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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25
Feed a Mixed Flock.

1t is an old saying among dairymen
that ''the making OF good COW is
half in the breed and half in the feed !"
This is equally true of poultry. One
cannot get fat chickens or good laying
hens from any breed If they are not
fed properly, but with food enough
one breed may be fattened easily. The
same breed ana same food would give
good results in eggs. This is why we
dislike mixed flock of fowl. with
blood from half dozen breeds of
fowl. When you are giving one hen
just enough to stimulate her to egg
production, you are giving others just
enough to fatten them SO they will
not, or cannot lay. If the feed is re-
duced to take off their superfuous fat
then the others do not have enough to
make eggs from. Get the right breed
and then learn how to feed them.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25
Feeding for Eggs.

The question of feeding hens at the
least cost to obtain the best results is
one that has long puzzled poultry
raisers, many OF whom differ on ma
terial points regarding the method of
feeding.
Some advocate giving warm mash
early in the morning, while others
prefer the first food to be grain of
some kind thrown in the scratching
she'd among the litter. The latter say
the exercise thus obtained gives the
towls an appetite and aids the di-
yestion, while the former say the
fowls need the mash first, since the
long hours of fast make it necessary
to furni h food which can be easily
and quickly digested.
One thing is certain, that if hens
are given full feed of mash early in
ihe morning they will not take the ex-
srcise which they should have during
the remainder of the day.
Their hunger has been satisfied, and
they will content themselves with
standing around, huddled together in
corner of the house. While, on the
other hand, if given grain first, or
even only partial feed of mash, they
will then begin to hustle for more.
A hen should be kept busy all day
long, and then given, before roosting
time, all that she will eat. Half-fed
nens will not lay; neither will lazy
hens. 1t therefore follows that the
method of feeding is just as important
as the kind of food that is given.
No matter how perfect the ration
may be, if not judiciously given, the
results will not lie satisfactory.
A COOL plan to adopt is to give just
little, say one quart to fifteen hens,
of mash, made of equal parts of corn
meal, ground oats and shorts, with a
few vegetable scraps, mixed the even
ing previous, and allowed to stand
over night. This will partially ap-
pease their hunger until laying time,
after which they will begin to hustle
for the grain. Millet makes one of
the best grains to be given, as the
small seed furnishes greater amount
of exercise. During very cold weather
corn should be fed, but at other times
oats and wheat will give the best re-
suits. Home and Farm.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25
A Blind Shot.

A well.known divinity professor, q
grave and learned man had five daugh-
ters, whom his students irrevently
named Genesis, Exodus" Mum
bers," "Leviticus" and "Deuteron-
omy."
Beginning his lecture one day, the
professor said: Gentlemen, l wish
to speak TO you about the age of Gen
esis."
Roars of laughter came from the
students.
Genesis is not so old as you sup
pose," continued the professor.
More roars- go long continued, in.
deed, that the worthy man had time to
think before he made the next remark.
He said timidly-and he managed to
hit the mark this time:
ST may not be thinking of the same
Genesis as you are!'-Collier' Week
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25

ceipt of reports from subordinates
during an action. 1t is not at oil
likely that the English are ahead of
the United States in this respect.
However, some interesting features
are presented by one of the instances
of telephony in South Africa just de-
scribed in the dispatches.
After arriving on the field Of battle
at Elandslaagte, General French saw
the necessity Of prompt reinforce
ments. In his army were several
telegraphers, who were provided with
portable telephones, batteries and in
cidental apparatus. A regular tele-
graph line passes in the vicinity of
Elandslaagte. General French's men
tapped one of the wires of this line.
The first step was to establish an elec-
trio connection with the overhead
wire. This was done by suspending
thereon, by metallic hook or clip at
the top of light, portable stick, one
end of another wire. The latter ex-
tended downward to box containing
telegraph key and sounder, two or
three cells of battery, and convent
ent combination OF telephone trans
mitter and receiver. TO make the ap-
paratus work, it was further neces-
sary to run the lower end of the hang
ing wire into the ground. Thus a
regular ''circuit" was formed, the
earth affording return route for the
current. Either telegraph key or q
telephone could be used, according to
the convenience of the operator.
A convenient substitute for Mar
coni's apparatus has been found at
Kimberley in the powerful electric
searchlight there. It is a mistake to
suppose that such device is service.
able only at sea. Although the uses
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25
Making Eutter without Lee.

If these directi MS are followed, one
can find ready sale for every pound
of butter made, as the butter will be
sweet and will stand the warmest
weather wit out tasting old. The
milk is cooled rs soon as possible after
being drawn from the cows, then
strained into two gallon tin buckets.
1 prefer deep setting The covers are
not put on the buckets until the milk
is perfectly cool; then it is set in the
cellar on bricks which have air slaked
lime sifted among them once week.
The cellar is kept Very clean, and is
we'll ventilated at night. skim the
milk after it has set for "a hours, aud
stir the contents of the cream jar
thoroughly every time that new cream
is added. The cream should only be
slightly acid when churned. Overripe
cream Will not make good butte. L
use barrel churn, and when the but
ter comes in grains L draw the milk
of and wash till .lls water runs clear.
Then / take up the butter in butter
bowl and salt. using one and half
ounces to the pound.
Work salt in as lightly as possible,
and set in cool place for "a hours.
Instead of working and bsating with
the paddle to get the brine out, take
4 large soft cloth and press the brine
out, all when the cloth becomes wet.
wiring it out and pross again. Work
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25
Good Flowing.

What used to be called good plow-
ing, the turning furrow over smooth
ly and leaving the upturned surface
perfectly level, is not thought as i'm
portant now as it was when we were
young. The plowing match at agri
cultural exhibitions does not draw the
crowd it once did, even when there is
no counter attraction of trotting horse,
bicycle match or baseball game to
draw the people away. The improve
ments in harrows, horseshoes and
cultivators enable the farmer to pull
verize his soil, as it could not have
been done by the plow, and to leave
it level if he wishes, though it may
have been but poorly plowed. And
many of the farmers are beginning to
think that the best plowing is what
our fathers would have called a poor
Job. the furrow set on edge instead of
turned over, and then worked mellow
afterward. The land so handled gives
a better crop than that which has
been turned upside down.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25
Fattening Fowls.

For fattening fowls for market 1th
ing is better than corn and COW peas,
writes Fred Grundy in Poultry Topics.
They will round out fowl in about
ten days or two weeks, giving them
that plump meaiy appearance that
buyers and consumers are delighted
with.
Finishing fowls for market is an art
that few people fully understand. One
must be guided largely by previous
conditions. If the birds have leen
confined in yard all the season they
may be penned in a small enclosure
and finished up for market in about
ten days by being fed all they can eat
If, however, they have an unlimited
range all summer it will not do to
shut them up and begin stutfng them
all they will swallow. Such course
would kill them off in short orde".
Begin fattening range fowls gradu.
ally. Feed them corn or corn and
COW peas in the evening and again in
the morning when they are let out.
About the third day call them up at
noon and give them little corn.
Gradually increase the quantity given
them at feed until about the sixth
day, when they may fill themselves
up to the beak three times day. In
Is to 90 days they should be ready for
market.
In fattening fowls, young or old,
there are two things beside feed that
are absolutely necessary, and these
are water and grit. lie sure to pro-
vide an abundance of both if you de-
sire the quickest results. Keep them
close by your feeding spot so that the
birds can obtain all they desire.
Where highly fed they need lots OF
water to soften the food, and lots of
grit to grind it with.
Separate the fowls you desire to
fatten for market from those you intend
to keep. If all of them have had free
range through the season don't pen
up those you are fattening. 1t is not
safe to do so. Pen up those you in
tend to keep until you are ii of the
others. Feed the penned fowls light
ly on soaked oats and bran and very
| little corn on the ear. Give them a
cabbage. squash, pumpkin or any sort
of green or succulent stuff once day
to keep them quiet and in good
health.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25
UNIQUE BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN.

through which is thrust the antler of
what must have been large deer. A
part of the skull remains attached,
still bearing the other antler, plainly
showing that the deer must have died
upon the spot, being unable to pull
away from the tree after once becom-
ing fast. Of course the presumption
is that the antler was not imbedded
in the oak when it was full grown;
evidently the deer while rubbing his
horns on young sapling, or butting
against it, in some way got fast, and
the tree as it grew gradually grew
more and more round the imprisoned
prongs. The specimen was found in
the Michigan woods.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25
Hope rown,s Remarkab,. priare.

The bridge at Hope Town, over
which Lord Methuen's column recent
ly advanced, is the most remarkable
structure of the kind in Cape Colony.
It's length is no less than 400 miles.
The bridge at Aliwal North is only
$50 feet long. Hope Town is notable
as being the last town on the Orange
river. A few huts or scattered farm
steads are the only signs of human
hnbitation along the great waterway
for COO miles to the Atlantic.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25
it has furnished an excellent means OF


it has furnished an excellent means OF
telegraphing. By switching the cur
rent on and off the light can be broken
up into dots and dashes, to form tele-
graphic letters. The enemy might
see these signals, but as secret code
would doubtless be employed, the sig
nificance of the flashes would not be
understood except by the initiated.
Searchlights have been made whose
rays could be discerned at distance
of fifty or seventy-five miles. At
Kimberley it was known that Lord
Methuen's army had come within
twenty or thirty miles nearly fort
night ago. No difficulty should have
been experienced in sending me essages
concerning the situation in the be-
leaguered city, therefore, although q
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25

way that it is absolutely impossible to
use it again for railway purposes.
When the usual plan is adopted, the
British troops merely search for the
missing sections and replace them.
A valuable method of communicat-
ing. which the British are using in
South Africa, is the heliograph, such
as our army has long employed on the
Western plains.
General Butler, while at Frere sta
tion, communicated daily with Gen
eral White, at Ladysmith, about tw N.
ty miles away, with the heliograph.
Sun rays flashed back and forth told
the besieged army to be OF good cheer
and assured the relief column that the
garrison, though hard pressed, was
chearful
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25
Odd Conpanions,

A Maine man has a fox and a hound
that are boon companions. When
both animals were in the pup stage,
they were placed together and have
now enjoyed year of each others
society in peace and harmony. They
sleep together and play with each
other much after the manner of two
frolicsome pups. The fox has perfect
freedom of action, coming and going
at will, but he always returns at night
to share the dogs bed. Kennebec
Me- Journal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25
ing spoils the grain and keeping quail

ing spoils the grain and keeping quail
tiles. After the brine is absorbed,
shape and mold in one pound prints,
wrap each in waxed butter paper and
pack in waxed paper lined box until
marketed. l use no soap for washing
milk vessels. Rinse them we'll in cold
water, and scald, putting soda in the
scalding water. The sooner the milk
is cooled after being drawn the better
the butter will be, and the more cream
you will get. The dryer the cellar or
milk house, the better. Good butter
can not be made when milk is kept in
damp. mouldy place. Mrs. Robert
Ashworth in the Epitomist.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25
Health the AIainspring of success.

The chief essential of success for a
young man is what the vast majority
of young men think about the least
that is, good health and sound con-
stitution. That is the first thing;
nothing precedes it. In the battle for
success, that should be young mans
first thought; not his abilities, nor
his work, but his health. That is the
basis; the cornerstone of all. Abilities
cannot bring healths but health may,
and generally does. develop ability
Ladies' Home Journal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25
ture is conducted on the Wholesale

ture is conducted on the wholesale
plan.
The particular plough used in South
Africa was designed by Colonel
Templer, of the Royal Engineers, and
differs only in trifing details from
that with which the American wheat
grower breaks up the surface of the
fertile prairie. The superiority of
this means of digging trenches is so
manifest that one wonders why it was
never thought OF before. A three
wheeled TRACTION engine" such as is
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25

Uncle Sam could collect pair of specimens of each species of beasts
birds reptiles which nhab his newly acquired Philippine
would have geological! biggest show earth Some Of the most
accompanying The spectre the
Oriental animals Its like great pair of spes
The
flying The a which
of a The
hollow building plaster
during
Hornb feeds
while When hatched he
of all work
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25
, FOR FARM AND GARDEN. !
Acorns ms Hog Feed.

Where acorns are used largely in
fattening hogs rather soft, spongy
flesh is produced, while the lard is
very oily and does not harden readily.
This difficulty can be largely over
come by feeding corn two or three
weeks before butchering.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25

out in front, carries only small part
of the load, and is used mainly for
steering purposes.
There is nothing especially new in
the resort to telephony. The Ameri-
can Signal Service has long had ample
equipments of this kind for field work.
particularly in the dissemination Of
orders from headquarters and the re-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25

which it has in the navy are somewhat
different from those thus far found for
it on land, it certainly has its value
on terra firma. At Kimberley it has
performed double Office. 1t has as
sisted in the watch for an enemy. and
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25

While Mr.. Hubinger is devoting his
best energies to the manufacture Of
his new and wonderful product, this
will not interfere with the exercise o.
the splendid hospitality which he, his
wife and his four children dispense Al
their pslatial Keokuk home.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25
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SECRET SPELLING SYSTEM.

Brigham Young. The Mormon abece.
Diary consists of forty letters based on
sort of phonetic system. It has
never come into very general use, but
is employed when secret intelligence
is transmitted from one head of the
church to distant apostle.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25

employed in hauling heavy wagons
from town to town or in operating
itinerant threshing machines. drags
the steam plough of Colonel Templer
through the soil. Two of the wheels
are large and broad, and the third,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25
reassuring response could not SO cas-
lily be transmitted.

lily be transmitted.
The Beers, too, are learning to use
modern methods. A small continge MT
have realized the uselessness of mer E.
ly tearing up section of railway and
throwing the rails into a stream the
usual Boer method of destroying a
track. What they now do is to heat
the centre of section to white heat
and carry the rail by its two cool ends
to the nearest tree or telegraph pole,
round which they twist it in such a
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25
Mormons, Curious Alphabet.

An alphabet intended for exclusive
use in Mormon literature was de
signed by Orson Pratt and w. Phelps,
both contemporaries of the great
apostle of the Latter Day Saints,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25

An apparatus has been devised TO,
automatically photographing people
as they enter shops and other places.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25
Munchausen corroborated.

A very singular geological curiosity
is now on exhibition at the New York
State Museum of Natural History, at
Albany. It consists of section of
the trunk of large oak tree directly
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-19
BECAME VIOLENTLY INSANE.
Sad State of Mind of Mrs. Adria,
Van HOVen.

MIS-. Adrian Van Hoven, who, with her
husband not long since lived at 701 Hud-
son avenue, became violently insane early
yesterday afternoon, and is now under rc-
stralnt al the county jail
MIS-. van Hoven called about noon YES
terday at the home of her former neigh
Dor Mrs. Charles w Weber 661 East
Ihlrd street. She asked for Mrs. Weber
but in the absence of that lady was an,
tertained by Mrs. Weber's little daugh-
ter
After conversing for a short time in a
somewhat 1ncoherent manner, Mrs Van
HoVen suddenly became violent and threw
a cusp1dor through one of the front win
doWs of Mrs. Weber's parlor and over
turned several articles of furniture. She
then went up stairs to the apartments
OF Mrs A. Leahy, where she also acted
IN such manner as to indicate that she
was bereft of her senses.
Two men living in the neighborhood
were called in, and restrained her until
the arrival of the police, who took her
to the county jail. After her arrival at
the Jail Mrs. Van Hoven became SO VIC
lent as to necessitate the use of a
straight jacket. Her condition is believed
to be due to Illness.
Mrs Van Hoven is about twenty-six
years of age. Her husband is a clerk In
one of the railroad offices.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-19
FIRST HOME FROM CAMP
AND THIRD LEAVES FOR LAKE
CITY THIS MORNING

A special train from Camp Lakeview
brought the First regiment back from
their two weeks encampment yesterday
afternoon. Those who went out for a
rough time got it. Every one reported
a fine time, barring the weather That
was the one disagreeable feature of the
outing. One night the boys had to get
up about midnight and lie on the guy
ropes to keep the tents from being blown
into the lake. The streets ran with wa
ter and the parade grounds were In bad
condition. The weather also kept the
boys busy most of their spare moments
shining their shoes for the next parade,
and put stop to maneuvers and march
ing, making the rifle range more popular
than usual
The shooting was exceptionally good
Company p, of st. Paul, got the first
prize, though the records We're close.
There was not much long distance and
sharpshOoting work done owing to the
mists. Considering the rain and bad
weather, there was an unusual number
Of visitors at the camp. Special trains
governors day.
Today the Third regiment Col. C. A
Van Duzee commanding, will go into
camp. All the companies will meet in
the city for the start. The Brainerd COM
pany will arrive at a. m, the Duluth
companies at 1890 a. m, and the Morris
company at 7:45 a. M. The whole regi-
ment, together with Batteries A and B,
of the artillery, will leave for Lake City
at Sis
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-19
MEN OF AFFAIRS
Need Proper Food to suppIy the Brain.


The Medical Sentinel comments on
the restless brain worker of our large
cities and refers to the fact that he
thinks he knows as much about the needs
of the brain, when he is tired and shows
brain fag. as a trained practitioner
He is inclined to spur up the tired or
gans by some stimulant Or perhaps quiet
its complaints with the narcotic of to-
bacco, and this plan goes on until sudden
ly he collapses, for brain efag is a sure
sign that the elements that compose the
brain are being more rapidly used up than
replaced by the food.
There Is really q choice of but two
pathways for an active brain Worker-a
man of affairs-when he shows symptoms
of breaking down. Either he must quit
work or he. must have food that will re-
place the structure of brain and nerve
centers as rapidly as they are used up
each day.
Chemical analysis of the particles
thrown out through the pores of the body
shows that after continued brain work
large portion of excreta contains phos
phate of potash. 1t is known that when
this element is furnished by the food in
proper quantities the system unites 1t
with albumen and from that compound
makes the gray matter that fills the nerve
centers and the brain.
This is an especial feature of the food
known as Grape-Nuts, a delicious ready
cooked and predigested breakfast food.
A definite and we'll understood gain in
brain power and physical strength will
set in after Grape-Nuts have been used
eight or ten days, and sustained and con-
tinued brain work can be carried on if
reliance Is placed upon this food in
connection with the ordinary food of the
day nc
Grape-Nuts Food is sold at all first
class groceries