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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-02-17
GO TO THE CAUCUsEs.

There is no duty devolving upon citi.
zen of republic which he ought to per-
form more scrupulously and thoughtfully
public affairs. The choice Of good
men for that work lies right at the root of
successful republican government We
can't expect efficient government from
weak men or honest government from
men OF easy conscience no more than we
ran look for dates from thorns or figs
from thistles. Nine tenths of the trouble
with municipal government in this coun-
try proceeds from weak or dishonest offic
ials--not dishonest TO the extent of ac-
tually taking things that do not belong
to them-but to the extent of doing things
or allowing things to be done that are
IA little to one side of the line of strict
rectitude; and nine tenths of these weak
or dishonest officials would never have
got into public office If the intelligent and
thoughtful part of the public had exer.
,ised their right of selection intelligently
and thoughtfully. 1t has unfortunately
some to be believed by "a good many per-
sons that politics is too dirty "a business
FOR them to be engaged in, and so the Sc
lection of public officials not infrequently
falls into the hands of men who interest
themselves in public affairs simply to be
able to guide them in way that will
promo tie their own private interests. OF
course the officials they select are likely
to be men who will subordinate the pub
lie welfare to their interests when the two
come in conflict.
If some way could be devised to comp ell
every citizen to go to the primaries of
the parties in our cities and assist in the
selection of candidates for public officers
the vexatious problem of municipal gov
eminent would soon be solved. The boss
would soon go out of business if he were
compelled to pit his squad of henchmen
against the great army of citizens who
have no other interest in the administra-
ton of public affairs than to see that 1t is
honest and efficient. The boss always de-
ponds for victory on the apathy of this
class. and altogether too frequently his
expectations are not disappointed.
On Monday next the republicans Of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-02-17

Portland are called upon to 20 to the
ward rooms and express by vo te their
choice for city ofiicisis for the encuing
yesr. Nine-terths Of the Republicans Of this
city are men Of independent opinions.
entirely unfettered. They are controlled
by no boss. and they have none hut a
public interest in public officials They
always have IL in their power to decide
nomi nations. They can decide them next
Monday, in spite of bosses and mschi n &c
and rum sellers. Whether they win or
not is entirely for them to say. They
belong to class who cannot be order ed
out like the henchmen OF the bosses
They have not, like the rumsellers, a
personal interes t to spur them into activ-
ity. Nothing but an individual sense of
public duty can get them out.
II Is to this class we appeal. The i'm
pending election is in many ways of un-
usual importance. A greater city has
been launched, and it is of supreme i'm
portance that its officers be men of hon.
esty Of purpose and Of tirmness and decis-
ion of character. And 1t is Of scarcely
less importance that whoever are nominal
ed shall feel that they owe their selection
to the reputable elements Of tho
community. New problems will
arise the correct solution Of which will
materially affect the future welfare of the
enlarged city. The men to solve these
problems should be men free from all al
lisnces with factions, free to act for the
best interests Of the whole people. They
should not be under obligations to ma
chimes and bosses, for IL they are, they
may do their bidding instead of
that Of the people In general. The
habitual lawbreakers Of this community
should not be able to boast that they have
had potent influence In their selection.
All these dangers may be easily avoided
by a general turn out of the respectable
and independent Republican voters, and
tho greater city can start of with city
government under no obligation to con-
suit any body but the general public nor
anything but the general welfare.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-02-17

The attempt to tack the Nicaragua
canal bill on to the sundry civil appro-
priation bill failed, as 1t deserved to.
sli5. 200, 600 is too much money to appro-
pirate without deliberately considering
where 1t is going and whether.it will pro-
mote the purpose for which 1t is asked in
the best way. The Nicaragua canal bill is
at best a crude anair and needs good
deal of doetoring to make it a safe and
workable measure. Tackled on to the
sundry civil bill it would have got no
consideration whatever and would have
been adopted with all its conditions and
questionable provisions.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-02-17

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there Is al least one dreaded disease
that science has been able 10 cure In all its
stages, and that is catarrh. Hairs Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure known TO the
medical fraternity. tatarrh being eonstitu-
tional disease. requires Il constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur.
faces OF the system. thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the patient
assisting nature IN doing Its work. The pro-
prietors have so much faith In its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
Tor any case that II falls to cure. Send for list
" Address, +. j. CHENEY& CO.. Toledo. o.
Solo by druggists, T5c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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1t is of no particular consequence
whether the McEnery resolution Is taken
up in the House or not. Its meaning is
too ambiguous and uncertain for 1t to be
of any value. 1t defines no policy with
sufficient accuracy tc enable any one to
formulate one In accordance with 1t. In
short Ii Is hupibug.
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In the District Court OF the
of Maine.
TO the Creditors of Julius Z. ard of Port.
land In the County Of Cumberland and State OF
Maine
Notice 1t hereby given that on the 4th day OF
February A. ID. 1899. the said Julius r.. Ward
was duly adjudictated Bankrupt. and that the
first NEE ting Of his creditors will be held &C the
once OF the referee. No. % Exchange street, In
Portland. on the 25th day OF February. A. ID.
1899 at 10 O'Clock In the forenoon at which
time the said creditors may attend, prove their
claims. appoint trustee. examine the Bank
rupt. and transact snch other business as may
properly come before said meeting
LEWIS PIERCE,
Referee In Bankruptcy.
February Ia. 1879.
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THE PRESS.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY IL.

A more appropriate name for the pure
food bill would have been the pure
"gall'' bill.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-01
French Reporter Got His story.

This is how reporter in France
gained admission to the palace there
while the late President Faure was
awaiting burial.
All the reporters who came to the
palace were denied admission, and a
stony hearted doorkeeper was there
to see that they didn't get in.
They advanced all sorts of argu.
ments, as reporters generally do, but
the doorkeeper was immovable. He
said he had his instructions, and these
were that none but Ambassadors
should be admitted.
Now there is in Paris music hall
called Lies Ambassadeurs,' and one
of the reporters who wanted to gain
admission remembered when he heard
the doorkeeper repeat these instruc.
tons that he happened to have pass
for this music hall in his pocket.
He pulled it out and found it read
"Les Ambassadors, Entree Libre. !"
This he passed to the doorkeeper,
who, after officially bowling and
scraping, opened the door and allowed
him to pass in.
Which shows that the French news
paper man is not very many miles
behind his American brother. New
York World.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-01
Care of Milk and Its Products,

My milking is done morning and
evening. l have never tried a milk
ing machine. AS soon as possible
after the milk is drawn it is strained
into cans of a creamer and cooled 10
40 degrees with ice. The creamer is
kept in a room under the elevated
water tank, connected by pipes and
faucets SO that water may be kept
running through the creamer OF shut
off at pleasure. Butter is my only
product, and it is only for private
trade. Milk is handled in winter by
being set in cans Is inches high by
8 inches in diameter, holding about
three gallons, and are kept in room
which in winter never freezes. I
much prefer deep setting of milk.
These cans ar allowed to stand 36
hours, when the cream is removed and
placed in tin cans holding five gall
Ions, which after being warmed to
proper temperature with an occasional
stirring will soon be found properly
ripened for chulning.
l use barrel churn, holding ten
gallons. After churning five to fifteen
minutes, if the temperature is just
right the butter globules will appear
like SO many small grains. Do not
churn more, but draw of the butter
milk. Add little salt and plenty of
clean, fresh water, give the churn a
few turns; this removes all the re-
naming milk and leaves the butter in
grains. Never use the hands to work
the butter, only the ladle to pack
with. l use ash kits of the cleanest
and incest make.
Concerning the cost of milk. My
cows have tested two pounds of butter
per day, but I have placed it at one
pound. l have charged market rate
for ration and milking, which gives us
cost of producing one pound of butter
at 9 1-2 cents. I consider the milk
and manure ample remuneration for
all other labor. Here are the figures:
Three pounds oats .0l9 cents, three
pounds corn .013 cents, two pounds
oil cake 1923 cents, three pounds bran
.013 cents, twenty-five pounds hay
.012 cents, milking .01 cent, total
90 12 cents. The milk from the
above ration has made by actual ex-
periments seven pounds of butter to
each 100 pounds of milk. l have used
separator, but never found its use of
any advantage, as 1 have never been
able to produce any more butter than
by the ordinary method.-E. A. MIL
ler in Orange Judd Farmer.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-01
Preparing Land for the Orchard.

The North Carolina station claims
that the preparation of the land before
planting an apple orchard is OF the
greatest importance, for any lack of
preparation before planting can hardly
be remedied after the trees are set.
If one does not intend to prepare the
land well, manure we'll and cultivate
well, he had better let the planting OF
an orchard alone.
The chief point in the preparation of
the land is deep plowing of the soil.
This is especially needed on our red
clay uplauds, where trees set in shall
low plowing are apt to be stunted
by droughts. The land for the or
chard should be prepared early in the
fall, by plowing as deeply as pair
of horses can pull a plow, and be-
hind this team another team in same
furrow, with subsoil plow to break
the clay still deeper, till the whole
land is broken to depth of fifteen
inches. This deep preparation will be
the best investment the planter can
make in setting the orchard.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-01
Date Palms For Arizona.

The most expert pathologist of the
Agricultural Department, DR.. Twin
gle. is now in Morocco on mission
which the department hopes will
launch new and profitable industry
in the most arid sections of or South
west. 1t has been found that date
palms, with some irrigation, will grow
as well in Arizona as in Arabia. Early
Mormon settlers in the Territory
proved this many years ago, but the
trees were not of the best variety, and
date growing never developed as an
industry.
The Agricultural Department has
prepared to push the experiment on
an extensive scale. DR.. Zwingle is
making close study of the African
date palm, selecting the finest varie-
ties and those best adapted to our arid
region. These young trees will be
carefully shipped to Arizona, where
they will be planted and cared for un-
der tne close supervision of the de-
partment's experts. The plants will
cost the department about SIS each laid
down in Arizona. New York Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-01

From present indications the price
of corn is going to be higher. After
several years of excessively depressed
markets the great American crop
promises to reach point where it's
culture will prove very profitable to
the farmer. 1t will be more profitable
then to sell corn than to feed it to
hogs. Under such circumstances the
breeder of swine must prepare for the
future. Ultimately the price of hogs
would go up if corn became scarce and
too high priced. provided some sub
stitute for corn could not be found.
1t is in anticipation that the farmer
or breeder reaps success. The man
who is loaded down with drove of
swine might suddenly find corn adj
vanced 50 high that it would ay him
to dispose of his hogs Mt once, and to
sell his corn in the open market. But
there would he thousands of other
breeders looking at the question in
the same way, and the sudden mar
keti.g of SO many hogs would un-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-01

the wrong season or in the wrong way.
He pays extortionate prices and is
perhaps completely feeced by those
who are willing to ''take the stranger
in"
To send the colonist to Liberia is
manifestly but the first step in the
process of colonization. Those who
managed the work in the earlier days
under stood this and acted accord
ingly, but after an independent Gov
ernment had been set up and prosper
ity seemed assured. the careful man.
agement SO necessary to such an
enterprise was withdrawn. The
paradox has again come true, for
colonization was abandoned on
account of its success. Recent efforts
should be called emigration or de.
portation merely, the essential idea
of colonization being absent. De-
portation has failed. 1t is worse than
foolish to expect the inexperienced
emigrant to take up single-handed the
conquest of the tropical forest in the
face of the difficulties of pioneer life
in Africa. Unusual endurance or
some exceptional fortune may bring
him through, but the chances are
mostly against him. The battle with
the fever and the forest is too long.
Five years of suffering, starvation and
homesickness mean deterioration
which subsequent prosperity can
scarcely atone for, even if the colon
lists family is spared by death.
Colonization means the partial re.
moval Of these difficulties, and the
success which attended early efforts
of the kind is an indication of what
might be expected if the resources OF
modern civilization were brought to
bear upon the problem. 1t is at least
certain that Liberia could offer oppor-
tunities considerably superior to those
being eagerly sought by Europeans in
the African colonies of the various
powers. Indeed, Liberia is already
in advance of any of these colonies, if
we interpret the signs Alright. There
is more coffee under cultivation, and
there are more good farms owned and
managed by negroes than in any other
part of tropical Africa. There are
more good houses, more intelligent
people, more churches and more
schools, and, while the aggregate is
yet infinitesimal compared with Eu-
rope or America, it constitutes the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-01

the notch. In the bottom of the other
cork force the eye end of the needle,
so that it is held firmly in place. Open
the two pocket knives and stick the
blades into the cork so that they bal
ance each other. Then place the
point of the needle on the pin, and as
soon as it is we'll balanced breath of
air on one of the knives will make it
revolve. Continue blowing whenever
it goes too slowly. At first the needles
hard point will make slight impress
sion on the pin, gradually working its
way through until clean hole is
bored as perfectly as any lathe could
have done it. This interesting ex-
pertinent requires patience and care
full handling, nothing more. When
you show the other boys the pin, bored
like a needle, they will wonder how
you managed to do it.-New York Sun.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-01
MoNRov1A, THE CAPITAL, FROM THE HARBoR.

are no opportunities for men to grow
rich from speculation or by rise of
land values. Very little land is sold,
the new arrivals being too poor to
buy, while improved property is sell
dom alienated from the family. The
Government provides emigrants with
land free Of charge.
But it will not do to continue this
recital of facts favorable to Liberia
without admitting and explaining the
popular adverse opinion on the sub
ject. The well-informed reader has
noticed before this an entire discrep-
ancy with the frequently published
reports of returning emigrants. Their
narratives are usually exaggerated,
and often incoherent, but in the main
true. Liberia resembles the house
planned by famous French novelist.
1t was a success in all particular save
one-there was no doorway, no stair
case. Between the penniless emigrant
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-01

farming. The capital is Monrovia, q
small settlement. All the farmers
own the land they cultivate, and
many have valuable estates.
The coffee plantations of the st.
Paul:s River region of Liberia would,
indeed, be revelation to many. The
planters house is usually of brick,
two stories high and with wide veran-
das, at least in front. Inside it is
comfortably and sometimes luxurious
ly furnished, and the owner prides
himself, perhaps, that he has achieved
in Africa property and social status
equal to that in America. There are
not, however, any really rich men in
Liberia. 1t is doubtful whether a
fortune of more than $40, 900 has ever
been accumulated there. Each col
onist has had to begin with little or.
usually, with nothing, and his pres
ent prosperity is in nearly every case
the result of his own industry. There
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-01

thing, the thing it will certainly
prove to be. Gloves made to order
with monograms are devoid of stitch
ing, and the monogram is embroidered
in the centre Of the back of the hand
Those which are purchased from
stock and then embroidered have the
monogram set between the thumb
seam and first row of stitching, and
others have it placed on the wrist
below the stitching. This latter po-
sition is not altogether very advan-
tageous one, as glove usually wrin-
kles so much at the wrist that the
monogram is apt to lose it's promi
nence and the small amount of beauty
it might otherwise possess. The
most popular-if the new fad may be
said to be popular so soon-are tie
self-colored embroidered monograms.
These decorations are so striking,
even in self-coloring, that few will be
brave enough to hazard so striking
contrast as white or black, or vice
versa
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-01

With the inception OF colonial
policy by the United States the con-
d:tion of our first foreign colony has
taken on new interest. The Republic
Of Liberia was founded and governed
by the colonization societies, an ar
rangement which might have contin-
ued indefinitely had not Great Britain
raised the question of sovereignty in
connection with dispute over bound
aries. The Government of the United
States having refused protection. the
Liberians were advised to declare
their independence, which they did
in 1S47. Liberia has thus completed
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-01

doubtedly break market p.ices for
them. This would be disastrous to
the man compelled to sell, and many
would be in that position. But later
the prices for hogs would come around
to their normal condition, and even
advance beyond the former quotations.
Consequently the man who could keep
his hogs at not too great expense
would reap the benefit of his foresight
and preparedness.
The moral of all this is that too many
breeders trust too much to one crop
for their swine food. Corn is in many
respects the ideal hog food, and in the
corn belt it is the cheapest. But it is
not always safe to trust altogether to
it. Suppose the corn crop should
prove failure, or for one reason or
another it should advance rapidly in
price? If no other food is at hand
you must sell your hogs at loss or
maintain them little while at great
outlay of money.
The varied diet is always best for
hogs and all other animals The
varied ration is also the safest to de-
pend upon in every way. Glover, al
falfa and other grass crops for sum-
mer feeding are indispensable for the
swine. Cow peas, Canadian field
peas, dwarf Essex, rape and SOFA beans
all have their particular virtues, and
they should be planted more on every
farm where hogs are raised on largo
scale. The root crops cannot be neg
lected. Store enough of them ahead
for an emergency. Then with an
abundant crop of such varied articles
of food it will not matter materially if
prices do fluctuate for corn or any
other food crop. You can then reap
the benefit of another mans short
comings.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-01
Grass Runs.

Some readers who have not suffi-
cient space for grass run, but have
to keep their birds in small, confined
pens, will benefit them if they adopt
the following plan: Obtain from a
grocer one or two empty egg boxes,
which are usually nine inches deep.
Place these in the pen and fill up with
the soil, we'll pressed down to within
four inches of the top. Then SOW
wheat, oats, grass or mustard seed,
and cover with another inch of soil,
and complete by stretching over top
of the box as tight as possible, half
inch wire netting, fastening with
staples to the edges to prevent the
fowls from scratching the seed up.
AS it grows the green stuff will appear
through the netting, and the birds
will eagerly pick it off. 1 have tried
this plan in gravel pens and find it
answers well.-Poultry (Englan1.