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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-03-17

Eggs from hens that are diseased,
and those which consume very filthy
food, cannot possibly be as wholesome
as those layed by hens that are in the
pink of condition and are not COM
PEELED TO eat vile offal, such as decay
ing animal matter, which is greedlly
eaten.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-03-17

Six hundred trotting and pa g
horses passed the inspection bureau Of
the National Trotting Association In
New York in 1895. This covers the
number of standard bred animals
that were exported for raising
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-03-17

There are AZ people to each COW in the
United States to furnish butter, milk
and cheese for. Considering that
about one-flfth of the time they will
be dry some Of them will go on short
rations. There is no danger Of an
overproduction, however well they do.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-03-17

BY far the most valuable OF the
three elements Of plant food, nitrogen
is the most easily lost, therefore all
manure should be handled in such a
way as to save to the best advantage
this valuable Ingredient.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-03-17

During the past year lS,44l horses
we're exported, as compared WIN
6,9l9 head in 'O4, their total value be-
ing 81, 7O5, ,OS9, against Sl,23i,969 the
previous year.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-03-17

The creamery business is one of the
safest business investments the farm
ers can enter, for 1t will be many years
before the great shortage of cows can
be increased enough TO over supply
the market with butter. This COM
modify can only be produced 10y cows.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-03-17

The olive oil produced in the United
States amounted to 5000 gal
Ions in 1895, while there was imported
Is. 900 gallons ofa very inferior adult
Grated oil.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-03-17

Oregon hens layed 4,45S,SOa dozen
eggs for the market in 1889. Those
who are competent to judge say tha1
amount is more than doubled TOT
1895.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-03-17

The acknowledgement through
which those receiving awards at the
Columbian Exposition are not recely-
ing their medals is shameful, as there
are none in sight. The blame is put
on the secretary of the treasury of the
United States, whose duty it was to
prepare the medals and diplomas.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-03-17

In feeding potatoes to milch cows,
do not over-feed, as IL causes the but
ter TO come hard.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-03-17

No less than 25,OOO dogs have bee
received at the home for lost an
starving dogs in London during The
last year. An increase OF nearly
3,000 over 1894.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-03-17

The 20th annual dog show, recently
held in New York, booked 1909 exhib-
its. Society has taken to it to such
an extent that it ranks second only to
the horse show as a swell affair.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-03-17

During the fiscal year ending Janu-
airy 1st. 1896, there is falling OIL OF
sheep of nearly per cent. During
the same year there was an increase In
price from S1.57 TO Sl.7O.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-03-17

1t Is claimed that unfertlli2ed eggs
will keep better than Others.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-03-17

The Wisconsin state board of horti
culture offers $500 as premiums 70
butter and cheese.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-09

small fortune awaiting the dredgers. as there
is a steady If somewhat limited demand for the
hard. close-graincd wood In the manufacture 81
small tools for carpenters. SUCH az planes, edze
and axe handles. etc. in addition To mat uSed
for pulley wheels and work Of similar cAaT-
acter.
There are three dredgcs at work only one OF
which is engaged In digging earth. The two
others are fishing for the live oak and a reporter
Of The Tribune watched one OF them day or
50 ago send down It's scoop three Of four times In
succession bring It up fun Of mud. drop the mud
back into the water. and keep up the graphing
until stick Of timber was seized. When IL was
taken out and deposited In a waiting scow The
sticks are OF all sizes and lengths. varying from
q piece eight feet long and squarng seven or
eight inches. t. pieces twenty-five or thirty feet
in length. with area fifteen inches square
An estimate by an officer in position 10 know
gives the amount OF timber hidden under the
mud Of the Wallabout at more than 100000 feet
and even at the comparatively low price asked
by the company II will be seen that the eX-
pense 0f dredging the land will he q small factor
in the whole transaction
As the Ire iges work in toward the Flushing
ave. wall. IL Is said the deposit will he found 10
be much thicker and the work Of getting cut the
timber c0fresp0ndingly less expensive. III fact
il is understood that a. / distance f ab mt SIX
feet from the siTfar" there j. what Is practically
q flooring u ia I've oak timber IN addition.
IL IS known that hurel under the muck are a
number # iron can ana nun bu0ys. made since
the war bu' which not being demanded f1r use
by the lighthous" people. were towcd up the crock
and left 70 look Jut FOR themselves. Il Is likely,
however. that these viii Doe ~ little or no value,
owing T. the action Of the water
MORE SOURCES OF PROFIT
Another source Of wealth for the lucky dredsers
is large amount of copper intended TO be used
as sheaihing for the wooden vessels for which
the oak was intended. and the yard fables have
It that there are large number u teakwood
knees also slowed away ont of sight somewhere
in the neighborhood. These tcakwOod knees are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-09

were purchased at war prices, taken 10 the re-
cevng basins and stored under water lol usc
when needed. The need never came. ana 'heIe
the timber as stayed. improving in quallty az
time passed 1t is Of extremely hard, fine gram,
and it's long stay in the salt water has h.lpsu
rather than injured II. The abar donTent % tiie
timber by tie Department, II II was apaAuonIu'
is something Of a surprise. for. alth9uRn 'iis
Government has no use for II, IL is N"'u"p'o -
some Of the trades. and will no doubt nFlhg d
good price. although nowhere near what IL IS
at first Since the the greater amount Vi
,he timber taken from the Government resei a
tons in the South has been stored IN the pohuS
back Of and near Pepsa cola. and at Noro.N'
but that IS new wood compared with TINS III '"e
WallaDOut.
Yes the contractors should make n good dcdl
OF money ont OF their Job. for IT, as you say s"r
city has no further clam on what may De uus
W there. the findings will more than pay 'h
cost Of the work ! remember hearing ola lou'
Mic(ice who was a shipbuiiGer in the Naru III
war times and died some years ago, often say
that II he had what WAS buried there. meaning
the Wallabout he could afford = buy the rest
Of the Navy Yard This may have been an rN-
ae,erati H. but il ie certain that There viii Doe
oth.r things # value tIrucd up hei re- tn
dr.igers are through. besides Ut ~ I'VE OAK
timber have been told that shot ana smell are
there. and. IL all reports are tive, there is an
enormous amount of stuff which can b" turned
into money covered by tho gradual filling III OF
the old Navy Yard dump
Meanwhile tho company IS digging away
throwing the mud back and evoting t"o-thifis
II It's attention to the rcsrIe II the J"tsam which
the Nation AM city disregarded, but which II
will turn u good account
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-09

for the handling Of floats with loaded from
the West and other producing points. which
can he unloaded directly into the warehouses
OF the commission dealers OF the Wallabout.
In carrying out these plans contract for the
dredging and removal Of the earth. which had
been partly filed in and Is partly natural. was
made with the International Contracting Com
pany, and for some weeks the big dredges or
the company have been vomiting great volumes
OF black smoke and incidentally removing lot
Of clay and earth. 1t is In this work that the
company is making considerable money, ana
It is expected that II will make much more be-
fore the work is finished for the old wooden
fence which disngured Flushing-ave for so
many years hid what is now proving to be
small gold mine.
Close to the line Of the Government wall there
was for years small creek. which was all that
was left Of what was once a Government basin
used for the storage OF live oak timber OF the
finest sort. Years passed and the basin was
gradually filed the timber which had been
sunk in the basin being covered In the process
and either forgotten or wilfully neglected. II Is
this timber which the dreGges are now bringing
TO light. and. as there were no stipulatons TO
the contrary, what the dredges bring up is the
property Of the concern doing the work. This
Is In accordance with the rule that, when con-
tractors undertake remove a certain number
OF cubic yards OF material, that includes every
position Is an affair for the contractors to look
After. In this instance the contractors are
looking after the disposition Of this material
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-09
GOOD CHANCE

IN the east side Of the avenue. When II quits
the public roadway 1t turns to the north at
right angle and. gradually decreasing In height
tapers down to almost the level Of the ground al
the waters edge where the waves Of the " al
labout Canal max, their way up toward Wash
ington-ave. The stretch Of ground between TINS
wall and Washlngton-ave was sold to the city
about two wears ago by the Government, but,
l.. payment was not made until some time after
the sale had been agreed on, the city did not
enter irto possession Of the property until after
the ..struct,on by fire OF part Of the old wood
en- market buildings. These buildings were on
the opposite side Of Washington-ave. and have
since been replaced by brick structures.
HIDDEN TREASURE.
The price paid by the city for the land now
vacant was mort than million dollars, and at
that figure yielded profit to the Government
which had originally bought the land from the
city. but neither tn Government nor the city
seemed 10 be aware or care anything about the
real valu, o. th- property. II remained for the
firm OF contractors which undertook the job OF
digging an enormous basin IN the area 10 dis
cover the true wealth Of the tract, and that
firm is reaping tho advantage Of somebody's
blundei in later days. following what on its
face appears to be one OF the many big Jobs
which were rushed through during the excite
ment attending the closing years Of the civil
war.
Plans file IN the Department Of City Works
Of Brooklyn call for the construction OF q basin
running TO within $50 feet Of the line Of Flush
ing-ave. and abou; six hundred feet wide, in
which piers are be built and bulkheads
srected, with the idea Of furnishing facilities
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-09
SHE STANDS THE POUNDING.

THE STEAMSHIP LAMINGTON STILL INTACT on
THE BEACH.
The steamship Harrington has stood the fr!ghtful
pounding Of the seas better than vas anticipated,
ard asst night she vas stu intact. The sailors OF
the steamship still on the beach opposite
Patchogue, and they will remain there until 1t 10
decided that the vesse. cannot be saved.
The sea had subslied considerably yesterday, ana
another attempt will be made by the wrecking
con1pan,es to get the LanLngton of at high tide.
Large crowds were on the beach all day waiting
to see the ship break up and the ~reckage come
The vessel had thor first sleep Fr,ay night, after
three days Of waichfdlness ana anNlety -,
Yesterday was the first anniversary ~ the wreck
~ me l. V Place AMI the graves Of the seven
sailors who were drowned there were decorated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-09

PANIC AMONG THE WORKERS IL WEST
HOrSTON-sT. FACTORY.

Carrie Walters forty years DID, wao lvcs IN one
hunared-ant- forty-eis lth-st rear Morrs-ave, bee
came suddenly lneiue yesterday af,.r;. 90 he
factory OK Oppcuh,lm. Collins q Co.. 40 ., W,st
Hous. on-st where she was employed e.. ak
operator There were e1D y9une women in tie f')n
a, the time and they were thrown into state 4
great alarm. Just after noon The woman jumped
up suddenly and began shouting. She caught hod
oe the girl nearest her anl began pIl.ing her ha'r
The girl also began 20 yell Miss Anna Won. Pc
forewoman. grabbed 'he crazy woman ana tried %
restrain her. The after turned on her seized her
around the neck and waist and tried to push her
out OF A nearby window. Miss Won felt herself
powerless In the grasp Of the lunatc and called for
some = tho ctr 60 htp her. Ony three or them hnd
courage 10 attack the crAzed woman. They nanast /.
10 prevent her from forcing IL" f,rcwDiIan OUT ti
lii. window but could not suuile haF. Inc otAtf
girls In the mean time were running around the
Sir Oppcnneiin IN his Office downstairs. heard the
t.uuif and sent two men Np =" ne top N'uf - see
welcome by the :our young women Wn9 w'fr
struggling with their dcwert'd companion. The Two
men lent their all n holding by @nc several Other
nal. employees ran up ana seat the - efs ln"n
o. lower room
was called Into the building and rang f'r ar am
i.arce. Then D. returned {, the top floor !
took 4 hand IN ho.iius Che screaming woman. he
agei 10 scratch considerable flesh from the back 4
his hands When The surgeon arrived De produced
"a strait Jacket which was placed on the woman
after thor sharp ~'rur-" j. was o1lF after sh"
We thus securely bound tAat the woman ceased 20
efruFrl- She SUI continued her 'rr"1rlirg, how
eyci. She was taken 20 Bellevue Hospital
Tie woman j. unmarried an is sad 70 be n
graduate OF the Normal college
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-09

particularly valuable as the wood IL in constant
demand for ornamental cabinet work and ship
trimmings
Under just what plan this enormous amount Of
valuable stuff was allowed to accumulate and 80
10 waste is g. matter which the yard officers
have nothing to say, because they know nothing
about IL. The personnel OF the force has been
completely changed several times since the war
II was bought. but a ref renee to old shipbuild-
ers price lists shows that at the time the timber
purchased the aggregate amount invested
by the GOvernme IT must have DceL way up IN
the millions Of dollars. and the fact that Il Is
known that other yards are IN the same condi-
ton as regards the amount OF oak sunk in the
timber basins as the Brooklyn Yard is shown
to be by the present dredging operations. shows
that some one had a finger In the National pie
to a degree which would attract attention to-day.
although II might have passed unnoiiced In the
excitement attending the winding up Of the war.
WHERE THE CITY LOSES
Whether the city authorities knew Of this
valuable deposit In the waste lands when the
contract was made Is a point on which 1t Is
dfncult 10 obtain light but 1t IS certain that the
c,tv has lost a good chance TO save and make
money nv not having governing clauses IN the
tract ar undertaking the work on It's own
account and as the Government BOOKS AT inc
.,.,rds keen an account Of all supplies received
il Is the genera! assuiipuvh ~ Inv ncai
n.ae abandoned by the authorities A naval
oMcar In speaking OF the case yesterday, saIu'
,I, !. no news that the dredgers are taxing up
,,oher IN the tract for II was known 70 the
linz I'M, r,cnt that the timber was there. Dut
r,bether the Government has any process ps
Nn' .t ooint The Boston. New Ork anu
1o,',a leland wards were made the repos'oilc
-. - Inroonse amounts Of war material, anu JuSt
bsfnre the war ended. large quantities oi 'ii"oef
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-09
DUNRAVEN MAY Re SORRY.
CONFLICTING REPORTS As TO HIS ATTITUDE IL
REFERENCE TO THE RESULT or THE IN-
QI-IKY-NEW BOATS KuIIDING.

CONFLICTING REPORTS As TO HIS ATTITUDE IL
REFERENCE TO THE RESULT or THE IL
CURRY NEW BOATS BUILDING
7 V : Oldie the secretary OF the New-York
Yacht club has issued the following notice to
hers OF the club: THE first general meeting o, the
club will he held at the clubhouse, Thursday. 18th
inst at $50 p. n At this meeting the election
Of officers for the ensuing year Will take place.
and the annual reports Of the secretary, treasurer
and standing committees presented"
a large number OF members will be balloted
for and more important than all this the report
presented by the Special Inquiry Committee. action
on which vas postponed on motion Of CAPTAIN
difficult to forecast TIE action of the club in the
w WIKI the EAR OF Dunraven viii take Reports
from abroad are CONNECTING. and while one day they
hat he VAS wrong and unwilling TO make any
apology the next lays rumors are 70 the effect
that a note OF apology has been mailed TO the club
and hat Dunraven IS sorry. The tone Of his com
and az the members are all deeply Interested ami
al anxioIs that nstce be done it is reasonable
to look for an unusually large meeting
4 yacht ia being built in Erie Basin from de-
signs by j Beaver webb for NJ. C. D. Borden. which
promises be OF the best steam yachts designed
by Webb
Another craft now under way which is attract
ing attention Is the cruising yawl which George
Matthews Is building from his own designs at his
place on the East River. The craft viii be forty
earn and six feet six inches draught. John Cough
tree IS experimenting the work.
TWO steam yachts belonging TO members Of the
New-York Yacht club being overhaulel and
rentted at Tebos Basin, South Brooklyn one Is
Elbridge T. Gerrys Electra and the other Frederic
Gallatins Amy. Il Is said that the Amy VIII
leave here for the West Indies early In the spring
and then go TO Europe for the summer. The plans
for the cruise OF The Electra not yet completed
and VIII probably not De decided upon until the
yacht returns from Wilmington Del. whore She
Will be sent to take on new boilers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-09
Fatal FIRE ~ WKEESPORT. PENN

McKeespor;. Penn. Feb Sat O'clock this morn.
ing fire was discovered In the Alimyer Theatre
Block. and in short time the entire structure was
q mass OF flames. The building was situated In
Fifth-ave and was valued at $4,000 A short time
ago arrangements made TO convert II into q
brewery, and II Is thought that workmen dlsar.
ranged the electric light wires thereby causing the
fire The Herald Publishing Company occupied
the top floor and all the employees excepting George
Barto, foreman, escaped. He attempted to escape
by sliding down the elevator rope from the sixfN
door, and he has not been heard from.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-09
RETAIL COAL DEALERS HARNOyIOrS.

story published yesterday 10 the effect that
the meeting OF the Retail Coal Dealers Exchange
last Friday night adjourned until February
y because the dealers feared 10 meet each other.
II was learned yesterday from trustworthy source
that there was no foundation for such a story and
that perfect harmony exists among the dealers.
Peter De witt. OF the firm OF Peter De Witt z
Co wholesale and retail coal dealers. At No Ill
broadway. was 10 have addressed the meeting on
"present Trade Conditions" but ne not able
10 attend because OF a slight indsposition. /; was
also learned that Mr.. De Witt may address the
membsrs Of the association at an early date.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-09

ITO, o,van n railroads While the Board feels posi-
live that this is the course which should be pur.
sued and tat all work which can be done on land
should be taken from the water Il must not Dc
understood that these changes would be made az
once or be OF a sudden character; they could only
he carried out as leases expire, as property now
owned by private individuals and railroads Is &C.
ouired by the city, and as steamship lines cemand
ard need property occupied in other ways u
would be a gradual and not an immediate change.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-09
A FORTUNE IN THE MUD.
FISHING FOR LIVE OAK IN THE NEW
WALLABOUT BASIN.

VALUABLE TIMBER AND OTHER MATERIAL LEFT
OVER FROM WAR TIMES BROUGHT Up BY
DREDGERs WHO ARE SELLING IT
WHERE BROOKLYN LOST
GOOD CHANCE.
Considerable fun has been made Of the man
who went fishing for cod. and when ne caught
haddock threw them overheard. as they were
NO. what he was after. This particular fisher
man has follower in a line of business some
what more important than the catching of fish,
and the place where the city Of Brooklyn has
started the work Of building a great public
market is the scene Of his operations. Behind
this is story Of forgetfuness. worse and a
loss to the Government which, II compounded
since il began. would obviate the necessity of
selling bonds.
Travellers through Flushng-a ave, at the east
ern end Of the Navy Yard reservation. will
q high brick wall surmounted By q metal cap
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-09
PRESERVED IN WATER.

Conversation with one Of the Oldest employees
OF the Navy Yard revealed the fact that the yard
legends tell Of the receipt IN the last months OF
the war Il Ar enormous quantity OF live oak
timber and other shipbuidng material. which
was taken 70 the basin and sunk. No use was
found for IT, as shipbudng stopped after the de-
mand for vessels ceased, and the Incoming ~
iron and eteel stopped any further demand for
the live oak when shipbuilding was resumed
in the effort 10 build a new navy. Live OAK
sinks Of It's own weight, and, as salt water Is the
best known preservative Of the timber, 1t is in
as good condition to-day az 1t was thirty years
ago. when the Department paid out great sums
Of money for what absolutely useless al
the time
Already the dredges have taken up about
100000 feet Of timber. and those who know say
that the edge Of the great deposit has hardly
been touched II this be the case there is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-09

by selling It. and already several thousand feet
Of live oak, some Of which bought by the
Government at the rate Of 81 80 a cubic foot.
has been disposed of at the lump rate Of $40
thousand feet, board measurement The Gov
eminent gets nothing 20 show for the difference
N rriCe
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-07-24

Pa. ...r.gH lizards which swarm on
.,.r,.tr.. certainly have the hardest
f-gsauy creature ga Barbados since
,n.tr H.,h u 30 delicate that every
,,.iBg eats them which can catch them
81. fowls, birds, monkeys anu
lies all deyour the poor lizards
witch have only two methods OF de-
tending themselves, both very made
net. for the purpose One Is their
LIVER of changing their color
whereby they eau appear bright
.r.ap at one moment on The
I.ef Of au aloe, and then DARK
chocolate brown on piece OF damp
,,rtb. II this does not conceal them
from thoir enemy, they drop their
tails. The caudal appeudage jumps
rom the ground and makes frantic
dance all by itself, and if the pursaer
is leludcd into seizing 1t, the mar"
svsils itself Of the chance TO escape
and grow another tail. But We are
bouDd TO confess that We have never
vet seen a quajruped taken IN by the
artiiice, though 1t may deceive "'''
now and then.
For the rest, the poor lizards are
harmless things, with pathetic eyes ID
which turks an expression Of WEAKNESS
and disillusion, as though they we're
a. old rs the world itself, ana had
found it all vanity and vexatlon OF
spirit. They are fond Of pIain'lye
music. and will enter at the open van
dows when "A piano is playing aud Sit
listening and nodding their queer NAT
heads and looking ont OF those wlstiui
eyes at the player, till he or she'll o.
an imaginative temperament might
fancy he was playing to an audience
OF transmigrated souls Chambers
journal.