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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-02
EXPORTS DURING APRIL.
UNPARALLELED RECORD MADE
FOR THIRTY DAYS.
American Manufacturers Sent Ont in
That Month More Than in Any
other Like Period-A Large
Share wns Taken in Europe.

Special Dispatch 10 the Post-Inteligencer.
WASHINGTON. June IAN exporta-
ton of SO 900 200 worth Of manufactures
IN thirty days Is "A record unparalleled
for American manufacturers. That is the
record for the month Of April, 1900. The
details Of the April exportations-just
completed by the treasury bureau Of sta
tlstlcs-show that the expectation Of man
ufactures during that month were By far
the greatest Of any month In our history
and within n fraction Of so 0O0. 600. This
sfves assurance that the exports Of the
fscal year which ends with June will con-
.lderahly exceed 500 co. COO and be nearly
three times as much as a decade ago This
thenomcnal Increase in expectation OF
manufactures f. especially striking when
compared with the progress made by
European nations. our rivals In the at
tempt 20 supply the worlds market with
manufactured goods. Great Britain's ex-
ports show but slight Increase since 1850.
and an examination Of the export record
~ the principal European countries fails
10 disclose an instance In which the in
crease has been as much as q per cent,
while that OF the United States mean
while has been more than $50 per cent.
An examination Of the details OF our
eun expectation Of manufactures shows
that u Il IN the production. manufacture
and expectation ~ metals that we seem
70 excel The history Of nations and peo-
pies shows that great groups OF people
frequently excel In certain Industries,
ard the growth ~ our expectation, as
well as our domestic production Of manu-
features. seems 90 point TO metals as
our most successful line of work. espe-
rfsf'y ~ the present time In 1889 manu-
features Of metals formed less than 20
per cent. ~ our total expectation of
manufactures. snd In 1900 will he about
per cent. 81 our exports of manu-
In
Of metals ana manufactures thereof I'm
the decade of iSsg-ss was aao per cent,
while the Increase In the expectation OF
al manufactures In that time was but
no per cent. and the increase I'm manu-
features other than those OF metal dur
ing that time was but Sc per cent.
In this statement OF the expectation OF
manufacturer OF metals only those ar
tieles composed exclusively OF metals are
Included; those made up I'm part OF met
ais. such as railway cars. agricultural
machinery. etc, being included in tho
other manufactures. The rapid Increase
IN the expectation Of manufactures of
metals T. shown by the fact that the ex-
ports Of brass and manufactures thereof
In iSsa were but sa2i. 1s7 and in 1900 will
reach ~. 7p9Ho Instruments for scientific
purposes increased from 81. GA, 33s 20 s. no
M and IN tho year about 20 end will
reach nearly G.Vn0.000 copper and its
manufactures. which amounted In 1859 to
h3N%i. will be more than 40 n0a0O0 I'm
1870 Iron and steel Increased from sol
1907 IN lsa TO $50 40G SS5 In iSas, while
N The hscai year 1900 81 will exceed $780,
@c0N
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-02
Opposition VIII He I'm Words.

The Mataafa party claim That 'spoils he
long to the victors." At frst II looked as
II the natives were certain to give trouble
the whole OF their opposition win be in
words and not deeds.
The moneys agreed by the powers TO lie
paid TO the natives for the rifles sirrender-
cd 70 the commissioners amounting to si2,-
coo have been for some time on hand in
Apia. but for some unexplained reason
none Of Il has been as yet distributed
among the natives. Taxes and duties are
the same as formerly and Apia ie the only
t..nrt % fr.t.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-02
raE rLAcuE sra .rIoS
Va New Gases Reported and san
Franrt.co d. Being CIsansed.

SAN FRANCISCO. jane -Heaith ON
GERS report that M new CAGES ~ plaG ~.
either alive or dead, have been reported
This morning.
The zork ~ cleansing che town is pro-
refalnE and n 81 the opinion q leading
ply siCtaus that the plague. Y u really
exists. cannot possibly spread. under the
regime nov being followed b. the health
board and It's employees
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-02

In Tutuila the American representative,
in the person II Commander 1illey, of tho
United States steamer Aberenda. has had
a much more agreeable and pleasant exper-
fence than DIR. Solf There the natives
hailed with enthusiasm the hosting OF
odd GCry"
At Manua, the islands lying east Ct
Tutuila the chiefs have requested Com
mander Tillev TO visit the islands In per
son and there hoist the flag. This he cor
aented TO do and the date fixed for the
function vps the 18th day OF May. but AZ
the time Of writing there is no news from
hat
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-02
Judge white Takes M. seat.

Special Dispatch TO the Post-Intelligencer
OLYMPIA June Judge William H.
white Of Seattle, arrived last evening and
today assumed his duties as member
OF tho state supreme bench TO succeed
Judge Gordon. resigned. As heretofore
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-02
Europe Furnishes Good Market.

Another Interesting fact developed BY
the examination OF the agureS Is that the
European Countries. IN which manufactures
have been long established furnish ss sat
hfartnfY market for our manufactured
goods ~ ID the countries whore rnanufac-
turing has not vet been largely devclopsh
" reapsrs and mowers. clocks and watches
swing machines bicycles. and the various
manufactures OF iron and steel and many
other articles az the higher grades NJ
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-02
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Cor. u and Columbia Tel Main -
FAIRHAvEN GRANTS FRANCHISE.

stated Judge Dunbar becomes chief jus
fiCc
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-02
Young Girl Attempt. suicide.

Special Dispatch 70 tho pcst-Intelligencer
NORTH YAKIMA June Ora Couey
an etghteen-ye ar-old girl. whose home IL
eleven miles from town, qunrrcled with her
lover today. and this evening took half an
ounce of laudluufn Her life was saved
after an hour OF hard work by a physician
A heavy explosion Of chemicals At the Eastman
kodak works at Rochester Y wrecked a nor
tion of that building Foreman Traecy vas In
stantly killad and seYsral others injured.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-02

Special Dispatch 20 the Intelligence
SOt'TH BEND. June Mumus ana
chicken r"x are becoming epidemic 20
Sul.Ih I.uL
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-17
Hot Water Wells.

The wells in parts Of Arizona have
recently become producers Of hot
water. and apprehension Is felt
by many of the residents Of the regions
affected that they are sabout to become
participants in a grand volcanic drama
In some bf the wells the temperature
of the water rose twenty degrees in
g. single night. In few the phenom-
enon disappeared soon after Its ap-
pearance. In a majority Of the cases,
however, the wells fairly steam from
their newly acquired heat. The first
known of this curious state Of affairs
was q report that the wells at Mari
coma, on the Southern Pacific Railroad,
thirty miles south Of Phoenix, had sud-
denly become hot, says the Omaha Bee
It was four days thereafter that the
phenomenon was first noticed q dozen
miles west Of that city. A test at one
we'll showed a temperature Of nearly
one hundred degrees. No difference
is noted in wells in the immediate vi
cinitl Of Phoenix.
The line of subterranean heat wave
follows the general direction Of the
Sierra Estrella mountains, q volcanic
chain lying Immediately south Of the
Gila river. Thence it appears to con-
tinue on in the direction of the Har-
qua Hala mountains, near which are
a number of large and modern vol
canic cones and hills Of drifted vol
canic ash. Further to the east the
lava flows are 80 geologically modern
az 70 have overwhelmed in number
Of places the cliff dwellings of the an.
oionfs
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-17
Fooled by q Fox.

Lord Congleton's preserves near
Maryboro', Queens County, were re-
Gently the scene Of most unusual
sporting incident, which goes 70 show
that the impudence of foxes is pretty
we'll on a par with their proverbial
cunning, states letter to the London
Telegraph. A woodcock was flushed
in the pleasure grounds, which were
being beaten for rabbits, near the
house, and was promptly knocked
down by Mr.. McKenna, Lord Congle-
toms agent. Just as the latter was
about to pick up the bird, however, q
fox suddenly dashed out of clump
Of rhoiodendrons, and swapping 1t up.
bolted away with his audaciously ac'
quired prize, despite much shouting
and hallooing on the part of those who
were eye-witnesses of an episode well
nigh unique.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-17
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

As we advance in life we learn the
limits of our abilities.-Fouque.
Weak men are crushed by detrac-
ton, but the brave hold on and sue
ceed. -Bovee.
True dignity is never gained by
place, and never lost when honors are
withdrawn-Massinger.
It is better to say, ''This one thing
I do" than to say, 'These forty things
I dabble in. Washington GLADDEN..
The man who dies rich dies dis
graced. That is the gospel I preach;
that is the gospel I practise. Andrew
Carnegie.
Adversely is sometimes hard upon a
man; but for one man who can stand
prosperity there are hundred that
will stand adversity.-Carlyle.
I think it is as scandalous for a
woman not to know how to use nee-
die as for man not to know how to
use sword.-Lady Montague.
Neither wealth nor poverty, neither
labor nor idleness, will or can create
classes in any real or important sense
in this nation.-Franklin McVeigh.
No man is worth reading to form
your style who does not mean what he
says, nor was any great style ever in
| vented but by some man who meant
| what he said.
Half the world is on the wrong
scent in the pursuit of happiness:
They think it consists in having and
getting, and in being served by others;
It consists in giving and in serving
| others.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-17
The Profit in Poultry.

There is profit in poultry if it is
given half chance. Even when the
returns in fowls and eggs are small a
flock may be of great value as foragers:
The quantities of insects and weed
seeds that are devoured are seldom
taken into consideration, but they are
not to be passed by without notice.
So we can we'll afford to keep the hen,
even though the mischief done were
twice as great. But with poultry, as
with other farm stock, the day for the
scrub is past.
So much has been written regarding
the immense profit to be obtained
from poultry that one might almost
suppose that the millennium would
surely be at hand as soon as every one
could be induced to raise chickens.
It would be as we'll to advise every
body to raise cucumbers. Why not
recommend the gardener to grow
wheat or the dairyman to raise sheep?
If farmer has taste for poultry he
is likely to make it an important part
of his business, for he can discover
what is profitable without being told.
If he has not an aptitude for fowls it
is the part of wisdom to limit himself
to a small flock, as many do. There
are many farms on which small hocks
are kept merely to supply the family
with table fowls and eggs. Few or
none of the products are sold. Other
interests are found more congenial
than poultry raising, consequently
more profitable. e.-Frank D Wells,
before the Michigan Poultry Breeders
Association,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-17
Essentfals in Sugar Making.

The secret of making fine quality
of maple sugar consists in three
things: First, begin early. One pail
of sap in March is worth more than
one and half pals in April The
sap run in the fore part of March is as
q rule much sweeter than in April.
The colder the weather in which sap
runs, the better the quality of sugar.
A man must have everything all ready
if he wants to begin early. If the
snow is deep, the roads should be
broken in February if necessary. All
things must be clean, arch or arches
in repair, wood cut and all kinds OF
tools and utensils where you can find
them at moments warning. Next,
rapid boiling. To secure this, the
wood should be cut two or three years
in advance and kept under cover if
possible. If not piled under cover, it
should be piled where the sun can
shine on it. The wood should be
split fine to make the hottest fire.
The fire should not be allowed to go
down from the time it is started until
the syrup is ready to take of. An
arch should be built smoke-tight, and
with chimney tall enough to furnish
q good draft. AS for what the sap is
boiled in, whether an evaporator or a
heater and pan or pan alone, it
may not matter 30 much if man tends
to his business. But as rule, the
simpler the boiling apparatus the bet
ter the result, but the oftener the
syrup is taken off the better. Third,
neatness is indispensable. Unless
you keep things sweet, all will be q
failure, as far as making thesstreal
thing" goes.-C. c. Bicknell in New
England Homestead.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-17
Census Of Insects.

An insect census has just been taken
on purely scientific lines with view
to determine as far as it is possible
which insects are boon and bless
ing to mankind and which are the re-
verse.
According to the census insects are
to be classified as good, bad, and in
different; the good insects number
ll6 families, the bad insects amount
to 1l3 families, while the Indifferent
insects, who could not for one reason
or another satisfactorily answer all the
questions on their census papers, and
must therefore for the present be
looked upon as doubtful characters,
reach total of 70 families.
No fewer than 1l2 families of the
bad or injurious insects feed upon
cultivated plants and crops, doing
damage to and devouring thousands
of pounds worth of vegetable pro-
duce annually, gobbling up our. spring
cabbage and succulent young peas,
etc., in the most ruthless fashion,
while the one hundred and thirteenth
family is parasitic upon and causes
much harm to warm -blooded animals.
OF the good or beneficial insects, 79
families devote themselves to the de-
struction of their wicked, vegetable
devouring brethren, which they &C.
complish in a most satisfactory and
wholesale manner, while of the re-
naming useful insects, 80 families
act as scavengers, clearing away with
great rapidity all sorts of decaying
vegetable and animal matter, two fam
lilies aid US as pollenizers, and three
form food for our eatable fishes.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-17
Increasing Fertility on a Farm.

A North Lawreuce Ohio farmer
grows corn, oats. wheat and clover IN
a regular four year rotation. Every
thing is fed on the farm except the
wheat. lie asks whether 1t would
pay Letter to raise rye instead OF
wheat and feed it out, thus selling no
crop of the farm. No, wouldn't do
this where you live. Better grow
wheat and sell 1t and buy wheat bran
with the money to feed with your
corn and stover and clover. Wheat
will bring you, say, IA cents a
pound or near it. You can buy wheat
bran in the summer usually for a
half to three-quarters of a cent a
pound The pound of wheat con-
tains .lO2 of pound of digestive pro-
tein; one pound of. bran, .122. A
pound of wheat bran, you see. will
cost considerably less than you sell
your pound of wheat for; in fact, you
can nearly buy two pounds of bran
for one of wheat, and the bran is
worth more than your wheat to feed
with your corn to all growing animals,
and COWS giving milk or carrying a
calf.
Rye is not quite as good as wheat to
feed, 80 you would gain nothing by
growing rye to teel unless you can
grow IL to Is per cent. more per acre.
You might as we'll feed Your wheat.
But the best way is to raise large
crops of good, clean wheat, and sell
and buy bran when it is lowest and
store it for winter. The rotation you
are following, my friend, and the
feeding out of practically all you
raise, and your careful saving of man
ure under cover should enable you to
grow large paying crops OF wheat.
Your land must increase in fertility
under such good management, and
particularly if you buy bran with the
wheat money for time.
But this isn't all by any means.
You COWS aud growing animals will
do much better ior having plenty of
bran along with corn and cornstalks.
This, with nice clover hay, ought to
make them do we'll, indeed. Full
grown beef cattle will do pretty we'll
on clover hay and corn and stover.
However, good farmers as you are,
fatten steers before they get their
growth. and in this case wheat bran
with corn and clover will pay. 1t will
keep the animal growing as we'll as
fattening. The protein in the grain
furnishes growing material, that is,
the material to make blood and muscle
and bone. Bran is more than one
eighth protein; corn only about one
twelfth. It is true that pound OF
wheat would give more heat and
energy producing food (carbohydrates)
than pound of bran, but it would be
lost, as corn and stalks and hay fur
nish more of this than is needed
7. B. Terry in Practical Farmer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-17
DEATH OF AN HISTORIC OAK.
It Saw Many Queer Sights In the Course Of
lts 30a Years OF Life.

It Saw Many Queer Sights IN the Course OF
Its 900 Years Of Life.
Another of the historic. trees OF
Maryland has perished. Nearly three
hundred years ago the oak of Lloyds
Hill, near Hillsboro, on the Talbot side
of the Tuckahoe River, was described
fia a writing still extant.
There is no known record OF Its di-
mensions, but it had mighty trunk.
Its magnificence was In its branches,
whose amplitude was extraordinary.
The shadow cast on the ground by the
outspreading limbs under vertical
sun made circle whose diameter was
more than 100 yards. Decay fastened
upon the tree; then, some years ago,
an axeman made huge wound IN one
side and the tree, being too old to
heal itself, gradually rotted. Recently
some one stuffed the hollow with dry
leaves and brush and set 1t afire at
night. The country for miles around
was Illuminated. After the fire burned
out the remainder Of the giant oak
was cut down and carted away.
The oak in these olden days was
sometimes called .The Quaker. Tav-
ern," because the Delaware Friends,
after having assembled at Camden,
made their pilgrimage by this route
to the Third Haven Meeting House
where George Fox preached and Lady
Baltimore met William, Penn-to at
tend the yearly meeting long before
there was any town Of 'Easton to ex-
tend to them it's hospitality. The oak
on Lloyds Hill was their regular
MONDAY stopping place. Here they
would rest and feed their horses and
unpack and eat their lunches.
Heron Island, in Miles River, Is now
treeIess. An old and gnaried cedar,
for many years the only tree on this
barren waste of sand, was recently
cut. down and burned for fuel by some
oystermen who were cast away there
in a storm. The cedar was valuable
landmark to the river sailors. Terri
torially, Heron Island is in Queen
Anne County. 1t belongs to the ,es-
tate of the late Col. Richard s. Dod'
son.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-17
Tho Apple Scab Fungus.

This disease is the most troublesome
enemy of the apple grower, though it
is not so recognized, except by scien-
lists. Most apple producers would
name the codling moth as the worst
enemy, but that is because the apple
scab fungus does great deal Of dam
age that is not generally attributed to
ii. Generally, it is recognized only as
a DETACHMENT on an apple and the
picker pays little attention to it. As
a matter of fact, the chief work of the
apple scab is on the foliage, with the
result OF weakening the entire tree
and of cutting short the crop year
after year.
The uninformed orchardist does not
dream that his early falling fruit is
due to the fungus named. He Won
ders why his apples reach small size
and fall of: Those that hang on are
reduced in size because they have not
had the nourishment the tree should
have given them. Finally, in the fall,
the leaves of the tree begin to fall off
earlier than usual, and the tree is
bare long before the other trees have
begun to shed their foliage. The
scab has been the cause of it all The
/" tree has been unable to store up food
for the next years crop, nor has it
been able to harden up the wood it
has made. So next year, no matter
how propitious the season or how free
this tree may be from scab, the crop
of fruit on it will be small.
The only remedy is persistent spray
ing, and that. too, for more than one
year. It takes two years to produce
q crop of fruit-from the formation of
the fruit bud to the perfecting of the
fruit-and spraying for one year only
will not undo all the damage. The
spraying this year must be begun be-
fore the leaves open, to destroy as
much as possible the fungus on the
twigs. Spraying calendars are SO
common that we need notrepeat them,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-17
"OLD TIMBER.WOOD."
Love Of Satire Often Got Him In Trouble
With the Court.

With the Court.
In the days antedating railroads in
northern Iowa. the days Of saloons
and circuit courts, certain ponderous
judge was for many years accom-
panied on his rounds by District At
torney Wood, popularity known as Old
Timber Wood. He had been christened
Timothy, the name was curtailed to
Tim, and by easy evolution developed
into Timber.
Old Underwood was q unique and
interesting character; rough but digni-
fed, Of sound intellect. gifted with q
keen sense Of humor, and far surpass-
ing in mental acumen his professional
superior, whom, however, he usually
treated before the world with an al
most ostentat:ous Difference. They
were the warmest Of friends, the feel
ing between them was romantically
tender, notwithstanding that they had
frequent and violent public fallings
out.
The Judge, who was entirely lacking
In personal dignity, really needed the
support Of his friends deferential at.
titude to keep him In countenance,
and when it was temporarily removed,
Old Timber-Wood's love Of satire oc-
casionally betraying him into the sac
rilege known as contempt Of court"
he was stung to fury. and promptly
punished the offense. Many q fine had
the attorney been subjected to for his
incautious witticisms. Being in con-
slant state of impecuniosity, he invari-
ably applied to the Judge himself for
money to pay these assessments, a IA
vor which was never refused, the fact
that he must humble himself to ask
1t sufficiently restoring his Honor's
complacency. The Judge was Of a
thirsty habit, and frequently left the
bench, substituting Wood in his place
as an old-time schoolmaster substi-
tuted one Of the larger boys when he
wished to absent himself from the
room-and stepped out to refresh him
self at nelghboring saloon.
On one occasion, very shorty after
skirmish with the attorney, in which
he had finally avenged his insulted
dignity in the usual way, he abruptly
called Wood to the bench and started
down the aisle. Wood hastily slipped
into his place, and before he had
reached the door raped sharply on
the desk and called out, Gentlemen,
before proceeding further with the
case, the Court wishes to instruct the
clerk to remit the fine lately imposed
upon Attorney Wood.'
The Judge halted, wheeled about
with a very red face, and opened his
lips to protest but the bar and the
jury drowned him out with chorus
Of laughter.-Harper's Magazine.