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The herald., 1897-04-23
Thinning Fruit

The Missouri State Horticultural soci-
ETY. has issued a circular to the fruit
growers Of that state on this important
subject, which contains the following
recommendations:
First--No tree should have more fruit
on 1t than it can hold up we'll and mature
to perfection; that Is to say, that the
trees should not be so loaded as to re-
qulre their being propped. or so much
that the branches bend very severely.
This checks the growth of the fruit to
such an extent as to injure the quality
Second-Every time a tree has too
much fruit it weakens it's vitality to
such an extent as to require two or three
years to recover, or so checks it's growth
that it begins to decline and is perma-
nently injured
Third-In the production of an over
crop 1t costs the tree more to ripen the
seeds than to make the fruit.
Fourth--If from a tree heavily loaded
there is taken one-half or even three
fourths of the fruit there will be more
bushels of fruit than there would be
If all were left on the tree.
Filthy this practice there will be
less poor fruit upon the market and the
good will bring better prices and give In
finitely better satisfaction.
Sixth-Thinning makes the fruit of
much better quality, makes 1t keep lon
ger and produces finer. handsomer, more
attractive and much more desirable and
salable fruit
Seventh-Wher orchardists shall look
upon thinning as important as cultiva-
tion, pruning. care and attention they
will succeed in supplying our markets
with perfect fruit and of the very best
quality. and thus increase the demand,
enhance the value and give vastly more
satisfaction to both the producer and
consumer.
The herald., 1897-04-23
Urban and Suburban Life

Many a man Is rich and doesn't know
1t, or at least does not appreciate it.
II a man who own a farm upon which
he can make living and who has a
good wife and family is not happy he
would not be were he in business in a
city, where the chances for success are
not so great and where the sanitary
conditions are never so good as they
are in the country
"A resident in the city must Of necessity
either make more or live on less than
tho man who resides in the country.
Food and clothing may be purchased
~ cheaply in the city, of course, but
the farmer may raise many necessities,
while the resident of the city must buy
everything. He must pay exorbitant
rents, or II he buys land the high price
laid and the taxes will nearly equal
rates Of rental; he must buy the water
he drinks. the wood he burns; he must
even pay garbage man for removing
the ashes; he must buy fruit, vegeta-
bles and meat at double the price the
farmer receives for it; he must buy
high-priced clothing in order to keep
mp with the times; he secures little sun
shine. less fresh air and lives under a
nervous pressure that early breaks
down the system and undermines the
health.
The farmer, on the other hand, Is
likely to at least have health, fresh air,
sunshine. good, wholesome food and an
appetite, and will live longer.
The herald., 1897-04-23
Prof.. osntry's Famous Dog AMI Pony Show

FTuS' OeHe'J "S DoB a"' 'o"y o"0"
Prof Gentry and his one hundred or more
dogs and ponies will open weeks engage
ment under canvas at Grand avenue and
Tenth street. next Monday, with Wednes-
day. Thursday and Saturday matinee.
Prof. Gentrys show is well known in this
city, and nearly every child is familiar
with the performance given by his talented
animals. There are over one hundred in
the company this year. and all take an
active part in the performance. which is
said to be even better than before. Prof.
Gentrys show is q great treat for the
ladies and children. and will no doubt be
sion is: Children, 15 cents: adults, 25 cents.
The herald., 1897-04-23
SANTA BARBARA

SANTA BARBARA, April 22.--(Regu-
lar Correspondence The Ventura and
Santa Barbara Presbytery II in session
today ct the Presbyterian church In this
The herald., 1897-04-23
Drink Mailer & Zobelein's
rev book beer. Now on sale.

visitors, see the Wiltshire boulevard, 120
feet wide;; 30-foot parked sidewalks; lawns
shaded with palms and magnolias; con-
meets Westlake and Sunset parks.
The herald., 1897-04-23
Imuroved 1ourI,t Sleeping Cars

Run every day on the Santa Fe route
to Kansas City and Chicago; on Wednes
days to Boston. Only three nights to
Chicago. Ticket ONCE, 200 Spring street.
The herald., 1897-04-23
Little Landmarks


It often pays to work less and think
more.
A gallon of milk weighs about II
pounds.
Save the best poultry and sell the
poorest.
Never allow chickens to roost in a
draught.
A merciful man is merciful even to
his mules.
Cows will lose flesh IL they are not
provided with salt.
The hardest thing for a farmer to
raise Is u mortgage.
NO poultry-brooding pen should con-
tain more than fifty chicks.
Don't feed poultry too often, nor too
long with any one kind of food.
Larger and better fruit can be secured
by careful and judicious thinning.
Many farmer takes better care Of
his pet horse than he does Of his wife.
Don't work the boy too hard because
he is your boy instead Of hired hand.
The worlds wheat crop for 1896 was,
according to statistics, 2. 42s, ,Sss, 900 bush
els.
When fowls are kept Ia small pen. or
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-21
MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Brandreth's Pills

The difference these bills and all other medicines is
told in thefollowing statement OF facts:
active demand markets OF the world since
10 nearly hundred and thirty
They purely vegetable and made the purest and highest
class drugs obtalnabe.
for oehouse alter being made and
pills sold until they YEARS Old lhs allows them
thoroughly meowd and makes OF them the very best
and safest cathac medicine that possible 10 procure
SYSTEM that is the dose
produce the effect This uhfuy be said
of other medicine There others who claim It, but
demonstrations show it to only OF BRANpRETHs PILLS
9Th They produce gripping pain unless the stomach in
condition and then the doses large one In doses OF
pills they other
pill heavy will relieve distress Immediately
onhrd ofthe best extract of
be made tits concentrated and makes OF these
pills the best blood purifiers get one accent box
tanning of the active dpuying principle OF aaparila
than dollars worth of liquid preparation the market
taken night will rheumatism in almost
9TH They constipation and for all
ills that follow wakeuch dyspepsia dizziness
breath headache pain the stomach
Take pills nighone usually enoughand
be certain that cure will follow
After have taken them
nights your skin will wholesome heathfu color
eye brilliant and salowness and pmpes will disappear
nth BRANDRETH PILLS always in better health
taking dohey the safest medicine to give children and
in delicate health One pill is usually sufficient
with infinite BRANDRETHs PILLS
they boxed to be Sold
i3 sudden and sickness when the dose should be from
pills. the best results obtained by taking
pills night for They act the liver and leave
perfectly healthy and when liver is right
your pure you well Don't bully liver with
powerful medicine, but with BRANDRETHs PILLS
PILLS sold throughout the world with and without
sugar coating. They fail to do their work.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-21
The Old Question.
New York Times

Whenever the question of marriage with
deceased wife's sister has come up,
oynics have always expressed amazement
that any man should demand this priyi-
lege, while all serious-minded persons
English Bishops excepted have been
equally surprised that the demand should
ever be denied. The controversy is one
which, in America, has hitherto inter-
ested few besides the professional humor-
lists, but the Lutherans of Michigan are
now much exercised over it, and such
differences OF opinion have arisen that
shotguns have been substituted for argti-
ment as a means of restoring harm ony
The change would seem to be wise, even
if it isn't very commendable. If man
thinks he wants to marry his deceased
wiie's sister, shooting him is probably the
only alternative to letting him do it,
Those whose conscience will not permit
tho latter must of necessity take to guns
if they want to be consistent and success
ful
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-21

The days are filled with tennis tourna-
ments. The air is charged with "chop
strokes" "volleys' and points, -
"deuce" and "love.' Women have never
taken more prominent part in tennis
| than this year. 1t has been an especially
brilliant season for them. And they
have become opponents worthy of any
foeman's racquet. Between games the
women idly swing their racquets and dis
cuss the new ideas for an improved style
of dress for athletics.
The old United States Gazette has, in its
yelewed pages, London letter of date
Feb. l, 1890. In the quaint type of the
day, with f's for SIS, the account of q
prospective tennis tournament is given as
follows:
London, Feb I.
Madame Mason, the Celebrated Ten
mis- player lately arrived from Paris, has
had audience of his royal highness the
Duke of York This gallant OF the Rae
quet, it seems, challenges to play with
any person in Europe for 200 guineas.
The royal Duke is to have the honor of
first entering the lists with her. She
plays in her female attire. a la Grecque,
with short petticoat and drawers. y
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-21
Carlsbad.

This season of the year is the
most suitable for the use of the
well-known Carlsbad Sprudel Salt.
Since five centuries it has been
acknowledged by the medical
faculty to be the best and most
effective mineral salt for all
ailments of the liver, catarrhal
affections of the stomach, bile,
bile pigment, gallstones, tenn
porary and habitual constipation,
&c.
Millions of people all over the
world have been cured by the use
of this celebrated spring, and it
deserves to be made known to all
suffering from above and kindred
diseases who have not heard of it
or used it before. 1t acts mildly
without pain, and regulates the
secretions of the stomach. The
genuine imported Carlsbad Spru-
del Salt has the signature of
Eisner & MendelsoE Co., sole
agents for the United States, on
the neck of every bottle.
Office, I52-I54 Franklin ST..
New York.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-21

Diving operations at q great deptn nave
proved successful off Cape Finisterre, all
the silver bars from the steamer Skyro,
which sank in 80 fathoms in 1891, hay-
ing been brought to the surface. The
working depth for the divers WAS never
less than Ill feet and was often more.
Dynamite was used to blow away the
deck. The value Of the silver was $40, 0O0
The only United States dry dock now
available for the largest battleships of
theJ.White Squadron is that at Puget
Sound, on the extreme northwestern
boundary, which is the largest in the
Western Hemisphere. 1t is $50 feet long
and over 80 feet wide at the gate, with
depth over the sill of 80 feet. Ships OF
IL, 900 tons can be locked in 1T.
London is in a continual state OF vlbra-
tion. To demonstrate this a mirror was
recently suspended by fine thread, so as
to throw point of light upon screen,
the movings OF which showed the extent
to which the building was affected by
the traffic taking place within radius
of two or three miles.
Prof. Elmer Gates of Washington says
he has worked out process by which
objects can be magnitied to size 300
times igreater than by any Of the micro
scopes.now in use. His invention, he
claims, will revolutionize microscopy,
and will advance science to point hith-
erto undreamed Of. His discovery, he
says, will be of special value in bacteri-
ology, and the study of the cellular It's
sues. The professor declares that he has
succeeded where all other scientists have
failed-tn discovering q way by which
the magnified image projected on Tense
can be magnifled by second as if 1t were
the original object. To do this has been
the aim of scientific photographers and
microscopists for many years. Prof.
Gates does not take the public into his
confidence significantly to divulge the de-
tails of his invention, but he says he will
be ready to give it to the world in q few
weeks. The power of the new instrument
is mentioned as 100000 diameters.
1t is the popular superstition that the
remains of Martin Luther were disinterred
at Wittenberg more than century ago
and his dust scattered to the winds, but
Prof Koestlin of the University of Halle,
who has written the best biography of
Luther, asserts that Fin February, 1892,
two mason who were employed in restor-
ing the old church at Wittenburg discov-
cred the remains of the great reformer
buried at the depth of six feet under the
floor.
1t has been proposed by a number of
wealthy citizns inMoscow to endow an in
Urinary for epileptics and the weak mind
ed of both sexes to commemorate the very
important medical Congress which has
been held there. A Congress from which
be it observed, the Russian government,
in no wise to it's credit, excluded Jewish
physicians. despite the fact that it had
been declared officially that no distinc-
tion would be made against Hebrews on
this occasion.
Annunzio's place in literature is SUBJ
ject over which critics seem to materially
differ. He is characterized by one as "a
literary light of Italy" to which the New
York Sun observes IA literary light
weight of Italy" The doctors obviously
disagree.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-21

Anent the report that Minister Wood
ford has taken note to Spain to the eff
feet that under certain contingencies the
United States may find it necessary to in
terfere in Cuban matters, Senior Castelas
is said to haye:remarked. 81 don't believe
a word of what has been presented about
Minister Woodford's mission. 1t is abb
surd to suppose that he would come here
on the hostile errand that has been attri-
uted to him. No country can tolerate the
Intervention of foreign country in it's
affairs. General Woodford will be sent
away if, he pretends to any such a
course" In view Of the great commercial
interest at stake in. the island of Cuba,
the American people. as whole, have
shown wonderful patience in the whole
Cuban matter, but if things continue to
grow worse, as now seems likely, our
Government may find it necessary to de-
part from it's ordinary procedure . to save
what little remains of its interests in. the
"Antilles, fact which it might be we'll
for Senior Castelas to carefully bearssin
mind.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-21

According to the latest census there are
in Hawaii 100, 900 people. Of these 4,519
are Americans, British, French, and Nor
wegian. The remaining people are Chi
nese, Japanese, Hawaiians, South Sea ISL
anders or Portuguese. These figures show
with startling. distinctness theAvery small
proportion of people on that island whom
we should consider desirable American
citizens. If annexation means American
citizenship for those hundred thousand
Asiatics and islanders of the ocean, the
American.people may conclude that they
already have on hand problems enough of
that kind. AS to the other problem of
governing all those people without allow
ing them participation in the government,
1t is one for the solution OF which we have
no system and no presidents. The terri.
torial form of government is regarded as
asstepping stone to full participation in
the affairs of the Union; and not as a CO.
lonial system.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-21

An investigation as to the defalcation
Of bank cashier in New Hampshire
brings to light curious state of affairs
The evidence shows that an order was
issued by the directors that the cashier
must secure the permission of the Presi-
dent or, in his absence, that of two direc-
tors before leaving town, the reason for
this action being that he was in tho habit
Of visiting Boston frequently and getting
drunk. "We did not think" testified
one director, sit would help the bank to
have it known that we had cashier who
got drunk" and SO they did not dis
charge him, but as a precautionary meas
ure tried to make 1t harder for him to
go off on spree. The cashier finally
took to stealing, and his present where
abouts are supposed to be somewhere in
South America, whittier no seems to have
gone without the forinality Of getting
permission of the directors to leave town.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-21

The Journal of Commerce says the nys-
terry surrounding the Bank of England S
willingness to hold one-fifth of its me-
stallio reserve in silver still eyades solu-
ton. The London press is unanimous and
unstinted in its condemnation of the act;
the great banking community of the me-
tropolis stands aghast at the tendency
and the possibilities which the Governors
letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
suggests: the banking centres of the Con-
tinent are amazed that such demoraliz-
ing utterance should come from an insti
tuition deemed the embodiment of none
tary conservatism; and yet not word of
authoritative explanation is forthcoming.
1t is bad craftsmanship to make O great
national banking institution mere coun-
ter in fruitless game of diplomacy.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-21
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-21

The shooting of a negro in the South
because he had been appointed post
master is a discouraging thing for the
members of the whole race in America
Yet. if they will look at the matter phil
osophically, there Is more in their con-
dition to cheer than to discourage. In a
Massachusetts church on Sunday colored
pastor from Louisville, KY. could boast
truthfully that the colored Baptist
church, the leading denomination in the
favor of his race, numbered over mil
lion members, well organized and enjoy
ing an active UNCONVENTIONAL life.
And this is only one of the signs of the
progress of those who forty years ago
were in the darkness of slavery
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-21

DR.. Cerezo publishes in Spanish medi-
cal journal some statistics of the morbid
ity and mortality among the troops Of the
invading army in Cuba. During the
month Of May there were $500 admis-
sions to the general hospitals; of these 523
died, and 33, 739 were discharged. In the
yellow fever hospitals the admissions for
the same time were S14, of whom 226 died
and 400 were discharged. In the general
hospitals in Havana there were, on the
1st.of June 4,709; discharged 8,79S; died
go; and there remained in hospitals 5,5ls
on July 1st. Ofyellow fever the statistics
are; Patients in hospitals on June 1st, 2l3
admitted during the month 667; died TO-
From which it appears that the ravages
of disease are more potent in the destruc-
ton of Spanish cohorts than the bullets
OF opposing foes. While it is true of
nearly all wars that disease is more dead
~ than bullets, the nature of the conflict
in Cuba is such as to make the proper
ton of the victims of disease much larger
than is usual in modern wars.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-21

Joseph Fuller, war veteran. who died
in, Newburyport, Mass, on Sunday re-
cefved over thirteen thousand dollars in
ba6k pension payments about dozen
years ago, and after that received seven
ty-five dollars month. This was the
governments recompense to him for
sacrificing his eyesight in the country IS
ryice
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-21

The defense in the Luetgert case bids
fair to be sensational. 1t is understood
that an attempt will be made to show
that the woman is hiding for the purpose
show that she often threatened to go away
and now has done so. Human depravity
has sunk to terribly low depths in the his
tory of time, yet to convince jury, that
kind of defense will require the strongest
kind of testimony,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-21

1t is gratifying to learn from the des
patches that the new revolution in
Nicaragua causes no surprise. Sometimes
there are two or three of them at time,
and the public curiosity is as to whether
or not any revolution has gotten away.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-21

1t is reported that Mr.. Bryan has writ
ten a letter to a Tammany man declaring
that there must be no divergence from
the principles of 1885, but under orders
from MI. Sheehan the timid man dares
not make the letter public. Tammanyiis
thus impaled on the horns of dilemma
and just how it will extricate itself is not
yet made clear.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-21

Senator Teller and his party in Col
orado are as unreconcilable as ever.
Juge Hoyt of the. Supreme Court Of Col
orado has been marked for defeat be-
cause he accepted the nomination of the
straight Republicans.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-21
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 81.

Skaguay, on the road to the Klondike,
ought to be ripe for the Washingtonian
movement. Whiskey costs 1926 gallon.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-21
MAINE MUSIC FESTIVAL.

Patron list now open at Cressey. Jones & AL
lens will close Sept. %. Don't fail to get your
name on this list, and have a chance to select
the best seats for the least money. AUCTION
SALE for the choice OF seats will be at the An
ditorium, Monday Sept. 81 at $50 a. M sharp
Festival at Portland, Oct. IS, 10 and 20. Nordica
Blauyelt and all the great artists will sing.
sept. q diff