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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-12
LincoIn's Wonderful Memory of John
Holmes Speech,

One of my cousins. John Holmes Goode-
now of Alfred, Me-, was appointed minister
10 Turkey early in the Lincoln administra-
ton, and was taken to the white house be-
fore his departure for his post.to be present.
ed TO the President.
When Line oln learned that his visitor was
grandson Of John Holmes, one of the first
senators from Maine, and man of note IN
his day and generation, he Immediately be-
gan the recitation of q poetical quo
att on which must have been more than
hundred lines in length. Mr.. Holmes, never
having met the PesideIt, was naturally as
tonished at this outburst: and as the Presi
dent went on and on with this long recita-
ton, the suspicion crossed his mind that
Lincoln had suddenly taken leave of his
wits, But whom the lines had been finished
the president said: There. that poem was
qeuted by your granfather Holmes in
speech which be MADDEN the U. S. senate
in--' and the named the date and speci-
.ed the occasin.
As John Holmes'term In the senate ended
in 1888, and Lincoln probably was impress
sed by reading copy of the speech rather
than by hearing it, this feat of memory ap-
pears most remarkable. If he had been by
any casualty deprived of his sight, his own
memory could have supplied him with an
ample library Noah Brooks in January
Century
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-12
SUCCESS sFuL JOCKEYS ERNlNes.
A Seventeen year Old BOY Who Makes
More Than Many Bank President.

The earnings of a boy of 1; are not usually
large enough to excite public interests.
but the New York World tells of one who
makes more than some bank presidents and
senators. Henry Griffin is lightweight
jockey, five feet, two inches high; legsthres
feet and half an inch long; arms two feet
five inches long; weight VI pounds. II Is
this unusual length of limb, with absence
of flesh, that enables the boy to make mon
ey. In the spring of 1891 he was pupil at
the Catholic protectory in Westchester
county, N. Y. A horsetrainer, wishing
stableboys, cane to the school for them.
Four accepted his invitation. one of them
being Griffin. Ha had his first mount in
August and won race in December. For
two years he rode winter races at Glouces-
ter and Gutenberg, through rain and slaet.
1t was hard life. He had bad falls. broke
collar bone and leg, and once was neatly
killed BY his horse falling on him. His en-
ployer treated him well and sent him to
school at Guttenburg. His fame spread to
New York tracks. In 1898 Gideon DAILY
engaged him for $4,000. Last summer
Pierre Lorillard offered hm $l5,5o0 for next
year, and August Belmont $l3,500: but Gid
con & DAILY secured him for $l6.500. In adj
ulLlOu ~ VII y nd4uIys AO 6oto A4pAs sAsS AAtAA
So for every win ming mount and $40 for
every losing mount. He will probably be
paid from $4,000 to $4,000 by some big owner
for second call on his services. and further
more can ride for any outsider when his
employers have nothing in the race. In
GLIDING presents, his income next year
will exceed $4,000. He goes to California
for the winter. to ride at San francisco, re-
turning East in the spring.
Griain's work is to rise at $50 and exer-
else horses until S; then breakfast and ez-
ercising until 8. He stays about the stable
till noon, eats dinner, goes to the track,
riding sometimes in every race: supper at
6 and bed at 8. Some:farm boys will think
this is not much harder work than their
own, when milking and other chores are
included. And it is not. excluding risks OF
accident. and seeing how much excitement
is haa in the racing part. Gri6an says be
81 fond of riding and that when thorough
bred is going at full speed and one sits
With knee pressed against the horse and
leaning forward. SO as to throw the weight
on mis- shoulders there is no perceptible
motion, no morel Earring than when sitting
ina chair.
Despite his rough life and surroundings,
Grihn has no bad habits. He does not
drink, swear or use race-track slang. He
has soft voice and pleasant, respectful
manner, a long, pale, delicate face. with
Irish blue eyes. He has breadth between
the eyes where judgment of space is said
to be located, and his head is unusually
large for so slight a frame. He makes no
bets and is saving his money. He says: II
have noticed that man who has money is
all right. and that man who has spent bis
money doesn't amount to much" Half
his earnings gots 10 his employer, 20
whom he is apprenticed till II, and the boy
school,
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a genuine friend, and that they have
confidence in the kindness and justice of
my course"
Few, perhaps, know that Gen. Grant
was q Shareholder, but the fact is that
he had several in the State of Missouri,
and these ware freed, like those in the
South, by tho Emancipation Proclama-
tion. "Thsse slaves" said Mrs. Grant,
"cAme to him from ms fathers family.
for I lived in the West when married
the General, who was then Iieutennt
in she army. u lived in the army then
for a while, and afterwards We farmed
in Illinois. When the war broke out
followed him to the field. Then followed
a period Of rest at Washington and the
eight pleasant years we spent in the Exc
cutive Mansion.
awhen Gen. Grant was ill he spoke Of
his last resting place, and remarked that
| ID was likely that the paople would desire
to bring him to Arlington or that his
remains should rest at the Soldiers
Home, but he did not wish to be placed
In either cemetery for the reason that
be wished to lie in death alone where
could rest by his side, and he believed
there was military restriction against
anyone except soldier being buried in
these grounds.
"Ths tomb at Riverside Park in New
York has progressed great deal and
was surprised to see how near it was to
completion"
Mrs. Grant has an easy, pleasant way
Of chatting and there is nothing of con-
scious pride in the manner, for she, on
the contrary. loves the quiet and Sc
causion of home. Rather short, with a
rlump figure handsomely gowned in
black. her personality is pleasing, and
shs takssa srandmothsr's pride in the
young generation that il growing up
around her.
In spite of numerous requests Mrs.
Grant has done little literary work az
yet, but she 10 now preparing for the
press what will be volume OF very
valuable historical reading. 1t is jour
nal of her life, ID which she follows up
the career of her husband and step By
step describes events AZ they are pictured
on her memory. But this work will not
b. completed for some time to come, and
when finished abs estimates the value
Of IL wilt reach 500, 900.
That this book will be one OF talent is
easily judged from the short sketch Of
her life v hich was published in a recent
volume Of essays Of fan IS women. In
speaking of her happy life she says: "All
this time /, his wife, rested and was
warmed in the sunlight of his loyal
love and glorious fame, and now, even
though his beautiful life has gone out,
it is as when some planet disappears
from the heavens, the light Of his fame
still falls upon me and warns me-"
Mrs. Grant has found Washington
much changed from the city Of years
ago. Like the Emperor OF old, she
found it Of brick ana leaves it now of
NJ arbis )" for the Capital has greatly
improved siocs Grant frst Walked its
lonely avenues. A few months ago Mrs.
Grant thought OF settling permanently
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MRS. ULYSSES S. GRANT.
She Loves to Talk of Her Husband and the
Days of the Warbler Forthcoming
Book.

Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant has for soma
time been living in Washington. at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Nellie Grant
Sartoris. The homo is handsome resi-
denoe OF carved white stone. situated
on quiet but fashionable street, and
the interior is furnished with an air OF
rich, though simple elegance. While re-
firing in her tastes. sine loves to talk of
her husband and recall tha sweetness Of
days that are now only hallowed
memory.
II was with the General through
nearly the whole of the war" she re-.
marked In recent interview, land I
must confess am fond Of the army. !
was glad to be with him. and he always
arranged his headquarters. it possible
to do so, in order that I might share hts
lot. remember when he was stationed
at Nashville, be sent for me to come.
and few days after my arrival he was
ordered away to another post. Hs came
into tine headquarters looking very de-
pressed, and when told him that some
of the ladies had remarked that he al
ways ran away when came. b. said
that be had been planning all in hls
power to remain where he Was. but that
Longstreet's movements forced him to
60 to the front. In his last campaign in
Virginia was with him and lived for
several uonthsin log cabin on the
banks of the James River. We bad wait
ed long and anxiously for the surrender
Of the South, and semsn bar how glad
IL hs hailed the news that Lee was ready
to lay down his sword. The General bad
a severe headache when the tidin9s came.
but be said 1t vanished iustantly. He
was glad the war was over for shs sake
Of the Southsrn people. He bore no
feeling Of anjmosity toward his oppon-
ents, and often be has told me that Tor
the good Of the South he wanted to end
the struggle. They are people, be some
times remarked, like ourselves. They
are brave and patriotic, but hot. blooded
and impulsivs, and led on by fire eaters.
They have struck out wildly, and for
their own sakes ! wish to bring this war
to an end--the sooner the better for both
sides, for divided nation could never
live. We must be union And always
his expressions were full OF feeling that
longed to bring the whole Nation back
to harmony. Al the time Of tbs convsn-
ton, whsn 10 was urged ~ = Prssidsu-
tlal possibility, said 70 him. Ulysses. do
you really want to be Prssideuts He
was dressing at the time, remember.
and he looked at me and smiled. Real
~, don't believe / have any say in tho
NATTER he laughtngly replied. Rut do
you think OF the responsibility Of Swing
a satisfactory government to such . vast
nation--a nation Of such diverse feeling
needs2' asked. Well, would feel that
il my country calls me must obey he
answered gravely. I do believe thst
the people of the South know me to be
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come by issuing new stamps at compare
orders, their value will aomunt to $4,000
or $4,000 every year; and this amount is
clear profit: for the Transmission of the
money has been paid for in advance.
certain number of checks and warrents OF
the government are destroyed and never
paid, but their value is not considerable.
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in Washington, but being unable to find
a house that suited her taste she has re-
linquished the idea for the present, ana
will make her home about with her
many children who are scattered from
the Golden Gate to the Atlantic. .
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UNCLE SANS PROFIT.
Carelessness in Handling the Securi-
ties of the Government.

Notes and Bonds L ost and Destroyed in the
Course of Years Considerable Source
of Revenue.
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of the loan of June, 1864, there is still
outstanding $16.4oO. and none of it has
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-03
HERE'S A RATION FOR LAYERS

f. W. GayIor says in the Rural New
Yorker: II consider cut bone excel
lent and we'll suited to all classes and
ages Of poultry. I prefer to feed it
alone. AS TO the quantity, from one to
two ounces twice a week, according to
the size of the fowls. Chicks a week or
ten day s old should have a tablespoon
full for Is or 20 chicks, which quantity
may be gradually increased as they
grow older. All bones work well in
my machine, but Iprefer the backbone,
ribs, etc , to the hard shank bones for
poultry food. The bonss cost me one
half cent per pound. AS to the ration,
1 give equal parts of corn and oats
(ground) and wheat bran with 10 per
per cent. of boiled beef and bone or a
good quality of ground beef scrap
added, for t3e morning meal. Twice a
week l boil small potatoes, mash them
and mix with the above ration. The
evening feed consists of whole corn,
cracked, and wheat alterrated. Twice
a week, boiled oats are substituted for
the dry grain, the oats being boiled
until they burst open.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-03
SICK HOGS.

Editor Farmers VOice:-Seeing your
answers to correspondents regarding
worms in hogs, does not too much in
breeding cause sameR Saltpeter, sui
phur, charcoal and copperas make a
good remedy for same. I find also
sprinkllng carbolic occasionally in the
hog corral is beneficial for diseases. /
have great trouble with lame hogs,
lame in the hind quarters 1 think it
is probably rheumatism, though kid
ney trouble will anne. | gener
ally find that relief is afforded by rub
bling lard and turpentine we'll in. They
eat we'll otherwise. l formerly had
trouble with sows eating their pigs, but
found a remedy, simple and effective,
by having plen5y of fresh cold water
handy for the soWs. I have also some
trouble with the sows neglecting their
pigs, Second litter) though we'll fed
with bran and green alfalfa. I found
the best remedy was to get rid of them.
Also have had trouble with sows boar
ing" 1t was those that neglected their
pigs. CHARLES T. HILL.
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prevent the fowl from Tapping. he
lifts the fowl up, the head hanging
downward. With the right hand he
takes the head, catching the neck be-
tween the first and third fingers, the
thumb being on the face. The fingers
must not crush the haad, but must
feel the bone at the back of the head
firmly. Death is caused by lifting the
left hand and pulling down the right
with a quick jerk, thereby dislocating
the neck at the very point where it
joins the head. Death is instantane-
u if done properly, which can be told
by feeling the neck, which ought to be
quite soft and entirely detached from
the head, so that there is nothing u
flesh and skin between the thumb n
finger. By this method there IS no
flow of blood, but the blood is allowed
to run into the head, which Is careful
ly kept hanging down until after the
bird is plucked.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-03
LIVE STOCK.
REMEDY FOR HOG CHOLERA.

Will the Farmers Voice please puO-
lish the remedy for hog cholera which
ia recommended by the Agricultural
Department. writes a subscriber. Inc
remedy recommended as a preventive
and cure by the department Is b FOL
lowing: Wood charcoal, one pound;
sulphur one pound; sodium chloride
two pounds; sodium bicarbonate, two
pounds; sodium hyposulphite, two
pounds; sodium sulphate, one pound;
anthony sulphide, one pound These
ingredients should be completely pull
verified and mixed. The desc of this
mixture is a large tablespoonful once a
day for a hog weighing 200 pounds.
The ingredients are excellent.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-03
ABOUT EGGS.

The shell of an egg is porous and any
filth on it will faint the meat. A good
reason for cleaning eggs as soon as
gathered. Some times dirty looking
eggs are fresher than some that are
clean, but buyers will not believe it,
and, az they must judge an egg by its
outward appearance only, eggs should
be made as attractive looking as pos
sible before being sent to market. Eggs
are preserved in two ways: By cold
storage IN q dry atmosphere, at a tenn
perature of SO to 40 degrees, and by i'm
mersing in a pickle of lime and salt in
clean oak barrels. The pickle is made
by Stacking two pounds of lime in hot
water and and adding one pint of salt
and four gallons of water. Twenty
gallons will cover $50 dozens. Put
fresh eggs in the clear pickle until the
vessel is nearly full, spread a clean
cloth over them and cover this with
the settings Of the lime. Ice house
eggs and picked eggs are edible if put
In fresh and properly kept, but are
greatly inferior to fresh stock. If sold
for what they are it is all right, but it
is all wrong and a fraud on consumers
to palm them eff as newly laid eggs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-03
POULTRY YARD
POULTRY POINTS.

One reason why a hen which steals
away her nest always matches out we'll
is that she is not too fat, and because
every g has the same vitality. When
eggs are selected and put under a hen
they are usually of all sorts and must
vary somewhat in vitality.
For a ready cash business you cannot
discount the COW and the hen. One
variety of fowls is sufficient for the
farm, and do your best to keep that
breed pure. In any event, when a
hrst-class cockerel. can be bought for
s. 90 or less it is an easy matter to
grade up the poultry.
The proper season for turkey is the
late fall and winter. In spring and
summer the meat is no longer juicy
nor of good flavor; though sometimes
served at that time, they are much in
teriOr to the winter bird for a roast.
Have yours fattened at the right time.
Farm chickens which have the run
OF the fields are the heaIthiest and the
most profitable because thew get sucb
a variety Of feed and insects. There
is too much which is artificial abont
the usual poultry yard, and onlv tbo1
are successful who recognize and rero
edy this as much as possible.
To cure cholera, take a quantity n
white oak bark, boil it in water for one
hour, then pour off the liquid in ar
earthen jar. To every gallon of drink
ing water add one pint OF the liquid
This will check the spread OF the dis
ease and is also valuable as a proven
tive. 1t will also be found good to pu
some in the soft feed for the fowls
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FROM THE NATIONAL SECRE-
TARY.
N. A. Dunning, Esq Editor National

N. a. Dunning, Esq Editor National
Waterman, Washington, 3. c.:
NY DEAR SIR:-Your recent favor
asking news of the Alliance organiza-
ton was duly received and should have
had an earlier reply. Press of official
duties has occasioned this delay and
not want of interest or appreciation of
the kind inquiries you make about your
first love-"
From some of the States the semi an
hual reports are very encouraging, and
the u Alliances are taking on new
mo ana are quite enthusiastic about
Sno luture OF the organization. Then
again from others come an indifforont
uull report Of Alliance aTairg.doo1GHa
l membership and general want ~ -
SeresU' Ihave been National socro+on1
iong enough 70 note some tbines Tbog
10y pe Iacts, or L may be mistaken
IG therefore wrong; but I ann going
to write them to you to nigS ST a g01n e
you deem them worthy of cons;do.a -
on . can publish, and meEa go
own comments H0Ae your
nave observed that in those s...os
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-03
BIDS N

Editor Farmers VOice:-In main,
tanning comfort during the winter with
the hogs, as with other classes of stock,
clean, dry bedding is an important fac
tor in maintaining the best health and
thrift. One Of the best materials to
me, and one generally most easily
secured IN the farm, is straw, either
wheat or oats. But forest leaves, bagasse
from a sorghum mill or almost any
kind of coarse material can be used. 1t
Is very important to have dry, and for
this aso in a majority Of cases it
will pay to store a quantity under
shelter where it will be reasonably Ger
tain of staying dry, as sleeping in a
damp bed is certain to induce disease.
In order to keep clean, care should be
taken to change the bedding every 10
days or two weeks, taking out the old
and putting in fresh. With young
pigs special care must be taken not to
supply too much or the pigs will get in
she habit of keeping themselves under
it and will not come out even to their
meals. They want a sufficient amount
TO lay upon but not to bury themselves
under. Care in providing clean, dry
bedding, changing when necessary will
do much toward maintaining comfort
and thrift. N. J. SHEPHERD.
Miller 10 M
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1t does not pay to be in a hurry to
turn eff a COW for ~fattening because she
will not breed. Milk her as long as
possible and give her plenty of good
feed. If the COW is a really good one,
she will more than pay the cost of keep
ing through the wiuter, and will bring
a higher price in spring than if sold
now. A farrow COW to provide milk
for family use is often a great con
Venience on farms where all the COWS
are bred to drop their calves in the
spring. The feed should be made as
succulent as possible, so as to encour-
age milk production rather than fatten-
ing until nearly spring, when the COM
ing in of other COWS will make the milk
from the cow of less Importance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-03

political advancement and develop
ment; you may scatter and demoralize
him for the time by side issues, but he
is bound to come back as sure as the
needle will return when the storm is
past. To aid the individual member in
this individual work of his organiza-
ton | ask to repeat, that to accomplish
this to the best interest, of all con
cerned, you must have a first class
State Alliance paper in each State for
State news and information, and the
best of a national paper for all to look
for such national information as should
come down from the national organize
ton.
When we had a national organ that
commanded the confidence of the indi-
vidual membership, we had member
ship of 1900, 600 members. When
faith in this paper was destroyed it
was the bursting of the first shell that
clouded the Alliance horizon; then and
there those who had betrayed the faith
thrt had been placed in them should
haue been displaced, and the organ
should have been continued. Where
would be, or what would become of the
great political party of the country
without their political papers9 So with
the farmers organization; to keep
ahead Of the age you must have your
own peculiar med.u I'M Of information;
exchanges that give these things from
your standpoint and in your interest
first; and every farmer in this broad
land is standing in his own light who
fails to recognize the Importance of
this proposition.
This Is the age of co operative power,
and it is used less by the farmer than
any other class of citizens. In the past
they have been physically isolated and
scattered, they have always socially
and intellectually divided upon ques-
tions of domestic and political economy.
Not because they could not organize,
for they have done this, but have
failed to hold together for continued
mutual protection and benefits.
Bring the 1000, 600 back into line!
Be just and you can dictate your own
terms on all occasions and there will be
no power that "a resist your influence,
Bring the 1900, 900 back into line!
The transportation companies will
carry all you produce and all you con-
sumo IN just and reasonable terms,
and consumers will pay at least the
cost of production for their daily cup.
plies.
Bring the 1000 900 back into linel
And the manufacturer will pay you a
fair price for the raw material and
furnish you the products of their mill
at a reasonable margin.
Bring the 2 900, 600 back into line,
and trusts and combines will to
rule and control the entire business in
terests of the land, and the peoples
money would ease to be cornered and
abridged in volume to the advantage of
the stock gambler and speculator.
Bring into line again the 2 600, 900;
let them stay in line, and it will be the
advance stepin the material affair Of
this nation, and the farmers and The
great industry of egricuHU>e @,li te
placed upon the plane upon which il
deserves to stand.
With a stong and ably edited State
and National Allianca press, you will
again bring the 1000. 900 back into line.
d. p. DUNCAN
Sac'y N. F. A. and I. q.
Columbia, 8, =.
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HOW TO Kilt

1t is said that a novel method OF kill
ing chickens is being introduced
abroad. Instead of sticking, bleeding,
cutting the head off, etc., one takes the
fowl in the left hand and by the legs,
catching the points of the wings to