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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-10-16
MUNCY VALLEY.

Arthur Miller left on Monday
morning for Williamsport where he
expects to remain for some time.
Mr.. Simon Fries and sister Mamie
of Laporte, and Miss Nellie O'Keefe
of York State, called on friends ut
this place Sunday.
M. r. Black, County Supt. visited
our schools Wednesday.
Mr.. Alvin Miller was William
sport visitor one day last week
Mrs. M. Donovan visited at Two.
In last Saturday.
Mrs. James p. Miller and sons,
James and Grant, are visiting at
Bloomsbury.
Messrs. jackson and Messersmith
of Dushore were i'm town Sunday.
James Long visited his parents at
Unityville on Sunday.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-10-16
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
3l3 Pine Street,
WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
Autumn Dress Goods

our excellent line of new
rails suitable for tailor made
There is a strong demand
tch effects of which we are
Then we have the best light
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-10-16
UNDERWEAR.

For men, women and children in n,edi-
um and heavy winter weights. Ladies'
full fleeced lined vests and drawers at 25
and so cents; better qualities up to IS.
Mems full tleeced shirts and drawers at
80 and soc. Part wool and fine all wool
75c to | 90, 25 and up. New line of chill
dren and infants underwear at the right
prices,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-10-16
Table Linens and Napkins.

This has always been one of our strong
departments, but we think it much better
this fall than usual. We are displaying
new Linen sets, table cloths, napkins, cen
ter pieces, lunch cloths, scaris, fine den
mark and huck towels, turkish bath
towels, etc.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-31

The nerves control and determine the
health Of every function of the brain and
body.
More than nine.tenths of all diseases
that are not infectious are known by
every physician to be merely the local
symptoms Of coming breakdown of
the nervous system.
In one person the diseased condition
of the nerves manifests itself in insom-
MIA; In another by indigestion; In an
other by rheumatism; some organ of the
human body becomes affected, and re.
fuses to perform Its proper work.
When these symptoms begin to show
themselves, medicine today knows but
this one remedy, the famous discovery
OF Prof. Edward E. Phelps, NJ. D., LII.
D., whose wonderful achievement has
spread the fame of one of this country's
greatest universities. No other remedy
ocas every universally prescribed BY physi-
clans. 1t was by the advice of the most
eminent practitioners in the country that
this great remedy was first put within
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-31

years ago, people wanted to get some
of the Trip fowls and commenced to
come after eggs to set. as they found
out that his fowls were great layers.
and he also got 3 to 4 cents more pei
dozen for his eggs than the rest Of the
farmers in the town. Not until the
last few years Of his life did he take
much pains about the build and plum
age of the cockerels, as long as they
did not have black feathers on the body
and feathers on the legs. They had to
have bright yellow legs to be kept. In
the last of his fowl raising he was
picking for the best looking plumage.
best shape and not too coarse boned
fowl"
In flock descended from the original
stock have been found three cockerels
having respectively single, rose and
pea combs.
The laying of handsome brown eggs
of nice shape and size is a characters
tic of the Rhode Island Reds which
should not be left out of consideration
Their quality Of developing plump
breasts and shanks without excessive
coarseness or fineness of bone and theil
ready adaptability at any age for the
table or for market are also points not
to be forgotten.
The Rhode Island station has sug.
gested a standard for breeders which
emphasizes utility" qualities and also
gives full consideration to plumage,
appendages and other so called fancy
points 1t is said that the surface colol
should show red all over the fowl with.
out striking contrasts in shades except
for the black of wing and tail feathers.
The weights are heavy enough to in
sure a reasonably heavy carcass when
dressed for market and yet light
enough to retain the excellent egg pro-
ducing quality of the breed. The
breeder with late Matched chicks also
has a chance at these weights in the
fall shows.
Breeders of single and rose comb
Rhode Island Reds will very likely in
sist that these varieties be allowed.
The pea comb has the advantage of
being well adapted to the cold and
variable climate of Rhode Island and
the states of like latitude.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-31
Dry Plucking of Fowls.

Immediately after the fowls neck is
broken all sense of feeling ceases, and
plucking should at once begin and be
carefully done. On no account should
the skin be torn or bruised in any way.
An English authority thus describes
the operation: The immediate plucking
of the bird is advocated because the
feathers come away ten times easier
directly after killing than If the bird
is left alone for one minute only before
starting. Many fatters never employ
the thumb in plucking, excepting at a
few places. and prefer slipping, as 1t
were, one finger under the feathers and
catching them as In wise N'tween
the other fingers. Having cleared the
neck down to within couple of inches
or so of the head, pluck the sides Of
the breast and the top Of the back level
with the wings. Then do the wings.
and work down the back to the tail.
extract the latter. and, turning the bird
over, finish up at the point that you
left Off on the breast, taking the legs
on the way down.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-31
The laundryman may not rank with
immortals, but he generally leaves his
mark in the world.
BRAIN-FOOD NONSENSE.

Another ridiculous food fad has been
branded by the most competent authOri-
ties. They have dispelled the silly no.
ton that one kind of food is needed for
brain, another for muscles, and still an
other for bones. A correct diet will not
only nourish particular part of the
body, but ii will sustain every other
part. Yet, however good your food may
be, its nutriment is destroyed by indiges-
ton OF dyspepsia. You must prepare for
their appearance or prevent their coming
by taking regular doses of Green's Aug
ust Flower, the favorite medicine of the
healthy millions. A few doses aids di-
gestion, stimulates the liver to healthy
action, purifies the blood, and makes you
feel buoyant and vigorous. You can get
DIR. G. G.. Green's reliable remedies at
DIR. ID. A. Bisbee's. Get Green's Special
Almanac.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-31
FORCEFUL EXPRESSIONS.
Tho Power of illustration In the
Turn of n Phrase.


Turn of n Phrase.
James Russell Lowell said, There's
deal O. solid kicking in the meekest
looking mule" If the statement had
been, There's good deal of obstinacy
covered by apparent amiability." the re-
mark might have passed without mo-
ment's notice, but attached to such a
figure as the poet used it will be diff
cult for the mind ever to get rid of it.
Mazzlni says, Labor Is the divine
law of our existence" This is little
more than commonplace, but when he
added, "Repose is desertion and sui
cide," the commonplace was transfig-
ured into memorable illustration.
A French writer said, 1.-THE really ef-
ficient laborer will be found not to
crowd his day with work." That seems
will saunter to his task surrounded by
wide halo Of ease and LEISURE" the
halo serves the purpose Of an explana-
tory illustration.
President Garfield once said, mine
times out of ten the best thing that can
happen to a young man Is to be tossed
overheard and compelled to sink or
swim for himself" The tossing over
board was the illustration. The saga
cious president gave it significance and
emphasis by personal reference, "In all
my acquaintance 1 never knew q man
to be drowned who was worth the saw
ing"
When Lavater said, Habit is alto
gether too arbitrary a master for me to
submit to-" it was the word master"
that constituted the memorable illus
tration.
Carlyle, great master Of metaphor,
said truly: mo man lives without JOS
ting and being jostled. In all ways he
has to elbow himself through the
world. giving and receiving offense."
The doctrine Of this sentence might
easily have become a mere platitude,
but 1t is fixed upon the memory by JOS
ting and being jostled and the elbow
ing Of oneself through the world. This
illustration is the very making Of the
argument.-Joseph Parker, D. D., in
Homiletic Review.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-31
RHODE ISLAND REDS.
Good Layers and Dress or ms Good
Looking Fowls For the Market.

AS n factor in the poultry world
Rhode Island holds an enviable repu-
tation, and those chicken raisers of
other sections who are on the lookout
for good things in unfamiliar breeds
will therefore be interested in her
Reds" a variety of fowl which has
proved of great utility in the hands of
the farmers of the state. 1t is not
new, having originated there fifty
years ago as a result of the efforts of
William Tripp and John Macomber,
New Bedford marketmen, to get. by
crossing different strains of fowls, bet
ter layers than the fowls of the sur
rounding country and also better look
ing poultry for the market. A son Of
Mr.. Trip is quoted in some notes on
this breed, published by the state sta
ton, as follows:
"The result of their trials was the
production of the so called Rhode Is
land Reds of today. Previous to that
they were called the John Macomber
or the Trip fowls. 1t is only about
eight years since they were called the
Rhode Island Reds. My father OBJ
tanned the best results, and in doing 1t
he crossed the fowls through two gen.
erations by putting a Chitagong cock
with the pullets he had raised from
what was called the Cochin China,
these being the original fowls that both
men started with. The result proved
so satisfactory that both Mr.. Macom-
Der and my father kept the strain for
their own use for about five years, but
kept picking out the best pullets and
cockrels that they both raised and ex-
changed cocks until they came up to
the present standard.
at was my fathers intention to get
the best layers and what would dress
off as the best looking fowls for the
market The original Cochin China.
as they were called at that time, were
about all feathered on the legs and also
on the feet, but by continuous picking
out Of pullets and cockerels without
feathers on their feet and legs he got
out of them. He also picked the pull
lets and cockerels with bright yellow
legs and marketed those that were of
color.
when his fowls began to take the
lead as winter layers, about thirty-ive
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-31

MUSHROOM BED IN COOL CELLAR
doors, where there is dry bottom on
which to set the beds, where n uni
form and moderate temperature can
be maintained and where the beds can
be protected from wet overhead and
from winds. drought and direct sun
shine. To grow mushrooms for profit
they should be cultivated only under
favorable circumstances. Where the
conditions or the materials are in the
least unfavorable the crop should be
let alone. advises William Falconer,
who gives the following Instructions:
Among tn most desirable places in
which to grow mushrooms are barns,
cellars, closed tunnels. sheds. pits.
greenhouses and regular mushroom
houses Total darkness is not impera-
tive. for mushrooms grow we'll in open
light If shaded from sunshine. The
temperature and moisture are more
apt to be eQuable in dark places than
in open, light ones, and it is largely
for this reason that mushroom houses
are kept dark.
A cellar is an excellent place in
which to grow mushrooms. If the
floor is free from water. it matters not
whether it is made of cement or Of
wood. The windows and doors should
be closed up and darkened. In case
only n part of the cellar is devoted to
the beds, this part should he partition
ed off with cheap boards. or if that is
4 Ia, 10 hn hnn nj
be covered over with mats, straw. etc.
or may be boarded mp. If the cellar is
not heated the beds should be built on
the floor only and should be fourteen
inches deep. If the cellar is heated,
besides the beds on the floor. shelf
beds eight to ten inches deep may be
used. In the case of a cool cellar, Il
warm shed or tunnel being given up
altogether to mushrooms it is not an
uncommon way to spread the beds, or
bed rather all over the floor with a
path one board wide raised over the
bed.
A cave or tunnel Is practically the
same as a cellar, except that these are
seldom artificially heated. For this
reason the beds are seldom in raised
shelves, but are nearly always built on
the floor With beds built in this way
and a good dry bottom caves or tun.
nels make excellent places in which to
grow the crop. A mushroom house is
generally a wooden building or shed
built above ground or partly sunk and
fitted up for the purpose of growi! :
this crop. Any house or barnlike sh /
that can he kept tight. warm (5G degrees
F., moderately moist, without being
musty. and dry should make a good
place in which to grow mushrooms.
The empty spaces under the benches
in greenhouses are good places fol
mushroom beds. Many florists grow
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-31

Secretary Wilson reports that
Macaroni wheats are being success
fully grown in our semiarid localities.
Sumatra tobacco is being successful
ly grown in the Connecticut valley and
In Florida.
Extensive areas of alkali lands in
the mountain states are being reclaim
ed.
New processes of tobacco fermenta-
ton avoid losses by black rot.
Experimentation is being conducted
in Pennsylvania In the growing of
Havana filler tobacco.
The importation Of the date palm
has been success.
Egyptian cottcns are being success
fully grown.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-31

"Some time ago my daughter caught a
severe cold. She complained of pains In
her chest and had bad cough. gave
her Chamberlain's Cough Remedy accord
ing to directions and In two days she was
we'll and able to go to school. | have
used this remedy in my family for the
past seven years and have never known
1t to fall" says James Prendergast, mer-
chant, Annato Bay, Jamaica, West
India Islands. The pains in the chest
undoubtedly warded off by Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. 1t counteracts any
tendency of cold toward pneumonia.
Sold by DR.. d. A. Bisbee.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-31

the reach of the public. Paine's Celery
Compound is not In any way patent
medicine. 1t is so superior to all the So
called remedies, that no serious COMPARE
son can be made between them.
The formula of Paine's Celery Com
pound has been freely furnished
from the first to reputable physicians
anywhere, and the thousands of anthem
ticated cases that are reported yearly by
physicians of every school have proved
beyond question that in every case of
dyspepsia, biliousness, liver complaint,
neuralgia, rhematism, or other diseases,
that imply impaired nerves, Paine's
Celery Compound invariably gives last
ing relief.
1t succeeds again and again in COM
pletely curing diseases where everything
else has failed 1t is the only prepared
remedy in the world that is openly and
publicly Endorsed by medical journals.
A single trial Of Paine's Celery Com
pound will convince anyone that it ac-
complishes in every case all that it is
claimed to do.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-31
A DEEP MYSTERY,

II is a mystery why women endure
Backache, Headache, Nervousness,
Sleeplessness, Melancholy, Painting and
Dizzy Spells when thousands have proved
that Electric Bitters will quickly cure
such troubles. II suffered for years with
kidney trouble, writes Mrs. Phebe
Cherley, of Peterson, Ia, land lame
back panied me so could not dress my
self, but Electric Bitters wholly cured
me, and, although 70 years old, now am
able to do all my housewOrk." 1t over
comes Constipation, improves Appetite.
gives perfect health. Only SOC at w. H..
Sheldon's drug store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-31
SOME METALS.

Iridium, worth more than $3.50 a
pound, is the hardest metal known and
is used to tip gold pens.
Lithium, worth more than S1,100 a
pound, is used only in medicine, its
salts being valuable in rheumatic af-
fections.
Tungsten, worth 80 cents a pound, is
largely used in matallurgy and gives
to steel qualities similar to those i'm
parted by molybdenum.
Molybdenum, worth $1.44 a pound, Is
used In metallurgy. Molybdenum steel
possesses the rare quality of preserv-
ing it's hardness even when heated to
redress.
Selenium, which has the curious prop
erty of losing its resistance to the cleo
trio current under the influence Of
light, is used In the telelectroscope and
is worth 500 pound.
Uranium, worth $3.50 pound, is used
in the glass and porcelain industries,
1t has been found that uranium car
bide is superior to nickel or tungsten
In the manufacture Of high grade steel.
Palladium, which has the smallest
coefficient of dilatation, is used for the
mounting of astronomical instruments.
The standard meter Of France Is made
Of palladium. The pure metal costs
$4.S2 pound.
Vanadium oxidizes in air with great
difficulty, melts at 1000 degrees and
becomes redhot in hydrogen. Neither
hydrochlOrc acid nor nitric acid at
tacks it. 1t costs 1892 pound and is
used in coloring glass and in making
indelible inks.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-31

mushrooms extensively in this way. A
pit, such as a sunken frame, If it can
be kept dry at the bottom and sides,
makes fairly good place for mush-
rooms. There must be a deep bed Of
manure, however, and the place should
be covered over with shutters to keep
an even temperature.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-31
FARM AND GARDEN.
MUSHROOM CULTURE.

How to Grow This Fashionable Deli
cncy I'm the Ordinary Cellar.
Mushrooms are n winter crop, COM
Ing in from September till April or
May-that is, the work of preparing
the manure begins in September and
ends in February. and the packing of
the crop begins in October and Novem-
Der and ends in May. Under. extraor
binary conditions the season may be-
gin earlier and last longer. and, in fact.
it may continue all summer.
Mushrooms can be grown almost
anywhere out of doors (and also in
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-31

Neglected colds make fat grave
yards" DIR. Woods Norway Pine Syrup
helps men and women to happy,
vigorous old age.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-31

It's mighty little consolation to the last
missionary to be reminded that he was
used for dessert.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-11-15
SHIPPING COMBINES MOVE

NEW YORK Oct 2I.-The first great of the In
ernaona Mercantile Marine Company the transatlantic ship
ping combine aside from changes the schedule and
connection with the handling of its regular bunessa of which
must be regarded mporantw be reach after South
African trade large scale In fuherance of this step, the
that rule the have decided the construction
of five great carriers which will be employed in this trade
There present six lines plying between New York and
South African ports but the equipment of the International Mer
camille Marine Company South African service will be far super
or to that of any other ne both in capacity and dispatch in
transportation.
The officials the company ready discuss this plan
for getting the South African trade admit that its
formation has advanced far but there doubt that we'll
in hand and will be carried quickly the ships be pro-
cured.
All nations recognize that during the few there
to be wonderful development of the of the South At
rican territory and that there will be remark
able growth the volume of the South African trade America
has been counting large share Of this trade and the
the of the International Mercantile Marine Company will
facilitate greatly the ffment of American hopes in this respect
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-11-15
DIED.

ALEXANDER-At the residence of A.
f. Cooke, King street, Honolulu, at
o'clock p. M, November IA, 1902
Rev. Thomas F. Alexander of heart
trouble, very suddenly. The Rev.
Thomas F. Alexander was born in
Mount Horeb, Tennessee, October Sth
1850 and was educated for the min
istry. He early took up mission
work and for twenty-five years has
been engaged in the work in Japan
under the direction of the Presby-
terrain Board of Missions. About
nine months ago he came to Honolulu
at the advice of his physicians, and
while his health was not good his
illness was not thought to have been
of such nature as to cause any Sc
rious apprehension. During his stay
in Japan Rev. Mr.. Alexander also oc-
cupied a chair in one Of the Presbyte-
rian colleges, being a particularly
brilliant man of scholarly attain
ments. Since his coming to Honolulu
Rev. Mr.. Alexander has been en-
gagged in work in the japanese Me-
thodist missions and his long expert
ence in Japan had proved of inestim-
able value to his CO. workers in this
city. The deceased was not a rela-
tive of the Alexanders in Honolulu.
He had made many friends during
his short stay in the Islands. A widow
and five children survive the deceased
they being residents of Mount Horeb,
Tenn. One daughter, Miss Emma
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-11-15
EARLY HOURS
ARE SOUNDEST
EXPERIMENTS BY INVBSTIGA-
TORS IN UNIVERSITY OF ROME
MEASURING SLEEP.

1t has long been known that age, sex,
occupation, state of health and other
influences affect the period during
which sleep lasts, and also the sound
ness of ones sleep. There is reason to
think, too, that the latter is variable
through the night with every individ-
uals, even though his slumber may re-
main practically unbroken.
This phase of the subject, however,
has not been studied much until re-
Gently. Hence few people realize how
greatly the depth of sleep fuctuates. In
order to get some light on the question
two Investigators in the University Of
Rome, Dr. Sante de Sanctis and ID. Il.
Neyros, conducted a series of expert
ments which extended through six
months. Nine different persons, four
of whom were thoroughly healthy and
five of whom had diseased nervous sys-
TENS, were the subjects of these tests.
The general plan of procedure was to
wait until after they had fallen asleep
and then employ uniform means to
awaken them. For this purpose an in
strumeHt was used called an esthesio-
meter. 1t was made up of a blunt
point that might be pressed against
skin, spiral spring and a carefully
graduated scale, which showed the de-
grees of pressure used. The point was
applied gently to the SleeperS left tenn
pie and pressed until he awoke, then
the scale was examined and notes were
made of the hour and minute and Of
the scale reading. The same person
was not wakened more than once or
twice night, but the experiments
were so timed that in the course of a
few months they covered the whole
eight-hour period during which sleep
lasted, at intervals at ten or fifteen
minutes several times over
These data, having been tabulated,
show that the soundest sleep in the
four healthy subjects occurred between
an hour and quarter and an hour and
a half after dropping off. Unconscious
ness rapidly and almost steadily in
creased during that period, and then in
the next quarter or half hour diminish
ed greatly Thereafter surprising oscil-
latlons were detected. On the average,
though, the stages of lightest step oc-
CURED about four and a half and again
five and a half hours after the begin
ming. A short, low secondary maxi
mum Of intensity followed in the next
hour and half ar two hours From
this point the decline was rapid 10 Tie
final awakening, In epileptics and a
ralytics very much the same state Of
things was observed, except that they
slept more profoundly than healthy
subjects and in one person the uncon-
seriousness at the end of the fifteen
minutes was almost as marked as at
an hour and half-Detroit Free Press.