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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31

= the Bureau OF Supplies Accounts, Navy Depart
uent Washington D C. until u O'Clock Septem-
Der Is 1908 publicly opened Immediately thereafter,
furnish the yard. Portsmouth. n IL. guam
tty bolts. Portland cement sand clay conduit.
burap. hardware tools surface condenser, spruce,
pandei brass lead. iron, steel. dynamite
copper radiators, valves, and
stationery. Blank proposals will furnished upon
rIIca ton TO Offices Portsmouth y. II
Boston Mass. New York. N Y. H. T. p. HARRIS.
Paymaster General L s. y.
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Proposals.

DEPARTMENT. TIME t., OF WATER SUPPLY. GAS AND
RON. BoRoJGH OF MAN3ATT1S. TIE c1TT et OF
SEAIED BfDs OR ESTIMATES WILL BE
received by the Commissioner Of Water supply. Gas
ana THTRsDAY SEPT FEN Bn B. I9 NJ On
HH0oT9uEhs 81 Nnnh2ftap H ard tbs bFonx Ssr
IRON ,wATER PIPES BRANCH PIPES. AND sPE-
81 EoT FURNISHING AXP DELIy vi ING
For fuFhf o gaEt2qle5 s see G6 6TF REooaD
DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY. GAS
ROW BoE6GH 6F MI H2a ss N4 2b CTR RAE 6
s s oF ET 81 NG E B HE Ga! sSg Es
"''''' TTEspAY T. SEPTEMBER. /, 1905
NO l. FOR FTRNISH1SG HND pELTvERING LAB
TORY, AT FI.ATBUsH XvENtE AND EASTERN
no 2 FOR furnishing AND DELIVERING SUI
PI5ATE OF ALU9iINA e,--z- -r-,-,pr
ROBERT GREER MONROE. Commissioners.
DEPARTMENT or WATER SUPPLY. GAS
- AND ELECTRICITY. ROOM 1886 NOS. n PARK
ROW, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN THE CITY OF
Rs OF AT5 g M Be Ga. sSd E.s
'rey at Ae se9ys 2is s gs IISsk Nos Sn
BOroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx;
REfEY1N WATER MATNs ~ c4SBREIEHG CLAY
MARES ai0ERIS M9NfI0E M ANp
ENTY-NINTH. ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY sEG-
VYsf, STREETS AND IN ADAMS AND BELMONT
PLACES
For fun particulars see CITY RECORD.
ROBERT GRIER MONROE. Commissioner
OFFICE Of THE Dj REPAF gF4ii q PARIS rs
sIXTY-EoTRTH STREET ;I R9R9 2o5 OF MAN
SEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED BY
~ the Park Board the above Office OF Department
Of PARIS TFH Htia QSigS SEPTEMBER 3. 1908.
FORAGE FOR R'i PARIS N THE BoRoUda OF NAN
No FOR FURNISHING AND DELIVERING
COAL WHERE REQUIRED ON PARKS IN THE BOFs-
OUCH OF MANHATTAN.
No g. FOR FURNISHING AND DELIVERING
PLATE GLASS FOR THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF
NATURAL HISTORY.
For full particulars City Record
WILLIAM r. WILCOX.
JOHN Z. EUSTTS.
RICHARD YOUNG.
Commissioners.
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DRoPosALs WILL BE RECEIVED AT

the Bureau Of Navigation. Navy Department Wash
ngton D. c, until II oeoek noon THURSDAY September
10 1898 and there publicly opened Immediately there
for three double sets Of ohesrs Quarters 70 be built
Blank forms OF proposal and specifications fur-
nisted plans may be seen upon application the
bureau OF Navigation. Navy Department. Washington
D C. at the COMMANDMENTS ohlee, L. s Naval Training
station Newport r l., at the Office OF Creighton
Withers architect. No. . Bellevue Avenue. Newport.
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OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF

OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
Parks Arsenal Building, Fifth avenue and S Nv
street. Borough Of Manhattan, the tltt "a
YorkSeaed bids estimates Will e rSeels( q
once Of De1aEsll.-s7-s-vf-
Parks until O'Clock p NJ, THURSDAY. SCI -
Der 10 1898 Borough OF Manhattan ,,-,4
No I. For constructing walk pavement or - v-ll
the esplanace adjacent % tae - pSk
u the extension Ct East .lsel
No. For repairs and alterations % pUua!a r--iea
thing for the mems comfort statioh q" 49,
Square cottage --.-+ios
No. 8 labor materials required for re 5Sr<
OF comfort station IN city Han Ee
For full particulars see City Record -, r,ol
WILLIAM r. WlLL-ON-
JOHN F. EUSTIs.
RICHARD YOUNG.
Commissioner
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OFFTCF OF THE DEPARTMENT Q

OFFICE OF, THE DEPARTMENT u
Parks Arsenal Building. Fifth avenue and 4. = Nv
fourth street Borough Of Manhattan the S.ls 5 ~
York-Seaed estimates VIII pc rsSelee- Z
PARK Board at the above once % the pepaS NJ
Parks until O'Clock z. NJ. On IALfsSb-NA -
BER 10 1893 Borough Of The Bronx ..-iaf. tuf
No. l. For furnishing all the labor ana ~ re New
The erection and completion OF bird house ~ Nav
YORK ZooloEical Park Bronx Park. r. tas Si'y q
York -. - wrought
iron pipe ana MIGRANTS in Bronx PARK. bofoIs" -
Hr0nE
No. s. For furnishing and delivering Hlan0SF -
Park. Borough OF The Bronx
~ WILLIAM R. WILLCO1N
JOHN =. ECaILS.
RICHARD YOUNG
Commissioners
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31

OFFICE or L. S. COMMISSIONER OF IAlsIIGRATIos;.
Ellis Island York
PROPOSALS ARE SOLICITED FOR THE
construction Of an island and a certain gangway IN
New York Harbor Ellis Island Copies specnca-
tion ana plans obtained the Office OF CHIEF
Engineer and Superintendent etc United states Public
BuIdings Room i66 Office Building York City.
WILLIAM WILLIAMS. Commissioners.
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RMY BUILDING. WHITEHALL ST..

"A New York City Aug 90. 190S-sealed proposals. in
received here until o'clock,
sept Sth, furnishing and delivering High
land Beach n 7. 5000 Yellow Pine Railroad ties.
specfcat!ons blank for bidding
bids should be addressed 10. G. :. BINGHAM.
Depot or. Mr..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31

The Rev. DR.. Robert S. Macarthur. pastor of tn
Calvary Baptist Church, in his sermon last evenin
touched on the international yacht races and tn
conflict in Turkey. He said:
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-31
David 3. HiII's Repartee.

Ex-senator David B. Hill is well
known among his friends for his quick
and brilliant repartee- Generally his
flashes of wit come when most unex-
pected.
Not long ago, while dining with
Gen. and Mrs. Ferdinand p Earle at
Normandie-by-the-Se Mrs. Earle no
ticed that the table water was slightly
discolored by the iron rust in the
pipes, and, turning to the senator,
laughingly remarked that the water
that night seemed unusually clear" "
Mr. Hill looked up quickly from his
plate
marked sententiously, his face as seri-
GUS looking as eyers then he resumed
eating his soup.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-31
The Wise Toad of Worcester.

Among the favorite stories of Sena-
tor Hoar is a tale of a remarkable
toad, possessed of an intuitive knowl
edge of antidotes.
Il was out in my garden one day."
said the senior senator from Massa-
chusetts, "and noticed a Toad hopping
along toward the veranda. At the edge
OF the low flooring was a spiders web
straight across his path. Mr.. Toad
did not observe it, and plump he land
ed suarely in it. This unceremonious
and burglarious entrance naturally
provoked the resident spider, who was
strongly of the opinion that his home
was his castle. Accordingly he proceed
ed to give the toad a most vicious bite.
Instantly the toad hoped back on the
lawn, found bit of plantain leaf and
chewed it. Then back he hoped and
hit the same obstruction, with the re-
suit that he got another bite Seven
tunes he repeated the attempt, each
time going back to the plantain for an
antidote for his wounds. At last he
succeeded in demolishing the spiders
web and hoped on his way rejoicing" /"
New York Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-31

Cut 11--Tree Bent Over by Fruit
moist soil; consequently no water
sprouts were being thrown out lower
down on the trunk. The tree was bear
ing it's first crop of fruit, which was
a very heavy one. The limbs had to
be propped up to keep them from
splitting and breaking off. Scarcely
any bearing wood for the following
year was being formed. The fruit was
extremely small and of inferior flavor.
Scarcely any fruit could be expected
from the tree the following year. The
ends of the limbs were not headed in,
nor was the fruit thinned. ladder
was necessary to gather much of the
fruit A heavy storm would have
blown off much of the fruit and al
most ruined the orchard. This form
of tree is as difficult to cultivate un-
der, without injury to the tree, as
properly formed low-topped tree.
Cut IL shows a tree in the same or
chard with the top formed extremely
high. The top of the tree was bent
over till it nearly touched the ground.
If left alone, the tree is practically
ruined.-tarmers' Review.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-31

Cut 7.-Three-Year-Old Tree in Station
Orchard.
kept constantly in mind while pfun-
ing, SO that the tree would have as
wide spreading top as possible in or
der that large area of leaf surface
might be exposed to the sunshine and
atmosphere, thus enabling the tree to
carry a heavy load of large and highly
colored fruit.
In cut is shown an average three
year-old peach tree of the General
Lee variety as grown in the orchard
of the Texas station. 1t is a general
type of tree found in that peach or
chard, where three consecutive crops
of peaches have been borne with
scarcely limb being broken by an
overload of fruit. A ladder has not
been found necessary in gathering the
fruit from these trees.
In cut s is shown the same tree aft
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-31

"and I don't smoke to excess. Pa
in doubt what to give up. Most peo-
pie have bad habits OF vices. that
they may abandon, but I am in a
dickens of a fix, owing to the state
of perfection I have arrived at
"You have my sympathy" said the
girl. .'It's very sad; haven't you a
single redeeming vice?"
There is one habit I've got that
1 might give up continued Eddie, re-
f1ectively. Its got a terrible hold of
me, and I'm getting anxious about it,
but I've got to have help. Your father
suggested that l should taper off some
time ago and offered to help me, but
you're the only one who can do it"
"TelI me what it is,'' said the girl
Coming around here seven nights
in the week to see you," said Eddie.
taking her hand.
She tried to withdraw it, and look
ed at him in some distress.
"Of course, if you don't want to
come" she began.
NO" said Eddie, Il don't want to
come-not oftener than I have to.
want to stop at home and see you
seven nights in the week-except
when We have to go out Will you
help me?"
"Hark! The bells are beginning to
ring now. Look at your watch"
"Will you help me?"
"Oh, don't know, Eddie, II guess
So"
Then said Eddie, raising his
hand as the whistles from the factor
les and the blast of horns added their
clamor to the bells, Il swear off right
now"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-31
The Creamery odor.

The Creamery Odor.
Overheard as they drove by:7Snif-
flng the air he said. "Tannery eh?"
Nope, creamery" remarked the other.
''Whew!" and they were out of ear
shot
The odor that is emitted from some
creeaeries and the Immediate sur
rounding territory during this hot
dog day" weather is something ter
rifle. The spiling of milk saturates
the soil. The skimmilk tank (the
slop tank they call IT'D is neglected
and oh! out of the drains comes an
ef1uvium. one whiff of which is al
most enough to asphyxiate a person
l am glad to say such bad conditions
are not general but are met with
altogether too often Creamery pat
rons are nearly always blamed for
bringing bad milk to the creamery,
thus making it impossible for the
buttermaker to make first-class but
ter. Now 1 am sorry to admit that
such is often the case. Too many
farmers are extremely careless and
s@ovenly about the milk taken to the
creamery, while il they would but
think a moment they must certainly
know that such want of care will
mean a monetary loss to them first
of all. But the conditions as they
exist at some creameries are certain
ly demoralizing to the patrons, even
though they were inclined to deliver
good milk. One patron said: What
is the use? 1 bring good milk to be
dumped into the receiving vat where
in six quarts of filth are already
swimming" The farmer well knows
that If the olfactories of the butter
maker are not affected by an odor
that can be perceived a fourth of a
mile from the creamery, his milk will
pass If it has the "cowy'' odor, the
'stably'' flavor and the "manury"
color, and often it comes in that
way.
1t is the creamery managers or but
termaker's duty to educate himself
thoroughly in his business and then
educate his patrons instead of de-
nouncing them, as is often DONE
Don't tell me it cannot be done and
| that your patrons are worse than q
set of idiots and cannot be taught.
because 1 have practical examples
where the poorest of stuff was turned
| out and the buttermaker blamed it
| all on the patrons, when later man
who understood his business took
hold of the place and in less than
| twelve months butter was made that
sold at top prices and patrons WED
with each other to bring the finest
| milk in the cleanest cans.-L. w.
Lightly in National Stockman and
| Farmer.
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gxther every peach from this tree.
The limbs viii need no props. nor will
they break or split on. If spraying
should be found necessary it will not
be found difficult to do. OF course, IL
stock be allowed to run loose in the
orchard, more damage will be done to
these low-headed trees than to high
headed ones, but it is not advisable to
plant orchards for grazing purposes.
1t should also be remembered that the
trunk is stronger when the limbs
come out at different places
Trees that are pruned too high
throw out water sprouts lower down
nearly to the natural habit of the
tree. Continuously pruning OF these
water sprouts is largely waste OF
energy. both to the tree and man, and
frequently pruning will be found ne
cessary to keep them on. In cut 8
is shown a tree pruned very high The
top branches that remain are properly
cut back. The tree is just beginning
to throw out large number of water
sprouts lower down ON the trunk. Mis-
takes were made by pruning on the
limbs a, b, C, d, and f. This form
of top is also very undesirable. But
little bearing wood has been left
Cut 10 shows tree with top formed
from photograph of an Indian peach
tree growing in an orchard on the
north side of the Allegheny Noun
tains in southwest Virginia. The trees
stood very close together on rich,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-31
Cause of sunscaId.

We do not appreciate sometimes
what it means to neglect our trees.
Take a tree which is headed high, for
Instance. The trunk of the tree is
exposed to the rays of the south and
west sun during the winter season,
and many persons think nothing of
this Yet tests have proven that the
temperature of the bark ON the south
west side of tree trunk thus ex-
posed is % degrees higher than the
temperature of the atmosphere. This
has been demonstrated by inserting a
small thermometer beneath the bark.
Now, suppose the temperature of the
atmosphere is SO degrees, which is
frequently the case in some days
during the winter, when the sun is
bright Add % degrees to this, and
you have the temperature of the bark
at 73 degrees. Now, at this tempera-
ture the bark can start to grow, and
the sap become active. This condi-
ton exists during the day, but at
night the temperature drops, the bark
is bound to be affected, and damage
results A few days of this condition,
and by relaxing and contracting the
bark has become loosened from the
trunk, and dies. Thus we have the
condition known as sunscald, which
many persons have supposed was
caused in the summer season, when
as matter of fact the damage was
done in the winter. A sunscalded
tree is then apt to be attacked by
flat-headed borers and other insects,
and the decay of the tree sets in To
have protected the south and west
sides of the tree trunk from the direct
- a.
would have prevented this trouble
Prof Whitten.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-31
WOMAN LEADS FIRE FIGHTERS.
Brave Postmistress Sets an Example
to the Firemen of San Rafael.

to the Firemen of San Rafael.
Had it not been for the promptness
and heroism of Miss Melrose Tuttle,
assistant pOstmistress of San Rafael,
Cal, fire would have destroyed the
Alta stables and much adjoining prop
erty the other evening. The fire
broke out early in the evening, and as
the alarm was sounded, men and boys
rushed into the stables and 1oosened
some thirty maddened and suffcating
horses. 1t looked as though the blaze
would be communicated to the ad-
joining buildings, chief of which is
the postoffice, which had been closed
for the night. Miss Melrose Tuttle,
the assistant postmistress, was one
of the first on the scene, and through
a shower of sparks and dense smoke
made her way to the rear of the post
office. She had to break and climb
through window, as the keys were
in possession of the postmaster
With great effort she reached and
turned hydrant, which flooded the
threatened portions of the structure.
Almost as quickly the volunteer fire
department reached the stables and
were able to save all the vehicles and
harness and to extinguish the flames,
after about $4,000 damage had been
done to the building.
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it is seldom well nourished after 1t
gets well started; it becomes hollow
checked and feeble in its movements,
and after a little while it dies You
wouldn't think to see it begin its
career, robust, bright-eyed and full of
energy and vigor, but SO it is Fre-
quently, as l have said, it dies from
neglect and starvation, but on the
other hand it is easily overfed and
coddled to death. 1t is a question
which mode of treatment is the more
fatal. Perhaps you had better try
the over-feeding. Encourage it; don't
be content with giving it its regular
allowance, but let it piece between
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-31

Ex-Goy- Bob" Taylor of Tennessee
has returned home after lecture tour
of two months, during which he visit
ed twenty-five states, west, northwest,
east and in New England Mr. Tay-
lor came north with some little sec
tional prejudice, but it has been wiped
out by his visit He was especially
impressed with the fact that on one
great railroad line he Travelled $50
miles without getting out of sight Of
freight cars--Exchange-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-31
High Flavor in Butter


Our butter judges have heretofore
laid too much stress on high f1avors
in fresh butter. AS 1 have stated.
production of. high flavor is merely
step toward rancidity, and thereby
butter invariably loses its keeping
quality. 1t is my opinion that a good
keeping quality in butter is equally
as important as flavor, if not more
SO, and we ought to sacrifice this
quick flavor in fresh product for
low, clean favored and good keeping
quality. l cannot help but advocate
that cream should be churned with
less acidity, especially when butter is
being manufactured for cold storage
Butter in a good cold storage win
naturally acquire a higher flavor in
time. l believe we ought to Do All
we can to discourage this high
flavor" craze which is SO prevalent
among buttermakers, and induce them
to pay more attention to the keeping
quality, which at present seems to be
the greatest trouble with the average
1aymen that consumes strictly dairy
products--Oscar Elf.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-31

Frizzled fowls are the most gro
tesque members of the poultry family.
Their name is applied from the pecu-
liar manner in which their feathers
curve upward and backward at the
ends, as if In defiance of natures
laws This curving is most conspicu-
GUS in the hack1e and saddle feathers.
As these birds vary in color, there Is
NO rule for judging their pIumage, ex-
cept that it must have the peculiar
upward curve, and any color is ad-
missfble- The combs may be either
double or single Frizzled fowls are
reported to be hardy and very early
and good layers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-31
HIackIes Checked by Vaccine.


The work of the Bureau of Animal
Husbandry with reference to conta-
gious diseases of animals, which has
been prominent from the time of its
organization, has been continued dur
ing the past year. This work at pres
ent includes the control of Texas
fever, blackleg, sheep scab and maIa--
die du colt, while scientific investiga-
tions are in progress to determine the
nature and best methods OF treating
other important diseases, such as tu-
bercu1osis, hog cholera and anthrax.
The records show that ], ,68S, ,565 doses
of blackleg vaccine were distributed
during the year, and the reports of its
use reduce the loss of cattle after
using it to 0.51 per cent of those vac
cinated- If we should eliminate from
these reports those cattle which were
presumably infected before vaccina-
ticn and also those which probably
died because mistake was made In
the operation, the percentage of loss
would be reduced to 0.44- These re-
suits indicate that the use of this vac
cine has saved to the stock raisers
many thousands of head of cattle and
consequently very large sum OF
money
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-31

meals as often as it wants to. It
will soon sicken.'
81 tell you," said Eddie, impatiently,
that you've never known of a case
that's like mine 1 don't think that
you understand at all. The more l
see of her the more / think of her,
and the last time that saw her
gathered the impression that she
wasn't particularly glad to see me-.
That's only natural"
THAT she shouldn't want to see
me?"
THAT she should allow you to get
that impression. However, I've got
troubles of my own-real troubles,
and / can see that you haven't any
idea of taking my advice in the mat
ter, or any opinion of my judgment.
All you wanted was to unload your
self, and now that you've done it per-
haps you'll oblige me by clearing out
of here. If you haven't got anything
better to do, you might as well put
on a clean collar and go and see her
again.
This last piece OF advice Eddie
took.
1t is perhaps hardly necessary to
say that the girl was as pretty as
eyes, a head of hair that excited the
envy of every other girl in her set;
that her complexion was good; her
teeth even and white, and her figure
1.-THE and graceful To say that ex-
presses nothing All these things
girl may have and yet not amount to a
row of pins, but if the combination
is right and the something that looks
out of the bright, brown eyes is the
one thing the young man has been
wanting, it is easy to understand the
facility with which a habit may be
formed.
Cocaine, opium, hemp, hashish,
whisky and tobacco-all these are
nothing to it," mused the person of
experience after Eddie had gone his
way, to find out that the coldness
of his last reception had been purely
imaginary "Can any of these pro-
duce the delirium, the madness, the
intoxication, stupefaction, dwelling
idiocy, ecstatic delight, gloom and
despair that this girl habit does?
Eddie's right, too, he'll never get over
it If it isn't this one it will be an
other, and so the old thing goes 1t
would be a good time, though, for
him to swear on"
perience said this was that it was
New Years Eve So obvious was the
idea that it occurred to Eddie also,
and he turned it over. in his mind all
the time that he was putting on his
clean collar, and he thought of it over
and over, and in all its various aspects
as he walked to the house, and all
the time that her father was talking
politics and the war of the rebellion
to him he was still thinking what q
good time it would be to swear on
After little he had an opportunity
to talk to the girl himself. If young
man conducts himself in proper
manner, and there is nothing in par
ticular to be urged against him.
these opportunities are bound to oc-
cur sometime or another. At first
they did not talk very much, which
was principally because they had so
much to say that they didn't like 70
talk about, but it was not hard to get
tc New Years resolutions
Il don't drink more than a strictly
temperate man should" said Eddie,