of the President and
the Republicans that the constitution
does not apply to our new possessions,
and cannot so apply until congress so
extends it. This will define the status
of Porto Rico, and leave that of the
Philippines for future action, which
can be taken without prejudice in this
case.
Senator Nelson has an amendment
prepared which Washington reports
state he will offer when the proper
time comes. providing for the extend
ing of our customs laws to Porto Rico.
Sentiment in the senate seems to be
erystalizing against the bill, and it be-
gins to look now as though the danger
of law imposing duty on trade be-
tween Porto Rico and the states was
passing away,
In this matter the Republicans made
a mistake, and they are showing the
country that they are big enough and
broad enough to correct it.