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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-28

pose in view, an that is to make the
beautiful plant bloom at Easter time.
This at flsrt was difficult matter, but
now sit ia accomplished with almost
olock-like precision.
Aside from this, there Is little trouble
in the work of growing lilies. The outer
portion of each bulb consists Of scales,
everything one upon the other. ThAss
scales represent layers, anda the basefc9
each of them is q Dud. Each bud repre-
sents a..plant. The Bermu' la Tanner saves
few Of his bulbs each year foa seed. as
the netrhern farmer saves POTATOES for the
same purpose. He pulfs OF the scales
and plants them in September, In shall.
low boxes of moist sand. From the bulbs
extend through the sand seeking for
moisture AS soon as the roots are
sufficiently formed the embryo plants are
set out.
By the following summer little bulb
let's are developed. These the farmer calls
his stock. 1t takes about g. 0Oo0 of them
to plant an acre. They keep on growing
through all the mild weather, and in the
following June are ready to be dug. An
ACRE of land ought to produce 1000 mar
ketable bulbs, with diameter Of from
four to seven inches. 1t takes four years
and sometimes longer, to produce the
great bulbs from nine to fourteen inches
In diameter, from which spring the tall
stalks crowded with many blossoms
The earliest bulbs are dug about the
middle of June, though they are not full
ly ripened until fully three or four
weeks later. The tubers must be picked
as soon as they are taken out of the
ground, because half an hour of glaring
sunshine would ruin them irretrievably.
No curing is necessary. They are mere
~ packed in sand, which seems to pre-
serve them better than any other materk
al.
THE WAY THEY ARE SHIPPED.
The grower has boards with four holes
of different sizes in them, and the bulbs
are sorted by being passed through these
holes. The lily fields are covered with
Pidatc val III AoAeho lIou low III
ches to two or three feet. The small ones
are the stalks Of the young bulbs; tho
tallest ones are sent to the United States
for the Easter trade.
They are packed in strong wooden
boxes strapped with iron each box ON
tanning perhaps 400 bulbs of ordinary
size. The bulbs which are dug in June
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-28
FIFTY CENTS,

The DAILY PRE- IS is sent to any
MONTH. It i deli vered by carriers
in Portland and vicinity atthe same
rate.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-28

son given by many Of the lily being the
flower pre-eminent at Easter time.
Where do all the lilies come fromp
1t is a puzzling question to many, for
it seams that they appear by the million
at Eastar and then fade away again, not
to be seen in great numbers until the
next Easter comes around.
Out in the Atlantic ocean $50 miles
due east of the North Carolina coast are
365 tiny islands. They are the Bsrmudas,
and from them comes 90 per cent. of the
Easter lilies used in this coup try. Soma
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-28
Cardinal Manning's Bump of Conscsenos

Although ascetio in his personal habits.
the late Cardinal Manning was far from
being austere, and among his intimate
friends he relished telling or hearing anus.
ing things. A story he never shrank from
telling was Of sculptor who had once at
tempted his bust In Rome During one
of the sittings, as he was discoursine on
chronology, Manning made him point ont
on the head he was modelling the supposed
seat Of various organs and qualities. Al
last Manning had asked him where was
the seat of conscience, upon which the
sculptor had stalked across the room, and
touching certain part of the sitter's
Uranium remarked, "That's where it
ought to be. "-Household Words.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-28

ferent name = scrofilla, kidney disease OF
liver complaint" But the name only tell.
where it settles 1t is really all one dis
ease BAD blood; and there Is only one
cure - Good blood
An abundance of good, rich, red, blood put
INTO the circulation, cures every one of these
complaints, consumption as well as the rest
if it hasn't gone too far. 1t is on this true
physiological princip1e-ful1y proven by ex.
perience-that DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery cures Consum eSsssS and ali othei
blood diseases It tones EyVl1e blood max.
ing organs to produce a fresh supply of
healthy, red blood this carries new tour.
ishment and life to the wasted lung tissue
or any other tissue that is affected II
drives out the poisonous disease germs
which clog the skin, liver or kidneys. 1t is
simply question of purifying and building
up where there is anything left to build on
the Golden Medical Discovery" will in.
fallibly build up and cure. 1t cures cases
which doctors declare incurable." That
word has lost its meaning since Doctor
Pierce's wonderful " Discovery"
The plain and hopeful truth about disease 1,
shown in the light of the best science of the
century in DR.. PieTces Common Sense Medical
Adviser It is volume of 1905 pages illustrated
1t also contains letters from many who have beer
rescued from consumption. This great book Il
fyee, II you send one-cert stamps to cover cos
of mailing only, to Worlds Dispeusary Medica
Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-28
LILIES OF EASTER.
Where the Millions Of Glorious Bios.
SONS Come From.
THEY ARE EASY TO CULTIVATE

Bermuda Controls the Trade of the United
States, to the Chagrin of Native Grow
ers-How the Flowers Are Packed and
Shipped.
"Considers5he lilies Of the field, how
they grow; they toll not, neither do they
spin, and yet say unto you that even
Solomon, in all his glory, was not ar
rayed like one of these.'
So, in the parable Christ spoke. In
the Now Testament it is ub full if there
is any other record where He made other
reference to any flower. Ihis is the rea-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-28
Not Contented.

Old Husband-I think ought to make
few changes in my will.
Young Wife-Don't worry about it,
darling. Leave everything to me.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-28
CURIOUS CASTERS.
How All the Nations Celebrate the
Great Day.
PIETY OF LATIN RACES AS SHOWN
NEW YORK.

The Russians Make Carnival of the Sea-
son, Go Calling and Exchange Eggs
Tho Sober-NJinded Italians.
New York, March 27-If one had the
power to be in several spots of this big
city at the same time some curious sights
could be seen OH Easter Sunday. Nearly
oil the nations of the world are collected
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-28
Sometimes whas
the last spark of liA
cae~,c a1t4,osf Arffu.

Sometimes WE&4
the last spark of liA
seems almost extin,
guished 1t is famed
into fame again by
prompt, vigorous 40
ton. It is a mistake
however, to put of
action too long 4; an
other mistake Is to
despair too easily,
Both these mistake:
are made in dealing
with disease, par
ticularly with con
sumption. 1t Is neg.
lected at first until
someone names it.
TIL en- tn e n a NJ q
strikes terror to the
mind f; the nature of
the disease is niisun'
d ers d: 1t is &
blood disease, set
tied in the lungs. If
it settled somewhere
else tn e doctors
would give il a DIFF
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-05-21
Lincoln and the HIRhwaymAn.

The following is story of Abraham
Lincoln which, if it is not true-as il
probably is not-is at least entitled to a
place i'll legendary literature: Lincoln
was once riding along a lonely road
when an i'll looking man, who held a
cooked revolver, suddenly faced him.
"What do you want, my friend?"
Lincoln asked
Il am going to shoot you, answered
the man.
"Well, said Lincoln, ST don't mind
being killed, but should like to know
your reasons.
Il once vowed" said the man, "that
If ever met a man homeler than am
l would shoot him" "
Lincoln looked critically at his assail-
ant for a minute, and then said:
We'll, if I am any homelier than You
are, thUn for PHYS sake shOOtP'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-05-21

When tempest is approaching "a
passing out ON the ocean. the tides are
noticeably higher than usual. as II the
water had been driven in n vast wave
before the storm The influence extends
to a great distance from the cyclonic
storm center, 80 that the possibility ex-
lists Of foretelling the approach Of dan
gerous hurricane by means Of indications
furnished by tide gauges situated fai
away from the place then occupied by
the whirling winds
The fact that the tidal wave outstrips
the advancing storm shows how extreme
ly sensitive the surface Of tho sea Is "a
the changes Of pressure brought to beal
upon it by the never resting atmosphere.
Youths Companion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-05-21

OK MONDAY of this week, the
ARDMoREITE commended the suf-
ferers in the Sherman cyclone ca
lamity to the charity of ArdmOre
people. On yesterday Harry Site
fel very generously proposed that
if we would draw up the heading
for a subscription paper he would
circulate it for contributions. This
was done, and the list published
elsewhere today shows the result.
The amount raised is small, but it
is given generously, and shows
that Sherman has our sympathy.
Had it not been that ArdmOre had
quite recently passed through a
disaster equal to that of Sherman
in the matter of property loss, and
from which oul people have not
yet recovered, several hundred dol
lars would have gone from here to
those unfortunates in Sherman
The ARDMoREITE on behalf OF
our people requests that the com
mittee on relief accept this dona-
tion not for its value but in the
spirit it is given resting assured
the deplorable condition with
which their people is afflicted finds
sympathy deep and genuine il
the healts of the citizens of Ard
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-05-21
Names OF the csntiPed.

The word centiped in the mouth oi
the old sailor, as Of the negro. becomes
'santipede' or 'santifee. but think Joe
Galbraith, "A Hibernian ranchman of
New Mexico. should be credited with
giving il the most remarkable twist
from its dictionary pronunciation. " said
the topographer in a surveying party
Joe caInped alongside US one night on
our way to Camp Grant As two of our
men in the morning were shaking q
blanket which had been spread next
the ground a centiped six inches long
ran out from the under side Of the
blanket mp the sleeve and face of one Of
the two men. The man S whislzers saved
his face from the nccdlelike feet. AMI he
brushed the reptile of to the ground
without sustaining injury. The cent?
ped was killed, and the party gathered
round to look at il, among them Joe,
eager to air his knowledge
Don't you know wiilt that isg' he
said wisely. It's Santa re. They saS
they're pizener'n hell New Yarl
Sun.
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10 counte.. nd : Rreuer.

A unique occupation for woman is
reported from Berlin. The proprietor Of
a large brewery there received u request
from d Russian lady to be shown the
interior arrangements Of the brewery.
After looking at various processes
through which the golden beverage has
to 60 the lady inquired for several de-
tails Of the pneumatic machinery in the
malthouse, which proved to the brewer.
to his great surprise, that she was per-
fectly familiar with every detail of the
entire complicated machinery. Upon in
quiry it was learned that the lady, a
Russian countess, had a large acreage
of barley growing ON her estate, and in
order TO increase her revenue from this
source she had built brewery, which she
managed all alone. She was interested
very much in the pneumatic mailing
apparatus because she could not get
skilled labor necessary for the produc-
tion Of malt on her Russian estates.
Tasting the product Of the Berlin brew
cry, she stated that her own beer was
not much inferior to the German prod
net When a few days later the brewer
received some samples of the lady's
Russian beer, he pronounced il excel
lent and not inferior in any respect to
the best Bohem nan or German beer.
This lady is believed TO be the only
woman brewer in Europa. -Philadel-
phia Record.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-05-21

A Runaway LoO-motivs Had Many sleep
ing Passengers In Tow.

A Runaway Locumotive Had Many Sleep
Ing Passengers In Tow.
Early one morning the engineer and
fireman Of the Santa Fe overland train,
bound east, when near Cajon pass. i'm
agined they saw something on the track
right ahead Thinking the train was
about to lie wrecked they both jumped
The engineer was rather badly hurt. but
when the fireman picked himself up ont
Of the dust he found that the engine had
made kindling wood of a wagon to
which two horses had been attached.
Their driver had seen the headlight Of
the engine and had jumped in time to
save himself. and the animals them
selves were cropping the dried grass
along the roadside, which showed that
they had not been greatly disturbed by
the accident.
But the train, with nobody at the en-
gine's throttle, was plunging away
through the darkness, the passengers
asleep in their berths, utterly uncon-
scious that they were being drawn by a
wild locomotive.
The fireman, who had been left be-
hind. thought he would try TO overtake
the flying train ON foot. Then he changed
his mind aud, jumping astride one Of
the horses, he set out after the runaway
train. He knew it must stop shortly, ns
it had TO climb a very steep grade, and
if the fire under the boilers was not kept
up the supply of steam would not fur
nish sufficient pressure TO keep the
wheels going around The vagrant train
/ did stop a mile and half from where
the accident occurred. There did not
seem to be any reason for an interrup-
tion of the journey just at that point,
aud so the conductor and brakeman hur-
| ried ahead with their lanterns TO ask the
engineer what had given out
When they found the cab empty, Of
course the trainhands were very much
mystifed. They asked each other a good
many questions, and were engaged in
looking up theories to account for the
strange disappearance Of the engine
crew when the fireman came looping
along ON the horse he had borrowed
After explanation had been made, hS
turned his horse toward this city and
brought the first tidings the railroad
people had Of the missing train. A hach
was sent out to the scene with another
engineer, and as soon as steam wal
raised the overland went ON over the
hill through Cajon pass. The same car
riage brought the injured engineer e
the city.-San Francisco Examiner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-05-21

This Complicated Time Keeping oddly In
w~naed by n RnM4iAn Pole
The prize wonder in the shape Of \
clock is the invention Of a Russian Pole
named Goldfadon- The inventor il n
eloclnakcr Of Warsaw and boasts that
ne worked over .. 900 days on this tiIno
keeping oddity. The clock represents n
railway station, with waiting gssoms for
travellers, telegraph and ticket Offices
and n very pretty and natural platform,
well lighted and having in it's center u
flower garden and a spouting fountain
There are also signal boxes, lights.
switches, water tanks-in fact. every
thing used in conjunction with n well
regulated railway station There Is a
dial in the center tower, which shows
time at New York. Picking. Warsaw and
London Every quarter Of an hour the
station begins to show signs Of life.
First all of the little figures Of telegraph
operators begin TO work their machines.
the head automAton going through the
form Of sending dispatch to the effect
that 1.-THE line is clear. Then the door
opens. and upon the platform appear
the station master and his assistants
Next long line Of little figures file up
to the miniature ticket Office.
After this the porters appear. carrying
luggage, the bell rings. and instantly a
miniature train dashes out Of tunnel
and halts before the platform Of the sta
tion house. While the train is waiting q
miniature figure tests the wheels and
Axles with n tiny hammer, another
pumps water into the tank OF the en-
gine. while . third busies himself stew
ing away small humps Of coal in the sill
yer plated tender. There is one signal
Of the bell. whereupon the door Of the
single coach opens. and the little figures
slide i'm ON an almost invisible wire,
the opening closing after them A sec
ond tap Of the bell is the signal for the
wheel tester. waterman and fuel carrier
TO retire into the station house.
After the third signal the whistle
/ gives two toots, and the train quickly
disappears in n tunnel opposite to the
one from which it emerged five minutes
before. When the train is out Of sight,
the station master and his assistants
/ leave the platform. the doors close be
hind them, and they all retire to the
/ other side Of the station house, where,
at the expiration Of 10 minutes. the
I train again appears, and the passenger
| file out and seat themselves in the build
ing preparatory to taking another triT
around the station house. st Louis
I Republic
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-05-21
loPsIpEp HENS.
How N Cape Elizabeth Man Produced
Breed OF NonzerntcherA-

How N Cape Elizabeth Man Produced
Breed OF Nonzeratehers-
Speaking Of hens reminds me Of n
worthy townsman OF ours, ]. Fairfield
Tuttle, who had a small patch Of straw
berries SO situated that only fence,
and poor one ut that. divided them
from a neigl,bOr's henyard. and these
same hens bothered our friend very
much by getting through the feEce and
scratching mp the strawberry plants
Our friend tried many ways to rid
himself Of them, but failed until one
day he saw his neighbor in the act Of
setting another hen.
Now, it's necessary for you to know
that the hens above mentioned were Ui
what is known Hs the Shanghai brecd
and had very long legs IL occurred t.
our friend Tuttle that he saw a way out
of the difficulty. so procuring hat =
dovav, Il. L.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-05-21
A HISTORICAL MYTH.
The Story of General JacksOn's Cotton BAls
BreastWOrks = Pleasing Fiction.

There are few Of the schOolboys Of
several generations preceding the pres
ent who do not remember being taught
that General Jackson won the battle Of
New Orleans by throwing up a breast
work of cotton bales and meeting the
British assault behind them
A dramatic account Of this was in all
the school histories and several others,
and the novelty Of the affair appealed
vividly to the imagination The cold
facts Of later history prove this all to
have been fiction. Henry Adams, in his
history of Madison S administration, de-
scribes the battle of New Orleans and
mentions no such feature. McMaster,
in his latest volume, refers to the story
i'll nute only to say that there We're tive
or three cotton bales used in one place,
and they were either set ON fire OF
knocked out at once.
Jackson's line of breastwOrks was OF
earth ilregularly thrown up and of vary
ing height along its length. The trained
sharpShooters of the west did great work
as marksmen behind it and so CALLED
the heavily laden British troops that they
had no alternative but to be shot or re-
treat before the American line.
The schoolbook story used to be that
the Americans lost six killed and seven
wounded McMaster places the figures
of killed and wounded at 20. The Brit
ish, it seems, were not all repulsed ac-
cording to the popular story. The right
line Of the American troops was drive
In, and the British left advanced mile
in the rear of jackson on the way t.
New Orleans.
He was really flanked by this success.
but the terrific slaughter he inflicted up
on the British in the center, involving
the death of the first and second generals
in command, completely dispirited them
and induced the return Of that wing Of
their army that was on the way to the
oity.-Boston Herald.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-05-21
Making Steady ProKreaa.

"Yes, sir, said the long haired board
er, Il am fully satisfied in my own
mind that woman should be vested with
all the privileges Of man. "
II don't see why she shouldn't be
vested" Clipped in the cheerful idiot
"She has been coated the same as man,
and if this bicycle business keeps ON she
will be trous''-
The dinner bell rang, and in the mad
rush ensuing the rest Of tbS cheerful
idiots spOech hit the empty air.-In-
dianapolis journal
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-05-21
a STOLEN SECRET.
Bow Minister Jewell Learned 60 MaAHa
Russia Ls@thsF.

GE@N1@Es
Jewell. like all men brought mp 20
learn a trade, and who afterward gained
promipence in affairs, made now and
then unconscious revelations of his early
training. During one Of the campaigns
In which he was engaged he found him
self at a country hotel where the table
was bounteous, but the rooms few and
small 1t was necessary in order that the
whole party might be housed for each
bed to be occupied by two persons The
governors roommate was a young poll
tician, who could not hide his surprise
when the governor just before retiring
rolled the sleeves of his night shirt even
as far up as his shoulders, and then
bathed his arms in cold water.
"You wonder why do this" said
the governor. "Well, couldn't sleep
unless did When was a youngster
learning the tanners trade, used
have my arms in the watts all day long,
and at night my skin would smart as
though had been stung by nettles.
could not bear to have any cloth touch
them. So got the habit Of rolling my
shirt sleeves as far as could. and thus
have slept ever since.
When Jewell was minister to Russia,
he played Yankee trick upon the Rus
slams, the benefits of which we are reap
ing even to this day in this country.
Like every other American tanner, he
had long wanted to know the secret Of
the process Of manufacturing Russian
leather. He had experimental with G
few dollars himself, only to learn that
the secret was not to be discovered
When at the court If st. Petersburg,
he professed great interest in Russian
industries and was shown through many
of the manufactures there. By and by
there came an opportunity to go through
u factory where Russia leather was man
ufactured Jewell was all smiles and
ccurtesies and seemed profoundly inter
ested III those things which really die
not interest him and wholly blind to th'
very things he went to that place t
see. But he was not so blind as they
thought. When he came out of that fac
tory, he had discovered, as he believed
the process, and he brought the discov
cry back to this country with him, 81
that by and by the United States began
to turn out a very good article Of leathe
resembling the Russian product. Phil
adelphia Press
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-05-21
COnklIng and Thurman.

Senator Roscoe Conkling was once
addressing the senate in an impassioned
manner and seemed to direct his re-
marks 20 Senator Thurman. At length
the latter got irritated.
docs the senator from New York, "
no roared, "ezpect me to answer him
every time he turns to me?''
For q moment Mr.. Conkling hesitat-
ed, and everybody expected terrific ex-
plosion. Then with an air Of exquisite
courtesy he replied:
"when speak of the law, 1 turn to
the senator from Ohio as the MusEulman
turns toward Mecca. / turn to him as ]
do to the English common law as the
worlds most copious fountain Of hu-
man Jurisprudence.
The usually decorUus senate broke in
10 n storm Of applause, and the Thur
Seye moistened a little. 1t is ever a
pleasure to be comphmented, but to be
complimented as a lawyer by Roscoe
Conkling-that was praise indeed. The
two statesmen were the best of friends
and greatly enjoyed each others society
when "off duty. Baltimore Ameri-
nan