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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-26
HAS stood the Test O Time
MORE SOLD THAN ALL OTHER
BRANDS COMBINED

all particulars to j. ". Lewis of the John
P. Lowell Arms company. $50 Middle street.
Mr.. Lewis is the treasurer of the club.
The Official score was kept by Mr.. s. C..
Morse. The rapid fire system made the
keeping of scores no easy matter to any one
less experienced than Mr.. Morse.
Treasurer Lewis had the arrangement of
all the events and the charge of all the
money and prizes, and no man yesterday in
all the busy good times and celebrations of
the day. was more busy than he.
1t Is desirable to be stated that if the man
who took somebody else's new gun case. and
left an old one in its place. will return the
new one to it's owner, he may call at the
John P. Lowell Arms company. and he will
be given a new gun case. II it was due to
mistake, and not intention, that the old
gun case took the place of the new one. 1t
may be just as we'll to etate that it was Win
jones who lost new case and found an old
one instead.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-26
AT THE STROUDWATER RANGE.
The Biddeford Men We're Victorious, Blu
Portland Man Broke the Record.

At the rife range ut Stroudwater yester-
day there was team ma toh and skirmisb
match between members of Co. G. Bidde-
ford Light Infantry, and Co. B, Portland
Cadets. The visitors were too much for the
Portland men. Following are the scores:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-26
GENTS and LADIES'
HOSIERY AND
UNDERW WEAR.

Now is the time to get supply of these
goods as these prices will not be
given again.
l lot Gents Half Hose, finished seams,
fast colors. Trade Sale price sc a
pair.
lot Imported Gents Half Hose, fin
ished seams, Sc a pair, 3 pairs
for csc.
/ lot Gents Imported Balbriggan Hose,
high spliced heel and toe, double
sole, lSc a pair, 3 pairs for
soc. You will pay 25c for these
goods elsewhere.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-26
TIE DAILY PRESS

Can always be found at the periodical
stores of:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-26

How We Beat the College Men-Our Strong
and Weak Pointszz.How the New Men
Show Up-Company G of Biddeford
Shoot Better than Company of Port
land-The Gun Club scores-The Wheel
-
Club Run. n
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-02
Selecting Heifer Calves.

Almost from it's birth an expert in
Judging of COWS can decide whether
a heifer calf will be profitable cow
or had better be turned off to the
butcher as veal. 1t is not altogether
matter Of pedigree. The signs of a
good COW are q rather thin neck, but
deep chest, and the peculiar velvety
feel Of the skin that can only be made
certain by experience. The marks of
the escutcheon Oh heifer are plainly
distinguishable by an expert, though
they may not show so that ordinary
observers can see them.
1t sometimes happens that the heifer
which gives the signs of a good cow
at first runs to beetiness after her first
year. This comes from feeding food
that is too fattening, and which has
not enough succulence. There is either
pedigree or deterioration in dairy quail
tiles in the COW from her calfhood up.
The best mixers are usually those
which are bred the earliest, but after
the first calf it Is we'll to keep the
heifer from breeding for a full year,
in order to develop greater vigor Of
constitution, which is impaired by too
early breeding.-American Cultivator.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-02
Springs Tired Feeling.

Every year when it was spring he
had that "tired feeling" A vernal-
like decrepitude went through his sys-
tenn stealing; he lost his animus and
vim in premature senility, in apathetic
lethargy and general debility.
So he dosed up on thoroughbred, or
sassafras and cherry, on motherwort
and wintergreeD and tea Of elder
berry, on rhubarb, wormwood, mullen
leaves, on dock and sarsapariIla,d;on
osier bloodroot, catnip tea-but still
grew i'll and iller.
He dosed with pennyroyal tea
enough to keep troop full, and sui
phur and like remedies he took 'em
by the scoopful; but still his features
grew more wan, his muscles all grew
ropier, although he took all remedies
within the pharmacoepia.
But he's dropped all medicine, and
Just goes out inhaling the vernal air
that blows around to cure him OF his
ailing. He gulps the pure atmosphere,
grows strong and selt-reliant, and on
this ozone regimen he's grown into q
giant.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-02

down from the smrt ana the tuDers
will be larger and the yield heavier.
A bushel of seed wheat should pro-
duce forty bushels, yet farmers seed
from a bushel to q bushel and half
only to secure not over twenty BUSH
els of grain. This indicates q waste
of seed.
Do not be afraid to y highland plaster
literally in >le stableS cutters and
stalls. 1t is clean, harmless and makes
the stable lighter. Keep the walls
whitewashed and apply fresh plaster
on the floors cry day. 1t is cheap.
and bag or barrel of plaster should
always be kept for convenient use.
Some care given the seed corn now.
so as to select good grains, will be of
advantage later on when the seed is
planted. If the seed was put away
after being perfect dry it will no
doubt be in excellent condition, but
the recent severe cold weather may
have damaged corn that contains
moisture to any extent.
1t is the old queen and bees that
leave the hive when the warm wealth
err and quick storage of honey cause
them to swarm, as they give up their
hive to the younger members of the
colony and new queen. Sometimes a
hive will give off two or three swarlns
in one season.-Philadelph Record.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-02
The Latest in Gowns.

We are again in q transition period
as far as styles of making gowns, and
there are no radical changes Variety
there is, of course, in abundance; for
fabrics of every description were
nevermore varied or beautiful Sleeves
are still enormous, but are no long
er stiffened to look like balloons. The
fullness is confined to the upper part
of the arm, and the modiste exercises
her ingenuity in draping it so that as
many yards of material as possible
can be gracefully arranged to fall
from the shoulder. For dinner and
evening gowns the sleeves extend
only half way to the elbows, where
the long, loose gloves meet them;
these should not fit tightly, but wrin-
kle all the way up the arm, and the
newest expand widely above the ell
bows, reminding one forcibly of the
old cavalier boot tops
Skirts of gowns are severely plain.
but as full and ripping as heretofore;
and the latest word from Paris is that
positively no stiffening is used. The
fabrics employed for rich gowns are
really too exquisite to admit of any
trimming; and are all silk lined, the
taffctas employed for the purpose hav-
ing sufficient body to hold the ripping
folds out gracefully. Some gowns Of.
satin or crepon which are cut in mar
row breadths with many seams have
a vine OF spangle embroidery or pas
sementerie or a tiny plating of chif-
fon or ribbon running up every seam;
but these are acknowledgements
Magazine.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-02
Stopping Cows.

There is general belief that slop-
pfny cows greatly increases their flow
Of milk, and that the resulting yield is
correspondingly poorer in butter fats,
and to prove or disprove this the ex-
pertinent station at Guelph, Ont, has
for the past two years been expert
menting along this line, and to their
surprise there is practically nothing
in the belief. ....5
The cows, when fed the grain in
form OF slop, would, if fed once day,
give slightly more milk and a slightly
lower, but not uniform, percentage Of
fat, about Oh Of per cent; but in
every instance where slop was fed
twice a day there was a decided fall
Ing Off In milk yield. These tests
were conducted in periods of thirty
days each SO as to get the full effect
OF the feed, and in the general aver
ages the dry granted cows came out
ahead.
AS to the variation of fat content Of
the milk. the sum total of all the ay-
erages showed that there was no more
loss in the fat content of cows fed drv
foods, and the sum total of two years
experiments is against the idea that
slop food increases the milk yield. II
anything is to be deducted from the
tests 1t is that cows gave less milk if
the stopping was very marked, and
the percentage of fat yielded was
actually inconsequential SO far us
change was concerned in either case.
The conclusions are that the best
"slop" that can be fed to cow is u
good ration of corn, silage, roots or un-
cured grain folders, and the drink
that cow has is best in the form or
good water, governed by the inclina-
ton Of the animal to drink.-Practical
Farmer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-02
money In rare Crops.

There are a few branches Of farm
Ing not overdone. There is SO little
buckwheat raised that the flour sells
at 5 cents per pound. Then there is
a greater demand for good sorghum
than there is a supply. Flax is very
high when you want to buy; why not
raise some to feed? 1t will improve
the stock. Fruit raising is not mover
done, and potatoes will bring q pay
ing price If the crop Is well tended.
Grass seeds and clover seed bring
living prices. Cabbage is hard to
raise, but it pays to raise for the mar
ket. ~
There is money in cheese at Is and
20 cents per pound. Stock your farms
with cows, build a creamery and sell
milk. There is more money in it than
making butter. It pays to raise sweet
potatoes. The navy bean sells at 5
cents per pound and is scarce. Seed
down your farms and pasture stock at
IS cents a month. Farm better what
you do farm, raising the best. Read
the papers and raise the crops that
are scarce, for they always command
q good price.-Farm and Home.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-02
Lions Ate the Bear.

From Lcrnberg our Vienna CORES
pondent learns that q terrible battle
has been fought at the railway station
at Rawarusla. A menagerie was be-
ing conveyed by rail and when the
train stopped at the station a great
noise was heard. The guards went to
the wagons containing the wild beasts
and found the wooden partitions
which separated three lionesses from
three bears and these again from three
l'yenas broken down and the animals
engaged in battle. One bear, was
missing. The lions had eaten him,
skin and all. They had bitten an
other bears paw Oft and hyena law
dead on the floor. Two lions in q
neighboring compartment remniued
calm. No one dared Interfere between
the fighting beasts Until the ow,er,
arrived In sledge and separated them
not before he had been bitten ly IL
bear, however. He claims damages
from the Railway Administrations 10
cause the partitions gave way.--l.ol.-
lon Daily News.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-02
CHATTER XII.
MT. Niclzsey n; Home.

MI. Nicl1sey ~ Home.
Spread out on the roof of the coach,
Nicksey lay in state; fell fast asleep
before the wheels had revolved dozen
times, and continued still to slumber
even after the vehicle had arrived and
had stopped before his own door.
Jonas Jarvis had driven very gently
over the stones" and even so expecting
every moment to see his passenger on
the roof joggled thence to fail with
heavy flop on to the road.
But the drunkard's accredited good
fortune still continued with Nicksey,
and if jolting and sinking of one side
of the crazy coach caused him to slide
dangerously down to the very edge OF
the roof, another jolting was certain to
follow on the opposite side which very
speedily righted him again.
Jarvis had some trouble in finding
Nickseys domicile, but having at last
reached it:
Here we are" said Jarvis; and took
the liberty to shake his sleeping fare,
but produced no sort of effect on Nick
sey; as how should he, since the still
more violent shakings the coach had
given him had failed to arouse OF even
for moment to disturb him.
Emmeline opened the coach door for
herself and alighted, expecting to find
Darlington near her.
Not seeing him: Where is Mr.. Bar
rington? she asked, in low voice, Of
the coachman.
Jarvis was as greatly surprised as
was the young girl that Noel had not
arrived with them.
Neither Of them had witnessed any,
thing Of the attack which had been
made on the commercial traveller; that
of course. or Jonas had not. as we
know he did, set forward on his way.
Emmeline was greatly distressed,
even alarmed; something serious, she
thought had occurred to Noel that he
should have failed to accompany her at
a time, and to a place when and where
his presence was so all-important to
the purpose for which he had SO long
and diligently labored.
Jarvis was of opinion that Noel was
not far behind and would soon be with
them, and suggested that Mr.. Nicksey
had better be got into the house, or
they might have the watch upon them,
and be all locked up tcgether-coach,
and horses and all.
Night nad come; so Jarvis, taking one
of. his coach lanterns, proceeded to a
neighboring tavern, and there lighted
1t.
Then, returning, he knocked at the
door Of Nicksey's house, but no one
answered; within all was dark and
silent.
Clambering again to his box, Jonas
INDUCED his still sleeping fare with
another and more violent shaking than
the one which had preceded it.
Nicksey grunted audibly, but gave no
further sign OF consciousness. Jonas
then tapped at the fellows pockets
and In one Of them felt key Of which
he Instantly possessed himself.
With that key, us he had expected
would be the case. Emmellne and Jar.
Wis gained an entrance to Nicksey's
house.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-02

He should go just where he pleased,
Noel told him.
"And must have a coach!" shouted
Nicksey.
"My coarh is waiting at the door,"
said Darlington.
''And there must be six horses to it,"
said Nicksey; I'll pay!''
There We're already six horses in
Barringtons coach, Nicksey was as
sured.
Noel half-led, half-dragged Nicksey
from the house.
Il see but four horses!" roared Nick
sey. There were in fact. but two.
1.-The others are in waiting round the
corner Noel said.
Mr.. Nicksey was aDpeased.
"You had better ride on the box be-
side the coachman," advised Barring
ton And to seat beside Jonas was
Nicksey with much Difficulty raised.
And when there: This won't do for
man of property" cried Nicksey. and
clamored on to the roof Of the coach.
y Darlington had urged Nicksey to
rice on the box. wishing to spare En-
ale!ine, who was still seated inside the
coach. the horror of the drunken ruff
fans presence.
Now he feared lest Nicksey should
fall from the roof of the carriage and
. be killed.
Drive to the Three Compasses,'
coachey!" shouted NicAsey, now per-
fectly frantic.
Darlington hastily whispered Il few
words to Jonas Jarvis, who significant
ly nodded.
Then, at a window Of the carriage,
and speaking to Emmeline:
81 must stand on the footboard,"
said Noel. land watch this drunken
brute, or he will kill himself at the
very moment when he is more than
ever necessary to u.s."
"Oh, Mr.. Burlington Emmeline fer
vently exclaimed, my undying graft
rtude-"
Noel waited to hear no more, but
waved his hand to Jonas Jarvis, who
ut once put his horses in motion.
While Nicksey shouted:
whip 'em up, I'll pay"
Darlington, following the coach, was
about to jump on to the footboard 1--WE
know that he had before Travelled that
way when he found himself suddenly
seized, and very roughly, too.
before all opportunity lbs UeeH gwen
him to resist he was dragged back on
to the footpath, the coach proceeding
On its way without him.
And when Noel did presently strive
to free himself from the hands which
he had so unexpectedly found about
his throat, he discovered that he had
to deal with man as powerful almost
as himself and who held on to him
with the rage and the tenacity Of a
bulldog.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-02
Thinning Young Crops.

Few practices are more profitable in
the amateurs vegetable garden than
thinning out garden crops as soon as
the young plants are above the sur
face. If the knowledge of the proper
sowing of seeds was more widely
prevalent when the number of seeds
required to make plants only need be
sown, no thinning would be needed;
but so many persons SOW the seeds,
fearing that numbers will fail to grow,
and therefore, many more seeds are
used than is necessary. But some
times all these superfuous seeds grow,
in which case it is desirable that they
should be thinned out. Not only do
the vegetable plants grow larger un-
der these circumstances, but in many
cases they come earlier into use-
Meehan's Monthly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-02
EARLY Pasturing.

Old hay answers an excellent pur-
nose. even when the cows have an
abundance of green food on the pas
ture. 1t is highly rellshed by them,
and they should have full ration OF
It at night. During the season when
COWS are first turned OH grass they
should have salt, and should any of
them have the scours keep them In
the barnyard and feed hay, with a
mess of hot bran and corn meal sea-
soned, Green grass Is laxative, and
the cows must not be allowed too
much ut tho beginning Of the pasture
season.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-02
Fields Yielding No Profit.

What to do with q profitless field is
matter of consideration by all farm
ers who are so unfortunate as to have
such fields. The majority use these
lands as pastures, upon which they
turn the stock, but it will pay to aim
to grow green crops on the land to be
turned under. If this is done for two
or three years, and the land lined, it
will be found that such method will
restore fertility at small cost COM
pared with the increased value Of the
field.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-02
LIQUID NInnures.

How to save the liquids is a prob
lem on some farms. The proper mode
is to conduct the liquid manure to q
receptacle of some kind by having
cutters behind the stalls and then
using some kind of an absorbent ma
terial in order to absorb the liquids.
Mari is excellent for this purpose, but
q mixture of cut straw, OF cornstalks,
leaves, mari, dry earth, muck and
sawdust, or any Of the materials that
can be conveniently had will prevent
loss and keep the manure in excellent
condition. The liquids are more valu-
able than the solid portions Of the ma
nure.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-02
Potatoe, md Weeds.

EARLY potatoes should pay we'll, as
they are always in demand. A pota-
to field should be kept clean from the
time of planting to the harvesting of
the crop. Many potato fields were al
lowed to become so overrun with
weeds as to make the cost of harvest
ing more than all other labor given
during the season. Keep the weeds
down from the start, and the tubers
will be larger and the yield heavier.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-02
Down ON the Farm.

EARLY potatoes should pay well, as
they are always in demand. A potato
field should be kept clean from the
time Of planting to the harvesting q
the crop. Many potato fields are NJ
lowed to become so overrun with
weeds as to make the cost of harvest
Ing more than all other labor Gyr Z
during the season. Keep the weeds
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-02
Mulchine Currant Bushes.

After you have thoroughly worked
about the currant bushes in your home
garden this spring and given them the
necessary pruning, next give them a
heavy mulch of stable manure, thick
enough to keep the ground about
them always moist and to prevent the
growth Of weeds. You will see how
we'll this triAing labor will pay when
the fruit begins to ripen. Treat goose
berries in the same way.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-02
Seed Corn.

Some care given the seed corn LOW
so as to select good grains, will be
of advantage later on when the seed
is planted. If the seed was put away
after being perfectly dry it will no
doubt be in excellent condition, but
the recent severe cold weather may
have damaged corn that contains
moisture to any extent.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-02
ITO BE CONTINUda(f 8
Oh! Those Girls:

81 rather like Mr.. Johnson said
Miss Jones the other evening to her
bosom friend, Miss I.arKins.
81 DON'T" said Miss l.. "Why, he's
not q bit like men who come to see
me-" s
Well, that's nothing against him.
rejoined Miss ]. lThen the fat was
in the frey Z. T. p.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-05-02
Farming Drawbacks.

While the United States is great
country, nearly every portion of it
has it's drawbacks. The West offers
drouth and cyclones, assorted Sizes"
"Frost proof lands" are no longer ad-
vertised in Florida. California is
"short" on wate~ and "long" on cheap
labor. In many portions Of the South
"cheap" land and "dear" quinine are
offered in quantities to suit. The
Northern man who has been touched"
with malaria south of Mason and
Dixon's line is not very happy, and
pants to return to the frozen North.
In Dakota the wheat yield is all right,
but the extreme cold impairs vitality
and shortens your life lease.
The middle belt, running through
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey,
Ohio and Indiana, seems to answer
general farming purposes pretty we'll
and these great states are in no i'm
mediate danger of being depopulated.
Vast bodies of land can be bought in
this middle belt for from 50 to So per
acre near railroads, and the finest
markets in the world. In most places
in the South and West, with uncertain
markets, similar lands would cost
twice as much. After all is said the
place to farm is. where you can sell
your STUFF at living prices and get
your returns in hard cash instead of
promises and "swap."-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
Creameries Exempt from the Tax.
A loud protest has gone up against
that scheme to rob the farmers by sub
jecting the gross receipts of co-opera-
tive creameries to the income tax of 2
per cent. After having had the matter
explained to him in detail the collec-
tors reply is that "the income from
the butter belongs to the farmer, and
is something that the cooperative
creamery corporations have nothing to
do with.
OF course this is the only just solu-
ton Of the matter but it is easy to see
what an immense amount of annoy
ance an ignorant collector Of the in
come tax might have caused our
creameries but for our prompt expos
ure of the idiotic decision which has
just been reversed. Hon. G. w. Will
son, Acting Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue at Washington, takes
a more searching view, and says the
deductions allowable besides all ex-
penses include the actual cash value
at the factory of the cream at the time
the same was furnished" This value
Is, of course, what the creamery is
able to pay so it should be that no CO.
operative creamery or cheese factory
will Pay any income tax.-American
Agriculturist.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-09-14

Public Sentiment undoubtedly forced
the old Portland ring to abandon its
real candidate for Governor and Secret.
AIRY Of States. Public sentiment dem
anded better men. Public sentiment
forced the old ring to acquiesce In the
nomination of decent men and popular
men. 1t Is a fraud on the people that
when thus forced TO do thing which
they did not want to do. that they
should be rewarded with the offices.