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The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01
Growing Tomatoes by the Acre.

There are several ways Of growing to-
matoes, but plan which is liked by
many and especially when not more
than an acre is planted, is as follows,
says The New England Homestead;
After plowing the soil thoroughly and
then narrowing in half Or whole ton
of some good fertilizer, check off the
land five by five feet, and at each inter-
section of the furrows drive down a
stout stake Is inches in the soil, leaving
three feet above. In triangle about
this stake set three plants, 10 or Is inch
es from the stake. Before the plants
fall over encircle them and stake with a
broad strong band, drawing the plants
in just little. If the band is placed
about Is inches from the ground it will
be sufficient to hold up the fruit from
the ground, but if the vines grow very
large a second band may be put on later,
but one is usually enough. Each hill
should yield, at the very lowest, if the
land is good, a peck of tomatoes. At five
by five feet there will be 1,742 stakes or
hills, and with three plants to the hill
it will require 5, 1895 plants per acre. If
preferred, two plants may be set to the
stake, and the hills reduced to a dis
tance Of five by four feet, using 4,356
plants per acre.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01

| The liquor question is to be studied
anew by convention appointed by the
Sociological club of which Bishop Potter
is the head. The chairman of the COM
mittee is Seth Low, and among it's num-
Der are President Eliot of Harvard uni
yersity, President Gilman of Johns Hop
klns university and Prof. E. r. L. Gould
of the university of Chicago. The mem
bers of the convention have agreed to
divest themselves of all preconceived
theories and prejudices, SO far as possible,
and go into the subject as if it were an
entirely new one. For convenience
the subject has been divided in
to four parts, which are medi-
cal, economical, ethical and legislative.
Money has been raised for putting special
lists at work on these different lines
When their Investigations are completed
they will report to the full committee of
| fifty, which will carefully scrutinize the
reports. The results of the Investigations
will be published finally, but probably
| nothing will be given to the public for at
| least two or three years yet Expert ply
sicians are at work experimenting as to
the effects of liquor on the human system
and on the lower animals. The specialists
to make study of the economic and
ethical aspects of the liquor traffic have
not been named yet, but will be later.
The Rev. Fred H. Wines, for many years
secretary of the Illinois state board of
charities is devoting his time to study
of attempts at regulation Or suppression
of the traffic by legislation. For that
purpose he has spent much time in Iowa
and Missouri. He will go to Ohio within
few days and will continue the same
| work there. Mr.. Koren, in the east, has
been making similar study of the work
| ing of prohibition in Maine He will
later go to South Carolina tc report on
the operation of the dispensary system
there
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01
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CRIMSON CLOVER.

Professor voorhees, of the New Jersey Sta
tion Tells What He Knows About 1t.
There has been very rapid increase
in the area of crimson clover grown in
New Jersey in the past two years. From
the best data available it is estimated
that at least l2.00o acres were seeded
during the summer and fall Of 1884.
Owing to the very unfavorable weather
during July and August->hot and dry
full stand was not secured in all cases.
Recent observations, however, show that,
notwithstanding this, very largely in
creased crop will be harvested this year,
having successfully withstood the severe
winter
Crimson clover is rapid grower.
When seeded in July and August, it
makes an excellent fall pasture, and ma
lures in the spring about one month
earlier than the common red clover. 1t
probably does not contain more Of the
manurial elements than the red clover
| for the same sized crop, grown under
the same conditions. 1t will produce
more seed than the common or ''Mam-
luOuu ClOf6I, Sluc0 Gu0 uoduS anu S6ouS
are larger and it is capable Of being fer
tilted by the honey bee, thus usually
insuring full seed crop. A seed crop
will range from five to ten bushels per
acre, though probably the average ID
nearer six to seven bushels.
While we have had reports Of success
full spring seeding where poor catches Of
other grasses have been secured, it is my
opinion that for New Jersey, at least,
spring seeding is not likely to prove as
successful as with red clover, inasmuch
as it makes but small growth after the
hot season begins. Seven experiments
upon spring seeding in this state last
year were all failures, both when seeded
in raw ground and with oats. These ex-
periments, however, are not conclusive,
inasmuch as the past season was very
unfavorable.
The foregoing was written for the
New England Homestead. Rural New
Yorker, an earnest advocate for crimson
clover, says: Don't sow crimson clover
in the spring, but give it trial in the
| fall
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The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01

Mckinley received the formal endorse
ment of the Ohio Republican state con-
vention for the next Republican candi-
date for President Foraker got every
thing else including the candidate for
governor and control of the party machin-
cry, and that too in spite of the opposi-
tion of Mr.. McKinley's nearest political
friends. Evidently there won't be any ac-
tive fighting of Foraker before late next
summer For the present his opponents
are practically under bonds to him to keeI
the peace
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01

The details of the wreck of the Pacific
Mail steamship Colima are still meagre,
but such as are at hand show that in
some of its features the disaster was a
very shocking one Panic ensued imme-
diately on the striking Of the ship, and
thenceforth it was every one for himself
The crew stru ggled with the passengers
for precedence when the boats were
lowered, and in the mad fight women and
children were pushed overheard. There
is little reason to believe that more than
very small per cent of the passengers
escaped
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01

Colorado is a state generally supposed
to be thoroughly saturated with the free
coinage idea, but the Republican League
convention has just voted down resolu-
tion declaring that the Republicans of
Colorado would vote for no candidate for
President who was not pledged tc the free
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to l..
The Kansas Democratic State convention
has refused to issue a free coinage ad-
dress, and the Texas Democratic conven-
tion has voted that a convention at this
time to commit the party to free silver
would be premature. These are all hope
full signs of desire to at least consider
the money question further before
committing either party to definite
financial programme.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01

Ex-Secretary Whitney who has just re-
turned from tour abroad expresses the
opinion that bimetalisln is rapidly gain
ing in Europe In England he thinks the
current is setting more strongly in that
direction than in the United States even.
The students of political economy, he
says, favor it. The boards Of trade in the
large manufacturing centers like Birn-
ingham and Sheffield have taken firm
stand in favor of bimetalic standard.
Even among the conservative statesmen
may be found its champions, notably
among whom is A. j. Balfour In fact
the only opposition to bimetalsm in
Great Britain proceeds from the same
source that it does in tnis country, from
the men who stand in the same relation
TO trade as do the men in Wall street
The other countries of Europe are looking
to Engl~nd to take the initi>tive in this
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY. JUNE 1.

At Chauncy Depew's dinner Mr..
Thomas c. Platt was very much in evil
dence, as the phrase goes The claim OF
the New York Tribune that he was politi-
cally dead, that he had ceased to have any
influence in the party, that he, is moth
ing but a renliniscence and much more
of the same kind was very badly discred-
tied by the attention and Difference, even,
paid him at this dinner. Evidently Platt
is still very much alive.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

Johann HOff has suit pending against
Tarrant e. Co., to enJoin them from using the
words "HOff's Malt Extracr' for ;lM Extract
bottled i'm their cellar in New York City.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01

The report published few days ago
that the President was thinking of call
ing an extra session of Congress in Oc-
tober rests on no very substantial basis,
anG is rather opposed to what the Presi-
deno is understood to have been saying on
the subject. The probability is that the
President is anxious to avoid an extra
session if possible, yet at the same
time the failure of the Wilson
tariff to furnish the revenue
needed probably suggests to his mind
that a growing deficiency may compel
the carry calling together of Congress.
Ii Congress could be relied upon to pass
some bill for increasing the revenue soon
after it met in December, probably there
would be no necessity of calling it togeth.
er earlier. But a good deal of time is al
ways consumed in organization, and it is
well into January before Congress gets
settled down to work, so that the govern
ment can hardly hope to get any ad.
ditional revenue, even if Congress can
agree upon q. measure, until spring.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01

matter, and they believe that within two
years at the most England will be calling
for an international monetary conference,
if not for an international agreement for
the establishment of bimetalic standard
of money!
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01

Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty, the White
House at Washington, the Great Brooklyn
Bridge, Mirror Lake yosemite Valley, Ell
Captain yosemite Valley, Waterfall and
Cave (New Zealand Jordan River, Murchi-
son Waterfall Upper Nile), Pilot Knob
Qron Mountain, Missouri), United States
Signal Service pixies Peak, Colorado),
Giants Gap (American River Canon, Col
orado), Scene in Tropical Florida, Falls of
the Rhine, the Matterhorn Mountain
(Switzerland), Scenes in and near the City
of Peking (China), Island of Juan Fernan-
dez, State Capitols, State Seals, ETC., etc.
All the Large Cities of the World, the
Important Towns and Most of the Villages
of the United States are Given on the
Maps.
1t gives Classified List of ALI Nations,
With Forms of Government, Geographical
Location, Size and Population.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01
It's Special Features Relating to the United
States Are:

Popular Electoral Votes for 1884 1888 1892
Silver
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StoreOf Office oo-room
of
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The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01

II special information regarding any Ma
ton, Province, State, City, Town or Village
Is desired, the knowledge is rarely obtain
able from school geography, which nec-
essarily has only few generalfacts and the
location of important cities.
Railroad maps are notoriously incorrect
and misleading, hence the puzzled truth
seeker where large libraries are inacces-
sible, is without relief unless he is the
happy owner of a knowledge-satisfying,
pleasure-giving Peoples Atlas.
All Countries on the Face of the Earth
are Shown.
Rivers and Lakes are Accurately Located.
Among the illustrations are the follow
ing: The Masonic Temple at Chicago tall
est building in the world), the Auditorium
Building at Chicago Zone of the largest
buildings in the world), the Woman's Tenn
pie (the handsomest building in Chicago,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-19
PLAYERS AVERAGES.
How Our Pets sized Up in the First
Seasons PLAY.

The official earnings of the first sea-
son of the State leauge have just been
issued by President Hanlon. They
show that the Carbondale players. even
at that early stage of the game, were
very much UP to the mark
Hess and Massey practically lead the
lsague batsren. the former having
Il hits in the "a games played and the
latter 81 hits. Hess has an average of
467 and Massey 42l. Tlghe. of Potts
VILE, has the credit of leading the bat
ting. but he only played II games.
Milligan, who ranks third. only partici-
pated in 80. Statz is No. 10 in the
leagues batsmen. with 346 per cent.
john Moran is oath, with an average of
c27; McQuaid 2Sth, with BIG: Westlake
3Oth. with 80: Wetzel 4Sth, with 26S
Sales 5Oth, with 262: Mclaughlin 59th,
with 200. and Tom Flanagan next to
last with Us.
McLaughlin ranks second in fielding
among the pitchers. with 912 per cent.
and Flanagan is again next to last
with DOG. Hess is third among the
catchers, with 96l. only those who
played more than ten games are in
cluded in these averages, hence Patch
ems name does not appear.
Massey Is an easy second among the
leagues first basemen. with a fielding
average of 979. Eddie Sales is fifth in
the hist of second basemen, with 904.
WetZel Is eighth in the shortStops.
with 729. George Westlake occupies the
proud position Of leader among the
third basemen of the league, with the
average of 923.
Staltz is a close second in the out
fielding averages. with 957. He Is prac-
tically first, as Smith, who leads him,
only participated in 90 games, while
George cavorted in 80. John Moran is
fourth, with $40, and Mart McQuaid
ninth, with 91O.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-19
HIGHLAND PARK.

Miss Marion Smith Is visiting friends
| In BinghamtOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Townsend and
| children, Edna and Howard, are visit
ing at Syracuse.
Miss Esther Saunders, of Hyde Park,
Is visiting Mrs. Rydstrom.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Terwilliger and
son. Robert. spent Sunday at Elmhurst.
Those who attended the excursion to
Pleasant Beach were Martin Carmody
and Miss Edna Reinhart, Miss Carrie
Kelly and Miss Andrewson.
Miss Andre wson, of Harrisburg, Is
visiting Miss Carrie Kelly.
Miss Hattie Hunter. who has been
visiting her mother. has returned to
her home In Scranton.
Miss Agnes Stone. who has been WIS.,
iting Mrs. c. T.. Sylrius, has returned
home.
Mrs. Hunter Is entertaining her two
daughters. of Newburg.
Master Earl Sylrius recently gave a
birthday party. Those present were:
Misses Thomas. Ruthie Woodward,
Helen Atom, Masters Tommie Lynch,
Robert Terwillger, Harry Smith and
Walter Thomas,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-19
MOOSiC.

G. s. Snyder. Charles Edsall and II
G. Ellis witnessed the ball game at
Olyphant on Saturday
John Hessler, of Wilkes-Barre, spent
| Sunday at the home of his mother
Mrs. Hessler.
Charles Mcmillan, OF Avoca. spent
| Sunday at the home of John M JCrindle,
on Main street.
Mrs. w. X. Manners. of Main street.
was visiting I'm Scranton on Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Jacques were
visiting In the Electric City on Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hessler. OF Green
| Ridge, were visiting In town on Sun
day.
Thomas Law and wife, OF Archibald,
spent Sunday at the home of John NJ.
Robertson on Main street.
Herbert Copp. of Minooka avenue. h
confined to the house by an attack of
sickness.
Miss Carrie BrOdhead Is visiting in
Mill City among friends
Harry Cosner has returned from Mil,
city. where he has been visiting among
friends.
Mrs. Sylvester Corbv is visiting
among friends In Mill City.
The score was 8 to 4, favor of the An
thracites. at Olyphant Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Garbeck and
Charles Lau spent Sunday at the hone
OF John Robertson.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-19
EMPIRE DRY GOODS CO.,
$40 LACKAWANNA AVE.

The stork we purchased at the eIer n 8 Sale
.. HazletOn, Pa. our Sales, since Opening,
proved more satisfactory than we Thought
Tn. crowd on Monday was enoi mousiy large,
and carried away the Barasins and tho stock
which In left we'll dispose OF ut your owl,
prices. Gale all week at the following prices
case Dress ainghams. gross price. cents.
Our Price, 81 Cents
case Of Unbleached brown Cotton, a..
he,vy, for sheet!ng only. cross price.
cents, Our Price. Az Cents
I case checked Crash. all linen. gross price.
locsnss. Our Price, Ccnto
case Heached Towels. by ths pair,
fiinged, gross price, ~ cents,
Our Price. 10 Cents
rase "a Bleached Mohawk Muslin. gross
price, :5 cents, Our Price, ran Cents
great sale for the mo of every hous hold.
cas-. Of Turkey Ped Covers sizes sxi and
l0x4. gross prt 51.0l and St50.
Our Priee, SOC. and ESQ.
Fast turkey Red.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-19
oLvPAANr.

The death Of Joseph Powell occurred
at an early hour Saturday morning.
The deceased had been Ill for some
time. and his death was looked for
by his friends. He was fireman at
JOhnsOn's colliery and was popular
among his fellow-men. Besides his
parents and five sisters. he Is survived
by wife and one child. The funeral
will occur tomorrow afternoon and will
be attended by the Johnson fund. OF
which the deceased was a member.
lnterment will be made In the Mon
cemetery.
An interesting debate will take place
Tuesday night at the Father Mathew
Opera house between two prominent
societies, the Loyal Knights of America
and the Catholic Young Mems Total
Abstinence and Benevolent society. The
former will take the affirmative side
and will be represented by w. Priest.
s. ]. Matthews. +. j. Thomas and ID.
Jones. The negative will be handled by
A. F.. :Mc'Nulty, r. j. McConnic. s. j.
Evans and James O'Malley. After the
debate the following short programme
will be rendered.: Address, chairman;
piano selection. Miss Ann LOTUS; song.
Enoch Thomas; selection, Congrega-
tional Glee club.
Inc business men Will play tHe AuOH-
Is club Tuesday and the Sports Thurs
day.
Belinda Hughes. of Scranton. visited
friends here yesterday.
Mrs. John MdI.oughlm and two chill
dren are visiting in Providence.
Mrs. James Cummings left on Satur-
day for Lake Ariel to spend two weeks.
Miss Minnie Mason is on ten days
vacation at New York CITY,,
Miss Jennie Voy,e has returned from
her vacation at Honesdale.
Mrs. William Kennedy and daughter.
of Green Ridge, spent yesterday at this
place.
L. f. O'Malley and NJ. F. O'Boyle
spent yesterday at Carbondale.
MIR. and Mrs. T. W. Watkins were
rendered pleasant surprise party by
a number of their friends at their resi-.
dence on the West Side Friday even
ing. The evening was pleasantly
spent In games and dancing. Refresh
ments were served at midnight, after
which the guests departed to their
homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. John .Smoulter and two
daughters. of Wi!kes-Barre, were the
guests Of Rev. j. M. Smoulter. of this
place, yesterday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-19
SarsapariIIa
Does
DT.f.b Smith, HE Moq|eIc PhySiCI0D

DR.. Smith and staff still continue TO
make the most wonderful cures by the use
of magnetism. People from all parts of
the country have come to those doctors
with all sorts Of chronic diseases and have
been cured after being given up by other
physicians. 1f your complaint Is curabls
they can cure you; II not they will tell
you SO. Many poor sufferer who had
been living In despair and hopelessness for
months, have been restored to good health
and happiness by receiving magnetic
treatments from Dr. Smith and s,afr. IL
you are suffering with any kind of com
plant go and consult with these doctors
1t costs you nothing and may be your sal
vaton. IL you are a sufferer from some
old. chronic complaint that you have benn
dOctoring for months or years without rc.
tef. now IL your chance to get cured
Ovarian aad fibroid tumors. epilepsy. hys.
terra, female weakness, constipation
piles, dyspepsia, structure, !mpotency. mei'
ancholy. fstula. and hundreds of oiber
complaints have been cured by magnet.
ism. DO not be skept,cal and hang b,cl
but go at once to EOS LINDEN street onnn'
site the court house. Consultation frec
from to daily except Sundays. T,,cr-
days and Fridays from a. m. to D. m.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-19
AN INTERESTING CANVASS.
From Pearson's Weekly.

From Pearson's Weekly.
Two men who had been sitting together
in the seat near the door of railway car
became engaged in an animated cOntrO-
versy, and their loud voices attracted the
attention of all the other passengers.
Suddenly one of them rose and said:
Ladies and gentlemen, ! appeal to you
to decide disputed point. My friend here
insists that not more than three persons
out of five believe they have souls. l take
a more cheerful view of humanity than
that. win all Of you who believe you have
souls raise your right hand?'
Every hand IN the car went up.
THANK you," he said, with a smile.
Keep them up just moment. Now, will
all Of you who believe In hereafter please
raise your left hand also?'
Every hand in the car went up.
THANK you again." he said. Now.
while all of you have your hands raised"
he continued, drawing a pair Of revovlers
and leveling them, my friend here will
go down the aisle and relieve you of what
ever valuables you may happen to have.
Lively now, JIM"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-19
HAwCEV.

Mrs. A. r. Speers and daughter. Miss
Gertrude. Miss Lauretta Thompson and
Master Earnest Carter of Brooklyn. N.
Y. who were the guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. s. 8. Speers. for the past two
weeks. returned home on Saturday.
T. G. Kennard, spent Friday and Sat
urday In Scranton. and was the guest
of Frederick c. Hand.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Brink. OF Dun.
more. called on friends here Saturday.
r. Davis. of Dunmore. called on
friends here Saturday.
F.. w. Bishop, the popular station
agent OF Georgetown. Pa. was In town
for short time on Saturday.
w. d. Decker. OF Dunmore, was a
caller In town last Saturday.
Miss May Jones. Of Ashley, Is the
guest OF Miss Hattie 3. Speers.
The very cheapest rates have been
procured for the Odd Fellows excur-
sion to New York city Aug. %. via
rail to Na.'burg and steamer on the