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New-York tribune., 1902-05-08
TRADING STAMP LAW HIT.
DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY APPELLATE
DIVISION

Albany May THE Appellate Division, Third
Department has handed down decision declaring
unconstitutional the law making IL a mIsdemeanOr
to deal in issue trading stamps or similar de-
vices The case came before the court the ap-
peal Of Lewis a. Madden from order dismssing
a writ OF habeas corpus, and remanding him TO the
custody OF 'ohn u. Dicker. Sheriff OF sullivan
County. Madden had been convicted of dealing In
trading stamps and sentenced 70 serve a term OF
imprisonment
The court rules that the legislature has no power
to prohibit the giving OF prizes in the manner
tomary where trading stamps are used II de-
clares that there is no element of chance IN the
New-York tribune., 1902-05-08
AMERICANS VISITING EUROPE THIS YEAR

VIII hhd Ihe New-York Tribune for sale
nt 'he book stalls OF the leading hotels
throughout the continent of Europe and
Great britain, well as on the READING z
room 'hnies. Ii may also be obtained at
the principal railroad stations
New-York tribune., 1902-05-08
THE ADDER STARTS FOR WASHINGTON
PROBABLY SHE GOES TO MAKE THE TEST WHICH
TIE FULTON INTENDED TO MAKE.

The Holland torpedo boat Adder sailed from this
port Yesterday in tow Of the tug Storm King and
accompanied by the steam yacht Mndora. pre-
sumably bound for Washington by the outside
route 10 make the which her sister boat. the
Fulton was prevented from making by the eX-
plosion at Delaware Breakwater. The Adder
rived in Sandy Hook Bay Tuesday afternoon
from Suffolk Long Island, the Holland companys
sta
New-York tribune., 1902-05-08
TO CONNECT ELEVATED LINES.
B. r. T. HAVING RECEIVED PERMISSION TO DIS
CONTINUE STATIONS WILL JOIN FIFTH
AVE AND KINGS COUNTY ROADS.

The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. having
resolved permission from the State Railroad Com
mission 10 discontinue the use Of five stations on
the Kings County Elevated Railroad. has decided
10 construct connection between the Kings Coun-
" line and the Fifth-ave lire at Flatbush-ave
and FultOn-st The connecting track will be on an
inclined plane, slopng from the Fulton-st struct-
ure, 10 that of the Ftfth-ave. line in Flatbush-
ave The Flatbush-ave station will OF necessity
be moved make room for the Improvement
The stations to be abandoned are as follows: TIL
larry and Clark SITS, BOerum Place, LafayeUte-ave,
Cumberland-St and Vanderbit-ave
New-York tribune., 1902-05-08
WANT BOYS TO DECORATE GRAVES.
VETERANS THINK MEMORIAL DAY DUTY WILL
DEvOLvE ON SCHOOL CHILDREN.

Van Houten Post. Grand Army OF the Republic.
Of Jersey City, has requested that public school
boys be detailed TO assist in decorating the graves
of soldiers. The veterans realize that Memorial
Day duty must shortly devOive upon others and
have decided that the public school pupils, whose
patriotism is manifest in their generous Contribu-
lions OF flowers, are the best ones TO take up the
work.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-28
FORESTS ACTING AS FILTERS.

George b. Hollister, of the United
States Geological Survey, said in recent
circular that the national forest reserves
of this country now cover total area OF
about 47,0OO, 900 acres. These reserves
do not preclude the cutting of the tim
Der upon them, but insure its scientific
management so that it is harvested with
view to future cuttings, and, what is
most important, that the tracts be kept
intact as woodlands. All the forest re-
serves are situated in mountain regions
and on great watersheds, where, by
their covering and protection OF the soil,
they act as natural storage reservoirs,
regulating the flow of the streams which
rise among them, and to large extent
preventing violent and disastrous
freshets.
With the exception of the Black Hills
Reservation of !, ,2l1 $50 acres, establish
ed in 1897, all the forest reserves OF the
country are west of the Rocky Mount
aims, where water for irrigation is most
needed and its protection absolutely
necessary. More of the reserves are in
California than in any other state, near
| ly all of the California reserves being
created at the request of the people of
that state, who had before their eyes
many examples of the evil effects OF
forest denudation in the Sierras.
One of the secondary but important
effects of these forests upon the water
sheds is their filtering action, by which
the amount of sediment which would
otherwise be washed into the streams is
held from them. In these days of large
storage reservoirs, which must more and
more become the feature of successful
irrigation enterprises, freedom from silt
and sediment in the streams is OF the
utmost importance.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-28
California HumminS BIRD.

The nest is about the size Of half the
shell of n common ducks egg ana IS
made of plant down and cobwebs, with
slight outside garniture of moss, be-
ing much less compact and interest
ing structure than that of the eastern
ruby throat. 1t is placed on n twiS OF
a cork elm, little too high to be look
ed into from the piazza, and in all
probability is kept in its precarious
position-for the twig upon which 1t
rests is no thicker than an ordinary
lead penciI-by glutinous substance
collected by the bird from the honey
bearing flowers which it visits In Sc
curing food.
The little Occupant-a somewhat
smaller bird than the female ruby
throat-alows herself to be observed
from the distance of four or five feet,
though her attitude is one of great
alertness, and any sudden movement
on the part of her observer will imme-
diately send her off. There Is some
thing in the position of the eye, so
far up in the head. in the long and
very slightly curved bill and in the
short up flirted tail as she sits rather
high in her tiny nest that is suggestive
Of pygmy woodcock.-Independent.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-28
Lifting by Magnets.

The most important employment OF
the magnet in the mechanical indus
tries is in lifting and handling such
masses of metal as ship plates, boiler
plates and parts Of machines which it
would otherwise be difficult to get hold
Of. 1t effects an average economy In
time and cost of handling, stacking,
loading and unloading of from so to 70
per cent.
To meet the possible danger that
from any cause the current from the
dynamo might be cut off, causing the
magnet to drop its load, 1t is usual In
we'll appointed plants to install stor-
age battery, which effectually guards
against such accident. In handling
billets and material Of convenient
shape a number Of pieces may be pick
ed up at one time. The same is true
of thin plates.
The type Of magnets used in most
American works has a lifting capac-
ity of five tons. 1t makes stranger
nervous to see them at work, and he
generally does not need to be reminded
that unless his life is insured ut its
full value he would do well to stand
from under. But slings and chains
break under loads quite as often as
magnets drop their loads by accident
and in wrong places. - New York
Times
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-28
fro BE ooNTNUEp.l
TAR AND FEATHERS.
How 1t Feels to Wear q Coat Of This
Fearful Mixture.

How 1t Feels to Wear Coat Of This
Fearful Mixture.
People who read Of tarring and feath.
ering know that the punishment Is 9
very unpleasant one, but few imagine
how terribly painful and dangerous 1t
Is. In Wyoming once saw man who
had been tarred and feathered, and, al
though he fully deserved the discipline,
could not help plying him. Hard.
ened tar is very hard to remove from
the skin, and when feathers are added
1t forms kind Of cement that sticks
closer than n brother. AS soon as the
tar sets the victims suffering begins.
1t contracts as it cools, and every one
of the little veins on the body Is pulled,
causing the most exquisite agony. The
perspiration Is entirely stopped, and
unless the tar Is removed death Is GER
tain to ensue.
But the removal is no easy task and
requires several days. The tar cannot
be softened by the application of heat
and must be peeled off bit by bit,
sweet oil being used to make the proc
ess less painful. The irritation to the
skin is very great, as the hairs cannot
be disengaged, but must be pulled out
or cut off. No man can be cleaned Of
tar in a single day, as the pain of the
operation would be too eXcruciating
for endurance, and until this is done he
has to suffer from pain like that of
ten thousand pin pricks. Numbers of
men have died under the torture, and
none who have gone through it regard
tar and feathering as anything but a
most fearful in1iction.-Exchange.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-28
KEEPING THE YOUNG THINGS GROW
ING,

The secret of the success of the best
feeders lies in the fact that at no period
in the development of young thing is
it allowed to lose pound Of flesh, but
rather that each day brings steady and
gradual gain. 1t is this carefulness in
the details of feeding that produces a
well-built animal and one that pays for
his keeping and the food consumed
A good many farmers especially In the
western states, are slack in their meth
DDS of handling their young animals.
During the spring and summer these
young things get along very nicely but
when winter comes on they are poorly
provided with warm quarters and are
''carried through" the winter on a re-
duced amount of feed. There can be no
profit in keeping and feeding stock
in this way. The feeding operations
should be looked after as carefully dur
ing the winter season as at any other
period of the year, and perhaps more so,
for the reason that the young things
need an extra amount of feed to help
them resist the cold. Right now is a
good time of the year to make calcula-
Iions for the coming season, that each
animal kept on the farm may be fed
profitably and carried along with gain
each day.-Prairie Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-28
INTENSIVE CULTIVATION Foa CORN

INTENSIVE CULTIVATION FOa CORN
With the exception of sweet corn for
canning, plant corn only for the silo.
But plant common yellow corn, and
treat it exactly as should if it were to
be husked. like to plow the ground in
the fall and then in the spring use a
swivel plow. l have not made back
furrow or dead furrow in ten years.
use liberal amount of barnyard, or
rather barn cellar, manure, the more the
better, from 20 two-horse loads to the
acre to twice that amount. Spread the
manure on after the spring plOwing and
harrow it in, harrow it again, harrow it
some more, and then harrow it.
Iwould like to plant in hills three or
8 1-2 feet each way, to allow of cultivat-
ing both ways, but there is no planter in
our part of the country that will do it.
put on from 200 to 500 pounds of some
good commercial fertilizer with the
planter, varying in proportion to the
amount and quality of the stable ma
uure. Start the weeder ahead of the
weeds, and keep ahead of them with
that implement and the cultivator all
the season, so that the corn and not the
weeds gets the benefit of the moisture
and the fertilizer.
The harvesting with me is done in one
or two days, as my crop is cut into the
silo, after picking enough for the next
years seed In order to adopt some OF
the extensive methods followed in the
west, we must remove the obstructions
on the land, if we have them, and make
the horse and machine do the work, and
thus increase the capacity of the farm,
as the manufacturer does that of his
plant.-New England Homestead.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-28
THE HEAVIEST OXEN.

The weight of my big oxen was sO39
pounds. / have never known of a
heavier pair. 1 have another pair OF
Holsteins comm ON that think will in
time equal or excel the other in weight.
They are now five years old and weigh
$500 pounds in good working condition
They have never had any chance for
making big gain, except few months
last summer, when they gained 500
pounds in six months besides doing
farm work. They are now on big log
lob and are one of three teams to draw
IL to 10 thousand feet of logs to mill
daily. 1 shall keep them on the job
until about May 1, when they will come
back ON to the farm and their work will
be light. 1 expect them to weigh con.
siderably over 5000 pounds next fail
time.-Homestead.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-28
Walnut Grain.

In order to initiate walnut grain rub
down the article to be stained without
oil, then charge a sponge with potas-
stun pcrmanganate and squeeze 1t out
again until nearly dry. With this dab
the wood, using something to protect
the hands while doing it to prevent
their being dyed brown. Next saturate
with alkanna root oil and polish light
ly. Follow with another dabbing with
a well squeezed out sponge previously
saturated with filtered solution Of
best bismarck brown In spirit. When
this has dried for short time, con-
tinue the polishing, sprinkling on lit.
tie pumce stone and dabbing where
necessary with the spOnges, as ex-
planned above. The process will pro-
duce handsome graining.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-28
Indian Homes.

The young Indian wife Of today Is
clean, fairly good cook and tidy with
her house. says an exchange. She is
not yet well versed in the art of dec
grafton. and red and green are pre-
dominating colors in all Of her roolAs
whether in harmony or not. The hous,
has good furniture, but it is strangely
arranged. The lounge Is favorite
piece of furniture, and one secs it in
every Indian household, always in the
parlor. If the Indians have a piano ol
organ. 1t goes into the bedroom. The
young bucks best saddle also goes into
the parlor. and in many houses it is
hung upon the wall. Red ribbons are
tied to everything, even the tail of the
cat, for no Indian household is com
plete without cat and Il dog.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-28
An Innocent Author.

Some new authors arrive with sucl
a hilarious confidence, such blthe in
nocence, that it is always interesting
to hear about them. One has just sent
to a we'll known London publisher a
letter something like this:
81 am told that it Is usual OH the eve
of the appearance Of book to enter
tain all the London reviewers to din
ner. Will you kindly tell me what this
would cost, where the dinner should be
held and who. in your opinion. should
be invited? OF course the thing ought
to be done handsomely!
1t is amusing and true. London
Chronicle.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-28

1t will have to be admitted that ex-
pertinent stations pay but little attention
to horses. Station records are full of
experiments in feeding for the pro-
duction of beef and milk, of pOrk--lean
and fat-of mutton and wool, of fowls
eggs and meat, but there is practically
nothing about feeding for the develop
ment of muscle and vigor in the horse
Occasionally something about horse
feeding is seen in station reports, but
nsually it is quotations from foreign
methods or demonstrations. Original
research along this line is nearly an un-
known quantity among our experiment.
ers. 1t is not only the feeding but the
breeding Of horses that more should be
known about by farmers generally, and
that kind of instruction should come
from experiment stations.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-28
THE eAsMsTsao BEAUTIFUL

This was the subject of a very inter
esting address by Chancellor Andrews
before the recent meeting of the farm
ers' congress at Sioux Falls. He pleaded
for higher plane of life among farmers,
and for all the agencies that would
civiliZe, refine and elevate. Everywhere,
the natural tendency is in the opposite
direction-downward. Deprived OF
these elevating influences, farmers tend
to become mere hewers of wood, OF
servants to those who are better off.
This is clearly demonstrated in Euro
pean countries and other countries OF
the world where the knowledge of how
to work is the only thing deemed nee
essary for rural workers. Mr.. Andrews
mentioned the various agencies and in
fluences at work in this country to lift
up farmers to the high plane they should
occupy, such as public schools, the
church, the press, the library, the tele-
phone, free mail delivery, better roads,
experiment stations and agricultural
schools. But there was still another
and powerful agency, hitherto largely
neglected-the beautifying of the farm
and home. Without this, he declared
the work would be incomplete, and the
sons and daughters would continue to
leave the farm and seek other occupa-
ton. This is especially true of those
upon whom refining influences are
effective-taking away the better class
and leaving those who have least appre-
citation of the beautiful in art or nature.
Perhaps there is no other subject so
universally unpopular among farmers
as this beautify the home and farm.
This is the result of hard conditions by
which they have been surrounded and
the lack of education. 1t is useless to
talk of beautifying TO man who is
struggling against debt or misfortune,
or to a man who has no love of the beau
tiful in his soul. His house is a place of
shelter and sleep, and the only use he
sees for land is to make money out of it.
III he can be convinced that beautifying
pays in money, he will do what he can,
and from this sordid motive, even, the
upward tendency is often created. 1t
does pay to beautify. No other work
ON the farm pays better-in money value.
A friend, few years ago, purchased
rundown l00-acre farm within dozen
miles of the city at $40 an acre. The
first thing he did was to remove the
dilapidated rail fence along the road,
grade the land along the highway, put
up neat board fence, painted white,
plant shade trees, seed the roadside with
bluegrass, and construct tan-bark side
walk. Wonderful transformation! Peo-
pie hardly recognized the place when
they passed by. Then he reconstructed
all the inside fences, on new lines, and
cleaned the farm of briers, weeds and
scrub growth. He made a stone dam
across spring run and converted use
less ravine into beautiful little lake.
He repaired and painted buildings, made
good driveways and beautitied the home
grounds. These improvements cost him
a thousand dollars in cash, besides his
own labor, making the total cost of the
farm five thousand dollars, or fifty dol
lars an acre. He sold it within two
years for eight thousand dollars? Did
that pay? Exchange.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-28
Hay TEA FOR CALVES.

A dairy writer in Dairy and Creamery
advocates the use of hay tea for grow
ing calves in place of skim milk, and
says one pound of good hay boiled for an
hour in six quarts of water and then
strained and made richer by adding a
handful of oil meal, and another of oat-
meal, to be stepped in it for as long a
time, to each half gallon of the hay tea,
will be equally good for the calves.
Perhaps it is SO, and those who are more
anxious to experiment than to raise
their calves may try it, but we would
not. Even if the hay were pure clover
carefully cured we should feel doubtful
of the result, and if there were weeds in
it the results, if not less doubtful, would
probably be less favorable. Until skim
milk has market value of more than
half cent pound, whether from open
setting or from the separator, we would
not advise man to steep hay tea as a
calf food. And we write from sad ex-
perience as result of testing hay tea
when we had a demand for all the milk
We could produce. We have grown
good calves on skim milk reinforced
with porridge made from equal parts
of corn meal and wheat bran, using flour
instead of bran or boiling the skim milk,
if we saw indications of securing, but
we never saw cow brought to what we
call the weaning age on hay tea that we
would have accepted as gift after they
were all grown, even if they lived to
that age. Let those who like to do so
experiment with hay tea, but give us
good skim milk, as pure and fresh as it
can be had by skimming or by the use of
the separator, and then pOrridge made
from good sweet grain, or linseed meal
jelly, or even good oatmeal and wheat
bran to stir in the milk after we cease
using whole milk, and we will not ask
for better food.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-28
AN AUSTRALIAN CATTsRY.

Grass and little castor oil are all the
remedies which the cats OF a famous
Australian cattery ever need, and meat,
fish and milk comprise their diet. The
pets, of which there are eleven, iive IN "5 !,
asphalt courtyard, which is surrounded
by their little houses. The cats are OF
the Persian variety, and stand the
cbangeable climate of Australia well,
although most of them are natives OF
England.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-28
Lies Of the White Kind.

The whole fabric Of social inter
course is interviewer with what would
be lies according to strict code. Some
are pleasant fictions that deceive no
body. Most Of them have their genesis
In a kindly, cheerful desire to avoid
giving pain. These polite untruths are
the lubricant of society. They wear
away the rough edges, take away the
sting out Of uncomfortable facts. They
are the flower Of courtesy, 1.-The pine
apple perfume of politeness." s."-Wasli'
ington Times.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-28
ONE Is ENOUGH.

A single breed is better to have about
than a dozen different kinds. There are
many reasons for this. When consider
ed from the fancier's standpoint, single
breed is about all one person can sue
cessfully care for, unless the fancier' S
whole time and attention are given to
them. If this can be done, then as many
varieties as there is space to accommo-
date may be kept to advantage. But
even then it will be found that the fam
cier, who puts his whole energy into one
variety will progress more rapidly than
the one devOting himself to many va
rieties. When taken from the stand
point of eggs for market, it will be
found that il is more attractive for Gus
toners to have all the eggs as near alike
as two hens eggs can be; when for
market poultry, it is to the credit of the
seller to send to market a whole killing
that are alike; and when it comes to the
care of the fowls, one soon learns the
habits and eating capacity of the one
variety, and thus in feeding and treating
them all alike, good average results will
be realized. But when they are in the
flock, the active Leghorn with the less
active larger breeds when fed together,
the active fowl will get too much, while
the slower moving fowl will not have
enough. For this reason, when kept In
yards or colonies, it is better to keep
hens to themselves and pullets to them
selves.-Turf, Farm and Home.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-28

In the last century the farmers Of Mid
dlesex, the county in which London is
partly situated, petitioned Parliament
against improving the abominable roads
Of England. They frankly claimed tha,
so long as the roads were bad they had
a monopoly of the London markets fol
the sale of their vegetables, fruit ano
grain; that If the roads were improved
the farmers of other counties would os
able to bring their produce to the Lon
dom markets, which would be disastrous
TO the ssindustry" Of Middlesex.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-28
Why Eyes Are Light and Dark.

An interesting point is the cause Of
the different shades of color we see In
the eyes. On n certain membrane In
the interior are numerous cells called
pigment cells. When these are pres
ent in very great numbers, they pro-
duce that deep black color of some
eyes and in proportion to their num-
bers decrease also the depth Of color
till finally light blue is reached. In
certain eyes these pigment cells do not
exist at all, being wanting, indeed. all
through the system, hair and skin. A
person Of this description is called an
albino. and among animals we find Q
parallel in the case Of the white rab-
bit.-Chambers' Journal.