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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

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THE PEAT INDUSTRY.
II Has Been Given Quite an Impetus
in Canada by the Anthracite
Coal Strike.

A great deal of attention is being
given in Canada to the preparation
of peat for fuel. The old way was to
cut the stuff out of the bog which
produced it, and expose it to the sun
to dry. Machines have now been de-
vised which squeeze and heat to dry
ness the material, and thus hasten
the stage of fitness for service. A
consular report says that at one plant
near Lindsay, Ontario, SCI, 900 has been
spent this year, yet without securing
an entirely satisfactory product. The
ElIlce company, at Stratford, in the
same province, has also made great
Roadway, but further Improvements
Of its apparatus are deemed desirable.
Consul Seyfart points out a fine oppor-
tunity for inventors in the following
language:
The whole question of making the
inexhaustible beds of bog CONNER
cially valuable lies in the drying proc
ess. The genius who will invent a ma
chine to satisfactorily extract the
moisture from crude peat will not only
make a fortune, but will be a public
benefactor.
Thus far the nearest solution to the
problem lies probably in the machine
invented by Mr.. Dobson, now in use
at his peat works at Beaverton, near
Lake Simcoe, in northern Ontario.
This machine consists of a press. drier
and spreader, and is most ingenious
contrivance, for it cuts, pulverizes and
spreads the material at the same time.
This reduces the moisture so per cent,
and the balance is taken out by the
drying process. The machinery in
operation at this plant has a capacity
of 20 tons day. The boys are three
miles from a railroad, and yet the
demand for the fuel is such that it
brings 1925 a ton at the plant and is
retailed at Toronto at $425. The
plant near Stratford now has a daily
capacity of 25 tons and a ready sale
for all the fuel it can produce. 1t is
run night and day, with a view to sup
plying the demand caused by the scare
ity of hard coal.
Cahada annually consumes nearly
three million tons of anthracite coal,
all of which comes from Pennsylvania,
Most of this is delivered during the
summer months. The prolonged
strike has changed the situation to
such an extent that this summer no
coal was delivered, and serious fuel
famine confronts the people of this
latitude. This condition of affairs has
given tremendous impetus to the
manufacturing of peat for fuel all
over the province, and will probably
lead to the perfection of inventions,
so that this crude bog will in the
course of time be the leading fuel and
TO a large extent take the place of
hard coal"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

besides, these dangerous spots are
usually in isolated localities. The
United States government has expert
mented with several contrivances that
were intended to give warning and at
the same time let the ships captain
know in what direction the peril lay.
Some time ago the government pur-
chased a device known as the mega
fog signal" and experiments have
been made at Falkner's island al
though it has not been placed in gem
eral use.
The megafog signal, says the Kan
sas City Star, is very simple in con-
struction. Imagine a huge circular
frame, with megaphones pointing
north, south, east and west, and
you will have it, only that tbs
magafog signal goes further and has
a megaphone pointing northeast,
north, northwest and southeast and
southwest. In the center of this
frame is a cylindrical siren. There
are two cylinders, one within the
other. There are air Sits or holes
of the air through these Sits by the
revolutions of the inner cylinder
makes what the naval officer calls
music; the wireless telegraph inven-
tor denominates it as sound waves and
the layman calls it an ordinary blast.
The Sits or air holes in the outer cylin-
der open into the different mega
81 oil
may be so made as to emit a short
blast or a long blast. Accompanying
the megafog signal instrument is a
megaphone code that all ship officers
must know. 1t is like the Morse tele-
graph code, if one desires to say that
a long blast is a dash and a short blast
a dot.
When a fog gathers the siren is set
going. For illustration, say that
through the megaphone pointing
northeast it will sound long blast,
followed by a short one. A ship is
near by. caught in the fog, and the
skipper doesn't know which course to
take to avoid danger. The long blast
and the short one coming from the
lOSHOII luCdH ilAVld tillS W lllI
Don't steer northeast. There is
danger"
No matter in what direction the ves-
sci may be from the megafog signal,
the captain is given an accurate warn
ing and told exactly how to keep out
of danger He does not have to rely
on his judgment as to sound. All he
has to do is to consult his megafog
signal code and obey the instructions
that the siren gives through the meg
aphOne.
The great virtue of the device, if it
proves successful, is that by variations
in its sound it indicates the point of
the compass at which the horn is situ-
ated relatively to the person hear
ing it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
AUTOMATIC FOG HORN.
Ing Its Own Direction, Tried
with Some Success.

No one knows exactly how large is
the percentage of ghosts haunting the
graVeyards of the ocean that can
trace their origin to that body of
aqueous vapor that mysteriously
gathers in the atmosphere and looks
like monster cloud descending from
the sky. These queer freaks of the
atmosphere are called fOgs and the
log that gathers along the coast and
makes of every obstruction, both
movable and stationary, a hidden
death trap for ships, has been a terror
TO the mariner as long as navigation
has been known. Certain it is that
too many of the wrecked hulks that
line the bottom of the sea are mute
evidences of the fog's work.
The governments of different coun-
tries with their chains of lighthouses
along the coasts guide the ship cap
tain in clear weather. They attempt
to steer his course during fogS when
the beacon from the lighthouse is OBJ
scured, but up to this time no thor
oughly trustworthy danger signal has
been found. The present custom is
to provide every lighthouse with a
bell or foghorn. During fog the
bells are kept changing and the horns
give forth constant blasts that are
audible for miles.
The mariner can, of course, hear the
sound of the horn or the bell in time
to avoid the obstruction, but his
trained ear alone is expected to tell
him the direction from which the
warning comes. Sometimes the ear
is treacherous and the captain steers
his ship right on to the reef, or what
ever may be the character of the
death trap. There is small chance
of being rescued if the fog continues
long. No one can see the ship and,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
Conditions Tending Toward
AnarChiSm
By RI. REV. JOHN III. WHITE.
Episcopal Bishop of Northern Indiana,

HIM "a American PUSHES toward gded goal. HE IS HEED
KNH4I LESS OF HOW HE ACHIEVES HIS END. Those that
H& come in his amped upon pushed aside life
A seems of little value to him compared selfish
this lack Of respect for the wishes and rights of others brought
about conditions in this country that border the anarcisc
Without wishing to be thought lacking in patriotism desire
advance the statement that THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE LIT
TIE REVERENCE FOR ANYTHING OR ANYBODY. Our in
ons have had such rapid growth and progress
wonderful that filled with of ourselves that SUR
passes admiration for anything else
The American boy is irreveren the beginning
his delight destroy life The
the bird tails before his He pause consider that
destroying life he has destroyed mission assigned
Deity AS he he begins consider his
tons paramount He has for the head family
him whether his parents pleased with his conduct or
whether he depvng his brothers and pleasure
satisfied it is all right.
little later in life he the employ
Do wonder that after he has become spirit
he shows the welfare the
welfare of himself? He forge his duties his employer
only of his rights There among the
American people emphasize the words OUR RIGHTS forget
the other words OUR DUTIES"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
NEW GERMAN MACHINE GUN.

the weapon consists of an interior
part which recoils and an exterior part
which does not, the two engaging by
means of levers and other mechanism
at the instant of recoil in such man
ner as to extract the empty cartridge
and replace it by full one, and ex-
pbode the latter. The gun is protected
against overheating by water jacket.
"A special feature of the weapon
is that, although it is mounted on a
wheeled carriage, it may be dismount-
ed and taken apart for transportat ton
on the backs of horses. One horse
carries the gun proper, a second the
breech mechanism, a third the axle,
a fourth the wheels, and a fifth the
rest of the carriage. Then, of course,
many more horses are needed to carry
ammunition, for a hundred rounds is
a load for a horse.
The new gun, which is made by
Krupp under an arrangement with the
English inventors, Vickers and Max
i'm. is a formidable weapon when used
against cavalry or infantry in masses:
but on the one hand it is doubtful if
it is much more effective than machine
guns of small caliber, while on the
other it is vastly inferior in range to
an ordinary feld-piece or even how
itzer. Five minutes firing uses I'D ten
households of ammunition, and there
fore each gun, to be continuously W.
fective, would have to be supported
by regiment of pack-horses, or by
large ammunition train"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

of the house before opening the door.
Each terrapin sticks his head out of
the straw to see what the noise is
about. They have very acute hear
ing and manifest great curiosity
whenever any unusual noises are
heard. Down south they are lured
to destruction by this trait. A fish
erman rowing over the mud banks
raps on the side of his boat. Water
carries the sound, and the terrapin
comes to the surface to see what
made that noise, and the fisherman
very promptly satisfies the curiosity
of the inquirer.
The officials of the fish commits
sion do not believe that the terrapin
will become extinct so long as
systematic farming is carried on.
but they believe that this industry
should be increased very largely.
Washington and Lafayette, Corn
wallis and Tarleton knew the quality
of terrapin stew, but they ate if
sometimes for want of something
better, and not as luxury. Ter
rapin stew was one of the hardsbins
of their military environments oc-
casionally. There was at one time
law in Maryland providing that a
man should feed only so much ter
rapin to his slaves, for even the
slaves rebelled against such a diet
And, for that matter, no civilized
white man really likes terrapin when
he first ents it, but acquires the
taste because it is fashionable and
expensive, and because everybody
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
PORTABLE MACHINE GUN
New German Engine of War Is More
Powerful Than Anything Else
Now In Use,

The German army, which has al
ready adopted a machine-gun of small,
or rifle, caliber, is now experimenting
with another which is real cannon,
and which is described as follows by
La Vie Illustree:
ut throws balls an inch and a half
in diameter at the rate of 200 a min
ute, and with such force as to pierce
forged iron plates three and half
inches thick. The action is automatic,
the recoil of one discharge furnishing
the energy necessary to work the
mechanism of the next. Without go
ing into details, it may be said that
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
BalIooning for COnsumption.

Ballooning is now receiving atten-
ton as a possible remedy for pull
monary affections. The conditions
are not the same as those of mountain
eering, the change of attitude being
more rapid and muscular fatigue being
absent In the trips of the French So
ciety of Physiology DR.. Henocque
proposes to regard the atmosphere as
divided into three zones. Up to about
three miles the surrounding air sup.
plies all the oxygen needed, but as
cents beyond five miles are held to re-
quire a closed car, as was first sug-
gested in 1871, or an aerial diving suis.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
The Rights Of the Non=Union Man
By DIR. NEWELL DWIGHT HILLS,
Pastor Plymouth Church. New York.

URING the last year have made history rapidly. From
combinations of wealth that have essened the of produc-
ton have gone swiftly combinations for plumber
represent stock, waered indefinitely and fosted upon the
public by greedy and INSCRIPTIONS stock uggers From la
Dor unions also, that offer life Insurance. unity of purpose
cooperation have passed labor unions that have
scented brutality the hatred and murder of nonunon men,
The INSCRIPTIONS capitalist and the unscrupuous laborr
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
SAM WARDS RECIPE.
1t Made Terrapin Stew Famous the
World Over.
Epicures Pronounce 1t the Greatest
of Culinary TriumPhs Taste
for the Amphibian an Ac-
quired One.

| E1 ERRAPIN time has come again.
d. This delicacy of the rich and
- epicurean is becoming we'll
nigh extinct. Systematic cultivation
alone has prevented the entire disap-
| pearance of the once numerous am
| phibians.
Terrapin farming-that is, the
planting" of terrapin as it would be
known in oyster terminology-is not
/ by any means new. About twenty
| five years ago a man of the name of
! Dorlin established a terrapin pound
! Just below Mobile where he kept
young terrapin for growth, and
where he claimed to be also raising
terrapin from the egg. The report
of the fish commission, however,
denies that he did any breeding. The
Dorlin terrapin farm was destroyed
by one of the terrific Gulf storms,
and was never reestablished.
Every year there is a scare
! throughout the eastern country, par
ticularly in New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, and Washington, over the
likelihood of the disappearance of ter
rapin. Last year the report was
spread at the beginning of the fall
and winter season, and the wealthy
were obliged to pay enormous prices.
They were the more anxious to have
terrapin at any price, because deal
ers said that another winter might
come and no terrapin would be served.
The report again went all over
this section late the past summer
when the farmers and fishermen of
Maryland and Virginia were impound-
ing terrapin for the coming winter
trade. All along the shores of Ches-
apeake bay supplies of terrapin are
being collected for the market of the
immediate future. There are laws
against impounding terrapin, but
they are ignored.
Although there is no sale for ter
rapin until snow flies, which is about
Christmas time, the farmers of the
states contiguous to the bay are con-
stantly On the lookout for stray ter
rapin, which they pick up and take
home, where they hold them for the
season. They do not fatten them.
On the contrary they seldom feed
them. Terrapin hibernate. When
he has had his spring or summer
feed he can be put in a pen or barn
and left for two or three months.
He will not die. A Baltimore dealer
nailed one in box and left him
there for three months, at the end of
which time he claimed that the cap
tive weighed one ounce more than
he did when he was imprisoned. This
story is one which is well verified,
and there are other tales of terrapin
longevity, which are regarded by
some as of less credulity. Scientists
all admit, however, that the terrapin
is alternating amphibian.
In the neighborhood of Chinco-
league island near the eastern shore
of Maryland, in Chesapeake bay,
there are several houses where from
200 to 1000 terrapin are stored in
straw in good seasons. They are
very curious looking fellows of all
sizes and are a sight to behold.
Whenever the owner wants to dis
play them he raps hard on the side
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

nave met at last ground In the belief that gold the
thing worth having society be pndered
to lay violent hands on the common loot and spoil
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
Courtesy and the Golden Rule
By DIR. F. w. GUNSAULUS,
President of the Armour Institute Technology CT

Young man, be courteous IT TAKES
BRAINS TO BE COURTEOUS. You
think it is only the buying of some book that
teaches you how to dine properly, but it means
more than that. 1t means bringing into the
daily life all the principles of the golden rule.
1t takes brains to do that
Rebellion is the seed of witchcraft.
There was Saul, disguised king, engaged in
consulting a witch We condemn this in Saul,
but have you never seen a disguised king?
That man who pulls his hat down over his
forehead and turns up his coat collar and slips
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

thing worth having society be pundered fastened
to lay violent hands on the common loot and spoil.
Every sensible believes capital and its honest combination
and sensible believes simply right labor to organ
but its duty the of dense against oppressive employ
e And the history of trades unionsm gain wages
ing OF the hours OF labor its intelligence and the
many of its leaders have justified and indicated
nor will yield anyone my enthusiasm the right
eously conducted
No need longer shed tears the of the billion
lar Steel Trust the of the labor But
who represent eighty the trades
the right to become apprentices and whose wrongs
wrongs whatsoever Justify plea Organized capital has
union Organized labor maa them Just soldiers
organized and with leader, crowd of 10000
out OF hundred representing organized labor and
the 80 nonunon who being driven
poverty stricken until last their despair thev are
ready turn against the capitalist who will
union who matreat them
The nonunion has right deliberately consider the
Tor the unlon and also to refuse his happiness
fare And delegate has God
or the constitution to kill printed
notices saying the following factory the following store
following shop declared unfair you boycott any
merchant who handles their goods
LABORING MEN MAY HATE CAPITALISTS BUT LA
BORIS HATRED FOR LABOR BURNS LIKE A FLAME, EATS
LIKE NITRIC ACID IS MALIGNANT BEYOND ALL DESCRIP-
TON.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

The old 1.-TWO heads better than Remember
and wife chance adding
of the difficult problems that come your way
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

into place he would have his partner him
enter is not he disguised king? We condemn belief super
natural IN SAUL but IS there who has sought fortune
teller to to trace stolen lost fur coat?
stock broker to consult medium invest in
Rock Island ST Paul stock TT IS NOT BEING RE-
LlGlOUS BUT IN BEING RIGHT THAT COUNTS WITH GOD
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-09-11
WRyNE COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE,
SALEM SHOTS.

Picking cotton and cutting hay is
the order of the day now.
Miss Abel Sherrard is visiting rel
atives in your city this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Pate were the
guests of Mr.. Montague, last Sun
day.
Mr.. w. R. Paschall and sister
Miss Eva, called at Mr.. Hodgin's
Sunday.
Mrs. w. H. Edgerton is vising her
daughter, Mrs. Lane, near Walter,
this week.
Mr.. Herbert Howell whose i'll
ness we mentioned last week, is
slowly improving.
Mr. Herbert Phillips, of Johnston
county, visited his uncle, MI. T. e.
Hodgins, Sunday.
Miss May Ship, Of Goldsboro, after
a few days ~sojourn at the home of
her uncle, Mr.. Z. e. Britt, returned
home Tuesday.
Misses Glennie Moody and Bette
Sutton, of NeNbern, on their return
from Wilmington, are stopping over
for a few days with Miss Inez
Sutton.
Miss Cassie Edgerton, n of
Pinkney's most charming young Ia
dies, who has been spending a few
days with Miss Henrietta EdgertOn,
has returned home.
The ice cream supper given at the
home of Mr.. Frazier last Wednesday
night, complimentary to Mr.. Monta-
que, of Virginia, was highly apprec-
lated by all who attended.
Al who attended the ice cream
supper at Mr.. w. I'll. Edgerton's
last Monday night, reported it one
Of the incest and best arranged sup
pers they ever attended. The supper
was given complimentary to Miss
Cassie Edgerton, of Nahunta, and
Miss May Ship, of Goldsboro, who
were visiting in the Salem neighbor-
hood.
Salem, Sept. 9.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-09-11
STONY CREEK NEWS.
Personal Items Picked Up and Con-

Personal Items Picked Up and Con
densed.
MI. and Mrs. II. L. Pate were
visiting lear Patetown Friday.
Mrs. Efie Harris and sister Miss
Nancy Lancaster were visiting in
Patetown Sunday.
We are sorry to learn that Mrs. J.
T. Crumpler is quite sick. We wish
for her an early recovery.
The Pleasant Grove baseball team
crossed bats with our team Saturday.
The score was 10 to 1 in our favor.
We regret very much to chronicle
the death of Mr.. Mathew Pate,
which occurred Saturday night from
a c~ongestive chill.
Sept. 9, 1902.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-09-11
FOR THE HOUSE.

DEAR ARGUs:-I desire to present
the name of Mr.. j. M. Mitchell, of
Fork township, to the Democratic
convention Of Wayne county for the
House of Representatives.
MI. Mitchell is a representative
farmer. He is abreast of the times
in everything that tends to uplift
the farming interests. He is an ac-
tive member of the Farmers Al
lance and is at present Assistant
State Lecturer. He has also been
active in Sunday school work and
everything that benefits the COM
munity.
Mr.. Mitchell is capable and if
nominated, will do credit to Wayne
and the Democratic party.
Respectfully,
J. r. HOOKS.
Sept. 9, 1902.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-09-11
ITEMS.
Gathered Here and There, and From
Everywhere, For Your
Inspection.
Salem, Sept. 8.

Mr.. Thomas Forehand informs Us
of the arrival Of a ten-pound boy at
his home on August 31st.
The hum of cotton gins may now
be heard all over the country. Mr..
J.. S. Collier, our Sunday school sup
erintendent, has ginned up to this
date over 80 bales of cotton.
Messrs. Louis B. and Hassell Pate,
are a little on the mend, but each of
them is suffering right much yet at
times. It is very likely that neither
Of them will be able to follow his
usual ~avocation for some time to
come, but their friends hope for both
of them a speedy recovery.
Our township officers have been
suggested with Messrs. J. w. Davis,
George Lancaster, nominees for
constable, D. H.. Pate, with his
brother, the present incumbent r.
D. Pate, and Lewis B. Pate, for tax
collector, Ed Harriss, ". G.. Hooks,
M. E. Best, for Justice of the Peace.
Capt. J. E. Peterson is highly
spoken of on every side for Jul next
nominee on the Democratic ticket
for State Senator. Every one knows
Capt. Peterson, both as a man and as
an officer. He was one of the best
Commissioners the county has ever
had. I ask the good and true Dem
ocrats of Wayne county, when they
assemble in convention on the p
day of September, to cast their bal
lots for MI. Peterson for State Sen
.ator.
Patetown, Sept. 8.