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The Holly chieftain., 1901-08-09
BETTER rHAN"ABouT RIGHT"
Lecturer, by . Laak Yankee
Of New En9lAnA.

Thomas Starr King. the famous
preacher and lecturer, was settled in
California at the outbreak of the
civai war, and to his influence is
a.clibed the change of public opin-
.cn in that state from Iukewarmness
toward the northern cause to devoted
loyalty. The Overland Monthly has
lately published an article on this
famous uinn from which we take an
unes'ot- toiA about Mr.. King by
James 4. Fields:
Mr. King, with friend. was max
ing q trip through the White noun
tains. They were travelling hy that
mos: delightful of conreyances-a
country wagon. When they stepped
a few minutes at the d no. o New
a.nr.l!ire tavern. Mr. Kings COM
vision basket. and he remained in the
vehicle.
One Of the tall. iank, siab-sided
Yankees that are always hanging
round New England inn door slouchcd
up to the team and began altering
the harness. slackening strap here
and tightening a buckle there. all un-
asked, until Mr.. King got impatient
at the length of the operation. and
said. rather sharply:
you needn't trouble yourself any
more. 1 think that harness is about
right"
The Yankee finished his work and
drawled out: Guess rights better'n
abeaout right"
There was no reply to this. Mr..
Kings friend returned. and he drove
off. confessing to lesson which he
needed to learn less than most of his
conntrymen: Right" is better than
about rioht"
The Holly chieftain., 1901-08-09
Prices Are GOinq

G m nut Of sight On entahi.s
be, m keeping down to b..!rock
and no mmiriny the quality. 1t
is The n lily, of what you buy,
and no, rl,r price that makes it
worth thu money. If you want 10
live che;',l,,.y cheap stuff, if you
want to i've well buy good stuff
and pa ior IT, don't have it rharg-
etl. | " II sill YOU
l gal. can California fruit 4Oc
p 'an 4" fruit in syrup 35c
8 cans sugar corn. -. 25c
l can apple butter. $50. 15c
i red steak salmon ......... 25c
Z bars Silk soap. 25c
10" WoEld Beater soap. 25c
3 can Lewis lye. 25e
BIB ginaer.snsp~ .......... 25c
4 b Soda crackers. 25c
p pkgs Arbuckles' coffee. -. 25c
2 pkgs Lyon coffee ee.......... 81
l Yankee oats. s.............. 25c
hay just y. eiv,a II sL nr.rn,
of this years honey from my
apairy wh,rh | eau furnish in any
quantity. Get a sob can for win
ter use.
A full line Of tobacco, cigars,
r"nirciiou,s nuts, cakes, fruit, and
vrs,Itblr-
W. L. t...,,
t.hr Grocer.
Don r"h...s "; .-'st,....s' '''- '.'Ss
II " want m y :. ~ ~ L-s.s IN ny
nnd fGi st,.., ,.s ri ...f'f..,.., ''fs'' q,
fu.i u! -. =. i,,t .....- y, ..', \ ,ac.
the won.i..r-..,,r.-.,r l"a- ~ WAX nWt
strour. a..a.k.n nL.t.o ..+ ii tsn days.
Oven +Oi :, ssi.ei. iuy y. io-f;.. tt'';r
yonr ow ". .sts, WHO vii gnasatntee 2
cnra. rot:n and HtutI,ic r'ai'-.I ,y..: Al
ttsEains hssnsay Do CaicAxo " New iesk
The Holly chieftain., 1901-08-09

IF YOU WANT TO KEEP In TOUCH
WITH THE PROGRESS MADE BY
THE SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY
OF THE ARKANSAS VALLEY.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05
The ORIGIN of baseball.

The origin of baseball-"our nation
al game"-is not definitely known, but
the first club organized to play it was
in New York, in 1916. Singularly
enough, this club, like the one first
organized to promote rowing, was
called "The Knickerbocker club" Af-
ter 1851 other amateur baseball clubs
began to organize, including the At
lantic, Mutual, Union. etc. In 1857 a
convention of delegates from 16 clubs
in and around New York and Brooklyn
was held. About 10 years later, at the
annual convention of the National as
sociation in 1866, 202 clubs from II
states and the District of Columb bia
were represented. The college baseball
associations were started about 1862
or 1868. Amateur baseball throughout
the Union was at it's height in the
years 1865, 1906 and 1867. Profession
al baseball was recognized in 1868, and
the first games were played in 1862
Harper's BaZar.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05
7 eorgon eraham's Bushes. Philosophy.

GOrg0n Graham's Business PhtIosophy.
Baron Munchausen was the first
travelling man, and my drummers'
expense accounts still show his in
fiuence.
Adam invented all the different
ways in which young man can
make fool of himself, and the col
lege yell at the end of them is just
a frill that doesn't change essentials.
It's the fellow who thinks and acts
fol himself. and sells short when
prices hit the high G and the house
is standing ON its hind legs yelling
for more, that sits in the directors
meetings when he gets on toward
forty.
Pay day is always month off for
the spendthrift, and he is never able
to realize more than sixty cents on
any dollar that comes to him. But a
dollar is worth one hundred and six
cents to a good business man, and he
never spends the dollar.
If YOU gave some fellows a talent
wrapped in napkin to start with
in business, they would swap the tai
ent for a gold brick and lose the
napkin; and there are others that you
could start out with just o napkin
who would set up with it in the dry
goods business in small way and
then coax the other fellows talent
into il.
l always lay it down as safe prop
osition that the fellow who had TO
brooI- oman tho hahv'c bonk fOr car
fare toward the last of the week isn't
going to be any Russell Sage when
it comes to trading with the old
mans money.-Saturday Evening
Post
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05
The Bad Temper of Divers.

Gone of the strange effects that
diving has upon those who practice
it, said a diver to the writer recently.
sis the invariable bad temper felt
while working at the bottom, and as
this irritability passes away as soon
as the surface is reached again it is
only reasonable to suppose that it is
caused by the unusual pressure of air
inside the dress, affecting probably
the lungs, and through them the brain.
NV experience has been that while
below one may fly into the most vio-
lent passion at the merest trif1e, for
instance, the lifeline held too tight or
too slack. too much air or too little,
or some imaginary wrongdolng on the
part of the tender or men above, VIII
often cause the temper to rise.
have sometimes become so angry IN
a similar way that | have given the
signal to pull up with the express in
tention of knocking the heads of the
entire crew, but as the surface was
reached and the weight of tie air
decreased, my feelings have gradu-
ally undergone a change for the bet
ter, until by the time l reached the
ladder and had the face glass un-
screwed l had forgotten for what l
came up."-Washington Star.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05
Poultry Points.

A poultry farm is a photo of the
poultryman.
Low, level roosts are preferable to
high, sloping ones.
Plenty of fresh water placed in the
shade is always in order in the poultry
yards.
Camphorated balls are recommended
for keeping lice from the nests of lay
ing and sitting hens.
Keep the little chicks busy. If they
are taught to hustle for portion of
their food they will grow fast and
look thrifty.
Don't let cats and dogs worry the
hen with young chickens. Many of
,.4e little fellows are permanently in
iured by being trampled.
AS soon as the goslings are about
feathered. put them out in pasture
with plenty of grass and water. and
tney will be no more bother until
picking time.
A quart of corn, or its equivalent, is
estimated as being sufficient for 10
hens one day. But some hens eat less
and some more. Besides, it is hard to
..Aa,e the equivalent"
Raw corn meal should not be fed to
small chicks If it must be given,
mix it with one-third shorts and bake.
Give the fowls plenty of cool. fresh
water and keep the drinking vessels
under shade.
There may not be anything in show
but there is whole lot in looks when
it comes to poultry. A neat looking
egg basket is more apt to have good
eggs than dirty one, and the GUS
toner will have his eye on it, too.
Every conscientious poultry raiser
will be careful not to send stale eggs
| to market. If the egg is doubtful do
not sell it, for your neighbor to eat.
| Gather the eggs every day and use
china nest egg. Leaving an egg for
nest egg should never be tolerated
! on any poultry farm
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05

hoppers In the west, where they do so
much injury to the crops, is to infect
some of them with the empusa gryllii.
and thus cause an epidemic among
them. Those who have studied the
question say that the plan is wholly
feasiblS. for the spores of the plants
are blown from the body of the dead
insect in every direction by the wind,
and if even one on live hopper.
it is likely to grow, and as surely as
it grows, it will kill the hopper.
The way the farmers now try to rid
themselves of the pest is to drag over
the fields, by hand or by horse power,
a broad wooden trough, partly filled
with water having petroleum on the
surface. Back of the trough is
stretched a cloth, against which the
grasshoppers fly. falling thence into
the oil. This device, however, is only
partially successful, and the empusa
infection would supplement It, even if
it would not render it wholly unneceS-
sary-Philadelphi Record.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05
The Elm-Leaved Goldenrod.

It is we'll known that when a plant
grows in shady places it is likely to
have a greater leaf area than when
it grows in the open sunshine. 1t
must have n larger surface to collect
the light when the latter is compare
lively dim. Now most of the golden
rods live in the open fields, having
rather narrow leaves; but the exquis-
ite elm-leaved goldenrod lives in
woods and copses. where the shadows
are thick and direct sunshine is a
fieeting thing. And so we find that
this species has the broad, thin leaves
of shade-plant. leaves with well
developed stems, but otherwise so
similar to those of the elm-tree as to
give this goldenrod it's distinctive
name. But it gives a touch of color
to the somber shades of the woods
that we would not willingly do with
out. - Clarence Moores Weed, in the
Woman's Home Companion.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05
Manufacture of Pens.

The manufacture of pens in the
United States is confined to only four
companies, although one might sup
pose there We're many more. That
does not include the making of gold
pens, which is a separate industry.
but PENS of Steel brass and German
silver The steel for these pens is
brought chiefly from Sheffield, Eng
land. as is the best blade steel. Many
experiments have been made with
steel manufactured over here, but it
never has sufficiently stood the test.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05
Advice to Beginners in Farm ing.

Beginners in farming, especially
those with limited capital, should en-
deavor to produce early and late crops,
so as to have cash coming in all the
time, if possible. One of the essen
tials for quick returns is poultry The
hens should lay every day, with good
management One or two good cows
will also be found serviceable, as milk,
butter and eggs are cash at all seasons.
Small fruits, such as strawberries,
eurrants, gooseberries, raSpberries and
blackberries, soon give returns, but
grapes and orchard fruit require more
time. On a small farm it may not pay
to depend upon the cereal crops.
Stock, fruit and vegetables give better
profits and bring in cash loIg before
the harvest comes for corn. There
is nothing that will give larger and
quicker profits in proportion to cap
ital invested than fowls. and as they
multiply rapidly the number can be
increased every year. The fowls will
also consume much waste material
that cannot be otherwise utilized.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05
Cnpturing Squash Eugs.

The old-fashioned squash bug is not
as easy creature to destroy. 1t can
not be reached by the ordinary poison
sprays, as it takes it's food by sucking
the plant and does not eat the foliage.
Kerosene emulsion, soap solution and
tobacco decoction have been recon-
mended and used with some success;
but Manipulating is most satisfactory.
The bugs can be decoyed under pieces
of boards, such as barrel slaves. etc,
if laid on the ground with one end
slightly raised. among the vines. Clus-
tering under these boards for shelter
and protection, the pests can be col
lected and destroyed couple of times
daily, until their numbers are greatly
reduced.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05
The Grasshopper Pest.

Nature has ordained that an endless
warfare should prevail among her
creatures, to the end that one species
should not increase too fast. and crowd
others out of existence. The growth
of microscopic plants in certain in
sects, causing their death, is an ex-
ample of this. Most of these plants
belong to family that the botanists
call empusa, from the Greek word
meaning ghost"
A striking popularity about the
plants is that they can grow only on
certain kinds of insects and always
while the insects are alive. There is
kind for example, called the empusa
gryllii, that grows only on the grass
hopper One can find many dead
grasshoppers. in the autumn, clinging
to fences, tree-trunks or buildings.
several feet above the ground. Break
open the bodies, and yCu will find a
white substance that seems to have
burned up the i:ying tissues, ani
turned the insects into mummies.
which cling, life-like, long after
death. This white substance is the
spores of the empusa gryllii.
Now it is suggested that one Of the
best ways to get rid of the grass
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05
Liquid Air for Blasting.

Liquid air may be the blasting agent
of the future A paper recently read
before the British Institution of Min
ing Engineers by A. Larsen, described
some tests recently made in the Simp-
Ion tunnel with cartridges which con-
sisted of a wrapper filled with a car
bonaceous material, and placed bodily
in liquid air until it was completely
saturated. The cartridges were kept
in the liquio, at the working face of
the rock, until thye were required for
use. when they were lifted out. quick
iy placed in the shot holes and detOn-
ated with a small gun cotton primer
and detonatcr. 1t was found that, ow-
ing to the rapid evaporation, the useful
life of the cartridge was very short.
The cartridges, which were three inch
es in diamter by eight inches in length,
had to be fired within Is minutes af-
ter being taken out of the liquid air;
otherwise there was danger of a mis-
fire. 1t was chiefly on this account
that the tests were discontinued. The
disruptive effects, however, were said
to be comparable to those of dyna-
mite.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05
Cultivating Fine Tomatoes.

Producing fine tomatoes is quite
An art, and one that it pays the grower
TO master if he expects to make much
money out of the crop. Professor
Massey says that he formerly enter
taind the opinion, still held by some,
that heavy applications of nitrogenous
manurcs made the vines too rank and
the fruit more crooked; but persistent
efforts in improving the character OF
the fruit and the modes of culture
have convinced him that with a good
strain of seed no amount of manuring
will make it any more irregular, while
a poor strain will be irregular in any
event, and that a rank growth of vine,
induced by heavy manuring, simply
indicates the need of more room for
the plant and heavier crop of big
tomatoes. and that heavy manuring
on the hill is the best way to insure
vigorous growth of vine and corre-
spending vigor and perfection in the
fruit.
have also learned that small fruits
grow from seeds of small fruits, and
vice versa; that trimming and train
ing the plant to a single stem leads to
2 smaller production of blossoms, less
pollen and smaller crop: that the
largest crops are always on the plants
which are allowed to take their full
natural development and grow at their
own sweet will on the ground; that
healthy tomatoes lying on the ground
are no more liable to rot than those
trained off it, No fruit is more rapidly
improved by careful selection, and
none more rapidly deteriorated by
carelessness than the tomato. Like
Indian corn, the tomato is best when
the seed is produced in the same lati-
tude and climate where the crop is to
be grown, and it seldom does its best
the first season when taken far north
or south of its native locality. The
improvement of the tomato should the
therefore be carried on in the locality
where the crop is to be raised. .-Vick's
Magazine.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05
Preparipc Wool for Market.

To get the full value for our wool it
must be washed. The difference be-
tween washed and unwashed wool is
so great that it pays the grower every
time to wash it. Good delaine wool
will not shrink one-third which prices
quoted in the market seem to indicate.
There are many ways OF washing,
however wSic do not prove success
full. | have seen some housed breed
alton which appeared only in patches
before the operation was distributed
all through the wool, practically in
juring its quality to a considerable
extent. By distributing the color all
through the wool it was given dingy
appe irance which Immediately excited
the suspicious of the buyers.
Nevertheless, the careful prepara-
ton of the wool for market is as es-
sential today as any other feature of
the business. In the northern wool
growing sections cold weather and
cold water often make The work late
in the season, and this sometimes
proves quite disadvantage. Probably
what is needed as much as
anything else in every good
wool-growing section of the coun.
try is coop rating securing
house. This would ,lve the problem
and save to the farmers a considerable
part of the profit that now goes to the
commission men. 1t would cost little
to send the wool to such house and
have it secured ready for market.
Secured wool sells so much higher
that the profits in some instances
would be increased from 20 to so per-
cent Such a securing house could be
conducted in almost any good sheep
raising district on the commission
plan. 1t would pay both the farmers
and the commission men. The two
could agree on fair commission for
securing the wool, and the farmers
could easily keep such house rum
ming. In fact. it would draw upon a
wide neighborhood, for it would pay
the growers to have their wool secured
at home on fixed basis, and then ship
II 10 H!dFkel III lIlS COllulllOH. AS II
is now, the unsecured, unwashed wool
is always purchased at such low prices
that there is a very wide margin of
profit left for somebody to make be.
fore the wool is finally made up into
cloth. There are too many middle
men who must get their pay. BY dis
posing of a few of these the grower
would receive more, and the consumer
would actually be charged less for his
manufactured product. A good scour-
ing house would save washing, which
is sometimes an expensive process,
and also save loss in other ways. A
house of this kind located right In the
heart of a wool-growing country could
easily calculate upon handling from
10, 900 600 to 100000 pounds of wool
annually-W. E. Edwards in Amer
lean Cultivator.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05
Luxurious Traveller.

Mr.. Cecil Rhodes never does any
thing by halves. When he came over
to England by the last mail from
South Africa, besides other specially
provided comforts, be was accom-
panied by his own chef. his own
poultry and his own The On
locker, London.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, GO
TuCAS County '

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. j. CHENEY Il
80 doing business nthe City ofToledo County
md State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of CArARRH that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CArARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
49,, presence. this 9th day of December,
SEAL A. D., 1886. A. W. GLEASON;
49, Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system. Send for testimonials, 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??, 1901-09-05
AgBl]5;&A1qRAL AgBl];|}|A1!
w HINTS 2
Summer Treatment of Milk.

During hot weather the best means
of caring for milk designed for the
creamery is to run it through a sepa-
rator a few moments after milking.
Cool the cream as much as possible
with the coolest well water available.
Put the cream into eight-gallon cans
and keep it at as low temperature
as well water will hold it. Deliver
when convenient. If the we'll water is
Sd degrees or less. the cream Will keep
in good condition.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05
The Winter Months.

In this country December, January
and February are called the winter
months. In no country is March con-
sidered winter month"; we think that
November, December and January are
or used to be the winter months in
England.-New York Sun.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05
Dinner Talk.

The london Lancet impresses an
old lesson by saying man should not
dine alone. 1t is not good to think
much while eating, so the great medi'
cal authority advises conversation be-
cause most people do not think while
talking"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05
Summer Complaints
DYSEHTERY, DIARRHGA,
CHOLERA MORBUS.

Taking the Railways Ready Relief
in water will in q few moments cure
Cramps, Spasms, Sour Stomach, Nau-
sea, Heartburn, Malarial Fevers, Sick
Headache, Collie, Flatulency and all
Internal Pains.
Externally for Rheumatism, Neural
gia, Sciatica, Sprains, Bruises, Mos
quito Bites, Stings of Insects, Sun
burns, Burns Toothache, Headache.
Pains in the Back, the application of
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05

Patented process ses have been devised
In Germany for converting sawdust in
to charcoal and other products.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05
Rest For the Bowels.

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well unit! your
bowels are put right. CAsCARETs help nature,
cure you without a grippe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back. CAS-
cARErs Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up
in metal boxes, every tablet has G. e. G..
stamped on it. Beware Of limitations.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05

If all the cabs in London We're placed in
a line there would be a total length OF
forty-four miles.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05

The colonies and dependencies of
Great Britain have upward OF 1900 stamps
without single duplicate.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-09-05
5000 TO $500 A YEAk

We want intelligent Men and Women as
Travelling Representatives Local Managers;
salary $500 to $500 year and all expenses
according to experience and ability. We alsd
want local representatives salary 50 to SIS
week and commission, depending upon the ting
devoted. Send stamp for full particulars and
sate position preferred. Address, Dept B.
THE BELL COMPANY, Philadelphia Pa.