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The Republican journal., 1881-06-02
VOLUME So.
House-Cleaning HINTS.

Helen Campbell, in her recent book on
housekeeping, gives some very excellent
and helpful hints in regard to house
cleaning, which our lady readers, who are
about passing through that ordeal, will
be very glad to see. She says, if coal or
wood are to be laid in for the winter sup
ply, let it be done before house cleaning
begins, as otherwise much dust will be
spread through the house. 1t is not nee
essary to take up heavy carpets every
year or ottener than once in two or three
years unless they are in constant use.
The tackS. however, should be taken out
every year and the carpet folded back a
yard OF two and the floor washed in
strong suds in which bOraN has been dis
solved at the rate of a tablespoonful to a
pail Of water, and after busting black
pepper on the edges tack the carpet down
again. by this means moths are kept
away, and as corners and folds are their
iavorite hiding places they are searched
out and destroyed. Ingram and other
carpets after being taken up can be
frightened in color by sprinklinga pound
or two of salt over their surface and
sweeping carefully, 1t is usual to occa-
sonally wipe oft the carpet with bOraX
water, using Il wet flannel and taking
care not to wet the carpet but only to
dampen it Mirrors should also be wiped
with boraN water, the cloth being wet
enough to dampen it. In securing paint
sapolio is better than sand, and in all
cases a little boraN should be placed in
the water Mirrors can be cleaned with
whiting, atterward being rubbed with a
The Republican journal., 1881-06-02

TESTING SEEDS. We have noticed on
former occasions thc very useful expert
mtnts ot Professor Beal Of the Michigan
Agricultural College, in testing various
garden and farm seeds and thus determin-
ing beforehand their terminating quail
ty. The disappointment and positive
loss in planting bad seeds and losing a
crop for 4 whole season greatly exceeds
the labor of testing. \ counted number
may be placedi in pots properly filled with
fine mellow earth. in a warm place or
they may be put between several folds Of
spongy brown paper in It warm place
and kept damp by daily sprinklng.
Good seeds will not he many daysin show
ing their true quality. \ writer in the
Practical Farmer says he tests his seeds
with little trouble in large pots in a small
greenhouse. and has thus tested in the
past Two months upwards OF eight hun
dred samples Of vegetable seeds. and he
wonders why farmers omit soeasy an eN
pertinent on their farm seeds. Country
Gentleman.
GARDEN W AIK~. old tan bark makes
cool and delightful walk under the
shade ot trees. 1t must he laid on Il dry
bottom, on il becomes Very unpleasant in
Wet weather.. Stag from furnaces ground
up with ashes is the very best material
for garden walks, and the color is far
more agreeable in hot weather than
gravel. Notwithstanding its dark color,
it IS not 50 hut and it does not pack quite
SO hard as tie regular road material.
sand, ON the other hand. though it does
not pack at all, is very hot on account ot
The Republican journal., 1881-06-02

ihe Maryland Farmer says there is no
Her farmers production 50 subject to
mics from many slight causes as milk
ay butter and none other 50 sensitive to
pleasant od0rs Of every kind none
her that is so much deterOted in value
they are hence, all kinds of unclean-
ness should be avoided. and the utmost
lratness should he observed in every step
'f their production and marketing, from
ue very treliu- handling and milking Of
he COWS, a. we'll as treatment and hand
o.. Of the milk with the churning, work
4 mi putting up OF the butter. All Of
-t vessels and implements used, the
tel and salt used, and the rooms occu-
rd IN keeping the milk and making the
tier, should be Kept perfectly clean and
"et IN order to produce the best quail
.- to secure high and fancy prices
NIthng short of this course will do it,
tnother article that the farmer produces
the market has such a wide range or
ference in prices as butter, not even
leest or choice fruit. We see by quota
H> in all tie great butter markets that
e prices Of table butter range all the
~ from ten cents TO one dollar per
.and, while greasy, cooking butter is
on lower than that; even the packages
which it is put up whether firkins,
Tbs on rolls, affect the prices for which
sells. Grains and meats have but a
mall range compared to butter; the
tterence Ill the prices Of butter is much
reater than the difference in the cost !;
Icnce, it is much more profitable to make
lnd sell first class article than a poor
The Republican journal., 1881-06-02


In the honorable fraternity of scotsman
and florists no man stands higher, or is
better or more favorably known than
Peter Henderson, the senior member of
the firm of Peter Henderson 4 Co., seeds
men, market gardeners and florists, 35
Cortland street, New York Mr. Hen
derson has had an extensive experience
of over quarter of century in all de
paltments of horticulture, and is the
author of three books on gardening
which have had a large sale, and are now
standard works. They are "Gardening
for Profit "practical Horticulture" and
'tiardening for :Pleasure.' His latest
work "Elenderson's Handbook ofPlants"
supplies a want long felt by the gar
dener and florist, while many others will
md ii Il valuable book of reference, com
prising as it does, a concise yet compre-
Aensive dictionary OF plants. 1t would
hr a great acquisition to the library of
Grange or Farmers Club. The scope of
the work IL thus indicated in the Intro
,uction
AS book ot reference. it is believed it
sill taEe the place, lor all practical pur-
poses. of the expensive and voluminous
European works Of this kind: and as it
has been written with a special view to
The wants OF the climate of the nited
States both in matters of propagation
tld culture, it will in these important
particulars, be found more valuable than
european works ot this class.
constructions for the culture of many
important plants, such as the Rose, have
The Republican journal., 1881-06-02

We notice occasionally reference made
our agricultural exchanges to the great
So that both apple and pear trees some
mes attain. rs a rule, the pear tree is
much longer lived than the apple. We
lave seldom known an apple tree to live
aGch longer than from fifty to seventy
ears, the latter age being about the
anit. But certain varieties of the pear
ouetmes live to Il great age. The
iofmer does not get to bearing before it
caches from ten to fifteen years old.
WI an old homestead in Montgomery
ountY, Pa, there is a Catherine pear
zee that must be siXty-fivc to seventy
Years old, but does not seem much more
jhdn half grown, And here upon our
PREMISES there are two Catillac, two wind
Soy and one Catherine tree, which are es-
lmated to be one hundred and fifty years
@d Fifty years ago they seemed to be
cry nearly as large as now and we were
Jold by a previous owner of the ground
3h old man when we purchased it-that
hs grandfather, who came from Germany,
Planted the trees, with others Of the same
name which we removed when he was
by no means an old man. Hence bv
getting at the ages Of the mans ancestors
we pretty closely approximate the ages
81 the trees. [Germantown Telegraph
Messrs. }. A. and L. A. Cilley Of Fair
neld, sheared this spring from fifty two
thoroughbred Cotswold sheep $50 pound
9 wool, an average of ten pounds per
mead They also sheared from a large
lumber Of grade Cotswolds an average of
9iA pounds per head
The Republican journal., 1881-06-02

old salmon fashion they drifted tail fore
most down the stream.
Next morning, a settler in the Bitter
Root region, passing by the brook near
his house, noticed that a ''dog- salmon"
had run in there and seemed "mighty
nigh tuckered out" 50 he took hoe,
and, wading into the brook, raped the
fish on the head with it, and carrying it
ashore threw it to the hogs. But the
hogs had a surteit of salmon meat, and
they ate only the soft parts, leaving the
head untouched. And a wandering natu-
ralist found it there, and sent it to the
United States Fish Commission to be
identified, and thus it came to me. Pop
ular Science Monthly.
The Republican journal., 1881-06-02
Mount Desert

A terrible row
Is started just now,
Which shows William Shakespeare quite lame
In trying to show
Though better we know
That nothing at all in name is
The trouble is this
An aesthetic miss
(She is rcckoned somewhere IN the thirties
Who has been there. It's guessed,
Does loudly protest
That the name of the place Mount Desert IS.
Not so" says a chap,
Giving table rap;
His feelings are badly, he says, hurt,
And outraged his ears.
Except when he hears
The proper pronounciDg, Mount Desert
You're wrong says third
"Ies, both. on my word
The name from the French declare is,
And therefore says he,
lis as plain as can be
The correct way to speak it Dazalr is
Och, whist now, says Pat,
"Phut wud yez be al !
Its meself shure, | think that worst is hurt
Me cousins been there
And, faith, | can shwear
She towld me the name was Mount DSsert
Lewiston Gazette
The Republican journal., 1881-06-02
Don't be SIIy.

Don't let foolish prejudice against popular
medicines stand between you and the health OF
your wife, child, baby, 1t is always right to ad
vertise blessing. DR.. kennedy's "Favorite Rem
edy" IS blessing. 1t has saved thousands, and il
will help you If you are sick and miserable, we
advise you to spend One Dollar for this King Of
Medicines, and then write to the Doctor at Rond
out N. Y, as to how you feel For troubles of the
kidneys bowels. liver and blood 2w2l
The Republican journal., 1881-06-02
Wet Food for Horses.

\ writer tor the Live Stock journal
says of farm horses that they are obliged
to work very hard and therefore it is not
only right and lust, but for the best pccu-
mary interest Of their owners to see that
they are well fed. And it seems best that
they not only have good food and plenty
OF it, bat also that it should be given to
them wet. He believes a great many
horses are permanently injured by being
kept in the summer, when they work, up
on dry hay and meal Just what injury
Will result from this course Of feeding can
not be fortOld to certainty. Whether
it viii take the form of arrangement of
the digestive organs or affections of the
throat and lungs, will depend somewhat
upon the natural tendencies Of the ami
mails, and the quality and conditions of
the food theyreceiye. But injury Of some
kind will be very likely to result. It is
but little trouble to wet the food, and it
is better and Safer than it is to feed it dry
For horse that is at work most of the
time cut feed is the best which can be
given. But if the hay is not cut, it pays
to throw on a little water. Feeding dry
meal has been highly recommended and
the writer tried it, but is not satisfied
with the results: he thinks it is better to
put the meal in a pail and mix it with
water.
The Republican journal., 1881-06-02

As a general rule it is not safe To ven
turc much beyond a flock OF 80 hens, even
after considerable experience has been
gained. The proper sphere for the poul-
try business seems to be for every farmer
to keep a small flock, attend to them
carefully and make them contribute to
the income of the farm. Every farmer
might derive considerable profit from a
flock OF hens. Aachias MON.
The Republican journal., 1881-06-02
Marine Views in Politics

There was a remarkable exhibition of rhetorical
sea tempest and turbulent billows III the Repub
can National Convention at Chicago last June For
four days the convention had been struggling to
effect an organization. On the might of Saturday
June 9TH, the speeches presenting candidates ter
the Presidential nomination were in order The
following are extracts from the speeches
The tempest burst upon the country, and the
war ensured, which ragged for four long wears For
tunaely for lis, there were at the helm of the ship
OF State the right men. and it was manned BY the
right crew Mr.. joy Of Michigan placing Blaine
in nomination.
once saw a storm at sea in the night time-a
staunch Old ship fighting its fury wind
shriekirg and bowling through her rigging the
huge waves dashing against her sides the light
ming flashing and thunder rolling all around Frye,
of Maine, stcOnding the nomination.
We saw the old ship of State strained in every
timber, tossed upon the foamng waves Of All angry
sea. Again we beheld her as she safely entered
port, but the pilot who sat at her wheel was the
grand old hero, magnificent in the majesty Of his
silence. Mr. Bradley, Of kentucky, secondlng
the nomination Of Grant.
The Republican journal., 1881-06-02
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

[ For this department brief suggestions, facts and
experiences are solicited from housekeepers
farmers and gardeners Address Agricultural
editor journal Office Belfast Maine
The Republican journal., 1881-06-02

The following circular has been issued from The
Adjutaut Generals office Of the War Department -
There being now pending in this department
great numbers OF volunteer pension claims which
cannot be satisfactorily verified for want of intor
nation which missing records of discontinued
volunteer commands would afford, and it having
tranSpireG in many instances that officers of the
late volunteer forces have still in their possession
under their control books and other records
pertaining to their corps. divisions brigadeS, reg
ments. and companies, their attention is called to
the fact that all such books and records should be
deposited with this Office, and they are earnestly
requested TO cause the same to be forwarded with
out delay to the .idutant General of the Army, at
Washington, District Of Columbia
No expense other than postage OF proper ex-
press charges when packages exceed eur pounds,
the limit for mail parcels can be paid by the
Government.
In the interest Of the great number Of widows,
orphans, and disabled soldiers whose claims are
involved, the newspapers Of the country are re
quested to give the substance of this circular the
greatest publicity.
The wheat crop Of Kansas tins year promises to
be the largest ever known
More railroads are now being built in Texas than
in all the rest of the country
Russian soldiers are taught trade ana allowed
when Oft duty, to carr money by it.
This country sends dried apples to France and
they come back in the shape Of caret
1t is estimated that 10000 New Workers will
spend their summer months in Europe
Freedom of the press has been guaranteed to
Cuba by the extension of the Spanish constitution
to the island. s
All over Canada there is agitation for higher
wages, and 50 many working men are leaving that
those who remain are likely to secure an advance
Quebec Is to have great hotel OF the modern
type at cost of half a million dollars. The
Princess Louise is large stockhoder in the com
pany that is building it
Some Texas farmers will try the experiment Of
importing the Lubbock beetles from Russia These
beetles very yoracious and live on grasshop-
pers, locusts, cotton worms and every insect that
destroys crops,
The Republican journal., 1881-06-02


their efforts are already quite apparent. This
is the case, notably. at Brunswick, one of the
most beautiful villages in Maine, where Village
improvement ASSOCIATION has been in operation
for one or two years. and which is, this spring
pushing forward the work Of rural adOrnment
with more yigor than ever Its efforts embrace
the planting of ornamental trees, the cleaning up
OF neglected and unoccupied lots, the cleaning OF
highways Of weeds, rubbish and litter: the drain
age of streets: the painting Of fences about the
public grounds, and the diffusion of spirit OF
taste, neatness and public good order public
entertainment was held which added considera-
bic sum to the funds Of the Association, and one
or more general "Field Evenings, have taken
place the object being for all the members Of the
ASSOCIATION to meet together and work in clearing
up the public lawns. etc This has been done with
Il Will and good spirit Ladies are members of the
ASSOCIATION, and are quite as efficient, il not more
Sc, IN much OF the work, as gentlemen.
What has been done i'll Brunswick and also IN
hundreds OF villages in Massachusetts and other
parts OF New England, should this very season be
undertaken in more than a hundred villages of
Maine Oh! these beautiful and attractive Maine
towns. located III the midst of wealth OF natural
beauty, but SO shabby. unkempt, and with such
back yard appearance, What broken in sidewalks
barren commons, dilapidaled fences, and want OF
trees many of them present. And what work is
here for the Village Improvement Society to ac
complsh Not great deal of money is needed,
but considerable amount of energy public spirit
and good taste these, well directed by some com
petent man OF woman will do the work The lit
tie park can be graded Oft the grass kept cut,
walks laid out, the fence painted, few trees sci
out, possibly border of flowers provided and
this as sort Of centre from which to work may
extend from year to year until other parts of the
village are embraced. walks repaired trees set.
streets drained, amt the whole town take on
park like appearance. Who does not in reading
tins, call to mind many villages and towns where
simple association like that indicated above,
hp ot
The Republican journal., 1881-06-02

An Alabama father committed suicide because
he thought his wife loved their daughter more
than she did him: California girl because her
father married a woman who was her Junior: a
Rhode Island mason because he carelessly built a
wall of plumb; Georgia negro, because he could
not feel that he had satisfactory quantity or
quality Of piey; a Maine farmer because baky
horse eXasperatod him, and Michigan bride. be
cause her husband OF three days swore at her r..
Y Sun.
The Republican journal., 1881-06-02

Stilison Hntchns, editor of the Washington
Post oilers three prizes, aggregatng $500, to the
district or association which will build or improve
the best four miles of road III the counties OF
Beknap, Carroll, Coos and Merrimac, New iiamp-
shire. during the coming Summer.
The Republican journal., 1881-06-02

BY far the strongest temperance lecture Of the
season is the statement made by the keeper of the
New Gork Morgue that four fifths of the five thou
year are sent there by drunkenness. Chancellor
Crosby would do well to preach his of tenn
perance to the silent congregation of the Morgue.
The Republican journal., 1881-06-02

Dandeons are The height of fashion just now,
and at New Y ork bouquets Of the golden beauties
adorn the belts or glow brooches in the quaint
costumes of fashionable women. The bells throng
the florists quarters in pursuit Of them, gather
them with their own far hands from the public
parks and squares
The Republican journal., 1881-06-02
Maine Matters.

NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE,
RI-RAI. IMpRONLMENTS
The Republican journal., 1881-06-02

\ statement that has been going the rounds OF the
newspapers in regard 10 taking salmon with fly
III PcnGbScut River requires some correction lest
parties be m>led thereby 1t purports to be a quo
tatlon from the annual report of the Maine Fish
Commissioners for l>N0 bUt its meaning was mis-
applied Reference was therein made to taking
Penobscot salmon with ly it is true, but those
salmon had Inst 0cen caught in wcirs and then
placed i'll pond near Bucksport where they were
confined for purposes of fish culture, and it was
from this pond that the fish mentioned Were taken
with fly and not from the river Some six hun
dred or moro salmon were i'll this small pond
where they had been kept many weeks without
food other than such insects as nature supplied
This statement in regard to the salmon caught
in 1879 and III l,>0 in the Penobscot referred sole
y to the fish caught by means OF nets and by pro.
tessiCnal fishermen So far us We know but a
single salmon was taken with fly in the PenOb-
scot River last year, although several parties of rod
fishermen visited the east branch and other por-
ions OF the river for The express purpose of fishing
for salmon; but their time, money and patience
were spent III VAN, and they returned without
fish, although they had many bites-irom flies and
mosquitoes. There was single exception among
the many failures Mir. ii l. Leonard, with per
SiStency worthy Of greater success, made repeated
trips to the upper waters U the PSnObScOt for the
purpose OF catching salmon and did succeed in
catching one fish The fact was considered an
event so unusual as to merit pUblication and that
solitary salmon was the ouY one recorded as taken
with a fly, Nor does this river afford good trout
fishing as compared to smaller streams, although
some of its lesser tributaries abound with small
trout the river itself does not, owing, probably,
to the warmth of the water, until one reaches the
very uppermost sources.
He who seeks the Penobscot for good fishing
for salmon or for trout-s likely to reap as little
reward as did the writer upon two trips made for
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-10-29
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.
Ao,ulliaI $4,000

he,uAA3i $500 FF4
Nichtswatchmen were established in
Paris inEl595. nN ss1.ssss & r..Ss
4 The order q Bsfcnsfs was instituted
by James Ii in16l1.~
Sedan chairs were introduced nom
Sedan, France, in 1884.
Quill pens are said to have come in
to use in the sixth century.
Handel, Harvey, Shakespeare and
Cromwell were bern in April.
Trajan, the Roman emperor, FIRST
founded the institution Of charity
schools, ssRs8 "
The orange is the longest lived fruit
tree known and is reputed to have
fourished three hundred years.
French graves are sometimes dec
reated with wreaths Of black and white
horse hair selected for its durability.
The Colchians used to extend feeces
OF wool across the beds Of the streams
from Mount Caucasus to catch the par
ticles Of gold washed down by the
torrente. YielngN b.U @af b8iSg3
Lucilius, the Roman satirist, says
oysters fatten during lunar augmenta-
ton, and that onions throw out buds in
the decrease. of the moon and wither at
its increase.
The three balls 81 the pawnbrokcr are
part OF the armorial bearings of the
Lombards, the first to open loan shops
in England, and who were OF the
princely house Of Medici Of Florence,
The ccurt physician in England in
the fourteenth century cured smallpox
by wrapping the patient in scarlet cloth
and hanging scarlet curtains round his
bed. As cure for apoplexy he ordered
the patient to be carried to church to
hear mass, and then wear round his
neck a scroll containing the days Cos.
pei.
The Hindoo thieFs manner Of scaling
walls is very ingeniors 1t is by means
OF huge lizard which. he carries witt
him in his nocturnal rambles. The
process is az follows: The lizard, which
is, perhaps, yard in length, with great
claws and fiattened feet and suction
powers like those Of fly, is made fas
to the dacoit by O tough cord tied to III
tail. When the dacoit Is pursued ant
comes in his hasty fight to wall, h,
quickly throws his lizard over 1t, hold
| inc fast Ia the other end OF the cord