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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-07-08

speaks twenty sales have been traced u
neighborhood. -
sThis positively good for only ten DAYS from
THIS IN MIND This newspaper must be ~ Az
mailed from within days from TINS oa
otherwise accept By teesrayh on the ss ga
panied with this and payment must DE naeo
specified
DATED, WASHINGTON. NEW JEHSEA.
NR-As this specia is limited and will not be ropes
all the money hand will pay to borrow part from
secure be offered ut less price tha
by oth makers is usually sold at
The National tribune., 1882-06-03
WHY " BABY MINE" TAINTED,

Once, when Nine. Rentz and her female
minstrels were performing in San Francisco,
q well-known Front street merchant-One
of the front orchestra-seat brigade, whose
head was more clear than level-waited
around the stage entrance to the Standard
Theatre after the performance trying to con-
ceal handsome bouquet under his ulster.
For long time he kept peering at the
different specimens of Nine. Rentz's sirens,
as they put up their umbrellas and trotted
away in the rain. After waiting patiently
for about an hour, he approached an indi-
vidual with a red scarf and a slouched hat,
who stood smoking cigar at the entrance,
and said:
Can you tell me, sir, if Miss Chlorine has
gone home yet?"
On, yes; been gone half an hour" replied
the slouch hat party, cheerfully. "ThOse
flowers for her ?"
"Well-er-.um-yes."
OH give 'em to her-see her later" said
the obliging man.
Will you? That's very kind, surely"
Oh, not at ALL" said the man, smelling
the bouquet with the air of connoisseur.
Anything else?"
Well-ahem-yes Just give her this
pair of earrings"
Certainly. What name shall say?"
Just say that Baby Mine she'll under
stand-.ends love, and says 2:30, at the same
place tomorrow"
"I'll just make mem. of that" said the
red-tie man, writing on his shirt-cuf, 2:30,
same place tomorrow. All right: Anything
eIse?"
No, that's all. Sure you'll see her this
evening""
"Oh, .ertain."
"And you'll get chance to speak to her
when there is no one around 2"
"Oh, dead sure. You see-I'm her hus-
band."
Baby Mine" tainted, and was sent to his
home IN hack.
The National tribune., 1882-06-03
WIT AND HUMOR.

When Patrick saw the announcement in
a shop window, Great Slaughter in Cloth
ing" be stepped in and inquired for ivan
of thin kilt suits."-Boston Transcript.
eyes" said the country member, Z" went
to that variety show because l felt sure
there'd be nobody there who knew me.
burned if pretty much the whole Legisla-
tuEe wasn't there!"
Conjugal amenities: He" My darling, l
really believe my, rheumatism has wholly
disappeared" She" Oh, I'm so sorry! Now
we shall never know when the weather is
going 10 change"
At Il plowing match at Inverness, Scot
land, q prize was offered to the plowman
who had been a total abstaner from intoxi-
eating liquors for the longest period The
plowmen were quite frank, and the prize
was awarded to one who had not drank since
dinner, two hours before.
Charles Bannister, that inveterate punster,
coming into a collee-rOom one stormy night,
said: II never saw such a wind in my life"
"Saw wind replied friend. 81 never
heard of such a thing as seeing wind
Pray, what was it Hke?" "Like?" an
swered Charles, like to have. blown my
hat Off"
Those who despise printers ink little
know its resources. \ theatrical company
which had been playing to dreadfully poor
audiences were suddenly surprised to find
thoir house full. 1t was explained the next
day when they found that the title of their
play had been changed from "The Woman
in Red " to "The Woman in Bed
Luther said: off man is not handsome
at 90, strong at 30, learned at 40, rich at 80
he viii never be handsome, strong, learned,
or rich in this world" Luther no doubt
struck the bull's-eye as far as beauty,
strength, and learning are concerned, but he
died before an office holder had acquired the
art of saving $4,000 year out of salary
of So 0G0; hence his remark about riches
don't fit now-N0rriSt01Cn Herald
"The latest agony" says Jeems, "is the
way | felt this morning. My wife asked
me for a XX bilI-a twenty, you know-and
| cut the matter short by telling her it could
not be did, for the simple reason that l had
only matter of dollar or so in my pocket
! knew you'd tell me that, she said and
its true, too And rs l looked up in amaze
ment she added | looked in your pockets
last night; I've got the twenty Oh, boys,
how | felt but what could dO?p
The National tribune., 1882-06-03
MOLLIEJS LITTLE RAM.

MOllie had a little ram as black as rub
Der shoe, and everywhere that Mollie went
he emigrated too.
He went with her to church one day, the
folks hilarious grew, to see him walk de-
murcly into Deacon Aliens pew.
The worthy deacon quickly let his angry
passions rise, and gave it an un-Christian
kick between the sad brown eyes.
This landed rammy in the aisle; the dea-
con followed fast, and raised his foot again !;
alas! that first Kick was his last.
For Mr. Sheep walked slowly back, about
rod It's said, and ere the deacon could
retreat, it stood him on his head.
The congregation then arose and went for
that 'ere sheep. Bat several well-directed
butts just piled them in heap.
Then rushed they straightway for the
door, with cgrses long and loud while ram
my struck the hindrnost man and shot him
through the crowd.
The minister had often heard that kind
ness wOuld.subdue the tiercest beast. Aha"
he said, IN Try that game on you.
And SO he kindly, gently called: Come,
rammy, rammy, ram, to see the folks abuse
you SO grlcved and sorry am"
With kind and gentle words he came from
that tall pulpit down, saying: Rammy,
ramuly, rummy, Fam, best sleepy in the
town."
The ram quite dropped its humble air, and
rose from off his feet, and when the parson
Il.
As he shot out the door and closed it with
a slam, he named California town. think
twas "Yuba Dam"
The National tribune., 1882-06-03
A LOVE EPISODE.
"Does your father keep dog?n

"Does your father keep a dOg?"
AS George W. Simpson spoke these words
in the earnest, tender manner that ever
characterized his demeanor towards the gen
tier sex, Aphrodite Mcclure gave an upward
glance, half shyly, half wonderingly, and
then the beautiful brown eyes were again
turned away and the little dimpled hands
that had been claspins pillar of the vine
clad porch on which they were standing this
beautiful June morning fell listlessly by her
side. For moment neither spoke. The
sun glints tiuttered erratically down between
the bright green leaves of the maple trees
the hum of insects filled the air, and the
pleasant lowing Of the cows as they roamed
contentedly among the succulent grasses OF
the meadows was borne up on the baImy
breath Of the early summer to these two in
whose hearts the first pr0mptings OF a pure,
Cook county love were being felt.
The man was the first to speak. Bending
over the little form that stood beside him, he
looked with his clear blue eyes upon the
coronal of golden locks that crowned AphrO-
dite's head, and then his. eyes wandered to
the invisible net which kept the cOr0nal from
slipping off when the breeze hit it. my
darling" he whispered softly to himself, Good
has made us for each other, and we must
never be parted. Without you my life would
be as desolate as the subscription book of %
Milwaukee paper, my whole existence a hor-
ribIe dream, from which there was no aWak-
ening" And clutchins neryOusly at his I'll
-bettor-in- the-sprins mustacho with one
hand, he gently placed the other upon Aph-
rodite's shoulder The girl did not move
Again he touched heB but there was no re-
sponse Still George suspected nothing
Who can blame his pure innocence. The
dress was padded.
"ADhrodite,' he said, in low, mellow tones
almost mellow enough to pick, will you
not speak to me and give me a hope, one
little three-for- or-fve-cents hope?" The girl
raised her face to his. The happy, careless,
are YOU going to the ball this evening ex-
prc.sion that had marked its every feature
before George spoke the fateful words with
which this story opens, was gone, and in its
place there dwelt 4 stony, almost concrete
look, that told more eloquently than could
words of the terrible struggle that had taken
place in the mind of this beautiful, striped
stockinscd girl. No word came fr9m the
asnen lips from which the red blood of youth
had flown, but the wisttul, tear haunted
expression of the dusky-brown eyes told all.
He has got dog then?" asked George,
his voice quiyerlng with excitement as he
spoke.
Two" murmured the girl, while storm
of sobs shook her form; and, )" she added,
speaking the words with a tender grace
beyond compare, they are both on the
bite"-CAicas0 Tribune.
The National tribune., 1882-06-03

The skeletons of nearly fifty Indians have
been unearthcd at Oneida. The present chief
of the Oneidas says that he knew there was a
burial gronnd at the place where they were
discovered and that it was specially designed
for tho final repose of warriors killed in battle
or in the chase, and of their wives and chill
dren. The first eighteen of these skeletons
brought to light were found in one row, and
were all in sitting posture, the feet of one
against the back of another. Strange to say,
each corpse had been accommodated with q
clay brick on which to sit,
The National tribune., 1882-06-03
Bounty and Pay.
Collections promptly made.
Property taken by the Army in
States not in InSurreCtiOn.

Claims of this character will receive special at
tention, provided they were flied before January L
1880. If not filed prior to that date they barred
by statute of limitation
In addition to the above we prosecute Military
and Naval claims of every description procure Pat
ents, Trade Marks, Copyrights, attend to business
before the General Land Office and other Bureaus
of the Interior Department., and all the Depart
ments of the Government.
We invite correspondence from all Interested as
surfing them of the utmost promptitude, energy,
and thorOughness in all matters intrusted to our
hands.
GEORGE E. LEMON.
The National tribune., 1882-06-03

ENsILAGE.-There is much controversy in
regard to the value of ensilage. In prac-
tical question of this kind, experience is of
more value than hypothesis. In the Massa-
chusetts PlOughman, Benjamin p. Ware (who
we know TO be careful of his statements and
strictly conscientious in all he says sums
up his results of feeding ensilage during the
past winter, in letter to that paper, and
from which we briefly extract the following
remarks:
CON the 21st of April, finished feeding
ensilage to my cattle, having for five months
fed to my cows sixty pounds of ensiiage per
day, composed Of green corn cut when the
ears had formed, and on some of them the
grain was in the milk. With this was mixed
a portion Of rowan, cut and put in the silo
also green. With this quantity yas fed to
the COWS giving milk three quarts of cotton
seed meal, and no hay or anything else dur
ing the five months.
"I then began to feed English hay of fine
quality, instead of ensilage, giving in addi-
ton the same quantity of cotton-ssed meal.
After one week feeding thus, I carefully
weighed the hay consumed. My object was
10 give the cows all they would eat of both
ensilage and hay, and to learn the value of
ensilage for food when compared with hay
at market price as the standard. l found
that the COWS, in addition TO the cotton-seed
meal, would eat sixteen pounds Of hay each
per day on an average in herd of five cows
againstsix pounds Of ensilaEe; and found
by measurement that the herd shrunk in
the quantity of milk nine per cent. On hay
from that Of ensilage. do not discover any
special change in the condition of the stock
by the change in the feed. They are and
have been looking well all winter.
"By this experiment l find that sixty
pounds OF ensilage is equal in feeding value
with sixteen pounds of English hay. And
calling the hay worth twenty dollars per
ton. would make the ensilage worth six dol
lars and sixty,six cents per ton, and "a a
milk producer nine per cent. more. which
would amount TO seven dollars and twenty
SIX cents per ton for ensiiage, as compared
with hay at twenty dollars per ton"
From Mr. Ware remarks re further CLEAN
that land which would produce two tons Of
hay per acre, would, in his opinion. produce
at least twenty tons Of ensilase corn, thus
securing about three timss the feeding value
over tie same quantity Of land in hay.
The National tribune., 1882-06-03

partially killed the roots. Later expert
ments with from one to three shovelfuls on
a circle of three feet destroyed the aphis
with no apparent injury to the roots The
greatest danger seems to be when heavy
rains follow the application; the quantity
which may safely be used is still in doubt.
The National tribune., 1882-06-03
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

NAsHINGTON, D. G, -HQTch ], IS7S.
We the undersigned, having an acquaintance
with Captain GEORGE Z. LEMON for the past few
years, and knowledge of the systematic manner
in which he conducts his extensive business and of
his reliability for fair and honorable dealing con-
nected Herewith, cheerfully commend him to
claimants generally.
A. V. RICE. Chairman
Committee IuUdiid Pensions House ReTls
w. +. SLEMONS, VI. c.
Second District Of DIRK.
w. p. LYNDE, NJ c.,
Fourth District OF TVis
r. w. TOWNSHEND NJ G.
Nineteenth District of III
The National tribune., 1882-06-03
War of 1912.

All surviving officers and soldiers of this war,
whether in the Military Naval service of the
United States, who served fourteen (1G days; or, If
In n battle or skirnsh, for a less period, and the
widows of such who have not remarked, are en-
titled to pension of eight dollars month. Proof
of loyalty is no longer required in these claims.
The National tribune., 1882-06-03
Restoration to Pension Roll.

Pensioners who have been unjustly dropped
from the pension roll, or whose names have been
stricken therefrOm by reason of failure to draw
their pension for period of three years, or by
reason of re-enlistment, may have their pensions
renewed by corresponding with this House.
The National tribune., 1882-06-03
Increase of Pensions.

ly, and many entitled to a higher rate
than they receive
From and after January 1851, shall make no
charges for my services in claims for increase Of
pension, where disability is alleged, unless
successful in procuring the increase
The National tribune., 1882-06-03
REFER ENCES:

AS this may reach the hands of some persons I'M
acquainted with this House. we append hereto aS
specimens of the testimony in our possession
copies of letters from several gentlemen of political
and military distinction, and widely known
throughout the United States:
The National tribune., 1882-06-03
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

WASHING ION, y. Q, JIurch =. 80.
From several years acquaintance with Captain
GEORGE z. LEMON of this city, / cheerfulIy COM
mend him a gentleman of integrity and well
qualified to attend to the collection of bounty and
other claims against the Government. His expe-
rence in that line gives him superior advantages
W.P. SPRAGUE, NJ c.
Fifteenth District of Ohio
JAS. D. STRAWBRIDGE. NJ c.
Thirteenth District Of Pcnnsyl raaig
The National tribune., 1882-06-03

The Boston Star has a story about a little
girl to the eject that when some fancis:t
action Of her wax doll dispIeased her, she
solemnly said: You'll so TO he'll, you will; ;
bat you won't burn; you'll just sizzle" Of
course this happened in Boston.
The National tribune., 1882-06-03
CITIZENS NATIONAL RANY

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. IL. 1879.
Captain GEORGE +. LEMON, attorney and agent
for the collection of war claims ut Washington cty
is thorough, Sbe, and exceedingly wel-inforrncd
man of business of high character, and entirely
responsible. | believe that the interests of III
having claims requiring adjustment cannot bo
conlided to safer hands.
JNO. A. J. CRESWFLI.
President.
The National tribune., 1882-06-03
Rural Topics.
CONDUCTED BY WILLIAM SAUNDERS,
WASHINGTON, D. O.

Correspondence issolicted to this column. Com
muuications addressed to the Rural Department
of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, 6l5 Fifteenth Street,
Washington, ID. c., viii be apprecated.l
The National tribune., 1882-06-03
Heirs.

Widows, minor children, dependent mothers, ia
theirs, and minor brothers and sisters in the order
named, are entitled
The National tribune., 1882-06-03

Amounts due collected without unnecessary de-
lay. Such claims cannot be collected without the
. furlough.
The National tribune., 1882-06-03
DeSertiOn

from one regiment or vessel and enlistment in
other, Is not bar to pension in cases where the
wound, disease, or injury incurred while in the
duty.
The National tribune., 1882-06-03

When, with their hearts ahame,
Each making manly claim,
Out from our borders came,
Soldiers, colliding;
When we were called to show
Manhood the way TO know
Friend of our Land, from foe
Sections dividing;
Words were as weapons then,
Aiming the souls of men;
SwOrd-blows Of stalwart pen,
Battles decidingl
Turn back the leaves of Time,
Bearing our scroll sublime,
Writ, like old Runic rhyme,
Scored as with lightningl
Read what our writers wrote;
Words at the cannon's throat,
Words out of mine and moat,
Dark shadows whitening:
Words like electric spire,
Setting mems hearts on fire,
Lifting up flaming pyre,
All the dark Frightening!
Csnnon-wheels, rifting red
burrows for Freedom 5 bread,
Followed our country's tread,
Led by her fighters:
But there were wheels, no less,
Whirling for mans redress
Wheels OF our ceuntry's Press
Led by her writers!
Comrades, at cannon's throat,
Comrades, in mine and moat,
Steel pen with sabre smote-
Shorthand inditers!
Chains fell at sabre-stroke;
SwOrd-words our heroes spoke;
And, over bonds they broke,
Freedom rebuiided;
But, when his pen of iron,
Moulded in fires of Dian,
Blood of Fitz James O'Brien
Sweetly regilded;
And when, by Bethel scarp,
Winthrop gave life and harp,
Steel pen and sabre sharp
Fifty were welded.
And by this lowly bed,
Words we recall. that said
When through our land they sped
More than drum-rattles:
Words, that, with tocsin clang,
Halpine. your .comrade. sang,
When. from his hot heart, rang
Marches and battles;
Calling his kin, to break
Bread for the blacks, and make
Even for their mauhood's sake
Men, out of chattels!
Here may your memory trace
Strife between race and race,
Fostered, from motives base,
Wauton or willy;
TIL by that song they heard,
I-ishmen's hearts were stirred,
Listening their soldier word,
Flung out 80 cryly;
Uprose their nnuskEts then.
Uprose our ElaE again
Led by thy sword and pen
Private O'Rcillyi
Comrades Of Dahlgren Post!
Fhdes our Grand Army host
Ghost following after ghost,
Gut from each section;
Where lies their silent way,
Soldier nor sage may say;
Marching where Blue and Gray
Halt-for inspection!
Swords they no longer bear
Lift up no guns in air:
Words-only words-are there
Words of direction!
Yesl every word of fire
Flung out from sword and Tyre,
Still, with electric spire,
Points 10 position:
There, Miles O'Reilly reads
Words which, at Freedoms needs,
Fell from his pen, as seeds
Sown for fruition!
Shining on soldiers roll,
Sealed on eternal scroll,
Ealpine's promoted soul,
Reads his commissioni
The National tribune., 1882-06-03
Horses Lost in Service.

Claims of this chGrac. er promptly attended to.
Many claims of this character have been errO-
neou7y rejected: Correspondence i'll such cases is
respectfully invited.
The National tribune., 1882-06-03

APHIs ON THE ROOTS OF APPLE TREEs-
We recently alluded to the destruction of
apple orchards in California by root-lice.
Experiments with gas Inns show that it kills
the insects, but unless carefully applied 1t
also destroys tie roots of the trees An ap-
plcalion made in last November of six
shovelfuls to tree, spread over circle
reaching about three feet from the tree, has
The National tribune., 1882-06-03
This Claim House Established
in 1865!
GEORGE E. LEMON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Pensions.

If wounded, injured, or have contracted any dis
ease, however slight the disability, apply at once
Thousands entitled.
The National tribune., 1882-06-03
MILES oJREILLY,S WORD.

RECALLED at the dedication Of the monument to
the memory of General Charles G. Halpine, Miles
O'Reilly,' at Cypress Hills Cemetery, Decoration
Day, May 80 ISs2, by Comrade A. J. II DuGannc,
Dahlgren Post, No. II3, Department of New York,
q A
The National tribune., 1882-06-03

Efy- Any person desiring information as to NV
standing and responsibility WILL request be fur
nished with satisfactory reference i'll his own
vicinity or Congressional District.
The National tribune., 1882-06-03

HUNGARIAN CAUSE.-THE initial point in
profitable farming is TO keep plenty OF stock,
and to DO this there must be ample supplies
Of food. Intelligent foresight viii enable
the farmer TO maintain an uninterrupted
The National tribune., 1882-06-03

CLEAN MILK AND BUTTER-The New
whose butter has heretofore sold above the
usual price, has this spring sheared all the
long hairs from the udder of the cows as
closely as it could be done with common
shears, and he finds that the dirt and dust
brush OF much more easily and completely
than ever before and the milk is cleaner in
consequence. 1.-THE long hair was not clipped
in early spring much of it would come off
when the cow sheds her coat in early sum
mer, and some would fall in the milk-pail
He also has wire run the length of the sta
bic above the cows, so that by hook and
string dirty or troublesome switch is fast
ened so as not to trouble the milker.
The National tribune., 1882-06-03

GREEN Fly on ROSES, &c.-The plant
sphis. or green fly, a. il is usually called, is
frequently a troublesome pest on house
plants. They are easily destroyed in green
houses and conserEatoTies by fumigating
The National tribune., 1882-06-03

WHEAT CULTURE IN ENGLAND.-A cor
respondent of the Country Gentleman asks
why it is that the farmers Of England put
three bushels Of seed wheat on an acre; :;
why the average yield to the acre is fully
twice as much as it is in America, and why
the heavier seeding may not have something
to do with producing that difference. To
these questions an English farmer replies,
that in no part Of England is it the common
practice TO put three bushels of wheat to the
acre, either broadcast or with the drill The
common practice is to drill from six to ten
pecks per acre; rs a rule, well prepared
seed-bed and early sowing require the less,
and q badly prepared seed-bed and kate SOW
ing require the maximum quantity. The
heaviest crops of both straw and grain are
frequently grown from the smallest seeding,
owing probably to particularly favorable
conditions of both soil and season. As to
why the average yield Of wheat in England
is twice as much per acre as it is in the
United States, ! conclude that English farm
ers cannot produce at a profit the small crops
of wheat that are satisfactory to the Ameri-
can farmer, and consequently they DO not
plant wheat upon lands that are not in a
condition, in the average of seasons, to pro-
dnce an abundant crop. They are more care
ful and painstsking in the thorough prepara-
ton and cultivation of land for the wheat
crop, and also in the preparation of seod A
change Of seed, not so much Of variety as
from different soil and latitude, is deemed
to be important Many farmers on clay soils
devote their attention 20 the growth and
preparation of seed. The most simple and
certain preventive from smut is sulphate of
copper Two or three ounces dissolved III as
many quarts of boiling water are about the
proportions required for every bushel of
Wheat 1t is mixed carefully on a solid
aoor, with wooden shovel, the day before
the wheat is required TO be drilled, the ut
most care being used that every grain should
be wetted with the solution.
The National tribune., 1882-06-03

Joseph Harris says: awe can
make our lands poor by growing clover and
selling it, or we can make them rich by
growing clover and feeding it out On the
farm. Drain when needed, cultivate thor
oughly, so as to develop the plant food in the
soil, and then grow clover to take up and
organize this plant food. This is how to
make land rich by growing clover Drain
ing and cuItivating furnishes food for clover,
and the clover takes it up and prepares it in
best shape for other crops The clover does
not create plant food, but merely saves it."