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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13
Wind Pockets in the Sail.

In the construction of sails for boats
it is desirable to provide for given
space maximum amount of canvas
area to be presented to the action of
the wind, whereby in tacking or wear
ing the dead wind may be easily and
quickly spilled from the sail, to effect
the change with the least possible de-
lay. The accomplishment of these OBJ
jects is among the important features
Of the sail recently designed by George
A. Lowry, an illustration of the i'm
provement being shown herewith. In
carrying out the invention the sails en-
ployed are made up in sections, which
when spread occupy the same general
dimensions as an ordinary sail. but
which, by arranging the sections to
overlap each other, presents greater
effective area of canvas to the wind.
The method of attaching the sail to
the lower boom Is such that q
pull on certain ropes turns the pocket
wrong side out when the ship takes a
new tack, allowing the wind to fill out
the loose canvas in the pockets long
before the boom could be swung across
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13
Feeding Green Cut Bone.

There is quite diversity of opinion
on the question of feeding cut bone.
but we have found that best results are
obtained when the hens are given
about an ounce each every other day.
1t should be given as a separate feed,
about noon, and followed by a full feed
of grain later in the day. Hens fed on
green bone will have a tendency ID
grow fat, so that one should be care
full that not too much of other fatten
ing foods are given.
Green bone will unquestionably make
hens lay more eggs, and will aid in
making the eggs fertile. 1t will also
make young chicks strong and healthy,
and well repays any one for the labor
of cutting. When fed to chinks 1t
should be given in very small amounts,
scarcely enough to hold on the point
of small knife at first, but may grad
ually be increased as the chicks grow
older.-Home and Farm.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13
1.-The Lobby
in Congress:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The "Third House of Congress-" that
heterogeneous body made up of attor-
neys, promoters, lobbyists and other
classes of workers who seek to infiu-
ence legislation in the National law
making body, has been growing larger.
stronger and more resOurceful year by
year, but it is practically certain that
the Congressional session of 19O1-1902
will go down into history as one of the
most active during the life of the
'lobby." The issues which will claim
attention and the men in whose hands
their fate will lie will of themselves
make necessary unusual activity on the
part of the schemers whose ambition
is to facilitate or retard legislation.
In the first place, new President
is in control of the destinies of the
Nation, and, in addition to that, the
issues, almost without exception, are
important in the extreme.
The Third House. has gained some
very distinguished recruits of late
years, for it has become quite the
proper thing for a Congressman whose
term has expired and who Is desirous
of remaining in Washington, to under
take to further the interests of some
organization or corporation which is
willing to pay well for the service.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

S Inattock." Evidently these were
on tools which We're made by the
Philistines, and which they alone could
repair. An old picture of a wheeled
low dates back 1000 years, and to the
Greek nation.
The modern plow had it's origin in
Iolland and Flanders. Two hundred
nd fifty years ago England imported
lows from those countries, and fifty
ears before that an English work on
agriculture alluded to the improved
lows of Holland. In the latter part
# the eighteenth century cast iron
lold boards and wrought iron shares
we're made in England, and soon after
he cast iron share was made From
hat time until the present there has
'een constant Improvement in plows
)ne of the great Improvements of the
lst century was the use of steel by
iohn Deere. He beat his first share
ITO shape over a block of wood in his
hop in Grand Detour. Even in Amer
"a the wooden plow has been used at
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

spikes. and plow-making made a dis
tinct gain. since by this method Of
making the plow better shape could
be secured than by depending on the
fastened together branch of a tree.
Plows made of wood, either from a
forked limb or fastened together with
spikes, are in use now, not only in the
remote parts of Asia. but in civilized
Europe. In parts of Southern France
parts of Austria, Poland, Sweden,
Spain, Norway. Russia, Greece and
possibly il some other European coun-
tries may be found plows in use to-
day, or could have been a few years
ago, practically the same as those used
by the ancient Egyptians to turn the
Dose soil of the valley OF the Nile at
the time when Joseph was gathering
he wheat into the storehouse of the
King in seven years of abundant crops.
The origin of the use of iron plowS
is involved in as much obscurity as the
Invention of the plow itself. When Saul
was yet young King, 100 years be-
fore the birth of Christ the Israelites,
Who Were not skilled in the use Of tools
or working iron, went down to the
Philistines to sharpen every man his
share and his Golfer and his Ak and
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

the remark made at the headquarters
of the police department the other day.
"There are many people, however,
who think that such should be the case.
A man who had evidently had no eX-
perience in detective matters, called
one day and reported the theft of a
bicycle. His manner of making the
report amused those who heard what
he had to say.
"'I want to get my wheel by next
Thursday he said, because I'm going
away on the $40 train
"'Cant give guarantee in such
Matters he was told.
Don't forget said the owner of the
wheel, as he started to leave the office.
I'm going away Thursday, and I'd like
to take the wheel with me-
His complaint was given the usual
attention and, strange as it may seem,
his wheel was recovered the day he
wanted and in time for him to take it
away on the train.
"'Who said Sherlock? inquired the
detective, after the wheel had been
turned over to its owner. .'-Washing-
ton Star.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13
QRiYIEFF}S
!MlC(Qlfl(1ElR


To secure good meadow or pasture
use care in preparing the land. Give
deep plowing and then harrow the land
tilizer and then harrow again before
seeding. A variety of seed should be
sown, as some Kinds may not thrive.
The indigenous grasses will in time
crowd out all others and take posses
sion. On limestone soils blue grass
and white clover should always be in
cluded. The pasture should not be
grazed until well established, as tramp
ling does more harm than moving.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

much later date than most would
think.
During the colonial period it was
made of wood, the mold-board being
covered with sheet iron or wrought
iron hammered very thin. A few old
horseshoes We're often used for this
purpose. The proper form of the mold
board was the subject of much thought
among the advanced farmers of those
and later times. President Jefferson
wrote on the subject, and said it should
be lifting and upsetting wedge, with
an easy connecting curve. This theory
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

AS rule these ex-Congressmen re-
gard themselves simply as attorneys
acting for clients and would be indig-
nant if classed with the ordinary lob
bysts who are supposed to be ever
ready to accomplish things by any
possible hook or crook.
A number of representatives of cor
porations are paid large salaries and
live in elegant style, year in and year
out, in the most fashionable section
of the National capital. Even the free
lance" promoters sometimes make fab
ulous sums, as. for instance, Major
Stahlman, of Nashville, Tenn, who is
understood to have received some time
since the sum of $1O0,S00 for getting
through Congress claim for $2SS, 600.
Women do not play as important Il
part in lobbying operations as they
did before Speaker Reed ordered the
closing of reception room of which
they held almost sole possession, and
where it was always convenient for
them to meet Congressman. However,
a number of attractive women who
have an acquaintance with many Con-
gressmen are regularly employed by
the professional lobbyists, the usual
ruse employed being to have them
call at the Capitol and each send in
a card requesting n brief interview
with some one Representative just at
the time when an important bill is
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES cooccC
; STORY OF THE PLOW. 8
( The Origin of the Familiar Farm !.
) Implement is n Mystery. G
co3 ooo3o00c3ocooooo'

Who used the first plow cannot be
known. At all events, there was but
little difference in the shape of the
plow and the hoe in early times, save
in size. Cut off the handle from the
plow and there was the hoe.
After time some mechanical genius
saw that the plow would operate more
easily if the point that runs in the
ground were tlattened and the beam
were more nearly parallel with the
bottom of the share, and so he became
more particular about the shape of
the forked stick than his ancestors
had been. BY degrees the cutting sur
face was hattened, and it took such
various forms as the makers thought
best adapted to their needs, or as the
forked stick would allow cutting. Soon
two sticks We're fastened together with
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

has been acted on in all the plows that
have been made since.
In the early settlement of this coun-
try the wooden plow was used, and
even to late date plows were made
that had no iron except the share.
The steel plow is now making its
way all oyer the world. There is
scarcely a country where the plows
made in America are not known, and
they are taking the place of the primi-
tive Instruments.
Fully onehalf the wheat raised i'll
the world is raised on land plowed with
these primitive instruments. The great
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13
Goats for Profit.

Goats are first-class for cleaning up
pastures, weedy fields, etc. In this
respect they are better than sheep. Ger
tain kinds of goats can hardly be con-
fined as they soon learn to climb over
almost any kind of rail or board fence.
The modern wire fence, however, will
keep them in, one three and one-half
feet high being sufficient. If you are
going into the goat business, why not
try the angora? This goat is much
easier handled than the common goat,
can be kept in by means of an ordi-
nary fence, has a splendid fleece of
mohair which sells readily on the
market. The flesh is also considered
quite palatable
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

to be voted on, and when the absence
of one or two members may change
the result
New members are the particular prey
of the unscrupulous lobbyists. They
analyze newcomer with the skill born
of long experience and govern them
selves accordingly. Very seldom does
one of these adroit manipulators of
men risk alarming his quarry with the
suggestion of downright bribe.-
Waldon Fawcett, in Golfers Weekly.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

that as your ideal and work to It,
throwing inherited ideals and ideas to
the winds. Nothing succeeds like sue
cess. Emulate the successful butter
maker regardless of previously formed
convictions. Ideal butter is that which
sells for the highest price. Take that
for your ideal.-E. C. Bennett, in
American Agriculturist
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13
Barrenness of Corn and Wheat.

One of the greatest factors in the
production of corn and wheat is the
relative amount of arrenness in the
stalks. Every farmer is familiar with
fields of either grain which promise an
abundant yield, but when the counting
of the harvest is made there is great
disappointment. 1t is found that the
crop was deceptive. There was more
stalk than grain. Every thirl or
fourth stalk in some fields is barren.
When grain gets dovn to such : low
state of productivity it is time that
some other farming should be resorted
to. Yet not a few farmers face this con-
dition and continue 10 plant the same
and hope for better times. ouIne will
lay the blame to the coil, otlers to
the season, and a few to the seed or
method of cultivation. In MY expert
ence have found that the seed is more
a! fault than anything else. Pro vice
reasonably fertile soil and fair cultiva-
ton, and good seed will produce
F. city gno1 crCp, but on the finest soil,
and with the tecl of cultivation, run.
out seed will simply increase the stalk
supply au0 not raise the yield of grain
10 nushc's. 1t is rot soil or cultiva-
ton that will increase tie yield of poor
sod, but new anc better seed.
Not all OF us appreciate the power
of running out that is always present
in seed. Unless Systematically improved
by breeding sed, corn or wheat Will
degenerate az itost 10 percent. In
single year our crops are reduced al
most one-half. All OF our crops have
been raised to their present high stand.
ard through artificial means or breed.
ing and selection. Now the average
man cannot breed ard i"1brove seed.
That is not his work, but he can IN
sist that seed be sold to him that mas
not been run out. BY insisting upon
wheat and corn that represent the
highest possible productivcnes5, the
fal mer can increase his yield per acre
much better than by spending anx-
ious moments and good deal OF
money in fertiliZing and cultivatinS
the fields. The one absolute essen
tial is wheat and corn that has been
systematically bred to the point where
the highest possible returns can be
had from every single stalk that comes
up. We want no barren stalks or very
few, at least-T. L. Kidding, in Ameri.
can Cultivator.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

possibilities of the plow industry can
be seen when it is known that in the
not far distant future all these plows
will be supplanted by the steel plow.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

There is as much real nourishment in
one bushel of beans as in five bushels
of potatoes.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

Getting Rid of Improbable Dairy StocA
The high prices of feeds are causing
many farmers to dry off their COWS
and to turn them for beef. This con-
dition may prove a blessing in dis
guise, if it only results in the sale Of
the poorer cows Most farmers would
find greater profit in keeping less
stock if they could only be sure of SELL
ing the poorer animals. This leads to
the suggestion that records of produc-
ton should be kept by every farmer.
Only by having yearly records for
study can the feeder tell which have
been the most profitable animals.
many farmers are finding milk produc-
ton Improbable where three cents or
less per quart is obtained for milk AMI
not over 2S to 80 cents per pound for
butter fat.
At the present prices of feeds a good
ration for milch cows calls for an ex-
pense of from II to II cents for grain
and about cents more for coarse fod-
ders, reckoning hay at $40, stover at
$3.50 and corn silage at 81 per ton.
A well-balanced ration, then fur
nishing full supply of all the nutri-
ents needed by COW of fair produc-
tive capacity, will cost not far from 20
cents. There is little reliable data re-
garding the cost of caring for herd
of cows, but from the best evidence
available feel safe in placing this at
from s to 10 cents per COW per day dur
ing the winter season. This means
that a COW must produce approximate
ly 10 quarts of milk daily, before she
begins to pay profit, with milk at
three cents quart.
What to do with the unproductive
cows is a question that is puzzling
many farmers today. Much Of the
stock on hand will not return the value
of the feed needed to keep the ami
mails until spring. If the poorer ami
mails of the herd are old cows which
have passed their period of usefulness
for the dairy, l would advise selling
for what they will bring as second
quality beef. Old dairy cows will not
return in their final value the cost of
the feed necessary to fatten them.
Heifers or cows in the prime of life
may pay for fattening. This depends
on the amount of feed which must De
purchased and used in this way.
Homegrown corn and cottonseed
meal are the most economical grains
to use in fattening. l would advise
feeding animals that are being fat
tened but little coarse fodder, and of
this would use the poorer grades, such
as second quality hay and corn stover,
but would feed literally of grain for
from four to six weeks and then sell
| for what the animals will bring.
A grain ration made up of 400 pounds
cornmeal and 200 pounds cottonseed
| meal should produce rapid gain. This
ration should be fed at the rate of six
to ten pounds per day, according to
| the size of the animal. All animals
will gain faster during the early part
of the fattening period, but at the
present prices of feeds will probably
not gain enough to pay for the feed if
the fattening process is followed Up
| beyond certain point. This point can
| only be accurately ascertained by fire.
quent weighing. but will probably not
be later than six weeks after feeding
begins-Professor C. S. Phelps of The
! Connecticut Experiment Station.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

Marriage is often the result of q
maiden effort
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

Colorins and Packing Winter Butter.
All winter butter should be colorad
a trifie. This is because the makers of
the choicest grades do color, and un-
less you work up a special market you
will lose two or three cents pound
just because you fail to please the eye.
Here and there creamery is selling at
-fourths of cent pound higher
for leaving the butter unsalted and
uncolored, but this is only for spe-
cial market, either for some foreign
market or for what is known as The
Jew market at home. Don't try to
color with carrots or any home made
color Get one of the standard COM
mercial colors on the market. l am
now using about teaspoonful of color
to 60 pounds of butter Avoid red. 1t
spoils the sale except for the southern
market. A light straw color is all
right.
Churn at as low q temperature os
will bring the butter in half to three
quarters of an hour. Draw off the but.
termilk when the butter is in granules
about the size of wheat kernels, rinse
the granular butter in the churn with
pure water of the right temperature 10
make it of the right consistency for
work. 1t must not be hard or
crumbly on one hand, nor soft and
mushy on the other If it comes soft,
it was churned too warm. Don't do
that again. Make it into pound prints,
pack in ten-pound spruce tubs, or in
ten-pound ash tubs, according to your
market requirements. Suit the de-
mand. Don't try to force the public
to accept your peculiar tastes. 1t is
fatal to success. Keep the milk clean.
Keep the cream clean. Don't over
sour the cream. Don't over-churn it.
Don't over-work the butter. Don't
over-color, nor over-salt. Take special
pains to examine the butter which
sells at top prices in market. Take
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13
Borneo,s New STAMINA.

Two new stamps have been issued
by North Borneo. The stamps are of
ten cents and sixteen cents value. The
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13
BARLEY "a Animal Food.

In the eastern states barley is in too
much demand for mailing purposes to
be sold as food for animals. On the
Pacific coast, where it is more grown,
there is often some discolored that
will not sell we'll for that purpose, and
il is in demand for feeding to horses,
especially sucn as are not kept at hard
work. In Canada it is used for feeding
to hogs, and is thought to make bet
ter bacon hog than corn, though pos
sibly not making as many pounds of
gain for bushel of grain as would a
bushel Of corn. Such barley is often
used as a poultry food, as the strain
that Injuries it for the brewers does
not hurt it for feeding purposes, and it
is said that in fattening poultry it
gives a whittier skin and flesh than
corn, and as their English customers
do not like yellow-skinned fowl, they
feed on barley and barley meal when
fattening for export trade. But at the
experiment station in North Dakota
they tried it for horses and mules, and
found that while idle either would eat
enough to keep them in fair condition,
it did not prove worth as much per
pound as oats when they were at hard
work. 1t did not seem to suit The
mules as we'll as the horses, and when
they had barley and oats in equal
weight in alternate months, they
gained flesh on the oats. 1t has never
been thought good feed for milch
cows, and is of doubtful value for
sheep 1t gives better results crushed
than fine ground, as the meal makes
pasty substance.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

Got His Wheel on Time.
"It does not always follow that
man is able to detect because he is
officially known as a detective" was
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

political organza-
Tam
Richard announced his retirement
leadership the organzato Mr. Nixon was born at Lees
United States Naval
responsible
The United
designed
His New Jersey
monitor Florida
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

ten-cent stamp. which is here repro
duced, bears representation of a
honey bear, while on the siXteen-cent
a picture of train illustrates the
march of civilization in that corner of
the world.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-07-02
cinclnnaii's Palace,

The Palace Hotel, Sixth and Vine
and College Streets, Cincinnati, is a
gem in the way of service at rates
$500 and 80 so, or 80 90 with bath,
per day on the American plan, or
81. 90 upwards, European plan.
The cuisine at this hotel is all
that could be asked, as everything
the market offords is found upon it's
tables, appetizingly and whole
somely prepared, and the service is
enimently pleasing in every detail
good cheer, good humor and good
health go hand in hand. A cheerful
frame of mind is impossible unless
the proper conditions prevail.
And then, the other features of
the Palace which should not escape
attention are, perfect security from
fire ard ventilation which really
ventilates. Guests at the Palace
find no element lacking TO make life
away from home enjoyable. Service,
Smiles, Sanitation, Sunshine-the
brightest, busiest spot in town,
famous for good cheer. No rival
at rates.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-07-02
N. & W. Reduces MILEAGE and
Grades.

The "short cut" and reduced grade
for the n. 81 w. from Naug atuck
to Kenova is now no doubt a fixed
fact. 1t is stated that work on the
line down the Tug river will be
commenced very soon and at Cass-
vile connection will be made with
the short line for which a charter
has recently been granted, between
Kenova and that point.
The work of constructing the
latter line will be greatly facilitated
as it is thought that it will occupy
practically the grade established by
the old Ceredo 81 Wayne County
Mineral Railway Company which was
almost entirely completed between
KeDova and the mouth of Whites
creek, when the work was abandoned
So 1T is reasonably safe to say that
before the autumn frosts the road
down Big Sandy will have been
completed.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-07-02
yellow jacket StInas.

The Democrats are great fellows
TO settle national problemns-with
their mouths.
And Cuba is free. Now where is
the Democratic prophet who said
wc were going to grab Cuba?
Republican, are men who look to
Che next generation, but democrats
can't see further than the next cleo.
ton.
The very threats Of "tariff reform"
from a Democratic standpoint is
enough to give American industries
the cramp collie.
Before the Democratic party in.
vites the voters to get on its band
wagon It should first explain to them
where the old thing has started.