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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1907
Page
7
A former American consul recalls Barscheit the meddler in Europe’s political web. He details military rule, strict laws, and court intrigue over Princess Hildegarde’s rejected suitors while he courts officers with dinners and riding near Barschell. The tale ends with the princess elusive at court, amid eager nobles and a wary duke.
A Russian cruiser Varyag, 6500 tons, was sunk by the Japanese in Chemulpo harbor on February 9, 1904, then lay buried for 39 months. It was raised despite a five knot current and deep mud, and now serves in the navy that sank her.
The text describes using jets of water to right and raise a sunken hull, hoisting big guns, and sealing wrecks with shells or outer vessels. It notes three 3,600 ton per hour pumps in Japan aiding the recovery, costing about $500,900, and compares the Maine recovery to the Varyag. It then shift to experiments keeping fish alive with pure oxygen in water, describing case trials, fish responses, and patents for railcar fish transports using circulating oxygenated water.
London’s coaching era is recalled by George’s Inn, the last major London tavern still standing. The historic site preserves the same furniture and decor, with ownership traditionally held by the same family and a descendant of its founder today.
A traveler describes Cape Town police who wear uniforms like English soldiers but carry a spear with a red tassel and a long corded brass ball baton. They arrest only on white officers’ orders, wield no firearms, and their force uses a lariat like tethering to restrain prisoners.
To keep cut flowers fresh and reduce odor add a small lump of ammonia to the vase. This also helps prevent slimy stalks. Snip a little from the stalks each time the water is changed and again before arranging for the first time.
The piece explains a Der Tag report by Hans Dominik describing an oxygenated moist air chamber that keeps fish in apparent water life during transport. A glass case with damp cloth and oxygen flow preserves gills and fins as carp pike trout and bass remain lively after long shipments.
Iron pipes lined with lead or tin resist acid damage and come in large sizes. A copper smelting company example shows 20,000 feet of ten inch pipe lined with lead in use for 12 years.
Archaeologists report reed pens on the same lines as steel pens in Egyptian tombs dating likely to 2506 BCE. The discovery suggests early writing tools sharing space with metal implements in ancient burial contexts.
A Scientific American puzzle presents a four hole board with shapes B square C oblong D circular E triangular. A single plug with a chisel point fits all holes by orientation changes: square by side A, oblong by sharp end, circle by circular end, triangle by turning 90 degrees.
A compact instruction describes making a portable outdoor table at low cost. It covers fastening cleats to a board, constructing legs with a cross-piece that fits into a slot, and implies a collapsible design for easy storage and transport.
The passage lists the Table and its parts including the cleats CC and a crosspiece B with two cleats D, forming a receiving place for the bottom.
A brief notes hydrofluoric acid as a cleansing agent for castings once secret, with illicit formulae sold to mystify buyers. The standard pickle mixes one part acid to ten parts water, removing sand in about 10 to 15 minutes.
The state highway commission reports extreme wear on Massachusetts roads due to heavy auto traffic. Binder and stone are removed or displaced, with stone up to 1% inch disturbed. The commission suggests a change in maintenance methods and believes tar treatment may prove successful.
Cleaning method for gold or silver watch chains involves a five second immersion in pure ammonia followed by an alcohol rinse and drying in clean sawdust. This process aims to remove grime without damaging the metal.
A young woman in street costume refused a dare and launched in a balloon at Belleville New Jersey. At about 1300 feet she crossed a river then parachuted to the ground where she landed safely and fainted.
A poor and obscure Frenchman named Moujeot, who contended for priority in the Bell telephone invention, has just died near Faris. The note emphasizes his claim alongside Alexander Graham Bell's patent rights.
An article touts tread-powered dairy operations as economical and reliable for running cream separators and churns. It notes a heavy flywheel smooths speed, and recommends placing the tread in a adjacent room to keep milk away from animal breath while a direct-tie drive is shown.
An explanation of gas buildup in churns due to bacterial fermentation. gas forms in cream during ripening and agitation, with bubbles rising on the surface. The article also surveys milk composition including water, fat, casein, sugar, and minerals, noting variability by cow breed and age and potential study areas for nutrition and dairy science.
A pound of grain for a good cow yields more profit than for a steer. A dairyman should pick one breed, study it, and focus on dairy duties of milking and calf rearing. Regular rest for cows and diligent care boost production, while diversified farming reduces crop risk.
Do you compare daily milk output to track changes and identify losses when a new cow joins or when production dips? The piece questions how often farmers succeed in restoring a herd’s previous milk flow after such fluctuations.
The article urges expanding dairy education for cheese butter milk and cream production. It argues education improves methods and cleanliness, protecting consumers, and notes states funding dairy education is wise.
Quote from A A Arnold about condemning young heifers. He recalls two top cows, one pure bred Shorthorn and one Shorthorn Jersey cross, who showed little as heifers but later became his best cows. He advises not condemning heifers in their first year.
A Farm and Home writer argues attractive clean packaging drives sales. He details butter packing in ash tubs brined 16 to 24 hours with parchment lining and salt top, plus cloth seal and tin cover. He advocates one to two pound prints wrapped in parchment bearing a trade mark for consistent quality.
A Missouri Valley farmer demonstrates a simple grazing system. A wire is spanned between posts with an iron ring attached to the cow’s lead rope. As the cow walks and grazes, the ring slides along the wire guiding movement.
A farmer can raise value and profits by placing a pure bred bull at the head of the herd. Six cattle generations can produce pure blood stock, raising working efficiency and reducing feed while increasing herd value. Four years of such breeding could cover twice the bull’s cost and five fat steers yearly boost income by over $100.
A farmer, F. H. Scribner, argues for milking a heifer longer in the first year to instill a long habit of milk production. He emphasizes that a cow with steady, extended milk flow can be more profitable than a single big milker, and advocates careful milking to maximize udder milk output.
The note describes maintenance for a grindstone with a hard glazed face caused by weather. It advises sprinkling sand on the stone to wear off glaze, keeping the stone under cover, or placing it under a tree with protection when not in use.
A Farm and Home writer suggests easy adjustments to a grindstone rig to reduce effort. Bolting two boards to the frame and adding a seat makes grinding smoother. Lubrication with kerosene and oil helps with gum and uneven stones, while grinding against a pipe end can true a dry stone.
The Nebraska Farmer reports that split log drags on roads near the experiment station dramatically improved mud, dryness, and strength. Dragged roads stayed smooth and hard, while undragged routes remained rough with deep mud and heavy pulling, a practice spreading in eastern Nebraska led by School of Agriculture students.
An Iowa agriculture professor warns against universal deep fall plowing and shallow spring plowing. The advice: soil type, crop and timing matter, with deep plowing risky for bluegrass and timothy as it creates a loose seed bed prone to drying or freezing.
Farm notes advise shelter for sheep and careful sire selection to improve flocks. Drainage boosts land resilience to drought, and separate pastures help market lambs. Twin lambs increase as ewes gain condition at mating. Cottonseed meal feeding remains not a perfected science.
Observations on stringhalt advise close stable monitoring and stall changes. Bathe limbs in hot brine and check shoeing for faults that a father may detect. Severe cases may require an operation for correction.
Weather permitting, horses may be hitched out at night or released to a small lot to roll and rest on the ground rather than stay in the narrow stalls. The piece suggests humane timing and access to outdoor space for comfort.
Instruction advises readers to loot a rag on a stick soaked in kerosene, ignite, and burn tent caterpillars as a pest control method, urging rapid execution of the action. The guidance emphasizes a direct physical method rather than chemical or preventive measures.
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