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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-19
Mining Stocks.
Boston Produce Market.
lBOSTON, Jan. Is, l897.-The following .are
n-dav'S nnntatlnnX of Provisions, ETC..

uBOSTON. Jan. Is, l897.-The following Z
ro-day's quotations of Provisions. etc.:
FLOUR.
Spring patents. 70@4 95.
Spring, clear ana straight, 1894 80.
Winter. clear and straight, 6O9A 30.
Winter patentsI5 1905 rs.
Extra and Seconds co.
Fine and Supers -
Jobbing price 25c higher.
MEATS.
Pork long and'shorticut, y barrel io 70.
Pork light and hwy packs 50 oo@lO 20.
Pork, prime mess IL so.
Pork lean Iends IL 90.
Beer. picked, SO O0@10 90.
Snoulderscorned and fresh 6ci Il
shoulders. smoked, 61s.
Ribs, fresh, 71sc.
Bacon.81a @1Oc.
Pork. salt 5Hsc.
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Memoranda

Sch Apphia & Amelia, Willard. from New
York. Nov 10. arrived at Port Limon Jan l7th
with loss of foresail, jib and spanker r..
Sch Mary Smith. Smith. from Boston LOT
Portland, with general cargo, Went ashore az
Kittery Point 18th. She was pulled OH WIN
light damage.
New York, Jan 1.-THE four-masted sen star
of the Sea, from Port Spain. arrived to-day after
passage of "a days The last ten days she
encountered stroug NE and NV gales, with
hevvy SEAS during which lost and split sails.
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MINIATURE ALMANAC JAN 10.
Sun sun s ssts 800. zos High water II g e
Moon rises..... 54slHeight.... 90 90
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Portland & RunfOrd Falls R'y.

n NFAset V5Cls ., EoII
DEPARTURES
$50 a. M.&115r /. N. From Un.on stat,on
for Poland Mechanic Fats Buesasld. Cai-
ton Dlxhel5 ana REmtord Falls.
$50 a. NJ. lis anG $50 p. IN, From Untpg
Station Tor Mechanic Falls and intermediate
stations.
for Beniis and all stations on Ii. Il. and H. L.
r. Il.
Through passenger coaches between ljat1i
Station, Portland ard Ranfod Fails.
Through Sickets on sale for all polAls
ON rs Il. F. R'y.
r. c. BRADFORD. Traffic Mgr.
,v FortIaud, Maine
iusi12 dit kaznaeua gaaFs sSaias
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ALLAN LINE
ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS

The Saloons and Statarooins are in the cen
tral part, where least motion is felt. Eiec-
tricity is USED Tor lighting lle ships through
out, the lights being at the command ~ the
passengers At any hour OF the night. Music
Rooms and Smoking Rooms on the promenade
by steam.
Rates Of passage $500 and $4,000. A re-
duetion is made Oh Round Trip Tickets.
Second Cabln--To liverpool, London and
Londonderry. $34; return, S66.75
Steerage- TO i.iyerpeol, Tendon. Glasgow,
Belfast or Londonderry. inclading every re-
quisite for he voyage S24.5o.
For tickets or fI.ther information
apply to I. P. MCGOWAN. Ais Congress ST.
J.B. HEATING, 81 u Exchange st
II. & A. ALIAS, Montreal
and % state ST.,
noy4dGf Boston.
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! Gold filings, s1.oo and up. Silver
filings, SOC to $1.00. Cement, SOC to 75c.
Painless extracting by Ether, Gas and
Local Anesthetics. Gold Crowns, So. 90
Crown and Bridge work. Artificial Sets.
$500, $500 and $1,000. Thorough ad,
skillful treatment of all dental diseases.
Examinations and advice free Office
hours, s a. m to -; 1 p. m. to 5. APP
pointments solicited by mail.
oct22eod6m
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Foreign Ports
Sid fin Newcastle, NSW, Dec 5, ship Sar-
gent. Morse, Honolulu.
Ar at Amsterdam Jan Sd. barque Rebecca
Crowell, Dow. Rotterdam for Cardiff.
Ar at Buenos Ayres Jan LIST. barQue Levi S
Andrews, Wheeler, Boston.
At Para Jan l6. barque Lapland. Gates, from
Newport. ar 18th.
Cid at St John, NIB, 10th, sch Is II Woodside,
Mclean, Bridgeport, Ct.
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Portland VhoiesaIe Markee,
PORTLAND. Jan. IS. 1897.

The following are to-day's wholesale prices IF
Provisions Groceries: cIc
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-16
ONE OF TWO WAYS.

The bladder was created for one pur.
pose, namely, a receptacle for the
urine, and as such it is not liable to
any form of disease except by one of
two ways. The first way is from i'm
perfect action of the Kidneys The
second way is from careless local treat
ment of other diseases.
CHIEF CAUSE.
Unhealthy urine from unhealthy
kidneys is the chief cause of bladder
troubles. So the womb, like the blad-
der, was created for one purpose, and If
not doctored too much is not liable to
weakness or disease, except in rare
cases. 1t is situated back of and very
close to the bladder, therefore any pain,
disease or inconvenience manifested
in the kidneys, back, bladder or uri.
nary passage is often, by mistake, at
tributed to female weakness or womb
trouble of some sort. The error is
easily made and may be as easily
avoided. To find out correctly, set
your urine aside for twenty-four hours;
a sediment or settling indicates kidney
or bladder trouble. The mild and the
extraordinary effect of DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, and
DlduutI ItLntuy ID bOOH T6allZeu.
If you need medicine you
should have the best. At druggists
fifty cents and one dollar. You may
have a sample bottle and pamphlet,
both sent free by mail. Mention the
News-Democrat and send your ad-
dress to DR.. Kimer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y. The proprietors of this
paper guarantee the genuineness ofthis
offer.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-16

uucnesse ana peau de sole are even stin
more magnificent.
1t is said that there is to be much velvet
worn in gowns this season.
Lace is seen upon most of the gowns
One fancy is TO have jacket and corsplet
Of heavy champagne COlored genoeso point
over a dress of white vicuna. around the
skirt line of lace design in applique Is
shown. Other gowns are entirely covered
with net or chantilly tiouncing.
Flounces are Us popular as before, but
will be either entirely of net, lace, or at
least lace bordered ilounces of the dress
material. Folds and tucks and much
braiding are all seen upon the newest fall
and winter gowns, and so Is velvet, both
piece and ribbon. A few new china silks
| in new twisted weave are printed in bold
designs. Russet red autumn leaves on
russell green ground is q striking design.
Indigo blue has enormous white and black
designs. One of this style had blouse of
itself, with narrow folds of china Grape in
| sulphur yellow drawn down. Yellows,
from pale sulphur to the darkest saffron,
are all fashionable, and are pretty with al
most all the seasons cclors.
| Among the new hats l saw felt trimmed
with furs, most particularly kimmer, astra-
khan and Alaska sable. These are only
for walking. There are alpines for cycling
In every color, from pearl to navy blue, in
Guiding black and brown, and some were
notified with another color, while a few
were marbled like the inside Of book COW
| ers.
In millinery ribbon think the moire
taffeta is going to be the best liked. 1t is
crisp and also rich and Is in all the new
| foil ala In xuh m
ivory and champagne. This latter shade
Is very handsome in this ribbon.
Grosgrain ribbons are also fashionable,
and 80 are plain taffetas and brocaded
ones. In fact, there are so many different
materials and each requiring different
treatment that all sorts Of ribbons have
their uses. Satin ones are employed for
bayadere stripes, velvet ones as trimming
and taffetas particularly for the crisp
bows at the collars and In millinery.
MATE LEROY.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-16

Things are seweu together by The qul1Is
and dipped In something to remove the
natural grease and cleanse them. Then
they are dyed black and hung on lines like
wet rags to dry. They are dipped in starch
to make them soft Then they are sorted
and different sizes and qualities put togeth
er. One fine one with one long, smooth
stem Is chosen for the outside The quills
TO all these feathers then have TO bo par
ried'--that Is, to have the toughest por-
tion sliced off with very sharp knife.
Next, this is soraped with broken glass un-
til the stem Is flexible. IL is done on both
sides Of all but the outside one. Then
they are all laid together and sewed so
that they form one plume, with the heavi-
est part at the end.
At this stage all the parts Of the quilts
that have become white under the scraping
are redyed and then the finished plume Is
sewed to a wire and the end covered with
black paper. They are then ready for
curling and branching" To curl them
there must be boiling water sending steam
from a spout over which the plume Is
held. This makes IL soft and pliable, and
1t is then ouried by drawing the fues over
dull curling knife in the same way that
one curls long strip of paper. There are
small plumes in clusters Of three and long
ones, some Of them nearly three quarters
of yard in length. The boas have all the
quills cut out in a skillful manner and
the feathers are sewed together in one long
plume. This is then twisted and finally
curled. 1t is very delicate and difficult
work all through, and since l have seen
IL done l wonder that feathers are so
cheap They have vogue this season that
they have not had before for many years,
| II ever.
The new silks continue TO show new de-
signs and beauties every day. The Jap
anese, Chinese and Indias will all be used
in their proper places all this season. Lib.
erty silk and satin will also have its op.
portunity. The French silks show moth
I ing newer, richer or handsomer than our
| own American silks Indeed they have
the same designs more or less. The Amer
lean silks wear better than the foreign
goods and are not so apt to 90 shiny. The
French, however, produce few brocades
richer and heavier than the American
manufacturer finds sale for, mostly fol
sumptuous evening dresses.
The handsomest silk Of the season Is the
black grosgrain brocade. The designs arc
artistic and the quality rich. The brocadet
design makes 1t light enough for festive
occasion, and its color makes 1t refined
and elegant. 1t can be frightened still
more If desired by fancy jet trimming
High grade black satin rs well as som'
faille is among the rich silks. Satir
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-16

20. ANY farmer who wants TO ship ap-
pies to London can obtain full partiou-
lars for doing so and the name of reli-
able London commission merchant by
writing to the United States secretary
Of agriculture. The ocean freight on
barrel of apples amounts to less than
81. 1t will not pay, though, to send poor
apples to London. They want the best,
and ocean freights are no higher on
good apples than on poor ones. They
like big apples, and the Baldwin, King,
Northern Spy, greening and russets are
best known and best appreciated there
For second grade fruit the home mar
ket affords many openings. There are
the evaporating factories, for instance.
In the western part of New York state
alone there are more than I 800 of these,
and they are sprinkled through the ap-
pie raising sections Of other states, but
there is always room for q few more.
In 1895 Europe bought 1000, 900 pounds
Of American evaporated apples and paid
fair price for them too. A half dozen
enterprising farmers could start an
evaporating plant of their own. As an
adjunct to this an apple jelly factory,
to utilize the cores and peelings, would
help to swell the revenue. In fact, the
basis of the larger quantity of cheap
jellies and jams which are imposed on
the public under the guise of fruit jams
of various kinds is simply apple jelly
made from inferior fruit.
In a few sections Of the country the
apple crop is properly appreciated and
rightly handled. The result is that in
those sections many farmers have accu-
mulatGd handsome fortunes. In south
ern Michigan, in western New York, in
a few of the middle Atlantic states and
in some of the western states the apple
is made to yield rich returns. Michigan,
especially, has Of late years come to be
regarded as the leading apple state, but
it is not wholly due either to conditions
of soil or climate.
The man who bears the title Of zap
pie king of the world" is Judge Well.
house of Kansas. He has orchards in
three counties and on his broad acres
are more than 100, 900 bearing trees.
The annual yield of his orchards varies
greatly, but each year he picks and sells
apples by the 100000 bushels and each
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-16

small orchards that the making Of an
accurate estimate Of their aggregate
product would be difficult
There is hardly farm in all the
country east of the Rocky mountains
and north of the gulf states without its
apple orchard. New England is almost
one big forest Of apple trees, yet the
amount of attention paid by the farmers
to their apple orchards is surprisingly
small Occasionally you find we'll
cultivated orchard where the grass and
weeds are kept down, the limbs care
fully trimmed and the caterpillars kept
off, but this is an exception. If you
will notice, however, the owners Of such
orchards generally live in houses which
declare their prosperity.
But it is not so much the neglect Of
the farmer for his orchard as the neg
lect with which he treats his apple crop
that has relegated apple raising to a
place of inferior Importance. The diff
Guilty seems to be that the farmer does
not know how to market his apples OF
dispose of them to the best advantage.
Not long ago was talking with New
York state farmer about ways and
means and mentioned that the abun-
dant apple crop which had already be-
gun to weight the branches of his trees
ought to add no small item to his in
come.
"Humphl" he replied, "Apples amt
worth the picking Most Of those will
rot on the ground.
suggested that apples seldom
brought less than 81. so per barrel in
New York and that we'll selected apples
of good quality often brought from
So. 80 to S.. 90 per barrel.
Eyes, but we don't get that price fol
them. The last time tried to market
my apples / came out $40 loser. How
was that? Well, it cost me just that
much to hire help to pick them and tc
buy the barrels to put 'em in. Then
shipped them to a commission merchant
in New York. l expected to get from 6(
to 70 cents "a barrel for them. Well,
didn't get cent. got a letter, though
from the commission merchant and {
bill for storage. He said the marke
was full Of apples, and he had to sci
them for just about enough to pay thu
freight. Do send any more apples t.
market? Well, guess not. l may maxi
a little cider this fall enough for m.
own use, but it doesn't pay to hau
apples to the mill with cider selling a
10 cents a gallon and less. "
Undoubtedly this has been the ex
perienoe of many farmers who owl
orchards of from 80 to 100 trees, for i
is no unusual sight to see acres of ap
Piles rotting where they fall. Their
ought to be some remedy for this, be
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-16

PACKING APPLES FOR THE LONDON MARKET
year he buys a few more acres and sets
out a few hundred more apple trees.
His orchards now spread over an extent
of |, 800 acres. His favorite apple is the
Ben Davis, and he grows this variety
exclusively on $50 acres Just think of
the mountains of apple pies and the
seas of apple sauce which could be
made of the yield from 100, 900 treesl
Probably we Americans consume one
third of our apples i'll the shape of pies
John Bull knows not the seductive de-
lights of apple pie. He takes his apples
in the form of dumplings, generally
boiled, and there are worse things
edible than we'll boiled apple dump
ling, with both hard and soft sauce. "
Perhaps l am mistaken, but it seems
to me that the New England farmers
wife knows best how to serve apples in
the most tempting and appetizing
forms. l have in mind some which
pleased me- There We're baked sweet
apples. She cOred them first and filled
the cavity with spices and sugar. Then
| she put dozen of them il a dripping
pan and set them in a hot oven. | don t
know how long they remained in the
oven, but l do know that when they
came out, with their glossy skins
cracked and crispy, but not scorched,
they were very satisfying to a sharp
ened appetite. So was pan dowdy," a
delicacy whose construction always
puzzled me. Apple fritters are a
concoction of the modern cooking school
and deserve but passing mention, but
fried apples Drowned to a crisp in a
frying pan in company with strips of
we'll selected salt pork are dish worthy
the best effort of the poets pen and the
serious attention of the patriotic
gourmet.
But, while the apple of commerce is
of course the fruit which will stand
packing and handling and still be sound
for months after, the finest favored ap,
Piles are those of delicate constitution
which grow and ripen solely for the
benefit of the farmers boy or of the
neighbor's boy next door who steals
them. Some of these varieties never
find their way to the markets at all.
The high top sweeting is one of these
1t ripens about haying. Then there art
the Porters and the Red Astrakhans
both patricians of the apple family.
Yes, without our apple crop one Of
our oommonest luxuries would be gone
and there is nothing in the fruit worlG
which would entirely fill its place.
JOHN r. WILLoUGHBY.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-16
b. & b.

America never before pro.
duCed such
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-16

EHht IAN hOA ON lhE ShoONb'
cause few city folks have more apples
than they want. The wicked commits
sion merchant--and there is little doubt
that his sharp practices have brought
him the merited mistrust of the farmers
lis not tho sole medium through which
the apple raiser can reach the apple
eating public.
In the first place, there is the Eu-
ropean market, which has as yet been
practically untried by the average
farmer OF course some large orchard
lists have taken advantage of this outlet
""'nped their apples direct to COM
mission merchants in London, but
when compared with extent of the
yield our apple exports have been
ridioulously small. The greatest ship
ments OF apples made during the last
decade were during 1892, when 982,-
900 barrels of American apples were
sent across the water. In 1895 only
1870, 900 barrels were exported, and in
1896 we sent but $50, 900 barrels out of
the country,
The English like our apples and are
willing to ply good prices for them.
American apples have sold in the Lon
don market for as high as 81 per bar
rel. but the average price paid is about
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-16
FASHIONS OF NEW YORK.
Newest Designs In Dress Goods
For Fall and Winter
RICH IN BRILLIANT COLORINGs.

New and Pleasing Combinations-En English.
French and German Manufactures All
Represented-How Ostrich Feathers Are
Prepared For the Miiliner's Use.
copyright, 1897. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
Some Of the newest designs In fall and
early winter dress goods are now present
ed In oolors The English, German and
French manufacturers are all represented
There are rough and iridescent effects
even In some of the oheviots. These are
rough and scratchy, but handsome The
ourled effects are called bouole, the hairy
ones are oaniche, or dog skin. Besides are
the bourettes of old in new colorings and
different degrees of roughness. Zibelines
'have the long, white hairs like bristles all
over the surface Camel's hair stuffs are
now produced in colors with the same
hairy surface as Is shown In the black,
and this is something entirely new. The
curled viouna on camel's hair with the
long, white hairs still over that is offered
in all the new shades and colors While
IL is handsomer In black than in colors,
the colored goods will have a great vogue,
! am sure, on account of their very singu.
larity.
There are numbers of new ottoman
cloths. The mervoilleux is another hand
some stuff with rich autumnal shadings
on dark groundwork. In most cases thi:
produces ohangeablo effect In black
and yellow it is very bright. In brown
and saffron it is rich. In russell greens
and reds 1t pleases. In purples and greent
the two brilliant colors are toned to rea
beauty. There are many new ideas In
color combinations wrought in the new
velours, and the ribbing is different to any
shown before There are oreponettes
These are exceptionally fine and pretty
In black they are elegant. There ar
rough, woolly muscovites, thick and soliC
| GRANTEES in all the seasonablo shades, ar
mure weaves in solid oolors and tones, anC
no end Of poplins and plaids. Some Of th
plaids are in poplin, some in all wool twill
and others in blended silk and wool.
| Besides all these there are English mix
tu-es and heather mixtures in the new
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-16
Natures Rattleboxes.

Near New Brunswick, N. j., says
Minerals, are found hollow balls, or
masses, of yellow iron ore which con-
tain loose particles that rattle, when
shaken, like the contents Of ohild's
rattlebox. 1t is thought that when the
ooncretions of ore were formed the GEN.
tral parts consisted principally Of some
material which afterward dissolved
away, 80 that the interior space now
contains only fragments of ore and sand.
When these balls are broken, the frac-
tured edges sometimes show beautiful
bands OF red and yellow.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-16

FleeCed Flannelet Wrap.
per goods-lots of different
colorings and patterns 64c
ard SBc yard. Get samples.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-16
FRUIT THAT EVE LIKED.
Apples Also a Favorite With the
Great American Public.
ABUNDANT BUT NEGLECTED CROP.

The Farmer Never Seems TO Get Much
Money Out of His Orchards, Yet the
National Appetite For Apples Is Enor-
nous.
The American apple crop is one of the
largest fruit crops produced in this
country and one Of the most neglected.
1t is so big that the department Of
agricul lture, which collects statistics
about the production of grains, cotton,
tobacco and other large crops, makes
no attempt whatever to estimate the
NUMBER of barrels Of apples annually
grown on Uncle Sans big domain. Per-
haps this is because the yield varies SO
much from year to year and because the
country is SO literally sprinkled with
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-16

Small precautions often prevent
great mischiets. DeWitt's Little Early
Risers are very small pills in size, but
are most effective in preventing the most
serious forms Of liver and stomach
troubles. They cure constipation and
headache and regulate the bowels. #. p.
shanafelt q Co., 0. N. Nye, Fischer
rug store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-16
choice dress goods

as have been designed and
woven this yeaT-we got the
Choicest-seleCted and bought
before the advance in price
of wool.
Seven or more different
lines new Dress Goods at
25c a yard
at least half a hundred diff.
ferent color combinations
all wool, and silk and wool
mix - moneys worth that
when samples are seen will
show how determined we are
to merit and get more small.
profit Dress Goods business.
Extensive lines new wooden
Dress Goods, 36 to A inches
wide,
80 10 45C a yaro.
Imported Dress Goods and
Novelties, SOC, Csc, 75c, $1.OO,
1925 on up to the finest in.
dividual Dress Pattern from
Paris.
Several hundred yards odd
shades all wool Ladies Cloth,
50 inches wide,
25C a yard
bought some time ago when
buyers for woolens were
scarce-they're put on sale
now when they're wanted
so good, so wide and under
price as will interest any
number of families-golden
brown, reseda, gendarme blue,
keliotrope, mode, medium and
light drab.
Fleeoed Flannelet Wrap.
per goods-lots of different
colorings and patterns 64c
ard SIC yard. Get samples.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-16
The Good Out of 1t.

Landlady-I believe in letting coffee
boil for 80 minutes; that's the only
way to get the goodness out of it.
New Boarder Casting his and leaving
it)-You succeeded admirably. ma am.
London Fun.