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The Washington times., 1902-12-12
POSTOFFIcE DEPARTMENT.

Tho committee appointed by Acting
Postmaster General WynHc 90 iuvast.-
gate the many devices submitted TO tine
department TO take Che place Of twiuc in
tying up letter packages have reported
their findings 20 the Postmaster General
They say that after q long time a say
ing i'm the substitution Of the device
heretofore tested i'm New England mighr
De made. But it would take more time
In tying and untyiug the mail. This
would mean O delay I'm the delivery OF
mail The strongest objection to sub
stituuon Of these ties is the probability
of their spreading contagious diseases.
They would be I'm use for "a long time
and 90 10 an Iarts Of The country.
Chief Inspector Cochran has received
a telegram that the mail stage from
Groenhay to Sharon. Wis. was held up.
A driver was wounded and tho mail
pouch stolen. Inspector Bird reports the
arrest Of Frank Lucckn. the stage driver.
for tine crime. The pouch was recovered.
but its contents had been rined. and the
loss from registers is about $t0C.
The number Of envelopes TO De fu--
.uished the several executive departments
for 1e02-1s03. under contracts made by
the Postmaster General. is about $4,000 -
900. At this rate there is an available
envelope for every citizen of the United
states, and also for a few individuals
who are not
The Washington times., 1902-12-12

Among tie cases on DR.. Halls desk
in the customs division. was a peculiar
demand 20 import peach pits free of
DUTY from Canada. To seems that Bowl
by Bros. Company wish to bring into
this country one hundred bushels of this
peculiar merchandise. and urge that the
peaches originally came from Michigan.
4he Government has taken pity on the
PITS and Dr. Hail has notified the COM
pany that no duty viii De charged.
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BUREAU oF STATISTICS.

Al interior ccnters of trade live stock
receipts TO the end OF October are re-
ported for Chicago, Kansas City Omaha.
ST. Louis, and So. Joseph as follows.
2G.5g5.gs2 head Of cattle. calves. hogs.
sheep, and horses and mules were re-
ceiyed. as against z7.7Z4 60l for the cor
responding months iE 1901.
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PATENT OFFICE.

Charles y. Kintuer. formerly principal
examiner of the electrical division. is in
Washington and called yesterday az the
Office TO pay his respects TO his many
friends. Mt Kintner was chief OF tho
busiest division OF the department for
some time. and is now engaged in busi-
ness in New York city.
Mrs. Victoria Price. for many years
in the classification division. died very
suddenly yesterday morning at hcr home
in Eighth Street Mrs. Price was 40
her desk the day before. and was appar-
emily in excellent health. Relatives
from Baltimore have been called TO the
city.
The chief Of the application room. d.
p Cowl, has been engaged in the office
for thirty-seven years. and has been in
charge Of his room Tor about twenty-five.
Mr. Cowl receives all amendments Of
patents fled in the department. sends
out their acknowledgements. handles
about 1000 application papers weekly.
attends TO their statutory requirements,
and forwards them TO the proper cx-
aminers. This requires the time OF
fourteen clerks. some OF whom have been
associated with Mr.. Cowl for a long pc
riod- This year the office has allowed
nearly 1900 applications for patents.
and has received hundreds Of others that
were abandoned or forfeited through the
failure Of payment Of the final fee. The
increase Of commerce Of the United
States surely and directly affects the
business under the charge OF Mr. Covl
Examiner +. G. skinner. in charge Of
the classification division. is on a short
leave Of absence in this city Mr.. Skin
Ler has recently added some new classes
to bis list. but the work in his room is
practically up to date.
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anyone

The mild and immediate effect Of Dr.
KIlmor's swamp Root. the great kidney
and bladder remedy, is soon realized. Il
80 ~ tr. ,e,st 5Is+re.si-,,, --sa-
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The Washington times., 1902-12-12

a. I. Thomas. Inspector, Of the En-
gineer Department. has "a variety of uu-
pleasant duties 20 perform iu the course
Of a month. II falls 10 his Tot TO iu-
ves,igate an sorts OF complaints made
20 the Commissioners relative To tho
public work II things do not go right
ON the street railways he is charged With
finding out the reason. and 81 possible 10
suggest the means OF adjustment. n
drainage pipes break and the leakage
flows on another mans IJt. Mr. Thomas
is called upon To- settle the differences
between irate neighbors. Dirt washiny
down upon the sidewalks from q lot
above grade is the cause of O call boy the
Inspector upon the owner These and
numerous other matters require hls at
touuon. Sometimes the responsible par
ties 20 "a public nuisance are refractory
and have 10 be- taken into court. and
then Nr Thomas has troubles all his
own. He believes himself to- be the
fee, and that without any intention 90 De
SO. His duty requires him at times 10
talk cmphatcauy and TO inform th,
owners of property that certain things
must be done and promptly too. This
arousDs anger against him as the rem
rcsentative Of the powers shat De. and
he is often roundly abused while trying
TO accomplish the best thing for the pub
lie.
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

ID. l. Raeburn. top0srapher. who has
been making q special survey for the
Navy Department. has returned 90 this
city The land surveyed was Ia tine vi-
ciuity OF Wauaegan. H., whore there arc
90 bc naval training stations.
The Washington times., 1902-12-12

~. J. Peters. who has been engaged In
hlaTkan surveys in the ncighbOrhood
of juneau. IS now engaged in making
survey ia the TruOpah mining district.
Nevada
The Washington times., 1902-12-12

In three months ending with septem-
Der the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
ccal and coke movement was Z72.233
tens this year. compared with 1,fSf.T35
tons last year.
The Washington times., 1902-12-12

The Southern cotton movement shows
a total available supply 20 November ]
of 3,432.5sl bales. This is an advance
upon the receipts FOR an equal period Of
1901 which aggregated 3.2sGI55 bales.
Receipts at the Gull ports are I'm excess
of those OF the preceding two years.
while at Atlantic ports this years re-
ceipts are much above those Of 1901, and
slightly below those of 1900 That foa-
turr OF the cotton movement known as
the overland movement shows q fairly
constant tendency 90 decline. and an iu-
crcaslng proportion OF the Southern cot
ton seeks the WorId's market by way OF
tle seaboard ports
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NAVY DEPARTMENT.

To the navy. as TO the householder the
question of coal is one of absorbing in
terest The records of the past year
show net increase Of Is per cent in
consumption. but at the same time there
was @ decrease of Is per cent I'm for
cign and an increase Of "a per cent in
domestic coal consumed. In ALL $50 0lO
tons we're purchased for the navy. OF
this amount 2e3.43 tons were bought at
home at an average cost per ton Of $5-26.
Even during the strike the na-y OBJ
taiuod coal r. O.. b. at the mines" for
$3.50 per ton. However, I'm the Orient
for the ships on the Pacific station, the
cost is two or three times as great The
foreign coal purchased. SS.Go2 tons, was
at the rate of S7.63 per ton. The coal
used 10y the navy is not anthracite. but
wha, is known as "steaming coal one
quality OF bitumin0us
The Washington times., 1902-12-12

e. g.. Barnard. X. p Marshall. r. r..
Perkins. A. f. Mcrun. and " T. Turner
are among the members OF tic GeoiOgi-
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

James A. Dumont. inspector of the
steamboat service, has received an Of
fetal report regarding the explosion of
The fuel oil tanS on the steamer
ProErcso &c The wharf Of the Fulton
Iron Works in San Francisco. There
were fourteen killed. and as many
wounded. The Progrcso is sunk iu
twenty-siX feet Of water. This accident
the tnspector-geueraI says. has am im-
portant bearing on the granting of per-
mission 20 steamers 90 use petroleum
or crude oil as fuel for motive power.
The law says that sueH permission may
be granted If tho Inspector general gives
a certificate TO that effect. Many yes
sells are trying crude OH as fuel because
the expense is less than that OF coal
and the fire more even temperature.
IL. however, many accidents occur the
department may be obliged TO shut down
on the use OF oil.
The Washington times., 1902-12-12

The number OF applications OF en-
listed men and civilians for appointment
as officers In ;he Philippine Scouts and
the Porto Rlcan regiment of infantry
received az the War Department shows
no sign Of decreasing. Only non-com-
missloned officers Of the regular army
recommended by the commanding gen
eral OK the division OF the Philippines
are given commissions in the Philippine
Scouts. To some extent the same policy
has been followed I'm making appoint
ments % the Porto Rico regiment. Mr..
Brinkerhon, chief Of a division OF the
Adjutant Generals office. has charge OF
appointments Of this character.
The Washington times., 1902-12-12

AS summed up by Secretary Moody, the
advantages and disadvantages Of oil as
fuel are as follows.
That oil can De burned under an
ordinary boiler I'm uniform manner
Whether better results may be obtained
by a form OF boiler specially designed
for the use Of liquid fuel is a matter for
future determination.
THAT unsatisfactory results are OBJ
tained where the attempt is made TO
burn oil iq the same manner as coal.
This is beIieyed TO have been the cause
Of many failures in the past
That the best results are obtained by
atomization Of the liquid fuel, and that
the efficiency of the oil burner is pro-
portionate TO its power to atomize the
oil and convert the minute particles thus
obtained into mixture OF combustibIe
gas aud fine particles of carbon. IN or
der that complete combustion may re-
suit and. when necessary, the c0nsump-
tion of OH be- forced.
That the oil before being fed to the
burners should be- heated This faciu-
tates atomizotion. and a high Iempera
ture promotes a uniform dow OF oil to-
me burners.
That the air requisite Tor combustion
should also be heated before entering
the furnace. i'm order TO assist the gas
incation OF the oil product
THAT either air or steam may De us ID
for atomiziug purposes. but that thcrmal
efficiency is not increased by the use OF
steam.
THAT the consumption Of LIQUID fuel
probably cannot be forced 10 quite so
great an extent with steam as the atom
izing agent as when compressed air is
used for such purpose.
That when using steam for at0mizing
the oil hign pressures are advantageous.
THAT "a marine steam generator can
be forced 10 as high degree with oil as
with coal
That under heavy forced draft con-
diti0ns it has not yet been found possl-
bic 20 prevent smoke from issuing from
the stack, although careful effort so TO
do was made.
That no III effects upon The boiler
were noted as the result OF the oil tests.
"That the efficiency Of an ou-ueI
plant is more dependent upon the gem
eraI character of the installation of the
auEiliaries and fittings thau upon The
form o. the burner.
"The lremeu generally look with favor
upon the substitution OF oil f9r coal"
The Washington times., 1902-12-12
WAR DEPARTMENT

The board OF army officers, of which
General Young is the president. ap-
pointed TO make changes i'm the Uniform
regulations Of the army. has decided to
recommend that the infantry stripe De
white instead of sky blue. as recently
ordered A great majority Of officers of
the infantry arm signed a petition to
the Secretary of War that white be au-
thorized- The Secretary has not acted
on the report Of the board.
The Washington times., 1902-12-12

An interesting comparison between the
shipments Of bituminous coal this year
and last has been prepared by the Blu
rCau OF s,alisticg i'm ibe first forty
four weeks OF his year the Penusylva-
MIA Railroad Company east of PIt-sburg
moved 81 1913 .345 tons OF bitumlnous coal
compared with ZT.25s80S tons In like
period Of 1901.
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DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.

John r Twohey, chief clerk in the
Street Cleaning Department, has re-
cciyed an appointment from the Presi-
dent as notary public. lie win look
after such business as comes up iu The
course OF the year I'm his department Mr..
Twohey is a graduate of the Columbian
University Law School OF tho class Of
1902.
The Washington times., 1902-12-12

Junkets for Congressman TO various
points Of the globe are made possible by
the published desire Of Secretary Moody
who is anxious that committees from
the Capitol should visit points I'm the
Philippines. the West Indies. and the
Caribbean. where he believes naval sta
tions should be established by this coun-
try. He has already asked Congress 90
make an appropriation TO defray Che ex-
penses Of such trips. and before the pres
ent session is ended IL is probable he
will urge the matter.
The Washington times., 1902-12-12

thief or time i'm the person OF
Amos c. Hursal was arrested az Nj
agara Falls for smuggling Swiss watches
across the Canadian border. Special
employe Lewis saw him on the train
between Hamilton and Niagara Falls
changing the watches from one pocket
20 another, He attempted 10 cross the
footbridgo nj the Falls without an
nouncing any duuable merchandise.
~hereupon Lewis had him searched.
lie is an old offender. it is believed. and
has done a large smuggling business
in watches.
The Washington times., 1902-12-12

Newton Fcrre. chief OF the bonds.
coupons. and currency division. is now
settled in his now Office. room o.
formerly occupied by the flies division
Among the millions of coupons and in
tcresting checks stored I'm his Offices is
a check on the United States Treasury
70 William II. Vanderbilt for $3.50 500
This sum IS the quarterly interest on
Government bonds amounting TO Sfs.-
o5o,ooo Tie. therefore. received Slg22. p
600 on Government bonds. $3.50. 1866 per
month. S5,265.75 per day. S2l940 Der
hour. and S3.65 per minute. The bonds
we're issued IN 1877. are due in 1907, and.
therefore. are stil paying interest.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-08-16
HARTLAND FOUR CORNERS

Royal Adams broke his right arm
Sunday, by a fall from wagon.
J. Howard occupied the pulpit of
the Universalist church at South
Strafford Sunday.
A committee of four was appoint
ed by the president of the Young
Peoples Society to get up an enter
tainmcnt the last Of August. They
are the following: Mrs. Fl. II.
Miller, Miss Helen Sturtevant, Rev.
Stanley Spear and Clarence Billings.
Mrs. John Mclaughlin is spend
ing few days with her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Martin and
son, who have been working for
Geo. D. Wood, finished work Satur-
day. They are now staying at Geo.
Priests.
Roy Newton returned to his home
in Minnesota Tuesday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-08-16
Birds Destructive to Gardens

The wisdom of the bird protection
laws is beginning to be questioned
by many Westminster West garden
ers, says the Vermont Phoenix.
The birds are becoming very de-
structive to certain garden products
much desired at the dining table.
They are mainly peas, currants and
raspberries. In some gardens right
in the village and neighborhood,
they take nearly all of these articles,
especially peas, opening the pods
when small and destroying almost
the entire product so that the raiser
does not get enough for a good
"mess" during the entire season.
In some cases the patch is not dis.
covered by them at first, but the
later peas aie taken. ....
There are several kinds of birds
concerned in the robbery, but the
golden robin or oriole is the most
destructive. Ought not the law to
be amended so that the owner can
protect himself by shooting these
thieves? ..u. ... ..
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-08-16
CRUELTY IN HINESBURGH.

Humane Agent John Fuller re-
turned Yesterday from Hinesburgh
where he has been inspecting the
animals on a number of farms in the
Niger Hill district, says the Bur-
lington Free Press. Upon the farm
owned by Dr.. E. M. AIger of New
York, Agent Fuller found three
horses in a wretched condition, one
of them being so badly spawned
that it was obliged to go on three
legs, another was very poor and
blind with the shoulders horribly cut
from wearing an ill-titting collar and
the third an animal 30 years old, and
hardly able to stand.
These horses were expected to do
the work on 5oo-acre farm. Mr..
Morrill,, who runs tie farm, claims
that according to their agreement
DR.. Alger was to provide a good
team and the ANIMALS just described
are the ones furnished. One of
these horses was taken from load
OF hay and killed. No prosecution
was made, as much of the property
on the farm is under attachment and
this complexities the case somewhat.
Various people in Hinesburgh
bave been complaining since March
sc tla tra.,t,,,a,t these animate have
received. The agent saw in Hines
burgh at least twenty other horses
which ought to be killed and on
every side was importuned to inves-
tigate cases, some Of which he hopes
to look into shortly. ...
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-08-16
sHERBURNE.

Mr.. and Mrs, Louis Madden were
in Pitts6eld last Monday.
Mrs. George Emerson and daugh-
ter from Manchester, N. H., and
Mrs. J. X. Spaulding, Mr.. and Mrs.
F: w: Spaulding and daughter from
West Bird ewater were guests att:
6. Spauiding's last week Thursday.
Mrs. Frank Johnson and Mrs. e,
NJ. Cummings are in Rutland at this
writing, ... a.....
Miss Huldah Boutwell, was in
Mendon the first OF the week.
Miss Gala Lewis was with her
aunt here last Monday.
G. S. Bridge of Ludlow has been
visiting his sister, Mrs. Ezekiel
West of this place, the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Rounds visit
ed their daughter in Warren last
week. .. .... ...
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-08-16
PLYMOUTH.

Luther North and mother, Mrs.
Florence North, of Maiden, Mass,
are guests at M. l. Moore's.
The Pinney family meet in reun-
lon at West Bridgewater, Tuesday,
August I9.
Misses Gratia Wilder of Perkins
vile and DAISY Moore Of Woodstock
are at their homes here for short
vacation. .. ....
L. |. Walker was in Ludlow last
week Friday night at the institution
OF Okemo Chapter, Royal Arch
Masons. ... ........
Old Hon Day will be observed
here, Saturday, August I6. The
Bridgewater band will be in atten-
dance.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-08-16
NOTES FROM THE NORTH.

The Democrats and high license
Republicans of Stockbridge will
vote for J. f. Stafford, well-known
lumber manufacturer and lifelong
Democrat, tor town representative.
The probability of contest in
Bethel between {. ID. Gushing and
J. G. Sargent for town representa-
tive is an interesting one. Both are
strong men. The Democrat is
believed to have an even chance
with the help of local option Re-
publican votes.
Bethel villages long record of
immunity from damage by lightning
was badly broken last Monday,
when f. J. Young's house was
struck and damaged considerably.
There was no fire. Mrs. Young
had Just left the house to call on a
neighbor and her husband was re-
turning from his work and was in
sight of his house when the bolt
struck it.
There was union picnic of three
Methodist Sundav-schools at Amos
Leavitte's midway between Bethel
and Gaysvile Wednesday.
The fine weather of this week has
enabled many farmers to flush hay
ing. The yield is very large one
in this section.
A. w. Ballard, the Caysville car
penter and builder, has just COM
pleted a neat and commodious resi-
dence for himself On High street in
that village.
The sale of the White River rail
road is announced for next Tuesday.
The chances are that there will be
no change Of management. The
road is doing NICE passenger bust
ness this summer, but the freight
business though the chief item has
not yet assumed the proportions
which were hoped for it.
A new route over the mountain
from Bethel to Rochester has lately
been established. This is not a
rural delivery but stage line, pure
w for Rochester's benefit. That
village now has two mails a day.
NoRTHER.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-08-16
TAFTsVILLE.

w. u. WEIGH and family of Le-
banon, N. H., were guests at Mrs.
Eliza Morse's Sunday.
Miss Edith Solger is spending a
few days in Lebanon, N. II.
W, p, Bugbee and family from
Connecticut were recent guests at
Mrs. Eliza Morse's.
Rev. Mr.. Partridge will speak in
Village Hall, Sunday.
Mrs. f. ]. Osmcr and Miss Ellen
Chamberlain of Bridgewater were at
G. D. Osmer's Sunday.
Miss Grace Darling Of Manchas-
ter, n. H.. is at her fathers Homer
Darling's for and indefinate stay.
Miss Minnie Osmer is spending a
few days with her uncle, F. ],
Osmer, in White River Junction.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-08-16

The Messenger still insists that
the people want to hear the candi-
date for governor and want to hear
him express himself on state issues.
A plain, square, unequivocal pro-
nouncement of Mccullough on the
liquor law question at this time, for
instance, will do much toward
weakening the effect Of the argu-
ment of the opposition that the re-
publican party is not sincere in its
platform declaration for a refren-
dun. And there are other issues
upon which his statement will be
more or less popularity accepted as
authoritative expression of party
sentiment.-St. Adams Messenger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-08-16

The directors of the Lamoille
County, Savings Bank and Trust
company, OF which Ex-Governor
Carroll S. Paige is president, are
celebrating the thirteenth anniver-
sary Of the organization of the in
stitution, and little noise made in
exploiting its good record is quite
pardonable. This is the bank which
never loaned a dollar outside of the
State, and adhering to its governing
principles it has become one of our
solid and successful institutions.
Most Vermonters know this, and a
leahet issued by the directors will
tell those who do not all about it.
1t will be sent free, postpaid Ito
anyone who will send his address to
the treasurer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-08-16
Handoar Passengers in a Bad
Mixup.

Four men who were riding to
Barre from Graniteville in a handcar
had bad mixrp Saturday forenoon.
They went all right until they got
to the switch near Circle street i'm
Barre. The switch was open, but
the men saw it too late. 1t was
impossible for them to stop, as they
were going very swiftly. I he
handcar struck the switch and then
there was mixed assortment of
men and car flying through the air.
Fortunately all escaped with only
slight bruises, with the exception of
one whose face was badly damaged.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-08-16
A NARROW ESCARE.

Mrs, O. c. Boynton and Miss
Lewis had very narrow escape
from serious injury recently. AS
they were driving home from Wood
stock, their horse became frightened
at pile of brush near Mr.. Leon
ards and backed over a bank. The
carriage was overturned. MIS-.
Boynton was entangled underneath
! it and Miss Lewis was found be-
meath the horse. Their calls were
heard by Mr., and Mrs. Leonard,
who went to their assistance and
soon helped them out Of their un-
co mfoltable and dangerous position.
They were then taken home and a
doc tor sent tor. At present they
ure quite comfortable. ...