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Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-14

bench. Tn 1897 he was elected chief jus> tice of the court of appeals
 Aside from the judicial positions mentioned and his campaign work for his friend MT. Benedict in the latter's speakership contest. Judge Parker's ac- tive participation in practical politics has been limited to his efforts as chair man of the executive committee of the Democratic state committee during MT. Hills successful 1885 campaign for the governorship.
 Prior to tic meeting of the state con- vention at Saratoga last year it was generally understood that Judge Par-l ker had but to give his consent in order to be nominated for governor. This, however, he was unwilling to do, for,s while he has had some experience in politics. he is not in love with it, while he is deeply enamored Of the law.
 Judge Parker is an exceptionally handsome man. He is a couple of inch-l es short of six feet and carries himself with dignity which cannot fail to att tract attention even among number of fine looking men. His hair yerges dangerously toward auburn, and his mustache goes to the other extreme, being very light. He is, or seems to be. at ease in any surroundings, and his faculty for adapting his conversation i to the company in which he happens to be is doubtless largely responsible for his great home popularity. It is not generally known, but it is nevertheless fact, that Judge Parker has at diff ferent times refused nominations as secretary of state and lieutenant gov ernor of New York, to say nothing of the United States senatorship which Governor Hill was anxious that Judge Parker should take, but finally con- Icluded to accept for himself
 The possible presidential candidate of 1 the Democratic party is married and has one daughter.
 TRUMAN l.. ELTON.
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about eleven times as much in arc lamps as the same amount of gas would produce if burned directly at gas jets.
 A splendid specimen of the Victoria regia is at present on exhibition at the Manchester botanical gardens,s says the Westminster Gazette. The curator of the gardens was recently photo- graphed when seated on a chair placed on one of the leaves.
 horse lives twenty-seven years, but both lion and camel attain the age of forty
 letter mailed in Yanlxton. S. D., in August. 1885, has just been returned to it's writer. 1t followed the man to whom # was addressed for several
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-14

are building a good deal of double track. The Santa Fe leads in enter prise in this direction.
 It is a curious fact that two out of every three Irishmen who come to America remain in the eastern states. while two out of every three German immigrants go west at once.
 Mrs. Richard Gambrill rich widow in New York, has diamond fan.
 Tn Bohemia sixty-three nobles own the greater part of the country. None of their estates is less than 12,000 acres.
 According to a note in the Electrical Review, gas engine when coupled to dynamo produces three times as much light in incandescent lamps and
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-14

years, passed several more in the care of hotel clerks and was finally started on another journey after the man who wrote it.
 Kansas farmers are about forming a milling trust.
 Three hundred and fifteen shoals in various parts of the world were de- clared dangerous to navigation last year by British admiralty surveyors.
 So difficult is the art of cutting gloves that most of the principal cut ters are known in the trade by name and by fame.
 Export figures just issued show that the total value of exports during the past year was $1,s6os s69s. .355; value of
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-14

material for railroad, bridge, ship and general construction work is still in ex- cess of the capacity of mills, and the big tube mill at sharon, Pa, is to be turned into plate mill to turn out 700 tons of plates day.
 Germany has been experimenting with the American system of checking baggage and likes it so well that it is to be more generally used on the rail- ways. Under the old German system every man had to look after and iden- tify his own baggage. M
 The New York Central Railroad conn pany, in order to be sure that it's track walkers are always at work. is put ting on time" clocks
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Alton B. Parker even at that time
 possessed the most valuable asset a man who aspires to political preferment can have-a genial manner. The young lawyer made friends rapidly and soon was in the enjoyment of a large prac- tice-for a beginner. In 1873 he was ap- pointed clerk to the board of super visors of Ulster county. Here his ex- actitude and his strict attention to even the smallest detail attracted the atten- ton of men who had good deal of say as to "who should be what" in the county. In 1875 he ended his clerk
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 ty for the presidency in 1904. Tn most quarters this is treated as strictly new suggestion, when, as a matter Of fact, Judge Parker was regarded as a remote possibility for the nomination as far back as 1892 It is commen- tary on the vicissitudes of politics that atsthat time Judge Parker really stood a much better chance of attaining to the highest executive office in the gift Of the people of the United States than Theodore Roosevelt the present presi- dent. In the first place, MT. Roosevelt was then but thirty-four, lacking one year of the required age, and besides while 1t was generally recognized that the youthful civil service commissioner 9by appointment of President Cleye- land) was an exceptionally forceful per sonality, the faith of his friends in his future was generally discounted by outsiders. But the facts remain that Mr. Roosevelt is president, while Judge Parker is not and that in that nega- tive class are also to be found a num- Der of men any one of whom in 1882 would have been deemed to stand a thousand times as much chance as Theodore Roosevelt of becoming the chief executive of the United States. But it is these mutations of politics which make it an ever interesting study alike to those who are actively in 1t and to those whose sole connection with it is the depositing of ballot on election day.
 But when man is seriously men toned in connection with the presiden- tial nomination of one of the two great parties in the greatest country in the world he becomes in measure a na- tional character, and the public imme- diately takes an interest in his person. ality, his public experience-in short, in everything relating to him. This inter-
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-14
ITINERANT ITEMS.

It is estimated that over 100000 peo- pie will emigrate from the United States into western Canada this year.
 Coke a byproduct in the manufac- ture of gas, has increased POO per cent in price in five years
 Death valley, Arizona, is regarded as the hottest place in the United States.
 The Grand Trunk Railway company has sent men to Niagara Falls to keep American railroad companies from con- fiscAting It's coal supply,
 New York merchants have induced the railroads operating between that scity and Texas to make sufficient re-
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-14

PRESIDENT EMILE LOUBET of
 France counts that day lost
 whose low descending sun sees no great bill signed, no walk of five miles done. He got his experience as a walker when as a boy his peasant father taught him the art of following straight in the wake of blow. M. has held good many political offices, though in almost every case they have come to him unsought. He is in per- feet health and bids fair to break the hoodoo which seems to prevent French presidents from serving out their terms of office. When he was elected
 his mother thought 1t great calamity.
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ship and two years later was elected surrogate by majority of about 200 despite the fact that the other Demo- cratic candidates. many of them old warhorses of the party, were buried under majorities of from 800 to 1,200. That this was not fluke was demon strated in 1883, when he was reelected by plurality of 1,400, the others on his ticket being beaten by about 800.
 The first experience in real politics which Alton B. Parker ever had, how ever, and perhaps the only one in which he was ever signally worsted, occurred
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Neither at school nor at the academy did young Parker especially distinguish himself, although he was what Is known as a sgood scholar" The nat ural bent of his mind had always been toward the law, so that the expected happened when he removed to King ston to take up his studies in the of- fees of Schoonmaker & Hardenbergh. He then attended the Albany Law school, from which he was graduated Tn 1871, returning to begin his practice at Kingston, which has since been his home.
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PRESIDENT LoUBET OF FRANCE
 uNSTRENUOUS MOMENT. A

N ESPITE all the tales about his D strenuous life, about his ever
 ready speeches, his arduous lit erary work, his twenty mile walks, his neck risking timber topping horse. back rides, his single stick combats, his big game shooting, his running, wrestling, boxing and tennis playing, President Roosevelt does have other quiet moments than those when he is asleep, and 1t was during one of these momentary periods of absolute inac. tivity the other day that Photographer Clinedinst of Washington secured the accompanying picture. 1t shows the nations chief magistrate at his desk in the White House.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-14
ROcA OF ARGENTINA
 IN MARTIAL ARRAY.

~ ENERAL ROCA, president of Ar AT gentina, like the young man m
 "FIorodora," is fond of singing ~ Want to Be Military Man." lie delights to be known as "the Ulysses s. Grant of South America" and no newspaper editor who so designates him need hesitate about asking for any reasonable little favor. General Roca is about as much like General Grant as chalk is like cheese, as may be inferred from glance at such DOT. tions of his elaborate uniform as the medals do not conceal. This is Roca's second term as president, his first hay. ing begun when he was but thirty. seven years of age. He Is now sixty.
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ductions temporarily in passenger rates to draw several thousand merchants from the intervening territory to that city.
 The French academy has solemnly decided that henceforth "chic' is to be considered good French.
 One of the largest tin smelling plants in the world, at Singapore, is to be re- modelled and refurnished with Ameri- can machinery and electrical equip- ment.
 Western railroads are all engaged in shortening their lines taking out curves, building tunnels and. besides,
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PRESIDENT CASTRO OF VENE-
 ZUELA AND HIS CANE.

(iPRiANO CASTRO, owing to his
 trouble with Germany, Great
 Britain and Italy, is probably the most talked of president of re- public today. He is swarthy little man, with a high forehead and piercing black eyes, and he is said to be almost a full booded Indian. He won his way to the "YeiloW House. (the White House of Venezuela) with a sword in his hand and compelled his predecessor to leave the country but nowadays he is usually seen with very harmless looking cane in his urasp. In addition to his trouble with the powers he has formidable revolution to fiqht.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-14
PRESIDENT ALvES OF THE RE.
 PUBLIC OF BRAZIL.
NR. FRANCISCO DE PAULA ROD.
 RIGuES ALNES. first citizen of

HR. FRANCISCO DE PAULA ROD- RiGUES ALVES, first citizen Of
 the comparatively new republic of Brazil, is a versatile statesman and has been successful in many pursuits. He Is one of BraziPs greatest finan. ciers and one of her best lawyers. He has held many offices, and all of them with credit to himself, and he has made great deal of money as a coffee grower. 1t Is said that his state, Sac Paulo, is one vast coffee plantation and could alone supply the whole world with its favorite breakfast drink. Ayes, who Is now fifty-four years of age, Was president of this state under Emperor Dom Pedro II. of Brazil.
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NETHERLANDS POPULAR PRES
 DENT AND HIS EYEGLASSES.

TYR. ADOLPH DEUCHER, presi- dent of Switzerland, is notable
 for his popularity and his eye. glasses. The eyeglasses are as unique in their way as the popular ity is in its way. pr. Boucher is near. ly seventy-one, but is still good mountain climber. As usual, he suc- ceeded to his present office from the vice presidency, which was but a repetition of what he did In 1897, when his first term as president of Switzerland began. pr. Deucher has held nearly every office in the gift of his countrymen, but as most of these are unsalared he is still man of only moderate means
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THE PRESIDENT OF CHILE JUST
 THINKING.

THE PRESIDENT OF CHILE JUST
 THINKING.
 HoN HERMAN RIESco, president of Chile, like our own President
 Roosevelt, Is an advocate of the strenuous life. He is also firm be- Iiever in politics as close corpora. ton, and it was therefore quite natu- ral that when his relative, President Errazuriz, retired he should aspire to succeed him. Don Jerman Is "Mod. crate Liberal" and was elected on the issue of the separation of church and state. He is not yet fifty years of age and believes in "a vigorous foreign pol icy and strong army and navy, but just now, by agreement with Argen. tina, he is going slow in warshIp buIId. ing.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-14

The German parliament is bristIing with opposition to everything Ameri- can and American products are to b~ kept out to the utmost limit.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-14

HERE have recently been several official expressions of approV- al of Judge Alton B. Parker, chief justice of the court of appeals of the state of New York, as the candidate of 4ba nap1no,.atic na
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-11-19
LIGHT SHIPPING COOP.

thick box boards joined together and
to the box by two cleats inside and wire
nails clinched. | get most of my Stats
from old broken orange crates, which
the grocer gives me when | buy boxes.
but laths may be used if desired, with
Z wide slat for the top To insure care
ful handling it is best to make handle
holes or nail on couple of short out
side cleats.
For a pair of average fowls the coop
should not be much less than two feet
high. one and one-half feet wide and
one and three-fourths feet long. I put
inside a couple of ears of corn, an apple
or two, and for water nail tin can to
the side of the box. On top OF the box
I write with a blue pencil the address
of the buyer and also OF the shipper,
including post Office address when diff
ferent from the express office, also the
number of chickens inside and the
weight of the package if know it. The
address is repeated on a card tackled to
the box. This care pleases the ex-
pressmen and I think tends to insure
prompt and careful handling.-I. A.
Stephenson, in Farm and Home.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-11-19
POULTRY FOR MARKET.
fore Shipping TO he Decided
by Local Demands.

The proper way to kill all kinds of
poultry is by opening the veins of the
neck or by bleeding in the mouth. Hang
by the feet until the blood is drained out.
One may scald chickens for home trade,
but 1t is best to dry-pick them for ship
ment. When scalding, do not immerse
the head. This spoils the appearance
of the eyes and comb and gives the buy
er the impression the chicken has been
diseased. If the water is too hot that
is used for scalding it will cause the
skin to be tender and break eastl All
pin feathers should be removed cleanly
and neatly. Plump" by dipping for
several seconds into water near the boil
| Ing point; then at once into cold water.
Always dry-pick turkeys. They look
better when dry-picked, and command
better prices than when scalded. To dry
pick turkeys or chickens properly the
work should be done while the bodies
are warm. 1t is easier to pluck them
while warm. Opinions differ regarding
the practice of drawing poultry before
marketing. When shipping one must
suit the demands of the market. Our
home trade prefers the crop and intes-
tines removed. They tell us the shipped
fowls they buy that have not been drawn
have strong intestinal flavor some
times. We have made few expert
ments along this line, and we find that
fowls that are drawn as soon as possible
after being killed keep longer under the
same conditions than those not drawn.
When the crop and intestines are not
to be removed, it is important to let
the birds fast for "a hours to empty them
Of food that might ferment and spoil
the fowls.
One who has never dressed and packed
poultry for shipment has many things
to learn. The head and feet must not
be removed. Turkeys should have the
feathers left on the neck for about three
inches from the head; also few feath-
ers on the tail and tips of the wings.
Ducks and geese should be scalded when
dressing for market, and we find it takes
longer for the water to penetrate and
loosen the feathers than it does for other
kinds of poultry. Leave feathers on
the head and for two or three inches on
the neck.-Mrs. Frank Wood, in N Y.
Prairie Farmer
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-11-19
POULTRY YARD NOTES.

Large roasting fowls, young and fat,
will be in demand for the Thanksgiving
market. All cannot buy turkeys.
First make a few hens pay you a
profit, then start the large flock. Many
a man has made failure by starting
on too large a scale.
II the market before Thank sgiying is
good and the birds are ripe, why wait?
There is frequently glut when all try
to sell at once.
No figures, however large, should
tempt the grower to sell his best birds
The best is none too good for the breed
er who wants to keep his stock up to
high standards.
A waterproof roof on the poultry
house is fine thing to have when the
cold November rain falls. 1t will soon
be too late to put on a new one or to re-
pair the old.
Pet the turkeys and get them ready to
celebrate. Feed generously and in such
q way that they will not be overreached
or deprived of their food by the quicker
motioned fowls.-Farm Journal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-11-19
GOPHERS KILLED BY GAS.
New and Successful Means of Getting
Rid of the Farmers Pests
Tested I'm Nebraska.

The farmers in the vicinity of Louis
vile, Neb., are very much interested
in experiments now being made by the
Nebraska experiment station on the
farm of George II. Holdrege at Louis
vile for the determination of gophers
by the aid of Pincht gas. The NeDras-
ka experiment station, having made
successful tests of this new discovery
in the western part of the state on
prairie dogs, is now experimenting
with the ground or pocket gopher,
which has proven very destructive u
orchards and meadow lands in this
part of the state. The first expert
ments were made by Mr.. Perrin, ex-
pertinent station farmer, and Prof. L.
A. Burnet, animal husbandman of the
same institution, and at least so per
cent. of the gophers were killed in
holes where the gas was applied
Pincht gas is said to be inexpensive.
the cost of ridding farms of prairie
dogs being estimated at about 2 cents
per acre. 1t is the refuse from the
manufacture of Pincht gas and is in
liquid form. Any absorbing article
may be soaked in the fluid and then
put in the hole and the earth replaced.
The fumes of the gas penetrate
through the hole and the animal is
killed of asphyxiation.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-11-19
BEES THAT DON'T SWARM.
The Original Queen WnE n GoId-Dust
Italian and Her stock Is Equal
1y HOme-Loving.

Recently we were informed that in
Cuba had been discovered a stingless
bee Now comes g. man who claims to
have a swarmless bee. Writing to the
American Bee Journal, he says:
So much has been said and written
about the desirability of non-swarming
bees that thought perhaps few words
from me would be acceptable. as have
had some experience in that line, and I
am convinced that l have got a non
Bwarming variety OF bees. Why do I
think so? Because they answer the de-
scription as given by nearly all the
writers on the subject, namely, they do
not swarm; but they do give me surplus
honey every year. / can't take credit
for better management, for | manage
Just as all prominent writer's say we
should manage. There is plenty of
room in the brood-chamber for the
queen to lay plenty of ventilation when
weather is warm, and | extract when
ever the bees begin to seal the honey In
the super, so the management is moth
ing unusual. Yet have not had a swarm
Issue in eight years.
l have five colonies back of my home,
and my lot is 30 feet wide, with
neighbors on both sides. So swarm
could not very well get out without be-
ing seen, and my queens wings are
clipped; that is, l clip one wing quite
short
The original queen was gold-dust
italian, and the ones l now have are
- hnr or
but | do think have stock that won't
swarm if given fairly good manage
ment. have kept bees off and on for
16 years, but never very many colo
nies at time. I use eight-frame dove
tailed hives, and run for extracted
honey altogether.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-11-19
Has He Found Ite

Polk, Ark, Nov. "a remedy that will
absolutely cure Rheumatism has been dis.
covered by Mr.. George Hiland of this place.
Mr.. Hiland is satisfied that the remedy he
has used is a sure cure, for 1t cured HIM OF q
very serious case of Acute Rheumatism
when he was so bad that he could not move.
This is what he says:-
81 was troubled with what is called Acute
Rheumatism in 1900. ! was in such shape
that | could not move without help. was
treated by physician, who helped me some,
but | was still in great pain when my wife
saw Dodd's Kidney Pills advertised as cure
for Rheumatism. She insisted on my trying
them and | felt better after taking the first
box | continued. and now am well and able
to work all the time. | have found Dodd' 5
Kidney Pills to be just what they are claimed
to be, a perfect cure for rheumatism
Mr. Hiland' very positive statement seems
to settle all doubt az to whether or not Rheu-
matism can be cured.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-11-19

half feet above the ground for con-
venience in earring for the fowls. The
coop is about two feet wide, five feet
long and two feet nine inches high, and
will easily hold six birds.
The bottom should be constructed Of
Stats somewhat closer together than
the sides and ends, so that the drop
pings may fall through. The coops
should be placed under roofs to shed
rain and to protect the fowls from the
hot sun. In cold weather it would be
necessary to protect them still more
by placing the coops in buildings. Feed
troughs and water vessels are attached
at the outside in easy reach of the
fowls.-J. D. Spooner, in Farm and
Home.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-11-19
Wise.

Though worth several millions, Hugh Nc
Laughlin. the Brooklyn democratic boss,
spends very little money on himself, his
clothing at times being absolutely shabby.
His chief lieutenant, James Shevlin, is q
relative by marriage and dealer in shoes,
SAYS a New York exchange. Come over to
my store" said Shevlin one day, "and get
you pair of good shoes made" The old man
demurred at first, bat finally consented and
was measured for fine pair. Shortly aft.
erward he received bill for $40. just about
three times as much as he is accustomed to
pay for footwear He looked at the docu.
ment gravely for a minute wrote across the
face Of it: Collect from Shevlin; he's re:
sponsible," remailed it to the sender and
beard nothing more about the matter.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-11-19
Flowing 25 Acren q Dnx.

A man living in Oklahoma is doina
his fall plowing with threshing ma
chine engine and two disk gang plowA
The scheme was begun as an expert.
ment and has proved great success.
At each round of the field the machine
tplows eight burrows, doing the work OF
four men and 16 horses. In this way
rs acres of wheat stubble are turned un-
der every day at an average cost OF
about SO cents per acre.