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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-03
FOR SALE.
Forty words inserted under this head
one week for 20 cents. cash in advance

NOR SALE-In Falmouth, fifty acre farm.
IL 81 miles from Portland, at the head of
navigation on the Presumpscott river al
Staples Point bridge; can cut 60 tons of hay
per year; two story house, u rooms; elf,
barn and outbuildfngs; all connected, in first
class repair, $500. j. VIM. MERRILL
Falmouth, Maine. Box AGO. 1913
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-03

EOR sALE-21a story French rooted house
containing 10 rooms In first class repair.
heated by steam, with lot 10 So Situated
No. 76 Waterville street For further partic-
ulars inquire of A. G. LIBBY. 4215 Exchan ge
street. Pei
EOR SALE OR TO LET-The Homestead
water In Deering. Four acres Of laad with
good house On line of street cars; 10
minutes from Union station perfect drain
age; Sebago water. As fine location as
trere is in Deering. Apply to ANDREW
HALVES, Strcudwater dec27-tf
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03
Rice Is Good for Fowls.

Rice is said by those who have tried
II, to be the very best of food for fowls,
and that it possesses more fattening
qualities than corn. In the Carolinas
and the rice growing regions of the
south, rice meal or broken rice can be
purchased from one-fourth to one
half cent per pound, and is largely used
as q feed in those sections. Poultry
men within easy reach Of the southern
or gulf seaboard can thus get cheap
poultry food at small cost for freight.
Rice will never produce diarrhoea in
fowls or animals like some grains, but
will check it when produced by other
causes. With broken rice, Kaf1ir corn,
and wheat, we not only have a good
ration for chicks, but an ideal food for
brothers, Southern Fancier.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

Plan to make hog killing as easy a.
possible.
Don't waste time and effort trying to
grow crops not adapted to your soil or
climate.
When we reflect that large propor-
ton of milk is made up of water, we
see the Importance of furnishing tho
cows with pure water.
II. 8. Matteson says: "I do not be-
lieve that COW milks any easier for
having her teats wet, any more than
believe man can lift more when he
spits on his hands,"
What man has done man can do.
Many dairies have succeeded in getting
their herds up to an average of 800
pounds of butter per cow per year. All
should strive for it.
A fair estimate of hay for COW il
from Is to 20 pounds per day. A milch
COW will eat four or five pounds moro
than dry one, and a large COW will Of
course eat more than small one, under
similar conditions.
It is said that the color on the inside
Of the ear is an infallible guide in the
selection of good butter COW. If the
skin on the inside of the ear is of rich
yellow color, the COW is sure to give
good quantity Of milk that is rich in
butter.
The sofa bean has given great salts.
faction in the Ohio station. It is a
hardy, rapid grower, and gives a good
yield of very rich forage. The black is
the only variety that natures seed that
far north, but the green makes better
hay, as it holds its leaves better. For
hay, plant them with the grain drill; for
seed, plant and cultivate as corn.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03
DeS.fness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There !.
rnly one way to cure deafness, and that |.
ky constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infamed condition of the m u
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbline
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con.
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition
Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
cannot be cured by Halls CatIrrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03
Too Much Of . Good Thing.

Too Much of . Good Thing.
Glass on the south, east and west of
the poultryhouse is Of course necessary
to the health and COMFORT of the fowls.
One can err, however, on the side of
too much glass. 1t is = great mistake to
make poultryhouse after the pattern
of q greenhouse. It won't do at all, for
the change between day and night tenn
perature is far too much. The fowls
will become sick and unproductive. A
window for every six or eight running
feet on the south side with window on
both the east and west sides, will be all
the sash surface necessary. In cold
northern climates would advise the
use Of shutters or double windows or
both. These will keep out any amount
of cold and wind and pay for them
selves hundred times over.-W. p. Per-
kinS, in National Stockman.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03
REMARkABLE ENTERTAINING

Tho Host Furnished Everything for Hi
Guests.
A young woman has confided to Z
writer in the New York Times a some.
what atextraordinary account Of the man.
ner in which q wealthy and well-known
New Yorker treats those who are in
vited to the house parties at his suburb
an home. She was informed by note
from her hostess that a carriage would
call for her and her luggage at a certain
hour to take her to the ferry. where
Mr.. K would meet and take charge
Of her. At the ferry she found the en-
tire house party, including matrons
with their husbands, young men and
1naidens, assembled to be looked after
by Mr.. x. The valet checked their
luggage, and in each instance q round
trip ticket was returned with the
checks. At the house, in each room,
the writing-dcsk was supplied not only
with an ample stock Of 1etter-paper,
engraved with the estate name, but also
with a box filled with postage stamps
of various denominations, including
special-delivery ones. A long-distance
telephone, connecting with, among
other places, tie station telegraph Of
flee, made it possible to talk or wire all
over the country and quite impossible to
pay for the service. On the little guest
card in each room. which gave the
hours of meals and the schedule OF
mails and trains, was little notice:
"Visitors are kindly requested not to
fee the servants" Finally, to cap the
climax, on Sunday morning q maid
brought to the young woman's door,
on tray which was loaded with SIM
liar missives, small envelope which she
.profered with the simple message:
"For the church box" It contained
money for the offertory plate and one Of
these envelopes was left with each
rue6A
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03
GRANT AND WASHINGTON.

Two v7onder1ul Serials which "Tho Cen.
tury Magazine'' HISS Secured for 1897.
One of the best friends that Gen.
Grant ever had was Horace Porter.
Therefirstmeeting was at Chattanooga
in the autumn of 1863, and soon after
Gen. (then Captain) Porter became a
member of Grants stan and served with
him constantly until Lees surrender.
When Grant became president Horace
Porter was made his private secretary,
and until Gen. Grant breathed his last
at Mount McGregor the two men were
close friends. Nor did Gen. Porter's
love for his chief cease with his death,
for to him isdue the success of the move
ment to raise the half million of dollars
which the Grant monument in River
side park will cost. The Inauguration
of the tomb will take place next spring
on Grants birthday, and Gen. Porter
will be the orator of the occasion.
During these years of intimacy with
Grant Gen. Porter kept a diary, and in
his moments Of leisure he has arranged
his unique stories of anecdotes and
memoranda into series of twelve ar
ticles, entitled campaigning with
Grant," and The Century Magazine
has secured all rights in the series and
will print it during the coming year.
Since the famous Century War
Series," for which Gen. Grant himself
wrote four articles (the beginning of
his "Memoirs''), no magazine has had
such treat to lay before its readers.
Another great serial in The Cen
tury is a novel of the American Revo-
luton, written by the well-known Phil
adelphia physician, DR.. S. Wier Mitch
ell, whose literary reputation is as high
as his standing in his own profession.
The story is supposed to be the auto
biography of the hero, Hugh Wynne,
Free Quaker" who becomes an officer
on Gen. Washington's staff. Social life
in the capital, Philadelphia, is most in
terestingly depicted, and the characters
in the story include Washington,
Franklin and Lafayette. The readers of
"Hugh Wynne, the Free Quaker" will
obtain clearer idea of the Revolution
ary War than can be had from any
other single source. It is believed that
DIR. Mitchell has written "the great
American novel;" for which we have
been waiting SO many years.
These are only two of the features of
The Century for the coming year-the
magazine that leads the world OF Pc
riodical literature. Very few of our
readers will be without it in 1897. It
costs $4.oo a year, not too high price
for what The Century gives, but
many people are arranging to club
together in groups of four, paying
one dollar each, and securing the
reading of the magazine one week
in the month. The publishers advise
the making up of clubs early. Send
$500 to The Century Company, Union
square, New York, with the name of
the person to whom the magazine
is to be sent. If you begin your
subscription with the December (Christ-
mas) number, the publishers will send
you a copy of November free, in which
the two great serials begin.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03
Whom tho Heart Rests,

Nature takes the time when one is
dying down to give the heart rest, and
that organ consequently makes ten
strokes less minute than when one is
in an upright posture. Multiply that
by 60 minutes, and it is GOO strokes.
Therefore, in eight hours spent in lying
down the heart is saved nearly 5000
strokes, and, as the heart pumps six
ounces Of blood with each stroke it lifts
10000 ounces less of blood in q night Of
eight hours, spent in bed than when one
is in an upright position. As the blood;
flows so much more slowly through the
veins when one is lying down. one must
supply with extra covering the warmth
usually furnished by circulation.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03
FARM AND GARDEN,
THE HENS IN WINTER.
Klnd Of Trea tment Which Induces . Good
Egg 3upnly.

Klnd Of Treatment Which Induces . Good
Egg Supply.
In order to have good supply of eggs
during the winter it is essential to have
either early-hatched pullets that have
been kept growing and are reasonably
we'll matured or two-year-old hens that
moulted early, and are in good thrifty
condition when winter begins.
Then warm, dry quarters must be
provided. No matter how we'll fed the
fowls may be, they will not lay well un-
less they arc kept comfortable. The
quarters should be. roomy, so that when
closely confined, as will be necessary on
cold, stormy days, they will have plenty
Of room to exercise.
The Toosts should be on level, not
over three feet from the ground, and
arranged so that they can be taken
down To clean when necessary. When
1t can be done the nests should be in a
separate place, rather darker than the
rest OF Che house, SO that the laying
hens will not be disturbed by the others.
There should be room to feed them
away from under the roosts. Brood
boards should be provided on which the
soft food can be placed. Have the
quarters dry.
The hens must be regularly and well
fed If. they are kept in a good laying
condition. Gather up the scraps from
the table, the pairing and the leavings
Of the vegetables from the kitchen, put
them into a pot that should be kept in
the stove. Usually it will cook sufii-
GENTLY through the day and can be
warmed up while breakfast is being
cooked. If The quantity is not sufa-
cient add wheat, bran and milk to make
up good feed. Give it warm-not hot
for breakfast, and try to have it ready
Is soon as they fly down from the
-oosts. Atnoon give whole wheat, oats,
sorghum seed or something Of this
kind, changing often enough to make a
good variety.
At night give good feed OF whole
corn just before they 60 to roost. Wa
ter regularly and keep the drinking YES
sells clean.
With eggs to sell in winter the hens
will be found profitable.-St. Louis Re
public.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03
BuTCHERlN0 time,
Timely Hints Concerning the Killing ant
Dressing Of Hogs.

Timely Hints Concerning the Killing and
Dressing of Hogs.
Butchering time is near ut hand;
have plenty of dry wood up, kettles and
scalding tub ready, the old gun ready to
shoot, and the knives sharpened. Meat
killed in. moderately cool weather will
take salt better and keep sweeter than
that killed in severely cold weather.
Under latter conditions it is liable to
freeze or chill before the animal heat
and smell leaves the carcass.
Water heated with hot limestone
rock will clean hog better than water
heated in kettles. If you heat in ket-
ties, put shovelful of ashes in the
scalding tub; 1e0 degrees is scalding
heat, but water at ITS to $50 degrees
will do the work much quicker, but
with more danger of setting the hair.
The thermometer is the best test of tho
proper heat, but old butchers readily
test it by the feel Of the water on the
hands.
Shoot your hogs down before sticking
them, it is more humane and even if it
was not, . shot hog will bleed more
freely than one stuck alive. The proper
place to shoot is where lines drawn from
each eye to the opposite ear would cross.
Use small charge Of powder, or if you
use breech-loading gun, use short cart
ridges. AS soon as the hog drops stick
him. Roll him on his back, put the
point of your knife, which should not
be more than six inches long, right in
front of the breast bone, direct it toward
the root of the tail, thrust it in and with
draw it quickly to prevent shoulder
sticking from the struggles of the dying
animal. Scald the front end first, and
when the hog is clean hang it on the
gallows pole and scrape down. Use hot
water at first, and finish it up with a
bucket or two Of cold water.
Take the insides out of the hog just
as soon as you can after it is hung up.
Put your knife in at the hole made in
sticking and rip up through the breast
bone and ribs; this will allow any blood
that has settled in the lungs to run out
while you finish the job. Split down be-
tween the hams and cut around the
vent; pull and cut until you have the
bung gut loose for six inches. Tie a
string around it and push it back into
the carcass. Finish cutting down in
front, and put your left hand under the
intestines as they roll out; with the
right hand tear everything loose from
the back bone, using the knife with
care, SO as to avoid cutting the entrails.
Cut the gullet in front of the stomach,
and take the stomach out with the rest
of the entrails. Remove the liver, lungs
and heart after the rest is dcne. If tho
hog is not bloody inside, use no water
to clean it, but wipe it dry with q cloth.
Even if the inside of the hog is rather
bloody, it may be wiped clean with little
trouble; the meat will take salt better
if kept dry.-C.D D. Lyon, in Rural World.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03
IT amt changed any;
For the sky's still blue;
It's the same old country,
And-the house rents due!
Atlanta Constitution.

q. 1895, BY the editor and manager of the
Bhefneld, Ala, Standard, leaves no room TO
doubt that q successful treatment for the
cure of the liquor habit exists:
"DR. B. NJ. WooLLEY, Atlanta, Ga: Your
antidote for the liquor habit viii DO an you @
more than 20 years I find myself entirely re-
lieved of the accursed appetite through the
use of three bottles Of your medicine. 1t 1s
absolutely specific for the liquor maitland
leaves no bad affecta E. M RAGIAND"
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03
HOW TO CLEAN CARPETS AND
RUGS.

Shave four bars of Ivory soap (Which
contains no rosin), and put in a kettle
with one gallon of water. Let boil un'
til dissolved. Spread the carpets or
rugs on the floor. Add quart of tho
mixture to gallon of warm water. Dip
a flannel cloth in it, and 60 over the ar
ticle to be cleaned, being careful to rub
the soiled spots. Then rinse in clear
water, and let dry.
ELIZA r. PARKER.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03
To Cure Feather Pulling.

Feather pulling is vice that comes
from confinement and idleness; there is
no remedy, but it may be prevented in
n measure by so feeding the fowls that
they will be compelled to scratch. It
is contagious, to a degree if one or two
fowls become addicted they are apt to
teach the others. For this reason, pre-
yentive measures in the way of giving
the fowls something to do should be
adopted, but if any Of the hens acquire
the habit, the quicker they arc killed
and marketed the better, or soon the
whole flock will be at it, and this means
ruinatiou to all.-Rural World.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03
ROOST FOR TURKEYS.

A Cheaply-Made Open Shed That Serves
Rs q Protection.
Turkeys will always seek a high roost,
and they resort to the tree-limbs in
stinctively to escape danger from enc
mics that may reach them on the
ground. The limbs Of trees, however,
are not suitable roosting places, as the
turkeys are thus exposed to cold anil
driving storms, frequently their feet
becoming frozen to the limbs. An open
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03
SIMPLE HOUSE FRAME.

Mode of Construction Highly Useful for
Small Buildings.
There has been a wonderful change
in recent years in the manner of framing
buildings, reducing the size of timbers
used and doing much less cutting OF
mortices and lemons. But there are
still other changes in the direction of
simplicity that are not commonly
known. One of these is shown in the
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03
Tho Little Finer.

Adopts in palmistry assert that the!
length Of the fourth or little finger Is
the most important sign in the hand;
There is no man, they say,who rises toi
importance in any line Of life without.
4 long and straight little apRer. .:.s.--~--.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03
Fortune Seeking Emigrants.

Many poor family that seeks the west
ern wilds in the hope of winning fortune,
is preserved from that insidious foe of the
emigrant and frontiersman-chills and fe-
VERIFY Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. So
effectually does that incompatible medici-
nal defense fortify the system against the
combined influence of a malarious atmos-
phere and miasma tainted water. that pro-
tected by it the pioneer, the miner or the
counter the danger.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03

H1cKs-"The Bible says: whatsoever will
be chief among you, let him be your SER
vant.'" Wicks-s'It is evident from that
that our maid knows her place perfectly"-
Boston Transcript.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03

If YOU want to be cured Of cough use
Hsle's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03

In addition to being liars, all men are gos.
sips.-Atchison Globe.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03

''YoH KANT set down no fixed rule o.
conduct in dtsher life," said Uncle Eben
rot lis h'ah cut, an Absalom got inter
trouble ease he edidn't."-Washingto Star.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03

H1cKs-"Are you fond of children?"
Wicks-''Immo oderately. A house is so rest
full after the little dears have been put to
bed. ."-Boston Transcript.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03
SHED RoosT FOR TURKEYS.

Ehed, with roost as high as can be To-
Gated, as may be noticed in the illustra-
ton, will serve as protection, and
may be made either of boards or by ar
ranging cornstalks on stakes and poles
in some manner so as to accomplish the
purpose.-Farm and Fireside.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03
BUMPED and bent. Lame-back did It
Straight and sound. St. Jacobs Oil did 1t.

CLASSIFICATION WANTED.-"Sir," said the
gentleman with the distinguished air, "Fam
poet" ''Yes?" responded the gentleman
or magazine? e?n-Ipdianapolis journal.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life
Away.
II you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever. be made we'll, strong, magnetic,
full Of new life and vigor, take No!To-Bac,
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 4O0, ,0O0 cured. Buy No-To-Bac from
your own druggist, who will guarantee q
cure. Booklet and sample mailed free: Ad.
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03

GoLLEY-"Is there ballroom in this
hotel2" Gadser-"Yes, sir; downstairs to
the left; only we generally call it the bar In
this part Of the country. ."-Roxbury Gazette.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03

!uDaE-"What is the charge against this
prisoner?" Poiceman-"He stole a wheel,
your honor" Judge-"What make2"-Phil.
alelphia North American.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03

DID you ever hear descriptive piece OF
music that described anything!
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03
INEXPENSIVE HOUSE FRAME.
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INEXPENSIVE HOUSE FRAME.
accompanying sketch. which very near
1y explains itself. Instead of heavy
sill, two-inch plank is laid upon the
stone foundation, bedded into the ce-
ment. Upon this are laid the planks
that are to support the floor boards.
These are spiked to the uprights, which
are themselves spiked to the sill plank.
The same plan of spiking the frame can
be carried out in the upper portion Of
the building. In this way all the frame
is made of plank, and no mortising or
tenoning is required. This plan il
highly useful for small buildings, while
there are plans to use somewhat SINH
lar construction in the framing of barnA
American AsriculturisA .>,.'
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03

BLAcK, deep bruises cured by st. Jacob!
Oil. 1t wipes them out.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03

No MISTAKE. Thousands have been cured
promptly Of Neuralgia by St. Jacobs OIL
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03

Clean up and thoroughly oil the har.
ns.. after the work II finished up. :.
The Worthington advance., 1896-12-03

81 find the Pink Pills excellent for head
ache. They have cured my husband of
paralysis and feel as if we cannot do with
out them in our ia nily.
s'MRs. MORT SEELY."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-09-25
THE NEWS in IOWA
CORN INJURED BY FROST.

Estimated 20 Per Cent of the Crop is
Unmarketablc.
DIES MONIES, Sept. %. The corn
crop of Iowa has been seriously dam
aged by the recent frosts. Up to a
week ago it was confidently believed
the yield in the state would approx
innate 30ooo0,oo bushels which would
be even larger than the crop of a year
ago, which was record breaker,
Now it is doubtful if the crop Will
even come up to the average and 1t is
certain that close to twenty per cent
of the corn has been damaged by frost
to such an extent that it will not be
marketable. The damage has not
been confined TOT any particular locality
but extends throughout the state. 1t
is especially heavy in the northwest
part of the state, however. This is
the conclusion arrived at by Director
Sage, of the weather bureau, based
upon reports from all sections of the
state.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-09-25

This country has per capita circu-
lation of 50 in gold, S9.03 in silver and
$6.10 in paper; total, s24.1S This state
ment which is made on the authority
of the director of the mint, takes no
account of the larger circulation, in the
form CT bank credits and commercial
paper Adding our credit to our
money, we have the largest per capita
circulation Of any nation on the globe,
except England Do we want to con-
tract the circulation by means of the
destruction Of credit? Is not our credit
worth more to us, many times over,
than all our gold, silver and paper? The
free coiners seek (unwittingly, perhaps
to destroy our credit, the republican
party is striving to maintain il. Free
coinage at 16 to l means contraction,
whatever lis advocates may say or pc
lieye.