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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-23
A Body Found Floating in Water.

NEW YORK, Nav 22.
A fishermen at Bath, L. l., found body
floating in the harbor, yesterday, which is
Supposed to be that of s. S. Conant, the mis-
sing editor of Harper's Weekly. The body
is very much decomposed. 1t had evidently
been in the water for . long time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-23
In THE NORTHWEST.
POundmaker Surrenders and Gives
Up the Prisoners and Supplies
Captured.

MONTREAL, Nav 22.
Poundmaker has sent in q flag of truce
asking terms of peace. He will surrender.
He will give up the captured teamsters, two
women and priest.
WINNEPEG, MAY 22.
Col. Hsrchmer at Battleford has tele-
graphed Inspector Norman of the mounted
police at this place, that all the teamsters
taken by Foundmaker's Indians have been
released and he has sent in asking for terms
of peace.
OTTAWA, May %.
Sir Alexander Campbell stated in the Sem
ate this afternoon that the government had
received a dispatch from Battleford con-
firming the report of the surrender of Pound
maker and band.
WINNIPEG, May %.
A Battleford despatch of yesterday says
At sunset tonight Father Cochin and twenty
five other prisoners, bearing white flag, ar
rived from Poundmaker's camp with letter
asking upon what terms surrender would be
accepted. He wants a reply in two dave. He
sent messengers with similar letters to Gen
Middleton. This action was caused by the
arrival of four half-breeds, who reported the
capture of Riel. The news created conster-
nation in the Indian camp. The braves are
hiding rifles and removing war paint. Pound
maker was on his way to meet Riel when he
met the half-breed scouts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-23
Base Ball.

At Providence-Chicago 2, Providence O.
At MISREPRESENTATION IL, St. Louis
At New York-Bufalo :, New York 9.
At Boston-Boston IA, Detroit /.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-23
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ADVICE 10 Narners

Are you disturbed at night and broken OF
your rest by sick child suffering and cry
ing with pain Of cutting teethi If so, send
at once and get bottle Of MRS. wIxsLow1
SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEErHrra.
Its value is incslculable. 1t will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately. Depend
upon it, mothers, there is no mistake about
it. II cures dysentery and diarrhoes,
regulates the stomach and bowels, cures
wind collie, softens the gums, reduces In
fammation, and gives tone md energy to the
whole system. Mrs. WISsLow's SoorHrro
SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHIso il pleasant
to the taste, and is the prescription Of one Of
the Oldest and best female nurses and phy-
sicians in the United States, and Is for sale
by all druggists throughout the world. Price
% cents bottle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-23
Thousands Say So.

Mr.. II. w. Atkins, Girsrd, Kan, writes:
"l never hesitate to recommend your Elec-
tric Bitters 10 my customers, they give entire
satisfaction and are rapid sellers" Electric
bitters are the purest and best medicine known
and will positively cure Kidney and Liver
complaints. Purify the blood and regulate
the bowels No family can afford to be
without them. They will save hundreds Of
dollars in doctors bills every year. Sold al
fifty cents bottle by Deyine e. CouobI;n.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-23
THE CONGO.
Tirpu Taib, With Big Army, Proclaims
Congo as Territory Belonging to
the Sultan OF Zanzibar.
PARIs Nav %

FARIs, May Y.
The French Societe Geographic received
news from Upper Congo that large Mahom-
medan population inhabiting that region is
excited, probably by stories Of FL Mahdi's
success. They have resolved to assert their
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-23
Chicago .'roouee Market.

CHICAGO May n
FIoUR-frm.
WHEAr-l lower; No. q Chicago Spring spaspi;
May Ssl s9i.
CORN lower at 4Sia4g.
uATs-hrm 3ia.
4YE-steady. 72k.
BARLEY firm 65
PORK ~ II IS q II 20.
LARD - a Q 75 a 6 IA
BULK MEAT- >huuticrs. 4 40. Short rib. 6yl:
Shor' ff.Ar,6l Is
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-23

See the Pearl White Superior Black and
New Shades Of J. & r. Coats Best Six.cord,
Soft Finish, Machine Spool Cotton. Has no
equal. mayor W&S6t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-23
NEVER GIVE UP

however scrlous your case. whether of Scrofula,
Lveror Kidney Complaint, Salt Rheum, Rheu-
mat'sm or any disease arising from an impure
state the blood until you have given vegctine
aihorn'Sh trial 1t is remedy for just this class
Tor av' failed TO reach, it has proved to be of
great ctio.e,.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-23
FROM WASHINGTON.

Change in Diplomatic distractions as
70 Births ard MarTiages-E. r. Pills.
bury's Position Miss Cleveland in
new York-iDspecting the Omaha-
Admittance to the Naval Academy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-23
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY ABOUT
DR.. R. c. Flowers
II f. Nj f. DI r. s.

r.
LOWER LOVER MEDICINE Co.. Boston. Mass.
fs,sa sueanemen For some four years past have SUI
vu Ii rom dyspepsia. rendering me very miserable.
hns ate ea seina snre that
msS agree with me- About two months ago
s;xa W my mind try your Liver and Stomach san
s;s;s. Previous to this mad been treated by phy
an n and had also tried about every preparation
w the market without benefit
am nav, now taken tive bottles of the Sanative ana
sn.'hlng IKE different person. eat with relish
Ms , mug INV appetite Graves, and never experience
t east distress or inconvenience.
ana lobster salad the other day with 1ear
discomamo but etter eating it, did not feel any
SsI SsvI'hIorf. relish my food and IL always agrees
"en for years. W b. MOORE,
Mace Place, Lynn, Mass.
an. 81 India Wharf, Boston, Mass May. 1885.
,hs ~. ~ Flowers Nerve Pills have done for me what
eeS Sest medical talent of Phiadelphia and Boston
Of no' accomplish. They have entir@iy cured me
RI nervous prosration which was the curse OF my
IL and wholly untitled me for business. Every pill
WIN lis weight in gold" a. hoWE.
Ar'; ELLEN d. FLANDERS. l27 Gorham Street,
lowell, Mass, writes:
d. our Liver Sanative has been worh dollar a
spSP: ~ me- After nine long years of indescripaoie
schen,g, and treatment by physicians oi various
Ssr,.,s without relief, commence the use OF yeur
srd srdase am today living example Of Its merits:
ms "ish mat every member of the great army %
msSa y IRON liver and stomach troubles could pe
'amlar with the fact that they can be cured.
g. I. MOFFATT. NJ. D., ID. ID. S., lS2 Boyiston
.t trtieet, Boston, Mass. writes:
esv nave nave found in DR.. Flowers Nerve Pills rem
peyfs at can heartily recommend. Their action -
eo' apd their good effects permanent"
.S: y. FISHER, 47s fremont St., Boston, writes:
StomansCse have been taking DR. Flowers Liver anu
psv T Sanative am free to say would ratnsl !.
ii & &sn Doiars bottle rather than be witnout w.
Ion. nencal effects have far exceeded m. anticlpa.
la ma do not overstate the truth when say y
Il Il ue ~ new man of me. heartily recommenaa 7
Ibe,,.s s1nerers from liver and stomach tpuoies -
eveN 70 be all you claim for 1t
1oR GALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-23
BY TELEGRAPH.
WEATHER REPORT.
isa'cations for the Mex, "a aour.

oa War Department.
W. omce OF the Chief Signal Officer.
" "asnin9ton, d. c., May 2s.-lA.M
Tor New England and Middle State.
'''u'y weather and occasional rain; south
cry WINDS; stationary temperature in the
southern portion; slightly warmer in tho
nor'nern portion; lower barometer.
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REST AND SLEEP

melndspcnsable, would you enjoy sound health.
ils controlling influence over the nervous sys-
TEN, has mule VEGETINE n blessing to thous-
anis. Nervous sufferer you will find sure relief
In vr,ctjne
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-23
New York Money Warket

NV 1ORK, Nay q.
Money cay between from la2 and closed at
Prime Mercantile paper, ta5. Exchange s.esdy
s6l for long, and .oi tor short. Governments steady
x,loRiny htda.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-23
DON'T ALLOW BLOTCHES

and pimplcs to disfigure you when there is a
poslfc care to be had in the timely use of
Vegene
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-23
BEAR IN MIND

that when your blood becomes impure the safe
tosome reliable purifier Long experience with
Vesetlne proves beyond question that it is the
best blood purifier known
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-23
A"; ELLEN D. FLANDERS. la Gorham Street.

'AV. I. MOFFATT. NJ. D., d. d. S., lS2 Boy lston
,Hssreet, Boston, Mass., writes:
Cd, nave found in DR.. Flowers Nerve Pills rem.
~ ~ mat can heartily recommend. Their action is
rs'iect apd their good effects permanent"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-04
A Singular Attachment.

At the melting time in February, says
the Lafayette (lnd.) cal, an old gan
der, belonging to the flock OF a west
side farmer, found himself out in the
cold, none of the female members OF
the flock seeming to have taken fancy
to him. TO all appearances his gan
dership was Just as attractive IN APP
pearance, and no older than many of
the others. who secured agreeable
matches. For few days after St Val
entine's day this gander seemed in low
spirits. was compelled to keep away
from the balance of his flock by his
more fortunate mates. and moped and
dropped around in the fence corners.
Finally he conceived a wonderful friend
ship for the owner Of the farm, man
past the middle age, and since then
has been his constant companion. No
sooner does the gentleman appear III
the morning to do his chores about the
house and farm than the gander greetS
him with outSpread wings. and series
of squawks, which show his pleasure
From then on the gander is the man ;
constant companion until nightfaIl. and
it is by the closest watch that 1t is kept
from going into the house and eating
and sleeping with him. Not only is
this attachment of the gander mani
tested at the home pace, but it follows
the master all over the neighborhood.
When the gentleman comes to the city,
which is generally two or three times a
week, the goose has 10 be shut up in
the barn to prevent it following him to
town. This attachment between the
man and the fowl is hard to under
stand, though it is evidently a case Of
love transferred from the teathered to
the biped race.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-04
FARM GARDEN
The Grape.

During this month layer your grape vines
where you wish to get new plants. Take
shoot with wood so hard that it will not rot,
and bury two or three joints few inches be-
low the surface. Turn the end of the vine
upward and tie it to a support.
Have you ever tried putting grape punches
into paper bagsi 1t sounds odd, perhaps,
but it is the best possible plan to protect
them from storms, birds and insects. As
soon as they begin to be well grown get COM
mon paper bags, eight by six inches, and
draw over the ordinary sized punches, fas-
tening loosely so as not to obstruct the
growth For large or double punches get
bags eight by eleven inches. Let them stay
over the lunches till they are ripe.
Most farmers have only a small vineyard
for their own use. The women of the house
hold can easily put the bags on the clusters,
. and the labor will be repaid hundred fold.
If you think you have too many grapes to
bag all the punches this year, try hundred
or so. and sec how the experiment comes
out. 1t will be so successful that next year
you will tie them all up. We have seen
good-sized vineyards thus treated, the
lunches done up in fools caps rs 1t were.
1t is said too, that if the bags are put on
when the grapes are tle SIZE of No. u shot,
this win prevent rot and mildew. 1t Is
not an infalible preventive, however.
Certainly every farmers family who read
this department have a little vineyard If for
no more than their own use. If, however,
it should be possible that you haven't one,
set one cut this very fall, Don't be an old
hunks You will have sins of omission
enough to answer for without denying your
children so good food as ripe, fresh grapes.
They are one of the most healthful foods we
can eat. If you never have done so before,
for goodness sake begin now and do away
with that horrible old diet of fried salt pork,
saleratus biscuits, and strong billed coffee.
1t would soon kill horse, would that mess.
If that's what you live on, no wonder you
are dyspeptic and have lost all your front
teeth and are round shouldered and think
this life is a vale of tears, and that the farmer
has the hardest lot Of anybody, more espe-
cially if. with this diet, he doesn't take bath
more than once year, and that III midsum-
mer.
No Keep up with civilization. Plant
fruit and eat it. Man can sustain the
severe4t physical labor on pork diet and
certain amount of it is good to keep HIM up
during the heavier outdoor labor. But 1t
will he very bad if he lives on that chiefly,
winter and summer, Sunday and week
day
We shall give some hints on grape culture
this week and next America Is going to
be very famous grape and wine-growin5
country Hundreds CT varieties of thu berry
have been tried until at last we are begin
ming to develop SOM magniicen5 grapes
peculiar to our own country Some kinds
are mainly for vine making. From "A long
l;st hov
here The first is the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-04

1t is not known to many of our readers
that forty years ago Henry Ward Beecher
was litor Of an agricultural paper IN In
danapolis. Here is some of his wisdom,
which is as pat now as it was then. Do any
farmers wives in our part Of the world
make their customers eat butter out OF old
undergarmentsl
THE comparative degrees Ct butter are
horrible, bad, tolerable. We seldom see any
butter in the market which merits higher
term. Vast quantities exposed for sale and
bought upon compulsion, and eaten through
dire necessity, would, in New York or
Philadelphia never be quoted as but
Ter, but only as grease. Sour, bitter
cream, from dirty receptacles, yields
butter depraved from the very churn,
but lard being added and butter
milk not subtracted, it travels to market in
hot weather, and its charms are exposed in
very melting mood. Oh, for a reformation
In the dairy While old farmers hunt good
breeds of cows, we hope young farmers VIII
and a breed of wives who shall know that
there is such a virtue as cleanliness. The
practice of rolling butter in linen cloths Is
not good. In warm weather il sticks, and
In all weather butter takes peculiar taste
from the cloth Besides, though we believe
In saving old shirts, we don't like the econ
omy Of tearing them up for butter-rags. AT
any rate, IL hchooves us to know out OF whose
Enlargement we are eating, for, we sup
pose, even canuibals have choice OF what
men they shall eat
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-04
Things to Do and to Know


The hardest raspberry is the Ohio black
cap.
Not one meadow in q hundred should be
pastured.
DBuild your new barn with basement
Stone is the best.
July is the month of all the year to kill
weeds. Slaughter them Show them no
mercy.
Where there is a MIXTURE o. Jersey blood
in a dairy, carrots and annatto will not be
required
If only one kind of grass could be had by
the farmer, that one kind should be orchard
grass. 1t is very valuable.
The beautiful catal pa tree is entirety hardy
throughout the Unitei States. Make note
of it. In the northwest farmers are growing
it for fence posts.
1.-THE fruit growers OF Fresno, Cal, are de-
termined to clean out all the bee raiSers from
that section. on account of the enormous de-
struction from bees to ripenihg fruit.
Anew process has been invented for grind
ing sugar cane. by which it is claimed that
an increase of 40 per cent Of juice Is obtained.
The method consists in tearing the cane into
small bits or shreds before it is pressed.
Before the cultivation of corn and pota-
toes begins it viii pay to take the tools IA
the blacksmith shop and have the teeth
,harpened Old tools can be made at small
expense to wors more easily and d. better
execution
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-04

The great point to be secured in stacking
hay is to keep the center the highest. If
this is donn, water cannot penetrate into the
stack, but will find its way to the outside
under the most unfav orable circumstances
If on the other hand, the center is hollow,
the water must drain into the center, and so
ruin the stack An excellent way to build
stack is to set tall sapling firmly in the
ground with foundation of rails around
1t; then begin at the center, and place the
hay about the pole, gradually spreading,
until the edge Of the base is reached. Con-
tinue building up the stack, the highest in
the center around the pole, the builder
standing in the center so as to tread the hay
firmly there As the stack settles, the out
side sinks more than the center, and helps to
make the stack better. The top of the stack
is finished by fastening covering of hay to
the pole with hay bands wound firmly
around it, A stack so made will not leak
and even clover hay may be safely stacked
in this manner, because the water must make
its way to the outside by force of gravity,
and escape there by dropping to the ground
clear of the stack.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-04
Cooking Tomatoes,

Here also is Mr.. Beecher's recipe for cook
ing tomatoes. He said; Begin by parboil-
ing two onions. While this is being done
peel the tomatoes, which is easily done after
hot water has been poured over them; cut
them up and add the onions, also teacupful
and a half Of bread crumbled fine, table
spoonful Of salt, a heaping teaspoonful of
black pepper, lump of butter of the size of
q turkeys egg, or about four tablespoonfulS.
Beat these thoroughly together and set them
over slow fire gradually to stew. They
should cook slowly and for long time,
never less than three bours, but the longer
the letter About fifteen minutes before
they are t. be used beat up SIX eggs and Sur
them in, and put them on fresh Goals and
give them one grand boil up stirring them
all the time When so cooked" wrote Mr..
Beecher, mo directions will be neeleI how
to eat tn IN.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-04
A Good Watch Dog.

With all his good qualities the late
comptroller Lawrence, says a Wash
ington correspondent, was oftentimes
singularly provincial and narrow-mind-
ed. The exercise of an almost dicta-
torial power and the Difference paid to
him by the employees in his bureau
had apparently encouraged the en-
plovment of a bump of self-conceit
in the Judge which in its NANTES
tations frequently became ridiculous.
He and Mr.. Holman were in congress
together, and it was their habit often to
compliment each other upon the sue
cessful efforts they had made in pre-
venting wasteful extravaganza and I'M
lawful raids upon the public treasury.
On one of these occasions Mr.. Law
renee, in a generous outburst of feeling,
called Mr. Holman ''veritable watch
doc of the treasury" He took good
care, however. to hint at the same time
that he, too. was not altogether without
some claim to that character. Holman,
of course. asSentcd. He went further,
even. and protested that his friend Law
renee was the man who deserved to be
called the watchdog of the treasury"
and not he. Judge he said slyly,
and suspect psompted a little by pro-
fessional jealousy, Judge, You have
all the qualities of a good Watchdog;
YOU know good watchdog never barks
when his friends are around. don't
know whether the relations between
Mr.. Holman and Mr.. Lawrence have
been very cordial since then, but that,
of course. is neither here nor there.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-04

A writ, in The Rural New Yorker says
that when he attempted to winter celery in
boxes in ms cellar III the way directed in this
column recently it wiltel and refused to
blanch. The reason was that the soil in
which the roots were was too dry. TIE
editor of The Rural New YORKER advises
this writer tnat the box should have been
watertght tor a height of three inches, with
an aperture for putting in water without
getting it among the tops.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-04
WILDER GRAPE.

II is beautiful grape--black, sweet and
juicy 1t is a very heavy bearer, and should
be thinned out carefully. 1t ripens early.
The grapes shown in these two pictures have
been selected because they are good table
and market fruits, and will grow well in any
locality OF the United States, north, south,
east or west The " ,lder makes also good
red wine of light quality.
The second berry here given, the Elvira,
seems as nearly perfect grape as ever was
developed by farmers intelligence. 1t is
one of the standard white wine producers,
besides its excellence as a fruit. 1t is Mis-
sour grape. Jacob Rommel raised it as g.
Seeding, and improved it till it has become
nearly as large as the Catawba in
bunch 1t is better than the Catawba
because it does not rot 1t is about the
hardest grape known to this country, and
bears the coolest winters without injury.
1t is wonderfully productive as we'll. The
fruit branches produce four to six punches
each 1t is of handsome growth, and well
adapted for either arbor or vineyard Hus-
mann, in his Grape Culture" says it hal
only one fault; that is, that owing to the ber-
ries being very thin-skinned and crowded
closely upon the bunch, they are liable to
crack after drouth succeeded by a shower
Of rain.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-04

The growth of most weeds is mainly by
exhaustng the surface soil, as they get less
from the atmosphere or subsoil than cult
waited crops or grasses. Hence when plowed
under as green manure, the earlier the work
is done the better. With some weeds among
clover, earlier blowing is necessary than
would be desirable for the clover alone, in
order to prevent weed seeds ripening. Sorrel
and red root, where they appear, have to be
plowed under before the clover is fully in
hloSSOm
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-04
THE ELvIRA.

This almost perfect fruit is of delicate,
pale green color when ripened in the shade;
in the sun, pale, fine yellow. 1t is trans
parent sweet and juicy, ripening little
later than the Concord.
Nothing is prettier upon a dining table
than glass dish heaped with dark and light
grapes 1t appeals alike to sight and the
sense of taste He who would turn up his
nose and grunt disapproval at such a dish
would not oe a very nice man to live with.
Where there is not room for vineyard,
grapes upon an arbor or trellis are very de-
sirahle Indeed, they have been known to
fruit upon an arbor in seasons when vine
yards failed For growing upon a treilis or
arbor select thoroughly strong plants. Hus-
mann's directions are to dig trench two
feet deep and four feet wide and fill it with
rich soil, rotten leaves. bone and ashes.
Leave only one TO plant the first summer.
Cut this back to three buds in the fall The
next sumrper there will be three strong
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-04
Adjusting Steel Plows.

A pillow to run easily for either man or
team should be set so that the bottom Of the
plow will rest fiat, the point neither turning
down nor up. Some farmers never get the
hang of adjusting steel plows, and we have
known them to throw ASIDE valuable imple-
ments as worthless for lack Of "a little skill
in ad justing them to run easily.