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The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02
Russian Railroads Lose Money.

In the Russian railway budget for
1904 the gross revenue from the state
RAILWAYS is estimated at G47,300 900,
and expedturcs on them, including
working expenses, improvements and
purchase of rolling stock, Is estimated
at Sac 100000, showing net revenue
of G9OO,OO0. But as the payment of
interest on government railway bonds
absorbs annually a further sum OF
nearly E14,O0O, 900 the total deficit on
state railways alone would appear to
be thirteen millions sterling (G14,-
600 900 G900,O0O), exclusive OF ad'
vance of guaranteed interest. etc, to
private ompanics.-London Engineer.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02

Death thwarted the ambitious
plans of Richard r. De Jong, Chi
cago inventor. last Monday, By pre-
venting him from building an atrship
for which he had recently secured
patent.
De Jong had devoted many years to
the study of aerial navigation and
few days before his death he declared
that he had solved the difficult prob
lem. He expected to bs able within
few months to demonstrate the ac-
curacy of his calculations by sailing
his craft over the city. The ship was
to be propelled by either electricity or
a gasoline motor. A few days be-
fore his death Mr.. De Jong said:
so far as the public is concerned
all the airships ever devised have been
failures because all are based upon
wrong plans and mistaken ideas. 1t
is an error to build ship, suspended
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02

from which is a big box or cage. This
is bound to sway and put the balloon
out of course The theory of balloon
and cage has long been exploded. My
airship is sustained partly with gas,
but the deck is not cage. 1t is
where a carrying deck ought to be.
shall use a high-powcr gasoline mo-
tor, but would prefer electricity II
the storage battery is found feasible.
| am doing my work at Roseland and
some of these days will turn my
ships, prov upward, and sail over
Chicago with as much accuracy of di-
rection as an ocean liner"
Several Of the inventors friends
were interested in the invention and
recently a company was organized to
carry the plans to execution. 1t is as
serted that despite the loss of their
chief, the me.nbers of the company
will yet build the ship
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02
Seismoaraphs on Railways.

An indication Of the swift progress
of the japanese mind in practical sci
ence Is afforded by Doctor Omoris re.
cent report on the measurement OF
the vibrations Of railway carriages by
means of seismographs. The primary
purpose of the seismograph is to
measure the oscillations of earth
quakes. Japanese engineers use it for
determining the proper balance Of
locomotives and the state of the per-
manent way on railways. Many prac-
tical advantages in the saving of fuel
and the detection Of faults in con-
struction have thus resulted.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02
Justice Harlan Wants Big Navy.

Justice Harlan of the United States
supreme court addressed class at
tine George Washington university law
school the other day. He declared
that he would lose no sleep should
the government build navy as large
as all the other navies of the world
combined. The justice was discussing
that portion of the constitution which
saws that congress Shall have the
pcwer to provide and maintain
ravy.' In his opinion, po"eriul
fleet would be the best possible pres
ervaticn of peace, as othe- powers
would be slow to pick quarrel with
a nation so well provided.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02
CROSS OCEAN IN THREE DAYS.
American Shipyards to Turn Out
Worlds Fastest Boat.

1t took Christopher Columbus sew
enty days 70 cross the Atlantic ocean
but that was 400 years ago. At the
present moment the fastest ship has
crossed in five days six hours and
twenty minutes. From seventy days
to less than six days is a long jump, but
Lewis Nixon, the Cramps, and Rich
ard B. Painter, three expert ship
builders and marine inventors. are
getting ready to launch an ocean giant
which will cross the ocean in three
days-will, if necessary, make
round trip to England and back again
TO New York between Monday morn
ing and Saturday night. This new
transatlantic racer is to be
christened the Meteor. When in the
water she will look very much like
one of the present big ocean steam
ships, the only particularly noticeable
difference being that her smokestacks
will be six in number.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02

Rhubarb may be transplanted at
any time after the leaves die down in
the fall; but with young seedlings
should advise you to wait until spring
to move them. There is danger of
small roots being thrown above the
ground by the action of frost, and if
planted this fall they might have to be
set again in the spring. Prepare your
ground this fall by plowing under well
rCtted manure; or, still better, plow
out trenches four feet apart. Fill the
trenches to within six inches of the
top with manure, throw in two inches
of fine dirt and set the plants. having
them three feet apart in the rows.
Mulch EACH fall with manure, which
should be forked around the plants
the following spring.-C. E. H.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02
Bell Rings After Long Silence.

The bell at the modern church OF
I.landevaud, in Monmouthshire -
church built about fifty years ago
has a curious history. The present
building was erected on the site OF
pre-R Reformation church. and whilst
the building was in hand local farm
er offered to give an old bell which
was in one of his barns. The cfer
was gladly accepted, and the bell
turned out to be the original one from
old Llandevaud, which, after some
300 years silence, once more calls the
people to church.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02
Feeder for Stock

! One of the disagreeable tasks in re-
'lation to the care of horses, cows or
other cattle is the necessity of arising
early and supplying them with feed.
This is especially true with milk deal
ers, bakers and many others who are
compelled to get up an hour or two
before serving their route in order to
feed their horses. This is also the
case on Sundays with all drivers Of
teams. Automatic time stock feeders
are not new to the trades, by any
means. but few are as simple as the
one shown in the illustration. This
is so constructed that the feed may be
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02

The best time to transplant apple
trees is early in the spring, as soon
as the soil is dry enough. | fear, how
ever, that to transplant apple trees
which have been bearing for four
years would not be very successful!
undertaking and would not advise
doing so. 1t would be much better to
leave the trees where they are. even
if it were necessary to use the ground
about them for something else, and to
plant young trees on the spot intended
for these bearing ones. If, however, it
is determined to transplant the trees
at any cost, the work should be very
carefully done and as many roots as
possible kept on. The trees should be
headed back severely, at least tw1
years growth being taken off all
round the tree-M.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02
GROUND FLOOR CT BARN.
Plan Provides for Much Accommoda
tion Within Small Space

F. Nj have bought timber for
barn 30 by 80 feet with an l. for
straw shed. 20 by 80 feet. | would
like to know how | could lay out the
basement to accommodate 10 or II
head of cattle. a root house, a pen for
small pigs, two or three stalls. and
box stall for horses. The bents are
as follows: 30 feet for large NOW;
IA feet drive floor, and IS feet NOW
and granary over horses. do not
intend TO close in under the straw
shed. | would like to arrange SO as
to have COW and horse stable door
under the shed. The barn will run
east and west, with shed on the east
end.
The accompanying plan provides
for 8 single COW stalls; 3 single horse
stalls; two box stalls, one of which
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02
Roup in Turkeys.
E. NJ. P.-Will you kindly publish
the treatment for roup in turkeys?

Mr.. A. G. Gilbert. poultry manager
at the Central Dominion Experimental
farm, recommends the use of a solu-
ton of Platts chlorides, made CT
solution of one part chlorides to FIVE
parts rain water. Battle the head and
affected parts well and do so several
times per day. Separate the sick birds
and disinfect the premises.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02

A. she'd 20 by 80 feet; Il. passage be-
hind cattle: C, COW stable; D. horse sta
BILE: EE. box stalls; +. feed room: G,
root house; II. pig pen.
may be used for cattle if desired:
root house. pig pen and shed. The
manure may be removed direct from
both the horse and COW stable into
the shed.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02
Improved Decoy Ducks.

A decoy duck that will flap its wings
and rise from the water has been put
on the market. The decoy is mounted
on a rod which fits into a tube where
by the decoy may be anchored The
decoy Is connected with a cord to the
shore or wherever the hunter Is and
when the latter pulls the bird moves.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02

In this instance it appears that
either the cylinder Is too small or too
high in the wheel or that the valve
is loose in the cylinder and leaking
air. If the latter is the case. the pipe
empties after each operation, and the
whole has to be refilled with a loose
valve, which accounts for the la. ga
number of strokes necessary. if The
cylinder is too small, it would require
a large number of strokes to bring
the water up to that point in the well.
and If 1t were too high up, especially
with loose valve, it would have the
same result. l should recommend
the examination of the valve as the
most probable cause of the difficulty
j. B. r.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02

The amount of power supplied in
this instance is so triflng as not to
be worth considering. The distance,
% or 23 rods, together with small
size of pipe reduces the original head
of fifty feet SO materially that the
power available is only one-seventy-
fifth of a horse power.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02
Power from Water Pressure,

w. H. Glow much power can l
get from SO feet of fall of water
running through a 2-inch pipe? The
spring is about 20 rods from the house.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02
Transplanting Rhubarb.

L. A. G.-What is the best time to
transplant rhubarb which was grown
from seed sown last spring?
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02
Pump Not Workinu Well.

J. l.. McD.-A well "a feet deep
contains u feet of water A pipe ! y
inches in diameter leads from the
well to the stable. distance of 10
feet with fall of 3 feet. After the
pump has been idle for time one
has to pump about eighty strokes be-
fore water comes. What is wrong
with the pump?
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02
BUt Id.


bui of the craft
The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-02

Transplanting Bearing Apple Trees.
Sub.-What is the best time of year
to transplant apple trees that have
been bearing about four years?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-26
WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS.
Delegates Instructed to Vote for Ed
ward c. Wall for President.

Delegates Instructed to Vote for Ed
ward c. Wall for President.
Milwaukee, Wis, May 1S.-The sup
porters of Edward c. Wall defeated the
adherents of William r. Hearst in the
democratic state convention Tuesday, a
resolution instructing the Wisconsin
delegation to the national convention
at st. Louis to vote for Mr.. Wall hav-
ing been adopted. In addition, the
convention adopted a platform which
as the code Of national democracy I'M
til new platform is adopted" Among
other things the platform favOrS the
enforcement of laws against trusts,
tariff for revenue only; repeal Of tariff
on all trust-made articles; deposits of
surplus public moneys in safe bank de-
positories; an income tax law and the
election of United States senators by
direct vote.
The following were elected delegates
at-large to the national convention:
Timothy E. Ryan, Waukesha; David S.
Rose, Milwaukee,; Neal Brown, Wau-
sau; Charles H. Weisse, Sheboygan
Falls. Alternates: Col. George w.
Bird, Madison; DR.. w. A. Anderson,
Lacrosse; Jason X. Wright, Mari
nette; Hugh ]. Gallagher, Darlington.
Electors-at-large: P. H. Martin,
Green Bay; Charles Abresch, Milwau-
kee.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-26
PARTY POLITICS
IN MANY States
CONVENTIONS ARE HELD, cANDI-
DATES NAMED AND PLAT
FORMS ADOPTED.
illinois Republicans Take Recess
Until May 81 Without Breaking
Deadlock-Action Taken in Sew
eral Other States.

Springfield, ILL.,, May 21.-The repub-
lican state convention, after brief
session Friday morning, took a recess
until Tuesday, May 81. The last ballot
(the 5Sth) was substantially the same
as most of the ballots since the begin
ming of the deadlock, Yates being in
the lead, but lacking about 27O votes or
enough to nominate him. The ballot
stood: Yates, 483; Lowden, 1921; De-
neen, 1857; Hamlin, 113; Warner, SO;
Sherman, 4G; Pierce, 20. The candi-
dates all expressed themselves as being
we'll satisfied with the recess. 1t seems
to be the general opinion that there is
no advantage or disadvantage in it for
any of them. The plans of the candi-
dates for the interim have not been
disclosed, but their energies, it is ex-
pected, will be devoted chiefly to keeping
their forces intact, so that when the con-
vention reconvenes the deadlock is like
ly to continue, though many expect the
perfection of a combination which will
end the contest
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-26
RUIN IS CAUSED
BY A CLOUDBURST
TOWNS NEAR FORT COLLINS,
COL, ARE DEVASTATED BYA
TORRENT OF WATER.
Colony of Russians Surrounded
Their Homes Being Swept Away
Live Stock Perishes-Six Are
Drowned in Wyoming.

Denver, Col. May PA cloudburst
at the head of the Cache La Poudre river
caused that stream to overflow its banks,
and meagre reports received here indi-
cate that great damage has been caused
by the food. The rush of the flood
caused the dam which holds the water
of Livingston lake, Is miles above Fort
Collins, to break, and this added volume
of water swept down the Cache La
Poudre, practically wiping out the
towns of Livermore and La Porte, re-
spectively IA and three miles above Fort
Collins. 1t is reported that one person
was drowned at the former place
At Fort Collins the river, which nor
mally is about the width of the average
mountain river, is now over mile wide,
and the Russian settlement, consisting
of about 300 families, is inundated. AL
ready a number of the frame dwellings
of these people have been swept from
their foundations and sent swirling
along with the flood. In several in
stances the occupants we're unable to
make their escape and were carried
along. 1t has not yet been learned
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-26
STEAMER is WRECKED.
Strikes on Rocks Off the Coast of Cape
Breton-Thirteen of Her
Crew Are Drowned.

North Sidney, N. S., May 21.-The
worst marine disaster in the history of
the St. Lawrence river coal trade oc-
Cured Friday off Cape North, the
northernmost point. of Cape Breton,
when the British steamer Turret Bay,
laden with coal and bound from Sid
ney to Montreal, struck on the rocks
off St. Pauls island, and sank in deep
water 20 minutes later, causing a loss
of Is lives. Only nine men from a crew
of % were saved.
According to the government agent
at St. Paul's island, the steamer struck
near Southwest light about $3.50 o'clock
in the morning A dense fog prevailed
at the time and the sea was running
mountain high.
Almost Immediately the Turret Bay
backed off into deep water. but sank
within 20 minutes. The crew attempted
to cut the boats clear. but while thus en-
gagged the vessel plunged down, bow
first, carrying every man aboard with
her. Some of the men struggled to the
surface and chung to floating pieces of
wreckage. Fourteen persons were taken
off the wreckage by the life-saving crew
that put out from the island, but five of
them died before reaching the island.
The survivors say that they did not
know that they were in danger until the
vessel struck. The fog was so thick that
the shore could not be seen, hearing the
fog horn at the lighthouse, they mistook
it for the whistle of another steamer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-26
POSTAL RECEIPTS.
Will Approximate $144, 100000 for
the Year-Growth of Rural
Free Delivery Service.

Washington, May 20.-Postmaster
General Payne said that the receipts
of the post office department for the ifs
cal year ending July l next would BIZ
approximately $144, 100000. In 1896
the receipts of the post Office depart
ment were $50, 499,2OS This year the
rural free delivery appropriation was
$2O,S16,600. In 1900 200 rural routes
were in operation At the close of the
present fiscal year there will be over
$4,000 rural routes in operation, bring
ing daily mail service to more than
Il, 100000 people residing in rural dis
tricts. Over 100000 people are now
supplied with mail by the star route
carriers in remote districts where the
number of people is not sufficient to
justify the establishment of rural free
delivery, this mail being deposited by
the star route carriers in boxes sta
toned along their routes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-26
Fleet Ordered to Tangier.

Washington, May 21.-The navy de-
partment has ordered a United States
fleet to Tangier to enforce demand
that the sultan of Morocco ransom Ion
Perdicaris, the wealthy American resi-
dent of Tangier, Morocco, and his step
son, a British subject, who were cap
tured by brigands. The latter have been
carried into the mountains, where pur-
suit is almost impossible. The state
department has been advised to this eff
feet by Mr.. Gummere, United States con .
sui general at Tangier. He also reports
that no terms have been received from
the brigand chief.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-26
MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS.
Victory Scored by the Anti-Primary
Reform Element.

hGIOTIn ElSluGuL.
Grand Rapids, Mich, May 19.-As was
expected, the only contest in the state
republican convention, held here
Wednesday, developed on the question
of primary reform, involving the nomi-
nation of candidates for state Offices
the legislature and congress by direct
vote of the people. The anti-primary
reform element scored a decisive vic
tory. Congressman William Alden
Smiths minority report from the COM
mittee on resolutions, pledging the party
to the enactment of a general primary
law, was defeated by the vote of sos to
262
Delegates-at-large to the national
republican convention were elected
unanimously as follows: Dexter M.
Ferry, of Detroit; Ralph Loveland, of
Saginaw; T. ]. O'Brien, of Grand Rapids,
and Capt Thomas Walters, of Ishpem-
ing.
The platform enthusiastically en-
dorsed the administration of President
Roosevelt on the question of the tariff.
The platform insists that no backward
steps in party policy be takNG. The
policy of the party as to labor and CAPT.
tai, the currency. and other national is
sues were Endorsed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-26

A remarkable operat. on was recently
performed at the ST. Antoine hospital.
Paris, by the extraction of large nail
from a mans lung. After six prelim-
mary experiments the foreign body
was located and seen through the
"bronchoscope." The first attempt at
extraction failed, but a second was
completely successful, the nail being
dislodged from an inner ramification
of the right lung and removed I'D the
windpipe by means of a magnet, tho
operation lasting only five minutes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-26
TRADE REVIEW.
Improvement in Business Conditions
Seems to Be Coming Rather
Slowly.

New York, May Pr. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade says: RE
ports of increased trade are received
from a few favored points, but the ma
ton. as a whole, has not improved its
commercial position during the past
week, in so far as current distribution
of merchandise or manufacturing activi-
ties are concerned. Prospects for the flu
ture have improved somewhat, however,
on account of the progress made in ag-
riculture Unless the crops suffer an
unusual setback hereafter it should be a
good year for the farmers, and all other
industries will feel the stimulus. Lake
traffic is seriously interrupted by the
strike, but otherwise the labor situation
is not alarming.
Failures this week numbered 236 in
the United States, against 191 last year,
and IL in Canada, compared with IA a
eyar ago."
Bradstreet's says: weather condi-
tons are still the apparent drawback in
the trade and crop situation. Tempera-
lures have been too cool to allow of free
distribution of spring and summer goods
at retail, and they likewise retard ger
mination and growth of crops, though
permitting good progress in seeding in
various sections of the country. In job
bling circles the feeling is that the spring
trade is past and gone, and efforts are
now concentrated on fall business, re-
ports as to which are fairly good, though
not equal to year ago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-26

In the Chinese language every name
is in itself a description of the orject
to which the name belongs. For in
stance, pei means north; nan, south;
tung, east; and 81, west, while tsin, kin
or king mean capital or metropolis.
Peking, therefore, means northern cap.
ital, and Nankin southern capital Ho
means river, and so does Iiang; there
fore Pei-ho is north river, and 81 .kiang
west river. Che means seven, and
Che-kiang is seven rivers. Shan means
mountain; Shan-tung, therefore, is
EAST mountain, and Shan-si west noun.
tain.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-26
WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS.
Rival Conventions Select State Tickets
at Madison.

Madison, Wis, May 2O.-Two con-
ventions, both claiming legal status by
right of delegate majorities holding
prima facie credentials, and both as
sorting themselves to be regular repub-
lican in nature, were concluded in this
city Thursday night. Two state tick
cts, the one headed by Gov. Robert NJ
La Toilette and the other headed by
former Congressman Samuel A. Cook,
are in the field.
Besides the denomination of Gov. La
Toilette, the convention of his adher-
ents renominated the rest of the state
officers now holding Office.
The following were elected national
delegates-at-large: Isaac Stephenson.
Marinette; Robert NJ La Toilette, Mad
ison; w. D. Conner, Marshfield; James
B. Stout, Menominee.
The presidential electors-at-large are
Charles F. Ilsey, Milwaukee; A. r.
Hall, Dunn.
The platform strongly Endorses the
national administration and the state
administration of Gov. LaFollette.
The ''anti-third termers," as the OPP
ponents of Gov. La Toilette styled
themselves, received the outspoken en-
dorsement of United States Senators
Spooner and Quarles, and Congressman
Babcock and Miner. Ex-Congressman
Samuel A. Cook was nominated for
governor, and the rest of the ticket
named is as follows: Lieutenant gov
ernor, George H. Ray, Lacrosse secre-
tary of state, Nels P Holman, Deer
field; state treasurer, Gustav Wollae-
ger, Milwaukee; attorney general,
Judge d. S. C!asson, Oconto; railroad
commissioner, Charles Barker, Mil
waukee; insurance commissioner, J. c..
Roenitz, Sheboygan.
The delegates to the. national con-
vention chosen were: Senator John C.
Spooner, Senator j. V. Quarles, Con-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-26

A species of acacia which grows
very abundantly in Nubia and the Sou.
dan is called the "whistling tree" by
the natives. Its shoots are frequently
distorted in shape by tn agency of
larvae of insects and swollen into a
globular bladder from one to two
inches in diameter. After the insect
has emerged from a circular hole in
the side of the swelling, the opening,
played upon by the wind, becomes a
musical instrument suggestive of a
sweet-toned flute. The whiistling tree
Is alsobfound in the West Indies.