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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10
double trolley wire, suspended about


twelve inches apart, on brackets sup
ported on poles along the side of the
roadway; trolley" consisting of
two bearing wheels, an electric motor
for their operation; long flexible
cable connecting the trolley with the
vehicle running on the street, by
means of which current is supplied to
the series motor which propels it,
This unique arrangement gives great
freedom in the operation of the ve-
hicle. as it can be operated on the side
close to, or away from, the trolley
wires. The wagon can turn ont for
teams without interfering with it's
operation or placing undue strain on
the trolley wires, and go backward or
forward at will, ascend or descend
hills or steep grade. and, in fact, exc
cute any manGuvre that would be ex-
pected of vehicle pulled by horses
along thoroughfare.
The flexible cable, twenty-five or
thirty feet long, which does duty for
the ordinary trolley pole. is connected
to the vehicle at the top of standard
some thirteen feet above the level Of
the ground, additional cable being
wound on drum, if it is required.
While the trolley wires may make
sharp turns. following curves or bends
in the roadway, it is evident that two
vehicles operated from the same troll
ley wires could not pass each other
going in opposite direction. This is
overcome, however, by arranging the
connections of the flexible cables so
that they can instantly be transferred
from one vehicle to another, all the
fittings being interchangeable. Thus,
if two automobiles met while going in
opposite directions, it would only be
necessary for them to exchange troll
leys, by exchanging cable connections,
when they could continue on their re-
spective ways.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10
Short and UsefuI Parngranhs.

Bran is a good thing for growing
pigs.
In gardening clean culture is the
chief essential to success.
1t is the sheep that are kept on low.
wet pastures that have the foot-ro..
The moral is plain.
$40 foot, no horse" so take look
at the feet of your animal often and
see if everything is 80. r."
Probably the most exacting of all
pursuits is farming, as it trequires con-
slant and careful watchfulness
Make it habit to wash the cows
udder before milking Most habits
are bad, but this is one of the good
ones.
Be sure your poultry get some ami
NAL food. The advice has been given
often, and those who have taken it are
the ones who are getting the eggs.
A flock of scrub" sheep will bring
more profit in the hands of WE'LL
bred sheperd than flock of well. bred
sheep in the hands of a "scrub"
sheperd.
The weeds will soon put in an ap-'
pearance. Don't let them get the
best of you, for every weed that grows
is taking just so much moisture and
plant nutriment from your soil.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10
Giving Medicine TO Hor.e,.

70 give the horse a drench or bolus
requires both skill and patience with
exceeding gentleness. AL solid medi-
cines should he at first reduced to
powder and then rolled in some viscid
material to form paste in an oblong
cylinder mass about two and one half
inches long. ''Place the right hand
fiat over the bones of the animals
nose, grasping each side, thus to
steady the head, while with the left
hand the operator seizes the tongue,
drawing it outward to the off side, the
fingers resting on the lower jaw for
support. This will secure the tongue
from being drawn ont too far. The
bolus should be grasped between the
first. second and third finger tips OF
the right hand and carried over the
tongue to the back of the mouth. !"
Withdraw the right hand quickly and
also release the tongue, instantly
closing the horses mouth and holding
his jaws together. In giving a draught
or drench, which is the liquid form of
administering medicine, use horn,
OF perfectly clean tin bottle. Stand
on the off side of the horse and ''in-
sert the fingers of the left hand with
in the angle of the mouth" drawing
away the animals cheek in order to
form a suitable pouch into which the
fluid is poured 'in small and success
sive doses as the creature permits it
to pass down the gullet. The neck of
the bottle, therefore, does not enter
the mouth and injuries from that
source are entirely avoided. The
tongue must be left quite free, as it is
a most effective agent in carrying
fluids onward to the gullet, and its
action greatly facilitates the operation
of drenching. Our Animal Friends.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10
Wherein Woman ia superior to Man.

'sHSAD ADAs ''oi IN SupoAiOi W iNShs
In three things only are women
superior to men; they are superior to
men as nurses, as teachers of young
children, and no man can trim hat
equal to woman. In all other re.
spects men are the superiors OF
women. The best cooks are men; the
best housekeepers are men. Although
nearly every girl takes piano lessons
and studies music, all OF the great
piano-players and musicians are men.
These facts have been demonstrated
by thousands of years of experience.
Women who are trying to become
lawyers, and who imagine that they
can divide up the worlds material re.
wards with men, should remember
that they carry serious handicap:
nature intended that women should
travel in certain paths, and will not
reward them in other directions.
Women are natural nurses and natural
teachers. They should be natural
housekeepers and cooks; they wonld
be if they didn't frltter away SO much
of their time in running after foolish
things. .-Atchison Globe.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10

even of the great trees upon each

seven of the great trees upon each
acre.
1t is difficult to realize that but for
the prompt action of Congress, for q
few dollars one could have bought a
tree SO old that our entire civilization
has lasted for time which is only the
fraction of its age. People of Cali
fornia have been accustomed to look
upon them as the deities of that land.
| No wonder summer day spent in
the Sierra Nevadas under the red
woods is one never to be- forgotten
The win | may blow if it will, but so
family does sound descend that it
seem more like the rolling of a dis
tant ocean. Sound and silence alike
ere majestic and impressive in those
surroundings.
Here Bret Hart located one of his
most fascinating stories, with an In
dian lover living in spacious hall
within hollow tree. Here he hides
and shields from danger of outlaws
his paleface sweetheart What more
romantic place in which to unfold the
love of wild, passionate child of ma
ture?
Many of the hollow trees in the
grove have served the more prosaic
purpose Of homes for miners aud pros
pectors. In 1858 one of the largest
trees in the Calaveras grove was cut
down and the trunk smoothed off,
Five men were busy over three weeks
telling it by means of burning and
the use of pump augers. The stump
is twenty-four and half by twenty
three feet. and Professor Whitney
counted 1855 annular rings, which,
making allowance for the core of the
tree, indicates an age of about 1900
years.
That vast difference exists be-
tween the ages of these trees is now
generally accepted as fact, and this
tree was evidently of the younger
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10
Utilize the Homes.

Converting the bones about the
farm into soluble fertilizer is another
OF the small economies that it would
be well for every farmer to heed.
Very often a goo many bones of ami,
mails that have died upon the farm
might be collected, if farmers would
give attention to such things; and
quite lot might be saved in the kit
chen in the course of few months.
Instead of being thrown away to be
carried off by worthless dogs or left
to rot in the forest, all these bones
ought to be collected and converted
into good phosphate by the farmer.
A bushel or two of bones, packed
down in strong wood ashes, and kept
wei, but not wet enough to drip, will
make nice lot of fertilizer in a few
weeks time.
A Kerosene barrel j good thing to
pack them in: First, layer of ashes
made wet, then layer of bones, and
next another course of ashes, and so
on. until the cask is almost full.
Leave space enough at top to hold a
bucketful of water, and keep the mass
wet. If you fear your ashes are not
very strong add some of the powdered
concentrated lye from time to time.
Large bones should be broken small,
but a i small or soft bones will soon
yield to this treatment. In a few
weeks turn the mass out on floor,
and with n hoe or maui crush the
bones to powder, and you have as
good a phosphate as the most that you
buy and at far less cost
Superphosphate is made from bones
treated with sulphuric acid, which re-
duces them in few hours. But the
acid is risky article to handle, and
the farmer with only small parcel of
bones had better go slow and safe
with ashes. 1t will pay to utilize
bones in this way. Don't let bones
lie about in the woods where dead
animals were left, but gather them
up and reduce them to fertilizer. Save
all the bones from the kitchen, and
treat them likewise.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10
Til. Advantage orDw.rr Trees.

Dwarf fruit trees are stated to have
certain advantages over high trees:
(D A large numuer can be grown in
very limited space; (2) tire cultivation
of vegetables and flowers near them
can be accomplished without fear of
shade; (3) they p' oduce beautiful and
excellent fruits; ~ they are an orna-
ment to the vegetable garden; (5l they
have the advantage OF resisting the
winds of autumn which cause the
fruit of high trees to fail before ma
turity.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10
Points on Butter,n akinc.

In the first place good cows are q
necessity. A scrub which gives in
different milk half the year is one of
the great leaks on manv farms. Next,
cows must be well-sheltered, well-fed
and kindly treated, this last being far
more essential than most people
think. Cows which are stabbed should
be we'll brushed and the udder wiped
with damp cloth to prevent the fine
dust OF the barn falling into the pail.
This is one cause of bitter milk in
winter. A wire strainer with firc
thin cloth over it keeps everything
else out of the milk Tin pans are
easier kept sweet, lighter to handle
and think the cream rises better in
them than crooks.
The milk should not be covered un-
til the animal warmth is ont of it. The
sooner it cools the more cream rises.
In summet the pans can be set in
cold water and the water drawn Of
when warm and renewed. A shallow
zine box, like the top OF sink, only
large enough to accommodate all the
milk of one milking, is handy. The
box should be as deep as the pans,
with spout to let the water Off One
bucket of water would be sufficient to
cool the milk. The pans can be left
here until next milking or when cool
set fiat on the cellar floor. A frame
Of lath large enough to cover all the
milk can he made with legs two or
three inches higher than the pans.
Over this stretch muslin and tack
tightly. 1t can be set to one side or
raised up on end and down again, COW
ering or uncovering all or as mach
as You want at once. The mus
lin can be taken off and washed, and
it does away with so many lids to scour
and sun and the milk is better than
when shut up tight.
Tin buckets are the best for the
cream. In winter l hang my bucket
up near the ceiling aud ripsn my
cream as well as in summer. In sum
mer skim sweet and hang in the
we'll, so without ice can make good
butter the year round. Mix mast be
regularly skinned and the cream re Z
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10
have been sheltered at the same time

have been sheltered at the same time
from storm.
The gigantea is wont to play jokes
on travellers, and they are elephantine
enough to be serious. The camper is
never tempted to seek rest in the
grasses and ferns and shrubs at its base,
for he is liable to be bombarded with
cones, and as they are about the size
and weight of eggs, a drop OF several
hundred feet gives them surprising
force. But the real danger lies in the
limbs, which frequently fall, though
the tree may apparently have none to
spare.
In the Mariposa grove there are
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10
Economical Conditions in swi,uerlan,


The cost of engine building in
Switzerland is affected not only by the
high cost of shipment of the COM
pleted work, but also by the fact that
nearly all the principal raw materials,
especially coal and iron, must be i'm
ported from other countries. Wage
conditions, also, are certainly not
more favorable than those existing in
the work of her great competing
neighbor, Germany. The Swiss work
men stand as high in respect to their
standard of living and home comforts
as any of their fellow workmen on the
continent or in England. I can make
no comparisons with conditions in
America. The dwellings of the Swiss
workmen are certainly degree e.ter
than those of the same class in other
countries, and all the conditions of
life have been strongly Influenced for
the better by the constant stream of
foreign travel, due to the natural at.
fractions which have made Switzer-
land terminal for travellers from all
countries, furnishing examples which
have reacted upon the standard OF
comfort of the whole population.
Professor A. Stodola in Engineering
Magazine.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10

laid down along the Seine just out
side of Paris. This inventors scheme
is to equip the trolley" that is, the
support which runs on the trolley
wire, with an individual motor, in ad-
dition to the motor driving the ve-
hicles, so that it is self-propelling and
has an independent movement of its
own, irrespective of the movement of
the vehicle on the ground, though de-
pendent Upon and proportional to the
speed OF such movement
Briefly the outfit consists OF q
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10

generation. The stump of the tree
cut down has served various purposes
Theatrical performances have been
held upon it; over thirty people at
time have danced upon it; q news
paper, the Big Tree Bulletin, -four
ished for time from it's surface.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10

longed. The climate and surround
ings OF to-day are not congenial and
they are slowly dropping their limbs
and wearing away with age and
weather.
Some of these grooves of trees were
offered for sale recently at ridicuously
low prices-$20 an acre fo1 large
tracts that have in some places six OF
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10
! FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
Soy Bean Meal for Cows,

With dairy cows, soy bean meal
takes the place of linseed meal, being
somewhat richer in protein, o laxative
feed, and softening the butter fat.
Not over three ponds Fer day should
be fed to COW. and the softening ef-
feet on the butter may be overcome
by giving feeds having the opposite
tendency, such as corn, katir corn
and cOttonseed meal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10

standing 365 large sequoias-one for
every day in the year. This grove
was donated by Congress to Califor-
MIA in trust at the same time 1854
and by the same act as the Yosemite
Valley, and is managed by the same
board of commissioners. A troop ef
cavalry guards the domain.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10

Some scientists say they are 1900
years old. Others insist that they
must be 5000 years old-older than
Christianity, older than the Mosaic
law.
These trees have outlived the natu-
raj age or cycle in which they be-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10

The tramwsys, omnibuses and un'
derground railway in and around Lon
don, within radius of five miles,
carry each year, it is calculated, about
453, 900, 900 passengers.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10

Seneca, when tired writing his trea.
tises on morals, found amusement in
going over his accounts and calculat.
ing how much interest was due lhim-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10

to COM
bine the princi-
pies of the auto
mobile and the
trolley have re-
suited in an ex-
pertinent being
made by a French
j n v e n t or, M.
Lombard Germ,
and a test line,
one.half m i | 9
long, has been
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10
The la.est adyicas {,

The latest advices from collecting
grounds in tropical America state
positively that the birds are being
shot wherever found.
The accompanying cut shows the
scalp of heron killed for the purpose
of securing the birds head feathers.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10

The Province of Quebec reqnireA
the barber, ii st of all, to be himself
healthy subject, from transmissible
affections. Then he must pass an ex-
aminati n in disinfectior
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10
J Z aIiforniia S 4 liant
! Trees Are Saved.
! The United States Government Has
, Acquired the Famous Redwoods.

@ALIFORNIA'S grove of the
Calaveras mammoth redwood
trees has beer saved from the
hands of the vandal.
At the opening of the United States
Senate's session, on March 6, Mr..
Hansbrough, of North Dakota, re-
ported the House joint resolution di-
cecting the Secretary of the Interior
20 place under bond the Mammoth
Tree Grove" and the "South Park
Grove of Big Trees" in Calaveras
and Tuolumne Counties, Califor-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10
TROLLEY AND AUTOMOBILE.

The Features of Both Combined in Ono
Vehicle.
Amador ledger., 1900-03-02
Oats For Feeding

Oats for feeding sho.ld have an
agreeable smell, clean, smooth and
bright appearance and pleasant taste,
should feel dry, hard and elastic to the
touch and when broken between the
teeth and should be fairly well sup
piled with flour, says The National
Stockman. The fact that they fulfill
these conditions will show that they
have been well saved, are sufficiently
old, possess due amount of nutriment
and have not suffered from Injurious
influences, such as damp and mold, as
would be evident If they were musty
in smell and dull in color The pres
ence of dust in oats proves that they
have been badly saved and that their
quality has undergone more or less de-
terioration. A shriveled up condition
is also sign of inferiority. With a
plump variety Of oats, if the grains feel
heavy in the hand, rattle more or less
like shot when poured out, rebound
when they fall on wood or other hard
objects and show no tendency to stick
together, our good opinion of their nu-
tritive value and sound condition will
be still further confirmed. The plump
err more rounded and heavier oats are
the higher will be their market value.
Thinness Of husk will also enhance the
price as rule. The cost of white oats,
probably on account of their cleaner
and more pleasing appearance, is high
er than that of either black or tawny
oats.
Amador ledger., 1900-03-02
Stupid Dishonesty.

In speaking Of the adulteration of
dairy products former Governor Hoard
Of Wisconsin recently said: ''The stu
pid dishonesty of the American policy
has lost us an immense foreign market.
In 1880 we shipped to England $15,-
100000 worth Of cheese. Then we be-
gan to make filled cheese, and in 1899
our export to England was $3,0O0,OOO
worth Of cheese. Canada has laws
that secure pure foods. She saw her
opportunity and has taken the English
market from US. She exported in 1899
$17,000,000 worth Of cheese. The fig
ures prove that sound ethics are good
commerce. Fraud results in loss of
trade. What we want to do is to pro-
vide against counterfeits and gradual
ly regain our trade. The value of the
dairy products Of the United States is
$S00,000,000 a year. Wisconsin pro-
duces $95, 100000 worth. When | was
governor, received many letters from
chambers Of commerce abroad, from
Bristol and Glasgow, inquiring into the
fraudulent cheese and butter we were
sending abroad. The dairy product of
the whole Pacific coast is now going
across the Pacific to the countries of
the far east. Are we going by stupid
dishonesty to lose that market to Aus
tralia as we have nearly lost the Eng
lish market to Canadaf'
Amador ledger., 1900-03-02
Problem of Coal Supply in Naval Attack.

1t is difficult to imagine what might
have happened if the American Ely
ing Squadron" had visited the coast Of
Spain. Imagine feet arriving off the
enemy's coast with its coal bunkers
practically empty, and unable 10 coal
at sea. The advantage would lie with
the enemy, putting out from home
ports with bunkers well filled. The
programme would be, of course, first
to capture base wnere colliers could
lie and warships have their bunkers
replenished. But the capture of such
a base might result in the loss of a
ship, and, even though it did not, the
campaign of attack would be ham,
pered by the necessity of maintaining
d defense of the cOlliers, especially
against torpedo-boat attack. This
point is made doubly important since
the submarine torpedo-boa has proved
success. In contrast to this imagine
that each collier is fitted to coal at sea
and under headway as well. = The
Engineering Magazine for February.
Amador ledger., 1900-03-02
Ell DORADO COUNTY.

Republican Placarville February p, 1900.
j. F. Parks, superintendent of the
Kennedy and South Eureka mines OF
Amador county, was in Placerville
Tuesday. He has gone to Mosquito to
look at some mining property.
During the last week or two some of
the machinery formerly owned by the
American River Land and Lum Der
Company has been hauled out from
Dark Canyon to Auburn to be shipped
to purchasers in Tuolumne county,
where it is to be used in numbering.
1t comprises "a donkey engine, cables
and tools of various kinds.
George Burnham passed through
Placerville from Auburn via George
town this week, leaving Placerville for
San Francisco on Friday after staying
a few hours. He was attending to some
business for the United States Mar
shal's Office.
Antoine Rickett and sister, Christina,
of jackson, 'Amador county, were in
Diamond Springs on a short visit last
week, the guests of Mrs. Nj. Koch and
family.
E. Simas was over from Amador
county last week, the guest of his
brother, John Simas, at Latrobe.
Amador ledger., 1900-03-02
Food Preparations.

Experiments by DR.. A. McGin of
Canada show that much has yet to be
done before final pronouncements can
be made upon the food value, if any,
of the flesh bases which in most in
stances form a chief portion of the nj
trogenous material in meat extracts,
the fact being that, as these bases GER
tainly differ among themselves in food
value, it is consequently true of the va
rious forms in which proteid matter
occurs In these preparations-viz, as
peptones, proteoses, acids, albumens,
etc. DIR. McGilPs experiments suggest
that part Of the nitrogen in some
meat preparations exists as urea, the
latter certainly having no food value.
AS to its assumed value as a stimu-
lant DR.. McGill remarks that nature
seems to have provided for the prompt
elimination of urea from the system, it
being also well known that any fail
ure to get rid Of 1t by way Of the kid
neys results in serious disturbance Of
the vital functions and may end in
death by ,uraemia. From the fact that
no practical method has been discover
ed by which a sharp analytical line
can be drawn between the nitrogen
present as urea and that present as
creatin, creatinin and xamtlim flesh
bases cannot, Of course, be called food
stun, in the proper sense of the term.