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The Portland daily press., 1888-06-30
CONCERNING BOOKS.
BY E. cAvAzzA.

Olivia Delaplaine, Mr.. Edgar Fawcett's
new novel, has strong, but rather unpleas-
ant plot, and variety of actors. The hero
Inc is a ilne and distinct character, impul-
sive. noble and refined. Her uneducated,
sound-hearted aunt, Mrs. Ottarson is por-
trayed without any trace of the condescen-
sion and contempt that novelists sometimes
show toward their types of inelegant worth.
Mr.. Delaplaine is well ascertained and ae-
plcted. The sound moral intention of Mr..
Fawcett is proved by the care with which he
treats the problem of Olivia's duty toward her
cynical and cruel husband. Massareene is a
well-defned modern type, perhaps not SO
sympathetic as hero of romance should be-
The episode of the death of Delaplaine is
extremely dramatic and handled with CON-
petent strength. Mr.. Fawcett has much To
learn and to unlearn as a novelist; his STYLE
is unequal, sometimes initiating the labori-
ously neat simplicity of Mr.. James, or the
familiar, butnot in elegant, literalness of Mr..
Howells; again running into certain affecta-
tions quite his own, fantastic or repulsye in
Imagery and exaggerated in expression. He
hardly comprehends the limitations of art.
and seems to care little whether his work is
pleasing or dispensing, so it be effective.
His faults appear to arise from sympathy
with the plebeian liking for strong sensa-
tions, which would only offend fbres more
delicate; while his clear comprehension of
a large variety of types, his acquaintance
with the tone of his decade, and the yigor
and originality of his work are sufficient
reasons why Mr.. Fawcett should have n
place among prominent American noyelists.
Meanwhile Olivia Delaplaine is perhaps his
best, as it is his latest work of fiction. Dos
ton; Ticknor e. Co.; Portland: Loring.
Short 81 HARMONY
Brinka: An American Countess. By Mary
Clare Spenser, author of The Benefit of the
Doubt,&c. Among the fiction that is as dis
tinctiyely growth of early June as its grass
and its clover, the bright and pretty stories
thatlblossom just in time to enliven Journey
in the cars or the tedium Of alrainy day at a
summer resort, Brinka may be cheerfully
recommended. 1t is the story, in form of
autobiography, of little forlorn child. who
is left by the death of his mother and the
neglect of his father in care of the host of
an ostensible inn, actually den of house
breakers. The presiding spirit of this house
is a picturesquely evil woman, whose red
hair streams like danger signal through
the story. The boys rescue, partly due to
the father of the little Countess Brinka,
The Portland daily press., 1888-06-30
NIIsCELLANEOUs.
STANDARD CLOTHING Gu.
yBPKECEDENTED Low PRICES FOR FINE GOODS.
RarGainS. Out BargaIned


We offer as an extra bargain large LOT Of Mems
All Wool Sack Suits in both light and dark coIors and
In all sizes IS to AZ, al the extraordinary low price Of
$500 Per Suit.
These goods have been retailing for S ~ all The sea-
son, and al OUR PRICE TO-DsY Is less than most
dealers own them al
homsspun, CheyIots, Tweeds and Cashmere SUITS
In Mems sizes, al only
1000 Fer Suit.
Thass are nice. high grade business Suits, and al
me price are only Mothlrds Of what they are worth.
1000 pair Mems All Wool Pantaloons, maze 10
retail at $500, now offered at only
$500 Per Pair.
Extra quality Gents fine Black Alpaca Coats, In
sizes 80 to "A, at only
$3.50, $500, $3.50, $500, $50 and $400
100 dozen Boys Shirt Waists, regular price SO
cents, now offered at only
rs Cents Each.
The Portland daily press., 1888-06-30

Ihe8angor Commercial wants to know if
the taaf increases the compensation of
labor NV it happens that the wages of
workmeh n employmsnts which the tariff
does not alsct are as high as are paid in
industries "ich are protected by the tariff.
The answer is'asy. They are protected by
something else. Many occupations are pro-
tseted by their taracter, and more effectu-
any than they cod be by tariff. For in
stance the trade OF bricklayer is protected
py the impossibilit. Of importing brick
houses. The occupatin Of a lonpshoreman
which is one Of those c,ed Inv the CONNER
c,al' IS OBVIOUSLY protecte by its very nature.
Inc oricklsyer cannot sffer from foreign
competition neither can to lopgshoreman.
But with the cotton spinner the maker of
wooden fabrics the case is caarent The
product of each of these classes e ,vorkars is
transportable. 1t can be brought into our
country from foreign markets. TOW If in
foreign countries the conditions are such
that cotton or wooden fabrics can b, made at
lower cost than in this country at The pres
enttime, obviously, unless some artificial bar
rier is raised for his benefit, the American
manufacturer is placed in direct competition
with the foreign manufacturer, because the
latter can send his products into the market,
the former and sell it alongside the prod, u
the former Now if the foreign manu- s.,a.ol
Is able to produce his goods more cSapy W
reason OF cheaper labor, when sehus ns
goods to our market he cap anoru W seii
them more cheaply than OF manufacturers
Then one Of two things must happen--tne
American nanufactp-sr must 60 out Oh pusi-
ness or he must reduce the price he pays for
labor so as to be able to compete with the
foreign manufacturer. Without the tariff
the cotton sinner would be at a disadvan-
tage as conDared with the bricklayer, for
the former Nould be subjected to foreign
competition While the latter would not The
tariff equalize,things. The artificial barrier
which it Greats gives to the cotton spinner
the protection which the natural barrier
| gives to the briklayer.
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NoTE-The CUTICURA REsoLvENT is beyond
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The Portland daily press., 1888-06-30
SORE FROM KNEE TO ANKLE.
skin entirely gone. Flesh n mass of dis
ease. Leg diminished one third i'm size
Condition hopeless. Cured by the Cuti.
cura Remedies.

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ense; Leg diminished one third in size.
cura Remedies.
For three years was almost crippled with an
awful sore leg from my knee down to my ankle:
the skin was entirely gone, and the flesh was one
incurable. 1t had dimished about one third the
size of the other, and was in hopeless condition
hundreds Of dollars, from which / got no relief
whatever, was persuaded to try your CUTICURA
REMEDIES, and the result was as follows: After
three days noticed a decided change for the
better, and at the end of two months / was com
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got sound. The flesh began to grow, and today
and for nearly two years past my leg is as well as
ever y was, sound in every respect, and not a
sign Oh the disease TO be Scent
s. G. AHERN, Dubois, Dodge Co., Ga.
Terrible Suffering from Skin Diseases,
have been terrible sufferer for wears from
diseases of the skin and blood and have been
Obliged to shun public places by reason of my dis
and spent hundreds of dollars, but got no relief
until used the CUTICURA REMEDIES, which have
cured me, and left my skin as cleao and my blood
Olive Branch z. o.. Miss.
From 145 Pounds 10 172 Pounds
have taken several bottles of CUTIcURA RE,
SOLVENT with all the results / could wish for
About this time last year. when commencing its
use, weighed l45 pounds, and to-day / weigh
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The Portland daily press., 1888-06-30

Almost every speaker at the New York
Democratic ratification meeting took pains
to declare that the Democrats did not mean
free trade. If they intended to say that they
were not for absolute free trade, then doubt
less they spoke the truth. Absolute free
trade exists nowhere. The nearest posi-
bic approach to it is tariff for revenue only
and this the great mass of the Democratic
party has always been in favor of and is to.
day. In 1880 their platform declared ex-
plicitly for tariff for revenue only. Before
the campaign was through they ran away
from 1t, however, and since then they have
never quite screwed their courage up to re-
new that declaration in terms. Their lead
ers, however, have continued to make free
trade speeches in Congress. and all thu
revenue legislation instigated by them has
been in that direction. But in Presidential
campaigns they have always hedged on the
subject, just as they are beginning to now,
Tor lear OF driving off the protection wing of
the party, which in some States is a large
and influential body. The Mills bill is a free
trade measure. 1t is designed, and this was
the purpose Of Its maker, to break down the
protective system, not all at once. for this is
impossible, but ultimately and completely.
The Democratic National convention en-
dorsed that measure, and also the Presi
dents message, which was longer stride
toward the free trade goal than the
Mills bill. Everybody acquainted with the
past record Of the Democracy thought they
would skulk from the issue before the cam
paign was over, but it was not generally
supposed that the performance would begin
50 soon. The vote Of Oregon probably "rat-
tied" them.
The Portland daily press., 1888-06-30
CURRENT COMMENT.
HIGHER THAN EVER.
detroit Tribune.1

IUetr01t Tribune.
Gn. Harrison comes from good stock and
it isquoted higher to-day than ever before.
THE BANDAENA CAMPAIGN.
Philadelphia North Americana
The campaign of the bandanna is now in
full swing, and the fret shot comes from
Teas. In that State highwayman masked
bya bandanna has just robbed the unarmed
passengers of a stage coach, and has sue.
The Democratic party, also wearing the
tRndanna mask, is waiting boldly on the
mad to tell the manufacturers and working
men who are passengers on the stage coach
of protection to stand and deliver; but as in
This case the passengers are armed with bal
lots, the highwaymen will not be quite as
successful as their esteemed Texas contem.
n0rary - N~AAA
The Portland daily press., 1888-06-30

Among the gentlemen announced to speak
at the Democratic ratification meeting next
week is the Hon. William H. Clifford When
Mr.. Clifford advances to the platform the
band should play ''Hark from the tombs a
doleful sound" in recognition of his political
death and his feint at a resurrection
The Portland daily press., 1888-06-30

The enthusiasm for Cleveland and Thur
man is so intense down in Halifax that the
government organ is trying to repress it, lest
1t embarrass the Democracy of the United
States. Evidently when the Young Mems
Republican Club placed on their transpar-
eney "For Governor of Nova Scotia Will
liam l.. Putnam" they correctly expressed
the feelings of the people of Nova Scotia
as well as those of the people of Maine
The Portland daily press., 1888-06-30

Uncle Thurman says he accepted In order
to help Cleveland. If he had lent him his
red bandanna he would have helped him
Just as much. That appears to be all there
is left Of him.
The Portland daily press., 1888-06-30
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 80.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu
nications. The name and address of the writer
are in all cases indispensable, not necessarily for
publication but as a guarantee Of good iainl.
We cannot undertake to return or P'0SerNS
communications that are not used
The Portland daily press., 1888-06-30

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Z5c; kEsoLyENr, 81. Prepared by the POTTER
DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co, Boston. Mass.
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pages, 30 Illustrations, and 100 testimonials
The Portland daily press., 1888-06-30

A treaty that is so clearly for the benefit
OF American fishermen as the Putnam treaty
is claimed to be by the Democrats ought not
to need so many defences as it is getting in
the Argus.
The Portland daily press., 1888-06-30

CUTIcURA, the great Skin Cure, and CUTIcuRA
SOAP an exquisite Skin Beantifer externally. and
CUTICURA REsoLyENT, the new blood purifier i'm.
ternally, are positive cure for every form of Skin
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The Portland daily press., 1888-06-30

The Hon. E. G. Burleigh has practically
cured the only defect there was in his candi-
dacy by reslgning the State treasuryship.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-05-23
Fecundity of Fishes.

Fiches produce so many eggs that il
vast numbers of the latter and Of the
fishes themselves were not continually de-
stroyod these animals would finally fill mp
all the waters, For example, man annu-
ally takes 90, 600, 600 or 40, 600, 600 cod
fish from the sea around the shores of
Newfoundland. But even that quantity
seems small when we consider that each
cod yields about 5000, 900 eggs each
season, and that even 5000, 600 have
been found in the roe of single cod.
Were the 60, 600, 600 cod taken on the
coast of Newfoundland left to breed, the
20, 600, 600 females producing 5000, 600
eggs every year, it would give yearly
addition of 100, 600, 000, 900, 600 young
Goldfish. Other fish, though not eQualing
the cod, are wonderfully productive. A
herring weighing six or sever ounces is
provided with about 80, 600 eggs. After
making all reasonable allowances for the
destruction of eggs and the young, it has
been calculated that in three years q sin
gle pair of herrings would produce 1j4,-
600, 000 Button calculated thatif pair
of herriugs could be left to breed and
multiply undsturbcd for period of
twenty years they would yield an amount
of fish equal in bulk to the globe on
which we live. Scientific Amcricdn.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-05-23
Fast Work in a ClOthespin Factory

''One cent DON
"Yes, sir. We are paid one cent for
packing a box of five gross of clothes
pins, said one of these packers to re-
porter for the New York IHiH and E,r-
press recently.
IAN expert can pack 100 boxes in
day of ten hours Sharp work that,
handling ~, 600 pins a day.
Clothespins are made in the lumber
regions. They are usually made of
white ash, sometimes of beach, black and
white birch and maple. The wood is
taken to the factory in logs and cut into
lengths of thirty-one inches by circular
SAWS. These lengths are then cut into
blocks and the blocks again cut into
sticks. The sticks are placed under
another saw and cut into the required
lengths. Next the turner takes hand
at them and from there they 90 to the
slotting machine. They are placed in
trcughs by the operator, the machine
picking them up and slotting them.
They are then placed in a revolving pipe
drier going thence to the polishing
cylinder and then to the packer Each
pin passes through eight hands. a sin
Gle plant consists of board saw, gang
splitter, gang chunker, turning lathe,
drying house and poisher and costs
from 81, 900 to S12, 1000. The machines
working are very interesting. The little
blocks Of wood five and half inches
long are placed on an endle. S belt, which
feeds the blocks automatically into the
lathe. As the lathe is turned the pin Is
taken automatically from the spindle and
placed on a turntable and carried to acir-
cular saw, which whittles out the slot in
the pin 1t is then finished and thrown
out of the turning table by the same ap,
pliance that puts the pins on the table
Falling, they are caught in a basket ol
barrel and are then taken to the drying
house for ten to twenty-four hours, ol
until dry. The polishing cylinder o.
rumbler holds twenty TO forty bushels
this is run at a slow speed, about thirty
turns a minute, and by simple friction
aud contact they become polished.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-05-23
Poultry FOR Farmers.

f. w. Gaylor in a paper read before
the New York State Farmers Institute,
held at Chatham, N. y, SAID: The
first thing to be considered under this
subject is: What relation does the poul-
try interests of this country bear to other
products of the farm! In answer to this
have prepared a few statistics taken
from the report of the Commissioner of
Agriculture. l would ask you to go back
with me to the year 1859. and compare
the statistician's report of the poultry
product of the United States with the
other leading farm products up to date,
so far as we are able to procure them.
In the year 1859 the poultry product
of the United States amounted to $751;
600, 600, corn $3.50, $50, S7S, wheat S124,-
635, j45, oats S43, 100, 1876. Thus it will
be seen hy the above figures that the poul-
try product of the United States for
the year 1859 was about one.ffth of the
corn product, and considerably more
than onc-half of the wheat product, and
nearly double the oat product. Now
we will pass from 1859 to 1879. In 1879
the poultry product was $3.50, 600, 900,
which is nearly % times what it was 20
years previous. The corn product was
S694, Sls, 304, which is considerably less
than twice what it was 90 years previous; !;
wheat 1896, 96S, 463, which is nearly
81 times what it was 30 years previous.
The oat product was SAG, 500, 240,
which is a little more than 81 times
what it was 20 years previous. We will
now pass to 1882, in which year the
poultry product Of the United States
was $3.50, 600, 600, the corr pro-
duct $7S3, ,Sj7, 175, the wheat product
$444, Coz, 1875, and the oat product $780,
/ 91S, 022.
Thus it will be seen that the poultry
product of the United States, in 1882,
stands secord to corn only.
After comparing these figures, who
can say that the much h-despised and often
times abused American hen does not
play an important part in the farming
industries OF this country
One would suppose that when the
poultry product of the United States had
reached the enormous sum of $500, goo, =
600, as it did in 1882, that we were pro-
ducing eggs enough to not only supply
our own demands, but to also furnish
half of Europe. But such is not the
case for in the year 1886 there was i'm
ported into this country 16,092, 5S3
do ems eggs, valued at So, ia, asa, ana
we only exported 252, 202 dozens, valued
at $41, 1Oj; the excess of imports over
exports being $50, 3s1 dozens, valued
at 50, 1877, 349.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-05-23
A Comfortable Room Secured.

A gentleman from Fresno, Cal, reg
istered at one of the principal hotels in
this city, but as there was no rooms va
cant at the time he was told TO return in
the afternoon. His luck was no better
on his return, rs more rooms had been
engaged by telegraph than hotel of
double the size of the one in question
could contain. lie was little indignant.
and told the clerk at the desk that, by
Joye, he would stop there anyhow, and
offered to back his boast with 800.
Among the guests of the hotel was a
young lady from the same town as the
gentleman, and for whom the would be-
guest of the hotel hada liking. lie went
to the young lady, told his predicament
and determination, and asked the young
lady to marry him. She consented, and
toge, her they went t. the parson and
were married. 1t is sufficient to say the
gentleman made good his boast.
FFdRcisc0 Alta.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-05-23
How to Grow Asparagus.

! commenced my thirty years expert
ence in raising asparagus for market with
one acre, writes w. II. Teele to the New
York Herald, and have set out during
that time twelve acres. l find the best
soil for it is a sandy loan with a sandy
sub-soil-not gravel. | find only one
kind of asparagus, difference in soil and
locat on causing the difference in looks.
l would never set two-year-old roots if |
could get good one-year-old. / have set
from six TO fout teen inches in depth.
My best beds to-day are those set twelve
inches. | find. that after two or three
years it produces fully as much and grows
more evenly by not being affected so
much by the heat and cold; it is easier
cultivated and is less liable to injury in
cutting
have used nearly all kinds of iertil-
izer, stable manure, phosphates, ground
bone, potash salt and bones prepared with
acid. ! find one ton per acre of dis
solved bone, 500 pounds of muriate
of potash and ten bushels of salt
gives me the best results. Plough
under the fertilizer three or four inches
deep and sow the potash and salt on top.
The salt acts double purpose by draw
ing moisture and also stunts the weeds
for a while. In the spring NOV, rake
and burn the old tops plow and harrow
with an Acme harrow. DO not use lev
eler or brush, as the high winds are apt
10 blow the sand and dust against the
stalks, causing them TO crack. Cultivate
between the rows. The first week in
June plow two light turrows onto each
row, thus burying the weeds. Then rak,
lightly to leave a level surface. Wher
through cutting split open the rows and
harrow. Keep out al the weeds Will
cutiyator and hoe during the season. Dc
not cut the tops in the fall, as they pro
tect the roots and keep on the snow; tn
fine leaves that drop OFF also furnish fer
tilizer for the roots. A good bed shoulC
yield about 300 dozen punches per acre
each bunch weighing l / lbs.
have raised as large stalks as any tina
have seen or heard of, weighing from
lb. 20 10 OF. on a single stalk, 10 inche
in length. They are caused by numbe
OF heads developing into one as the
start from the root, and are seldom see
again on the same root.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-05-23

terminating force. Take cabbage seed
| for instance Every year there are acres
of cabbage stumps set and the seed put
on the market which is comparatively
worthless. The seed should be grown
from cabbage heads carefully selected in
the fall; those which least resemble the
true type of the variety should be cast
aside and sold, only the true stock being
kept for rcsetting for seed.
No farmer who proposes to grow
onions for market should buy seed that
he knows nothing about Price is no
object If onion seed is selling at one
dollar per pound and some grower has by
careful selection, hand shclling, etc,
produced seed that is worth really twice
as much by the labor and care be.
slowed on it, ought henot to ask two dol
lars per pound. Some buyers will refuse
to pay it, thinking the cheapest will be
good enough. But suppose the seed
fails, proves to be of some inferior
variety, full of scullions and with
tendency to "stitf neck" the labor and
seed are both lost. | have grown 1890
bushels per acre of white globe onions
from selected seed for which | paid IS
per pound, while an adjoining planting
Immediately beside the first on same land
and under the same conditions did not
produce bushels enough to be profitable;
the seed cost only 81 per pound. have
grown $50 bushels red globe per acre,
and rs Wethersfeld large red, and |
have seen over 1900 bushels of the latter
on single acre. Many seeds that go
through dealers hands are MIXED with
old or cheaper seed, the terminating
power of which has been destroyed by
heat, so that they will not come up and
expose the fraud. The farmer wonders
why his seed did not come up well, but
does not think it was tampered with.
Buy your seeds of some expert grower or
scotsman who has a reputation, or grow
them yourself.