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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-22

Coal Creek country of Kentucky has the
following business card: twenty-five
cents an eats cents sleep. The Ed
wards house. =, NJ. Edwards, Proprietor.
Coal Creek, Tenn. directly opposite II. Il,
depot. Not the largest hotel in the berg.
Not newly furnished throughout. No
free bus to trains. Not the best grub the
market affords. But simply clean beds
and something good to eat Toothpicks
and ice water thrown in Try u.s. Pay
up, And II not satisfied keep mum. Our
city is composed mostly OF hogs. dlggers.
merchants and lawyers named in the or
der of their importance Good cross-tie
walks on all the principal thoroughfares.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-22
Large sum Paid Into Court.

TACOMA, May 2l-John Brown. agent
OF the washington Irrigation Company. to-
day paid into the United States court
$3.50 900 for the property OF the Yakima In
vestment Company, recently sold at re-
ceiVer's sale. The foreclosure suit was
brought some time ago by the California
Safe Deposit and Trust Company, as trus-
tees OF the bondholders w s. Ladd OF
Portland. Is president of the reorganized
company.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-22
DEPEW DENIES THE CHARGE.
Says He Does Not Own Any stock in
Any Cuhnn Railraad

NEW YORK. May Elm reference 20
the statement of John Harrington at FL
Paso about the Havana railroad. Senator
Chauncey Nj. Depew said last evening that
he had never heard of the Manhattan Con-
StruCtion Company.
Il own no stock in any construction COM
pany, above or under ground" he said.
and | have not a dollar invested in any
corporation in Cuba"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-22
HICHBORN IN SAN FRANCISCO,
Chief Constructor of the Navy Visits
Mare Island Works.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2l.-Rear Ad-
navy, has arrived in this city on a tour
of navy yard inspection.
He VIII visit Mare Island navy yard be-
fore leaving for the north.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-22

the sympathy that may be expressed for
them, l feel bound to say that they have
proceeded In a manner entirely irregular
and premature.
Before they have been received by the
president they have appeared at public
meetings and have stated the object of
their mission and that they desire to gain
the good offices and sympathy of this gov
eminent and seek to create public opinion
to influence the action OF the govern
ment"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-22
MRS. FRANK Wolf

Offers this week a select
line OF Fine Trimmed
Hats. Original prices.
Sc, 81 and S.. now 81. A
call solicited. -" A fine
line OF Notions.
s2l Third Ave. directly
OPP. First NJ. r. church.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-22
Each
Diamond

That you buy at this store will be
Exactly as it Is represented, and
the best possible quality for the
money.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-22
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-22

The admiral q the stanese navy WAS passenger
On the steamer city of PrhuS to san Francisco
He u nu Fle~Ss he Rchtlicu, for the last TWEEN
n six wears IN command - tbc small but efficient
feet that protests TIE ntis AsAac nation from foes
On the sea Admiral Richeieu Is also a lieutenant
ia the Danish U.ry. and " la VA to Copsuh. zen
CO . visit -
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-25
Electricity and Crops,

Some Russian scientists have been
trying interesting experiments in cleo
tro culture. One of them ascertained
that electrified seeds terminated more
rapidly and gave better and quicker
results than seeds which had not been
submitted to preliminary electrical
ton.
He also repeated the experiments of
Ross-that is, burying in the soil one
copper and one zinc plate placed ver-
tically and connected by a wire. He
found that potatoes and roots grown in
the electrified space gave crops three
times heavier than those which were
grown close by on a test plot. The car
rots attained an unusual size of from
10 to II inches in diameter, says The
Scientific American. The other Rus
sian scientist tried a series of expert
his experimental plot he planted wood
en- posts about ten yards apart, which
were provided at their tops with me-
tallc aigrets connected by wires, so
that the plants were cultivated under
a sort of network Of wire.
BY this he obtained some remarkable
results, and ripening barley was accel-
Grated by - days. A series of labora-
tory experiments upon boxes of soil
was also made. The temperature Of
the soil was raised by these currents.
Its moisture decreased at first, but be-
gan to increase after course of three
weeks, and at last the amount of vege-
table matter in the soil was increased
by the electric currents. Further re-
searches seem promising.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-25
CONSUMPTION CAN
Be CURED.
T. A. Slocum, NJ. c., the Great Chem,
ist and Scientist, Will Send Free, to
the Afflicted, Three Bottles of
his Newly Discovered Rene
dies to Cure Consumption
and All Lung Troubles.

Nothing could be taIrer more phllan-
thropic or carry more joy to the affiict-
ed, than the offer of T. A. Slocum, Nj.
c., of New York City.
Confident that he has discovered a
reliable cure for consumption and all
bronchial, throat and lung diseases,
general decline and weakness, loss of
flesh and all conditions wasting, and to
make its great merits known, he will
send, free, three bottles to any reader OF
the AMERICAN who may be suffering.
Already this "new scientific course OF
medicine" has permanently cured thou
sands of apparently hopeless cases.
The Doctor considers it his religious
duty-a duty which he owes to human
ity-to donate his infallible cure.
He has proved the dreaded consump-
ton to be a curable disease beyond any
doubt, and has on file in his American
and European Laboratories testimonials
of experience from those benefited and
cured, in all parts of the world.
Don't delay until it is too late. Con
sumption, uninterruped, means speedy
and certain death. Address T. A
Slocum, NJ. c., 90 Pine street, New
York, and when writing the Doctor, give
express and postoftice address, and
please mention reading this article in
the AMERICAN March 9
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-25
A Bic Goose Establishment

The American Agriculturist says: At
Adamsville. II. l., there is a large goose
fattening establishment. The proprie-
tors pick up the geese in carts when
about half groWn-that is, about the
age that the quilts begin to start. Many
farmers prefer to dispose of the geese
in this way rather than have the trou-
BILE of fattening them themselves. The
professional fatteners finish off the
geese in four to six weeks. There is
nothing secret about the method Of
fattening. They are given mostly
cornmeal, bran and meat and fed all
they will eat. At killing time five or
six pickers are employed and these be-
come very expert, dressing off from 20
to - a day. The product is shipped to
New York and Boston. Sometimes the
demand is better in one city and some
times in the other. The poultry are
dry picked and the feathers sold, being
kept until winter and shipped all to-
gether. Goose feathers are usually
worth about % cents per pound. Mr..
Cornell, owner of this establishment,
said that last year he fattened about
10000 geese and 1000 ducks. not so
many as usual, as it was poor season.
He feeds 100 bushels of meal per day
and two tons of meat scraps per week.
He does not coop them in houses to fat
ten. but lets them out in yards about
80 to 40 feet square. He employs eight
pickers and three or four men to take
care Of the geese. He pays 10 cents
for picking.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-25
Money Making Ostriches.

Mr.. Bently, who now owns the great
est number of oStriches in southern
California or in the country, receives
over 500 a month net as gate money.
He charges visitors % cents to see his
birds, and it is well worth more. Mr..
Bently, together with nine other gen
tlemen, exhibited so of these mon
strous birds of plume at the Chicago
Worlds fair. Their gate receipts there
were a trihe over $SS000. From the
fair this gentleman went to Europe
with his stock, exhibiting in the lar
gest cities and wintering one season in
Hamburg. Germany. He tells me that
the trip hardly paid him a good salary
and that American cities are better for
this business than European ones
Poultry Monthly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-25
Feed More Animal Food.

Observations among the breeding
pens and chicken yards indicate that
poultry breeders are not feeding suffi-
cient animal food to the fowls So far
Rs possible this animal food should be
given fresh in preference to beef
scraps, animal meal, etc. Boil and
grind or cut up the feet, necks and
heads of the poultry killed for the table
and add this to the mash of cornmeal.
Do the same with the eggs which are
tested out from the incubators and sit
ting hens and with all scraps of meat
from the table. Get fresh fish heads
and tails or buy cheap fresh fish and
mix this occasionally In the mash for
growing chicks or laying hens. 1t will
pay you better than patent egg pro-
ducing foods" Send to Director Brig
ham Of the agricultural experiment
station, Kingston, Il. l., for bulletin
No. 81, which every poultry grower
ought to read and study.-Professor A
A. Brigham.
The Jamaica correspondent of the
London Times reports an interesting
discovery in the island. DR.. Grabham.
q local Investigator, has discovered
specimen of the malarial mosquito In
the neighborhood Of Kingston CORE
spending to that determined by Major
Ross. The Importance OF this discovery
to Jamaica may be judged from the
admissions to the Kingston hospital
last year, one-thlrd Of whom We're suf-
iering from malaria. Fifty years ago
so malarious were the Caymanas
marshes, between Kingston and Span
ish Town, that it was considered SUI
eide for white man to venture nea-
them after dark or before sunrise
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-25
Don,ts For Bantam Buyers.

Don't be hasty in passing judgment
on a trio or pair just received They
rarely look well after a long journey
and will generally please you much
better after day or two.
Don't because the chicks when hatch
ed were nearly white or mottled write
a stinging and sarcastic letter to the
man from whom you bought sitting
Of Black Cochin or Black Japanese
bantam eggs. That's the right color
for chicks. Feed and treat them right,
and they will become "sheeny green
black beauties"
Don't discard a Cochin bantam be-
cause of little oversize. Some Of the
finest shaped birds in the world are
larger than our standard calls for.
Don't lose sight of color for shape
and shape for color, but if one of the
two must so let color slide and cling to
shape.
Don't fail to keep on hand q goodly
number of your badly marked or other
wise imperfect hens and pullets to use
for Matching the eggs of your fine
stock. Our experience has always been
that they beat incubators and brooders
two to one.
Don't expect the newer varieties,
such as Light and Dark Brahmas and
Partridge Cochins, to be as perfect in
marking as the corresponding large
breeds they are bred down from. If
vou do you will he woefully disnDDoint-
ed. Nearly all are yet too large in size
and imperfect in coloring.-John j.
Quinius In American Fanciar.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-25
L'AiRIOn Coat.

"LAiglon" is the name Of the new
coat which is to be the very swell gar
ment for fall wear 1t Is modelled after
q coat worn by Sarah Bernhardt in her
popular play, "L'Aiglon." 1t Is severe
ly tailor made and as long as a mans
frock coat. 1t is very loose and has no
darts and will be very trying to many
figures. There will be a strong effort
made by ladies' tailors to have this
coat universally adopted, but so many
women like more dressy and natty
little jackets that 1t is not known
yet whether it will be worn by those
outside the circle of actresses and pro-
fessional people. The sleeves are ex-
tremely tight fitting and so long that
only the tips of the fingers show. There
are a double capelike arrangement
about the shoulders and an inlaid vel.
vet collar.-Cinclnnati Enquirer.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-25
Small Points of Social Form.

The unwritten laws of society are
continually changing. For instance,
invitations were always sent by hand.
Now they are almost always given to
the postman. This is an obvious adj
vantage unless the messenger or foot
man is perfectly reliable. Besides, it
gives much less trouble and expense.
At dinner small differences are
more observable than at large and less
smart" functions, and there are many
little things that it behooves an aspi-
rant or a debutante to remember. Wo-
men should not rise when a man is in
troduced to them, and they should also
remain seated when an acquaintance
greets them, putting out their hands to
be shaken. OF course in the case Of a
hostess or an old or particularly distin-
guished person this is different. A
hostess will receive all her guests
standing and do all she can to show
polite hospitality.-New York Tribune.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-25
A Mnrlk Twain story.

One day, so the story goes, Mark
Twain, while at his residence In Hart
ford, was called up on the telephone. He
responded and said Hello, hello" for
several minutes without getting an an
swer, and then he used some language
not generally seen in print, but which
was certainly picturesque. While thus
Engaged. he heard an answer in astonish-
ed tones and recognized the voice Of an
eminent divine whom he knew very well.
rs that you, doctorY questioned
Mark. Il didn't hear what you said. My
butler has been at the telephone and said
he couldn't understand you"
Suppose you look up what the chances
are for yoU to secure a telephone line
in your neighborhood. And then there
is that rural mail route which. like
enough, you can get established If only
you and two or three other progressive
men take hold of the matter. 1t Is
worth a good deal to be in daily and
constant touch with the busy world by
means of a telephone and good daily
paper.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-25
Houses and Trees.

If possible. locate poultry houses on
high, dry ground. Select an elevated
site protected by trees on the north and
west If possible. If the yards and
front are exposed too much to the sun,
plant trees. II you are afraid the fowls
will destroy them by scratching about
their roots. place stones around the
tree or make board frame. which can
be cheaply and easily made from any
old lumber. This will also act as a
mulch and keep the ground cool and
moist. Trees and fowls are good
friends and should never be separated.
Pine Leaves, or "Needles."
The California Fruit Grower tells US
that pine needles are being utilized In
south Oregon. The needles are boiled
and then run through horizontal wood
en- rollers. which extract the Juice.
This is called pine needle oil, which
is supposed to possess medical proper
ties. The pulp is used as a medicated
material for upholstering and is also
said to be good substitute for horse
hair. 1t Is said that insect pests will
not live In furniture that has been up.
bolstercd with pine needles.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-25
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! New Cotton Picker !
FAST AND ECES NOT TEAR &.
THE PLANT.

An improved cotton picker has been
invented by WLaam J. Dyer of Shreve-
port, La, which is arranged to insure
clean and thorough removal of the
bolls from high or low cotton bushes
or plants without tearing the fibers of
the lint or the growing plant.
The machine. says The Scientific
American, comprises horse drawn,
well supported box. at the sides Of the
open front end of which vertical shafts
are journaled, carrying picking disks.
Each picking disk is formed with a
solid core, whose top and bottom di-
verge from the edge to the center. Be-
tween these picker shafts two other
vertical shafts are journaled, provided
with brushes beveled at top and bot
tom to conform with the toothed pick
ing disks On the lower ends of these
four vertical shafts beyeled pinions are
carried which mesh with beveled gears
on a forward transverse shaft geared
with the traction axle. The beveled
gears are SO proportioned with respect
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-25
LEARNING THE BICYCLE.
Experience of Man Who Essayed
Knowledge of the Wheel.


Elwood Rathbone told of an experience
he had in trying to learn how to ride the
bicycle. Il first tried to learn with some
friends, but l made such a poor fist of it
and they laughed so much that | gave it
up i'll disgust. However, | was nettled 10y
my failure. / saw stout women and men
skating about on bicycles, and it hurt me
that | could not do the same. Then | re-
membered learning to swim when lad;
how | first got SO / could propel myself
through the water. but could never get
my head up and consequently could only
swim for so long as my @reath held out.
Then one day l found | could keep my
head above water, and since then L have
been able to swim as far as my strength
would endure.
This determined me to make another
trial, and | sought a school in a neigh
borhood where | was unknown. Entering
and finding no one present whom | knew,
| engaged a helper and thought l was
making excellent progress, when my at
tendant slipped on something and let go
of me. My wheel Immediately turned
round and with fiendish intent made for
the path the rest of the bicyclists were
following. Realizing the awful design Of
the monster beneath me, but powerless
to control it, | screamed to blond haired
young maiden with soulful blue eyes, who
led the van, to get out of the way. But
my bicycle would not be denied. With
crash we came together, and lit on one
ear, with the young maiden-who was Il
heavyweight, by the wagon top. Eight
cen or 20 others who were following
promptly piled themselves on top of us.
"As soon as | was extricated and had
got the dirt out of my eyes and throat, L
essayed an apology to the soulful eyed
girl. She received it in scornful silence,
and then remarking, You lobster, what
you need is a nurse started off on her
career again. / paid the attendant and
quit, but l staid long enough to see
dozen similar accidents happen to others.
The last one was brought about by the
golden haired maiden's wheel executing
the identical maneuver that mine did.
She brought to the earth an exceedingly
rotund man, but as she happened to be
between him and that earth he lit on her
with a squash. | dragged her from the
wreck and stood her on her feet. You
don't mind my helping you, do you? 1
said tenderly. I'm the lobster man, you
know | was going to say lot more, but
there was look in her eye that caused
me to hold my tongue, but nevertheless to
90 on my way rejoicing. I've let the whse.
alone since. New York Tribune.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-25

Do not give the chicks to hen with
scaly legs. 1t is disease. often result
ing from filthy houses. Elephantiasis
the disease is called, and the legs be-
come unsightly with a rank growth of
knotty scale or hard scurf caused by
an insect. When it is first seen. it re-
sembles grayish dirt. Lard strongly
impregnated with coal oil will at this
stage effect speedy cure. 1t is class
ed as contagious, but perhaps with
fowls the contagion simply means ex-
posing the flock to the conditions that
cause 1t. II Is said hen running with
lmothering) brood will give 1t to the
chicks.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-25
MECHANICAL COTTON PICKER.

to the pinions that the picker shafts
will rotate at a lower rate Of speed
than the brush shafts.
As the machine is drawn forward the
outer sides of the picking disks pass
between adjacent branches Of the
bushes, and the teeth remove the lint
from the bolls. The cotton lint thus
picked is carried inward as the picker
shafts rotate and swept off the disks
by the brushes into the box.
In order to prevent the lint from fly
ing sidewise and outward from the
brushes and pickers and to prevent
clogging Of the brushes and pickers by
the lint angularly disposed canvas
fianges are arranged on the forward
ends of the sides of the box, which
t1anges are provided with cut out por-
tions for the passage of the picking
disks.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-25
CHAMPION GOLDEN SOVEREIGN.

CHAMPION GOLDEN SOVEREIGN.
to the front in this connection. The
following, taken from an article in The
American Poultry Journal, gives an
idea of the extent of the business in
that city:
The new United States government
census will show Belgian hare breed
ing to be one of the great industries Of
Chicago, one that will mean a revenue
of hundreds of thousands of dollars,
with capacity and possibility almost
unlimited.
The pioneer in this comparatively
new industry in Chicago is the Ameri-
can Belgian Hare company, located at
269 South Sacramento avenue. This
company Is Incorporated, with s. ].
Chapman president and E. E. Gillen
vice president. Mr.. Chapman has been
a publisher In Chicago for Is years.
Mr.. Gillen is a thorough business man
and has been extensively connected
with the Belgian hare business In Cali
fornia. Mr.. Chapman has also been In
California and has had practical expe-
rience with Belgian hares in that sec
tion Of the country that seems to have
been captured by this absorbing and
profitable business.
In August, 1899, Mr.. Gillen went to
England and personally selected %
head of stock. Then In November,
1899, he went over and brought back
between $50 and 300. He is a Judge of
stock and, with unlimited means, se-
cured the cream Of England's prize
winners, among their valuable bucks
being the Great Lord Upton, Gold
Dust, Champion Golden Sovereign and
many others. This last lot is the lar
gest single importation of thorough
bred Belgian hares ever made. These
men have accomplished In the forma-
ton of the American Belgian Hare
company and the giving of their time,
attention and money what has perhaps
never been done before. They have
started on a broad foundation of am
pie capital, knowledge Of the business,
with only imported stock. imported
from England. with the idea of relia-
bility and permanency Of the business.
We passed very pleasant forenoon
recently in q visit to the plant Of the
American Belgian Hare company. The
building, which Is used entirely for
this purpose, is 130 feet long, with a
capacity of 500 to 100 head filled to its
utmost limit. The offices of the COM
pany are in front. The balance Is CIV
en- up entirely to the hutches, which
are double decked in four rows. giving
ample aisles running the whole length,
with the exception Of the feed and