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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30

EHOR SALE at q very low price. .umne
u Cottage Of four rooms with furniture very-
pleasantly situated near this Rreakwater, Soue,.
Portland, and within fifty feet of the 1t waite.
would make fine clubhouse; must he sold "a .
once. Two hundred dollars takes It. Address
cottage, 125 Franklin st, Portland. Me-" d,
NOR SALE Elegant new room house. ,-0-
ner OF Deering Avenue and William
open plumbing. hot water heaf archtee.s
Price to suit and terms easy c. b, DALTON.
h3 Exchange street. Junsgdts
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
Destroying the Point.

Everyone knows the man who is no.
toriors for so telling story as to de-
stroy its point. An English nobleman,
Lord P, was noted for his success in
thus running the prosperity of story.
The author of "Collections and Recol-
lections" exhibits specimen of his
lordship's peculiar art. Thirty years
ago two large houses were built at AL
bert Gate, London, the size and cost of
which seemed likely to prohibit ten
ants from hiring them. A wag chris
tened them Malta and Gibraltar, be-
cause they can never be taken.' Lord
P thought this an excellent Joke,
and ran round the town, saying to every
friend he met: II, say, do you know
what they call those houses at Albert
Gate? They call them Malta and Glib
raltar, because they can never let them.
Isn't it awfully good?'' Someone told
Lord P the old riddle, 'Why was the
elephant the last animal to get into the
ark?'' to which the answer is, because
he had to pack his trunk Lord p
asked the riddle of the next friend he
met, and gavea as the answer Because he
had topack his portmanteau."-Y Youths
Companion. = -.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Soil and location will change the ap.
pearance of fruit and also the quality.
The head of the tree should always be
cut back to correspond with the roots.
Mixed husbandry in gardening and
fruit growing is necessary to the best
success.
In pruning trees of any kind it is bet
ter to have one strong branch than two
or three weak ones.
Whenever water is given to house
plants enough should be given to wet
the soil thoroughly.
A few apple and peach trees should be
planted every year in order to keep up a
good supply on the farm.
Sod is a protection to an orchard in
winter. 1t is an exceptional case when
1t is best to plow in the fall. -.s
The English walnut is said to be the
most profitable of all nut-bearing trees
When in full bearing they will yield
about 800 pounds of nuts to the tree
The nut sells on an average at about
eight cents per pound. If only q trees
are planted on an acre the income would
be about $675.-St. Louis Republic.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
2
+ HAS MANY. ADVANTAGES.
ACheap, Unpatcnted, Dirt.Excludins .
MIX Pail That Can Easily
he Made at Home.

tt is simply impossible to have good
milk or gilt-edged milk products while
the milk is contaminated by the filth
Of the barnyard. Few people have any
idea Of the amount of filth they con-
snme in a lifetime in the milk and milk
products they consume. The proverbial
peck of dirt is a mere trifle to that. A
convenient milk pail, almost entirely
proof against such elements, may be
cheaply and conveniently made in the
following manner: Take an ordinary
tin or zine milk pail; have a spout made
on one side with cap; make cover
to latch on. In the center of the cover
make hole six inches in diameter, and
around this hole put protecting rim
about ~ inches high, and flaring out
ward. This will greatly reduce
the dirt-catching area. Next make
9 bag of the thickest, closest wove tow
cling, about eight inches in diameter
and about eight inches deep, with 3
draw string in the top. Suspend this
in the hole in the lid, doubling the top
over the protecting rim and pulling the
draw string tight to hold it in place.
Put inside this a similar bag of cheese
cloth. Milk into the bag and the milk
will filter into the pail as it is milked.
When dirt falls into the bag it can be
picked off and not go into the milk.
When the pail is full empty through
the spout, take out the cheesecloth bag
with all its accumulated hairs and dirt
and put in clean one. Such course
might seem troublesome to dirty milk
ers, but it is a cheap and effective way
to make gilt edged milk and to increase
the price and popularity of your milk
products. I will enumerate some of it's
advantages (D It keeps filth and
hairs out Of the milk. (2) 1t keeps the
edors of the barnyard from the milk.
l13)~ It makes it almost impossible for
the cow to put her foot in the milk pail.
This item alone would, on the average,
more than pay for its cost and trouble
ia a year. (4) The milk need spill but
little should the pail get tipped'over-
another item of economy. (5)' People
who eat your. milk and it's products. in
cluding yourself, will have far finer
flavor and eat far less dirt. (6) With all
these advantages your milk will keep
sweet much longer, early souring being
sure sign of filth.-M. w. Gum, in
Prairie Farmer.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
A DAIRY OF DIARIES.
Butter Churned in Silver and on
COunters of Marble and TilinE
in Rarest of T1nts.

Probably the most ideal dairy in ex-
istence is that of the princess of Wales,
in which not only she but her various
daughters have learned to make the
most perfect butter. The walls are COW
cred with tiles presented to the prince
of Wales, who placed them here as a
surprise to the royal dairymaids. They
were made in Bombay, and. are of a
deep peacock blue, the rose, the sham
rock and thistle being intertwined
with the motto "Ich dien.'
IL A white marble counter, running
around the room, holds silver pans of
milk from the Attorneys grazing with
out. Above this, on broad bracket
shelves of marble, is a collection, in
fevery imaginable material, of cows,
bu1locks and calves-Italian and Parian
marble, alabaster, porcelain, terra cot
ia and silver-all gifts.
"A long milk can, painted by Prin.
cess Louise to match the Indian tiling,
stands in one corner, and opposite is the
head of the princess pet Alderney,
with a silver plate recording her vir-
tues. Here the princess sometimes
churns in silver churn, and in the
next room the butter for the family
is made up and sent fresh every morn
ing when they are in London.
The days supply is made up into
little pats and scrolls all ready for
table, and the princess requires a spe-
cial order of pats. Not grain of salt
is allowed in them, and they are made
the size of a half crown and the thick
ness of three, with either the crown,
the coat of arms or the three feathers
stamped on each.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
Good and Inferior Cider,


Cider made from windfalls and green
apples, which contain a much less pro-
portion of sugar than ripe apples, is
consequently the poorest, being sour
and watery. Where the apples are
green but we'll matured the quality Of
the cider made from them will be found
vastly improved by the simple process
of throwing them in small piles in the
orchard and allowing them to ripen
When first-class cider is desired it is
necessary to select the fruit: If yor:
have been in the habit of throwing in
half-matured, partially rotten and ali
sorts Of fruit, try by way of experiment
a press full of well-matured, solid ap-
pies, free from dirt. Filter through a
clean muslin cloth, and the result will
be surprise. ,
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17

There is more Catarrh in this section OF
gether, and until until ii the % last y few years E was
supposed to be incurable. For great many
years doctors pronounced it local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con.
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
constitutional cure on the market. It Is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system They
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi.
monials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co., To.
ledo, Q. Sold by Druggists, Use.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17

SECTIONAL VIEW OF FRUIT MOUND,
"a, Apples; S, Straw; E, Earth; v, Ven
tilating Box or Shaft) :
nailed up from two by six-inch boards
and perforated as shown in illustra-
ton with holes to permit escape of
gases and foul air. A small watershed
is erected at top, leaving vents in gables
for ventilation. This box is erected and
apples mounded upon straw around it
until a foot from the top. The mound
of fruit is then incased around with
old boards and covered with heavy
coating of straw and several inches of
earth.
This is sufficient until freezing
weather, when another coating of straw
and earth should be placed upon the
mound.
This may be done after the weather
is quite cold and frozen by throwing a
litter of straw around the heap base,
in order that the earth may not be
frozen and be accessible for covering.
After the last covering is in place a
| load or two of coarse manure may be
scattered over the mound. By this
method the farmer may have apples in
cold storage until late spring and also
have them secure from frost in the cold
est weather.
The board covering is very necessary
in order that the apples may not be-
| come compacted and mashed from the
weight of covering, and the pile also is
much easier to use from than a mound
not protected by boards, thus caving in
as the fruit is used out.
Many, however, who have cellars pre-
fer to store in them, as it is somewhat
more convenient, even though the
flavor and crispness be not so well re.
| tanned.
Very convenient crates may be made
for this purpose by saving plastering
lath in two equally and mailing them
up with ends prepared from inch
boards 1oAx12 inches in dimension
| These boxes will hold a bushel each, are
cheaply made and can be stacked into
rows or upon temporary shelves in the
cellar, where they may be easily &C.
cessible to use from, in regard to vari-
ETY., keeping, quality, etc.
These crates are very superior to
storing in barrels or bins, as no large
quantity can be crushed together, nee
essarily making it inconvenient to sort
or discard decayed fruit.-George W
Brown, in Ohio Farmer.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
Pure Butter for Exnort.

Mr.. A. S. Mitchell, chemist of the
Wisconsin dairy and food commission,
says that in most of the foreign but
ters sent to England preservatives are
used. He expresses the belief that
American butter known to be free from
such chemicals would find a ready sale
on the British market. The opinionsot
Mr.. Mitchell should be given weight.
People of England as we'll as of this
country are opposed to having their
food doctored with borax and other
stuff. They will gladly turn from
goods so treated to goods that are pure
and free from all other preseryatives
than salt.-Farmers' Review.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
THOSE or THE PAST.

We are the living, our hearts all a-sorrow-
u ing, ~-5 sssf r..
Where have you gone from us, where are
s you lost? gt&
You who have toiled for US,
Ranging the world for us,
Why have you left us here counting our
cost?
You. the great God-men Of ages forgotten,
o. You, the great God-men Of our to-day,
All your vast number,
Oh, where do you slumber,
Where have they lost you-on what lonely
way?
Back to the elements long they have given
you,
Hearts all a-bleeding with sorrow and
All that we know of you.
All that we have of you,
Ii the great work of your hand and your
brain.
Nature. who helped you. who bent to you,
will-power,
Many the years you have gone back to
her,
You and your mightiness
Such does your heart confess,
We never knew you just as you were.
Oh, the vast army of those who have gone
from US,
Whence have they faded; oh, where are
their souls?
Hollow the heart in us,
Sorrow apart from us,
We, too, are going, but where are our
goals?
We, who are God-men, will join the mys-
terry,
Millions of hearts will be bleeding and
sore
Why must we leave you all,
Why must we grieve you all,
Why must We join the men gone before?
You who have faith in creeds and religions
You are the only ones who can reply
Hope in the soul of you,
Joy in the whole of you
Faith is your fact, and answers your why
-AmeS Oppenheim. in N Y Sun
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
STORAGE OF APPLES.
Earth, This Writer Says, II the Il.
Most Satisfactory Method.

Now that there is generous crop OF
apples in some localities this year, the
general query arises how to winter
them in the best manner. We have
found no way that answers the require
ments of the majority of farmers so
well as to mound them up and cover
with earth. By this method the apple
retains or rather secures flavor far
superior to that of apples kept in the
cellar. It is therefore quite desirable
to bury them up with earth, only re-
moving them to the cellar as they are
required for use. ~
The proper method of moundfng in
winter apples is better explained in the
illustration. A box five feet long is
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
jason Crow, Oscarville. Gu, says,

Jason Crow, Oscarville. Gu, sayss
81 feel it my duty to write and let you
know what your medicine, 5 Drops, has
done for me. / have had rheumatism about
l8 years, but was able to be up most Of the
time, until year ago last May, when was
taken down and not able to move about.
About six weeks ago I saw your advertise
ment and wrote for a sample bottle. After
That I ordered some more for myself and
friends. and in every case it has done won
der. and given perfect satisfaction. DR..
Woodliff, my family physician, who has had
rheumatism Is years, is taking IS Drops, and
says it is the most efficient rheumatic med
icine he. has ever used: May 81, 1899" IL,
The above refers to IS Drops" perfect
cure for rheumatism, kidney and all kin
.dred complaints. The proprietors, Swan
son Rheumatic Co., l64 Lake St., Chicago,
offer to send Csc. sample bottle for only
1Oc. during the next 80 days. Be sure to read
their advertisement of last week.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
How to Prevent Ru.t.

The best thing I have seen or used
to keep plows, cultivators and all other
farm implements from rusting is to
use petroleum and lampblack about
the consistency Of paint. Put it on
with brush or swab. If the imple-
ment is dry and clean when put on
it will never rust as long as the paint
stays on. The beauty of it is that you
DO not have to clean it off. If it is a
plow, all you need to DO is to hitch to
it, stick it in the ground and go ahead.
Weller, in Farm and Fireside.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17

Every reader of this paper should give
special heed to the offers which are appear
ing from week to week by the John NJ.
Smyth Co., the mammoth mail order house
of Chicago. In this issue will be found their
frst.class sewing machine, at the astound.
ingly low price Of $i4.25. Coming as this Of. Of
fer and other offers do from house with a
commercial rating of over one million dol.
lars, and of the highest character, they mark
an opportunity that the shrewd buyer will
not be slow to take advantage of. The John
M. Smyth Co., $50 to l66 West Madison
street, will send their mammoth catalogue,
in which is listed at wholesale prices every
thing to eat, wear and use, on receipt of
only 10 cents to partly pay postage or -ex-
pressage, and even this 10 cents is allowed on
first purchase amounting to one dollar.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
A Fitting Toast.

Lord Clyde, one day after dinner.
asked chaplin of one of the regiments
in India for a toast, who, after consid-
ering for some time, at length ex-
claimed, with great simplicity: .'Alas!
and alack-a-day! What can I give?''
Nothing better" replied his lordship.
'Come, gentlemen, We'll give bumper
to the parsons toast A lass and a lac
a day." A lac means 100000 rupees, or
$4,000, which is certainly an income to
make one happy Chicago Times-Her-
aid 5tssg-
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
HOW TO SAVE FERTILIZERS.

keep the earth from caving in. Into this
cistern, at the end of the. compost heap,
drains are constructed from the stables
to carry the liquid, and also drain OF
small sewer from the kitchen sink to
convey the waste and keep it clean.
Then we have it where we can utilize it
to good purpose. In the cistern is a
pump, and occasionally the accumu-
lated liquid is pumped and thrown over
his compost or manure heap, is readily
taken in and absorbed, and the fertiliz-
:ng elements preserved, thus making
one of the best compost heaps I have
tried.-T. F. Collins, in Farm and Home.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
SAVING STABLE WASTE.
How Michigan Farmer Makes
Compost Heap Of Wonderful
Fertilizing Power,

My plan is that a cistern be dug ten
feet deep and wide, at the end of a pre-.
pared place, for the barnyard manu-
to be dug in sloping position from one
side to depth of three or four feet, and
long enough and wide enough to ac-
commodate the manure A stone wall
is built at each end and at the back to
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
vn.+ Coal Deposit. in 1na,a

India has immense coal deposits from
which the output in 1896 was 3,537 $50
tons. In the Bengal district alone the
Ranigurg and Baraker collieries are es-
timated to contain 100000 tons; tLs
Karampara collieries, 8, SOC, 900 tons; the
Bokara collieries, 1,5GO, 900 tons, and the
Diherria collieries, 100000 tons.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
Tea PoisoninE.

Victims Of tea poisoning are becominR
alarmingly prevalent. Women demand the
life and variety Of Health, and instead Of 40.
ing it naturally by building up their systems
they resort to tea. They should take Hostel
ening the digestive organs this brings beauty
and good spirits. It tones up the nerves,
drives away the blues, regulates the bowels
and cures all forD q dyspepsia. All drug
gists sell it. =
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
AnticiDated News.

Mr.. Isaacs lin Chicago)--Ish der dele
gram fer Mr.. Isaacs sayin' dot his shtore has
purned down in New York?
Hotel Telegraph Operator-No! None!
"Vell, when Won comes schoost sendt it
right up to my room, blease!-Puck.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
In old Missouri.

k:s. Goodwin Here's quarter, poor
man. But tell me, pray, what ever brought
you to this miserable state?
I was tourin' trough Iowa, an axerdent.
" stray across de line, see? Chicago Even.
ing News.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17

They were inspecting the Texas. "The
place we have just left" explained her es-
cort as they went below, 'is called the gun
deck" see,'' she exclaimed, brightly.
"And / suppose that place down there
where they're raking the fires is called the
poker deck. Philadelphia Record.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17

It requires no experience to dye with PUT
NAM FADELESS DYES. Simply boiling
your goods in the dye is all that's necessary.
Sold by all druggists.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17

The great trouble seems to be that bad
luck is natural, while people are compelled
to work for good luck-Atchison Globe. Il
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17

hdence reposed in her has never been
violated. Over million women have
been helped by her advice and medicine.
Mrs. Pinkham in attending to her vast
correspondence is assisted by women
only. II you are Ill, don't delay. Her
reply will cost you nothing and It will be a
practical help as it was to Miss ELLA e.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17

~ HERE are women everywhere who suffer almost
stanty because they cannot bring themselves to tell
all about their ills physician.
Such women can surely explain their symptoms and their
suffering by letter Mrs pnam Lynn Mass for the con-
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
True to Nature.

She-What good picture!
He-No, it isn't. / was not we'll, and I
looked like an idiot that morning.
She (intently studying the photograph
Well, it looks exactly like you, anyway
Judge.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
RIGHT After Public schools.

After the public schools come the
public highways in their effect on the
pablo welfare and on economic pros
perity
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17

I have used Piso's Cure for ConsumptioD
both in my family and practiee.-Dr- q.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17

Somehow badness is far more contasioU
than goodness Chicago Daily News.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17

LIKE FNDING MONEY.

The the Endless Chain Starch Book of
only you enabled to get large 1oe package Of
Shakespeare panels printed twelve beautiful
smasp presentsf free. = -
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17

To csYe . Csfd u one Dsy
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets An
druggists refund money II liz faiIsso cure 25c.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17

BRENNER, East Rochester, Ohio who says: 81
the ordeal of examination by physician yet
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17

Henry A. salzeT, NansgsT ~ -
John A. Salzer Seed Co, La Crosse.
Wis, also President Of the Idaho God
Coin Mining and Milling Co, g ii luek.
They have recently struck . wonderful
deposit Of gold on their properties. A
. result the stock Of the Gold Coin Ca.
has doubled in value. Many Of the
patrons of the John A. Salzer Seed Co.
are owners Of Gold Coin Stock. TIE
mines are located in the Seven Devil
District, Idaho.
How It sounded.
MY daughters music" sighed the moth
er, has been great expense"
Indeed" returned the guest. "Some
neighbor sued you, l suppose? Boston
Traveller.
The .well-read man isn't always the pink
OF perfection Chicago Daily News.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17

The man who IL sure Il doesn't do ~
good to kick should never join foo<ba11
team.-EIliott,s Magazine.
The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
How Il ssunaea.

The well-read man isn't always the pink
OF perfection Chicago Daily News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29
Played Burglar.

Down In Fountain County, Ind. there
was an earthquake shock and Mrs.
John WEIGH Of Covington thought it
was burglar.
she had Just started from the parlor
into her darkened bedroom when she
heard a glass and silver perfumery
flask on her dresser jingle as If it had
been hit, and almost tipped over. At
the instant her feet were tangled in
the rug at the threshold, but she fed
frightened and dizzy, and called for
help.
When her husband came he turned
on the light In the bed1 DOM and then
felt the second shook He plainly saw
the perfumery flask rocking on the
marble, and having Travelled in SPANISH
America knew what was wrong. From
the heights of his superior information
he thought he would have a little fun
at his Wife's expense. So he quickly
flung scarf about his head, by way of
disguise, and ran--stooping low-from
the room,
And his helpmeet, scared to blindness
and half dead with nausea, rallied and
hurled a spirit lamp at the fleeing flo
ure.
When Mr.. WEIGH had finished PLAYING
the joke and his neighbors had put out
the fire, says the Chicago Chronicle he
bathed his burns with yaseline and told
the spectators they needn't laugh SO
hard He didn't make a fool of him
self except on the recurrence of earth
quakes-which are rare in Indiana.
But the insurance adjusters refused
to allow bis claims either for fire or ac-
cident LOSSES