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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-18
BOXES OF GOLD.


To secure some desired information
direct from tile people. it is proHea to
send trim little box containing 5 gold
dollars to each of 30 persons who write
the most interesting description of their
experience and observations on the fol
lowing topics:
How have you been affected by Coffee
drinking?
Do you know any one who has been
driven away from Postum because it
came to the table weak and character less
at the first trial?
Did you set such a person right regard
ing the easy way to make Postum clear.
black and with crisp. pungent tasteP
Have you ever discovered a better way
to make it than to note the clock at the
time actual boiling commences, mot
when pot is first put on stove) and keen
it boiling moderately for full IS minutes,
using heaping teaspoonsful for each cup
of beverage?
Give names and account of those you
know to have been cured or helped in
health by the dismissal of coffee and the
daily use of the Food Coffee in its place.
Address your letter to the Postum
Cereal Co., LiIn., Battle Creek, Mich.
writeing your own name and address
clearly.
Decision will be made and the 30 little
boxes of gold sent out on June 30 next.
Every friend of Postum is urged to
write and each letter will be held in high
esteem by the company, as an evidence OF
such friendship, while the little boxes
OF gold will reach many modest writer
whose plain and sensible letter contains
the facts desired, although the sender
may have but small faith in winning at
the time of writing.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-18
ARRiAGES.

In this city, June 16, by Rev. W. S. Ayres,
Charles T. Foster and Miss Ella M. Curry. both
of Portland.
In this city June 16 by Rev Frank W. Davis
of Cumberland Centre. Randall Howard Blanch-
ard. NJ, D., of Deering. and Miss Caroline Crom-
well Harris Of Portland.
At the home Of the brides parents. East Jack
son, June 15, by Rev. Frank W. Davis OF Cum
berland Centre, Rev. Frank Stillman D0lliff and
Miss Cor8 Eta Dodge, both of Jackson.
In East Lvermore, June 10. Frances N. Brown
of asst Livermofe and Miss Bertha j. Larrabee
of Wayne.
In Stockton springs, June 8, Joseph Lancas-
ter and Miss Grace Griffin.
In Auburn. June IL, Carroll H. Austin OF
Turner and Miss Alpa A. Russell OF Auburn.
In Bethel, June 4. Charles Briggs Of West
Paris and Miss Grace Stevens OF Bryants Pond.
In East Machias, June 8. Webster Donovan
and Miss Fannie b. Tower. both OF Jonesport
In Stockton Springs, June 8, Charles Heath
and Miss Sarah Thompson.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-18
A POPULAR CIRCUS.
The Walter L. Main Grandest and Fest
shows Consolidated Absolutely Unparal.
1eled.

Wherever the Walter L. Main Grandest
and Best Shows Consolidated has ex-
hibited this year, it has drawn crowded
tents, thus proving that the new organi-
cation has secured the publie's fullest APP
prevail The new organization is COM
posed of the very best and most widely
experienced show men of both Europs
and America. The press notices where it
has exhibited, say the show is one of the
bestthat travels and has firmly established
it's reputation to present one of the very
best and cleanest entertainments The
circus is given simultaneously in three
rings and on two celebrated stages. The
hippodrome track, which encircles the
rings, is quarter of mile around and
is used for the races and Olympian sports.
The Menagerie department is very fine,
embracing large and costly variety of
wild beasts. One of the n ost interesting
features is flock Of huge African
ostr .ches, which the management pur-
chased and imported after a costly outlay
The Walter L. Main Grandest and Best
Shows Consolidated is the only circus ex-
hibiting such feature. This show ex-
hibits at Portland, June Goth.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-18
DEATHS.

In this city. June II. Aura NJ, youngest child
OF Ernest ana Delanta Pettenglll, aged mos.
from parents residence, 43 Lincoln street.
In New Gloucester, June IL, John V. Huston,
aged 81 years, month. days.
In Harrington, June 1. MRS. Poiy N. Cole,
aged 81 years.
aker, aged As years.
In Norway, June g. John CROKER, aged " yrs
aged 62 years.
In Cherryfield. June IS. Deacon Lewis Bunker.
aged so years.
The Advocate and news., 1898-01-12
Beef-Making in Kansas.

The report recently prepared by F.
d. Coburn on THE Beef Steer" con-
tains interviews with 100 Of the most
experienced and extensive beef produc-
ers in the State. The following from
Col. ]. w. Robson, Of Butler county,
who has spent a successful lifetime in
the business, is excellent:
"Of my forty years experience in beef
production seventeen have been in Kan
sas, which l certainly regard as the
appropriate fattening and maturing
ground for cattle reared in the South
and West, as we'll as our own. buy
nearly all the cattle fatten, and think
the breeds rank as follows for profit,
viz: Short-horn, Hereford, Red Polled,
Angus and Galloway; the nearer full
blood the better in all cases. l prefer
calves sucked, they being usually
stronger and more vigorous than those
hand-raised. l give the calves l raise
most of their dams milk plenty of good
grass in its season, allow them to CLEAN
corn, stubble and alfalfa fields, and, in
fact the whole farm, and keep them
growing every month in the year. Cas-
trate them at two to six weeks old and
dehorn when quite young also; this
should be done when there are no flies.
Give some grain each winter, the guam
tity to be determined somewhat by the
relative abundance and prices Of forage
and grains. Steers started thus are best
disposed of at two to three years, though
for farmer with only few, and lack
ing conveniences for fattening, it may
be better to sell as stockers at one or
two years. If prepared for it and he
understands the business a farmer
should fatten whatever cattle he raises.
There is a possibility Of making a profit
by fattening cattle when feeders" and
fat cattle are at the same price, but
not unless corn Is below IS cents or
beef very high and roughness very low.
Under existing conditions two to four
year-olds, after four to seven months
on full feed, are the most profitable for
marketing. Three and four-year-olds
from anywhere in the Southwest, prefer
ably toward the north, may do well; a
good deal depends upon their degree OF
docility, and they ought to be well bred"
The Advocate and news., 1898-01-12

Eastern buyer does not want a thin
horse; he wants fat one.
The future farmer must be educated.
il our boys can not attend the agri-
cultural college, systematical course
OF agricultural reading Is possible dur
ing the winter evenings, and the time
could not be better employed.
There is no better time for effective
brain work that during the cold weather
OF winter, the mind then being more
active and less occupied with the every
day affairs Of the farm than during the
busy season.
1t is useless to ask a man who natu-
rally hates red or white hog to breed
them. If he prefers a black, II that
corresponds to his ideal of beauty, black
hogs he should breed, and Berkshire or
Poland-Chlna, according to his taste.
One Of the best devices for securing
the lantern in the barn while the stock
Is being looked after is an overhead wire
securely fastened and running the entire
length of the stable, one end of which
can be quickly unlocked, the lantern
slipped on and the wire again fastened.
Every experiment that has yet been
made for the purpose of determining
the relative value of the different i'm
proved breeds Of hogs for pork produc-
ton has shown more or less conclu-
sively that there is not nearly so much
difference in the breed as in the men
that handle them.
Most farmers and dairymen, in brood
ing over hard times, do not think to
compare their situation with that of
town laborers and men depending upon
usually good trades for a livelihood.
If they did make thorough investiga-
ton and careful comparison, nine out of
ten husbandmen would consider them
selves very fortunate and take renewed
courage for the future.
The Advocate and news., 1898-01-12
Do We Raise Flax EnOugh2 ?

Kansas Is a goow fax growing State.
There have been many thousands Of
bushels of fax seed and q vast amount
OF fax straw raised here. It is one Of
six States to which the raising OF fax
is virtually limited. Kansas, Nebraska,
Iowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas pro-
duce about 100000 bushels of fax seed
yearly, and we import about One-half
that quantity from other countries. Our
farmers might as well raise that other
S000,O01 bushels and get the money it
brings from our dealers.
But the seed is not all of the fax
question. The straw is valuable for feed
and fiber We import about 10000 tons
every year to supply our factories be-
side importing $14,0O0,0OO worth of artl-
cles made out of fax straw.
A few acres of fax can be grown with
little trouble, 1t Is always salable, and
brings cash as readily as wheat or cot
ton or wool. The yield Of seed Is about
the same per acre as that Of wheat.
The ground is prepared just as oats
ground is, and the matured crop Is
easily handled. In Kansas the time Of
sowing fax seed is Contemporaneou
with the planting of corn-from April to
July.
The Advocate and news., 1898-01-12
The Outlook for Farmers.

Farmers are learning. They have had
hard lessons during the last twenty-five
years, and many of them failed to pass
examinations, but some succeeded and
now they themselves are teachers.
Among the things learned, two Of
special importance may be mentioned
here-that going in debt don't pay, and
that keeping out of debt does pay.
The farmer has advantages that no
other class of men enjoy. He has facili-
ties for procuring "a livelihood that no
Others possess; and as a general rule,
there Is no more need Of farmer going
in debt than there is for his starting
a circus and going into the show busi-
ness. With health, temperance, indus
try and frugality, any active, earnest,
intelligent man trained to farm work,
can at least make good living on a
small piece Of average land This has
been demonstrated thousands of times.
With the indolent and Incorporate
man the case is different. He will al
ways be behind. He won't go ahead
even il he Is pushed. He will fall out
and get behind. And for him and his
class the outlook Is no better now tnan
1t was in 1887 or in 1898.
But for men that passed an examina-
ton, those that are out or are getting
cut of debt and are determined to stay
out and do their own work, to them the
outlook is Inviting. The market for
most farm products is good, and there
is no reasonable ground for expecting
a suuden reaction Wheat in the farm
ers' hands will probably not exceed an
average of rs cents a bushel the year
round at any time in the future, more
especially If the gold standard policy Is
maintained. In any event, wheat will
never again rise to it's old dollar level
and stay there. Corn is reasonably
profitable even at it's present low price,
for 1t may be made into meat which
will not be low again, probably, during
the next five or six years.
The demand for good horses is i'm
proving, sheep are wanted, and many
farmers have learned to supply their
household necessities with poultry.
The man with farm clear of debt
may face the future smiling, even though
a good many things in politics and re-
ligion need overhauling.
The Advocate and news., 1898-01-12
Starting q New Apple Orchard.

january, in Kansas, is a good month
TO begin the preparatory work OF MAX
Ing new orchard Of any kind Of trees,
but especially for apple trees. Breaking
the ground this month gives 1t the bene-
nj OF freezing and thawing and all the
atmospherical conditions that tend to
pulverize and enrich the SOIL
The ground should be broken deep
subsolled to at least twelve inches, but
leaving the lower soil below where 1t
belongs. Make the upper furrow with
the ordinary turning" pillow, then break
the lower earth with Coulter sub
soiler. This breaks the ground but does
not raise 1t.
In the spring, at corn planting time,
cross plow the ground in lands two rods
wide and harrow well and roll. When
ready to set out the trees, open fur
row by drawing the pillow forward and
back ON the middle of the lands, then
cross with a light plOw at a distance
apart which will make exact squares,
and at the crossings set the trees so that
the rows both ways shall be about two
rods apart.
Prepare the places where the trees
are TO stand set them carefully, sepa-
rating and spreading the roots, cutting
away all damaged ones, cover an inch
or two with loose soil, and as soon as
a row Is set, run the plow two or three
times along each side covering the roots
about eight inches. Then pack the earth
down firmly over and about the roots.
Between the rows cultivate potatoes
or some crop that does not grow high
or cover all the ground, and after re-
moving the crop in the fall, manure the
ground heavily. =.
y Before taking the first step toward
rowing the orchard, promise your wife,
husband, brother, neighbor~some-
The Advocate and news., 1898-01-12
About OverprOduCtiOn.

" Whether there Is or ia not oVerpro-
duction depends on the scope OF the
word as understood and intended by the
persons using it. If we are to under
stand that the production of useful arti-
cles Is a mere matter OF philanthropy,
that all persons who are needy are to
be supplied, then there has never yet
been too much of anything while there
was a destitute person living on the
earth.
But farmers are not raising crops for
the pleasure Of giving them to people
that need such things without respect
to who, what or where they are. Nor do
manufacturers toll only that others may
enjoy the use OF the things they make
Shoemakers make shoes to sell, not to
give away.
Those Of us who are producers follow
our several occupations primarily for
the purpose of earning a livelihood, and
we deal only with persons who will buy
and pay for what we sell to them.
Farmers and manufacturers alike at
one time in the past, and long time 1t
was, took their products long distances
to exchange them at fairs, and they paid
no attention to beggars by the way.
These fruits of labor were not ripened
and garnered and transported for those
who had not, but for them that had
something to give in exchange.
So we all produce for the market,
and with respect to the market there Is
often great overproduction.
When any marketable article Is super
abundant, other things being equal the
price OF that article is low. To keep
the price up, so far as the matter Of pro-
ductlon is concerned, the market must
not be glutted. But how Is this to be
regulated? Let farmers take lessons
from people in other vocations, and Or
ganize for protection. Cooperate as
manufacturers and merchants do.
The Advocate and news., 1898-01-12
Thoughts Clipped From Our Farm Ex-
changes,


Do not put all out doors into wheat
because of the promise Of the wheat
market.
The best possible management of a
limited area is the only safe dependence
for most men.
The small, national crop averages tell
the story of our crops and prospects by
acres rather than by bushels.
The unprecedented massing of cattle
in the feeding States will make receipts
very heavy up to August, 1898.
Excessive pruning at one time will fill
the top of the tree with water-sprouts
winters than to do 1t all at once
All heavy pruning should be done in
winter when the sap is down, and during
weather when one can work comfortably
without a coat.
The right kind of a man can get eX-
cellent results from any breed that he
likes, If it is adapted to his conditions
and circumstances.
Taking the country over there is
shortage Of cattle, but 1t will not be
shown in the market receipts for the
next nine months.
The cattle feeding situation seems to
be summed up in the statement OF a
shortage in general stocks but an album
dance in the feed-lots.
We can handle manure without much
loss Of value by taking 1t directly from
the stables, a load at a time, and spread
ing directly where wanted
Pine tar and turpentine are excellent
remedies in the case of lung worms, in
restinal worms, grub in head, catarrh
and other ailments of sheep.
The continuous cultivation Of plowed
crop without suitable rotation or the
use of manures, causes a loss Of nitro
gen, the most valuable element Of the
soil.
If works on farm architecture were
advertised or dubbed with agricultural
papers more 1t would have tendency
to improve farm buildings and their sur
roundings.
There is no place where horses can
be fitted so cheaply for market as on
the Western farm, where both grain and
labor are comparatively cheap during
the winter season.
One of the great difficulties in selling
Western horses is that they are not
properly fitted for the market. The
The Advocate and news., 1898-01-12
Interesting Paragraphs.

A careful farmer who keeps few
good cows says that he has tested
skinned milk after standing twenty
four hours in cans in cold water and
found one-fourth of the total amount Of
butter-fat remaining.
A farmer, writing to Farm and Fire
side, discussing the cream and butter
problem, says that after two years ex-
perience, he Is satisfied that thousands
of farmers who sell butter or cream
are losing enough money each year to
pay for complete dairy equipment, in
cluding not only the separator, but a
good Inllk-tester, cream-ripening vats,
butter-packages, churn and all complete.
The Advocate and news., 1898-01-12

This may be putting the case too strong
but is is certainly true that the better
a farmer Is equipped for saving what he
has, the better will his account look at
the end Of the year.
Discussing the large farm question,
a correspondent OF the Epitomist thinks
that by attempting to cover too much
ground, the work is only half accom-
plished, with the result that the yield
is much lessened and the quality of an
inferior grade, so that the returns from
the large farm in many instances will
not cover cost of production.
The Massachusetts, Experiment Sta
tion has been experimenting with cleo
tricity in the growth of plants. Wires
are arranged on high poles, the atmos-
pheric electricity is collected night and
day and conducted by copper wire to
a network Of wires laid at q depth Of
five or six feet under the soil. One such
pole supplies sufficient electricity to
stimulate several acres Of vegetables.
An experienced horticulturist says the
primary object of pruning is to clear
the tree Of superfous branches, that they
may not choke out and destroy one an
other and the fruit and he thinks it
is better to prune too little than too
much. Better feed the soil, he says, and
remove only the limbs that rub and crop
each other, and head back the strag-
Cling branches, than to prune without
good judgment and care.
Cotton planters have met in conven-
tion and resolved in favor of restricting
the area to be planted in cotton this
year in order to affect the market favor
ably in the matter of price. But what
is to be done with the poor fellows who
have but an acre or two Of ground and
can't afford to let the land lie idle?
If the cotton men were organized so
they could help the poor over the hard
places, the problem would be solved.
The United States Department Of Ag-
riculture will soon issue as No. 66 Of
The Farmers Bulletin series a pamph-
let entitled Meadows and Pastures:
Formation and Cultivation in the Mid
die Eastern States" prepared by Jared
G. Smith, Assistant Agrostologist. In
this bulletin 1T Is stated that two-thirds
of the annual forage fodder and forage
crops Of the States of Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia, and North Carolina,
amounting to 2O,0OO,000 tons and valued
at $150,000,00O, is supplied by the
grasses, clovers, cowpeas, corn stover
and ensilage produced upon the farm.
The Advocate and news., 1898-01-12
Warning to Southern Farmers.

The season seems to be prolific In
new and wonderful plants Of various
kinds coupled with stirring tales Of enOr-
nous crops sold at large profits. A
word Of caution lis due concerning a
wonderful variety Of cotton which, re-
ports say, will revolutionize the raising
of that useful commodity. The variety
has turned out TO be an old sort and
as II that were not bad enough, 1t Is
one Of the least prolific OF all the we'll
known varieties. AS a rule, 1t Is safe
to apply to the director Of your State
experiment station for information re-
gardlng so-called new varieties OF any
plant. He Is occupying his position par
TALLY for your benefit, 80 do not hesi-
tate to call on him for any desired In
formation.
The Advocate and news., 1898-01-12
Don't Grow Ginseng.

There is a pretty story going the
rounds of how a certain grower made
$4,000 in FIVE years from one acre Of
ground, growing ginseng. The story
sounds very much like others emanating
from the man who yearly has some
wonderful new plant, the seed II which
he offers at a high price. The true facts
concerning ginseng are, in substance,
as follows: 1t grows naturally in the
mountainous regions of Pennsylvania,
New York and the South, but under
cultivation it has not proved success
full venture to those who have tried it,
for 1t will not grow in sunshine orr dry
places, and no coaxing can make 1t grow.
OF course a few farmers have soil and
location similar to the mountainous
home Of the plant.
The Advocate and news., 1898-01-12

body that will help you remember what
you say, that you will take good care OF
that orchard, keep 1t clean OF weeds
and do your part to make 1t credit
to the farm and neighborhOod
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-04-17

Weighings made OF the brains oi
negroes have given between A OF. or
45 o., weight that corresponds with
European women; whilst In the ne
gress the mean weight is less than In
the female sex in Europeans. From
the weighings which have been pub
lished of the brains of the orang and
chimpaEzee it would seem that the
brain weight in these apes ranges from
IL OF. to Is o., and the brain weight
appears to be much about the same in
the gorilla. These figures are greatly
below those of the human brain, even
In so degraded people as the dwarf
Bush race OF Africa They closely a2-
proximate to the weight of newIy-born
lpale infants, in whom the average
weight is 116 or.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-04-17

we're himself modestly tells the story
OF his patriotic services. He writes:
In the year 1873, / was employed by
the selectmen OF the town OF Boston
to carry the account OF the Destruction
OF the Tea to New York: and after
wards in 1774. to carry their dispatches
to New York and Philadelphia for call
ing Congress; and afterward to Con-
gress several times. In the fall OF
1774, and winter Of IT'S, was one OF
upwards OF thirty, chiefly mechanics.
who formed ourselves into a commit
tee for the purpose OF watching the
movements Of the British soldiers. and
gaining intelligence OF the movements
OF the Tories. We held our meetings
at the Green Dragon tavern. We were
so careful that our meetings should be
kept secret that every time we met
each one swore upon the Bible that he
would not discover any OF our transac-
tions but TO Messrs. Hancock, Adams.
Doctors Warren and Church and one
or two more"
This was before his famous midnight
ride. On April IS, ITS. a movement
among the British troops stationed al
Boston was noticed. II was thought
they intended to start for Concord and
Lexington that night IL the British
marched the people must be warned.
It was also important to know whether
the British were to 60 by water or by
land. Paul Revere offered his SER
vices. II was agreed to show two lam
terms in the Christ Church steeple. n
the British went by water. and one.
IL by land. as a signal. Captain John
Pulling. a friend OF Revere. was to
make the signals. These arrange
ments all completed Paul Revere re-
turned to his home to prepare for the
memorable ride.
He took his boots and surtout. and /
went TO one OF the wharves where he |
Kept his boat. and was rowed across i
the Charles river BY two Of his friends. /
Here With eyes pxed I'm the direction !