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Newport daily independent., 1904-10-05
MONEY IN MAINE SKUNKS
Vhey Are Worth as Much as All tbs Deer Killed in That State
 fin . Season.

It will no doubt surprise many peO- pie who learn that the despised skunk Is worth twice as much to Maine as Is the much admired honey bee, but such is the fact; and, counting things at their actual worth. the skunk is worth about as much as all the deer killed in Maine in a season, says the Philadel- phia Record. The skunk is valuable both for his fur and for the oil that ia In him, and both the oil and the fur are in ever-increasing demand.
 Fashions in furs regulates the price of skunk skins. Four years ago the coat of dark skunk was worth $2.5O to three dollars, and the demand e1- ceeded the supply. Since then tho muskrat has come into favor, and the price of skunk skins has fallen to about two dollars for the best. When, how ever. there are . dozen fat skunks to be had on every acre of meadow land. when a hardwood club is the only weapon needed for killing them. and when every fat skunk contains at least . quart of oil. worth i've dollars . gallon at wholesale. there Is mona' In the business.
 Most of the skunk belts are shipped to a Philadelphia firm, where they arc made up into furs for export to France and Germany, in whcih coun- tries they pass as monkey skins. It ia estimated that Maines revenue from skunks amounts to $150,0O0 or $175, ,00o annually. which is double tho sum de- rived from all tho honey bees in the state, and certainly more than all the 5000 deer shot are worth to the men who kill them. From 100000 to 150,- 900 skunks are killed in Maine every fall.
 The demand for oil Is steadily in- creasing, and the price has advanced 50 cents to one dollar gallon within a year. Tho natives prize the oil for itl virtues as a cure for rheumatism and stiff joints, and large quantities of it are bought by country traders and sent to druggists out of the state.
 It is estimated that the annual pro- duction of skunk oil in Maine exceedi 25. .000 gallons, and the quantity is in- creased by adulteration with the fatty oils obtained from hens and wood. chucks, a deception which has proved most profitable to the skunk magnates
Newport daily independent., 1904-10-05
ONE-WAY RATES.

Every day from Sept. 15 to Oct 15, 1904, the Union Pacific will sell one-way colonists tickets at the following rates, from Mis- souri river terminals, Council Bluffs to Kansas City:
 S2O.OO to Ogden and Salt Lake City.
 $2O.OO to Butte, Anaconda and Helena.
 S25.OO to San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and many other California points.
 $22.50 to Spokane and Wenat- chee, Wash.
 $25.O0 to Everett, Fairhaven, Whatcom, Vancouver, and Vic toria, via Huntington and Spo- kane.
 $25. % to Portland and Astoria; or to Tacoma and Seattle, via Huntington and Portland or via Huntington and Spokane. r.
 $25.O % to Ashland, Roseburg, Eugene, Albany and Salem via Portland.
 From Chicago and St. Louis approximately low rates are in effect by lines connecting with the Union Pacific to all above points. -.. z.z9-.~
 For full information call on or address J. H. LOTHROP, .sss,ss, s;sass,
 903 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. 18tOct1O
Newport daily independent., 1904-10-05
MAKING OF OXYGEN.
Interesting Process Known to But Few ProfessiOnal Men and No
 Ordinary Mortals.

The manufacture of oxygen-or moro properly its separation from the atmos- phere we breathe-is an intensely in- teresting process known to but few professional men and scarcely known at all by the ordinary mortal, says a scientific paper. A plant for the manu- fracture of oxygen to be used in charg- ing its distilled water was put in opera ton recently at an ice plant ID Los An geles, Cal.
 Oxygenated water Is now being pre-. scribed by physicians in certain dis cases, and hence a cheap and simple method of separating the oxygen in the atmosphere becomes . matter of i'm. portance. The process employed Dy the Los Angeles company is based on the principle that a certain chemical com pound-manganate of soda-readily parts with the oxygen 1t contains whep subjected to the action of . jet e steam. A blast of air on tho residnum reforms it into manganate ol soda. this chemical possessing the peculiar prop erty of absorbing oxygen from the at- mosphere. parting with 1t when ex- posed to steam and being reformed again upon exposure to the air. Tho process may be continued indefinitely when tho ingredients arc placed in the rstort and proper connections for air and steam made. No more chemicals arc required. It may be likened to dip ping . sponge in water, squeezing 1t dry, and then repeating the operation indefinitely.
 Oxygen made by this process. 1t is claimed, contains no gas other than oxy- gen and no clements of any descrip- ton other than slight traces of atmos- pheric nitrogen. Hence 1t requires no washing to free it from chlorine nor any purifcation whatever. The product Is oxygen-and nothing else Tho oxygen, direct from the retorts, Is stored in gasometers, and then forced into distilled water by means of a Twitchell carbonating machine. which pumps the water and oxygen at the same time. thoroughly agitating both before bottling. The bottling is done under a pressure of 60 pounds.
Newport daily independent., 1904-10-05
New Hazel dray to all parts of city. Telephone your orders to the Hazel. 22d4w
co-EDs FoREGo MARRIAGE.
leGe Women Becoming Wives Arc Rapidly Decreasing.

Over four-fifths of the women gradu. ates of the University of Chicago are on the high road to spinsterhood. This is the startling result of researches con- ducted by Mayo Fesler. who. as general secretary of the Alumni and Alumnae as- sociations of the institution, has com- piled statistics Of the university and ita students in the form of . general register covering the first decade of the univer- sity's history. The figures do not include 2 the women who have taken higher de- grees. but only those who have completed the undergraduate courses and who therefore. might be expected to be win- some enough to tempt the heart of the average man.
 The register contains the names of 698 women who have received bachelor degrees from 1898 to 1902 inclusive. The fate of these coeds is shown by the fol- lowing percentage table:
 Percentage women arried...............- -s Percentage women teacherS.........,..... 6 Percentage women 'at homs".............N
 An examination of the table for each class shows that the chances of the ex. co-eds for becoming wives are steadily growing less. The first class that gradu- sted in 1893 contained three women and all of them married. The next class had nine feminine members and not one of them has yet entered the bonds of matri- mony. The class of 1895 has 6 higher percentage and then comes the class of 1856 with . marriage percentage of 33 fta A. tine there has been steady decrease Of ;As 125 women graduated in 1902 but sis ees can't. are married.
Newport daily independent., 1904-10-05
Magnificent Distances.

The diocese of Kis watin, in ku. pert's Land, is one of magnificent distances. Bishop Lofthouse once walked POO miles to fetch a doctor for his wife. Many of the Indians walk 25 miles to church, and the bishop has baptized scores of ba. bies which had been carried 150 miles on their mothers backs over hard-frozen snow. At night the family sleep, wrapped in the deer skins, on branches laid upop the snow.
Newport daily independent., 1904-10-05
MATURE NEVER GIVES uP.'
A Phrase That Is Full of Meaning for the Sick in Either Body
 or Mind.

Aphrase from a recent magazine article is so suggestive and so full of encouragement that it seems worth while to make it the text for one of our small sermons, says Woman's Home Companion. The phrase is: "Nature never gives up." You may with profit say this over carefully and thoughtfully and let its full meaning come to you: Mature never gives up." Nature is on the side of health, and sanity, and consequent happi- ness. Hard as your case may be, the great Mother is fighting the battle with you. Has disease got into your bones? Nature has mar shaled her forces to combat it, and with marvellous strategy has set engines to work which are en. deavoring to circumvent the en- emy. Nature is working in con- Junction with the physician and yourself. That is thought which ought to cheer you. You have been imprudent, possibly have done and left undone. You have taken such ill-care of your God-given body that your friends have set you down as hopeless or worse. You have told yourself that there is no hope for you. Ma ture has not given you up. She wants you to live and work and be healthy and happy and in the event of your neglect of yourself. she is still fighting for you. She has no moral idea in doing this. She just does it. Perhaps you de- serve to be given up. Many of us do, it sometimes seems. But Na- ture is blind to that. Of course, she is not all-powerful. She can be overcome. She fails often. But you will do we'll to remember that in every case while there is a spark of life left, she is trying. Let that thought brace you. Buck up, and give Nature some help.
 should like to think that we could carry the analogy into the moral world as we'll. Do you not believe that there are forces as yet unvalued which are fighting the fight for good in the souls of men? Bad a man or woman may be-there is exterior pressure to make him or her better. There is law; there is education; there are all the societies and institutions whose object is to help the down fallen and the unfortunate. But are there not other forces, too? Does not the great Mother of Souls fight continually for the spiritual health and sanity of all people? The thought is comfort. ing, stimulating, encouraging. It is the business of every individual to add all his personal strength to all encounters with evil, physic- al or spiritual. He can do so more heartily and with better faith for success if he remembers that Una. ture never gives up."
Newport daily independent., 1904-10-05
Tn. kiondike c1.an-Vp.

Seattle, Wash. April 21.-James R, Ardorn, of one of the mining com panies of Dawson, has arrived here on his way to England. He says that the cleanup this year in the Dawson camp will, from a conservative esti- mate, amount to $30,000,000, making 1t the biggest output in the history oi the Klondile.
Newport daily independent., 1904-10-05
Nancy Hanks Lincoln Monument.

Richmond. Ind, April 21.-Ih the construction of the base of the mon ument to Nancy Hanks Lincoln, al her grave in Spencer county, par, of the vault in which the remains oi Abraham Lincoln rested in the old nonument, at Springfield, Ill.,. wi!, b uSed.
Newport daily independent., 1904-10-05
LIVERYMEN FARMERS DRAYMEN

And all users of axle grease that want the best grease on the market and that recognize a good thing when shown it's merits, we recommend our Golden and Cas- tor Oil brands of Axle Grease. It is put up in 1 pound tin boxes and 8 pound tin buckets. For sale by all up-to-date merchants. Ask for it and take no substitute. It is guaranteed to have no equal for quality on the market.
 WATERS-PIERCE
 OIL COMPANY.
Newport daily independent., 1904-10-05
New York City.

New York city now contains more Irish than Dublin; more Italians than Florence; more Poles than Warsaw; more Jews than Jerusalem.
Newport daily independent., 1904-10-05
An Improyement.

\ new typewriting machine returns shs carriage automatically when the end of line is reached. % that the CT ssotoT is not compellsd to pAusA-
Newport daily independent., 1904-10-05
TO THE FAIR.

Tickets on sale to St. Louis daily via the Iron Mountain route. $9.55 for the round trip; return limit fifteen days from date of sale. T. H. REAMEY, Agt.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-05
MODEL YACHTSMEN FIND
NEW LAKE A SUCCESS
Hold Impromptu Races to Test Their
Boats on the Big Body of
Wafer

The members of the San Francisco
Model Yachting Club are making
great preparations for the formal
opening of the racing season on the
new Spreckels lake in Golden Gate
Park. This most important event
among sailers of the small craft will
take place on some Sunday during
this month. The date has not been
fixed as yet, but the commodore has
announced that it will take place in
a couple of weeks
The new lake was tried out last
Sunday for the first time since it has
had the necessary four feet of water.
Sailing accommodations were found
much better than on Stow Lake.
where the model yachting has pre-
viously been done.
Many of the model boats were out
for the first time on Spreckels Lake
and the owners. one and all, declared
that the new body of water could not
be improved upon for racing pur-
poses.
An impromDtu trial race between
four of the best boats in the fleet fur
nished the closest and most exciting
race ever held in the park. The
course was an 1S00-foot one and the
fact that all four models finished
within a space of five foot shows how
close the finish was. The first two
boats were inches apart at the finish
The four contending boats were the
Imp, owned by Commodore Henry
London; the Sautee, owned by L. S.
Adams; L. E. Gaudy's Zulu and B.
Jurgens' new Tampa. The Imp car
ried off the honors, but was hard
pressed by the Sautee. The Tampa
was fouled and finished last. This
new model was in fast company, but
made an excellent showing on it's
first time out.
Many new models were in evidence
during the day. H. S. Brindle was out
with a new Brooklyn built sloop
called the Don II. She is fifty-nine
inches over all and resembles the
Don I, which was built on such grace
full lines. The latter boat was sue
cessful two years ago on Stow Lake
and the owner expects its successor to
prove even faster.
The Humboldt II was another new
model seen for the first time on Sun
day. She was built by James Greig
of the Humboldt Evening School. She
is the largest boat in the club. meas
uring 79T inches over all. She showed
considerable speed in the trials on
Sunday.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-05
BAY CITY CLUB PRESENTS
AMATEURS OF ALL KINDS
dicPousf Sights Created by Clown
Like Fighters.

The Bay City Athletic Clubs bill of
boxing last night was a decidedly
unique one, in which amateurs with
and without skill were seen in the
ring.
The first match was a four-round
dispute between Frank Dell and Will
liam Brannan. The two men put up
a ludicrous bout and after four rounds
of clownlike pantomime the decision
was given to Dell.
James Leary of the Diamond Ath-
letic Club and George Cole were the
next pair. They put up a rafting
good fight for four round, when Leary
was declared the winner for his ag-
gressive work.
Young Mcclure and Carl Winters
went a few while it lasted. but a stiff
right to the jaw sent Winters to the
long count in the first round.
Ben Price and Arthur Oliver of the
heavyweight division fought two
rounds, when Oliver knocked his man
out.
Harry Tenny put Manual Torres to
sleep in the second round with a
smashing left to the jaw. Torres put
up great go and is as quick as chain
lightning. The men fought with the
agreement to protect themselves at all
times. The Knockout came in a
breakaway and Torres hit the mat as
if shot. He was carried to his corner
and it was some minutes before he re-
gained consciousness.
The main event was between Jack
O'Brien and Jack O'Brien. Jack
O'Brien won. One of the men was
from the Telegraph Hill Club and the
other halls from the Brooklyn Club.
The south of the slot man successfully
defended the reputation of his neigh
borhood and was given the decision by
forcing the fight.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-05
CORBETT GIVES
ADMIRERS CAUSE
FOR UNEAShESS
Little Champion Shows No
Haste in Settling Down to
Training for His Fight
BRITT is. IN EARNEST
Is Improving Each Shining
Hour at His Quarters at
Croll's Gardens, Alameda


Young Corbett's apparent careless
Jimmy Britt is causing his admirers
some uneasiness. His present intention
is to settle down to training on Tues
day next. This will allow him but fif-
teen days in which to prepare himself
for what is conceded to be a hard bat
tie.
1t was thought the lesson he learned
when he fought Hanlon the first time
would make him cautious. but 1t did
not have lasting effect. If Hanlon
had experienced men behind him that
night the general opinion is that he
would have won. as he caught his op
ponent entirely out of form.
When Corbett fought McGovern here
he was eleven pounds overweight five
days before the contest and was max
ing no effort to get down to the re-
quired figures. He was finally in
duced to take serious view of the
situation and weighed in safely at the
appointed time.
There is a suspicion that Corbett
holds Britt lightly and that he thinks
little training will carry him through
safely. This confidence is likely TO
prove his undoing some day when he
is caught mapping by some strong, am
bilious youngster.
Ten miles on the road at a fast clip
was part of the exercise taken by
Britt in his training work yesterday in
Alameda. With Fred Landers he took
to the highway in the morning and
travelled from CrolPs Gardens to Fruit
vale and return. After an easy rub
down Britt rested until o'clock, when
he went into the gymnasium. There
he pummeled the punching bag for half
an hour and mixed with Landers for
six fast rounds. Jimmy did not go at
Landers as Yiciously as he intends to
later on, for the reason that Landers
is preparing himself to meet Lynn
Trescott, the Australian, in a ten
round preliminary to the Woods Kelly
battle before the Sequoia Club of Oak
land next Tuesday night. Landers is
availing himself of Britt's cleverness
and expects to make his opponent long
for the land of the kangaroo after their
contest.
Frank Rafael is domiciled at Croll's
Gardens and is ready to stand all
kinds of heavy work as sparring part
ner Cor the Californian.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-05
{ CARDINAL MEN
SHOW WELL ON
CINDER PATH
Trainer Moulton Is Loud in
His Praise of the Many
athletes Under His Charge
DoLE'S GREAT WORK
.Ie Shows Remarkable Skill
in Pole Vault, and in the
Broad and the High Jump

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Marc,
Trainer Dad" Moulton has nothing
luE praise for the varsity track can
-Gates and appears well satisfied with
his years prospects on the cinder path.
The men are keeping the strictest
rglning rules and entering into the
<ork with more spirit" said he, than
ny team ] have ever trained. have
hold them back 10 keep them from
verwOrking. The distance men are
ioing particularly good work. 1 am
making some shifts among the men,
hanging some from the short to the
ong distances and vice versa in order
% get them where they belong
Norman Dole. holder OF the coast
ecord IN the pole vault, is perhaps the
lest and most consistent performer
mQng the many men that are on the
rack squad. He has vaulted II feet 3
nches at this early date in the season
nd promises TO make a bid for the
rorld's record in that event before the
eason Is over. He has also entered
he broad jump and high jump. max
ng p feet 6 inches in the former and
feet s1s inches In the latter in recent
rials. Brick West, '06, is also max
ng a good showing in the broad jump,
having jumped q feet 5 inches.
flanagan. '04, and Mcfarland. '07,
re putting up the best showing in the
hurdles and premise To develop into
]oint winners Dunn. 'Oz. Stanford s
rack quarter miller. is being tried in
he 220-yard dash with good results
His best performance has been :23 2-5
or the distance, but he will undoubt-
dly improve upon that within the COM
ng month. In the weights Crawford
o.. Hyde. 'O4. and Van Sickle. 'O5. will
make a formidab bic trio in the intercol-
egiate meet Hyde in the shot put is
he best Of the three and can be counted
n 10 take first place in that event
The varsity baseball nine is proving
onsiderable Of a puzzle On Tuesday
reg put up a miserable exhibition in
be game which Santa Clara defeated
hem II 10 @. Their work was ragged
every department Of the game and
he men were almost wholly unable TO
lir the ball safely. On the following
lay they took g brace and defeated the
Alumni 1 10 ,, putting UP perhaps the
pest game they have played this sea-
son.
Tomorrow. weather permitting, the
Berkeley varsity VIII play the St
-zary-s nine On the Stanford diamond
and the stanford varsity viii cross bats
with the Independents on the Berkeley
diamond This viii give the students
of the two colleges an opportunity TO
see their opponents in action.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-05
RAIN Stops PRACTICE.
University of California Baseball Men
VIII Develop Team Work.

BERKELEY. March $50 much
lime has been lost 10 the varsity base
BAH men OF the University of Califor-
ala on account Of the rains that they
intend 10 make the most Of every clear
day between now and April 2. the day
of the first game against Stanford, get
ting in as much practice as they can.
This leaves little less than one
month for the players to develop into
championship form. which is not any
where near enough, considering that
there are only three vets" from last
year. There were four hoIdover men.
but Hatch, 'O4's catcher. has quit the
game, so that there are only Heit-
muller, Bliss and Adams. With six
places TO iii with new material and
the rains to look after in the bargain.
Coach Jack Mccarthy has had his
hands full
Honest now says Mccarthy.
amt this the hardest kind of luck?
Raining every day. Why don't it quit
ind give US a chance? Here we've
90stpOned FIVE scheduled games and
,ut out practicing every day for
month. Stanford has had a snap.
only lost one or two games. 1t makes
me sore"
But on the whole Mccarthy is salts
led with the prospects for a team.
wen If he isn't with the prospects for
good weather. He thinks he has
picked out the best men the college
has for the nine places. In fact, he
lOes not blame himself so much for
hat as he does the players, who
seemed TO have fitted themselves in
without much fitting or changing.
For instance, Heitmuller seems to
be about the best the college affords
n the way Of a pitcher. Nobody else
can tOu b him for speed and twisters.
he is not as good as Overall by a long
way, but then Overall is good enough
FOR a professional team.
Then there is Bliss in the backstop's
place. Hatch was his only competitor
and he did not stay long.
It's the same way with the infield.
Graham al first, ellis at second.
Adams at short and Strub at third
are all alone in their glory.
II would perhaps be a little better
Tor the team If there were men to
strengthen one or two of these posi-
tons but there are not, so Coach Nc
csrthy takes them for what they are
worth.
In the field there are Hamilton,
sweezy and Wulzen, all OF them fairly
reliable and likely to remain in the
left, center and right gardens respec-
lively. Like the rest Of the team they
IRE not bothered with competitors.
They are a pretty good lot" Nc
,arthy says. and the main thing now
10 get them to work together. We
IRE going TO put IN the rest of the time
practicing up on team work That is
what is needed most"