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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-27
Fowls for Confinement.

Probably more mistakes are made
in selecting the breeds of poultry to
be kept than in any other part of the
work. The large, heavy breeds like
Brahmas, Cochins and Plymouth
Rocks, have been bred for generations
10 con tinement and rarely make an
effort to escape from small yards, while
the lighter, more nervous breeds like
Leghorns and Minorcas, resent being
deprived of their liberty. In the Sc
lection of breed care must be taken
in this direction as we'll as in the
proper selection to meet the demands
of the market. 1t does not follow,
however, that Leghorns cannot be
kept in small yards, but simply that if
such is the case they must be kept
busy at all times. Never permit them
when confined in small yards to have
more than one meal a day that they do
not earn by hnrd scratching. Like
humans, the busy hen is the contented
one, and if not kept busy they are apt
to get into mischief. In the case of
the hen this mischief consists in
feather pulling and egg eating, both
almost impossible to break Off If
one Is not so situated that fowls kept
in small yards can be kept busy at all
times, then the heavier breeds should
by all means be selected Atlanta
Journal,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-27
Poultry Notes.


Feed literally, hut feed right; and
you will have no overfat hens.
Have curtain of oiled muslin to
shut off the run in stormy weather.
A healthy hen will lay and consume
a great deal of food without getting
fat.
Many fail with poultry because tney
try not to get their hens too fat-they
starve them.
Open the doors and windows of the
poultry house on all clear days and
you will not be troubled with damp
walls.
It has been demonstrated that stand
ard bred fowls can be made to lay
from $50 to 200 eggs per year under
proper treatment and care.
The gizzard is made to grind the
food in. It cannot grind food that is
already ground, thus, in order to keep
it in normal condition it must perform
the work nature intended it to.
Some of the expert pickers of poul.
try can take the feathers off fowl so
quickly as to astonish one who does
not understand the operation. It is
done by dipping each carcass in cold
water and allowing it 70 drip.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-27
Corn Cobs for Stock Lots.

Every stock raiser knows how
muddy it becomes around feed troughs
at certain times in the year, especially
if the ground is rich, black soil. It
may be impossible to put stone around
the troughs, or if not, .he expense of
doing so may be too great. One of
the cheapest and best methods of pro-
tecting against mud is to throw corn
cobs around the troughs. The cobs
which are left in the troughs, if the
corn is fed in the ear, will not be suf-
fcient.
The oobs should be spread on the
ground to depth of six inches. They
should not be thrown on the mud, but
on dry or frozen ground. The cobs
will rot, but they will become pretty
well packed into the ground. Before
the rotting cobs can become slush,
fresh supply should be spread on. If
this is we'll done, there need be no
complaint because of the mud around
the troughs. 1t will not be necessary
to move the troughs to avoid the mud,
which must be done if there is nothing
to prevent it. The farmer will do
well if he fills up with corn cobs all of
the mud holes which he may find on
his farm. The cobs make good paths
across muddy lots, and are useful
wherever the mud becomes deep and
disagreeable. OF course, most of
them rot finally, but they serve an ex-
cellent purpose while they ast.-New
England Homestead.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-27
QUAINT AID CURIOUS.

There is at Werda in Dahomey a
temple in which 1000 snakes are fed
by the priests.
Squatters who have recently pene-
trated the interior of New Zealand
report the discovery of a tribe of aborig
inal dwarfs.
Florida housewives use oranges in
stead of soap in scrubbing floors.
they cut the fruit in two and rub the
pulp on the floor. 1t is found to be
very cleansing.
Far away from civilization gesture
language is still extant in Australia.
Some of the tribes possess such an
excellent code that it is almost as eff.
cient as the spoken language.
A queer exhibition was recently held
in Berlin, Germany-that of the vege
tartan society--in which sixty chill
dren were shown who have never
touched other nutriment than vege.
tables.
A man who was convicted of seven
highway robberies in Cotania, Sicily,
was lucky enough to be tried before
tender hearted Judge, who thought q
life sentence too severe. He therefore
was easy with him, letting him off with
only 180 years imprisonment
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-27
Saloons Not a Social Necessity.

:, Ihe argument that liquor saloons are O
social necessity" to the poor man. or. In
deeo, to any one. Is too specious to hold
water At any rate, in this country there
tanning to them. At It's best the liauor sa-
loon Is but sorry makeshift when recrea-
ton Is the object, and the instruction
workingmanis likely to gain init is scarce
ly calculated to elevate or Improve his
mind. So long AS he has money and will
spend it with alacrlty his COMPANY is wei
come, but when his pockets are empty his
society is no longer regarded with favor by
the proprietor. The saloon keeper is not a
man OF sentiment, but invariably keeps his
eye ON the main chance. This being so, the
question must be faced as it really is and
not judged from an optimistic and imagina-
tive point Of view. The truth is that the
liquor saloon In America is not "poor
mans club, place in which he can give
his "recreative instincts fair play, but
simply ana solely a house for the sale of
strong drinks at large profit to the pro-
prietor.
1.-THE liquor saloon does satisfy the work.
Ingman's "recreative instinct" all we can
say Is that II he does not possess the bibu-
lous instinct we are sorry for the intelli-
gence of the workingman. The great ma
)ority OF medical men nowadays are quite
agreed that alcohol does no good to a
healthy man, and, taking into consideration
the incalculable amount of harm that has
peen wrought by Its Agency 1t Is best that
the matter should be judged on its merits,
and that the ignorant and careless should
be warned OF their danger. 1t is right and
Just that the workingman should be af-
forded the opportunities of mixing in con-
genial society which the rich man enjoys.
but he must not look for in the liquor sa-
loon.
From consideration of the social side of
the saloon question to that of the abuse of
drink is but O step. Where, then, is the
remedy to be sought in order to abolish or
counteract an evil which Is acknowledged
on all sides to be widespread and extreme
ly pernicious? The view that habitual
drunkenness Is q disease and should be
treated as such Is the one most generally
held In these days. DR.. Norman Kerr the
best known British authority on the mat
ter, says: Deal with the inebriate as YOU
have successfully dealt with the maniac.
Frown not on him as hardened criminal.
Remember he las fallen by the power of a
physical agency which has crushed to earth
some OF the nobest and most gifted. Treat
him as patient laborlng under a battling
and fnveterate disease and amid many dis
couragements. Such measure Of success
Will follow your true curative treatment as
Will gladden. your hearts as men, while it
Will attest your skill as physicians
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-27
Starting n Sitter.

To get the best results, have sep
arate house tor the sitters. Let them
get fully determined to incubate. then
prepare fresh, clean nest and remove
them carefully after night. Put nest
eggs Tor the small gourd which every
poultryman should raise) under them
until they are reconciled to the
change.
A lath coop, one foot wide, two feet
long and fifteen inches high, is set
before the nest and the hen eats,
drinks and dusts in this coop until
accustomed to go back to her nest.
A house for the sitters with the south
side made to open, the opening
screened with two-inch mesh chicken
wire, is fine place on sunny days to
open up and let the sitters come out
to sun and dust themselves. At other
times it has been found that three
weeks confinement in the small coops
often caused diarrhea and weakness
which this freedom of the henhouse
every few days obviated. Do not for
get to see them back to their proper
nests with the coops in front and the
house shut up, for hen needs seclu-
sion when sitting.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-27
An Intellectual Poison.

Alcohol is an intellectual poison. Nor
could it be otherwise, for the brain, which
Is the seat OF memory, Of thought, and of
all the intellectual FACULTIES, is affected by
constituencies of its tissue is even partic-
ularly sensitive thereto. Hence 1t soon
becomes subject to change under the in
fluence OF liquor. and quickly deteriorates.
The power Of thinking Is affected. the in
tellectunl faculties are obscured, judgment
disappears and the final result Is that many
alcoholic subjects develop madness.
For that matter, drunkenness ITSELF
that temporary poisoning-is really an
ephemeral madness which, by force OF
repetition, becomes converted into COM
plete madness. 1t Is a statistical fact,
which shows at glance how alcohol af-
fects the mind, that the increase of mad
ness is in direct proportion to the con-
sumption OF intoxicating liquors in the Diff
ferent countries
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-27
The crowded market Of Saturday often

The crowded market Of Saturday often
leaves on hand of the grower few
crates OF berries which are worthless
when the market opens the following
week. The insects somehow find their
way to the fruit and just at the time
when it should ripen we find that it is
ruined. Nine cases out of ten of fail
ure in the fruit business comes
through loss due to waste.
The successful fruit grower must
learn early in his career that his prod.
ucts are at all times tender and quick
ly perishable. He must, so far as he
is able, prevent the contact of any
agent that destroys or reduces the
value of his fruit. This is not some.
thing that is beyond his power. Bya
vigilant warfare against insects he can
greatly increase the quantity and i'm
prove the quality of the crop which he
is to receive.
Cold storage affords one of the most
practical means of preventing waste in
the fruit crop that we have. Apples
that fall from the tree when almost
ripe, and are lost, are frequently ripe
enough to be picked and placed in
cold storage. The fact that apples for
cold storage should be picked while
solid is valuable information to those
who realize that their fruit is dropping
badly while in that state. An ice and
cold storage house on the fruit farm is
of immense value in preventing the
waste i'll summer fruit that comes nat
urally through rapid decay. Berries,
cherries, plums and peaches can be
kept number of days, even weeks,
and there is thus afforded ample op-
portunity for using or disposing OF
them. Let the farmer and fruit
grower be as painstaking to prevent
waste in their products as the packers
and the manufacturers are to prevent
waste in their large commercial estab.
lishments. s.-W. l.. Hall in Farm,
Field and Fireside.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-27

Many dairymen who grasp the cor,
rect idea that improved methods Of
breeding benefit their milch herds feel
disappointed at results. This is be.
cause they do not acquire the breed
best adapted to their needs and loca
tion
AS a truthful illustration of what I
mean, l wish to cite an instance of
which was personally cognizant some
little time ago. A New York dairy
man bred into Holsteins under the
supposition that because of their
copious yielding qualities, they
were the best cows for him. Two
thirds of this mans farm was low
lying land, and the pasturage neces-
sarily of watery nature; that is, the
luxuriant grass growing from pro-
verbally moist soil contained far more
water than does highland herbage.
Now, Holstein COWS are known to
lean toward the production of watery
milk, and i'll this instance, stimulated
by the character of their feed, they
held good their reputation to the ex-
tent of yielding milk that did not con-
tain the legal per cent. of solids.
The man was disappointed with the
breed without recognizing the fact
that his inferior pasturage had more
to do with the failure than anything
else. Besides this, know of num-
Der of other prominent dairymen liv-
ing on river bottom land, who, with
Holstein cows, find it difficult to pro-
duce milk possessing legal standard.
In some cases they have supplemented
grain rations to help them out, and in
others gradually introduced other
breeds of cows.
Do not infer from this that I am
saying anything against Holsteins, for
in their proper place I am great ad-
mirer of the breed, but breed must
be adapted to its surroundings and the
requirements of the dairyman. If
dairymau is not quite sure what kind
of milch stock will meet his best needs,
he had better 60 experimentally before
acquiring whole herd of new bloods.
Also always take into account the
quality of your soil and pasturage, and
the adaptability of the prospective
breed of cows for the conditions you
have under control.
To new breeders, grades, think,
will prove more generally satisfactory
than full bloods. By judiciously Sc
lecting the dams cows or heifers of
naturally good milch strain---and using
thoroughbred bull, firstclass grades
can be secured at nominal price.
This looks easy enough, but yet it
requires skill and careful study on the
part of the breeder to breed success
fully. 1t can be said as general rule
a successful dairyman will make
good breeder. One must be an accu-
rate Judge of the points of a good
milch COW, and of the sire that is to
be father of her calf. This is the
main essential, and the side issues
are sure to be taken care of by one
who has the right principles at heart.
George E. Newell in American Cul
tivator.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-27
! FOR Farm AND GARDEN.
Keeping mp Fertility.

To keep up the fertility Of q farm
while cultivating is something that
comes about as near to agricultural
science as anything of which there is
knowledge, and the farmers that un-
derstand this the best and practice it
the closest are the most successful and
prosperous, for the proper manuring
and enriching of the soil is the foun-
dation of successful farming-no mat
ter what branch of farming it may be
and it is matter that demands the
farmers most careful and earnest at
tention.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-27
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST,
IN MANY WAYS.

The Drunkard-Llquor Shops Are Not tho
Poor Mans .Club-Are a Sorry Make
shift When Recreation is the Object
Drunkenness is Disease.
On feeble and unsteady legs
He walks as IL he trod on eggs.
Wiener he has to give or take
HIS hands, as with the palsy, shake.
70 meet your gaze he vainly tries
with duh and bleared and bloodshot eyes.
Compelled to bear the sign, he shows
swollen, coarse and crimson nose.
His pimpled. blue and bloated face
OF manliness has not trace.
All people near him shun like death
His oermeating, sickening breath.
With ruined health and shattered nerves
He suffers tortures he deserves.
Sad children and heart-broken wife
Through him endure wretched Iife
Abhorrsd and stunned by friends oncs
known
He wanders through the world alone.
Soon losing self respect, he goes
In seedy, torn and dirty clothes.
with rhBlng, not, increasing thirst
Which can't be quenched he's ever cursed.
In vain he takes the pledge to stop;
with all power gone he has no prop.
Down, down he sinks, until in time
He In the gutter reeks with slime.
From borrowing he begs until
For drink he'd steal or even kill.
Dellrum tremens' horrid sights
He sees. With imps and snakes he fights.
At last with tramps his doom is sealed,
An then he goes to Potter's Field.
And after that? Alas, who knows
Where any slave Of liquor goes?
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-27
Important Points in Potato Culture.

Potato rot and blight have been ef-
fectively treated at the Michigan sta
tion, by the use of spray of bordeaux
mixture. The crop was successfully
carried through severe drouth by
continuous cultivation of the surface
soil. The corrosive sublimate treat
ment Of the seed controlled the potato
scab. 1t was found that potatoes de-
teriorate rapidly from year to year
unless we'll selected and carefully
grown. Selected seed increased the
size and appearance of the tubers of
several varieties. The potatoes which
were stored in a potato basement lost
IL 1-2 per cent. in weight from Sep
tember to May. Potatoes which had
sprouted yielded less than sound
seed.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-27
stop the waste of Fruit.

In the fruit industry the waste often
consumes the profits. An inoppotune
rain or wind at the time when the
fruit is just ripening often ruins the
hopes and anticipations of whole
year. The failure to use the right
kind of a package and to make the
fruit look its best in it often degrades
the quality in the estimation of the
buyer from first to second class with
the corresponding reduction Of price.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-27
Bad For Our Soldiers.

The whisky and beer manufacturers aud
dealers who are trying to make the people
diers' health and increase their strength so
much as the product of their breweries and
distilleries, are we'll answered by tie ex-
perience of the great explorer, Paul du
Chaillu, who, In letter written to young
soldier, said:
.ro,.,;n,, ~ yuu S ..Sa nhs+a;naS
from strong drinks because I found they
did not help Neon the contrary, felt
weaker half an hour after, so gave them
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-27
Notes About The Drink Evil.

NOTES ABOUT Inc Drlnk EVIL.
While the saloon exists your own son Is
never safe.
A champagne trust with capital of $780,
600 900 is reported.
The House of the Utah Legislature de-
feated by vote Of 20 to 10 a bill to nr~'''
local option upon the lion"
The man who deli
health and shorter
commits suicide as
his brains or took
II you have got
drink in your mou
hound you throut
safety Is, renounct
The House OF K
shelved bill deS
on Sundays. SUI
law OF that little
The LegislatuJ
journed wlthou
carry out the W
by their vote &c
the last electio
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-27

The painting steamer slowly drops
Away from the crowded pier;
The blackened decks recede from view
And leave me musing here.
Away where the gold so warm and red,
Lies hid in the dark earth's breast;
Little they reck Of danger and cold,
Aglow with the golden quest.
The rosy youth with kindling eye,
In his manhood's early dawn,
The pale man with the students stocN
The stalwart man of Drawn.
All. each and all, with fevered gaze
Fixed on the fields Of gold;
All, well-a-day for a faith that's firm
And heart that is brave and bold.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-05-05

There goes man that got his mon.
ey's WORTH" exclaimed the iar-faccd
bootuluck ms Lc bit Lis rich,l L,i-Tc
putting it in his pocket. according to
the Kansas Cily Star. You uctGu't
tell mr that man amt vain. either,
cause III Eavc to .EusS il back to you
fuu@y Ihug shout hint"
The EOoiniur!. fc!d:d up his rags arl
scatcG himself on his stand. The man
hr spCi,r OF WAS enc OF IIhCsr iuGiNiGug's
with iron-gray hair and black. we'll
brushed ciothiug-uu ,cccn,ric.arprur.
ing man. and eccentric. indeed. il the
hootb!ack's story is true.
That man gets his shoes shircd on
the bottom" said y0urg ebony. sadly.
WHAT 90 you think OF thEie lie amt
satisfied 10 see Eisscli in the tens Of
his shoes. but he wants the lOtCu,s thr
same way. touIsr. we can Go II al
right Specially urGcr the insicps. but
it goes kind o. funny"
What DO you suppose he does il
Tor" nSkCd man on the rest loX.
Cause he's proud" cane the m
swcr. "anG, cause he's lazy ard don't
DO nothing hut sit around all Gay with
his feet in window. Hes II hCrrtl,I i'm
n hotel. ard he nin't get TO Eusircss
that can tell. Allihr time he's sitting
III u chair with his rrci on wirGCw!iIl.
ard cf course CverNECCy that CaCs By
sees Lis feet. Il usc it's Just u huIit.
sitting with His feet up. ard in Greer
10 he on The square he has lust the hot.
toTS shinCd SOS the people that secs
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-05-05
ELKO, NEVADA, FRIDAY, MAY $, 1899.

been ratified and the war is over.
some move should lie ma ie to brgin
mastering out rIIe forces that are now
here. We have done our duty To onr
! country aud now we ask TINT the
country allow us to return to our
homes and nccupa'inus.
Tho Insurgents are beyrl'nG to
give uS Il little trouble oi late aud as
consequence 22j Ameri ana and
1000 Insurgents have gone to the land
! lint knows no waking. Onr little
troop can accoant for but n few us
"nr campaign was limited to two
-kirnishing day. and thirty days
building trenches throu .h two miles
" swamp. Two NJ our boys were
aiken prisoners by the natisss and
have not been heard of since the 6-h
nf February. Their names were FL.
mer III. ilOn"yman ~ Reno and Wm.
Bruce ~ Ely, White Pine Go. 1t is
the prevailing opinion that they we 'e
murdered, but the truth OF this posi-.
Ton is nnohtminable i'll the present
'iate Of the island.
Fever and small pnx are raging,
both here and in Manila. md these
combined with the wnnn lie ! rhat a-e
being brought in from the front
daily tend tn make the ho spital over
WORKED although the boys ure receiv-
ing MS good attention us the cirrum
stances will permit The troop was call.
cd uEnn yesterday to attend the last
sail rites of Anlrew Nicholson a
member OF our Troop who lied at
the District ho.pital mt II p IN. March
18th. The deceased WIS resident
of Verdi in which place he resided
with his Uncle. Is body was en-.
bnlmed ut the expense nf the Troop
and sent home on the transport Ohio
which LEFT to,'ay for the States. In
him onr li,ile orInniz ,tion has made
its first Offering tothr flag we have
come eight thousand miIcs to protert.
Up to the presen. time the health
of lie tronp has been excellent and
II enjoys the best recorl Of nny or.
ran.z rtion in the eighth Army Corps,
iinvng lost but one mnu by death in
ten months Of service.
Well.rriend Booher.the re is nothing
more nt present ! can think uf that
will interest you so | will close with
regards 10 yon and any friends vino
wish to know. / remain yours re.
spec;fully.
SERGT. Ed LFiCHTER.
lst Troop New. Vol. Cav.
CAvITE,P. |. MARCH, ~, 1919.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-05-05

a grcat cOmmotion seems TO have
taken place among railway circles
owing to the contemplated through
car service between the Puciiic Coast
md Chicago which is operating one
day each week. This is not now dc.
pariure by any meana, Gs the Denver
IL Rio Grnndc RLilrond Company and
its connections have been oprtating n
through car service between the Pa.
cilic nnd Atlantic const via. Salt Lake
Pueblo, Denver, KANSAS City nnd
Chicago Tor ycars, nnd tlircc dnys
eucn, week. viz. every Wednesday,
Thursday und Friday evening. The
cnrs for this through service are OF
the lntest Pullman design. and are
supplied with clean liucn aud bedding
throughout. a Pullman porter 10 ns.
signcd to each ear. These cars ure
also under the personal supervision
ot Special Excursion agent
whose duiy II 10 To see that passon. .
gers arc gwen every comfort and nt.
icntip'. For further information, M.
ply to amy nWont. or B. +. Nryina,
General Agent, or to Il NJ. Cushing
Travelling Passenger Agent, ID. & Il.
q. IL r.. 53 Wcst 3rd South st. Sal
, Lake City, Utah.