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at the same time does not supply the
strong points of the popular plan of selec-
tion, for there is a certain amount of du-
ress In t>Sss petition method which is alb
sent from Use popular plan or Is so small
an element in 1t as to be unappreciable.
If all the bars of this state would set
their faces against appointment by petit
tion we believe a very valuable reform
would have been brought about. There
need be no fear that the taking away of
this source of informat1o frequently of
misinformation-wiIl do harm, With
this gone other sources, far more accu-
rate and trustworthy, VIII be sought and
readily found.
What we have said on this
subject is not to be con-
strued as applying to any particular
locality or any particular individual.
Every locality is addicted to it, and every
candidate is constrained. oftentimes, we
have no doubt, against his own real
wish, to fall into what has become an
established custom. 1t is simply pro-
test against what we regard as a bad
custom, which has grown up gradually
and for which no man or set of men is
responsible.
Luckily as regards the choice Of sue
cessor to Judge Haskell rival petitions
are not likely to play an important part.
Portland VIII with practical unanim ity.
it appears, present a single candidate,
and a candidate too, concerning whose
ability and fitness there is no dispute.
With substantial, II not absolute, unan1m
ity, we are informed, the Cumberland bar
Will request the appointment of Judge
Peabody, now Of the Probate Court. His
fitness Is admitted. If candidates appear
in other parts of the state it viii not be
because of any distrust of Judge Peabody
any where, but simply because of claims
of locality, and 1t is on this point alone
that Judge Peabody will fail, If he does
fail of appointment Unquestionably
the locality argument is entitled to some
weight, other things being equal. In
deed it is almost absolutely necessary
that some OF our judges shall reside In
the large centres of business to attend 10
what may be termed, perhaps, the emer-
gency business of the courts, such as in
functions, where prompt action is neces-
sary to prevent serious infraotions of i'm
portant rights and interests. Portland is
the largest city in the state, its popula-
ton is moro than double that of any
other, and it is the city in and around
which the most important business in
terests centre. There ought always to be
judge on call in this vicinity. But that
is impossible unless there is more than
one judge here. 1t has been the custom
for long time to have two judges in
this city or Immediate vicinity. and there
is now more reason for 1t than ever,
since the city is rapidly growing and It's
interests are increasing in Importance
and variety every day. There are now
three judges in the eastern part of the
state, two of them in the little city OF
Ellsworth, three in the central part and
only one in the western. The locality
argument, so far as it is entitled to
weight, would seem therefore to be II
favor Of the selection of Judge Hasksn's
successor from Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-28

Awful anxiey was felt for the widow
OF the brave General Burnham of Ma
chias, Me-, when the doctor said she
would die from Pneumonia before morn
ing" writes Mrs. $. IL. Lincoln, who
her that fearful night, but she
begged for DR.. Kings New Discovery,
which had more than once saved her life,
and cured her OF consumption. After
taking, she slept all night. Further use
entirely cured her" This marvellous
is guaranteed to cure all Throat
Chest and Lung Diseases. Only SOC and
$1.0O Trial bottles free at II =. S.
Goold's drug store, 57 Congress Street.
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3 The appointment of Prince Tuan as
grand secretary to the Chinese Emperor,
which now seems to be confirmed, is not
an encouraging symptom. 1t shows
that the faction that instigated the up
rising against foreigners is still in the
saddle, and win probably dominate the
negotiations with foreign powers. Evil
IDENTIFY China is not very penitent yet.
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Wilson's ACADEMY
or.
DANCING AND Department
SO Congress Sf.
CLASSES.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. -Aon-
day and Thursday evenings, Commencing
October Sch. Terms for twelve lcsNns
Gentlemen s. 90: Ladies' 81 40
MISSES ana MASTERS, YOUNG la.
DIES and GENTLEMEN. -IhursiaTs
from 40 20 % p m, commencing ue
tober IL. No pupils admitted 60 tnis class
under IL years OF age.
MA STEERS and UNSATISFACTORY
commencing October 18th, beginners
from 30 10 90 p. N. Advanced pupils
from 4.30 20 % p. IN.
IJIlION-One pupil, tWenfy-lQuF
lessons, IS %, twelve lessons, - e. 1--WE
pupils from the sam9 family, Ao.W,
twelve lessons. SOD. Three pupils rom
the same family, <29O0. twelve lessons
Sl3 QUO nI2ito octl9
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The Colorado Organizes answer to Gov
ernor Roosevelt's arguments is shower
of stones and rotten eggs,
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-28

The Democrats have begun to shout
fraud in New York. That is about equiv.
alent to throwing up the sponge.
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FRENCH and GERMAN.

Miss Fannie r. Waterman VII Be pleased y
meet a. No. 235 Bracket s.. any assfit Y.
>frucfion in French and German. 81" nAt, .
man Is a teacher Of experience. nas s.a.~t
three years ia Europe. during the psN wy
yegrs at Leipic University ani spea,s ...'
languages fuently. selt"a"
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Patrons OF the PRESS who are leaving town
temporarily may have the addresses Of their
papers changed az often as they may desire by
notifying the office
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The DAILY PRESS is delivered at these rates
every morning to subscribers in all parts OF
Portland, and in Westbrook and South Port
land.
MAINE STATE PRESS weekly
BY the year, 81 III ADVANCE or $l.2b at the
end of the year.
For six months, 30 cents; for three months
% cents
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Harry A. Fowler has been appointed
postmaster of Lagrange. Maine.
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FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
At Large-Joseph 0. Smith of Skowhegan
George F. Wescott of Portland
FIRST Dist Charles Il. Libby of Portland.
Second Dist.--James w. Wakefield of Bath.
Third Dist.-Fred Atwood, Winterp0rt
Fourth Dist-Almon III. Fogg HOultOn.
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TIE RAGHLAN OYERCOAT

win be very popular for FALL and WIN
TER wear. lt may be made with tbs same
effect In front a Chesterfield. being very
full IN the back, or cut long and with wide
collar take the form 81 a storm coat. We
we feel sure you can see something that VIII
please you. Our reputation guarantees that
the FINISHED ARTICLE will come up 10
customers fullest expectations in both ht and
style.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-09
GOOD ACTING.

Farmer Carried Away by the Realism
of the Scene.
One of the leading lawyers of the
northwest is William John Hahn of
Minneapolis, for many years attorney
generalo of Minnesota, says the Philadel-
phia Post. In his younger days Mr..
Hahn was as good an amateur actor as
he is a lawyer. which is high praise. He
was the leading man in a company
headed by Mayor James Richardson.
now of Connecticut, and Mat Stroup.
now of Aberdeen. \. ID.
1t was twenty years ago that this
locally famous aggregation gave an
English drama. Mr.. Hahn played the
part of an idle vagabond-the ne'er-do-
well son of squire, who had through
evil associates been accused of n crime.
The last act was a court scene in which
the prisoner was convicted and sentenc.
ed to penal servltude for life. Mayo,
Richardson was the judge and Mr.
Stroup was counsel for the defense.
The house was crowded. and as wa
usual, the nearby country had sent in
a fair delegat ion of farmers and theii
families. The lawyer made 4 stirring
plea for mercy. which visibly excited
the audience
"a good lad, your honor" he pleaded.
"and honest, too; good to his parents
ana a friend of his neis hbors. and
A Glasgow town farmer, carried
away By the realism OF the scene. had
risen.
"Sure!' he called out, and you don't
want to forget, Mat Stroup. that
Johnny Hahn never charged a poor
man dollar and he never lost q case
in his life He amt guilty no more
than / amy
"Order in the court" cried the judge.
with admirable presence Of mind. and
while the farmers friends restored
peace sentence was pronounced and the
curtain fell
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-09
The Inst stray.

The limit of conjUgal devotion is
ludicrously pictured in book written
to amuse the novel-readers of twenty
years ago. An eminentIy practical,
matter-of-fact husband is bidding good
by to a sentimental wife.
She put both her arms about his neck.
John she sobbed. you are going
away~
This was so palpable that it would
have been madness to attempt denial;
so he merely observed, Look out for
my collar. Maria"
You win think Of your wife while
you are gone" she whispered, huskily.
He was a trine nervous under the
pressure Of her arms upon his collar;
but he spoke reassuringly: Il viii bear
it IN mind. my dear"
You viii think OF me as mourning
your absence. and anxiously awaiting
your returng" she murmured.
"You can trust ne to attend TO it." ne
replied. with as much firmness as if it
had been a request for a barrel of
mackereI
and you'll be very careful of your
self, for my sake?g she suggested, in a
broken voice.
4 will see it attended to. my dear.
But it IS almost time for the train. and
he gravely sought to remove her arms
from his neck
John john she convulsiyely cried,
don't forget me- don't forget me-
Maria" he said. with tinge Of re-
proach in his tone, = have made a
memorandum to that effect"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-09
short state Items.

i Israel Litto, farmer living at Fen
wood was found dead with his head
crushed by a falling log.
Frank Wesseley, a farmer Of Roekland,
got his hand into a feed cutter and lost
a thumb and three fingers.
Romeo Hoyt of Chippewa Falls, who
! is in the Klondike, is known throughout
Alaska as one of the gold country's best
posted men.
The Home Mutual Savings and Loan
Association of La Crosse, at special
meeting of stockholders, voted to con-
tinue business.
Dr. May Reid of Racine has left for
/ Chicago to live in her new home and en-
death of an aunt.
The eighth annual meeting of the Wis
consin Cheesemakers' Association will
| be held in the Assembly chamber at Mad
ison on Feb. Z, s and 3.
Mrs. Elizabeth Foss of Ashland was
found dead along the roadway. 1t is be
! lieved she dropped dead from heart dis
ease while walking towards her home.
Frank Davis. wandering printer
from Cherof ee, Iowa, had both legs cut
off at Hudson by attempting to board a
north-bound freight train. lie died soon
after.
+. III. Truax, agent Of the Northwest
ern Railway Company at Kenosha, has
/ been transferred to Oshkosh and Fred
! Seymour of Milwaukee will be the Ke-
nosha agent.
Mrs Holja Of Nesoto, visiting Manito-
voc with her son-in-law, Walter Hough-
ton. fell down stairs and fractured her
skull. Death resulted an hour after
wards.
The law firm Of Cate, Sanborn, Lam
oreux 6 Park OF Stevens Point and Ash
land has been dissolved This is one Of
the most widely known firms Of lawyers
ia the State.
The jury in the case Of George Murphy
bs,ught in a verdict at Fond du Lac find
ing hiIn guilty Of perjury and making
false statements. He was acquitted on
the Illegal voting charge.
Simon Jobesli. a Pole living on Mar
ket street, Kenosha. has been found in
sane He will be taken 10 Oshkosh hos
pital.
Daniel Keefe Of Maple Grove, 4 young
man of %, while cutting feed had his
fright hand cut off. The arm had to be
amputated above the elbow.
The shattuck Bros feed and grist
mill burned at Sparta. a large amount
Of ground feed and grain was destroyed.
The origin Of the fire Is unknown.
The people OF Milton are considering
a proposition 10 light the villages with
accfylene gas. q Chicago firm offering TO
contract for 5000 plant on payment
/ OF $500 per annum for the village lights.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-09

her coarse mountain clothing again
The next train north bore the Irishman
and Nelly to the little station where she
had decided to get off.
1t was short cut. rough and dan
gerous. that Nelly made up her mind to
lead her followers 1t was one by
which John Conover used to secretly
transport his gold Several times she
had tramped with him up and down
the pass. She calculated that she could
arrive an hour or two after the attack
Ing party if they pushed forward all
night A terrible energy possessed
Nelly Her eyes shone with terror and
anxiety. Could they reach John In
time? AS they plunged onward in the
dark she registered a vow never to
leave Johr Conoyer again if his life
was spared.
reward dawn the party were in sight
of Toby's creek. Nelly pointed with
shaking finger at the hut near the
mountain side. There was a light in
the cabin The party crept up stealth
lily. Nelly crawled on her hands and
knees to the back window. The sight
within froze her blood. John Conoyer
was tied and bound before the fire until
he was perfectly helpless. Three men
We're torturing him, Indian fashion, bv
applying burning sticks to his feet. He
would not sign away his claim.
Nelly drew back one second and Fer
gus took her place. A settled gray look
came into the face of the big switch
man. He motioned the next man, and
all drew their pistols. Fergus crept to
the door, motioning Nelly to protect
herself. There was a sudden crash-in
of the door, three shots and a dash at
the window. Nelly fired the pistol that
she held straight into the face of the
man who came first.
John Conover was always a badly
crippled man. He had expected no
succor, but he knew Nelly well enough
to think she would never relinquish the
claim only over his own signature.
hardly then. He had resigned himself
to die that she might have a fortune.
1t was snatch from the grave for him.
Every one knows the Conovers on the
two continents. The claim was one of
the three best in California. Kathleen
was such fabulous heiress she could
have married dozen titles. but she
chose a plain American. She had a
young half brother, who, strange as it
may seem, was called Fergus from the
first. He was a famous athlete in an
Eastern college in the '70s, and mar
ried an English girl of family. Nelly
Conover, a lovely, white-haired old
lady, may often be seen Il the picture
galleries and pleasure gardens of CONT
mental cities, walking beside the wheel
chair of genial old gentleman. She
kept her vow. No time since that awful
hour on the mountain side has she been
from John Conover's side.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-09
Kecniny Farm Accounts.

The Census Bureau has sent out q
circular requesting farmers to be pre-
pared to answer correctly the various
questions they will ask when taking
the census, in regard to the amount
they produce Of the various farm crops
including milk, butter. cheese. eggs
and poultry. Upon many of the lead
ing crops, probably, they will be able
to make returns very near the exact
amount, but upon those we have
named we think many of them will
guess fearfully wild unless they have
some figures to refresh their memory.
And we think they are apt to underes-
innate such things, especially when
questions are asked by n government
official. We do not know whether they
fear that a too favorable report will
result in increased taxation, or it is a
habit, but their answers are not the
same stories as their boasts of good
crops when they meet other farmers
at the village grocery. There has been
some comment upon the estimates of
growing crops sent out by the AgTicult-
ural Department being less than the
reports after harvesting, but we have
little doubt that they are founded on
the reports or estimates given by the
growers themselves. The blame is with
the farmers, who are apt to declare a
rather poor crop to be the poorest they
ever saw. and a good crop to be the
biggest ever known. 1t may be an IN
conscious exaggeration, and the best
cure for it would be a system Of book
keeping that would show actual re-
sults.-American Cultivator.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-09
A Rcc Maintain

1t is we'll known that where bees
have unlimited room there is no occa-
sion for them to swarm. Though there
will be new colonies formed, instead
of flying away to seek new homes
they will continue in the same neigh
borhood and keep on building and fill
ing new combs until the entire building
is occupied. Many large bee trees have
been found completely filed with
honey, an amount that no single swarm
could produce. Probably the most ex-
traordinary honey deposit is at what
is called Bee Mountain. near the Bra
EOS River, in Texas. The caves in this
mountain are only open on the river,
where its rocky sides rise to the
height of 600 feet and so nearly per-
pendicular that it is safer as well as
easier to be let down from the top than
TO try to climb up. In all these caves
are millions of bees and tons of honey.
One man who tried to investigate it
found columns of comb honey hanging
from the walls and seemingly extend
ing a quarter of a mile from the en-
trance
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-09

Last spring, says the Omaha World
Herald a Nebraska farmer. having
some wheat in his bins and needing
some barbwire to fence in 4 pasture,
went to a hardware dealer in his mar
ket town and said:
Il want 90 get COO pounds OF barbed
wire. but have no ready cash. How
ever. have some wheat, which IS
worth 80 cents per bushel. How many
bushels OF wheat must l bring to town
to sell for enough to pay you cash for
the wire:''
Barb wire is worth $3.50 PEI hun
dred. If you want to trade wheat for
that much wire you must haul IN TWEEN
ty-seyen and ssx-tenths bushels OF
wheat
Circumstances over which he Lad no
control prevented the farmer from
hauling out the wire at that time. But
last week the same farmer wens &c
the same hardware dealer and said:
Il couldn't get around to that wire
leal last spring. but I'm ready for Il
Tow. I'll haul In the twenty-seyen and
six-tenths bushels OF wheat tomorrow
md get that COO pounds OF WIRE"
'Ah. but you'u have TO haul In more
wheat than that" replied the hard
sare dealer.
Why" queried the farmer Wheal
worth just as much now as i VAS
lst spring
VERY true" replied the dealer. "but
the wire Is worth more. Il has gone
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-09
The Time to Spray Trees,


Prof. Card, of Nebraska. makes tie
following recommendation in a recent
bulletin:
Spray with Paris green. as generally
recommended. about one week after
after the blossoms fall. or in time to
get the calyx cups well filled with the
poison. so that they may close over
and hold it there.
Spray again with Paris green and
bordeaux mixture combined or with
kerosene emulsion about June !, or,
better still. observe carefully and ap-
ply this when eggs are being laid in
abundance on the leaves.
Scrape the bark and place paper
bands around the tree about the last
OF June, when the larvae are beginning
to leave the apple to pupate. Examine
these two or three times week apart
and destroy the insects found beneath
them.
Ii these methods are not wholly eff
fective. owing to the proximity of neg.
lected orchards or from an unusual
abundance of moths, later spraying,
with either Paris green and bordeaux
mixture or kerosene emulsion. may dc
some good. but apparently can not be
expected TO be wholly effective. Late
spraying with arsenites is much more
likely to injure the foliage than ear
lier applications.
If larvae are still found in the apples
in any considerable numbers toward
the end of the season place paper
bands about the tree about Sept l OF
a little earlier. Leave them there I'm.
til the fruit is gathered from the or.
chard: then remove and destroy the
larvae alternating beneath them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-09

have read much about making but
ter for both the home and foreign trade.
Experiment stations have been trying
to teach creameries how to make sweet
butter, but they had better 90 back to
the farmers and teach them how TO pro-
duce sweet. clean milk. free from for
e;gn odo-s. As soon as the milk is
drawn IL should be removed from the
stable, strained through canton flannel.
and given good airing. Cool ii to
nearly freezing point. il possible. This
will drive ont all impurities. so that the
making OF sweet butter is possible. For
my part prefer Jersey COWS. as they
give richer milk and more highly color
ed cream. Ny wife makes gilt-edged
butter without any coloring whatever.
and can get so cents a pound for it.
while the creamery IS receiving only -
cents. She makes exactly what the
trade calls for.-H- r.. in Orange Judd
Farmer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-09
PROvlDENTiAL.
Benign Influence Prevented Death from
Poison Te-uo~autIy Sold

Benign Influence Prevented Death from
Poison Iguorantiy Sold.
We often read in the papers accounts
of men and women who take pills and
powdersin the dark, and never read the
labels on medicine bottles. The special
providence which so frequently watches
over them interviewed in a still more
wonderful way in behalf of certain re-
cent travellers in South Africa, and
more particularly in behalf of their ma
tive friends.
Upon returning to camp, writes one
of them, we found that John, the driver,
had purchased q lead of pumpkins,
which the native men and women from
the Mazoe Valley had brought to the
wagon to barter.
At first | was pleased, but when [
found that John had traded away
about twenty pounds of preservative,
consisting of alum and arsenic, which
he had mistaken for salt, | was filled
with dismay.
We knew not the villages whence the
natives had come, nor could we explain
the mistake, being ignorant of the Ian
guage; and before my scared mental
vision rose piles of dead Mashonas,
pestilence, and war on whites, provided
there remained enough live MashonaS
to make it.
Hence it was that before daylight the
next morning we left for the fort. We
made no mention of the matter to any
one; but a year later, when visiting the
Mazoe Valley, l inquired of the natives
if there had been any disease among
them about the time when the white
men arrived in the country.
They said that there had been an cpl
demic Of stomach-achc, but fortunately
no one had died from it. My conscience
was profoundly relieved