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SAVING THE BUFFALO
HOW THE FEW REMAINING BISON
ARE BEING PRESERVED.

.BunaIo BIII" aud "BunaIo" Jones
Engaged In Raising "cataio." n
Mixture of Bison and CattIe-Chnr-
act-ristie- of the New Animal.
Thlrty-iive years ago William Fred
erick Cody was engaged i'm killing all
the buffalo. or bison, that came within
range OF his ''trusty rifle" His sue
cess in that occupation, entered into
for the purpose of supplying buffalo
meat for the laborers working ON the
Union Pacific railroad, was so distin-
guished that he won the sobriquet Of
Buffalo Bill" by which title the vet
eran scout. Snowman, soldier and
ranchman is best known.
Today Colonel Cody is not engaged
in killing buffalo, for none is left To be
slain. He is, on the contrary, occupied
In an earnest effort 10 preserve the few
remaining bison and to transmit their
characteristics TO the buffalo and cattle
hybrid known as the ''catalo.'
The story OF the vast herds Of buffa-
10 that once ranged over the western
prairies and of their destruction is
well known. OF the millions of the an
finals that once existed only few
struggling herds, kept as geological
specimens, now survive. II has been
found, however, that the Characters
ties of the bison-their hardness,
strength, size and general adaptability
to the requirements of life on the
western prairies-can be successfully
transmitted to the offspring Of the buff
falo and the various breeds Of dOmcs-
tic cattle. Two men are principally en-
gagged In breeding "catalo," Charles j.
C'Buffalo''D Jones and Colonel Cody.
Largely through the efforts of these
two men the recent session of congress
passed a law creating n government
buffalo ranch in the Yellowstone Ma
tional park. Mr.. Jones has been APP
pointed warden OF the ranch by the
president. and he is busily engaged in
stocking II with the buffalo and its de-
scendants. The idea of forming a herd
of "catalo" has long been the domi-
nant one in the mind of Mr.. Jones, and
he has for a number OF years been en-
gagged in demonstrating its feasibility.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-22
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
ENGINEERS GREAT RECORD
Frank SiscO Has Travelled 1,4O2, 20;
Miles In u Locomotive,

Frank SiscO Has Travelled 1,4O2, 297
Miles In Locomotive.
Engineer Frank Sisco of Clinton, Ia,
who has just been placed Oh the pen
sion list of the Chicago and North
western Railway company, has one of
the most remarkable records of any
locomotive engineer In the world For
forty-two consecutive years he was
employed as an engineer on the North
western road.
Engineer Sisco has kept an accurate
account of the miles he has Travelled.
The total figures up to 1,402, 297 miles.
Had he covered 25,4O3 more miles he
would have Travelled far enough in his
cab to have made three round trips to
the moon. Had his engine always
headed in the same direction he would
have circumnavigated the globe 56H
times. If POS, 725, 445 men Of the height
of Mr.. SiscO were to stand one on top
Of each other, they would tower 1852
354670 feet in the air, representing
the distance covered by him in an en-
CINE.
Taking thirty-four feet as an esti-
mated length Of a freight car, he would
have pulled train Of 217,76S,476 cars,
and estimating the average at thirty
tons for each car he would have pull
ed 6,533, 054, $50 pounds Of freight. AT
the rate of cents mile he has
drawn from the Northwestern Rail
way company $56,091.SS.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-22
Built on n Volcano.
Edinburgh is built on and about the
crater Of au extinct volcano.


The Minneapolis Street Railway COM
pany experimental recently with the
use of megaphone street announcer,
says a dispatch from Minneapolis to
the Chicago Record-Herald. The de-
vice may be adopted on all cars in
Minneapolis. The mechanism of the
arrangement is simple. A metallic
tube carries the sound to the roof Of
the vestibule, connecting with the
megaphone just inside the car door
and delivering the sound clearly and
distinctly to the passengers. The mo-
torman, instead of the conductor, an
nounces the streets under the new plan.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-22

COL. WILLIAM r. CoDY-"BUFFALo BILL"
together with Charles Goodnight, on
the we'll known Goodnight ranch in
Texas. The effort was responded to by
Colonel Cody on his own great estate,
near Cody, Wyo. Although the expert
ment has not been carried far enough
to demonstrate its entire practicable
ty, enough has been done to prove that
the bison in the form of "catalo"-part
buffalo and part cattle-if not the pure
buffalo, may have new term of ex-
istence On the Goodnight ranch are
more than 100 head of "catalo."
1t has been found possible in num-
Der of cases on the Cody and Good
night ranches and in the other places
where small but fiourishing herds of
"catalo" exist to breed the animals in
and in, so that the offspring are three
fourths or more buffalo and the re-
mainder cattle. The hybrids of what
ever degree, retain the desirable char
acteristics of their wild ancestors,
while they possess the improved quail
ity of meat and softer hair that render
the animal better for human use than
the bison.
Experiments in hybridizaton of ami
mails have hitherto been for the most
part baflled by the inability of the re-
sulting cross to perpetuate its species.
This difficulty does not exist in the
case of the "catalo.' One of them has
been known to raise eight calves in
the past seven years. The "catalo"
of three-quarters buffalo blood are best
bic buffalo robes, the price of which
has mounted steadily since the extinc-
ton Of the original wearers For beef
the quarter bloods are the most promis-
ing, since they unite with the greater
size of the buffalo the finer grain and
sweeter taste of beef. Outside of the
"hu.-.p' and a few other portions buff
falo meat is of coarse grain and strong
flavor.
A 'catalo" weighs on an average
about 300 pounds more than the native
steer. In its hump" the meat of
which is equal to that of the finest
beef, it carries about 100 pounds. I'm.
less the cattle strain predominates the
hind quarters of the animal are apt to
be lighter than those of cattle. Like
its wild ancestor, the "catalo" can live
and thrive on pastures that would not
support cattle, since the buffalo has the
faculty Of feeding without destroying
the quality of the ground "CataIo'
are healthy animals and avoid poison
GUS weeds by instinct.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-22

An art and industrial exhibition of
the Slav countries is to be held at the
Imperial Taurida palace in st. Peters
burg in 1904, according to the London
Standard. M. Kevalevsky, assistant
minister of finance, is president of the
central organization committee sitting
at st. Petersburg, and subcommittee
are being formed in Bulgaria, Servia
and Montenegro. The exhibition will
be of a strictly ethnographical nature,
and the articles will be classed ac-
cording to the nations which produce
them. 1t is hoped that all nations
will be represented.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-22

Ill is well liked by the people about his
home he will probably be elected. His
friends predict for the clever young
man a brilliant career in politics.
Mr.. Churchill's home is known as
IIarlakenden House. 1t is situated
near Cornish, n. H.. very near the YER
mont line. SO near is he to the Green
Mountain State that his postofiice adj
dress is given as Windsor. Vt. Har-
lakendcn House is beautifully situated,
overlooking the picturesque Connecti-
cut river valley. Here Mr.. Churchill
lives the life of a country gentleman
in sufficient seclusion to grant him
leisure for the writing Of the books
that have made him famous and yet
In touch with the world
The subjects in which Mr.. Churchill
are particularly interested are forest
preservation and the building of good
roads, and it is on platform advocat-
ing these that he seeks election. He
sand recently: IL am a candidate for
the legislature because of a warm and
increasing interest in New Hampshire
and in national issues. | intend TO go
on writing books just the same wheth-
er secure the nomination and election
or not"
Although Mr.. Churchill is by birth a
st. Louisan, his ancestry is Yankee.
He was born Nov. 10, 1871. and was
educated ut Smith academy, st. Louis.
and Mt the Naval academy. Mr..
Churchill found naval life little to his
liking and resigned from the service
shortly after his graduation. In 1895
he was married to Miss Mabel II. Hall.
St Louis girl. After resiguing from
the navy Mr.. Churchill was employed
on the Army and Navy Journal and
the Cosmopolitan Magazine. He left
the latter to devote all his time and at
tention to books Mr.. Churchill's first
book, THE Celebrity" appeared in
1898.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-22
VALUABLE BOOK FOUND
Written In the Philippines In
the Fifteenth Century.
ISLANDS ACCURATELY DESCRIBED

Rare Volume Now Owned by Will
liam Spencer of Terrell, Tex, who
Discovered 1t In an Old Cathedral
Near vigan is Bound In Strong
Red Linen Cloth.
William Spencer of Terrell, Tex, has
recently returned from the Philip
pines, where he was connected with
the army, says n special dispatch from
Fort Worth, Tex, to the st. Louis
Globe Democrat. While stationed at
Nigan he went into an old cathedral,
which was formerly the show place Of
the province, and there he found a
book, which he brought home with
him, and it has proved to be one of
great value. An Introductory note
shows that it was prepared, so far as
the descriptive portions go, by Fran
cisco Xavier, famous Spanish Jesuit
missionary, who was born at the cas-
tie of Naviero, Navarro, April I, 1906,
and died on the island of Sancain Dec.
2, 1862. He was known as the "apos-
tie of the Indies" His letters were
edited in 1895.
The book was translated into Eng
fish by William Parties, printer and
photographer, ., 3 and Santa Ana
square. 1t is a small book of $50 pages,
crude in its printing and binding, but
the paper and cover show careful
work. On the first page appears the
following: THE geographical part Of
this handbook is an authorized trans
lation of the 'Compendio de Geografia
de las lslas Filipinas,' by p. Francis
co X. Baranera, S. j." or the inhabit-
ants the book tells: THE aboriginal in
habitants of the Philippine Islands are
OF race called Negritos by the Span
iards and Aetas by the civilized ma
tives. They are still to be found in the
interior of the islands, though in daily
diminishing numbers. They are of
very small stature, of a very black col
or and have curly black hair. All eff
forts to civilize them have been In
vain" He gives the first discovery of
the islands to Il European, Magellan,
In March, 1921, who arrived that month
at Butuan, Mindanao.
The compiler has added notes show
ing the date of the appointment of the
first Spanish governor, Miguel Bopez
&c Legaspi, during the reign of Philip
III. in 1865; how Gomez Desmarinas
built the walls of Manila in 1890 and
the thorough establishment of the
church rule in the provinces. The Chi
hese instruction in 1915, the volcanic
disturbances In 1911, the terrible earth
quake in 1G45 and the work of the Chi
hese iilibusters and the English invad-
ers In 1862. The chapters devoted to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-22
Boston & Maine r. R.
SUMMER ARRASGEMESl.
In effect June %. 1902.


Trains leave Newport:
For st. Johnshury at o3, SO a. II, Il So,
90, 10, bs OS, / - and I'll 80 p. N. Re
turn at % OS, 10 Is, 10 II ana 10 - a. m,
90. : IS and % p. m.
For Wells River at % x - m, - 30
90. 10, bs Os, II 20 and III 30 p. m. Re
turn at - 10, 81 Is. IS 80 and D. a, m,
3 -, 3 80 and % p. m.
For White River Jet. at o3 * $ 10 a. m,
90. BIS os and III - p. m. Return at 1i2 3d.
b 20 and 10 a. m / 10 and 5 81 p. m
For Plymouth at 90 * Is a. m, Il 50,
and IL 50 p. m. Return at az 20 and So
a. M, 81 and 80 p. IN.
For Concord at O3 and 10 n. m. L. So,
l % and III 30 p. m. Return at 90 and
l o3 a. m, 2 %, q II, 20. ~ 80 45
For Manchester at o3 Is a. m.,l2 50,
IL % n I'll 80 p. m. Return at 10, l o 30
= ii 81 "A. m 2 33, ~, o6 n 10 O6 p. IN.
For Lowell at 7 o3 s Is a. m. . 50,
! 20 81, ~ So p. m. Return to n at 80 10 80
For Springfield, Mass. Mt : Is a. m, bN 0s
l 20 p. M. Return at III 40 n Q % a m,
l. 81 10 y. m.
For Nashua Junction at o3 4 : Is n M,
= 50, IL 20 a IL 80 p. m. Return at i %
n / o4 n. m, = o5. . 10, 81 % SO p IN.
For Boston at Oa q Is a. m, > So,
II 70 Il III 80 p. m. Return at a 10 a. N A.,
/, Is, 30 - 80 pm.
Trains leave Groveton for
Lancaster al Is a. m. / . 33 4 30 p. III,
Return at 80. 9 rs a II % II. m. > . p m.
Littleton at 10 q, m, = So y u 80 p. m.
Return at 43 4 10 55 a. M. 1 30 p. m.
Wells River : 10 a. m, IL 80, Il Il 90 p, nj.
Return at 6 so 90 a. m. IS p m.
Plymouth ut : 10 a. m, / 2 33 y Is so p. IN,
Return at . 30 II So a. m, . OF p. M.
Concord at Ii a. m, . 33 n Is 80 p. NJ
Return at q 90 a. m, II 90 & bio - p. III.
Manchester at Is a. m. II 23 50 q IN.
Return at 5 10 N 3 d. m, bio OG p. III,
Nashua Jet. 10 Il. m. . 3S " 30 p. III,
Return Mt L o. a m, h9 Sc p. III.
Springfield at Z 10 a. m. Il 50 p. m Re
turn at tI2 As * 9 05 a m
Boston at 10 a. m. l . 33 & 80 p. m.
Return at 10 n. m, BIS 80 p. III.
f-s~ Runs daily. Daily except Monday.
Daily except Saturday. Daily except sun
day and NJ orday, All other trains run daily
except Sunday
DANA ]. FLANDERS,
Gen. Pass & Ticket Agt.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-22
w. S. BoYNToN, Treas.

physical geography and to a descrlp'
ton Of the provinces are written with
a detail that Is remarkable to be con-
fined to such limited work.
Mr.. Spencer spent some time In the
islands after closely reading this book
and he says the descriptions are really
better than anything he has read III
any geography, history, atlas or ency,,
clopedia published. The book is boullu
In strong red linen cloth and bears ah
imprint of cocoanut tree, two native
huts and pelican. The effect to pro
duce these In gilt shows the crude
methods employed in the print anu
book shops of Manila. On his return
to America Mr.. Spencer was impor'
tuned by San Francisco publisher ~
allow him to have the book for repro
duction, but the request was refused
During his stay in the islands he says
he never heard of another copy OF the
book, and this leads to the belief tha'
1t is a rare publication.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-22

building, the Church of Santi Giovanni
Q Paolo, shows signs of settling and
possible destruction.
The Church of st. John and st. Paul
popularity called San Zanipilo, contains
the statues of many doges and other
illustrious persons, and its destruction
would be little short of a calamity.
The campanile, the bell tower of St.
Marks, now heap of ruins, was
where Galilei made his observations.
1t was 1913 feet high and ~ feet square
at the base. The heap Of ruins which
covers the Sansovino terrace is about
100 feet high.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-22
gEEE N5KaIE1;b

To andfrom Quebec, & olebrook North Str.
ford, Lancaster, North Conway, Boston
Portland, and all points in the State
OF Maine sRd Maritime Provinces.
In effect June l 6. 1902.
TRAINS LEAVE North Stratford as fol-
lows: For Coiebrook and BeeChrr Falls d,
10 80 a. m, . OF. . 20 and 30 D. m.
For Cooksllire. Dud~ell Junction and Linz
Ridge at 1910 "A. IN. and % y. m
For Quebec and all points ON the Ouebe,
Central Ry. 2.O7 y. m.
For Lancaster 800, 6.55 and l1.5uu. m.
and 3.O7 p. m.
For Quebec Junction. Portland and East.
rrn points q. 80 and IL 80 am and 2 % b m
For Boston, via Portland, & Sc and ii 20
a. m. and 3.OT u. m.
GEO +. EVANS,
Vice President and Gen. Manager
r. Il. BOOTHBY, G. r. * T. A.,
PORTLAND. Mp
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-22
TREMBLING VENICE.

Other Historic Structures May Fol-
low the Campanile.
Following the fall of the bell tower
the information that other historic
structures in Txnice show IA weakness
of foundation that is alarming not only
to the citizens of the Queen of the
Adriatic," but to the whole civilized
world.
Now that the campanile lies in ruins
it is asserted that another famous
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-22
AUTHOR LIKES POLITICS.
Winston Churchill Has Ambitions 20
Beeame n I.aWmRker.

Winston Churchill the author OF
"Richard Carvel." The Crisis and
other popular books, Is TO emulate his
English namesake and enter politics.
The English author. soldier and Il
tician has been a member OF parlia-
ment for some time, and the American
novelist has just announced his desire
Of becoming a member or the 1898 New
Hampshire legislature. As Mr.. Church
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-22
MEET OF AMERlcANIsTs.
Archaeology and Ethnoiogy OF Ne"
World 20 lie Discussed.

WOrId To DC
When the international congress OF
Americanists meets In New York city
next October. it will be the first time
that body has ever assembled in the
United States.
Last fall a commission OF organiza-
ton. Of which Morris X. Jesup was
made president. issued a call TO Amer
icanists. stating that at the twelfth
meeting of the congress, held ut Paris
I'm 1900. New York city had been
chosen for the thirteenth meet The
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-22
Across the Islands of Lake
ChamDIain.

Reaching the best locations for Cam,
ing and Fishing, touching at the FOLDS.
ing stations: South Hero, Grand Isle,
North Hero, Isle Lamotte aud Alburgh.
For time tables ard full information
address,
Geo. +. Jarvis, c. B. Hubbard,
General Manager, Gen'l. Pass, Agt.
Rutland Vt
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-22
Rutland Railroad.

The through line between New York,
Boston and all New England points,
and the Adirondacks, Thousand Islands,
Montreal aud Quebec.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-22

Rare Volume Now Owned by Will
liam Spencer of Terrell, Tex, who
Discovered 1t In IN Old Cathedral
Near Vigan is Bound In Strong
Red Linen Cloth.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-23

is wet it takes 80 pounds of steam TO
cook it; dry meal requires only 40
pounds to do the work effectually, the
process taking 80 minutes in each
case.
After the cooking is done the meal
is turned into troughs, where laborers
scoop it into camels-hair sacks, using
ten-pound scoops. These sacks when
flattened out, are about eight inches
wide by thirty inches deep. The meal
is then ready for squeezing, and is
put, twelve sacks at a time, in the
hydraulic press. These presses work
at a pressure of 5000 pounds to the
square inch. and require Is minutes
to exert the pressure. The drain is
eight minutes. The press is then re-
leased, and gradually opens. by which
time other presses have been filed.
and the same set of workmen can in
troduce another charge into the same
press. The actual pressure given by
the hydraulic press is 1900 pounds to
the square inch. and the cake of cot.
ton seed meal produced by this pres
sure is 1OxS0 by q of an inch in
size.
After stripping the sacks from the
cakes they are stacked upon hand
trucks, and weighed and then slowed
away to dry, to be later ground up for
cattle feed and packed into large tow
sacks holding about $50 pounds each.
The oil goes to a large receiving tank,
from which it is barreled by pump d.
rect into tank cars and shipped to the
refineries. Some of the mills shin
their entire product to Fairbanks &
Co., of Chicago. who own the Gretna
refinery, opposite the city of New
Orleans.
Lately a fair quality of paper has
been made from cotton seed bulls.
F1reproof construction of the oilmilI
is necessary, on account of the infiam-
mable quality of oil produced, and
its quickness to permeate the wood
work. The Grinnell system of fire
protection has grown quite popular.
This system involves a series of CELL
ing pipes in which water is constant
Iy under pressure from an elevated
tank and along which rows metal plugs
are placed about 20 feet apart. These
plugs will melt at from So degrees to
l33 degrees Fahrenheit lover the
boiler and in the vicinity of the en-
CINE room the plugs will melt at 1870
degrees Fahrenheit). Such a sys-
tenn of protection is absolutely es-
sential to the modern oil mill. for the
necessity of having large quantities of
seed on hand makes the liability ofloss
very great.
Another important item of danger is
the possibility of spontaneous com
bustion from moisture in the closely
packed seed. To avert this there are
men kept constantly airing the seed
which has been housed while wet. in
order to keep it from generating
much heat.
1t is astonishing to see the great
strides in this industry, which. with
only twenty years to its credit, has
established itself firmly in the south
ern states and furnishes much raw
material to the chemical and food stuff
lndustrles-American Inventor
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-23
YALE INTEREST IN RICH ESTATE
Winthrop Will Contains Conditional
Request of Half a Million.

Yale university will become en-
titled to 100000 in the event of there
being no descendants living Of
Thomas Buchanan Winthrop at the
time of the death of his widow. Sallie
II. Winthrop. Mr. Winthrop belonged
to an old New York family. and died
on December 20 last at his home in
New York city. An appraisement Of
his estate, which has just been made.
shows that in addition to his resi-
dence at q Fifth avenue, he also
owned lot in Fifth avenue. between
Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth streets.
and a handsome place at Lenox. The
value of this real estate is not
definitely determined The estimate
which has been placed on his per-
sonal property is $1,103, 179. Mr..
Winthrop appointed as executors of
his will Col. William Jay, Henry
Rogers Winthrop and j. Frederic
Kernochan. Besides his widow he
left a daughter. Marie Austen Win
throp, and son, Henry Rogers Win
throp, surviving. By the terms of his
will be bequeathed to his widow his
late residence and its contents for
life, together with all his horses and
carriages, and the income of a fund
Of 100000 for life. In case the son
and daughter survive their mother,
this fund will go to them on her
death, but if there be no children Ut
descendants of Mr.. Winthrop living
at the time of her death, the entire
fund will go to Yale university.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-23
Metric System.

The metric system is today compul
sorry in 20 countries, representing more
than S00,OO0,O00 inhabitants-Ger
many, Austria-Hungary Belgium
Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Neither
lands, Portugal. Roumania, Servia
Norway, Sweden Switzerland, Argen
tine Republic, Brazil, Chile, Mexico
Peru and Venezuela. American ex
porters in dealing with any Of These
countries find it expedient to use the
metric measures. 1t is not difficult fol-
them to do so. But others-exceptine
those who use foreign books-hav'
little or no occasion for the so-called
system" which presents difficulties
and imperfections of its own.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-23

'Doctaha Fou'thly," said Uncle 'Ras'
tus. pointing out the passage with his
finger. how do yo' 'splain dat scrip
TURF"
Read the context, Uncle 'Rastus.
replied the Rev. Fourthly.
Eyes. sah," he rejoined, but what's
a an gwine do ef he hahn got no con
tex'?"