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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-11-26
Fire at Rockiand.

RocKLAND, November 25.-Fire was dis
covered about u o'clock today in the house
occupied and owned by Orville p. Wood. on
LIMERICK street. The house was nearly de-
stroyed. The furniture was saved after re-
ceiving a wetting. Loss, $500; no insurance.
The cause of the fire was a defective CHM
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-11-26
a Strike Soon Endaa

BATH, November 25.-The carpenters who
went out of the Sewall yard Saturday noon
resumed work today, having accepted the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-11-26
Augusta to Gardiner.

AUGUSTA. November 25.-Parties were in
the city today. tits reported, for the purpose
of securing a contract Of building and equip
ing an electric railroad between Augusta
and Gardiner.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-11-26
ID. HeseItine Il Co.,

DIV. HeseItine & Co.,
Geo. G.. Frye, Druggists.
G.. H. Guppy &CO., .
George va. Young, Z"
Edmund Dana, Dr."
w. II. Drew, a"
E. Il. # FOss, 4"
w. q. Parker, {"
A. w. Smith, I"
Fred A. Turner, 4"
e. w. Stevens, Z"
G.. l.. Shaw, ("
SimmOnsNHanam Ond
Portland Cigar Co.,
Wendell kirsh,
John ID. Keefe 4 Co.,
TimmOn & HaWes.
Geo. Il. Woodbury. &
Son,
wHoLEsALE.
WI. A. Jewell Il Co.,
CascO Cigar Co.,
R. Y. Barber & Son,
E. l.. StanWOOd,
Thomas Briggs.
oct6 eod2mnrm1stp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-14

Of 90 7-8 Corn kept within range Of only 1S 10
IL, opening at SO a49Se 7.e. and closing at 80 $50
80 "a cents foi May. The pit was without Incident
featureless corn Provisions were fairly
active and considering the panic IN wheat hm The
hog receipts, 1900 head away beyond the ex
pectations Prices the yards were 10 cents lower
This pork on 10 cents and lard and ribs cents
Later however significant buying. and while
wheat breaking fast all sorts OF product rallied
May pork closed e1S S. the opening price
May lard closed whore 1t opened at o. 50 May short
ribs closed q; little advance o. 07as7 10. On the
curb, May wheat sold at 81 90 81.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-14

s1 OF Ia May at 81 03 "a and "a for June at 90 12
cents. But increased selling was caused after tho
official close by the appearance of the Government re-
grown on Al. 3se13s acres, and valued at 1884,
oAa oao This IS an increase in the value Of wheat
Of ga. 1000. The curb sales carried May down to
q 10 Ia Cash wheat was neglected, and no export
inquiry was felt Corn the spot ruled steady with
co 600 bushels taken for export. Little was done In
the corn options owing to the absorption of speculative
attention in wheat and prices nuotuaied narrowly,
asrv Gaining l-sa1-4 cent but ending unchanged at
a. ga for January ID "a for February,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-14

and Do Ia cents for May. Oats were duii
and shade lower the options dosing OH Ia ior
January at 81, and February at 81 L. but unchanged
for May at 81 5-s cents Lard also neglected ana
prices dropped falling 5a7 points as follows January,
81 10; February, 81 90 March, 81 20; April, 81 10
May, 81 70 June, 81 20.
The receipts Of grain and -four reported on SATURDAY
at New-York. Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston
were as follows: Wheat 5,275 bushels; corn,
4s3311 bushels; oats, 5000 bushels total grain,
574 IT'S bushels -four, ,1o5 packages. AZ Chicago,
unvankee and St Louis the arrivals were: Wheat:
40 O4O bushels corn, 2S5013 bushels; oats, 1889
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-14

Chicago Jan. 10 tspeciar. The Governments report
received about II a. m yesterday upset the bulls com
pctely 1t estimated tho wheat yield at Ala sos 600
bushels at least 100000 bushels above the figures
heretofore supposed by the moderates to be what the
Government monthly report indicated There have
been estimates by party bulish. bearsh or un
decided as high these figures finally declared by tho
Washington authorities May wheat the morn
ing at al OBS Immediately after receipt OF tho
crop report May was az OIL 90 IL At night the close
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-14
GRAIN AND PRODUCE kAsxs7S.
OF Nrw.Yonk DEALINGS.

There were active dealings IN wheat at the fToauoe
Exchange Saturday, and although tne session was
. short one over $500. 900 bushels changed hands.
The bears were In control not only because Of the
continued absence of shipping demand, but in an
t,Ipation OF bearish Government and crop report
May opened at 81 o4 So, fell of IA cent and
rallied slightly toward tho end, The official quota
ions at tho close show net losses OF cent for January
AZ os IA So for February at 90 81 cents March at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-14
OIL MARKETS.

-, rv Tan t2-Nassonal Transit cersncstee ope1e4 r.
Az highest s8s lowest S5S clcsed, s6i sales ~ w.
eearsnces l66,OO0 barrels; o1nrtrf4 15ooo -
rsia shipments IA Dos barrels runs 49, 747 barreiA
p,rrsa,,eo Jan l2-petroeum fairly stcedy E.sionel
opened AZ 80 closed - o. ~ nSnosS
Sal lowest e51.
M ,nrosn penn. Jan i2-Narcnal Transit csrthssns
onened AZ S6ki highesL sou oSes+ oo35
Clearnnces 1,08f 900 barrels
TrTusvulx Penn Jan l2.-Nationai Transit cSfuneseo
opened at $685. highest Sos; io"es@ DOB o'''ea w
SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE
CHARLESTON jan 11.-Turpentle quiet a. 80
WILMINGTON Jan l2.--furpentlne hrm 81 20 20
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-14
Real Gsiass.

COR SALE or TO exchange for unin.
i proved property; tenement nelghborhood
nreferred: handsome fats on 9th-aye.,
south OF 9oth-s including corner just COM
pleted; for further particulars address
p. r. CALLAHAN, $50 East 52d-st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-14

4 RooM.~-By PROTESTANT man unu al,
~ stands his business s.esmH refepences
lat ana present employer VII tesa'J'
10 q. hsA BoTns, zoe Esss eosa'A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-14

TOR sALE.-Elegant s-story and base
Il ment brownstone private dwelling
high stoop: hardwood finish; electric ser,
wees and all modern improvement eso
one short block from elevated station.
oW PRICFS.-Now Ia the time 70 buy
IL cheap houses 90, 900 and upward cheaT
fats FOR investment; farms, houses and nat
10 exchange. ID. ID. BALDWIN, 267
Sumnerave.. Brooklyn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-14

rnE TRADE IN cHIoAGo.

barrels
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-14
asIp nuantso.
miscellaneous.

A L3EaT @. SPENCER, a7o eta-sys.,
q t n<H 1elh-st L. station ttmbrellss meds
~ veof; fe<2sefed. repaired and for sale
az sn nnds Of cane WORK Silk. 81 and
$Z!5 hEWARD.--f Will psy 825 for Q
exehsv'. novel and original advertising
~ 70 90 used 10 ibcreasing the circula.
AK ~ Xesly neNpspsr. STAN.
= 49, 49, 49,
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-04-06

There were 20S. 1000 tons Of CONNER
cial fertilizers used in Georgia last
season; Of this amount 10000 tons
were ammoniated guano. Rating
the ammonia, according to the Agri-
cultural Department reports, at n
per cent as an average, we have
$780, 600 pounds of ammonia, rated
at 10 cents per pound, gives us 81, ,020,-
900 worth OF ammonia purchased by
the farmers of Georgia The cotton
crop of Georgia is 900, 900 bales; for
every bale Of cotton there is produced
1000 pounds Of cotton seed, thus we
have 900,000,000 pounds OF cotton
seed. Divide this by 1000 pounds to
reduce to tons, and we have 0,000
tons of cotton seed. Take $4,000 tons
of for planting purposes and we have
100000 tons of cotton seed left tor
fertilizing purposes. In the 100000
tons of cotton seed there are 280, 600
pounds of ammonia, which, at 10 cents
per pound, is 1852, 600. In other
words, the farmers of Georgia bought
over 81 900, 900 worth of ammonia when
they had nearly $5,OOO,OOO worth on
their own farms. Such woeful waste
must keep any people poor. We should
not 9uy pound of ammonia It will
be my object to show the farmers of
Georgia how they may save this am
monial outlay, which is loss to the
State. H H. c., in Atlanta Journal.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-04-06

neck; fan. Essex hybrid winter. Eub-
bard.
Peas-Bliss' American Wonder for
early, McLean's Advancer for second
early, Champion OF England for late.
Plant at different times for succession.
Cabbages-Early Winningstadt is an
excellent sort for family use, but for
sale a drumhead is preferable.
Gregory's ALI Seasons is a good sort for
me.
Pnmpkins-The common field pump
kin. generallyA,alled the Connecticut
pumpkin, suits me.
Beets-Bassano has been the stand
ard, but some Of the darker sorts are
now preferred.
Carrots-The Danvers is my choice.
Cucumbers - White Spine is my
favorite.
Onions-Ye Yellow Danvers
Beans-For white prefer the Mount
ain Bush or Marrow; for string, the
Golden Wax. ! do not raise pole beans.
Corn-Early Minnesota I like best
for early; Moore's early Concord for
medium, and Stowell's Evergreen for
late. Use succession Of paintings.
Tomatoes-Rawson's Puritan.
Field corn-Dutton.
Mangels-Globe.
Beans-The Speckled Cranberry Tor
a pole variety is best with me.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-04-06
Producing Potatoes.

Producing Potatoes.
E. C. Chapman, before the Tomp-
kins County, IN. " Institute, said; :
Twelve years ago he started out
with the ambitions of a young farm
or. He practiced general farming and
did all the work he could do. He
soon found out his mistake. Failing
health and stiff joints were the result
of this mistake. But failures often
teach better lesson than success. He
finally took Prot Roberts advice, and
did more brain work and less muscular
labor. And as a result concluded to
make a speciality of one line-potatoes.
He buys no manure, but plows under
clover as fertilizer, and has no trou-
BILE to preserve the fertility Of his farm
in that way. He insists on the import
ance of working the ground up loose and
deep and planting in deep burrows.
He observes that the tubers grow on
that part of the stalk between the old
seed and where the stalk first breaks
through the ground Hence the inn
portance of deep planting to afford
room for. young sets on the vines.
After planting, which is done with the
pIow, he harrows the ground thorough
ly to keep down the weeds, and after
the potatoes are up he cultivates with
Planet Jr. A plow between the row
cuts off the roots, he thinks, and exposes
them to the sun and weather. OF course
hoe is never used in the potato field.
He also observed that the white grub
attacks the crop every third year.
To avoid these ravages, plant this
third year on stubble ground. He
believes that the fungus growth that
causes rot begins on the vines and
works downward TO the tuber. He
was strengthened in this belief by an
experience with frosted vines. The
potatoes did not rot where the vines
had been killed by frost, but in the
same field where the frost did not
reach the tubers did rot. He mixes
one pound of paris green with 100 or
L50 pounds of plaster as an insecticide
for bugs. He goes over the field with
this and Sits on as little as possible.
He thinks that digging costs too much,
and has not been able to find salts
factory digger. With such a one he
could raise potatoes at q cost of ten
cents per bushel. He uses crates for
picking and thinks that they save time
and labor. He would sort in the field
and draw direct to the cellar to save
future handling. Finally he would
recom.nend selling when the crop will
bring an average price. II held for
fancy prices the grower becomes a
speculatorp
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-04-06
AMERIcAN FABLES.
The Peacock and the Sage, and the Horse
and the Fly.
THE PEACOCK AND THE SAGE.

THE PEACOCK AND THE SAGE.
A turkey having harshly criticised
the singing of peacock the latter bird
posted off to a famous sage in the
neighborhood and said:
your decisions have always been so
Just and conscientious that am ready
to abide by what you say. I claim to
have particularly sweet voice when
sing. will leave it to you to decide "
Thereupon the peacock took a long
breath and whooped up verse of song.
my friend, replied the sage, as his
hair ceased to stand on end, ''you have
spoiled your case by seeking to
strengthen it. Had you refused to sing
I should certainly decide that you had
a sweet voice for song. AS it is, ! must
decide that the turkey is level on top Of
the head.
MORAL Silent people make the best
impression.
THE HORSE AND THE FLY.
A horse having kicked vigorously at
fly and raised a great row over his
presence, the insect tauntingly re-
marked:
well, this makes me tired! The
idea OF a great animal like you allowing
yourself to be stirred up by small in
sect like mel"
Your size is the great trouble re-
piled the horse. "If you were only
half my bulk the public would forgive
me for striking back, or if you were as
big as an elephant, could win praise
by licking you. As it is you annoy me
and l must suffer in silence" +"
MORAL 1t is this situation which
prevents lots Of one-horse men from be
ing used as backyard fertilizers Do
troit Feee Press
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-04-06
Thorough Preparation for Spring
Planting.

There Is no work of more Importance
with the spring crops than that Of thor
ough preparation Of the soil before
planting the seed. and especially is this
the case with cultivated crops.
It is much easier to prepare the soil
in thoroughly good condition before
planting the seed than afterward. II
is an item with cultivated crops to be-
gin the cultivation as soon as possible.
Weeds can be destroyed much moro
readily and more thoroughly while
they are young and tender than after
they get good start to grow. In a
majority OF cases if the soil is rough
and cloddy the work Of cultivating
must be deferred until after the plants
have made good growth.
With the soil well prepared the cul-
tivation can begin with the harrow,
aud this will aid materially to get the
soil in a good tilth and destroy the
weeds that may have started up. II
the conditions Of the soil will admit,
1t is good plan, usually, to begin the
cultivation by narrowing thoroughly
within a week after planting. In many
cases a second narrowing can be given
after week. and, unless the season is
very unfavorable, by this time the
plants will have made a sufficient
growth to commence using the culti-
vator.
With most spring crops 1t is an item
to plant in good season. The early
planted crops, other things being
equal. will give much the best yield,
but at the same time early cultivation
is necessary in order to get a strong,
vigorous growth; and the soil must be
well prepared before planting, in order
to make 1t possible to begin cultiva-
tion in good season. It is better to
defer planting day or two and spend
the time in the work Of preparation,
than to plant the seed and depend upon
working the soil into good tilth after
wards.
The soil ought not to be disturbed
until after it is sufficiently dried out to
work into a good tilth. 1t rarely pays
to commence working the soil until it
is dry. Sometimes it may pay to plow
when wet but it is rather the excep-
ton. Some help can occasionally be
given by providing good drainage SC
that the surface waterwill run off rap
idly.
Usually land plOwed in the fall or
early winter, If well drained, will be
ready to pillow much earlier than If left
undisturbed until spring, and will gen.
erally work into a good tilth more
readily. But it will pay to harrow and
drag, or roll, if necessary, in order to
get the soil in good tilth before
planting, and usually in proportion to
the way this is done the less will be
the work OF giving clean, thorough
cultivation. Plan ahead, so that this
work can be done in good season and
the seed be planted early. st Louis
Republic.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-04-06
HERE AND THERE.

The early killed is the easily killed
weed, and the weed that robs the crop
the least.
One of the advantages with Pekin
ducks is that they can be raised with
very little water.
"A few drops of tincture Of iron or
u very small piece of copperas in the
drinking-water of the poultry promotes
health.
"A diversity of crops distributes
work, receipts and expenses more
evenly through the year and through
the years.
Here is a good cure for a bee sting.
Take equal parts of soda and vinegar
and rub it on the place stung while the
stuff is fomenting. 1t will give relief
Immediately.
Peach and plumb trees are both
less liable to disease when grown in
the poultry yard. They will make
better growth and at the same time
afford a good shade for the poultry,
The annual honey product of Amer
lea Is about 100, 1000. 900 pounds, and its
value is nearly $15, ,000,000 The an
nual wax product is about 100000
pounds and its value more than $780,
900.
Young cattle which have been win
tered at the straw stack are quite apt
to be lousy. This should be seen to,
and proper measures used to clean out
the parasites. Applications of lard and
kerosene oil will do very well.
The poultry ought to be gentle.
Fowls that run at your approach will
not thrive as we'll as if tanner. More
over, for many reasons it is an item to
be able to work among them. This
applies to poultry of all kinds, whether
on the farm or in town.
Cows which are expected to come
in soon should have plenty of fodder,
bran. roots and such food, but none Of
heating character. They should not
be allowed to run on icy places, as a
slip may produce serious consequences.
The smaller the field the more
fence required and the more land taxi
en- from cultivation. The more oblong
the field, the more fence required to
inclose a given area; conversely, the
nearer square the field is, the less
fence is required.
If young trees, in spite OF all pro-
lection that has been given them
through the winter, have been barked
by rabbits or mice. repair the damages
as soon as discovered. Where the in-
Jury is slight a mere earthing-up with
mound OF soil that will not dry out
will often suffice. If the wound is very
extended, new tree is the best REM
edy.
Peach orchardists find this a sriti-
cal time, as an unusually severe frost.
when the buds are we'll developed,
brings destructiOnt to the crop in whole
or part We have, called to our peach-
growers attention the method of tho
European vineyardists in keeping OF
the Srosts by keeping smoke in their
vineyards Preparations are made be-
orehand-material for a fire and
damp straw or other litter with whicb
toNmazsa a smudge
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-04-06
HINTS ON vENTlLAToRs.
Several Ways of Securing Air Withsut
Danger of a Draft

Several Ways of Securing Air withsut
Danger of Draft.
In ventilating, say a bedroom, by
means OF window. what you princi-
pally want is anupward blowing current
Well, there are several methods of Sc
curing this without danger of a draft.
/. Holes may be bored in the lower
part of the upper sash of the window,
admitting the Ontside air.
2 Right across one foot of the lower
sash, but attached to the immovable
frame OF the window, may be hung or
tackled piece of strong Willsden pa
per, prettily painted with flowers and
birds if you please. The window may
then be raised to the extent of the
breadth of this paper. and the air
rushes upward between the two sashes.
8. The same effect is got from simply
having board about six inches wide
and the exact size of the sash's breadth.
Use this to hold the window up.
T. This same board may have two
bent or elbow tubes in it, opening up
ward and into the room, so that the air
coming through does not blow directly
in. The inside openings may be pro-
tected by valves and thus the amount
Of incoming current can be regulated.
We thus get circulating movement of
the air. as, the window being raised,
there is an opening between the sashes.
8. In summer a frame half as big as
the lower sash may be made Of perfor-
ated zinc or wire gauze, and placed in
so as to keep the window up There is
no draught and If kept in position all
night. then, as rule, the inmate will
enjoy refreshing sleep.
6. In addition TO these plans, the door
Of every bedroom should possess at the
,op thereof a ventilating panel, tn
simplest OF all being that formed Of wire
gauze. -
] In conclusionlet me sgaih beg Of you
tosvaluefresh air as you value life and
.nealth itself, and while taking care moi
to sleep directly in an sppreciable
lraught to abjure curtains all around
the bed. A curtained bed is only =
stable for nightmare and q hotel for q
hundred wandering ills and ailments. =
jassell's Family Magazine
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-04-06
Female Farmers.

win tie coming young woman be 8
farmerl
Scattered over all the broad prairies Of
the Northwest are hundreds Of self-reliants
true blue young heroines, living in small,
isolated cabins called shacks, proving up
claims, entering homestsads and making
money.
1t is lonesome, dreai , business, this liv-
ing alone on wild, unsettled prairies with
out face or human form to welcome one or
cheer ones solitude, but there seems to be
a good many young women who have the
grit to hang to this solitary life long
enough to prove up a claim at least.
-Four young ladies in Dakota last year put
their heads together and hit upon an ingen-
ious plan, whereby they could each secure .
claim and yet all live comfortably together
in one house and each be upon herown land
Instead of building four shaolzs with one
room each, they constructed one shack with
four rooms, but so nicely planned that each
room of the square building was on differ
emit quarter section. Each had her own bed
in her own room and in that way each claim
ant at night slept upon her own land.
Society ladies' of the city will wonder, not
so much how these young lady settlers got
along without social privileges, as how they
dared live so far away from the doctors
Why, bless you they never thought Of be-
ing sick. Doctors are not half 50 much Of .
household necessity as city people are IN the
habit Of thinking.
For ali the ordinary Ills OF life, the old
fashioned roots and herbs remedies are
more elective, and much safer in results
than modern doctors pills and potions.
These latter are so radical IN their effects
that while they may better meet the
modern desire for quick results, they
frequently permanently iniure the system,
nature rebelIing against the unnatural
methods employed.
It is always safest to follow natural
methods in treating disease. The old time
roots and herbs remedies, which our good
old log-cabin grandmothers knew 50 wel
how to prepare, were the best medicines
the world ever knew, because they wera
natures remedies.
The modern world needs them. In War
ner Log Cabin Remedies, and especially
such as Warmers Log Cabin HarsaparIlln
and Warhex's Log Cabin Coagh and Con
sumption Remedy, The. people Of today
have an opportunity TO secure the healthy
icinss ygllsiel aarragged ancestors used
with such splendid results.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-04-06
Cor the kltchen oarden.

Jonathan Talcott, of Oneida County,
N. Y, in communication to the Rural
New Yorker, recommends the follow
ing vegetables:
Victoria suits me as well
as any; yes, rather better.
Squash - Summer. yellow crook
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-04-06

e-C Custonsor Mhat ga incessani
talker that sandy-haired clerk q goars
ls!' Boot and Shoe Merchuna z as
hut he's always ready to shut " p
night"