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in Rhode Island Of the total value of all animal products. it formed from one-fifth to one-third, ranging from 1S.9 per cent. in New Hampshire to 37.2 per cent. in Delaware.
 The ratio between the value of the poultry and that of the eggs pro- duced during the year is worthy of note. The egg production was worth 6S1 per cent. of the value of both eggs and poultry produced in Maine, more than 60 per cent. in other New England States, 46.1 per cent. in New Jersey and 45 per cent. in Delaware.
 A comparison may be made be- tween the increase in the production of eggs during the ten years from 1880 to 1890 and the increase in the following ten years-1S9O to l9OO. The increase during the former dec ade in Maine was 33 per cent; in the latter, 42 per cent In New Hamp- shire, former, 51 per cent; latter, 39 per cent. In Massachusetts, former, 36 per cent; latter, 45 per cent. In Rhode Island, former, 29 per cent; latter, 59 per cent. In New Jersey, former, 20 per cent; latter, 49 per cent, and in Delaware, during the former decade, 56 per cent, and in the latter, 61 per cent.
 It appears, therefore, that the in- crease in egg production in the East has been much greater than that or population, and is an acceleratlng one. In the States mentioned, it is
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rapidly wldens. shallows, and loses it's velocity, and in the middle Atlan- tie is reduced to a mere drift, grad ually turning southward to repeat US long journey.
 What takes place in the Atlantic takes place on a much larger scale in the Pacific. From all parts Of that great ocean within the Tropics the sur face water is driven to the neighbor- hood of the equator by the trade winds. Along the equator it flows for thou sands of miles in a great current. On reaching the land it divides, and the southern portion subdivides, time after time, and finally is lost among the maze of islands constituting Austral- asia. The northern part skirts the Japanese islands, gradually turning to the northeast, as it gets under the influence of the prevailing westerly winds, and soon disperses in the great waste of waters of the north Pacific.
 These are the great oceanic move ments. They are initiated by the winds, and their course is modified by the winds and by the shores. Besides changing the courses of the main cur rents, the shores and islands divide the currents sending off numberless little minor streams of water in various directions.
 Influence of the Ocean on the Land.
 The land absorbs heat rapidly, and as rapidly cools. Water, on the other hand, is heated slowly and holds it's
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variety of causes. The unequal heat ing of sea water in different attitudes is a favorite explanation. This, how ever, could produce currents only by changing the volume of the heated water, and unfortunately, if the water under the equator appreciably ex- banded by heat, it would cause cur rents in the opposite direction from those which exist we should find them flowing away from the equator instead of toward it.
 Another explanation given is the increased evaporation in the tropics, thus lowering the surface of the water and causing an inflow from north and south. Were this of any appreciable magnitude it would undoubtedly cause a drift of water to equatorial regions, but there would be no corresponding outflow, such as the Gulf Stream and Japan Current.
 A third cause assigned is the dimin- ution of atmospheric pressure on the sea in the Tropics, produced by the heating of the atmosphere and its rarefaction. This amounts to a fraction of an inch in the baro- metric column, and is, therefore, a small matter Undoubtedly, if it had an appreciable effect upon the sea, this effect would take the form of slight flow of water toward the equator: but. when equilibrium was thus established, there would be no further flow toward the equator; nor
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would there be any flow at all away from it.
 Still another cause assigned is the increase in density of the water under the equator, due to excessive evapora- tion, thus increasing the saltness of the water It is difficult to see what effect would be produced were it ap- preciable.
 The true cause of the ocean currents is sometimes mentioned in the text books but excepting in two of the most recent ones, is given little or no prominence. The initial cause is the trade winds. These blowing con stantly from the northeast and south east. induce drift of the surface water in their directions. These two drifts meeting near the equator flow along it westwardly, developing into a well-defined equatorial current. In the Atlantic this current. after flow ing across the ocean, impinges on Cape St RoQue, Brazil, where it divides. The smaller part turns southward and skirts the coast of South America, fading out near the latitude of Cape Horn. The northern, and much the larger part, flows through the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, gathering strength and momentum in the narrow pas sages through which it is forced by the body of water behind it and enters the Atlantic through the Strait of Florida. Here in the open sea it
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now sufficient to double itself in twenty years.
The Frisco Line.

The Fl Paso Times gives direct in formation of value regarding another railroad to be built from ocean to ocean. It says:
 Thomas F. West, attorney for the Frisco in Texas, who passed through El Paso with the party accompany ing B. F. Yoakum, president of +te system, stated to a Times reporter
 "The Frisco system contemplates building a transcontinental road from ocean to ocean. The system will build a new road from Vernon, Tex, passing through the Panhandle, and going direct to Los Angeles, which will be the first point to be touched in California. From Los Angeles the road will be built direct into San Francisco.
 "On the Atlantic seaboard an ex- tension will be constructed from Birmingham to Savannah. The trans continental route would then be from Savannah over the old Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis until the in- tersection of the Frisco's main line at Nichols, Mo, and would come down to Vernon, from where the new road will be built. I think that in all about 2000 miles of new road will be built. believe that work will begin imme- diately on the new line"
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The Hen as an Income Producer.

The agricultural reports for some of the Eastern States, recently pub lished by the Census Office, contain statistics of the production of eggs and poultry. which, while not to be taken as indicative of the conditions prevailing in other States. or in the country as a whole. are full of signifi- canoe and deserve careful attention.
 In the States reported upon, the value of the poultry and eggs pro- duced in 1899 was from about one twelfth to one-siXth of the total value of all farm products. ranging from S.1 per cent in Maine to 16.7 per cent
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What the Japan Current Does Not Do.

We have had during the last few years such strong endorsement or the Japan Current as the source Of all our weather blessings it is interesting to show the view, endorsed by the Weather Bureau. that this current is only a part of a more stupendous force working for our benefit. In the last bulletin of the American Geographical Society Mir. Henry Gannett writes upon certain persistent errors in geo graphy," among which the wrong con ception of the effects of our Japan Current is involved.
 Climate and Ocean Currents.
 Other familiar errors concern climate still more directly. The well-known mild climate of the northwest coast or America is commonly attributed to the balmy influences brought to 1t by the Japan Current: the Gulf Stream Is supposed to have the same Influence upon the west coast of Europe, and the cold climate of the east coast of the United States is attributed to the supposed current from the Arctic Ocean hugging this coast.
 That these explanations do not eX- plain will be realized after reflection. Can 1t be supposed that the Japan Current, however warm 1t may be when 1t leaves the Tropics, retains any appreciable excess of heat after a journey of 5000 miles in northern attitudes? As matter of fact, no
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trace of this current reaches the shores of North America, its force being entirely lost thousands of miles to the westward There is nothing left but the merest drift of the surface water before the prevalent west wind,
 In the north Atlantic the condition is much tho same. The Gulf Stream loses it's velocity and disappears as a current long before the British Isles are reached. That the cold climate of the eastern coast of the United States Is caused by an Arctic current close inshore is disproved by the fact that there is no such current along this coast
 Winds and Ocean Currents.
 There is probably no phenomenon connected with the physical life of the earth which has been the object or greater misconceptions than the cur rents of the sea. The maps Of the schoolhooks are covered with lines and arrows, indicating currents in every conceivable direction every temporary drift of surface water re- ported by navigators having been recorded as a current.
 The system of oceanic currents Is very simple: drift of water toward the equator, current along 1t, flow ing westward to the land, there dividing. flowing north and south and dispensing,
 This equatorial current has been attributed in the textbooks to
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heat longer Moreover the sea is constantly in motion, it's waves, tides and currents-especially the latter tending to create a uniform tempera- ture throughout it's mass. In con sequence of all these conditions, the sea has much more uniform tenn perature in it's different parts, and at different times than the land. It is warmer in high attitudes and cooler near the equator; it is warmer in win ter and cooler in summer. 1t follows, further, that the coasts on which the prevailing winds are from the sea, share in this amelioration of climate, while the interior of continents and coasts on which the prevailing winds are from the land, do not share in this amelioration of climate.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-09-20
FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT.
Wife of Senator Stewart of NeVad
Meets Fate Similar to the
Fairs.

San Francisco, Sept. 15.-Mrs. w.
A. Stewart, wife Of the United state
senior senator from Nevada was killed
yesterday at Alameda, Cal.
Mrs. Stewart was enjoying a ride
with her nephew, Henry Foote, and III.
b. Taylor. They were going along San
Ia Clara avenue in Alameda county
Taylor guiding the machine and send
ing it along at q high speed. A vehicle
approached and Taylor swerved the
automobile TO avoid a collision. He
lost control of the steering apparatus
or else made q miscalculation. The
auto ran into a telegraph pole and the
occupants were thrown out. Mrs.
Stewart struck on her read n was
carried in an unconscious condition to
a sanitarium in the vicinity, where she
soon died. Foote and Taylor escaped
with minor bruises.
Taylor is a cousin of Fred K. Bene-
dict, who was crushed to death under
his automobile in New York.
Mrs. Stewart, before her marriage,
was a Miss Foote, the daughter of
Henry stuart Foote, governor n
United States senator from Mississippi
before the civil war and who, during
the sos, spent some years in California,
Senator Stewart and his wife have
several daughters, n of whom lives
in New York city.
Washington, Sept. Ex-senator
Stewart at present is at The Hague In
connection with the Plus fund arbitra-
ton, in which he has taken a deep in
terest. The case involves title to a
large amount Of honey claimed by the
Catholic church of Lower California
to be held for 1t by the government OF
Mexico.
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without lines. All will be tied up alike
The territory between Chicago and
the Missouri river, in which IL ID
claimed the first insistence VIII be
pressed for revision of schedules, would
include the. Burlington, Rock Island,
Northwestern, st. Paul, Illinois Central
and Great Western roads, at least.
These are named as the group first TO
be looked after. With them might be
included several other lines which are
in the same territory, but they have
not yet been included in the lists seri-
ously discussed.
Cooperation the Plan.
Cooperation of the present powerful
railroad organizations is said to be the
e relied on to secure results.
There has been much talk Of a great
new organization. IT is likely to prove
only a federation of old organizations
for n specific purpose. The different
orders, including conductors, brake
men, switchmen, engineers and fire.
men, will decide whether they wish to
present their grievances together and
make common cause. The greatest
caution will be observed to give no Of
Tense to the railroad arrangements. 1t
is probable that the demands will be
presented simultaneously from differ
ent organizations. The men do not
want to take the attitude of threaten
ing. Their relations with the compan-
les have been uniformly friendly n
satisfactory for many years. But they
realize that they must oppose the great
aggregations of capital with equally
extended aggregations of labor's or
ganized power, and they expect to ac-
cOmplish 1t.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-09-20
JOHAS0h'S CAMPAIGN.
More Than 1000 People Attended at
the Circus Tent in Ncrwalk to Hear
Cleveland Mayor Speak.

Norwalk, o., Sept. 10,-This city was
the second nights stand of Mayor Tom
l.. Johnson's circus tent campaign, and
1000 enthusiastic people crowded into
the great tent and around It. Besides
the mayor Rev. Herbert BigeloW Of
Cincinnati, Attorney Echo NJ. Heisley
Of Gle veland and Mayor A. G. Rowley
made addresses. In his address mr..
Bigelow referred to Mayor Johnson as
the leader OF the democratic party in
Ohio and, in fact, Of the whole country.
He said the mayor was a reformer in
politics.
In opening his address Mayor John
son invited all republicans to debate
with him, not even barring Senator
Hanna.
I'VE intend going into republican
countess" he said, ana to call on re-
publican leaders to answer our argu-
ments."
He the launched into an exposition
Of his TAX reform views, talking in part
as follows:
Il believe the people should rule, but
thee only way to accomplish this is to
follow leaders who have really the well
fare OF the people at heart. Electing
men who will do the peoples bidding,
the people will rule. We will then have
no example Of franchise grabbing and
the laws as regards those questions
will first have to be sanctioned by the
people. Our watchword Is home rule
and just taxation and we will go
through the state giving out those sem
timents."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-09-20
DOUBLE TRAGEDY
AT SIOUX FALLS
y. p. Harrington Shoots His
Divorced Wife and Kills
Himself.
HE r o HER A NOTE
When She Came to Meet Him He Drew
a Revolver and Fired The
Murder Was Pre-
meditated.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. f5.-One OF
the most horrible crimes In the annals
or the Sioux Falls courts was commit
ted here at 900 o'clock last night. j.
Z. Harrington, a sign painter. wrote a
note to his divorced wife to meet him
on a corner, and waiting for her, shot
her when she appeared, and then
turned the gun on himself.
The couple were married seven years
ago, but two years ago the wife pro-
cured a divorce on the charge of cruel
ty and habltual drunkenness. Har-
ringtOn was opposed to the divorce, and
tried to get his wife to remarry him. 1t
Is supposed that failing in this, his love
turned to hate and he decided to kill
her and then himself. Harrington had
been persistent in his second courtship,
and after a time Mrs. Harrington, who
had firmly resolved not to marry him
again, grew tired Of his visits and sys-
tematically avoided him.
Finally Harrington decided no would
Kill her and laid a plot to trap her.
He procured "a telegraph blank n
wrote a note, dis~pat"hing ii by q mes
senger. The message was as follows:
"Inez, meet me at the corner by the
hatter's, just opposite the court house,
as l am going to Salt Lake ut 4:30 In
the morning. Meet me at 9 o'clock.
u. p. Harrington"
Thinking there a something Of i'm
portance In his request, the wife went
to the spot designated. 1t is not known
whether they had any conversation, but
1t is thought Harrington started shoot
ing at once.
He fired three bullets into her body,
in h head, shoulder and heart. Nor
tally wounded, the woman tried to
grasp her husbands revolver, but she
fell. AS soon as she was down, Har-
shot himself through the heart,
dying instantly.
The shots drew the attention Of peo-
pie on the streets, and at 9:15 their
bodies were found. Deputy Sheriff
saw the shooting from a short
distance, but 1t was all over before he
reach the spot.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-09-20
Origin of a Famous Soma.

Chicago News: Bizet, the composer Of
the world famous opera. Carmen" and
Halevy, his librettist, once occupied apart
ments whose outer doors opened on the
same landing. As soon as he had finished
an air Bizet would hasten TO submit 1t TO
his neighbor, who subjected 1t to the most
severe criticism. From morning to night
the piano ~resounded In the composers
apartments. one night Bizet finished a
dramatic bit In which he BATTERED him
self he had successfully sketched the
pride of a triumphant toreador after "A sue
cessful bull fight. But JIalevy listened IN
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-09-20
BOODLERS ARE SCARED
More ST. Louis Aldermen Are
Anxious to Turn States
Evidence.

St. Louis, Sept. 15.-The members of
the doodle combine are terror strick-
en-. John K. Murrells brother has Of
fered to follow suit and turn states
evidence. He was taken before Circuit
Attorney Folk, where he offered to
turn states evidence. He was anxious
to confess, and said he would hid
nothing. Mr.. Folk told him he was
not needed as a witness for the prose-
cution.
Charles Kelly, the house Of delegates
member who distributed the $47, O0Q
lighting bill Doodle" among the COM
bine," is still in hiding, but is known to
be in st. Louis. His evidence is need
ed by the state to convict the men who
gave the bride and he will be given a
chance to escape the p~enitentiary If he
chooses to take it.
Joseph w. Folk, the circuit attorney OF
st. Louis, has made a name for himself
throughout the United States since he took
office in November, 1900. He has I'M
earthed the corruption in the city Of st.
Louis that was destroying the workings
of the city assembly. Brides were freely
given and freely taken by a combine Of
gates, the lower house Of the city's mu-
nicipal government. The two big scan
dals were the sale of street car franchises
and lighting franchises.
Mr.. Folk took his reputation and his life
in his hand. He brought before the grand
Jury sufficient evidence to indict such
men as Ed" Butler and r. NJ. Snyder,
the millionaire banker of Kansas City
and New York. st. Louis aldermen fled
the city and took refuge in Mexico. Sew
eral perjurers and bribers were sent to
prison for short terms. Then Folk in
duced Murrell, q member of the house of
delegates. to return to st. Louis from
Mexico and tell the entire story. Murrell
had fled with Kratz, another member who
L. etnI thara This "pOmhinp ~ S0 Mr. Folk
declares, was bound by al oath which
made death the penalty for treachery to
its members. Had Folks efforts failed,
these men, powerful as they were, would
have a~ssassinated his political career.
Now it is a case of prison or freedom to
them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-09-20
GRAIN MARKETS.
Grain and Provisions,

Chicago, Sept. 13.-Cash quotations were
as follows:
Flour-Steady.
Wheat-No. 2 spring, &C; No. 8 spring,
69anhc; No. 2 red, n&Q72sc.
Corn-No. 2. 59a59hc; No. 2 yellow, Goa
6ats-No. 2, 2Sha2S%c; No. 8 white, 2SH
Q341ac.
Rye-No. 2, sic.
Barley-Fair to choice mailing, 50a63c.
ern, $l.39.
Timothy Seed-No. l, $1.35; No. 1 north.
western, $l.39.
timothy Seed-Prime, $3.50.
Clover-Contract grade, IS. 75dS.S5.
Provisions-Mess pork, $40. S0q16.S So; lard,
$40. 60@10 6212; short rib sides, $40. 40d10 80;
dry salted shoulders, $S.S71RQ9.00; short
clear sides, 50. 75Ql0.62R.
Whisky-On basis of high wines, $1.32.
B~utter-Firm; dairy, 141aalSc; creamery
15M2OAc.
realistically; fresh, 1Sc.
C~heese-Steady, 10Aq10Ac.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-09-20
ATHLETES
Will Begin Tomorrow at Travers Island
Large Number of Entries.

New York, Sept. 15.-Athletic cham
pions from Canada and eastern, west
ern and southern states will meet in
competition tomorrow at Travers ISL
and. the country home of the New York
Athletic club, in games open to all reg
istered athletes for the highest honors
of the Amateur Athletic Union of the
United States. The list includes the
greatest number Of out OF town entries
in the history of the union and a ma
jority are men who have held or hold
records at their favorite games.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-09-20
IT WASN'T HARMS.
But the Man With the Gun Captured
the Marshal.

Beresford, s.. D., Sept. ia report
was circulated here last evening that Il
man answering the description OF the
murderer of the Monona county Uowa)
sheriff, was camping in the vicinity Of
the city stock yards. Lee Willis, the
city marshal proceeded at once to the
yards determined to arrest him and
capture the $500 reward.
He finally RAJ onto the fellow who
showed a large Colts revolver under his
noce and at the same time command
ing him to throw up his arms saying
he had just had a quarrel with a nan
and was compelled to cut him up some
and that he would not be taken by any
G. d official. The marshall was
compelled to march down the railroad
track about a half mile, when the party
told him to proceed back very quietly
MS he was going to take to the corn field
and travel across the country.
The man seemed to be a desperate
character. but owing to the darkness
the marshall was unable to tell much
about his looks.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-09-20

silence and Shove but n moderate en-
thusiasm. Bizet, somewhat piqued, asked
the cause Of his GOODNESS.
ITS good. L admit" said Halevy. I'm
fact, it's TOO good. 1t lacks movement
1t lacks snap-in short, it's not popular
enough"
Not popular!' shouted the piqued COM
poser. do you want me to write for the
siums?" He went out i'm a huff, but soon
rclented, and In an hour returned with
another air. Listen to this" said he,
here's my toreador idea written down to
your popular level" 1t was, indeed, the
song of the toreador, and the only one
which on the first night received an en-
core and seemed TO move the first night
audience from its terror.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-09-20
NEW YORK CONFERENCE.
Platt and OdelI Will Meet Today to
Talk Over the Political
Situation.

New York, Sept. t5.-There will be a
conference between senator Plat and
several republican leaders here today.
attend.
The question as to whether the re-
publican state convention will ndorse
President Roosevelt as a presidential
candidate in 1904 was asked of Senator
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-09-20

A recent experience OF a party of coll
legians illustrates the care with which
the present %curators exercise in the
preservation Of Stonehenge. The col
legians were told hat the taking Of
provisions near the stones was pro-
hibfted for this reason: 1t was be-
lieved that the presence of fragments
of food would attract rodents, whose
possible b~urrowing would be a menace
to the stability of the stones.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-09-20

A Canadian firm recently placed
with the Montreal and Toronto news
papers an advertisement OF n new
nursing bottle 1t had patented and was
about TO place on the market. After
giving directions for use the adver-
tisement ended I'm this manner when
the baby is dom drinking IT must be
unscrewed and laid in a cool place UNI
der a tap. If the baby does not thrive
on fresh milk II should be boiled"