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Oakes Republican., 1903-11-06
CHAPTER XI.

From the moment they discovered
the identity of the two strangers all
hostility was at an end. They be-
longed to the ranks of the ''libera-
tors" Besides, they loved their young
mistress as much as they feared in
Edward the stern master. The last
few months, during which he had had
the reins of government, had shown
the whole household what was to be
expected from the new master. Now
he had mysteriously vanished. Per-
haps he might even be dead. But not
hand stirred to seek or aid him.
Besides, practical John, who never
lost sight of any possibility, had TAX
en- care to prevent danger from the
Oakes Republican., 1903-11-06
Horse Speed and Mechsnics.

In a long and interesting effort to
produce the very best trotters Ameri.
cans have become the most skillful
developers of the speed of harness
horses the world has known, and as
drivers they are unequaled, says John
G. Speed in the Century. This skill
has been assisted by the ingenious in
ventors who have contrived wagons so
light and frictionless that the weight
a trotter now carries is not more than
sufficient to keep him steady. and is
virtually no handicap at al. Take
two horses of equal speed and har-
ness, and shoe and harness one. as the
horses Of 1850 were harnessed and
shod and the other as those OF this
year are turned out, and the horse in
the older rigging would be distanced,
while the winner would scarcely have
TO extend himself.
The fast time in the present records
owes much to mechanical improve
ments, and much more to more skill.
ful development and driving than to-
better breeding, though do not pre-.
tend to deny that certain Individual
horses have recently gone faster than
any Of the old-timers would have gone.
let the conditions have been what they
might, But the Morgans, the Clays
and the Goldusts were reproducing
types, which the standardized u..-
ters are not. That they were types
was because they were rich in that
primitive eastern blood without which
no great type has ever been created .,
maintained,
Oakes Republican., 1903-11-06

-. 6C-Broadlsaf laurel (Ka,,n;a latitsSlo. q
aevering spray. onethird natural s:za; .. vsDeI
cal section OF flower Ahoving peculiar atsasA.
snent Of stamsess rase: Z. 'fruitintscap
Aules:.:natura. size.
1t should not pe left within reach Of
animals nor should It's .trimmed-off
branches be thrown over into the pas
ture. The shrub also grows wild and
where existing in pastures should be
taken out. It is fine shrub, growing
from 4 to- 8 feet high, but has some.
times been known to reach 80 or 40
feet. It has thick, fiat and shining
leaves, snowy clusters of pink flowers,
which appear in May and June, and
globular and dry fruit. It grows
abundantly on rocky hillsides and on
mountain slopes up to 5000 or 1000
feet. The honey derived from the
flowers appears to be poisonous under
some conditions.
Oakes Republican., 1903-11-06
Horses IN Winter.

Stephen w. Benson says: Horses
are very much like men; give them
useful employment the year round
and they are all the better for it. /
nnd on close observation that the
horses we work through the winter
are the horses that can stand the
rough usage of summer the best.
Hence, we give our horses all the en-
pioyment we can, taking care not to
lower their condition in nesh, burt
rather to increase their flesh ready
Tor the summers work. 9 This leaves
their muscles, shoulders and constitu-
tion generally In much better state
tnan II they were idle. Naturally they
are looked after better as they are
under the eye of the man more and
much less liable to accidents than
horses running idle. Employment we
lind for them in different ways, such
as drawing wood, taking manure to
the field. moving feed stun OF any.
thing that we can find to do that will
give us profit enough for y mans
wages and board, and as for the little
extra feed they take I feel satisfied
we can charge that to profit in the
extra work they can do through the
summer.
The principal feed We use for our.
work horses is timothy hay, cat
sheaves and oat straw. In the morn
Ing we generally give them q good
lorkful OF oat straw with little hay
on top. by way OF a relish. At noon
we give feed of hay and in the even
Ing another forkful of straw with q
little hay, and at their last feed for
the night we clean out of their man
gers any refuse straw which goes for
bedding, and give them an oat sheaf.
AS for the wild hay do not like it,
and would rather trust to the oat
straw for the wintering Of horses. L
think there is more strength in the
wild hay, and the horses will stand
more work on it. but I don't think it
Is as healthy as the oat straw. Our
grain feed consists principally Of
crushed oats and bran. I am q firm
believer in variety of feed, especially
for horse not working hard, as one
food helps to digest the other. At
night about four times a week we
give them a feed of boiled barley.
Scalded chop think quite as good,
but we generally boil it. We give
very much the same feed to the
horses we cannot work as to those
we do, with the exception that at
noon they do not get hay and oats.
We have big stack Of wheat straw
in the yard and turn them out about
ten o'clock, letting them feed at it
until evening. We always keep q
trough in the yard with salt in it, so
that they can have lots of it. We
find it good thing. think many
horses go wrong when fed straw for
flack of salt. Some object to horses
running out loose when there are q
number of them together, for fear Of
them getting kicked, but prefer run
ming chances of their getting stray
kick rather than to allow them to
stand in the stable breeding trouble
in the shape Of indigestion, bad blood,
dtstemper and swelled legs.
Oakes Republican., 1903-11-06
Value Of eood.sized Seed.

A plant has inherited it's Internal
and vital power from all the crops
through which it came-all the ances-
tors through which it ascended. or de-
scended. says Professor Robertson Of
Canada. An appreciation of the in
hertted as we'll as the acquired power
of plants will be of assistance in select
ing the kind of seed that will do best
on each farmers land. What I want
to make clear is the difference in the
vlgor OF growth between the seeds of
the same variety when sown in differ
ent localities, and the difference-the
amazing difference-in the productive
ness Of selected large, plump seeds
over small seeds Of the same variety.
Fhe seed Of a cereal is a plant in
embryo, and store Of food for the
nourishment of the young plant after
it wakens into activity (germinates),
and until it takes in food through its
rootlets and leaves. The termination
Of the seed is not the so.called crea-
tion Of life. That happened when the
plant was fertilized; and the seed is,
an embryo, with q store Of food lying
close by it and within the same skin
The store of food which composes tn,
greater part Of the seed is for the
maintenance of the young plant until
it is able to take nourishment through
its leaves and rootlets. A young plant
is wakened up as soon as the moisture
and warmth are sufficient, and It's
food close by is prepared under the
same conditions.
Sometimes an embryo plant is i'm.
perfectly formed and weak; and tests
show that imperfectly ripened seeds.
under ordinary conditions, do not give
nearly as good a crop as fully ripened
seeds in each Of which both the EN-.
bryo and its food have been fully pre-.
pared. Those seeds which germinate
most quickly are the best, and it has
been proven over and over again that
heavy seeds give larger and better
crops than small seeds of the same
sort. This has been proven over and
over again. The reason seems to be-
that in one case Oarge, ,seeds) the sup-
ply of food for the young plant is
plentiful when it most needs it, while
in the other case (small seeds) the
food supply may be insufficient to
nourish the young plant adequately at
the most critical time when It is ten.
der and struggling for survival. Un.
der the most favorable conditions OF
temperature, moisture and food SIM.
ply in the soil, small seeds might give
as much in crop as large seeds. on
comparatively poor land, in unfavor.
able seasons, is where the small seeds
give their worst returns. The farmer
who has rich soil in a fine condition
of tilth 10 the only one who can afford
to SOW small seeds, and the risk OF
comparatively small crops is great
even then.
Oakes Republican., 1903-11-06

Scientists are Of the opinion that
the E. shes Of light emitted by tiretiies
are the signals by which they commu-
nicate with each other. Insect col.
tectors at Vera Cruz have ul4l1zed The
knowledge and use lights to attract
the beetles.
Oakes Republican., 1903-11-06
HI, Favorlte Barber.

Grymes-"Why' do you always go to
that particular barber?" Ukerdek-
He is bald an egg" Grymes-"W
of that?" Ukerdek-"He cannot ad.
wise me to use hair restorer."
Oakes Republican., 1903-11-06

Birthdays are trysting times when
butstretched hands clasp ours with
added grip and loved ones voices with
new tenderness wish us God-speed
llong the path of life.-K. B. DowniHk
Oakes Republican., 1903-11-06

The woman who crawls under the
bed during thunder storm is not
always the one who is afraid of a de-.
nestle blow.
Oakes Republican., 1903-11-06

Progress is not blind. and now, more
than ever. the evolution Of the race
SHOULD be guided by intelligent fore.
stght.-Rev. G. d. Smith.
Oakes Republican., 1903-11-06

Broad Leaf Laurel.
We illustrate Broad Leaf Laurel
(Kalmia latifolia), a. plant that is orna-
mental, but that has been known to
poison sheep. cattle, horses and even
goats. Where grown as an ornament
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Regarding British Imports.

London June 19.-Lord Camperdowr :
attention of the house to the recent
revelation of Foreign Minister Lands
dOWne to the effect that Germany haC{
intimated that if the other British COL
onleS follow the example of Canada il &,
giving preference to British imports
lowed to continue in receipt of the mos
favored national terms.
Lord L~anSdOWne replied that he de
sired to deprecate the assumption ha9G
the conduct of was actuateCG
by deliberate hostility to Great Britain.
If Great Britain mad her position per
fectly clear and Ineligible as she
ought to do, it would he thought, be
possible to accomplish a settlement Of
these questions in a manner SatiSfac--
tory to Great Britain and to her col
onies.
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain de-
liVered a speech tonight at a banquet
gwen by the Corona Club in which
while throwing no fresh light on the
governments intentions, he left ne =
doubt regarding his own conviction of
the ultimate triumph Of his ~colbnia.ss
and imperial programme. Mr.. Cham
berlain dealt in a testing spirit with Z
the now frequently printed and spoken =
prophecies of his being crushed into =
oblivion beneath the zOllerein milestone :
and said that threatened men liveC[
long. Whatever might be his persGraaI
fate he would look back with pride an :
satisfaction on the great imperi-Gz
policy with which he had been permit
ted to be associated in some degree IL
common with many members of the
club
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force. The president thinks a show Of
force under the circumstances will be
l~nexpedient and the navy department
therefore must content itself with
awaiting the advice of the department
of Justice in the matter. Meanwhile it
has instructed its agents at Richmond
not to interfere with the order of the
court until specifically instructed by
the department. 1t was learned Oday
that all the workmen employed by the
Trigg mpan left the yard when the
company went into the hands OF a re-
ceiver and the government IS eNper-
fencing some difficulty in securing Ia
bOrers. This will prevent the VesSel 5
being ready for launching next Mon
day. and It is hoped the department OF
justice in the meantime Will nave pre-
vailed on the local Our officials at
Richmond to withdraw from what 1t
regards as being an illegal position.
Secretary Moody Oday requested the
attorney general to instruct the prop
er district attorney to enter into a
stipulation regarding the cruiser Chat
tanooga. which has been attached by
creditors of the New York Shipbuilding
Company. that the governments rights
may be adequately protected.
AS for the other twelve WarShlpS con-
tracted for bv the companies compos-
ing the United States ShipbuildinS
combine. the nav department. While
apprehensive of the results of the fl
nancial embarrasSmentS of the concern.
has rot been informed that work on
and other vessels has been interrupted
as yet and for the present Secretary
Moody can take no action.
The case of the Galveston has been
forced to a test so that the government
be sure of It's ground in the event
of complications with the United States
Company.
Secretary Moody will take no action
for the present on the appeal of Rear
Bowles for troops to protect
Thesis and Naval Construc-
tor Groesbeck in charge Of the work
on the Galveston, from any interference
by the local courts. The secretary was
asked to order marines to Richmond or
cal on the war department for suf-
ficient troops to handle the situation.
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For Soliciting Brides.

Stanton. Pa. June 19.-W. B. Evans.
select councilman OF the fourth ward
arrested tonight on the charge Of
soliciting brides as a result of the ex-
pose in the select council meeting last
night when selectman John H. Quinan
an investigation OF an allie
cation that eight counCilmen who met
in his office banded together and solicit
$500 each for voting for the Dalton
railway franchise.
George z. Stevenson. a promoter Of
the franchise made a statement today
directly accusing Evans OF having de-
nanded the money on June 9th under
threat that the ordinance would be side
tracked hat night ana not allowed TO
come forth again for less than $1,000 4
vote. Evans gave bail in the sum OF
SIS. 600 for appearing Monday.
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Birmingham. Ala. June 1O.-TheCos-
mos Cotton Company of Yarmouth
Nova Scotia, has filed suit in the Unit
ed States court agaInst the Alabama :
Great Southern railway, demanding :
$4,000 damages. 1t is alleged by the
complainant that on April 18th last
the defendant issued a bill of ladine-.
dated Birmingham. Ala, to Smith am
COughlan for one hundred bales of cor 1
ton, weight 81, 600 pounds, freight pre-
pad; consigned to the order of smith A
and COughlan. Yarmouth.
One u in the complaint allege@
loss on cotton to the amount of $3,175.
The final count in the bill says:
plaintiff AYERS that when said de-
fendant issued and delivered said bill J
of lading as aforesaid, instead of re
ceiving one hundred bales of cotton OF
the usual size and weight, approximate
ing the weight described in said bill Dc
ladlng. it received half of split bales
weighing only 26,381 mounds instead c.
52,061 pounds as described in the bill o.
lading.'
This is the first case growing out o.
the recent alleged cotton frauds IL.
which it IS said over 5000. 900 was lost.
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The American Derby.

Chicago, June 1.-THE AmeS.caxs
derby, the greatest turf event of the
west Will be run tomorrow afternoon a
the Washington park track. Twenty
three horses are named in the cntriess
for the big race. The event is wortt.
in added money and if all tn :
horses named &C to the post, the gross
value of the derby will be Bis.
There never was an American derby
field which presented a more opeF L
proposition than the one tomorrow
Savable the favOrite for the race. IS ex-
pected to lose by many more experts
than have picked him TO win.
Instead Of becoming a warmer choice
as the race approaches, his ODDS have :
gone up half a point and he is now
2l2 to l. He is still regarded as the
most likely winner on a fast track. bur
there is no certainty that the COURSE
will be at its best. Light rains Will
not hurt t but the fall of ain this at
ternOon has dampened it.
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New York. June l9.-Bradstreets' to-
morrow VIII say:
Evidence muItiplieS that the second
week OF June saw the turning point for
the better in crop, trade and labor mat
terS. Improvement in these lines. con-
tiuued and accelerated by the weather
of the past week has begun to be re-
flected in actual deman at the west
and south. and although cool. rainy
weather i still a drawback at the east.
many signs OF progress in the right
direction are noticed. Northwestern
advices are. of course. largely favorable
and the same IS true on the Pacific
coast. Cereal prices favor holders. not
as heretofore. because OF feared do
mestic crop demand "rr because of ex-
pected Increased foreign necessities
Some drawbacks are. of course, to be
noted. Pig iron and steel are weaker,
buying i still slow and production is
at an enormous rate An important but
expected decline has materidlized in
lead and cotton. 5~G 10 manipulative
handling. has advanced. further com
]plicating the situation OF manufactured
goods. Wool is steady At the east,
while selling readily enough at the
leading western primary markets.. Cot
ton goods are rather frnrer. though
buying Is naturaI1v only from the hand
to mouth character. and EXPORT bust
aess i lacking. Mems wear worsteds
are depressed. but dress goods are ! Il
good shape.
business failures for the week num-
Der 10. against Ia in the like week of
1000
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Mrs. Joseph Lacelle, Ottawa, East
Ont. Canada, writes:
"Peruna is better by far than any
other medicine sold in the Dominion for
the troubles peculiar to the sex. I sui.
fered with backache, headache and
dragging down pains for over nine
months, and nothing relieved me a par
ticle until / took Peruna. A few bottles
relieved Inc Of my miserable half-dead,
half-alive condition. I am now in good
health and haze neither ache or pain,
nor have 1 Lad any for the past year.
If every suffering woman would take
Peruna they would soon know its value
and never be without it."-Mrs. Joseph
Lacelle.
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ceSsfully; that longer delay would hay5a
been very dangerous; that patient in
doing we'll with all chances in her favor,
State Chemist B. W. Kilgore leaves
tomorrow for Toronto, Canada. to rep
! resent North Carolina at the Conven-
ton of Farmers institute workers.
This morning at Cary, where tina
tracks OF the Seaboad Air Line an ;
Southern railway cross, there was a col--
lision Of freight trains, which wrecked I
two or three box cars and caused q. de-
lay OF about half an hour No one wa%
hurt. It is the third accident OF the
KIND which has occurred there.
The anti-liquor campaign here IN :
ftaleIgh is being pushed with great en-
ergy- a series OF lectures or ,alks ics
IN progress, at which the attendance
IS large. There is an evident
TO drive out the saloons.
1t Is being quite freely boosted that
the opponents Of the extension OF RAJ
leighs limits will win by a big major
ity at the election on that question,
which is soon 10 be held.
Major Newton. United States army.
who IS inspecting the National GUARD 2
of this state, says he is greatly pleas
ed at the excellence of i;s equipment,
and is also surprised at it.
State Treasurer Lacy, says the mos.r
difficult thing for him to impress OF
county officials is that persons who
have a privilege license TO sell horses
pianos, etc, can go in any other part
of the state without carrying such Ii
cense with them, and make sales. He
says the law is imperative in requiring
that every agent must have the license
actually with him. If this We're not the
case it would lead 70 all sorts of evas-
ions OF the law.
A charter has been granted to the
Hiss Manufacturing Company, with,
headquarters at Charlotte. Capital
$500, 900, authorized. George B.. Hiss
John NJ. Rhodes and d. Donahoue are
the stockholders. The privileges are
extensive to deal in and manufacture :
machinery, make and deal in textile :
materials; own, develop and operate
water powers and manufacturing
plants.
Blanks, containing rules and regula--
tons governing the lending to counties=
OF the $500, 900, Loan Fund. to aiCN
in building and improving public schoo /
We're sent out today by state
superintendent JOyner.
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Free Home Advice.

In view of the great multitude OF
women suffering from some form Of
female disease and yet unable to find
any cure, Dr. Hartman, the renowned
specialist on female catarrhal dis.
eases, has announced his willingness
to direct the treatment of as q
cases as make application to him
during the summer months without
charge. =
Those wishing to become patients
should address The Peruna Medicine
Co., Columbus, OHIO.
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Negroes Fought to a Draw.

Portland, Ore, June 19.-Joe Wolcot@-
Of Baltimore, both oolored, fought a %
round draw at the Pastime Club lasSc
night. When the referee declared the
fight a draw at the end of the 20tha
round the crowd yelled for Jackson ass
it was clearly his fight for the last five
rounds.
In the last two rounds WolcotE&
clinched repeatedly and hung on with
his arms around Jackson's waist aneS
the referee pulled them apart.
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Belgrade. June 19.-The following no.
tifcation was gazetted today:
The Russian minister here has in
formed the minister of foreign affairs
that ne will enter into relations with
the Servian government today. as the
Car has been pleased TO recognize
Prince Peter Karageorgevitch as King
of Seryia.''
AS foreign Minister Kalivics official
" visited the Russian legation today
the formal relations appear TO have
been already resumed.
The position of the regicides on the
new king IS freely discussed and II is
generally expected that they will be
promoted and p~ensioned II then
gradually removed.
The provisional government is very
short Of funds and has been unable
thus tar to raise money in consequence
OF its statu not longer legalized, The
government fOund the treasury prac-
tiCaIIy empty II has no means of OBJ
tanning money. the banks having re-
fused To float Ven & small loan.
London. June 19.-In the House Of
Lords today Foreign Minister Lans-
dOwne announced that the British min
lister to SerVIa had been instructed to
withdraw from Belgrade for some time,
on the arrival there of King Peter, and
IN the meanwhile to do nothing which
could be construed as a recognition
of the new government. Lord LanS-
dOWne expressed indignation at the
crimes at Belgrade and aid he thought
it vas not desirable that Sir George
BOnham. the British minister, should
b. in that citv when the new regime
was i~naUgurated. The British minister
would therefore be absent when the
new regime was inaugurated-
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B0OilerS Got Left.

st. Louis. June 19.-AccOrding to
James a. ButterwOrth. an INSURANCE.
expert of st. Louis, the refusal of in
I%surance companies to put up money for
IboOdlers in the Legislative session of
1894 was responsible for the passage Of
the bills abOlishing rating boards in
1.-THE cities and reinsurance. He said
that at the session two years ago bills
to repeal the act abOlishing underwrit-
ling boards were introduced. At first
$40. 900 was demanded for paSsa sc. This
was afterwards reduced to 25.G0Q The
companies refused to produce the
money and the bills We're killed in COM
!mittee.
This year the business men of the
tcities united in an effort to get the
bills Though. The insurance COM
did not lobby for the measures
lat all. Only the c~o-insurance bill pass
led.
Meantime the boodlerS had asked
from the COMPANIES that $25. COS be put
TO pass all three bills introduced at
the instance of the St. Louis Business
Mems League and other commercial
bodies of the state. Louis II. Snow. Of
st. Louis. confirmed part of n state
!nlent made by Mr.. ButterwOrth,