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Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-31
TODAY.
weather NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Weather indications-c Cloudy.
Sun rises. ...5.28 Days length.12.A
Sun SETS. ...6.09 Moon sets.... 2.N
Lothrop's Opera House = Special
Delivery" 2.30 and s.
Mechanics Hall-Benefit entertain
ment for Maine monument fund
8.
English High School Hall-Lecture
by Mrs. Alice Freeman Pal
mer, 8.
Steinert Hall-Miss Florence Sears
pupils recital, 8.
=.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-31

Modern Merchandise co. IS monster spring
sale opens today, March 81. sss
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-31

The following provisional program Is for
the Worcester county Christian Endeavor
convention at Leominster. The conven-
ton has many Worcester speakers;
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-31

Modern Merchandise Co. s monster spring
sale opens today. March 81. sse
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-16
The San jose Scale.

In view of the destruction being
caused by this new enemy to fruit and
ornamental trees and shrubbery, and
the alarming spread of the disease,
coupled with the fact that no effective
remedy has yet been found, the following
method for detecting the insect is espe-
cially timely. On account of it's small
size, most persons in looking for it pass
1t by unnoticed. The female scale is
only about one-twentieth of an inch in
diameter while the male is only about
one-half that size. The shape of the fe-
male Is nearly circular, while the male
is more elongated. The female Is sharply
convex or cOnical in the center. This
last characteristic will help to distin-
guish it from many of the more common
species. It's color is nearly like the bark
on which it is found Another distin-
gushing characteristic lis found in the
reddish discoloration Of the bark i'm
mediately surrounding the scale and ex-
tending through both the outer and the
inner bark. These characteristics will
enable one with an ordinary pocket mag
nifying glass to detect the presence of
the insect.
Several remedies have been tried In in
tested districts with more or less sue
cess, and among them the old time
remedy for scale insects of any kind,
that of painting the trunk and branches
OF the trees with thick white paint.
This has proved more or less successful,
but in some cases the trees were killed,
probably because turpentine or a similar
oil was used for mixing the paint, which
VIII kill trees about as quickly as any
thing which could be put on them.
White lead paint thinned with linseed
oil is the only paint to use on trees, and
even that must be used with care by
spreading 1t thlnly and evenly.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-16
Best Grains for Making Pork.

Every farmer is desirous of getting
the highest price possible for his hogs
and packing house buyers say that they
would rather pay good price than a
low price, for they claim that their prof
it's are larger and they can turn their
products so much quicker when the price
is up than when 1t is down. In order to
get the best price farmers must bring
their hogs to market in such prime
condition that they will bring the top
Of the market. Tops, as they are called,
are medium size 200 to $50 pounds each,
plump and good form, not overly fat
but well built up with lean meat. To
produce this kind of a hog requires
something more than pure corn for feed.
Corn Is the standard feed for hogs and
Is the best single grain that can be had
for the purpose, but it produces great
quantities of fat, and a variety of feed
makes the best pork. Wheat makes lean
meat, but it is ordinarily too expen-
sive a feed for hogs. Barley and peas
are good feed but they produce large
proportions Of fat. For growth there is
nothing so good as clover alfalfa pas
ture with some grain each day. And
variety Of feed with clover pasture will
tend to keep the hogs in healthy condi-
tiOn and prevent the ravages of their
worst enemy, the cholera.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-16
Keeping Eggs Fresh.

Probably the best and easiest way to
keep eggs fresh is to pack them care
fully in fine salt. Only those perfectly
fresh should be packed and they should
be perfectly clean. Put an inch of salt
III the bottom of the jar, box or other
vessel used, then carefully press the
eggs, small end down, half an inch into
the salt and far enough apart so they
Will not touch. Cover this layer with
salt gently pressed down so as to ex-
clude the air and leaving it an inch
deep above the eggs. Place and cover
the next layer in the same way and so
on until the vessel is filled, leaving an
inch OF salt on top of the last layer of
eggs. Then tie two or three thicknesses
OF paper over the top and set away in a
cool, dry place and they will keep fresh
and good for several months. The OBJ
ject is to exclude the air and variations
in temperature and atmosphere. The
reason for putting the small ends down
is because the yolk will not settle against
the shell at the small end as quickly as
on the side or the large end. Fine salt
is best because it will exclude the air
better than cOarser salts. They will also
keep well in brine made with salt
and lime. Pack the eggs carefully with
small ends down in a jar. Pour a gal
lon of boiling water over pound of
lime. When settled and cold pour it
off from the sediment and add pound
OF salt Pour this brine over the eggs
until they are all covered and set them
where they will not be disturbed until
needed for use
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-16

use 1t crush it fine and mix with other
manures, or, IL used alone, scatter it
broadcast over the soil.
Pullets begin laying at four to six
months Of age II they are hatched early
and kept growing. It is therefore COM
paratively easy to figure out when you
should hatch the stock which will give
you eggs from December to March, when
they bring the best prices. Fertile eggs
that are to be used for breeding pur-
poses should be kept where they will
not Chill, for while chilling will not
wholly destroy their fertility it makes
1t weak and Is often the cause of chicks
dying in the shell.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-16
POul try Hints,

Sour mash for poultry is worse than
none at all; feed all mashes warm and
remove from the troughs all that is not
readily eaten. Milk in any form, sweet,
sour or buttermilk, is good for poultry
especially for laying hens and young
pullets. Healthy hens require large
quantities of water, which should al
ways be fresh; water is quite as essen
tial to fowls as to the human family, but
in poultry 1t passes off through the skin,
instead of through the kidneys, as with
us; the urine In the excrements of fowls
Is the white substance in the manure.
Poultry manure should be saved and
used ON the soil, and the best way to
handle 1t is to scatter lime over the floor
ana roOsts every morning and remove
the droppings once week, by that time
tine action of the lime will have made
the manure hard and it is easier to ham
die. Keep in barrels and when ready to
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-16

abandoned. The only road to success
tul farming lies in keeping some kind OF
live stock to consume the greater part
OF what grows out OF the soil, and care
tully saving and applying the manure.
The man who thinks his soil mex
haNstible Is mistaken, and IL he lives on
1t long enough he will find 1t out. The
farm Is the farmers bank, and fertility
Is the cash deposit which may be checked
out. No man ever had so much money
in bank but that he, in time, would get
to the end OF 1t If he continually checked
out more than he put in. It Is advisable
In all localities to raise different CroDs ON
the farm and practice a regular system
OF rotation, rarely having the same crop
on any given field more than one wear
without some other crop intervening
And in this rotation clover ought to come
IN every third or fourth year. A crop
OF clover will add materially to the pro-
duciVeness Of the farm. It's long roots
penetrate the subsoil, thus breaking Il
up and improving the mechanical con-
ditlon and bringing up fertility from be-
low, where 1t has, to some extent, been
carried when their was a surplus of
water descending through 1t. It Is also
one OF the very few plants that has the
ability to extract nitrogen from the air
and deposit it in the soil.-Colman's
Rural World
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-16

are afterwards employed in the show
dairies of the nobility. English butter
is made for immediate consumption and
consumed at home It Is salted very
lightly and put up in prints by hand with
paddle. They work their butter drier
and firmer but do not care so much for
granular texture as we do In this coun-
try. Their pasture is very fine and
their cows principly Devonshire Short
horns, large blocky animals OF distinc-
lively fleshy type developed for milk.
Probably what we term milking Short
horns. A good dairy cow there is worth
800, but when their usefulness for the
dairy is over they sell as low as 81.
The celebrated DevOnshire clotted cream
Is made by setting the milk In shallow
crooks and warming it until it begins
to crinkle, then 1t is set aside until the
cream rises. Sometimes 1t Is warmed
and set aside again. Then the cream
is taken off for table use and eaten on
bread.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-16
Fertility of the Farm.

One should always farm in such a
way as to maintain the fertility Of the
soil. II the farmer raises and sells off
the farm grain and hay to such an ex-
tent that there Is not enough fertilizing
material returned to the farm to pre-
serve Its fertility, he is on the road to
ruin as far as the fertility of the land
Is concerned The time will come when
either ne or those who come after him
will find themselves on a poor, worn
out farm that refuses to yield them a
support, and the farms will have to be
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-16

spiked to board eight feet long and
eight inches wide. The end runners are
mortised an inch from the top so that
they slip readily on this frame board
They are held in place by wire spikes
slipped into holes bored through the
runners and also through the frame
board The distance between the marks
can be readily changed, and the marker
may be drawn or pushed, as desired. In
constructing 1t the number of runners
or weight Of the whole implement may
be arranged to suit the needs of the
maker
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-16

Kansas City boasts of a live stock
trade amounting now to $1SO,OOO,OOO a
year The dealers there say thirty-two
States and Territories in the Union have
contributed to the receipts Of live stock
at The Kansas City stock yards during
the year 1897, and this, they aver, ex.
ceeds all markets, except one, in the
world. It is added that the year 1897
has exceeded all other years In the live
stock trade of the city. The consign-
ments of stock to that market during the
year included in the neighborhood of
100000 head of cattle, 10000 head of
calves, 3,25O,OOO head Of hogs, 100000
head Of sheep, and $4,000 head OF horses
and mules.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-16

There ought to be some person on
every farm who can measure bins, cribs
and stacks. This is frequently matter
of Importance, especially in negotiations
for sale of corn in crib or hay in
stack. Two cubic feet OF sound, dry corn
in the ear will about equal a bushel of
shelled corn. Then, II the cubic con-
tents Of the cribbed corn be ascertained
in feet and that number be divided by
two, you have about the number of
bushels Of shelled corn in the crib.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-16

1t is reported that a French chemist
has discovered process for chemically
getting the butter out of cream. His
preparation, put into the cream, coats
the fat globules with an albuminous
covering. Then the cream is heated,
aerated and put through an alcoholic
fermentation, which causes the fat glob-
ules to rise to the surface, after which
they are gathered and washed.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-16

Germany buys more than 10000. 900
cows annually and pays an average of
$50 to 500 per head for them. They are
obtained principally from Austria, Dem
mark, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
The Germans know good thing when
they see 1t and are willing to pay a good
price for it. II 1t is profitable for them
to pay $50 or 800 per head for cows,
how much more profitable it ought to
be for the American farmer to keep cows
when he can buy them at $40 to $50
head.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-16

To make a good poultry house, it
ought to be lathed and plastered with
two coats Of mortar That Is the opin-
ion of the editor of the Poultry Keeper.
He thinks such house solves the lice
problem, for to destroy lice 1t would
then only be necessary, once a week,
to burn enough sulphur In the house to
fill 1t with dense fumes, keeping vt shut
for an hour, and the work Is done
When the house is not lathed and plas-
tered, 1t is not close enough, and too
much fresh air comes in while the sui
phur is burning.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-16
Adjustable Marker.

a valuable tool for fruit growers or
market gardeners Is sketched here-one
that may be easily made by a handy
man. The marks are made by runners
about thirty inches long, eight inches
wide and two inches thick. The center
runner is but six inches wide and Is
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-16

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All Druggists refund the money II It
fails to Cure. 26c.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-14
Closing prices:
General Markets.

New York, Oct. IL.
FLOUR-State and western fairly active
and firmly held; winter patents, S3.75a39J
winter straights, $3.45a3.60; Minnesota patents
S375a425 winter extras $2.75a3l5
WHEAT-No. 2 red opened strong on unex-
pectcdly higher cables, but eased off under
realizing: December 713sa7lMc.; May, TO9sa7lc.
RYE-Firm; state, 5ONc.; No. western,
size, c. |. f. Buffalo.
CORN-No. 2 was quiet and steady with
wheat; December, 36Aa38sc.
OATS-No. 2 inactive; track, white, state,
2Sa33c; track, white, western, %a33c.
PORK-Quict; mess, $S@5aS.75; family, $1@.5o
ala.
LARD-Firm; primo western steam, $5.25,
nominal.
BUTTERFLY state dairy, 14a1811c.; state
creamery, 15a2lc.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY; large, white, $3.50; small,
white, &c.
EGGS-Firm: state and Pennsylvania, 1915
alac.; western, 171aalSc.
SUGAR--Raw quiet, but firm; fair refining,
3ll-l6c.; centrifugal, % test, 3-l6c.; refined
steady; crushed, 519c.; powdered, sac.
TURPENTINE-Steady at 2Ha33c.
RICE-Tirm; domestic, 49sa5c.; Japan, &c.
TALLOW-Firm; city, 3 0-l6a39sc.; country,
:5aa3Ac.
HAY-Steady; shipping, 25a4Oc.; good to
choice 45a;tJc,
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-14
M Delay In Porto Rico.

Washington, Oct. 14.-The following
cablegram has been received at the war
department from General Brooke: "San
Juan de Porto Rico-The United States
commission have informed the Spanish
commission that the United States ex-
poets to have complete possession of
Porto Pico on Oct IS. The Spanish
commission assents to this and say that
it is expected the evacuation will be
complete on or before that day. If not,
they will concede possession. The Unit
ed States commission has practically
completed the details of the evacuation,
and the joint commission has held its
last session and adjourned without de-
lay. The United States troops will be
placed in San Juan and the flag hoisted
at noon Oct. 49,"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-14
THAT BANK FAILURE.
The Comptroller Promises to Give
the Directors More Time.

the Directors More Time.
Washington, Oct. IA committee Of
the directors of the Tradesmen's Ma
tional bank, consisting of Messrs. Will
liam II. Woolverton, Julius Kaufman
and David H. Bates. called upon Charles
G.. Dawes comptroller Of the currency,
In connection with matters of the
Iradesmen's National bank. The ma
tional bank examiner In charge Of the
bank has reported to the comptroller
that the net amount due the depositors
Oct. was $2,409,000, and he estimates
that the short time bills receivable of
the bank which will be paid at ma
turity, together with the cash assets Of
the bank. amount to $220O,610, leaving
balance of assets amounting to some
thing over 100000 with which to pro-
vide for the difference of s20S,390. The
examiner, having carefully gone over
the assets, states that he believes a
sum largely in excess Of the apparent
deficit can be realized from these as
sets.
Under the circumstances the comp
troller announced to the committee that
he would give them further time in
which to make an effort to put the
bank in condition for voluntary liqui-
dalton. He said, however, that before
he consents to the voluntary liquida-
ton of the bank 1t must be placed In
such condition as to meet all it's obli-
cations upon demand
To that end some of the largest de-
positors of the bank have announced
their willingness to accept certificates
of deposit payable at a later date in or
der that this result may be reached. 1t
was also made condition by the comp
troller that he should select from the
directors of the bank those members
who should compose the liquidating
committee. as he did not desire con-
nected with the liquidation those Of
flcers of the institution through whose
arbitrary action the Wool Exchange
loans were taken. He announced that
he would give the committee a reason
able time to bring their efforts to con-
clusion and that he would then send
representative from his Office who, with
the New York bank examiner would
again appraise the assets, so as to en-
able him to give his final decision with
the most complete information.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-14
George SaNtOn's Will.

Canton, O.. Oct. 14.-The last will and
testament of George D. SaXton has
been filed in the probate court. His sis
ter, Mrs. M. C. Barber, is made sole ex-
ecutrix of his will, to serve without
bond and without an inventory or
schedule of assets in court. The Sax
ton block, the largest single piece of
property in the estate, is bequeathed to
the children of Mrs. Barber during
their life and at their death to their
heirs. The residue of the estate Is to
be held in trust by the executrix until
her youngest child becomes 20 years of
age, when it is to be equally divided
among her children. The will was made
April II, 1898,
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-14
Mig Mountain Was Seen Before.

Seattle, WASH, Oct. 14.-The big Alas
ka mountain which the Eldridge geo.
logical survey party claimed to have
discovered on its recent trip into the
Suchitna river country is the mountain
discovered in 1896 by w. A. Dickey of
Seattle and a young man from Boston
named Monks. The Eldridge discovery
simply confirms the reports made by
Dickey and Monks, who named the
mountain MCKINLEY" They reported
that the mountain Is over 10000 feet
high and that it would never be climbed.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-14
Havana Fears the NnniHOes.

Havana, Oct. IA. A pamphlet ad-
dressed to the United States evacuation
commits c:on has been printed and wide
ly circulated asking the American au-
thorities to prevent the return here,
where they would be a constant mem
ace to order and safety, of the 700
nanigoes who have been released from
African prisons by the Spanish gov
eminent since the protocol was signed.
The nnngoes are professional murder
ers. burglars, thieves and criminals OF
the lowest and most depraved type
They form clubs. binding members to
commit murder at fixed dates and hours
for the mere sake of shedding blood.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-14
An Angry Chippewa Chief.

Ds,nnea nolis. Oct. 14.-Chief Guy-Ne-
1,1nn'Aush is very bitter in denuncia-
w. of The manner in which the Chip
,.,s If Minnesota and Dakota were
being robbed by the lumper.lien da.
principal cause of the diincul.y, m nd
clared at a council with beauneu or
other peacemakers, was not "in' ,.,hioh
the arrests, but the manner ia .taio,
the Indian pine lands are pe'r r5,sh,ng.
They had vainly Appealed TO w snaIIv
ton for several years ana nau ~
taken matters In their own hanue'
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-14
Aged Minister Dead.

Kibourne. Wis, Oct. 14.-Rev. Elmer
Yocum is dead at his home in this viii
lage, aged 92 Dr. Yocum was born in
Mifflin county. Pa. He was a member
of the famous general conference held
in New York which tried and suspend
ed bishop for having married wife
who owned slaves. This incident led to
the separation of Methodism north and
south. DIR. Yocum is supposed to have
been the only survivor of that confer
ence
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-14
Come StnE Assignm en tn.

Washington, Oct. 14.-By direction OF
the secretary of war the following as
sirnments of staff officers are announc-
cd. Second division-Assistant adJu-
tant general, Major Edward Davis; in
snector general, Major Earl D. Thomas,
chief quartermaster, Major QUO H.
Falk; chief commissary OF SUBSISTENCE
Major Samuel w. Hay; chief ordnance
officer, Major Jodfried H. McDonald'
chief surgeon, Major Robert J. GIBSON
chief surgeon, Major Robert J. Gibson;
engineer officer, Charles l.. Woodbury..
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-14
The Troops For the Senator.

San Francisco Oct. IA formal or
der for the troops to embark on the
transport Senator has been issued. 1t
designates the Third battalion of the
Twenty-third infantry, the recruits OF
the Second oregon regiment, 100 men
and two officers of Battery D, Califor-
MIA heavy artillery; Second Lieutenant
w. C. Cannon of the volunteer signal
corps, Assistant Surgeons Ira D. Laid,
c. J. Bartlett and Bruce Foullkes ana
seven men of the hospital corps, max
ing in all 775. men and officers that VIII
sail on the transport. The guard OF
the Senator was detailed from the
Twenty-third infantry.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-14

1,eadville, Colo, Oct. 14.-While KICK
ing about some dirt at the city dump
Frank Burkhart unearthed cave IN
which he found some very rich ore ex-
nosed The officers were at once notined
and upon investigation found a cache ne.
froro which they extracted SO sacks OF
.o,d and silver ore The stuff had evil
dent,v beer hidden away during the last
ten days and has been stolen from on.
forent mines. as it was of different
ah,rocter From samples assayed the
ore il shown to be enormously rach anu AM
vii, probably prove to be worth Slloooo'
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-14
West Pointer Goes to Jail.

Kansas City, Oct. 14.-Frank r. Ma
son. a graduate of West Point, pleaded
guilty to burglary in the criminal court
and has been sentenced to serve ten
years in the penitent airy. He is as years
old and was arrested for stealing a
watch and chain from the home OF To-
"a musician.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-14
Central Vermont Railroad.
Tilne-Ta able.

'ORkECTED TO OCT. 2. 1898.
r..,ns leave Barre daily, except Sunday, nj 20
GOING SOUTH.
b.. IN A. M.-MAlL, For Boston VIA. Lowell o.
Fitchbuig Now York via. Springfield nno
all New England psints. Purl'r car TO bos
ton via. Lowell, without change.
l.. oOP. M,-FAST EXPRhss. For Boston
Lowell; New York via. Springfield andvi"
New London. Buffet parlor carlo Boston
s1n p.M.-LOCAL PASSENGER. For N.r,h'
field, Randolph, and White Klvei
Junction, connecting with mixed
train for Windsor.
u. 90 P.M.-NIGHT EXPRESS. Leaves Barre re-
week days only ,butleaves Montpelier i ~
AM, daily including sundays. Due bos'
ton via Lowell daily 8.15 AN. Boston Via.
Eitchburg daily Except Sunday S.oo An ;
Sunday 1920 am New York texcept Sun
day. ii .25 "A. M. On Sundays runs to spring
field only. Wagner sleeping cara 10 'oe'o"
via. Lowell and to Springfield
GOING NORTH.
nhDA. M.-LOCAL EXPRESS. For Burliny'
ton, st. Adams. Richford and Rouses fol M
Connects at Essex Junction with expresH 'o'
all points on Rutland K. Il.
3.O5 P.M.-MA1L. For Burlington, kutland'
Cambridge Junction, st. Albans. MohsTea.'
Norwood, Ogdensburgn and the West " az
ner Parlor Car to Montreal. -.
AIN p. M-GXPRESS for Burlington, 81. A.
bans and Montreal. Pullman Sleeping ga!
Montpelier Junction 70 Chicago, withou'
change. Due Chicago 90 p. M. next nlent'
Connects at Essex junction for New OH
via, Rutland and Troy.