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The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-07-13

The Board Of Public Contracts VIII
LEI out all the classes of public printing
and binding for the four years from
January 1, 1901. pThe contracts will
be let on the first MONDAY in August.
The Secretary of State will furnish
specifications to ali who desire to com
pete.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-07-13

The already commodions Natchez
hotel. which is such credit 10 the
Bluff City, under present management
Is to have twenty-five room addition
built Immediately This speaks well
for the travel to Natchez.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-07-13

The Laurel Oil and Development
Company. capitalized at half a million
dollars, has been chartered. The object
Of the charter Is to bore for oil and to
develop the sulphur and mineral
deposits of that section. The shares
are 81. 90 each.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-29

HB #B HB HB
SIDE ELEVATION.

that case it may be narrowed to
smaller limit and another stall or two
made Of the room. The feedroom is a
convenience that no dairyman can af-
ford to do without. Feed is stored in
three or more bins above and spouted
down to one large mixing bin, where it
is measured or weighed, mixed, scoop
ed up and fed.
Reference to the side elevation shows
ample window openings on the south
side turning the building east and
vest. would suggest that even more
glass be provided. The overhang is to
protect the doorway where hay is
taken in at the end, as there is no
space wasted in driveways to unload
hay. In each gable is combination of
window and ventilated shutter. Pro-
yiding these at each end, there is no
need Of ventilators In the roof, as VEN
tilation will be upward, through the
hay shoots. These may, If desired, be
extended through the roof, though If
metallic shingles are not used, which
condense vapors, there is no i'll effect
in letting the ventilation proceed
through the gables. The doors to take
in hay open clear down to the line
Of the floor, so that hay may be taken
in without raising it to the lever of the
track.
This is an open center, with joist
frame construction. This frame is all
Of two inch stuff and is very much
cheaper, fully as strong and in every
way more desirable than the old fash
toned frame. It is put together with
spikes and bolts in a very short time.
The basement is made ten feet high,
not for the sake of head room SO much
as for better air and light. The NOW
floor will hold rather more than suffi-
cient hay, but better trifle too much
storage room than not enough.
From the NOW hay is thrown down
into the feed alleys. Ladders should
be built in the shoots. The stairway
is apt to be covered over at times with
hay. The bran bin is large enough to
allow storage Of great deal of bran,
which is at times desirable.
In the arrangement or stalls It Will
be noted that there is everywhere plen-
ty of room. The cart can go between
the COWS and take the manure direct to
the fields, which is the better way. In
the space between the feedroom and
Office the milk wagon may stand if nee
essary. The Van Norman stall is used.
This is by all odds the best and most
practical stall in existence and is cheap
and slightly and durable too.
This barn is admirably adapted to
either beef cattle or dairy COWS, though
there is no provision for calves, as it
has been designed primarily for milk
ing cows. The points of advantage Of
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-29
MILK OF SHORTHoRNS.
An English Authority Says 1t Is Poor
In Quality.

An English Authority Says 1t Is Poor
In Quality.
Professor James Long in an article
in the London Live Stock Journal
says:
There is little doubt that large num-
bers of pedigree Shorthorns produce
poor milk, and there is always the
danger. which some gentlemen do not
appear to apprehend with sufficient
force, that in crossing with bulls of
pedigree blood for the maintenance of
Shorthorn character of the dairy cow
they impart to the progeny tendency
dams produced before them-i. e., milk
Of poor quality"
Commenting on this, Hoard's Dairy
man says:
Professor Long believes in the Short
horn as dairy cow, but it seems to us
that in the above quotation he gives
the case away badly.
His statement is just the Indictment
the men have made against the profita-
bleness of the ShorthOrn who have
been striving to secure the most profit
able dairy animal possible. Further
breeding for dairy qualities specifically
and alone. The Shorthorn as a breed
is not a profitable dairy animal, not
alone because she does not yield rich
milk, but because Of her low dairy tenn
permanent all around. She is what she
is because the men who have bred her
have been breeding into her for hun
dreds of years the beef temperament,
or, in other words, an inherited tenden-
cy to turn her food into flesh rather
than milk ut the most profitable rate.
1t does not answer the case to say that
there are phenomenally good cows
among the ShOrthorns any more than it
would to say that there are beefy ami
mails to be found among the Jerseys
and therefore the Jersey is profitable
animal to breed for beef.
The ShOrthorn people are about the
only ones we know Of who claim the
impossible and the unreasonable for
their cattle from a breeding standpoint.
Occasionally little light is let into the
question by such remarks as we have
quoted above from Professor Long.
The breeders for specific dairy power
and capacity have conclusiyely shown
in the results Of their breeding that
such results cannot be attained by ad-
herring to the Shorthorn idea of cow or
the still more inconsistent idea of
dual purpose.
No true dairy breeder on earth ever
attained success by following such no.
tons. We believe the Shorthorn could
would only be done by adhering to spe
cifc dairy standards Of temperament,
form and heredity.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-29
A GOOD DAIRY BARN.
DESIGNED FOR ACCOMMODATION OF
TWENTY COWS.

Points of Excellence Arc Ample
Breathing Space. Plenty of sun
light, Minimum of Labor In Remov-
ing Manure and Low Cost.
y Discussing the ideal plan of barn for
20 cows in The Breeders Gazette, Jo-
seph e. Wing says:
I have designed what consider one
of the most practical arrangements for
q building of that kind possible. There
is ample breathing space, there is pro-
vision for as much light and sun as
possible unless the plan of detached
shed with skylights is adopted, the ma
nure is removed at the minimum of la
Dor, and the entire building is planned
TO be labor saving. 1t is also cheap
and practical to the last degree The
little room termed an Office containing
lavatory, towels, soap, records, ETC., is
possibly larger than is needed, and in
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-29
FIRST FLOOR PLAN.

this barn are summed up thus: Low
cost for conveniences given; healthful-
ness, plenty Of light and air, comfort;
no dark stalls, no complicated laby-
rinthine arrangement of stalls; f1exibil-
ity. built at any length desired. Put
bedrooms in center if it is to be long.
Better not put more than 40 COWS in
any one barn. Build another and save
danger from fire. In addition it's good
points include economy of hay storage,
economy of caring for cows and get
ting out manure and getting in straw
fer bedding; hygienic properties, with
SO much air. so much light, there
should be no difficulty in keeping down
diseases there.
strongly advise the building Of
small barns with two rows of cattle in
them. Having studied hundreds of the
best barns. | am firmly of the opinion
that they are best as we'll as cheapest.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-29
CAR OF RUSSIA.

matters are finally settled without
blOodshed.
Count TOlstOi, fully restored from
his recent Illness and smarting under
the decree of accommodation, has
been prominent in the recent disturb
ances, and that he has strong follow
ing is proved by the manner in which
he is being idorized by the populace.
Activity on All Sides.
On every side is to be seen evidence
of renewed activity among the oppo-
nents of the government. Large sums
of money are being distributed among
the factory workers of st. Peters
burg and Of the other large cities of
the vicinity to induce them to join
the movement against the government,
which has thus far been led by the dis
affected students.
The revolutionary movement has
now passed out of the hands of the
students, however, and it is believed
that high court officials are in the plot
It is a mystery whence the conspira-
tors money comes, but indications
point to high sources about the court
The fact is the secret police no long
err trust even the highest encourage OF
the car.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-29
PLOT AGAINST LIFE OF CAR.

Cossacks and Workmen fight-Killed
and Wounded Kept Secret.
London, March 25.-The Daily Mail
publishes the following, dated March
81, from it's st. Petersburg correspond
cit:
Yesterday Saturday 500 workmen
from the Obucrower Metal works pa
raded on the Nevskoi Prospekt. On the
way thither they demolished the state
brandy booths. Eight hundred Cos
sacks, with drawn swords, met the
workmen and q sanguinary encounter
ensued. The number of killed and
wounded is kept secret The police
have discovered plot against the life
OF the car. 1t appears that a group
of students drew lots and that the ia
tai choice fell to the son of a promi-
nent general. The student told his ia
Their and the latter informed the car.
imploring him to leave ST. Peters
burg"
The st. Petersburg correspondent of
The Daily Express says: "In the last
encounter at Narva Gate 100 workmen
arc reported to have been killed or
wounded by the Cossacks
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-29
SlLAGE AND DRY FODDER.
New York Dairyman View of Their
Relative Merits.


Relative Merits.
/ have used ensiloed corn for the last
IL years and prefer it to corn fodder
principally because the cows like it bet
ter, says A. H. Cooley in American Ag-'
riculturist. 1t is more palatable and, l
think, easier digested. It makes a
grand thing to mix the ground feed
with and is just damp enough to hold
The ether feed, which causes the COWS
to chew the whole mass, thus getting
the saliva well mixed with the fine feed
as well as the coarse stuff, so that they
get more value from the ground feed,
which costs the most money.
/ have obtained good results from
nicely cured corn fodder early in the
season before 1t gets hard or dried out
too much, but unless it Is dampened it
Is Of no account to feed other grain
with, and think the silage cheaper
and better.
would not cut hay that cattle would
eat clean without cutting. l have cut
straw when out Of silage to make We
hicle to feed the ground feed upon, and
when dampened and we'll mixed with a
good ration Of grain it makes a good
substitute for silage. When l have a
good supply of jsilage, I need but little
hay and no straw, but in case Of short
age either hay or straw can be used to
good advantage when cut and fed with
ground feed. never feed ground feed
alone and do not think cutting hay or
straw would add anything to it's pala-
liability unless some grain is added.
AS to the comparative cost of har-
vesting corn l have no figures to go
by, but would just as soon put the
corn into the silo as cure the fodder,
then haul, store and cut before feed
ing, as l should have to do to get
my cows to cat it all as they do silage.
l much prefer the silage plan to the
old plan of husking and grinding. |
feel very sure | can put the corn in
the silo much cheaper, but not sure |
get the full feeding value Of the grain,
but think do not lose more than the
cost of grinding. One point l am per-
fectly satisfied upon, and that is
should not feed cornstalks CT corn
fodder whole upon any account. The
cost Of cutting does not compare with
the loss of fodder. / even cut the green
corn fodder and feed it in the manger
with the grain ration and think it pays.
Poor Butter Versus Butterine.
Farmers, their wives, sons and daugh-
tiers and those helpers on the farms
must decide whether butterine shall
have the preference to butter on the ia
bles of citizens of cities. Butterine
now has the preference to much of the
butter which is put on the market.
A good, even quality Of butter can be
produced on every farm every week in
the year if pains be taken with the
cows, the feed, the milking, the milk,
the cream, the churn, the churning and
keeping the butter after it is churned
Much of the spoiled butter is spoiled
after churning by being placed where
it can take up the odors from yegeta-
bles. meats or the tobacco smoke from
the pipes of men who sit and smoke
their tobacco in the kitchen while tie
crock Of butter sits in the pantry CT
cupboard near by.-H. w. Phelps.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-29
Feeding md Breeding.

The dairy bacteriol0gist of the Mary
land experiment station states that the
dairy COW improved by feeding is bet
ter than the grade which has not been
Systematically fed, but that the better
and surer way is to combine the two
methods, letting breeding and feeding
each have its influence. 1t must not
be forgotten that no substantial i'm
provement can be made in a herd Of
COWS without liberal and proper feed
Ing, no matter how good dairy bulls
may be used.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-29
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies,
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you ave rumbing sound or
imperfect hearing. and when it is en-
tirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to it's normal con-
ditiop, hearing will be destroyed forever,
nine cases out of tn are caused by ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an inhamed
condition of tie mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrb
Cure. Send fro circular, free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
e%- Sold by druggists, 75c.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-29
CAR FORCED To FLEE
Seeks the Security and SecIusion
of the imperial Palace at
Gatschine.
DOUBLE GUARD ABOUT GROUNDS
Sedition Rampant in Russia-MoscOw,
Warsaw and Other Cities in
State of Siege.

London, March ga dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph company
from Paris states OF the highest au-
thority that a mine has been discov-
cred beneath the palace of Emperor
Nicholas at TZarskoe-Selo, seventeen
miles south of st. Petersburg. Several
notabilities, the dispatch further says,
are implicated in the plot against his
majesty. The Russian press was not
permitted to mention the affair.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-29
merican bridge Cos large Contract.

New York, March 23.-The Ameri-
can Bridge company announced yes
terday that it had closed one of the
largest foreign contracts ever made.
aggregating over 10000 TONS The con-
tract was issued by the Ecnadorian
association, limited, the material to be
used for bridge construction on the
Guayaquil and Quito railroad in Ecua-
dor.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-29
Smallpox at Pekin. Ills.

Pekin, Ills, March 25.-The small
poX has spread so rapidly here during
the last two days that the board of
health has ordered all the public
schools in the city closed for an in
definite period. Fifty cases have been
reported up to the present time, and
the authorities are taking every pos
sible precaution to prevent the spread
Of the disease. All quarantined houses
have been placed under guard and
the worst cases are removed to the
peSthOuSe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-29
A Masculine Lady,s Maid.

A Bostonian while exploring the files
of paper printed in his town cen
fury ago came across this rather star
Ting advertisement: IS Rogers informs
those ladies who wish to be dressed by
him, either on assembly or ball days,
to give him notice the previous day.
Ladies who engage to and don't dress
must pay him half price"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-29
PAUL OPPERr1ANN,

WANTED-Capable,r reliable person in every
county represent large company of solid finan
weekly; S. per day absolutely sure and all
expenses: straight, bona-fide definite salary.
no commission; salary paid each Saturday and
ARD HOUSE, 334 Dearborn ST., Chicago.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-29
DON'T E: sss1 81 S Ss!z

You can be cured OF any form of tobacco using
new life and vigor by taking M0-TO-RAC,
that makes weak men strong. Many gain
ten pounds in ten days. Over B 100. 600
cured. All druggists. Cure guaranteed. Book
let and advice FREE. Address STERLING
REMEDY CO., Chicago or New York. 437
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-29

st. Petersburg, March 25.-Czar
Nicholas III has fled from the capital
to the security and seclusion Of his i'm
perial palace at Gatschine, thirty-nine
miles from st. Petersburg, where he
is secreted. A double guard of Cos
sacks surrounds the palace. yet
treachery is feared and he may flee
farther from the conspirators VINO de-
mand his life.
Sedition is rampant In Russia, and
Extraordinary precautions to protect
the life of the czar have been taken.
The empire is on the verge Of revolu-
ton. Everything goes to show the ex
istence of gigantic nihilist plot, be-
side which the clashes between stu
dents and Cossacks pale into insight
icance, although undoubtedly ramifica-
tons of the same movement.
In State of Siege.
Martial law in all but name exists
in st. Petersburg. while Moscow, War
saw, Kieff and other cities have been
publicly proclaimed to be in state
of siege. For the last ten nights the
troops of the Moscow garrison have
slept in their clothing, ready for in
slant action. 1t will be surprising if
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-19
RESTORING ouR roResra

few dave 400 NJ, o., ~,
necessity Of Legislative 49,, a''en'loh 70 tne
yiding against comno,o ''ou Oh pro
timber lands Serious attention 70 s,ch ,.,.'e
from Federal standnoint n ta, , p,oPoSi''oll
dents cabinet Secretary rItbi ~ '''' pfeS'.
that he is preparing 10 organic
the interior department 10 60. 49,. D"' eau u"
Of demonstration. soneybot ~, ~ g
fully pursued in Germany
The president and the secre,,r,,. ..,,..
satisfied with the practicabujty If no are
pressed with the results which cont, ~ Gnu 'i'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-19
SOME RECORD BREAKERS.

G Conklins teegraphed 34s words in FIVE minutes
Jocko, London dog, killed one thousand rats in less
than hundred minutes
S D. Lee OF Brooklyn N. Y, hoped 100 yards in thr
teen and two-hfths seconds
builder in Paterson N. J., put up large frame struc
ture IN four and one-halt hours,
George w. Clarke dved from the Hastead street bridge
in Chicago distance Of 16s feet
Daniel J. Ceary, Medina N, Y, stamped 500 letters in
three minutes and ffty-seven seconds
William Lowney, Philadelphia opened 100 oysters in four
minutes and three and three-fourths seconds
Finney, Manchester England at one dive without the
use Of his hands picked up with his mouth eghyfour half
pennies,
Fred a. Connor Oil City, Pa, made 1000 consecutive
jumps with rope, without miss stop in eleven minutes
and thirty nine seconds
Homer w Crawford swung pair of Indian clubs weigh
ing ten pounds each continuously for hours averaging
seventy swings per minute
j. NJ Mackinoly, Tasmania Australia chopped through
standing block of wood four feet eight inches thicn one
minute and forty-one seconds
G. Golding fifty miles in eleven hours thirty-sx min
utes and twenty seconds carrying on his head two
gallon stone bottle neck downward touching the same
during the entire journey
Peter Haley turned horseshoes one hour fortv
seven minutes and fortyseven and one-half seconds
Frank Stoewahs laid bricks in two minutes and birt
seconds using uowe and putting in cross joints
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-19

what we formerly had that we shall soon produce all
the rice we use. The second quality. broken, rice,
we are already sending to Porto Rico
There win be over forty beet sugar factories in
operation this year They have thrown out the inn
ported machinery already. both in field and factory
ana are using American inventions that are much
superior that we expect great development in the
BUSINESS The sugar men have borrowed idea from
the oil companies At one OF the oldest factories in
the United States, in Utah they have built three mills
around the factory, Of them twenty-three miles
away from which they the juice from the factory
in pipes to the central station Eastern capital is rap
idly developing the beet sugar industry in the arid
States through irrigation In the Arkansas valley for
instance, 100000 factories have oeen put up"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-19
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Arthur Ferguson formerly secretary of the United
states Philippine commission has been appointed secretary
to the chief executive, Civil Governor Taft
Miss Belle Lyman OF Chicago who has been appointed
trustee OF the Illinois Industrial Home been blind
since the age OF years. but is accomplished musician
and ngust She is well known her enthusiastic efforts
to benefit the poor and sightless.
FORMER Lieutenant Governor William Cumback, u years
old recently married in Lapel Ind Miss Laura Wacbs,
ter teacher Cumhac Of the founders of the re-
publican party, and famous in Indiana as Lincoln
inc OLDEST postmaster in the world having held office for
NOR man MUSK years. The OF inip Robin a
Nhlted Empire oyast he born December I8o6 and
4 consequently n his nineyhfth year. When he went to
Nmeh3soufg IN 1890 the spot dense forest On lam,
airy = iS4S ne was appointed the position ne now holds
by the imperial government through Earl Lonsdale
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-19
SOME PosTschIPTs.

Competition OF electric tramways is alluded in many
Of the half yearly reports of English railways affecting
short-distance passenger movement
The new cone on Mount Nesuvius formed during the
late eruptons has been suddenly engulfed the crater
The mountain has assumed its old appearance
The eucalyptus trees the island of Tasmania some
times attain great One that has $50
feet high and said attain height of 400 feet
Compressed air is used in carving. mason can
hitch his tools into compressed air power nozzle drill
into granite like dentist cutting into decayed tooth
Although the diameter OF the earth has been roughly
known for has only lately been accurately as
certained after thirty years labor and of 100000
1t is 1910 miles at the equator and 1890 from pole pole
One OF the ourioses of the Bank of England to be
seen in the printing sits desk and every
three seconds machine delivers him complete
notes he sits there six hours he over $3soooo
For more than hundred years the Derby been recog
nzed as the greatest sporting event in all the civilized eoun
tries and in London regarded as Of such Importance that
business houses close and everybody takes holiday
The British and Foreign Bible socety's annual report
states the years issues reduction of $4,000
his however is due wholly Chinese crisis The fall
inG of there is there considerable gain in
other fields Foreign sales twenty countries through
Sra coporeurs 100000