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HARD ON A MAINE TOWN CLERK
SALARY $50, AND 5000, WITH
COSTS, TO PAY IN FINES.
He Paid Hedgehog BountIcs Too Hant'iy
and Then Set the Law on the Hunters
Now They're Getting Back and He's
WOndering How TO Make Ends Meet.

and Then Set the Law on the Hunters
Now They're Getting Back and He's
Wondering How 10 Make Ends Meet.
LINCOLN Me. May IA faithful town clerk
near here is trying to figure out how man
who receives q salary Of $50 a year plus
fees for recording marriages, deaths
and dog licenses can come out whole after
paying $1,050 in fines, not to mention costs
and few other expenses, for misinterpret-
ing new law. This is his story:
At the last session Of the Mime Legis-
lature law was passed placing bounty
OF rs cents head on all hedgehogs killed
within the several towns, the men who did
the killing to present the fore-paws and
nose Of the hedgehog to the town clerk and
to certify in writing when and where the
animal was shot No sooner had the act
received the signature of the Governor
than boys and men went to the woods to
shoot hedgehogs, and before April Is the
town treasurer had honored orders for the
staying of 2lO Of these animals.
Then somebody discovered that the law
was not operative until May 1, and that the
bounties which had been paid were so much
money thrown away, as the State would
not pay for any hedgehogs slain before
the act went into effect.
As soon as the town clerk learned that
he had blunderei, he went to the men who
had received Lou lties and asked them to
refund the money! explaining how the case
stood and begging for consideration.
The recipients of the bounty refused to
give it back; then the clerk looked up an old
law, which inflicted fac of IS for killing
hedgehogs between Oct. 1 and June a.
and the old law being operative until the
new came into effect, he complained of the
men who had killed hedgehogs ia close time.
A local justice fined them S. and costs for
every offence, so that for every rs cents
the hunters had received in bounties they
were compelled to pay out S. in fines and
from 81 to "a in costs.
After this the hunters began to study the
old act for themselves. They found hat
in addition to fine Of IS for killing hedee.
hogs in close time, the man who had any
part of a dead hedgehog in his possessicn
between Oct. 1 and June was also liable TO
a fine Of IS and costs As the Town Clerk
had received the noses and front paws Of
30 hedgehogs from the hunters ard had
paid them bounties upon the same, there
could be no doubt but that he had acted
illegally by receiving the evidence Of gull;
So 1t was the Clerks turn to be arraigned
before trial Justice, The Justice found
him guilty and fined him 81 $50 and added
e62 as costs.
The Clerk has taken an appeal and en-
ployed counsel to fight the case in tho higher
courts. II will he argued next October
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like Mr. Ford, he is humorist, He is quick
70 see the fun in the art students caiica-
lures of the work OF great artists. and has
purchased SO many Of them that his home
il about full, and he has almost come to the
pass Of having to refrain from purchasing
more.
Mr.. Shaw appreciates good pictures,
and not few are hung on the walls OF his
home, at Al West Seventy-fouth street.
Since 1890 he has given a prize of 1850
for the best painting done by member Of
the Society az American Artists, ard for
the best caricature OF the work OF members
of that society or other artists he gives
three prizes each wear to the Fakirs. He
slao gives them a dinner, and has purchased
60 many OF their humorous take-offs that
every one OF them is his friend.
The parlor and some OF the bedrooms OF
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QUE n ths SAM pssitios. The subject
lacked graes and bSaiity snd through tho
bands end i:s arss PIN as ,,s h her shs
Collins portrait Of d.. Rainsford gave
the faklrS great chance soon sfter II
was first seen, and the fAkirs patron has
On effort that IA almost . csr' oon.. The
face would be recognized anywh 70 but IN
each Of pr. Rainsfords arms II a cherub,
the other . golf club. There are firearms,
bicycles, tennis racQuets and all sorts Of
athletic paraphernalia In the background,
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out OF it's shell and dropping into the Yellow
stone by the busl.el. Then the big trout
come up to the surface and are hungry
and the brown hackle on No. or even
a No. , hook Is apt to catch trout Of from
five to seven pounds weight. For the rest
large and the No. 10 lis not much too
small
The brighter colored flies, though useless
in the opening of the season, are attractive
later in the year when the bright flowers
and the bright flies come along together.
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oil Ia 40 we'll done that It suggests ito source
OF inspiration Immediately
The fakirs are no respecters Of persons.
Mr.. shaw's collection shows that, and q
man like La Fargo or Sargent or Curran
finds his work In cartoon form as often
as does less pretentious artist, or perhaps
moro often.
One of the young artists got in a dig
at Curran's fondness for a certain subject
The fal,ir noticed that Curran had painted
several pictures In which a young woman
was lying in the sand at the seashore.
So he got out his water colors and painted
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The Society ri American FakiiF. which
held its twelfth annual exhibition last week,
has patron, and away down in the bottom
Of tho members hearts they think that he
h the greatest man that ever was.
Their patron is Samuel T. Shaw, who is
something Of an artist himself, though
that Is not his business. He Is partner
Of Simeon Ford IN the hotel business and
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zANawILL's PORTRAIT HAS REAL SEcKTlE
art students, II worked over bit, so the
changes were made and the poster was
produced in the colors Of the original. IL
wasn't exactly complimentary. but 1t an.
swered the purpose.
The fakirs also have insignia OF their
own One of them was modelled in plas er
by KENYON Cox The original OF the other
was painted on a board and both have
been used frequently to mark as official
the programmes and announcements OF
the society which has fun with the great
men in it's own particular line.
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poster which was brought out NJ the tim,
OF the fair In Buffalo.
Some one thought the grcen poster which
the fair would make n good one for tho
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Sullivan. now
Eighth Assent
in the good old
men who hav
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Hamilton st
brought to THO
the home of ID
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killed Conroyd
stabbed PetrY
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other murder(
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OF ls9 Hester q
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but he is still
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-15

CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-THE bulls held the
relns in the grain pits today and the mar
KetS were strong and active May wheat
fElosing re higher. May, corn was up " q
sions closed firm, May pork being nc
higher, May lard unchanged and ribs a
shade lower -
Wheat ruled strong and active. with
the chief incentive to higher prices be-
ing the continued demand for Nav by the
most prominent bulls, although higher
e cai, ; ana small receipts We're strength
Ieaolng long was reported to have added
materially to his already big line and this
Iact acted as dampener on the sellers,
ana IN consequence offerings were rather
united. There was a good cash demand
reported from the Northwest and the
Seapoard was again an active buyer. May
opened shade to AMAc higher at 1871
@76@c, sold up to TIC and closed kc
hlgher at 76B @77c. Clearances of wheat
anu nour were equal to 348,000 bu. Pri-
44SS;OQ0 bu year ago. Minneapolis and
Duluth reported receipts of 261 cars.
Whlch with local receipts of 27 cars-none
f tbo contract grade-made total receipts for
cars last week and 439 cars year ago.
Plenty Doing In Corn.
There was a good trade in corn and the
sentiment was generally bullish on a bic.
export demand and heavy cash business
hs, sales being reported at over zoe, 900
CaDIes and small receipts and the market
f.el nr1n on a good general demand for
l lqs from commission houses while
Snorts covered freely in the January de-
livery; Offerings of January stuff were
Hard TO get and more strength was mani
rested In that month than in the more
DISTANT futures, the price going up to
4BS12c, after opening h@1ac higher at 47M
M4I &C. The close was 15c higher at
4tAc May closed h@Ac higher at 44X
W44sc, after ranging between 441kc and
4f12c. Local receipts were 1874 cars, none
or which were of contract grade.
oats were given open support by longs
ana hlgher market resulted. Commission
houses were also good buyers and there
was some covering by shorts The SELL
1Ilg was chiefly in the way of liquidation
small receipts and firm cash demand were
pull factors. The close was strong. with
Way II @2sc higher at 351zc, after selling
between 347sc and 35Bc. Local receipts
were 104 cars -p'0
Provisions were dull and the opening
was weak on liberal receipts of hogs and
lower prices at the yards There was a
raiIy on the strength in grains and on
active demand from brokers for January
pork and most Of the early loss was re-
gained The close was steady to firm.
with May pork TIC higher at $i6.35 Nav
lard closed unchanged at $957b, while
rlnS were shade lower at S. 95
me estimated receipts for tomorrow
are are wheat, 20 cars; corn. 275 cars; oats.
100 cars; hogs, $4,000 head
Ihe leading futures ranged as follows:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-15

NEW YORK, Jan. 14-Today's un-
steady and spOtty stock market seemed
TO represent nothing more than the efforts
OF professional traders to find purchasers
Tor shares. The constant fluctuations over
a narrow range were a testimony to the
d1fhculty they found. The volume of
transactions fell off to little more than
three quarters of a million shares, or
about one-half the business of last Fri
day, when the activity of the present
movement reached its elimination.
OF todays dealings no less than 200, 900
shares were of Erie. The continued ac-
tivity in that stock is the subject of the
greatest interest in Wall street at pres
ent and surmise exhausted itself to ae-
count for 1t. The failure of Rock Island
to move with it today discredited pre-
v1ous rumors that Erie was being sought
Tor an Eastern outlet of the Rock Island
system. The other coalers were inclined
to move with the Fries today and there
was a disposition to attach Importance
to the formation of the so-called Eastern
ed with further developments in the con-
solidation of the anthracite industry.
Strength and Reaction
Manhattan was strong for a time, sup
poSedly on account of the coming opera
ton of the lease to the Interborough Tran
sit company, but the stock reacted with
some violence to point below last night.
Western Union. was held by the injunction
against the removal of its wires by the
Pennsylvania Railroad company Sugar
was first strong and then weak after the
report of the annual meeting of stock
holders showed that higher dividends
Were not to be expected at present.
An incident of the day were sales of
Canada Southern and Michigan Central,
the former at decline Of 71a and the
latter at a decline of 4Sal from the last
preceding sales some time ago. Aside
from these special movements, the mar
ket was dull and sluggish throughout
and offered little of interest. The fact
that realizing sales met advances in all
cases served to discourage the profession
the afternoon, which carried the average
level of prices we'll below last night.
Steady at the Close.
This was particularly evident in Rock
Island interests in the recent speculation,
for the rise gave the movements in this
stock special influence on the whole list.
after the break.
The failure Of the market to advance
was considered the more significant in
view of relief from some Of the depressing
factors. Sterling exchange eased off ma
terially today and rose at Paris, thus wild
ening the margin for gold from export
points. Money was appreciably easier
renewed by the largest bank in the city
at per cent. Money continues to flow
into the local banks both from the sub
treasury and from the interior. This
seemed to afford some encourag cement to
stock operators during the morning but
did not prevent the later reaction.
Bonds We're quite active and were firm
early, but became irregular when the
stock market turned weak. Total sales,
par value, 50, $50, 600. United States bonds
were unchanged on the last call.
Stocks
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-15
POTATO MACHINE A NECESSITY,
Labor Saving Implements Perform the
Work Formerly Done by Hand.

The potato. which Webster's unabridged
dictionary declares to be one Of the great
est blessings bestowed on man by the Cre-
ator, Is now peer of corn, wheat and cot
ton IN the attention given to its cultiva-
ton by manufacturers. 1t used to be that
the growing Of potatoes was done almost
entirely by hand. They were cut up.
planted. sprinkled, dug and assorted BY
hand Now every branch of this work Is
done by machinery. Several extensive fac
tories are engaged in the exclusive work
OF manufacturing potato implements.
some OF the many machines used in the
metamorphosis of the potato from the
cut-up seed product to the toothsome
tubers," served on our tables have been
Illustrated and described in previous is4
sues of Popular Mechanics. The digger is
a companion machine to tho AspinwalI
planter. The pillow Is concave with a
draw cutting edge, which is calculated to
lessen the draft. A peculiarly constructs
ed, pulverizing wheel automatically reA
moves the tops and weeds, throwing
them to one side previous to separating
the potatoes from the earth. The digger
IS adjustable to all widths of planting.
1t leaves the potatoes bare on the ground
very convenient for gathering.
Ine SOrter separates the potatoes into
three sizes, the marketable or large pota.
toes. second sorting or seed, and the third
sorting which falls through with the sand
and dirt into wire screen from which
the dirt Is afterward sifted. The potatoes
are poured into the hopper onto a moving
element with long distance travel The
hopper is down low so that it is easy to
feed the machine. The entire work Is
under control Of the operator.-Popular
Mechanics,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-15
sPook STONED THEIR HOUSE.
Windows Broken In Two Homes, but Not
by a Human Hand

=, A spook IS residing just now at Grimsby.
Two months or so ago stones began to
come whining through the windows of a
mouse In FreShney street Search was
made for the offender, but it was very
shortly evident that no human hand was
at work Soon all the windows were
smashed, and most of the furniture. The
inmates gave up and moved to Adam
Smith street. But even here they were
not at peace. Still the stones followed
them, and though police and friends alike
have watched, the source Of the missiles
is yet mystery.
The ghost which haunted Malaw, in the
Isle of Man, was Of a different variety
from the rowdy spirits of Aberystwyth
and Grimsby. All he did was to walk up
and down inside the church with a lantern
IN his hand, the light of which could be
seen cleaning behind the window glass
Some months ago a new vicar arrived
at Malew.. He put no faith In the phan-
tom, but the very first night he looked for
it there was. its light. He Immediately
proceeded to investigate. The church was
dark when he reached It. but a moment
later the light came flashing in his eyes,
and passed. He looked out and solved
the mystery. The CLEAN came from the
far-off revolving lantern Of the lighthouse
at Langness, and; though invisible from
the road, caught the upper part Of the
church INCONSISTENCIES
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-15
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS,

Milwaukee. Wis.-Flour Higher. Wheat
higher na:b Close: No. / northern. 7Sc; No
Rye-Firmer; No. I. 51K952c Barley
F1rmer; No 2, &c; sample. 1906. Oats
Higher; standard, 35@354ac. Corn-May,
Liyerpool-Wheat-Sp firm: No. 2
red Western winter. 5s 111ad; No. / Cal
ifornia. IS SID. Futures. steady; March,
IS 21Ad; May. IS Nd. Corn-Spot, firm;
american AMER n mixed new, 4s 11hd;, American
uary. As SID; March, As AID; May, As Sd
Toledo. o-Wheat-Fairly active
firm; cash and January, 7Sc; May, 812c.
Corn-Dull, firm; January, Acc; May,
445sc. Oats-Dull, firm; January, 36c;
May, 362sc; Rye-Dull; No. 2, SIC. Clio
yer Seed-Dull, steady; January, So 971S;
March. $7:o7h; prime timothy. 81 50;
Kansas City, Mo.-Wheat- May, 6S%c;
July, 667s @67c; cash No. hard, 67@69c;
No. 2 red. 68@68Ac. Corn-January, 38A
@3S12c; May. 3S9sc; cash No. 2 mixed, SO
@39hc; No white, 40c. Oats-No 2
white, 35M36c.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-15
Clever Birds Who Trap Snakes.

The wonderful sagacity shown by that
blrd of Southern California, known as the
road-runner," is almost past belief AS
these birds can outrun the swiftest horse
they usually choose to escape pursuit by
their speed. The road-runner however
has one mortal enemy the rattlesnake'
This reptile is fond Of devouring the road
runners eggs whenever it comes across
nest in the sage brush. But the birds
often have opportunities of reyenging
themselves
Whenever they come across a sleeping
rattlesnake. summing himself ON warm
rock, they Immediately prepare trap for
MS destruction. Prickly pears abound in
those regions. The road-runners, gener-
ally pair. at once begin picking up the
spiny covered leaves of this plant and
pile them about the sleeping snake In a
circle. When their work is completed
they give their enemy a few pecks to
awaken him. and then retire to watch
the result.
In vain the rattlesnake tries to escape.
The ring Of prickly leaves holds him a
prisoner. At every move he makes the
spines prick him. until at last in despair
he turns, bites himself and dies.
The male bird is not larger than a
common barnyard rooster, and his feath-
ers are as gayly colored as those of the
peacock. The hen is Of dark brown
SdgebruSh color
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-15
NEW STAMPS ARE IMPERIAL.
Numerous Varieties of German Principal
ties Have Been Abolished

In the days Of our youth, when we used
to spend our Superabundant time and our
less superintendent pennies in-the pleasur-
able pastime of collecting postage stamps,
We, we recall how many pages in our albums
seemed as though every crossroads village
and two-by-three dukedom in the realm
mad separate postal system of its own.
There were the stamps of the free cities
Can one. forget the grim, battlemented
towers which represented Hamburg or the
color Of the stamps of the different prin-
c1palities, yellow for Saxony, red for Ba-
den Baden and green for Bavaria? If one
happened to be very lucky there were
those rare stamps of the noblemen who
used to run private mail routes through
the country somewhat as the Wells-F Fargo
company did in our own far West not so
many years ago.
Bavaria. is today the only one of the
OLD pr1nclpailties which still retains a
separate rate postage, ana that is fast be-
coming obsolete. since 1t is only available
Tor sending letters out of Bavaria itself
and is not recognized elsewhere in the
empire. =
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-15
QUOTATIONS. IN NEW YORK.
Closing Prices of Grain, Produce, ProvIs-
ions. Etc

Closing Prices of Grain, Produce, ProvIs-
ions, Etc
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-F1our-Receipts,
11,745 bbls; exports, 1898 bbls; more &C
tive and f1rmer; winter patents, SO. IS OF;
patents, $4g4 Is; winter ext S2.S09
3 10; winter low grades, 81. 5000 90 Rye
G0Tr quiet Bued Idl -four steady
Rye, steady. Barley. dull
Wheat Receipts, 1873, 900 bu; exports,
d13,O0O bu; spot market firm; No, 2 red,
Sic elevator and 80%c f. 0. b. afoat; No.
No: hard Manitoba, S8Ac f. o. b. af1oat.
options were firm and fairly active all
day. sustained by cables, export demand,
small Western receipts. commission house
buying and higher cables. The close was
g 14c net higher. March closed at $50;
May, so 13716@81hc, closed at sic; July,
~ 9-16Q7S%c, closed at 78%c.
Corn-Receipts, 26, 600 bu; exports, 49,
9O7 bu; spot firm; No. 2. 5812c elevator
and 5Sc f. 0. b. afioat; No. 2 yellow, 581ac;
No. 2 white, 581zc. Options sold up also
mands. poor conditions Of Chicago ar
rivals and covering. with the close h@Ac
net net higher January. 58@5SAc, closed at
cfoaed February Nae closed $50 at sSc March
49Ac; July, 48as @4812c, closed at 48asc
Oats-Receipts, $4,000 blu; exports, H.
6CS bu; spot firmer; No; 2, Ale; standard
42Ac; No White, 42Hzc c; track mixed mixed
Western. nominal; track white. 4S@45c;
track white. state. 43@45c. Options firm
er on good Western speculative support.
Hay firm; hops firm; hides firm; leather
firm; wool firm; beef quiet; cutmeats
quiet; lard firm; refined firm; continent,
SO: 40; S. A. $11; compound, 7k@7%c;
pork steady; tallow firm; rice quiet; mo-
1aSSeS firm.
Coffee-spot Rio quiet; No. 7 invoice,
as ST. mild easy; C9rdovaaa 4@llAe:
Rutt0r-RPRpinfS e All Okla m
ket steady: state dairy, 2O@26c; extra
creamery, Csc; held creamery, 21@261zc;
creamery common to choice. 22@27c.
Cheese Receipts. LAT packages; mar
ket firm. state full cream, fancy, small
colored. fall made, .1454c;- late made, 1910
1870; small white, fall made. lac; late
late made, 1870; large white. fall made,
lac; late made 1914 @13hc.
Eggs-Receipts, 1920 packages; steady
to firm; state and Pennsylvania, average
best, 30@31c; western fancy graded, 29c;
western, poor to prime, 22@2Sc; refriger-
Yesterdays decline in the London tin
market was followed by additional loss to-
day, prices here being reduced los to
e127 Is cd for spot and to G127 los for
futures. The local market for tin was
ruary being reported at 28.00c, while sheet
closed at 27.95@28 05c. Copper in Lon
don was IS Sd lower, with spot at S53
5s but the New York market continued
dull and practically unchanged; standard
is quoted at 1150c; lake. 1225c; electricity
tic, 12.1215c and casting at 12.00c. Lead
was quiet and unchanged at 4bc, and in
London at Ell 5s. Spelter was steady at
4.90@5.10 locally and London also was
steady at $50 Iron ruled steady abroad;
Glasgow closed at 53s I'd and Middlesboro
at Ats sd. The local market was dull and
unchanged. Warrants remained nominal.
No. 1 foundry northern is quoted at $23 a
%; No. foundry northern, No. 1 foundry
at $22@23.