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The Portland daily press., 1889-05-24
To the ApothecarIes OF Maine, Es-
peciaIly Of Eastern Maine.

The Commissioners of Pharmacy give
notice that the next regular meeting will be
held on the End Wednesday of June next
(the 12th) at the Bangor House in Bangor, at
8 a. M, and hope to meet goodly company
of ambitious students we'll prepared to wres-
tie with the questions, both written and oral
which may be proposed to them.
There lseems to be gaining ground,
an idea that an acquaintance with
the elements Of, chemistry will not
passing and receiving his certificate. This
idea may have been suggested by leniency
on our part towards those who have never
had greater opportunities than fall TO the lot
OF the average country druggist. 1t is mis-
taken idea, however, for hereafter, while
present commissioners hold Office, a failure
to answer part at least of the questions in
chemistry will make all the difference be-
tween success and an invitation to call again
and try 1t once more. We note in the ques-
tion papers of other Pharmacy Boards, which
we have had the pleasure of perusing, Ques-
tions which Indicate requirements of much
more extended and intimate knowledge of
chemistry than any we have ever asked.
Attention is called to our circular of Febru-
ary last f.
Apothecary boys will do well too, to rub
up their knowledge of decimals and the rule
of three in their arithmetlcs, as both these
may come into active use in some of the ques.
tions upon the Metric System and the per-
centage of the elements contained in
chemical compounds. In all such questions
data enough for the computations will be
given; but it will be interesting to learn if
an applicant has brains enough to solve
questions under these rules outside of the ex
amples furnished in the particular treatise
on Arithmetic studied by him.
The foregoing suggestions have been
prompted by recent experience in examina-
tions, and we wish to invite special attention
to them, hoping that our examines will
come to us so well prepared that they will
have no occasion to dread appearing before
other Boards II they migrate from their own
State,
Portland. Nav %. 1889.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-24

OFFICE OF FRED Z. RICHARDS,
INVESTMENT
SECURITIES

We offer subject to previous
sale, $50, 900 Chicago and West
Michigan 5 per cent. bonds, first
mortgage on two hundred and for
ty-twO miles railroad and a gem
'erai mortgage on the entire
system OF four hundred and eight
mile. ~ ~OOO
The eight per cent. first mort
gage bonds on the Chicago a
Michigan Lake Shore Rai1road
mature September first OF the
present year, which will strength
en- the five per cent. bonds we
offer, by adding one hundred and
twenty seven miles road to Its
first mortgage security, and re-
ducing interest charges SI5, 900
per annum.
The earnings Of this road which
are sufficient to pay its fixed
charges and dividends to its
stockholders, are constantly In
creasing.
Some 100000 of these bonds
have been held by savings banks
OF Maine for several years, and
have proved a most satisfactory
investment to them.
The addition of one hundred
and twenty seven miles upOn
which these bonds will soon be-
come the first mortgage, tends 10
increase the market value of this
security.
We offer them at a price which
will afford the investor an income
OF more than five per cent.
We also offer, subject to pre-
yiOus sale, $4,000 Eastern
Railroad Company Of Minnesota,
first mortgage, 5 per cent,
gold bonds, due 1905, guaranteed
principal and interest by the st.
Paul, Minnesota & Manitoba
Railroad, at I02 and interest.
$4,000 Montana Central, first
mortgage, gold 6's, due 1887,
guaranteed principal and interest
by the st. Paul, Minnesota &
Manitoba Railroad at lI6 fiat.
$4,000 Union Pacific, Lincoln
& Colorado. first mortgage. gold
5's, guaranteed by endorsement,
principal and interest by the
Union Pacific Railroad, at par and
interest.
$4,000 Bangor and Piscataquis
5's, first mortgage, due 1918, at
lO5 and interest.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-24

South Dakota's constitution, which was
adopted almost unanimously at the late elec.
tion, gives the suffrage to women In school
affairs, and requires that an article giving
general suffrage 10 women shall be separate
ly submitted to the people. Special laws
creating corporations are forbidden. Care
full provision is made for the security of the
school lands. The amount of the State debt,
except in case Of wer. is limited to half a
million dollars. No county, city or town is
permitted to incur debts to an amount ex-
ceeding five per cent Of its taxable property.
The Governor may veto items iD appropria-
tion bills. The legislature may not author
ize the construction Of street railroads except
with the consent of the cities or towns in
which the rails are to be laid. Senator Ed
munds pronounces it one of the best consti.
tutions in existence. 1t certainly looks care
fully after the rights of the people, and puts
some valuable check on State and municipal
extrayaqancal
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-24

It's said that there has been an increase
In the number of unlicensed saloons in Bos-
ton since the high license law went into eff
feet So 1t seems that high license isn't the
panacea for rum shops it has been represent
ed to be. Indeed 1t is, in the light Of this
showing, much worse failure than prohibit
tion, for the strongest enemy of prohibition
never claimed that it increased the number
Of rum shops.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-24

The grade crossing question is before the
Connecticut legislature. and the railroad
commissioners have just reported that in
their opinion it would cost about S21, ,Oo0, 900
to get rid of the crossings. That's pretty big
sum, but from the way they've been killing
people at these crossings for several years
past. unless humanity is reckoned very
cheap in Connecticut. the expenditure would
soon pay for ITSELF
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-24
A Freak of Nature.
Madison Bulletin. 1

A sheep belonging to Mr.. David Nickerson
Of Rome, recently gave birth to twins, both
of which however were dead. One of them
was white and a perfectly formed lamb. The
resembled bear. 1t was covered with hair
instead Of wool, and while its hind parts
were large and it had no tail, the legs and
feet were those of lamb. although its face
resembled that of rabbit
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-24

The undersigned will receive subscrIp-
tons Tor the aforementioned FIVE
MlLLION DOLLARS, $5,OOO,0O0 8 per
cent. Gold bonds OF the Oregon Pacific
Railroad Company at par and accrued
The subscription will be opened at 10
O'Clock ON Thursday, May 23, and will
close at ~ O'Clock ON Saturday, May
20, but the right Is reserved to reject
any and all applications, or to allOt a
smaller amount than applied for.
Payment to be made: 10 per cent. at
the time OF allotment. As per cent. June
10, and the balance OF As per cent. on
July 1 4; interest to be adjusted to Date
OF final payment, when the bonds will
De delivered. Payments may be antici.
pated IL desired, aud interest
will be allowed thereon at 8 per cent.
Copies OF the Articles Of Incorporation
and OF the mortgage have been deposited
with the undersigned, from whom forms
OF application may be obtained.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-24
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY "a.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu
ncations. The name and address OF the writer
are in all cases Indispensable not necessarily for
publication but as guarantee of good faith
we cannot undertake TO return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-24

Prof Virgins claims to have discovered
that the earth is receding from the sun. AS
the reverse of Wiggins's claims and predic-
tions have almost invariably come true there
is ground for apprehension that we are rush.
ng into the sun.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-24

We do not believe the American people win
get very much excited over the alleged griev-
ance of Senators Farwell and Cnllom at not
being permitted to select the internal reve-
nue. collector for the Springfield district of
Illinois. 1t was clearly the right of the
President to nominate whom he saw fit II
he has nominated an improper man, then il
is the right and duty of the Senate to reject
him. But to reject him to oblige Senator
Farwell or Senator Cullom will be prosti
tuition of powers conferred by the constitu-
tion that will admit of no defence.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-24

The New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad has just been fined $1,000, for using
the car stove contrary to the law Of New
Xork
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-24
CURRENT COMMENT.
EDUCATION IN PRIVATE SCHOOL
rnfll.f1..a srs..

II is high time that the State took some
action regarding the 1900 children who are
attending the .parochial schools in this State.
Of the French school in. this city Superin-
tendent Gould says in his report to the Com
missioner OF the Bureau Of Industrial and
Labor statistics:
Judging from the attainments Of scholars
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-24

The story Of secret treaty between Le-
gitime, the President Of Hayti. and France,
by which the latter is granted some valuable
trade concessions in return for helping put
down the rebellion, is improbable on its face.
No doubt Legitime would be glad to make
such arrangement, or any other that would
rescue him from the pretender Hippolyte,
but France is not likely to enter into such an
agreement without first finding out how the
United States would feel about 1t. France
has got all the enemies on the continent Of
Europe she can take care OF, and would be
slow to create any on this continent
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-24

The rush to get out OF Oklahoma is scarce
ly less than was the rush to get in. Instead
of land flowing with milk and honey,
which imagination had painted, it turns out
to be very Indifferent sort of country, with
some good land and very much poor Guth-
rie, which fortnight ago was city of 20, :
900 inhabitants, is now almost deserted. A
large part OF the settlers have returned to
their old homes, and there is not the slight
est difficulty now in providing people who
remain with all the land they want. Not
withstanding this experience, however. if
the Sioux reservation should be opened 70
settlement the scenes of Oklahoma would be
duplicated.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-24
A GOOD SHOWING
IS Per Cent Cain.

OUR sales for the first three
months of this business year
which commenced Feb.I, over
the corresponding three
months last year have been up
wards of Is per cent. i'm excess
of the same three months last
year, which is MORE than the
necessary per cent. gain need.
ed to increase our sales to One
Hundred Thousand Dollars,
$1OO,OOO.OO, this year.
THIS ENABLES US to
make still LOWER prices than
ever before, making good ad-
vertised promises; and LOW
PRICES, is what has built Up
the prince " establishments in
the larger cities Of the Union
and there is no good reason
why business of a QUAR-
TER of a million annually
can not be done in Portland
as well as elsewhere.
THE RENT
for a place of business is no
more to have it packed with
customers than to have il
empty three-f0urths of the
time.
We ARE NOT OBLIGED
to carry a much larger stock
to do business Of 100000
than one half that amount
as we turn over our goods SO
rapidly.
80 d0z. so cent Balbriggan
shirts and drawers at 23c.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-24

The Pennsylvania Prohibitionists are
about to open their campaign in favor of the
amendment in earnest. Arrangements have
been made for meetings in every town In the
State, those away from the railroads as well
as those along their routes. There is very
little chance, however, that the campaign
will be successful. The sentiment of the
people is not YETI to prohibition, and the
oratory between now and June 1s, convinc-
ing and feryid though it may be, win hardly
be sufficient to put it there. As in New
Hampshire and Massachusetts, the Prohibi-
tionlsts have doubtless made mistake in
forcing the issue so soon.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-24

THE GREATEST ADVAN-
TAGE of all is our being able
to handle such immense
amounts of goods and to pay
SPOT CASH, which is done by
very few houses.
WE ARE ALL WORKERS
at 4S2 Congress street. None
Of us have any extravagant
habits and our wants be-
ing few, even if we DO NOT
have near as much left at the
end of the year as our c0mpet-
itOrs, who do less than half
the amount of business than
we do, that LITTLE supplies
all our necessary wants and
little more, and enough is as
good as a feast, and TOO
MUCH left to families is al
most invariably to curse them.
n Few vi Our LtdutrS:
$1,000 Putnam 0VereOats, H.0l
1900 Blue Suits, e.0l
1900 " /" S.0|
200 Children's Suits, 1.5|
50 cent Straw Hats, le cents
A Kite or Windmill given
with each Boys Suit.
Have a guess on the
length Of string in the bot
tie in window. Thousands
are making guesses.
so Dox. LOO French Bal
briggan shirts and draw
ers at only SOC.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-24

3. F. SMITH, President.
J.C. KIBBEY, Treasurer.
J.H. PLUMMER, Gen Manager.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-24

Mr.. Fackinthol, expert for the Cooper Hewitt
Iron Co., Of New York, says 'of all ore deposits I
ever saw this Is tho greatest"
Prof. Robinson Of Bowdoin College, after a re-
cent visit to Bluffton and having made analyses
Of the ore, says 81 have no hesitation In saying
that Bluffton contains a practically unlimited
supply Of ore suitable for making good iron and is
exceedingly fayorably located for mining"
The Critico Furnace Of Chattanooga, one of the
best coke iron furnaces in the South, uses
some fifty tons daily of this ore and their testi-
mony is, that 1t is Of the best quality and their
orders are constantly calling for larger quanti-
ties.
Bluffton Is situated In the north
eastern part Of Alabama, on the main
line OF the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Railroad.
For the purpose Of building a coke
iron furnace and further development
OF the property, 5000 shares OF the
stock are offered for sale. Price for
the present,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-06
SECOND BLOssoNING OF TREES.

Fruit trees That have had a portion OF
the fall the leaves that should appear the
following spring, and with them the bios
SONS Of fruit buds have formed. Cherry
trees too roughly handled when cherries
were picked are the most frequent exam
plies of this second poisoning freak,
though sometimes branches of apple, pear
and pEHm are affected in this way. The
branches that thus blossom prematurely
do not bear the following season. 1t is
not good for the tree to have its regular
habits thus disarranged. Sometimes
green shoots put forth with the blossoms,
and are killed by the cold of winter, and
this more or less Injuries the vitality of tue
tree -Americou Cuiticator.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-06
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

If you have any new land to pillow or
old sod to turn under do it now
Be sure the onions are thoroughly dry
before storing them away IN bulk.
Spent tan bark is an excellent mulch
for fall set cuttings of currants, grapes,
etc.
Burn at once all piles Of brush, weeds
and other stuff which afford harbor for
insects.
Poultry growing on the farm is as a
rule more profitable than when it is made
speciality.
1t is suggested that cold stables may be
cheaply made warmer by lining them
with building paper.
Let the white clover come in. It
thickens the bottom grass and is good
food for most animals.
If meadows are to be top dressed with
manure there is no other time so favor
able as late autumn and early winter.
All the rules for feeding COWS and car
ing for them are prOftless, except as they
are accompanied in practice by kind
treatment
Season the feed of chickens and all
other fowls with salt. 1t is preventive
Of disease and is good for the entire an
imal creation.
A stiff brush in the stable, judiciously
used on farm horses, is a good deal bet
ter than horse doctor, and not so costly
OF uncertain.
Wheat straw makes a good mulch. but
not better than many other things. Wheat
land would not so soon be exhausted if
the straw were returned to it as mulch.
He who makes the greatest success at
swine growing is one who commenced in
small way and works to greater num-
bers as he learns to breed, grow and
feed
Good country roads may be regarded
as one of the highest evidences of civil
ization, but this evidence is not found in
such abundance as TO become tiresome to
dwellers on the western continent.
The farmer who thinks cattle can pick
their own living from late autumn grass
is not wholly wrong, for they can get d
living. but that is all, and the farmer
must not expect profit from such feeding.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-06

Every wife or daughter living near I'll
lage OF large market, can make many dollars
each year raising eggs Just as surely as that
a woman can tend baby better than a man,
just so certainly can she care Tor any animal
better. For example, Mrs. Eunice Goodwin,
East Livermore, Me- says: In four weeks,
last autumn, my thirty hens laid 131 eggs
l then fed them Sheridan's Condition Power.
advertised to make hens lay; and in eight
,reeks they laid ATS. Having sold twelve. the
remainder laid s15 eggs in eight weeks tv
feeding Sheridan's Powder. l sold the eggs
for 1888, making clear S13.3S from only
eighteen hens in eight weeks. One Of nv
Polish hens which | could not buy for - 90
would have died but for Sheridan's Powd ar
|. S. johnson & Co, % Custom House street,
Boston. Mass. (the only makers of Sheri-
dams Condition Powder, will send. postpaid
two % cent packs of Powder and a Poultry
Guide for 60 cents. For 81 90, five packs and
book; for 81 20, large 2A pound can and
book; six cans $500, express prepaid.
Send stamps or cash. Interesting testimo-
mails free. For five cents copy of the best
Poultry paper sent.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-06
STORING VEGETABLES.

A little freezing will not hurt cab
bages. To be KEEP; properly 5hey should
be kept as cool as possible without freez-
ing or, at LEASE. without much freezing,
for they need some ventilation. Many
judiclous handlers simply pile their cab
bages away IN cellars without any other
protection; some put them in racks or
open frames, reaching from the floor to
roof of cellar, so that the air can circu-
late about them freely. When put up in
this way they are cut off at the middle of
the stalks and stripped of the loose out
side leaves. Some gardeners pack them
away in broad, shallow pits, covering
first with straw or hay, then with earth,
till secured against freezing-that is, too
much or hard freezing.
We ourselves, however, practice a
simpler method still, and which we find
answers well. Take the cabbages up,
roots and all, and pile them just any
where on the ground without any eXca-
Walton where they grew, and where water
does not stand; pack them closely to-
@ether, tops turned down on the ground
or even slightly upon one another as to
that matter, the roots standing above,
and If desired, extend in long, narrow
rows or put into broad beds, then a
hight covering of straw. where it is pre-
1erred, may be put on-we, however.
dispense with it-but cover with the
clean, fresh earth that lies at hand. and
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-06
DRAINAGE IN THE FALL

Il is not good economy to allow water
to stand upon growing crops, meadows,
orchards or land intended for spring
crops. This is rather worse in what may
be termed the winter months than in the
summer. And trees or plants in the
orchard or small fruit plot are seriously
injured if not killed outright by care
lcSsness in allowing water to stand around
them during the winter, often freezing
up and forming coat of ice over the
soil and roots Grass both in the pastures
and meadows is often entirely killed out
by failure to provide sufficient drainage
to get rid Of the surplus water.
With the cultivated fields it is nearly
always an item to get the greater portion
Of them properly fitted for the soil as
early i'll the spring as the soil can be
worked into good condition.
Fall blowing is one valuable assistant
in this work, Yet it is impossible to fully
derive all the benefits Of fall pIoWing I'M
less good drainage is provided. With
the surface water out of the way fall
plowed land will dry out and work up
much earlier than if this is neglected, so
that if earliness is an item with the crops
care should be taken TO see that it is pro
vidcd.
The work should be done in the fab be-
fore the ground freezes. In planning the
work care Should be taken to avoid
washing as much as possible. There is,
of course, considerable difference in
land in this respect, as some is much
more easily damaged than others. When
the land is broken and is easily washed
the burrows or bitches should be suf-
tciently winding to allow q gradual
descent. On more level, where there is
less danger of washing, straighter fur
rows can be made. The character of the
soil and the way it lays should determine
the way the burrows are run out In the
majority Of cases a good pillow and
team will make the bitches large and
deep enough for all practical purposes
The better plan is to look carefully over
the ground and determine where the fur
rows can be run out to the best advan-
tagc and then run them out 4 little
time spent in careful survey Of the field
will not only lessen the work but secure
better results. Securing good outlets is
necessary SO that the water can flow off
easily, and the burrows should be made
clean so that they will not be easily OBJ
structed. By doing the work in the fall,
whether the land is plowed or not, will
be found quite an advantage in the spring
so far as the work if concerned, bat the
damage to land will also be avoided.
Moisture is an essential item III plant
growth, but an excess of moisture is as
detrimental both to the soil and the
crops as deficiency, while with a little
care at the proper time Il good share of
the damage can be avoided if good drain
age is given.-NeJruS6u Furlqer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-06

Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers
Mild, equable climat-. certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock cOun-
try in the world. Full information free Ad-
dress Oregon 1migrat'n Board. Portland, Ore
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-06
A Few Pointers.

The recent statistics of the number of deaths
show that the large majority die with con-
sumption. This disease may commence with
an apparently harmless cough which can be
cured instantly by Kemp's Balsam for the
Throat and Lung which is guaranteed to cur .
and relieve all cases. Price Soc. and 81. Trial
size free. For sale by all druggists
THERE are 210 cooperative building and loan
associations IN the State of New Jersey
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-06
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
soAKrsG GRAN FOB HOGS.

A floating item declares that the most
careful experiments which have been
made show pretty plainly that cooking
grain feed for hogs is not only unprotita-
BILE. but an absolute waste. On the other
hand, the same experiments show that
soaking the grain is AN advantage. In
these experiments the grain was all
ground, and was in all cases fed before
it sourcd Sour slops are not good for
hogs, and great waste of the most nu-
tritivc qualities occurs in the process of
souring- Weekly Witness.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-06
beware OF OintmentS for Catarrh Tia
Contain Mercury.

As mercury VIII surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole svs-
TEN when entering it through the mucous sur
faces. Such articles should never be used ex-
cept on prescrip ions fro II reputable phys
the good You can Possby derVe we from t l fba 10
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by f. J.
Cheney q Co., Toledo, O., contains no mer-
ly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be s,Ire
you get the genuine. 1t is taken internally
and made III Toledo, Ohio, by +. J. Cheney &
Co.
- Sold by Dru ggist5. price 75c per bottle.
+. 7. BARNUM was born in 1910. He brought
Jenny Lind to this country in 18l9.