Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1895 — Page 6

HOW A HIPPOPOTAMUS YAWNS.

This is Caliph, member of the Central Park “Zoo,” and father of the only hippopotamus born and bred in captivity.

FARMS AND FARMERS.

TO AVOl.I) DROUGHT. If the farmer can avoid drought fee will always be sure of a crop. Drought comes unexpectedly, and either ..destroys his crop entirely or So reduces the yield as to leave but little for his labor. The problem of preventing drought, or mitigating its effects, has been studied for centa ries: but, while tliertr have been

several proposed solutions,The exgeuse has been a barrier in the way. ainmakers have tried methods for the purpose of preventing drought, but with unsatisfactory results, and rivers have been made to provide water in unlimited supply, but the majority of farmers are not so situated as to be able to use the nretb* ods of irrigation proposed. With the greatimprovements in windmills and pumps, however, have followed a cheapening of the cost of water supply, and experiments within the past five years have demonstrated that in inqny localities the farmers rau greatly reduce the effects of drought by providing a supply of water at a minimum expense and at a profit proportionately exceeding any outlay in that direction. The only difficulty kr the way is to arrange some plan by which water can be stored until wanted for use. This may be done in reservoirs on

farms and iu large tanks for small areas. No particular plan of ar- i rangement can be mentioned, as too much depends on the location of each {arm,jts diversity of surface and; other conditions, but the fact re- j mains that wherever windmills can ; be used the farmer can store a sup- 1 ! ply of water which will be always j ready for use. It is only necessary j that the water be stored so as to per- j mit of its flow by gravity. It is es-; Timated that one windmill will irri—;gate two acres or more, and, if there is a large reservoir, and sufficient storage capacity, seven acres may be provided with water, estimating for the quantity required other than from a supply by rains. In arid j regions the water must be in abundance, but the windmill is intended as an assistant to the clouds, and, not to provide more than the proportion needed duringadry season. If a line of pipes be connected ■with the reservoir, or even a large

Dashing Charlie — Why. hello, Willie! What’s yer doin’ widyer coat on backwards? Weary Willie—Oh, dat’s so’s I don’t hafter turn ’round ter see if anj trains is cummin’ back o’ me. a

Why the Man Was Not Hung.

Atlanta Constitution A hauling was once averted in Hall county, this State, in an unexpected manner. A man was murdered for his money, it was thought. He disappeared, and after a long •catch only a skeleton was found. There were circumstances pointing to another man as thoperpetrator.pf the awful deed. The clew was taken up. and one by one the links in the chain of convicting evidence were .discovered. He was placed on trial,

lank, the water may be turned on from a number of co'cks, or branch pipes, to flow down several' rows at a time. It is even possible for a small . plot (for instance strawberries) to receive water from a hose. It is done by making a small!urrow with a hand plow and allowiug the water to flow into the furjrow a sufficient length of time to permit of saturation. A furrow betweco each row is sufficient, and a bov cntY'water a large area in a day. It may not be necessary to perform the work in one day, and the pump will at the same time be storing more water. Even a well pump, connected with a hose, will be found useful, though more costly' and laborious, it is well known to all farmers what the result will be to the crop—enormous production. With the use of fertile izers. and sub-irrigation practiced, an acre will produce as much as four acres during a dry period, with better quality of products and higher prices obtained. The object here is jto induce farmers and fruitgrowers to experiment the coming season, if only with a lew rows of fruits or vegetables. The proper mode of irrigation will then depend on the situation of the plot, and it is safe to state that if the farmer finds that thq method pays he will not be long in devising the best method for his pur* pose.

FOR THE SHEEP RAISER.

One of the reasons not usually given for the selling off of the sheep by a large number of fanners, last year, is that the drought lessened the supply of pasturage. Sheep will pay a profit to any farmer who will produce early lambs and fat wethers. Wool is only a product of the sheep, and farmers who overlook the large mutton breeds iu order to keep sheep for wool only are depriving themselves of two sources of profit foi only one. In England sheep are made to pay on high priced land and it can lie done just as easily in this country. Beets, carrots and parsnips should be seeded early after the frost is oul of the ground. Flow the land as soon as it can be done, and harrou jit down until very fine. Seeds ol | carrots or parsnips will not germs j nate if the land is full of clods oi i lumps. A fine soil is important.

LOOKING BACKWARD.

convicted and sentenced, day for the hanging came. People by thousands came to see a human bcin« swung off into eternity. The black cap was placed over th# victim's face, and in live minutes the tragedy would have been over. Just then a tall mountaineer, who had been attracted to the hanging along with the crowd, stepped upon the scaffold, and a brief coloquy between ■ him and - the sheriff ensued. Th| tall mountaineer was the man whs had disappeared, and whose deatl was about to be avenged by the law.

MARGHERITA, THE AUTHOR-QUEEN OF ITALY.—N ew York World.

Swallowed 192 Nails.

Brooklyn Eagle, | Within a few years past there iave been numerous stories about the swallowing of iron, wood and >ther substances, printed in medical papers and all vouched for as being lime. Here is one sent to the Lonion Lancet by one of the medical ifficers of a county asylum at Lan‘aster, England, an account of an iperation upon a lunatic from whose incoherent statements it was suspected that he had swallowed some oails. Forceps passed into the stomach .laving failed to extract any foreign bodies, though they could be felt from the outside, it was decided to attempt to relieve the man by operition. The stomach was found to be occupied by a mass of rusty nails, many of them nearly three inches in length, and some very sharp, bent and twisted. Their removal, naturally, was very tedious, as many of them could only be extracted one at a time. A piece o ( matted hair, nearly two inches in length, was also found. In all, there were re-movedfrom-The—stomach 192 nails (the majority being 24r inches in length and many even longer), half a screw nail, a piece of brass wire, a carpet tack, several small pieces of stick, a button and the mass of hair already mentioned. The whole weighed 1 pound 91 ounces. Several pieces of wood were found in the patient’s intestines, but no nails.

The woman who confesses to having committed arson for a period of fiv« years, and sentcuced to twenty-five years inState prison.— N.Y.World.

Strategy.

Washington Star. “What makes ye alius call a man ‘Judge’ when ye strike ’im fur a dime?" inquired Plodding Pete. ‘‘Why,” replied Meandering Mike, *‘ef he answers like he was used to de title I take it fur granted dat he’s from Kentucky, an’ give his sympathies an extra push by tellin' 'tm I wants de money for a drink." The Republican Presidential Big Four at present are Harrison, Morton, McKinley and Reed.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Prof. Schaefer, president: of the section of physiology of the British Association, declares that he has discovered that each organic cell in vegetable and animal life contains an infinitessimal particle which appears to be, in fact, the principle of life. He calls it “the attraction particle,” because, despite its infinite iiTtte&essT-iTt exerts an extraordinary influence over the whole cell, which may be many Thousand times its size. It initiates and directs those processes which result in the multiplication of cells. The supposed fundamental form element called a cell is usually invisible to the naked eye. Bearing this fact in mind we can get au idea of an extraordinary character of the statement of Dr. Schaefer that “he has discovered the life principle in a particle thousands of times smaller than the cell itself.” After magnifying the cell 1,000 diameters the central particle, the “attraction particle” or the living principle appears under the most powerful microscope merely the size of a fine point. Some inventor is needed now with a microscope of higher power than anything yet known. Cholly—How would you advise me to disguise myself for the masquerade? “Why don’t you make up as a gen. tleman, and not be annoyed with ( mask.”

MRS. SARAH SILBERMEISTER.

A novel spectacle was furnished in Georgetown. Ky., the other dav. It was the sale by auction of two colored women, Sarah Jackson and Batie Fishback. They were convicted of vagrancy in the Circuit Court, and ordered to be sold into slavery for the period of six months. The sale took place in front of the court house, Deputy Sheriff Dufl being the auctioneer, and attracted a large crowd. The women were bought by two colored men, Hen'fv Jackson and Richard Coleman, and brought $1.05 and $2 respectively.

Finer Microscopes Needed.

STRONG NERVES ' 7 '

Depend upon' -pure, rich, red, nourishing, their the blood and when they are weak it is because The y -do not receive the nourishment needed. The true cure for nervousness will not "be found in opiate or sedative compounds. These only allay the Symptoms.

Hood’s Sarsaparilla

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“MR AND MRS.”

Will the New Woman Consent to Change Her Title When Wetl? Boston Globe. It is a in all the discussion of the topic marriage and divorce by the National Council of Womeffin Washington, one item of import to the tVoinen of the future escaped mention. -So much has been said regarding the sex's equality, particularly in the state of matrimony, that it seems a strange oversight not to insist on the abandonment of the distinctive title marking the married and unmarried women. Men do not change the “Mister," given them by courtesy, when taking unto themselves wives, and why should the women ehango their - eou-rtesy title, or why, considering the modern independence of the fair sex, make any distinction at. all? It is suggested That"if the change must, be, it might be tnade by man, who lias for centuries enjoyed that superior prefix “Mr.” Let him on marriage lose that title with the rest of his liberty, and henceforth be simply addressed bv his surname.” Wtiuld not that be a capital turningof the tables, and a clear mark of supremacy in the new order of things? Because a woman has no husband to support shall she be eternally “Miss,” or when divorce sets her free must, she preserve the “Mrs.” from a mere matter of conventional pride? The English custom, abandoned more than two centuries ago, of calling every woman, married or single, “Mrs.,” had its advantages, after all. and by the light of her emancipation it should be reinstated without delay. Five Thousand Passes on One Road. Topeka, Kan., Journal. “I have just written the 4.999 th pass since this Legislature con-1 veued,” said 'General Attorney A. ! A. Hurd, of the Santa Fe, last night. | It is Mr. Hurd who issues nearly all the passes “on account of legisla- j iiop, !< and hp sees That esch mem ber ofjthe Legislature is provided with a pasteboard which allows him to ride ! free on all Santa Fe lines during the J session. The members are aiso given | trip passes for their friends when they wish to travel to and from Topeka purely “for legislative purposes.” Mr. Hurd was- in a happy mood. It was probably because the Legislature was so near ended, “It is strange, very strange," said he, “what excuses members do make to get passes. Often when a pass is applied for and it is not definite for what purpose it is requested, I write to the member and ask him what it is for, and he wili answer ‘legislative purposes.’ “Next year when the Legislature j meets lam preparing- a surprise. 11 have had a talk with the representatives of the other lines, and we have agreed to issue no trip passes whatever for ‘legislative purposes.’ A member will receive a pass for himself ar.d family and that will end it, and his friends will have to pay their fare or stay at home. I think that the number of people who come to Topeka will not be quite so large.”

The Myth of the Cigarette.

Philadelphia Record. When in either the novel or the play the adventuress wishes to show beyond all doubt that she is real wick ed or the heroine yearns to be real naughty, they smoke cigarettes. Of course, the audience is shocked by the audacity of the thing—that is, the unsophigticated part of the audience. To the man of the world, however, the ‘.‘wicked” cigarette is simply a nonsensicalitv; and young girls who are consumed with a secret longing to emulate their cig-arette-smoking sisters should do so not with any deluded notion of romance, but simply with the Same cold-blooded question of taste with which they would take to smoking a cob pipe, like some old women, or to chetving navy plug..

According to reports made to the British Medical Association the signal service observers on the bleak I summit of Ben Navis are free from influenza, catarrhs and chest troubles until they return to ; lower levels, where they are more susceptible to them than others. It is said that persons living in mountain air where there are no germs of such diseases lose much of the power of resisting them where they are present at lower altitudes. “Mamma." said little Elsie, as the family circle was discussing acquaintances, “I know two men; one is a gentleman and the other is papa."

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for all disorders caused by torpid Mver and las pure blood, in fact it is wonderful health r« storer to the whole system. Hood's Soroa parilla has proved its If in my wife's ease, an! we can faithfully recommond its use in even family.” Jacob Rommel, Morrison, Mia souri. MJn Dl’le c l lre nil liver ilia, biliousness 0 il.lo heudacue. 25c.

TELEGRAPH POLES DESTROYED.

Woodpeckers Borins to the Centei After the Soft Pith. Linemen of some of the telegrapl and telephone companies centerinj in Reading, Pa., have just made a discovery as to the destructive propensities of woodpeckers thatalmosl surpasses belief. The costly cedai poles brought from Canada, these birds have discovered, are soft through the center to the top. They first hunt for a knot near the bottom, and around this they peck .with their long sharp bills until they ex-, tract it. Tney work all around .it until it is dislodged. They then continue pecking until the center of the pole is reached, after which the softer material is removed. In some cases the interior of the pole at the point attacked is nothing more than a mere shell, and auy sudden gale is apt to snap it off. The birds sometimes build their nests inside the hollow pole, and have been known to have been killed by its breaking. The cedar poles taken out after they are ruined by the birds are generally replaced by chestnut poles, which are seldom attacked. Linemen are instructed to keep an extra sharp lodkout* for -poles damaged in this way, and when they find they have been used~as~ hatcheries to renew them. A_numb_e.ro! poles south of Reading have been condemned, nearly all having been hollowed out by the mischievous little pests. Nearly all the missionaries have remained at their posts in Pekin. All the English ladies and all ladies from the legations have been sent away, but nearly all the American ladies remain with their husbands and carry on their work as usual. The Chinaman has ceased to call the foreigners “devils” and the cjty is said to be unusually quiet.

MEN READ.

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FREE TO CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORS.

! Pocket Guide and Map of Boston, the Convention City. The Passenger Department of the Big Four I route has issued a very convenient and attractive Pocket Guide to the city of Bapton which will be sent free of charge to all mem-bers-of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor who will send three two cent stamps to cover mailing charges to the undersigned. This Pocket Guide should bo in the hands of every member of the Society who contemplates attending the Fourteenth Annual 1 Convention, as it shows the location of alt I Depots. Hotels, Churches, Institutions, Places of Amusement, Prominent Buildings, Street Cir Lines, etc., etc. Write soon us tle edition is 1 noted. E. O. McCokmick, Passenger Traffic Manager, Big Four Route, Cincinnati. O.

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To Teachers.

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Home Keekers’ Excursions South and Southeast via Pennsylvania Lines.

Special low rata excursion tickets with two ty day return limiPwill be sold Mirohft, Aprl ~ and 30 from ticket stations on the Pontnyl vania lines to points In Alabama. Florida Georgia Kentucky. Louisiana. Mississippi North Carolina, South Carolina, Topnassoe and Virginia. For details, apply to nearest Pennsylvania LlneTlcke' Agent, or address F. Van Duscn, Chief Assistant Ueneral Passenger Agent. Pittsburg. Pa.

PENNSYLVANIA LINR.

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