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The Portland daily press., 1898-12-06
GRAY.

Dry Mills, Dec. 3-Horace L. Morse
died at Dry Mills November %, aged 81
years 6 months. He was the son of the
late Reuben and Charlotte Sawyer Morse.
Mr.. Morse was born and with the excep-
tions OF few years in the West) has al
ways lived on the same farm. He was a
member of Hawthorne Lodge. K. of. p.
at Raymond, of Gray Range of the PejOp-
scot Encampment at Auburn, aud OF
Sloan Lodge, 1. o. o. F., and held tie
office of the Noble Grand at the time of
his death. The funeral was from his
late residence Wednesday afternoon. He
leaves widow. He was correspondent OF
the PRESS from this place.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-06
YARMOUTH.

i. Mr.. Luther B Roberts Of Oakdale,
Deering, is in town. organizing an en-
iowment rank of the Knights of Pythias.
One large class has already been startt
and another is in process of formation
The members of the class of '99. F :
port High school, are to pres MT a h e.
act drama entitled Bob's Uncle. er his
Last Chance, at Masonic hall. Yarmouth
Friday evening, December 9th.
One of the large chimneys on the main
part of the Royal River house ana
small one on the ell of the building were
blown down in the gale early Monday
morning.
The following are the latest arrivals at
the Royal River house: g. Ii. Williams,
Boston; J. W. Thomas, East SulIivans
p. A. Dermody. Portland A. Hussey,
Cum berland; M. Thuraton, pownal.
The annual election of OH GERS of Gen.
eral John A. Logan camp, S. of ". re-
suited as follows:
Captsin-George L. Seabury.
First Observation-Disclosures S. Bryant.
Second Lieutenant--Fred L. Stoddard.
Camp Counoil-Wm. Grant, Harry B.
Hodsdon, Oscar Drinkwater.
Delegates to Division Encampment to
be held at Bucksport-Frank a. Drink
water, Fred L. Stoddard.
Alternatss-John Drinkwater, Harry
B. Hodson.
4 The officers are to be installed the first
Thursday evening in January, 1899. The
non.oomnissioned officers and staff APP
pointments will be made ION the nighs
Of Installation.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-06
MRe CKs NEAR BooTHBAY.

Bootkbay Harbor, December 5.-The
heavy blow late yesterday afternoon and
last night drove several vessels ashore at
various points along this section Of the
coast.
The sohooners Edward Trevoy Of Glou-
cester and eRoumania of Patopogue, N.
Y. are ashore ON McKeown's point. The
Fannie Hayden of Boothbay and the Van
quart of Southwest Harbor are ashore at
West Harbor, and two unknown vessels
are aground at the north end of Nc
Keown's Point, some distance from the
Trevoy and Roumania.
One of the unknown vessels is loaded
with lumber. As far as known no lives
have been lost.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-06
REAL KsFA TIE TRANSFERS.

These transfers of real estate have been
recorded:
Benjamin c. Jordan and others, heirs
of David Jordan, deceased, late of New
Gloucester, to Alvenius L. Whitney OF
Sanford, land and buildings in New
Gloucester.
Maria A. Gooding of Yarmouth to
George L. Maxfield of Yarmouth, land
on Baker street in Yarmouth Vile.
Addie S. True of North Yarmouth to
james L. Dunn of Cumberland, land IN
North Yarmouth on Royal river, and
on the south side of the Hallowell road,
containing 60 acres; also another piece
of land with buildings in North fars
mouth, commencing at the bridge, and
bounded by the loyal river, Land OF
George L. Sawyer, the Grand trunk
railway and the Hallowell road.
Edna L. Marston of North Yarmouth
to Charles L. Marsson of North Yarmouth,
land in North Yarmouth ON the HALO
we'll road.
sJennie &. Vining of Wilton, to Charles
Il. Msrston OF North Yarmouth, lana
in North Yarmouth, on the southerly
side of the Hallowell road.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-06

posed long to the weather. But the
= 1ls rk aokets were the ones in the
pas ger qua ers.
he tie las Inspection of the boat
was made during III ice rs CAPTAIN
threw away quite of the o
Il is no or fhre Ct them lrew IL o
the a th went d ~ oEt sig :.
They oudn't have bean i much use n
k IA dead man
ado t..
u tain Q az WAS asked what 1t
ght of the story OF the finding of a
d., bottle containing a message from
q "a Blanchard. His answer wa
IN Blanchard had too much to o
It any time in writing bottle Il es
sac. II hs hal writfen such messag,
he would have signed his foil name. Tha.
stoi looks to IN like fake. ("
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-06
SCHOONER DRAGGED ANoHo (
;s7Rc1AL 70 THE fRxss..

Boothbay harbor, Deeemper ST
heavy gale of wind past over Boot bas
Harbor last night and this morni g
There has been no winds like it for the
past thirty years These vessels dragged
ashore at Boothbay Harbor last night.
Schooners Eva Martin, Martin of South
West Harbor; Vanguard, Lawrence, Of
South West Harbor; Fannie Hayden,
Turner, Boothbay Harbor; Ramona of
Gloucester, Mass. Maud Madoeh, Calais
for Boston; one other not report ed. No
lives were lost. All the vessels will come
off more or less damaged.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-06
A BATH SCHOONER IN TROUBLE.

Boston, December ga oablsgram re-
ceived by the owners of the four masted
Bath schooner Wesler M. Oier, ound
from New Orleans for Boston, with q
cargo of 5000 barrels of molasses, states
that the schooner put into Bermuda yes-
terday in a crippled condition and with
the loss of her ensineer, who was swept
overheard. The vessel's sails were blown
away and her decks were swept of every
thing movable.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-06
3UIDE SHOOTS HIMSELF.

Bangor, Decem her 5.-Joe Cross, q
guide of this region, accidentally R..shot
himself in the leg Saturday while pull
ing his cooked rifle from canoe The
lott thigh bone WAS badly shattered ne
o ssitating the removal of a piece OF bene
which Will probsbly result in shorten
ing the leg
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-06
SECIIoN HAND KILLED.

Lewiston, December 5.-Cornelius
Crowley, A years old, section haId on
the Maine Central, was struck by the 6.15
train near Crowley's Junction, this
morning and instantly killed. He leaves
a wife and five children.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-06
UNITED STATES COURT.

The grand jury in the United States
District court will come in today, and the
trial jury at 5 p IN. Thursday There
will pe a number of cases of infringement
of the revenue law, several Cor smuggling,
and the r, a Office cases of Moore and
Charles D. Riord.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-06

Dir. Bulls Cough Syrup is most won.
perful remedy for bronchial troubles 1t has
cured thousands and will cure you. 25c.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-06


him to go, or that he had better try and
get through, Captain Blanchard and Mr..
Williams had INDUCED many debate
about. the matter, it would have been just
like Blanchard to put to sea, even II the
chances were In favor of her going GO the
bottom before she reached the castle. lie
hased to be dictated to in matters whers
he considered himself responsible tC
decide.
ssOn general principles. I believe the
captain of the boat should be the one to
decide whether 1t is expedient to put tt
sen. The government holds him re-
sponsible not the company officials
Captain Blanchard was, | know, of that
same opinion. / know, too, that there
was not the best of feeling between him
and the present management OF the line
When he visited my home, three weeks
ago today, he said things were not run
ming as smoothly with him as they useo
to, and that he had about made up hi:
mind to quit the boat.
"TEe captains have always been very
cautious on this line about starCing out
in foul weather. During my own expert
ence as master, sometimes remained IN
sids, even after being advised at the Office
to start remember one time the loca
agent sent me out against my 1ncIn aOions
and the weather was so rough tna1 n
took my boat almost nineteen hours &c
make the trip. and her paddles were 60
ling ALI the time. That was abouU tne
| toughest trip ever made on steamer :
Being asked his opinion OF the tnis
llife preservers, Captain Craig repiiet:
ui'he only life preseryers have seen or
| tha Steamers that are really servicsabie
iare those fillee with strips OF cork. III
granulated cork life praservers ara no
Food for much after they have Teen ex
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-06

are in progress unQer DOM stSlloiAo u
the tariff act.
Negotiations to the same end With Ger
many have been set on foot. Meanwhiie
no effort has been relaxed to convince
the imperial government of the thor
oughness of our inspection of pork prod
ucts for expectation and it is trusted that
the efficient administration of this meas
ure by the department of agriculture will
be recognized as guarantee of tbs
healthfulness of the food staples we send
abroad to countries where their use is
large and necessary.
The experiences of the last year bring
forcibly home to us a sense of the bur-
dens and the waste of war. We desire
in common with most civilized nations
TO reduce to the lowest possible point the
damage sustained in time of war by
peaceful trade and commerce It should
be our object to minimize SO far as prac-
ticable this inevitable loss and disturb
ance. This purpose can probably best
.be accomplished by an international
agreement to regard all private property
at sea as exempt from capture or de-
struction by the forces OF beligerent
powers
The secretary of the treasury reports
that the receipts of the government from
an sources during the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1895, including sb4,fol,.ISzo re-
ceived from sale OF racine ra1ll oau s'
penditures "a S443. 36S, 5S2. There was
collected from customs S14e, 90. o62, and
from Internal revenue Slf0 wv, oa ae;. ~, 0ut
dutiable imports amounted 10 SSz4'ooo,-
419. a decrease Of SIS. 156, $50 over the pre-
eeding year. and i1nportations free OF
duty amounted to 1921, Ala III decre oso
from the preceding year % sso.sS---,VV0'
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-07
Marriage by Lottery.

A cynic or sage once remarked that
marriage is lottery. In the province
of Smolensky, in Russia, this aphoirsm
has been reduced to quarterly fact,
says the London Modern Society, for
once every three months there is held
the most remarkable lottery ever de-
vised. Husbands and wives are chos-
eu by the chance drawing of q lottery
ticket. The tickets cost one rouble
each. There is only one prize to te
drawn, and it consists of the entire
sum yielded by the sale of the tickets
amounting to 5000 roubles, together
with lady described as of noble
blood. The tickets are sold only to
males, and the lucky winner of the
prize will have to marry the damsel if
he takes the 5000 troubles. If, how
ever, he be already married, he is at
liberty to turn over the money and the
lady to any friend whom he may wish
to put in for such good thing. If the
winner should be willing to marry, but
is not found to be to the damsel's taste,
then they are to be excused from ma
trimouy and permitted to divide the
roubles. If they marry each other and
are not willing, their life is pretty we'll
all troubles.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-07

large number of calves in Texas,
both common and bighgrade stock, and
the results warrant the conclusion
| that vaccine is in every way satisfactO-
ry. 1t is desired, however, before dis
ributing the vaccine to stock owners
in general, to obtain records of several
thousand successful vaccinations. For
this purpose a quantity vaccine will be
distribu' ed to such parties as may de-
sire to make preliminary vaccinations
and report the results to the Bureau.
Explicit instructions will be sent with
the vaccine to secure uniformity of
operation and to assist persons who
are without previous experience in the
the vaccinations.
All applicable ms for blackleg vaccine
should be address .ed to DR.. D. E.
Salmon. chief of Bureau of Animal In
dustry, U. S. Department of ARricul-
t're, Washington, d. @. A regular
application blank will be mailed to any
stock owner who SO requests, and in
accepting the vaccioe be pledges him
self to report the results.
Attention is called to the rule that
under no circumstances will blaokleg
vaccine be sent to any one person for
distribution to others, except in the
case of ate officials or sanitary off,
GERS. Each stock owner must apply
directly to this Office for the amount of
vaccine required for his own cattle,
and this will be sent to him direct
free of any charges.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-07

s ates especially, the annual losses from
z his fatal disc, Sc have been so great as
easily to exceed tie losses of cattle
from all other causes combined. These
losses have been particularly felt by
the progressive stock growers, as BY
far the largest percen age of the calves
which became affected were either full
blood or highly graded animals, which
appear to be more susceptible to black
leg than the ordinary common-bred
stock. AS the continued existence of
blackleg has very detrimental effect
upon the cattle industry in general,
and especially upon those stock owners
who, through untiring efforts and great
expense, have endeavored to improve
heir herds, an investigation has been
made by this Bureau with a view to
devising some measure through which
the stead ly increasing losses might be
arrested or reduced as much as pos
sible
In Europe, where the disease has
long prevailed, the annual losses IN
cert in badly infected districts became
so disastrous that cattle raising had to
be abandoned About fifteen yea ago
three French scientists, Arloing, Cor
nevin, and Thomas, succeeded 10 pro-
ducing q blackleg vaccine, which is
now extensively used in many cOun-
5ries where the disease prevails to a
erious extent. The method of its use
consists in injecting into each calf two
loses of highly attenuated backlog
virus, with an interval of ten days be-
tween the innoculations. This meth
Cd, which is very inconv- nient, espe-
tally where large number of AMI
nails are to be treated, was later mo-
diied by German scientist, Kilt, who
reduced the process to a single iuj. c.
ton with less a.tenuated virus, and
who chose the loose skin on the side
of the chest, just behind the shoulder,
for the point of incubation. kits
method has been adopted to a very
large extent in eastern Europe and
western Africa with very satisfactory
results, aud it has, for that reason and
on account of it's SIMPLICITY, been taken
as the basis for the investig ations
made by his Bureau.
A "siugle vaccine" has been pre-
pared in she pathological laboratory of
the Bureau, and subsequently tested on
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-07

carbonate of soda (saisoda), though In
the waters of this state common salt
(sOdium chlOride) and alum waters are
sometimes met with. Sulphate of
| potash, phosphate of soda, nitrate of
soda, and carbonate of ammonia rarely
occur in underground waters. Guam
| tity consider, carbonate of soda is the
most Injurious of the mineral elements,
from an irrigation standpoint, found in
our water supply. This form of soda
com bines in many cas- with vegetab. e
mould or ''humus" forming q back
compound when dry, known IS "black
alkali." The term "gyp water'' is
usually given to those waters n:ain-
ing sulphate of soda.
Alkali in soils is sometimes success
fully washed out by heavy rainfalls,
or by Hoodlng with pure water. An
other method used is the growth of
such crops as show fondness for the
alkaline plant-food elements of the
soil. In this connection it must be
borne in mind that soils trou bled by al
kali are only suffering from an excess
Of certain kinds of,food that will
not permit the utilization OF other ne
cessary food elements present in the
soil. Sorghum, sugar beets and salt
brush are crops that have been
successfully grown upon land that
tend to alkalinity, and the surplus al
kali has often been safely removed in
their use. Thorough cultivation or in
creased evaporation often causes a
white deposit near the surface, which
leaves the subsoil free from the harm
full effects Of a'kali, and this gives re-
lief to the growing crop, should the
supply of alkali in the subsoil be limit
ed and not too near the surface. Gyp-
sum Is used at the rate of 400 or 500
pounds per acre as remedy for black
alkali, and common lime is recon-
mended for white alkali. dry at
mosphere resulting in scent vegetation
is favorable to the formation of al
kali, and upon many such soils irriga-
tion water and a growth OF few crops
washes out or carries off the poison in
the soil, thus proving an effectual re-
nedy,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-07
VALUABLE INFORMATION.
DR.. Brunner Presents it to the Wash
ingtOn officials.

A dispatch from Savannah says:
DR.. w. f. Brunner, formerly United
States sanitary inspector at Havana,
has just returned from Washington,
where he went to place valuable in
gene raj, General Mjles, and the war
department..
General Drummer while in Havana,
for the sum of S.. 40 month, had the
original reports frs m all the Spanish
military hospitals. These reports are
now IN the possession of Surgeon Cen
eral Wyman. They show, DR.. Brun-
ner states, that there were in the Span
ish hospitals daily, out of an army of
ITO, 900 men, from 10000 to $4,000 SOL
diers. The unsanitary conditions sur
rounding the men and the Insufficient
attention given them, TO- to.
good food, are resposible for these
secured in the same way infor nation
about all of the coast fOrtlhca tiOns
around Havana and personally saw
planted eight of the submarine mines
now in the harbor there. These plans
have been placed in the possession of
the war department.. He also had
data showing the number, size and
description of all the guns, and full
description of oil their ammunition and
high explosives.
DR.. Drummer does not think an army
OF Evasion should be sent to Cuba on
account of the likelihood of great NOR
tality from yellow fever and other fe-
vers. He says with the volunteers and
regulars the Spaniards will soon as
seemble an army of ABOUT $4,000 men
in Havana.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-07

ed to make a number of deep incisiops
| into the affected pat and to apply
some strong disinfectant to the wounds,
but even such radical measures have
proved to be of very little value, and
only tend TO cause the animal uDneces-
sary suffering. Furthermore, when
his treatment is undertaken 10 a
pasture, the animal is liable to scatter
the discharge from the wounds over
large areas, and thus spread the infect
ion. It is, therefore, strongly recon-
mended never to attempt this treat
ment except when the animal is cOnfln-
ed in a place which can be thoroughly
disinfected.
DISPOSITION OF BLACKLEG CAR
CASSES.
All animals which die from blackleg
should be imms diately burned before
they are attacked by vermin or birds of
prey, as these may scatter the infec-
ton. In order thoroughly to destroy
carcass, it should be placed upon two
logs and a cord of dry wood heaped
over and around it. If Onesfre does not
destroy it completely, another should
be built over the parts remaining. In
a pasture where wood is scarce, the
carcass may be buried; in this case the
hole in the ground should be at least 6
feet deep and the carcass should be
we'll covered with lime before the earth
Is filled in. Lime should also be scat
tered frs ely over the grave and also
over the space where the animal was
lying before being buried. No eff rt
should be spared TO make sure that in-
fec ion from the dead animal is im DOS
sibe. 1t is due to neglect of these i'm
portant precautions that blackleg has
gained such a fOOthOld in certain parts
Of This country as almost TO make cat
tie raising Improbable.
PREVENTIVE VACCINATION.
For several years frequent reports |
have come to this Bureau concerning |
the great mortality from blackleg |
among young stock in many widely Sc
Darated districts of the United States. |
In some of the southern and western !
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-07
Natural Enough.

How did this happen?" asked the
surgeon, as he dressed a wou1 d in the
cheek and applied a soothing poultice
to the damaged eye.
Got hit with a stOne,' replied the
patient.
"Who threw it?''
'My wife," was the reluctant an
swer.
''Hum; its the first time knew q
woman to hit anything she aimed at, -
the surgeon.
'She was throwing at the neighbours
hens" explained the sufferer. ~ was
behind her. "-Detroit Free Press.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-07

The Rev. Sam Jones expressed some
sound Sc nse in very vigorous English
in a recent sermon when he said:
"The place to take the true measure
of man is not in the market place nor
amen corner. nor in the field or forum
but at his own fireside. There he lays
aside his mask, and you may learn
whether he is an imp or an angel, king
or cur, hero or humbug. 1 do not care
whether it crowns him with glory or
pelts him with bad eggs. l care not
what his religion may be. II his
babies dread his coming home and his
better half swallows her heart every
time she has to ask him for q fve-dOl-
lar bill, he is fraud of the last water,
even though he pray night and morn
ing until he is black in the
face and shouts halleujah until he
shakes the eternal hills.
But If the children run to the front
gate to meet him, and loves own sun
shine Eliminates the face of his wife
when she hears his footsteps. you can
take it for granted that he is pure gold
his home is heaven and the bum bug
never gets that near the throne OF
God. He may BE- q rank heist and a
red flag anarchist, ar Mormon. and
mugwump; he may bny votes and bat
on elections: be may deal from the bot
tom and dr. nix beer u i; he can't tell q
silver dollar from circular saw, and
still he is infinitely better than the
man that is all suavlty bat who makes
his home hell-wbo vents on TIE head
of his he'ple wife and children the
i'll nature he would like to ipfiict on his
fellow man, bu- dares no.. I can for
give much in that fellow mortal who
had rather make men swear than wo-
men weep. would rather have the bate
of the world than the contempt of hie
wife: who had rather call anger to the
eye of a king than fear to the face of q
childn
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-07
BLACKLEG IN CATTLE and ITS CURE.

come cold, and sometime before death
the temperature falls and may become
subnormal. There is trembling of II e
muscles, which, as death approaches,
may develop into violent cOnvul-
sions.
APPEARANCE AFTER DEATH.
The skin over the swelling is affect
ed with dry gangrene. The connective
tissue beneath the skin is intiit~ated
with blood aud bloody serum, and is
distended with gas. The affec ed
muscles are dark brown or black, arr
easily torn, and the spaces surrounding
tb EN- are filed with bloody liquid and
gas.
1t is soma times desirable to deter
~ine.whether an animal is affected with
black quarter or with anthrax tumor,
or with a swelling csused by the ba-
cillus of malignant e1ema. The ar
.hrax tumor maybe dist nguished by
the hardness and sOlidity of the tumOr,
and by the fact tina it contains no gas
The spleen is enlarged in anthrax anC
is upaffected in black quarter. 1t is
difficult to distin 2uish between the
swellings of black quarter and malign-
ant 1dema, since they resemble each
other very closely, aud both are dis
tended with gas. Malignant pdema.
however, morally starts from d
| wound of considerable size; it often
follows surgical operations, and does
not usually result from the small
abrascions and pricks to which ami
mails Are subjected in pastures.
TREATMENT.
Owing to the rapid and violent
course of the disease, treatment is
of little or no value. Numerous re-
NEEDLES have been proposed and tried,
but the cases of recovery on record ere
exceedingly rare. It has been suggest
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-07
As USual.

homely boy over there. He has such
q big mouth.
Mrs Slywinks-Yes, looks like his
mother, don't you think?
Mrs. Gossip-I don't sknow, who-e
boy is it?
Mrs. -Mine.-Truth.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-07
How to Cure Alkali Soil.

The following is reprinted from
bullatin 43 of the Texas agricultural
experiment station. just received:
The Injurious eff-cI of irrigation
water is due to the presence of such
alkaline bases as soda, potash, am-
monia, etc. These usually appear as
sulphafe of soda (glaubers salty, and