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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-06-11
The Wheat Weeyil.

After wheat has passed safely
through all the perils of the har-
vest and escaped the r&va.es Of in
sects that war on the growing
plant, q danger is not infrequent-
ly in store for it when it has been
deposited in the bins. This dan
ger makes itself apparent by q
minute white dust spread over
The grain and peculiar odor that
permeatss the bins. On pressing
a kernel between the fingers it
brushes readily, exposing mere
she'll partially filed with dust in
place of a round, plump grain.
The little black beetles that laid
in wait during the winter months
come out their hiding places in
lnyriads with the return of warm
weather. The female makes
minute incision in the grain
and therein deposits an egg. AS
each female lays an innumerable
number OF eggs and the insects do
not hesitate to penetrate the heap
Of grain in all directions, hut few
grains escape. The eggs deposi-
ted soon hatch out maggots which
bore into and consume the starch
Of the grain. By the time these
pets are grown the grain is nsarly
or quite exhausted; the worms go
into pupa state and in few
weeks become weevils, which force
their way out of the grain and
seek some other hiding place for
the winter.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-06-11
News GIeanings.

An Indiana revivalist, it IL
said, gives chrome to every con-
vsrt he enIists.
The Iowa hepu Jliean stat con-
ventiOu will consist of over one
thousand delegates.
In SIN Francisco, with the
houses nearly al Of wood, and
with population Of 233 900, the
total assessed valuation OF all
property, real and personal, is
$253,000 900, III Hamilton county,
Onio, which includes Cincinnati,
and has much larger population
than San Francisco, ii is s207 600,
900, and in st. Louis. with \ pop
ulation Of 800 QUO, it is only $lG5,
900, 600
Two excursion parties from
New York met on Sunday after
noon at Dudley'5 Grove, on the
Hudson and too much beer andbot-
tied poison gave rise to an affray
between them, in which many
heads were broken and faces bat
tered. The fight was wards
rene wed in the cars, to the dismay
OF the regular passengers. Many
pistols we're fired, but no one was
seriously injured.
Gyumber, the sleeping Hu n
garian in the poOrhouse at Alien
town, Pa, is believed to bs In a
dying condition. He is as help
less as child, and has ceased TO
take food. The deformity in his
skull has been ascertained to be a
genuine fracture. A letter from
Charlottesville, Va, giving a his
tory of the illtrsatment of Hun
garian bearing the same name,
seems to account for the condition
of this poor sufferer.
The Opdyke wood, where the
Nina Muller murder took place,
near Weshawken, N. j., is the
scene of another sensation. A
beast, or wild man of the woods"
is the occupant of a cave, into
which he crawls on hands and
feet when disturbed. A hunter,
thinking it was a bear or wild cat,
fired, when the creature fled in
dismay, and crawled into the cave.
A lock of shaggy hair was cut
from his head by the ball, which
fortunately missed his head.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-06-11
TUnisian Proverbs.

The foot goes where lh9 heart
lads"
''Be lion ard eat me; but do
rot be wolf TO defie me-"
Work for thy character until
it be renowned, then it will work
for thee"
Each kind is good for its own
kiud.n
He has no bread to eat ard he
is looking for wife"-signihes:
Be not ambitious when your
means are limited.
1.-The woman TO whom fortune
does not come says that her hus-
band Is bewitched.'
at is the crier himself who has
lost his ass''--is used in speaking
Of those who cannot do for them :
selves what they can do for others.
what the grassnoppers have
left the little birds have eaten"-
means that misfortunes never
come singly.
"He went to the sea and found
it dry"-means that a cowardly
uLdu W4il 81 ways IdI4 III LIS uuuGT-
takings.
"His fortune has turned into
nails and straw"-refers to a prod
igal.
He eats the fruit Of the pater-
nal garden, and yet insults bis an
cestOrs"-refers TO ingratitude.
"Oue hOrseman does not make
The dustcloud." This signifies
.hat the work of one man cannot
produces very great results.
"a well mended shoe is better
than a neglected beard"-means
that aWoman is sometimes worth
more than a man.
What needest thou, insignih.
cant one?-only a diamond ring, u
signifies that if you are rich fools
will make much of you.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-06-11

Reason and virtue alone can be-
stow liberty.
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Chambersburg (Pa. } Herald.

After vainly spending five hun
dred dollars for other remedies to
relieve my wife, | have no hesi-
tation in declaring that st. Jacobs
Oil will cure Neuralgia. says M.
V. b. Hersom, Esq, (of Pinkham
& Hersom,) Boston, Mass, an en-
thusiastic IndorSer of its merits.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-06-11

When Benjamin franklin was
an editor, he was ia the habit of
writing to the young ladies who
sent in poetry, saying in honeysd
language that, owing to the crowd
ed state of his columns, etc., but
he would endeavor to circulate
their productions in manuscript.
And then he tied the poems to the
tail of his kite for 'bOhs.'
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-06-11

Father Sylvester Malone, the
first catholic pastor established al
Williamsburg, thirty seven years
ago, babe farewell to his congre-
CATION on Sunday, prior to his de-
parture for Europe. Mr.. Henry
Havemeyer gave the reverend
gentleman letter ofcredit for S25, :
600 as a parting gift.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-03
New and Stale Bread.

The nature of the difference between new
and stale bread is far from being known. 1t
is only lately that the celebrated French
chemist, Boussingault, instituted an inquiry
into it, from which it results that the differ
ence is not the consequence of des ccation,
but solely of the cooling of the bread If we
take fl esh bread into the cellar, or in any
place where it cannot dry, the inner part Of
the loaf, it is true, is found to be crumbly,
but the crust is no longer brittle, If stale
bread is taken into the oven again, it assumes
all the qualities of fresh baked bread, al
though in the hot oven it must undoubtedly
have lost part of the moisture. NJ. Boussin-
gault has made fresh loaf of bread the sub
ject of minute investigation, and the results
are anything but uninteresting. New bread,
in its smallest parts, is 50 soft, clammy, fex.
ible and glutinous, lin consequence of the
starch during the process of fermenting and
baking being changed into muclaginous deX-
trine,) that by mastication it is with greater
ease separated and reduced to smaller parts,
and is less under the influence of the saliva
and digestive juices. 1t consequently forms
itself into hard balls by carelessfiess and hasty
mastication and deglutition, becomes coated
over by saliva and slime, and in this state
enters the stomach. The gastric Juice being
unable to penetrate such hard masses, and
being scarcely able even to act upon the sur.
face of them, they frequently remain in the
stomach unchanged, and, like foreign bodies
irritate and incommode it, inducing every
species OF sufering~oppressiOn of the stom
ach, pain in the chest, disturbed circulation
OF the blood, congestion and pain in the
head, irritation of the brain, and intlamma
ton, apopletic attacks, cramp, and delirium
IN. E. Farmer.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-03
Cheese Made From Potatoes.

foreign paper says that cheese is made
from potatoes in Thuringia and Saxony in
tha manner below. Possiblythe process may
be found worth trying, if not profitable in
this country. After having collected guam
tity OF potatoes, of good quality, giving the
preference to large, white kind, they are
boiled in cauldron, and after becoming
cool they are peeled and reduced to pule,
either by means of a crater Or mortar. To
five pounds of this pulp, which ought to be
as equal as possible, is added one pound of
sour milk and the ecessary quantity of salt.
The whole is kneaded together and the mix
ture covered up and allowed to lie for three
or four days. according to the season. At
the end OF this time it is kneaded anew, and
the cheeses are placed in little baskets, when
the superfuous moisture escapes They
are then allowed to dry in the shade, and
placed in layers in large vessels, " here they
must remain for fifteen days. The older
these cheeses are the more their qnality i'm
proves. Three kinds are made The first
and most common is made as detailed above,
the second, with four parts of potatoes and
two parts of curdled milk; the third, with
two parts of potatoes and four parts of COW
or eve milk. These cheeses have this ad-
vantage over other kinds, that they do not
engelder worms, and keep fresh for num-
Der OF years, provided they are placed in a
dry situation and in wel-chosen vessels
n. E. Farmer
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-03
Errors In Butter Making.

There are several prominent errors in
making butter which are quite common, cas-
lily pointed out and in the main easily rem.
edied. The greatest obstacle in the way Of
reform is to get the necessary instructions
before those who commit the errors; to gel
their attention, win their confidence by
showing them that the remedy is less labori-
Gus, and the grand result larger and bet.
ter product, consequently much better
price is obtained for the surplus than is pos
sible under the old erroneous method in
butter making
The errors of butter making are:
1st. Unceanliness.
I'd. Too much acid in the cream
3rd. Casein or buttermilk in a decom-
posed state.
4th. Too much friction in churning and
working the butter.
9Th. Bad salt and too much of it,
Foul milking stables, impure water, odors
from various sources, known and unknown,
are errors vital in their consequences, and
not generally thought of as of any import
ance.
Good sweet milk contains one-fourth
more of sugar than it does of butter; this
sugar turns to acid, and if this acid is too
much developed before churning, the covet-
ed aroma of good butter is lost.-Corr. Wis
consin Report. .s
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-03
Horses in Canada.

George Houghton of Seaforth, Canada.
gave the following experience before the
Ontario Agric .ltural Commission: am
large dealer in horses; about two hundred
horses year have passed thr )ugh my hands
during the last twenty years; l generally
buy as commission agent; my market has
generally been in Boston; have also bought
for New York and Pennsylvania markets; |
buy all classes of horses-both heavy draft
horses and ligut general purpose horses; the
former are required chiefly in the city, and
the latter fol the farm, for light wagons and
street cars. | buy from the farmers for
about twenty-five miles around Seaforth;
the demand for horses is increasing, but
there have been SO many taken from this
neighborhood that the supply is getting
short; Canadian horses are preferred in New
York and Boston to horses from the Wes-
tern States. and command from $25 to S.
head more; for ordinary horses l have been
paying from 500 to 800 and for good Clyde
horses from Sl25 to $500. consider CLYDE
horses more profitable for farmers to raise
than any others, as they are able to work
when they are two years or two years and q
half old; the reason Canadian horses are
preferred to Western American horses is
that they are not fed up SO high and will
wear better; Western horses are fattened on
corn like so many pigs, and it Injuries them;
Canadian horses will thrive, while Western
horses go backward. In all cases l think
farmers should use thoroughbred stations,
and as good mares as they can get; in this
district there are none but the best class of
stations used, as the farmers are learning
that it pays them best; the horses that suit
me best are those five years old, but the buy
ers are so anxious to get them that they take
them at two years. All the pure Clydes in
this part of the country are imported horse !;
all the Canadian bred CIydes are crosses;
think there will be demand for all the
grade Clyde horses our farmers can raise"
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-03
What Does a Pound of Butter Cost


What dairyman can give precise answer
10 this question, and if we should put it in
this way, what ought a pound of butter to
cost? We should present poser not onl to
dairyman, but to all the agricultural expert
ment stations now existing and in embryo.
But these are very pertinent questions, be-
cause it is in the choice and use of the feed
that profit or loss lies, and who can say
which food, and which method of feeding it,
produces the most favorable results. l have
been feeding cows eXperimentally for years,
and, although have made up my mind
which foods and which methods are the
best for me, could not say positively that
one or the other would be best for another
dairymaD. The most costly food for COW
is hay and corn meal and wheat middlin.s
With hay at one cent a pound, and corn and
middlings at one and one-quarter cents, it
will cost to feed COW fifteen cents for hay,
and seven and one-half cents for meal per
day-ln all, twenty-five and one-half cents.
A COW that will make 250 pounds of butter
year will cost at least $50. She will repay
her own cost in calves and her carcass when
twelve years old; so that to pay for her feed
will cost SS1 yearly if it is purchased, and il
it is provided by the farm it comes to the
same end, for the feed might be sold; and
against this there is 250 pounds of butter,
worth at the market price for the best quail
ty, about $50 net. Now, what should this
butter cost? If a cow is at pasture for six
months of the year, the pasture will be
worth at about $50 an acre for the land and
four acres to the COW, in interest alone,
SS.40; taxes will add at least two dollars
more to that, and the cost of the grass will
be at least two dollars to the acre more; so
that, with the winter feeding, the cost in all
will be $53. 80, and the SKINNED milk and
manure may pay for the labor. Then, can
a pound Of butter be made for less than
twenty-five cents? and if not, the dairyman
is not likely to be troubled about the high
prices of four per cents. But what of the
the dairymen whose cows make but $50
pounds of butter a year, and whose butter
causes the nose of the commission man to
turn upwards? How do they live and how
much do they earn per day?-New York
Times.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-03
New YEARS .

New YEARS 81.
The Manson. Crosby wedding occurs tonight.
Fair aud festival last night at Corless Street
church. About $50 90 was cleared.
Mr. Edward Osborn is home from an extend
ed stay in Connecticut.
Mr. James Berry. while smelling at Arrow
sic. yesterday, fell through one of the smelling
holes and was rescued with difficulty, as sink
ing and rising he came up beneath the ice.
The Potter boys shipped this week half ton
of smelts to Boston.
The Bath High school reioices in a band
which meets for weekly rehearsals.
Mr. Horace Henderson begins his duties as
teacher at the South Grammar school, on Mon
day.
Capt. ]. NJ. Norton of this city. has COM
Harpswell.
st Goss & Sawyer's, schooner No. 12l is
nearly ready to be launched.
Yesterday six carloads of ship lumber for
Goss s; Sawyer arrived at the Crescent street
switch.
BY an accident at one of our yards yesterday
Mr.. VIM. Parsons had two fingers jammed
from his hand.
The lowest accounts of TIE thermometer to-
day was 20o below zero.
Capt. Manson, of the II. \. Dewitt, is in
town.
A schooner laden with lignum vitae for VIM.
ingalls, is due.
Col. C. A. l.. Sampson died last night at his
residence, from lung fever. He had been sick
but one week and his death was a sudden
shock to his family and friends. Col. Samp-
son was born iu Boston in 1925, and when a
young apprentice came to this city with Mr..
Thomas b. McLane, a carver in wood. Later
Col S. entered into business for himself, and
has ever been regarded as one of the most tai
ented carvers of wood in the world. Among
his finest figures was that of Gen. Chamber
lain and the Belle of Bath. At the commence
ment of the war Col. Sampson went out as
Captain of Co. ID, Sd Maine regiment, of which
he was afterward made Lieut-Colonel. Col.
Sampson was Christian gentleman, always
ready to aid Others and highly patriotic In
his death his family loses an honored head, his
friends most highly esteemed companion, the
Shipping CITY of Bath one of its most beloved
artists and the Swedenborgian church an able
and willing worker. His age was So years.
The funeral services will be held on Monday.
The masque ball last evening, at Columbian
Hail. was the centre of attraction and the gal
leries were crowded with spectators while a
goodly number of dancers were on the floor.
Mr.. Alden, assisted by an orchestra of five,
gave excellent music. The last dance was fin
ished about 2.30 this morning.
The annual festival at the Orphans Home
occurred last evening. The Home was beauti-
fully trimmed and quite large number of
visitors were present f4
Sheriff Ballou it is today.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-03
RAILROADS.
BOSTON T. MAINE RAILROAD
FALL ARRANGEMENT.

On and after Monday, Oct.
Eszssssaa rs, 1850, Passenger Trains
tEz.ssASsswiil LEAVE PORTLAND
1@EOR BOSTON at 8.45 a.. m,
LOG, $50 .. M. arriving at Boston at LILO, 5.3O
500 o. na Retus oine, leave Boston at 80 q. m,
1886. SIC .. M, a, irving at Portland at 1905.
500 800. =, m. Pof ,Iand for Scarborough
beach, pine Point. Old Orchard Beach,
Snco. iBiddefor6 and Xennebnnk, at $40
a. ni., / .OV, $50. 80 p. m. .~0f w ens, worm
Berwick, salmOn Falls, - re"' mr,
YER, New Market, Exete>,' u. ~ n'
luwrerc.s, Andover and Lowe -, ~ ~ E,,s,.,. a.
M, LOO, $50 Pm. For Hochesie1 = q, n M
EOr Alton Bay at S.45 q, m, $50 p. h ot
Manchester and Concord via Lawrenh ~ q, n'
S45 g. H.; tvta New Market Junction. az $50 ''i.
Morning Train leaves Kennebnnk Ter Pof.
land at 7.25.
with sound Line stesmers. The $50 D. m,
train connects with All Rail Lines for New
ork and south and West.
SUNDAY GGkAlNSt Leave Portland for
Boston at LOO p. IN. Boston for Portland at
900 pm
Trains on Boston Maine road connect with all
steamers running between Portland and Bangor,
Rockland, Mt. Desert Machias Eastport Calais, ST.
John and Halifax. Also connect WITH Grand Trunk
trains at Grand Trunk Station, and Maine central
and Portland d Ogdsnsburg trains at Iransier S1a
ton.
All trains stop at Exeter ton minutes for refresh
ments. First class Dining Rooms at Portiaho,
Transfer Station Exeter lawrence and Boston.
THROUGH TICKETS to all points West anu
South may be had of W. L.. Williams, Iicket
Agent, Boston & Maine Depot, and at Gn,on
Ticket Once, 40 Exchange St.
3. H. STEVENS, Gen Agent, Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-03
TFMPLARS OF HONOR

At TempiorS' Bali, No. 100 Erchange Street.
CoUNC1L-Maine, first and third Monday in each
month. tr
TEMPLE-Forest City, No. /, every Wednesday
evening
PORTLAND FRATERNITY-No. 41s Free st. Block
every evening.
FOREST CITY CoMMANDERY No. 16 convenes at
p. o. s. of A. Hall, Plum St., on first Thursday of
each month. -s.
BoswoRTH PosT G. A. R. Meeting every Friday
evening in Mechanics Hall, corner of Congress and
Casco streets. ...-.-
PORTLAND SOCIETY OF NATURAL HIsroRy-At
their library room, City Hail. ON the first and third
Monday evenings of each month.
PORTLAND TEMPERANCE UNIoN-Congress Hall.
Business meeting Thursday evenings; public meet
ng Sunday evenings, at O'Clock. -
PORTLAND TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No. 75-
Second Saturday of each month. -4-- -7f
MAINE CHARITABLE MECHANIC ASSOCIATION
Corner of Congress and CascO streets First Thurs
day in each month.
LOYAL ORANGE Washington Lodge
No. $50. Meets Second Monday in the month, at
Temperance Hall, Congress st. r
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARs-Ar-
cana, Monday, Congress Hall, 42O1a Congress St.
Mission, Wednesday, Preble Chapel; Forest City,
Wednesday, Sons Of Temperance Hall; Mystic,
Thursday, Sons of Temperance Hall.
PAYsoN LITERARY SOCIETY = Meetings every
Monday evening, at Mercantile Library Room, Far
rington Block, Congress street
PORTLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY AND READING
ROOM-City Building Open and free to all. from 10
a. m. to p. m.
JU gENILE TEMPLARs-Perham Temple, No. "a,
at Congress Hail. e. cry Wednesday evening at Z
o'clock. Temperance concerts first Sunday in every
month.
KNIGHTS OF PYTuIAs-Bramhall Lodge, No. 3,
Thursday evenings; Munjoy Lodge, No. 6, Monday
evenings; Pine Tree, No. IL, Friday evenings, at
their Hall, Clapps Block, Market Square. Section
Isl Endowment Rank, fourth Thursday in each
month.
PATRIOTIC ORDER SoNs OF AMERIcA-Camps No
l and convene at P. o. s. of A. Hall, Plum
street. No. on Tuesday evening; No. 3 ON Mon
day evening of each week; No. 2 at School H ouse
Turner's Island, Cape Elizabeth Friday Evening
PORTLAND ARMY AND NAVY UNIoN-Corner
Congress and Brown streets. First Tuesday in each
month
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN AssocIATIoN-Oppo-
site Preble House, Congress street. Open day and
evening Union Gospel Meetings Wednesday and
Saturday evenings at 734 O'Clock.
PORTLAND TEMPERANCE REFORM CLUB-Head-
quarters corner of Congress and Temple streets.
Open day and evening. Business meeting Tuesday
evenings at 71R O'Clock,
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-03
The Household.


Most flower seed are good for more than
one year. Asters, stocks and some other
sorts are worthless the second season. OF
a large number of varieties, portion will
germinate the second year, but not a very
high percentage. Such are phlox, verbena,
and many others. Seeds saved in favora-
BILE season, and properly dried, will of course
remain good longer than those saved in an
unfavorabe year, or carelessly cured. As a
rule, round seeds are good longer than thin,
ally acknov lodged to be better than new
Last summer in the garden of an old Ger
man lady, saw some flowers from seeds
brought from the old country sixteen years
before. She had petunias, portulaca and
gourds.-EXchange.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-03
Portland and Worcester Line.
PORTLAND 4 ROCHESTER r. r.

WINTER ARRANGEMENT. nI
On and after Monday, Oct. is,
Ees-seaass ssssa $50, Passenger Trains will leave
s..,.s., s-s-=5.,sa Portland at 4 20 n. M, aand
.-----l.3J p. m , arriving at Worcester
at g. p. IN. and 7.3O p. m. Returning leave
Union Depot, Worcester, at 7.30 a. end IL .1b g.
m, arriving at Portland at LILO p. IN. and 6.IO p.
NJ. .It4 lLrs.
For Clinton, Aver Juns., Fiichh9rg,
Nashua, Lowell, Windhan,, and Ep-
ping at 1.2O u. and l2J p. mn.
For Manchester, Concord and points North, at
1.25 p. m. go
For Rochester, sprinyynIe, Alfred, Wat
erborO and saco River.3 30 "A. m.. 1.25
leave Rochester at (mixed) 6.45 a. M, hoo
a. M, and 1856 p M; arriving at Portland
qnixed) 935 a. M, Ito p. m. and 6.I0 p m.
For Gori.asa, Saccarappa, Cumberland
Mills, WestbroOk nnd WOOdlfOrd's.
at 100 N. ns., f.25, $40 and QDixedD e.45
The f.1J p. IN. tt ain from Portland connects at
Aver .Eunc. with II OOsac Tunnel Route for
the West, and at Union Depot, Worcester. for
New Work via Norwich Line, and all rail,
via Springfield, also with N. n. Il N. Il. X.
X. ('Steamer Maryland Route'o Tor Philadei-
phia, Baltimere, Washington, and the
Sonth and with Boston q Albany u. Es. foi
the West. arst 4-l---. .lr
sioa with through trains of Me- Central r. r. and
at G-andTrunk Transfer, Portland, with trains
of Grand II unk r. II.
Through tickets to all points South and West, at
Depot Offices and al Inns 4 Adams, No. % Ex-
hange Street -n"
j. W. PETERS, Gen. Ticket Agent.
GEO. P. WE f., Supt oc16dt
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-03
a Great Victory

Has been achieved by the use of Wyomoke, or
Nerve Food, iu combating all nervous mala-
dies, heart affections, broken-down constitu-
tions, etc., etc. Thousands have been cured
that were considered hopeless invalids, and
the most eminent physicians in all schools of
medicine prescribe it regularly in their daily
practice. Wyomoke is sold by all druggists at
SLoo, S1.50 and $500 per bottle. Use no
other nervine.