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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-13

spies the quarry. when she swoops
down upon IL and kills 1t. a piece of
meat IL given tn the bird as reward.
and she is taken up and hooded again.
When several hawks are taken out for
field work they are carried on n wood
en- frame called "cadge" until the
falconer gets ready To hy them. "A
falconcr after IA successful day Will
bring back home Il bag OF pheasants,
hares, rabbits. quails. partridges. etc.
which will repay him for the trouble
he has had In training his falcons. even
II the sport itself did not-whlch il
does.
In North Africa fulconry has been
for a vast number of years favorite
sport, Ancient Egyptian carvings
| seem 10 show that II existed In the
days Of the Pharoahs. At this day
the Bedoulns tiy their falcons aud go
following them over the sandy plains
Of Tunis and Tripoli OH their fleet
horses. The reintrodueiion of falconry
rs a sport into Europe has been so
successful that International meetings
are now held. In u recent contest of
falcons az Spa. belgium, several prizes
were taken by the hawks belonging Ia
G. 4. hadelyfe. an Engllshmnp. who
devoted much time To the sport. Ills
hawks are especially well trained. ani
were much admired al the meeting IN
belgium. lie has the advantage of
an open country around his home at
Wareham. Ia Dorset. so that wheu
game Is flushed the falcons have a fair
chance of striking their QUARRY. "
should be observed that IL Is the H..
mals hawk which Is employed ia fai.
sonfy, Falcons are found la almost
all parts OF the world aud peTegrlnes
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-13
STUDY IN SALT.
Extracted From the Oceans and Rolled
Into Big bale.

The London Daily Express says:
Roughly speaking, If you take the salt
out of sea water you deprive it OF
thrtieth of its weight On this basis
-thirtieth of the entire weight of
all the sea water in the world is salt,
and as salt and water bulk about the
same we may estimate also that. by
bulk. onethirtieth of the huge mass
of the oceans is pure salt. What does
this bring us to:
Taking the 100 odd million square
miles of the five oceans to average Il
mile and half deep. we have in them
alone POO million cubic miles of salt
water. y thirtieth of this should give
us the bulk of the salt contained in the
great waters of the globe.
Rounding the figures we get some
thing like seven million cubic miles of
salt. II 1t were all taken ont and
spread over the surface of the six con
tinents they would be covered with it's
snowy powder to a depth of twice the
height of st. Paurs. To put 1t another
way, ii all the earth were salt water
there would be enough of the fiavoring
principle In Ii to make two moons OF
solid salt but very little smaller than
our present satellite.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-13

natural instincts of the bird will as
sert themselves and she will stoop to
some natural quarry, such as pheas-
ant or a pigeon. Ii she begins to do
this she will feel her strength and
gradually desert her home and go for
aging for herself. Another danger
when the young hawks are flying free
is that they may be shot by some
gamekeeper, who takes the bird for
wild falcon. 10 obviate such an un-
happy ending. bells are attached to
the hawks legs which, by their warn
ing sound. give notice to the game
keeper that the hawk is from neigh
bor's falconry. Before the falcon
learns to forage for herself the falcon
CT snares his bird and hoods her. that
is. places over her head cap of leath-
er to bind her. Then the hawk is Sc
cured by leather thong to the peg
which holds to the ground its feeding
block and roOst, and the second part
of its education begins. The falconer
takes the birds out separately and ex-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-13
70
IF FALC0NRY REVIVED|
n The Sport Which the Srnart
y Set Has Taken Up.

OF polo, or tennis. or golf. or
fox hunting or yachting or
horse racing-none of these
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-13

ercses them. A long string is tied to
the jess "a leather strip about eight
inches long which always remains
around the falcons leg) and the bird
is encouraged to fly in circles over the
falconer's head. When she gets TO
circling around pretty lively Il piece
of meat. or Il dead pigeon is thrown to
the ground. and, as the hawk has
not been fed. she stoops to it.
The falconer is constantly with his
hawks, handling them and dissipating
their natural fear of man. and every
effort is made to get them accustomed
to the presence of strangers. This is
called manning" a hawk.
Finally the education of the hawk
is so far advanced that she is tried
afield. The hawker being in the field.
unhoods the falcon. which is sitting
on the gauntleted glove he wears on
his left hand slips the leash from the
jess, gives the bird toss. and away
she scars in widening circles until she
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-13
Electric Cartridges.

An Italian electrician has invented
an electric cartridge, which he offers
as Il substitute for dynamite and
smokeless powder in mines, rock blast
ing and for heavy ordnance. The conf
position used in the cartridge is made
up Of carbOnates of potash and chlo-
ride of ammonia. the proportion vary
ing according to the use. The dis
charge is effected by an electric spark,
which produces electrolytic effects
upon the chemicals The inventor
claims that the cartridges, until sub
jected to the effect of electricity. are
entirely inOffensive and perfectly safe.
so that there will be no necessity for
isolating the magazines where they
are stored. = London Commercial In.
telligeucer
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-13

quirlng Judgment and patience. Their
education begins when they are nearly
ready to NY. The young hawks are
brought to their future home and
turned loose in shed open in front,
but rooted in against bad weather and
with sides and back to il. Blocks
of wood are pegged into the ground.
These blocks serve the birds for roostS
and for dining tables. On these blocks
the falconer places the food for the
young birds. consisting of fresh meat.
dead rabbits or birds. The hawks
soon learn TO fly and in a short time
can be seen soaring above their home
and swooping over the surrounding
country. Although before long they
can fly many miles, they always re-
turn at feeding time. This is the most
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-13

y
horse racing-none of these
{, is the most "swagger" of all
sports just now. but the noble and an
cient sport of falconry. After being
a sport which was in England more
popular even than fox hunting, fa!-
conry died out and was forgotten. Now
it has been revived again. and before
long it may cross the ocean and we
may have the hen yards of Long Isl
and endangered by circling jerfalcons.
peregrines, goshawks or sparrow
hawks. But no kestrels, and you would
be of true and good form. for by the
laws passed by William the Conquer
or. Edward Ill. Henry VIII. and good
Queen Bess. the kestrel is the hawk
assigned by law to a knave or servant.
while to royalty belonged the jerfal-
con. to the nobility the peregrine, to
the yeoman the goshawk and to a
priest the sparrow hawk. In England
now most falconers hunt with the
peregrine. always n popular hawk
there. and one which is getting more
and more rare along the British coast.
accessible niche of a rocky cliff. AMI
an expert and bold climber is required
to scale the eyrie and take the young
for training. If hawking becomes pop
ular in this country it will be rather
hard on the person who has Just
learned to say mashic, cleck, fore, tee
brassey. etc. to have to go to work
and burn the midnight gas learning
all the terms of falconry. from cop
ing. grabbing. creance. crop. down to
wait on. weathering and yarak. One
term of falconry we have with us to
this day in rather common Use but
misapplied. That o., the word news.
In England and in this country one
sometimes sees Il lane of private sta
bles called news, such as Washing
ton News. just north of Washington
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-13
Government Contract with indians.

The Crow Indians of Montana. who
raise a great deal of wheat. have en-
tered into a contract with the United
States Government to supply the
Cheyenne Indians with -four. They
have constructed a system of irriga-
ton for their farms, and have good
flour mill at the agency, while they
are building another at a distant part
of the reservation. They have sold
much farm produce annually for sew
eral years to buyers in the country
round. and many cattle and horses.
They are rich in farms and fiocks and
herds, but this is the first time u
Government contract or railway con-
tract was ever let TO an Indian-at
least to 'blanket Indian" of the
mountains.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-13

iint these comparisons are almost
too huge ior handling; let us take
something smaller. The rolling waters
of the English Channel are familiar
to all i.ondoners. How much salt IL
there In themy Close upon hundred
cublc miles. Made Into a convenient
black and swung over the metropolis
by a giant derrick II would grind Lon
don Ia the dust.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-13

There weltressed
whether
in latest
jewely
boods alfbeds
lavish in buying swell clothes and jewels.
falO The
silk
be Then
With additions
valuable
The
much gold
avores
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-13

used to be called her NEW" Hence
a row of such buildings We're 'mews." "
Hawks. not horses, belong in ''mews.'
The training of falcons is an art re-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-13
a tsminiss Artines.

When glrl lends n book to man
ia read she always marks the things
la II thai she thinks look the deepest.
New turk Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-13

can he bought in this country and
trained if the sport of hawking ever
crosses the ocean. and it is likely to.
New York Press.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-16
ADVICE FOR CHAIRMAN JONES.

1t has been stated several times recent
~ that Senator Jones, chairman Of the
Democratic National Committee, is
stakeholder in the Round Bale Cotton
Trust" Senator Sullivan of Mississippi is
quoted in the Washington dispatches as
saying on this point: 1.-The criticism that
Senator Jones is member of the Round
Bale Cotton Trust naturally suggests it
self to every sound mind that inasmuch
as the Democratic party proposes to as
sail trusts it would be wise to select
some one wholly disconnected and disin-
terested with trusts, else 1t might be said
that it does not lie in our mouths to com
plain of trusts"
If it be true that Senator Jones is
member of the Round Bale Cotton
Trust he cannot afford to hold on to his
position as chairman Of the Democratic
National Committee. 1t is certain that the
strongest plank in the Democratic Ma
tional platform will be one that contains
the party's declaration against trusts. The
Democratic party could not make a fight
against trusts if the manager of its cam
paign were member of a trust, particu-
Iarly of such a trust as the one that, 1T
is believed, aims to get control of ginning
and baling the cotton crop. 1t is thought
that this trust expects to do more than
gin and bale the cotton crop. 1t is charg-
ed that it aims to control the cotton mar
ket.
If 1t We're generally understood that
Senator Jones was a member of this trust
the efforts which the Democratic party is
making to destroy trusts would be in a
measure paralyzed The people would be
asking whether the party is sincere in its
attitude against trusts. The reason the
fight against trusts is such uphill work,
is that so many prominent men of both
of the great political parties are connect
ed with trusts, either as directors or
stockholders. Before the people will fol-
low party in fight against trusts they
must feel certain that those who are
leading the party are not in any way
beneficiaries of them.
MIR. Bryan might talk against trusts
until he was too hoarse to speak and he
would make no impression on the public
mind If 1t were understood that the chair
man of the National Committee of his
party was a member of a trust that is
thought to be striving to get control of
the entire cotton crop and of the cotton
market.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-16
PERSON AL.

The Rev. Hugh Price Hughes. the
English non conformist, is receiving
many letters of criticism, some of which
are bitterly scurrlous, because of his re-
cent sermon advocating peace.
Mr.. Moody knew his Bible so well that
mis- eyes and fingers could find any pass
age that he wanted, from Genesis to Rev
citation, in the hurry of rapid speech as
easily as the fingers of a master musician
can find the notes of a familiar sonata on
the keyboard of a piano.
Prof Albert A. Stanley of the depart
ment of music of the University of Mich
igan, has been appointed representative
for the United States of the Interna tional
Society of Musicians recently founded in
Germany. The object of this organiza-
ton is to unite musicians and writers on
subjects relating to music, and to further
scientific investigation. Prof. Stanley
will organize the American section of the
society.
The other evening the electric lights
of Jaunita Cal. failed, and the next
morning three suits were instituted against
the corporation. According to the law
yer for one of the plaintiffs, "the parlor
was at the time filed by guests at a
children's party, many of whom made use
OF the opportunity for Illicit kissing and
romping, which resulted in the destruc-
ton of costly ornaments and was HARM
ful to the moral welfare of those pres
emit"
The mantle of Sir Boyle Roche has de-
scended upon M de Blowitz. In the Times
not long ago he achieved a bull which riv-
ais the famous: Sir 1 smell a rat; 1 see
it in the air, but I will nip it in the bud =
A passage from the Libertle prompted NJ
de Blowitz to this surprising piece Of
natural history: 81 quote this because
Liberte is one of those ambitious journals
that, waiting to see which way the wind
blows sometimes Unexpectedly turns the
scale"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-16
The one Topic in London.

Gas you can readily imagine" said Wal
lace Tobin of Boston, who has just re-
turned from Europe, according to the
New York Tribune, there is nothing
talked about or thought of in England
to-day save and except the Boer war.
Like plague or a pail it has settled over
London to the exclusion of all else, and
is as all pervading as a London fog. But
while gloom has come TO the people in
consequence of the numerous defeats that
have overtaken the English forces in
South Africa, there is apparent a settled
determination to win this fight, let it cost
what it may-let the hazard be never so
great To no one class is this feeling con-
fined 1t is found in the costermonger
and in the peer alike, only in the latter
it is the more determined. since he sees
further and realizes that defeat in South
Africa now means not only defeat to Eng
lish arms hard and nauseating dose
though that be to swallow, but, above
and beyond, it means that with the loss
of the Transvaal fight may come the loss
of empire itself and the relegation of Eng
land to a lower rank among nations than
she has ever occupied since Sir Francis
Drake and his compeers, aided by the ele-
ments, harried the Invincible Armada to
destruction. That England will fight to
the end-be that end what it may-there
is no manner of doubt, and if no other
Power is brought in there can also be no
doubt that England must ultimately pre-
vail.
I'm Paris Dreyfus has been completely
lost sight of. both by press and boule-
ward, and the talk of clubs and cafes is
divided between the Boer war and the
coming Worlds Fair. They are having a
lot of trouble just now over the workmen
on buildings, and on account of the num-
erous strikes which have occurred it
seems doubtful If the Fine Arts ana
many other buildings will be completed
until long after the Exposition is open
ed"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-16
THAT ALLEGED BACON swINDLE

We venture to say that no one who
knows Senator Taliaferro OF Florida, or
the other members of his firm in Jackson
Vile, or who has any acquaintance with
Maj. Ruthers, has for a moment believed
there is any truth In the story detective
told the war department, and published in
the New York Journal, relative to the sale
of government bacon by Maj. Ruthers to
Senator Talaferro's firm. 1t is wholly
improbable that Maj. Ruthers would en-
gage in such a transaction, and there is
not the slightest reason for thinking that
either Senator Taliaferro or any other
member OF his firm would. All of them
are widely known as men of sterling
worth and high character.
The charge is too ridiculous to be given
more than a passing thought. There Is
some misunderstanding somewhere or
motive for the charge that has been lodg-
ed at the war department that has not yet
been fully disclosed.
The fact that the war department took
very little IL any notice of the matter
when the charge was first made, justifies
the conclusion that 1t did not think il of
much consequence.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-16
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meeting-Landrum Lodge, No 4S, F. &
A. NJ.
Special Notices-Ship Notice, #. Pars-
low. Master British Steamship Geo. Flem-
ing; Ship Notice, j. F. Minis & Co., Con-
signees; j. l.. Farmer, M. D.. SIS Reward,
II. NJ. Lotion, Savannah, Thunderbolt
and Isle of Hope Railway.
Business Notices-Runkels Cocoa,
Henry Solomon & Son, Sole Agents; It's
Just Right, If the Ingredients Come from
Evans.
Only a Few More Days-The Hub
Auction Sale-Valuable Property, by L.
ID. LaRoche, Auctioneer
Coming Our Way-Byck Bros
Legal Notices-Geo. w. Allen VS.. John
Il. Rowland, Foreclosure of Mortgage;
Notice of Application for Discharge in the
Matter of Edward M. Habersham, Bank
rupt, and of S. L. Hodges, Bankrupt.
Biscuit--Uneeda Biscuit.
Amusements-"Boh Grip at Mat
inee, and Grand Duchess at Night at
Theater.
Steamship Observation-Disclosures and
Miners Transportation Companys Steam
ships
Hotels-Travelers' Hotel. Jacksonville,
Fla; Union Hotel, Savannah, Ga.
Medical-Munyon's Liver Cure Mothers
Friend; DR.. Hathaway Company; Hoods
Pills; Coke Dandruff Cure; Ayers Pills.
Cheap Column JAdyertisements-d1e
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-16
THE ANrI-rRusr CONFERENCE.

1t is a question whether the National
Antitrust Conference at Chicago
which adjourned on Wednesday. con-
tributed much 10 the efforts which
are being made TO destroy trusts.
1t contained a plentiful sprinkling
of men who had axes to grind and
men without much practical sense, Mr..
Ignatius Donnelly went to the conference
for the purpose apparently of steering it
into the camp of the Middle-of-the-Road
Populists. He told the conference that II
1t did not call national convention for the
purpose of organizing a new political
party il would not amount to as much
''as a last years birds nest"
The people of Mr. Donnellys way of
thinking seem to have been in the MAORI
ty at the conference. The platform the
conference adopted Is likely to be satis-
factory to the Middle-of-the-R Road Popu-
lists. 1t calls for government ownership
of the telegraph, telephone and railway
systems. The Middle-of-the-Road Popu-
lists at their convention in Cincinnati on
Sept. S, 1898, when they nominated Whar-
ton Barker for President and Ignatius
platform in which they declared in favor
of government ownership of the telegraph
and telephone lines, and also of the rail-
ways.
If this idea of making the government
the owner of all of the public utilities
should prevail we should have an empire
sure enough. 1t would not be necessary to
hold the Philippine as a dependency to
reach Imperialism. If the general govern
ment had the ownership and control of
all of the interstate railroads, and the
telegraph and telephone lines, IL would
have more power than any imperial gov
eminent now in existence, and if a polit-
ical party once got a firm grasp on all
of the offices and places it would retain
control of the government in all probabiii-
~, for very long period.
That part of the platform adopted by
the conference which calls for the repeal
of tariff duties which assist trusts to rob
the people will be very generally approved.
There is no doubt that the trusts would
be much less firmly intrenched in their
positions if they were not protected by the
tariff The head of one of the greatest
trusts in the country said, sometime ago,
that the tariff was the mother of trusts.
Kill this mother and the children would
have a hard time to keep from starving.
The feature of the platform, however,
which recommends the boycotting OF
trust goods is childish. The people will
buy the best they can get for their money
without regard to trusts.
The effect of the antitrust conference
will be to intensity the feeling against
trusts, and to hasten antitrust legisla-
ton, but it is very doubtful if the reme-
dies for the trust eva suggested by the
conference will be adopted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-16
How He Paid the Rent.

"Clever. amusing and catchy forms of
speech" said w. V. r. Cass, of Philadel-
phia. according to the New York Tribune
always find a wide vogue, and especial v
when they are descriptive of well known
men or things. Such a one, it seems to
me, is a definition a friend gave to me
of a syndicate or 'skiudicate,' as it is
called in music hall padance. A syndi-
cate, runs the definition, is body of men
wholly surrounded by water. There is a
truth contained in this that a large num-
Der of people will bitterly appreciate out
of their own personal experiences.
Apropos of nothing, save witticism, tn s
reminds me of a stock saying they have
at Queenstown, Ireland. 1t is there the
steamers pick up the mails, which can
leave London twelve hours later than the
boats do Liverpool and overtake them
there. Frequently, however, delays occur,
and then the passengers kill time by going
ashore, and the native is always in wait
to sell them shillelahs and other things,
such as bog oak jewelry, canes, etc,
which are supposedly indigenous to and
characteristic of Ireland. Some of the
shillelahs are wonderful and awful to look
upon, and have no possible place in real
lfe their only object being to take the
unwary transatlantic traveller. One
saw there had head fully six inches in
diameter, with projecting knobs and roots
thickly covering it. 1t was so heavy that
to lift 1t was an effort, and to carry it
any distance without using a dray a ply
steal impossibility. 1t was a murderous
looking weapon, and a blow from it on the
head would have done for any living
thing, even a darby from Georgia. why,
I asked in my surprise, what on earth
do you use this for?" THAT" he reioin-
ed. 'Arrah, that's what we pay the rint
with I've got il yet"