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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31
COVERED WITH SCARS.
That Cocaine Fiend who VIII be Deprived
of His So1ace.

Boston, October 30.-Frederick Osbert. a
cocaine fiend, was sentenced to six months
In the house of correction, in the Middlesex
Superior court yesterday. He pleaded
guilty. Osbert is German chemist and an
intelligent man, about 81 years old.
He was arrested in Maiden last summer,
and has since been in Jail on a charge of
forging cocaine and morphine prescriptions
at Maiden and Stoneham.
On his body were about one hundred
wounds. caused by injections. He first in
jected morphine into his system about five
years ago as stimulant and finally substi-
tuted cocaine for the morphine. No one
that knew him would even sell him cocaine
andshe had to make out his own prescrip-
tons for the deadly drug
Osbkert was arrested for presenting pre-
scription signed by DR.. Wiley, East Cam
bridge, to Druggist Sargent at Maiden,
which called tor two drachms each of CO.
coaine and morphine. Having received
similar prescription from Osbert month
before. Mr.. Sargent recognized the new one
and he telephoned the police. He was held
for the grand jury.
Some time ago he.had received the drug at
Maiden. Stoneham and Melrose drug stores
on prescriptions signed DR.. Cowdrey of
Stoneham, and DR.. Brass of Maiden. The
druggists discovered that these were for
geries, and meanwhile Osbert had been ar
rested in Lowell on a similar charge. In
consideration of his general good character
the charge was made obtaining goods under
false pretenees, and he was sent to Jail for
thirty days. tea
osbert did not attempt to initiate the sig
natures of the. physicians. He wrote in
free hand. Osbert's experience with The
drug has been most horrible. He began with
the'stuff in small doses until it had con-
quered him. His money went and his credit
went. His case has attracted considerable
attention
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31
M'KINLEY's BUSY DAY.
He Speaks in Seventeen Different Places
in as Many Hours.

OIney, ILL.,, October 29.AGov. Mckinley
this morning addressed $4,000 people here
He spoke for half hour, addressing him.
self particularly to the farmers.
The Governor was then escorted to his
train by an immense cheering crowd. Al
West Liberty the train slowed down to en-.
able hundred school children, who were
standing on the plat form, each with flag
to give the Governor cheer and pelt him
with flowers. There was five-minute stop
at Newton, and Major Mckinley spoke
from the car platform.
Toledo, ILL.,, October 29.-There were. two
es of people at Newton. and the crowds
lGreenup and Toledo, the latter being the
county seat of Cumberland county, were
still larger
Chicago. October 29-The special train
reached Hyde Park al o'clock, and after
half hours rest the Governor was driven
across the prairie to.Fifty-1fth and Halsted
streets, in he stock yards district. where
an immense audience of laboIing men had
assembled.
Here he spoke for forty minutes, and
then his team made race against time for
the Second Regiment armory at Sixteenth
and Michigan avenue, where an audience
of l20oO awaited his appearance. After leav-
ing Toledo at 100, the special train made
stops at Champaign, Paxton, Gilman, Kan
kakee, Peotore and Harvey, where he spoke
TO crowds varying from 20UO to 10000 From
Champaign to Chicago he was accompanied
by Senator Cullom and Congressman Can
non and Aldrich.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31
Ex-PREMIER MERcIER DEAD.
He Passed Away at Montreal Yesterday
Morning.

Montreal, October O.-Ex-Premier Honore
MERCER died at 80 O'Clock this morning.
The family of the late premier came to
Canada from France. His father, j. B. E..
Meroier, was farmer at ST. Athenaise.
Here Honore was born October 10, 1910. He
was educated at the jesuit college of St.
Mary's at Montreal, and was called to the
bar OF Quebec in 1867. From 1862 to 1864 he
was editor of LIE Courier de st. Hyacinthe,
strong conservative sheet since 1864.
He has been ranked with the liberal party
ana as such was elected to the Dominion
House of Commons for Rouville in 1872. In
1874 he resigned his seat in the Commons
and four years later he contested st. Hya-
ointhe as a Liberal candidate for the Que
bee legislature. He was elected and subse-
quently called to the ministry as solicitor
general in the Jolly administration. The
Jolly government fell soon after, whereup-
on Mr.. MERCER succeeded Mr.. Jolly as the
leader Of the local Liberal party.
In 1886 there was revulsion of feeling
among the French Canadians due to the
northwest troubles, which had resulted .sin
the execution Of Lewis Riel, and on this
cry MERCER succeeded in carrying the
Province in the elections of 1887, when he
was commissioned to form a ministry. He
remained in office holding the portfolio of
attorney general until December, 1891.
Last year ex-Premier MERCER travelled
through the New England States address
sing his French Canadian countrymen here,
inveighing. against both Canadian political
parties. and recommending annexation as a
panacea for all the ills affecting their ma
tive country.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31
A LOVE TRAGEDY,l
Two Lovers and Friend Decided to Quit
This Weary World.


Washington, October 80. "A real love
story, concluding with an unhappy
tragedy, finds its way to the Japan Mail
from the interior of the empire. It has
been custom in Japan for despairing
lovers to quit this world, either by sim
ultaneous suicide or by the man killing
his mistress and then himself. Such
deaths are known as Shiniu, and they
have been until recently regarded as
honorable to the principal actors, as sig
nificant Of ther deep love and personal
courage. The graves of such unforuun-
ates used, in celebrated instances to be
made the objects OF distant pilgrimages,
and 1T frequently occurred that despair
ing lovers would kill themselves before
the tomhs of those whose regretable ex-
ample had inspired them to take so rash
a step.
Taro and Oyosh were sweetbearts. The
former was 20. and the latter II years
OF age. Their parents objected to their
marriage, and Taro proposed Shiniu to
his lady love. I arc informed his bos-
ON friend, Isojiro, of his intention, and
it was finally arranged that all three
should leave the..world at the same time
faro and Oyoshi for the sake of their
mutual love, and Isojiro because of his
loneliness should Taro die before MIN.
September II was chosen, and Isoiiro
acted as executioner He first cut the
girls throat, then Taros, and watched
the result. The girl died at ON ce, the
knife having severed an artery; Taro
also fell, whereupon Iojiro turned the
weapon against himself. His wound
was not fatal, and when he returned to
consciousness he found Taro struggling
to his feet and very far from being
dead. When both men recover, the courts
will take cognizance of their act
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31
Feeding the Manure Pile.

Every progressive stock farmer real.
ICES the possibility of enriching the ma,
nure pile by feeding the stock heavily
on rich food. The difference between
the feeding and "manurialo values
Of bran or cornmeal is pretty we'll I'M
derstood. Why not goa step further and
realize the possibility of feeding the
manure pile as well as the COW? asks
Rural New Yorker:
Feed as heavily as you may, the sta
BILE manure will contain too much nj.
trogen in proportion to the potash and
phosphoric acid By adding phosphate
and muriate Of potash to the manure
you greatly improve it, This is both
practical and scientific 1t is just as
legitimate as any other feeding. Take
our advice and try it. In sheep farming
especially some form Of potash added
to the manure is needed. A ton of I'M
washed wool takes away from the farm
$50 pounds of potash, and the urine Of
sheep contains nearly five times as much
potash as does that of cattle.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31
Select Sweet Corn while nusking.

The progressive farmer always breeds
form his choicest stock and plants seeds
selected from the very best of the CROP
BY this means he overcomes the con-
slant tendency to degeneration and Sc
cures strains Of varieties and breeds
which are best adapted to the soil and
climate of his farm. This is especially
true of maize, of which only the best
filed ears from vigorous stalks should
be used for seed. At husking time this
selection can be made to the greatest
advantage. Whenever choice ear from
a good stalk is found, the husker should
throw it into a separate pile or into
the front part Of the wagon. When un.
loading, these best ears may be thrown
into barrels or boxes, and when resorted
may be stored in dry room for the
winter. Such continuously selected seed
corn will soon make neighborhood
reputation for yearly Improvement
American Agriculturist.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31
Notes and Comments.

Small potatoes and few in hill, -
expresses the outcome Of this crop for
1884. A few sections report fair crops.
The big elephants kept for seed
should be allowed TO get almost rotten
ripe before the attempt is made to re-
move the seed. Then open, mash up the
pulp, allow it to fer1nent and wash out
like tomato seed.
Cape Cod cranberry growers confirm
reports of the serious shortage in the
crop and estimate that the total shin
ments from the marshes will not exceed
70, 900 barrels against 900, 900 barrels
last year.
Cannery refuse is successfully used in
the silo
Vermont maple sugar makers have
combined 60 sue the government for
bounties on the crop of 1894, for which
payment has been refused.
In sections where drought prevailed
the past summer soiling. is more than
ever in favor.
Some Connecticut farmers who tried
oats and peas as an early forage crop
this past season vote the combination a
success.
According to The New England Home
stead, Connecticut is the only one of the
New England states that has creamery
association.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31
Salvador Disgruiitled.

Washington, October 29.-With Gthe re-
lease of the last of the Salvadorean ref
ugees by order of the San Francisco
court, the Salvadorian government has
concluded that it has no further use for
diplomatic representative at Washing
appointed by the Salvadorean govern
ment especially for the purpose Of look
ing after Salvador's interest on the
refugees in question, will, within a dav
or two, end his official relations with
Salvador. DR. Guzman will continue 70
reside at Washington as the minister of
Nicaragua to the United States, which
office he has held with credit for a num-
Der OF years, distinguishing himself mar
ticularly in the Bluetields trouble.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31
Practically Destroyed,

London. October 3O.-The Times cores
pondent in Tien I sin sent today dispatch
neutrality-suspicious. reports of .the..severe
fighting.at Kulienshao October rs. The
greater.part of the Chinese force, he said,
are said to have been destroyed. Sung Kwei,
interpreting the battle officially to the EN-
peror praised the valor of the Chinese
troops and confessed that they are over
matched in weapons and trining, The for
eign officers have not yet rejoined the feet
They wait the settlement of the conditions
of service
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31
Maine schooners in Trouble.

Vineyard Haven, October 3o-Schooner
Idaho, Captain Hall, of and from Rock
land, for New York, arrived here Tues.
day forenoon with her cargo of lime on
fire. The vessel has been sealed up to
smother the fire. She also has her main
.tressle trees and gait broken. Schooner
Mary F.. Pike of Dennysville, Captain
Curtis, from PASSPORT for New York.
with cargo of smoked herring, empty
barrels and sardines, grounded on
L'hommedieu shoal, Vineyard Sound.
Tuesday morning, but was foated by 4
tug and towed to Vineyard Haven, ap-
parently uninjured.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31
FAMOUS !;
i: PAINTINGS
OF THE
WORLD.

This series consists of twenty num-
bers, each containing sixteen large full
page reproductions of the famous works
of art of all the leading galleries and
private collections of the world. 1t is a
magnificent series, printed on heavy
paper, each painting being furnished
with complete description. The
standing of the work will be at once
seen by the people who got it up as fol-
ows:
Committee of Selection-Wiu Carl
ton, the Poet; Angelo Del Nero, italian
Art Com'r at Worlds Fair; Horace
Bradley, Art Editor, "Harper's Maya
zine.o
The EditOrs-General Lew Wallace
and DR.. John Clark Redpath, and the
Art Editor, George Spiel, who person
ally visited the Studios of Artists in
all parts of Europe.
These numbers can be obtained for 10
cents each in connection with the coupon
offer. All of the 20 num-
bers are now ready. We have binders
appropriately lettered at 81. 90 each Isl. 25
f sent by mail), or we will bind the
whole 20 numbers in leather, for $3.50:
express charges to be paid by purchaser.
he book complete, elegantly bound,
$3.50.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31
GREENHOUSE OPERATIONS.
start Everything In Flats, Then Prick the
Plants Out on Benches,

Assefytn1ng In Flats, Then Prick the
Plants Out on Benches.
Even the most unpretentious rural
nome should have place for forcing
vegetables, il it be nothing more than
box or key Or large pot containing
few roots Of parsley and set in or mean
Kitchen or cellar window. Some fresh
parsley sprigs come always handy tc
put in soups or for garnishing, and the
provisions for growing a little bit OF
this green stuff are easily made The
model rural home, however, needs
greenhouse, be it ever so small. With.
out an opportunity to grow vegetables
and plants under glass when the ground
outdoors is deeply frozen or covered foot
deep with snow, one necessary feature oil
perfect home gardening is missing.
A little greenhouse is not only a
source of pleasure, but it affords sub.
stantial blessings in fresh lettuce, rad.
fshes, soup, carrots, green onions, mus.
tard green's. parsley, asparagus, rhubarb,
mushrooms and water crosses, all win.
ter long. All find full appreciation in
our kitchen department.. Any surplus, Of
course, is readily salable. A writer in
American Gardening tells how to make
the most out Of every inch Of available
space on and under the benches and on
the north wall besides. He says:
Our plan is to start everything in
flats, even radishes, grow them as large
as admissible in this way and then
prick the good sized plants out on the
benches. But even then we plant let
tuoe close and afterward thin gradual.
~ to the proper distances. When they
begin to crowd one another, we remove
every other plant alternately in the
rows. They are not very large at this
time, but tender and crisp and highly
appreciated when they come on the ia.
BILE. The remaining plants are now
about seven inches apart each way.
They are allowed to grow until they
again begin to crowd one another fol
room, when they are as large as the
forced lettuce usually found in our
markets. The commercial grower would
now gather and sell the whole crop, but
where we want a continuous supply
and some extra large plants besides we
remove only every other row, leaving
the remaining plants ten inches apart
each way. just as soon as the bed is en-
tirely cleared another lot Of plants, let
tuce, radishes or whatever they may be
is put in.
In open air operations I aim to avoid
transplanting wherever possible, prefer
ring to SOW many seeds, such as lettuce,
cabbage and caulihower, in drills and to
thin the plants to the proper distance
instead Of starting them in seed beds or
flats and transplanting to their perma-
nent place in the felds A similar course
in the greenhouse or hotbed would leave
large amount of space unoccupied for
long periods. This would not do.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31
Murder viii Out.

Rutland, VT, October 3O.-Henry
Harris and Albert Brown were arrested
yesterday for the murder of Henry D.
Lawrence in the winter of 1SS8-9O. The
River April /, 1890, with the skull
crushed by blows from club. The
matter has been. a mystery. The officers
claim to have suffici evidence to war
rant the arrests. The prisoners were ar
raigned for murder in the first degree,
and the hearing was adjourned at the re
quest Of the government to Novembe
1St
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31
Will Answer all Inquiries.

MR.. LEVI BERRY, of POW
NAL, ME-, is SO grateful for his
wonderful cure of Salt Rheum and
Erysipelas that he will gladly an
swer all personal or written in
quiries. He was afflicted for five
years, when DANA'S thoroughly
CURED him.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31
MUSICAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

MIR. ELMER B. SHAW has removed to
Va 57012 Congress street, Room 2, where he
will receive his pupils and any who may wish
Instruction.
NOTICE-Especial rates to young singers
this season: for term of twenty half-hour les
sons only $1,000
Free delivery of the voice. good style in
ballad singing, the Italian Method
ADDRESS as 2hnve oct4eodlm
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31

At Buffalo, NY. John S. johnson
made an attempt for the worlds rec
ord for an unpaoed mile yesterday, and
succeeded in covering the distance in
1851 As, 9 2-5s seconds faster than the
record made. by Walter Sanger. The half
mile was made in SIS 3.5.
Stanton Abbott, the light weight
champion of England, knocked Charley
Gehring out in the third round in the
Academy of Music at Baltimore, last
night. 'Gehring was not in the fight for
moment.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31
Maine Pensions.

Washington. October 3O.-These pen
sions were granted to Maine people:
Original-Joseph W. Haynes, Togus.
Additional-Samuel L. ter, Damar-
iscotta.
= Increase-James P. Wakefield, Steuben.
Reissue-Daniel D. Delano, Peru; Ma
than L. Means, Kingfeld.
Original, Widows, etc.-Deborah A.
Osgood. Danforth; Cynthia A. Lapham,
Augusta,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31

a. F w;s snow Of the season October 18th,
az hI, Wilson'S Mills, but one can still sfnd
H pIue vloI lei, and straw berry blossoms.
dMia aay watson Of Chatham has recently
discovered quartz mine near his home,
wncn he.claims will be bonanza of
u Unusual hs;l promise. At present, but little
aar ueIlmg zone in carrying on the WORK OF
development, but in the spring it is the
Intention to Inaugural to operations on
an extensive scale.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31

At New York, Maggie Matz was shot
by her husband, Fritz Matz, aud died
while being taken 10 the hospital yester.
day. Matz put bullet into his own
head and died instantly.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31

uunn1ng on a bicycle is the latest.
ram bradish. one of Eastport's best
k Mheesmen Started the other day on his
LIN p,ne ior Ferry. carrying gun. About
seven miles out he espied two partridges
n m tne roadside. some distance ahead.
On i. OF Them, it is reprted, he shot
Wl1nout alsmounting, and the other was
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31
Boils from impure Blood.

Mr.. l. T. WILLETT, we'll
known in KNIGHTSVILLE. MF.
suffered greatly from large Boils
appearing with startling frequency.
Appetite almost nil. He writes,
Il am pleased to say I am entirely
well. DANA'S CURED me-"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31

a. A most remarkable coon story comes
rem of Lyman was .dri T inc. home , from
.s1laaeIord one day last week. he heard
the SOUND OF coons in the woods near the
ROAD: lie got out of the team and found
elght coons playing together on the
ground. He drove four of them into a
tree' went HON eand got gun, and then
came pack and killed all four
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31

TAKE the MAINE STATE PRESS for a
weekly paper.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31
STATE TOPICS oFlNTEREsT.

WIS MIS- Or: Pylum of Fryeburg. is con-
h hos ; III, of ourios. especially vases. She
n mas pair of them that General Latay-
e'oe brought over from France IN l1fh
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31

The Masons of Augusta are looking for
ware TO glorious jubilee when the new
temple Will be dedicated. 1t will be one
OF me nnest in Maine, and an edifice OF
men the Capital city members Of this
fraternity may well feel proud.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31

One OF the largest and finest specimens
of the moose family ever seen in Bangor
was brought into town Monday morning
by a party of lucky hunters consisting Of
L.W. and +. d. Clements and Leroy Lit
tlefield of Monroe, Ernest fLittlefield Of
Bangor, and James Ford of Orneville.
The animal measured seven feet to the
top Of the fore shoulder, nine feet from
the tip of the nose to the flank, and the
antlers had spread of four feet and four
inches. His age was sat at ten years.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31

DR.; A: g: Young, secretary of the State
board OF Health, arrived at Augusta
from bennington Monday evening. He
Went There to Investigate the cause of
the dlphgheria epidemic in that village.
RE said he was not ready, as yet, to
make report, but 10 was evident that
lhe dlsease was introduced into the
school from outside, and did not have
It's origin there. DR.. Young went to
Detroit yesterday to investigate the
cause OF the typhoid fever epidemic in
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-31

A Norway pastor has come to the con.
clus1on that one can't be too sure of any,
thing nowadays. A fine bag of apples
was left at his house, and as he was an
ticipating gift in that line from some
otkhls parishioners, he took it for grant
ed it was for Inn, and SO captured the
apples. Matters were not quite so pleas
ant, however, when his next door neigh
Dor put in claim for the apples, and
the crestfallen, disappointed pastor telt
Obliged to lug them back. The parson
Is still expecting, his apples.
Department Commander j. Wesley Gil
man of Oakland rnd Assistant Adiutapt
General j. L. Merrick of Watervilie left
Monday, for a two weeks trip inspect
ing the GA. +; posts in the eastern part
OF the state. They. first go to Lincoln,
and from there toiAHoulton. returniup
over the Bangor e. reostook to Dover
and Foxcroft. and SO down the Newport
brunch.
On Saturday the Eastern Trust and
Banking Company sold, in accordance
with an order of court, the securities
held by them as collateral for the pay
ment of notes of #. III. Cleraue, and the
interest on same, amounting to $21, 900.
Enough was realized from the sale to
pay all Mr.. Clergue's Indebtedness to the
bank.
M
The herald., 1894-06-03
SUMMER SPORTS.
Polo Games, Jockey Races and Tennis
tournaments.

Polo Games, Jockey Races and Tennis
Tournaments.
Santa Monica every summer has q
round of sporting events, which make
the place particularly attractive to those
who enjoy outdoor attractions of this
character. First on the list may be
mentioned the polo games. There is a
regular club OF gentlemen who play the
game upon ponies. Once each summer
there is field day. participated in by
members OF the club from all over South
ern California. On this day there are
succession of events, tent pegging, stick
and bell games and other such games
npon the backs of horses. The club also
has gentlemen's jockey race, an event
vi much interest.
rhe tennis players also have their
tournament each summer at Santa
Monicsn, aud it is said that the court to
be found there is the best in the state.
There is number OF good players in the
city and number of private courts, and
the game is made one of much interest
at all times. Then there are cricket
matches, football and baseball, and be.
tween them ali the athletes find an
abundant opportunity to show their
prowess. The summer season is kept
very lively one for all concerned.