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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25
How to Acquire Paychic Force.

Mystics who acquire tremendous
psychic force do not eat meat at all,
but live on fruits, vegetables, roots,
cereals and one or two eggs a day.
They have perfect health and live to
be very old, many passing the cen
tury mark. Would you enjoy the
ideal breakfast? Asparagus, scrambled
eggs, dry toast and cup of weak tea.
The ideal luncheon? A cold tomato
and three leaves of lettuce, with pep
per and salt. The ideal dinner? Fresh
peas, boiled onions, half portion Of
fish, fried hominy and water from the
spring Omit bread. No good! Bread
is the mother. father and remotest an
,estor of dyspepsia. J. Pierpont Nor
gan is man of tremendous vital
force and nearly giant in STATURE
as well as intellect. AT an official ban.
quet given in his honor in London the
other night all that he ate was a
small piece of Ash and two soft-boiled
eggs, and his drink was glass of wa
ter. He is hunting for psychic force!
New York Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25

ment. 1t is asserted. will preserve milk
L. sweetened condition for seventy
five hours in all climates. In applying
the principle for household use the
charcoal Is suspended in the bowls or
pitchers used after the manner illus
trated. The holder consists Of a fine
wire gauze receptacle, with thin metal
arms attached for its suspension.
New charcoal has to be used on each
occasion. AS applied to the dairy
mans needs, the charcoal is contained
in two perforated metal cases. one in
the bottom of the churn. OF can. and
one attached to the inside Of the lid.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25

be nuisance and home for fleas
In all that, the life is primitive in the
extreme.
AS a rule, the guajiro is illiterate
and satisfied to be so. The outside
world interests him little and troubles
him less. School facilities have not
been abundant under the Spanish
regime, and there is some question of
his enthusiasm over the Introduction
of school systems under the American
control Of Cuban affairs. Newspapers
reach his vicinity, and there is always
some one who can and does read aloud
for the edification Of the community.
All this, the rude home, the narrow
life, the illiteracy, is not to be unchar-
itably charged against the guajro to
his discredit.
Americas special interest in this
group at the present time Is. or should
be. in its place in that political future
OF the island in which America Is so
deeply concerned, and for which she
has assumed such important RESPONSE
bility. To some extent the guajro
took part in the Cuban insurrection.
Yet it is doubtful If anything more
than small percentage took any ac-
tive part in the operations. The great
majority of the original followers of
the instigatorS Of the revolt of 1895,
like those who supported the earlier
Ten Years War, were less RESPONSE
bic element consisting of plantation
field hands. The raids of Gomez and
Maceo, westward from the home of
the insurrection in Santiago province,
demoraliZed and, in large measure.
destroyed the productive activities of
the central and western provinces.
Some Of the small peasant farmers,
reused by the enthusiasm of the move
ment, joined the flying raiders and be-
came it's most effective fighters. Many
remained passive. and constituted the
class known as the pacificos. the
/ peaceful. the non-combatants. Some
of these materially aided the insur-
gents with such as they had to give,
though unwilling to take active part
There were few, whether they were
active or passive, who did not lose
their little all. Insurgents and Span
iards seized their crops, their cattle
and their poultry for "the needs OF
the army" Often their homes were
burned, sometimes in wanton destruc
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25

ant. the farmer, ell hijo del cam
po (the son of the country. as distinct
from the man of the city and town.
He is the man who is locally known as
the guajiro ah-hee-ro). Taken
broadly, this class will include white.
black and mulatto. though the great.
er numDer are white. In Cuba the
term white" has a latitude which is
not recognized in the Anglo-Saxon
race. The swarthy Spaniard may
owe the darkness OF his skin to some
old drops Of brownish blood from the
long years of Moorish occupation of
the peninsula.
Numerically the guajiros constitute
probably some sixty or seventy per
cent of the people of Cuba. AT the
present time an exact classification is
impossible. The processes of war de-
Stroyed the homes of many of the
class, and they have been forced to
seek such employment as might be
open to them. This they have done
with a patient and submissive endur-
ance which is one of their chief char
acteristics. Gradually, as best they
can. they seek to pick up the threads
of the old life, to return to the spot
of the old home to build anew the sim
pie structure and to resume the old
occupations.
The type Of dwelling occupied by
tine guajiro is misleading to those who
are unfamiliar with the worlds peas
ant and pioneer life. 1t impresses
such as a hovel which can only be the
home of poverty, unthrift and social
degradation. So does the rock and
mud hut Of the South African veldt,
the humpy of the bush settler of Aus
tralia. the nipa hut of the Filipino. the
dugout of the Western pioneer, and
the log cabin of the mountaineer Yet
each uses for his dwelling that mate
rial, whether it be earth, stone, brick,
wood bamboo, or palm, which Is most
readily and economically available for
his purpose. The nipa hut of the Fill
ipino and the log cabin of the noun.
taineer may be and often are quaint
and picturesque The cabin of the
Cuban guajiro seldom suggests any
thing other than the crude and the
primitive. Yet, like the corresponding
homes of other lands, the roof thatci
may shelter very worthy man. 0
good husband and father hospitablt
host according to his means. The
audeness of these houses is no true in
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25
ton. sometimes in alleged punishment
for their attitude. From this class
there came the large percentage of the
unfortunate reconcentrados. Upon
A GUAJIRO HOME.

this lass the burdens of destructive
warfare have fallen most heavily.
Ruined planters may be numbered by
scores. Ruined guajiros count up into
the hundreds of thousands.
The few hundred Of great planters
in Cdba are an essential feature in the
islands development. They are the
employers Of thousands of laborers.
Their rights and their privileges are
an important consideration in all Gu.
ban affairs. Without them, our sugar
would be costly article, and none can
say what Cuba would be. Yet equally
If not more carefully to be considered
in Cuba's political future, Is Cuba g
sturdy and pea cable peasantry. The
guajiro is a pei ceable man. tractable,
easily governed. asking nothing save
justice and fair taxation from his
rulers. He is no discontented mis-
chief maker. His greatest desire is to
live in quiet, cultivating his little
farm, chatting with his neighbors,
disturbing none and desiring that none
disturb him. His Is no strenuous
life," and advocates of that sort Of
thing may regard his life as contemp-
tible, yet it is the life Of the majority
Of the worlds population.
In the politics Of the time this man
has little place and his voice is little
heard. He is probably the man who,
In days to come, will determine what
fashion of government Cuba shall
have, but he is not yet ready for such
definite determination. and he figures
but little ii at all in the plans and op-
erations Of political leaders. He now
has no political organization, though
such of his type as cast their votes in
the recent election doubtless voted
with the Cuban National party.
He Is the backbone Of Cuba, and
Americans. in their consideration of
the island and its political and social
needs, should give due place to the
guajiro. the sturdy, patient, tractabie,
peaceable. plodding majority. - New
York Ipdependent.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25
A COMMON TYPE OF CUBAN COUNTRY HOME

portation of coolie labor brought the
Chinese.
The color line is far less definite
than it is in the United States. The
census of 1899 gives the following de-
termination: White Cubans, 910,299;
white aliens. including Spanish,
French, English. German and Ameri-
can. 142, 1913; negroes, 234 ,63S; mulat-
toes. 270,S05; Chinese, 1887. Com
pared with earlier census returns the
negro and the Chinaman show q
marked reduction. The returns OF
1862 give: Negroes, $4,000; Chinese
$4,000.
Somewhere in this somewhat hetero-
geneous lot there is the type which
may be rightly called the Real Cuban,
the Cuban race type. l place this
type, and 1 believe with entire COR
rectness, on the soil. He is the peas
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25
Maud Howe on Docking.

Maud Howe, speaking of the injury
done to horses by the barbarous and
foolish fashion of docking, says: This
fact is so well recognized by experts
that there is not one cavalry regiment
in the whole of Europe or America
in which the docking of the tail is
permitted, and in polo playing the
lcng-tailed ponies are much the clever
est in turning and shifting their
course, because they have the tails
with which they were BORN
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25

ago by the famous comparative anato-
mist. DR.. Joseph Leidy. The study of
fossil and recent horses is one Of the
most interesting and convincing Of
evolutionary theories. In Eocene times
the ancestor Of the modern horse had
four toes, so he could run over the
marshes. Later, in Miocene times he
lost one toe from disuse. PliOcene
times saw only the central toe predom-
mating, when in the modern horse the
extra toes do not penetrate the skin,
and are only recognized anatomically
as the splint bOnes.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25
'Another Item of tho Damnins Count =

Crimes directly chargeable to the liquor
tratlc are OF so common occurrence that
the story of them has almost ceased to
specially shock the public. Like Rome in
the days of Nero, we know that we are in
the hands of murderer. and have grown
instance of particular hideousness occurs
that by its unusual features challenges
public attention Such one was found
in the daily papers of last week.
1t appears that in the little town of
Beaverton, Mich. there was hotel pro-
prietor named Arnell. After several days
6 ID drinking he went into his house,
little girl, only six years old,
b i'm coming, and fearing him in
h.. y, ran W tairs and hid from
hin he'd. He followed her, and
findl 'ug place shot her dead.
The mo lg the shot ran upstairs,
and was m.. ler husband, who fatally
wounded her " .th another shot. Coming
down stairs he caught sight of his aged
mother sitting in chair, an invalid from
years of paralysis, He fired at her, the
bullet plowing its way along her am:
Coming into the street he met and fired
at two of his sisters, wounding neither of
them, however. A little further on he
met his brother and brother-in-law and
wounded the former, when the brother
in-law fred and wounded him, after
which he was taken prisoner and hurried
to the Jail.
This is the story told in the plainest
possible language. without an adjective OF
an adverb, the bare. naked facts. The
strange thing about it is that the Ameri-
can people know that the saloon pro-
duces this sort Of thing, have known it
for years, and keep the saloon right
straight on as f they wanted these things
done.-The Ne Voice.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25

of Sabine Pass. 1t is known as the
''oil POOL and the surface OF the
water there is perpetually smooth from
petroleum which floats up from the
bottom.
The proposition now is to sink pipes
from the surface, which, after pene
trating the bottom, will be sunk far
enough to tap the oil supposed to ex-
list in large quantities in subterraneap
caves far beneath the surface of the
Gulf,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25
The Crime breeding Centre.

The relation of intemperanee to crime
is thus summed up:
The saloon is the disturbing cause, the
crime breeding centre and direct inspira
tional source where both young and old
hatch their schemes and receive their
common incentive; and alcoholism as a
disease is the condition par excellence
that engenders the criminal habit and
strengthens all its abnormal proclivities."
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25
The Effect of Alcohol on Animal Life.

The result of recent experiments on
large scale on animals, made by Nj. Lain
ier, French doctor, to test the effect of
alcoholism on the system, will rejoice the
hearts of the opponents of strong drinks.
He has proved that animals alcoholized
are utterly unable to resist infection with
the bacilli of tuberculosis of anthrax, and
still less with the poison of diphtheria,
Moreover, the progeny of alcoholized
guinea pigs are either born dead or are
SO weak that they survive but very
short time. These experiments will again
direct attention to the subject of alcohol.
ism in connection with the decrease of
population in Frauce.-New York Herald
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25
Evolution Of the Horse

DIR. Gidley, of the American Museum
Of Natural History, Of New York
City, recently spent some time in this
city studying the type specimens o:
fossil horses preserved in the museum
of the Academy Of Natural Sciences.
These specimens were described years
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25
Preserving Milk by Charcoal.

A rather unusual meinOd Of pre-
serving milk has recently been brought
to public attention in England. the
chief feature of which is the use Of
if immersed in milk, will absorb all
the impurities resulting from the
chemical changes which are constant
ly taking place. This simple treat
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25

The owners Of automobiles in Ohio
constitute a new force in the good
roads movement. There is a plan un-
der way for the building of a boule-
ward from one end of the State to the
other. touching the cities and largest
towns.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25

France probably has the smallest
conscript on record. Emile Mayot of
Cunel in the canton of Montfaucon
measures feet 8 IL inches in his
stocking feet and weighs AZ pounds.
He was accepted.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25
Snap Shot From China.

The clash Of the eastern and west
ern military methods in China during
the past year has brought many
strange things into the public eye.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25

None Of them, perhaps, is more anus
ing. from the western point Of view.
than the camel cavalryman shown in
the accompanying picture. The rider
is Sepoy Of the Twenty sixth Balu-
chistan Regiment-a British East In
dian soldier-and his steed Is a part
Of the loot taken at Patachu.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25

hour and half from Sydney, Austria
liza, UP the Parramatta River. Messrs.
Adam and Eve are both enterprising
business men, and appreciate the ad-
vertising value of the firm name. 1t
is interesting to note that, as diapers,
Adam and Eve are in very appropri-
ate business.-Profita BILE Advertising.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25

n VOSIlp race. ne early yeHI .
of Spanish occupation saw Spanish
blood commingled with that of the So
called Indians" whom the discover
ers of the island found in possession.
Later Spanish settlement established
lines of distinct Spanish blood, and
produced also a further commingling
in varying proportions with the ma
tive blood. In later years measure
of immigration followed from the i'm
mediate surroundings. The French
man and the mixed French came from
Hayti and San Domingo. The mixed
Spanish came from Mexico and North
ern South America. Slave trade
brought the African negro. and the i'm
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25
SUBMARINE PETROLEUM.

. HVJoOS HhFOBC 10 SIHk OII WeIIb IN tho
Gulf.
Texas capitalists are now interested
In company which will drill for oil
In the Gulf of Mexico. 1t has been
discovered that considerable oil field
underlies the Gulf few miles outside
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25

The average value Of the annual
raw silk exports from Syria may be
put at $5,OOO,OOO.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25

An Australian Snapshot.
This picture is produced from n
photograph taken at Parramatta, a
fat, hot, and sleepy town. sail OF an
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25

When the sun is pouring down its
rays upon the ocean at MONDAY none
Of them penetrate to depth of over
200 feet. Could a diver descend to
that depth he would find himself
shrouded in darkness as profound as
though he were immersed in a sea
Of ink.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-25
THE REAL CUBAN

. HE people Of Cuba. like those
of the Philippine Islands and
the United States, are COM
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-11
HOW LONDON REGARDS SOUTH
AFRICAN MESS.
SITUATION GROWS WORSE
Little Else Than Lord Kitchener's
Dispatches Allowed to
Go Through.

London, Jan. 1O-The situation in
South Africa grows worse, rather than
better. Lord Kitchener's dispatches
are more laconic than those of Lord
Roberts and little else authentic is
allowed to come through. The Times
in an editorial today finds comfort in
the thought that ''the process of at
triton is doing it's work and MUST
shortly lead to the inevitable result"
On the other hand, however, there
is less satisfaction with the situation
of affairs, which has practically neces-
STATED fortiication Of Capetown. No
steps have been taken to comply with
Lord Kitchener's demads for reinforce
ments.
Lord Coleridge, in a letter excus-
ing his non-attendance at political
meetings says: II loathe and detest
this war, and the authorities who
brought it about, the mode in which
it is conducted, and the undignified
excitement over the defeat of a hand
full of peasants defending their coun-
try at the hands Of ten times their
number of trained soldiers, backed by
the wealth Of England"
Dispatches report that a small party
of Beers carried off cattle close to the
east fort at Pretoria. Nine hundred
Beers, under Commandant Keitzinger,
are Is miles from Richmond, in the
direction Of Murraysburg. Rumors
are spreading at Capetown that the
rebels have joined the Beers in the
Valvinia district. The military COM
missioner of police at Johannesburg
has warned the public to beware of
the dangerous dynamite mines laid in
the Rand to protect the mines, as the
authorities cannot hold themselves
responsible for injuries resulting
therefrOm.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-11
A RARE OCCURRENCE
British Columbia Mainland Gov
cred by Several Feet
of Snow.

Vancouver, Jan. 1O-The entire
mainland of British Columbia is snow
bound. Such condition is not unusual
in the Rocky mountains during the
winter, but is quite exceptional along
the coast, where there is rarely more
than an inch or two of snow two or
three day throughout the entire win
ter. Snow began falling 10 days ago
and has continued internationally ever
since. The snow is about three feet
on the level of the streets.
Snow plows and gangs Of men with
shovels have been constantly en-
ployed endeavoring to keep clear the
tracks of the electric roads, but even
with these efforts it has been impossi-
BILE to give the usual service.
Despite the unfavorable conditions,
trains of the Canadian Pacific have
continued to run on schedule time.
Today the storm began with renewed
vigor and snow fell a greater part Of
the day. The storm broke this morn
ing from the east.
The steamer Joan, from Nanaimo,
and other coast vessels were late, re-
porting exceedingly rough weather in
the gulf of Georgia. The smaller
steamers are all snow bound.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-11
He Will REMAIN
Britain Requires Lord Paunce-
Totes Further Service at
Washington.

London, Jan. 8-Lord Pauncefote,
British ambassador to the United
States, according to information fur
nished to the Associated Press today,
will remain indefinitely in Washing
ton. It was the intention of the Brit
ish government to appoint his sue
cessor next March, but the questions
now at issue between the United
States and Great Britain are believed
to be far too serious to permit his re-
moval. 1t is understood also that Lord
Pauncefote is willing to stay on and
is likely to represent Great Britain
until the close of this year at least, if
not longer.
AS yet the Nicaraguan controversy
has not engaged the attention OF the
British government, nor has any de-
cision been tentatively formed. Be-
fore the matter is discussed in the
cabinet, Lord Lansdowne, secretary of
state for foreign affairs, will have
several conferences with Choate, ell
l~ightenment being desired by the for
eign office upon various points in the
amendments to the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty.
These conferences will begin within
a few days.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-11
CAUSED NO SURPRISE
War Department Officials Expected
Arrest of Captain
King.

Washington. Jan. 8-The arrest of
Captain G. W. King, quartermaster Of
volunteers, at Mobile, Ala, yesterday,
created no surprise at the war depart
nlent.
Quartermaster General Ludington
and other officials of the quartermaster
generals Office evidently were. ia
miliar with all the circumstances lead
ing up to the officers arrest, but none
of them was willing to discuss the
matter for publication. General Lud-
ington.. said that there is no disposition
to take snap Judgment against Cap
tain King and the charges against
him will be thoroughly investigated
before action is taken. A statement
will be made by Secretary Root, later.
There has been considerable fric-
ton between Captain King and j. H.
Hobson, the contractor for construc-
ton of barracks and officers quarters
at Fort Morgan, Ala, for some weeks
past on account of the rejection of
material. Recently the troubles be-
tween the two men were made the
subject Of an investigation by officers
of the treasury secret service and the
arrest of Captain King on the charge
Of having accepted a bride was one Of
the results of that investigation.
Inasmuch as the case is now in the
hands of the civil authorities, with
every prospect of the officers trial on
a criminal charge, 1t is said at the wal
department. that court martial proceed.
ings are unnecessary, at this time al
least.
If the charge against Captain King
is sustained in the civil proceedings
that officer undoubtedly will be dis,
charged from the sarmy without hon
orr by order of the president on the
ground that his services are no Longer
required.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-11
VARIED The STYLE
Picturesque Performance of Wash
ington Representative in
Lower House.

Washington, Jan. 1O-General de-
bate on the river and harbor bill con-
tinued in the house today until 4
O'Clock, when the death of Represent
alive Clarke of New Hampshire was
announced and the house adjourned
out of respect to his memory.
The features of the debate today
were the speeches of Cushman, Wash
ington, and Hepburn, Iowa. The
latter has been a persistent opponent
of river and harbor bills for years and
he attacked the bill all along the l:Ae
in his usually vigorous fashion.
Cushman's speech was unique in
many particulars. He was in favor of
river and harbor appropriations and his
complaint was due to the fact that
the members Of the committee, accord
ing to his ideas, had located the hulk
Of the appropriations to their own
states and given scant consideration
70 the needs Of other states, especially
- the Seattle ship canal in his own
,atatS. He illustrated his remarks
with 4 series OF carefully prepared
.Oharts. He criticised several indi-
vidual members Of congress in breezy
style and became engaged in had q