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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-18
Moving Large Trees.

A French expert on tree planting re-
ports great success III moving large
trees at night. He takes them up late
In the evening after 10 O'clock, moves
them as rapidly as possible and wa
ters the soil and the branches bearing
the buds. The results were excellent.
only two Of the large shade trees dy-
Ing, although a number Of the species
are considered hard to transplant For
the first fifteen days after transplant
ing he advises that the boughs and
leayes Of the tree be abundantly sprin-
killed..
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-18
Aluminium shoea For uor.e..

In the Russian army aluminium
horseshoes are said to have been tried
with good results. A few horses In the
Finland dragons were first chosen
and shod with one aluminium shoe and
three iron shoes each. The experiments
showed that the aluminium shoes pre-
served the foot better than the iron
ones.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-18
chicken win nm Extra Leg.

n. r Whiteside Of Cricket avenue
Ardmore, Pa. recently had a large del.
egatIon OF Ardmore residents at his res,
idence viewing Ardmores latest freak
three legged chicken. says Phila-
delphla dispatch. The third leg is be-
tween its two natural legs and hangs
under its tail Since the chicken was
Matched all the other poultry In the
chicken house have ignored the three
legged wonder, and 1t II obliged to trot
around on its three legs by itself
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-18

Farm land values in Pennsylvania.
a. officially stated for 1908, were az
follows: Improved. 5000 per acre; av-
erage. $50 Farm wages ranged as
follows BY the year, with board. $1s7,
summer months, SO; by the day, with
board. 81; BIZ the day. without board.
Fl.40; by the whole year without
board. $3.50; In harvest. by the day.
S155: household help. female. with
30ard. 1926 i week.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-18
Salt

salt Is not only d good disinfectant
externally, but it is often taken In cases
OF poisoning. A handful Of salt dis
solved ia water will generally be sutti-
cient to induce the vomiting always
necessary after swallowing poison. Il
should Of course be given immediately.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-18
cherubIni.

Cherubini copied all his own scores,
aud that with such care that the manu-
script looks as though printed He
even copied all the orchestral parts, for,
rs he said. there Is always something
10 be learned in copying music"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-18
Tnsanitary Persia.

Persians dump their household ref
use into deep cesspools dug inside Of
the house, These cesspools have no
outlet and help 10 acco1nt FOR that
country being the hotbed OF cholera.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-18
H0TETS an SrHRnny TATF

EtWEHsas1 VI J~IkKNUUlF LNNL.
Leland House ~. ". e. r Leland. Mgr.
Schroon Lake. MY.
0ndawa House, ..-...... r. c. Bailey.
Schroon Lake. n. Y.
Taylor House land IS Cottages, c. F. TayIoy. r..
Mgr, IaYlor's on Sehroon. N. Y.
Watch Rock Hotel George Cecil, Prop.
Adirondack, N. II
Moon Hill Camp Miss Helen Warner. Proc.
PottersviiIe. N. 7.
Wells House. ....... j. B. Wells, Prop.
POtterSvilIe. n \.
For rates please write to the above addresses.
also for booklets and further information.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-18
SCHROON LAKE
The Finest Lake
In the Adironda

Via Adirondack Railroad TO Riverside and
Levers Coaches and Steamer Evelyn.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-18
TOM TAGCART'S WAY.
Anecdotes About the Democratic
National Chairman.
HOW He SOON SOLVED A PUZZLE.

A sample of HIS cIevernesa at sieight
Of Hand worI<--One Of His Political
Parade NoveIties-IEis Kindness to
an old Irishwoman-Rcsui Of Conn
pact With a Drunken Man.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19

The lower animals do not draw
very fine distinctions; civilized men
measure things by millimeters. A saw
age who is building a hut gets two
poles which seem about the same
length, and a difference of a foot or
two doesn't matter: man who builds
a locomotive, or a safe door. or type
writer. or a chainless bicycle must
have fittings that win not vary by the
hundredth Of an inch. An essential
condition Of culture is unremitting
care for a host Of trifies. all of which
unite to make the perfect whole
Without accuracy and punctuality, no
civilization. All our sense of beauty
Is perhaps merely the recognition that
certain ferns have exactly hit an I'M
pereeptible battle-ground between an
infinite number of slightly different
possibilities. II there is any one thing
which shows an educated man q don't
say college man, for it must be ad-
mitted that this is usually the very
thing that a college man is as ignor-
ant OF as the nakedest savage in the
heart OF Australia) it is that he knows
the enormous, fateful, all-signifcant
difference between thing which is
right and a thing which is almost
right; that he approaches the great
truth that the difference between 80
and 100 is not /, but infnity.-J. I.
Hatfield.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
Invasion
of Chino

The reason for this reformation Of
China is explained in a most striking
article on Some Of the Conclusions
Which May be Drawn from the Siege
of the Foreign Legations in Pekin,Y
published in the February Cornhill.
The writer is the Rev Roland Allen,
Of the Church Of England Mission, PEE
kin, and it is impossible to read his
paper and doubt that he is a man
Of sense and judgment He speaks
from knowledge and from the heart,
and is no mere sensation-monger
Again, he is, we should say, in no
sense the kind of person whose mind
has been daunted or unhinged by the
terrible experiences of last summer,
and who has given way to unreason-
ing pessimism He indicates how
formidable is the influence of the anti
foreign feeling among the Chinese by
showing that it is based on moral
grounds. A mere savage prejudice
against the white man would not
greatly matter for it might be ex-
pected to die out Of itself. But the
present hatred Of the foreigner is
founded on Chinese reason,
if you willard is no mere whim of
ignorance. The Chinese feel toward
US much as many white men feel to-
ward them The foreigner is held to
be evil because he has a perfectly
different outlook on life from that Of
the Chinaman and appears bent on
overthrowing all that the Chinaman
reveres in life and civilization, and
regards as necessary to a happy and
even decent existence. Hence China
men who are not bad men in them
selves feel bound to condone almost
any atrocities that may save them
from what they loathe and dread SO
inexpressibly-the arrogant domina-
tion of the foreigner. They
feel as we should feel, supposing the
parts were reversed. and our ports
were held by various sections of the
Chinese race-some Of whom were
bent on forcing their trade on us, and
some on political and territorial ag-
grandizement, some on conversions
to their own religious and moral stan
dards, but all of whom were filed, or
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
Chinese Seliuister as Il Selatthmaker.
0see0eoeeseeoeeeaeeeea asaoeeeaseo0aee0ee0eee

The representative Of the Chinese
government at Washington, Minister
WI, gives himself credit, and appar-
entity with reason for being a match
maker In proof of his ability in this
line he tells the following story:
4 attended a marriage ceremony
about year ago and among the
bridesmaids was Miss Blank. the
daughter Of Senator Blank. After the
ceremony there was a reception, and
in the course Of it said to Miss
Blank: 1 suppose I shall have the
pleasure of attending your wedding
soon? Tne young lady said there was
no prospect of sucn an event. Why
don't you get married.? | asked She
replied that she could not do SO until
some one asked her OH said l.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
ABOUT SUN SPOTS.
Tho idea of Their Association with
Famines Not New One.

Tho idea of Their Association with
Famlnes Not New One.
The idea Of an association between
sun spots and famines is not new
one. Economists are to some extent
familiar with it, as the contempora-
neous occurrence of certain sun spot
conditions and hard times have from
time to time heen noted This fact has
suggested the probability of some con-
neetiLn between them, but their wide
separation in both space and character
has usually been accepted as prec.ud-
ing the possibility of any such inter-
relation. as they have consequently
been relegated to the realm Of acei-
dental condolences. In a paper re-
Gently read before the Royal Society,
however, Sir Norman Lockyer and DR..
w. J. S. Lockyer present, as the result
Of careful investigation, an array CT
facts, which, though they do not prove
the two phenomena to be related as
cause and effect, go some ways toward
doing so, says the Philadelphia Times.
4
that when the area Of spots was great
est the unknown lines in their spectra
we're widened, and that when the area
was least the known lines we're widen
ed. From this they drew the inference
that a maximum area of sun spots ac-
companies a great increase in tenn
perature, and that there are
periodic changes Of solar tenn
perature, maximum. being fol-
lowed by mean and then a
minimum. A comparison of the rain
fall statistics Of several countries with
spectrum records was then made ard
it was found that in India heavy rains
generally occurred in the year follow
ing the mean condition, at dates near
to but a little earlier than the maxima
and the minima Of sun spots, the same
rule applying to snowfall. Between
these. periods Of rainfall. in the same
country. there are periods Of drought
These are found to correspond to
the intervals between the maxima and
minima of solar temperature shown by
the fluctuations in the spots. Apply
ing these data to the famine records
they discovered that all the famines OF
India since 1886 occurred during these
intervals and that if the maxima were
assumed to reappear every eleven
years that the famines Of 1886. 1877.
1860. 1S6S-es, 1850 and 1ssO-e2 would Mt
exactly with the central points or
mean condi6pns between minima and
maxima, wzich took place in 1886,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
FORAGE IN UNITED STATES.
Work Of Deprtasret of Agriculture In
the souihwest 0

Work OF DepNtH.eot OF agriculture IN
the souihwest. D
"As early as 1874, Dr. George Vaser,
the botanist Of the agricultural depart
ment, began his work on the improve
ment Of the forage supply Of the
United States. At that time the hay
product Of the country amounted to
about 250O0O tons per annum. In
the Northern States the forage prob
lem was already, in the main, solved;
but in the South and in the West there
was a deplorable lack of suitable for
age plants New England and New
York had brought their grasses and
cloyers from Great Britain, and owing
to a general similarity OF climate had
found them satisfactory. Their use
had extended also to the middle west
with equal success. With the increase
Of stock raising in the cotton country
Of the South however, it was found
that the old and well-known forage
plants must be replaced by others, bet
ter suited to the warmer climate. Dur
ing the next decade, following the
rapid depletion Of the wild forage sup
ply Of the far west and the establish
ment of homesteads throughout that
region the similar discovery was made
that the common forage plants Of the
East could not withstand the dry cli-
mate. For many years the department
brought together by correspondence
information along these two lines. and,
? in foI H. ~, hn ~
book entitled, THE Agricultural
Grasses of the United States" In the
year 1883 the lump sum appropriated
for botanical investigations and ex-
periments was increased from $4,000
to $4,000, and the establishment OF
forage experiment stations was at Gar
den City, in western Kansas. A large
number Of grasses, both native and
foreign was cultivated at the station
without irrigation. At the end Of the
five years lease in 1893, after the va
rious species clearly not adapted to the
region had been thrown out year by
year, the experiment resulted in the
demonstration that two forage plants,
Hungarian bronze and red Kaffir corn,
and one grain, Jerusalem corn, were
the crops best suited to cultivation in
those portions Of the southern great
plains where irrigation was imprac-
ticabIe. A few other plants, notably
Colorado bluestem, gave promise OF
success. and their cultivation has since
been followed in other portions Of the
plains. The station was an object les
sen to the thousands of despairlng
farmers. 1t showed them that Kaffir
corn could produce good crop when
everything else was killed by the
drouth; that Ka1ir corn was the equal
Of maize for fattening hogs and feed
ing farm stock. and that it could be
made into good bread.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
Hatred For For
eigners is Based
on Chinese Rea~
Gnn-NR Z " N2 w

seemed TO us, filled win the idea OF
domination in one form or another,
and all Of whom were working to
break down our national independence
and to substitute something different.
Against that yellow peril" we shoulc
feel that almost any weapon was al
lowable. AT any rate we should not
be deferred from rallying the nation
to a supreme effort of resistance by
the fact that many atrocious crimes
had been committed on the Chinese
interlopers. No excuses, however
good, for their invasion or interfer-
ence would be allowed to weigh in
the balance against the instant dread
Of the conquering or dominating
Cinnamon. Again, however bad, ty-
rannous, corrupt and feeble we might
think our own government, we should
resolve to stand by it till we had got
rid of the yellow peril" That peril
would only weld this nation together,
but If the danger were at our doors,
it would weld all Europe and make a
concert of the Christian powers such
as the world has hitherto never seen.
Now we do not mean for a moment
to suggest that the Chinese are right
in thinking of the white men as they
do think of them, or to compare Chi
nese civilization with our own-if
their system is really as good as ours,
then Christianity has no meaning
but we do say that it is essential to
understand the Chinese point of view,
and the consequences that flow from
it. We conquered India comparative
ly easily because we we're not op-
posed by this moral force in any Wig
orous shape. The various races of
India may not have like the intrud-
ing foreigner, but they had no horror
of him, no passionate fear that he
meant to uproot their own cherished
civilization, and no conviction that
their own social system was so pre-
cious that it was worth making enor-
nous sacrifices to save it. But the
Chinese have that feeling. and this
feeling makes them truly a nation,
and gives them the power Of resist
ance. That is the gist Of Mr.. Aliens
testimony London Spectator.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
what the suItan spends.

The yearly expenses Of the sultan Of
Turkey have been estimated at no less
a sum than $30.OOO,O0O. OF this ST.
SOC. 900 alone is spent on the clothing
Of the women and 100000 on the sui
tan's own wardrobe. Nearly $500 600
is swallowed up by presents, s5,63e,00O
goes for pocket money, and still an
other s5,0OO,0OO for the table. It seems
incredible that so much money can
possibly be spent in a year by one man
but when it is remembered that some
fifteen hundred people live within the
palace walls, live luxuriously and
dress expensively at the cost Of the
civil list. it appears a little more COM
prehensible.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19

Ordinary folk were much amused at
an example Of how seriously H. NJ.
ships observe the navy regulations
which occurred during the demonstra-
tion to welcome the governor general.
As the seven war ships steamed slow
ly in line up Sidney Harbor, the flag
ship Royal Arthur, which was lead
ing, carefully took soundings every
few minutes. Each war vessel in the
procession solemnly 'hove the lead. :"
even the tiny gunboat Karrakatta
being most anxious to learn il the tide
(the water was evidently deep enough
for the big flagship in front Of herr
was sufficiently high to enable her to
reach her moorings.-Sidney Bulletin.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19

r. in speaking OF chance. we mean
simply something whose cause we do
not know. it may be allowable to use
the word. but II We mean by It any
thing which happens without a cause
1t is an injurious failacy, which should
be banished from every mind and
every lip. II we remember that every
chance is only an illustration OF our
own ignorance. we shall be less likely
to use the word inadvlsedly, and If we
hahitually search for the causes Of
things and turn our ignorance into
knowledge, we shall gradually curtail
the idea Of it within narrower and
truer limits.-Phlladelphia Public
Ledger.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
TESTING OF DIAMONDS
How to Show whether Supposed Pre-
clous stones Are Genuine.

How to show whether Supposed Pre-
cIous Stones Are Genuine.
Although you may not be an expert
at precious stones, there are three
ways in which you can tell whether
a diamond is real or not. /
First boil the stone in boracic acid
to preserve the polish upon the surfaced
of the stone. Then heat the jewel in
a gas flame and drop it into some coldI
water while it is hot. If it is real
diamond it will stand the test without
cracking to pieces. If an imitation, the
stone will crack and crumble to pieces.
The second method is as follows: Take
a cup of water-a black cup, gutta
percha, or any dark stone cup is bests
-and drop two stones into the water,
the one a diamond and the other,
which is known to be ordinary crys-l
tai. The diamond, if true one, will
shine a clear white through the water
and will be clearly visible, while the
other stone will blend with the water
in such way as to be almost imper-
ceptible in the water. Another plan
is to procure surface Of striped pa
per-red and white stripes are the most
suitable-and pass the suspected stone,
slowly over its surface. If the colors
show through the stone it is some va
riety of crystal and not diamond. A
real diamond will not show the vari-
ETY. of colors, but will look the same
over the red as well as the white
stripes. London Express.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19

The court of Lausanne recently rem
dered a very important decision, which
is thought to strike at personal liber-
ty. An Italian woman rented a room
in that city. A few months later she
departed, leaving behind her a box
containing wearing apparel Intending
to return for her property she took
the key Of the room with her. A short
time afterward she removed her trunk.
but forgot to return the key of the
room to the landlady. For this of
fense' she was sentenced to seven
days Imprisonment The newspapers
are up in arms against this judgment.
Philip Jamin, in Chicago Record.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19

The servant question does not exist
for the women of Japan. A well-to-do
family has generally fifteen servants.
Wages are low. A nurse commands 81
a month; the pay of cook averages.
from s1.5O to 81 per month, with board
and clothing. In households where
the European mode Of living has not
been adopted, the hours OF meals are
generally breakfast. consisting Of rice,
dried fish and vegetables. at 7 or s in
tho morning, a meat luncheon (beef
or poultry ct y and supper in the
evening from to s. The national bev-
erage is wine. Dinner is served on
small lacquer trays.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19

The circumstances in which Aida"
was produced are worth a passing note.
The idea Of the opera was first sug-
gested to Ismail Pasha. the then khc-
dive Of Egypt. and Verdi was commits
stoned to write It. being left to name
his own price This he fixed a. $4,000,
and as Ismail did not willingly allow
a question Of money to interfere with
the gratiication OF his pleasure. Yer
dis terms were accepted. and he was
even offered an additional $4,000 to
proceed 70 Cairo to superintend the
production. This. however. he declined
to do. and for no more valid reason
than his unconquerable fear Of trust
ing himself on the sea.-London
Chronicle
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
Tome Anecdotes * oe
80 ~ and Incidents


sergeant, but he recalled the ammuni-
tion incident and was very cordial. It
was arranged that the five old chaps
should be at Gen. Howard's half an
hour before the reception was to begin
that evening.
At the appointed hour. clad In their
best boots glistening, hands in white
gloves, and as erect as veterans Of their
age and experience would allow. they
appeared on the walk in front Of Gen.
Howard's house.
Have them come in" Gen. Grant
said and they went direct to his room
After shaking hands both hands with
his two hands-he turned to the clus-
ter Of officers and men and women and
asked them to excuse him for a time.
and then led them to another room,
where for more than half an hour the
six veterans Of two wars had a re-
union. The general remembered and
alluded to the mule tanning experience
He had many pleasant words for each.
Hundreds cf ladies and gentlemen had
gathered in and about the house. Twice
Gen. Howard went to the door to tell
Gen. Grant that the hour for the re-
ceptlon to begin had arrived. and twice
the general had said: Wait few min
utes more"
Then. after he had taken each by
the hand and spoken tender good
by. he stepped to the door and called
out:
Howard go ahead with the recep-
ton"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
POURED 1T INTO THE LEMONADE
TANK ("

says the Punxsutawney Spirit Put
in spite Of the attractiveness OF the
young lady and the excellent purpose
TO which the proceeds were to be de-
voted, business was slow Three young
men Matched out a very wicked scheme
10 stimulate business. and incidentally
stimulate the crowd in attendance at
the festival. They procured a quart Of
whisky, and when the attention OF the
young lady was attracted elsewhere
poured il into the lemonade tank. They
then began telling about the excellent
quality OF the lemonade. A number Of
people tried It and reported to their
friends.
Business began TO boom.
1t was only a little while until the
tank was empty. and had TO be realled.
II was a great hit
Some time afierward. when one OF
the wicked young men confessed the
diabolieal conspiracy to stimulate the
sale Of lemonade. and 1t came to the
cars OF the minister's wife, she cried
about it and said it was a scandalous
shame
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19

Is trial by jury becoming less popu-
lar? There would certainly seem to
be some ground for believing that it
is. The proportion Of actions to be
tried without juries in the Queens
Bench division duripr the present
term is exceptionally l4ge, the Jury
cases number 2ss, and the nonjury
cases 100. Even more striking is the
want Of faith in trial by jury dis
played by litigants in the county
courts.-Lonlon Law Journal