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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-20

Every ton Of Atlantic water, when
eyaporated. Yields 81 pounds Of salt;
a ton Of Pacific water. 70 pounds; Arc-
tic and Antarctic waters yield So
pounds 70 the ton, and Dead sea water
Isl pounds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-20
penaturized.

Now that this country has new
board OF naturalization, why not nat
uralze the American millionaire who
insists on spending every summer abroad
instead Of seeing America frstf- Den.
ver Republican
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-20
NO RACE SUICIDE.
Declares Chief Pidgin Among Massachu-
setts, Mothers.

Boston, July 20. Chief Pidgin Of the
Massachusetts buerau of statistics Of
labor has issued bulletin dealing with
race suicide in Massachusetts in which
be takes issue with the United States
governments census report on the same
subject The latter reported there was
347 children under iive years Of age To
each thousand women in the state. Chief
Pidgin says each thousand OF mothers
have borne 3.95S children.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-20
But He,a Keeninp Cool.

The fear Is expressed that peary Il
lost in the Arctic regions Maybe lie
has simply struck fashionable Summer
resort up there and has had to pawn
everything 10 pay his expenses, l.ouis-
willie Post
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-20
Tomorrow,s Football.

The following players Of the Bon
accord football club win play Saturday,
July 81: Goal, !. Freeland; backs, j..
Black, A. Walker; half backs, G. Walk
er, FL Clark, r. Stewart; forwards, q.
IRELAND, A. Stewart, J. 7. Robertson;
reserve, J. Hughes Players are request
ed to meet al club house at 2 p. IN.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-20
Out for Tatonic Cup.

Manchester, July 2o The golf tourn-
anent for the Iatonic cup began here
Yesterday on the Ekwanok links, with
5O entries, including Y. J. Alsop, Il. M.
sherman, Sheriff. sherman, i. Herres.
hoff and Nj. X. Waters.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-20
MURDERED in A
BUFFALO SALOON
Joseph Rego, the yictim--The Bartend-
er Is Under Arrest for the
Crime.

Buffalo, y. y, July 20.-Joseph Rego.
a Hungarian laborer, was murdered last
night III Louis Neissf saloon III Finn
avenue Samuel Price the bartender,
is under arrest charged with the crilne
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-20

Baby camels are great pets In South
Africa, and are nnrsed ard tended and
even carried about by their attendants.
During the first few months they weigh
no more than ali ordinary dog.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-20
BOOTS" MCMAHON IN TOWN.
Will Be Given Try-out at Game This
Afternoon.

Boots Mcmahon, who was fielder
on the Intercity team last year arrived
IN this city this afternoon and will
probably be given try-out with the
Champs this afternoon. Mcmahon was
with the Plattsburg team the first part
Of the season.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-20

Babylon was burned by Cyrus when
taken y. CAsaS, but the city was re-
built with greater splendor than before.
IT'S flnal destruction was by fire after
siege and capture.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-20

AZ the annual meeting of the Bfattlc.
hero incorporated school district Tues
dav evening, the election Of officers
WAS postponed for two weeks. Il was
votcd to cooperate with the Woman's
Club III introducing y school tor manual
training for children over ten years Old
during part Of the summer n lvVt
usina whatever rooms IN the nigh school
building are needed. A tax rate Of ~
cents was voted,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-20
London Markets Flat.

London, July 90 All the markets
are aat today on scare prevailing over
Russian situation and outlook.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-20
nnnk af England Notes.

A Bank OF England note is payable
on demand after the lapse Of any num-
Der Of years since its issue
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-20

Fred w. Bacon and Anna N. Cuyett,
both of West Bolton, were married at
JeIFsrsonville on July i0 BY Rev. Henry
6. Howard.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13

death cup. The former has been used
in Europe for hundreds of years as
fly poison, and in Asia it was formerly
used as an intoxicant. Cattle are pois-
oned by this species as well as men,
and it is supposed that the flesh of live
stock so poisoned is rendered unwhole-
some. The death cup is not quite so
large as the fly amanita and is not so
attractive in appearance to the mex
perienced and experimenting epicure.
A large number Of cases of poisoning
have been attributed to this fungus; in
most of them it was supposed to be edi-
BILE, and in a few instances the mere
handling of the plant caused serious
trouble.
The bulletin above mentioned goes
on to describe the common poisonous
weeds and plants of the country some
of which are thriving in abundance in
the East, West, North and South, and
it is believed covers the weeds which
bring harm to the farmer Of every Sec
ton. The following is the list OF
plants described in the bulletin
Fly amanita mushroom, death cup
mushroom, false hellebore, pokeweed,
corn cookie dwarf larkspur Wyoming
larkspur, purple larkspur, choke cherry,
wolly loco weed, stemlesS loco weed, rat
tlebox, caper spurge, snow on the noun
tain, poison Ivy, poison oak, poison SUI
mac red buckeye, water hemlock, oregon
water hemlock, poison hemlock, broad
leaf laurel narrow-leaf laurel, great
laurel, staggerbush, branch ivy, jimson
weed, black nightshade, bittersweet,
SneezeWeed.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13
Breeding Sturdy Lettuce.

Through the process of forcing"
owners of greenhouses are able to
produce crops, weeks and months
before they could arrive at maturity
through natural courses. In addition
the crop is made to develop far more
rapidly and to attain proportions
such as nature could not accomplish.
From $2,500,O0O to 100000 worth
Of lettuce alone is "forced" in the
United States each winter. Green
house gardeners in an endeavor to
"get rich quick" have failed to note
that this forcing was weakening
their stock until now the weak let
tuce often becomes so diseased in the
dollhouse that it is by no means rare
for a gardener to lose an entire crop
Of greenhouse lettuce by a disease to
which these overstrained plants are
particularly liable.
DR.. b. L. Galloway, chief of the
Bureau of Plant Industry, in order to
correct this evil, has been working for
two seasons ON this subject and has
at last succeeded in obtaining a crop
Of winter lettuce plants immune to
the lettuce disease. At the same time
the plants are Of large size and capa-
BILE of developing as early as the most
specialized Of winter lettuce. This
work has involved much time and the
sarifice of thousands of plants. Seed
Of healthy winter lettuce was planted,
and at the proper time
the plants were crossed with
wild lettuce-a species free from
disease. Millions Of seeds of these
cross-bred plants were sown in beds
a thousand in each-and out Of each
thousand two or three of the largest
and best were taken, while the rest
were destroyed. From these extra
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13

The calf and its mother remain to-
gether for about nine months, the
mother, of course, providing food and
shelter for the younger animal. But
after that length of time has elapsed
she will try to get away. In order to
do this she will often travel miles up
stream. so as to leave no scent, and,
as rule, she succeeds in accomplish
ing her purpose.
The bulls have a peculiar grunting
sound by which they call to the cows.
A man can initiate the call after long
practice, but not so perfectly as to de-
ceive them. The only way in which this
ruse can be successfully carried out
is to make your call at the same time
that the moose make their noise. In
this manner / have called them under
the branches of the tree in which
have been sitting from distances as
great as mile or more.
The males also have an odd habit Of
striking their antlers against trees,
making sound that rings clear as a
bell, after which they below long and
loud. On quiet night they can be
heard miles away. This appears to be
their mode of expressing defiance and
challenging rival to contest.
AntIerS No Handicap.
1t is astonishing to see them go
through the woods while bearing their
immense branching antlers. They cal
culate the distance between two trees
to a nicely and hardly ever strike
branch. But perhaps the strangest
part of this performance is that this
does not seem to retard their speed
in the slightest.
In the summer they seek the water,
where they will not be pestered by
flies, and stay there during most of the
warm weather. AS they are not built
to reach the grass with their jaws, be-
ing very high in the forequarters, they
feed on lily pads, roots, watercress and
moose maple during the summer. The
watercress grows chiefly in deep
water and to reach it the moose dive
in water from ten to fifteen feet in
depth, leaving only their heels visible.
They stay under from minute to a
minute and half and usually do their
diving at night. When they have filled
their large jaws they proceed to sort
out such parts as they want and eat
them leisurely
When autumn approaches they take
to the rocks and high places, where
they live on yellow birch and white
willow tops. They stand on their hind
legs to reach the top of a birch tree
fifteen feet above the ground, snap 1t
off, and then pull off the young shoots.
In the winter they sustain themselves
on lichens, ground hemlock and white
cedar.
When the snow becomes deep and
the temperature is far below zero. they
herd together in some dense cedar
swamp and trample down the snow
Often as many as sixty gather at one
time in this way.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13
MOOSE In NATIVE WILDS.
ANTLERED KING OF AMERICAN
FOREST ABOUNDS IN REMOTE
NORTHWEST REGIONS.

Senses Developed to Remarkable
Degree-Feed Partly Under Water
in Summer-Many Bulls Killed in
Fratracidal Battles.
Few people have any conception Of
the astuteness Of the moose, said sue
cessful hunter who is exceptionally
we'll acquainted with the habits Of this
splendid game animal, in speaking of
a recent trip. They possess a keenness
Of scent and hearing that is almost be-
yond belief, and an intelligence that is
seldom credited to them by any one
except those who have devoted consid-
cradle time to studying them and
their ways.
In the section Of the country where
we were the larger part of our stay
moose were exceedingly plentiful, and
we had the finest opportunity to OBJ
serve their actions. We followed them
from one place to another. endeavor-
ing not to brighten them and all the
while noticing them very closely.
In the mating season, which com.
mences around September 20 and ends
about the middle OF October, the bulls
are exceedingly vicious, while the cows
are timid and seek the deepest forests,
being easily frightened. 1t is my
opinion that the males kill many Of
their mates at this time.
The cows soon betake themselves to
some island, in order that they may not
be disturbed by wolves or other wild
animals. The moose calves are about
as homely and unsightly as anything
l have ever seen. Their heads are
nearly as long as their bodies. and
when they are three or four weeks old
they weigh about 100 pounds.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13
To Keep Egg Records.

The Maine Experiment Station has
published a description of a nest box
which is claimed to be simple and in
expensive, and certain in its action,
for use where it is desired to keep a
record of how hens are laying, in order
to weed out the poor ones of the flock.
The station has used these nests in ex-
periments undertaken to establish
breeds Of hens that shall excel as egg
producers. A description of this box,
and how to make it can be found in
farmers bulletin No. ia, of the De-
partment Of Agriculture.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13
Tropical Fruits.

There is something fascinating in the
development of tropical fruits, those
things which we can not grow In the
emperate and colder climates, where
Jack Frost is sure to reap his annual
harvest. There is the mango, for in
stance, which the Department Of Ag-
riculture is growing in Porto Rico, and
the alligator pear, a most delicious
tropical vegetable-fruit, the pepino, and
score of others which will stand little
or no frost. To most persons there Is
a glamOr and fascination about the
tropics and its products. We have in
the United States no tropical section.
Frosts OF chills of atmosphere are
likely to visit us at all points. In
Porto Rico and the Philippines, how
ever, are found the genuine tropical
conditions where nothing worse occurs
than the hurricane which sweeps away
every vestige of vegetation, house and
occupants; but there is no frost.
While we have taken control Of
Porto Rico and the Philippines, never
theleSs, it is the constant endeavor OF
the home government to cross and n.y.
bridize tropical with hardy fruits so
that they will stand the cold and
frost of northern climes. The artifi-
cial evolution of the hardy orange is
an example Of this.
BY selection and cross breeding,
plants can become wonderfully well
acclimated and as a result the northern
varieties and species are gradually in
vading the southern fields, while the
northern orchards are constantly being
augmented by new species hitherto
exclusively southern in temperament.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13

OF the business. When hen mouths
she stops laying eggs and no amount OF
persuasion can induce her to again
commence doing business until she Is
ready. The California Experiment
Station has been making tests with the
object of shortening the moulting sea-
son of laying fowls. Hens usually
commence moulting in the early fan
and the plan of the California Station
is to hasten this time into early sum-
mer. This is accomplished by method
of light feeding, followed with heavy
feeding. The egg-laying is stopped
and moulting is brought on by one
half reduction of the supply Of nitro
genous food, meat, middlings, and the
like. The hens, under this plan, stop
egg-laying and go to moulting. In
about a month, it is claimed, the moult-
ing process is all finished and then the
ordinary feeding is resumed; the hen
then begins to lay eggs early in the
fall. The experiments of the station
have not been concluded, SO that it is
still unsafe to say whether or not the
new method will prove practically sue
cessful,
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13

department; the first, lasting several
months, is a period Of hallucination
with defective eyesight, during which
the animal may cut all sorts Of capers.
Once acquiring a taste for the loco
plant the stock refuse every other kind
OF food until the second stage is ush-
cred in. This second stage is linger-
ing period of emaciation characterized
by sunken eye-balls, lusterless hair and
feeble movements. The animal dies,
as if from starvation, in periods rang
ing from few months to one or two
years.
Various States have attempted to
adopt measures for the eradication OF
the loco weed, but so far these at
tempts have not met with much sue
cess. Colorado, a number OF years
ago, offered a reward Of so much per
ton for quantities Of the loco weed
brought in for DETERMINATION. The
Mexican greaserS, with great thrift,
started in to farm and raise loco
weeds. One of the prime reasons for
failure to eradicate this weed ty State
action has been the inability to prop
erly identify the loco plant. In some
States it has been one weed which
has caused the poison, and in others
an entirely different species has re-
suited in live stock destruction.
Experiments in Poisoning.
However, the Department Of Agricul-
ture is now making experiments with
various poisonous plants OF the West,
injecting the subtle poisons into sheep,
cattle and guinea pigs, and studying
every symptom, until it is hoped that
some measures may be adopted by
stockmen to prevent loss through eat
ing of the loco.
But it is not only the West that Is
complaining to the Department OF Agri-
culture on account of the presence of
poisonous plants, for there is no Sec
ton of the country which does not
abound with some form of plant life
which is either Of an irritant or poison
Gus character. New Jersey recently
reported a few cases where children
were poisoned by water hemlock. Ore
gon loses cattle every year through one
species Of cicuta. Familiar to us all
is the action of poison ivy. While it is
irritable to human beings, it has no
apparent effect upon animals, horses,
mules and goats eating its leaves with
impunity. A number OF people are inn
mune to it's action, but some lose their
resistant power in middle life; others
have been known to attain immunity
only through considerable exposure to
the poison ivy.
Deadly Mushrooms.
The meadows and pastures of many
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13
To Shorten MOuIfing.

The various state experiment sta
tons have been devoting considerable
time and attention to one feature OF
poultry raising, which has been
stumbling block in the way Of obtain
ing the greatest amount Of profit out
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13
Secretary Bonapartc, Farmer.

About Is miles from Baltimore 10
the farm of Secretary Charles j. Bona
parte of the Navy. Before he became
the head of the Navy Department,Sec
rotary Bonaparte used to spend six
months of the year on his farm. He
arose daily at $50 and always took a
look over the place before breakfast.
After breakfast he would drive into
the city, arriving usually about the
time people were getting out OF bed.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13
Came as q Shock.

Flossie-"Mamma, were you at home
when / was bornT
Mamma-"No, dear, I was at grand
mas, in the country"
Flossie-"Wasn't you awfully sur
prised when you heard about it?
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13

HON. CHARLES J. BONAPARTE,
Secretary Of the Navy.
Secretary Bonaparte has never ex-
pected to make a fortune out Of his
farm, but simply supports it as a
means Of recreation.
Smile, sign Of happiness; miss, the
cause Of much happiness. Hence the
expression, q miss is as good as Smile.
The temperature in the Sahara Des-
ert often rises TO $50 degrees in the
daytime and sinks below freezing
point at night,
"a little learning Is dangerous
thing.
Drink deep, or taste not OF the Pierian
Spring."-Bacon.
"And he that does one fault at first
And lies to hide, makes two"
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13

"My ancestors came over In the
Mayflower," boosted Blueblood, "but
IL isn't generally known"
That's all right old man." said his
friend. I'll never tell. You can't help
what your ancestors dldg
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13

large early and fine heads another
crop was raised, and it is from these
that seed will be furnished to the
greenhousemen Of the great cities. 1t
is believed that through this work
will be saved from ruin the winter
lettuce industry, which for the last
three years has been threatened with
extinction.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

Farmers from time to time send in
complaints to the Department or Agrl-
culture that not only their stock, but
Aven farm hands, have been sickened
and killed through the presence
Of some poisonous plant on their farms.
20 frequently have these complaints
arrived at the department that Off
, Rials of the Bureau of Plant Industry,
onder the direction of Mr. Frederick v.
Coville, the chief botanist, are now
making extensive experiments to as
certain the exact elements causing this
damage.
In order to aid farmers in the detec-
ton Of the most common plants found
on their farms, the department has is
sued a farmers bulletin, No. sc, en-
titled Thirty Poisonous Plants of the
United States" This gives in detail
full descriptions of the plants, the
symptoms Of the poisoning, and in
many cases antidotes for the relief of
men or animals taking in the poison.
II would be we'll for all agriculturists
to keep a copy Of this pamphlet among
their ready reference books. The Off
Gals of the Bureau of Plant Industry
are only too glad to furnish this most
valuable farmers bulletin to all who
may apply.
Destructive to Live Stock.
Probably the most destructive pois-
onous weed in the United States is the
loco; the damage is so extensive that
during the period between 1881 and
1885 the State of Colorado paid out
over 100000 in an endeavor to exter-
inmate the weed.
The foliage of the loco weed is not
the agent which imparts the poison to
live stock grazing upon land impreg-
mated with it. it is the roots and stalk
which contain the poison. Animals
under the influence of the stimulant go
through antics as though they were in
toxicated, their eyes become CLASSY,
they sprawl around in maudlin fashion
until, with sheer exhaustion, they fall
to the ground in a stupor. The effect
of the poison is not acute, but in its
slow progress Stimulates diseases
caused by bacteria, worms or other
parasites. The stages of locoed ami
NAL are recognized by officials of the
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13

Why Is a ragged boy like a minister
near the end OF his sermon2 He's
tore'd his close.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13

homesteads TEEN with mushroom
growths, some of them edible and 9th
ers deadly poison. Among the latter
class the farmer has to contend with
two species, the fly amanita, or, as
some call it, the fly killer. and the
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13

The Nezv Lettuce
Gr0sVS Very Rank.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13

Eight Weeks Growth
From Seed of NeIV
HYBRID and Stand
ard Parteiy.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-13

The meadows and pastures of many
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-21
ENROR0nFG THE
MEcT1olV Law

While We are discussing the imper-
fections OF our election laws and the
enactment OF Regulation that VIII In
sure an honest ballot. It might be
well to take . hint A to the ef-
ncient enforcement OF the laws we;
have.
There Is peculiar difnculty I'm en-
forcing any election machinery that
the legislature may devise because Of
the partisan spirit that hedges itl
about. No matter how nagrant ami
corrupt the methods may be that are
resorted to I'm conducting political
contest. they are carefully concealed
In the result. No man will take the
Initiative to prosecute the offenders
although there may be hundreds of
witnesses to the corrupt practices.
Political partisans do not tell tales
out OF school Hence this character
of offenses go unpublished.
But Judge John w. Mason. OF the
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit. seems to
have found very plain and practical
path for bringing Offenders against
the election laws to answer to his
court. He simply requires that after
an election. all the Officers conduct
ing that election; all the candidates
voted for: and all the committees
managing the campaign. shall be
summoned before the grand jury to
answer as to whether they know OF
any violation of the election laws OF
any character during the campaign,
any betting on the result. or any
other irregularities. whether any
such charges have been preferred or
not
This gives both parties not only
chance to tell what they know.
but compels them to tell 1t. They
don't have to take the initiative, but
they are put under penal obligation
to reveal all they know.
This is a decided Improvement on
the law which exists In some states
of requiring candidates to file written
statement of the money expended and
how Is was expended In campaign.
1t establishes an inquisition that COW
ers the whole ground, and inquiries
into every kind of violation of the
election laws; and IL the grand jury
does its duty IL would be most ef-
fective method of uncovering every
phase of corruption common to our
elections.
This hint serves to show how easy
1t is, when the officers of the law are
disposed to enforce the law, to find
a way to do 1t. No statute requires
thdt Judge Mason should take this
course to root out corruption in our
elections, but 1t is plainly his privi-
lege and duty IL he finds 1t essential
to accomplish the purpose. And IL
all the Circuit Judges of the state
would pursue this course, we would
need very little more legislation to
purify our elections. Without COM
petent and willing officers to enforce
the law all the legislative machinery
that can be concocted will be futile
The Bar.