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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-02
Odd BOOSTERS.

Japan raises not only fully developed
trees a few inches In height. but also
ROSTERS with tail feathers eleven feet
long. There is one known case OF a
bird with an eighteen-foot tail. but ten
or eleven feet Is the average
The American Museum OF Natural His
tory, I'm New York, has just received
four specimens OF the long-tailed fowls
two cocks and two hens. The tails of
the two cocks are each eleven
feet long. and those OF the hens are about
eight inches long.
Although undoubtedly descended from
domestic fowls intended for poultry. the
long tailed birds are OF no value except
for museum collections and TO show
what can be done In selection in breeding
The exact origin OF the breed is not
known. although II has beer. traced as
far back as 100 years ago
At that time japanese poultry raisers
in Shinowaru. In the province OF Tosa,
produced these cocks and hens as curiosi-
ties by mating birds with unusually long
tails and keeping up the process. The
proper name of the fowl, derived from
the place OF its probable origin, Is Shin
owara-to.
The breeding of these birds is now
carried on principally In Kochi. in the
same province, where the fanciers get
SIS for a cock with a ten-foot tail and s25
for every bird with a tail longer than
ten feet. The hens are sold for $3.50.
The cocks not only have abnormal
tails. but the body feathers growing from
the shoulders of a good specimen arc
about four feet In length
The hens lay I'm the spring and fall,
and each bird produces about 30 eggs
a year. She is not allowed to hatch them
herself. as that might muss her tall and
I'm the course of time cause the breed
TO deteriorate. The menial work OF sit
ting is done by an ordinary bird.
The life Of the bird is about eight years.
He never loses his tail feathers or the
long body feathers by moulting.
The cock roosts on n bamboo perch
near the top Of narrow cage ten feet In
height. with openings at the top for
light and air. The bottom OF the cage is
kept dark. for light below would tempt
the rooster to hop down and ruin his tail
In a snarl.
He Is washed once n month and taken
out of the cage once In two days for an
airing, with an attendant holding up the
end OF the tail TO save IL from being
soiled or mussed.
The long-tailed fowls are fed on rice
and greens and they drink a great deal
OF water. About all OF their strength
goes into their quills.
Two OF the specimens at the American
Museum OF Natural History are snow
white, and the other two are reddish
brown, similar In color TO game cocks
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-02
By the Freezing System.

An interesting experiment with the
freezing system of shaft sinking is be-
ing carried out at the Washington col
liery In the North Of England. This pro-
cess, the patent of Messrs. Gebhardt and
Koenig, OF Nordhausen. has been found
indispensable for sinking a shaft where
the peculiar conditions OF the soil, such
as sand or sliding clay. prevent the shaft
being sunk In the ordinary way. AT this
Washington colliery, when operations
were commenced for sinking the shaft
IL was discovered after the surface earth
had been removed, that the neext geo
logical stratum consisted OF wet ana
quick" sand Had attempts been made
TO bore the shaft through such stratum
as this by conventional means, the water
would have penetrated into the hole, and
the sides would have fallen In. endanger-
ing the lives of the artisans below Also,
II pumping had been tried, the pumps
would have brought away sand as well
as water and thus have caused a still
greater collapse. The bed OF sand is
so feet in thickness. and is followed by
30 feet of bowlder clay.
The freezing" process consists In
freezing the sand around the shaft ring
until IL becomes perfectly solid. When
the site OF the shaft was decided upon,
a ring pierced with % holes was bored
ErOunQ,
being 22Ia feet. Into each OF these holes
an iron pipe was placed, having within
IL a copper tube. with a perforated bot
tom A freezing mixtures comprising
brine OF chlorideof magnesium 70 per
cent. cooled by means OF the liquefac-
ton of ammonia, was run into the cop
per tubes. passed through the perfor-
ated bottoms into the 9ron tubes-which
were closed at the ends-and passed
back TO the tanks. so that constant
circulation was kept UP. The tempera-
ture of the bine was 20 degrees below
zero, and this had the effect of freezing
the ground around the pipes so solid
that the result was circular wall OF
frozen sand as hard as rock. The ex-
cavators then removed the soft sand
inclosed by the frozen wall. chipped the
wall in 10 the form of a perfect circls.
put up a temporary Tubing" and so
proceeded downward. The ground took
seven weeks to freeze
The wall was approximately 10 feet
thick at the end OF seven weeks freez-
ing and four feet OF this Is being chip
ped away leaving six feet remaining. AS
the hole deepens. the pipes are carried
down with It, and the wall, once frozen,
Is 10 be maintained In this condition un-
III the stone head Is reached. Then IL
will be replaced by a brick wall. or
rather by two brick walls, with a brine
mixture between them BY the employ
ment OF this method. pumping is dis
pensed with. No water can get through
the frozen area, and IL is as safe from
collapse as II II were the solid rock. The
opening OF the shaft is completely COW
cred up. and trap-doors are provided
for the passage Of the excavated earth
and workmen The interior OF the shaft
AZ the working face is illumined with
electric light and the cold is intense
Scientific American.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-02
Students Wear Mustaches.

The undergraduate moustache Is the
latest development at Harvard. Many
OF Harvard 5 wealthy students are already
possessors Of a good moustache, while
others are striving hard to make the hair
grow on the upper lips. 1t is fast becom-
ing a fad. and among the wealthiest men
IL Is becoming necessary merely as a mat
ter of fashion.
The undergraduate moustache Is not
new to Harvard. for pictures OF athletic
teams Of ten years ago show many men
with moustaches, and some even with
boards. But In recent years the style has
been to have the upper lip shaved. Last
year the man who dared TO wear a nous
tachc was looked upon as a freak" but
everything has changed now, and before
long the tables may be turned so that the
men with. smooth upper lips Will be
scarce.
Strangely enough the revival of this
old custom is due to the fact that early In
the fall many wagers were made on the
scores OF different football games, and the
loser iii these cases agreed not to shave
his upper lip for some months. This be-
came n common way of betting and when
n man had once succeeded i'm growing
moustache he was loath to shave II Off.
The most OF them decided to let them
grow and IL is for this reason that so
man OF the undergraduates are now wear
ing "teasers' on their upper lips
Blaeden. a wealthy New Yorker who
played left tackle on the varsity last
year was one OF the first to set the style
others quickly followed. although many
were forced to wear them because Of
wagers. At present some OF the most
prominent men i'm college are growing
moustaches. and In not n fe wcases even
the intimate friends OF these men pass
them on the street without recognizing
them. for II adds at least three 10 five
wears 10 every mans age. Among others
who are al present possessors of the proud
distinction are McGrew. last years var
sity oar; Champollion. an oarsman and
prominent actor in the French plays;
Robert Goelet. the New York millionaire:
Foster. an old crew man; Lobe. promi-
nent debater and millionaire. and Rob-
erts. another wealthy man.-Chicago In
ter Ocean.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-02
Have You Noticed That

wise man never takes a penny for his
thoughts
II Is an easy matter TO be good on n
good income.
The rooster does the Growing. but the
hen attends 20 business.
Success is often matter OF spectacu-
lar effect
A disregard OF appearance is as often
due 20 n lack or sense as OF dollars.
A trlfing argument may end I'm rec
ord-smashlng quarrel.
A bluc-ribbon friendship Is better than
an honora able-mention love.
The fellow who gushes over his rela-
tions seldom gives his relations a chance
90 gush over him.
Men are moral triangles. with busi-
ness side. n club side and domestic side.
with some women love is like case OF
malaria-first n chill and then a fever
The people who told you 40" for your
own good" and keep supply OF sense
OF duty" always on tap need shotgun
20 put them out Of business.-New York
Press.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-02
CONSPIRACY.
Alleged Plot to Murder Presi-
dent Of Uruguay.

New York. July "A conspiracy against
the life of the president of Uruguay, DR..
Cuestas. has been discovered here In n
ctfious manner. says Herald dispatch
from Buenos Ayres.
Charles Paggini was found dead In a
street of this city. The police were In
communication saying that Paggini
was the chief conspirator against the
life of Cuestas. The communication
further said that the police would md
In Pagglni's dwelling "a kilos OF dyna-
mite. This statement proved 10 be true.
IL is understood that Paggini backed
out at the last moment In the conspiracy
TO assassinate President Cuestas, and
that one OF his fellow conspirators killed
him to prevent a disclosure OF the plot.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-02
An Inventor, Too,

Rev Or. James G. Russell. moderator
OF the general assembly OF the Church
OF Scotland adds 10 his other accom-
plishments that OF an inventor. Many
years ago, when pastor Of the First
Charge I'm Campbelltown. ne invented
a potato which became almost as popu-
lar In Kintyre as the doctor himself.
The variety was nar7cd the Russell
Reds" and the potato. like the vine OF
Egypt. filled the land and was pro-
fitable enterprise for the farmers who
cultivated a. Dr. Russell would. II Is
said. have made his mark IN any calling.
and had he entered on n commercial
career would have proved n formidable
rival 20 Sir Thomas Lipton.-scottish-
American.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-02
CHARITY
TO HIS
CHILDREN.
Important Provision in Will Of
Leonard LeWiSOhn-- --ChiIdren
Make an Agreement.

New York. July 2-"Havlng during my
life given largely OF my means TO de-
serving charities. l make no charitable
bequests. leaving IL to my children 10
make such gifts out OF the estate which
they receive under my will as they shall
deem proper
In this paragraph OF his VIII Leonard
Lewisohn. the copper magnate or TINS
city. who died in London on Mprch lost,
left IL TO the discretion OF his nine chill
dren as TO what sum sisould be set aside
from his estate for charity.
Following the suggestion contained In
their fathers will. the children have
agreed. IL Is announced. 10 contribute
100000 each TO charity as a memorial TO
their father making a total OF 100000 70
be devoted to charity. The details OF the
distribution OF this sum are now being
considered
II is estimated that the value of the
estate is between SzO.0000o and $3O,OOO,ON
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-02
ELECTED BANK OFFICERS

New York, July 2-Jnmes T. Woodward.
president OF the Hanover National bank
OF New York. and James III. Eckels.
president of the Commercial National
bank of Chicago. and Charles II. Spence.
second vice president OF the Mercantile
Trust and Deposit company OF Baltimore,
have been elected directors OF the First
National bank of Baltimore says Times
special from that city. The capital stock
OF the bank was Increased from So5o,coo
to 81, 10000
and Deposit company will take one-half
and the other half will be taken by Mr.
Woodward, who IS said 10 represent IN
terests I'm New York. Philadelphia, CHI
cago and Boston. Ii Is supposed that Mr..
Eckels represent the Chicago holdings OF
the new stock.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-02
Learn to Stand Well.

Women who wish to preserve the slim
ness and contour OF their figures must be-
gin by learning to stand well
That Is explained to mean the throw
ing forward and upward OF the chest. the
fattening OF the back. and the shoulder
blades held IN their proper places. and
the definite curving In OF the small OF the
back. thus throwing the whole weight
OF the body on the hips.
This. In a great measure. preserves the
figure. because II keeps the muscles nrn
and well strung. and prevents the sink
Ing down OF the flesh round the waist,
80 common In women over 80. which is
perfectly easy 90 escape. Another thing
10 avoid r. a bad habit OF going upstairs.
az most women do. bent forward. with
the chest contracted. which. as well as
being an indolent. slouching manner Of
walking, is Injurious 60 the heart and
iungs.--Chicago Inter-ocean.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-02
WARREN

Amity Lodge. l. O. O. F.. meets tonight
20 transact routine business.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
town council and court OF probate will be
held In the town hall this afternoon.
Work on the new school house pro-
crosses satisfactorily, the carpentering
having been commenced.
The local team will play the Lorraines
OF Pawtuckct on Fourth OF July day at
Pawtucket.
The National band will hold a rehearsal
IN Institute hall, tonight
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-02
JUST IN TIME.

prenare for summer complaint Have
n quart OF cherry brandy, cherry rum or
blackberry brandy. All physicians rec
ommend Il. Sold at SOC. per quart.
whiskies. Brandies. Rum, Gins, AT
500 per gallon and up.
All kinds Of Wines sold at the very
lowest prices. E
We guarantee all our goods strictly
nure for family or medicinal use. free
sample can be obtained OF any goods de-
sired
We hottie the Park Brew Layers Ales,
Portsrs for family use. Free delivery
No BAR Call. write or telephone Siz'
Union.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-02
D. E7lLLER & CO.
2l0.2I2 North Main Street.


The liquid which has given supreme
satisfaction TO householders Is sUlPHo
NAPrHoL. II fills numerous everyday
wants because IL can lie utilized In many
ways as a perfect cleanser and purifier.
eRowr sRos. CO.. g. Exchange Place.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-02
MANY IMMIGRANTS

New York. July Figures prepared by
the Official statistician of Ellis Island give
the number OF immigrants landed at this
a "a 3i6 III
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-02

Three carloads. one regular and two
specials. crowded TO the fullest extent
with Italians. evidently from Federal
hill were unloaded at the gates OF the
Manton mill just before bell time this
morning. and all went into the mill No
doubt they will be kept there for some
time for an EFFORT will be made 10 stop
them from riding to and from their
homes on the cars.
The imported Italian weavers are not a
success. and the only class that came
nearest 20 being good weavers includes
the operatives from Canada and Michigan.
QUOT CONTESTS.
During the long summer evenings
pitching auoits is what most attracts
the members OF tho Rough and Ready
Veteran Firemens association. IN has
finally simmered down 10 All Rosister and
Nelse Anderson as TO whom is the best
man In the association.
They had Il out last evening and Ros-
fsfer succeeded I'm beating Anderson. the
score being Is 20 "a
IN Il quite probable that these experts
will come together again and then for
a. cigars chowder or something OF a
like nature FOR Anderson thinks he can
S>at R.,sistsr IN another trial.
Rosis ber now stands as the undisputed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-12
BEFORE THE
PUBLIC EYE
FEAR FOR THE POPE.

italian Police Believe Anarchists Are
Plotting Against Him.
The Italian police think themselves
on the traces of an anarchist plot
against the pope. With much Sc
crecy, but still undoubtedly, precau-
tions are being taken at the Vatican,
and vigilence redoubled to protect its
aged master, as it is not SO difficult
to enter that abode as is usually sup
posed.
The real danger lies, however, in
one of the huge functions in St.
Peters, where from 10000 to 10000
persons are always gathered together,
who obtained their tickets legitimate
ly or otherwise-that is, through regu-
lar channels, such as some prelate, or
bought them with back-door influence.
The pontiff is carried slowly through
the church held high above the
heads of all, completely dressed in
white, an admirable target for an
assassin's bullet.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-12
City of Jericho To-day.

The Jericho of to-day is collec-
ton of wretched cabins, Inhabited by
a peculiar people. who are unlike any
others in Palestine, being sort of
mixed race and very depraved in
character There are several good
hotels and hospices for the accommo-
dation of pilgrims. q big Russian
church, and the Sheikh's residence
q square house. of stone. which, tradi-
ton says, stands upon the spot where
Zaccheus 1ived--Corresponds Chi
caeo Record Herald
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-12

Bulletin 233, Ohio Station: Those
who have carefully observed the hab-
its of the wild sweet clover (other-
wise known as Bokhara clover or mel
iloD have noticed that its volunteer
growth is practically confined to road
sides where the surface soil has been
scraped away or where the ground has
been puddled by trampling, and to sim
liar locations elsewhere, such as the
bottoms of abandoned brickyards or
places in pasture fields where the soil
has been trampled while wet, or hill
sides from which the surface soil has
been washed away. 1t is practically
never found invading pastures or
other lands which have been kept in
good condition. At the Ohio Expert
ment Station the seeus of this plant
have repeatedly been sown on soils
which were merely thin, but not
washed or puddled, but invariably
without success. The only case in
which it has been induced to grow
was where it was sown on the bottom
of an old brickyard at Columbus in
1888. Here full stand and vigorous
growth was obtained, and the crop
was allowed to stand and re-seed itself
until the fall of 1891, when it was
plowed under and the land sown to
wheat. The result was yield of 26.9
bushels of wheat per acre on the land
where melilot had grown, against a
yield of 1876 bushels on similar land
alongside, which had been cropped
with corn and oats the two seasons
previously.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-12
SUGAR Beet pulp as Feed.

Bulletin 1913, of the Michigan sta
ton, says: The establishment of beet
sugar factories in Michigan has fur
nished farmers a new stock food in
the shape of beet pulp. This pulp is
clean in appearance, almost odorless,
very wet and heavy, but reaolly eaten
by all kinds Of live stock. AS the pulp
leaves the factory, it passes through a
press which removes some of the wa
ter. but leaves from SO to SO pounds of
water to each hundred pounds of pulp.
In Germany presl have been intro
duced which reduce the per cent of
water to 80. Where each hundred
pounds of pulp is made up of 80 pounds
or water and 10 pounds of dry matter
1t Is evident that a ton of it will have
but zoo pounds of dry matter. If by
the use of improved presses a pulp
can be produced by the factories one
hundred pounds of which shall con-
tain but 80 pounds of water, with 20
pounds of dry matter, it is evident that
a ton of it will contain 400 pounds
OF dry matter. In other words, re-
gardfng the water as of no value, q
ton OF the pressed pulp is worth, as
lar as content of dry matter is con-
cerned, twice as much as a ton of the
pulp as found In the piles Of the mate
rial at the factories in Michigan. Ex-
per1ments in this country and abroad
have shown conclusively that while
the addition of succulent food to
a ration otherwise made up of dry
feeds, prod, ees results indicating a
value to the succu1ent food out of all
proportion to its content OF dry mat
ter, forcing an animal to consume an
undue amount OF water results in a
positive loss. 1t is, therefore, to be
hoped that ere long the factories, upon
finding a demand for the pulp as a
stock food, will SO prepare it as to
leave in it no greater per cent of wa
ter than 80.
Many of the Michigan factories han
die as high as 500 tons of beets per
day, turning out fully 300 tons of pulp.
The average campaign is not less than
80 days. 1t is safe to estimate the
annual output of beet pulp in this state
with the present 13 factories, as fully
100000 tons. The economical ut1iiza-
tion of this vast amount of material is
therefore question of considerable
moment At nearly all the factories
the great bulk of the pulp is left to
decay where it is dumped by the con-
veyor.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-12
In Selecting Feeders.

Quality.-We may well distinguish
between what might be called (a) gen.
eral quality and (b) handling quality.
(a) General quality. By general quail
ity is meant general refinement OF ex-
ternal conformation as seen in the
head, horn, bone, compactness and
smoothpess of outline. General quail
ity is affected by nothing so much as
breeding; in fact the two are very
closely associated. We seldom ind
good quality in a plainly bred steer
and we generally find it in the we'll
bred, high grade animal. The des1r-
ability of general quality can not be
too strongly emphasized. While 1t Is
a characteristic that involves many
points and is difficult to describe, its
presence or absence is quickly dis
cerned by the trained eye of the in
telligent buyer. 1t is this characteris-
tic in the stockers and feeders more
than any other we depend upon as in
dicatfng that the animal has within it
the possibility OF making a market
topper or at any rate prime steer.
The ability to select stockers and
feeders having within them the posi-
bility of making prime steers is one
of the first and most important lessons
lOT Tue SIOcKman TO learn. FIOuLS IN
steer feeding come not so much from
skill in feeding and management as
from intelligent buying and selling.
The profit resulting from an increase
during the fattening period, of the
value per pound of the total weight
of the animal is as important as that
resulting from the method employed
in the feeding and management 1t is
seldom possible to produce at a profit
gains which do not increase the value
per pound of the total weight OF the
animal. Hence the Importance OF in
telligent buying, or the selection of
feeders and stockers of good quality.
(b) Handling quality. Good ham
ding quality indicates that the pos
SCISSOR is a good feeder. 1t shows that
the animal is in good health or thrift
and capable of beginning to gain as
soon as an abundance of food is supI
piled. We speak of cattle as possess
ing good handling quality when the
skin is mellow and loose. A thick,
messy coat of hair of medium nneness
and a moderately thick skin are also
desirable.-Prof. Herbert w. Num-
ford.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-12
New Type of steamship.

A company has been formed in Co.
penhagen for the construction of
trial steamship of new type. The
inventor is Capt. F. c. Ishoy, who
has taken out patents in the princi-
pal countries In this new form OF
steamer, the screw is placed under
the bottom instead of aft. The hull
is materially changed in form, being
fatter and the ships draft thereby
considerably lessened. 1t is claimed
that a saving in the consumption Of
coal of about 20 per cent will be ef-
fected- The inventor believes that
with the same amount of fuel the
speed will be greatly increased, and,
finally, that this form of craft will
be much steadier and more sea-
worthy.