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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

a card house. The next process after
the cutting is finished is the turning.
This is usually done by women, and
very picturesque they look in their
great sun bonnets to preserve their
compilations, though most are tanned
already with exposure to the keen air
and hot sun Of the moors.
They busily and carefully turn each
turf, and, coming to the end, begin all
over again, as the peats have to he
turned so many times before they are
in proper order for use. After they
have been turned well they are put
up in what is locally termed 'hoyles, p"
that is to say, about six peats under
meath, and say five on top. They are
left like this for few days, and arc
then piled up in "ruckles," which are
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
Facts About Switzerland.

Switzerland enjoys the unenviable
distinction of having larger percent
age of lunactics than any other coun-
try.
In Switzerland favorite dish IS
boiled chestnuts mashed fine and
served with whipped cream.
In proportion to its size, Switzerland
has more inns than any other country
In the world. The entertainment of
tourists has become the chief industry
of the land. and has been officially
computed to bring in S23,000,00O q
year.
Little Switzerland comes up with
125,000 men. of whom 102,507 are in
fantry, 375S cavalry and 21,632 artil-
lery. The cost of her army annually
Is about $3,150.OOO
The waterfalls of Switzerland are
being rapidly utilized for the driving
of electric dynamos, and 1t is rare to
find a place of any size which Is not
well lighted by the power of some
mountain stream.
The longest tunnel in the world Is
that of st. Gothard. on the line of the
railroad between Milan and Lucerne.
1t Is nine and quarter miles In length
and cost over $4,000 O0Oo.-Stray
Stories.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
!: Gun With a
: Remarkable Range
Observation-Disclosures .
he 16-Inch Rifle ana the 20-Inc II
Smooth-Bore Compared.

In our recent article Of the new army
sixteen-inch gun, we described the
construction of this powerful weapon
and gave some particulars Of It's re-
markable ballistic powers. 1t was
showE that if the gun were set up Il:
the Ba ttery, New York, with an angle
of elevation of forty degrees, and fired
with n full charge of smoke,ess pow
der, the she'll would reach Il maximum
height of five and three-quarter miles.
and range to a distance of just under
twenty-one miles. With view to
showing what a vast area would be
DONNA red by such gun, we present
the accompanying map of New York
City and vicinity, from which our cos
mopoltan readers may readily deter
mine whether their nightly ride of one
hour, more or less, into the suburbs
would be sufficient to place them be-
yond it's zone of fire.
BY the courtesy of the War Depart
ment we are enabled to present the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
! SOD USED ASFUEL /
{ The Picturesque Turf Cutting Customs ;
of Old England.
a. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 4

Threatened by the scarcity of coal,
it is entirely probable that the English
people will turn to their fields of peat
as a resort. Besides the extensive
fields to be found in Scotland and Ire
land, there is considerable of it in Eng
land as well. In Yorkshire, Devon
shire, Cornwall and Somerset. says
writer in the Golden Penny, peat is to
be found l believe it is only In the
latter county that it is made use of for
fuel. Peat or turf cutting, as the
Somerset folk call it, is matter of
supreme interest to number of peo-
pie. who. in that remote part of Eng
land, look to it as their chief means
of warmth in winter, coal being con-
sidered a luxury for the better or we'll
to-do classes, the masses preferring
to burn turf.
There seems to be no exact time for
commencing operations. 1t depends
good deal on the spring.
A good cutter prides himself on be-
ing able to cut each turf to an almost
exact square. These squares are gen.
orally cut out in one great Chunk"
and then divided into two or more
'peats," according to the desired size.
AS rule they are about eight or ten
deep. When first cut they are stood on
end, one on top of the other, something
after the fashion that child builds
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
Honesty Developed by Mall Boxes.

"That naive trust in human honesty
that one sees here Is distinctively
American" said an Engllshman. point.
ing to n letter box. Il would like tu
see Continental business man lay
packages and large envelopes on the
top of the post boxes. They would be
taken before the glue of the stamps
was dry. There is another reason why
we can't do that at home. our dear
old London fogs would wipe out the
address In short order and unless the
collections were frequent the paper
would be reduced To pulp \ d.y
elmate makes you Americans talk
with II dreadful nasal accent. but II
shows up your honesty"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

accompanying photograph showing a
full-sized model of the new sixteen
inch army gun. suspended above two
of the largest oast-defense guns of
the Civil War period. The one 10 the
left is twcnty-inch smooth-bore Rod
man, the largest smooth bore in the
world. The gun to the right OF it, be-
low the chase of the sixteen inch gun.
is n 30O-pounder Parrott rifle. which
also is the only one Of Its size ever con
structed. all the other PARROTS being
of eight-inch. slx-inch and smaller
bores. The twcnty-inch Rodman close
ly resembles in outline and relative
proportions the celebrated fifteen inch
smooth bores. of which so many We're
used In the Civil War. The length OF
this gun Is twenty feet three aud "A
half inches, the maximum diameter
five feet -four inches, the diameter Of
the muzzle Is two feet ten inches. aud
the total weight 1ia,2oo pounds. For
the sake OF comparison we reeapitu
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
CoNJUReR MARCO DEAD.
He Was Regarded by Many as the Best O.
Necromancers.


Necromancers.
One of the best-known and ut the
same time most romantic figures on
Paris boulevards has just disappeared.
Marco, the marvellous conjurer is dead.
For the last 30 years this extraordin.
ary little Greek, with a smiling face,
twinkling gray eyes and well-trimmed
mustache, wearing an Inverness cape
and red Turkish fez was most IA
milar feature of the night life on the
boulevards and elsewhere where Paris
has it's amusements. Marco could do
anything he liked with pack of cards.
He could sit at cafe table, quite sur
rounded by onlookers. and completely
battle the keenest observers.
Marco had Travelled through Persia
and India. In the latter country he
had learned his conjuring craft. lie
was at one time known to every otfi-
GERS mess in India, and always liked
to meet en- the boulevards an English
officer who had known him in the old
days.
Experts described Marco rs the great
est conjurer on earth. Managers all
over the continent sent him tempting
offers. but Marco loved the freedom
of his bohemian boulevard life. Money
did not tempt him. He could make as
much as he wanted by displaying his
skill as a conjurer to his innumerable
friends in the leading cafes.
Marco was an honest man. AL
though he had such astonishing skill
In the manipulation of cards. when he
played ecarte and other games he in
variably lost all his money. Still, he
was ffch and could have retired at any
time. but he could not leave the old
haunts and occupations.
\ fortnight ago he was struck in the
oack with n knuckle duster and robbed
while leaving the famous Montmartre
restaurant. lie neglected the wound,
eryslpelns ensued and poor Marco had
to 20 to Larradoislcre Hospital. where
he died, aged Is.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
shaped something like attenuated hay

shaped something like attenuated hay
ricks.
Peat, like everything else. varies in
price according to a good or bad sea-
son, and is also appreciably cheaper
in summer than in winter. There are
various ways of buying and selling.
The richer man buys his turf by the
load; the poor man by the piece, very
much like one man purchases ton of
coal while his poorer neighbor buys a
sack or hundred" A wagon-load
of turf costs about sixteen shilllngs
on the moor and is hauled or carted
at the purchasers expense. A cart
such as in the accompanying illustra-
tion. is called a turf cart proper. and
would hold about five or possibly six
hundredweight.
Turf burns great deal faster than
coal, and in new-fashioned CRATES Is
hardly suitable; but good big fire of
peat on an open hearth, is, to my mind.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
Texas Furnishes u pictaraI Snake.

Jim Newcomb of Caldwell. Texas. Is
In possession of mouse snake about
II inches long that II out OF thu usEal
order, On the back Of the head and
neck Is a complete photograph of a
woman. showing bust and face. Her
hair Is done up In top knot and she
has Oh a shlrtwaIst. The snake was
killed near MllaGo Junction aud il pre-.
served Ia alcohol as curiosity, The
image Is formed OH the skin by the ar.
rangement of the two eolsss OF the
snake-hlack and dIngy white. -GU
weston Daily Sews
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

which is designed to further expedite
cooking operations dependent on
quick supply of hot water.s The ordin-
ary kettle heats water most rapidly
when 1t is made of copper and has
large fire surface. In the kettle here
shown this heati, : surface 's further
increased by four taper tubes. large
at the bottom and small at the top.
which pass through the body of the
kettle. These act as flues for the hot
gases, and, as the water in the kettle
is in contact with their sides, they act
as so much heating surface. 1t is as
serted that kettle of this design, even
when made of iron, under the same
conditions of fire, will bring a given
quantity of water to the boiling point
in one-half the time that an ordinary
copper kettle requires.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

n picture. and tempts one to do away
with hreplaces, build chimney corners
aud import peat.
\ peat fire has one drawback; when
once liz II should never be allowed To
go quite out. \ bellows Is n necessity.
as with that old-fashioned implement
the glowing ashes are coaxcd into
flame. aud with the addition of fresh
peat the fire Is made up for the day
again. There are many old,fashioned
manor houses In Somerset that still
boast Of AN open hearth and chimney
corner In the good old style, aud IN
these the Squire" always has a fine
peat IRE going.
The great fear OF most owners II
that the turf viii come to an end. In
many parts IL has ali been taken out
but evidence remalns OF It's exlsteace
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
snaks. a. Domestic Animals.

There are perhaps Ia no other eour.
try Of the world ~ many rats as In
Japan. The wooden buildings with
their straw roofs offer the best lurking
places for them. Whilst We use dogs
aud eats to get rid OF the rats. iae
Japanese employ for the same purpose
a certain kind of snake, the 'do,iais..,
os." blus green viper, They nre
sometimes as long as seven feet. anl
are said to be the best ~, eatehess Ia
the world.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

'IIow Is my son getting on?" In.
quired the boys father.
IL can't speak as approvlngly as I'd
like to-" answered the instructor
whenever | ask him IA question he
wants at least day to look up the an,
swer, and when he gets IL 1t Is usu-
ally unsatisfactory"
"Weli." answered the parent. with "A
sigh. time alone can tell. ! suppose
he will turn out to he either great
diplomat or no good ON earth. Wash
iugton star.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
A MAID TO PLEASE A MAN.

duly appreciate maidenly toll,
Embroidery, tntting and simple crochet
A painting on china, study in oil
Some girls thus employ themselves day
after day.
But they're hard to make love to when
thus they're employed,
And so for my own fancee I insist
On girl that's less busy. I'd be over
joyed
With one who had nothing to do but
be kissed.
Roy Farrell Greene, in Life.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

inches, and the weight of the finished
gun 100000 pounds. The weight of the
Shot for the twenty-inch smooth-bore
was about 1000 pounds, whereas The
shell for the sixteen-inch gun will
weigh 2370 pounds.-Sc:entific Amerl-
can,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

of Pennsylvania are some fine speci-
mems of the plant from which the cul-
tivated tomato has been evolved. The
blossom is of the dainty whltish blue
so familiar In vegetable gardens. The
plant Is thorny. The little tomatoes
are of the same green and red rs the
cultivated tomato.-Philadelphla Rec
ord.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
LATEST TRIUMPH IN THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD.


transformation the latest triumph in the industrial world 1t called
$ a
granite
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

The Game of German East Africa.
The Governor of German East Afri-
ca reports To the Foreign Office In
Berlin that whilst elephants have nj
most disappeared from the districts
under his control hlppopotami. lions.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

wide stairway constructed out of the
rock itself. The stairway, the attrac-
tive houses on the slope of the rock.
and the temple on the summit are evil
dence of the remarkable perseverance
and industry of the Chinese.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

by the extreme blackness of the soil
Many things flourish in old peal
grounds; potatoes like it, and rhodod
erdrons delight in a peaty district.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13


which
will
weighs
135 six inches by long and has
illustration weighs $40
s a
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
A Picturesque Chinese Residence. 4

a PICtUresqUc SHIHese INesItteHCes d,
This cut, from the Illustrirte Zeitung,
shows peculiar and picturesque sum-
mer residence ON cone rock at Chin
KianC. This rock can be scaled by
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
QUICK BOILING KETTLE.
he Active Heating Surface Increased by
Novel Design.

The gas stove, by means of its in.
Simultaneous fire, has already saved
many hours in the kitchen, and the
quick boiling kettle illustrated here.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

aud leopards of every speeches abound.
lie says that the plantation employees
have To take the greatest care la pro-
.ectlng themselves against night At
tacks u these animals.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13

late SOME ngures of the new sixteen
inch army rifle as Iollowsi The lengsh
Of the gun Is forty nine feet ~ ..ehss,
the maximum diameter at breeeh I've
feet. aud al muzzle two feet four
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-12-13
Ancestor of the Tomato

Ancestor of the Tomato.
In the Botanic Garden of the Bio
logical Department of the University
La Junta tribune., 1900-11-03

knsw e - lnsrs s1eQusot oascsiD.
tion Of The evils Of such . csaAit3e0 Ct
aAAirs than was givea Q year Aee oy'
OeosEal r. Wat Hardin. vAo q ~
Wla4A agAinst Doait3eal txssta. - In
ethR WordA .bossism.s aid Duhecay:
s-xAAs syutem - the rooking eeel
1t ceexuDfSea in the city. the nildeW ~
party psait3cs d tAs cssntzy. le -
okegs 0srtnlity. eraat1o vicA an1 -
eoafnN1 -cTimA. Il thrtves and AfAtAsno
upoa blaekman, lsvied upon the AxSt
GemaDD Of eocisty ~ . llcense for
Foagd0lAg. and thereby stToAgtA1n0
H powsz1. Lsprous by nature. ite1
abo0o - infAmy. from which 1t caWls
fee1A during the darkness Of the night,
allniag an that It touches. withering
~ ehAA Il passes, and contaminatfng an
thA4 Il approaches. It openly rewards
H. guilty followers for fidelity to its
can1o n utter contempt Of public dis
aD0gOv1l. and blackguards all decency
that y sppesed to II until respectAbility
shfiokD fre0 all association with It
a11 ~ triumph 10 complete"
70 Tanmany rule eating up human
lives In its greed for money? Who is
the man who could stop 1t all. Or do
the NEST toward stopping 1T
La Junta tribune., 1900-11-03
HE HAS ENOUGH.

A Populist sat in his easy chair, Just
after the close of day. He heard the
SOUND OF big bass drum and the toot
norm tooted away. The soft winds
played with his grayish locks and blew
tnreugh his whiskers brown, but nary
move did the Populist make, to fol-
low that band down town. He knew
that the cohorts were to meet that
night to try to ratify, but when they
asked him to Join the club he simply
winked his eye. Then . committes
waited on the Populist and invited him
up to the hall, but he said, a. he spat
on swaying weed: We'll no, guess
not this fall. have talked feenancs till
my throat was sore. and argued sixteen
70 one. have stood around whals some
yahoe talked In the hot and blluteFing
sun have give ,em my mo1ey - help
along to down the mouey poweR, but
the stun they give me didnet wash and
their theories didn't scoux.
have helped Into once . nsW durn-
ed fools, and some rascala. - low,
out just because they worked - then
amt 10 sign they can wpek - now.
1 thought for sure II lEcKinaey Wen the
country would 90 to the 90, hut I'm
seuing my beef at . good ~ peSce and
also my big fat hoga. Thi1 talk about
empire doesn't scare -, havo hard
the same talk befcee. Il We III worked
over IN '68 and also IN -. rve had
dose sf Democrat rule. 4 VIM. Do me
fof quite . spell; tn tn1k tAis year
about the war sounds - - IKE
You can beat your 0rums and toot
your horns, and yu1r speaker can work
MIS- jaw. but II ycu want N sNpfnion
you can have Il st1alght "A peutty
middlin' raw. Tn dsnas 1 IN you,
with the fusion crowd vifS III e.
slant whine and sl0w1; I Wan1 o party
mat can do somdeAins nnfo tim 1t
around and hOwl :
And they Ie1t IL Esaagt sitting
tnere Wills tt Wl1G1 sAeeNEA Nc
wniseers 6sw: ee4 - m aeninss
Z ciresmeta1ee f6v hlAntk 6H1eted
10 Ihen ~ nn Nyi,6 ~ ln .
fopulis yfoA ~ cE - - een-
@uee whale - lon 1l5 = y xak
.1 IN ef Away - - - - trlsoe
sa1a the@ q - .
50 sss3 ~ ~ - 8
e: {: 50. =
La Junta tribune., 1900-11-03
SURPLUS AND DEFICIT.

A Lister From Harry Aulnix Gives
Official Figures.
Hoa. ChAs- %. Hayt Equitable Build
Inn. Denver, Colorado
Ny Dear Sir: have your letter OF
the 22nd instant, relative to an article
in the Rocky Mountain News Of the
2lst Instant, In which that pager uses
figures taken from my report AZ treas
urer Of state for the fiscal years 1895
and 1896, In which they undertake to
show there was deficit during the Nc
lntire administration. I quote the artl-
Gle in question in order that the general
public may know how desperate the I'd
sionists are In endeayoring to ccveF MP
their deficiencies:
Reference to the report OF Treasurer
Mulnix. page II. shows that the cash
expenditures for the two years OF Gov
ern0r McIntire's term exceeded the
cash receipts by $146.11O73"
Does 1t not seem to you that an cd
ministration that can pay out $148,-
11O.73 In more cash than 1t has received
10 an right? But the fact of the matter
h, the News didn't intend that the pub
hc should fully understand why 1t was
possible for us to accomplish that seem
inGiy impossible feat, as they do not
show the amount of cash In the treas
ury at the close Of the Waite admins
tration, which amount was $1,SS2,-
0G6S2. OF this amount, there was to
the credit of the general revenue
about 1880. 10000 against which there
were warrants drawn, bearing six per
cent. interest. which should have been
called In for payment, and this was
done by me subsequent to my taking
charge Of the Office, thereby stopping
interest on the same.
The McIntire administration had n
surplus OF revenue. after paying all OF
the appropriations made by the Tenth
Geaeral Assembly. OF over 500. 10000.
This amount was appropriated by the
Eleventh General Assembly to the in
zane asylum, reformatory and other
state Institutions
Governor Routt Republican) had \
surplus Of over 100000.
Governor Waite's administration had
. deficit Of approximately SIG. 10000:
Governor Adams deficit Of over &SO.-
600. The present administration will
fall short about 100000 Of paying all
Of the appropriations passed BY the
Twelfth Assembly which were signed
and approved by Charles 8. Thomas.
governor, and this, too, in face of the
fact that the present fusion admins
tratisn will collect more revenue than
did the McIntire administration. Yours
very truly. H. E. MULNIX,
Ex-Treasurer Of State.
La Junta tribune., 1900-11-03

Now take another grade Of police -
tistics and zee whether Tammany HeN
ia really costing actual Aesh and b,ooa
Hese b the record of arrests for hes
eSo1 mr. ten yearS back: lS6D. 90; lGDG
ia; 16eA 1el: 1oo& 15S; 16D7. -:
1eoA "a: lsoo: al. Il - ycals -;
hos 6osA three.6es1 inesonse 8 ~
eza4e e e<inA WIN anU eae sAy g.
'In1any RIA 0ees ~ oau fer kul11l1
yleeD - - und0e oxeD1 Il -
~ - - - = Unsg II 1eans< r..
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-11-30
HoltE-Tigdon.

Yesterday afternoon at o'clock, at
the residence Of the tri lie in Lynnyille,
Elder j. Paul Slayden officiating, the
ceremony was said uniting in mar
riage Miss Emma Brown Higdon and
Mr.. ARA Hotz. Mr.. and Mrs. Holtz.
came to toun bit IN the evening
train, and will make their home at the
residence of the grooms parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Holtz, on Twelfth street.
The bride is a charming young lady,,
and possesses those qualifications neces-
sary to true help-meet Mr.. Holtz is
an industrious, deserving young man, of
sterling character, and one who is held
in the highest confidence and esteem by
everyone. The HERALD joins with their
large circle of friends in wishing for
them future fraught with all that a
happy married life can give.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-11-30
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Samuel d. Hayes to Fannie Hayes,
140 acres in oath district, gift
Governor Benton McMillin, grant to
Pat billiard, 80 acres in first district
4. j. Mckee ct al. to John P.
Hammonds, so acres in 21st district
$1,000.
Francis Gidsdell to Alfred Polk and
Jennie Helms, 20 acres in 9Th district
$40.
M. G. Bailey ct ux. to Mrs. Mary F
Bailey, 2371a acres in 22nd district
$1,000.
VIM. B. Harrison and wife to City
Grain & Feed Co.. lot in 9th district
5000. ..t
Norman Kirkman and wife to E. E.
McLemore and Jesse Ellington lot in 9th
district, 81 500.
w. NJ. Chaffin ct al. to Eudora r.
Ragan lot in 9th district $500.
N F. Brisco and wife to Richard
Martin lot in 18th district, $50.