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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-02-08

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VITALITY low, debilitatci or exhausted cured
bv DR. kline's Invigoratins Tonic. FREE 81
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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
How Camel. Act In water.

eamels cannot swim. They are very
buoyant. but Unbalanced. and their
heads go under water They can, how
ever. be taught to swim rivers with
the aid of goatskins or jars fastened
under their necks. During the Relu.
chistan expedition OF is',s the eaiaels
ships aud the drivers plungIng over.
board elamhered ON the the rumps Of
their charges. causing the animals
heads 10 come up. aud thus assisted
they were successfully plloted ASHORE
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

and shipped usually to Manila, where
they are separated, rebaled and
shipped either to Hong Kong, where
there is an immense rope-walk. or to
New York, Boston or London. The
rope-walk at Hong Kong is one of the
largest in the world. Its product prac-
tically supplies China, Japan and Aus
tralia. Very little hemp is made into
rope or twine in Manila. Although
crude roDe-walks exist IN different
parts of the island, their manufac-
tured article, although strong and
durable, would not compete in the for
eigh market. Hemp subsecves every
purpose that leather might with the
native. He twists it into sandals.
uses it for harnesses, and it answers
for binders in the building of his nipa
hut. The utility of hemp is well un-
derstood to the Filipino. The finer
quality is selected and reserved for
weaving purposes, being made up into
really handsome cloth, while the or
binary hemp is universally used to
make a coarse though durable mate
rial, worn generally by the natives,
who delight in gaudy colors and pic
turesque though scanty costumes.
There is still another texture woven
from the selected strands of outer
fibre, intermixed with the fibre of the
pne-leaf. The cloth has the semblance
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
A DOG SHOE FOR K1oND1KE WEAR.

that the animals become practically
useless, and must be abandoned, TO
the enlargement of the life of the
traveller who has put his trust in ca
nine motive power.
AS a precaution against misfortune
Of this kind 1t has been common
thing to wrap the dogs feet in cloth,
a piece of leather or rubber. At best
all of these, however, were crude and
poorly adapted to carry out the desired
object. They protected the dogs feet,
but at the same time interfered with
the free use of their legs. The devel-
opment of the Klondike has given spe-
cial impetus to the demand for some
proper protection for dogs feet.
The dogs shoe, of which the accom-
panying photograph was sent from the
far Northwest to Shoe and Leather
Facts, is made of chrome tanned elk
leather, and the upper OF calf, making
soft, pliable and yet comfortable
shoe. There is a tongue at the back,
and the lacings are at the back of the
leg instead of on the front. because a
dogs knee bends just opposite from
mans.
The dogs. it is said, take very kindly
to these shoes. They become so ac-
customed to wearing them that they
don't like to go without them, with
the result that on the trail they will
often come up to the driver in the
morning and hold out their legs to
have their shoes put on, not unlike
children. If by chance the shoes
should be laced too tight. they will
whine and speedily make manifest
their discomfort, wagging their tails
with joy when the shoes are laced to
their liking
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
wild Sheen Shootinc

The sheep began to move toward us,
1t had been a long climb to get be-
yond and above them, but now we
two hundred yards away. l could
see their white muzzles,as though they
had been sticking their noses into Il
flour bag. Now l could see the wrin-
kles In the horns of the rams. The
hoofs of the advancing flock made n
swishing, pattering sound, and they
were only fifty yards away. l took
the nearest ram, and he never drew
breath again. Johnnie's forty-four
barked spitefully He made neat
hit on another ram, further away than
my already dying victim, but failed
to stop it. Those sheep did not sail
away like deer, touching here and
there high place. They flattened
themselves out, shot around corner.
and We're gone. Johnnie followed. and
| was alone. In few seconds heard
Johnnie's gun feebly humping away.
There was no echoing roar. such as
you hear in tile thick woods. / picked
my way cautiously after Johnnie. and
when | saw the jumps he had made,
and the chances he had taken, | knew
there was much for me to learn about
hasty mountain travel. Johnnie shot
six times. and two hundred yards
ahead. ON the crooked, rocky descent
the sheep had taken. l found him on
his knees by the big ram. Three bul.
lets had struck. Scribner's.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
The Fat Man. Pre- e-En,insnce.

We are pretty sure for long gener
atlons of seeing the preponderance of
northern races. One of their peculiar
tiles Is that of being heavy eaters.
This Is Inconsistent with a clean-built
figure. The modern capitalist rarely
comes from a climate like that of Ath-
ems or Naples. He fortiiies himself
against the long winters of New York.
London, Amsterdam. Berlin and Frank
fort by substantial aud oft-recurring
meals. His body is u quick -combus-
tlon stove wrapped up In warm gar
ments that prevent light, easy motion.
Men of the money-making class have
considerable girth OF walstcoat. Lon
don Truth.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
BALING HEMP.

the tricks Of the trade. The native
will bring his hemp down from the
plantation in moist state and offer
it for sale at night hoping thus to fool
the middleman as to weight and quail
ity, but as this part of the business is
mostly in the hands of the Chinese.
there is little danger that they will
be deceiv al or cheated. The China
man is the sharpest bargain-driver in
the world, and whether it is hemp.
silk or old junk, he is fully capable
of looking after his interests. Fine
ness of fibre, color, strength and
length determine the value and grade
of hemp. If it be carefully stripped
over a smooth knife, Immediately and
thoroughly dried, and of good length,
it will bring the highest price If it
be carelessly stripped, juice being left
in the fibre, it loses its color and be-
comes coarse. 1t then is considered
of a second and third grade quality
and brings a smaller price. The ma
tive watches the market, and If he
hear tat the demand is heavy he
linus VI tHt
and compels him to pay first-grade
prices for second and third grade pro-
ducts. Formerly hemp brought in Ma
Mia from $40 to $50 per ton, always
fluctuatin-; according to the supply,
| at times going up to $500 per ton. but
at present the price is practically pro-
hibitive, and it looks as if it would
! u. \
win Wildman, in Harper's Weekly.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

hazel nut had been attacked by nut
hatch and Il clean round hole made in
it at one end-the marks of the blows
of the birds beak being clearly visible
in the actual specimen. The nut was
dropped by the bird after the kernel
fall to the ground with the hole down.
ward. Into this hole grew the tip of
the sprouting dog gs-mercury. and find
ing itself in blind alley the plant
was compelled to describe complete
circle within the cavity of the nutshell
and to emerge at the same hole as that
by which it had entered. Having ex-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

of unfinished silk, and is pretty and
durable. though not as beautiful or
dressy as the pure pine-leaf fibre silk
known as pima cloth. the best woven
product of the islands.
The entire hemp industry of the
Philippines is still worked by primi.
tive Methods and with simple contriv.
ances. che native, though uuambl-
tious himself. is Jealous of the China
man. and Is averse 10 the Celestial get
ting control of the plantations or con.
tracts, while scorning up-to-datometh-
ods himself. The "Cheno," however,
has made .nroads in this industry. as
we'll as in Others in the Philippines
Had he not, the development would
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
The Hemp Industry
Of the Philippines.

parts. AS well try to produce ma
chine to comb the snarls out of wOm-
ans hair as to make a mechanical
hemp-stripper.
The native is paid for his work in
hemp, dividing the product equally
with the plantation owner. When he
cuts and strips all he can carry, he
twists up the fibre into great roll
and goes down to the plantation own
er's housc, and there the division is
made. They then hang up the rolls
until the middle e-man or contractor
comes along and bargain is struck.
The bales are crudely fastened to-
gether and carried to the nearest port
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
the baling and local marketing Of the

the baling and local marketing Of the
hemp.
The presses at the seaport towns are
crude affairs. After the fibre is classi-
fed and separated into three piles or
classes, it is dumped in bulk into a
huge press and a screw applied. At
ter this operation it is taken out and
put into another press of more regular
design and of more imposing charac-
ter. The second press is operated by
an eight-armed capstan on an over
head platform, and a score or more Of
naked coolies, usually Chinese. push
it around. The sight is most amusing.
With grunts, laughs and confused jar
gon and raillery they urge each othe,.:
on and manage to bring their strength
together at loudly accentuated periods.
A good-sized press will turn out 300
to 400 bales day, and in the course
of a year n million or more bales are
prepared Tor shipment. In Cebu large
quantities are handled, principally the
products of Leyte and Samar, al
though in Manila the largest presses
are in operation.
The classification of hemp requires
the skill of an old hand. and the expe-
rienced eye of buyer who knows all
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
Y HE prospectcr seeking for in
vestment need not dig below
the surface in the philiDpineS.

VeStment need not ulS DelOW
the surface in the Philippines.
The culture and harvesting
of hemp is the biggest gold mine he
will find. The islands seem to have
been especially made for the benefit of
the abaca plant. The moist though
not swampy country to the south of
Manila, the Camarircs, Samar, Leyte
and Cebu, would produce solid over
growth of the abaca trees if left to
take its own course.
The tree itself resembles closely the
banana palm, but differs essentially
in the fineness of it's fibre and it's bar
renness of fruit.
especi..,ly provided for the hemp coun-
try. Tending to improvidence and in
dolency. the hemp industry furnishes
them employment whenever they run
short of rice and tobacco, for hemp
can be harvested almost at any time
except dui ing the short rainy season.
Attempts have been made to trans
plant the hemp trees taking them only
as far away as Borneo, but the musa
textiles refused to cohabitate with any
but Philippine soil. The Pacific slopes
of the volcanic regions of the islands
produce the best plants. Although the
abaca tree coddles to thin soil. and
rather dry, quickly drained localities,
the trunk and leaves demand frequent
and abundant moisture. Given the
proper conditions, the vast plantations
will thrive like asparagus beds. Very
little cultivation is required: an occa-
sional wedding and replanting at
the harvest time and nature does the
rest. The crop is not gathered as if it
were a corn field, but the trees are
found in all stages of growth, and the
native passes through regular routes.
slashing q plant here and there, his
practiced eye the sole judge of its ma
turity. Three years is the proper age
for harvesting. The hemp-stripper
goes forth much as huntsman
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

would. With his bolo IN belt and
bamboo canteen full of rice slung over
his shoulder, he hies himself to the
uplands. After feeling the plants.
which ut the age of three years are
about ten feet high, he proceeds to
clip off shoot and rep ant it. After
number of trees are cut the strip
ping process begins. All the leaves
are torn off and the outer skin of the
stalk is peeled off. Inside of the trunk
is n pithy substance. and around this
are layers of fibre imbeddeI in a soft
juicy substance. The fibre must be
separated from the stalk ut once lest
it rot. Many Americans have cher
ished the idea of exporting the trunk
intact. but the enterprise is not feast
BILE because of the perishable nature of
the puipous segrement.
A bamboo-made bench is impro-
eised. and at one end the stripper binds
his bolo; the handle attached 70 his
foot by another bamboo strip Across
the blade he draws the stalk until the
fibre Is thoroughly separated without
injury, preserving its length of from
eight to ten feet. and leaving 1t fine
and beautiful that the tropical sun
may lick up the moisture still bleeding
from the operation. The work of
stripping is very tiresome and requires
the skill of n trained hand.
The white man has often attempted
TO improve upon the brown mans
method OF stripping the hemp. but de
spite large expenditures and ingenious
mechanical contrivances no machine
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

ecuted this gymnastic feat the plant
seems To have got along quite happily.
for all its upper leaves are quite nor
NAL, though one of its lower leaves
had to twist itself uncomfortably to
get out to the light of day. The plant
lifted the nut several inches of the
ground as Il grew.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

The tonnage of the whole merean-
tile steam marine OF Russia. Japan OF
Holland does not equal the tonnage
OF the merchant vessels taken over
by the English government a. trans-
porta
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
a VEGETABLE coNToR1IoNIsT.

Queer Freak of Little Sprig of Dogs
Mercury.
These two pictures relate to an ex-
traordinary occurrence that befell a
plant of dogs mercury growing in
Charterhouse Copse, in England. A
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

has been produced that takes the place
of the native. Patents have been
taken out. aud large sums ef money
spent upon experimental machines,
but the texture aud peculiar nature of
the abaea plant seem 10 require the
touch vt human hands to separate Iis
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25

not have been ms rapid as Il has. The
native Is thoroughly capable, and un.
derstansls the treatment of the plant
and It's harvesting. aud could he be
induced to work with regularity would
be as good laborer rs the Gilman
man. but the Celestial usually coatrols
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
DOCS co IN SHOE LEATHER.
Canine Footgear as Worn in the
/ KlOndike,

Klondike.
One of the greatest dangers con-
fronting travellers in parts of the world
where dogs take the place of horses is
that the dogs which draw sleds or
transport goods may freeze their feet
by contact with ice, and SO injure them
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-25
bR. TALMAGES SERMON /.
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.

Subject: Thickenine Gioom - Growing
Old without Religion a Disrnat PrOs-
pect-ConsolinE suggestiona to Those
Who Have Passed Life's Meridian.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-02-16
DOG IN A DIVORCE COURT.
A sharD-sccnted bloodhound mt
bucharest Picks Up bit OF
DAMAGING Evidence.

A certain Nell-known inhabitant OF
Bucharest is the director Of manufac-
tory which, being situated on he out
skirts of the ely, he goes TO carly each
morning, returning late in the after
noon.
The director was some few years ago
married to the daughter Of rich mer-
chant. lie also POSSESSES a splendid
bloodhound, which mad become very
clever in finding and bringing any lost
object Of his master or mistress.
Little did the director, when teaching
his dog tie trick, fancy to what pur-
pose he was doing it.
Among his intimate friends he reck-
oned certain banker, and visiting him
one afternoon. accompanied b. his dog,
he noticed it sniff around The waste
paper basket and then bring ont from
among the scraps Of paper green silk
handkerchief, which seemed strangely
familiar to him. lie seized it and peck
eted it, without the banker noticing,
and soon after took bis leave.
The lady WIS packed off 10 her par
ents and proceedings for divorce COM
meneed. She ultimately confessed to
having given the handkerchief as a
memento, which the banker had thrown
into his waste paper basket to be found
by the intelligent bloodhound.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-02-16
SIXTY-FIVE SNAKES.
That Number of Young Ones swat
lowed by Thirty-lnch Moth
or WrigHler.

Prof w. II. Gaar, superintendent of
the schools at New Lisbon, a small town
in Indiana, made remarkable discoy-
cry in natural history few days ago.
Prof. Gaar is a naturalist of recognized
standing and has many specimens of
rare animals and plants preserved in
his museum, but the specimen snake
just secured is the most interesting and
curious of all this collection, reports a
local exchange.
Prof. Gaar tells the story of his cap
ture and his statement is corroborated
by Frederick Dryer and John Boyer,
farmers, who witnessed the capture.
Following is Prof. Gaar's story: 1.-THE
other day at my nursery l killed slate
colored snake about 30 inches long, of
variety unknown to me. Near the
neck of the snake the skin was appar-
emily broken, and through this aper-
ture, which was a natural orifce, ] was
surprised to see a small snake wriggle
out, followed by four others. | enlarged
the orifice and discovered a duct or
canal extending the entire length of the
snake. In this duct were 60 more little
snakes, making in all 65 snakes that
were contained in the duct or canal.
The sun was shining hot and the little
fellows snapped and bit viciously, but
they all died in a short time.
"The canal which contained the
snakes must have been the regular ali
mentary canal, as there was no other
canal or passage in the body to serve
the purposes of assimilation. This
canal was full of little snakes it's entire
length, and each little wriggler was in
closed in an individual filmv sack"
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-02-16
Wherr Ii IinIns Forever.

You can expect shower at Panama,
says correspondent in the Chicago
Record. about three o'clock every aft
ernoon during The rainy season. The
rest of the day and evening after six
o'clock is delightful. and no one thinks
of carrying an umbrella. but at Colon
il rains all the time and. according to
the old proverb, it never rains but it
pours. II is the real thing by the buck
etful 1t seems as if the bottom had
dropped out of the sky. Colon and
Panama are n miles apart. The rain
fall at Panama is about % inches annu-
ally. or about eight feet. The rainfall
al Colon is 250 inches annually. e~about
81 feet. and the people get it'll in five
months, an average Of four feet a
month precipitation. while in Arizona
they only have few inches. 1t takes
all the rest of the year for the people
TO get dry.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-02-16
BOSTON FOR A PATTERN.
Courtesy shown Absent-Minded Pas
senEeFs at Railroad
Station.

man sat in TIE Reading terminal
the other day, says The Philadelphia
Record, so wrapped up in Boston
newspaper that he let his train slip of
without him. When he found that he
would have TO wait two more hours he
seemed annoyed, but, Notwithstanding
his annoyance, he was kind enough to
explain in loud voice to a couple of
uniformed officials how they ought TO
run things at the terminal.
GU ought to do as we do in Bos-
ton, he said. At the stations there the
names of the cities and towns all over
the country that the trains run to are
printed in big letters on the wall. and
the seats for the waiting passengers are
grouped around these names. Suppose
want to go to Washington. | run nv
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-02-16

There is no better medicine for the
babies than Chamberlain Cough REM
edy. It's pleasant taste and prompt
and effectual cures make it favorite
with mothers and small children. 1t
quickly cures their coughs and colds,
preventing pneumonia or other seri-
Gus consequences. 1t also cures Group
and has been used in tens of thousands
of cases without a single failure so far
as we have been able to learn. 1t not
only cures Group, but when given as
soon as the croupy cough appears, will
prevent the attack. In cases of whoop-
ing cough it liquefies the tough mucus,
making it easier to eXpectorate, and
lessons the severity and frequency of
the paroxysms of coughing, thus de-
priving that disease of all dangerous
consequences. For sale by P. c. Wilder
& Co. and E. J. Blossom.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-02-16
TO STOP BLEEDING.
Most EmcncIous Measure
Employed.

The arresting of bleeding in surgical
operations has always been one Of the
difficulties in certain cases, and the cleo
trio current has been used before this
with view to bringing about that con-
dition of heat which is necessary in or
der to cause the blood to eliot and so
act as block to the mouth of bleeding
vessels, arresting hemorrhage.
This, indeed has resulted in the utili-
zation of the electric cautery, as it is
called. in certain operations, the plat
mum wire at red or almost white heat
even supplanting the knife, because it
burns through the tissues and at the
to any great extent. This effect of
heat was, indeed, known TO our ances-
tors. who used red-hot irons or boiling
pitch to scar the surface of the flesh
after their operations, thus causing an
immense amount of suffering to the pa
tient, before the days of chloroform.
\ new adaptation OF this use of cleo
tricity for the purpose of stopping
bleeding has been devised by inclos-
ing platinum wire in pair Of forcops
or other instrument, the wire being in
sulated in bed of burnt pipe clay, and
as soon as the bleeding vessel is seized
by the forceps and compressed in the
ordinary way an electric current is
turned on, whose effect is so great that
the tissues and the walls of the blood
vessels are all augIutinafp1 sn that tho
blood is no longer able to pass.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-02-16

''After doctors failed to cure me of
pneumonia l used One Minute Cough
Cure and three bottles of it cured me.
1t is also the best remedy on earth for
whooping cough. 1t cured my grand
children of the worst cases. writes
Jno. Berry, Loganton, Pa. 1t is the
only harmless remedy that gives i'm
mediate results. Cures coughs, colds,
Group and throat and lung troubles.
1t prevents consumption. Children
always like it. Mothers endorse it.
Horace n. Todd, Druggist
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-02-16

eve over the walls, and when ] find the
name Tn after | sit down near IL III
Washington seat. Then when Il tram
is ready the enunciator, as we eali III III =,
in Boston-I don't know what you can
him here-goes quietly to the people
who are in that trains seat, touches
them on the shoulder and murmurs IN
a polite way. Your train, sir Your
train. madam. Gate IL Now, that the
vay 10 do it. No shouting, no eoniu-
sion, no trains escaping without their
passengers. That's how we manage
things in Boston,