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The Dickinson press., 1888-10-27
THE BANANA BUSINESS.
Preparing tho Soil--Pu.ting Out :,.s

Preparing h Soil--Pasting Out SEC
Enthusiastically Foes.
Mr.. Kennedy took me in charge carly, and
OH the wharf ton the shady side of the shct..
gave me the account of the banana business
that Shall try to reproduce. | cannot dc
better than imagine that the reader is about
to settle i'll Jamaica to engage i'll raising
bananas, and that ! am telling him what |
nave learned about the industry. The land
used is likely to be either an unused sugar
estate, or what is known in jamaica us
'rninate;" that is, land that has stood idle so
long that it has become overgrown witt, tall
bushes and small trees. The first cost of
land of the latter sort is of course much less,
but the expense of clearing it is so much
greater that it is doubtful whether good cul-
tivahlc land is not cheaper Ill the end.
The ground having been cleared and
plowed, banana suckers are set out. the
distance between them depending very much
upon the quality of the land. In from ten to
fourteen months after planting the tree has
reached its full size, ten to twelve feet in
height. the stalk then being about eight
inches III diameter at the base, and the
bunch of fruit is ready to cut for shipment.
The fruit is always cut while yet green. and
each stalk produces only one bunch. When
the fruit is cut that is the end of that
stalk, and the stalk is cut down. Fresh
suckers" are produced from the roots, how-
ever, and several of these arc allowed to
grow for the next crop. For the first few
months u good deal of cultivation is necessary
Ill the banana field to keep it clear of weeds,
but when the stalks grow and the leaves be-
gin to spread they %eirectually choke down
the weeds, and little more attention isneeded.
From $50 to $50 M acre is a fair estimate of
the cost of blowing, planting and cultivating
for ono year, but where the land has to bc
cleared of trees this increases the cost con-
siderably. Once started, the plantation is
good for five or six years without much fur
Their labor beyond keeping it clear Of weeds
ut certain seasons.
But the banana planter has n deadly
foe i'll the hurricanes and high winds
that frequently sweep over the West
Indies. The banana trec has very small
roots and is easily knocked over. Some
times even with nothing worse than a lively
"norther" all entire plantation is destroyed
i'll an hour. and there is nothing for it but to
start over again. As to the risks and profits,
Mr.. Kennedy says: "From my experience l
do not think the banana yields the planter
q very large profit, though there arc excep
lions to the rule. a tropical hurricane will
sweep a banana cultivation level with tho
ground in an hour. Besides these hurri-
canes, we usually AVE very strong winds,
tnorthers) during the winter months, that
often blow down acres of bananas. The tree
is easily blown down, especially when it has
n largo bunch of bananas hanging from its
top. Wero it not for these great drawbacks,
planting bananas would be q profitable in
vestment. 1t is important that a planter
understands the business, and knows how to
work the Jamaica labor ."-William Drys-
dale in New York Times.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-27
Dangcr on the High Seas.

The statement of Dir. A. l.. Fuller, the dis
tinguished scholar, about the ocean tragedy
in which the steamship Fuldu, on which le
was a passenger, played SO prominent a part
on the Banks of Newfoundland is worthy
close attention. This appropriated witness
declares that ''we were running too fast To
avoid u collision if anything lay i'll our path"
A fog bell that will project its tones lorw ard
instead Of upward or backward, and an cleo
trio light which will pierce the ocean mists
to some reasonable distance in advance Of a
steamer, are crying necessities for ocean
travel just at present. Not to speak of en-
Sines that will stop Il vessel us speedily Is
air brakes do a railroad car.-New HcSk
World
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-27
RAND Military Movement.

Some one interested in stirring up English
alarms has discovered i'll the Memoirs of
Marshal Ney record of tho fact that in
1906, when Napoleon, designing the invasion
of England, gathered an army at Boulogne,
it was daily exercised i'll tho operation of
embarking and disembarking, and that it
was found that in ten and a half minutes e.
600 men, with all their stores, ammunition,
artillery and horses, were embarked, and in
thirteen minutes were landed again.-New
Xorl. Sun
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-27
English Railway Reform.

In England there is just space enough be-
tween the edge of tho railroad station plat
form and the footboards of the passenger
cars to let an unwary traveller fall between
and be ground topicces by the moving train.
An accident or two has happened, and an
agitation has begun in favor of reform in
either the footboards or the platform. "In
America" the reformers urge, ''such an &c.
cldent could not happcn."-Chicaso Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-27
A Woman I,wv.r,s

The author of the popular Nebraska law
which makes mothers joint guardians Of
their children with their father is Mrs. Ada
NJ. Bittender, the woman lawyer of tina,
state. In this connection it may be men.
toned that Kansas, Iowa and New Jersey
are the only other states of tho Union wherc
mothers are thus favored by law.-New York
World.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-27
Tho Two Sides Not Alike.

The two sides of tho face are not alike.
As q rule, says a German professor, the want
Of symmetry is confined to the upper part Of
the face. The left half of the brain over
weighs the right half; the nose leans ~ little
to the right or 10 the left. The region Of the
right eye is usually slightly higher then that
of the left eye, while the left eye is nearer
the middle line of the countenance. The
right ear is also higher, as a rule, than tho
left ear.-Boston Budget,
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-27
In Infections w.r1s

An excellent new use for tho telephone y is
proposed in the infectious wards of the
French hospitals, so as to enable the sick PEG.
pie isolated in their sufferings to have the
comfort of hearing their relatives voices
without any risk of conveying infection by
an interview.-New York Press.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-27
Just Like Pam.

Mamma-Harry, You must be still! No
respectable person will stamp and pound and
shout the way you are doing.
Harry doubly aggrievedl-Why, mamma,
! was only just initiating the way papa
preaches.-BurlinStou Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-27
Stumbling the pn1ni4

sab, Mrs. Plainley, you were at the Blank
Street church yesterday Who supplied the
pulpitT
"My husband did the woodwork and Chord
& Tossols furnished the upholstery."-Boston
Transcript.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-27
Too Mucl, Tin,c.

SIT is SO sudden, Mr.. Pcduncle." said the
young lady, softly; "givc mo time to think
of it,"
Certainly" replied the business like com.
mcrcial traveller; I'll be around again in
thirty days"
81 only wanted q moment, Harry" she
said, sweetly.-Chicaso Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-27
CONSUMPTION SURELY CURED.

To THE EplroR-Plcasc inform your readers
that have u positive remedy for the above
named disease. y lis timely use thousands Of
shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy
FnEE 10 any of your readers who have consump.
ton if they will send me their express and
post office address. Respectfully, 7. A. SLO.
CUM, NJ. c. ISL Pearl st., New York.
ser, S9.1y.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-27
Tho Oceans Waves.

Scientists insist that tho waves of the
ocean are never higher than n few feet.
Summer bathcrs will insist, with equal
earnestness, thai the average wave is from a
hundred feet to half a mile high.-Pittsburg
Bulletin.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-27

Mintlfnl Of Her Position,

Mistress ,who has been writing a letter for
cook)-How shall l sign it, Bridget Your
cbedient servant, Bridget O'Toolihan!
Bridget-Faith, ond yez made not Mum.
It's not to the loikes Of Mary O'Shaunessey
that Ohm an obadient servant. 1.-The Epoch.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-27

Chicago proposes to have a crematory in
running order in six months. The health
officers favor it, and there is plenty of money
to back it.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-27

In a minute an express train goes a mile
and n street car thirty-two rods; the fastest
trotting horse 147 9-1S rods, and an average
pedestrian of the genus homo has got over
sixteen rods.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-27

The worst hindrance to church growth is
the habit that some of the members have OF
borrowing trouble and paying a high rate OF
nterest.-Hartford Religious Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-27

A new thing in England is a walking stick
made hollow, with place in it for holding
eight or nine cigars.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-27

Superintendent Hindc, Il big, good natured
and good looking young giant, led the way
INTO Il realm of %clattcr. roar, rattle and dust,
;he first impression ut sight of which was
that it was IN ineXtricable confusion of girls
md machinery, that the girls all had their
nair in curl papers, end that they were a
Tine lot of sturdy armed young Amazons.
The flax tibcr,'' he said sis first combed
d., as it is technically termed, 'scutched.'
Then it goes to the spread board where it is
laid out straight and of as uniform Il thick
ness as possible, in -four lines, on endless
aprons that carry it up to hackle like teeth,
that holl it straight aud steady whilo it is
subjected to the drawing action of rollers
moving faster than its delivery. The soft,
even band of straight fbcrs thus formed is
allied n Silver Twelve of these are put into
J, drawing frame extended and delivered as
one, aud this operation isrcpcated three times,
.Helvc '%slivers' each time being drawn into
nmc which is no thicker than one of the
wclvc had been before drawing. BY this
he tihers arc all straight and disposed with
perfect cvcnness Tho silver is now slightly
twisted, and so becomes Il rove ready for
he spinning frame. Tho proccsscs Of spinning
and twisting together for the attainment of
my desired degree of stoutness arc too gen
rally understood to be worth detailing.
Hemp is worked up in the same way us flax.
Tow, which is only used for the c~oarscst
and cheapest strings, is cardcl like cotton,
instead of being put upon the spread board"
Tho air was thick with dust from tho
fbcrs; tho floor polished by tho flax and
hemp waste until it had the slnoothness of
ice. Twelve O'Clock on Saturday was draw
ing near, and one by one tho Gathering ma
chimes were stopped, and tho young women
working them set to work like practical ma
c%hinists, taking them apart, cleaning and
oiling them, and then putting them together.
The whistle sounded, and before its echoes
had died away the head coverings that had
encouraged the universal curl papers theory
were whisicd of, hasty washing up was per-
formed, working shirts were thrown off, and
the weeks work was donc.-Ncw York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1888-10-27
4 Cane for Tootpads.

y wicked and murderous walking cane was
displayed III an avenue store tho other day.
Its hollow covering was puncturcd with at
least twenty-five holes, and behind these
were concealed as many sharp steel blades.
The object of the cane was at once apparent.
Suppose an unfricudly hand seized it on q
dark night. Tho owner Of the stick would
simply draw it backward, and 10! from out
the little holes tho knives would fy to do
their bloody, decorating work. No footpad
would grasp that cane moro than once. Tho
principle of the invention is not new. 1t is
already used with success in n patented
watch guard, the spikes of which spring out
and hook themselves i'll your pocket when
your watch cham is pulled.-Washington
Post
The Republican journal., 1888-11-01
Political Points.


kittery has a ladies Republican club.
The New York representative Of "nl,i
I{utch," offers to bet S21 900 even money thai
General Harrison will be the next President.
Judge Gresham is out in a letter eNpre>>iu.
his approval of Gen. Ilarri>on'> domination
and explaining his reasons for not taking active
part in the campaign.
A call was issued in Philadelphia last week
calling for an effort to secure the cooperation
of all the labor organizations in the country.
Mr.. Powdery favorS the scheme.
Did you have father, brother or son in the
war: The pOstmaStcrgeneral of Mr.. tlcNe-
lands cabinet says he went into it simply ito
make money" Bear that in mind.
The total registration in Boston for the state
election will not fall far short of y 900 A
year ago the registration was only about 60
600. white at the last Presidential election it
was 6,),514
The indianapolis knights of Labor. in Il cir
cular letter with the seal Of their order, de-
nounce Edwin +. Gould, who started the
doar-a-day lie about Gen. Harrison. AS ''al,
unscrupulous political worker" and ''unrcli-
| able and wholly unworthy"
1t is generally understood at Augusta, where
political information from all parts of the State
centres, that Col +. n. Dow of Portland has
ga wak-over' in the contest for the Speaker
ship. and If not nominated in the caucus by
! acclamation. his majority will be very large
The Coone's extensive acquaintance with the
public men and the affairs of our State. coupled
with his sterling abilities and thorough know
| ledge of parliamentary usages, renders him
admirably qualified for the honorable and re.
| sponsible position to which he is quite certain
to be called. Bridgton News.
| Chief Judge Yellott of the Maryland Court
| of Appeals, the oldest Judge in point of ser.
| vice and pronounced Democrat, is out with q
letter in Endorsement of Harrison and Morton
which closes as follows: In conclusion wou,
say that any farmer or any workingman who
votes for party that is moving in the drec
tion Of free trade will be voting to impovcrisl
himself, beggar his family and bring on the
country calamities which afflicted us in ls40
| In that year ! cast my first vote for Gen. VIM
Henry Harrison, and this year it is my inten
tion to vote for his worthy grandson, Gen
Benjamin Harrison, who, believe, will make
as good President as any man now living il
! America"
The Republican journal., 1888-11-01
Brighton cattle Market.

BRIGHTON, Oct. %, lSSS.
Amount of live stock at market-CattIa, 1882 !,
Sheep and lambs 24a5; Swine 29.43O; Horses, 1870; !;
number of Western Cattle 1874; Northern cattle,
Dos
Prices of Beef Cattle " 100 b live weight
Extra, sc 2596 80; first quality, S. 15a6 l2is
"a quality, ~ 5000; third quality. S3 75a4 -
poorest grades of oxen, bulls, etc, 50 Oh
362h
Brighton Hides, 71sc. y b; Brighton Talow, lc
y b Country Hides, 6461ac " }; Country TalOw,
3ls3c. ID; Calf Skins, 54Gc n, from 80 Csc
each; Sheep and Lamb Skins, 5OcdSl each; Dairy
Skins l5d35c each.
The trade for beef cattle opened dull. The sup
ply in market for butchers trade was small and
| there were but few cattle sold for slaughter.
Much of the stock was the export trade. The
markets at Boston the past week has been very
dull for beef and mutton, and common grades
have been selling very dull and prices low. A few
extra beef cattle were sold at 6a61ac n, live
weight; common grades at 4a5s4c v b live weight.
Sheep and Lambs-Therc were but few West
ern sheep and lambs brought in, the market being
fully supplied from the north and Canada. Several
hundred head were brought in at a commission to
butchers to slaughter.
Swine-Western fat hogs arc lower this week,
costing &C v b live weight, landed Al the
slaughter houses all being owned by butchers.
The Republican journal., 1888-11-01
The Decline Of a Noble Organization

II ! ,lu-n,s , ,nolo,,l ,l,- t,,;.,. ,,,,, ~, ~.
" '"'' " '''' ''''i> MY '"ii'5 "ne' q" "
ganizatioh conceived with good purpose.
and for il season accomplishing a noble work,
:. ,,.ros,., f.on, =. ,,r,,,,. .t;,.;t;, ,
r. %, ~" ''''' 900 -
Slfle'ed IN ITS usefulness by reason of reckless
and mistaken leadership This is what is hap
,,o,,i,,r ~ ,,,o wo,,on.. ,hr;s.;.,
f@"'' ~ '''0 y o'i''' IA 's''''' temperance
thioh. Tins organization was formed distinct
" for a moral and educational work. If aimed
~ IA a., ~, .,4 Kiln. :.
.a ~ w" AZ, ~ 'l ,,a. ils nae 'h'leu.
n,, ~ ~ ii, Il. ~, ttii so'' n'ni's " .eipei
t,a .,,iiar az! ~. =, He " n,"vtc 'l" lo'o
anti, ', ~ '.'.ss tnIous'i .l,e eoiil-
' H. ;.'.,''| ".' y, .'h', ,cnt1 io' tl'e u' y rs
.,;a II ..'. Moieo.tl, II, 'i ~
,H;r;, NE ~, .s''"u ~ t'o''sh. alil
~ 80 p,t''toin va, 'io'''' - o';'se ~
t i4' o''e a.. ~: uisc"ssiol' .. poiit
:i? ~, ~ i ',' ny MN 'ppJ''o" " 'u
,' ,no ",p.'.nii t 10y '.iu ooi".ii support ~
''t;.I ',' ,,;f ~ " al, si'acs ~ iealous ao
p..';' q, H., , any o.'e VINO t1ntTsts l'ie
."a ~, mnl' III ,'ae' s.orl oi tne ohion II
t;n's so;u, "s II Two uiSt''ci orSahiHa
Raoo,,+I, "u. f'n;'S ~ li u'i.el ieNie ieM.
No. i,'a,' .;i ~ t,l :. a,soo.''ot' ~ ~ Women
no,,iIi,;nn am1 IL, 'nu ,l''eier. VI 'i,raPa'is
'iant W. ho"n '.o,rI !, '.a aso - tcs
noIitnI or"amization whinh 5nnIars, NJ ;t ~, .
The Republican journal., 1888-11-01

! Notwithstanding the weight of the medical
| opinion cited, to which may he added the
editorial opinions Of the New Orlean, press.
and the views Of old residents, the facts co.,
cerniu- the epidemic Of 1857 20 to show that
| yellow fever is an imported and not native
disease. and that it may he Kept out by strict
quarantine.
A gentleman who bad bad experience in all
tIc eridenic~ for the % years prior TO 1861, re-
marked in thai Year that with one exception,
no theory hal stood the test of observa-
ton. That one wa> cnunciated 10y an eminent
lhN Nsician Of New Orleans in 1877. The epi-
dcnic OF chat year having come at a very early
period. thorc wa much dc>pondency growing
OFT of the belief that il must continue until
frost. The physician then declared that cpl
denies lasted Init twelve weeks under any cir
eun!>tancos. Tile first four weeks on the in
crease the next fnur at >tand>till, wiki slight
fluctuations, anu thr last four on q decline,
when they die ont, frost or no frost. Twenty
year, LATER pr. Delay as quoted above, also
IMPRESSED the opinion that white frost .!oe> not
rut au pul to the yellow fever, and ON this
l.oj.; therg i ample eorrvhoratiye evidence.
rhe yellow fever was declared epidemic III
N,w Orleans sept. 3, 1St-. ana on the 9TH OF
November following the Board of Health
'Iclarcd the cli,l,iHtc ut an end. The total
numitr Of ca-rs W.> estimate, al .5od OF
aheut - nrr cent. Of the actual population Of
lhl city NUT is believed to have reached Go.ooo
aa-o-. Tte mortality in yellow fewer cases WAS
about cr rrnt. In 1888 it was p per eomt.
'rn1 u send. t,.,+,fit, Il, f,t;~ l.. ,+tr;b,,tu,i
The Republican journal., 1888-11-01
Tie States Rights Doctrine.

ADVOCATED BY JUSTICE LAMAR iN SUSTAIN
ING TIE Co>~lllt IluNNLlIN IN nm loN \
LIQUOR LAW.
Mr.. Justice Lamar. Il States rights Demo
crat, delivered the opinion oct. -. hv which
the nitcd States supreme Court decided that
the Iowa prohihitory law il constitutional.
The position Of Justice Lamar will probably
be 4 surprise to both sides of this cas-. lie
plants himself sluarely upon States rights
ground. The plea of the di>lier. Kidd. was
that he complied strictly with the iowa law,
and that he only distilled liquors for '.ne,r:l.
culinary or sacramental purposes i'll lpWu.
and that all liquor made hN him for sale Nil>
sold outside Of Iowa. The lower courts. never
theIe>~. oecrectl that the d~tlvry under that
prohibitory state law shoud he ahatcd n :,
nuisance. and the United States Supreme totyr;
to-day declares this law constitutional. lhe
points AT issue we're:
First-W neither the Iowa law i in conflict
with eighth section of the Federal Constitution
relative to interstate commerce.
Second-W neither it conflicts with the Fulr-
teenth Amendment to that Constitution bN ttt-
priving the owners Of the dj>tillcry Of their
property therein Without " due process Of
law"
The second of these has been disposed Of bv
the court, Justice Lamar SAYS. iii the ease of
Muger V. Kansas. wherein this very question
was raised upon statute similar in all essen
tial respects to the PROV >ion~ of the Iowa code.
whose validity is contested. The only qtlr>ti ion.
them is whether the Iowa statute i in oaion
of the provisions of the United States tul3sti-
tuition as to interstate commerce.
Justice Lamar decides that it is not antl en-
ters into an elaborate discussion Of this CUES
ton. in which he takes strong States rights
position. Among other things he says hc bases
his decision upon the principle laid down hy
The Republican journal., 1888-11-01
The Conspiracy Against The Dolphin

The Conspiracy Against The Dolphin
SECRETARY wIIITNEY's CONDEMNATION AMI
ROACH'S TROTBIES RECALLED. NOT !,
RINET LoOsENED NOR A TIMBER STRAINED
| IN A LONG CRUISE.
| San FRANCISCO, Oct. Is. One Of the worst
specimens Of partisan malice shown during
| President Cleveland's administration wa~ the
condemnation of the dispatch boat Dolphin
| broke the honest old shipbuder'> heart ant
| cut short his honorable and useful career. An
| official inquiry brought out proof of the iljus-
| tice of the charge that the Dolphin was ''sIruc-
| turally weak" but the most convincing evidence
| that the commission which condemned til, Loaf
was warped by political feeling is furnished by
| an inspection of the vessel on the dry dock at
Mare Island Navy Yard. There she leS, with
the staunch hull in full view of the house Of
Commandant BGlknap of Mare lsand-the man
| who acted as Secretary Whitney'> pliab!e agent
| In condemning the dispatch boat.
1t may be well in a paragraph or two to re-
call the salient features of the Dolphin'> history.
| She was finished in November 1881. and in the
| following March the naval advisory board re-
| commended her acceptance hy the government.
| as she had fulfilled the tests required. The new
| Secretary of the Navy. however. had other
| plans. lie was told nv John Roaci> enemies
that the vessel was defective and He appointed
| commis>io to investigate her. Al it, hcal
| was Commodore George +. Brknap. tile same
man who has since been rewarded for lis >crv-
Ices by the snug position Of tommandant at
Mare Island Navy lard and who has -ignaIizcf
his promotion by dsrharging 4 onc-nrmed
Union soldier. who had held Il position since
the close OF the war. Two trial trips of tile
Dolphin We're made. On each. Brlknap ma,te
favorable report by wire to Secretary Whit
ney. but these dispatches never saw tie light
until a year later. Afte. receiving the
second report. Mr.. Whitney wrote TO
VI,