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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-02-04
Wants No Invitations.

DUBLIN, Feb. 3.-Thomas Sexton, Lord
Mayor Of Dublin, has returned the private
entire" tickets sent him for the coming levee
at the Castle, with a request that the COM
missioner of police send him no more Invita-
tions, as long as the present government re-
mains In power
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
MlLDEW OF GRAPES.
How to Prevent 1t by the Application of
Reliable Mixtures.


In many parts of tho country the
grape crop has become very uncertain
because of the prevalence of m'ldew on
the green wood and foliage. md also
because of the rotting of the fruit. In
South Jersey nearly all thegrap,s have
been a failure for two years. Partial
crops have been obtained at the Elvi-
rec Fruit Farm from the following out
of more than forty varieties. ThcCot-
tage, Wyoming Red and Pocklinton,
these are nearly ''iron- clad" Anlcre
of Concords and Perkins yieldedess
than hundred pounds. Thanks9re
due to Prof. G.. V. Riley, of the US
Department of Agriculture for his Sc
cessful tests of remedies for this grat
scourge.
Colonel A. w. Pierson, OF Vinelam.
n. j., has also made thorough tests Of
the Bordeaux mixture, in connection
with the Department at Washington.
While the results are not uniformly de-
cisive, in proving this mixture effect
i've in the prevention of black rot, It
has proved to be certain remedy for
mildew of the leaf.
AS it is necessary to apply the mix
ture early in the season, it may be
timely to now describe it:
The Bordeaux mixture, as recon-
mended by Colonel Pierson after many
successful tests, is made as follows:
Stake and dissolve four pounds of fresh
lime in two or three gallons of hot
water, and strain it, making milk OF
lime. Dissolve six pounds of sulphate
of copper in three gallons of hot water,
mix the two solutions, and add water
TO make twenty-five gallons. Stir the
mixture well before applyingas aspray
20 the foliage and fruit. 1t is TO be ap'
piled to the entire vine about ten days
before the blossoms appear. and ever1
three weeks until the fruit begins
color. ANY kind of force pumps sufi
cient. / am using pump costing abos
81. and the improved cyclone nozae
which throws spray as fine a'a thik
fog. During hot and wet priod tie
midew may suddenly develp, buta
thorough application TO frui'and fc
iage at once destroy it.
For vineyards larger fore pump
used and the mixture is thrown direc
from the barrels which are paced on 4
wagon aud driven through the he|dl
The same apparatus is uset to threw
London purple on fruit trees I.
The inexpensiveness of tle mi&tuS,
and the ease and speed of application,
commend this remedy to al growers 7
grapes whose vines suffer from mildev
Cor. N. Y. Observer
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE.
1t Is Unqucstionably Due to the Imi
tion of Natural sounds.

1t Is Unqucstionably Due to the Imita,
tlon of Natural sounds.
No subject has been more fertile of
speculation than the origin OF language
and on few perhaps less satisfaction can
be obtained. The Jews positively in
sist that the Hebrew tongue is tho
primitive language, and that spoken by
Adam and Eve. The Arabs. however
dispute the point OF antiquity with the
Hebrews. OF all the languages except
the Hebrew, the Syriac has had the
greatest number of advocates, especi-
ally among the Eastern authors. Many
maintain that the language spoken by
Adam is lost. and that the Hebrew,
Chaldee and Arabic arc only dialects
of the original tongue. Goropius pub
lished work in 1889 to prove shat
Dutch was the language spoken
in Paradise. Andrew Kemp main
tanned that God spoke to Adam in Swe-
dish, Adam answered in Danish, and
Eve spoke French, while the Pcrsians'
believe three languages to have been
spoken in Paradise Arabic, the most
persuasive, by the serpent Persian, the
most poetic. by Adam and Eve and the
Turkish the most threatening by the
Angel Gabriel. Erro claims Basque as
the language spoken by Adam, and 9th
ers would make the Polynesian the
primitive language of mankind. Leav-
ing, however, these startling theories,
we may sum up the words OF Darwin:
with respect to the origin of articu-
late languages, after having read on
the one side the highly interesting
works of Wedgewood, Farrar and Prof
Sclleicher, the lectures of the celc-
brted Prof. Max Muller on the other
sid, | can not doubt that language
ow,s its origin TO the imitation and
notification, aided by signs and ges-
tues, of natural sounds, voices al
otter animals and mans own cries. 20
Psychological journal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
Effect of creosote on chimneys.

Attention has lately been called to
the peculiarly corrosive and conse-
quently destructiye effect Of the crco-
sote of wood SCOT upon chimneys, ow-
ing to the fact that the creosote thus
formed from the slow combustion OF
wood contains so large proportion of
pyroligenous vinegar or crude acetic
acid; this acid being formed in large
quantities when the combustion Of
wood is slow, many quarts, in fact, be-
ing condensed in cold weather where a
large wood fire is very much checked,
only few hours being required for
such condensation. The acid in ques-
tion dissolves lime readily, carrying it
away in solution, and In this manner
the mortar is frequently entirely re-
moved from the tops of chimneys in the
country, new ones suffering the same
way as the old, instances being numer-
Gus where the top courses OF brick in
chimneys only two years old have be-
come entirely without support other
than that afforded by the sand vita
which the lime was &. ked. Scieno2
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
TREED BY AN ELEPHANT.
Desperate Plight of n Hunter In Search o'
Adventure.

Desperate Plight of n Hunter In Search OF
Adventure.
Elephants in wild state are remark
ably exclusive, so much so that If an
individual becomes in any way hope
lessly separated from his own herd he
is not permitted to join any other. Be
ing compelled to live thus by himself
he develops peculiarly vicious dispo-
sition, and is commonly known and
dreaded in India us 'rogue clc-
phant."
In the Natural History of Ccylon'
there is n story which illustrates both
the blood-thirsty temper and the OK
traordinary intelligence of such ami
mails:
We had expected to come up with
the brute where it had been seen half
an hour before, but no sooner had one
of our men, who was walking foremost,
seen the animal AT little distance than
he exclaimed: There! there" and i'm
mcdiately took to his heels, and we all
followed his example.
The elephant did not see us until We
the spot 'MS;RePo az twenty PAGES from
gave chase, screaming frightrully as nc
came on.
The Englishman managed to climb n
tree, and the res of my companions did
the same. As for myself, ] could not,
although | made one or two great ell
forts. But there was no time to be lost
The elephant was running at me with
his trunk bent down in IL curve toward
the ground.
AT this critical moment Mr. Lindsay
held out his foot to me. with the help of
which and then the branches of the
tree, which were three or four feet
above my head. managed hastily TO
scramble up to II limb.
The elephant came directly to the
rec, and attempted to force it down.
First he coiled his trunk around the
stem and pulled with all his might, but
with no effect. Then he applied his
head to the tree and pushed for several
minutes, but with no better result. He
then trampled with his feet all the pro-
iecting roots, moving as he did so sew
eral times around the tree.
Lastly, failing in all this, and seeing
pile of timber, which had lately cut.
short distance from us, he removed it
all, thirty-siX pieces one at time, to
the foot OF the tree and piled it up in Il
regular busincss-like manner. Then
placing his hind feet on this pile he
raised the fore part of his body and
reached out his trunk, but still he could
not touch us, as we were too la: above
him.
AT this point the Englishman fired,
and the ball took effect somewhere on
the elephants head, but did not kill
him. The wound made him only the
more furious.
The next shot, however, levelcd him
to the ground. | brought the skull OF
the animal to Columbo, and it is still TO
be seen at the house of Mr. Armitage.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
SMALL INVESTMENTS.
An Explanation of the Building and Loan
AssOciatlon System.

Association system.
The persons composing building
and loan association agree to pay into
periods, ON each share that they own,
until their shares through such pay
ments and the accumulated profits
each their par value. or, as it is tech
nically termed, mature" The stated
payments (called 'dues'), their fire.
quency, and the par value of the stock
vary. The general rule is that one
dollar shall be paid on every share
once month until a par of 5000 is
reached. When the shares mature" !"
the assets in the treasury are divided
among the shareholders. just as fast
as the money is paid in it is offered in
the shape of loans to the members
and to the members only-the security
taken being mortgage on real estate
and an assignment to the association
of the borrowers stock. The amount
which a member is entitled to borrow
equals the par value of his or her
shares. Thus, in an association where
the par value is 5000, u member
who wants 81, 900 must own five shares.
AS every member has an equal right
to become borrower, the disposition
of the loans is mado by putting the
money up at auction, from time to
time, and awarding the loan to that
member who will give the highest
premium above the regular interest
rate. The building and Loan Associa-
ton laws provide that the acceptance
of these premiums shall not constitute
usury. In order that the dues and in
terest shall be paid regularly, the by
laws provide that they shall be received
only by the secretary, and by him only
at the stated meetings, and there is "a
small fine for non-payment. which is
increased from meeting to meeting, a
delinquency for certain period caus.
ing the forfeiture of the stock, or Civ
ing ground for the foreclosure of
mortgage.
Tho interest is paid monthly, and
the Interest money, with the dues and
any ,ther receipts, goes into the treas
ury, to be loaned at once. II is appar-
ent, therefore, that building and
LOAF association whose money is in de-
mahd not only receives interest con-
stntly on the dues paid in by all the
members, but that ii compounds this
interest monthly, Herein lies the chief
secret of the pro6tableness OF this sys-
ten OF Investment A. Linn, in
Scribner's.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
FARM AND FiRESiDE.

Where cows must be driven long
distances to and from posture. see that
it is done gently and leiaurely.
.-Fifty-two chicks from fifty eggs is
q record thata Lenawee County, Mich,
man proudly presents in behalf of one
of his Matching hens.
--Tincture of assat9tida is said to
keep rabbits from attacking trees. 1t
may be mixed up with clay and water
and applied with brush.
A swarm of bees, attracted by n
comb of honey in the window, took
possession of grocery store in Plain.
field, n. j., and put an end TO business
for the day. at night they were de-
stroyed by burning sulphur.
To make n succ ess of peach grow.
ing one should select elevated sites
and warm. sandy soils, or localities
near large bodies OF water. In most
| situations u peach orchard should be
well cultivated. So advises nr9ctical
horticulturist
When the second crop of clover is
and poultry neXtwintcr. 1t is chopped
fine, scalded, sprinkled with ground
grain and fed literally. 1t will save
food. and both pigs and poultry will
thrive on it,.
Any plant is weed that is not de-
sired Two plants of the same kind
should never occupy the space that
should be allowed to one only, as it is
their nature to struggle for the same
kind of food and for supremacy. II
the plants are too thick some of them
should be removed as weeds. The soil
should not support more than it can
feed properly.
The hens should be kept at very
small cost in summer. Instead of feed
ing grain give the hens chopped grass.
Cut it up fine, give them Il trough full,
and they will need nothing else il they
are in good condition. Glover is cX-
cellent and the hens will eat quite a
large quantity in a day. The finely
chopped grass is also an elegant food
for young chicks.
-"Ambrosia' is made by cutting
oranges in slices aud covering the
bottom of fruit dish with them. Sift
granulated sugar upon them, and then
sprinkle layer of dessicated cocoanut
over them, Then add another layer
of oranges, more sugar and cocoanut
till the dish is full. having u layer OF
cocoanut on top. 1t should stand sew
eral hours before serving, as sugar eX-
tracts the juice of the orange.
The man who waits until the calves
becomes COWS before taking any special
care of them loses the best period for
improving them. 1t is by the care
which the calf receives that the size.
vigor. time of maturity and degree If
productivepess of the animal are very
largely determined. When the cllf
has become COW the formative perod
has very largely gone by.-Ameri,an
Dairyman.
For removing spots of grease from
boards, take equal parts of fuler's
earth and pearl ash, quarter of n
pound of each, and boil in o quart of
soft water, and while hot lay i on the
creased parts, allowing it to remain on
them ten or twelve hours, afta which
.G may be secured off with sind and
water. A floor much spottel with
grease should be completely washed
over with this mixture the da. before
it is secured. Fullers earh and
oXgalls. boiled together, form very
powerful cleansing mixture br floors
or carpets. Stains of ink areremoved
by strong vinegar, or salts of lemon
will remove them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
In,portant.

Having done business in the United States
for years, our reputation ana responsibility
is established. We want three men IN your
vicinity TO represent us, to whom exclusive
territory will be given. Handsome outfit
free Salary and expenses or commission
paid weekly, previous experience not re-
quired. Hardy stock n speciality Write
at once for terms to May Brothers, Nursery
men, Rochester, n. Y.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
a WORTHLESS GARMENT.
\ Savage Tries to Turn Newspaper Into
Wearing Apparel.

|
When savage people first come in
contact with the whites none of the
wonders that they see is regarded with
more suspicion than large sheets of
paper. The native is apt to regard the
paper us a sort of cloth, and the fact
that it tears easily and is worthless for
most of the purposes to which cloth is
put convinces him that it is fraud.
One or two Congo travellers have told
of the disgust with which the natives
at first regarded paper The Congo
tribes, by the way, are on the lookout
for sharpers, and it is pretty hard
work for anybody to sell them a bad
quality of cutlery or cloth. Savages
soon find, however, that paper is not
intended to serve the purpose of cloth.
Then they cease to look upon it as a
fraud. but they do not think ii ranks
high among white mans manufactures,
and they have little use for it,
A while ago Mr.. Lumholtz was trav-
cling in the interior of Queensland.
Australia. where he met many natives
who had never seen white man be-
fore. One day IL crowd of natives were
In the white mans camp carefully in
specting the explorer and his baggage,
when newspaper happened to drop
out of his pocket The natives un-
folded and spread it on the ground.
They decided that it must be an arti-
Gle of wearing apparel, and one of
them tried it on. He wrapped it
around his shoulders like a shawl and
sat down on the ground, arranging his
covering this way and that, and watch
ing the faces of his crowd to see what
they thought of his elegant garment,
covered as it was with many thousands
of curious marks.
Presently, however, an ac.,ident
happened. While the savage was ar
ranging his shawl and trying to bring
the corners in front of him the garment
began to tear at the nape OF his
neck. A howl from the crowd called
attention to the disaster. The blanket
or whatever it was, was evidently
made OF the poorest sort OF material.
The savage took his covering off,
examined the mischief he had wrought,
made the tear little longer, and then
with his finger poked hole through
the paper. That settled the fact that
the article was worthless. The news
paper suddenly lost all interest for the
natives. who turned their attention to
less destructive objects. IN. Y. Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
Ere tho Farewell is spoken

On tho deck of the steamer, or on board the
train that ls to bear YOU away from thost
dear to YOU, you will, If you are wise, have
safely slowed away in your luggage sum
cent supply of that saferuarq against III
ness Hostetters Stomach Bitters' Com
mercial travellers, tourists and pioneer
emigrants concur in testifying to the Iortl
fying and saving properties OF. the grea'
tonic Use for constipation, bilousness
pugnpgg
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

"WHAT is an echol" asked the teacher Of
the infant class. "lt's what you hear when
you Shout replied youngster, us it
caused by hill or holow!" again asked
the teacher Both was the ready reply.
"How so?" 'sThe hill throws back the
hollerD
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

By new law in Denmark ma
found drunk is carried tohis residence
and the keeper of the saloon where n
bought his last glass is obliged W pa
the expense of the ride
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

ALI. cases of weak or lame back, baclache,
rheumatism, will find reliet by wearing one
of Carter's Smart Weed and Belladonua
Baclache Pasters. Price % cents. Try them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

For "a years Dobbns' Electric Soap has
been imtatcd by soap makers. Why Be
cause it is best Of all and has an immense
sale Be sure and get DobbiHs and take no
other. Your grocer has it, or will get it.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

THE slave trade may be accounted extinct
in Egypt. During the last sixteen months
only four slaves have been imported into
that country.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

Two. .ScoTcH worthless were lately critics,
John, the discontcineu; 6uSeTRrely, SAD
gentleman "Weli, We see, frae Monday TO
Saturday he's inveesibe, and on Sabbath
he's incomprehensible."
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

THERE are five girls in one Of the Humph.
ries families, of Fleming County, KY. and
their names are Arkansas, Louisiana,
Tennessee, Florida and Virginia
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

A MINISTER once began his praying after
the choir had performed an anthem by say
ing: Lord, thou understandest what the
choir has said, though we did not under
stand Word.n
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

ANY one can take Carter's Little Liver
Pills, they are so very small. No trouble to
swallow. No pain or gripping after taking.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

AN orchid grower says that in one
spotted variety of the flower more than
500 will be given for ono small spot,
the plant being worth 30 much the
more.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06
Orcron. the Paradise of Farmers.

Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Bcstfruit. grain, grass, stock country
in tneworld. Fullinformation free. Address
Oregon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

NEVER appear indifferent when others are
talking. Listen politely to every thing, and
don't interrupt.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

NEVER whisper in company If what you
wish to say can not be spoken aloud, reserve
it until another time.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

THE sumptuary laws of Richard H. pro-
hibited collars from being worn. The law
was never enforced.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

THE authorities in Holland have decreed
that women can not serve on a school
board In Sweden it has been decided that
they can.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

Tho great and sovereign remedy, knova
the world over, for all female troubles, in.
fammation, cruel backaches, and internal
displacements is DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription. 1t is the only guaranteed cure.
See guarantee on every bottle wrapper.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

PROBABILITIES of red and green cloth came
into fashion at the close of the fifteenth
century.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

DR.. Pierce's Pellets--gently laxative OF
actively cathartic according to dose. 25 cents
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

GRAY hair is by universal custom prohib-
tied in Persia and is never seen.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

"A glass urn was placed in front of
S. M. Wanamaker's store, in Philadel-
phia, the other day, and guarded by a
policeman, into which $639l1 were
dropped by passers-by between 1880
In the morning and five p. m., for the
Jobnstown sufferera
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

y 1Cc. SMOKE for "Tansilrs Punch. ~
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-02
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE.

CILvANUs WHITE VS. MORRIS ALBEE,
- W. L. Cunningham and l. II MacCarthy.
-Sherifs Sale, No. 9,741.
Order OF sale and decree of foreclosure and
sale.
Under and by virtue of an order of sale and
decree OF foreclosure and sale issued out of the
Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles,
A. d. 1889, in the above entitled action,
wherein Silvanus White, the above named
plaintiff, obtained a judgment and decree OF
foreclosure and sale against Morris Albee,
w. L. Cunningham aud 1. H. MacCarthy, de-
fendsnts, on the goth day Of February, A. D.
gold coin of the United States, which said de
cree was on the Goth day of February. A. d.
1889, recorded in judgment book 8 of said
Court, at page -, am commanded to
sell all that certain lot, piece parcel of land,
situate, lying and being in the County. of Los
Angeles, State of California. and bounded and
described as follows:
Lot ffty-six 1867 of the waverly tract, as
shown by the map of said tract recorded in
book IL, at page %. Miscellaneous Records of
Los Angeles county, to which map reference is
hereby made.
Public notice is hereby given, that on Satur-
day, the 23d day of March, A. D. 1889, at
IL O'Clock M. of that day, in front of the Court
House door of the County of Los Angeles, on
Spring street, will, in obedience to said order
of sale and decree OF foreclosure and sale, sell
the above described property, or SO much there
of as may be necessary to satisfy said Judgment,
with interest and costs. etc, to the highest and
best bidder, for cash in gold coin of the United
States.
Dated this 26th day of February, 1889.
Sheriff of Los Angeles County,
BY A. NJ THORNTON, Under Sheriff.
JONES & CARLTON,
f26 I'd Attorneys for Plaintiff.