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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
Salt and Ashes for HOga.

One item of feed for hogs which
should never be neglected is GOOD
supply of salt and ashes to which they
can have access always. Wood ashes
can always be had and the hogs should
have all they will eat. When not con-
venient to give ashes, charcoal is
good substitute, and even soft coal Will
be eaten for want of something better,
says an exchange. Hogs are never in
jured by eating all the ashes they
want, but it is not safe to give large
amounts Of salt to animals not ac-
customed to it's use. The salt and ash
es mixture should be kept in a low
box under a shed where it will be pro-
tected from rain, and should consist
of about two quarts Of salt for each
bushel of ashes. Many feeders prefer
to add a few ounces of copperas to the
mixture. Free access to such mix
ture will do much to preserve the
health of hogs, and sows which have
an abundance of such feed will rarely
eat their young.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
A Woman's Charm.

Flowers have magic in their soften
ing influence, and few people can resist
the soothing effect of a dainty eXquis-
itely served. These little preparations
are merely the daughters background.
She must come to the front with
question to her father about some pub
lie event in which he is interested, or
a story which will start train of-con-
versation. A girls first thought in this
must not be to shine, but to please; not
to put herself forward, but to bring the
others out, to be genuinely interested
in them, so that she may be an inter-
esting person. Interest is the salt
which seasons life.
Some of us regard almost with envy
women of whom we hear, women who
are spoken of by their acquaintances
as fascinating and charming, and we
wonder what their secret is. Well, it
is usually an open secret, and nobody
can monopolize it; part of it is for you
and for everyone who wishes to be in
fiuential and pleasing-forget yourself;
think of others.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
Strange Farming.

Not all the farming in the world is
carried on in the country. Some branch
es of the farmers work are pursued
in cities, and even in their crowded
parts. A writer in Casselrs Saturday
Journal is responsible for the state
ment that the fattening of pigs is not
Incompatible with life in densely
populated quarter, and cites a case in
point.
A man who kept small grocers
shop in the heart of a city was for
years very successful as fattener OF
pigs. Under his shop was cellar, the
front door and window of (Which were
boarded up. Access to it could be OBJ
tanned only at the back.
This cellar was always occupied by
two pigs, although not always by the
same ones. The owner would smuggle
his young charges into the cellar by
night, bed them down with the straw
from his egg cases, and feed them ON
the bread and potatoes and vegetables
that the youngsters of the neighbor.
hood bought him in exchange for
handful or two of candy.
So little did it cost him to feed his
charges that he is said to have grown
rich on his profits. The same butcher
bought one pair after another of these
city-fattened pigs.
A still more unlikely place in which
to look for pigs is a back bedroom.
but even this shelter is not unheard-of
one to the writer. These particular
pigs were we'll trained. They not only
lived upstairs, but they walked down.
Their owner knew that washing them
helped to put on weight. so he used to
take them into the small back yard
for Tubing and taught them to walk
upstairs and down. He would never
have been found out If some of his
neghbors had not complained of him.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
A Snowy Gown,

India silk, made up with the front PAN
el entirely different. The front
breadth, which is narrowly gored at the
hips, is covered with long panel of
rich openwork embroidery on fawn
silk ground. The cartwheel pattern
embroidery is made with a darker
shade of silk Through the interstices
you see a glimpse of sky-blue chiffon.
The bodice of fawn- -colored silk opens
over waistcoat of accordion-p -pleated
blue chiffon. The hat is of white erin,
trimmed with chiffon.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
New Occupation, for Women.

Some women In England have made
beginning ut learning pharmacy.
There Is a school in this science Ill
London which begins lectures in Octo-
Der of each year A preliminary eX-
animation In Latin, English and arith-
metic has to be passed. After the lee
lures the would-be chemist goes to
dispensary or druggist for three years
practice. At the end of that time. If
found proficient. dispensers certifi-
cate may be obtained. A London news
paser suggests to women that any one
with $250O cannot do better than to
start n chemists shop in that city,
Another suggested occupation for wom-
en- is photographng babies. This is
said to be the most difficult as well as
remunerative part of photographers
business. Mothers have their children
photographed in descending ratio, af-
ter the first few years. and to be
successful photographer of Infants
means rapid multiplication of busi-
ness. The number of duplicates or
baby's pictures Is one of the paying
features of making pictures OF little
folks Three dozen copies Is ire
quent order for children's pictures,
while dozen usually satisfies the per-
son Of larger growth.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
Cultivation of the Orchard.

Apples in a cultivated orchard ripen
later than in one that is not cultivated,
the fruit hangs on the trees better, and
it keeps better than fruit which ripens
earlier. Fruit trees should occupy the
best land on the farm, as it requires
good soil to furnish the constant
supply of plant food that is consumed
by the trees, for bearing tree con-
yumes more food from the soil than a
lree which does not bear; hence the inn
portance of heavily manuring orchard
land Fall is the best time for setting
trees, for trees set in the fall become
well established, and are ready to grow
when spring comes. The wound on the
roots, made in transplanting, heals
over during the winter, the soil be-
comes firm around the roots and resists
drouth much better than spring plant
ed trees. The holes which are to receive
the trees should be at least three feet
square, and of sufficient depth. The
soil should be thoroughly mixed with
we'll rotted manure and we'll filed in
and pressed among the roots. Trees
set in this way will grow twice as
rapidly as trees set in haphazard
way. All cross limbs and water
sprouts should be cut off each year,
and shortening the tops annually is
advantageous as trees are then not liza
BILE to break down when loaded with
fruit and the fruit is more easily gath
cred.
Grass shall never be grown In an or
chard nor any grain crop as they tend
to draw the moisture from the soil and
leave the trees without the necessary
supply to mature the fruit and sustain
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
The Boating Cape.

For cool evenings on the water use a
boating cape Of blue cloth. the shade
of which is neither dark nor light. 1t
Is patterned after a golf cape, except
ing in the detail that it is not volu-
minous, and is smartly trimmed with
three bands of glace silk of the same
color. These so down the fronts and
around the bottom. They are slightly
graduated in width. narrower over the
chest, and broadening as they make
the horizontal turn. Three straps of
glace silk over cloth button the cape
to the chin. The collar is high in the
back.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

There is more Catarrh in this section of.the
country than all other diseases put together.
and until the last few years was supposed.tobe
incurable. For a great many years doctors
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced it in
durable. Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured by F. j. Cheney 8 Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the
10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
1t fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address FL. CHENEYE Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
Subduing Bog Lands.

The question of economically sub
DUNG and bringing under cultivation
swamp lands is very important one.
Such areas often constitute some of our
most productive lands, but the ex-
pense of bringing them under culti-
vation is often greater than their mar
ket value when the work Is accom-
plished. The value of such lands to the
farm. however. should not be judged
by their market value. but by the per-
centage of profit they will return on
the investment made in improving
them. This will usually be greater
than for most other kinds of farm
lands.
The area of about 16 acres on the
college farm has given us many points
of value as to the best method of sub
DUNG such lands. A portion of this
swamp has been plowed and seeded
to buckwheat without first removing
the bogs, but it was found that the
first cost of blowing was very heavy
and that large quantities of partially
broken down bogs had to be removed
after the buckwheat was harvested
before the land could be plowed and
wolN.u .uto Soou condition for hoed
crops. On another portion bogs were
cut and cartca from the field, but the
expense of this work was also yer
heavy. On stnI another portion tha
largest bogs We're cut and placed in
small heaps, and when sufficiently dry
were burned on the land. On the
whole. this was found to be the most
economical method yet tried. 1t has
not been found necessary to cut all OF
the bogs. as many of these could be
plowed through without serious diff
Guilty. Last year good crop Of Hun
garian grass was grown on a small
area, from which the largest bogs were
cut and burned in May.
BY attaching a plow to a stick Of
timber, fastened to the front of cart,
so that the plow came just outside of
the wheel the OK team was
able to walk on the unplowed
area, and thus the OK, that
would naturally walk in the furrow,
was able to walk ON firm ground. BY
using a large plow with short coul-
ter. the land was turned over quite fiat.
Notwithstanding the fact that the soil
when plowed seemed to contain
large amounts of partially decomposed
matter, we We're able to obtain a heavy
crop Of Hungarian by using small
quantity of lime as fertalizer. From
Que experience we would advise to
place the bogs, on the swamp area, in
to small heaps as early in the spring
as possible, to burn them as soon as
they are dry enough, to plow the land
in the early part of June, and to grow
either Hungarian grass or buckwheat.
Either of these crops could be removed
in August, early enough to seed the
land to grass. We would recommend
the use of builders lime. at the rate
of 700 to 500 pounds to the acre, after
the land is first plowed. and CORE
spending amount when the land Is
ready for seeding to grass.-Professor
c. S. Phelps, of Connecticut Agricul-
tural College.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
Wrote for rlrs. Pinkham's Advice
November, 1897

NOVemUeTS 1917
"DKAR MRS PINKHAM II am I great
sufferer, have much trouble Through
the lower part Of my bowels, Ind am
writing to you for advice. MSinses are
irregular and scanty, am troubled with
leucorrhoa, and ache SO through my
back and down through my loins. I
have spells of bloating very badly,
sometimes will be very large and other
times very much reduced. ."-MRs. CHAs.
E. JOHNSON, Box 80, Rumford Center,
Maine, Nov. 20, 1897.
Improvement Reported December,
1897
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM II wish to
cell you that I am improving in health.
I am ever SO much better than when I
wrote before. The trouble through
the lower part of bowels is better and
I am not bloated SO badly. Twas very
much swollen through the abdomen
before took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound. 1 still have a feel.
ing of fulness across my chest. have
used three bottles of it and am on the
fourth. Mrs. CHAs. E. JOHNSON, Box
80, Rumford Center. Maine, Dec. 1S, 1897
Enjoying Good Health June, 1899
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM Since q year
ago have been taking your medicine,
and am now strong and enjoying good
health. / have not been SO well for
three years, and feel very thankful to
you for what Lydia &. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound has done for me. !
would advise oil who suffer with fe-
male troubles to try your incidence
MRS. CHAs. E. JOHNSON, Box 80, Rum.
ford Center, Maine, June /, 1899.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
VICTIM CT sIMiAN JEALOUSY.
Talented Monkey Died Because Stunned
by His EnviOus Fellows.

by His Envious Fellows.
All that Borax, the little pink-eyed
monkey, wanted of his fellows in the
Lincoln park zoo was kind treatment,
and when they turned their backs OH
him and ignored the inoffensive crea-
ture altogether he got sick and sulked
in the darkest corner of the cage, The
keepers had never witnessed such a
strange manifestation of feeling akin
to human among the animals and did
not worry about Borax. The ostracism
imposed on him by his erstwhile COM
panions made Borax sick, and he re-
fused nourishment Sunday morning
the little animal died, and his long
tailed playmates of two ~eeks ago, ur-
forgiving even in the face of death.
refused to show the slightest sign Of
sorrow when he was carried away and
buried.
The circumstances of Borax's death
were not known to the thousands who
visited the animal reservation. They
found the monkeys in new cages, and
when something was said about de-
mise IN the colony they attributed 1t
to an accident upon moving. There
was one less simian to be bribed into
clever acrobat!c feat with a handful
of peanuts. but the demand was not
lessened through the absence of the
dead animal.
Borax was the cleverest performer
of all the monkeys, and his skill led
to his fate. He handicapped his fell
lows by his previous training, for he
came from circus where he got
bun if he rode spirited greyhound
around the track without losing his
seat and whipping if his performance
did not suit the trainer. Borax's life
ut the Lincoln park zoo had promise
of happy days. The first Sunday he
performed he got as many peanuts as
all the rest of the monkeys combined,
but Borax was not selfish and attempt
ed to divide his spoils. The simian's
generosity was regarded as an attempt
to lord it over the rest and he was not
thanked.
After months stay at Lincoln park
BoraX apparently wished he had never
left the circus, though the bun was
frequently stale and the beating Sc
we're one. There he was on good terms
with the greyhound and the savage
bull terrier that wouldn't treat any
other member of the outfit with the
least show of civility. Borax did his best
to furnish amusement to the crowd,
but would not accept the rewards. At
ter dark his cage companions would
appropriate their despised comrades
emoluments though they made unkind
remarks about him.
You can't tell me that the pink-eyed
fellow didn't die of grief" said one
of the keepers yesterday. 1T was a
plain case of getting shut out in the
cold. He wanted to be the good fel-
low with the crowd, but they wouldn't
stand for it. 1t is just like men, any
how If they see chap succeeding
they begin talking bad about him. Bo.
raX wasn't accustomed to that sort or
thing, and it broke him all up.
could see he could not live through it.
He didn't see any chance of getting
back to the circus or another job, so
he went back in the cage and starved
himself to death. That monkey was
more sentimental than many human
g"-Chicago Chronicle.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
The Pale Sapphire.

For many years fashion has highly
esteemed the beautiful "star" sapphire
of ultramarine hue among the precious
stones. But now it seems there is q
craze for paler sapphires, those which
have a steely CLINT being preferred to
the glorious depth of color seen in the
darker stones. The pale sapphire is
mounted in scarf pins, it is cut with
intaglio coat Of arms, as signet ring
for the man Of the family. Pale sap
phires, three in a row, are mounted OH
slender gold bar for lace pin.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
White Tips.

A modish tolue Of mauve panne is
made up to be worn with foulard
gown in tender mauve varied by curl
ing scrolls of white. The toque is en-
tirely covered with mauve panne vel
vet. The feature of the garniture
being the ostrich feathers arranged in
a panache in front. slightly to the left.
These beauties are of like tint, but
they have creamy white tips curling
over. The effort is excellent with a
mauve and white toilet. Evidently the
iyer's art has been developed to pitch
unthought Of in former years.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
A Few Points Regarding Deiry Work.

A writer who has spent years In
farming has, in that time, taken quite
an interest in his cows and how to in
crease profits in dairying. He lived In
the west and wts a successful farmer,
hence few points from him may be
of service to others engaged In the
dairy business.
If you live in town and only have
one COW, she is of the greatest interest
to you and yours. and to treat her well,
and let her serve you abundar..y is
the desire of her owner. There are sew
eral ways to increase profits in dairy
ing, and one is being regular, to be kind
and gentle in treatment; supply plenty
of pure water as near as possible and
of the right temperature. Watch the
process of feeding; this is very impor-
tant, ''judicious feeding"
Prepare comfortable housing and
grow on the farm the most producing
foods; keep the best of heifer calves,
says this farmer, and raise them on
dairy feeds.
One thing this western farmer writes
that 1 know to be of the greatest help.
is in thorough hygienic practice. Clean
liness is Imperative. He says the milk
ers should wash their hands thorough
ly and purify and disinfect them be-
fore milking by washing them in bo-
rax water. The best dairymen ever
knew had their men follow this strict
ly, as they claimed that little black
under the rim of the nail might con-
tain poisonous disease germs.
Another important item is. to wash
the milk cans, crooks. ETC., in warm
water. and use a small brush and add
tablespoonful Of pearline to the water
to make good cleansing suds; and you
should clean the seams thoroughly,
and rinse in warm water, and scrub
we'll with this little brush, so as to
get every particle of soil. every speck
out. Bacteria multiply rapidly when
milk is split or allowed to remain to
dry about a dairy or milk house.
Think over these points and they may
be of great SERVICES. ]. H., in the
Southern Farmer.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
Cultivatiug Roadsides.

A recent visitor to Long Island tells
of passing places where not only the
enclosed fields showed indications OF
being under high cultivation, but the
roadside was plowed and planted al
most up to the travelled track. This
kind of work is usually done by those
Of European birth, who have been ac-
customed to making the most use pos
sible of the small tracts they have.
No land lies idle, close planting is the
general rule, and one crop follows an
other so closely that the ground has
some growing crop covering ii. almost
every week in the year. Those who
are accustomed to the large farms OF
quarter and half sections may laugh
at these little gardens, but some or
those same ''pocket handkerchief lots"
as they are called by visitors from the
west in allusion to their diminutive
size. actually return as much income
to their owner as 100-acre wheat field.
While the farmer with plenty of land
may not care to plant even potatoes
between his fence and the wagon road,
we know some who keep that space
cleared up and in grass and get good
loads of hay from it. while it is fer
,ilized by the road dust and the ele-
ments that are in what is dropped
there, and ground into dust. Not only
is there a profit in it, but the grass
plot looks much more pleasant than
bushes and briars, or heaps of stone.
tin cans and other rubbish often de-
posted by the roadside.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
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Growing Crab Grass.

Crab grass seems to thrive best when
warm weather and rains favor other
crops. 1t is strictly summer grass
or weed (as anything not wanted is q
weed, but crab grass does not grow
on soil that is made loose after every
rain. 1t grows only when the soil is
somewhat compact. This fact demon
strates the advantages of rolling the
soil after seeding to crop of wheat
rye, etc. The earth is pressed to the
1eeds and they then germinate sooner
than when the soil is loose.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
Too Many Fees.

The honey producing industry of
Evansville, Ind, has reached such
magnitude that the city council is con-
sidering an ordinance declaring the
bees a nuisance and requiring the owp.
ers of hives to move them outside the
city limits. 1t is said that 20 persons
have colonies of bees in the city and
the bees produce $4,000 worth of hon
ey year.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
The Tassel ON the Sleeve.

A f,.Hther development Of the Bishop
sleeve or the belled sleeve is to ap-
pend a silken tassel to its lowest tip,
near the outside seam. One could have
rather too muc.l Of such mode IL car
ried to extreme. but 1t Will probably
be some time yet before the fashion Of
wearing tassel on your elbow becomes
generally common. In truth it Is a
style better adapted to a negligee gar
ment than for anything to be worn out
side Of ones own gown.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

the wood growth. Turning under
growing crops Of clover and COW peas,
adds large quantity of humus to the
soil. Potash is generally deficient in
old orchards, and to supply this I'M
portant element Of plant food there is
nothing better than hardwood ashes
applied at the rate Of $50 bushels per
acre.-C. w. Norris, in the Agricultural
Epitomist.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
The once and the Man.

"You are never in your office" com.
planned the angry taxpayer. "Yet be-
fore election you sought the Office
hard enough"
Il did" replied the other man. "bc.
the office may seek me "-Balti.
more American.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
DISCOMFORT
after MEALS

STIFFNESS and finding the Food both to dis
tend and painfully hang like heavy
weight at the pit OF the Stomach, are symp-
toms OF Indigestion. With these the suf-
ferers will often have Constipation, Inward
Piles, Fullness of the Blood In the Head,
A:idlty OF fthe Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn,
Headache, Disgust Of Food, Gaseous Eruc-
tations, Sinking or Fluttering OF the Heart,
Choking or Suffocating Sensations when In
u lying posture, Dizziness on rising sud
denly, Dots or Webs before the Sight, Fever
and Dull Pain In the Head, Deficiency OF
Perspirat!on, Yellowness OF the Skin and
Eyes, Pain In the Side, Chest, Limbs and
Sudden Flushes of Heat A few doses OF
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
Convenient for the Ant.

Ants can stand extremes of heat and
cold. Forty eight hours exposure TO
frost will not kill them. and one sort
has been observed to build its nest IN
Cbiuks in q blacksmith's forge.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27
Growing Lavendar In England.

At the village of Wellington, near
Croydon. England, lavender-growing,
as commercial undertaking. is pros
pering in greater degree than ever
before. while peppermint, pennyroyal.
rosemary and camomile are also grown.
Dyeing is as simple as washing when you
druggists.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-27

Most counterfeit documents are de-
tected through some Individual pecul-
larity Of the counterfeiter of which he
himself is not aware.