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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09
Weather Observations.

The following are the observations for the
Agricultural Department Weather Bureau
foc yesterday, March s. taken at 8 p. M.
meridian time, the observations for
each station icing given i'll this order.
To1apar2 tuTe, direction OF the wind, state
ut tie veHtber:
Boston. 80 degrees, E, cloudy; New Yolk.
a degrees. :. cloudy Philadelphia. A de-
GFees, :. cloudy: Washington. 46 degrees,
Sc, clocd5; Albany. So degrees, S, clear;
LU1alo, So degrees, S#. cloudy; Detroit, "a
degrees, NV, clear; Chicago, "a degrees,
NV, cleal; 1T. Paul, % degrees, s. fair; St.
Vincent, IS de4;I ees, S, cloudy; Huron,
Dab.. % degrees. 5. clear; Bismarck, "A de-
grees. NV, clear: Jacksonville. 60 degrees,
:. L min
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09
st. Louis Alarmed Over the Rapid
Spread Of the Disease.
THERE ARE 122 CASES NOW $50
LATED AT QUARANTINE.
Twelve Gases We're Discovered in a
Crowded Work House-The Public
Schools May C1ose-Sheriff Forbidden
Sending Prisoners to the Penitentiary.


ST. Louis, March The epidemic 3f small
pox has spread to such an extent that the
city and state authorities have decided to
take heroic measures in dealing with the
disease. A corps of physicians visited the
work house this morning. and after ex-
amining four hundred inmates, found
twelve prisoners that are believed to he
suffering from small pox. They were
quarantined and the remainder were vacci-
mated. This afternoon a Thorough in
s2ection OF the public schools was COM
menced, and il any pupil afflicted with
small pox symptoms is found the schools
will be closed. The house of refuge will also
be visited for small pOx victims.
The State Board of Health met with Gov.
Stone today at Jefferson City and issued
proclamation. prohibiting the sheriffs of all
counties in Missouri fl om bringing prisoners
to the state penitentiary while snail pox
exists in so many towns of the state. There
are l22 small pox patients at the quarantine
in ST. Louis. and four new cases were dis
covered today.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09
Local Weather Renorr.

Portland, Me-. March 8-The local Weather
Bureau o1ice records to the weather the
following:
sa-m--Earometer. 29. 729: thermometer,
39.0' dew point, g.; humidity. 100; wind, NV;
velocity, 4; rain.
SD. m.-Barometer. 1886; thermometer
$40: dew point 37;shUmidity. 100; wind. Sc;
velocity a weather. cloudy.
Mean daily thermometer. 800; maximum
thermometer, 38.2; minimum thermometer,
:2.5: maximum velocity of wind. s; NV;
total prec. pitation, A.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09
Bound to Have the County Seat.

Saco, March S.-The question of Saco's
right to appropriate $25. 600 towards the
removal of the county seat here having
teen RAISED, Hampden Fairfield and AL
bert Gilman have agreed to become re-
sponsi BILE to the county for that sum III
case the city fails to raise it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09
THE WEATHER.
Clearing and Colder.

Boston, March S.-Lucal forecast for New
England for Saturday, Cloudy; IDLY
Light rains or snow durries, followed by
clearing during he morning and colder in
tina evening and night. the winds becoming
westerly.
Washington, March 8.-Fo1 ecast for Satur-
dsy fer New England: Threatening, and
r@2n OF snow il the morning, followed by
fair in the afternoon. colder winds. shifting
l westerly with increasing force.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09

Biddeford, March 8.-The coroner's
jury which met at Bar Mills to investi-
gate the cause of the death of Freeman
Thorne of Steep Falls, who was struck
by Portland & Rochester engine at
Hollis Wednesday afternoon, tonight
rendered a verdict generating the rail
road company and its employees from
hlSmp
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09
Death of a Portland NNom man,

Mrs. Adaline A., widow OF Charles
Monroe, at one time a prominent society
belle in Washington, died Wednesday at
her home, 354 Ferry street, Maiden,
Mass, at the age of So year, of old age
and grip. She was a sister OF Hon.
Francis Oh. Smith of this city.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09
A New Steamer Wrecked.

Cincinnati, O., March 8.-Steamer
Longfelow. en- route from Cincinnati to
New Orleans. which left here at O'Clock
this morning, with to or three hundred
Messengers aboard, struck the pier oil, the
Chesapeake & Ohio railroad bridge,
sinking Immediately. Seven peYsoussa are
reported drowned. sM
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09
Maine Pensions.

Washington, March S.-The following
MRine.people have, been granted pensions:
Original-George B. Putnam of Gard
liner, Karl Eng le of 1ogus.
AadiUlonal-Uriah M. Kelley of Indian
River.
ncrease-Beniamin P. Bachellar of
Union, Albert d. Webber of Sprinevala
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09
Has a yieerous Hold on Life.

Rockiand, Maine, March S.-George Free
man, aged sixteen, while unloading car
of wood this afternoon fell frcm the car to
a pile Of wood, distance of thirty feet.
His leg, foot and ankle We're broken and his
sA ulI fractured, but there are no internal
Injuries and hopes are entertained of his
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09

OF the year there have been 3l3 cases of
small pox in the city.
The lifeless body of Fred, the son of
John Carver OF Wayne, was found near
the residence of Osgood Graves, Thurs
day evening. He left his home to 20 to
a neigh boris on an errand, taking his
gun with him. 1t is supposed to he the
result of an acidenal discharge Of his
gun. AN inquest is in progress.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09

Houl' Oh, he, March 8.-This afternoon W.
D, Bnzzell. proprietor of the Hotel Ex-
change. fell from the front balcony of the
hotel to the ground, Il distance of fifteen
feet, striking his head and shoulders,
cutting a cash in tie side of is head. He
lives In :. som t-conscious state this evening
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09

The long continued dry SaDd snowy
weather has resulted in dry cisterns and
wells. and it is no common sight to see
boiler of snow on the stove,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09
IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS
Cause Further Delay Of Cape EIi1-
abeth Division Bill.
CHILDISH POLICY ADOPTED by
OPPONENTS OF THE MEASURE.

HIessrs. Tilton and Cole Have Conscientious
Scruples Against the Public Learning
the Text of the Amendments Which
They So ManfuIly Urged-Eut They Are
Presented to the Public Notwithstand-
ing.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09

the island. News from Madrid is not only
misleading but very contradictory in many
cases and always in favor of Spain"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09
TETE2!-- -EE EFT

Extracted without pain by harmless local anes
thetic. 25c each Gas or ether also administered
E s. Whites best Teeth 800 per set. All work
warranted. Filling at moderate prices. DIR. +. NJ.
CHIPNGAN, 439 Congress St, opp U. s. HoteI, Port
land Me. feb9eod1m
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09

Railway Earnings for February Show
That Business Was at a Low Rbb-
Increased Activity This Week is Re
hected in Increased Bank CleariBes-
The Grain situation,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09
A TAMPERED SWITCH.
Wrecked a Florida Vestibule Train at
Scotland, Ga.

Two Were Killed and Many Injured-The
Train Was Running Fifty Niles an
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-09

section ., the word "Frlsent" and by in
sertiug after the word" were" in line ten
OF said section the words raised and. "
Amend by substituting for Section
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-09

sells at sacrifice to a new enthusiast,
who in turn sells again, or dismantles
the houses and devotes the land to more
profitable uses. Those who continue for
several years, do so because a very mod
crate income is satisfactory, or because
thew do no6 know what else to do, or
because they have passion for chicks.
In the light of Harmonious ten
years experience, it is plain that until
some better system is devised, the bust
ness is a very hazardous one; it cannot
com pete with the hen.-L. M, in Amer
lean Agriculturist.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-09
Coal Oil for Roup.

When the fowls have taken cold and
the ominous crackle or bad odor in their
breathing indicates roup, catch them
one by one and with small syringe or
sewing machine oil can inject coal oil
into nostrils, roof of mouth and even a
little down the throat. Repeat few
days later and you can say farewell to
roup."
One of our subscribers, J. D. Hender-
son, has followed this for eighteen months
and treated some two hundred fowls sue
CessfulIy.-Ex.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-09
The True Inwardness of Raising Broilers
Artifciallv.
ArtifciallV.

Artifcially.
sent such an assurance of large and
quick profits as that of raising broiler
chickens artiicially-that IS with incu
batOrs and breeders instead of hens.
With incubators large numb Der of
chicks can he Matched at once, and at
seasons when hens do not set. The mar
ket for broilers is never glutted, though
prices have declined about so per cent.
in the last ten years. For several sea-
sons, during nine months of the year,
the New York price has been quite sta
tlonary at 81 per pair, rarely falling to
0Oc., and raising to S1.25 in the spring.
When sold by weight prices range from
30 to 35c. per pound, rising to 45c. in
early spring. Broilers are marketed when
three to three and One-half pounds per
pair. Eggs cost trit1e less than two
cents each the year through. The food
consumed by a chick in three monthsls
said to cost but ten or twenty cents per
pair, The cost of plant is quite moder
ate, considering the prospective profits;
for brooder house rs feet long, with
heater AID piped throughout fer hot
water, can be built and equipped with
incubators for from $3.50 to 81 900. Such
a plant has a capacity for l 200 chicks
every three months, 1890 per year. At
prices above gwen, the gross income
should be So, 400 per year OF which about
two-thi1ds should be net profit. In
addition to this good financial prospect,
the business has been represented as
being light, clean, easily managed, re.
curing little labor and admirably
adapted to ladies, invalids and gentle
men of leisure.
These facts and figures are those
usually presented to the novice as
showing the profits to be expected.
Taking them as basis, it is not sur
prisipg that many have contracted the
..chicken fever" and risked their money
and time in this alluring venture
Within the last ten years, it is said, that
more than fifty parties have undertaken
The brooder business In this township.
A better soil and climate for poultry Can
not be found. And what is the result ?
OF all who haven engaged in it, only four
remain commercially, and of these but
two run the whole year, and one of
these expects to retire shortly. Several
others hatch few incubator chicks in
the spring, generally to obtain early lay
mo nullets, marketing the ROSTERS as
hroi)ers. but their broiler operations are
unite insignificant commercially. In
stead of a net profit of $1,000 to $1,000
ner wear. not more Than $500 Can be
exnected at present prices, even by the
LARGEST outfit. In fact it is safe to say
there is not d single brooder man in
Hammonton today who realizes $500 per
wear net profit, and that is without
making any charge for his time. One
nartv mentioned above says ne cleared
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-09

constant effort, says he has not received
fifty cents per day for his labor. A
third, who runs but few months annu-
ally, says he cannot make 81. SO per day
for the time he is in it. Parties who
have retired claim to have done better,
but the above is what the men now in
the business say. When prices were
double, as they were some years ago, of
course, an equal number of broilers
netted twice as much as now.
Evidently such wide difference be-
tween the ideal and the real calls for an
explanation, and this can be given in
two words-dead chicks. Incubators
hatch from SO TO 60 per cent. of the eggs.
The trouble is not In the hatching,
(unless that means weakened Vitality,
but in keeping the chicks alive after
ward. The death rate is awful, ranging
from so to 80 per cent. When one-half
a hatch live to the broiler state-rarely
done-the business is moderately profit
able; if 80 per cent. die, prudent man
can about pay his feed bills; when more
than this die, as usual, the business is
improbable. This mortality is princi-
pally within three weeks from Matching.
One of the first painful duties that
awaits the novice is the burial of chicks,
they are often buried by the bucketful
daily.
Practical men differ in placing the
blame for the mortality upon brooding
or feeding. Many kinds of breeders
have been trled-using top heat, bottom
heat, heating with hot-water pipes and
with single lamps, but the chicks die
about the same with all. Feeding is
matter of great Importance, that has
been most carefully studied, but no sat-
isfactory ration has been found, or none
that can entirely overcome the i'll effects
of Imperfect broodlng, and no brooder
has been used that can overcome the i'll
effects of improper feeding if the trouble
is in the ration.
The ''infant mortality is the great
cause of failure, but the life of ease por-
trayed to the willing brooder man like
wise proves a sham. 1t is true there is
no heavy manual labor, but constant
attention to many small but important
details is demanded. Regulating the
temperature of the brooder house day
and night, ventilating properly, remov-
ing droppings, preparing and distrib-
uting food, attending to incubators and
turning eggs daily, burying dead chicks
and caring for sickly ones, the guarding
against destruc Give rats and cats, fight
ing vermin, DISCRIMINATING contagious
diseases, dressing and marketing-these
are some of the duties. In cold weather
the night temperature of the brooder
must be watched constantly. If it is too
hot the chicks are roasted and their
vitality weakened; if too cold, they are
chilly, causing them to pile up together
to keep warm, the weaker being crushed
and smothered by the stronger ones, and
the strong chicks, when thus chilled,
contract bowel troubles and shortly die.
| Often the brooder man is up oil night, or
at frequent intervals, regulating the
| temperature. The business is so exact
ing that a man can do nothing else; he
must devote himself to 1t absolutely.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-09
POULTRY APARTMENT.

Address all communica tons to Poultry
Department, Box 200, DeLand, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-09

sHmNR US. We sell your Poultry, VeaIs,
I'D ~ Fruits and all produce at high~
" q est prices. DAILY RETURNS. For
IA & stencils, prices and references, write
ussassAga.s~ F, I. SAGE & SONS 1873 Reade St. N. L
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-04-26

Digging on the subway Is Cuntiucd
to the large we'll just inside the fence
at Charles street. The excavation will
be carried to a depth Of about twenty
two feet, and when the water begins
to run i'll pretty freely, as it will when
the hole ia few feet deeper, steam
pump will be set up 10 keep the eX-
cavation dry In two weeks or more
the pit will be bricked up so that n
chamber about ten feet square will be
formed In this chamber when the
subway is completed, two electric
pumps will be set up, and they will
work automatically to keep the whole
subway clear of water. Floats rising
with the inflow of water will start the
pumps, and, falling rs the water is eN-
hausted, will stop them. The cham
Der will be connected with the subway
by door, and will also have an open
ing in its roof. During the excavation
of this pit the workInen have found a
number of interesting relies. Several
old copper coins were exhumed recent
~. Among them are large United
States pennies dated 1868 and 1916,
and one or two English pennies. A
United States dime was found bearing
the date of 1854. Another discovery
was an old-fashioned earthern jug,
which will hold about gallon, and
which Robert Meehan the contractor S
son, says he is going to have decor
ated An interesting collection OF
bottles could also be made from the
specimens thrown out by the laborers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-04-26

Tt is ruled by the postal authorities
that any reduction of the size of a pos
tai card by clipping, rounding of the
corners or otherwise, will subject the
receiver of the card to a charge of one
cent on delivery. This makes the cost
ot postal card equivalent to letter
postage. Many persons enclose postal
cards to correspondents in envclops
too small, and imagine that n little
clipping won't make any difference,
Others round off the corners for orna.
mental purposes or convenience in
handling. But the practice is wrong,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-04-26

1t is interesting to note that after
all the attention that has been lavished
upon horses, dogs, and horned cattle
in this country, the cat is ut least to
have show. 1t is to be of national
proportions, and will be held in New
York, next month, for whole week.
Boston is proud of her dog shows, but
why should it be less worthy ambi-
ton to be able to show up the best
Boston Tomaso than to bring out the
best Boston terrier. 1t happens that
the backyard, back-number Tom as
sociated with some crotchety old bach
elor, armed with a brick bat, in the
small hours of the night, has created
prejudice against the whole feline
race. But there are cats and cats
Tabby and Tomasos, long haired, short
haired, and last, but not least, the
Wagnerian cat, which still takes the
bakery, in the line of weird nocturnes.
Let us come back to the cat, and be
just. Race prejudice has already ruled
in this matter too long. The Boston
terrier has held the champion collar
long enough, and it is well that the
J neglected Tomaso is now to have a
show.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-04-26

What will be known as serum ther.
apentics-i. G., the treatment of dis.
eases by the injection of serum that
has been 'immunized"--is likely to
be extended to other diseases than
lockiaw, hydrophobia and diphtheria,
remarks the New York Independent.
A series of highly interesting expert
ments has lately been conducted by
no less than six of the progressive
doctors of the day, in the treatment
of pneumonia by serum with satisfac-
tory results, and it is quite certain
that these experiments will be carried
still further.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-04-26

The private carrying of pistols in
England appears to have reached the
proportions of menace and Il nuis-
ance, and Lord Carmarthen recently
introduced bill in Parliament to regu
late the conditions under which that
dangerous instrument may be sold,
and define those under which it may
be carried The object OF the bill was
to keep it out Of the hands of roughs
and minors, and in a general way to
discourage the practice, except where
it was manifestly necessary. 1t pro-
vides that the vender must take out q
license, and that the pistols must be
consecutlvely numbered, so that they
can be at any time identified. The
buyers name must be registered, and
he must not be a convict or a ticket
of-leave man, or under eighteen years
Of age. 1t contains other ratheE
stringent interdictions, showing that
the abuse which it sought to rectify
had grown into considerable proper
| tiOps.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-04-26
BOSTON LETTER.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
King bacillus.

The debates i'll the state senate with
in a short time on the bill intended to
stamp ont tuberculosis in cattle. were
of considerable interest, and as much
as any other of the session attested
the disposition To investigate and the
capacity to think III the Legislators
1t proves the disposition to inyesti-
gate to find that member know, or
think they know, the present cOnclu-
gions Of science with respect to what
tuberculosis is, but the disposition to
investigate is not, by any means, TO
be accepted rs proof OF ability to
reach correct conclusions i'll all cases.
One cannot but sympathize with the
remark of Senator Bill to the effect
that if the disease is all that certain
theorists proclaim it, and is so trans
missible from beast to man, the human
race should have been extinct long
ago. 1t has, indeed, reached point
when, if one heed all that science as
| serts, it is unsafe to breathe or eat or
| drink. There Is nothing We can get
Tor any purpose that is not swarming
with microbes. The vegetarian es-
chcws all animal food for the same
reason that senators would have the
! state adopt this veterinarian law. And
he is logical, too, for if the existence
of tuberculosis in cattle makes 1t un-
safe to use their flesh or milk for food,
| the quickest, easiest, cheapestand surest
corrective is to cease using it Tor food.
The public learns from this debate
that tuberculosis did not exist in Tas-
mania until men took cattle there.
| Well, Is it better to revert to the then
conditions of life in Tasmania, even if
We admit that this fact has any logical
| connection with the matter? 1t
strikes an outside, impartial looker-On
| that science has not said its last word
yet, and will not have said it i'll any
case, until it knows a better way TO
| prevent disease than 10y purposely set
ting up the disease itself-hke the
| cOrnercl plaiusmau of the West who
sets the prairie on fire under his feet
/ to save himself from the larger fire
approaching. The only true remedy
is to correct the conditions that set the
larger fire. If the bacillus theory as
now asserted is correct We can never
stamp ont the disease any more than
we can stamp out death. Is not mer-
cilcss elimination Natures unvarying
remedy for every evil? Can we do
better than follow her methods?
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-04-26
A writer in the Overland Month

A writer in the Overland Monthly
has seriously proposed the introduc-
tion of the kangaroo in this country
to take the place of the now practi-
cally extinct buffalo as food supply
on the Western plains. 1t is urged
that the kangaroo is hardy, easily Oc-
climatel, domesticatel without diff
Guilty, breeds easily in captivity, is
cheAply maintained, has large
amount of excellent and very edible
flesh, is valuable as fur and leather
producer and can be chcaply and
easily procured.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-04-26
PHONETIC ALPHABET.
Springfield Man Has Spelt Out the
New Testament with it,

Robert w. Mason of Springfield, Mass,
has invented phonetic alphabet which he
says is marvel of ingenuity and simplicity
at once He has produced in this
phonetic spelling the whole of the New
Testament, and he proposes to run in
parallel columns the plain English and his
phonetic translation. His contends that this
will be of great assistance to the foreigner in
enabling him to understand English, and will
also facilitate the education of small children.
Mr.. Mason was brought up on a New Hamp-
shire farm. He started on his undertaking
last September and has already finished it.
Many ministers and religious newspapers, he
says, have spoken favorably of the system.
In the first part of this fin de steele New
Testament of Mr.. Mason will be four pages
of decidedly novel matter. 1t consists of pic
torial definitions. The foreigner, not being
familiar with our language, would not know
for instance what COW means. SO Mr.. Mason
spells it out "C-o-w' aud prints the picture
of the COW right alongside. In the same way
he illustrates "dog, "bug, stree" and sew
eral hundred other words.