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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-12

From the hour when the cannon of re-
bclIion hurled their shot aud shell ON Fort
Sumter, the patriotic statesmen of the
country saw that money to a vast amount
would Ice needed To save the Government
from destruction and the uion from dis
membcrment. They saw. what the writer
of this heard Secretary seward privately
remark amid those terrible hours, that it
would be necessary to set ''all the paper
mills Of the land at work To supply the de
mands of the Treasury" Bat they also
saw. with equal clcaruc~~, that these vast
issues of national script must bee supported
by heavy taxation and the sure promise of
ultimate redemption in gold and silver.
Before the rich availS of the Morrill, tariff
could be made use of. the measure of
which was then scarcely realized. il was
necessary to call on the loyal States To
raise money by direct taxation. 70 clothe.
feed and pay the rion armies. To provide
with the utmost expedition a vast amount
of arms and war supplies and to create
and mau q powerful navy, all the States
inside the Union lines collected their
quotas of direct taxes and paid them
into the national treasury. TO thi,
day the rescued Government has not
restored to the States the money thus adj
vanc.d. Now that the nation has increased
to 63,oN.oo0 of prosperous people, and
large surplus Is in the National Treas
ury, il Is proposed to restore this money
to the States to which il Justly belongs.
That is the import of the hill which has
passed in the Senate, and is now being
resisted in the House by desperate
rebellious minority, whose rebel svmpa-
thies are still strong. Twcnty-niue States
paid their quota under the law and the
remainder for the most part paid nothing.
The delinquents were Alabama. Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina. Tonnes
see, Texas and Virginia. The tax stands
upon the books of the government to-day
: debt against these States. The direct
bill which the House has been fill
70 ring over for week. proposes to
lcel this debt against these States and
nrr 20 the States that paid their quota
sums which they paid. The bill
'Gld take Sl1 ,000, 900 out of the treasury
distribute it among twenty mine
ates. The principal opposition comes
nm representatives of states that never
aid anything and from Il few tariff re-
formers who argue as the measure would
reduce the surplus by sl7,00o,0O it would
reduce their opportunities to cut down
the tariff
Another striking evidence that the ex-
IRENE Bourhons of the South are acting in |
full accord with the ultra Free Traders of |
the North, on the lines of the old cotton |
and Calhoun democracy of fifty years ago, |
Processing TO be reformers, they are the !
the most preiudiced and retrograde parti- !
Fans of the country. But this measure of |
impartial justice and national faith in the |
end cannot fail To pass both branches of |
Congress, and Cleveland will not dare TO /
veto it,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-12
Washington Letter.
[ From Our Regular Correspondent
WARRINGTON. April 10. 1885

From Our Regular Correspondent.
WAsHrNGro>. April 10, 1888
The talk about large first-class hotel for
Washington has sprung up and died out SO
specifically that anything on the subject
looks at first glance like 4 very mouldv
chestnut. But the realization of a necessity
So obvious as that for a frst-cass hotel a,
this Capital cannot he deferred many wears
and il is known that some practical hotel
men, New Workers, are now looking the
ground over to see what can be done The
idea grew out of plans for winter resort ho-
tells further South. Some hotel men, whose
names, could they be mentioned. would
carry weight, while examining the projects
referred TO. came to the conclusion that
Washington affords far and away the most
promising field for big winter hotel They
argue that there is no place with the same
permanent attractions where the hotels are
50 inadequate and antiquated. that people of
means 20 South or returning would almost
all stop at Washington for a stay of some
weeks, while the number of winter visitors
is yearly increasing. All this is no doubt
true, and also that such attractions that are
offered by the hotels at Augustine. Fla for
example. are entirely lacking here The
idea of the men who would like to 20 into
this thing if they can is 10 have the hotel &C.
cupy an entire square, TO have ball room.
music. and every attraction which the Sarato-
IA hotels offer. Practical hotel men do not
doubt that the venture would be paving one,
but the difficulty is to find suitable site and
the very large amount of capital required I
The increasing prospect that the Centennial
schemes will materialize makes a specula- |
ton of this kind double attractive.
The little band of Oriental strangers who |
have recently made Washington their home 1
are enjoying themselves. Everything the |
Coreans do, see, and hear awakeus their |
deepest interest. and they are rapidly adapt |
ing themselves TO American customs all but
the dress. The flowing robes of delicately |
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-12

common sense ground thai w,th the large
surplus In the national treasury, the post
Office business OF the country need not be
made self-supporting, bat that the duties
on foreign importations and the tax on
spirits and tobacco should help pay
the expenses of mail facilities in the
sparsely populated sections of the country.
There are other branches of the govern
ment In which the people at large are not
directly benefited. and which do not earn
anything for their support. They are sus-
tanned by the money collected through the
treasury aud and interior departments, of
which the inventors of the country pay
proportion which many think unjust.
Much can be -aif in favor Of free letter
postage, but we do not urge the adoption
Of that policy. but what the public has
right TO demand il reduction Of letter
postage, and the most liberal policy in
the transmission Of newspapers and maya
zines. Opposition To measure 40 mani
testify in the interests of the people comes
NUN ANO NpNIif-. IA at All iiVtfl
who think the post Office department
should pay it, own bills, and from those
who want to get rid of the revenues by
the reduction or entire removal of duties
on foreign importations. There are also
monopoIi-t- Of Importation who do not
want the government to accommodate the
public too cteaply. These and the fogie-
will continue 10 discourage cheap mail
facilities preci-ely a. they do government
telegraph lines. which could serve the
entire people Of this country at one-half
or one-thir'i the present telegraph rates,
which are made 10 pay on an enormous
amount Of watercd stock and stock
gambling operations. But the American
people will continue 10 demand cheap
telegraph rates until their demands are
answered.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-12
Cheap Postage.

The New York Journal of Commerce,
u conservative newspaper. neutral in
politics, especially devoted to the business
interests of the country, advocates the
proposed measure for reducing letter
postage to one cent, and this practical
proposition is strongly favored by other
influential journals. They take the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-12

Mr. Nelson of Waterville SAYS that he
hopes to replace the stallion Wilkes Clay
which he lost last week through acute lung
rever with a better one. He has his eye on
several high-bred young stations at the pres
cnt time, and undoubtedly will soon add a
good on to his valuable stud at Sunnyside
Farm.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-12
TUESDAY,, The i. DAY Of NAY A,., 1893,
TO BE
Observed AS ARBOR DAY.

Experience has demonstrated that good result.
followed tree Planting wherever practic"d, and do
earnestly invite the people of Maine TO prepare aud
deyot" that day to the purpose indicated In said
Act
Given AZ the council thHmhcr At Augusta, this
Ninth day of tpril in the wear of our Lord
one Thousand oght hundred and eighty eighty
and Of tho Independence Of the United States
of Amrfira tii,' unc hundred and twelfth
SEBASTIAN :. N\RBLE.
~ tHE GpNIUNpE.
oRAMANDAL SMITH, secretary OF state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-12

Mayor W. G. Whipplc, of Little Rock,
Ark, says;
am in favor of a tariff for protection be-
licving that To be the true policy of this
country. And as Southern man of Northern
birth especially favor it at this time as the
most potent engine attanable for developing
Southern industries, building up manufactures
and our mining interests, and promoting the
best interests of both capital and labor. That
which has long done SO much for the North
the South cannot now, when for the first time
she Is thoroughly fitted to profit by it. afford
to forego. A policy looking toward Free
Trade would am confident. greatly retard
the growth of this city now so rapid. |
think the wage carriers are fast learning that
protection benefits them. | know many of
them now favor that policy. but am not
sufficiently advised to state whether now
majority do in this section
Plainly enough this prominent citizen
of an important southern town is not Il
bourbon, aud cares nothing for the
nonsense of he Free rrade impracticablcs.
The following three questions We're sub
mitted by a correspondent to the Chicago
Intcr-pccan. to which the answers are aI-
P'""",
~ "u' ua' '''f''a'E mas pro''c-
,ha., i, ,,,;s cn,n,r,.
> Are Belgium. Holland. and France free
trade or protective countries and how do the
"t w. ''"'''' ''"'E"'e win Tue i"oor
! If II. ALLEGED here hy ,bose i, fayor If
free trade that rs GERMANY and France are
nations with strong protective tariff, and
,. ',' WY ~" ~ nus .FSp'euNe c"u''-
t,ri, tha, icons ,,a,,.s hial,
Please answer these questions and oblige
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-12
.yor for the Saco Lumber

the position of surveyor for the Saco Lumber
Company.
Saco man who has lived to be forty years
old received through the mail Saturday.
ticket 10 the Louisiana lottery. which is. he
SAYS, the first ticket of any kind he ever held
in game of chance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-12

As the spring advances the advertising
fend gets out his paint pots and brushes, ard
begins his annual raid on the board fences
and roadside boulders of Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-12
Here and There.

The first salmon taken from the Penobscot
river this year was caught by Mr.. Baker at
Winterport Tuesday morning and weighed %
pounds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-12

The students at Bates College now talk of
putting base ball nine into the league this
season. They have large number of men
in the gymnasium who said to be- doing
great work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-12

The Aroostook Pioneer reports that deer
was killed near the Houlton railway station
one day last week. The game laws have
evidently done great work-and if faithfully
enforced the sportsman of the future will
and find a nice piece of venison on them in
the morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-12

Some pretty hard stories have been told
lately about Charlie Stain. We have been
expecting every day that some enterprsing
exchange would undertake to clear Cain
from the suspicion that has for some time
past rested upon him, by proving that Stain
was the man who really killed Abel
be brought forward to identify
Stain as the man they saw at the time with a
goatskin Prince Albert drawn lightly over
his left shoulder aud a cud of gum in his
right check, is a matter which is not vet
known. If such thing should be attempted
Stain could easily plove an albi-t that as a
matter of fact he vas in thr Land of Nod"
when the decd was committed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-12

Simon Graves of South Thomaston has a
COW that has had four calves within a year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-12
The Restoration OF the Direct Tax The
Meaning OF the Dead Lock

oRAMANpAL SMITH. secretary Of state.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-03-07
HOMELY SAWS.

Fish make no broth.
The first dish plesseth all.
Who lives we'll sees afar off.
The market is the best garden.
1t is good to be merry at meat.
A hungry man is an angry man,
New meat begets q new appetite.
The table Iobs more than the thief.
An empty stomach listens to nobody.
Hope is a good breakfast, bat bad 81 D
per.
Steel the goose and give the giblets in
aims.
Salmon and sermon have their season n
Lent.
Silks and satins put out the fire in the
kichen.
The taste of the kitchen is better than
the smell.
Better go to bed supperless than to ge'
up in debt.
Who gave thee capon, give him the lee
ard the wing.
There is no cake but there is the like OF
the same make.
Everyone bastelh the fat hog, while the
lesn one burneth.
Who hath spice enough may season his
meat as he pleaseth.
He that waits on another mans trencher
makes late dinner.
The best physicians are DR.. Diet, DR..
Quiet and DR.. Merryman.
Who boils his pot with chips makes his
broth Hmell Of smoke.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-03-07

or gaining. Every pound lost causes
real loss Of two, as the time aud exoense
Of regainiDg that which is lost will be
doubled.
A great waste on any farm is the care add
keeping of poor old horses never Mt
rugged service. The cost is usu'" .,,...s.
than for animals OF full strength anS nsS.
fitness.
judging cattle by "pointan on the hooi
is not always reliable, as not one Of the
prize animals at the fat stock show re.
ceived the award for dressed csrcasses after
having been slaughtered.
The cost of corn for simply keeping the
hogs OF the United States warm has been
estimated at SIS coo, 600, that being the dit
ference between fattening the hogs in cold
weather and in summer.
Every attention should be given the
| young lambs rs they ara born, and the
warmest place on the fsrm is not too hot
for them now, as they should be forced in
| growth, so as to reach the market early in
order 10 realize the high prices.
A single diseased animal may entail a
loss IN community amounting to tnous-
] ands OF dollars. 1t cost Missouri 81 600 !.
GOO and ten months time to stamp out
pleuro- pneumonia, while the loss to tbs
cattlemen OF Kentucky has reached fully
$1,000, 600.
The truly beef COW is a small and briei
mixer, often failing 70 give support fol
her calf, and the ultimatum is reached
when the beef type actually undermine:
the function Of motherhood and promiss
the obliteration of beefy family, wailC
motherhood, in its broadest and most com
plete sens Q, is the predominant trait of thu
dairy COW.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-03-07
THE POULTRY YARD,

Chopped csbbsge is relished by poultry
at this season.
At this season fowls like to pick fresh
meat bones, and alto to eat ground bones.
Here is a good warm breakfast for forty
fowls: Boil a heapiDg half peck of potatoes,
mash them, add one quart each of shorts
and bran, q tablespoonful each Of salt and
pepper; add hot water enough to mix into
q stiff dough.
Hens that are laying may be literally
fed On a variety, as the production of eggs
will cause the appropriation Of oil the food
TO that purpose but hens not laying must
he ft d sparingly, or they will become too
fat and fail to lay.
A pound Of nitrogen has been estimated
TO be worth q cents. Measured by this
standard ton of poultry manure is worth
about SO or one-half cent q pound for its
nitrogen alone, but it also possesses add
tional value for its phosphates.
Every poultry house should have feed
box. It saves food, and it is very poor
plan to throw the food, more especially the
soft food, in the dirt or In shallow dishes.
The latter are liable to be upset and the
contents trampled under foot and wasted.
Besides it does not show the true spirit oil
the fancier.
The common practice, says poultry an
thority, Is 10 breed from the best laying
hens in the flock, which ISIS very good one
but it is Just as important % be careful in
using the best laying hens from which tc
breed for roosters, as in that way the pro
Efficacy of q flock is increased on both sides
1t may require several years of careful
selection to thus improve the flock, but il
can be done, and each season will give EVIL
dences of the Improvement.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-03-07
Farm NOTES.

In sections devoted to blackberry c. {.
ure the growers should unite and barr II
the old wood in order to assist in destI j.
ing the borer.
Wheat ground in a coffee-miIl ma IS
excellent food for very young chic +.
T1ey can eat whole wheat after haV
become two weeks old.
Every poultry-yard should have pes II
tree planted therein, as the peach thriv s
well in poultry-yards and is protected
from the borer by the hen.
When birds have swelled heads or eyes,
or hoarse breathing, ten chsnces to one
there is crack or crevice in the p0nltry-
house, or draughts come In from the top
ventilator. The top ventilator has killed
Thousands.
A small allowance of green food is
highly Telished by stock of all kinds at
this season, bat where green food is scarce
@ few sliced roots will serve as su0sti-
tute. They act as an appetizer, and
thereby promote health.
Sow grass seed early, bat II possible
brush it in, so as to slightly cover the seed.
The early growth made by a grass crop is
very important, for upon the height of the
grass depends its capacity to Withstand
drought should dry spell come on,
In mating fowls to procure eggs for
Matching purposes ten hens and male may
be yarded together of the large breeds,
such as brahmas, cochins and plymouth
rocks, and fourteen hens and male of the
small breeds, such as leghorns aud ham
burgs.
In selecting cantalopes do not aim to Sc.
cure large ones for family use. The best
favored and sweetest varieties are the small
kinds, and they are also the earli,s' Wa.
terBelone, however, should b. fArge, as
the larger the melon the less waste, while
they are also fully equal in quality to the
smaller kinds.
Mr.. A. l. Root thinks that if he should
own a small apiary and discover foul brood
in 1T he would burn up the whole Dusi-
mesa rather than endeavor to experiment
in curing the disease. IL the larva be
elastic and RORY it is a sure indication OF
foul brood. This is sure test but the
odor ia not to be relied upon.
1t is not safe to suddenly change the
food of cows from the dry hay and grain
to an exclusively green diet. IL rye shall
come in for pasturing allow the COWS but
few minutes npon it the first day, gradu-
ally extending the time every day there.
after until they shall become accustomed
| to the green food. In this manner NAV
be avoided bowel diseases and falling OF
of milk.
The new strawberry bed should be pre-
| psrs d as soon as the weather will permit.
The young plants should be set out in
! rows early, 90 as 10 get the dement, OIL the
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-03-07
HORTICULTURAL.

Ma sacbusetts men contend that apple
trees left to themselves Ia a rocky soil yield
sound keeping fruit. The trees should
not be forced, but rsther left to establish
heir own period Of maturity. Cultivate
for Few years, enrichlng the soil, then al
low natural development.
Lest tie pruning of grapevines may be
left until too late in The spring, attend to
it the first pleasant dsy that comes.
Evaporated fruit now finds ready sale
Farmer who usually allow their apples to
rot on the ground should economize by
evaporating them.
A New York man sent 900 pounds Of
cherries to the city, dividing them among
four commission firms. His returns varied
from eight TO sixteen cents pound.
The peach growers of Maryland and
Delaware have decided to request the Leg
islatures of those States to enact laws com.
Polling the destruction OF all trees affected
by the "yellows."
tn Orange County IN. Y Farmer thinks
that there is no danger FROM an overpro-
duction OF fruit, remarking that the con-
sumption Of grapes has increased faster
than the supply, and that such will be the
case for years to come.
Onions are often put out in the month
Of March, as they are hardy and endure
quite a severe frost. The sooner they can
be put out and made to rapidly grow the
better, as they do not make rapid progress
after the beginning of warm weather.
Farm and Garden recommends every
farmer who builds an ice-house to arrange
fer q cold storage apartment in connection
with il, for the preservation of fruit, but.
ter, etc. No matter how small 1t Is, il will
be found decided convenience.
The American Grocer very pertinently
inquiries II the time will ever come when
sugar experimenting will be divorced from
politics, personal scheming and stock job
bing, and conducted in business like way,
with q determination to..test quickly and
surely the commercial aspects of the ques-
tion2
The demand for lettuce-grown in winter
and early spring under glass-has probably
doubled twice within twenty years, but
the supply is hardly equal to the demand,
owing to the attacks of the mildew, which
destroys great deal, and to other discs
incident to high cultivation.
The Alice grape 10 spoken OF by the
American Garden and the Orange County
IN. " Farmer as q variety of excellent
promise. 1t is q good grower and shipper,
dark red, good favor, seeds few, akin thick
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-03-07

absorb bad odors il there are any 70 take
up. 1t should also be located where an
abundant supply of pure water naturally
exists or can be obtained by boring. The
site for q creamery should have good
drainage, as stagnant water will produce
bad odors. The building should stand
where it can be conveniently reached by q
msjority OF the patrons. A large lot of
lard is not necessary, but there should be
enough to afford sufficient room to turn and
TO hitch teams. A location on the
main road to the nearest railroad
town will be of advantage to pat
rors, as many OF them will wish TO 60 to
the postoffce or station at the time they
take their milk or cream to the factory. II
is seldom necessary to pay much for site
for q creamery. Many farmers will give
an acre of land for q creamery just in
order to save the trouble of hauling theil
milk q considerable distance.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-03-07

"SIy attention. after suffering with C)nsiipa-
ton for two three years was called 70 Sim
mons Liver RI gus tor, and, having trIei almost
everything else, COZ Guided 10 try it, first took
q Nineglsssiul sni sfterward reduced the dose
to a tesspooufuli, as per directions after each
meal. ! found that 1t had done me so much good
that / continued il until ] took two bottles.
Since then have not experienced any difficulty.
keep it In my house, and would not be with
out it, but have no use for it. il having cured
me-" Geo. W. Sims, Assistant Clerk Superior
Court, Bibb County, George.
Examine to zee that you get the Genuine,
distinguished from ell frauds and imit4-
tioLs by our red u trade marx on front Of
Wrapper. and on the side the seal and sig
nature of II. Zeilin * Co.