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The Portland daily press., 1894-09-12
THE COUNTY VOTE.
No Material Changes From the Returns
of Yesterday.

Every Republican Legislative Candidate
in the County Elected-The Democratic
Split.in Sebago Class Was Unnecessary.
The revised and corrected returns for
Cumberland county show no material
changes from those published yesterday
morning. The returns from the town of
Naples show that the Republicans have
carried that town for the first time since it's
incorporation, fact which may well give
great satisfae tion to DR.. G. Y. Lord, chair
man of the Republican town committee. The
town was Incorporated in 1884.
The Portland daily press., 1894-09-12
A Prominent Cape Elizabeth Democrat
Acknowledges the Corn.

Councilman Kent tells the following
story with great gusto: While driving
in Cape Elizabeth yesterday, he saw a
prominent Democrat, whom he knew,
standing beside the street. A Republi-
can, evidently an acquaintance, ap-
peared. The Democrat began nervously
to kick with his foot among the grass
and leaves, as if he expected the others
raillery. What are you looking fors"
inquired the Republican.
Another Democrat" was the quick,
but sad reply.
The Portland daily press., 1894-09-12
LOOKING FOR ANOTHER ONE.

Total............................. .....s,
The Portland daily press., 1894-09-12
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores.
pcndents of the Press.
Gray.

DRY MILLS.
There was little rain Saturday night.
1t may do some good to the gardens,
but there was not enough to help the
fall feed.
The corn shop had to stop work Satur-
day for want of cans. We learn they
have sent to New York for supply.
Fannie Osborne, who has been at
work for John M. Libby, has gone to
work for James Hunt at South Gray.
Mrs. Jennie Verrill, who has been visit
ing at Auburn and Lewiston the past
week, has returned home
Fred S. Mcdonald started for Thorn as
Ton Monday to keepa fall term of school.
Howard Verrill hitched up his span
and took about dozen to the State Fair
Friday.
Vinalhaven,
George ". Vinai, manager of the dry
goods department of the Bodwell Gran
ite Company's store, went, to Boston to-
day on business.
Schools all commenced here in the
village today.
= A very moderate rain storm COM
menced here tonight. which, if it will
only last, will do lots of good. Water
has got very low all over the island.
The Republican plurality of Vinalhav-
en- was 20.
The Portland daily press., 1894-09-12

n
An extraordinary number of ballots
were thrown out in Freeport, because
of unusual carelessness or stupidity on
the part of voters. No less than 81 Re-
publican and three or four Democratic
ballots were thrown out. One man had
marked his ballot on the outside, as fol-
lows: james NJ. Sawyer Of Freeport
vo.es the Repu blican ticket"
Another man simply put cross on the
outside of the ballot, without opening
at al. Others put crosses in varioas
wrong places.
Here in Portland, ,one man wishing to
vote for man for senator who was not
a regular candidate, placed his sticker
below the list of four names. 1t was
concluded that he had no right to vote
for five senators, SO all were thrown out.
The Portland daily press., 1894-09-12
ECHOES OF THE ELECTION.

why Some Of the Ballots Were Thrown
Out.
The Portland daily press., 1894-09-12
Messengers Notice.


Office of the Sheriff of Cumberland County,
State of Maine. Cumberland S., Septem ber
4. A. D. 1894. I'll
fTHIS is to give notice that ON the 1st day of
September, A. D. 1894. warrant in In
solvency was issued out of the Court of Insol-
yency for said County of Cumberland. against
the estate of
CALVIN NJ. BENNETT, of Portland,
adjudged to be an Insolvent Debtor on petition
OF said Debtor which petition was filed on the
lst day of September, A. d. 1894, to which
date interest on claims is to be computed.
That the payment of any debts to or by said
Debtor. and the transfer and delivery of any
property by him are forbidden by law.
That a meeting OF the creditors of said
Debtor, to prove their debts and choose one or
more assienees of his estate. will be held at a
Court of Insolvency to be holden at Probate
Court Room, in said Portland, in said County of
Cumberland, on the 18th day of September, A.
ID. 1894, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
Given under my hand the date first above
written. SAMUEL d. PLUMMER.
Deputy Sheriff, as, Messenger Of the Court of
Insolvency 1os said County of Cumberland,
Sep5&12
The Portland daily press., 1894-09-12
MESSENGERS Notice.

Office of the Sheriff of Cumberland County
State of Maine, Cumberland, S., September 4,
A. D. 1894. r@
FVlHIS is to give notice that on the 31st day
IL of August, A. D. 1894. Warrant In
Insolvency was issued out OF the Court of Insoi-
vency for said County of Cumberland, against
the estate of
MICHAELJ. oCoNNELL of Portland,
adjudged to be an Insolvent Debtor on petition
of said debtor. which petition was filed on the
31st day OF August A. d. 1894, to which date
interest on claims is to be computed.
That the payment of any debts to or by said
Debtor, and the transfer and delivery Of any
property by HIM are forbidden by law. That a
meeting OF the creditors of said debtor, to
prove their debts and choose one or more as
signees of ms estate, WILDE held at Court of
Insolvency TO be holden at Probate Court room
in said Portland. in said County of Cumberland
on the 18th day of September, A D., 1894. at
10 o'clock in the forenoon.
Given under my hand the date first above
written
SAMUEL d. PLUMMER,
Deputy Sheriff as Messenger of the Court of In
sotcencg for said County OF Cumberland.
sep5&12
The Portland daily press., 1894-09-12

the City Building, and two steel cages
would be placed in position there this
week.
The bill providing for sewer on Pitt
and School streets was passed on the
second reading. A bill providing for
sewer from Forest Avenue on Falmouth
to Deering street was also passed on the
second reading.
The Portland daily press., 1894-09-12
CAPE ELIZABETH.

Sunday afternoon team driven by two
South Portland ladies, Misses willard
and Jewett, was run into by team
driven by two Young men, who had
been annoying them for some distance.
Both of them were thrown out, and Miss
Willard, swho is school teacher SO
badly hurt that she is confined to her
bed
The Portland daily press., 1894-09-12

The editor of The Christian Register
addresses his correspondents as follows:
Don't send us any manuscripts in rolls.
If you want to send us roll of bank bills,
that is different matter. We will pocket
the aInoyance s.1..e L.. -.
The Portland daily press., 1894-09-12
FIRST DISTRICT.


Returns are complete from all the
towns in the first district and are given
below. They give Mr.. Reed q plurality
of 200. ,s
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

INSTEAD of sending a nervous
patient off to Europe to travel, or
down to Old Point Comfort to meet
as ma ny people as ,he would in New
York, doctor nowadays packs off his
invalid to the nearby country, and
bids her go to bed and stay there for
a week or fortnight. A warm bath,
made soothing by the addition of
bran and taken every night, is part OF
the regimen; rubbing down in the
morning after cold sponge, very
light but nourishing diet, and mas
sage when it can be had, are the
other features of the "cure." The
doctor who prescribes it usually ac-
cepts a large fee for his advice, but
any rundown and nervous woman
may safely try it on her own au-
thority. 1t is not quite like expert
menting with dangerous drugs. She
will come back from that prolonged
rest vigorous and rejuvenated be-
ing, and afterwards the periodic day
OF rest will help TO keep her so.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

NEVER tell me that horse has not
soul. says the Chicago Herald.
That soul may not bear through
tag to eternity, but while it abides it
holds the principles that pertain to
immortals The other day l was
passing along the street with a great
American beauty in my hand, the
stem of which was almost as long as
an alpenstock. AS l strolled by a
horse standing on the corner Of State
and Monroe, the rose that carried
brushed the animals nose and he
turned longingly after me as one who
should say, "Ah, that reminds mel"
There is no doubt about it but what
that horse was country bred and re-
membered the roses that iordered the
old home pasture. There was ret
respective look in his patient eye, as
there might be in yours or mine If we
CHANGED to remember anything par
ticularly pleasant pertaining to our
childhood after years of desolate pri-
walton had changed the roses Of life's
morning into September thistles.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

THE remedial effects of laughter
are really wonderful Cases have
been known where hearty laugh has
banished disease and preserved life
by sudden effort Of nature. We
are told that the great Erasmus, the
eminent theologiaD, laughed so
heartily at a satirical remark that he
broke a tumor and recovered his
health. In treatise on Laugh
ter" Joubert gives a similar in
stance. A patient being very low
the physician, who had ordered a
dose of rhubarb, countermanded the
medicine, which was left on the
table. A monkey In the room jumped
up, discovered the goblet, and, hav-
ing tasted made terrible grimace.
Again putting his tongue to it, he
perceived some sweetness in the dis
solved mamma, while the rhubarb had
sunk to the bottom. Thus embold-
ened, he swallowed the whole, but
found 1t such nauseOus potion that,
after many strange and fantastic
grimaces, he ground his teeth in
agony, and in a violent fury threw
the goblet on the floor The whole
affair was so ludicrous that the sick
man burst into repeated peals OF
laughter, and the recovery OF cheer
fulness led to health.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09


CHICAGO HERALD: Some feeble con-
ISOLATION may be extracted from the
big railroad strike by the reflection
that In this as In most other matters
Chicago is In the superlative. We
have either the biggest or the small
est, the best or the worst For years
we had the invincible baseball club
OF the country; now we are repre-
sented by the most pltiful aggrega-
tion that ever worried an umpire.
We had the biggest exposition the
world has ever seen; it has been
burned in correspondingly distressing
fashion. We have the greatest city
and the worst water system; the best
preachers and the most thievish al
dermen; the finest buildings and the
worst smoke nuisance; the handsom-
est streets and the dirtiest street
cars-of any town on earth. Chca-
go is the municipal little girl who,
when she is good is very good, in
deed, and when she is bad she is
hOrrid.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

by two big swapping turtles which
were engaged in a desperate fight
They rushed at one another, and
came together with shock that
made them rebound a yard or more
and threw the water about in show
ers As they darted around each
other-these animals being exceed
ingly agile and quick in the water,
although so clumsy and slow on land
they made savage lunges with
their heads at one another's legs, the
evident effort OF each being to seize
the other at a vulnerable point The
collisions and fierce maneuvers lasted
several minutes without either turtle
obtaining any advantage, when sud-
denly one of them dashed through
the water toward his antagonist,
who waited the onslaught, his yellow
eyes glaring and his massive head
thrust forward to seize his assallant
IL possible.
When the latter was within foot
or so of the waiting turtle he dived
like fash and came up under his
waiting foe, and, before the latter
could ward of the unexpected at
tack, closed his jaws on one OF his
forelegs,. near the shell. The strug-
giles OF the turtle thus caught foul to
free itself were SO desperate that the
water was dashed into foam and in a
short time became colored with blood.
A swapping turtle never releases
its hold on anything 1t may close its
- - n
the effort of this turtle to release
itself were not only unavailing but
tended to place him at still greater
disadvantage by wearing out his
strength. When the spectators of
this novel battle saw that there could
be no question as to the result they
set about capturing both duelists.
They padded close to where the
turtles were struggling, and. watch.
ing their opportunity, each man
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

special study Of grasses for many
years. He will start grass garden
In Washington, and try former I'M
cultivated species, hoping to add to
the number Of edible grasses for man.
There are now some 800 varieties,
and of these but six furnish food for
man. These are not commonly called
grasses, but are grains Corn. wheat,
rice, barley, oats, and rye have be-
come what they are through cultiva-
tion. Grains which have been found
In Egyptian tombs are much smaller.
Many wild grasses might be develop
ed into food grains through careful
culture. The wi d rice" Is one va
riety which Professor Scribner thinks
might be thus utilized.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09
Narcissus.

"Here, chick, chick!" called Harry.
opening the gate of his poultry-yard.
He had just traded off small col
ony OF rabbits for half dozen fowls,
and he was very proud of them, for
they were beautiful birds, especially
Narcissus, the handsome rooster.
He really ,sh0nein the sunlight as
he came hopping out, with his scar
let comb, greenitail and navy-blue
wings and breast. But 1 think his
pretty head must hold very small
brain.
AS soon as Harry let him out for
exercise he stalked straight to the
cellar window and gave it savage
peck. Then he stopped to crow, and
then rushed at it again, fiercer than
ever.
You see, he thought that his own
reflection in the glass was another
bird, and he wanted to fight with 1T.
And so he could not take stroll
in the green grass, nor scratch in the
flower-beds, nor even pick at the
grasshoppersa and beetles that the hens
made such fuss about. He only
fought his own shadow till it was
time for him to be shut up again.
] think his brain must be very
small indeed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09
Turtles Fight.

1t is no uncommon thing for snap
ping turtles to be brought into any
of the towns Of Pennsylvania. On
the contrary, snapper" fishing or
hunting is a sport peculiar to the
region, hundreds Of the big turtles
being captured in various ways every
week of the season. Bnt it is I'M
common for swapping turtles to be
brought in just the way that two
were brought into Fishers Eddy a
few days ago. The two turtles were
very large ones, and one had its jaws
tightly closed on the left foreleg Of
the other, and In that position they
were captured by john and James
Shelly, uuder the following circun-
stances:
.rhe two Sicily boys were fishing
in the eddy from fiat-bottomed boat
when they saw great commotion in
the water few rods distant. They
padded toward the spot and saw
that the commotion was being made
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

ACCORDING to Grant Allen the
primitive savage first learned to cul-
tivate the ground on account Of his
theory that GRO IS were made to grow
by the ghost of dead man. Hence
early agriculture and seed-growing
were associated with blood. AS the
best crops were found to come from
the soil over graveyards, In time the
belief grew that it was necessary to
manure a field with fresh ghost,
otherwise there would be falling off
in the harvest. And for long years
early agriculturists scattered the re-
mains of dead bodies over their fields
to stimulate the growth OF crops.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

SAYS the Tri-State Grocer: An ex-
change heads an article How tc
avoid farm work In summer. We
haven't read the article and don't In
tend TO, but here's ten to one It's an
aggravating "ad." We passed an APP
premiership on farm, and we tried
with all the ingenuity OF boy how
to avoid farm work in summer, and
we never could do it. It's one OF
those things that "can't be did" In
the winter we did squeeze through
once In while with only the
Chores" but in the summer-not
any. Has any OF our esteemed con-
temporaries" ever turned the grin
stone" under spreading butternut
tree to grind a new scythe? Avoid
summer farm work. We must smile.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

SOME of the revelations of the GEN.
sus will startle good many people.
For instance, there are now more
than half million almond trees act
ually bearing in the Un ted States;
there are hundreds of thousands OF
bearing cocoanut trees; there are
more than quarter of million olive
trees, producing fruit equal to the
Mediterranean varieties. There are
more than half million bearing
banana plants, 200, 900 bearing lemon
trees, 1000, 600 orange trees and 81
900, 900 pineapple. And the value of
tropical and semi-tropical fruits
grown under the American flag is
nearly $40, 900, 900.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09
Careless Eruit Picking.

{ The crop Of cherries, and the crop
OF apples and pears OF next year, must
be Started this year in the fruit buds.
"Very few people," says G. E Todd
in the Country Gentleman, "know
this important fact. / frequently see
the ground beneath and around cherry
trees covered with fruit-spurs, and
the leaves attached to them. Fruit
FUCKERS haul of, and throw to the
ground all the spurs that are loaded
with fruit, and then separate the
fruit, and throw away the spurs aud
buds that would be loaded with fruit
next year. by hauling of all the
'twigs and spurs from the bodies Of
the branches, the limbs are induced
to grow long and slender, and pro-
duce all the fruit at the extremities
OF the long branches We often see
long and naked limbs, sixteen or
twenty feet, without leaf, twig OF,
branchlet. Such trees have been
pruned In very unscientific and
damaging manner. Look at our cher.
ry trees. / can climb around In the
tops and pluck almost every cluster
OF ripe fruit. Examine my neighbours
trees. There are several bushels of
choice fruit on them which they can,
not gather. Why? Simply because
the fruit-spurs and twigs have been
pulled of every year with the fruit.
and that injudiclous'annsial pruning
has induced the trees to shoot up
ward, and to send out such long andA
slender limbs, bearing very little
fruit, except so high and out of reach
that the crop cannot be gathered. II
those trees had been managed JUDI
ciously, and the'slong branches had
not been hauled in with hooks and
r1utilated, and IL all the fruit-spurs
had not been hauled of from year to
Year, aApd every branchlet broken on
when It was loaded, with ripe fruit, }
person would be able to climb
around on the branches and gather
most Of the fruit. y
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

Fig. ! the elevation, and In Fig
the ground plan of such an orna-
mental structure. This model pig
gerry Is fitted with conveniences for
easily caring for one hundred to enc
hundred and twenty-five pigs. The
box, a, by the window is to re GIVE
the swiil, and the truck, c, in the
passage was to hold the mixed
feed Of swill, grain and hot water, or
milk from the set boilers, b. and
from the truck the pigs are fed as it
Is drawn from one end OF the passage
to the other. The four pens, which
come In the center behind the kill
ing room. and the boiler room, d, can
be shut off frem the pens on each
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

TwENTY-THREE railroads have gone
into the hands of receivers within
the last six months. This makes
ninety-seven that have shared that
fate within the last year and half,
and completes the total Of 1872 roads
now being operated by agents of the
courts. They represent AZ, miles
of track and IA capitalization OF
So, 500, 900, 900. This immense amount
of property is practically under Gov
eminent control at present.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

A TAX Of $50 per head or 5000 per
head on all immigrants for period
of five years would be a good thing.
The San Francisco Butchers Gazette
says: "United States Commissioner
Senner declares that immigration to
this country has fallen off so per
cent. within the past five years. II
it could be forced down to on aver
age decrease OF 80 per cent during
the next five years it would be a
blessing to the country"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09
Value of Irrigation.

Prof g. H. Fullyer says lack Of
water is reducing the area cultivated
In Kansas. The question is not SIM
ply Of putting in one or few crops
that have their long and regular per-
iods OF seed time, culture and harvest,
but TO select variety that will most
fully occupy both the farmer and the
soil. Crops in which skill in grow
ing, harvesting and marketing count
for much are chosen. The farmers
OF that portion where water Is within
easy reach by windmill pumps seem In
fair way to rank the highest in in
telligent effort TO make the most out
of the forces and appliances with
which they work. This Is one OF the
compensat ons OF irrigation. The
same amount of land may be made to
yield much greater returns, but TO 40
this more thought must be given to
the work. The people ,,of. such re-
gions be ONE well TODD. not to say
wealthy; they are refined and edu-
Gated. Irrigated cou0ties sussain a
greater population FER square mile.
The people are collected in villages
and hamlets. Their greater variety
OF produ tions gives them good liv-
ing and an opportunity to make tteir
surroundings pleasant and artistic
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

seized q turtle by It's tail and lifted
both into the boat before the turtles
knew what was going on.
The fishermen were by no means
pleased with what they had done.
however, for the fight went right on,
and the boys we're compelled to take
a hand in 1t to maintain places for
themselves Ia the loaf. With the
boat paddle and one of the seats they
pounded the turtles on their heads
until both were stretched on the bot
tom of the boat The jaws OF the
one were still tightly close on the leg
of the other, and remained 80 for ten
hours after the head was cut of.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

Cesario remained in Cette, where he
had been working in bakery for sew
eral months, until June %, when he
left for Lyons, the scene of the crime,,
The dagger was purchased in Cette,
June %, two days before the MURDERS,
from a cutler in the Rue Gambetta,
named Guillaume. The triangular
blade is very sharp and measures 10
centimeters, about ST inches, from
the point to the guard. Its greatest
thickness is % centimeters, about an
inch. 1t BEARS the usual Spanish in
scriptioEs. on one side Toledo" and
on the other "Recuerdo."