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Gilpin observer., 1901-08-01
Run Gown a. a Crossing.

Akron. o., July ga carriage con.
tanning w. G. Matson. wife and son,
aged 2, and daughter aged 6 years,
was struck by an Erie train at Old
Forge last night. The boy WIS killed
and the girls skull was crushed. She
is probably fatally injured. Mrs.
Matson is seriously hurt, but Matson
escaped comparatively unhurt. The
horse was killed and the carriage Is
wrecked
Gilpin observer., 1901-08-01
lnlunotlnn Eefused.

Washington, July 3O.--The depart.
mont of justice received atelegram
stating that Judge Erwin of the United
States court in Oklahoma had denied
the application of Lone Wolf and other
Indians for an Injunction restraining
the government from distributing land
In TINT torritory by dra wings.
Gilpin observer., 1901-08-01
Chicago Wlnn Brooklyn TrophY

Milwaukee, July 3O.-Chicago car.
ried off the honors in the first days
tournament Of the American Whist
league by capturing the Brooklyn
trophy. It required but four rounds
TO arrive at a decision. Chicago win.
ming four rounds In succession
Gilpin observer., 1901-08-01
cnnturo a Few Roers.

Pretoria, July 3o.-Colonel Garrett
has had successful siSirmlsh near
Vereiglng. His force captured 20
Beers and numoer of cattle and
wagons.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18
Stored Crops.

Hay, when put in the NOW, varies
in amount of moisture according to
the condition Of the weather when
cured. The loss in the NOW ranges
from three per cent. to twenty-one per
cent, or even more, but when stacked
outside the barn hay will often gain
in weight. Glover hay seems to lose
more than timothy. Early cut hay
contains more food value for a given
weight, but later cutting gives a
larger yield. Grass cut when nearly
ripe, and we'll cured, gave eleven per
cent. more than an equal area cut
when in blossom, and the early cut
hay lost more in weight from shrink
age. Glover shrinks a little over one
half when cured, or about sixty per
cent 1t is claimed, however, that 100
pounds of green clover, cut at the
proper time, and we'll cured, will make
forty-seven pounds of hay, which will
shrink in twenty days to thirty-seven
pounds, after storing. Cord wood will
lose about one-half its weight in six
months In corn the relation between
weights of kernels and cob does not
remain constant as the ears dry.
When first husked fully twenty-five
per cent of the weight of the ears is
in the cobs. By spring less than
twenty per cent. was in the cobs. Ex-
periments showed that shelled corn
lost in weight 7.45 per cent. from Oc-
tOber to March, while the cobs lost
fully thirty-six per cent. If the mat
ter of shrinkage is considered in rela-
ton to its effect on values it Is plain
that any increase or decrease in
weight is a loss or gain TO the owner
Of the article at the time it reaches
the market, but to the farmer who
does not desire to sell, preferring to
feed the grain on the farm, the real
value is influenced but little, if any, as
the loss or gain Is due to the elimina.
ton or absorption Of moisture, which
may, to a certain extent, affect its di
gestibility, but 1t is demonstrated thai
grain may shrink and again regain
more than It's former weight, accord
ing to circumstances.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18
Encourage the Cow.

One animal possesses the natural
gift Of yielding plenty Of rich milk,
while another does not. and In order
to secure a good supply everything
must be done to encourage her. Tie
latter is a COW which should not be
tolerated on the dairy farm longer
than absolutely necessary. The stock
should be graded up to the standard
OF the first A good plan is to take
the best animal on the farm, and try
to make all the others her equal.
There viii naturally be some differ
ence on every farm. but II the method
Is continued year by year OF improv-
ing the stock up to the highest stand
ard the profits must gradually In
crease. Too little attention is paid to
keeping accurate records OF perform
ances Of the dairy cows. This is just
as essential as any other part of the
work. 1t Is the only successful way
of finding out which COWS pay and
which do not-E. P. Smith. In Ameri-
can Cultivator.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18

triclty Of a storm cloud has also been
employed for carrying up self-register-
ing thermometers to great attitudes,
The United States Weather Bureau,
by simultaneous observation over a
wide area, has learned much about
atmospheric conditions at an eleva-
ton Of nearly ten thousand feet, At,
the private observatory of A. Law
renee Rotch, near Boston, kites have
been sent up twelve thousand and if
teen thousand feet. Photographs have
IN the same way been obtained far
above the earth's surface, and a num-
Der of daring and ingenious army Of
fcers have sought to sustain them
selves in the air at a sufficient eleva-
ton to reconnoitre. These last men
toned ventures, though rather promis-
ing, have not been attended with any
marked success. Still, the vast ma
jority Of those who fly kites do so for
recreation and not for purposes Of re-
search.
At the shops one can find a great
variety of kites Some are shaped
like yachts, and others like eagles.
These are rather expensive, however.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18

represents the gap while the water is
low. During a food everything passes
over the top. At a glance some might
think water gap made in this way
would not turn stock, but I wish to
say that if properly made no stock Of
any kind will attempt going through.
The bars or Stats should be sunk in
the bed Of the stream several inches
and then spiked securely to the pole
which crosses the stream. The pole
must also be secured at both ends by
means of posts or stakes. Should any
drift accumulate on the Stats while
the water is low, as soon as the water
is high enough to flow over the top Of
the gate all the drift will be washed
Over.-R. G., in The EpitOmist.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18

Hargraye, an Australian, is credited
with originating the cellular or box
kite. But the experts Of the United
States Weather Bureau have tried a
number of notifications of the design
in matters of detail So have Mr..
Clayton, Of the Blue Hill Observa-
tory; Lieutenant Hugh Douglas Wise,
U. S. A, and others. Some men have
the tops and bottoms Of the cells hori-
zontal Others turn them up corner
wise. Again, one eXperimenter i'm
parted a diamond shape to the big cell.
For the Potter, or diamond, kite the
United States Weather Bureau gives
these dimensions: -Four corner sticks,
forty-four inches long, fye-eight inch
wide and quarter inch thick. Upright
braces, or struts, fifteen inches, and
horizontal braces thirty-eight inches
long. The cells are of cloth, hemmed
on both edges, thirteen inches wide
and eighty-one inches long. Two OF
these are needed, of course.
Eddy kites are easily sent up with
out assistance. To raise a box kite it
is wise to let out $50 or 200 feet of
string; have this lie exactly in line
with the wind, and get some one to
hold the kite lightly until the wind
, catches it and begins to lift. At the
instant it is released fifteen or twenty
feet Of cord should be pulled in. That
performance has the same effect on
the kite as running. If the kite shows
disposition to dive, let out a little
Irvine quickly,
When a flag is to be sent aloft by
means Of kites, one edge should be
tackled to a stick sufficiently heavy to
hang vertically, and the upper end
Of the stick tied to the kite string
when the kite or team has gone vi
only a short distance.-New York
Tribune.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18

suitably notched, Irvine or fine wire
should be tightly stretched around
them.
Before this stage of construction is
reached certain other measures must
be taken, in order to give the kite
slightly bullying front The cross stick
should be bent backward like an
archer's bow, and the curvature pre-
served by a string from end to end.
Thin manila paper, silk or light mus
lin will make a good covering. This
should ft a little loosely, so that on
each side Of the upright stick the
wind will make shallow pockets. A
bride for flying is made by tying one
string to the bottom Of the upright
stick and another to the intersection
Of the two, their lengths being such
that the upper end will go out at right
angles from the face of the kite. The
bride terminates in a loop, and the
kite string is tied to the latter
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18
A Drought Story.

An old lady said to Copies yester-
day: 81 can tell you en- odd story
of the great drouth Of 1860 IL Octo,
Der of that year was going one day
with my husband from Lccompton tc
Lawrence. We followed the Kansas
River down, AID at noon we were in
vited by a German farmer to stop for
dinner. You may imagine our sur
prise when we were seated at a din
ner largely composed of green peas,
radishes, lettuce and other vegetables.
Naturally we asked where such fine
vegetables could be procured at a
time when the very leaves on the
trees were burned up, and when such
things were out of Ceason. After
dinner the farmer took up to his
garden. He had made it down in
the bed Of the Kansas River, plant
ing his seeds in a moist place after
the river had ceased to run"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18
New Way to Get a Day on.

A certain Government officer was
noted for being a hard taskmaster
to those WHO were under him, the
servants in his own establishment
being no exception. His valet was
expected to be on duty three hun
dred and sixty-fye full days in the
year.
Being detailed to accompany a scien,
tifc expedition on an extended cruise,
the officer unbent a little in COM
municating the news to his personal
attendant.
"Well, James," he said, chow would
you like to so with me around the
world"
"Do we go from east to west, STRIP
asked the valet.
Eyes"
1--WE lose a day in going that way,
don't we?"
eve do"
"Well, sir, I'd like it first rate. II
would give me one day off"
His master was SO pleased with the
aptness of the retort that he gave
him a week OFF to prepare for the
trip.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18
TO A TORTOISE.

Paludd, glum, with miadirected legs,
You hide your history aa you DE- your
eggs,
And offer us an osaeoua nut 10 crack
Much harder than the shell upon your
back
No evolutionist has ever guessed ~
Why your cold shoulder is within Your
chest
Why you were discounted with a plan
The vertebrates accept from hsh 20 man.
For what environment did you provide
Bv pushing your internal frame outsider
How came your ribs in this abna mal
place?
Inside your rubber neck you hide your
face
And answer not To science you're a
sphinx
A structural epitome Of missing links;
AL when decapitated, still you swell
And kick and claw and scramble just as
well.
But III not plague thee Even here I find
A touch Of fellowship that makes me
kind.
Sometimes a poet who has lost his head
VIII keep on scratching when he shopld
be dead.
--Chauncey Hickox, in New Lppineott.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18

The more common forms, both in the
toy trade and among scientists, are
the Eddy and box kites. Both Of these
are tailless, which fact simpliies the
work Of flying them, though calling
for a little greater precision in con-
struction.
: 1t is possible for a person endowed
with a fair amount Of mechanical
skill to make his own kites. Inasmuch
as it is common to fly several at once,
tandem, and as there is more or less
loss from breakage sooner OF later,
one naturally wishes to have any
where from two to a dozen, and If
that number were purchased ready
made the cost would not be trifing.
For the Eddy kite two sticks are
required, one upright and the other
crossing it at right angles, one-fftE
of the way from the top. The prOpor
ton is eighteen per cent, to be exact
Straight grain white pine or spruce
is the best wood, and for a kite three
or four feej high the sticks should bt
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18
Met Mosquitoes at Sea.

When forty miles of Virginia
Eeach, in the Atlantic Ocean, says the
Baltimore Sun, a dense cloud Of mos
quitoes struck the British steamer
Straits Of Menia, bound to this port
from Malta. Captain Jenkins and the
officers Of the ship suffered greatly
from the little insects. which dispersed
themselves all over the ship.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18
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The size Of the seed for potatoes in
fluences the yield In England whole
potatoes are used in almost every sec
ton, and successful growers in this
country use seed potatoes cut IN half.
never cutting to smaller sizes. Deep
blowing, deep planting and level cul.
ture give better results than killing.
A single plant in a place gives the
largest tubers, but not so many as
when two or more plants are together.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18

From 1888 to 1898 the temperature
in Manila ranged from seventy-seven
in January and December and seven
ty-eight in February to eighty-tnree in
April and May. The rainfall In July,
August and September averaged about
fourteen inches. Humidity seventy
one in April to eighty-six In Septem.
Der.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18

N. Bouffay finds by a comparison of
records for many years that such pro-
nounced weather conditions as hard
rain and snow storms, etc, tend to re-
peat themselves In periods Of about
twenty-nine days or multiples thereof.
In other words this perlodicity cores
ponds to the lunar month 1t is not
maintained that the moon infallibly
determines the weather but 1t does
appear that when other conditions are
equal its influence can give a peri
Odical character to 1t.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18
Flood Gap.

The spring is the time for high
waters. Perhaps a suggestion in
regard to handy water gap
would be appreciated by the farm
ers. l think a glance at the illustra-
ton will be about all that is necessary
to catch the idea. The illustration
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18

half an Inch wide, and a quarter Of
an inch thick At the intersection the
sticks should be fastened together
with brads or Irvine. The ends being
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18

1t has been a source of wonder how
delicate wild plants in early spring
can shoot up through layer of snow
and even q layer of hard ice, as they
do in many regions, without injury.
1t can hardly be possible that they
push their way through by mechanical
force. A Swedish naturalist named
Hadangard has come to the conclu-
sion that they melt the opening for
themselves in the snow and ice. 1t
Is shown that plants do give off heat,
just as animals do, except, of course,
in smaller quantity. The plant is an
organism that breathes and the pro-
cess of oxidation necessarily produces
heat.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18

According to observations and ex.
periments at Rothamsted, England, ex.
tending over a period of twenty-nine
years, there is a great difference be-
tween the quantity Of rain absorbed
by the soil in winter ana in summer.
In winter a little more than one-half
the rainfall penetrates the earth, and
thus becomes available Tor the supply
If springs; while in summer only one
fourth Of the rainfall is absorbed.
The maximum quantity Of water in
the soil is at a depth Of forty inches.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18

The number of species of palms known
IN 1877 was sixteen; today they number
twelve hundred.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18

New Zealand has so many rapid
streams and rivers that their water
might be easily utilized to supply mo-
tive power for machinery.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18

Between the two lower falls of the
Nile rain has never been known
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18

Very few of us would be willing tc
take orr own advice.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18

The suns light IL equal to 55G3 wax
candles at one foot from the eye. 1t
would take 100000 full moons to equal
cloudless sunshine.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18

X-ray photographs were used 70 dis
prove a workman's claim for broken
bones in a London county court the
other day.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18

q EItHUyl IHUUBH Ilt UUUuI-
tunlties for II may not be afforded ex-
cept during their annual vacations.
Kites are used a great deal nowadays
for scientific purposes, too.
The device which Franklin found 50
convenient for investigating the cleo
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
4 FPfFfP4Qf fY}'fI'f T'ffPl,s(
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L Modern Kite Flying. +
Il - -
81 A Height ofThree Miles Reached II
* at Blue Htlt Observatory. -
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q Observation-Disclosures "a

TIE flying is no longer n
boys amusement merely.
Mature men enjoy the sport
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-11-09
LAWS VIOLATED.
Railroads East and West Have Not
Observed Interstate Rules.

CHICAGO, Nov. 9.-Evidence of fla
grant violations of the'interstate COM
merce and the antitrust laws by rail
reads east and west of Chicago was ad
duced at the Session of the interstate
commerce commission. Traffic mau-
ayers of lines in the Central Freight
association and the western trunk line
committee admitted that export rates
on grain and grain products are con-
stantly cut and that officials of the
roads meet at stated periods and agree
upon rates, which are then prOlnulgat
rl by the individual lines interested.
The principal witness of the day was
Traffic Manager George j. Grammar Of
the Lake shore road, ami his recita-
ton Of the conditions of affairs rela
tive to grain eastbound aroused the
deepest interest Of the commission.
In The opinion Or the commission the
condition shown by the evidence is the
strongest argument that could be ad
duced for the passage Of a bill by con
gress giving the commission the power
to make rates after a thorough investi-
gntion upon complaint and also the
power to punish violators of the com
missions rulings.
Traffic Manager Grammar admitted
that the exports on grain and grain
products We're constantly cut: that the
tariffs were seldom maintained; that
the export rates were always secret;
that little grain had been moving AS
domestic grain; that an association eX-
listed the members of which met at
regulsr periods and in violation of the
antitrust law agreed upon rates and
percentages and kept Il record of the
same. When asked why the roads did
not publish their export rates the same
as domestic rates, he replied that if
they did the press Of the country would
charge that the railroads were favor
ing foreign countries and foreign mar
kets at the expense Of the home mar
kets and home producers.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-11-09
ITEMS FROM
NEW CASTLE

New Castle Nov. 0. The city of
New Castle is nicely situated and its
Neutrality-suspicious. many other towns
vet it does not seem to 60 ahead.
The people living here have been in.
Oculaled with the Croakcr disease.
1t has taken 4 tirmer hold than ma.
laria on victim living in L marshy
place. Nothing is going right. Every
cobbcstone becomes 4 masIy We rock
and every laugh becomes riotouS be.
hayior in their eyes. 1t is about
time TO stop this free giving Of black
eyes to the city. Get up and say Il
good word for your town. Put your
shoulder to the wheel and try and
take her out Of the rut. DO not be
complaining all the time. If your
disposition is miserable one do not
Share your misery.
New Castle is healthy. 1t is Il
pretty place to live. Take the croak-
er, the biggest croakers are the ones
that are well of and doing good busl-
ness, and he would try to have a
poor word OF the town and every
thing IN it, Open the shutters, let
in the sunshine and see how much
joy~thcre is in this world.
New improved machinery is being
placed in position in the Knowles
Woolcn Mills. While unloadlnsSomc
OF the machinery yesterday James
WarrIck had The thumb OF his right
hand severely mashed.
The young people Of st. Peters
church contemplate rendering the
drama "undcr the Laurel" " during
the coming winter.
Levy Court Commissioner Meggin.
Son says that his corn crop this year
surpassed those of several years past.
Three school boys were playing in
a boat yesterday morning when the
line broke and the boat began to
drift. Joseph Shilling heard their
cries and went to their rescue.
An important meeting Of Division
No. ,, Ancient order Of Hiberians,
will tc held thus evening.
buiIilp LiiC hGAC IHh WINS u
Court OF the Forester. of Anrexic2,
will be Termed here. The Foresters
pay sick benefits and furnish doc.
tor and medicine for the members
The Senior and Sophomore classes
Of the High school gave an interest.
ing literary entertainment yesterday
afternoon. The general topic was
"Incdents in History" Those tax.
ing part with their subjects were
'Forgetfulness Punished
Jessie Carswell
"Fredrick ii. Soldier" IS. Gormley
"Batte of Crcscy' Frank Hewlett
"King Alfred and tho Cakes"
Flora Krause
''Thc Value of Time Harriet Reed
"Robert Bruce and the Spider
Ida Saunders
"Soldier Preparing for Death"
James White
"An Incident of the French Camp
Frank Riggs
"a Great Battle" Harry Gravel
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-11-09
TRADE CONDITIONS.
Country's Leading Industry Hampers
ed by Lack Of TranspOrtutiDn.

cd by Lack or transportation.
{ NEW YORK. Nov. Or. q. Dun q
Co.'S weekly review of trade says:
Little relief has been afforded the
leading manufacturing industry in the
matter of transporting facilities. In
fact. the situation on the whole is less
satisfactory since inability to secure
coke has brought about the banking Of
some furnaces. This in turn tends to
harden the market for pig iron, though
no actual alteration in prices has oc-
Cured except at Philadelphia. where
% cents more ton Is readily paid.
AZ this industry is considered the
best business barometer present rOndf-
tions and future prospects are certainly
most encouraging for orders are abun.
dant and plants are enlarging capacity
in order to handle the growiN. business.
Material is purchased now for much
struct4rai work in the spring, and ad-
ditlonal contracts ARD seeking accept
anre. Railway neetls>>were never as
pressing, every form of cquipmen, be-
ing sought, and # is possible tina, more
orders will be placed abroad.
Textile mills in New England are
busy, and there is no longer any fear Of
labor controversy at Fail River.
Footwear is firm ut last weeks adj
vance, and eastern manufacturers are
beginning work uh spring orders. Ships
mans from Boston for the year thus
far exceed last years by half million
cases. according to The Shoe and
Leather Reporter
Weather conditions were the chief
fnctors in determining price changes
Of staple products. Low temperature
in grain growing states brought high
er level Of quotations. corn rising %
cents above the figure ruling at the
corresponding date last year and &c
cents over 1899. On the other hand,
wheat is moving ont freely ut both
coasts, shipments from the United
states for the week amounting to
5,651,472 bushels against 1910. 1874
bushels in the same week OF 1900 and
1927, ,203 in Q09.
Failures for the week numbered 243
in the United States against pol last
year and 70 in CANADA against Is last
year.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-11-09
Killed by MkinIev' Death

Easton. Pa, Nov. S.-Mrs.
Angelina Wampole. aged 81, died
to-day as the result OF griet over
the death of President Mckinley.
Previous to his Assassination she
had enjoyed excellent health for
one Of her years. The shock pros
tratcd her, and from that time the
aged woman's condition gradually
grew more and more serious until
death ensued. Mrs Wampole was
born, married and resided during
all her life in the same house.