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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-17
CHICAGO Grain. Market.

CHICAGO. March 1G--Mill weather
the. southwest was aninccntvc for
a,ntinued general selling of wheat by
raiders. AT the close July wheat was
DIT l-S@l-4. May was up rs Corn
$ down l-ihI3-S. Oats show loss of
rs cent. Provisions are practically
unchanged.
The leMlins futures ranged as fol,
lows:
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-17

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21

claws and sometimes two of these three
weapons of defense are found on the same
animal. For exam--j. tie porcup'ne's
teeth are very large and chise,-lke; his
claws are quite long and he is additionally
supplied with a shield of bayonets IN the
shape OF quilts. In captivity his claws grow
into long hooks for want of use in climb
ms. digging, etc, and in trying to manage
his food are Il great bother 10 him. They
would curl up into rings unless cut off by
the keeper. The po-cupine could cut them
off with his sharp teeth, but lie does not
ever seem to think Of that.
In the National Museum is 4 woJdchuck's
skull with the ircisor teeth grown into
it to an extraordinary length and shape.
The rodent family of which the wOodchucs
is member all have large. ch,sel-lke
front teeth, which grow very fast, and I'M
less kept worn down by constant Use are
sure to grow too long to use.
In a similar manner mouse had his
front teeth grown around and around like
The woodchuchs locking like corkscrew.
He was, however, more fortunate than a
second enc, whose tooth grew around into
his skull, penetrated his brain and killed
-:
Accompanying this story is a portrait of
"tLe cow with the crumpled horn In her
case one horn had TO be sawed off twice 10
keep 1t from growing into her skull and
killing her.
While drawing her picture 1t was neces-
sary TO use n rope the size of an ordinary
clothes line around the horn When the
sKetcil was ilniShed an effort WAS ma de to
slip the rope off at the Zip of her horn, but
1t was found to have grown SO close to her
head that 1t could not be done. After I'M
tying the rope ''old crumple" seemed glad
her pose was over ard lost no time in NOV
ing away.
The beautiful tiger at the local Zoo said
to be the largest in captivity, has been
roped and brought 10 the side of his cage
bars and had his claws cut more than once.
He has no tree In his cage To sharpen his
claws on, and In cold weather he il not
permitted outside. where there is one for
him, so his claws have TO be trimmed once
in while for his own comfort. L. is an
operation, however, which the keepers had
just as soon not perform, for ''Ben's'' dispo-
sition is said TO be not as attca ctive as his
striped coat. HARRY Il. BRADFORD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21
"cuLLINa" OYSTERS.

into the snow as confidently as IL he were
glancing ahead through the fragrant clear
air OF a May morning.
"Whcof went vast sound, so close
that 1t would have seemed alongside had
II not come from high overhead. Out shot
the captains arm, down went the ttller, in
came the frozen sheet rope. As the sloop
dipped her nose into the sea with COM
planning smash for being so rudely driven
into a new course, huge sharp-angled
black tower hung over her for moment
and dashed by, almost grazing her. Be-
fore the eye could catch the golden name
on that bow fifty feet up in the air, 1t was
gone.
Lucky for that Teller We didn't hit him."
said the captain solemnly.
We tore past a great can buoy, another
and another. Soon we passed them in
regular procession. showing that New York
harbor was reached. Tugs appeared sud
denly from nowhere and sped across our
bows with deadly spluttering Huge sails.
phantom, glided and vanished. On all sides
sounded whistle. bell and steam siren.
Every foot OF he way seemed beset with
winter death waiting to snatch sloop and
skipper; but she footed it In and out, with
never word. never a nervous move of the
calm captain. till she lay safe and sound
at the oyster wharf In Fulton market slip.
That is the way the crop of the salt sea.
the oyster is carried to market-not quite
so prosaic or safe a market jaunt as the
saunt Of ita cousin OF the land. the potato.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21

each man must bring in many boat loads
before the water is too high to work
1t Is work thar combines In a singularly
complete manner all the acute pleasures
Of digging potatoes. shoveling coal nayi-
CATION and swimming. After day of it g.
man Is ready to lie down on the hard side
Of floor and so to sleep In his wet
clothes.
Culling the Oysters.
When he brings his boat loads in they are
pitchforked and shoveled into huge floating
cribs. built with timbers as big as the
rafters Of house. Here men stand knee
deep in water and 'culr' the oysters, sep
arating them into the various sizes. The
work is done In rain or snow, blizzard or
thaw. In some places there are floating
oyster houses, where the men may do the
sorting under cover. But the average oy-
ster plantation Is Spartan, and the free sky
is roof enough for 1t.
The great cribs are n1oored fore and aft
with chains as big as the anchor chains of
a man of war; yet many times the winter
storm tears them loose stakes and all and
of they drive In the night and gale. Then
the weary men are reused out of hunks to
go after their drifting crop with sail and
oar.
One winter night lone oysternan In
Jamaica bay jumped on his oyster float as
It was breaking away In heavy sea, to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21

seas may be cresting white all over the
wide bays, the winds whipping sedges ana
spars at twenty-five miles an hour; no
body dreams of delay. Hastily the men
drink the thick, black coffee from round
dishes as big as soup bowls, stuff them
and coats, and strap sou-westers around
their chins; and out they push into the
wallowing farm in bobbing f1at-bottomed
boats, whose bows are bearded with ice.
The oysterman's Implements.
The sea farmers agricultural implements
are somewhat like those Of the land There
are great rakes, with the teeth many inches
long and curved into hook-like forms.
There are pitchforks and hoes But the
chief implement is a double rake, Jointed
with a hinge so that the teeth interlock
when 1t is closed, while they cape wide
open If the handles are pulled apart at the
upper end.
This is the implement used to fish up the
oysters. The oysterman, standing up in his
swinging boat, pushes the opened rake
down till its teeth reach bottom. Then he
works the rake along till he knows by the
feel of 1t that 1t is full of shell, when
the teeth are brought together with snap
and the load is hoisted on board
Before a dozen rakefuls are aboard the
oysterman is wet with the water thatdrips
from the wet crop, the water that runs
along the rake handles and thence down
his sleeves, and the spray and waves that
the wind drives over the side of the boat.
Up and down, ceaselessly, go the long
rakes Only occasionally does an oyster
man lay his implement down to beat some
circulation into his chilled arms and hands
There IS no time to rest. The tide waits
for nc, man, particularly in oysterlng; and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21
KNEE DEEP IN WATER.

foes moving SO wickedly that 1t would be
death to venture away from the bit of an
island where they lie.
Sometimes they are not safe even there.
Every year when the ice gets ready to
move, 1t begins to pile up in the head of the
bays, till it forms a vast rampant of broken
and split fragments. Day after day this
mighty battering ram continues to build,
till at last some uncommonly strong tide
is driven into the channels. 1t runs in and
in. till 1t fills up the waterways behind the
Ice barrier. When 1t turns to run back to
sea 1t strains against the obstacle-a n.y.
draulic ram that is bound to make some
thing give. Something does give-down
with a below comes the 'fce shove some
times half mile wide, moving as steadily
and irresistibly as the tide itself
Those who watch it see the white Held
spread out and know that a whole point of
land has been bitten off. They see black
speck tumble before it, and know that
shanty has been sheared off its spiles like
piece of paper. There come thawing days
in late February when two or three shantles
may thus ride a foe, while the inmates
jump wildly from bobbing fragment TO
fragment to reach solid ice and thence
founder to the mainland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21

lash Il fast anew. The gale beat him, ana
off he went driving to sea on the wave
washed thing. that was so fun OF oysters
that 1t was quite submerged.
mel underwear, for he had turned out JUST
as he jumped from his bunk when inc
alarm was given The temperature was
three degrees above zero; the gale was
blowing straight out to sea. The TIDE was
rushing In the same direction. Snow and
sleet came down so thick that his mates
caught only a glimpse OF a red-ciad inquire.
apparently standing in the sea, before u
storm came the yell Goodbye, goodbye,
ye blubber-backed lubbers. I'll cable We
when I strike Europef'
A Remarkable Escape.
We hunted all night for hinl-eight OF
US, cruising hither and thither, following
down the racing tide and peering Into
every cove fo. the strange ship. Not
sign of him did we see-not sign of float
or man could we raise with the glass when
the storm cleared away with the dawn.
Frozen sails were broken out and hoisted
again, and everybody set out for another
hunt, though nobody expected to find any
thing except. perhaps, some broken tim
bers in the surf of the inlet, seven miles
away. But scarcely had the searchers
sailed a mile before the foremost one set
up shout: and few minutes afterward
doomed figure, red-clad, dancing with
wildly beating arms.
BY some mad freak Of the tempest his
crazy craft had run siam-bang into steel
buoy that was anchored in the very middle
of the inlet; and with his uncommon
strength, the lone navigator had managed
to get flashing of rope around the thing
and there, beaten by seas, he had ridden
out the storm.
He escaped with nothing worse than
frost-bitten foot. Within a week he was
out again in his boat longing for oysters
and as ready to sally forth in the night to
save boats or floats If nothing out Of
the common had occurred.
Icebound for Weeks.
Often an oystering crew is icebound for
weeks on its patch Of marsh island where
the oyster shanty stands While all the
shallow stretches of the bay are frozen
solid, so that no boat can get through
them, the tide, changing four times every
twenty-four hours, keeps the channels
open. Thus there is too much open water
to permit walking, and too much ice for
navigation. If the shoals freeze solid
enough to permit men to haul flat-bottomed
boats, they often try to work their way
precariously to the mainland, for hard
earned day Of play and fun ashore or
visit to their families. But generally the
oeaseless action of the tides keeps the ice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21

And the gathering Of this potato of the
salt is somewhat more deadly too,
than the pursuit of the peaceful vegetable
o. the land
Wintry Farming.
Because In the soft summer months when
oystering would be a truly pleasing occupa-
ton, the perverse shellfish Is too busy with
domestic duties to taste good, the oyster
Is in style only in months with an 81 in
them.
The months with an ''r'' in them also
have a roar In them-the roar of time, the
landsman thinks of the seashore only to
shlver, the ocean farmer goes forth with
rake and tongs to look over his crop. When
theater parties. wrapped in soft furs. come
budding into warm restaurants and order
Blue Points and Lynn Ravens and Rocka-
ways on the half shell. the oyster sloops,
loaded till decks are almost flush with the
cold green sea, are drowning off shore In
their thrash to market with the next day 8
supply.
When pillars of snow dance through the
deserted streets in the arms of the drunken
February gales, the oyster men are lying
far off shore in hunks in crazy shanties
perched on spiles in the midst of black
waters or In tiny cabins on lurching sloops,
that jerk all night long at ice-hung anchor
cables.
At low water they are routed out. If low
water comes anywhere near dawn Inc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21
FREAKS OF NATU RE
Study Of Animals in Their
Various States.
THOSE IN CAPTIVITY
HEALTH THE RULE WITH THOSE
RUNNING WILD
However Offensive Some Animals
Weapons Are They Often Injure
Themselves With Them.

Nature is generally looked upon as be-
ing perfect. Man has so far lost his natu-
raj instincts that when he wishes to know
what is really natural he turns his at
tention to the lower animals and studies
their habits and conditions. So long as
an animal is studied in its natural en-
vironment and state the comparison may
be profitable, but when the animal is do
mesticated or kept in an environment
foreign to its natural one the case is very
different While with wild animals health
is the rule, that of tame ones is, as in the
case of man, rather the exception.
However offensive some animals natu-
raj weapons are to other animals, they
may also become offensive to themselves
under certain conditions.
MANY animals have either horns, teeth or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21
Testing Flour at the Big Mills.
From the Weeks Progress.

from the week 8 PrOEress.
1t is surprising to note the difference that
exists between the various brands of flour.
It all depends on how the flour is milled
and on the kin,i of wheat from which 1t Is
made. Flour made from hard spring wheat
will give from twenty to forty more loaves
OF bread per barrel than that made from
the softer winter wheat. 1t contains a
larger percentage Of gluten and absorbs
more water. Thu mills are exceedingly care
full about the lind OF flour they send out.
and the testing department is one of the
most important branches. After the fionr
is ground comes the crucial test. A sample
Is taken and ma de up into bread. We have
four bakings e day. and from twenty to
thirty loaves art baked each time. each one
representing i,ample OF -four After the
test has been mes the bread is turned over
to the Associated Charities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21
PROTECT ORC HARD:S
Winter Birds and the Good
They Do.
ALL SHOULD lie A R N
FARMERS HAVE PLENTY LITERA-
TURE TO READ.
Every Phase of the Subject Dealt With
in Government Pamph-
lets.

The Intelligent agriculturjst no longer
allows prejudice and supers ,ition to inter-
fere with his interests; he desires IN al
cases to act from knowledge and reason,
based either on his personal observation OF
on the experience of some one whose au-
thority he knows to be reliable There was
a time and not so very long ago. either
when many believed that an inoHensiFe
lady whom from some lack of reason the9
had decided to term witch, couid cause
their cattle to become diseased and die by
merely looking at them. This superstition
passed away, and its place was taken pS
others. among them the idea That many OF
the birds, particularly the BIRDS OF prey
were the enemies of the agriculturist rms
sunerstition was handed down from father
TO son. and even today there are farmers
who believe they are acting for their own
interest by shooting every hawk ana owl
thew see. Others, still more behind the
times shoot robins and other song-plrds'
because they take a few berries or grapes
The Intelligent farmer, however, no longer
goes by guesswork, and refuses TO act De-
cause "they say that such ana sueh a
thing is So If the birds which frequent ms
farm are a real menace to his business ne
wants to know it, and he takes the trouble
to find out. If they are doing MS farm
more good than harm he wants to know
that and when he QOeS KNOW IL Hc 10 Juse
as anxious to protect them as his grand
father may have been to destroy them.
Read the Subject Up.
The easiest way for the farmer, or for
any one else for that matter. to find out
in general way which Of the birds are
beneficial and which are harmful to us is to
write to the Secretary of Agriculture for
free pamphlets on this subject. These pub
locations contain the results of careful ex-
periments made by the government, at
great expense and without prejudice for or
against the birds, directly for the benefit OF
the farmer, and indirectly for the benef1t OF
the entire country. The best way Tor MN
to get the same information is to go OUT on
his farm and into the country surrounding
It, and watch the birds at their. daily worA,
not iust when they happen to be IN the
cherry tree or the poultry yard, put al
through the year. He may not nave time
to do this during warm weather, but even
In winter he can get some slight idea or the
value of the wild birds by carefully watch
ing those which are on his premises at this
season. Let him go into his orchard and
see for himself what some of the birds are
doing for his fruit trees.
An Useful Bird.
Probably one of the first he will see will
be q woodpecker of some kind, and in that
case he is sure to see very useful bird.
OF the forty odd species and subspecies of
woodpeckers in this country, only one Is
sometimes destructive to the trees This Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21
Lost In Missouri.

Err IN the Carthage Democrat
Lost-A large winter lap robe, calf and
girl on one side, other side plain Reward II
returned to Wells & Virgins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21
What Plant Breeders Nav Do.

Here is what Luther Burbank says plant
breeders may do: Cultivation and care
may help plants to do better work tenn
porarily, but, Ivy breeding, plants may be
brought into existence which will do bet
ter work always in all places. and for all
time. Plants are to be produced which
will perform their appointed work better,
quicker and with the utmost precision
Science sees better grains, nuts, fruits
and vegetables all in new forms, sizes col
Ors and favors, with more nutriants and
less waste and with every Injurious and
poisonous quality eliminated and with
power to resist sun, wind. rain frost and
destructive fur gus and insect pests. 1t
sees better fruits without stones, seeds or
spines; better fiber, coffee, tea, spice. rub
Der. oil, paper and timber trees and better
sugar starch. color and perfume plants.
Every one Of these and ten thousand more
are within the reach of the most ordinary
skill in plant breeding.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21
An Useful Bird.

Probably one of the first he will see VIII
be q woodpecker of some kind, and in that
case he is sure to see very useful bird.
OF the forty odd species and subspeeies of
woodpeckers in this country, only one is
sometimes destructive to the trees. This Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21
Going Blind but True.

Somewhere in the east the sun was ris-
ing vague tightening of the gloom told
of 1t. No other sign of day came Not a
buoy, not mark of any kind had been
sighted. Yet the old slOop tore on unde-
waiting. and the old captain sat relaxed in
his place, twiddling the tiller and peering
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21

The Marriage Of the Lettuces.
One Of the strange things is the mar
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-05-04
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-05-04
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