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NORFOLK. Va. August 3. 1892
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
NEW YoNK-LOWrR uAnnOR-

NEW YORK-LOWER IIAREOR.
Notice is hereby given tiint the Old
W'St Fer rcd bell buoy. Coucy Island
channel. New York Lower Bay. having
been damaged by collision has been
temporarily discontinued. It viii he rc
paired aud replaced on station as soon
as prnc'icahic. r which due notice Will
he gwen. Very rcsrec;fUi'-
j. ASfiHY WILLIAMS.
NEW YORIl-NEW HAf.vIaiORg
ROCK POST LIGHT.
Notice IS hereby given that on or
about August .lo 1889. n fixed white
lnnicrn llsht will be- established on a
dolrliin IN the water. about l 400 feet
.|-iO Milo souihwcstcrly FROM Sew
Baltimore Post Light about 80 feet to-
the northward Of thc base 0f New BAL
tnor" Rock, and about l25 feet from
the westerly shovc Of The Hudson river.
the Red niuT Mile. Of clo. $. G.
VIII enlarge from 5000 - 10000 splndics
1nl solicit correspondence from nartl sea
c0n.uG South 10 invest.
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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-25
Intent of the Ten Cent Tax.

While all honest men concede that
oleo should be sold for what it really
is and for nothing else, a few under
stand that the proposed 10 cent tax is
designed to be prohibitive and that
1t is the same as enacting a law forbid
ding the making of oleomargarlne. The
proposed law does not tax the manu-
facture of oleomargarine designed to
be sold for what it really is 10 cents a
pound, or any other sum. 1t taxes the
act of coloring it to resemble butter so
that it can be sold for butter. 1t does
not prohibit the making of oleomarga-
rine, but does prohibit carrying on q
fraud 1t is designed, not to crush out
oleomargarine, but to crush out fraud.
OF course If 1t is impossible to sell
oleomargarine except by fraud, then
the proposed law will suppress oleo-
margarine, and in that event 1t ought
to. If the opponents of the proposed
law really mean what they say-and
probably some of them do--that no
man should be allowed dishonesty to
sell oleomargarine as butter, nor
should he be prohibited from making
oleomargarine, then they really con-
cede the justice of the 10 cent tax and
the absolute necessity for that kind of
legislation, and they only oppose the
law through misconception of the situ-
ation.-Creamery Journal
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-25
Tuberculosis In Cows.

Professor Wrightson writes as fol
lows in The English Agricultural Ga
zette:
"The pleasure of dairy farming has
been somewhat marred by the idea OF
unsoundness in so large a proportion
of our cows. 1t is to be hoped that ere
long our knowledge will at least be
sounder than it appears to be, and
probably our cows are sounder than
our knowledge. The seeds of disease,
alas, are sown broadcast even in the
fairest scenes, but no human measure
can eradicate them. There is such a
thing as knowing too much, and life
would not be worth living if we could
see the approach Of disease and death.
1t is well no doubt to eliminate, as far
as possible, all predisposing causes,
but to detect, in a manner which may
be termed prophetic, the germs of n
disease which has not declared itself
and which may remain latent until
death interyenes from totally different
causes is going a step too far. If an
animal is diseased, by all means iso-
late it or destroy it, but to do so be-
cause an animal reacts to a reagent
and thereby exhibits a tendency is,
repeat, going a step too far. All ami
mails have this tendency, for it is evil
dent that although an animal does not
react today it may react tomorrow, or
at least shortly. The test to be effect
i've should be constantly used. A COW
free this summer may not be so in the
autumn, and hence system Of month
ly testing would be necessary.
animal food, bacon, cheese, butter,
cream and milk have always been re-
garded as wholesome foods, and they
are as wholesome now as ever. Why
should we terrify ourselves with Won
dering whether animals used as foods,
or their products used as food, may
have the seeds of disease or death in
their bodies (Which must be the case)
when they are apparently healthy,
thriving or yielding large quantities of
good milk? AS well might we question
the wholesomeness of hares rabbits
and poultry, and have every chicken
subjected to a tuberculin test before
we wiring its neck. To such preposter-
GUS lengths might we be led but for
the strong common sense which happi-
ly rules"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-25
FADING OF BUTTER.
How the Genuine Article May Lose
Its Attractiveness.

How the Genuine Article May Lose
Its Attractiveness.
This is the season of the year when
butter fades in the market and loses
much of its bright yellow, attractive
appearance, writes William Conway in
the Boston Cultivator. Merchants are
considerably bothered with this sud
den change in the butter, and it some
times causes them loss as well as the
producer. The cause of this loss of
color is not always easily ascertained.
1t was supposed at one time that faded
butter was simply artifieially colored
butter, losing its coloring matter added
after churning, but this is not necessa
rily true. Some pure butter that has
been made without any artificial color
ing seems to bleach out almost the col
or of clean tallow. Naturally butter
thus bleached out does not sell well.
The cause of this is partly due to the
poor handling of the butter. 1t is nee
essary to keep all the butter at low
temperature in summer to make it
keep, but In transferring it from cold
storage to the store this temperature
is frequently changed quite violently
The sudden change causes the butter
to undergo a chemical change in eX-
IRENE instances. 1t is not at all I'M
likely that this causes the color to
change also and produce the bleached
out appearance. The greatest care in
handling butter in hot weather is just
as urgent ON the part of commission
merchants as the farmer. Without
doubt good deal of the spoiled butter
that sells down at nominal prices is
due to the carelessness of the shippers
and city merchants. On the other
hand, this should not release the MAX
ers from responsibility, for much of
the poor butter is due to slovenly
methods of the farmer. Bleached out
or faded butter may be caused by the
lack Of the proper incorporation of the
salt in the mass. If the salt is not
thoroughly worked through every part
of the butter there will be some of it
that will become rancid. This rancidi-
ty in very small part of the butter
will spread and in time cause the
whole mass to undergo a chemical
change. A peculiar tallow or greasy
flavor develops, and the natural vel
low of the butter fades to a pale, sick
ly hue that is very unprepossessing.
In extreme cases, where high or sud
den change of temperature hastens the
process of degeneration, the butter
max become almost worthless on ac-
count of it's appearance. The sale of
first class butter depends as much up
on its looks as upon its actual taste.
1t is consequently essential to guard
against anything that win make the
mass lose its color and bright, at
tractiye appearance.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-25
TEST OF CHuRNs.
Interesting Experiments Made at ~
Indiana Station.

Interesting Experiments Made mt tA~
Indiana station.
Professor c. S. Plumb of Purdue ex-
pertinent station says:
From time to time there has been in
troduced into the dairy community
unique forms of ehurns. Hundreds of
varieties have been patented, and the
farming public as a result has suffered
from the introduction of many of these
experimental, undesirable churns. I'm
der ordinary conditions of churning
modern dairy authorities generally
agree that churns should be free of all
forms of inside paddles or dashers,
This Is because where different lots
of cream are churned together at one
time they are often unevenly ripened.
and butter comes from some of tho
cream sooner than from the other. The
butter which comes first is more or
less injured when struck and rubbed
by the paddle or dasher, so that but
ter OF inferior grain or quality is pro
duced.
During the past few years several
forms OF churns have been introduced
IN the United States that are advertis
ed to bring the butter lin minute and
half" and remarkable results are
promised. the farmer who uses one OF
them. These churns are of the shape
Of an ice cream freezer pail and con
tain a set of arms, or dashers, near
the bottom that are reyolved at great
speed by a geared arrangement at the
top Of the churn operated By a crank
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-25

handle. In April and May tests were
made of one of these churns at the In
diana experiment station. The churn
was small of capacity, so but eight
pounds, or one gallon, of cream was
used In each trial. The trials were
made under as favorable conditions as
possible to produce good butter. The
cream was placed In the churn at a
low temperature, ranging in the differ
ent trials from SO to So degrees. At
the former temperature the butter
came in Z minutes at the latter in 10
minutes. At 80 degrees a yield of 3
pounds and l ounce of sailed worked
butter was secured. At So degrees 2
pounds and II ounces was obtained.
The amount Of butter fat left in the
buttermilk showed that the butter had
been quite satisfactorily separated
from the cream.
The removal of the butter from this
churn, however, was the Objectionable
feature. If the butter warmed up to
81 degrees, a very common churning
temperature on our farms, it could not
be nicely removed from the churn. The
paddles beat 1t considerably, and after
giving such careful washings of the
butter as seemed desirable the con-
tents of the churn in each case smear
ed in an Objectionable manner. In
winter, in cold room, the work of the
paddles would still be undesirable.
This type of churn, for the reason
given, Is not to be recommended over
the standard barrel or box churn, free
of all inside devices. The revolution of
a simple barrel or box churn contain
ing no paddles in a cool room with
cream at 81 to So degrees temperature
should give the most satisfactory re-
suits to the dairy farmer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-25

AN loLh Or rANOIh1lEs
contending claims of animals of this
class, the Judge is much more certain of
his ground than when attempting to
estimate the respective merits of dairy
animals OF course we have made a
close study of form as related to func-
ton. We have deduced therefrom a
distinct type which we call Apiry form.
We have even reduced this type to
scale of measurements in the hope of
getting aid from mathematics, but
what man among us is there who will
venture to say how much milk or but
ter COW will make simply by looking
at her? What man Is there who will
pretend accurately to estimate per
Torrance by form? Can you tell how
far a frog will jump by looking at
him? Can you estimate the speed and
stamina of a horse in the show ring?
With all our standards in very truth
we work much in the dark when We
come to estimate the ability to render
a certain performance, such as milk
giving or running or trotting, merely
by an examination of the form of the
animal. We can but guess at best. OF
course there are those cocksure in
diyiduals to whom a much yaster wis
dom On their own estimation has
been revealed than to the common
herd, and some of them have no diff
Guilty in persuading themselves that
they possess well nigh infallible pow
ers Of discernment, but the man who
milks and uses the tester knows that
he cannot know without the testimony
of the scales and the test tube.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-25

Danish cattle stables are kept al
ways snowily whitewashed without
and within, and between the two rows
of stalls is a central gangway for the
passage to the hangers. Large stalls
accommodate two cows each, the ami
mails being prevented from access,
however, to each others food. In a
trough above the manger clear water
runs from end to end, and the venti-
lation and light are excellent. The cat
tie have two or three feeds daily of
inangel wurtzel midday feed of hay,
and night and morning are fed with a
mixture Of rape cake and bran. In
summer they are turned out to grass.
The calves are equally cared for, and
also the multitude of pigs, which fat
ten on the dairy waste, making bacon
of such superior quality that 1t Is IN
great demand abroad, $4,000 900
pounds having been exported last
year Philadelphia Record.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-08-25
JUDGING DAIRY CATTLE.
Numerous Difficulties In Decid-
ing the Merits of Animals.


The judging Of dairy cattle is attend
ed with the gravest perplexities, says
THE Breeders Gazette. 1t is compare
lively simple and easy to allot posi-
Itions among beef cattle. Form, quality
and bloom are the points on which to
hang a decision. If the model beef
form is Appropriated, if breed type is
present, if quality is marked and bloom
apparent, the judge confidently APP
proaches a decision. That the form is
adapted to function is proved by the
condition of the animal-that is. the
outward manifestations fix the ami
mails value for beef purposes. Howev-
er difficult it may be to balance the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
The Haitian Generals Glass Eye.

a Haitian general having lost an eye
in battle sent TO Paris for an artificial
one. The maker sent in return one of
his best Shortly after the general re-
turned it, with the remark that the eye
was too yellow and recalled to his mind
the Spanish flag, adding at the same
time that he would wear only an eye
having the colors of his own country.
The maker thereupon made one with
red and green predominating, these be
ing the Haitian colors. This so pleased
the general that instead of wearing the
eye as originally intended he added it
to his collection of medals. - Post
graduate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
She Knew the Town.

Judge Nathan Golf of West Virginia
has a sister famous all through the state
for her remarkable brilliancy of mind
and broad culture. Miss Golf possesses
that rare quality of being able to appre-
ciate joke at her own expense.
The family home of the COTS is in
Clarksburg, a struggling city in the
mountains of West Virginia not espe-
cially noted for anything except it's
muddy streets in winter.
Miss Golf is a frequent visitor to New
York, and ON one occasion she attended
a reception at the house of prominent
bishop, given i'll honor of a clergyman
who had recently accepted a charge in
New York. 1t fell to Miss Goff's lot to
entertain another equally prominent
bishop whose diocese is one of the New
England states and who grew enthusi-
astio i'll talking about the guest of hon
or. He dilated at length On his learning
and oratory and closed his eulogium by
saying:
And you know, Miss Golf, the most
remarkable thing about our friend is
that he comes from a miserable little
mudhole in West Virginia. Let me see.
It is called"-and the bishop hesitated,
trying TO recall the place-"it is some
place with a burg, " the bishop finally
added.
ooh, yes said Miss Golf; "Clarks-
burg! live i'll that mudhole. Gin
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
Highest Office In America.

The power of the speaker of the house
of representatives has steadily increased
from the first congress to the present,
and in its influence on national iegisla-
rion is believed by many even to exceed
that exerted by the president. Samuel
J. Randall, through whom the influence
of the speaker was increased more large
~ than by any other man in this coun-
try, once said: Il came to consider
that the speakership was the highest
office within the reach of American citi-
Zens; that IL was a grand official sta
ton, great in the honors which it con-
ferred and still greater i'll the ability it
gave to impress ON our history and leg
islation the stamp of truth, fairness,
justice and right.
Great as are the powers of the speaker
OF the house OF representatives, and po-
tent for good or evil as are the commit
tees appointed by him, it is pessimistic
TO attribute to either or to both q meas
ure of power detrimental TO the future
veal of the nation. In continual con-
tact with the people and observant of
the glaring publicity that causes fire.
quent reversals of public opinion, it is
safe to say that future congresses, if
they should initiate legislation of an
objectionable character, would ulti-
mately enact such laws as will har-
monte with the intelligent wishes of
the people and tend to the highest de-
velopment of the republic.-General A.
w. Greedy, u. 5. A., in North Amer
lean Review.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
Prehistoric Dentistry.

George Byron Gordon, the explorer,
contributes an article on 1.-The Mysteri-
GUS City of Honduras to The Century.
The article gives an account OF discov-
cries at Copan. Mr.. Gordon says:
No regular burying place has yet
been found at Copan, but number of
isolated tombs have been explored. The
location of these was strange and unex-
pected-beneath the pavement of court
yards and under the foundations of
houses. They consist of small chambers
of very excellent masonry, rooted some
times by means of the horizontal arch and
sometimes by means of slabs of stone rest
ing on the top of the vertical walls. In
these tombs one and sometimes two in
ternents had been made. The bodies
had been laid at full length upon the
floor. The cerements had long since
r:ioidered away, and the skeletons them
selves were in a crumbling condition
and give little knowledge of the phys
ical characteristics OF the people; but
one fact of surprising interest came to
light concerning their private lives
namely, the custom of adjoining the
front teeth with gems inlaid in the
enamel and by filling. Although not all
of the sets of teeth found had been
treated in this way, there are enough to
show that the practice was general, at
least among the upper classes, for all
the tombs opened. from their associa-
tions with prominent houses, seem to
have belonged to people of rank and for
tune. The stone used in the inlaying
was bright green jadeite. \ circular
cavity about one-siXteenth of an inch
in diameter was drilled in the enamel
of each of the two front teeth of the up
per row and inlaid with little disk of
jadeite, cut TO perfect fit and secured
by means of bright red cement.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
Some Royal Presents.

Queen Mary, peculiarly known as
Bloody Mary" has not been pleasant
y drawn for US by history, but certain
records of the time when she was q
young princess, occupying the danger
ous position of doubtful heir to the
throne of England. indicate that she was
not without human kindness. Mr.. Rich
ard Davey, in his history of Mary Tu-
dor, quotes from the princess "privy
purse expenses. - Mary had been forbid
den to call the Princess Elizabeth by
any title, but it is pleasant to note that
she refers to her affectionately as my
little sister.
She sends her brother, afterward Ed
ward VI, frock which she had en-
broidered for him and gave her sister
Elizabeth a cramoisie satin kirtle.
Again, she sends a box with silver
needlework in it for her Sister Eliza
beth, and also worked cap for her
baby brother and made his nurse,
Mother jackson" n present of bon
net and frontlets which cost 90 shil-
lings.
Most singular among the gifts of tho
period, however, is that presented by
Lady Isle to Duke Philip of Bavaria
after the duke had visited Lord Lisle at
Calais.
MY lord" she writes to her spouse
from Calais after Lisle and Duke Philip
mad set out for England, 81 send you
my toothpiclzer. Thought to have given
it TO the duke while he was here, but it
was not then at my hand. send it to
him because when he was here did see
him wear a pin to pick his teeth withal.
And pray you to show him that it has
been mine these seven years.
A proprietorship in a toothpick of
seven years date would hardly be a rec
ommendation nowadays
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
An Actors Speech.

The oratorical and speechmaking
habit on the part of some of the stage
luminaries often leads to striking if not
ridiculous results. De Wolf Hopper
decked out as Spanish soldier of the
sixteenth century, in the act of reciting
the performances of the immortal Casey
is Il case in point. Could anything more
absurd be imagined than Francis Will
SOD, III the costume of vagabond, max
ing serious speech, assailing his enc
mics and hurting figures of speech at
his detractorS. To be called on for q
speech when robed in such habiliments
would be sufficient to discomfort any
body, including the actor. Jerome
Sykes, when with the Bostonians, was
called upon for a speech in Philadelphia
under peculiar circumstances The
finale of the last act of prince Ananias"
found Sykes and Mcdonald sitting ON
throne, Sykes smoking cigarette, robed
in Roman togaof green with lavender
drapery thrown over his shoulder and
papier mache crown on his head. Imag-
inc the CONSERVATION of the comedian
CARRIED thus to have an audience set up
a cry for a speech. Sykes squirmed,
while Mcdonald said, go ahead, Jer
ONE; say something
Sykes ambled down to the footiights
and said: Ladies' and gentlemen, Mr..
Mcdonald, my compatriot who sits up
there, informed me just minute ago
that he had neat little speech prepared
that he'd like TO have a chance to try
on the audience. 1 hope you'll give him
q chance
Whereupon Mcdonald looked silly,
and Sykes was never again prompted to
Ego ahead and say something. New
York Telegram.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
orhe Greatest of These"

4 genuine case of love of one littlo
girl for another still smaller was seen
on the east side a few days ago. A
number of little girls were dancing
gracefully and joyously in the street to
the music of a hand organ played by
an Italian. \ reporter, who had listen
ed and looked for some time with pleas
ure, called one girl to him, gave her a
nickel and told her to give it to the mu-
stefan. She sprang away joyfully to do
it, but paused suddenly, hesitated and
ran off to another girl, pathetic looking
and weak. To this little thing she gave
the 8 cent piece, resigning to another
the pleasure of rewarding the organ
grinder for the fun they were having.
The tot ran up to him with the rosiest
smile she had worn for week and
said, "Derep'-New York Commercial
Advertiser.