i ami an A Summary of Happenings at Home and Abroad- THE NEWS CONDENSED. A Review, of What Has Transpired s of Public Interest. Warren. Ohio. July 111.—Hurry Sim mons. prominent in musical circles in this and other cities, died of lockjaw, resulting from an explosion of a blank cartridge In his hand. Marietta, Ohio. July 16.—Rhea, the eighteen-mont lis-old (laughter of Wil liam Bolton, swallowed a piece of a hickory nut shell, which lodged in her wnidpipe and caused death in a. few hours. Barcelona. July 10.—Four more bombs have been exploded in differ ent parts of the city. No serious dam age was done, but the excitement is intense. The authors of Ihe outrages are unknown. New York. July 10.—Admiral Crown- Inshield, chief of the Bureau of Navi gation, Navy Department, sailed for Kurope to inspect the Fnglish system of naval barracks as substituted for receiving ships. Newark. N. J.. July 10. Kdward Mc- Kenua. 1:5 years old. of No. 150 Van Bnren street, shot himself in the left breast with a revolver, and is dying. McKenna had trouble with his eyes, and despondency over his condition drove him to suicide. Newark. X. J.. July 10. T. Madison Condit. a Newark politician, has brought suit for s2U,o(mi damages for slander against John llart. a wholesale milk dealer. Condit says Hart ac cused him of stealing milk cans and has tried to have him dismissed front the railroad which employes him. Tribes Hill. N. V.. July 10. Mrs. Jane, widow of Jacob Turnlmll of Fort Hunter. Montgomery County, commit ted suicide by taking paris green. She was in comfortable circumstances, bur feared she was coming to want. Sin was 50 years of age and is survived by n son. Passaic. N. J.. July 10.—The strike at the Botany mills here is ended. The strikers have gone back to work. The main body of the employes refused to strike, and the effort to form it union failed. The company refused to take back those of the strikers who were active in tlte recent riot. Trenton. N. J.. July 10. Daniel W. Van At la. supervisor of the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane, over a year ago became convinced that lie was going to die on July 13. Ac i ordiuglv he made all arrangements, even to selecting his shroud and cof fin. True to his belief he was found dead in bed having suddenly expired. \lbany. July 10. The I'nion Iron Works, of Buffalo. N. Y.. lias tiled articles of incorporation with llie Sec retary of State. The amount of its capital stock is s:ls(UKmi. of which sl.lo,noti shall be cumulative 7 per cent, fully preferred stock, and the bal ance common stock. The company will begin business with lite full amount of its capitalization. St. Johns. N. I'.. July 10. The French warships continue to persecute the settlers along the treaty coast. Ten colonial vesels have been driven out of Port-au-I'ort Harbor by them iliis week. The Colonial Government will urge Bear Admiral Bedford, on his arrival here on Sunday with the British fleet, lo take steps to prevent the repetition of these outrages. Washington. July 10.—The following is Saturday's record of the enlistment of troops for the volunteer regiments: 20th Infantry, 55: 27th. (•!>: 2Nth. 13: ,'tith. -13: 31st. OA: 32d. 15: 33rd. 10: 341 35th. 0. Total for the day. 313; heretofore reported. Nil. Grand total, 1.121. Col. I'ettlt's regiment, with sta tion at I'ort Thomas. Ky.. continues to lead the list, while Col Bell's com mand. with rendezvous at Camp Meade, is a close second. Lexington. Ky.. July 10. I!, O. C. Benjamin, editor of the negro news paper. the Lexington Standard, is in Louisville to confer with I!. S. Ham mond. W. T. Woolfolk and Isaac Cur tis of that city, Dr. Sam Morton of Mount Sterling. J. W. Daugherty of Nicholasville and A. L. Lovel of Lan caster. all prominent negro leaders, as to the advisability of putting out a negro Republican State ticket. Port Jervis. N. Y.. July 10.—The body of a strange hid was found in the Krie yard at Port Jervis, the head having been severed by the cars. In his pock et was a sketch of himself, which said that his name was Bicliard Bissoun - tie.of New York, aged 10 years, that his life was insured for $ ISN in llie Prudential, the policy being in the pos session of Mr. Labouch, of (til City, Pa. Bissounette evidently fell from a freight train and was run over. Plattsburg. N. V.. July 10. It is re ported on good authority that the American Steel and Wire Company has purcliasuil the iron mines and min ing property of Wftlierboe. Sherman &• Co.. at Port Henry. Ksscx County. The price paid*is said lo have been $ 1,500.00(1. Hon. Frank S. WiTlu-rbee is now in Kurope. having sailed about a week ago. It is said the negotiations were practically arranged before he left this' country. Pine Didgc. S. D., July 10. Fifty Indian police from this agency have started in pursuit of Swift Bear and his band of warlike Sioux, who seem determined to start an Indian war. This is the band that detied Sheriff Hemming and his posse on Buck Creek to arrest them for killing game out of season. The Indians had their rifles, and sai< they would start a war in which all the Sioux nation would engage unless the.v were left to themselves. The Sheriff, knowing the determined spirit of this band, retreated and called for reenforoements. Several hundred po lice pursuit of the Indians, wlw aro^etroatilsg s into tlio Ruby Basin country of' Wyoming. London, Juiy 10.—The Government has expressed Its appreciation of the offet» of the Queensland Government 1a furnish a force of 250 mounted in fantry, with ofiicers and a machine gun in the event of hostilities in the Trans vaal, and Intimated that if it should become necessary the offer would glad ly be accepted. Topeka, Kan., July 17.—Hank Com missioner Breidenthal shows by a statement that the deposits in State and private banks in Kansas have in creased more than half a million dol lars in four months. Returns show all taxable property to be valued at $330,- 000.000, an increase in one vear of !f2,- ROO.OOO. Washington, July 1C. —The President has decided to postpone his trip to St. Paul until October if Mrs. MeKniley's health will not permit him togo earlier. He does not desire togo with out her. October he lias made a positive engagement to attend the Chi cago celebration, and if his St. Paul trip is postponed until that time he will extend his journey from Chicago to the Twin Cities. Jamestown. X. Y.. July 17.—Mabel Hazard, N years old, fell from a load of hay at Bemus Point, and the wheels of lite wagon passed over her breast, killing her instantly. Alloona, I'M., July 17.—' The striking miners in the Blairsville region have been organized into the 17.I 7 . M. W. As sociation. They refuse to treat with the operators as individuals and the operators will not recognize the union, so that a settlement seems far off. Zauesville. Ohio, July IN.—Marion K. Tague. aged 50 years, residing near New Lexington, l'erry County, while en route home from this city, was run down by a C. and M. V. passenger train near MeLuney. and sustained in ;iurier from which he died at the City Hospital three hours later. Cleveland. July In. Itioting as a re sult of the recent street car strike con tinues. A Broadway car was attacked in N'ewbnrg. Half a dozen hoodlums, concealed in a gully, pelted the car with stones. The conductor tired into the crowd live times, but hi! no one. An ineffectual attempt to capture the assailants was made. Minneapolis. July 1 •!.- The Wisconsin hardwood forests are gradually being exhausted and as n result the supply for the local markets is becoming less and less, and it is asserted <>n good au thority that the local trade will in a few years have to depend almost en tirely on the southern forests for a supply. Altoona. Pa.. July IN. A deposit of exceptionally line kaolin has been dis covered near Itellefonie. A company capitalized at Ssii.hihi :mi<l headed by ex Gov. Daniel 11. Hastings will build a, plant for the manufacture of the bet ter grades of porcelain ware. Altoona. Pa.. June IN. —A firm in Somerset county, a district famous for the quantities of maple sugar it pro duces. has received an order for two carloads of maple sugar to lie slum ped to Kngland. This is snid to be the tirsr foreign order for the l'ennsyl vania product. Boston. July IN. The police have been asked to tind Kdwin I". Pierce of Maine, a traveling salesman, who dis appeared last fall. His brother has died at Goodwins Mills. Me., and has left him valuable property. Pierce is one of the best known traveling sales men in New Kngland. Portsmouth. .V 11.. July Itf.—Fire started in the woods at York Beach. Me., in the rear of the luduun Springs Hotel. Ten acres of woodland were burned, but owing to a change of wind and the valiant fighting of over ltK) men the buildings in the neighborhood were sa\ed. Muncie. lnd.. July is. Angry be cause Miss I.eona Pranks had forsak en him while he was at the war to ac cept a rival. Kdward Salmon attempt ed to poison his former sweet heart In putting paris green in a glass of water. She threw it away after taking it sip because of its queer laste. Salmon was arrested and confessed. New York Markets. CHAIN Wheat: No. 2 red wheat quoted T'.l'/tc. 112. o. b. afloat and 77%e. ••levator: No. 1 Northern Dulutli, S"-*e. 112. o. b. afloat. Corn: No. 2 corn closed 3!>'4c. ele vator. delivered and 40'V. 112. o. b. afloat. Oats: No. 2 oats quoted .".lie.: No. 3 oats. 2!>c.: No. 2 white, i.l'ic: No. 3 white. 30c.: track mixed. 2!i> L /</.'Ue.; track white. Bye: No. 1 Western. tIKV/lil 1 jc.: No. 2 Western. O.lfi/O;; 1 •_■(•.. both 112. o. b. afloat: State rye, sNi,._,c. c. i. 112. New York. P.arley: Feeding quoted 43c. <•. i. 112. Buffalo: malting. l!W."2c. delivered. New York. Flour: Spring patent. s3.K.V<js4.oo; winter straights. $3.4<)(n53.55: winter patents. !f.'!.7sr</$4.00: spring clears. s.'!.(WVSrSs.l'd; extra No I winter. 7.V(/ $2.N5; extra No. 2 winter. $2.4."Yu52.50. Provisons: Pork. mess. $0.250/$0.75: family slo.sof<jsll.iH>: short clear. .•jilO.Otki/Sl 1.75. Beef. tirm: mess. S'.UMI: lamil.\. .S , .».sof><slo.sii; packet. s!>.sortts 10.00; extra India mess. sl-I.(mi (Vf -Sl< M». Butter: Creamery. Western, extras, per lb.. IN'.jc.; do., firsts. 17'•/</INc.: do., thirds to seconds. I.V</17e.: do.. State extras. INfi/ isi.je,: do., firsts. 17 , 4f« 17 :l |C.: do., thirds to seconds. 1."V>?17c.; Slate dairy, half-tirkin tubs. I'ancv, 17c. Cheese: Slate, full cream. large, col ored or white, fancy, per lb.. N»,c.; do., good to prime. Nfr;Ny,c.: do., common to fair. 7ffl'7"'ic.: do., small, colored or white, fancy. N</>c. Kggs: New Jerseynud nearby, fancy, white Leghorn, per doz.. Itf./d 17c.; do.. State. Pennsylvania and nearby, average, prime, loss off. 1 sVjc.: West ern, loss off. 14', y*/ mc. Potatoes and Vegetables: Potatoes. Hose, prime, per bbl.. Sl.2."V</.52.25; do.. Chilis. $1.25<(;5175; do., seconds. 7 ~>c(nS $1.00; do., culls. s<Xf?7se.; swivts. North Carolina*, ml, per bbl.. s3.fMjgjs4.sn. THE NEWS IX IVRTKF. Telegraphic Gleanings From All Farts of ihe World. Clara Barton has left Havana for the States. Advices from Samoa indicated that peace had been restored. Americans are being replaced by na tives in Ihe Cuban mail service. Mary Vaugban. of Cedar Falls, la., is dead l>y the bite of a kissing bug. William Jennings Bryan spoke at. a great mass meeting at Humphreys. Ne braska. (.Jen. Otis cables that typhoons and heavy rains made the sailing of trans ports impossible. The National Fair Company, to give fairs and expositions, has been incor porated at Albany. All incendiary appeal to Cubans signed Betancourt lias been scattered broadcast In the island. The Milwaukee Brewing Company of New York City lias been incorporated at Albany with a capital of 0:10.0110. Wireless telegraphy will Ik' usco as a means of communication between the different islands in 1 lie Hawaiian group. It. 10. M. Cooper, a poor Si. Louis man. has been bei|ueaihed $.">00,000 by John C. ('rego. of Cripple ('reek, whom be saved from drowning. Three Oaks. Mich., having with a population nf 1.000 contributed $1,1".2 to the Maine fund, get the cannon Dewey sent from Manila. Cashier George M. Valentine has ad mitted taking the funds of the Middle sex County Bank at Perth Aniboy. N. J., and the city lost .flL'ti.ooo. The Filipino Junta will move to La bium from liong Kong, where it is too closely watched by American otlicials to be of any service to the natives. The Fnrness Line steamer Manches ter Port has put into St. Johns with her bows stove In. having collided Willi nil iceberg in the Straits of Belle Isle. Frank \l. Eastman "I Harrisburg ex plained the Pennsylvania system of bank taxation to the New York Slate Bankers' Association at Alexandria Bay Because ii refuses in pay sioo for the prixilego llie Standard <l*l Com pany is debarred from crossing a New Jersey public road with a pipe line 10 ils Bergen Point retlneries. Govrnor Pingl'ee has put three-cent fares in operation on Detroit's street railways. Ilerr llose, German Consul <ieiieral ai \pia. Samoa, called upon President McKinley. The State Department has provided bicycles for clerks at Havana living at a distance. Lenore Jackson, of Chicago, has been ordered l" play before Qtlccli Victoria at Windsor. A German flag was torn down by a party of soldiers in Honolulu on the l'onrth of.l uly. Friends of Gen. Shaftcr are said to be working to keep him in the service afie.ar lie passes iih' age limit. l.ydia \V. Ilazlitt. a faith "healer" whose pneumonia p iticiil died, is to lie tried at Bichmoiid. 1 ml. Pedro Orlzar, who was cab'in l>o,v and liuulci aoo.ud ( eri era's flagship, has enlisted in the American navy. Webb <'. Hayes, sou of the 1:11 e President Hayes, h;\s been appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the Thirty tirst Regiment. Perth Aiuboy, N. J., cloned its doors, a shortage 01 sioo.ooo having been discovered. The cashier has surrend ered. (Jen. Corbiu said that volunteers were enlisting so rapidly that enough WOtlld be enrolled to make up a regi ment before the week elided. At the stable tire al Wheatley. L. 1., none of \V. C. Whitney's thoroughbred horses were lost. The damage to the buildings and stock was si'"1.000, Japanese women are demanding the dismissal ot Viscount ttoki. Minister of Foreign Affairs, who prevented their sending a deli gate to the Wom en's Congress. Gov. Filigree has planned to call a special legislative scsslcii to sulniiil a constitutional amendment to the peo ple permitting Detroit togo into mu nicipal ownership of slreci cfir lines. Secretary Hay assured W. Barclay Parsons, of the American cimtii De velopment Company, that the Govern ment would protect American interests in China, but would not co-operate with Great Britain to that end. Governor-General Brooke has abol ished the incommunicado system in Cuba. An empty excursion train of seven cars ran through au open draw into the Chicago River. The Queen Regent has given the Treasury 1.000.000 pesetas of the Crown's income. The Internal Revenue oilicials will recommend important changes in the Wra Revenue act. Strikers at Bridgeton. N, J,, stormed a train and captured a party id' non union glassblowers. It is expected the new Thirtieth Regiment will be ready to sail for the Philippines August l.">. The Chicago directory publishers now estimate that city's population at 1,042,000, instead of li.ic'o.ooo. Fire destroyed the Summer residence of William Mnller. near Paterson. N. J., the family barely escaping. Dian Langdeati. three years old. of Woonsocket, R. 1.. ate lifty tonic pills for candy and died in convulsions. The Klondike exhibit at the Paris Exposition next year will include four tons of virgin gold, valued al 000,000. Attorney-General W. S. Taylor was nominated for Governor of Kentucky by the Republican convention at Lex ington. The Rev. James Bowcii Funston. cousin of General Fred Ftinston. has been consecrated Methodist Episcopal Bisliou of Boise, Idaho. Chicago's Dewey Committee has de cided to appoint a sub-committee to meet the Admiral in Europe with an invitation to visit Chicago this fall. A serious crash bet ween two trains on the Central Railroad of New Jersey, at Kliy.abcthport. was averted by the prompt action of the switch tender. A GREAT GATHERING IS NOW PREDICTED The Republic*;n Sinte Convention Premiss (o Lie a Mem orable Occasion. STALWARTS IN ABSOLUTE CONTROL Many Candidates For Supreme Court Jus tice and the Soldier Favorites Will At tract Many Visitors. (Special Correspondence.) Harrisburg. July IS.- The indica tions are that the Uepllblic.au state convention which will be held here on the 21th ol' next month will attract an unusually large number of Republicans from every section of the state. It is bound to be an interesting occasion. Chairman John P. Elkin, of the Repub lican state committee, lias all the ar rangements well under way and seems pleased with the general situation. All but about a score of the delegates have been elected, outside of Philadelphia, and many strong men are included among the several delegates. The stal wart Republicans will be in easy con trol of the convention. Colonel Quay has been elected a dele gate from Heaver county, and Senator Penrose will be 011 hand as the dele gate from the Eighth district of the Quaker City. General H. 11. Hingham, a close friend of President McKinley, and who is 011 intimate terms with prospective Speaker 01' the House of Representatives Henderson, will be among others of the congressional del egation on hand to co-operate with the stalwart leaders. FOR A STRONG PLATFORM. The party managers are already giv ing consideration to the planks for the platform. It will unquestionably be a strong declaration of principles. The administrations of President Mc- Kinley and Governor Stone will be cordially indorsed anil the opportunity will not be allowed to pass to pay a tribute to the patriotism and the bravery of the American soldier and sailor in the war with Spain and in the lighting in the Philippines, Special praise will, of course, be bestowed upon the gallant boys of the Keystone state, who will, it is hoped, by that time lie back with "the lighting Tenth" regi ment from Manila. Stress will be laid upon the evidences of prosperity wit nessed all over the country as the re sult of the return of the Republican party to power in the government. The people will be reminded of Liu* fact that the Democrats are agaia pressing William Jennings Bryan to the front for president, and that the Democratic organization In Pennsyl \ania led off with a declaration in the state platform expressing admiration for his "matchless leadership." and then nominated a full Bryan ticket, from Supreme Court Candidate Mes tre/.at down to Creasy, the nominee for state treasurer. LARGE NFMBKR OK CANDIDATES. The big field of candidates for the nomination of supreme court justice, with the knowledge that ilihi'm Is to be a free for all contest for this honor, will contribute largely to the attend ance at the convention. Each of the aspirants for this honor will have his enthusiastic champions on the ground early, working up his particular boom. There will lie headquarters and badges galore, and a lively time may be look ed for. The various common pleas judges will all have many of the law yers from their respective localities on deck to sound their praises and a good natured rivalry in this direction will make t lie occasion a memorable one. The great interest aroused in the party throughout the state over this contest cannot but stimulate interest in the organization ami enlist many new workers in the Republican cause. 'Lan caster county will have a big contin gent here urging the nomination of J. Hay Brown, if he shall conclude to become an active candidate for the supreme bench. Judge W. 1). Parker, who has the Allegheny delegation at his back, will also have a large fol lowing. Lackawanna's favorite, Judge Archbald, h;is a host of friends, and from the adjoining county of Luzerne there will be a strong party of ad mirers of former Attorney General Palmer to urge his claims. Judge Mc- Connell will have enthusiastic support from Westmoreland, and McKean will put np a good fight for Judge Mor rison. The Indiana delegation has en tered Judge White for this grand prize and Judge Miller, of Mercer, and Judge Wallace, of Lawrence, will each have ardent advocates here to press their claims. There may be several ballots required to decide the winner. It will take 122 votes to nominate. PHILADELPHIA'S CANDIDATE. The action of the Philadelphia dele gation may have great influence in determining the result. The Quakers have ft candidate of their own fop su perior court justice in Josiah R. (Ad ams. They may, therefore, deem It advisable to settle their votes among the several candidates for the su preme court, so as to arouse no an tagonisms to their favorite. Philadel phians who have been here recently say that arrangements have been- made to present the claims of their candi date. Mr. Adams, to the convention, eo that there shall be no doubt of the fact that he is the choice of the Republi cans of that city for this nomination. Unusual conditions, they explain, making it desirable to have the nomi nations for county offices made at the same time the delegates to the state convention are chosen, have deferred ♦he selection of the state delegates un til within a few days before the state convention convenes. Otherwise the delegates would have been elected be fore this and gone on record in favor of Mr. Adams' nomination for the su perior court. The Philadelphia primaries will be held on Aug. 21 and the representative district conventions which will elect the delegates to the state convention that will nominate two candidates for the common pleas court, one for sher iff, one for coroner and two for county commissioners, will meet on the fol lowing day. It has been suggested that as soon as the delegates to the state convention shall he elected they be invited to meet on the afternoon of the same day to take action upon Mr. Adams' candidacy. It is proposed that resolutions shall then be.adogDKl setting forth Mr. Adams' qualiß<ft(Q))ols for a seat ill the superior court; felit sterling Republicanism and the sebtl ment among members of the bar, ir respective of party affiliations, in fa tor of his nomination for this po sition. The supporters of Mr. Adams believe the Philadelphia delegation will be unanimously for their favorite and it. is with a desire to have this fact made apparent to the delegates from other sections of the state that the idea of holding a meeting of the delegates lias been advanced. There will be 24P. delegates in the state con vention.and of these f>4 will go from Philadelphia. The nomination for the superior court, it is believed, will be conceded to Philadelphia. There is 110 candidate in the field against Mr. Adams, nor is there likely to be. The impression prevails that his nomina tion will be made by acclamation. HAWKINS. IP 1110 WANTS IT. There have been several stories ser iitloat by the insurgent leaders during the last week regarding the probable nominee for state treasurer. One of them was to the effect that former Congressman Huff iiad received a letter from Colonel Hawkins declaring that lie would not be a candidate for state treasurer. The party wreckers have been demoralized since it became ap parent thai the stalwarts will cheer fully support the gallant commander of the "lighting Tenth" if lie shall care to accept the nomination for treasurer. "There is no truth in the report that 1 received a letter from Colonel Haw kins." declares Colonel Huff, emphati cally. "I did not write to Colonel Hawkins, nor refer to his probable candidacy to any one. 1 believe Colo nel Hawkins, however, would make a more popular cundtnte than any yet named Some of the colonel's closest 1 America's Ten Greatest 1 I Dairying Authorities on] I Cream Separators. I The Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station. MADISON, Wis., July 13,1807. In conducting our Dairy School, we have had occasion to use the various sizes of Improved U. S. Separators for dairy instruction during several winters past. Our students have always been pleased with the operation of these Separators, and we find that they skim the milk very clean indeed from fat. and that they arc generally very satisfactory. " W. A. HENRY, Dean College of Agriculture. B Cornell University Experiment Station. ITHACA, N. V., November 15, 1547. We have used the U. S. Separators for the past four or five years, and have found them at all times efficient and reliable. They are easily cleaned and kept in order, and can be depended upon for satisfactory work. H. H. WING, Prof. Dairy Husbandry. Massachusetts Agricultural College. |H AMHERST, MASS.,JuIy 7,1807. We regard the Improved United States Separator as one of the verv best all round machines. In cleanness of skimming it surpassed all the otherts. It compares favorably with the rest in capacity. Our man calls it the smoothest running machine we have, although it has been in use nearly three years-a good comment on its wearing qualities. F. S. COOLEV, Trot', ot Ag't. Michigan Experiment Station. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, MICH., Jan. 37, 1897. Your No. 5 Separator was received, set up, and has been operated daily since the 4th «>t* January. Kach of our dairy boys has now had a turn at it, setting it up. running it, washing it, and testing the'skim-milk. They all like the machine, on account of its easy running and simplicity. We are running through milk ia to 24 hours old, warmed to over 8<» and usually about 90 degrees. The per cent, of latin the skim-milk, so far as reported, will not reach on the average a tenth of a per cent., and often is too small to read, in the skim-milk bottle. We are pleased with the machine in every possible wav, as far as we have been able to observe it in a month's use. CLINTON 1). SMITH, Director Michigan Experiment Station. ■ 1898 Record Equally as Cood. AiiHIcOLTL RAL College, Midi., March 55, IS9B. I do not know tiiat T have anything to add to what 1 wrote you in January, <>r .viiv changes to make iti the statements theruin made (see above). C. D. SMITH, Director. Vermont Experiment Station. University ok Vermont ash state agricultural College, I Burlington, Vt., June 25, It has been the uniform custom of the officers of the Vermont .Station to decline to issue letters of a testimonial nature. 1 may say, however, that 1 can and do refer parties inquiring regarding the merits of "the Improved United States Separators to the records of the running of the same as published iu imr report for >&),. (Kite tests referred to are as follows): Aug. 14 0.05 Aug. 14 0.06 16 0.05 2 0.05 r The results obtained by the use of these machines at our Dairv Schools of the past two years are full better, so far as the character of the skimming is ton- cerned, than those given in the report. JOSEPH L. HILLS (Director Vt. Experiment Station). lowa Experiment Station. Ames, lowa, Jan. ißqt. Your two machines liava been here in use for some time and are excellent work. We have succeeded iti skimming over 2, 60n pounds per hour, and as close as BB 0.07 of one per cent, of fat left in sktm-milk, with the larger machine. This we ftjjM consider excellent 'work for the winter. The small machine also does good Rflß work. U. i.. McKAY, .State Dairy Instructor, lowa Ag'l College. MB yK>a Again in June; lowa Experiment Station. Ames, lowa, June 25, 1547. HQI Your large size factory machine has been doing excellent work. We t&T used it six days per week for the past two months, and it skims to a trace right \Jtt along, skimming to 2,700 pounds per hour. MHp G. I/. McKAY, State Dairy Instructor, GIB Ohio State University. Coi.i MBua, Ohio, June 25, >S97. Enclosed you will find statement of tlio several runs made with your various Separators. O'ests from the runs referred to show the following): A January 15 0.02 February 2 0.00 February 15 0.02 18 tests show not over 0.05 of one per cent, of fat. Of course, you will understand that these runs were made by students who at the beginning had 110 knowledge of separator work. The same effieiencv can liardly be expected under such circumstances as where operated bv an expert. THOMAS I-\ HUNT (I'rofessor of Agriculture). Idaho Experiment Station. Moscow, lii.\no t March a 6, 1897. r Our Dairy School has just closed, having had a very successful carter. \Ve ha ve used dailv one of your N>». 5 Improved I'. S. Separators. It lias given flHft perfect satisfaction, and is the favorite with all the boys. CIIAS. I*. I'OX. Professor of Agncultur.-, Connecticut Experiment Station. jlkw Haven, Conn.. Aug. , 1597. * The Improved XT. S. Steam Turbine is running every day, and has i.e. 11 nice April. It is an easy-running and thorough sltiinmiiig machine. . in two recent tests, made on different days, running a trine oti-r 7 » lbs. ot Wilk per hour, the skini-tnilk showed 1 No. 1. 0.06 of 1 per cent, butter tat. No. 2. 0.07 fIE This is us close as anv one could ask for. HxTl A, W. Ot.DEN, Chemist, Conn. Ag 1 Experiment l.latiou. * j ■ Missouri Experiment Station. ■ Ool.t \lltl \. Mo., March iS,j)l. Bfc : . The Improved I*. S. lland Separator* was used in our Dairv School during the winter term to the entire satisfaction of instructors anil students, ami .lid most excellent work. J. 11. WATEKS, Dean and Director. The Improved United States Separators are now not almost but MH altogether universal. The number in use is 120,000, more or less. 1 lieir sale is eleven to one of all imitating mac hines combined. The l itest improve- H ments carry them still further to the I'ront. Send tor new Dairy c.ttaloitue No. 201 or new ('reamery catalogue No. 190. M VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Palls, Vt. W friends have said that he will accept ihe nomination, if offered." Colonel Hawkins' wishes in this matter may not be known until he ar rives at San Francisco. If he should conclude to qualify as a state senator, to which office lie was elected during his absence with his regiment., then Lieutenant Colonel Harnett, of the same command, who has been com mended in official orders for bravery in the Philippines, can have the nomi nation for treasurer if he desires it. The prospects of the nomination of either Hawkins or Barnett will bring a good many of the men of the Tenth regiment here to boom their favorite officer. Hawkins and Barnett are close personal friends and there will be no friction between them over this mat ter of the treasurership. The name of (ieneral Schall, of Montgomery, will also be presented to the convention for ibis office and lie may eventually carry off the prize. The insurgents are being turned down in so many quarters that there is no wondering at the desertion of their cause by some of the most active of tlicit- former newspaper support ers. In Chester county, when the in surgents were defeated in the Repub lican convention, they made a deal with the Democrats which resulted in the defeat of the regular Republican candidates for the legislature. These bolters were again defeated at the re cent Republican primaries by an over whelming vote. Purls Salvors Make 000. London. .Inly 17.- II is said that sal vors of Hie Paris will gel .S:!7."i.»HH), or half 1 lie value of the #teanier. As the expenses are reported to lie about S2O. CM MI. it was apparently a pVolitable job. Natural (Jas Near Saratoga. Saratoga. July 17. At (he country place of A. I.awson Trask. of Brook lyn. N. Y.. a vein of natural gas has been developed at the depth of r>(H» feet.
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