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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-24

Hon. j.. NJ. Jacobs, the, Fairmont
member Of the board of peni'entiary
directors; is self-made man WHO has
achieved success by dint OF personal
Sendeavor, beginning with a most hum.
BE start: He has been sterling Re.
publican allih life, and Governor
Dawson chose wisely when he select.
ed Thin. 3fr. Jacobs will make faith
Sfnl and valuable member of the board
lin every ect.-Wheeling Intelli
Sgeneer.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-24

Now watch the wishy-washy, weak.
kneed Republicans who have been
swallowing Democratic soothing syrup
stand up and say that they always
knew that the. tax laws were all right
Journal, Kingwood.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-24

= The Fairmont West Virginian
aspeaks of the %@Timesseditor." Isn't
the West Yirginian mistaken as tic
whom the gentleman is these days:
Perhaps there are two OF them
Parkersburg State Journal.
s. Not to give the State Journal ar
impolite answer, the West Virginiar
does not know who they are or how
many. and does not care to know.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-24
Fruits Of New Tax Laws Gathered.

Fruits Of New Tax Laws Gathered.
The personal tax assessment figures
fol-; four districts that were announced
by County Assessor Marshal Morris
Wednesday, give an excellent idea Of
the efficiency Of the new tax laws. In
Charleston alone, the figures for 1905
were s2,G59,020 against s1,G2S,010 for
the preceding year. This is a fair
sample OF the increase. The capita
ton tax law las also been success
II the figures that have already been
compiled may be taken as criterion.
In Charleston $2,4S3 was collected,
while s437 was not collected. The to.
tel gain in Charleston over the last
assessment was s1,o33,493. Quite a
figure, don't you think? An excellent
Showing has also been made in the
capitation tax, as far as the district
results have been received. Next year
there will not be the complaints
against the capitation tax and the
generally increased taxes that were
Registered ttis year, while the new
methods were given the first trial. The
increase in the assessment figures is
proof positive that the wealthy have
been brought to time and have beer
listed TO pay their just proportion o.
taxes. This is no more than righ
and such being the case. the new Ia,
laws are good and Will be so voted b!
the people at the first opportunity
Mr.. Morris has done his work well an.
deserves much credit.-Charlestol
Mail. -
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-24

BRO. Powell, Of the Fairmont West
yirginian. will no doubt be interested
Ftof learn that Col! 9. F.Teter and Col
\ Ran stalnaker are spending this weel
atEthe Hampshire Club near Romney
AS that; paper once remarked, bird:
Of feather don't flocS by themselves
Morgan Messenger.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-24

The Warrington Advocate entered
upon Its ninth year yesterday. The
Advocate is a weekly paper and as
ssprightly. as the Daily Record. But
sdheTeSis nothing surprising about that
in view Of the fact that both are ed.
Sited and controlled by the same per
/, son; Mr.. +. <: Bryant. Either paper
wonlds beia credittto almost any place
and Warrington is to be Congratulated
that they belong to that thrifty mu
nicipality. (,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-24
q y. ri ~. 5ts9z 7g1g O.
STHE4 WEsT3VlRGlNlAN's
Deal WEATHER REPORT,

Preston county will save six thou.
sand dollars this year by reason OF
the new tax laws, says the Journal,
OF KingWood.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-24
Sunday School Rally

Sunday School Rally.
Programme for the Fourth OF July
Sunday school rally at East Fairmcnt
Park.
The large gathering REPRESENTING
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-24

Clara-But, my dear, it is secret
| vowed on my honor never TO tell.
,Marle-Well, I'm llstening-Trans
lated for Tales from lie Frou.Frou.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-26
GuEnea Fowls.

Guineas are not as bad to destroy
crops as chickens are, and they are
better insect destroyers, says A. J..
Legg in National Stockman. They Will
range all over the farm in search Of
insects and will kill many insects that
the chickens will not get They will
eat the gooseberry Worm and the pota-
to bug. and chickens will not. There
are two well known breeds of guineas
the pearl ana the white. In shape
and size they are about the same. The
pearl guinea is not so well domesticat-
ed as the white and is more noisy. 1t
Is claimed that hybrids Of these two
breeds get larger than either full blood.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-26

will produce more striking contrast.
Some sorts are admirable for naturaliz-
ing in open wooded grounds Others,
like the Shirley, are beautiful for cut
ting A sandy loan suits peoples best,
and as their strong taproots are diff
cult to transplant it is well to sow
seed where the plants are to bloom.
Seed sowings made in the autumn
and at intervals in spring will provide
a long succession of flowers. The seeds
should be sown thinly and covered
very lightly, as the seed is quite small.
AS soon as the young seedlings are
well established thin the plants to
stand about a foot apart. The plants
which bloom most profusely are those
grown from fall or early spring SOW
ings, while the earth is cool and moist
Il. G. Corbett.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-26
Care OF Noting Fowls.

More diseases are generally contract
ed during the noting period than at
any other time. and by the use of good,
sound, stimulating food, pure water,
plenty of room and good, clean quar-
tiers only can we pull through it with
safety, writes A. V. Meersch in Amer
lean Poultry Journal The heavy strain
upon the constitution of fowls in cast
ing their feathers is much greater than
one would suppose, and If the best of
care is not adopted they become re
duced in condition to such an extent
that the liability to contract diseases
is so alarming that they can scarcely
escape it. The worst thing that can
be done is to crowd too many in one
roosting place at night, in badly venti-
lated and unclean quarters. Make ev-
erything clean first and use disinfec-
tants The best disinfectant that has
ever been tried is crude carbolic acid
and coal oil, about one pint of the acid
to one gallon of kerosene. Use this
cleverly and do not be stingy with it.
Thoroughly paint the roosts and the
dropping boards. or, better still, the
entire inside of the poultry house.
Paint the roosts once or twice a week
through the Noting season. Allow no
more fowls in one house than there are
roosts to accommodate them comfort
ably, giving each fowl enough space 50
that it may sit without touching an
other Feed good, sound grain, and by
no means the refuse Of anything. Do
not confne them to one variety of food.
but different varieties corn, wheat.
oats, buckwheat. any good, sound grain
relish and occasionally little sun
flower seed. if procurable, and a meat
ration once per week.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-26
sterilize MIX Cans.

An interesting test Of the effect of
cleaning milk cans, making them germ
free by the use of steam before milk is
poured into them, has been made in
Germany. Some time during hot sum
mer weather two milk cans were Sc
lected; one was thoroughly well
cleaned in the ordinary way by scrub
bing with bot water; the other was
subjected TO the action of steam for
half an hour In the first, the milk
went sour in twentythree hours: in
the second, twenty eight and one-half
hours, and the contents of the first can
were found to contain twenty six times
as many bacteria as the other The
same experiment repeated in the win
ter showed that the sterilized milk can
will keep the milk sweet for nine hours
longer than the other.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-26
Leg Weakness.

Leg weakness in fowls Is form Of
rheumatism and is frequently caused
by the fowls being kept In damp, filthy
quarters Ascertain wherein the sur
Foundings Of your fowls are lacking and
try to remedy the same. This is also
csnsed by the fowls becoming too fat.
Give your fowls teaspoonful Of bak-
ing soda to each quart Of drinking
water and feed h cooling ration, such
as wheat bran. mitldlings and vege
tables Of various kinds
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-26

IN OLD GARDENS.

The Poppy Gives Brilliant Bloom
From EARLY Spring TIL Frost.
In the spring. even before the tulips
are fairly gone, old gardens begin to be
gay with poppies, which in some one
or other OF their many forms continue
a procession of bright blooms until
frost. No other plants possess so bold
and brilliant flower, coupled with the
same grace of stem, airiness of poise
and delicacy of tissue, as the poppy.
For beds and borders. with back
ground of green, there is nothing which
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-26

Undoubtedly the greatly growing in
terest i'll hardy herbaceous perennials
is founded largely in the necessity for
late garden effects. There are a host
Of possibilities in this group alone, and
there are also few sturdy ANNALS.
but there is a fancy for placing reli-
ance upon permanent paintings, using
for the purpose the asters, the host
of sunfowers. the perennial phlox, the
gladiolus and montbretias.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-26
Defects In MILK.

The common defects in both butter
and cheese are largely due to the dirt
which gets into the milk at milking
time either from dust in the air or By
carelessness of the mixer in the stable.
Sour strainer cloths and sour tinware
also contribute germs which may de-
velop bad flavor in both butter and
cheese. Every cheesemaker knows how
absolutely necessary it is to have clean
and perfectly sweet milk for making
cheese which he can guarantee will
bring the top market price. The same
thing is also true with the buttermaker.
The quality Of the product is almost
entirely within the makers control
when he Is supplied with milk that is
absolutely pure.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-26
CIDER PoMACE JELLY.
Waste of the Cider Min Utilized For
Food Purposes.

Waste of the Cider AfflI Utilized For
Food Purposes.
At cider mill in my neighborhood,
after the days work of cider making
was over, my boy and / took charge of
the mill and worked over the pomace
made during the day. We shoveled
enough for one pressing into a vat of
suitable dimensions near the press and
poured twelve to fifteen pals of warm
water over it. Af.er soaking for half
an hour we shoyeled it into the press
and pressed it in the usual way. The
juice derived from the pressing ran
into a vat fitted with coil of steam
pipe Into this we turned the steam,
which boiled the juice to a jelly. We
made from forty to fifty gallons a
night.
This jelly, which we sold to gro
GERS, bakeries and private families at
rs cents gallon, may be used for
anything that boiled cider is used for,
such as mince pies and apple butter.
After sweetening it makes good apple
jelly for table use and, by adding a
udNoI, SOOu substitute LOT cuTfdHt
or other jellies.
We have given up making our years
supply of apple butter in the fall, as
in former years. Instead we make a
gallon or two whenever we want it,
thus having it fresh all the time.
have kept this jelly over and sold it
readily in off years at 81 a gallon
AS an experiment we have worked
over some Of this pomace a second
time and extracted jelly enough to pay
for the labor. The pomace after being
worked over was scattered thinly up
on pasture lots, where hogs, sheep and
cattle ate most of it. They would eat
more of this than of the pomace not
worked over. says ]. H. Ballinger in
American Agriculturist.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-26

Brahma hen is an idler and is unpro-
ductive. AS soft roasters no other
breed or variety can equal the Brahma
nor are in such demand in the best
markets of the country.
1t can be stated as fact that the
latter day Cochinizing of the Light
Brahma by many breeders has i'm
paired the laying power Of the breed,
where SO bred Mr. Fetch and Mr..
Williams and number Of other
friends of the breed have strongly op-
posed this action and have retained the
Brahma in its true form This Cochin
izing of the breed has, too, affected it
as an exhibition bird. The west will
have none of the Cochinized stock
Standard weights of Light Brahmas:
Cock, twelve pounds; cockerel, ten
pounds; hen, nine and one-half pounds;
pullet, eight pounds.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-26

Creamery managers and buttermak-
ers will be serving their own interests
If they induce their patrons to find out
what each COW is doing and to weed the
poor and useless ones. The patron will
make more profit out Of milk produc-
ton If he does so and will thus be
encouraged to produce more milk.
Now is the time to begin work of this
kind for 1905. Cooperation in testing
is the best way to carry on the work.
On this latter point the New York Re
view and American Creamery says:
Not until some concerted action has
been taken in the matter can we hope
for satisfactory results, and hence we
have again and again drawn attention
to the cooperative efforts in this direc-
ton in Denmark, and we propose to
keep on hammering until Che door has
been open wide to the system Of CO.
operative testing of cows, with the
keeping of cooperative pure bred
sires for the service of such cows as an
expect committee may deem worthy.
Feeding and care are, of course, ali
important, and so are regular and com
petent mixers, but we doubt if there is
any. one point Of more Importance to
profitable dairying than this: To milk
the right cows, and not to waste room,
food and care on the wrong ones"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-26
THE LIGHT BRAHMA.
A Popular Fowl with Many Fanciers
and Market Poultrymen.


and Market Poultrymen.
Since its introduction in America the
Light Brahma has been a popular
fowl. Many breeds and varieties have
come and gone, but the old Light
Brahna remains, the love and pride
of a host of fanciers and the mainstay
of a large number of market poultry
men, writes Thomas f. Rigg in Aneris
can Poultry Journal.
AS an exhibition fowl the Light
Brahma occupies prominent place.
This large, massive bird, beautiful in
Its color markings of pure white and
black, is very attractive in the show
pen. In New England its popularity
is the greatest, both as fanciers and
utility fowl. 1t has been truly said
that there is time in the life of every
fancier when he has a desire to breed
the Light Brahma. There is a pleas
ing personality about the Light Brah-
ma stately and majestic and easy re-
pose
AS an egg producer the breed holds
an enviable record This fowl pro-
duces a majority of its eggs in the cold
months, when the product commands
the highest market price. Many fail
in egg production with these fowls be-
cause Of a lack Of knowledge as to
how to properly feed. An overfed
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-26
HOLLOW cEMENT BLOCKS.

proves to be all the designer and owner
of it anticipate under the test of time,
it solves the problem Of cheap, safe
and indestruetible silo. The cost per
ton of storage capacity is certainly rea-
sonable The device for strengthening
the blocks appears to be sufficient.
When laid up, the notches in the ends
of the blocks are filled with soft ce-
ment, which helps materially to make
the wall strong
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-26
Soil For Strawberries.

The soil considered best suited to the
cultivation of the strawberry in the
northeastern part of the United States
is what is known as sandy or gravel
" loan. A warm. quick soil, though
naturally poor. is preferred to heavy,
retentiye soil well Supplied with plant
food. Lacking plant food can easily
be supplied
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-26
New Thing In SiIos.

Hoard's Dairyman recently published
Illustrations and description Of new
form Of cement silo, which are here
reproduced: The silo Is twenty nine
feet In height and sixteen feet in diam
eter and is figured to hold rs tons. It's
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-26
sunburning of Grapes.

It was found at one Of the western
experiment stations that more care was
required to prevent sunburning of
grapes grown on the Kniffcn two wire.
four cane trellis than with any other
treIlls. This is not a difficult matter,
requiring only that the new growth
be trained over the lunches of fruit.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-26

In outdoor beds raised few inches
above the ground, with mulch Of
dry leaves and some brush to hold
them in place. pansies viii often winter
nicely and bloom until midsummer.
when q relay Of young. vigorous plants
should be ready TO replace them Z,
G. Corneft.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-10-26
STONE BLOCK sILo.

cost is $500. 1t is constructed Of hol-
low cement blocks nodded to the de-
sired curve. The form and method Of
tying the blocks together so as to resist
the lateral pressure are shown In the
lower cut.
So far as we can judge this is. in
many respects, model silo. If it
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-05
New Schools for BuncOmbe.
Baskerville Citizen.)

The members of the County Board
OF Education, chosen at the fall cleo
toni. G. Martin, Russell j. CASTOR
and Jason Ashworth--were sworn in
yesterday morning at IL o'clock and
held their first session. Several mat
ters of Importance came up for con-
sideration. j. j. Reagan was re-elect-
ed superintendent.
The board decided to construct three
new school houses before the next
term of school. They are to be located
at Inanda, in Lower Hominy townships;
at Liberty, in Upper Hominy township,
and at Chestnut Grove, in ReemS
Creek township. Tie board recon-
mended to the State Board of Educa-
ton that depository for school books
similar to the one now existing in
Asheville be located at Fairview, and
also that the census of school children
be taken this year by the teachers
themselves.
A resolution was passed providing
that the schools shall open this year
not earlier than July 81 or later than
August Z and that the term be five
months. Special permission has been
given to open two or three schools
about July Is.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-05

1t now seems that Mr.. Joseph Gam
mon Friend, the youngster who wrote
to his brother from Norfolk that he
would be drowned when the postal
was received, started instead for Raj
eigh. cit seems that Mr.. Friend was
i'm love, and doubtless thought that
the contemplation of his damp and
tangled locks beneath the ocean wave
might change a heart of stone. His
subsequent disappearance is doubtless
due to a belated realization OF the tact
that there is nothing so worthy OF
ridicule as a suicide who backs down,
and nothing so worthless as one VINO
does not Having fired his blank
cartridge, Mr. Friend did his one wise
act when he effaced himself in order
to grow.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-05
WESTERN COLORED SCHOOL.
Prof. Bruce, Formerly of This City
Meeting With Great Success.

Prof. n. c. Bruce, colored, grad
uate of Shaw University of this city,
and who for a number of years was
dean of the college department of
that institution, and who, in 1902,
went West to become principal of the
st. Joseph (Mo.D High School. is meet
ing with splendid success in his work
there.
The Topeka (Kan) Plaindealer
in giving an account of the closing of
the High School pays a strong tribute
to Prof. Bruce, for his efficiency and
the methods he has put into operation
in the conduct of the school. 1t says
that under the dictatorship of Prof.
Bruce the school has made wonderful
advancement and the commencement
exercises just closed .surpass any in
the history of the institution. Under
his influence the educational interest
among the colored people has been
greatly stimulated. Since he took
charge an industrial department has
been inaugurated which has been pro-
ductiVe of good results.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-05
ONCONIMITANTLY PHISOG
NOMIC.'

This from the Atlanta Constitution:
Nothing" says Henry James in his
latest American impressions, "mean-
while, is more uncOncOmmitantly IN
furious than the fact that the women
over the land, allowing for every ete-
ment of exception, appear to be OF a
markedly nner texture than the men.
and that one of the liveliest signs of
the difference is precisely in their less
narrowly specialized, phisognomlc
character" Have you the cipher?
Mr.. James writes for women. He is
himself womanly in a way that plucks
the more subtle intuitions from off the
crust of the brain with the same deli
cate directness with which the tend
erer sex approaches the subject of
what it intends to do. He is him.
self so unconcommitantly phisognomic
that the ethereal Sub-stratum of his
widely tenuous and lastingly ephem-
eral diction conveys to the mind of
any woman an exquisitely inexplicable
impression which is a convincingly
psychologist apperception. 1t is a
common feat for Mr.. James to con-
struct a love story proceeding to mar
riage, the raising of children, the en-
trance of a correspondent, a divorce
and a double re-marriage, and never
let his reader get ten feet away from
the table of an afternoon tea. And
women by the thousands throw down
the book at the end to exclaim, "On,
dear; how true!"
Doubtless every woman will entirely
understand this latest appreciation OF
James in all it's truth and beauty. Yet
q man may stumble somewhere on the
truth if he looks for it hard enough
have before observed that there WAS
a difference between them.
Is that what Mr.. James meant TO
imply?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-05
New Hanover on Right Track.
Wilmington Messenger

The list of names taken from the
tax books were put in the jury box be-
fore the juries were selected for terms
of court converting the latter part of
this month. There are now more
names in the jury box of New Hanover
county than ever before. This is par
TALLY due to the fact that very few
exemptions are now recognized. Form
erly it was the law that members of
military companies and also those who
had served q certain term of years in
some military organization were ex-
emtp from jury duty but this is no
longer the case and the only ones
whose names were not put in yester-
day were engineers on trains and dis
patchers. To show how few are eX-
empted from jury duty the names of
attorneys at law are put in the jury
box.