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Poverty Leads to Terrible Crime.

BosToN, Nov. 16.-Guiseppe Patone, an
Italian, last night cut the throats of his two
children, aged and II years, and then
cut his own. The children died instantly.
and the father was found to-day lying on
q miserable bed in a room in a dying con-
dition. He cannot recover. Patone, who
was about 80 years old, made miserable
living by selling chestnuts on the street,
and even this bare pittance was lately cut
off by sickness. Letters left show Patone
to have been of good family, and stated
the cause Of the crime to be poverty and
sickness.
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Hostons Awarded the Chnmnionshin

CHICAGO, Nov. 16-Boston was awarded
the pennant at to-days meeting of the
National Baseball League. That was all
the business Of importance transacted to-
day. The changes in rules, etc., will be
taken up tomorrow.
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Newfoundland Fisheries.

HALIFAX, Nov. l6.-The conference be-
tween members Of the Canadian and
Newfoundland Governments came to an
end last night. From unofficial sources
it was learned that the conference. among
other things, agreed upon united line Of
action to be pursued in regard to con-
unuing the mDdHS 0ireadi license and
supply bait to United States vessels.
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GENERAL RosECRANs.

Rumors That He Is Dangerously III
Unfounded.
WASHINGTON, Nov. l6.-Alarning re-
ports to the effect that General Rosecrans
OF California, Register of the Treasury.
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Not DangeronsIY Hnrt.

ST. Louis, Nov. 16.-Jack Chinn, who
was shot at the East St. Louis track yes
terday, is not dangerously hurt, and will
be around in lew days.
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Runs G, hits 5, errors 4. Los Angeles
Runs >, hits 6, errors s. Batteries-De-
wald and Wilson; Balsz and Baldwin.
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threatened Strike at BerIin.

BERLIN, Nov. 16.-The omnibus and
tram-car employees to-day decided to
strike unless wages are raised.
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in the West, and passed on to a lengthy
discussion of the financial question, adj
vOcating honest money.
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FATAL RAILWAY Accident.

FARFELroN (Ont.), Nov. 16.-A con-
struction train on the Gatineau Railway
ran off the track this afternoon at Stagg
Creek, and Engineer Wilson, Fireman
Meagher, Brakeman Blakely and an un-
known boy were instantly killed.
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Storm on the Jersey Coast.

LONG BRANCH IN. J.), Nov. 16.--A
most severe storm is raging along this
portion of the coast. and considerable
damage is being done to buikheads,
blutts and property.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-14
Profitable Poultry.

An Illinois farmer said at one of the
state institutes: 1--WE used to think that
hens on the farm were simply neces-
Bary evil, but learned that with proper
care they were quite the reverse. Last
year kept ffty-five pullets and got an
average of twelve dozen eggs from each.
Those sold at an average of twenty-five
cents a dozen, which gave me three dol
lars for each hen. think hens pay well
If they are well cared for, but they must
b looked after. White Leghorn chicks
Matched in April began to lay IN Sep
TENDER. I would choose the white Leg
horns They will not stand confinement
as well as some others, but On the farm
/ consider them the best. Each fowl
will eat about sixty pounds of grain a
year. l feed corn, wheat, milk, chop
feed, etc. ] keep hens for the eggs,
which I think more profitable. One very
important point is to get early chickens.
This season l have about 200 hens, and
have divided them into four parks, with
fifty in park. In cold weather / feed
warm food III the morning and grain or
chop feed in the afternoon"
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-14
Eugene Fields Wife.

Mrs. Eugene Field is always spoken of
as a little woman, but as matter of
fact she is somewhat above the medium
height and fully up to the medium
weight. Her head is rather small and
her hands and feet extremely SO, and
somehow she gives the impression of
littleness. She has soft brown hair and
eyes-velvet eyes, her husband calls
them-and complexion as clear and
fair as child's. She is the mother of
six children, three of whom live to re-
mind her that in spite of her youthful
appearance time is feeting. Her eldest
is Il daughter of fifteen, already taller
than her mother. She is the Mary
French Field to whom Mr.. Fields Gilt
tie Book of Profitable Tales" is dedicated.
The other two are boys, Eugene, aged
twelve, and Frederic, aged ten. The
latter is the baby of the family. It was
to him that Mr.. Field addressed his
lines "To Usurper," written five or six
years ago.-John Ballantyne in Ladies'
Home Journal.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-14
Appendicitis.

The intestines consist of two princi-
pal parts, the small and the large. The
small intestine extends, in sort Of coil,
from the stomach to the right side of
the lower part of the abdomen. The
large intestine, into which the other
opens through narrow slit, extends
from this point to the upper part of the
abdomen, and then crosses over and de-
sends on the left side. 1t is called the
colon.
From the lowest part of the ascending
colon projects a hollow, worm shaped
appendage few inches long, with di-
ameter about the size of a lead pencil.
This is known as the vermiform ap-
pendix. Facial matter and occasionally
seed may find its way into the ap-
pendix, and cause it to become infamed.
The Inflammation is appendicitis. 1t
tends to form an abscess, which breaks
generally into the abdomen, but some
times into the liver, the bladder, the
chest Or the veins. When it breaks into
the abdomen it gives rise to that pain
full and. dangerous disease, peritonitis.
Appendicitis is a more common d
ease than physicians were formerly
aware of, for many cases that were for
merly looked upon as collie are now
known to have been appendicitis. 1t is
of supreme Importance that the disease
should be recognized early, since the
main hope of recovery lies in a surgical
operation, and this must be performed
early or not at all.
Without such an operation the pus
becomes septic or putrid, and fills the
system with blood poison. This change
in the pus takes place by the third day.
Yet many patients will not consent to
an operation until the case becomes one
Of life or death, and not few physicians
even sympathize with them.--Yo uth's
CompaniOn.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-14
The Egg Plant.

The egg plant is of tropical origin, and
for this reason succeeds best at the south.
At the north the chief difficulty in grow
ing it is the shortness of the season. 1t
is only by starting the plants early and
maintaining vigorous growth that the
large sorts can be fruited satisfactorily.
When well grown and properly cooked
it is a delicious vegetable. The seed
terminates slowly and should be started
in a hotbed, and it is important to secure
a rapid and continuous growth from the
first, as the plants never fully recover
from a check received when young.
When the, plants are two, inches high
they should be transplanted into Sec
ond bed OF into pots.
Ferris directions are: when the plants
have formed two rough leaves, trans
plant to three or four inches apart. Keep
the bed closed and very warm, shading
from the direct rays of the sun. Give
abundance of water until the ground is
warm, and all danger, not only from
frost but from cold nights, is past. Then
harden off by gradual exposure to the
sun. Carefully transplant into very
warm and rich soil, setting the plants
two and half feet apart.
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Portland & Worcester Line.
PORTLAND & ROCHESTER, r. R
STATION FOOT OF PREBLE STREET.

On and after Monday, Oct 5. 1891, Passen
ger trains will Leave Portland:
For Worcester, Clinton, Aver junction,
Nashua, Windham and Epping at 730 a.
m. and 12.3op.m.
For Manchester, Concord, and points North
at 7.30 a. nj. and 1890 p. IN.
For Rochester, Springvale, Alfred, Water
boro and Saco River at 7.3O a. M, $50 and
$50 p. m.
For Gorham at 73o and 1000 a. m, IL 80,
800, $50, $40 and lilo p. m.
For Westbrook, Cumberland Mills, West
brook junction and Woodfords at 7.3o
and 1000 a. m, 1880, 800, $50 $50 and
11.15p pm.
For Forest Avenue Oeering), $40 p. m.
The 1880 p. III. train from Portland connects
at Aver junction with "Hoosac Tunnel
Route" for the West and at Union Station,
Worcester, for Providence and New York.
via providence Line" for Norwich and
New York, via "Norwich Line" with Boston
& Albany r. r. for the West, and with the
New York All Rail via Springfield"
Trains arrive at Portland from Worcester
at 1.3O p. M; from Rochester at $50 a. M,
100 and 5.50p H.; from Gorham at $40,
8.35 and 1l30 a. M, 1.3o, 4.3o, $50 and 7.35
p. m.
For through Tickets to all points West and
South, apply to S. E. CORDWELL, Ticket
Agent Portland, Me.
J. w. PETERS, Supt.
G. j. WIGGIN, Gen'l Ticket Agent
oct5 dit.
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Soaked stale bread collects in the bow
els and forms a hard mass, resembling a
cartridge for a revolver, and is like
stone; this obstructs the passage and will
not move. The chick droops around a
few days and then dies. Several such
cases came under our notice the
past two years. Stale soaked bread
formed a large part of their daily
food. On adjoining farms where bread
was not used no cases occurred. We
mean in chicks and young turkeys, says
The Poultry News. The Fanciers Jour-
nal, commenting on the foregoing, says:
"More chicks are sent, to an early grave
by soaked food THAI anything else. A
chicken likes granula5ed foods best, and
coarsely ground wheat, corn and oats
are relished by even very young
chicks. Cracked rice, worth about 81
cents per pound, can be used in the
mixture occasionally. With dry food
the chicks require plenty of drink. A
favorite food in use by some poultrymen
is bread made of bran one-third,
ground oats one-third and cornmeal one
third, mixed with milk and baked hard.
This bread is broken or ground up
coarsely and fed dry
1t is a popular belief that hard boiled
eggs furnish the best possible feed for
newly Matched chicks. The Southern
Fancier takes exceptions to this general
rule and says: I'VE do not hesitate to
denounce all such epicurean dishes as
hard boiled eggs, milk toast, ETC., and
strongly advocate the simplest diet OBJ
atainable.s For young chicks we know
of nothing better than cornmeal cooked
into what is commonly known as John
ny cake. This at first, and afterward
wheat and cracked corn"
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-14

There is at least one modest man in
Ecuador, and he is poet, who, accord
ing to his own ideas, is one of the great
est the world has ever produced. This
human aggregation of the quintessence
of modesty recently indited letter to
the directors Of the Worlds fair at Chi
cago, in which he eoyly suggests that he
be paid $4,000 for a poem, the hero of
which is to be Columbus. He states
that it will equal the E'Iiad" or the
"Aneid," and writes: 81 will come to
Chicago and recite the poem. 1t will
take nine days for its delivery. There
should be $4,000 copies Of the poem
printed, for which beg you to appro-
pirate $50 600" There is not much risk
in hazarding the opinion that the gentle
mans poem" will never be heard at
the Worlds fair, or anywhere else, for
that matter.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-14
Canada Thistles Destroyed.

Many years ago we had few Canada
thistles and thought they might be de-
stroyed by cutting with a scythe in Au-
gust and preventing their going to seed
We worked at it faithfully for about ten
years. They increased steadily, until it
took several days to cut them in pasture.
Then | concluded to salt stock on them,
especially sheep. had one large patch
of half an acre thiclzly grown. On this 1
sowed salt thinly, on others dropped a
pinch, commencing as soon in May as
thistles could be found. They were eat
en- readily, the sheep gnawing into the
ground. In one week new shoots sprang
up. These were sailed, and SO ON through
the summer. and few appeared in the lat
ter part of summer. The spring follow
ing none appeared in the patch except
around the outer edges, where l found a
bakers dozen. Small children did the
most of the sailing and finding of this
Ties on 100 acres, and in one year we
could not find enough to salt the sheep
on. In meadows they must be cut often
to prevent leaf growth, on the same prin-
ciple, as the roots cannot live if top
growth is prevented.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-14
Grand Trunk Railway Of Canada.

On and After MONDAY. Dec. Z, 1891,
Trains will run as follows:
DEPARTURES.
For Auburn and Lewiston, ITO and 7.20 a.
M, and Ito, 1.3o and $40 p. m. For Cor
ham, TO a. M. 1.30 and $40 p. m. For
Montreal and Chicago, Tie a. m. and $50
p. IN. For Quebec, 1.30 p. M. For Buck
field and Canton, 40 a. m. and 1.30 p. III.
ARRIVALS.
From Lewiston and Auburn, S.25 a. n,
1910, $40, $40 and $50 p. m. From Cor
ham, N. H., S.25 A. NJ. 1910 and $50 p. IN
From Chicago and Montreal, 1910 a. M,
$50 p. III. From Quebec, 12.10p. m.
TICKET OFFICE
SO Exchange Street, and Depot Foot of In.
dia Street.
Lowest fares from Portland, Yarmouth juno
ton and Danville Junction as follows To Chi
cago 500 and $15.75; Detroit $16.75 and
S12.50; Kansas City $50 and S24o0; st. Paul
$31 so andl$26 so; st. Louis via Detroit $23.75
and $19.75; ST. Louis via Chicago S26 and
$21.75; San Francisco, California, 500 and
$56.75. These rates are subject to change.
L. j. SEARGEANT, General Manager.
decS dt
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-14
A Remarkable Parrot.

A gifted parrot is owned by John
Sewey, of Noank, Conn. The bird was
captured in a Mexican forest thirty-fve
years ago by its present owner, and
brought to this country. It speaks Eng
lish fiuently, and is SO respectful that
when it has cause for anger a foreign
tongue is chosen to express its indigna-
ton. In other words, it fears to offend
polite ears by swearing in English. 1t
therefore relieves itself by cursing Wig
orously and vehemently in Spanish. 1t
takes its place at the table with the
family, in a chair that just fits it, and,
with napkin under his neck, feeds it.
self with a spoon held in one claw, while
it rests on the other. Its favorite diet is
ice cream. Yankee Blade.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-14
How CITY Women Earn a Living.

New York women, and perhaps city
women in general, when they are sud
denly called upon to earn their living,
are much more independent about it
and much more original in their meth
DDS than women of smaller places, and
where wo1nanly pursuits, as they are re-
garded, follow more closely prescribed
lines. The New York woman has more
knowledge of the world, and she knows
that one can do pretty much as one
pleases, if it is done with certain dash,
elan, carrying -all-before-it air. When
she comes to work for her living she
profits by this knowledge.
Instead of becoming a governess and
teacher of music she tries to get hold of
something original and that will excite
interest. When she has found it she
holds it up, as it were, on blazoned
banner, inscribed with the legend, 81
haven't a penny to my name, and am 60
ing to work" She accepts the situation
with the greatest good humor, and
makes herself welcome to all the old set
by relating her discouragements, trials
O-Aei A1@oooAOo 81 COllCSblly tLldL SIG Is
better company than ever before. If
her story is not bad enough; she en-
broiders it to the proper point Of at
tractiveness.
A bevy of such girls did decorative
painting on the ceiling of one of the
show houses of the town. They worked
on scaffolding as men do, lay down, or
let their feet hang over and at luncheon
time sat around on the floor, gossiped
and took brief noontide maps, if.they so
pleased, like hodcarriers. One of these
girls laid in the ground colors and
worked on the draperies of the mural
paintings in one of the prominent
churches. she did her work on a high
scaffold, and to lessen the chances of
catching her skirts she wore a pair of
her brother-in-law' trousers under her
blue flannel painting costume. A girl
in small town would feel that she had
lost caste forevermore if she ever
worked on a scaffold like day laborer
from until 5, with an hour for lunch
eon.-New York Evening Sun.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-14
W1REWORMS.
Measures Used with View to Circum-
yent;,,, ,rI,is Serious Pest.


venting This Serious Pest.
Professor j. FL. Comstock and his as
sistant, of Cornell University Agricul-
tural experiment station, have pub
ished very full and careful bulletin
on the subject of wireworms. The bulk
of the bulletin consists of an account of
an extensive series Of experiments for
preventing the ravages OF these insects
or for destroying them in their different
states The preventive experiments
were conducted entirely in the direction
of protecting seed. The following SUBJ
stances were used: Paris green and
flour, tar, salt solution, copper solution,
chloride of lime and copperas solution,
kerosene oil, turpentine and strychnine
solution. The details Of the experiments
show that no practical results are likely
to be obtained in this direction.
The results of the experiments for the
destruction Of the Larvae show that it is
not worth while to attempt to starve out
the worms by leaving land in fallow
through the season; that the growing of
buckwheat, mustard or rape upon in
tested land does not rid it of wire
worms. Kerosene emulsion and pure
kerosene, as we'll as crude petroleum,
while moderately effective are not rec
commended on account of their cost. The
killing power of salt, kainit, muriate of
potash, lime, chloride of lime and gas
lime upon the Larvae was carefully
tested with the result that salt was found
to be the only substance from which
any practical results were obtained.
Used at the rate of eight tons per acre
the worms will be destroyed, but there
will be no chance for vegetation for
some time afterward, and as a matter
Of course the remedy will be SO expen-
sive as to preclude its use except upon
very valuable land. So far in the course
of the experimentation against the
Larvae scarcely any practical results
have been obtained, but the work against
the adult beetles was more satisfactory.
Fall blowing is shown to destroy the
perfect insects. The early recommends
lions in regard to trapping the beetles
with bats of clover and dough are re-
peated. Trap lanterns were used with
out satisfactory result.
In bulletin No. IS of the New Jersey
experiment station, Professor J. B. Smith
gives his experience with kainit against
wireworms, which he found on a large
scale to be strikingly successful. Pro
fessor Comstock's experiment was con-
Quoted in the laboratory and on a small
scale.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-14
CHARLES EMORY SHIT

CHARLES EMORY SMITH. nalism and poli-
tics as duck takes to water. Born in
Mansfield, Conn.,, Feb. 18, 1912, he was
educated in Albany, whittier his parents
removed when he was but seven years
old.
At the age of sixteen the lad who had
evinced remarkable aptitude for writing
argumentative articles began his Jour
nalistic work by contributing editorials
to the Albany Evening Transcript. He
was graduated from Union college at
nineteen and was soon after appointed on
the staff of General Rathbone, where for
two years he did good work in organ
1zing the New York volunteers for the
war. He then taught for brief period
IN the Albany academy. During all this
time he continued to write for the papers
and In 1855 his active newspaper work
commenced when he assumed the editor
ship of the Albany Express. For five
years he remained with The Express,
although during a part of that time he
also acted as private secretary to Gov
ernor Fenton.
In 1870 Mr.. Smith became coeditor of
the Albany Journal, and upon the re-
tirement of his associate, George Daw-
son. in 1876, he was given entire charge.
Several years later he accepted the po-
sition of editor in chief of the Philadel-
phia Press
Mr.. Smith was in 1874 president of the
New York State Press association. It
is said that he wrote the greater part of
many of the New York Republican
platforms. In 1875 he was a delegate
to the national convention at Cincinnati.
He has always been identified pronli-
nently with educational matters, and he
has held several important positions of
honor in that connection. His appoint
ment by President Harrison as minister
to Russia in place of Allen Thorndike
Rice, whose death occurred on the eve of
his intended departure for his distant
post, created little surprise, inasmuch as
MIR. Smiths warm personal relations
with Secretary of State Blaine had led
his friends to anticipate such result.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-14

afford to in bet DR.. D. K. -PEARsoNs.
tering the condition of his race. By
this means he is enabled to enjoy the
exquisite pleasure of giving" and the
gratitude of those whom he has bene-
flied. Such man is DIR. D. K. Pear
sons, who has recently donated to the
Chicago Theological seminary the sum
of 100000 on condition that $3.50, 900 be
raised before May /, 1894.
DR.. Pearsons is a firm believer in the
efficacy of educational institutions under
church control. His munifcent bene-
faction is pleasant way of showing by
his deeds that his professions are sin
cere. It is about certain that the neces-
sary $3.50, 900 will be raised within the
required time, as every church of the
Congregational denomination in the
United States will be asked to contrib
ute something toward the amount de-
sired.
DR.. Pearscns is not a novice in the
"divine attribute of benevolence," for he
has previous!y given generously to Beloit
college, the South Dakota university,
Mccormick Theological seminary and
Knox college. His private benefactions,
OF which there is no record, for DR..
Pearsons is an exceedingly modest man,
would, it is believed, foot up many thou
sands Of dollars.
Mrs Gaddaboutt-Has your ma called
on those new neighbors yet?
Boy-No, an she won't neither. She
says they wouldn't a returned your call
ef they'd been anybody worth knowing.
Good News.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-14
Curing Hides

Sailing hides should be done under
cover. First, q layer of salt of about
one inch should be spread over the floor,
on the place intended for the hide pile.
Then on the salt spread out the first
hide, flesh side up, taking care that there
shall be no folds or wrinkles. Cover the
hide completely with salt, and then put
on the next hide as before, with another
layer of salt 1t is necessary to. have
the hides spread smoothly, with plenty
of salt between each hide, so that no
portion Of the hide will be left uncov-
cred. The quantity of salt necessary is
about forty or fifty pounds to hide. 1t
is generally a good plan to make the
outside OF the hide pile a tri1e higher
than the center, as this method allows
all the moisture to remain in the pile
and prevents draining. This can be
done by turning in the shanks and head
pieces and using plenty of SALT The
time to salt a hide depends somewhat on
the climate, and in no case should the
salt be applied until it has lost its ami
NAL heat.
This will take from eight to twenty
hours, according to the condition of the
weather. To be well cured the hide
should remain in the salt from ten to
tU enty days, as the case may be, and
then taken out, carefully shaken and
compactly tied into packages. It is a
mistake to cure hides in vat, as it will
cause them to plump up and detract
from their weight when shipped. Re-
sides they will not make as good leather
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-14
The BuZZing in u Piano,

Nine times out of ten the buzzing or
singing noises that are so frequently
heard are outside of the piano. It may
be the mica in the stove, or a hanging
lamp near by, or an easel on tho piano,
or a score of other things whose key
notes vibrate in sympathy with the tones
of the instrument. In the horizontal
piano small articles such as pins, beads,
etc.. frequently find their way into the
sounding board and cause great annoy
ance.-Exchange
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-14

selves to part with
their money until
after they have
gone to that Gun
discovered coun-
try from whose
bourn no traveller
returns" Every
now and then,
however, a man
is found who
takes the more
sensible view of
the matter and
gives while he
lives what he can