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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-16
ether Department Officers Elected
Yesterday.
Quartermaster and Adj
jutant Appointed.

Officers Installed and Business
of Meeting Wound Up.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-16
Fire. Water and Smoke Sale !!
DAMAGE MOSTLY BY WATER.
INSURANCE AL ADJUSTED.

@M! ;;':'y
OSCARS
SAUCE.
The w0rld-ceIebrated Maitre
d'H0tel, of the
Waldorf Astoria, having
prepared an ORIGINAL sauce
or relish for sheli-nsh,
meats, ETC.,
for service at The
Wald0rf-AstOria, and having
. experienced a demand for it
from guests
far beyond ability
to satisfy,
has arranged to place il
! on the market through other
channels, the manufacture
being carried on
undep him formula and
under his control.
This sauce is entirely distinct
from any
preparation known to
cOnnoisseurs
and is a desirable adjunct to
every good table.
] 1t is put up in dainty Jars,
suitable for service
in its original form.
Each jar bears the photograph
OF Oscar
! as a trademark, and
the label prepared by
Oscar of the
Waldorf Astoria"
TO distinguish 1t from the
countless "sauces"
in the market.
It's to be had ut our
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-16

New Wants, To Let. FOR sale, Lost, Found
End similar advertisements VIII be found under
heir appropriate heads on page g.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
RAIN SAVES THE CORN CROP.
Heavy Downpour in Nebraska and IOWA
Insures a BountifuI Yield.

Omaha, Neb., July 17.-Rain has
fallen for thirty hours over the entire
corn belt of Nebraska and western
Iowa, the precipitation ranging from
one to three inches, some points re-
porting even more. Experts all agree
that this rain secures the corn crop.
Stories from the interior concerning
damage done by the high winds of
last week are more than discounted by
the result of the rain. Only little
of the earliest planted corn was far
enough along to be seriously affected,
while the bulk of the acreage will be
benefited beyond computation. 1t is
the opinion of railroad and grain men
that enough rain has fallen to insure
the crop if no more falls this season.
Potatoes are also greatly benefited and
fall pasturage for stock is assured.
With the bOunteOus rains through
out Nebraska Elkhorn railroad head
quarters give out an estimate of 3OO,-
100000 bushels Of corn in sight for this
wear. The same road also furnishes
these figures for the past four years:
Yield in 1899 was 224,373, 600 bushels;
in 1893 it was 15S. 900; in 1897,
241 .26S.OOO. and in 1896, the banner
VOC, 900 600 600
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
Dairy Points.

At the Dairy institute at Springfield,
Mass, Professor Cooley said:
The feed does not affect the richness
Of the milk You cannot tell by the
looks of milk how rich it is.
We cannot afford to run cows on half
time.
To get high grade milk brush the
cows before milking, and it is advised
by many that the udders be clipped.
Manage to have the cows come fresh,
so as to maintain a uniform supply
throughout the year.
It is claimed that summer silage will
stop summer shrinkage.
Overalls should be clean. Don't have
them stiffened with dairy starch.
Don't make a strainer do too much
work. Have q fresh one for every ten
or q dozen COWS.
Cool the milk and keep it at given
temperature.
Care, cleanliness and cold are the
three "c's" of milk production.
The German dairymen have 8 stall
which seems nearly perfect. The plat
form is just the right length for the
COW, and behind it is a deep ditch of
six or eight inches, with a ledge part
way down, so that the cow in slipping
off does not slip clear to the bottom.
The cows soon learn to stand out Of
the ditch and keep perfectly clean.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20

1888, and to Burlington in 1913, where
he engaged in merchandising; was
elected mayor of the city of Burling-
ton in 1868; was member of the Iowa
house Of representatives of the Four
tenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth gem
eral assemblies Of the state, serving as
speaker for the last two terms.
He was elected governor Of Iowa in
197S-79 and again in 1SS0-S1; was
elected to the Fiftieth and Fifty-frst
congresses, was beaten for the Fifty
second; was assistant secretary of the
treasury under President Harrison,
and was elected to the Fifty-third con-
gress and was elected January %, 1894.
a senator in congress from the state
Of Iowa for six years. beginning
March 4, 1895. He was again reelected
by the iowa legislature at it's last SEES
sion
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
MGOVERN THE INVINCIBLE.
He Hicks Erne, the Lightweight in the
Third Round,

New York, July 17>-Once more q
fighter pitted against boxer has
clearly demonstrated the superiority, of
the fighter. Last night in the presence
Of $4,000 persons in Madison Square
garden, Terry McGOvern, of Brook
Ign, defeated Frank Erne, of Buffalo.
the lightweight champion of the world.
It was a hurricane fight from bell to
bell, without a seconds let-up.
McGoyern rushed Erne at the very
beginning, and sent left and right in
such quick succession that Erne, fast
as he u.s. was nOnplusSed. Erne I'M
doubtedly is the cleverer of the two,
but his cleverness availed him moth
ing against the bulldog rushes and
fierce attacks of the little feather
weight champion, and in the third
round he was so near out that his
seconds threw up the sponge.
In the first round Erne knocked Ter
ry down, and the latter took his whole
time and was as aggressive as ever
when he got up. 1t was hurricane
fighting in the second, Erne getting in
on head and face and McGovern on
body. In the third Terry knocked Erne
down after giving him terrible bat
tering on the body and also ON the face.
He got up in bad shape and was
down again. When Erne got up again,
before Terry could send in a knock
out, Erne's seconds threw up the
SnOnUp
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
HANDY SALT TROUGH.

in these matters. One must be guided
in all cases by the prevailing condi-
lions. In general let it be said that if
hardworking animals are receiving
much grain the grain should be ground,
while for those receiving little grain or
that are not worked hard the grain
need hardly be ground unless it is I'M
satisfactory because it is hard or for
some other reason. Of course where
the grain is not ground shotes should
be on hand to get what they can from
the weddings.
Dairymen should see that their cans
are we'll provided with saltpeter. Peter
Stebens thus tells The Breeders Ca
zette about his ingenious method: 81
make a box just about the shape Of a
writing desk with q hole the shape Of
a half moon just under the cover where
the keyhole ought to be. set it about
six inches off the ground and nail it Sc
curely to a fence post. l put it close to
the ground to keep some animal from
getting his head under it and lifting it
up. Now fill the box with salt. Cattle
are curious. They will examine the
box and smell the salt through the half
moon hole, poke their noses in and lift
the lid. This is the only way to keep
the rain from melting the salt and keep
the cattle from wasting the salt.
have had one for two years in my pas
ture and another in my barnyard, and
find them better than any have ever
heard off,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
birds and "o1dn Coins.

A French physician lately had an op-
portunity to observe a pointe de Paris
which had been lying for several days
in the stomach of a child and found
that the gastric juice had acted upon
the smallest particles of the article,
bunting the blade and point and Civ
ing the medal a brown color. In this
manner might be explained the process
used in Italy to produce old coins and
medals. Large birds are made to swal-
low roughly stamped coins with the
image of Tiberius or Caligula After
awhile the animals give off again the
coins, upon which meanwhile an ap-
preciable layer of patina has formed.
Thfs result is apparently due to the ac-
ton of the gastric juices.-Jeweler's
Circular Weekly.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
DOuhJe Purn0Se Cows.

Some have said that there cannot be
a general purpose or double purpose
breed of cattle, says a correspondent of
The Prairie Farmer. Now, a moments
thought will convince us that to GER
tain extent every COW is double pur-
pose COW. The dairy COW to be kept in
milk must produce o calf at stated in
tervals, and no breed has yet been de-
veloped that will produce only heifer
calves or ten heifers to one bull, so she
is producing some beef besides what
she puts on her back. Again, the beef
animal produces milk usually in excess
of the needs of her young and is there
fore dairy COW. On the grass ranges
it may be most profitable to select
breed of cattle that has exhibited a
tendency to put on flesh rather than to
produce an excess of milk. The eXclu-
sive dairyn1an would prefer an animal
that secretes large quantities OF milk
rich i'll butter fat. The general farmer,
however, who has land upon which to
feed will profit most from the breeds
and individuals that combine these two
tendencies in the largest degree. Ii he
does not wish to feed beef animals, the
calves can be fitted for the block with
out loss of cream and with but short
period of feeding. The large, blocky
calf commands the best price from the
first day of it's life. If then there is a
breed which while counted a beef
breed has made high records at the
pail, that breed is most profitable for
the farmer. We cannot change back
and forth from dairy to beef, as the
market changes, and so should be pre-
pared to gain an advantage from those
changes by our regular method or to
make a profit in spite of fluctuations
that might be discouraging to the spe-
cialist. The same reasons which make
general farming preferable to special
farming apply to the selection of a
herd of cattle-viZ, the bringing In Of
returns from several sources and the
conserving Of the fertility Of the farm.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
Farm Tests Of Cows.

Professor E. II. harrington of the
Wisconsin agricultural experiment sta
ton says that at the present time there
is not much necessity of urging cream
cries to use the Babcock test. Within
the past five years it has become al
most universally adopted as just and
satisfactory means of determining the
value of all milk delivered to both
creameries and cheese factories in the
advanced American dairy states.
Creamery patrons can no longer sell
milk to the factory by weight only, nei-
Their can the factory buy it in this way.
1t is generally agreed that milk ought
not to be bought simply by the pound
any more than a cow or a horse. We
would all think it absurd to see or hear
the statement that horses were quoted
in the market at certain price per
pound. but such statement is not
much farther behind the times than the
practice of buying and selling milk by
weight without testing it. Since the
practice of testing all milk at butter
and cheese factories has become so
we'll established the business of the
plan has led many farmers to apply the
same test to their COWS. This. it seems
to me. is the direction in which the use
of the test should be pushed at the
present time. Every farm that sup
ports COWS for the purpose of selling
their milk ought to be provided with
pair of scales and Babcock test. By
weighing and testing the milk Of each
cow a sufficient number of times the
owner can keep himself Informed Of
the actual performance Of each COW.
Records of this kind show the relative
value of the cows as milk producers
and aid in determining the actual prof
it or loss which should be charged to
each cow annually.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
New Churns.

When it becomes necessary to pro-
cure new churn. for the dairy, get one
with a marked capacity at least one
half larger than the quantity of cream
that is expected to be churned. We
never saw churn of any pattern that
did not do it's work better when from
one-half to two-thirds full than when
more was put in it. We have some
prejudice against those churns which
have paddles or other arrangements in
side, though the best one we ever used
was built so. and we made good butter
and sailed it and worked it in the
churn. But that was before we ever
saw an oscillating churn or swing
churn, and when we saw one Of those
we quickly decided that they were on
the right principle. easier to handle,
easier to keep clean and sweet and less
liable to in3ure the butter.-American
Cultivator.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
OLEOMARGARINE ROBBERY
Secretary Wilson ON the Side of
Honest Butter.

Secretary Wilson ON the Side of
Honest Butter
There is no comparison between gen,
uine butter and oleomargarine. and all
claims to the contrary are easily dis
proved, says Secretary Wilson When
the millionaire and the laborer either
go to market to buy the cheapest fats
or tallow from the steer or the sheep.
they have no difficulty in getting them
at the prevailing market prices. If
they DESIRE however, to purchase the
fats of the dairy COW, they are met
with different considerations The but.
ter of the cow, which is composed of
fat and casein, sells on it's flavor. All
other fats are different from this. The
fat or tallow of the OK or the sheep
may be had for I, 5 or cents q pound.
while that of the dairy COW commands
in it's best condition at present over 80
cents a pound. Whenever the manipu-
latiOn of cows milk is conducted I'M
der clearly conditions and at proper
temperature. flavoring element enters
it by reason Of microscopic fat
growths, which are bacteria. These
bacteria make the fine flavor for which
we pay 80 cents a pound and more and
also add to the digestibility and health
fulness of the product. Other fats do
not contain these germs, for the reason
that there is nothing in them upon
which they may live and multiply.
Now, when the millionaire and the
laborer either go to the market and are
led into purchasing these cheaper fats,
rugged and jockeyed in such way as
to initiate butter, they are not only
deceived and robbed, but they are
made to introduce into their stomachs
and the stomachs Of their families sub
stances that are injurious to their
health beyond any question. The del
eterious qualities Of body fat and tai
low, such as are largely used in the
production of imitation butter, cannot
be eliminated by deodOrizing processes
or such things. Let any one take
piece Of bread and butter, weighing
the butter, and eat it and then take
piece of bread and tallow, weighing
that, and eat the first one day and the
second the next, and he'll find the diff
ference quickly. = Hsss. 4se s3sss7s-
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
Grain and Milk.

The rule with COWS at pasture should
be to continue feeding grain so long as
it increases the milk flow. When the
milk decreases and the animal begins
to fatten, the grain ration should be
decreased or cut off altogether. There
is a time early in June in most years
when a good pasture furnishes to the
COW all the material for making all
the milk that she can produce and then
the giving of grain as part of her ra-
ton is a waste even if it does not prove
to be an injury.-American Cultivator.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
White Man Turned yellow

Great CONSIDERATION was felt by the
friends of M. A. Hogarty of Lexington,
KY, when they saw he was turning yell
low. His skin slowly changed color, also
his eyes, and he suffered terribly. His
malady was Yellow Jaundice. He was
treated by the best doctors, but without
benefit. Then he was advised to try
Electric Bitters, the wonderful Stomach
and Liver remedy, and he writes: After
taking two bottles was wholly cured,
A trial proves it's matchless merit for all
Stomach, Liver and Kidney troubles.
Only SOC. Sold by Perry & Doty.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
The Next Rest Thing

'T trust" said the new member Of
the school committee, that you do not
hold out to your pupils the misleading
hope that each of them may be the
presidentY
'No, indeed" replied the dominic,
"but 1 do not think that l err on the
side of improbability when 1 teach
them that each has a good chance OF
being a presidential possibility. "-Har-
per'S Bazaar '5an.m....
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
His Musical Sense.

"What is your favorite opera?' asked
the foreign gentleman.
Mr.. CumrOX was about to answer
'"Fhe Mikado," when he observed that
the eyes of his wife and daughter were
upon him. Then he assumed an air Of
nOnchalance and answered:
ooh, [ don't care particular about the
names of cigars or the titles of operas
like to change around. just tell 'em
to give me a % cent cigar when 1 feel
like smoking, and when want music
! enjoy any old So a seat opera.''-
RI zo%. @Na-s~gYNsSur -. ~4Ha~~
washington Star. y. r.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
was 1T a Miracle?

''The marvellous cure of Mrs. Rena j.
Stout of consumption has created intense
excitement in Cammack, Ind" writes
Marion Stuart, leading druggist OF
Muncie, Ind. She only weighed ~
pounds when her doctor in Yorktown
said she must soon die. Then she began
to use DR.. Kings New Discovery and
gained 81 pounds in weight and was
completely cured" 1t has cured thou
sands of hopeless cases and is positively
guaranteed to cure all Throat, Chest and
Lung diseases. SOC and $1.OO. Trial
bottles free at Perry & Doty's drug store.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
The Appetite of a Goat.

Is envied by all whose Stomach and
Liver are out of order. But such should
know that DR.. Kings New Life Pills
give a splendid appetite sound digestion
and regular bodily habit that lnsures
perfect health and great energy. Only
25c at Perry & Doty's drug store.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
BUCHANAN, Mich. MAY %

Genesee Pure Food Co., Leroy, N. Y:
My mamma has been a
great coffee drinker and found it very
Injurious. Having used several pack
ages of your GEIN-O, the drink that
takes the place of coffee, she finds it
much better for herself and for us chill
dren to drink. She has given up coffee
drinking entirely. We use package of
Grain-O every week. [ am ten years
old. Yours respectfully,
FANNIE WILLIAMS.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
%C%O@O@O%O%O%%O%O%O~o@OAO<
: GRAIN AND SALT. /;
- DAIRY COWS ARE HARD WORK :
8 ED AND SHOULD BE F'A- {
q vORED IN FEEDING.

Where farm animals are not hard
worked and where they can masticate
their feed quite satisfactorily without
grinding Professor Henry of Wisconsin
believes that it is generally economical
to feed grain whole, allowing the stock
to do its own grinding. On the other
hand, where animals are hard worked
they should be assisted in regard to the
feeds they receive in every way posi-
BILE by the stockman. A good dairy
cow when giving a full flow of milk is
an exceedingly hard worked animal
and should not be called upon to use
much of her energies in masticating
and especially in digesting the food she
is allowed. Everything which can be
reasonably done SHOULD be performed
for her comfort and convenience. For
such cows it is usually better to grind
the grain, including both corn and oats.
Heifers and cows nearly dry should not
receive such concentrates, and such an
imals can often be given IngrOund
corn and oats advantageously. Thus it
will be seen that there Is no fixed rule
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
Umbrellas
White ChamOiS Gloves

White wash channels gloves, very de-
sirable for summer wear; an excel
lent glove with two patent clasps,
sizes 90 to 7-S9c. In silk gloves,
our patent two clasp with spliced
fingers, in black. mode and slate are
best in town at SOC.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20

In every family you'll find an old
man trying to quit smoking and a
young one trying to learn.-Atchison
Globe
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
Early and Late.

Plodder (at a. m.)-HellO, ROunder:
What are you doing up so early?
Rounder-Hello, old fel! What are
you doing out sho Philadelphia
Record, ..---,~,as .,y~
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
SENATOR GEAR DEAD.
Stricken Suddenly with Heart Failure at
His Apartments.

Washington, July 16-United. States
Senator Gear, of Iowa, died at his
apartments in the Portland at 4:2S in
the morning of heart failure He was
in his usual health up to $50 a. m.
when he was attacked Doctors were
Immediately summoned but they could
do nothing for him.
John Henry Gear, of Burlington,
was born in Ithaca, n Y, April Z,
1925; received a common-school educa-
ton; removed to Galena, Ills, in 1886.
to Fort Smelling, Iowa territory, in
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20

Age may not be garrulous, but there
is no denying the fact that it tells Oh
both men and WOmen.-EXchange
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
FATAL OIL TANK EXPL OSION
Sets Dozens of People on Fire and Results
in Three Deaths.

Boston, July 1.-THE list of fatali-
ties from the disastrous oil tank ex-
plosion at Somerville Thursday night
now numbers four. The dead are:
Joseph Hayden; "A. Call, fireman; Ku-
fus Fellows, and J. J. Callahan-an Of
Somerville. 1t is impossible to state
accurately the number of injured, as
in addition to the twenty or more
known to have been sent to the hos
pitais, more than that number received
medical; attention at various, drug
stores in the neighborhood of the fire
o. at their homes.
The disaster took place when an oil
tank on a freight car took fire from a
burning hay car. A large crowd gath
cred watching the fire when the tank
exploded, throwing the burning oil in
all directions. Dozens of persons ran
around on fire and those who escaped
had their hands full pulling the unfort-
unates to the ground and extinguish-
ing the flames.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-20
Great Damage by Storm.

Lacrosse, Wis, July 17.-What the
weather bureau reports to be the heav-
lest rainstorm in Lacrosse and vicin-
ity for three years has been raging
here for the past three days. The
storm was general in Wisconsin, Min
nesota. and the Dakotas. Much DAM
age has been done locally. All rail-
roads have suffered from waShouts.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-27
Novel Political Wager.

The Prescott Journal Miner pub
fishes the following political wager:
As result of political controversy
over the result of the presidential
election, Robert Brow. the we'll
known republican rough rider of
Prescott. and A. G. Dillon, the 16 to
1 dry rancher of Williamson valley,
have made a wager. 1t runs in
language as follows: Brow bets
Dillon $40 against a big fat hog
that Mckinley will be elected and
Dillon agrees to furnish the hog end
of the bet if Bryan is showed. If
Bryan is elected then Brow must
dig up $40 give same to Dillon, but
Brow gets the hog just the same.
It is also agreed that if Bryan is
elected Brow is to secure a wheel
barrow place Dillon and thehog in
to it and wheel both down Monte
yuma street at stipulated hour in
the day without aid or consent OF
any party or nation.
On the other hand if Mckinley
triumphs, Dillon must give Brow
and the hog regular gold standard
ride along the same thoroughfare
in the dag time.
It also is agreed that the said
fat hog after the bet is decided
shall haYe no voice as to his future
destiny, and shall be served to the
unterrifed or the unwashed at the
"Dutch Oven" within five days after
his demise.