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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
NOTES ABOUT SHEEP.

AS the eve is so will the lamb be.
1t is not enough to get the best ram
possible and then neglect the eve.
Once week fresh bright oat straw
will make very acceptable change
from the most nutritious of other
kinds of food.
BE sure to supply ample water to
the flock. Let it be fresh drawn from
a well, and see that the drinking
troughs are not surrounded by ice.
Don't stint the fodder or the grain
just now. A judicious addition to the
rations now will help through pinch
later. 1t is the sheep in poor condi-
tion which is spring weak.
If there is any good reason for buy
ing wool on the sleeps back for 1s
and 20 cents pound, is there any
good reason why the grower himself
should not hold it till shearing time ?
AS there are many kinds of people,
SO there are many kinds of sheep.
We must not expect every eve in the
flock to bring as good and strong
lambs-there are always weaklings
and degenerate lambs in fiock-and
it may be wise to let these go, az
weeds, to the waste pile, before they
have cost more than they win ever
come to.-American Cultivator.
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THE NEWs-HERALD HILLsBoRO, THURSDAY APRIL 49, 1900
MEIrs IRON LIKE WAX.
The Remarkable ana successfu1 Ex-
pertinent In Edissn's Lab
Orat0ry.

A remarkable experiment was made
at the laboratory of Thomas A. Edi-
son. at Orange, N. j.. where a piece
Of iron was melted in exactly fve SEQ
onds.
Louis Dreyfus. of Frankfort-on-the-
Main. showed Mr.. Edison this new
process for attaining an enormous de-
gree of heat in an almost incredibly
short space of time by the combus-
ton of q certain chemical compound
which the inventor keeps secret
The chemical compound is used in con.
nection with powdered aluminium.
Mr. Dreyfus placed half-cupful Of
his chemical in small crucible and
covered it with a small quantity>of the
powdered aluminium. Then he placed
an iron wrench about half an inch
thick and six inches long in the cruel.
BILE. Touching a match to the com.
pound. Mr.. Dreyfus stepped back and
the mixture blazed up furiously. In
five seconds the iron wrench wal
melted. .F
It is estimated that the heat evolved
in the process was 5000 degrees cen.
tigrade. hitherto considered impossi'
BILE to reach. The value of the process
is in welding together steel rails and
tubing
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SCHEME TO BUILD ISLAND.
York nay 10 Attract Grain
Business.

Applications for lease of about IS
acres of riparian land, lying between
Bedloe and Ellis islands, made to the
riparian board of New Jersey by Ed
ward f. Cragin. formerly of Chicago,
was granted the other day. 1t is said
to be the purpose of Mr.. Cragin and
others to construct an island in the
bay and on it to erect grain elevators
in number and capacity 10 attract to
this port the grain trade of the west.
Mr.. Cragin said the railroads could
reach the elevators by trestles from
the Newt Jersey shore and canal
boats and ocean vessels could find
them easy of access. He is convinced
that within two years elevators can
be built that will reduce the handling
of grain in New York from 1H to 2
cents bushel. and will overcome the
differential in favor of other cities.
The lease is to run for 900 years at a
rental of $1,000 a year for the first
fire years. $7.5O0 year for the next
five years. and 10000 annually for the
remainder of the term. Approval of
the lease by the United States author
tiles is necessary before the improve
ments. estimated to cost $4,000, 900, can
be begun.
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WATERMELON WILT.
A Destructive Disease Which IL
Caused by a Fungus, and Is Hard
to Exterminate.

Watermelon vines are subject to a
certain wilt disease which strikes them
during the growing and fruiting season
and willis them to the ground. The
cotton plant and the cowpea are
troubled in similar way. Erwin f.
Smith, of the department of agricul-
ture, says the disease is caused by O
fungus. He has had his microscope
trained on this fungus for five years,
and has seen a number of things. He
has found new name for it, which is
something; and he makes some sug-
gestions for avoiding loss by the dis
ease, which is more. The fungus lives
in the field infected lands should
therefore not be planted. Fields which
are free may become infected by the
wash from infected lands; also by the
soil which adheres to farm implements
or the farmers boots. Care should be
taken to avoid trouble from this
source. The diseased vines should be
cremated as soon as discovered; and
there ought to be man posted to dis
cover them every day. Sometimes
southern farmers make hay of their
melon vines, or use them for stable
bedding. Thus they get into the
manure pile, and, if infected with the
wilt fungus with the new name, the
manure-heap Immediately becomes a
source of infection for the whole farm.
Farmers whose lands have become
generally infected are advised to grow
other crops on their own fields, and to
rent uninfected land from their neigh
bors for the purpose of melon-growing.
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Obituary..

Marinda Hurst, of near Belfast, wife
of Elder Abram Hurst, after severe
case of la grippe, died March 10. Her
long and eventful life reached almost
four score years. Born in 1921, having
lived long she also lived well. Her
pure life was blended into all truth
and Christian work. She became a
Christian in her youth, and for more
than sixty years she has been an earn
est Christian worker. In earlier life
she united with the Nj. Z. Church at
Rainsboro, and in 1862 she, with her
husband. united with the Presbyter-
ian Church at Belfast, continuing ever
faithful to the true doctrines of the
church. Her good words for the Lord
and the church were words of sound
wisdom and well seasoned with grace.
Her early life was enjoyed at her home
near Rainsboro, in the Pulse home,
with her parents, brothers and sisters,
where she gave a joyful influence for
good.
In 1850, November 4, she was Joined
in marriage to Abram Hurst, her sur
viving husband, at home on. the old
Hurst homestead, from whence she
departed to her mansion in the King
dom of the Lord. To this union were
given John Hurst, of Belfast, and
Mrs. Florence Kelley, of Berryville.
To these children she gave her life
and love. Her affection always fol
lowed them and her noble life is truly
imprinted upon them. Her loving
character can ever be initiated by
them and they 'can rise up and call
her blessed" Her love for children in.
creased her love for her faithful com
panion, who alone walks in the way tc
the HavenIof Rest. The church mil
itant has given up one of her noblest
jewels and will long lament her de-
parture. The community has lost a
loving character to which it can long
look to as an example. The ministry
has lost one of her ablest and most
agreeable hostesses, who never found
it too hard or troublesome to make
them and their families welcome ani
happy.
The funeral was held from the Pres
byterian Church Saturday, conducted
by Revs. G. w. H. Smith and J. G
Galbreath, assisted by Rev. Cundy, o.
the M. E. Church. The pail bearer,
were the young ladies who for years
had associated with her: Ella Murphy
Mary Frazer, Blanch Kelley, Lolt
Roebuck, Rosa Lewis and Maggie
Siders. Our comfort is "let not you
heart be troubled" for BLESSED ar,
the dead that die in the Lord" 80
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TO BE STORED AT MANILA.
Various Commando to BE Re-
turned to City Arsenal.

Ordinance officers in the Philippines
have discovered that too much ammu-
milton of all kinds is retained in the
possession of the various commands,
and orders have been issued that the
surplus be turned into the arsenal at
Manila for storage and safekeeping.
1t is deemed that these commands in
the islands do not require for the re-
serve stock of ammunition more than
200 rounds per man for target prac-
tice. guard duty, and such service as
may be foreseen. Instructions along
this line have been given the COM
manding officers. The recall of this
surplus stock of ammunition may lead
to a great deal of criticism among the
troops which are ut distance from
the arsenal and who are so situated
as to be somewhat removed from the
direct lines of communication. One
reason for recalling the surplus am
munition and storing it at Manila Ia
to prevent it's possible seizure. Any
large quantity of powder kept in the
field would be. If captured by the in.
surgent forces, of great value ia
them. The considerations of personal
safety also play some part in the or
ders which have been issued bringing
the ammunition back to Manila.
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uP-ro-DArE BRoop1NG COOP.

UF-TO-DAIE BROODlNG COOP.
both for the freedom of ventilation re-
quired in day time and security from
marauding pests at night is one ques-
tion that is answered in the design.
AS will be seen in the illustration,
the coop is so arranged that sunlight
and air are admitted through wire
netting front in daytime, and by clos
ing the hinged door (A), which rests
upon the roof in Daytime, the coop is
securely closed against all pests at
night. The coop being made of light
material, it can be moved to a fresh
place every day or two. and gives the
old hen ample range in her commodi-
Gus quarters. Coops may be made any
size to suit the taste; good size be-
ing 2x3 feet, floor plan. Two feet high
in front and is inches in the rear. The
roof of this coop may be made of
matched material as ceiling or floor
ing, and can be covered with roofing
paper to better exclude water. Such
coops should have a movable floor in
the early spring which will exclude
dampness and prevent gapes. A good
brooding coop, as every housewife
knows. is half the battle in rearing a
flock of chickens, and no farmer should
deny his farmyard fowls few good
coops to hover in during the brooding
season. They can be made during
stormy days when other work cannot
be performed about the farm.-George
w. Brown. in Ohio Farmer.
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GET LAFAYETTE CARRIAGE.
the Relic for United States
Exhibit.

The old Lafayette carriage was con-
signed to the care of the Paris COM
mission the other day for transporta-
tion to Paris. where it will be given d
place by Commissioner General Peck
in the United States building. The
carriage is the property Of the Stude-
baker Brothers, of Chicago. The car.
riage was built under the orders Of
the United States government in 1924,
when Lafayette announced his inten-
ton Of visiting this country. 1t was
placed at his service upon his arrival
and served as his conveyance during
his tour of the country. In it he re-
ceived the homage of the people whom
he had assisted in freeing.
After his departure the vehicle
passed through the hands of several
persons until it reached its present
owners, who have preserved it care
fully. 1t is in good condition and will
prove of considerable interest to
Frenchmen. The carriage will be used
at the unveiling of the Lafayette
statue in july after which it will be
returned to the transportation depart
ment of the United States exhibit
where it will remain until the exposi-
ton closes.
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A Free Scholarship,

The Carnegie College, newly in
corporated college at Rogers, Ohio,
in order to introduce its methods of
teaching by correspondence, will give
one Free Scholarship to each county
in Ohio. The Free Scholarship gives
to the student free tuition in the Nor
NAL and Academic Courses, and also
in the Commercial Courses including
Bookkeeping and Shorthand. All the
instruction is given by mail at the
students home. Students making ap-
plication for Free Scholarships should
write at once to the college and mem
tion this paper, and also the county
and State.
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FEEDING WHOLE GRAIN.
A Necessary Ration Because II Keeps
the Hen's Grinding Machine In
Perfect Order.

The hen is furnished with grind
ing apparatus, and she will not keep in
a vigorous state of health unless it is
put to use. Amateurs are apt to form
the opinion that they are doing their
hens kindness by making their food
consist in large part of softened and
plastic masses. 1t saves them the work
of grinding it, and it seems altogether
reasonable that it would be more di-
gestible and more readily assimilated
in that form than such tough and un-
yielding substance as whole grain.
In the natural state the grain food
of the hen would consist of the whole
seeds, and they. were fitted for sub
sisting upon this kind of food. Do
mestication has modified, but has not
wholly changed their nature. The
grinding apparatus must be kept in
active operation. No flock will long re-
main healthy on softened and mushy
food. Though the elements of the mass
may be wholly unobjectionable, it fails
to supply the mechanical conditions
which will stimulate to healthy action
the grinding machinery.
The majority of successful poultry
men approve the practice of feeding a
small quantity of ground grain daily,
mixed with sufficient water to enable It
to be worked up into a crumbly mass.
But spoonful of the mixture for each
hen is the allowance. The greater part
of those who are committed to it's use
would prefer to dispense with it entire.
ly rather than give more than this
While confessing the advantages of a
restricted ration of this description,
they all know that it can be omitted
and paying returns be obtained by
feeding all the grain whole.-Farmers'
Voice.
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PROPER MANAGEMENT.
Why Small Matters Should Receive
the Most Careful Attention of
the Poultry Farmer.

The periods of feeding should be
regular, certain hours being fixed
upon for that purpose; but there are
very few who thus Systematically
feed their fowls. Water should be
kept in the presence of poultry at all
times, and it should not only be clean
and pure, but fresh; yet this impor-
tant matter is overlooked by many.
Warmth in winter and cool location
in summer are essential to laying, be-
ing as important as full supply of
feed; but every poultry house is not
comfortable. The prevention of
dampness in the house avoids roup,
which is terrible .scourge in flock,
but the small leaks here and there
are not regarded as dangerous mat
ters by the average poultryman. Even
the height of the roost and the con-
struction of the nests have more or
less tendency to affect the profit from
poultry than many suppose, for high
roosts cause deformed feet. and poor
nests will not be occupied by the hens
ii they can get better places in which
to lay. These things are seemingly
small matters, which are usually over
looked, but they are important to sue
cess. Poultry should not be expected
to prove profitable without care more
than other stock, and the fact that a
profit is often derived from flock
that has been overlooked is strong
proof that poultry-raising can be
made to pay well when conducted by
thoughtful, attentive persons 1t Is
the small matters that should receive
the most careful attention. as the OBJ
servance of method and system is sure
to prove beneficial at all times.-Farm
and Fireside.
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rhe COST of Keeping Cow..

The value of the land should be con-
sidered when estimating the expenses
of farm. 1t is claimed that pasturing
is the cheapest mode of keeping cows.
OF ordinary pasture it requires about
four acres to keep cow six months,
which is equal to eight acres for year.
If land is cheap the cost is then but
little, but if land is high the expense
is increased correspondingly. If cat
tie are kept under the soiling system
one acre will answer for COW for six
months, and when ensilage is used
largely the cost is still further reduced.
1t is now admitted that in order to
make dairying return the largest pos
sible profit the dairyman should in
clude ensilage in his list Of crops.
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Fat Hen. Bring Good Prices.

With all the abuse that can be
heaped upon a fat hen because she
does not lay she brings more in the
market than any other kind of poul-
try except the turkey, and at times
the difference in favor of the turkey
is very little. As the consumers are
willing to pay good prices for fat hens
it is best to sell them as soon as they
cease laying, II in very fat condi-
tion as the time required to get such
hens to the proper condition for lays
ing again may be weeks, or even
months. The best time to cell is when
you have the article the consumer re-
quires. and ct the present time the
fst hen is in demand.- .-Farmers' Re-
view. IA
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MODERN BRooDlNG COOP.
Wherever the One Here Described
Is introduced Rearing q Flock
IL Made Easy.

There is no period in poultry raising
when the loss is SO great upon the
average farm as the first weeks after
the chicks are removed from the nest
to the brooding coop. If the hen be al
lowed to roam about portion of the
time, the chances are that u large per-
cent of the chicks will be lost from ex-
posure to storms, minks, hawks, etc.
Yet it seems cruel to pen the mother
up day in and day out in a poorly ven-
tilated and lighted coop, as great
many of the coops are now construct
ed, and to build Il coop that will answer
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HOUSE FOR A BROOD SOW.

Board both ends up tight, cutting q
door, c, in the south end. Make the
door so it will fit in tight in case
of rain, wind or cold. Such house
can be easily moved to wherever want
ed. The sow cannot lie on her pigs
easily as they can crowu in at the
corners. During winter, if very cold
at farrowing time, hang lantern in
the peak. l have made 13 of these
houses and they are just right.-C. A.
Saxby, in Farm and Home.
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Religious Thought.

Like the needles to the north pole
the Bible points to Heaven.-R. b.
Nichol
Some glances Of real beauty may be
seen in their faces who dwell in true
meekness. There is harmony in the
sound of that voice to which Divine
love gives dtterance.-John Woolman.
The one thing needful is to look up.
to revere something above us. to de-
sire something better. to hunger for
higher good. He who loves the high
est. truest and best is. in his heart
and soul. lover of God.--J. Freeman
Clarke.
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Obituary.

Mary c., youngest child of John ard
Charlotte Mcbride, was born near Bel
fast, Highland county, Ohio, May 2S,
1853, and died near Marshall April IA,
1900. When less than IA years of age
she was deprived by death Of a moth
er's counsel, and after that the princi-
pal part Of the burdens of her fathers
household devOlved upon her. until the
time of her marriage with Alvin
Smith, Oct. l, 1879. TO them were
born six children, all of whom are liv-
ing eXceptsthe youngest, who died May
24, 1898. She united with the PreSby
teri N Church at Marshall March 16,
1SS0, and continued a consistent men,
Der OF the same while she lived. She
was very solicitous for the religious
training of herIchildren, and when un-
ableltu so with them she assisted in
preparing them to go to church and
SundaylSchOol, even when her phySi-
cal strength was greatly taxed in do
ing so. A few evenings before her
bedside and presented each of them
with bible, accompanied with a
mothers blessing and an earnest
prayer. For many long months she
was a patient, accomplishing sufferer.
No one ever heard her murmur or COM
plain during her long illness, for she
acceptedlland regarded the Affections
through which she was called to pass
as part of the divine plan in prepar-
ing her for the life beyond. During
the early part of fiher illness she great
ly desired to get well, for the sake of
her family, to which she was greatly
attached, but as the weary months of
suffering and pain dragged slowly
along lShe ripened for the Master s
kingdom and became reconciled to His
will, and even grew more and more
anxious to depart as she neared the
end of lifeS journey, and during the
last visits of her brother she frequent
ly asked him-to tell her how long he
thoughtful would be before she would
be released from suffering and be per-
mitted tOgo home to rest.
On last Friday morning, when asked
if all was we'll with her, she replied:
Eyes, l feel that to depart will be a
great relief l feel as though l could
shout" and repeated from the 23d
Psalm-'"The Lord is my shepherd,
shall not want" At about O'Clock
in the evening, when in the very arti-
Gle OF death, she repeated the Sayior's
blessed invitation, "Come unto me, all
ye that labor and are heavy laden, and
| will give you rest," and also repeat
ed the hymn, "Jesus, lover of my soul,
let me to thy bosom fly" To her old.
est son, whose constant attention had
been SO willingly given her during her
long illness, and who was still at hei
bedside whenI her feet were taking
hold of the waters of the mystic river,
she would frequently say, 'God bless
you."
Servant of God, well done,
Thy glorious warfare's past.
The battles fought, the victory's won,
And thou art crowned at last"
She leaves a husband, five children,
and large circle Of relatives and
friends to mourn her departure.
Gen. Botha's wife was Miss Em-
met, defendant of relative of the
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TryGrain-ol Try Grain-o !

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you
package of Grain-O, the new food
drinksthat takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink It without in
jury as well as the adult All who
try it, like 1t. Grain-O has that rich
seal brown of Mocha or lava, but it is
madegfrom pure grains, and the most
delicate stomach receives it without
distress. I the price of coffee. l5c,
and 25cts. per package. Sold by all
grocers.
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Cleaning the Horses Legs,

One of the easiest and most effective
ways to clean the mud from the legs Of
a horse is to take piece of saclxing or
burlap and passing it around the leg
take an end in each hand and draw It
rapidly back and forth in the same
manner the shoe polisher does when
giving you shine" The rapid action
of the dry burlap creates heat and
dries the skin, as well a. eiRectually re-
moving the mud.-FarmerS Review.
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A Horrible Outbreak

"Of large sores on my little daughters
head developed into case of scald
head" writes c. d. Isbill of Morgan
ton, Tenn, but Bucklen's Arnica Salye
completely cured her. It's guaran-
teed cure for Eczema, letter, Salt
Rheum, Pimples, Sores, Ulcers and
Piles. Only 25c at w. r. Smith & Co.'S.
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NEAT AND CONVENIENT.
Little Structure That Will Pay for
Itself Over and Over Again in
a Short Time.

This house for brood sow will re-
quire about $50 feet of lumber. Take
eight boards, a, 1x12 inches and 12
feet long, for each side. The roof
boards, b, are of 2x4 and 12 feet long.
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Ladies make your dresses with the
popular-priced, perfect-ftting Stand
ard Patterns. Stabler Bros., agents.
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Nothing tor . Rainy nay.

Peter Campbell, well-to-do farmer,
living near Dunlap, is 60 years old, says
the Sioux City Journal, and has never
owned an umbrella
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American Mineral Production.
Mineral production in the United
States this year will, It IL estimated.
reach value Of nearly 81. 900. 100000.