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DR MARY WALKER.
Many will recall DIR. Mary Walkers fa-
miliar face and figure. and her efficient ser
vices during the war an army nurse She
has always worn .'biooner' costume, and
has spent much of her time in Washington
during the sessions of Congress. With adj
yancing years-and they must be pretty well
advanced with DIR. Mary by this time-she
has grown to be very peculiar. The Senate
committee has just reported favorably bill
granting her pension of S25 per month
A CRY OF PARKS.
The Superintendent of Public Buildings
and Grounds has just completed an enumera-
ton of the reservations and parks in this city
both great and small, and he finds that they
number 33I- The grounds on which the
White House, the Capitol, the Smithsonian,
and some of the other public buildings are
located. are called reservations, a. well as the
many parks and small triangles scattered all
over the city. The largest reservation is the
White lot, which includes the grounds about
the White House, and covers an area of -
acres The Smithsonian grounds stand next
| in size and then there il a long list varying
in area until the baby reservation is reached
MS contains ouly JOY SQUARE ieet- auu IL d
little triangle bounded by four streets. Near
/ " all these reservations are improved ant
they may properly be called the beauty spot
of the city.
| GREAT Losses BY CONTAGIOUS DISEASES oil
CATTLE.
/ A recent report from one of the commit
tees of Congress contains the alarming state
ment that contagious diseases of cattle, an'
especially the disease known as pleuro-pneu
monia, have caused direct loss to the coun
try of $50 900 900, and indirectly the loss o
many millions more
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SOMERSET.

FARFIELD--Our correspondent writes !;
The Rev. ID. b. Holt, pastor of the Metho-
dist church preached a very eloquent sermon
Sunday p. NJ. from Prov. 1852 referring in
a very appropriate manner to the awful
tragedy in Benton.-Mrs. DR.. Stevens of
Brdgton was in town last week.-A. II. Du-
rem returned from the woods Saturday, hav-
ing been Obliged to leave his horse there and
walk fifteen miles until he reached the
stage.-Rev. c. J. Clarke p. E. will be here
Thursday evening to hold the last quarterly
conference of the year.-Village schools will
begin the last of April.-The Methodist So
ciety meet "Wednesday evening for a sociable
with Mrs. G. o. Brown on Newall street.
Mrs. Louise Sturgis went to Gardiner Sat
urday to remain few weeks with her
daughter, Mrs j. S. Bradstreet.
Files two little boys are both very sick with
pneumonia.-Calico ball at the rink Thurs
day under the management of the Hall As
sociation.-Every one is delighted with Miss
Couthoui who gave readings here last week.
We predict crowded house should she ever
come again.-Mss Abbie King former
popular teacher of our Grammar school has
been elected Supervisor of the schools in
Benton, good thing for the advancement of
the pupils.
hEbt Ek.-buI correspondent writes, Mar
10: Rev. Mr.. Hamilton of New Sharon
preached at the NJ. E. vestry last Sunday
District Templer c. A. Ball was in town
last week looking after the interest of the
lodge.-Fred Groves of the firm of Groves
Bros upholsterers, Augusta, was at home
Saturday on short visit to his mother who
is in feeble health Singing school is pro-
crossing finely with thirty scholars or more.
Asa Nickerson, who has been very sick
with pneumonia is convalescent. Several
cases of pneumonia are reported in town and
quite number have bad colds-A leap year
sociable is reported for next Tuesday even
ing at the town hall. A large gathering is
expected.
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STATE NEWS.


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dor Nv Com ranorts snneas" nmJ ,'ian,,
of hard work S. r. Beorse who has carried
on an extensive lumber business between
here and Canton, informs us he will finish
and break camp next week.-Solon Chase
struck town last Friday evening and going
into the Good Templars' meeting favored
them with few remarks on temperance
mot Them Steers" this time. The large
breakwater gates are being set at Otis Falls,
there are II of them each l2x27 feet and
we are told will weigh 1000 pounds. Con-
siderable of the machinery is being put into
place. The brick work is moving into the
air fast and makes a fine show.-Mrs n.
b. Pottle of Richmond arrived here Satur-
day.-We understand Geo. F. Treat who
went 10 San Diego, California, last fall is
building residence and has lately sent for
his wife to join him in their new home
Saturday of this week the band boys will
present the Drama The Turn of the Tide, "
at Rockameka HAIL.. W. Percy has
received an offer of 500 for his mastitf pup,
one year old, weighs AS pounds.-It is ex-
pected there will be baptism at the Baptist
house next Sunday evening. There are ten
or twelve that have signifed their desire to
unite with the church at once and quite a
number more little later.-The party that
broke his leg at Otis Falls last week has
been taken to his home in Portland.-Smith
Thompson of Boston is in town this week
More care should be exercised in the backing
of letters. A letter advertised at this office
bears the following address, Mr.. Daved
tiimin, lawrence street 1901.
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REPUBLICAN gsSyIss: CO. CONVENTION
WILL BK HELpiS-
MEONIAN HALL, AUGUSTA
TUESDAY, AUG. IA, 1888
At 1870 O'CLOCK A. NJ,

Fer the purpose Of selecting two candidates for
Senators. a candidate for sheriff. candidate for
Judge Of Probate, n candidate for Register of Pro
bate a candidate for Clerk Of Courts, candidate
for County Attorney, candidate for County Treas
nrcr aud a candidate for one County Commissioner
and transaciDg any other business that may proper
ly come before the Convention.
The basis Of representation will be as follows
Each city, town and plantation will be entitled to
one delegate. and additional delegate for encii
seventy five votes cast for the Republican candidate
for Governor In 1874 aud for fraction of forty votes
In excess Of seventy five votes.
The County Committee will be- in session in the
Hall at nine o'cock the morning Of the tonyen-
ton for the purpose Of receiving the credentials of
delegates.
Per order R,pubiicas county Commite',
y. 4. ABBOTT, Chairman.
sc. wHITMOWE, Secretary.
VAUDEVILLE, ME., Jan. II. lsSs.
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Considerable interest is manifested in
various parts of the State in the monster
schooner to be built at Waldoboro this sea-
son. one that will eclipse everything ever be-
fore attempted in Maine. The vessel will
have five masts. There are few iivt masted
schooners on the lakes, but this will be the
largest schooner and the first five-master
ever built in New England She will be
provided with an engine and all other inn
provements. The keel will be laid about the
first of June in the Reed yard and Mr.. Lewis
X. Benner will superintend the work.
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have some handsome colts which they are
breaking.
PENoBscor.

CoRIxxA. = Our correspondent writes
March 10: The following officers were chosen
at our March meeting: n. r. Packard. j. s.
Burrili and j. P. Curtis, Selectmen; A. b.
Patten. Clerk; W. L. Burrill, Treasurer: A.
NJ Burton, Supervisor of Schools. The
Supervisor is authorized to hire the teachers
for the ensuing year.-The leap year ball
under the management of Mrs. Porter and
Mrs Grindle was grand success. sixty-two
couples being present--The business of buy
ing and shipping potatoes is very lively now.
Large quantities of bark have also been sent
| from this station.
PALMYRA-Our correspondent writes,
Mar. IA: Rev. Laforest Robinson and wife
of La Grange, Me f.. were in town last week
visiting relatives and friends. They were
called here BY the death of Mr.. Robinson's
sister. Mrs. Louise Steward of n. Newport,
who formerly resided, and who had many
relatives, in this town.-Mr. f. E. Mcfarland
and wife start for Barre, Mass. next Mon.
day. where Mr.. Mcfarland has taken the
management of farm for the coming season
We understand that they have good chance
and hope they may be successful in their new
home.-Mr. Henry feathers is at work fol
E. II. Tibbetts around the farm
and Miss Sadie Dyer is assistinf
Mrs. Tibbetts with the housework.-Ths
storm last week was quite severe in this sec.
ton and considerable outlay was necessary
TO open the public highways which, in some
places, were drifted more than at any previou.
time during the past winter.-Albert Pollart
came very near losing valuable mare las
week. The animal was turned loose in the
yard and in some of its capers was severely
injured. but with careful usage he hopes I,
hiring hpr nj tho trnuhla all RIGHT ThS
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-23
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

The hog and the hen are source OF
greater profit to the farmer for the
amount invested than anything else on
the farm. Yet they are frequently the
most neglected things on the farm. Ii
will pay to improve both and expend
greater care upon them.
A dairyman near Fredericksburg, Va,
who makes $50 net per acre from his
place. says: Il know of no other branch
of farming that pays SO well. / have
Jerseys, and can certainly commend
them in every respect. They are quiet,
docile, and very steady mixers. | can
rarely dry up any of my COWS, though
of course they do not keep up full
flow all the time"
The total number of animals which the
leading countries of the world can throw
into the field of battle, according to the
latest statistics. is as follows: Russia,
81, $40, 900 horses; America, 8, SOC, 900: the
Argentine Republic, 100000; Austria,
$500, 900; Germany, $3.50 900: France,
2,SOO, 900 horses, and 100000 mules;
Britain, 2, 79O, 900 horses: Canada, 1924,
100000 mules: Italy, 100000 horses;
OSO.VUU, DeUIEtIh, ClU,UU, -AuStI5iia.
3O1 900; Holland, 125, 900: and Portugal,
$4,000 horses and $4,000 mules.
In the United States are some 30, 1000
600 cattle. mostly scrubs, says Herds
and Flocks. In the whole land there are
less than 200, 900 cattle registered. or ELI
gible for registration as being of pure
pedigrees. This is an average of one
pure blood for every $50 cattle. There
are in the country IS 900 bulls and 49,
600 cows of all ages and pure-breeding.
These well-bred cows will require the
services of not less than 5000 bulls of
like breeding This would leave IS 900
bulls which might be used on the 12 900
900 grade and scrub cows in the coun-
try, for the immediate improve
ment of their young.
Jersey Bulletin: a dairy cow that is
not hearty eater is a poor piece of
property and she won't pay for what she
does eat. And vet there are some false
economists who believe that the easy
kept" COW is the most profitable, because
the feed bills are less. In this the COW
may lbe compared with the steam en-
CINE. To produce the required pressure
of steam certain amount of fuel is ne
cessary, and without this the whole Is
wasted. The COW Is a machine for con-
verting food into milk and the profits
from her work are in proportion 10 her
digestive and assimilating powers.
can not come out of nothing.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-23
REPRESENTATIVE PETERS.

The following by Gushing the
Washington correspondent of the Leav.
enworth Times, will be read with inter
! est by the voters of this congregational
district:
Samuel Z. Peters represents more peo-
pie than any other congressman. There
is district in Texas and one in Nebras-
ka that has more square miles in them
than the seventh Kansas, but the popula-
ton of the last is the greatest. 1t is
about 400, 900 and by 1880, when there
will be another appointment, the num-
Der is likely to have risen to 100000, or
enough for three districts. The whole
number of voters whom Mr.. Peters repre-
sents is about Is, 900; about s., 600 of these
cast ballots in the last election. Newton.
the congressman's home, is in the ex-
treme east part of the congressman s
district: but he represents all parts equal
lv well. if the enormous mail and the
rapidity with which it is disposed are
any means of Judging.
The National hotel is the Washington
house of Mr.. and Mrs. Peters. Their
suite of rooms on the third floor have
windows that look down the length of
L
treasury building. The hotel is old fash
toned. but it is all the cosier for all that
1t has seen long service. 1t was the
home of Calhoun, and in one of the
rooms Henry Clay died. 1t is historic in
hundred ways: and one of the beauties
of it now is that the table which the pro-
prietor sets--he is a New Hampshire man
is one of the best in the city. \ coal
Co.
Congressman Peters front room, and
reference books, reports. newspapers
from home. and letters by the dozen,
some to be mailed and some to be
answered, lie scattered about in business
ike, apple pie disorder. A dark, well
knit man. with black mustache and
kind eye. is Captain Peters of the Sew
enty-third Ohio.
On Monday they had some news at the
land Office They had this resolution to
read and talk over. 1t was introduced
by Congressman Peters. 1t read:
Resolved, That the secretary of the in
terror be requessed to inform the house
Of representatives:
l. How soon in the filing of an appeal
in land contest case in the office of the
commissioner of the general land Office
Is such case reached for hearing and con-
sideration
2. If such cases are considered in the
order of their filing.
). The cause of delay IN the consid-
Grafton of such cases il there is any such
delay.
4. After an appeal is taken TO the sec
retary of the interior In such cases how
soon is 1t reached for hearing and con-
sideration.
5. The cause of such delay if any.
6. How soon after final decision In
such cases does patent issue.
Z. The cause of such delay if any.
l was talking with Mr.. Peters about
this He told me that complaints of de-
lay had been so frequent at ali the stages
from presumption 10 patent from his
constituents that he had resolved not 10
wait longer. His action against the land
office. which might not like to be re-
minded SO forcihiv that it was several
years behind with the work. might make
it go hard for q few cases in his district
but be believed an investigation and per
haDs an additional APPROPRIATION for
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clerks would be benefit to counterbal-
ance that and more, too. Anyhow he
had made up his mind to try it.. II the
government undertook to do thing
there was no sense In falling farther and
farther behind with it.
Commenting upon the foregoing the
Garden City Sentinel has this TO say:
Judge Peters, while making no ora
torical display of himself, is at the same
time one of the most persistent workers
in the lower house of congress. His at
tention is always given cheerfully 10
anything pertaining to his constituents.
In addition to representing larger pop
uiation than any other member OF the
body to which he belongs, it should also
be borne in mind that In his district Is
the most important land office district
in the United States, that of Garden
City, and also large portion OF
that of the WaKeeney district, COW
ering in all over $4,000 square miles.
The litigation before the interior
department from these two districts IS
simply enormous, and as the land office
is fully two years behind with its busi-
ness litigants nearly always turn TO their
members of congress in search OF relief.
Fancy then the work which the member
for the Seventh Kansas district has on
hand. Representing constituency
large enough for three members he has
three times as many demands made upon
him as is usual, in addition to which he
is expected to attend the land Office bslsi-
ness of constituents in the Wichita.
Larned, WaKeeney and Garden City
districts, and strange as it may seem he
is the most popular representative that
Kansas has at the national capital today.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-23
A Bright Outlook.

Mcpherson. tKsn.) Freeman.
One of the leading stockmen of Kansas
City was in our city for several days dur
ing the past week and in conversation
with one of our leading citizens said:
This spring will be the first time for
years that stock feeders will be enabled
to see daylight upon their cattle. Fat
cattle will in the spring bring SIX cents
per pound, and fat hogs five cents,
which will leave good margin to feed
ers even though corn be worth fifty
cents bushel. The only trouble will be
in the feeders being unable to mold onto
their stock until the spring comes. Al
ready the stock exchanges are beginning
to gamble on stock and the bears are
doing all they can to hold the price down
but it must come up as there IS hardly
any stock in the country. | have been
all over the country and know that there
will not be one-third of the cattle on the
market this year that there has been
heretofore.
1t is within the reach of every farmer
to breed good stock. He cannot afford
to breed poor ones. The more poor ami
malsehe raises the poorer he is. Exam
inc the pedigree as well as the animal
before you breed your females. There
are pedigrees without animals and there
are animals without pedigrees. A fine
appearing horse or bull without ancestry
is very uncertain sire to breed to.
Look for both pedigree and good indi-
vidual.
The following sensible advice comes
from the American Swineherd: 'Be
temperate in all things While hogs are
the best paying stock today we do not
advise the discarding of all other stock,
but keep on in the even tenor of your
way: cattle will soon bring better prices
and diversity has proved to be the safest
in the long run. In fact, the different
clauses of stock fit together like cog
wheels: each is an aid to the other and
all run together in harmony"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-23
A VISIT TO THE SILVER FIND.

Coldwater Review.
y Review reporter, accompanied by
Mr.. George Gordon, superintendent of
the Eagle Mining company, drove out to
the mine now being operated bv that
company. last Sunday A tunnel is be-
ing run at a slight incline into the hill
which the reporter found to be thirty
four feet Iii extent. and showing every
indication of increased value of the coal
as depth is attained The streaks of coal
first discovered appear to be coming
closer together. and will probably
soon run together as one vein. Above
the coal appears a conglomer-
ated mass of stone, iron. etc, that seems
to have been placed there by volcanic
eruption-some of it presenting the APP
pearance of burned lava. Traces of cop
per are found in this peculiar formation.
and a recent assay by Messrs. Mariner &
Hoskins. 81 South Clark street, Chicago,
disclOses the fact that it carries silver in
large quantities, the assay giving nine
hundred and forty ounces of silver to the
ton. This vein of silver bearing ore is
about one foot i'm thickness and will
probably prove a valuable find for the
Eagle company, who are proceeding
very quietly and carefully with their
work of development
Among old Colorado miners the opin-
ion has long prevailed that silver ore, in
paying quantities, existed in Comanche
county, and the recent discoveries of
the Eagle company is certainly an evil
dence that the belief is well founded.
Notwithstanding the rich find of silver
the company is pushing on after the
coal that Is known TO exist. but when
they have time will give their attention
TO their silver lead.
The reporter brought home with him
number of nice specimens, not only of
coal but also of the silver bearing rock,
which can be seen at the Review office.
Mr.. Gordon informs Us that prospect
ing will be pushed rapidly. and what
ever there Is in it viii soon be made
known to the public.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-23
TRUE HEROISM.

he teOrla JOurIldi comes Rdtldlliy u
the defense of the sex against the charge
that women are not naturally brave. 1T
is true. it says, THAT many woman
who will cringe and writhe under some
adverse criticism of her new bonnet, will
stand, a very Minerva, in the presence
Of impending danger or threatening
death. Many time during the late war
women were under heavy fire, and in
stances of their calm, unpretending, IN
! tiinching heroism in such emergencies
would make a thrilling volume of history
that is yet unwritten. The brave at
home we know something about, and
can all recall instances where there was
more calm bravery on the part of wife or
mother in unclasping a hand than in him
who raised that than to strike for his
countrys life.'
Such instances were not exceptional.
Every community had its own heroines
and what soldier does not remember to
! honor the women whose calm bravery
was displayed in the camp and field hos
pital:
But there have been recent displays of
heroism by women that should put an
| end to the discussion. During the prey
alence of the terrible storms in the
northwest few weeks ago many acts of
heroism on the part of school teachers
We're published in the press of that sec
ton, notably in the Omaha Republican.
Among all these reports not one but
pays tribute to the calm judgment and
bravery of young women in charge of
schools when the storm struck. Not one
fiinched; not one weakened; not one
deserted her post; not one but, if the
emergency came, put her life into the
balance.
The case of Miss Louie Royce was
in the raging storm with three small
children in her charge. The little ones
soon became exhausted and could go no
farther. To stop seemed certain death.
Hope lay only in moving on, and on.
Carrying first one and then the other,
she did her best. Finally she, too, be-
came exhausted, and gathering her little
charges in her arms, surren-
dering her own wraps to them,
lay down in the black night, with a
prayer to God for help, not for herself,
but for others. One by one the little
bodies grew cold and stiff upon her
bosom. Their troubles We're ended Not
until then did she think of herself and
drag her frozen limbs to shelter.
Was ever truer heroism than that
shown by this delicate girl, whose mutt
lated body bears pitiful testimony to her
own terrible suffering? Could man have
done more--would he have done as
much: 1t is one thing to be brave amid
the clash of arms and the whirlwind of
battle, surrounded by comrades, where
courage is the only safety; quite another
to be brave in the black storm, with no
human eye to bear testimony to valor and
devotion-to sacrifice ones own life for
others.
The question sis woman brave::' has
been answered too many times to admit
of further discussion. More properly,
and with more room for doubt, may the
the question be asked, '.have men true
coy,rara.,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-23

Bishop Coke, of the Protestant Epis-
copal diocese of western New York, en-
tertains the sensible belief that our
American public schools ought to pay
more attention to developing the Ameri-
can idea: that tuition should include a
more thorough training in American
history, and in the principles of the con-
stitution and the laws of the land, if we
would have the rising generation intelli-
gently and morally fitted for the duties
of citizenship.