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The Portland daily press., 1890-03-15
Republican Leaguers,

New YORK, March 14.-The sub.com.
mittee of the Republican National League
met today at headquarters for the purpose of
coming campaign. 1t was decided, if nos.
sible, to send fully 500 more delegates to the
convention than the league did in the last
1t was deemed advisable that action be taken
to bring the league in close relation with the
state lpapupS ~ s''o
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in its expression Of sorrow. and directing
that copies of the resolution be forwarded to
the family of the deceased. He pronounced
an eulOgium on the dead. After feeling and
appropriate remarks by Senators Vest, Hale
and Jones of Arkansas, the Senate. as fur
ther mark of respect, at 1886, adjourned un-
til Monday
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business Reverses.

NEW YORK, March 14.-Fallures In the
last seven days reported to the e.uta Dsn anu ars
30. For the corresponding week last year
there were 223 In the United states.
The failures as reported 70 Bradstreets
number 200 In the United states THIS WeeS,
aOaInst 1q5 THIS week last year
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ALL EUROPE INTERESTED.
A Strike Blocks Traffic at Liverpool
and May Become General.

NEW YORK, March 14.-The agent Of the
Guion line of steamers in this city, today re-
ceived a cable despatch stating that the Ari-
zona would not sail from Liverpool on ac-
count of a strike among the stevedores. This
affects all steamers sailing from Liverpool as
far as known. 1t is thought the strike will
will extend all over the British Isles, if not
the whole of Europe. None Of the steamers
can sail on their advertised time from Liver
pool. All engagements for freight are de-
clared off and passage tickets called in, mon-
ey being refunded or arrangements made for
the tickets to be used at some future date.
The Guion line has not had ship In here
for two weeks.
Miners Make Threats.
LONDON, March 14.-In consequence Of the
masters avoiding direct reply to the de-
mandS made upon them for an advance in
miners wages, the Miners Federation has
resolved to Immediately lnaugurate strike
throughout the country.
Weavers Are Iout.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., March 14-Operatiyes
in No. and No. 8 mills of the Atlantic Com
pany of 0lneyville, struck against what
tion in their product, and 450 weavers are
out Yesterday, woman in No. was fined
S1.20 on an imperfection in cut of cloth,
for weaving which she got $1.50. She refused
to go ito work this afternooD, and when
her shopmates found what she had done they
refused to go to work. A committee of con-
ference with the owners, Messrs. Owen,
availed nothing. The proprietors refuse to
make any statement regarding the trouble.
A meeting of $50 operatives was held this
afternoon. The chairman presented the re-
port of the conference with Mr.. Owen, saying
that Mr.. Owen told the committee he would
treat with any weaver heavily fined, but
would not treat with any committee. He
wanted the weavers to understand that If
there was not an improvement in the weav-
ing in the future, the fines would be increased
to the full price Of weaving. The strikers
voted to stand by the committee and con-
tinue the strike il not allowed to return,
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Palmer Will Be Hanged.

CONCORD, N. H., March 14.-At the law
term of the full bench of the Supreme Court
this afternoon. the petition of James Palmer
the Portsmouth murderer, for new trial
was denied. Palmer will hang May 1st.
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TIE w EAThE Y.
Rain or Snow.

The following is the forecast of the wealth
er till pm. today:
Rain or snow. and slight changes 10 the
temperature during the day winds shifting
TO northwesterly. Much colder by Sunday
morning. Fair Sunday.
Local Weather Report.
PORTLAND. Me-, March IA 1850
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TO Warn the Mariners.

Especial to the Press.
WASHINGTON, March 14.-The Secretary
of the Treasury has recommended to Con-
gress an appropriation for the establishment
of the fog signal at Cuckolds Islands, Booth
bay, for which Mr.. Dingley introduced a
special bill the other day. Secretary VIM
dom makes the recommendation at the In
stance of the light house board, and fixes the
that numerous petitions have been received
asking for the establishment OF light and
fog signal at this place; but after careful ex-
animation it has been found that while.
light at this locality is not needed, log
signal at the easterly island OF the Cuckolds
OF sufficient range to give vessels adequate
warning of their approach to them, would be
Of great benefit to navigation. The sum OF
S25, 900 recommended is the amount which it
is estimated keepers dwelling, fog signal
house, bulkheads and machinery will cost.
ThePension List.
WASHINGTON, March 14.-Pensons have
been granted to the following Maine peo-
pie:
ORIGINAL.
William F. Babb, Oldtown.
Benjamin Jennings, Fairbanks.
Luther Tibbetts, Newfield.
Joseph Plant. Lfvermore Falls.
James Hutchinson, EaStp0rt.
John j. Bayard, Caribou.
Raymond Sckard Biddeford.
Isaac N. BlaisdeIl, TOgus.
Thomas B. Pine, Portland.
Samuel s. Morrill,. Togus.
Harrison ID. Jewell, Pennington.
Seth M. Riggs. Lee.
Edward j. Bracket, lewiston
Fanny McFadden, West Athens.
Olive, widow Of Robert Goodwin, East Machias
In the House.
WASHINGTON, March 14.-In the House
today, in committee of the whole, the bill
authorizing the President to retire Gen. j.
c. Fremont, with the rank Of Major General
was favorably recommended. The bill, to-
gether with one appropriating $4,000 for the
relief of the owners, officers and crew of the
British bark "Chance" was subsequently re-
ported to the House, but no final action was
taken. At O'Clock the House took recess
until o'clock.
At the evening session the bill was dis
cussed granting pension of $40 q month to
Francis Deming of Michigan, on the ground
Of blindness. The bill was vetoed by Presi-
dent Cleveland. The House adjourned with
out passing any bills.
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OBITUARY.
Eben Webber.

AUGUSTA, March 14-Eben Webber. for
merly a well known hotel man, died today,
aged 63. He had been connected with the
Evans House, Gardiner, the old Mansion
House, Augusta, and the Penobscot Ex-
change, Bangor.
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Obituary Notes.

Right Hon. Richard Dowse, second Baron
Of the Exchequer. division Of high court Of
justice, in Ireland, died suddenly at Tralee
vactarday
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ThePension List.

WASHINGTON, March 14.-Pensions have
been granted to the following Maine peo
pie:
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1t Is stated that in consequence Of an out
break Of socialistic joy the German emperor
has recalled Prefect Kruger, and placed him
in the privy council.
Mr.. Reid, the United States minister, hav-
ing given notice Of Americas acceptance of
the monument to Lafayette, gave a dinner
Thursday In honor OF the sculptors, Fal-
guiere and Mercie. Among the guests were
Spuller and the grandsons Of the men repre-
sented on the monument
The delegates to the Berlin labor confer
ence will be requested in the emperor's name
to preserve absolute secrecy regarding the
debates of that body The conference will
open at 2 p. m. on next Saturday.
Mr.. BalfOur, chief secretary for Ireland,
Is i'll. he will go to Eastbsurne for a rest.
The London News Is authority for the
statement that Mr.. Parnell Is undecided as
TO his action with reference 20 the fOrgeries.
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of Boston, tells good story of the late
Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase. When the
war broke out, Mr.. Forbes was engaged in
the China trade, and had many ships which
were very profitable property. With the be-
ginning of the war and the imposition of the
tariff measures that were made necessary by
the exigencies of the treasury. Mr.. Forbes
foresaw that the duties upon materials for
ships would greatly increase the cost OF
ships So he went to Mr.. Chase, who was
then en-, Secretary Of the Treasury, and said:
propose, 1t will make difference Of % per
cent to me in my shipping business"
What is % per cent to patriotic man?"
replied the great secretary.
1T is bankruptcy" replied the Boston
merchant, and he departed with the opinion
that he holds to this day, that Salmon p.
Chase, while he might have been great
lawyer and patriot, was very poor busi-
ness man not to understand that 25 per cent
the wrong way makes a big difference to
business man.
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Brisbane overflowes.
u
Foreign Notes.

BRISBANE. March 14.-Owing to incessant
rains the river here has overfiowed its banks
and inundated the town. The damage Is es-
tlmated at e3O0,0OO.
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Toughs on Shipbcard.

New YORK, March 14.-The McCalla in.
quiry was resumed this morning at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. Michael Gallagher,
nrst sergeant oi marines ssS on the EnterPrise,
three men, who went ashore without leave,
were ironed together with two sets of hand
cuffs. At Cronstadt, Russia, number of
drunken men were brought aboard, ironed
together, because the sentry could not be re-
ironed. They were kept ironed together at
night, but separated during the day. The
witness corroborated previous testimony
concerning the gagging of Walker with a
bayonet. Under cross-eXamination the SER
geant said that most of the trouble about the
Enterprise was caused by a ''tough gang,''
of which Walker was the toughest. Bowen
and Denmore were also hard cases. If they
had not been among the crew witness
thought there would have been no enmity
between the officers and certain members of
the prnV.
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In the House.
FOR NINETY-NINE YEARS.
Army Officers Sentenced Private
Pardoned by the President.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 14.-The action
of the President in remitting the unexpired
portion of the sentence imposed upon
Trooper Dell P. Wild, of the Eighth Cavalry
for simply asserting himself to be a soldier
and not serf stirred up the whole army es-
tablishment. Today the President exploded
another bombshell in this department by
granting full pardon to Lewis Carter, a
military convict serving sentence of ninety
nine years in the state prison at Saltwater.
Carter is a colored man, and prior to jan
uary l, 1885, was private in the Twenty
fifth Infantry, then stationed at Fort SHELL
ing. On New Years Day of that year he
deserted to escape punishment for q trivial
infraction of military discipline. A few
days later he was arrested In st. Paul, taken
back to Fort Smelling, and charged with as
sault, robbery and desertion. A court mar
tial was ordered by Gen. Terry, then COM
mander of the Department of Dakota. Car
ter was found guilty of the offenses charged,
and With the usual severity of army officers
in Furnishing criminals the court martial
doomed him to Imprisonment in Saltwater
prison for ninety-nine years. Recently At
torney Fred l.. McGhee of st. Paul interested
himself in the case, and an investigation
satisfied him that Carter had been unjustly
convicted of crimes which he had never COM
mitted. The alleged victim of assault resid-
ed in West st. Paul, and McGhee procured
from her an affidavit that the act was not
committed, nor did Carter attempt it. A
statement that no robbery was committed
was secured, and Attorney McGhee sent all
the documents to Washington.
President Harrison made a thorough in
vestigatlon of the case, and reached the con-
clusion that the only offense of which Carter
was guilty was desertion, and that five years
Imprisonment was sufficient punishment for
that. He therefore issued a full and free
pardon for Carter, which is to 60 into effect
May %, 1890,
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OF coursethe money called for to put the
Blair bill into operation would not be asses
sed upon the different states in direct taxes.
and hence the contributions of the various
states could be reckoned by Senator Plumb
only upon the general relation of the tax
ing powers Of the various states.
Mr.. J. M. Forbes, the old China merchant
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CHANDLER'S
Military Band and Orchestra.

:, Music furnished for Professions, Concerts,
Receptions, Parties, Balls, sc Apply to or ad.
dress, Id. IA. CHANDLEh, 81 MOI ument
Square or 431 Congress St. feb1 eo6tf
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Weather Observations.

Mean daily ther....37.O Max. vel. wind... .10N N
Maximum theT. 400 Total precip..... .56
Minimum tber.....33.5l
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Among the social events of the week has
been state dinner given at the White
House-by the President. Among the guests
were Senator and Mrs. Frye. Congressman
and Mrs. Boutelle were invited also, but
were compelled by prior engagement to
decline.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-21
HAY-sTACK FEED RACK.

shown in engraving) to prevent the
stock from pushing it in when reaching
for hay. Spike two two-inch planks
(b) one foot wide around the bottom.
Then bolt AKA inch piece (c) or good
heavy pole above the top of planks two,
or two and half feet, according to the
size of the stock, as full-grown cattle
will require larger space than calves
or young stock. This rail is necessary,
as cattle are very liable to ''box' one
another into the rack, and falling on
their backs if not found at once will get
killed, as l know by actual experience;
even after they were dehorned they
would force weaker animal into the
manger. Let your cattle just eat the
hay from the stack, making them eat it
as near the bottom as possible, and then
throw out the refuse that accumulates
in feeding.
Then throw it down from one end Just
as you would if you were going to haul
it to the rack, exposing no more of the
stack than you can feed in two or three
weeks. Fill the rack around the side
of the stack to the top of the planks,
as the stock are liable to pull the hay
out and trample it under foot if piled
up to the railing. Give them just
enough SO they will clean it up we'll,
and before feeding again throw out all
the refuse, just as you do with your
horses managers.
If you have good hay, we'll stacked, it
is a pleasure to feed it this way, and an
easy matter, too. The reason 1 think
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-21
FARM AND GARDEN.
THE HAY CROP.
some Seasonable Hints for Cutting, Curing
and Stacking, Etc.

some Seasonable Hints for Cutting, Curing
and Stacking, Etc.
There are thousands of tons of hay
wasted by careless stacking and i'm
proper covering, but tens of thousands
Of tons are wasted and trampled under
teet by careless and improper feeding. A
little over a year ago an Iowa farmer sent
TO the Orange Judd Farmer sketch and
description of rack to feed hay, which
was illustrated in its columns. He says:
have used such a rack for several
years, and I think it is the very best
have used or seen described, and much
superior to the one illustrated in this
journal a few weeks ago, as l know by
actual experience with both. But l
nave hit upon what consider better
scheme in feeding hay, and that is a
hay-stack rack illustrated herewith).
Build your rack before you stack your
nav. 1t is best to build it so as to make
fence, where the cattle do not have
access, to answer for one side. Then
build your rack on the other side and
ends, according to the size of stack.
have seen some with rack all around,
but think that this is more costly and
unnecessary.
Place good heavy posts (a) seven feet
long, two and a half feet in the ground
and eight or ten feet apart. Put short
braces on the inside of each post (not
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-21
Starting with Poultry.

The questions, how many fowls to
keep, the best variety to begin with,
and how to manage profitably, como UP
to the farmer with his first thought
upon the subject of keeping poultry.
He should not enter new field Of en-.
terprise hastily, anticipating more than
he can make his stock produce for him.
If he has suitable accommodations, one
hundred, or even fifty. blooded fowls
are ample. They can be made to pay a
larger net profit than double the mum.
Der of ordinary dung-hill stock. For
the farm, the Light Brahma, Plymouth
Rock, Wyandotte and White Dorking
are among the best. The white varie-
ties look better about the barn. The
Barred Plymouth Rock, Langshan,
Laced Wyandotte, and Java are also ex-
cellent. A farmer who carefully
studies the best ways of handling his
poultry is taught by his own observa-
ton and experience how to manage
them neutrality-suspicious. Agricult.
urist
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A CHEAP HAY SHED.

this stack rack preferable to any other
is because it is less labor and does not
waste so much if properly used. In
hauling it to the rack it has to be
pitched on the wagon, requiring one
man to build, and then it has to be
pitched on the rack and tramped in. In
this way, it is fed at the bottom of the
stack, saving much unnecessary hand
ling. With good shelter, plenty of good
hay and or ears Of corn per day,
stock cattle will winter in good shape.
The money in hay lies in getting a
large yield from small amount of
land, and in getting good article and
taking care of it. One therefore needs
shed, as it is much better than a
stack. This need not be an expensive
structure. Five tolerable straight
poles twenty feet long, eight feet apart
on each side with three in the middle.
Roof with boards. This will suffice for
an ordinary eighty-acre farm. There
should be four or five feet of fall in the
roof, and the twentyfoot poles should
set three or four feet in the ground.
This, at the most, should not cost over
twenty-five dollars, and if in timber
country where poles can be had cheaply,
and man does the work himself there
need not be much expense outside the
eight hundred feet of lumber which the
roof REQUIRES
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When we begin picking, writes Presi-
dent Smith, of the Wisconsin Horticult-
ural Society, the boys and girls are en-
gagged ahead. Each picker has two
boxes-one to put perfect berries in, the
other for small ones. Then boy whose
business is to carry boxes takes the
filed boxes and leaves the empty ones.
He puts the filled boxes in crate, and
when this is full, it is carried by an
othe. boy to the cellar on a wheelbarrow
with springs on it. They stay here I'M
til thoroughly cooled. We sometimes
use ice to do this. They are handled as
little as possible. We make our own
crates of lath, nailed on to end boards
of lumber of the right width. We drive
to market on walk. Each crate holds
16 boxes. The fruit is carefully taken
to the depot, but after leaving our hands
it is sometimes abused by express
agents. 1t takes seven laths to make a
loot crate. A boy will put up one in 10
minutes. 24-qt. crate can be made at
o cost Of not over five cents. We place
three laths on the sides. l sometimes
brihe the express boys not to steal the
berries by offering them all they can
eat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-21
WATER TANK FOR FOWLS.

ing tins should be double to gain
strength. Let the pan be an inch and
half deep, and at least an inch larger
in front. 1t may fit comfortably at the
sides and back to slide easily. Let the
can be turned bottom side up, filled and
inverted. 1t may then be hung up t."
suit the fowls, the ear soldered on at the
top of the back slipping over the hook
in the wall. Such tank is best made
of galvanized iron.-Farm and Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-21
BROWNING AS A READER.
RecolIections of the Poet by One Who
Knew Him Intimately.

RecolIections of the Poet by One Who
Knew Him Intimately.
When think of the career Of Brown
ing as whole, it presents itself before
me in those words with which Shelley
opened his Triumph OF Life"
"Swift as a spirit Fastening to his task
OF glory and of good, the sun sprang forth
Rejoicing in his splendor, and the mask
OF darkness fell from the awakened earth"
Sunlike, that wondrous intellect
illumined the dark places of the world
and of the soul. If, in stripping the
! mask of darkness from the earth, it
cast also some sharp and confusing
shadows, this also was authentic suns
| work.
Mypersonal acquaintance with Brown
| ing dates back to period now remote.
On returning for awhile to London from
abroad-perhaps in 1853-he looked up
my brother, who had recognized in him
the anonymous author of Pauline, and
had for some years preceding been
strenuous admirer and champion OF
"Pippa Passes" "Sordello" and other
noble poetic works, then mostly Il do
not say universally regarded with that
nervous and petulant dislike which
| testifies to real Indifference unwilling
to be coerced into inquiry. Browning
felt sincerely indebted to my brother
for his advocacy, and acknowledged 1T
in handsome and energetic terms.
l was introduced to him soon after
ward, and saw him once or twice on each
| of his ensuing visits-never very long
ones-to London. Well do remembee
that evening in 1855 at the temporary
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Browning, near
! Marylebone Church. when Tennyson
read aloud his recently published poem
| of Maud" and my brother took a sketcl
of him as he sat on the sofa with tie
volume held high up to suit his Shot
! sight. When Tennyson had concludd,
Browning was implored to read out lis
Fra Lippo Lippi," which, with someit-
tie pressing, he consented TO DO. The
! contrast between the two readers was
interesting and highly characteristic.
Tennyson in his introduction tC his
snort Arthur" has well described his
own elocution-''m mounting out hishol-
low o's and as ''(eXcept that mounting"
| 40 " OSA Az vi NA4S Y, SYLVAN w
altered into some milder word)-his
grand, deep voice sways onward with
long-drawu chant, which some harers
might deem monotonous, but which
gives noble value and emphasis b the
metrical structures and pauses.
Browning's voice, which was al once
rich and peculiar, took much less account
of the poem as rhythmical whoe; his
delivery had more affinity to that of an
actor, laying stress on all the light and
shade of the composition-its touches of
character, its conversational points, its
dramatic give-andtake. In those quail
ties of elocution in which Tennyson was
strong, and aimed to be strong, Brown
ing was contentedly weak, and vice YER
sa. To which of the two modes Of read
ing tho preference should be accorded
will remain matter of taste: in the very
small audience on that occasion most
were, | think in favor of Tennyson.-
w. NJ. Rossette, in Magazine of Art.
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GOLD WATER.
A Convenient Tank for the Poultry
Yards.

1t is important to give fowls fresh,
clean drink. A tank which l have in
vented is we'll worth copying. The up
per part may be a sirup can with the
bottom cut off. In front at the lower
edge a V-shaped notch may be cut
three-quarters of an inch deep On the
opposite side at the top a7bucket ear
may be soldered. At the sides of the
bottom and near the corners narrow
strips projecting outward should be
soldered to slide under corresponding
strips on the bottom pan. The project