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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10
Gutta- Percha is Not Rubber.

Many persons think that gutta-per-
cha and India rubber are substantial
ly the same product, but, while they
resemble each other in some respects,
they are distinctly different in others.
A writer who was formerly forester
in the Dutch East Indies has recently
called attention to these differences
So far as the qualities of the products
are concerned the most noticeable
difference is that rubber is elastic
while gutta-percha is not Gutta-
percha is obtained from one plant on
ly; rubber from upward of so differ
ent plants. The gutta- -percha tree is
cultivated with great difficulty, and
the natives of the countries where it
grows cut it down to get it's sap.
Three fourths of this product comes
from Sumatra and Borneo. The tota,
annual production is only about one
twentieth that of rubber, which is es
timated at about 99000000 pounds
two-thirds of it coming from the Anna
zon valley, one-third from Central
Africa and one-twentieth from Asia
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10
Shining "A Big Tree.

An effort is to be made to remove a
large red oak tree from the widest
section of Arkansas to Forest Park. St
Louis, for the Louisiana Purchase EX.
position, says the Scientific American
The tree is 160 feet high and twelve
feet in diameter at the base. A double
tramway will be built from the tree to
the river, where ii will be floated and
towed TO St Louis. 1t is estimated
that this will occupy six months. The
tree will be dug up by the roots in
stead of being cut, and none of its
branches will be trimmed, so that il
will appear on exhibition just as il
aow stands in the woods.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

Never shut up flock of fowls in
small inclosure, thinking you will get
any good returns from them. A dozen
fowls should have at least a yard 100
feet square. The yard or yards may
be more convenient by making them
narrow and longer, according to cir
cumstances. Use two-inch mesh poul-
:ry netting, four feet wide. with a
board at the bottom, but none at the
top. This bottom board or boards, is
better two feet high, and thus pre-
vents the males from fighting through
the wire, but any width board is bet
ter than none at all, for with it you
can better stretch the wire, and make
q better job of fencing. 1t is not nee
essary to use higher fence. or wire
more than four feet. but no board
must be used on tCp or the fowls will
fly up on the top board and get out.
If chance bird gets over this fence,
crop her wings by cutting only the
long stiff fight feathers from the last
joint of wing.
If possible when making yards en-
close all the shade trees you can get
In them. If trees are not already in
them, loose no time putting them
there. A mulberry thicket of the Rus
sian variety is the ideal tree for fowls.
as the fowls love the leaves and the
immense crop of berries they bear.
We have mulberry hedge through
our yards and the low branches spread
out near the ground 10 feet or more.
and the leaves are stripped up by the
fowls and the shade is perfection. 1t
is true that the poultry yard is good
place for fruit trees and fruit, but we
can also have as many fruit trees in it
as it will accommodate beside the
n,ulberrics.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10
Rare Butterflies Bring Big Prices.

About 20 butterflies and nearly 60t
moths are supplied by Wicken Sege
Fen in Cambridgeshire, England, but
only a few of the rare and more val
liable specimens are sought after by
the entomologists. Their value, from
a monetary point of view. is some
what difficult to gauge; for instance
a scarce and inconspicuous brown
moth, called Hydrilla palustris, which
is only taken at long intervals. sever
al years intervening, is worth $40 te
SIS, while a swallow tail butterfly, al
though found nowhere else in Eng
land, is worth but 10 cents. good
specimen of the large copper butter
fly is worth from $50 to $40, but this
butterfly is now extinct.-Pearson s
Magazine.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10
Easy Come. Easy Go.

The man who creeps along bent over, wit
his spinal column feeling in a condition to
snap like a pipestem at any minute, would
readily give great deal to get out of his
dilemma, and yet this is only the commonest
form by which lumbago seizes on and twists
out of shape the muscles of the back. This
is commonly known as backache, crick in
the back, but by whatever name it may be
known and however bad it may be, 10 min
utes' vigorous rubbing with st. Jacobs Oil on
the afflicted par. will drive out the trouble
and completely restore. 1t is a thing so easily
caught. it may be wondered at why there is
not more of it, but because it is SO easily
cured by st. Jacobs Oil may be the very rea-
son that we hear so little of it.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear There is only one
way to cure deafness and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is in1amed
you have rumbling sound or rimperfecth hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is
the result. and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to it's normal
condition hearing will be destroyed forever.
Nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh
which is nothing but an inaamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Cstarrh Cure. Circulars
sent free. F.. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10
DEVELOPING osor in Flowers.

Accounts from st. Louis inform us
that an enthusiastic lover of flowers
mas succeeded in breeding an odorifer
Gus race of tulips, and that he is now
engaged in experiments with the chry
santhemum, to which he expects even
tually to impart the fra GRANGE of the
rose. We can only say, in reply to an
inquiry, that nothing has come to hand
throwing any light on those related
successes and experiments. From a
theoretical point of view it seems i'm
possible. Odor comes from the eXcre-
tion of minute particles of oil. To
change the odor the character of the
oil would have to be altered. When
this can be done by the cultivauor we
may expect turpentine from the sugar
cane and get the fragrance Of the vio-
let from ailantus flowers
An odoriferous race of tulips is not
astonishing, for tulips have them
selves developed scent. Tulipa sylves-
iris, common in the south of France
and thought by many botanists to be
only wild variety of Gesneriana,
from which our many cultivated tu-
lips have sprung. is very pleasantly
fragrant. The truth is that man can
only take advantage of some tendency
that nature has first originated. He
cannot develop new organs Of secre-
ton, and in the matter of color he
can only ring the changes of those
colors which the flower he expert
ments with has passed through in the
scale from primitive yellow to aesthet-
ic blue.-Boston Transcript.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10
A Prussian Royal Custom.

sian royal family of selecting every
July half dozen deserving young
couples too poor to marry, and to have
them welded in the garrison church
at Potsdam on the anniversary of the
death of Queen Louise of Prussia. At
ter the ceremony each bride receives
a gift of n sum equivalent to about
$115 and a handsome family Bible.
The function took place, as usual. a
short time ago, in the presence of
Princess Marguerite. the eldest I'M
married daughter of the Prussian
royal family.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10
To Tell the Age or Eggs.

According to good authority a new
laid egg placed in brine made in the
proportion of two ounces of salt to one
pint of water, will at once sink to the
bottom. An egg one day old will sink
below the surface, but not to the bot
tom, while one three days old Will
swim just immersed. If more than
three days old the egg will float on the
surface. the amount of shell exposed
increasing with age, and if two weeks
only only a little of the shell will
dip in the liquid.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10
To have these yards arranged just

To have these yards arranged just
right we should have large enclos-
ure adjoining we'll set down in clover,
or grass of any kind. alfalfa clover be-
ing the best, or bokhara clover, which
l think is equally as good, and thus
let out each flock on this grass run
every day a while Fowls will do
fully as well in every respect and in
deed betler, when thus properly yard
ed, than if running at large. The egg
output is largely increased by yard
ing properly.-A. H. Duff, in Farm
Field and Fireside.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10
Consolation and Comfort.

Who is it that does not wish to be out in the
open air or alive in some field Of sport,
whether it be with the bat, rod or gun (;
whether we go coasting over the hills and
or into serene coves, it is all sport, and the
springing muscles seem to need it. 1t is
bound to happen that some mishap will occur.
Thus it is that we have sprains in abundance.
Light sprains, sprains that cripple, sprains
that give great pain, sprains that rob us of
sleep, but sportsmen of all kinds have come
to know that there is nothing better than the
old reliable st. Jacobs Oil. Have it with you
for use you may rely on it's cure OF the worst
sprain and restoration to the comforts of life.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

No matter what ails you headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CAscARETs help nature
cure you without a grips or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back. CAS-
cARETs Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up
in metal boxes, every tablet has c. c. c..
stamped on it, Beware of limitations.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

Europe and Australia together are al
most exactly equal in area to South Amer
lea. North America and Australia COM
bined would almost cover Africa.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

The State which produced the largest
corn crop last year was Illinois, with 247,
600, 900 bushels.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

Potatoes form the worlds greatest sim
gle crop, 1000 million bushels being pro-
duced annually, equal in bulk to the en-
tire wheat and corn crop.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

FITSpermanen.l cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer 80 trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. r. H. KLINE, Ltd. 931 Arch St., Phila. Pa
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

Cremation OF the dead has been the Gus
tom in Japan for 1900 years.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

II. II. GREENS Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. are
the only successful Dropsy Specialists in the
world. See their liberal offer in advertisement
in another column OF this paper.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF
as q cough cure.--J. w. O'BRIEN, 322 Third
Avenue, N, Minneapolis. Mimi, Jan. 6, 1900.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

An ordinary piano contains a mile of
piano wire
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

The geodesists are still measuring
the earth, with a view to determin
ing it's exact size and shape. People
that do not follow closely the work
that scientists are doing are under the
impression, perhaps, that these points
were determined long ago, and SC
they were approximately. But an ap
proximate conclusion is not satisfac'
tory to science, and so the task OF
measurement goes on, and Will go
On until an accurate result is OBJ
tained. One of the most important
steps recently taken in this direction
is the remeasurement Of the meridian
arc in Peru. which is being done by
French geodesists. the original meas
urement having been made by their
countrymen in the early part of the
18th century. The new arc is near
ly twice as long as the old one, and
covers about six degrees of latitude,
crossing the equator near Quito
The great peak of Chimborazo rises
not far from the middle point of the
new arc.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

According to English corresponds
ence, an automobile battery has been
evolved abroad which threatens rev.
olution in horseless travel In going
down hill the motor is reversed and
the battery recharges ITSELF so that
it is much stronger at the bottom
than at the top. A trip of over "a
miles was made on an American
built wagon equipped with this. motor
and battery, with no stop for recharg-
ing.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

PUTNAMs F DELEss DYE produces the fast
est and brightest colors of any known dye
stuff. Sold by all druggists
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums reduces intiamma-
ton allays pain cures wind collie. 25c bottle
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

A man can go down hill faster than he
can go up.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

The population of the German Empire
includes 5000, 900 who use the Polish Ian
guage.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10
A&BlESAqRA! @ lES|{|A} g
Disposing of wood Ashes.

If there is no receptacle for wood
ashes the best thing to do with them
is to broadcast them around the trees.
Ashes contain both lime and potash
with a small proportion of phosphor-
ic acid, and they benefit all kinds Oh
trees, showing excellent effects for
several wears.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The British war office has devised
a new use for bullets expended upon
target practice at rifle ranges. The
present market price for spent cupro-
nickel bullets is about $50 per ton,
and contracts have been made for the
recovery and removal of these used
bullets from the various ranges.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10
Deafnes. Cannot We Cured

A vessel going from Montreal to Port
Arthur has to ascend 600 feet.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

Physical culture is only another name
for hard work.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

If girl dislikes young man she steels
her heart, but if she admires him she let's
him steal it.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10
Rest For the Bowels.

It's good thing to be too busy to make
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

Naturally it makes fellow feel cheap
to give himself away.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

Great Britain supplies many Brussels
carpets and small foot rugs to Turkey.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

AS a consequence of the increasing
demand for superior grades of sugar
in Japan, attention is being turned
toward improving the very primitive
methods of crushing now employed
at Tainan, and turning out cleaner
and higher grade sugar, says The
Engineer. AS a first step in this di-
rection four iron mills-crushers-
were introduced during the year to
replace old stone crushers, but as the
same motive power-bullocks-
used as before, this Improvement is
limited only to the extraction OF
larger percentage of juice, and the
quality of the sugar produced re-
mains much the same.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

Commercial agent Johnson, of Stan,
bridge, Quebec, has sent to the state
department a report on the discovery
of new wood preservative. He
says: "The sap is removed from tim
Der and at the same time it is impreg
mated with chemicals to render the
wood either fireproof or impervious
to attacks of insects or to decay in
salt or other waters. Beechwood can
he made suitable for railway sleepers
or for boot and shoe lasts If neces
sary the impregnating plant can be
used at the telling ground. The cost
of impregnating is about two cents
per cubic foot The cost OF the
plant is about $1,000"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-10-10

The product called "electroverre,"
according to the Moniteur Scienti
fique, is made as follows: The mate
rials in fine powder are fed into an
electric furnace in several compart
ments; in about 20 minutes a clear
liquid glass is obtained, which can be
run into moulds or worked as usual.
for finer kinds of glass the compart
ments are placed over one another,
as the refining takes place more
quietly Fifty volts is sufficient with
the Becker furnace, and the current
can be either alternating or continu'
Gus. 1t is claimed as an advantage
that the furnace can be easily start
ed or stopped within a short time,
and that the expense of pots will be
saved. The trials are being made by
a company at Cologne.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-11-08
DEATHS HARVEST
Mrs. Towler's Funeral.

The remains of Mrs. Susie Daniel
fowler arrived from Philadelphia Sat
urday morning on the 3 O. clock train, &C.
companied by her entire family from
Clarksville, and were carried to the
residence of Mrs. Minnie fowler, where
the numerous friends of the deceased
could pay their last respects and
homage to the beautiful dead.
Such an abundant and beautiful
array of floral offerings was never seen
in Columbia, the casket being we'll
nigh hidden from view.
The funeral occurred at the First
Presbyterian church that afternoon at
2 O'Clock, Rev. A. p. McFerrin con
Quoting the impressive service. The
church was crowded with sympathiz-
ing friends, and the funeral cortege
was one of the longest ever seen here.
With tears and tender hands, the be-
loved one was laid to rest in Rose Hill
beneath mound of flowers to await
the resurrection morn.
Judge and Mrs w. NJ. Daniel of
Clarksville, parents Of the deceased
her sisters, Miss Bessie Daniel of
GAINESVILLE, and Mrs. viii Frierson of
Chattanooga her brothers. Messrs.
Roy, VIII, John and Fontaine Daniel
of GAINESVILLE, Murray Daniel of Texas
her aunts Mrs. Williams and Miss
Susie De Graffenreid, of GAINESVILLE
Mrs. Will Frierson of Chattanooga,
MIS- Mary Paul Mcguire of Nashville.
and Mr. and Mrs. John DeGraffenreid
and daughter from Franklin, were in
attendance upon the funeral and burial.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-11-08
YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AT OUR STORE
MAURy- DRY GOODS co.
OYER TIE COUNTY.

Mrs. q. W. Sarver, of Carriers Creek,
is visiting in the city.
Mrs. Will Matthews, who has been
quite sick, is improving.
Mr.. R. W. Mullins is building a
store house at Santa Fe.
Miss Mamie Osborne, of Dark's Mills,
has been visiting in town.
II cabinet photos, and button worth
30 cts, all for 81 at Young's. If
Six cabinet photos, and one 16x2O
crayon. for 81 25 at Young's. If
For SALE-Two Jersey cows, fresh in
milk. } P. HERNDON.
1-d3-Wl
Mrs. s. R. Lee of Lynnville is visit
ing Mrs. F. Mitchell, on Bear Greek
Miss Bessie Cook, of Santa Fe, was
a guest of Mrs. W. H. Shuneman this
week.
Mrs. Jessie johnson returned to Santa
Fe Monday from visit to Mrs. R. W..
Hight.
Esquire j. M. Dockery, who went to
Texas some time ago, has returned to
Maury county to live.
Miss Eva Roundtree and Mr.. Lacey
Whitaker visited Miss Della Green at
West Harpeth this week.
Mr.. J. E. Satterfeld of Santa Fe has
gone to New Mexico on a prospecting
tour He intends locating there.
| For SALE-4O barrels pure apple vine
| gar, one year old. S. per barrel, %
cents per gallon. HORACE RATNEY. 1t
We want to buy rye and harly, and
! sell you oats and corn, wheat bags, etc.
Columbia Mercantile Storage Co. tt
The Post-office Department has or,
dered the discontinuance of the post
offices of Latta in Maury county, and
McGrew, in Giles county.
Since the expiration of the game law
November l. the hunter, his gun and
dog have been very much in evidence
Landowners should keep lookout for
pot-hunters
Prof Lee Harris, Principal of Nc
Gains Academy, Maury county, was
here Monday on business. The friends
of Miss Ella Cathey, of Verona, will be
glad to know that she is getting along
splendidly with large music class il
that institution. Tribune
Mr.. w. T. Galloway of the Glendale
neighborhood, has curiosity in the
shape of an Irish potato vine. The vine
has several small but we'll formed pota
toes on it, which grew above the
ground He found several of the vines
in his patch, and brought one to town tt
exhibit.
Mr.. J. L. Ramon of Glendale moved
several days ago into the place vacated
by Mr.. E. B. Hargrove, who has gon,
to Texas. Mr.. Ramon turned severa
head of stock into a lot where som,
waste paper had been dumped, anC
a mare and mule got hold of package
of Paris green. Both animals dice
from the effects of the poison.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-11-08
EARLY CLOSING LAW.
The Good Effects Upon the Morals
OF Shelby vile.

Mr.. j. D. Hutton, cashier of the
Peoples National Bank of Shelbyville,
in letter to a citizen of Columbia,
says:
Dear Sir--In answer to your letter
asking some information as to our
& o. clock closing ordinance, l reply
that. no law enacted by Ou1
town since ] have been resident here
US years has done so much for the
morals of the town. The very young
men who did not drink during the day
hut who would congregate and drink
at night are now advocating the con
tinuance of the law
> Il am .old by our city Judge that
since the law went into effect the
number of cases before the court in the
town have decreased to one half the
number every month, and in some
months to not more than one third fol
the same month before the law wat
passed Two years ago, and for the
past 25 years. our saloons could carry
any election. Now it is doubtful il
they can muster one third the vot,
of the opposition. If | can be of fur
ther assistance to you | shall gladly do
what | can.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-11-08
Knit Underwear and
Heavy Hosiery.

We have all styles, shapes and quail.
ties of the best makes of Underwear,
in wool wool and cotton mixed, OF
heavy fleece cotton Few special good
things are
SOC Ladies Union Suits, in gray OF
white, heavy fleece lined, all sizes
25c Ladies heavy fleece pants or
vests, in bleached and unbleached.
ST. 90 All-wool vests and pants in red,
gray or white, ribbed or plain.
Poe For childs or misses Union
Suits
SOC For heavy wool shirts and
drawers for boys or misses
i0c Per pair for ladies best quality
l5c heavy fleece hose Children 5 heavy
hosiery in wool and cotton.