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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-10-31
CsarevviteA After . wife.

According to society gossip at Lon
don the Connaught household 10 the
Mecca of manageable princes. In
addition to the report that the crown
prince of Germany is there to court
one of the daughters of the duke and
duchess of Connaught. it is said that
the betrothal of Princess Margaret of
Connaught to the czarewitch (Grand
Duke Michael, brother Of the czar)
will shortly be announced.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-10-31

Aluminium has just been employed
for the construction of . new fre-proof
curtain TO be used in theaters. The
curtain is 80 feet wide by "a feet high,
10 composed of aluminium sheets one
twelfth Of an inch thick and weighs
1000 pounds.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-10-31

A Missouri farmer has just sold his
apple crop for $1,000. Yet the man
who works for $50 . month in the
city and lives in three little rooms
next to some alley, says the Chicago
Record-Herah, wants to know how
people can possibly be contented in
the country.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-10-31
Oldest OIL Spring.

In Zante, one of the Ionian islands,
there is petroleum spring which has
been known for nearly 5000 years. II
10 mentioned by Herodotus. ~
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-10-31
To Establish Colonial Army.

The Lokal Anzeiger, reviving the re-
port that the German government in
tends to establish q colonial army of
volunteers, declares that Count Won
Waldersee has been consulted and
that the project will be carried out
soon.
Should the reichstag, as is expected,
make the necessary appropriation.
the colonial army will be formed of
volunteers Of the reserve and land
wehr, who may settle in the colonies
on the expiration Of their term OF
service.
It is probable that Count Won Wal
dersee will receive the chief com
mand.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-10-31

Great River Basin In Siberia.
The Irish river in Siberia il 1900
miles in length and drains coo, 900 miles
Of territory.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-10-31

Entered 1t the Minneapolis, Mimi, Postofice as
Second Class Mail Matter.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-21
Quaint Customs in Shetland. 4 I.

The only part of the United King
dom in which the old style of reckon
ing time is adhered to is the archipela-
go of Shetland, and there Sunday,
January 10, was New Years Day.
But Sunday being with the natives
a strict dies non for business or for
pleasure. the next day witnessed the
high jinks incident to the occasion.
These included professions of 'guls-
ers." or mummers and the drinking of
various strange toasts, such as 'Helt
to man and death to da grayfish." and
the health of the twelve apostles.
In Shetland the remnants of the old
Morse language llnger to such de-
gree that the dialect is almost Il sealed
book-even to Scotsmen. The last
specimen Of the great aux whose eggs
are now valued at something like 100
guineas apiece. was done to death
there, but the little aux still retains a
precarlous footing on the lonely islet
of Foula.-London Daily Mail.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-21
A Prehistoric ElOpement.

Faster and faster sweeps the gllsten-
ing cave-man to and fro; lower and
tenser grows the grooming song. Dazed
with the motion of her head from side
to side to watch the ever-changing
love-play. she does not heed the play
er's gradual approach. when with Il
sudden spring he dashes In upon her,
seizes her with his strong arms, and
drags her screaming. struggling down
the sloping path.
But the glamour Is dispelled. and.
alive To the instinct of self-defence.
the woman bites and struggles. and In
her young strength proves no easy
conquest. Driven To desperate meas.
ures. the cave-man seizes from the
ground stone. stuns her with sud.
den stroke. and as she throws up her
arms to fall, seizes her about the
waist. and. casting her lightly across
his shoulder. hastens down the path.
Down through the leafy. suniil
glaGes he strides. bearing the warm
and yielding burden of senseless flesh
the neryeless arms adown his back
aud the yellow hair streaming TO the
ground; aud the forest. with It's greer
depths. closes about them.-Dr. Mer
rick WhItcoml' ia "New' Lipplncott
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-21

trial instruction. The present build.
ing will be used as the receiving house
for the new school. The plans for this
new truant school have been submit
ted by c. b. J. Synder. Superintendent
of School Buildings, Although the in
stitution will be distinctly reformatory
in its object, every effort will be made
to avoid the appearance Of reforma-
tory or place of confinement.
The course Of study in the truant
school is the public school curriculum.
The ages of the inmates run from
eight to fourteen years. but there are
a few at fifteen years. The sleeping
arrangements are on the dormitory
system. A man sleeps in each room
occupied by the boys, and watchman
patrols the whole night. The discipline
is firm, but mild. Under the law no
corporal punishment may be admin
istered.
One officer, a woman, has been so
efficient in her gathering in of truants
that the boys all over the city hold her
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-21

in terror. For long time she wore
a gray felt Alpine, with a long white
wing at one side. Like the password
Of secret society this peculiar head
gear was described and became SO
we'll known that she was forced to buy
new hat. The boys she was after
would spy this white wing at great
distance and would then take to their
heels. AS the attendance officer ow-
ing to her skirts. was not very fleet Of
foot, her truants generally got away
from her.
The boys in the truant school are
happier than one would suppose they
would be, and the majority give little
trouble, as they are on probation, and
if the rules and regulations are OBJ
served their time is shortened. So
each boy has an object in view, for
which he works hard, and the boy
whose time is shortened is rather a
big bug" with the rest of the school,
and the boys who remain behind are
spurred on to greater efforts to be as
big as he was.-New York Herald.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-21

By 1860 the tide had turned, the skirts
were wide and the shoulders narrow.
BY '6S the crinoline had ceased to ex-
ist. and the revulsion from width re-
suited by about 1876 in the peculiarly
monstrous costume of that day. In
the crinoline our grandmothers could
scarcely sit Gown. In &c their daugh-
ters could neither walk nor sit with
any ease.
Even so late as 1895, the huge over
balancing sleeves put to flight the
ideas of grace and symmetry. The ac-
companying Illustration is from the
Gentlewoman.
In mems attire. 1910 was the age of
the gorgeous waistcoats, while at that
time the tall silk hat suppianted the
beaver, the new species coming from
Paris and very rapidly becoming n
permanent institution, though abused
during all these intervening sixty
years.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-21

ment of truancy. A boy or girl of
fourteen whose parents are in such
position that the money he or she
would earn is vitality necessary may
apply to the Board of Health, obtain
an employment certificate and go to
work Any factory, mercantile house
or business firm of any description en-
ploying child en- under sixteen without
such certificate is amenable to the
Truant law.
The New York Truant School is es-
tablished at No. 215 East Twenty-tirst
street. Complaints are lodged here
with Mr.. Collins. 4 child committed
to the truant school can only be held
until the expiration of the school year.
However, child sent to the Catholic
Protectory or the Juvenile Asylum is
confined until the end of his school in
struction.
Mr.. Collins by committing a boy to
the truant school reserves to himself
the right of parolling him in the course
of the scholastic year. Mr.. Collins
never holds out hope of such q pardon,
but it always comes without previouS
announcement For the sake of good
discipline the parole is never given
without the consent of the principal
to take his former pupil back and the
knowledge of the attendance officer.
and the whole school is made to feel
that the pupil has won the prize by his
own efforts. A probation card is given,
with which the discharged prisoner
has TO present himself at the truant
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-21
The Fashions Of
The Century.
EccENTRYcITIEs OF THE FAST ONLY
ARE LACKING.
OOKING back through the
} history of clothes flrom the
year 1901 to the year 1901 Il

year 1901 to the year 1901 It
is easy to see that while diff
ferent phases have repeated them
selves from time to time, the fashions
Of to-day combine the beauties of the
various stages of the past, emitting
the eccentricitles. The graceful, cling
in:, skirt of the beginning Of the last
century almost the same bolero, find n
copy in the gown of 1900. The grace
full ficlu of 1883 serves as model for
our day while the voluminous skirts
are happily passed by. Though expen-
sive, it was not yet the crinoline, but
the petticoat that was responsible for
this particular feature. 1t is said that
the skirts widened themselves to bal
ance the width of the shoulders for
this was the time of the pelerine.
Sleeves, too, were larger, of necessity.
EARLY in the '30's was an interesting
epoch in the manners Of the mere man,
for then he was settling down to the
simplicity of the present-day attire and
dispensing with his elegant knee
breeches-this, however, only after Il
struggle between the practical and the
ornate that had lasted since the close
of the eighteenth century.
BY 1912 all gowns were trailing
again. This was the time of the lace
mitten and of the odd little parasols
with long fringes and double handles
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-21

picture of one standing on it's summit.
He might be taken for patience on a
monument, so rigid and erect he
stands, but, no. he is only a plain,
everyday adjutant of the Nineteenth
Hussars who attained to this proud
eminence by the skilful use of his
legs.
But what memory to Britishers is
Majuba Hill, where General Joubert,
leading an undisciplined mob of Beers.
broke British square and at the
same time ALMOST broke the British
heart. Here it was that independence
was won, though it has since been
lost, and here the "embattled farmers
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-21
KINDERGARTEN-T TRUANT SCHOOL.

''The young men of the city of New
York" says Mr.. Collins. 'are its glory
and hope. Any work or influence that
tends to elevate and strengthen them
in character and intellect deserves the
support and encouragement of all good
citizens. This is what the truancy
department seeks to do"
The Compulsory Education law ap-
plies to private schools and parochial
schools, as well as public schools. and
all come under the care of the depart
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-21

of the Transvaal drove the British SOL
diery like sheep before them. Much
has happened down in South Africa
since that time, and despite their
sharpshooting, which won them the
victory at Majuba, the Beers have in
the main been defeated, and at last
Majuba has been avenged" though
the memory Of its disaster can never
be effaced.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-21

funds ran short or his gratitude for
his escape grew less. for he got no
further In the construction of the ship
than the foremast. the sails ana reef
points, all of which are realistically re-
produced. This Is probably the only
eiiigy IN stone of part of Il ship In nat
ural size.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-21

Mrs. Greene" Notwithstanding Mr..
Snarler Is man Of good judgment.
notice that everybody Is going into &C.
stacles about that picture of Mahl-
sticks. and you know Snarler said Ii
was a perfect daub'
Mr.. Greene-"l didn't say his iudg.
ment was good. merely said he was
a distinguished art critic" = Boston
Transcript.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-21

to which series of stone steps leads,
is chapel named 1.-THE Chapel of the
Little HILL" Half way up to the
chapel is a most remarkable monu-
ment in stone and mortar, represent
ing the foremast of full-rigged ship.
The monument was erected by sail
or, who, being caught in storm at
sea, vowed that, if he reached land
safely. he would build a stone ship to
the glory of the Virgin. Either his
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-21

school, but among the poor, where
every non earning mouth is a drag
anon the other, the attendance officer
is person of Importance. The work
of looking after truants is under the
general supervision of Mr. Valentine
Nj. Collins. His corps of assistants
embraces twenty-one attendance ON
GERS. Mr.. Collins is very earnest ana
thorough in his work. lie contends
that in a country where citizenship
means so much every young man is
under The obligation Of becoming
good citizen.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-21

school for inspection, first weekly, af-
terward semimonthly, until nnally he
is wholly released.
Mr.. Collins Is booking forward 10
the erection OF a truant school In the
country. with grounds aud buildings
ample enough for "a well appointed
training school foT manual aud indus.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-21
Majuba Hill at Last.

This illustration furnishes convlnc.
ing proof that the British have at
least rea ched the great goal of their
desircs-Naiuba Hill-for here is the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-21
STONE SAILS,
A Curious Monument at the Village OF
Guadalupe.

About two miles to the east of the
City of Mexico is the village of Qua
dalupe, writes contributor to the
Strand Magazine, where, at the foot
of the hill of Tepeyacac. is hand
some church in honor of the Virgin of
Guadalupe. On the summit of the hill,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-21

A new electric railway Is under con
struetlon In Germany. one hundred
aud sixty miles az hour Is the maxi
mum of speed which. IL is hoped. viii
he attained on the road.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-21
4 NEW Y0RK's hIffbE RuAhfS. |,
4 How the City Tries to Ne'
y form Them.

OYS and girls in the upper
walks of life rarely come into
close contact with the at
tendance officer of the truant
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-05-17
WE HOPE THE MUD WILL NOT FLY.

The political giants are hurting
thunders at each other, we hope they
will not begin to hurl mud. Some of
the partisans Of the candidates are on
the eve of this now. For instance in
one city an effort was made by certain
OF the candidates to have primaries.
and not convention. In another city
the same candidates snapped horses
as to the proper thing to do. Parti-
sans of the candidates who failed de-
nounced the action of the other as
very low and defiling. 1t may be safely
stated, however, that had things gone
the other way those who now find fault
would have smiled and called it ''nice
work" The candidates are out to
win, and their friends ought to recall
this fact. Some time ago there was
convention held in not far distant
county. The friends of both parties
used liquor as freely as they could, but
one side had moro than the other, so !
when the fight was over and the party
with the smaller amount of liquor
found himself badly disfgured and out
OF the ring, there was an awful cry of
fr aud and double dealing, at which the
winner smiled and said nothing. Had
the result been the opposite the smil-
In g would have been on the other tel-
low face, that is all. No man who
goes into politics today can control
MS friends. They may do things he s
1oes not encourage, but if they win {
their methods he must still accept ,
The office. The virtue is never all on
ne side and the vice all On the other, (
10 In the present political race we will
ind matters much that way. 1t won't
10 to charge all the bad fault on the
ther fellow. So,we hope there will be d
10 mud singing. Il
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-05-17
Vacant Scholarships.

There are eight vacancies from Vir.
ginia in the Peabody Institute at Nash.
VII. For these scholarships competi.
i've examinations will be held on july
18TH and 18th in the Summer Normal
schools in this city, and Manassas and
Marion at such other places as the
number OF local applicants may justify
the board in selecting. A Peabody
scholarship is worth 800 a year and
the students railroad ticket from
home to Nashville and return by the
most direct route, and is good for two
years. The college year consists of
eIght months, beginning on the first
W ednesday in October and closing on
Inc last Wednesday in May; and scho-
larshlp students receive $12.5 so each
month of the session. n
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-05-17

clal success of the United States had
been attained in spite of the protective
tariff, and not because of it. and was
due to our enormous natural resources
and the inventive genius of our peo-
pie. Mr.: Holt began by saving: "'rbe
tariff ties the hands OF the America n
people, whlle the trusts rifle their peck
et. he expressed the opinion that
the tarlH was responsible for much
corruption In politics and that it was
not cnance that had landed SO many
mllllonalres in Congress. He closed
pY saying that of the 81 ,279, 900 900
STOCK and bonds OF the United States
steel corporation (The Morgan Steel
Irust), about 800, 100000 was water,
and tnat 1t was so, was, in his opinion,
largely due to the protective tariff.
MI. Schwab, President of the Steel
trust also appeared before the Indus
trial Commission. He made his trust
out to be great blessing, threw few
bricks at the labor organizations, and
made slightly yelled threat to reduce
wages if the tariff was taken off steel
products.
Elk Representative McAleer, of Pa,
who is In Washington on business,
said apropos of the recent Wall street
furry: "a good many years ago, when
the craze for buying oil lands was on.
L invested $4,000 to get in, as | sup
posed, on the ground floor. | found
later that had been badly fooled, and
out OF my investment, | think saved |
eventually only about $100 But | was
entirely satisfied with my experience.
IL Taught me to keep out of specula-
lion: NO man has any business in the
.tock market, as the recent crash has
demonstrated, unless he is thoroughly
am1lIar with the market, and not then
lnleSs he has abundant means, so that
le can lose all he ventures without feel
ng the loss" In reply to questions
IN his own political future, Mr.. Nc
Aleer said: Il wanted to be reelected
asst year. but having been defeated by
Infamous methods, / care hardly a five
ent piece one way OF the other as to
mother nomination. We are greatly [
Interested in the fate of the ballot bill
efore the state legislature, but | am i
fraid that the majority leaders in
pennsylvania politics are too we'll Salts [
ed with tire present ballot law to per- I
ut any changes. For their purposes {
40 ohO VI oHC ocou uollOG laws ever
nacted.' i
1t is admitted by the War Depart L
lent officials that the radical pro- t
ngllsh remarks made by Gen. Chat q
'e, at an entertainment given by Eng il
81 of1icers in Pekin. were ''a little a
aprudent," but they add that Sec b
tary Root does not take a serious Il
eW OF the matter. and that be will b
u ask Gen. Chaffee for all explana- 81
IN, unless some of the powers make a I
'otest. 1t naturally strikes many as 81
range that the Secretary of War II
ould not regard it as serious for the ir
OF the American troops in lo
lima, to have made remarks, after gl
ards published, which were in in al
ut an insult to every one of the allied re
Wers in China, except the English. e,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-05-17
is OUR BABYLON BEING DESTROYED

AS strange as it may seem the furry
IN wall street did not cause a furry
over the whole country. Has it be-
come fact that Wall street does not
own the whole country? Must it be
SAID to Wall streets shame that she
can have paro1ysms, and the country
not quake, that she can take snuff and
the rest of the world not sneeze. that
she can shed tears and no one else use
his handkerchief? If so her prestige
has gone. OF course she can cause the
French to suicide and the English to
grow white with fear, but our own
people are too much for her, The
ia rmer still farms, the manufacturer
keeps hls machinery humming. the
merchant still stands behind the coul-
ter and looks after his customers.
wn lie Railroad stocks" Jump from
h1g b to low points, and then climb
Dack again to their dizzy heights, to be
again hurled to the abyss below. But
tne common men, the plain people.
know nothing of such stock and don't
care durn whether brokers 20 broke,
or Wall streeters 20 to the wall. in
old phalan1es, or in Individual in.
stances. Stormy times ION changer
make but few changes with them. so
Thin gs remain peaceful at home. and ]
storms carry no destruction to houses I
Or crops. We hope Wall street will +
ind out in time that she is not the '
whole thing, that there are others {
md when this lesson is we'll learned Il
We may sp eak of Black Fridays as we h
10 OF the flood, as thing of the past. v
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-05-17
Bridgewater and Vicinity.

Mrs. Carr Moore went to Buena
vista on Wednesday to visit relatives.
Miss Lou VICAR, of Mt. Scion, was
The guest of Mrs. s. H. Webb for a few
days during the past week.
Mrs. W. A. Richcreek left yesterday
to spend several weeks with relatives
and friends in Augusta county.
A lot of hands are engaged at neelino
bark on the Chesapeake Westerns
in North River Gap. A saw
mill will be put it operation there. the
trees will be sawed into lumber after
the bark has been taken off. and nv
the time the G.. & W. extension is com.
pleted to that point a vast quantity of
Herald.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-05-17
beware of 0Intments for Catarrh tha.
contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely DESTROY the
sense OF smell and completely derange
Inc whole system when entering II
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physic-
ians' as the damage they will do is ten
1old to the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.
!; ioledo, o.. contains no mercury, and
ID taken internally, acting directly
upuh the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. In buying Halls "a.
tarrh Cure be sure you get the GEM
Inc; 1t is taken internally, and made
IN Toledo. Ohio, by F. J. Cheney &
20. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c per
Halls Family Pills are the best
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-05-17

In passing through town We'd
nesday Col. u. V. Ruckman called to
see us. lie considers Highlands
cnanee for railroad first class. He
says let IL come and where it strikes
his property be asks no damages and
II the company wants ground for a
depot he will donate it. ''-Hiphland
Recorder.