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New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
NEWYORK TRIBUNE ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT.

society, is more than likely TO have in his blood
aa' 'ehoehcy TO shirk responsibility which is so
s1Sneaftening to all who labor to help such lads
10 decent life. Few can be depended upon
III none or these institutions have wrought a
cure, the boy viii sooner later find himself in
tne grip Of a policeman and before magis-
uate' The majority Of boys brought before
ue magistrates are charged with petty offences
such as larceny of under $40. simple assault
nahcious mischief and the like There is a
tAir possibility that every one Of these offenders
mas stin in him the making Of a man who win
81 least keep clear Of crime. although he will
probably never become a bright and shining
nsht to his neighbors He may have been led
INTO me offence. or on the other hand he may
nave LED others. There are all sorts of degrees
VI sulit among those who may have committed
She same crime. The Judge viii ordinarily sus-
pehd sentence for short time ard in the mean
while the boy viii be watched and the story he
has told viii be carefully investigated If he
Is fairly decent lad, he viii merely be told 10
report TO the Court in person at certain inter-
walls. This exercises a wholesome restraint over
him. scares him and shows him Qf he is capable
OF seeing IT'D the depth Of the pit over which he
hanss.
Al thls crisis an unofficial person steps in and
sdds justice. Mr.. Willard is the man who usu-
ally investigates such cases and although he
has no legal authority he has the cooperation
OF The Court, and the boys know that when the
'udge tells them 10 report regularly TO Mr. VIII
larc II is to their advantage 10 DO so. In a
house at No. l29 Chrystie-st. Mr. Willard lives
win certain number Of boys who are on parole
who nave no III homes. Such good as can be
done by refined surroundings and friendly pa
tence the boys receive. There is. as a rule,
some improvement. although all the lads are too
thoroughly tough to give promise Of ever be-
coming props or ornaments OF society. Work is
found for them, and they made to go TO it,
much against their wills They have TO be lit
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

acter made in Turkey last year. will give the
syndicate the control Of the emery market"
4 large importer of the article said that
there was no danger in that direction. there
were many sources Of supply not embraced in
the list of purchased or leased mines The sup
ply Of emery shipped from Naxos TO the United
States amounts To about one thousand tons
year The importation from Turkey in the
United states furnishes about five thousand
tons The article comes in bulk. and resembles
iron ore The pieces vary in size from humps
the size Of "A water bucket to pieces large
an egg These chunks are crushed by special
machinery and produce about forty grades of
the marketable article. Emery is used in max
ing polishing wheels and for finishing and pol
ishng the work Of cutters. plate glass manu-
facturers. plough shovel and tool makers and
for many other purposes in the arts. The Greek
emery is used extensively for wheels made by
the vitrified process. because il can endure more
heat than the Turkish product There is
import duty on the article which costs
about $50 a ton at the Turkish Greek port.
Carborundum found at Niagara Falls; corur-
dunn from Georgia. North Carolina and Canada:
American emery from Chester. Mass. and
PeakskilI y l. and adamite from Valparaiso.
Ind are used extensively in place of the i.n-
ported article and dealer said that The
proiuct of these mines would be sufficient TO
supulv the. wants of American manufacturers II
th, European supply should be cut off. but the
pric,. would be higher. The imported manufact-
ured article brings from y: ~ To 50 III hu-.-
dred hounds while much of the native product
brings twice much
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
SENATOR, TWO MEN AND A BIBLE.

From The Philadelphia Post.
Senator John G Spooner. OF Wisconsin, when
q young man, was attorney for two men charged
with stealing
There had been taken from the men a well
worn Bible and a small drawer. on the flyleaf
OF the Bible the inscription To my darling
boy, from Mother"
The trial was held the next day and the future
Senator made a brilliant speech TO the jury
be exhibited the Bible and pointed 10 the in
scription, and without leaving their seats the
fury rendered a verdict Of Not guilty"
After the trial the young men gave the lawyer
$50
Boys said Mr. Spooner. as they were about
to separate. Il am curious to know why you
carry that Bible and the empty drawer Then
the Senator listened with astOnishment TO the
history OF his clients.
I'VE are professional safe blowers and have
been for five years. This Bible has a double
cover and opens like this" Ohere the self-con-
fessed criminal pressed a hidden spring in the
thick cover and disclosed a hollow, in which
there lay two steel files and small SAW: and
this old drawer has a secret bottom, where
keep our Tools.
The future Senator conlscated the Bible and
the drawer.
those things back vet; you mark my wordsr'
Several years passed, and then the incident
was brought back TO Mr.. SpooneT's recollection
IN the following manner: one evening he and
one was left at the house When they returned
Al a late hour they found that the house had
heen entered by burglars and ransacked but
that nothing apparently was missing. The next
day's mail brought a letter, which read:
.sDear Sir: Please excuse the way came in
last night but the door was locked We never
ala think YOU treated us square by swiping our
outfit, and so we came back after IL and found
you were not at home. We always keep our
word. Yours truly. JACK AND JIM"
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

orally pulled out Of bed. and are quite likely to
go back again as soon as their monitors back
Is turned. They made 10 be clean, 10 which
they object more less; they are encouraged
and if q spark Of enthusiasm is in them it is
aroused For such boys these, il kindness is
unavailing, the WOrkhouse for lesser offences,
and the penitentary for greater ones, are the
punishments.
When all these aids have proved OF no avail.
when petty larceny has been succeeded by felony
and malicious mischief has developed at length
into crime the boy finds a refuge in the Elmra
ReformatOry. The way thither is possibly IN
ninety nine cases out Of a hundred only TO those
who have deliberately pushed aside every
friendly hand; those who are there belong there
for the sake Of society
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

tween Asia and America, and an interchange Of
species between the two continents. When. how
ever. the climate grew colder the race died out
in North America. and further immigration
from the other side of the Pacific to this came
to end.
The withdrawal Of monkeys from the north
ern part Of this continent seems to have been
gradual, not abrupt. In the middle Eocene these
creatures were abundant up in the northern
part of Wyoming, region now given over 10
blizzards and snow blOckades. In the upper
Eocene they appear in the southern part OF the
same State In fact, the seems to have
reached its elimination then and there. both in
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

point Of numbers and variety. DR.. Workman
feels At liberty to draw this conclusion and
also the inference that the climate was intense
- tropical from the fact that thousands OF
specimens are represented in the Yale cOllec-
ton Of fossils. In the very uppcrmOst strata
Of the Eocene period the number of monkeys
falls off rapidly. and in the next two divisions
of tertiary rocks. the Oiigocene and Miocene
their remains are entirely absent. at least
where they were ever 50 plentiful.
At the present time there is q marked ana
tomical difference between the monkeys OF the
old and New worlds. The former have a mar
row septum between the nostrils and the latter
4 wide one. There other distinctions be-
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

likeness. and contributes TO Science" prelim-
mary statement of his views the subject.
After comparing the two jaws. with their re-
spectiye equipments Of teeth. he declares: Il
am firmly of the opinion that the one is the
direct descendant OF the other. This proposition
is sustained by a number of trenchant osteolog-
ical facts which i hope to elucidate in my
forthcoming publication
There is ample evidence. in the fossil remains
OF vegetation. that n tropical climate prevailed
over a large part of North America early in the
tertiary period. Indeed. these conditions ex-
listed as far up as the Arctic regions at one
time There was then free communication be-
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

sides this. and yet. on account of the shape of
their noses. monkeys are divided into two great
classes the catarrhine and rlatyrrhine. This is
what DR. Workman has in mind when he says
that from the southwark recession of the tropical
forests of America dated the separation of the
two race stocks, "onc terminating in the Old
World monkeys and man. and the other i'm the
fiat nosed monkeys Of the New World" 1t
should be added. for the benefit of those who
have not studied sman genealogy closely. that
as yet no evidence has been found ia America
that apes ever existed here. These differ from
monkeys in being tailless. attaining a greater
size. showing disposition TO walk ON their hind
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

lea, except as they are imported. Such. how
ever, was not always the case. Thirty years
or more ago Marsh and Cope found the fossil
remains Of monkeys out in Wyoming. These
dated back to the Eocene. or the earlier part Of
the tertiary division OF geologic history.
AS long ago as 1873 another eminent American
paleontologist remarked incidentally that in
spite Of an interval Of time which might pos
sibly amount to TWO million years there were
points Of resemblance between the lower jaw OF
of these fossils and that of the living
South American representative Of the family.
the Cebida. DR.. J. l. Workman. formerly Of
the American Museum Of Natural History. but
now Of the Yale Museum. has been studying this
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
DEDJ CTiONS.

From The Chicago News.
Helm going to take day off next week for
the purpose of celebrating the anniversary OF
my BIRTH
She-'When / celebrated mine last month
took a year off,"
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
THE SUPPLY AND USES or EMERY
AN AMERICAN SYNDICATE TO WORK THE
MINES OF NAXOS.

telegraphic report came from Athens las;
week to the effect that American syndicate
had acquired a concession for working the
emery mines the island of Naxos. in the
Grecian Archipelago This concession" said
dealer in the article. IF it has been made, to-
gether with the concessions Of a similar char
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
TNCLE EBEN MORlLIZES.

From The Washington star
..Dou' pass too much q yoh time wha.. fey
soils gin said Uncle f.ben- when man gets
TO bt. a saloon fixture. he generly goes to smash
in a hurry, wfOut wditin tOh lady To come
rOun' wifi axe.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
SOUTHAMERICANM MONKEYS
DID THEY ORIGINATE IN NORTH
AMERICA?
NORTH
DR. J. L. WoRTMANN THINKS so AND EXPLAINS
WHY MAN DID NOT FIi>ST APPEAR
IN WYOMING.

lnasmuch as monkeys seem to require trop-
ical or semi-tropical climate. it is easy to un-
derstand why they should abound in South
America but be utterly lacking in North Amer
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-06-19
Bryan as a Possihili.r.

There is only one logical construction
to put upon his statement, and that is
that Mr. Bryan viii be candidate for
the Presidency unless the Democratic
party will adopt platform and name
another man in harmony with his prin-
ciples. The distinctive Bryan principles
are free silver, militarism and
claim upon any of the other issues al
ready discussed. 1t seems wholly in
credible that the Democratic party
should, In 1904, reiterate the hopeless
doctrines that contributed to its fall
ure in the last election. and one Of
which was the prime cause of defeat
in 1896. But that does not wholly shut
out the Nebraska man. If the Demo-
cratic party does not stand by its prin-
ciples, he will doubtless stand by his
party-whether it be Populist Social
list or a fusion of radical organizations
that will adopt his doctrines. Such a
course would make him a great factor
in national politics in another presi-
utilLidl tIttAiVils sAtiiJhEH ~ WpuiA 1lDl
open the slightest possibility of his
reaching the White House.
Changing conditions may bring new
issues. But Dir. Bryan is in a peculiar
position. 1t has been established that
he cannot win on platforms embody-
ing the principles of Organism. If a
new declaration. eliminating these
principles, were adopted, he would not
be the logical man. Nor. according 10
his professions, would he accept a nom
Ination upon such a platform. 1t Is
preposterous 70 suppose that the party
will continue indefinitely to be dictated
to by Mr. Bryan, yet he has it in his
power TO divide the strength of the or
ganlzati0n and keep II out Of power
for at least one more election.-Kansas
CITY Star.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-06-19

d. Hanz, a farmer of Georgia. has
discovered a new source of molasses
in the Georgia melon patch. According
to his experiments and calculations,
go melons will make thirty gallons of
syrup worth SIS. The melons for mar
ket would be worth s. or Sc. This is
important, If true, and ii may be true.
The value of melon molasses must de-
pend on its quality. 1t may be practi-
cally worthless. If the sweet of the
melon can be granulated to produce
sugar, melon sugar may be worth at
tention, but the sweet of melon juice
is so diluted that it is not likely TO COM
pete with the sugar beet. The sources
of sugar are many. In the North the
sugar maple is an unfailing source. al
though greateIy neglected. If the taste
lands on every farm were plan with
sugar NAPLES, or even seeded. and kept
free from cattle. in due time the owner
would have good timber trees and a
never-failing source of revenue in
maple sugar. The price of that article
is high enough to warrant farmers In
setting maple groves.-Twentieth Cen
l'tury Farmer
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-06-19

If we We're to buy an animal for
breeding purposes we should insist
upon perfect pedigree or should re
fuse to pay any fancy price. But what
constitutes a perfect pedigree? 1t is
not long line of descent from some ia
nous animal, nor yet one In which we
can trace several crosses of his blood,
but we think it is one in which we can
find no ancestor of a grade lower than
what we are seeking to establish or
perpetuate. Each and every one should
be as good or better than its predeces-
sor. and the stock should show indica-
tons of improving in each generation.
With such a pedigree the increase
would never 90 back if the proper care
was given, but would produce better
results all of the time.-New England
Farmer
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-06-19
Stop and Think.

Like some other Republican newspa-
pers which are carried of their feet by
the proposition that the tariff should
be removed from all articles which can
be produced so cheaply as 10 enable
American manufacturers TO success
fully compete for the control OF for
ign markets, the ST. Paul Pioneer
Press gives unqualified support to the
Baheoek program 0f so revising the
Dingley Tariff law rs to abolish pro-
tective duties on foreign products COM
peting with the products of the Iron
the Pioneer-P Press is prepared to go
much farther than the BabcDck bill in
the direction Of tariff form, for ii
urges that
Every consideration of party policy
demands that the Republican party
shall promptly deprive its enemies Of n
weapon which may easily become pow
erful and effective i'll their hands--that
IL shall completely dissociate the pro-
tective tariff from the trusts by the
speedy adjustment of all duties on
trust made articles"
If this wholesale scheme of tariff re
vision were to be carried out the result
would be TO practically place the coun-
try on free-trade basis. for there are
very few industries which are not to
some extent in the hands of the trusts.
Therefore. te repeal protective duties
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-06-19
Beat Fodder Corn,

a writer in Prairie Farmer believes
the best variety of fodder corn to be a
medium early variety of sweet or sugar
corn. 1t contains more sacehar.ne mat
ter than the common varieties; il pro-
duces more blades and grain than any
other variety; it is eaten with greater
relish, both green ard dry. than field
corn. and it produces better pork. beef.
butter and milk. yields more and better
feed per acre ana is preferable for piec-
ing out failing pastures to sorghum.
for il furnishes both a grain and grass
ration for all kinds OF farm animals
The writer begins TO feed II to hogs
from the time it begins TO tassel and
thinks It as good as clover. If not bet
ter
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-06-19
) NEWS FROM
{ OUR COLONIES.
oc~oN0NoSoNoNoNSNoc

Incredible reports of the productiveness
of the soil of Hawaii have reached the
Agricultural Department in Washington
through Gov. Dole. who requested one
of the principal farmers of Hawaii TO fur
nish authentic information on this sub
ject. This farmer says that almost ey-
cry vegetable and Ffruit known 20 man
win grow in the island in profusion. Pep
permint, lie says, grows wild. -Four
crops Of potatoes have been produced in
succession on the same piece of land with
in twelve months. This is not an extra
ordinary occurrence. Radishes become
edible ten days after sowing. Strawberry
vines bear fruit all the year. The berries
are of the finest flavor. Cabbage grows
all the year and II apparently makes no
difference whether il is planted in the
spring. summer, autumn or winter. Pars-
ley, once sown, grows forever, apparent
Is. Lima beans continne to grow and
bear for over year, and they have to be
gathered every week after starting 10
bear Cueumbers bear the entire year,
and so do tomatoes, which. with proper
attention, bear for years. Raspberries
bear for six months. Pineapples come in
to bearing when the plants are four
months old and bear In abundance for
years. Lettuce can be planted at any
time, and it develops quickly. The same
is true Of celery. Wheat, corn, barley
and oats produce only one crop each year,
and this is not quite az good as the crops
produced in other portions Of the world
-
at is no wonder our soldiers in the
Philippines think an American apple
food for the gods when you look Mt the
thing those Filipinos call an APPLE said
one of the chiefs Of the Department Of
Agriculture as ne held up for inspection
an article that looked for all the world
like a lemon that had been left on a pie
mic ground 1t was as fine a specimen
when put on one Of the government
transports for shipment to the United
States as could be found 10 a Philippine
orchard, but it was Of n decidedly perish
able nature, and even had II been judi
ciously packed could not have stood the
long voyage without serious damage.
When Il arrived few worm holes and
n small core attached to a bit Of skin
were all that remained 10 tell the story.
Our soldiers beg for apples. real Ameri-
can apples, as a hungry man would for
bread. while the most luscious tropical
fruits hang all about them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-06-19

The Republican protective policy was
adopted at the beginning of the Civil
War, and 1t was maintained during all
the subsequent years up TO 1894, when
the enormous war debt was being re-
duced. Not only did protection serve
To provide the revenue needed 10 meet
the burden imposed by the prosecution
Of the Civil War. b1t II encouraged aud
built up the industries that have given
this country first place In the fight for
the markets Of the world. During all
the years that the United States was
reaping the benefits Of protection the
manufacturers Of England. aided by a
strong minority OF the American PEG
pie. were doing their utmost 10 break
down the protective wall aud open our
markets to an invasion by foreign
made goods Now the conditions are
practically reversed. This country IL
fast becoming the commercial master
Of the world, and England. confronted
by an enormous war debt. finds her
foreign trade dwindling and is begin
ming TO feel :be effects Of domestic In
dustrial depression There was never
a better opportunity for the protection
lists 70 make Roadway 10 England. and
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-06-19
ACCEPTED BY CUBA.
PLATT AMENDMENT ADDED TO
ISLAND CONSTITUTION.
By Vote of 10 to IL the Constitu-
tionai Convention Decides in Favor
of Adopting the Provisions of the
Measure Entire.

After a short session in Havana We'd
nesday, the Cuban constitutional conven-
tion voted that the Platt. amendment,
just as it stands, be added TO the eonst-
tuition, The resolution had a preamble
referring TO the joint resolution of Com
gress, the treaty of Paris. and the liatt
amendment. The vote was 10 TO IL. The
Radicals made no opposition. Many span
iards, Cubans and Americans hoped that
the amendment would be rejected, and
thu, perhaps, annexation would come
about. 1t is stated that the Radicals
We're more relieved after the amendment
had beer accepted than were the Con-
servatives.
According to the provisions OF the Plat
amendment Cuba comedies the following:
Cuba will make no treaties with foreign
powers without the consent of the United
States.
The United States may intervene by arm
or otherwise to preserve peace and 20 en-
sure the proper sanitation of the island.
The United States viii select such naval
stations In Cuba as 1t may desire.
The Isle Of Pines viii remain United States
property.
The letter of Secretary of War Root
| Is published. 1t points out that the for
| mer resolution, with the explanations at
| tached, so changed the provisions of the
| Plat amendment that 1t was not the
same as that passed by Congress. Ii add
ed that President Mckinley could not
withdraw the troops unless the Plat
amendment was incorporated in the con
| stitution. 1t further says that the Presi-
| dent is not authorized TO act until the
government is established When that is
| done it will be his duty to see whether
| the constitution contains the Platt amend
/ men6 as part OF itself In case the con-
| ventiou did not change its former reso-
| luton then the President could not re-
| move the troops, as the former resolu-
ton altered the Plat amendment Some
| of the delegates argued that then, though
| the amendment was not accepted, gov
| eminent might be established.
| The convention will now appoint COM
| mission TO draw up the electoral law.
| The news of the adoption of the Plat
| amendment by the Cuban constitutional
| convention was received with gratitica'
| ton in Washington. Now that the Cu.
bans have demonstrated their good faith
In the United States, it is expected that
| fairly speedy evacuation of the island
| will follow. contingent only upon the es
/ Enlistment of a stable government in the
| island. One cabinet officer speaking OF
the matter, expires >ed the opinion that II
| the other requirements are met the with
| drawal of United States troops might be-
accomplished during the summer, and
that Cuban independence might be re
ality by next autumn.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-06-19
DON'T Gin the Wings.

The clipping Of wings is, to say the
least, cruel practice and often results
in the loss or injury of our most valu-
able fowls is the sensible conclusion of
poultry writer in Home and Farm
The temptation to go to the highest
portion of the roost is too strongly in.
bred in the fowls to resist and they will
invariably manage to get TO the top
Thea, in their haste TO get down they
fall head over heels, having no means
of protection. | have seen fowls at
tempt to fly from a perch fully ten feet
from the ground, invariably with the
same results.
The fence can always be built high
enough TO keep them in the yard and
aside from all injury the clipping does
their beauty is so married that one
should refrain from such unnecessary
mutilation. A fence four feet high will
keep the Leghorns at home. The cost
of wire is so moderate that every one
may easily provide a good fence foi
the yards without resorting to any cut
ting of wings.