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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12
Ancient Eome's Libraries.

The libraries Of ancient Rome were
immense and splendid Lucullus,
whose name is associated with table
luXuries, expended much of his wealth
on books. His library, says Plutarch,
had walks, galleries and cabinets
open to all visitors" julius Caesar
proposed to open this library definitely
to the public
How were these vast libraries, in
addition to the book shops, filed?
With his trained staff of readers and
transcribers, publisher could turn
out an edition of any work at very
cheap rates, and almost at moments
notice. There was no initial expense
of typesetting before single copy
could be produced, no ruinous extras
In the shape of printers corrections.
The manuscript came from the au-
thor; the publisher handed it over to
his slaves, and if q book of modest
dimensions, the complete edition could
be ready, if necessary, within twenty
four hours. Actually, then, books
We're produced and sold more easily
and quickly in ancient Rome than they
are in modern London.-T. P.'s London
Weekly.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12
A Man Who Knew Everything.

Theirs, the French statesman, was a
victim of many whimsies. None had
stronger hold on him, says Mgr. Ga
briel HanotauX in contemporary
France" than his desire to get every
body to recognize his universal compe-
tency.
OF an applicant for the post of di-
rector at the Sevres manufactory
Theirs said
"He is no more made for that part
than for and then he stopped.
"Ah. Oh. NJ. Thiers," said his inter
locutor. "you find it hard TO say what
YOU could not do"
"That's the truth! That's the truth
ci'ied the statesman gleefully.
One day Thiers said. speaking of a
man who had been raised to high
function:
He is no more suited for that office
than | am to he a druggist. And yet"
he added catching himself up. 81 do
know chemistry.'
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12
Telephone Biunders.

"Have you any spare ribs?" was the
question asked Portland business
man recently, when he took down the
telephone receiver to answer call.
For moment the business man
thought he was the subject of some
joke, but the sweet voice that asked
the question reassured him. and he
realized that there was some mistake.
so he hastily answered.:
"No, madam, am not Adam, and
am not willing to give up one of my
ribs for any purpose
"Oh, beg your pardon" was the
prompt reply. 81 thought had
Blanks meat market"
This incident brought forth story
about the chief of police of Oakland.
Cal. Some years ago. when asked over
the telephone if he had any brains, he
grew furious and said some very i'm
polite things to the lady who asked
the question before he discovered that
she wanted butcher shop and not the
chief of police.-Portland Oregonian.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12

Many insects are extremely prolific.
All of the order Hymenoptera, the bees
and ants, lay large numbers, but they
are easily eXcelled by the order Plccop-
terra, the stone flies. one female of
which deposits from 5000 to G,00O eggs.
But the champion egg layers are the
insects embraced in the order Isoptera,
the white ants DR.. Howard states
that these insects are called white ants
because they are not ants and because
they are not white, but he further goes
on to tell us that the females of some
of the African species grow to an enor-
nous size, and their abdomen. swollen
with eggs. becomes as big as a large
potato. The rate at which the eggs
are laid is extraordinary. being about
sixty minute. or 10000 and upward
a day.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12
REBELS CAPTURE TIA JUANA
Take Town In Lower California After
Iona FiQht.

Take Town In Lower California After
Long Fight.
Tia Juana, Lower California, near
the California line, was captured by
the insurrectos after a fight which
lasted day and night.
Many are dead and wounded on
both sides. 1t is impossible to learn
definitely how many have been killed,
as the United States troops at the
line refuse to allow any one to cross
into the Mexican town.
The attack was complete surprise
to the federal forces. Confident that
the flanking party of forty men sent
out of Tia Juana had forced the reb-
els to retire, the defenders were rest
ing in supposed security when the as
sault came. All but one or two of the
federal fianl1ing party are thought to
have been killed or wounded. The
federal force pressed on and was
drawn into a trap and practically ex.
terminated
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12
GENERAL MARKETS

winter clear, $3.25@350; city mills,
fancy, 5.25GD5.75.
RYE FLOUR firm, at $440@4 4,50 per
barrel.
WHEAT firm; No. red, new, 92
@93c.
62c.
OATS steady; No 2 white, 99c.;
iower grades, 37bc.
POULTRY: Live firm; hens, $50
i51&c.; old roosters, 10011c. Dressed
steady; choice fowls, 15c.; old roost-
ers, lie.
BUTTER steady; extra creamery,
231ac. per lb.
EGGS firm; selected, 19@21c.; near
by, 1Sc.: western, 1Sc.
POTATOES firm per bush. 65@70c.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12
York Girls Want Western Husbands.

From information received in York,
Pa, from the matrimonial editor of an
Oklahoma paper, four pretty young
girls fthat city, ranginn in age from
eighteen to twenty-five years, have
asked that the editor provide them
with husbands in the far west. The
young girls prefer wealthy farmers.
Their names are Mary Horner, Mar
tha Walker, Mamie Ridilak and Re.
becca Doyle. Miss Horner is nineteen
and says she is considered pretty.
Miss Walker is eighteen and says she
is affectionate and pretty. Mamie Ridi-
lax says she is nineteen, has brown
hair, is pretty and weighs 122 pounds.
She says 81 am considered pretty"
Rebecca Doyle, the last of the quar-
tet, is eighteen, weighs 125 pounds
and is five fet tall. The girls are all
young and apparently anxious. They
seem to have taken novel method in
getting away from York.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12

ed out, and ascertained from his wife
that when he came home at night the
following conversation took place:
"John, did you mail my letter this
morningT
"Er-why. yes, Lucille. l-why, |
must have"
And he thought he was telling the
truth. 1t was not until | owned up 10
my duplicity in the matter that he WAS
convinced the letter never had gone to
its destination.
Forgetfu man. If it were not for
the fact that we know his life often
js filed with worries and strenuosily
we should feel like forgetting to pre-
pare bis dinner now and then just TO
school him. but we know what he has
to contend with, and we try to be mer-
ciful-that Is. you. the ladies, do and
get along the best way we can with
out pouting or cross words.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12


half ANONYMOUSLY left behind until
he found the house deserted.
The trouble with a man Is that he
never does as he is told. If he would
obey wife when she says, Now, don't
you put that letter in your pocket;
just hold it in your hand all the way
to town. he might not forget. unless
he did like another friend Of mine
who boarded the electric car for the
city, holding the letter at arms length
and looking at it much like the man of
the cartoon who has dotted line run
ming from his eye to the object In
question. ] smiled when he muttered
something about being sure to mail
that letter for Lucille, and then we got
to talking about the sewer. We are
building one out in our town, or hope
to, and this friend is very anxious to
see the work completed.
When Brown got on and began to
complain about taxes and improvements
and talk graft and corruption in gen
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12

-
the sample, and many time, she says,
he stoutly denied ever promising to
bring home the meat for dinner or tele-
phoning the laundryman to call around
and get the soiled linen.
In fact, the woman insists, this man
had no more memory than professional
borrowers Of small sums for dire neces-
stiles at the club. His forgotten was
as marked as horse fly on the crani
um of baldheaded man, and his OBJ
stinacy when confronted with the bare
facts In the case was most irritating.
Because of all this no monument
marks the grave of this benedict who
has passed on-no headpiece against
which in spring one might lay fragrant
punches of violets; no footpiece upon
which to set the tomato can vase filed
with forgetmenots of the wildwood.
You, Mr.. Man, with that letter in
your pocket. take notice of this. Go
through your clothes and make an in
vestigation among the papers and en-
velopes. Possibly there is an epistle
worn through at the edges, letter to
Aunt Katie asking her to come out and
spend month. If there Is and you
don't hike down to the postofIice with
it there may be no shaft to mark your
last resting place in the quiet corner
of the country churchyard.
1t is queer how forgetful and trying
men are at times | know a man who
forgot to register his wife at the ho-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12
Danced Herself to Death.

Mrs. Bertha Gordon danced all the
evening at a house party given by
Lewis Rose, at Furman Lane, Patch
ogue, l.. |.
Then she complained of exhaustion
and sat down to rest. Her friends no.
ticed that she looked white and was
breathing hard. Suddenly she fell to
the floor, apparently in faint.
Friends tried in vain to revive her
and finally sent for Drs. w. Bennett
and Charles Willis. They found the
woman dead. They said she had sue
cumbed to heart failure, the result of
physical exhaustion; that she had lit
orally danced herself to death.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12

tel. 1t was on
h is honeymoon,
and to turn it off
as a joke he took
t h e pen a n q
wrote, "Me and
my wife," paying
in advance for a
room and leav-
ing the place at
once.
! know another
man VINO [ o o X
his wife to the
theater, went out
to see q man be-
tween the acts,
went home sober
and forgot every
b ] e 8 s e d word
ohnnk Lin LnAInr
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12

efal my Irlenu
became excited.
His excitement
terminated In a
lengthy and Wig
orc US disserta-
tion about tight
wads and reputa-
tion wreckers, In
the perturbation
Of W b c b he
twisted and tore
that letter into q
half dozen pieces,
dropping the re-
mains a b s mt
mindedly into the
spittoon.
1t was such Il
joke l kept my
counsel. but the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12
PAYS s25.5oo For Luther Letter.

At an autograph sale in Leipsic,
Saxony, letter written by Martin
Luther to Emperor Charles V. was
bought by Florence dealer for $685.
500.
The purchase is said to have been
made for j. p Morgan.
The letter was written in 1921 DUR
ing the reformer's return journey from
the Diet of Worms, and, describing
the proceedings, defended his attitude.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12
Live Stock Markets.

PITTSBURG CUnion Stock Yards)-
CATTLE higher; choice, $6.1506.35:
prime, S5.90M6.15.
SHEEP higher: prime wethers, $410
M425; culls and common, $2@2.50;
spring lambs, 5000; veal calves,
$6.50M6.75.
HOGS higher; prime heavies, $500
@625; mediums, s66006.65; heavy
sS,aSG6,76: 1dS G0'PG pigs, ss665@5.7o; roughs,
s56540.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12
Friqhtened by Ghost Of Baby.

The sixteen prisoners confined in
the county jail at Fairmont, Va, are
in a state of terror owing to their be-
lief that the place is haunted.
For several nights, they say, they
have been unable to sleep owing to the
mysterious cries of baby. The
source of the noise has not been as.
certained.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12
Lightning scares Woman to Death.

Lightning Scares Woman to Death.
Mrs. Wilmot Moulthrop, of Kenoza
Lake, near Monticello, N. Y, was
scared to death by sudden flash of
lightning. About two years aso her
home was struck by lightning and de-
stroyed, and since then she had been
extremely nervous during any elec-
trical storm. She was talking with a
neighbor, when there was flash and
she sank back in a chair. dead.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12
Office OF the Footman.

"I don't believe there is anything in
that talk about Harlow being hard up"
said Little Blake. "Why, he's just
blossomed forth with footman on
his motor"
"Footmann' echoed Jinkinson deri-
sively. "Footman is good! That isn't
footman. It's deputy sheriff in
charge Of the car"-Harper's Weekly.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12
Girl Swallows Safety Pin.

Adeline Stevenson, the thirteen
yearold daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Stevenson, of Chester, Pa, swal-
lowed an open salty pin while dress
ing. An X-ray examination failed TO
reveal the whereabouts of the pin
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12
House Passes Free List Bill.

At the conclusion of a ten-hour
session the house passed the Demo-
cratic free list bill by vote of 230
to 109. Twenty-four Republicans and
Representatives Berger, the Socialist,
voted for the measure.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12
Taft's Silver Weddinu.

Fifty members of the Cincinnati
Commercial club are ging to Washing
ton to help the President and Mrs.
Taft celebrate their silver wedding an
niversary on June 20. They will enter.
tain the president at luncheon.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12
Elopers Arrested.

Frances Vanderworx, an eighteen
year?old girl from Cedargrove, near
Montclair. N. j., and Edward Earle. an
electrician, of Orange, N. j.. were ar
rested in Danbury, Conn.,, as elopers.
Earle is accused of abduction.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12

LS|li M xhAN w oAt a.
refuses to erect a
monument to her
husbands hem-
ory on the ground
that he hadn't
any. When she
gave him a letter
to mail he invari-
ably forgot 1t. He
left the back door
unlocked and the
water ia NC e t
open. He forgot
to put out the cat
and W in d the
clock. He failed
not only to match
n piece of dress
Goods. but he lost
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12
Five Children Burned to Death.

Five of the six children of Sanford
Davis, farmer of near Free Union,
Albemarle county, Va, were burned to
death when fire destroyed the Davis
home. Davis and his wife and an in
FAINT escaped. The dead children rang
ed in age from three to fifteen years.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12

"The trouble with lot of long.
haired geniuses," Mr.. Taukaway says.
is that the insides of their heads nev.
er produce as we'll as the outsides do"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12
THE MERE MANS
VIEWPOINT
A MANS MEMORY
By BYRON WILLIAMS

~ MICHIGAN woman
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-05-12

about his better
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-27

Enforcing all the statutes would be
a monumental job.
There can be no home nest without
some little ones.
Producing watered stock should be
made capital otfense.
The half-baked fellows are often the
most easily burned.
Experience is a good teacher, but
the rates of tuition are high.
Some women's hats are dreams
but too many of them come true.
A man without hands has a hard
time holding his own in this world,
The hen-pecked husband hasn't t much
on the chicken-hearted bachelor.
If you haven't an enemy you haven't
done much to earn friend.
Probably it is the whiskers that
make some women enjoy kissing cats.
The law Of gravity is the only thing
that keeps some people on their feet.
California's legislature cost S4D0. 90
an hour. Talk isn't so cheap, after all.
The old saying about casting pearls
before swine" is losing its aptness.
Anyway the prodigal son demon
strated that it is worth while to come
back.
How tickle is fame. An exchange
speaks Of Former Congressman W. j.
Bryan.
The salt trust is getting fresh again
and has raised the price another notch.
There are two epochs in the history
of MeXico-beforc and since Diaz has
been president.
When the babies get to squa!ling,
the man of the house likes to storm off
down town.
A woman's husband has no faults
that she will allow the neighbors to
talk to her about.
When magazines will pay a dollar a
word there is not much incentive to
keep quiet.
The money that automobilists burn
up somehow gets into the Standard
Oil Golfers reincarnated.
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For the Sunday Supper.

When there is game left from din.
ncr a delicious salad may be mado
from It. Chop half cupful Of celery
,ery fine and also bunch Of cress-
he finer these are chopped the better.
Season them lightly with salt and pep.
per and work them into couple OF
.ablespoonfuls Of butter. When the
,ress. celery and butter are thorough.
y blended form the mixture into balls.
Then make the salad. first rubbing tho
dish with garlic. Put layer OF crisp
white lettuce leaves into It, few
sprigs OF cress and then distribute
around 1t slices Of cold boiled carrot
and beet and put some Of the meat cut
In fine pieces. Put In layer Of the
butter balls. then another Of the veg.
etables and game and cover the top
with balls. Stick white celery tops
around the top Of the salad and
sprinkle over It a tablespoonful Of ca.
pers. Send the salad to the table
with bowl Of mayonnaise and put a
spoonful on each portion as It Is
served.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-27
NOTICE OF CONTEXT. oils.
tFor Publication.I c. D. AS,,

oSpAT " kHS
United States Land Office. Sterling. Colorado
June 2. 1911.
To Thomas Dean of Sterling. Colo Contrstco:
You are hereby notified that Oscar Crockaert
who gives Highland Lake. Colorado. as his post
Office address did on June 18th. 1911. file in this
Office his duly corroborated application TO contest
and secure the cancellation of your homestead
Entry No. ollS9l Serial No. oll39l made March
End 1910, for SEl-i Section Ia. Township N.
Range % W., of the 9Th principal Meridian. and as
grounds for his~eOntcst he alleges that The said
Thomas Dean has never established or maintained
a bona iide residence said land from date of
entry to the present time and has wholly aband-
oncd the same for more than 10 morths last past,
and has wholly failed to cultivate or improve any
Of said land and that all of said conditions exist
at the present time.
You are. therefore, further notified that the
snid allegations will be taken by this office as hay
ing been confessed by you, and your said entry
will be cancelled hereunder without your further
right to be heard therein. either before this Office
or on appeal if you fail to iilc in this Office within
twenty days after tine FOURTH publication of
this notice, shown below. your answer, under
oath. specifically meeting and responding TO these
allegations Of contest, or ii you fail within that
time to file in this Office due proof that you have
served a copy Of your answer on the said contest;
ant either in person by registered mail If this
service is made by the delivery of n copy Of your
answer to the contestant in person. proof Of such
service must be either the said contestant written
owlndgmcnt Of his receipt Of the copy. show
ing the date of its receipt, the affidavit of the
person by whom the delivery was made stating
when and where the copy was delivered, il mace
by registered mail. proof Of such service must
consist Of the affidavit of the person by whom the
copy was mailed stating when and the postoifcc
to which it was mailed. and this affidavit must lie
accompanied by the postmastcr's receipt for the
letter.
You should state in your answer the name Of
the postoilicc Ia which you desire future notices
to Ic sent 10 you.
W. II. POUND. Register.
Fist publication June 2yth. 1911.
Second publication July 9Th. 1911.
Third publication July 18th. 1911.
/ Fourth publication July 2Olh. 1871.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-27
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Publisher,

&. l.. j. Publlshcr) Scrial-Ol33IJ
Department Of the Interior.
United States Land Office at Sterling. Colorado.
July 49, 1911.
NOTICE is hereby given that Frank ]. Jen.
nette Of New Raymcr, Colorado who, on June ~,
1910 made Homestead Entry, No Ol537b. for WIZ
Nwl-4 See. "a, and El.2 NEIL Section %. Town
ship I NJ. Range 90 W., 9Th Principal Meridian.
has filed notice Of intention TO make final Com
mutation Proof 10 establish claim To the land
above described. before Register and Receiver at
Sterling. Colorado on the 23rd day Of October,
1911.
Claimant names aS Witnesses:
William d. Roe, Of New Raymcr. Colorado.
Eugene +. Tighc. Of New Raymcr Colorado.
Harry u. Eddy, Of New Raymcr. Colorado.
Michael =. KrnSbcrgcr Of New Rnymcr. Colorado
" H. FOUND. l,ci'istcr.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-27
Notice For Publication,

+. a. s. U'ubshcrD Serial 0ilGiJ
Department Of the interior,
United States Land Office at Sterling, Colorado
June II. 1911.
NOTICE In hereby given that Benjamin +. Par
montcr, Of Stoneham, Colorado who on February
18th. 1910. made homestead entry, No 0il073. for
Swl-i. Section H. Township n, Range SC W.
9Th principal Meridian, has filed notice Of intention
To make final continuation Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described before Register
and Receiver, at Sterling Colorado, on the 2lst
day Of September. 1911.
Claimants names as witnesses:
Murray II, Sheldon. Of Stoncham Colorado.
Lester r. Lowder, Of Stoneham Colorado.
klya Fischer, Of Sterling, Colorado
George f. Slocum, Of S,onchan. Colorado.
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East item s.

Special CORRESPONDENT,
Mrs. Theodore Keller visited with her
mother the first of the week.
Mrs. w. M. Gibson was on the sick
list last week.
theodore Rugland called on Will
Schmeekley Sunday.
Grant Mercer was a business pas
senger to Sterling !Ionday returning
Tuesday.
Mrs. E. Seavy and family called on
Mrs. W. ri. Gibson Sunday.
Mrs. Biggs is visiting with her sister
Miss Arnold.
Theodore Keller is cutting his wheat
this week.
Rev. II. B. McMilen called on Mrs.
E. |. Seavy Monday.
Will Schmeekley has been plowing
this week.
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NOTICE. For PUBLICATION.

c. L. J. Publi-hcr) Scr.al-Ol357i
Department Of the Interior.
United States Land Office at Sterling. Colorado.
July 10. 1911.
NOTICE is hereby given that Eugene f. Tighc.
OF New Raymcr, Colorado. who. on June Il, 1910,
made Homestead Entry, No. Ol337 for WIZ
NEl-i and El.2 NWl.i, Section a. Township I
n, Range 30 W.. 9Th r. Meridian. has filed notice
Of intention TO make Final Communication Proof. TO
establish claim to the land above described before
Register and Receiver. at Sterling, Colorado on
the 23rd day Of October. 1911.
Claimant names AS witnesses:
William d. Roe Of New Raymcr. Colorado.
Frank J, Jcnnett, Of New Raymer. Colorado.
Harry d. Eddy. of New Raymcr, Colorado.
Michael +. Kraxbcrgcr. Of New Raymcr. Colorado.
W. II. POUND. Register.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-27
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Isolated Tract.
Puhlisherl Scrinl Ola7ia

E.A.S. Publishcr) Serial 0l37.3
PUBLIC LAND SALE.
Department Of the Interior United States Land
Office u, Sterling, Colorado. June 9Th, 1911.
NOTICE is hereby given that, as directed by
the Commissioner Of the General Land Office,
under provisions Of Act Of Congress approved
June q. 1906 t}i STATE. jl7l. we viii offer n,
public sale to the highest bidder. at 1000 o'clock
A. NJ. on the llth day Of August, 1911, at this
office. the following described land: SEl-iNEl-i
Sec. n.Nl-2SWl-i. SEl-4SWl-i Sec. l3. Twp. 10
n. Range 81 W.
Any persons claiming adversely the abovc-dc-
scribcd land nrc advised to file their claims or
objections, on or before the time designated FOR
sale.
AS W. II. POUND, Register.