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had come up on yesterdays boat" Now
canvas-backs are at all times worth from
"A to 70 per pair. and the price at which
tnese were offered stamped a fraud some
cursory examination showed that twenty
TOUR hours more would have put them in
condition for the Frenchman. 1t is only
necessary to add that those ducks were
SOLO to somebody and somebody ate themi
SOMEBODY Is probably saying he doesn't
IKE canvas-back ducks. Birds long killed
are easy to tell. Examine the eyes; IL they
are anyways full. fat or even slightly de-
pressed and moist the birds are in good
condition; IL they are hollow, bowl-shaped,
dry and hard. pass them by. IL YOU are In
ooupt open the beak. A fresh ducks
throat looks like it should bright pink,
Iresh and clean. with no odor; IL old 1t Is
aark, mushy, foul-smelling. and a more or
II the neck is rubbed firmly downward
that Is, from the bill toward the body
feathers will probably rub out, possibly the
outer skin will come, too, leaving a green
ism underskin. Pull the legs and wings
apart; If they come easily and refuse to
ny back to their places the bird is more or
less in process of decay; but IL instead they
are frm and stiff and set-all right. As O
last test, pull slightly on the feathers sur
rounding the vent; If they come away pass
1t on for the next; If they stick, and the
other tests are satisfactory buy the bird
for your Sunday dinner.
There are plenty Of fine fresh wild fowl
In our markets for sale. Canvas-backs. red
neads, summer ducks. teal, mallards black
duck, widgeon. sprigtails, ruddy ducks,
Dufle-heads, whistlers, shovelers and black
heads, to say nothing of geese and swans
and In desirability they rank about in the
order mentioned, with the exception Of the
geese. Provided any Of the above are
chosen. fresh one secured and well cook
ed don't, In mercys name, parboil it,
there is no more delicious dish for the table.
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HORsELEss VEHICLES.
Why They Are Needed for the Police
and Fire Departments.

Why They Arc Needed for the Police
and Fire Departments.
The question Of providing horseless vehi-
cles for the fire and police departments has
been discussed number of times, and one
manufacturing company promised to supply
two such vehicles for the use Of the local
fire department. It was intended that these
vehicles should be used by the assistant
chiefs as an experiment. Members Of the
manufacturing firm were apparently anx-
ious that these especially built vehicles
should be given a trial here because Of the
many miles Of smooth streets, and their We
hicles were to have reached here early last
fall. They have not yet arrived, but Chief
Dutton looks for them early In the spring.
Should they come and their use proves they
are adapted to the departments needs the
chief will unquestionably ask Congress to
appropriate for the purchase, of three or
four Of them. 1t is believed that the as
sistant chiefs might be able to gain time
in responding to alarms, as they are COM
PEELED to drive trifle slow at street cross
ings and when turning corners.
The vehicles referred to are to run at the
rate of twenty miles an hour. Major Syl-
vester- believes that electric vehicles will
improve the efficiency of the police SER
vice and he has already estimated for one
such vehicle. Referring to his estimate for
such vehicle Major Sylvester informed
the Commissioners that as the detective
and prisoners and witnesses to transfer
from headquarters to other places, and to
make prompt and rapid conveyance Of the
same the transportation facilities, which it
is now often necessary to hire, should be
owned by the department. A patrol wagon
might be called from it's legitimate use at
| a station, but this would impair the pre-
cinct work and give rise to proper criti-
cism from citizens in front of whose prem
ises such conveyance might be stopped.
The superintendent also realizes that mo-
tor vehicles may supplant the patrol wag-
ons, which are now drawn by horses. the
Improvement made in motor vehicles, he
has informed the Commissioners, prompts
| the recommendation that they should be
adapted to use as patrol wagons at an early
day. Not being required to be in constant
use, from an economical standpoint they
would be an improvement while time, the
most important item to be considered in a
service where life and property are. at
stake. would be saved in making response
to calls. .y
Horseless patrol wagons have not yet been
estimated for. but it Is more than likely
that an effort will be made next year to
get one or more Of them.
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philanthropic endeavors of Wisconsin.
Mrs. Payne is a member OF several local
women's clubs. At the time of Mr.. Payne's
appointment as Postmaster General she
was president of the Ladies' Art and Sci
ence Club, the oldest woman's organization
of Milwaukee, a position she has since re-
signed. She is eligible from her distin-
guished ancestry to almost every patriotic
society in the country and is member of
the Colonial Danes, the Society of Colonial
Governors, the Huguenots and q Daughter
of the American Revolution. Both Mr.
Payne and herself are communicates OF
the Episcopal Church. Her great-grand-
father, the Rev. Heindrich Van Dyke. was
the first priest ordained In the Episcopal
Church by Bishop Seabury. the first Ameri-
can Episcopal bishop.
Their Nieces and Nephews.
Although Mr.. and Mrs. Payne have no
children of their own. their home has al
ways been the second home for their fortu-
nate nieces and nephews. OF late years
one or the other of Mrs. Payne's nieces has
stayed with them continuously, and they
viii be with them much OF the time In
Washington. They are her sisters chill
dren. the Misses Jones' and the dauR1nter OF
a deceased brother, Miss Margaret Van
Dyke. Miss Louise Van Dyke Jones who
comes with them at this time ie a charm
fngiy pretty girl. and win without doubt Be
popular addition to that already popular
group. the cabinet daughters.
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Frauds on Unsuspecting Purchasers
Of Wild Fowl.
DUCKS THAT ARE NOT EDIBLE
How to Tell Game That is Unfit
for the Table.
SOME IMPLE TESTS

There Is more deception in foodstuffs
practiced on the streets of Washington ev-
cry day than the average person imagines.
During the winter months the city is
patrolled by the hawkers Of game, en-
deavoring to dispose Of a surplus stock be-
fore 1t shall spoil, or before the date limit
set by law shall expire for the sale of GER
tain varieties.
Inc KINDS most generally thus peddled are
the ducks Of various sorts and quail, the
latter now having their last innings, as
the latest date upon which they may be
exposed for sale or had In possession ex-
pires.
The sale OF ducks, however, will go on
until spring, and as it is in the vending of
water fowl that the most fragrant cases of
deception are practiced, it may be well to
call the attention of housewives and of
husbands, too, for that matter, to a few
points which. II remembered, will save
many disappointments in otherwise care
fully planned dinners.
Because bird Is a duck It doesn't neces-
sarily follow that 1t Is good to eat. and
there are ducks being peddled about the
streets today and for sale by some game
dealers, too, that are no more fit for the
table than an old brown pelican. A game
peddler often has among his stock speci-
mems OF the merganser or fish duck, as he
Is more commonly called. which Is at
the very nrst opportunity sold as "a fine.
fresh, fat duck" It was only yesterday
that the writer saw a monger going up
pennsylvania avenue with a bunch Of some
half dozen shelldrakes, among others, over
his shoulder, which by this time are well
digested in somebody's stomach. Shades
Of Delmonicol Now, male shelldrake is
one Of the handsomest winter ducks we
have, but with the exception Of the afore-
mentioned pelican a more uninviting NOR
sci cannot be put on the table. Its flesh is
tougher than sole leather, and has that in
describable fishy taste that comes from j
diet composed largely Of small minno@s
and fishes. Cooked they scent the house
with a strong odor which as friend de-
scribed it whose wife had been bitten with
pair was veritable stencil.
Edible and Non-EdibIe Ducks.
Ducks can be most conveniently divided
as regards their food value, as edible and
non-edible. Among the edible kinds some
are better table birds than others, and how
to distinguish them is rather a difficult
matter for one not versed in natural his
tory. The game dealer will probably tell
you the truth, but the peddler, well, he is
just trying to sell ducks. However, an edi-
BILE duck can always be told by even the
most uninitiated by its bill. If the bird be-
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SPEED OF FIRE LADDIEs.
Erroneous Ideas Regarding Time Re-
quired to Get Ready for Service.

Ideas Regarding Time Re-
quired to Get Ready for Service.
People who reach the scene Of a fire
about the time the alarm is sounded are
frequently heard to complain of the length
of time required for the engines to get
into operation. 1t is nothing unusual for
excited spectators to say the engines were
thirty minutes late. The records Of the de-
partment, however, show that such state
ments cannot possibly be true. Chief Dut-
ton is having regular weekly drills and the
time made by the companies on each run
is proof that most of the complaints are
groundless. 1t Is shown by the records
that the average time employed in getting
the horses harnessed Is eight seconds, and
twenty seconds is the average time re-
Quired to get to the street.
The best time made during the recent
drills was recorded by No. chemical COM
pany, when the animals were ready to
start from the house in six seconds. 1t
required eleven seconds to get the three
horses of Truck D ready to make a start.
The trucks are somewhat longer than the
engines and more time is required for the
animals to get into position.
Probably the best time on record was
made by Truck A company the day Of
President McKinley's first Inauguration,
when members Of three New York depart
ments, who were there as spectators. found
the horses ready to leave the house In six
seconds from the first stroke Of the bell.
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They have club, museum, a scientific
society and racing association. There Is
fairly good hotel, a newspaper and a
large number of stores. Most of the Euro
peans are officers and business men. In
1888 the territory was made British pro-
tectorate, but the British North Borneo
Company still manages 1t.
An English Land Trust.
This company has a capital of SIC, 900 900,
and so far 1t has not been profitable as far
as dividends are concerned. The territory,
however, is growing better and better
every year, and eventually it will be a
fortune for its owners. 1t is a trust.
whose industry is developing kingdom.
The company does not engage in trade,
but II sells and leases lands and gets the
most Of its revenues from poll taxes. duties
and licenses In 1884 It had a revenue of
$4,000 and six years later this had risen
to S417.0oo. At present the revenue Is more
than half a million dollars and about $780,
600 are spent annually In salaries. The
governor gets $4,000 a year and the men
under him are well paid. The army con-
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island itself is as long as from New
YORK to Louisville and about as wide
as from New York to Wilmington, N. c.
Borneo would make more than five states
the size of New York or seven the size of
Ohio. 1t would make nine South Carolinas
or more than four Missouris, or more than
spare.
1t Is not an unhealthy country. There
are parts Of 1t that are very high espe-
cially In the north. 1t has mountains
and plains, vast forests and great beds of
coal 1t has diamond mines and gold mines
and In all probability other mineral depos-
Its, which are yet unknown. The country
has not been prospected, for the greater
part of 1t Is in the hands Of savages. a large
number OF which engage In the rather dam
gerous amusement OF head hunting, thus
discouraging immigration and investiga-
tion.
The Dutch I'm Borne0.
The extreme northern and northwestern
parts Of the island alone belong to the Brit
ish. the remainder being the property Of
the Dutch. ! learned much about the
Dutch possessions during my stay In Java
and at Soerbaia was within short dis
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sists of native military Of 500 men under
European officers.

sists of native military Of 500 men under
European officers.
English Planters I'm BorneO.
1 have secured list of the planters and
trading companies doing business in North
Borneo. There is a large number of them
and they are engaged In about the same
businesses that would be profitable in the
Philippines. There are twelve large to-
bacco estates, forty-three coffee and CO.
coanut estates, three hemp plantations
and three which raise nothing but pepper
and gambler. One tobacco estate recently
made $4,000 on an outlay of 100000 in
one year. A f1ourishing timber trade has
been opened up with China and exports
are steadily increasing. In 1890 they amount
ed to s3,J00,000, while the imports were
81 100000 less.
The company is leasing a great deal Of
land on 999-year leases, the rent coming
in in the way of taxes, and constituting
a fund which will eventually pay big divi-
dends. At present there are about 10000
natives in the territory, and these are used
to some extent as labor for the planta-
tions
In looking over the list Of plantations I
find that the Borneo Tobacco Company has
200 acres in tobacco and that a number of
Evening star., 1902-01-11
Dogs in Mississippi.

From the Vicksburg Herald.
The supreme court of the state holds that
dog is not of pecuniary value, and there
fore when he Is killed by the railroad the
party is not entitled to recover damages.
The case which brought forth this inter-
esting statement from the court was that
of w. r. Holiday vs. the Mobile and Ohio
railroad. Holiday lived at Prairie station
on that road. and owned a dog Of uncer-
tain breed, which one day strayed from its
home, got on the right of way Of the de-
fendant company and was run over by a
freight train. Holiday brought suit in the
lower court and obtained a Judgment
against the road in the sum Of 500. The
supreme court reversed the case. Justice
Calhoun, in delivering the opinion of the
court said that dog was an agile crea-
ture, and 1t could get out of the way of a
railroad train, and then the court held be-
sides that the majority of dogs had no Pc
cuniary value whatever. The court held
that dogs could not be allowed to interfere
with the arteries of commerce, and that
the man was not entitled to recover
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Personal Sketch Of the New Postmas-
ter General and Wife.
LATTER is A CHARMING HOSTESS
Couple Devoted to Nieces and
Nephews.
BRING FORMER WITH THEM
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
The new Postmaster General. Mr.. Henry
c. Payne of Wisconsin and his wife and
her young niece. Miss Louise Van Dyke
Jones. are expected TO arrive In the city
within day or two and will go at once
to the Hotel Arlington, where they have
taken handsome suite OF rooms for the
season. Mrs. Payne will make a notable
addition to the little group of charming
hostesses comprised in the cabinet circle.
Mr.. Payne has been more or less promi-
nently connected with public affairs dur
Ing the past twenty years. and they have
always held high social position. In this
way Mrs. Payne has become past master
in the art of entertaining. and her wide
acquaintance among the official society OF
the capital will stand her in good play In
her new position.
Both the Postmaster General and Mrs.
Payne come from fine old colonial stock.
Mr.. Payne traces his genealogy back to the
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eight hours. As matter of fact, game,
with very few exceptions, does not get on
the streets until-well until It is time to
dispose Of 1t. Last week ! approached
man having several pairs of canvas-bacixs
for sale. Now. am personally interested
In the canvas-back. for the reason that 1t
Is about the only duck OF the eastern
United States that I have not killed. and
always like to examine them and handle
them at every opportunity. Scenting pos
sible purchaser, he informed me that they
were $1.25 per pair! and to my query re-
Piled that they were perfectly fresh and
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have the game in your own hands. You
know, and everybody knows. that duck
has webbed feet; WE'LL a grebe or dipper
hasn't. and don't be fooled by the occasional
tale Of rare kind Of duck. Every toe is
free and separate from it's fellows, and bor-
dered by the Eobulated appendages as seen
In figure 8, and which take the place Of the
web in the foot Of the duck. No grebe has
webbed feet, and no duck on earth. has
lobulated toes, SO don't get taken in with
semi-plausible tales.
When q Duck IL Fresh.
Lastly. You have selected some genuine
ducks and are on the point Of buying them,
when the question OF freshness comes up.
A Frenchman, 1t Is said will buy a fowl
and hang 1t up. and when one leg drops off
it is ready to eat. There never was ven-
der Of wild fowl yet who was not perfectly
willing to swear that every bird he had was
perfectly fresh and killed within forty
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All in Due Time.

From the Chicago Tribune.
sI don't see how the men who have en-
gagged that boy pianist for hundred nights
at $1,000 q night can possibly make any
money on the engagement
You'll know when you come to buy your
tickets"
Evening star., 1902-01-11

It is very hard to make everybody under
stand that an engine and wagon cannot
occupy the same grade crossing at the
same time.-Phiiadelphta Public Ledger.
Evening star., 1902-01-11
Hooked.
From Puck.

Mrs. Newlywed-''The night you proposed
you acted like a fish out OF water"
Mr.. Newlywed-'I was; and very cieverly
landed. tooi''
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-05-23
Approved April 8, 1902.
CLAIMANT OF PROPERTY.
CHAPTER 324.

AN ACT to repeal and re-snact with
Amendments Article ., Section IS,
of the Code of Public General Laws,
title Attachments" subtitle
Claimant of Property" as re-en-
acted by the Act OF 1900, Chapter
GOT.
Section BE 1t enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section 46 of Article y OF the Code OF
Public General Laws, title Attach
ments, subtitle Claimant of Prop
efty," as re-enacted by the Act OF 1900,
Chapter 69I. be and the same Is here
by repealed and re-enacted so az to
read as follows:
46-The property attached shall
be discharged from the levy and
surrendered to such claimant upon
the filing OF bond by or on behalf of
such claimant in penalty equal TO
double the value OF the property as as
certalned by an appraiSement thereof
TO be made by the Sheriff at the time
OF the levy. to be approved OF by the
clerk and conditioned for satisfying
all costs and such damages not ex-
ceedlng the real value OF the property
attached as the plalntff shall recover
In case said claimant shall fail to es-
tablish his claim.
Approved April 8, 1902.
JOHN WALTER SMITH.
Governor
JOHN HUBNER,
President OF the Senate.
NOBLE l.. MITCHELL,
Speaker OF the House OF Delegates.
ONCE OF the Secretary OF the Senate:
hereby certify that the aforegoing
Is a true copy OF an Act OF the General
Assembly OF Maryland, passed at the
January session, 1902.
ALFRED RITTER,
Secretary Of tho Senate.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-05-23
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF 1902
MUsKRAls, RACcooNs, ETC.
CHAPTER 264.


AN ACT to repeal Chapter 81 of the
Acts of the General Assembly Of
Maryland Of 1900, entitled an Act 10
Add TWO Additional Sections to Ar
ticle ~ Of the Code ol Public Gen.
eral Laws OF Maryland, entitled
Wild Fowl, Birds and Tame" TO
be known as Sections Eighteen and
Nineteen, and TO Re-enact the same
Win Amendments.
Section lie 1t enacted by the Gen
elaI Assembly OF Maryland, That Chap
ter 81 oI the Acts vi the General AS
somDly OF Maryland of 1900, entitled
An ACT TO add Two additional Sections
To AfLiCIe W Oh the code OF Public Gen
eral Laws ot Maryland, entitled Wild
Fowl, Birds and Game, to be known ah
Sections Eighteen and Nineteen, be
and the same is hereby repealed, and
said sections Eighteen and Nineteen
are hereby le-endtte SO as to rea1 as
follows: That two additional sections
to be KNOWN AS Sections Eighteen and
Nineteen be and the same are hereby
added to Article 80 of the Code of Pub
lie General Laws of Maryland, entitled
wild Fowl, Bids and Came" 30 - to
read as follows:
Section lS-lt shall be unlawful lor
any person to trap, catch or kill any
otter, mink, raccoon or muskrat, with
in this state, or have the same in his
possession ii trapped, caught or killed
within this State, between the first day
OF April and the first day of January in
each year.
An, Il
preceding section shall on conviction
pay Il line OF not less than five dollars
or more than twenty dollars for each
and every otter, mink, raccoon or
muskrat trapped, caught, killed or In
his possession, contrary to the provl-
sions Of the preceding section; and In
default OF payment of fine or fines i'm
posed hereunder, together with tho
costs, the offender shall be committed
to Jail for not less than ten or more
than thirty days for each offenss; one
half of all fines to go to the inform
er. The provisions OF this Act shall
not apply to Hartford, Cecil, Charles,
Anne Arundel. Carroll, st. Mary's, Bal
timore anu Garrett counties.
Approved April 8, 1902.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor.
JOHN HUBNER,
President of the Senate.
NOBLE l.. MITCHELL,
Speaker of the House OF Delegates.
Office of the Secretary Of the Senate:
| hereby certify that the aforegoing
is true copy of an Act of the General
Assembly Of Maryland, passed at the
January session, 1902.
ALFRED RITTER,
Secretary OF the Senate.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-05-23
ADULTERATloN OF FOOD AND
DRINK.
EIA pfpIgR GnC

ADULT ERA ION OF FOOD AND
DRINK.
CHAPTER COG.
to Article FOrty-three oil the Code of
Public General Laws, title Health"
to be Numbered Section 81 A." 30
as to provide for tho Prevention of
the Aduteration or Misreprosenta-
ton of Articles Of Food and Drink
and the Sale thereof when Adulter-
scented.
Section BE 1t enacted by the Gen
eIdl Assembly Of Maryland, That the
lOHowln6 section shall be added to Ar
tlcIe Forty three OF the Code OF Pubic
General LAWS, to read as lOllOwB:
Section 81 A-No person shall manu-
facture, sell or oner Tor sale, or order
or permit any employe OF other person
to sell Or olter Tor sale. either at whole
sale OF retain, any matt extract, beer,
porter, ale or stout unless the same
shall have been DreWed and fermented
as SUCH and any person or corpora
ton, or officer or agent thereof vioiat
ing this provision, or any person or
corporation, or officer OF agent thereof,
selling or oueIinB loT sale, or ordering
Or permitting any empiOye Or other per-
son to sell OF OlIer Tor sale any beer
ito which coloring matter or porterine
has been addedJ representing the
same to be malt extract or porter or
other beverage, or any malt Or spirit
uous liquor other than by It's proper
name, shall be deemed guilty OF mis-
demeanOr and punished by imprison-
ment for not longer than one year or
by fine not exceeding five hundred
dollars, or by both fined ana imprison-
ed in the discretion OF the Court having
jurisdiction.
Section 2-And be 1t enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from the date
of its passage.
Approved April s, 1902.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor.
JOHN HUBNER,
PRESIDENT of the Senate.
NOBLE l.. MITCHELL,
Speaker OF the House Of Delegates.
Office of the Chief Clerk House OF
Delegates:
hereby certify that the aforegoing
is a true copy of an Act OF the General
Assembly of Maryland, passed at the
January session, 1902.
b. l.. SMITH.
Chief ClerK of the House OF Delegates.