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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08

portion of digestible protein was
nearly twice as great in the mixed
grain ration as i'll the corn meal
ration.
The general appearance Of the cows
showed less thrift while being fed the
corn meal ration, though the body
weight did not vary greatly. The nj
trogenous ration produced from one.
fifth to one-third more milk than the
corn meal, and this milk was gener.
ally the richer in solids by 80 to 40
per cent. The ration fed seemed to
have little effect upon the composition
of the milk solids.
Throughout the experiment the
proportion OF fat steadily increased
without regard to what the cows were
fed, and no evidence was furnished in
support of the claim that by changing
the food OF cows, more butter fat will
be produced without an accompany.
ing incrsssed Fl ,duction of The cthal
milk solids. Hence the NEST profit.
able food for butter production will
also be the most profitable for the
cheese maker or the milk farmer. The
chemical tests did not show any ap.
preciable difference in the butte,
made from the two rations. Corn
meal needs the addition of more nj.
trogenous material to make it useful
food for dairy cows.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08
Winter Care of Rees.

The latest method of locating the
hives on the ground, each hive sitting
on its own bottom board, is much
better way of wintering bees than the
way of setting the hives on high
fences, and perhaps number of hives
on the same platform. These benches
set up thus on stills are greatly af-
fected by the storms, and the shaking
thus produced is detrimental to the
bees. The hives should be in such
position that they may be kept free of
any motion or jar, and when set close
to trees the limbs of the same should
not come in contact with the hives,
but any limb that may be driven
against the hives by wind should be
removed. Windbreaks in winter are
very beneficial to the bees and should
in all cases be placed around the
hives. High board fences are the
best, but anything that will answer
the purpose is better than none, and
may be used but temporarily.
Evergreens are the most complete
windbreak and should be largely used
for not only bees but general wind
piedhS. Iuey are DOtu very uS6Iul
and ornamental. Posts set in the
ground with ratings attached and
corn fodder set up against this makes
a good winter break foc temporary
purposes, but must be we'll excluded
from stock of any kind.
No stock of any kind should have
the run of the apiary. Poultry will
do no harm in summer, but should
not be attracted about the bee hives
in winter by the use of straw or any
thing of that nature about the hives.
1t is always best to have hives to face
the south or east in winter, or rather
to have the backs of the hives toward
the storm. Heavy SHOWS do no injury
to the bees and should not be shoveled
away from the hives. This is often
done, and more damage than good
results from it. Hives may be en-
tirely covered with snow, aud during
a very severe spell of cold weather
this is very beneficial protection to
the hives. "A. H. Duff, in Farm, Field
and Fireside.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08
Swapping Beasts I'm a Zoo.

Horse swapping" is dull and un.
eventful branch ef industry compared
with the gorgeous possibilities that
are within reach of the animal men in
Central Park in New York City. Who
woald be content with trading spav.
ined horse for O blind mare, when
he hears of the trading that the folk
in the employ of the city did during
the last three months? They
"swapped" buck nylghau for two
cassowaries, two zebus for five bald
eagles, one buck nylghau for two
llamas, and, final and crowning deed
OF all, they exchanged hippopotamus
for a select and valuable bunch of as :
sorted beasts, consisting of one
lioness, one tiger, two leopards, two
pumas and two antelopes.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08

kinds of apparatus. Those which
have been Or are now in use are the
hand rake, the tongs, the rake hauled
by means of windlass, the dredge
operated by steam, and the bar with
hooks. The last named, a very in
genious contrivance, came into use in
1897 and has largely superseded other
appliances. 1t consists of circular
iron bar, six to eight feet long, with
from thirty to fifty-four pronged wire
hooks attached at regular intervals in
strings of two or three hooks. This
apparatus, which is used from a small
boat and is hauled over the bottom by
means of rope, depends for its ac-
tion on the habits of the mussels.
They rest on the bottom, or partly
buried in the mud or sand, with the
free margin of their shells turned up
stream and with their shells separated
to admit the water, laden with oxygen
and food. When touched they quick
ly close their shells, and if foreign
bodyis interposed between the valves,
it is tightly grasped and retained
Anyone who has not witnessed the use
OF this apparatus can scarcely realize
how remarkably effective it is. Often
when the ,nussels are abundant, al
most every prong will have a mussel
on it, and two or three are sometimes
caught IN one prong. When the beds
of mussels are compact, one man can
take 800 to 1000 pounds in day, and
a case is reported where 2200 pounds
were obtained by one man in ten
hours. The average daily catch at
present, however, is probably rot over
500 pounds.
After sufficient ice forms on the
river. there is considerable -aussel
ishing through the ice with ''shoul-
der rakes" and "scissor rakes." For
the use of these appliances, under
such circumstances, hole tvs to six
feet square is cut through the ice.
Preparatory to being used, the
nussel sEells, as purchased from the
fishermen. are sorted into sizes. An
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08
Feeding for Milk. Butter and Flesh.

Selected milch cows at the Maine
experiment station were fed two
rations which differed widely in the
amount of protein contained. w. III.
Jordan reports that in both the tim
othy hay was the same and the weights
of the grain were equal, but in one
ration the grain consisted of equal
weights OF corn meal, gluten and cot
tonseed meals, while in the others it
was all corn meal. The digestible
material furnished was practically the
same in both rations. though the pro-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08
Faraday's Sympathy For Newsboys.

A writer in the Century tells this
new anecdote of Faraday: The great
physicist and his friend Hoffman,
were walking one day together
through the streets of London, where
both were then professors, when
Faraday stopped newsboy and
bought a paper. Hoffman, asked
him why, with his house supplied
regularly with all the papers he need.
ed, he stopped to buy paper from a
boy in the street. Faraday replied:
II was once newsboy myself and
sold papers on the street."
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08
What a little Girlrhourht.

"A party of friends of the late Vice
President Hobart were visiting Wash
ington, and of course spent an hour
in the Senate chamber. Among them
was little girl of ten who paid close
attention to the proceedings. Two
days afterward he met the child, who
presently asked:
"Do you sit there every day listen
ing to those old men talk?" Eyes,
dear"
"Do you have to?" eyes"
"I'm real sorry. It's an awful thing
to be ce-President, isn't it?"-Phila
delphia Saturday Evening Post,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08
MUssEL FISHING THROUGH THE ICE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

their own hook, and they make from
$40 to 1925 month, according to their
facilities and application.
The shells when dried are sold by
the ton to the local concerns that are
known as button factories, though
they do not often make buttons. They
ale in reality polishing shops and are
fitted up with vast number of steam
driven wheels and brushes, emery
circles, ETC., for smoothing the in
teriors of the shells and grinding off
the rough outer covering. This ma
terial is shipped East to factories
where buttons are made, as well as
hundreds of other useful and, in many
cases, beautiful articles. Clam shells
from the upper reaches of the Mis-
sissippi River are turned into shirt
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08
How the Beers Hobbie Horses.

This is the way Oom Paul's men
hobble their horses to prevent them
running away at night. Every one of
the Boer soldiers now fighting the
British in South Africa is mounted,
and camp scene showing the ponies
grazing while tethered in this way is
quite picturesque. The custom is said
to be cruel one, and eno doubt the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals will start crusade against
it in due time.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08
Benefits OF New Foods.

The introduction of new foods is an
excellent plan for both the health and
commercial prosperity of nation.
Nearly all of what are regarded as in
digenous fruits and vegetables have
been imported to us from other lands.
OF the food plants now in use only
pumpkins and few grapes, plums
and berries were originally found on
the soil.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08
| FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
Rcmoving Rnbbish From orchard..

During the summer a good deal of
rubbish is apt to accumulate in or
chards from the breaking down of
limbs of trees from overlooking or
from storms. In such cases those
limbs lying on the ground prevent the
snow from lying closely on the sur
face ard offer the most convenient
harbors for mice. 1t is a good plan
before heavy snow comes to remove
all the rubbish from around fruit
trees, and also the grass that often
grows near the tree trunk while the
tree is small.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08
Apparatus For Opening Difficult Door

In new invention a single cell is
made to open the most difficult of
doors, even at distance of fifty
yards. The apparatus can be fixed
either inside or outside the door. It
will also lift or shoot strong bolts. 1t
works with single-pressure of a
knob. 1t is especially adapted for
asylums or jsils, where emergencies
requiring just such an appliance are
likely to arise.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08
An Appalling Pun!

''I see it stated" remarked the
Horse Editor, "that the monarch of
Abyssinia may make trouble for Eng
land in South Africa.
''I don't think" added the Snake
Editor, "that the Abyssinian Monarch
will strike Menelikes for the Beers. -
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08

To enable a person to float in the
water in an upright position Massa.
chusetts man has designed an appara.
tus composed of belt to be inflated
and placed around the waist, with a
weighted rod attached to each leg to
keep the Aoater vertical.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08
A HISTORIC FORTRESS.

Imposing Ruins That the italian Gov
ernment Will Restore and Preserve.
The imposing ruins of the famous
CASTILLO Carpinets near Reggie dem.
lila, the Canossa of once on time,
perched on precipitous rocks, were to
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08

sort is apt to pay the searcher for his
trouble. The pearls are common
enough, but generally they are not
larger than a mustard seed, and are
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08

buttons, the big buttons, sometimes
as big as silver dollar, that are used
On women's cloaks, cuff buttons,
mother of-pearl arabeslues with which
brushes and combs are to be inlaid,
backs of pocket-knives, shirt studs,
cheap scarf pins. buckles, ear rings,
bracelets and even finger rings. 1t
'equires close examination by an ex-
pert to tell this mother of-pearl from
he genuine South Sea article, and
here is practically no difference in
structure or appearance.
The most picturesque feature of the
industry is the constant looking for
pearls. Thousands upon thousands
Of CLANS are opened and examined
carefully for every fair pearl that is
discovered. vet q find of almost anv
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08

SEEMINGLY MPREdNABLE POSITION The BRITISH AssAILED
positions
In the fight around Coenso
almost unscaable hill the
berg behind which the Boer masmn
drag the the rocky slope.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08

River has developed from an occa-
sional pursuit into a science. The
bivalves taken up resemble the salt
water article as much as rhinoceros
resembles an elephant. They are not
fit to eat, they look raw, even when
some adventurous tenderfoot boils
them, and they have a taste weirdly
compounded of catfish and musk.
They are in reality mussels, and they
are wanted not for their meat but for
the beautiful mother-of-pearl Innings
of the shells, from which buttons and
hundred of fancy articles are made. A
thousand men are engaged in this new
industry, most of them working on
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-08
: The PEARE.BUFF0N INDUSTRY OF !
3 The MISSISSIPPI RIVER. !

EARL buttons are
made, for the most
part, from fresh
water m u s S e |
shells. In less
than three years
clam digging for
this purpose in the
upper reaches of
t l. e Mississippi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-21

about to be made is a skeleton of the sabre
toothed tiger. This animal was not peculiar to
South America. 1t has been found all the way
from the tip of Patagonia up to Alaska, and
thence across Asia to Northern Europe. The
particular genus found in the pampas Is the
MachRrodus necator. 1t about as large
a grizzly bear though much more agile. Its
most striking characteristic was a pair of tusks
that projected from the upper jaw and attained
a length of seven inches. VOLTS fine drawing of
this animal, presented to the Museum by
Professor Daniel Elliott, of the Field Columbian
Museum, of Chicago nearly quite equals in
excellence the reservations which have won
Charles Knight of this city, such high reputa-
ton. 1t is reproduced in The Tribune to-day.
The Illustration of the megatherium by Smith,
is a water color which for some time has been
the property of the institution in Seventy-sev-
enth-St.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-21
EAGGWG ESPIONAGE IN FINLAND.

Helsingfors correspondence of The London
Chronicle.
Now, if there be one system which appears to
an EnglIShman more deSpicable than any other
1t is that of agent prOvocateur. and it is upon
this system that General Bobrikoff is RELYING to
STIR up a revolt in Finland, which would at
once become the excuse for a complete wiping
out OF the nation. For the furtherance and de-
sired carrying out of the plan the Governor
Heheral mas oVerrun the country with large
NUMBER OF SendarmeS or secret police agents
whose work is of purely political nature and
VINO are IN fact nothing but spies The gendar-
merle Is a body which is much employed in
Russia, where it is all powerful but until re-
Gently such an institution was unknown in Fin
land.
Let me give an idea of the yvav in which this
force IS employed to aggraVate the people by
its espionage. The Governor General has quite
lately commanded the Senate to forward to the
Blshops chapter a denunciatiOn of several
clerics of the Lutheran faith because that in
certain Lutheran churches unsuitable refec-
tons, not appertaininS to a Christian sermon,
and having reference to the present political
state of Finland, have been made" One min
lister to whom the Indictment referred had the
temerlty TO reply that he was not answera BILE
to the Governor General for the contents of his
sermons, and that when a charge was made
against him he possessed the right to know in
specific terms in what manner he had offended
ana to be furnished with the name of his ac-
cuser
Everybody in Finland of any social standing
or Importance is to-day subjected to a strict
surveillance. and all that he or she may say or
do is duly reported to General Bobrikoff bv his
they try to the utmost the tempers of a people
hitherto accustomed to an untrammeIled free
dom OF speech and action. quote yet another in
stance of those acts of petty tyranny and annoy
which are of almost daily occurrence
a bank manager in Helsingfors was surprised
not loEg ago by visit from one of Bobrikoff's
agents. 1t is my duty to ask you whether it
Is true that the flag your bank was fving
at the half mast yesterday?' began the bankers
unWelcome guest. Il believe So" was the reply
and a sign of respect to the memory of the
dead President of the House of Burghers The
agent then came to business. We have infor-
nation that the flag was not at the half mast
on the occasion Of the death of the Grand Duke
The banker could only reply that he was not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-21
RESORTS FOR PARIS POOR.
MISERABLE CARAvANsARIEs WHERE THE NEEDY
AND SLEEP

CARAVANSAHlES
CAN EAT AND SLEEP
Paris correspondence of The Pail Mall Gazette
The municipal authorities taking special
measures to cope with the suffering caused by
the present intense cold owing to the racts that
the wOrkhOuSe system does not exist in France
and that there is no exact equivalent IN PaTIS
to the common lodging houses of London, ESe
shifts of the outcast population to provide ths~rs
selves with nights shelter are very different
in the two capitals.
For such of the destitute possess few
sous there two principal resorts. The more
luxurious is the Aigle dor a sort of beggaTs
caravansary, installed, by the irony OF fate in
the spacious and ancient building that was once
the mansion of De la Raynie, who in his life
time was the sworn enemy and terror OF all
vagabonds. This establishment is kept by a well
known character, NJ Andre BelvaI who is feared
by his clients account of his herculean
strength. but liked for his good nature, which
often leads him to give credit to cid customers
For fOurpence a night NJ Belval provides each
conner with a bed to hmself-an appreciable
luxury. The ground floor is strictly reserved
for the old and infirm, and is known to the
habtues as THE Senate" 1t is preceded. curl
ously enough, by courtyard, known from time
immemOriaI the High Court NJ Belval is
renowned for the strictness with which he
keeps order No quarrelling is allowed in the
dormitories At the first signs of disturbance
the giant proprietor is on the spot and the
celebrity with which ne evicts recalcitrant Gus
toners is said to be a sight to witness.
still more famous establishment is that OF
Fradn in the Rue Saint Denis. In a three
stored house, supplemented by two easements
nearly a thousand ragged and forlOrn individ-
ualS are accommodated every night in winter
They pay four sous twOpence. for either a
bowl of soup, a cup of coffee or a glass Of beer,
and the right to sleep as best they can, huddled
together at the tables stretched on the floor
Those who visit this inferno in the course of
Summing expedition through Paris carry away
with them the recollection Of an odor that II
may be hoped has no known equivalent. The
business done by Fradin, who is proud of refer
ring to the big dOwry he proposes to give his
daughter is most profitable. and it is surprising
hat thar ShO IlI6 he b.
lishment. The oft described "Pere Lunette"
used to be conducted much the same lines,
but it has greatly fallen in prosperity, If not
in reputation-which would be difficult-and has
degenerated into mere cafe of the lowest class
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-21

specimen of this genus is to be shown at the
Museum of Natural History, and is one OF the
most valuable features of the pampean coliec-
ton. Some naturasts call this animal 'lesto-
don" but DR.. Matthew prefers the other name
still smaller ground sloth, the sceltdotherluih'
about as big as Polar bear, is also Represented
in the recent purchase from the Cope estate.
The jaws and some of the bones of toXodoh
animal something like a rhnoceros IN size
and having the hoof of OK constitute
valuable item in the collection
OF the armOred animals, which were contem-
poraries and relatives of the sloths, the glypto-
don is perhaps the most famous. This was an
enormous creature and bore not only cara
pace" on it's back, but bony shields on its head
and tail also These monsters remind one or
the turtle; but the glyptodon was a mammal
and the turtle reptile, and the latter had no
covering on its head and tail. The glyptOdon Sc
cured for the Museum is not complete, but
large number of bones have been obtained.
Among the many other specimens purchased
from the Cope estate are two curious animals
that resemble rodents in some particulars and
the rhinoceros in others.
One Of the most striking objects in the exhibit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-21

pet, and it is yard wide. The work is harder,
perhaps. than the weaving of threads. howeves
thick; but to judge of the craftsmen by this
one specimen they a sturdy brotherhood
This one is about sixty years Old and though
under middle height, he looks as if he could
easily put down the average wrestler of twenty
five. In his own particular craft of wrestling
with a substantial loom, his stint of work for
an hour is not much under yard and he can
weave from o'clock in the morning 10 IN
the evening, or longer, al a pinch.
What affords some relief TO his sorrow for the
decay of his trade and regrets because his
father would not let him be a blacksmith like
his brother. who rode through two wars as
squadron farrier in the Prinz Otto Cuirassiers
is his mirth provoking memory of visit 10 the
rural districts of Sullivan County The people
of those regions. as everybody knows. are large
ly Of Dutch extraction, and rag carpets are
or were lately still in vogue there But the
Sullivan County idea of a rag carpet-a thing
that would not last you year-and the SuIh-
van County looms and their workmanship are
according to this authority. so comcaI to
judge OF rag carpets that he had to do violence
to himself during his stay there to restrain hs
laughter for the sake OF courtesy. It seems IA