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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-18

clocks other OF the mechanical contrivances
Of the household His museum contains many
curious machines which he has picked up on hts
travels.
Speaking Of curiosities. Professor Luke d'Aix
president Of the TechnOlogist Society, has in
vented a little curiosity in the way Of a cat
chaser that is a wonder The professor has been
troubled for years by the cats which congre-
gate nightly on the back fence of his home at
No. l05 Clinton avenue He IS musical and the
unmelodious howlings Of the felnes tortured his
soul
4 few days ago he called in an electrician
and had him wire the fence with naked wires
They were then attached 10 a small dynamo
in the house. When the cats had assembled
as usual the next evening the professor switched
on the current. The nocturnal performers were
caught in trap from which there was no
escape for most Of them, and they danced and
writhed In agony while the concert changed to a
series Of wild hoys of despair.
When the spectacle got too much like vvi-
scctonists exhibition the professor turned off
the current. The animals did not realize that
the source Of the troubles the wires and
came back for another shock. After the second
TRIAL they began 10 have their suspicious Of the
wires. and further Investigations on the follow
ing night confirmed all their worst fears. Many
say that'the mere sight Of a wire now VIII +A-oW
the cats Of the neghborhood into fits At any
rate, the professor is no Longer troubled With
cat concerts.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-18

to furnish six stations and remove the refs
by cars and carts to the dumps IN the SUBURBS
he sold out 10 the present contractor. This jD
Is the first TO use cars for the removal Of II
waste The department. continues 20 coIlect az
dump Its own garbage There are two dumps
one at Clinton avenue and the WaUabout Cars.
and one at 9th street and the Gowanus cana
The garbage Is taken away from these dumps o.
canalooats under contract On Barren Islara
Il Is burned and It's ashes are used to an IN 'a'
land.
The officials OF the department. are satisfied
with the methods employed by the COMPANY u
carrying out its contract with the city. Ihs!
maintain that the contract is highly beneficial
and should be continued Here is what WiliAA
5. Clarke, the district superintendent in chsFs'
OF the work OF tho department in Brooklyn. hS
TO say about the work done by the company;
In regard to the establishments OF these So
uOHs TOT the collection OF ashes, as againsS -
Go~tinaod ssEszkh PaEA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-18
Mems Silk Lined Tuxedo Suits, $500
THE BROOKLYN DUMPS
Hoo Refuse Is RemoUed from the
City of Churches.

In view Of the announcement that Borough
President Coler intends to go before the grand
jury tomorrow and explain how the American
Railroad Traffic Company is falling to carry
out the contract which it has with the local
branch Of the Street Cleaning Department for
the removal Of ashes, street sweepings and rub
Dish. and in the midst Of the general storm Of
complaints against the company's methods II
might be well to look at the subject from the
point Of view Of the officials Of the department
who must be considered innocent of wrongdoIng
until the aldermanic investigating committee re-
ports otherwise.
The last that most Brooklynites know Of the
disposition Of the ashes, 'sweepings and rub
bish is when the city empl6ye on the cart pulls
the canvas cover over his load and jounces away
down the street. So far the journey for the
refuse has just begun. The cart, no matter
which Of the three possible forms of refuse It
contains finally stops at a station Of the Amer
lean Railroad Traffic Company. The company
has thirteen Of these stations about the city
built OF corrugated iron or Of brick
If the cart contains sweepings or ashes It is
backed up to a dark shed, inclosed on three
sides. The bottom Of the shed IS several feet
below the surface Of the ground and the floor
is covered with great square iron bins, resting
in frames formed Of transverse beams. The cart
dumps its load IN one OF the bins near the out
side and departs. Other carts come with their.
loads. and at last the bin is filed. Then a.
great steel beam overhead slides forward with
swinging hooks The hooks are attached TO
either side Of the full bin. The electric current
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-18

at some Of the largest dinners given in Brooklyn
IN the last few years.
The most valuable Of his exhibits is a pair Of
elks' heads, a stuffed angora goat, a pair of
Navajo blankets. and a half dozen rugs of Far
Eastern workmanship He always carries with
him old wallet containing coins OF various
denominations from Asiatic and European coun-
tries. Although a chemist, he is of a mechanical
turn, and il seems TO be an actual delight to him
when he has opportunity TO repair bells
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-18
BROOKLYN SOCIAL CHAT.
The Weeks Weddings, Engage
mentS and An1uSementS.

The Church Of the Pilgrims will be the scene on
Saturday afternoon, April g Of the wedding Of
Miss Kate D. Ketcham, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Taylor Ketcham, Of Gates avenue, and
Charles c. Putnam The Rev. On. S. Parkes Cad
man. assisted by the Rev DR.. Harry Z. Dewey,
will perform the ceremony at o'clock.
The wedding OF Miss Louise A. Lefferts. daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. James Lefferts. and Ira 2.
Downs, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel H Downs. Of
No. 15 st. Johns Place. IS to take place IN the
Lefferts homestead, one Of the Oldest residences
IN F1atbush at Flatbush avenue and Lincoln Road.
Continued seventh page.
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SHOWING
BUCKET
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-01-11
BEES SHlRK THEIR WORK.
Honey Hunter Says the Insects DO
Not Make Bee
Line.

There are several popular errors
| about the ways of bees which need
rectifying," said Ike Hubbard, a honey
! hunter. according to the New York
Sun. THE average tee, instead of be-
ing an example of industry, is ABOUT
the LATEST thing that flies.
Even in the busy season In mid.
summer no bee will quit its hive until
after the sun is well up and has taken
off The heavier part of the dew, and
so soon as the sun slants toward the
hills in the afternoon every bee will
come flying home and go to roost,
though darkness is four hours away.
Then there are few bees that will
hunt for honey from flowers so long
as they can find corn or syrup or
brown sugar to steal. The fact Is so
we'll known to apiarists that many bee
keepers buy corn syrup for so cents a
gallon and pass 1t along to the bees,
which convert IL into something that
resembles honey. but is not honey.
and still sells for the genuine product
of the hives When man can buy
syrup for 80 cents a gallon and then
sell IL back to the trader as honey for
eight dollars gallon he can get rich
=. lt away. provided he has enough
bees.
The greatest mistake that is made
about bees is the belief that they fol-
low straight lines wnen carrying home
their loads of honey assure you
that the bee line one reads about in
the books does not exist.
When a laden bee is going home
with a big load of honey in its stom-
ach and great wads of pollen on Its
hind legs it takes the easiest course,
regardless OF any line. In our hilly
Maine country no bee will rise in the
air 70 surmount a hill when 1t can go
around the obstruction.
when a sharp rise lies between my
honey box and the bee tree every bee
llles away on the arc of circle, so as
to avoid exerting itself by rising. In
such cases | place my box on either
side of the hill and make my trinagu-
lation nearer the apex. If one were TO
go chasing after a bee that was flying
around a hill his calculations might
lead him to China.
THE beekeepers tell us that white
clover honey is the best, but do not
agree with them. Domestic honey,
such as is gathered from white clover
buckwheat and other cultivated plants,
is too sweet.
"To my mind wild honey that. is
stolen from the blossoms Of dogwood
and Eastwood and wild thyme and
mints and nettles IS far better than
anything bought in the stores. 1t has
a pamy flavor about 1t that suggests
wild woods and great trees and sing
ing brooks and everything that lives
out of doors and away from the con
Eliminating talnt of mankind"
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THE POULTRY YARD.
Save the best turkey hens.

Save the best turkey hens.
There is lots Of room for more and
better poultry.
Sort over the apples and feed the
specked ones TO the hens.
One OF the cheapest and best winter
foods Is sunflower seeds.
The busiest hen is the one that gen.
orally brings In the most money
About four dozen eggs are given as
an average for the annual output of the
turkey.
Ducks, as rule, are not subject to dis.
ease. but have ailments which are easily
prevented
Hens are perhaps the only creatures
that do we'll by going to sleep on full
stomachs.
II hen sings about her work you may
be sure that she is making money for
her master.
Fowls fed on corn during the sum,
mer aud fall will not produce eggs in
early winter.
Always feed the coarse corn meal oil
cracked corn. all the chicks can eat. jus
before roostng time
Don't crowd the hens into a smal
space. II the house is only larg'
enough for a dozen hens. keep but q
dozen hens.
Confine the market poultry In a small
darkened pen and feed all they will ca
for three weeks. They will make bis
and profitable gains
Sell the cockerels and keep some o
the old cocks and hens for breedins
stock They give stronger and better
chicks than matings Of young birds.
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A BEE TALK.
Some Important Things for Apiarlst
to Remember at This Time
Of the Year.

Nearly all the winter losses can be
traced to starvation. See that each
colony has an abundance of well-seaed
stores
IL the beehives are in an exposed
place. try edging.up some boards at
their backs: or get up a few bundles
of fodder before winter rightly sets in.
Lots of things are not attended to at
all. simply because they cannot be
done In a shipshape manner.
Do not try to winter your bees too
warm. They need access of air from
the bottom.
Liquid honey or slrup should not be
given to bees In winter for food At this
time they are not able to evaporate the
excessive water from 1t. They should
have been supplied with food in the au-
tumn. But, as last resort, take cup
ful OF liquid honey and work into II all
the powdered sugar It will readily alb
sorb; make the dough into the form OF
pancake, and lay II on the brood
frames directly over the cluster of bees:
cover up warm and leave until spring.
itth, lOi bNltluldllNt
ing, liquid honey or sugar syrup.
Bees will winter better in a double
walled hive, north of latitude 40. A sin.
glewalled hive will do very well. pro-
vided a hood. say six to eight inches
deep, is used instead OF fiat cover.
Deep hives are very much better for
the hives to winter in than are shallow
ones but IL the hives are made too deep.
very little surplus honey will be secured.
says the Farm journal. Many beemen.
including myself. now use two bodies at
certain times of the season. removing
one just at the beginning of the main
honey flow, and putting on the section
boxes. The idea is to keep the whole
working force of the colony together
and crowd them into section boxes.
Many of MS remember the old method
Of keeping bees in box hives for breed.
ers. allowing them to swarm. then put.
ling the swarms into other hives and
depending on them for our surplus
honey In the fall of the year the
swarms were brimstoned and the hives
robbed of their honey; after which they
were stored away to be used again the
next year.
hegan my beekeeping career with
box hives. but soon discarded them for
the movable frame hive. Those who
wish to try the box-hive plan will do
well to begin on small scale. II large |
returns from them are assured 1t will be |
an easy matter to develop the plan.
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DEcElTFUL AccoMPLlcE.
Would-Be Smuggler Was Fooled, Sc
Were the Customs
Officers.

George w. Whitehead, appraiser OF
merchandise at the port Of New York,
was talking about smugglingg, says the
New York Tribune.
NO great amount of smuggling is
done" he said. ITO smuggle extensive
ly, 1t is necessary to have accomplices.
These accomplices cheat you, or you
cheat them, and then they betray you.
Altogether, in the end, you lose rather
than gain"
Mr. Whitehead smiled.
Not so long ago" he said, "a certain
skipper hailed fisherman off the coast
aud asked him If he would smuggle
ashore for him a cask Of brandy.
"The fisherman agreed, and two casks
of brandy were lowered into his boat.
lone said the skipper, is for your
trouble and risk, my man.
well. a week or so later the skipper
called with team at the Jersey fisher
mans house for his cask OF brandy. II
was night. He got the cask, ana started
on the dark and lonely way back home.
But the custom house people have
sharp eyes and ears. They lay in wait
for the skipper. They caught him a
mile outside Of the fisherman's village
and there was the cask of brandy In the
wagon.
HE said nothing. There was moth.
ing to say. The cask was opened.
owen sample this fine liquor said q
customs officer.
"And he put his mouth TO the bung
and then drew back, amazed. The skip
per was amazed, too. The cask con
tained nothing but water"
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WHY BUY r1CCLURE'S?

McCures Magazine mag
azne but because II the Why?
FIRsTTHE PRICE. a year,
month"; thirteen
ter This amounts actual bulk costing
anywhere from dollar dollars a
SECOND The reading
Ing wrtersthe best short
he writer's
Railroad
TTlIRDTIMEL1NESS The reading only
also about the subjects which all
subjects
Both of these questions will be discussed
partial careful
FOURTH-ITS CHARACTER McClures
children but the young
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-01-11
Industrial Precious Metal

The worlds total supply of platinum
during the year 1904 was about 13, S6(
pounds, 13,2OO pounds OF which came
from Russia. The United States pro
duced 200 ounces, valued at $4,16O. AL
of this came from California and Ore
gon, the Wyoming mine having sus
pended operations. The price of pla
tinum increased ten per cent. during
the year. According to DIR. David T
Day, of the United States geological
survey, the outlook for an increased
produc ion during 1905 is good. Tn,
present price OF platinum-$20.50 al
ounce-is the highest which this meta
has reached in recent years.--Electrica
World.
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the past week with James Warden
aud wife.
Mrs. Harley Gilbert and children,
of Chillicothe, are visiting her par.
euts, William Sinclair and wife.
Melvin King, who has been ia Mat.
toon, H., for some time, arrived
Thursday for six weeks visit with
his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth King.
Master Harry Burton, of Russell,
spent Sunday with his cousin. Ray
Burton.
Those on the sick list are Homer
Dean and Harry Fenner.
Miss Lillie.IReeves, of Lynchburg,
was the guest of her parents, e. b.
Reeves and wife, Sunday and Monday.
John LArrick and Everett Thomp-
CON ATTENDED the funeral of Jacob
narrick, At Webertown, Friday.
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Four Simple
Rules
Follow Them and Health, Happi-
ness ana Prosperity viii be
Yours.

If one would be healthy, happy an
prosperous, follow these four simple
rules ~ Keep the bowels open
every day. (2) Chew your food
slowly and thoroughly. (3) AVOID
ind digestible foods. al II there are
any symp, oms OF stomach trouhles,
take Mi-o-na before each meal until
cured
No matter how many years you
may have suffered with stomach tron'
bles or how worried by sleeplessness
ner yousness, loss of appetite, furred
tongue, specks before the eyes, head
aches. backaches, weakness and de-
bility, indigestion or other ills thai
are caused by a weak stomach, you
can be cured by the faithful use Of
Mi-o-na.
Mi-o-na 10 not fanciful expert
ment, 1t is not a patent medicine, II
is not a cure all. 1t is a scientific
remedy recommended but for one
trouble, weakness OF the digestive
orgaps, 1t is a permanent cure, and
is sold by The w. r. Smith Co. undel
= guarantee that 1t costs nothing un
J less It does all that h claimed for It.
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Our Guests the Snowy Owls.


Every few years, especially along the
sea coast and the larger rivers and
lakes, there is wave Of those splen-
did, day-hunting rascals-the snowy
owls. They are great fishermen, the
only owls to make this sort of hunting
a practice. and may sometimes be seen
sitting, silent and motionless, like
block Of ice, at the edge Of the open
water, waiting for a chance to nab an
unsuspecting fish. or course, this is
not a very paying way to get living
and they also catch field mice, musk.
rats, hares and even large birds like
quail or grouse. But there are only
two other birds Of prey in our country
that habitually eat fish, and one of
these seldom catches its own, prefer
ring to eat the dead fish along the
shore or pirate 1t from the ree ..sner-
mantle osprey.-St. Nicholas.
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RUSSELL.
January s, 1906

january o, lSVo
Rev Briggs Is holding a protracted
meeting at Dunn's Chapel. Prayers
were requested for Gods work at
that place.
Walter Klrkhart and wife were in
HlIsboro last Thursday.
Wesley Roush and wife returned
last Wednesday from visit to Indi-
ana
Mrs. Virginia Jonte and her cousin,
John Oldaker, visited at the home of
Mrs. Elma Stultz, near New Vienna,
during the holidays.
James Fenner and wife gave New
Years dinner to their children and
grandchildren.
James Brouse and family, of tIils-
boro, were guests of their cousin,
John Webb, last Saturday.
Mis- Eliza Brltton 10 very poorly al
this writing
Jesse Fenner and family visited hii
parents, James Fenner and wife. yes
terday.
John Webb and family spent New
Years Day with their cousin, james
Brouse and family at Hillsboro.
William Stultz, of New Vienna
Simpson Oldaker and Mics Kittie Old
aKer, of this place, attended the fun
eral of Mrs. Samuel r. Oldaker, a
Newton, Iowa, last Tuesday. The,
arrived at their home here last Sat
urday, accompanied by their brother
Samuel II. Oldaker, who will remall
for awhile with his father and othe
relatives here.
Bell Frost has been on the sick list
but is improving.
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wILLETTSvILLR.
January 8, 1905

Protracted meeting is in progress
at Dunn's Chapel
Miss Eta link, of Marathan, spent
the past week with her grandfather,
Isaac Archer, and family.
Mrs. Leo King and son, Horace, of
Martinsville, have returned home
after spending few days with her
parents, X. b. Reeves and family.
Mise Efiie Gray, of Tarkio, Missouri
visited Mrs. A. w. Hatcher recently
Mr.. and Mrs, John Roberts, of near
Farmer Station, spent Friday with
her parents. John Larrick and wife.
Mrs. Frank CLANCY and con, Culth
bert, Of st. Martins, spent : part Of
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-01-11
THE EMBpEN.TouLousE CROSS.

rapid growth. For market purposes
the cross is a good one. Nothing,
however, would be gained by attempt
ing to develop q breed from this cross.
The vigor obtained by the one cross
would not contiuue to manifest itself
in future generations. and the mixing
mp OF the characteristics of the two
breeds would give almost endless va.
riatons. For market purposes It is
believed the result Is to give greater
power of digestion and therefore OF
growth.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-01-11
EACH SHOT COSTS DIPLOMA
Webster's Education Less Expensive
Than firing Sandy Hook
Gun.

The amount now spent for educa-
tion in the United States is 100000.
900 year. From present indications
the annual appropriation for the navy
alone will soon largely exceed this
sum, with prospects of infinite ex-
pansion. Until recently the combined
military and naval expense of the
country was less than one-fourth of
those of education. We are, there.
fore. progressing four times as fast
In the arts Of war as in those of
peace.
The latest type of battleship will
cost $S.000,000 to build, as much as
the entire appropriation for the army
and navy during the eight years of
Washington's presidency; since which
time the military and naval expenses
have increased Is times as fast as the
population-and when this ship is fin.
ished II will be merely an experiment
England has had the largest expert.
ence in naval construction and has
recently declared a great number of
her warships TO be useless. Eight mil.
lion dollars Is more than three times
the cost of all the buildings and equip.
ment of Tufts college, Boston univer.
sity, Williams college and Amherst col
lege.
The yearly maintenance. operations.
tnf L., -. ttrr,
and gun practice of this battleship
will exceed $l.5O0.000--a sum suffi.
cient to pay every living and educa-
tional expense of 5000 young men or
women in our best colleges or to
meet the school expenses of 10000
children. 1t costs more for the mere
material to fire one shot from the
gun at Sandy Hook than 1t did to ed
ucate Daniel Webster. A days gun
practice of single ship firing at i'm
aglnary enemies costs more than it
diu to educate Emerson. Longfellow,
Lowell and Phillips in Harvard col
Iege.
Any increase in appropriations and
naval activity Immediately produces
n corresponding increase in activity
by the other great naval powers Of the
world and this, in turn. excites US to
further expenditure, so none gains
anything in relative strength. The
burden is merely increased. The tax.
payers of the different naval powers
OF the world are kept in state Of
continual excitement and fear by the
activity Of the others, each believing
there is an intention TO secure some
unfair advantage end claiming that
no other reason can be offered in ex.
planation OF this extraordinary and
Unprecedented growth
There have been necessary and hon.
.orabe wars and the future may have .
others in store. There are nobler sen |
ailments than those OF peacefully, .
patriotism, justice and honor-but .
above them all we may write love to .
man. To deny one penny of neces-
baIg dpplopl ldtlou VI u Ced9r ohS B
moments needed activity in any gen
uInely patriotic cause is so wholly un.
American that it need not be referred
TO.
But 1t is far better to direct our la
bors toward the things that will build |
us up rather than toward those tnat
tend to pull US down. II is far nobler |
and more in accordance with the
spirit of American development and |
progress to direct our energies into
the channels through which we may |
uplift our enure country and aid the
whole world.
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THE FARM LIVESTOCK.

The COW stable should be well
lighted.
Bran mashes fed once or twice q
week have cooling effect upon the
system.
Do not expose the horse so that he
is liable TO take cold. but give him the
protection that you give the family.
Make the COW stables larger and
leave the cows united, that they may
avoid lying down in their manurs.
Sometimes It pays to remember thai
the Sleeps meridian OF life II siz
years After that term the downhill
side comes along q : Geod paee
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-01-11
EMBDEN-TOULOUSE CROSS.
Characteristics of Goose Produced from
Two Desirable Breeds
of Birds.

Herewith we illustrate the kind of
birds obtained by crossing an Emb.
den gander on Toulouse goose. says
the Farmers Review The birds are
plump and have the ability to make