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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20
Currants for Profit.

There is no kind of small fruit that
is so sure crop il kept from the worm
as the currant. 1t also generally sells
at good price, with the advantage to
the grower that the currants will re-
main on the bushes two or three
weeks, not only without injury, but
each day growing better after they are
colored. This may not altogether pre-
vent a glut in the market, but it at
least gives the currant grower more
time i'll which to market his fruit.
The only drawback to currant grow
ing is the curraut worm, but this is so
easily killed by timely applications of
hellebore I owder that it is really an
advantage to the 6 over who uses it
in time, as 1t destroys the currants of
50 many others who would otherwise
be his COM etitors. There is nothing
usually to he made in what everybody
can produce very easily.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20
The Care OfIambs.

Lambs should have grain from the
time they are ten weeks old till the
following spring. A trough can be
set with oats in it outside of the past
ure fence, near the watering place,
with opening in the fence for the
lambs to get to it. They will then
learn to eat by the time they are four
months old, at which time they should
be weaned; it is better for both mother
and lamb. In weaning give them the
best they can eat, and plenty of good
water. If you have cornfield adjoin-
ing your pasture you will find it a
good thing to open the fence and let
them also have range to it. They will
do no harm, and will eat many of the
weeds and lower leaves of the corn.
They should be kept in that way until
they are put in winter quarters, then
they should have from half pint to a
pint equally of shelled corn and oats
per day, owing to the size and breed
of the sheep. with all they can eat of
good hay. In weaving lambs never
take them from the mothers, but al
ways take the mothers from the lambs,
and leave the lambs in the old pasture
for a week at least before moving them
to another, il necessary to move at
all. A gentle old sheep should be left
with the lambs for leader; it makes
them more quiet and gentle. In the
spring, as soon as there is enough
pasture, turn them out on grass for
the summer. You have then fine
bunch of sheep whose fleece will more
than Fay for the keeping. They Can
now be handled like old .shee There
is nothing cheaper and better for
sheep than grass, except it may he
W eds, Of which they eat and destroy
many aud convert tham info GOOD
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20
Waste of Soil by Blowing.

Tt is always a loss to leave soil
naked through the winter, especially
if the surface soil is friable Unless
snow comes as a covering, much OF it
will be blown into adjoining fields.
Often when snow comes it will be
wind swept into banks behind fences
on its leeward side, and so soon as the
banks are formed the snow will be
darkened by clouds of fine dust,
which is deposited on it's surface.
This wind blown soil is always ex-
tremely rich, as is shown by the ucker
growth and darker green of the grass
that glows up after the bank has
melted in spring. Always the land on
the lee side of fields that have been
much and long plowed is richer near
the fence on the leeward side thau it
is nearer the centre of the field. For
this reason, when plowing, turn the
furrows as much as possible from the
fences towards the centre of the field.
Doubtless there is much blowing of
surface dirt in Summer showers, though
it is not so plain to the sight as it is
when the dark rim lies on top of a
white bank of snow.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20

hurricanes at all seasons confirm the
truth of this theory. But be that as
it may, when the northeast wind gets
an unobstructed sweep of some thou
sands of miles down the wide stretch
of ocean that leads the Gulf Stream
northward it has chance to develop a
degree of violence that it can hardly
attain where its course is interrupted
by outlying islands and reefs.
During the comparatively calm and
peaceful voyage that most travellers by
sea achieve from New York or Boston
to London, Liverpool or Southampton
they are told that when the ship crosses
tract known to sailormen as ''the
hole in the wall" their seamanship is
likely to be tested. The reason for
this is that until that point is reached
the southwark sweep OF wind and wave
is more or less modified by submerged
shadows such as the Grand Banks and
other ridges that are revealed by deep
sea soundings. It is not surprising,
therefore, that the accumulated force
of protracted winters gale is some
thing terrific when it breaks on the
sandy headland that forms the ex-
tremity of Cape Cod.
On one of the high sand dunes that
form this promontory stands the High
land Light, looking out to sea, and
from sunset to sunrise, year in and
year out, sending its rays over leagues
of restless ocean to give warning of
the dangerous sand-bars that are
formed by waves and current all along
this coast.
The Government observers of ocean
phenomena, in their forecasts of North
Atlantic weather for the winter
months, habitually predict gales of
greater or less severity at intervals of
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20
Prfctical Dairy Notes.

Salt should always be accessible.
Do not change the feed suddenly.
Clean and thoroughly air stable be.
fore milking
Keep the dairy and stable room in
good condition, fresh air and clean.
Do net use within twenty days be-
fore calving, nor for three to five days
afterward.
Do not move cows faster than COM
Portable walk while on the way to place
of milking or feeding No savage
dogs.
Provide water in abundance, easy
of access and always pure; fresh, but
not too cold Do not use impure pond
water.
The mixer should wear clean
outer garment, used only when milk
ing. and kept in clean place at other
times.
Feed literally, and use only fresh,
palatable feedstutfs. In no case
should decomposed or mouldy material
be used.
DO HOe utloW an opIOHS hdN VI OF
food like garlic, cabbage and turnips
to be eaten, except Immediately after
milking.
Clean the entire body of the COW
daily. Ii hair in the region of the
udder is not easily kept clean it should
be clipped.
The mixer should be clean in all
respects. He should not use tobacco
when milking. He should wash and
ury his hands before milking.
Never allow the cows to be excited
by hard driving, abuse, loud talking
or unnecessary disturbance. Do not
expose them to cold or storms any
length of time.
Promptly remove from the herd any
animal suspected of being in bad
health, and reject her milk. Never
add an animal to the herd until cer-
tain it is free from disease, especially
tuberculosis.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20

vided for them or their families. Poll
tics are kept vigorously out of the Bu-
reau; and altogether, its history and
statistics are perhaps more gratifying
to the national pride and pleasure
than those of any other bu-eau apper-
tanning to our Government. Mr.. Kim
ball has been the right man in the
right place, and the life-savers them
selves have magnifcently supported
him by their achievements in the face
of tremendous perils and difficulties.
Golfers Weekly has striking arti-
Gle on the Life-Saving Service from
which the following is taken:
The venturesome mariner may Law
straight course past Iceland and Spitz-
bergen northward till he brings up
against the eternal ice, by steering due
northeast from anywhere on the coast
of Eastern Massachusetts, and keep
ing away enough to clear the project
ing headlands of Nova Scotia and New
foundland. In other words, when the
northeast wind arises in its might and
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20
BEAcHooMBERs AT WORK ON THE SALVAGE.

land. AS this is written revenue
vessels are out looking for the other
lightships that are adrift, and, as still
other storms have interviewed between
then and now, the question of finding
them becomes more and more doubt.
full.
To recount even few of the incl
dents and adventures and daring
deeds of rescue performed alike by
men of the Life Saving Service and by
volunteers who manned lifeboats and
went to the rescue of crews on board
laundering vessels that they met on
the high seas would take far more
space than is at my disposal. Wher-
ever human life was imperiled men
were ready with daring hearts and
skillful hands to rescue their fellows
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20
the fiag.officer of squadron down to

the f1ag-oficer of squadron down to
the skipper of a coasting sloop. to
cherish certain contempt for every
thing that savors of meteorological
science or official interference.
Lightships are anchored with an
eye to violent conditions of tempest,
their mooring chains are so huge and
heavy that to lift one of the links re-
quires something of an effort to an
ordinary man. In spite of all, this
phenomenal gale tore theee lightships
from moorings, breaking the huge
chain cables and sending them adrift
to work their way under sail to such
harbor as Providence might vouchsafe.
One of them, the Pollock Rip light
ship, was driven away down toward
the Delaware Capes, and was at last
picked up and towed to a place of
safety by the Belgian steamer Switzer-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20

birth of Christ, is stirring up consid-
erable discussion in England and on
the continent. The coin bears a por-
trait of the Savior, with the name of
Jesus in Hebrew characters. On the
reverse, in Hebrew characters, is this
motto:
''The Messiah, the King, will come
in peace. He is the incarnate living
light of men
The claim that this coin was in cir
culation in the first century after
Christ is disputed in England, where
George Mackey, noted coin collec-
tor, shows almost an exact duplicate
of the Partisan coin. This coin was
unearthed in 1912 by PEASANTS
daughter who was helping her father
dig potatoes in Ireland. On one side
is the head of the Savior, with
Hebrew inscription as shown in the
illustration, and on the reverse
Hebrew inscription reading:
''The Messiah has reigned. He came
in peace, and being made the light o.
man He lives"
Walter Davis, member of the Lon.
don Numlsmatlcal Society, has dis
covered that similar coin is de-
scribed in Rev. r. Walsh's Essay on
Ancient Coins, Medals and Gems"
and according to this authority the
character at the back of the head is
the Hebrew letter "Aleph," and the
characters in front of the face form
the Jewish name Jesus.
Still another holy coin, one of silver
and somewhat larger than those
mentioned, was submitted some time
ago to the authorities at the British
Museum. There is no such coin there,
but the verdict passed on the coin
submitted was "Italian coin seven
teenth century. Son of Jesse, the
Messiah, was crucified on the sixth
day and taken down ON the sixth
day. He lived"
The owner of this coin disputes the
great age OF any of these so-calle9
holy coins.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20
TertiliZinY rtls.

There are not many farmers who
fully appreciate the value of ffertilizing
an orchard, yet this is really neces-
sary-ip fact just as much so as in
fertilizing any other crop--for the
trees greatly need the elements con-
tained in the fertilizer, especially the
potash, in order to grow and mature Il
crop.
Here are few figures which might
illustrate: A crop OF wheat OF twenty
bushels to the acre removes from the
soil ofeach acre i'll grain and straw
about twenty-nine pounds of nitro
gen, nine pounds of phosphoric acid
and five pounds OF potash.
To compare, we will allow each acre
forty apple trees. These will remove
from the soil in maturing the crop
about thirty-two pounds of nitrogen.
eight pounds of phosphoric acid and
forty-tive pounds of potash. From
this it can be readily seen how much
greater is the necessity of maturing for
apples than for wheat, and especially
in supplying the potash
If the real reason for applying fer
tilizers is to stop soil exhaustion
which is certainly true-farmers have
no excuse for not looking into the
matter of orchard fertilizing, and when
they finally do find this out, the old
excuse of''This was good fruit coun-
try once, but that day has gone BY"
will be thing of the past, and it is
just this that ought to have happened
years ago.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20
1t Housed His Ambition.

The fat boarder groaned softly as he
watched the landlady hand around the
cold chicken. He saw his finish. II
would either be a section of the back,
or a leg joint. He wasn't much of 6
favorite with the landlady.
81 am not" he sorrowfully re.
marked, ga man of ambitious long
ings. I care nothing for the cares OF
state, OF the applause of thousands.
But it never struck me SO forcibly as
it does this evening that would like
to be President"
"And why this EVENING"" inquired
the unsuspecting landlady.
Because the President" said the
fat boarder with an unctuous fervor,
"because the President, whenever he
dines-and it's an old and beautiful
custom-is invariably waited upo1
first"
And he took his section of bach
with heavy sigh.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20

Congress, introduced scientific meth
ods of saving lives and ships, drilled
the men, built stations at points with
Maine to Florida, and along the
shores of the Great Lakes, and effected
such improvements that he got the en-
tire country heartily at his back. The
amount of property and the number of
lives saved, from the outs ct, was most
impressive. In 1874 he prepared
bill to extend the work, to bestow
medals upon deserving life-savers, to
collect and tabulate statistics of ma
rine disasters, and to determine what
points on the coast were specially
liable to maritime calamities. He
caused life-boats to be selected for
particular regions with view to their
fitness for meeting the conditions
there existing; he investigated the
merits of various inventions in the
way of guns for shooting lines to
wrecked vessels, and of life-cars and
other devices for bringing persons
from wrecks to the shore. Finally,
the Bureau was separated from the
Treasury Department, and set up in
business for itself
Our Life-Saving Service is now
anique among nations. The greater
part of our coast being practically
uninhabited and deserted, and in
many places very dangerous to naviga-
tors, there was need that it should be
iedUlously watched. The entire
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20

stretch of coasts, about ten thousand
miles in extent, is now patrolled daily
during the stormy seasons, and no
wreck can occur without being prompt
ly - Irted, and all possible means
taken to minimize loss. The men are
perhaps the most thoroughly drilled,
Intelligent and efficient body in the
world, and constant inspection and
encouragement of the worthy maintain
them at this high level. The station
buildings are commodious and we'll
kept, and stored with whatever can be
of use in the service, or productive of
benefit in educating the men. The
latter are paid regular salaries by the
Government, and in case of their dis
ablement or death, pensions are pro-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20

about seven or eight days covering all
this zone and extending southwark as
far as Hatteras. or perhaps even till
they melt away into the gentle
trade winds OF the tropics. But not
even the photographic Office ventures
as yet to predict very far ahead the
approach of phenomenal storms such
as visited this coast at the end of
November. It could and did give
warning several hours before the storm
began to make itself felt at the Vir-
ginia capes and along up the Jersey
shore. Hurricane signals were promptly
set at every station away up the coast
as far as the jurisdiction of the United
States extended, and if the coastwise
authorities of the British possession
had only been willing to accept the
warning of American weather
prophets they, too, might have shown
danger signals for the benefit of their
seafaring population.
1t is n singular characteristic of q
great many masters Of vessels, from
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20
wool and mutton free of charge, but
remember they do not thrive or pay
on weeds alone. Farm, Field and
Fireside.
The Treatment of q Lawn.


Keeping lawn in order is not diff,
cult, but itrequires attention. By de-
ferring attention until the lawn shows
it needs it is one of the most certain
ways of insuring ragged lawn.
Keeping up lawn Is simply mat
ter of keeping up good growth of
grass. The chief points to keep in
mind are to prevent maturity (seed
production and careful feeding.
Grass, like other field crops, requires
plant food, and, as its root system is
somewhat shallow, and the soil has
little aeration when continually y in sod,
the plant food supplied must be in
highly available form.
, 10 prevent running to seed the
grass must be clipped regularly. In
the spring and early summer months,
before the suns rays have reached the
fierce heat OF midsummer, it is advis-
able to remove all grass liIpings, but
during the hot summer months the
clippings should be left on the lawn
to serve as mulch. This is especial
ly true for sections subject to mid.
summer drought. The late summer
clippings should be left as winter
mulch. In the hot days of midsum-
mer the lawn sprin!llers should not be
started until late in the afternoon.
Light, sandy soils require more pro.
lection from drought than clay soils.
On the former the clippings mulch is
a very important matter. On very
heavy clay soils the clippings mulch
trn %l,o,
good.
The plant food is the most impor-
tant point, not only to keep up a solid
mat of grass, but also to prevent that
vitiation due to insu Efficient nourish-
ment which with plants as with ami
mails is an inevitable invitation to
disease. lawn requires regularly
every year an application of nitrogen,
potash and phi )sphoric acid. All three
OF these fertilizers are necessary, and
an excess of any one or two cannot
make up for deficiency of any one.
A fair application, on the basis of one
acre, is one bag Of muriate of potash
and two bags of aoid phosphate; that
is, 200 pounds of the former and 400
pounds of the latter. These fertiliz-
ers should be thoroughly mixed to-
gether, and it will be an advantage to
mix them with an equal weight Of
fine, dry earth. The best time to ap-
ply is in August or September, broad
cast. In the sprin :. as soon as the
green begins to freshen, apply nitrate
of soda at the rate of 200 pounds per
acre.
The application of the nitrate of
soda is an important matter. The fer
tillzer must be finely pulverized, and
mixed with an equal weight of fine,
dry earth. To use the nitrate without
the previous ap, lication OF the potash
and pho pilates is to invite disaster.
The grass will be stimulated to rank
growth, which it makes wholly at the
expense OF its vitality. There is no
surer way to destroy a lawn
In cases of moss growth in spots,
due largely to lack of potash and
phospha:es, the best treatment is to
rake over thoroughly, and apply burnt
lime at the rate of two good handfuls
to the $ luare yard. Reseed the fol-
lowing spring, and do not fail to use
the mineral fertilizer in August. R.
Garwood in American Cultivator.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20
Scientific Child study in Chicago School,

Scientific child study has commenced
in the public schools of Chicago, and
while as yet it has reached no definite
stage, beginning has been made al
least.
The most notable test now being
made is that through the medium OF
the ergograph, which is the invention
of Professor A. Mosso, of Italy, and is
for the purpose of determining the
stored up energy of the pupil.
Apart from the ergograph tests there
are others, all of which are deemed es.
sential. In the first place, the pupil
is weighed, then his height is CAREFUL.
taken, both standing and sitting.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20
! FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
To Avoid weevilly Seed Peas.

A very simple as we'll as satisfactory
way for separating weevilly peas from
the sound ones is to place the seed in
a solution of salt and water made of a
sufficient strength that the sound peas
will sink and the weevilly ones float.
The injured grain at the top may be
washed and fed to the stock while the
sound seed is sown. This assures an
even catch-to to certain extent-and,
better yet, the weevilly peas are not
even wasted.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20
The Passing of tho Tow-Path Mule.

The Passing of tho Tow-Path Mule.
The speediest solution of the canal
boat difficulty is offered by NJ. Salliot,
of DIjoH, France, who has invented ar
electric traction engine which will run
on any towpath without rails. The
motive power is furnished by an over.
head trolley wire. The towing cable
is fastened to the back of the engine,
and in the cab sits man who does the
steering and controls the current. The
locomotive is perfectly stable, and
stands all sorts of shunting and cross.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20

Then comes the ergograph. 1t con.
sists of two main parts, one of which
is a cylinder, revolved by means OF
clockwork, about which paper strip
ispasted. The working portion of the
second part is small sliding carriage
to which is attached q stylographit
pen, the point of which rests upon the
paper covered cylinder. To one
end of this carriage is attached a
weight, and TO the other cord made
of twisted wire.
The arm of the pupil to be exam.
ined is strapped into rest, the latter
having no connection with the ergo.
graph, however, so that it is possible
to move only the fingers. The child's
second finger is then hooked into
loop in the wire cord, and the pupil is
required to work the finger back and
forth in time with metronome,
contrivance for marking time. This
moves the carriage and the pen at.
tached back and forth, and on the
paper of the cylinder, which has been
set into barely perceptible motion.
the pen records an unbroken line
something like the teeth of saw. As
the finger of the pupil weakens from
fatigue the distance he is able to pull
the carriage forward grows shorter
and shorter until he cannot move it
at all, and consequently the mark of
the pen on the paper over the cylin-
der becomes almost p erfectly straight.
Now, the principle upon which the
operation of the ergograph is based is
that any one set of muscles is an in
dex to the general condition of the
body.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20
SAVED RY THE BREECHEs BUOY.

without hope or prospect of reward,
and while instances have been re
ported of alleged plundering OF
wrecked persons and property along
shore, the weight of evidence, on the
side of courage and faithful discharge
of duty, is largely in the lead. Heaven
grant that the interval may be long
before such another storm descends
from the Northern Oceani
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20
Black Dog Dainties,

Chickens are sold by the piece in
Buenos Ayres. They are dressed be-
fore being offered for sale, the only
feathers left upon them being those
of the tail. The same custom
prevails in China as to dogs, where a
bit of the dogs hair is always left on
the end of the tail, even when the ami
nal is cooled But this is because
the Chinese consider the flesh of black
dogs tie best, and most certain to put
a brave spirit into the body of tho
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-20

g PERtLs OF THE LIFE SAVERS 5
The Brave Coast Guar. Patrol the Shore =
While the Storm Rages.

goes forth from its lair in the Arctic
seeking whom it may devour, the first
land that it strikes squarely is Cape
Cod and the first large seaport that lies
in it's track is Boston.
The meteorologists tell us that most
of the destructive cyclone storms orig
mate in the Gulf of Mexico or else
where in the South Atlantic, and in
truth the warnings of approaching