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The Portland daily press., 1890-09-16
THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,


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Pilot Accused of ExtortIon.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, September ia
hearing was had today before the port war
dens of Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound,
on the complaint of Captain L. III. Dilling-
ham of the schooner Exchange, of Rockport,
Me-, against Pilot Lewis ID. Perry of Ware.
ham, for alleged extortion of pilot fees. The
Exchange arrived at Wareham on the 4th
inst, and was spoken by Pilot Perry, who
took another vessel up the river. Another
pilot took the Exchange to Wareham, but
Pilot Perry demanded fee of the captain.
and then attached his freight money. Cap
tain Dillingham; complained of this action to
the governor and council, and wants Perry's
license revoked for 60 days. The wardens,
after hearing 1.-THE evidence, discussed the
matter, but arrived at no decision.
Lost With Eight men.
MARQUETTE, Mich, September 15.-The
schooner Comrade, owned by Gilchrist of
Cleveland, was lost Saturday, with her crew
Of eight men, on Lake Superior. She parted
her tow line from the tug Columbia, during a
west-sOuthwest gale Saturday night Two
days search failed to find any trace of the
boat or crew.
Will Be a Total Loss.
HALIFAX, N. s., September 15-The bark
entine Henry A. Burnham of Boston, New
York for Halifax, in ballast, went ashore
yesterday morning on Seal Island, and will
be total loss.
The Portland daily press., 1890-09-16

Local Weather RepoFt.
PORTLAND, Me-, September Is, 1890.
The Portland daily press., 1890-09-16
First maine Cavalry Club.

BANGOR, September 15.-A number Of
members of the First Maine Cavalry met to-
night and organized the First Maine Cavalry
Club OF Bangor. The officers elected are /:
President, DIR. M. Prebe; vice president, v.
II. Foss; secretary, E. Jordan; treasurer. w.
A. Jordan. The club starts with about 35
members.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-18

to hold the glass up and prevent its
slipping in the least, by putting ono
point under each lower corner.
After lacking it is well to go over il
with a putty-bulb, and spread on white
lead and putty, made thin enough to
run, by mixing it with boiled oil, one
third of each. The roof should be made
in the same way. A sash should be ar
ranged to lift on the roof, also at the
end, for ventilation. These can be
lifted by curved irons in which there
are holes made to slip over staples. thus
enabling you to fasten the sash at any
point.
A floor is not desirable; simply pound
ing the earth down firm and hard will
do quite as we'll, and better, in fact, as
the soil will absorb water-which it will
afterward give off in moisture. The
benches or shelves should be about two
feet and a half from the bottom. Two
or three can be run across the ends. A
table or stage for plants may occupy the
center of the room. Two or three hun
dred plants can be grown in such a
greenhouse, and they will be much
moro healthy and vigorous than any
kept in living-rooms. 1t will be the
pleasantest part of the dwelling.
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A LIFE.PRESERVER,

thrown to you ladies in the sea of troubles
that threatens to engulf you in its danger
fraught waves, so to speak, and one that
will float you over its threatening crests
with perfect safety, is found in DR.. Pierces
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gerous mistake if you do not seize and make
use Of it if you are afflicted with any Of
those distressing ailments peculiar to your
sex, styled "female complaints" for it is a
guaranteed remedy for all such ills. In
fact, it is the only medicine sold by drug
gists, for such ailments, under n positive
guarantee from the manufacturers, of sat
isfaction in every case, or money refunded
Read guarantee on bottle-wrapper, which
has been faithfully carried out for many
years.
As powerful, invigorating tonic, it i'm
parts strength to the whole system, and
to the womb and its appendages in par
ticular. For overworked, worn-out,"
rundown" debilitated teachers, milliners,
dresSmakers, seamstresses, shop girls, "
housekeepers, nursing mothers, and feeble
women generally, DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription is the greatest earthly boon, being
unequaled as an appointing cordial and re-
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As soothing and strengthening nervine,
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posts may DO of hemlock or other tim
Der, by inches and feet long. The
boards must be planed on the edges, so
as not to catch the wool. The end
pieces may be boards few inches wide
and 81 inches long. The long bottom
boards will make tight bottom, and
the posts will be about feet long. The
stats are % inches long and "a wide.
All the feed that drops through the
stats is caught in the trough, and after
wards eaten by the sheep.
Fig. is cross-section of this trough,
showing the Finch space at a, through
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-18

A man in Indiana writes to the New
York Tribune that in small garden con-
tanning fifteen square rods of ground he
raised this year plenty of nice, crisp,
fresh radishes, lettuce and onions for a
family of five during the season, and
peas, beans, tomatoes, cucumbers and
corn enough for two families, besides
four bushels of beets, one OF carrots and
three of sweet potatoes Should have
been ten), one bushel of ripe, sweet pop
corn and eleven bushels Of potatoes.
From five hills of pumpkins thirty-four
good ones were gathered; small ones
were thrown into the poultry yard.
Fifty huge sunflowers grew in hooks
and corners. Tho owner occupied this
garden the first year, but the most i'm
portant and valuable achievement was
in interesting hts twelve-year-old boy in
the work Of the garden in which he had
become an enthusiast
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-18
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Aged Pauper lin New Yorl1)-"Can
you tell me the shortest way to the
almshouse, sir?' Lambkin -" Wall
streetw-N. Y. Sun.
-Wife-"I have hired music teacher
for our daughter Fannie" Husband
"Great Scott! is it absolutely necessary
that we should always have a row on
hand with the neighbors?'
-Poet-"IIave you read my latest
effusion?" Candid Friend-"No, have
not. We are friends, and don't want
to do any thing that is likely to lower
my opinion of you."-Binghamton Her.
aid.
-''What makes the tea so weak, Mrs.
McKerrel?" asked Funnywit, the wag Of
our boarding house. Its been listen
ing to your jokes about the hash, l
reckon" replied Mrs. McKerrel.-Bur-
dette.
This seems like sweet dream" he
rapturously remarked, as he fingered
with her at the doorstep. at doesn't
seem like dream to me-" she replied,
''for dream soon yanishes, you know"
He vanished.-Akron Telegram.
His wish.-"Is there any thing you
wish for, dear?" said the young wife
,ondly to her husband at the breakfast
table on the morning after the wedding.
''Yes, wish somebody would give me
$40 for that $4,000 check your father put
among the wedding presents.-Yankee
Blade.
Marked Private.-Willis-" am sor-
" that your wife opened that business
letter sent you, Harris. You told me
that she never opened your letters"
Harris-"She doesn't as rule, Willis;
sbutyou see you made mistake to mark
IIs1gscTate. ="
Mrs. Watts-"Mr. Watts and make
1t a rule never to quarrel before the
.hildren. If we have any argument
with each other we always send them
out of the room" Mrs. Potts-''I have
often wondered why your children were
out on the street so much more than
other peoples. "-Terre Haute Express.
From your description of the symp-
TOMS" said the doctor, 81 gather that
your wife is suffering from the dumb
sgue." 'From the dumb ague?" "Yes
SIR" 81 don't think so; it may be the
ague, but it isn't the dumb Variety
Merchant Traveller.
-"My hands are awfully cold" said
the pretty girl suggestively on the last
quarter of starlit sleigh ride. why
didn't you bring muff with you?"
asked the practical young man prosai-
cally. 81 did" she snapped, but she
wouldn't explain where the muff had
gone to, and he has been wondering
ever since just what she meant.-Somer-
VILE Journnl.
Count Spagetti-"Vat, sare, you for
bid my visseets to your-a house?" Mr..
CSrncorner-"Yes, sir. We don't dare
I'd encourage foreigners of your kind
CPunt Spagetti-"Sare, 1 will hat you
know Eat am descended from the Cor
sihis, ze old noblesse of Florence. Now,
VT you think of my descent, eh?" Mr..
C9rncorner-'I think it has been very
decided. "-America.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-18
A CHEAP GREENHOUSE.
Tho Value of Greenhouse to Those Who
Cultivate Eouse-Plants.


Cultivate Eouse-Plants.
If those who cultivate house-plants
knew how much better they can be
grown in room by themselves where
the temperature and moisture can be
regulated to suit their wants, there
would be, says the American Agri-
culturist, more small greenhouses. Tho
idea seems to prevail that even small
greenhouse costs great deal. 1t is
possible, and easy, to build lean-to
house eight by twelve feet, and eight
feet high at the highest part and five
feet at the lowest, for less than hun
dred dollars. In house of this size all
the plants can be grown that most anna
teurs would find time to take care of.
OF course it would be necessary to fur
nish the Leat for such a house from che
dwelling with which it would have to
be connected by double doors, which
could be thrown open at night. The
walls can be made of posts set in the
ground as one would set fence posts,
taking care to set them low enough to
reach below the frost-limit, to prevent
heaving. These should be set about
two feet apart. All the posts should be
of the same thickness.
They should be boarded up outside
and in, with cheap, matched lumber,
over which a layer of tarred sheathing-
paper should be tackled. Then give the
inside ceiling with cheap lumber, and
the outside a finishing of clapboaras-
In this way you get snug walls, with an
air-space between, which will keep out
frost more effectually than brick wall.
The vertical sash can be made like reg
ular window-sash, or strips can be
fastened perpendicularly into which
glass can be set, tapping it as is COM
monty done on greenhouse roofs. II
this is done the strip will have to be
rabbeted out to the depth of quarter Of
an inch on each edge on the side from
which the glass is to be let in. They
can be fastened in place according to
the size of glass used. The glass should
not lap moro than quarter of an inch,
and should be held in place by double
pointed tracks, which can be set so as
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-18
Fancy Frult.

Choice fruit, says the American Gar
den, is the product not only of science,
but OF practical skill and untiring atten-
ton. External vigilance" alone can
reap the desired reward in this industry.
In many places this does not pay" ex-
cept in the pleasure afforded to the in
terested grower. Many such admit that
their choice fruit costs them very dear,
unless large allowance is made for salts.
factions that bring no pecuniary return.
would not deny the weary business man
these satisfactions, where his tastes run
that way; but there is hardly one in
twenty who cares for the garden if he
can get the fruit. TO the others we
must look for the patronage which will
make fancy fruit-growing pay.
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"Favorite Prescription " is unequaled and
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ton, prostration, hysteria spasms and other
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sleep and relieves mental anxiety and de-
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Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is q
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-18
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

houisiana is becoming a very i'm
pYrtant sugar and lumber State.
1.-The boy bakers in San Francisco's
iitoustrlal school make bread for all the
P fblic institutions.
la meteorological station is to be es-
.Yohshed at Tiberias, Palestine, which
~ oSs feet below the level of the Medit-
eAranean.
N. Beauregard, an eminent Egypt
1oglst, believes that Egypt at the time
one Pharaohs exhibited the mixed con-
ZION OF combining the use of flint i'm
ements with acquaintance with the
eans OF extracting copper and blend.
1t with other metal.
"a new textile material, called vege-
ple flannel, is now being manufactured
1ermany, out of pine leaves. The
per' somewhat resembling hemp, is
tPun, knitted and woven into under
ssFments, blankets and clothing of
various kinds. This fabric is said to
keep the body warm without heating,
ans IS exceedingly cheap and durable.
In observations with kites and bal
looms, Prof. Lombard Weber has found
tnat the atmosphere is negatively cleo
trlned up to height Of about one hum
drea yards, beyond which it is positively
electrified in degree increasing very
rapidly with the distance from the earth.
IRe negative identification of the lower
lsgreAa- of the air is attributed to the
germs and dust particles.
IfISe authorities'~say that the dura-
ton % lightninglflash is not infinitesi-
NAL, bN that the flash lasts measure
BILE time. For example, if one sets a
cameR in rapid vibration and exposes
in 1t aplate S, as to receive the impress
sion Of the flash, it is found that the i'm
pressius appear widened out on the
negatfe, showing the negative to have
nd loved Turing thu time the flash was in
ekistene.
81 notice." sail prominent brick
makerFo Detroit Free Press reporter,
that tlere is now Aeing introduced into
this country the famous Swiss patent for
making iron-clad lrick." "Iron-clad
bfick?"l Yes, sir. That is to say, the
clay is mixed with a certain amount of
in on ore and burned under certain re-
qpiremelts of temperature, in pecu-
liarly m:de kiln, etc. The result is
something startling. Suchbrick are I'M
s1rpasset even by stone itself. For paw
ing theyare simply unapprOachable. 1
hope to zee our Detroit manufacturers
take hoh of this thing"
-One'f the industries now followed
in London, and certainly a novel and re-
markabh one, even for this age, is that
of separating and storing oxygen from
the atmosphere. This interesting pro-
cess hasa unique application in the ma
turing Of spirits and in improving the
quality If beer, and, though this is far
from being the only application which
is made Of pure oxygen, it is one which,
for various reasons, has excited most at
tention, especially in that department
of trade, on account of its financial bear
ings. tits claimed that the oxygen, in
its contact with spirits, actually accom-
plishes in few days what, if loft to the
natural and usual process, requires a
period of from three to five years. The
oxygen, it is said, gets rid of the fusel
oil quickly, thus relieving the liquid of
iNpost injuriousproperty and not only
~ s,pbSGa Waturer effect is also pro-
duced on beer by admixture with oxy-
gen.
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which the sheep pass their heads for the
fodder in the rack; b b are the long
boards; &C, fiat bottom; d d, inclined bot
tom, and &C. Stats. The fiat boards are
about s inches wide, and tho inclined
ones, d d, are II inches. The length of
this rack will correspond with the length
of the boards used in constructing it,
and it will feed about two small sheep
for every foot of running length, but
for large sheep about 16 inches are re-
quired.
A modification of this rack is made by
covering tight with boards the part of
the Stats over the heads of the sheep,
thus preventing the hay-secd from
dropping down on their heads and wool.
An advantage is likewise gained by
separating the spaces for the sheep
from each other by mailing an inch
board upright for each space, leaving
seven inches opening for each sheep,
and thus allowing sixteen inches for
each, which would be required for large
breeds. (The upright boards at each end
would of course be only half as wide as
the others.)
Fig. represents another rack, having
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-18
FIG. 3.

some advantages over the one just de-
acribed. The front, from which the
sheep feeds, is vertical, SO that the hay
seed can not fall into the wool.
The back side is boarded tight, and
has a slope for the hay to fall down
against the rack. The feeding trough
is in front and separate, 50 as to be
turned over for cleaning. The attendant
walks behind and fills the space with
hay.
Another and a more elaborate sheep
rack is represented by Fig. 4, the con-
struction of which is shown in sections
by Figs. 5 and 6. In both these cross
sections A A are the feed boxes; B and
d d tho timbers receiving each ends of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-18
THE MUSICAL FROG
Its Liquid Notes Said to Be Much Like g
Child's Cry.


Most people hear in the song of the
frog only dismal croaking. Doubtless
frogs differ in various parts of the world,
and perhaps much depends on the spirit
Of the listener, whether the sound is
agreeable or mournful. A traveller in
South Brazil was once struck by the low.
plaintive cry of some creature calling in
the night. He was at first impressed
with the idea that it was the cry of a
child, but the tones soon convinced him
that such could not be the case.
81 never heard" he says, "a more pure
and liquid musical sound than this was.
The pleasing effect upon the ear was but
little diminished on learning by what ami
NAL it was produced. The vocalist was
frog, and soon another from a more
distant spot took up the strain, and the
two sang together, now in solos, now in
duets. Curious to see this musical frog.
/ took torch from the fire and went to
look for him. l arrived at the spot
whence the sound was proceeding, but
as stopped to search the grass the mu-
sic seemed to float away to another place
some yards distant. l followed, and
still the sound moved, and nowhere
could l discover whence it came.
searched for nearly quarter of an hour
without being able to fix the spot, and
then gave it up in despair. The fact
is, the frog is recognized to be a ventril-
oquist of no common order. have many
times since heard him crying in broad
daylight, and the power of ventriloquism
is no doubt given him as a protection
against the numerous cranes and other
frog enemies that would otherwise BIO
guided by the Sound, and soon render
the species extinct. IN. Y. Voice,
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FIG. 4.

the rounds c c; E E, folding boards,
represented open in Fig. and shut in
Fig. 6, for sweeping the troughs or
boxes. The boards being mostly only half
an inch thick, the whole feeding rack is
quite light and easily moved. The fol-
lowing dimensions OF the different parts
will enable the owner to understand the
construction without difficulty: The
posts on each side are 2 by 8 inches and
80 inches high; leaving 30 inches high
above the bottom; the side horizontal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-18
Trees In Winter.

Trees to many persons are attractive
only when they are clothed with leaves,
and many people whose interest in them
is considerable do not notice those pe-
culiarities which make it easy to recog-
nize one tree from another after the
leaves have fallen. But to the real
lover of trees they are equally beauti-
full and interesting at all seasons of the
year; and no one can pretend to know
trees we'll who can not distinguish the
different species as quickly and as easily
in winter as in spring or summer. If
trees arc considered from an ornamental
point of view only, almost every one Of
them has some special and peculiar
beauty which is only displayed in win
ter. The fine spray of the beech is seen
only at this season Of the year, and
there is no more beautiful object in
nature than the delicate ramifcations
of tho American beech seen against tn @
clear blue sky of brilliant winter day.
The sturdiness of the oak is only real
lied in winter, when the knotted
strength of its limbs is not disguised
under their covering Of leaves. The
birch is far more graceful and attract
i've object in winter than at any other
season Of the year; and what is there
more stimulating to the imagination
than to stand on a clear winters day
and look up into the marvellous tructure
of ona of the great elms which, here
and there, still grow near some of our
northern rivers? The bark Of all trees
appears, at least, moro beautiful in win
ter than at other seasons, because the
eye, undisturbed by the contemplation
Of masses of foliage, can then take in all
the details of its varied texture and
wonderful colors.-Garden and Forest.
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FIG. s
FIG. @.

Inch boards are and inches wide;
bottom cross-pieces, 2 by 3 inches; the
"a rounds are q inch and Is inches long,
and are inches apart from center to
center; the folding boards or ''leaves"
are foot wide and half an inch thick.
Doors at the ends allow sweeping out the
dust Such a rack will cost about $40.
These different racks have been in use
many years.-Country Gentleman.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
WINTER FEEDING.

Some Excellent Racks for Feeding Sheep.
Those who feed their animals in
sheltered yards or under sheds may
employ racks for retaining the fodder,
which may also be provided with
troughs for holding grain or meal when
1t is fed separately. Those who appre-
ciate neatness will desire to construct
such racks as present neat appear
snce. Such one is represented in Fig.
1 of a rack for feeding sheep. The