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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1900-02-03
Bacon Hogs in the East.

During the past year comparatively
little has been heard Of the bacon hog.
Probably the reason is that fat hogs
heavy weight-have not sold far away
from the light and medium kinds Each
has commanded . slight premium ct
different times and seasons. but none
has had it his own way right along, as
was the rule few years ago, when the
heavy hog was at discount for months
together. So long as things are any
way near even in the market the western
feeder, who feeds for the packer at the
great slaughtering establishment, will
continue to produce lard hogs with his
cheap corn because it pays him to do So
But the bacon type is steadily gaining
grounds in this country, and 80 are th,
bacon breeds. Their stronghold so fal
ia 10 the Eastern part Of this country
where smaller farmers and feeders pro.
duce pigs for their local butcher trad,
or for special trade. here the ten
denoy is toward q leaner and aeshie
hog, but still far short Of the extreme
type Of the Canadian bacon pig. And
is very doubtful whether this type vii
ever become popular in this country
Americans now prefer, and probably
will continue to do SO, q pig that carrie
more fat than the Canadian pigs do wheI
ready for the block.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1900-02-03
Agricultural.
Cultivating Tender Fruits.

The more vigorous tree is the
harder it becomes. We see this in the
manner in which q thrifty fruit tree
will resist the attack of insects, blights
and smuts. Some of these enemies do not
even seem to touch a strong, vigorous
tree, while all the others in the garden
orchard may be more or less injured
So generally recognized is this principle
that orchardists give as the first great
essential for combating insects and
blights such cultivation as will make the
trees or vines strong, sturdy and vigor-
GUS, 1t is good deal like individuals,
the strong and healthy can resist dis
ease that the weak quickly succumb to.
But this meth cd Of making the fruit
trees and vines hardy enough to resist
the attacks Of the cold in the winter has
hardly been dwelt upon by writer's on
horticultural topics. Yet it is one of
the most important ways of saving our
trees that we have in our reach. II we
bring our trees and vines up to the be-
ginning of winter 10 excellent condition
they will be apt to stand the coolest
weather with . fair amount of protec-
ton. If the orchard of fruit trees that
are reported every winter as being killed
by the cold could be examined carefully,
it would probably be found that most of
the individual trees thus killed we're in
weakened vitality through neglect of
proper cultivation. ovel bearing, injury
by insects and blights or poor protec-
ton. Proper cultivation first insures
heavy bearing and fine, vigorous trees.
but the good obtained in this way can
be counteracted by the injury done
through overbearing, No trees should
be allowed to suffer in this way. II is
much better to remove part of the fruit
early in the season, and never let limb
get so loaded down that it must be prop
ped up. That is distinctly devitalizing
to any tree. 1t opens the way to injury
by insects and later to death through
the attecks of cold, wet weather.
aACultivation usually is widely differ
ent matter on many farms. Fruit trees,
especially peach and plum. in cold states
require cultivation every year to make
them strong and hardy. A good meth
cd is to SOW COW peas between the rows
and cultivate these peas several times
through the summer. Then leave the
vines and peas on the ground all winter
as q mulch and to enrich the soil. This
sort of cultivation, carried on systemat-
ically for several years, will make the
trees hardy enough to resist most win
tors. In addition to this the trees can
be given an extra protection around
their base. Bot when we attempt to
rob the soil by taking the COW pea vines
and seed from the orchard we do the
trees no good, but rather rob them Of
their nourishment. Add to the soil and
not take away from it.-Wisconsin Agri-
culturist.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1900-02-03
Look Out for the Cows.

1t is altogether too common practice
to allow the cows to range the fields
after quite cold weather has set in.
- There are Two main objections to it :
J. The frost bitten feed they pick up
is an absolute disadvantage to them from
the butter standpoint, for it is hard and
woody, much of it, and besides it does
not produce fine favored butter. 1t is
a well understood fact that much finer
butter is produced in winter when the
COWS are feeding on clean grain and
good sweet fodder than in the late fall
when their feed is not of that character.
2 Owning to the fact that feed is short
the COWS are compelled to be constantly
on the move. They take altogether too
much exercice. This fact, taken in con-
nection with the poor character Of the
feed, shrink the milk flow very per-
ceptibly.
This is always bad thing to allow.
One of the truest signs Of we'll post
ed manager of COWS is his efforts to keep
his COWS from shrinking in their milk
now Ill ne CAus LUIS ne Will w III tue
drouths of July and August by provid-
ing himself with summer silo, or some
good succulent soiling feed.
In the late fall and early winter he
will open his winter silo early if he has
no summer silage left, and keep the COWS
full fed ell the time. He will commence
stabling them at night as soon as cold,
uncomfortable nights set in, nights thai
would prove uncomfortable to him stand
ing still, without light overcoat on.
Probably large proportion Of bis
COWS are fresh in the fall, and he under
stands keenly that If he allows them to
be checked in their milk flow he car
never hope to get them back again tC
that point, and SO he will lose q certain
amount of money on them all winter
long
The keystone to this whole question
of the management Of COWS is keeping
up the milk How, aud by other gooC
judgement, cleanliness, etc.. keeping up
the good flavor of the milk Hoard
Dairyman.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1900-02-03

II kerosene is rubbed with ASnnel
cloth on steel knives that have become
rusty. and they are put aside for day
or two, the rust will be loosened and
they may be very easily cleaned.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1900-02-03

Never put knife into hot grease, as
il destroys its sharpness. Hav, at hand
= kitchen fork for turning meat or fry
ing potatoes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1900-02-03

Do not sat whom Over-fatigued or
heated.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-24
ITCH|NESS OF THE SKIN

Everybody has their hour of trou-
BILE.
But people having any irritation OF
the skin.
Have many hours OF trouble.
Nothing so annoying, nothing so
irritating.
1t is a hard and trying position.
Leave it alone and you can hardly
bear the misery.
Relief and cure have come at last
Melbourne has put it to the test
Doan's Ointment cures every form
OF skin irritation.
People at home are learning that this
is so.
Here is proof in a statement:
Mr.. William Preston has been a resi-
dent of Victoria for over half a CEN
fury and therefore will be known TO
many of our readers. Mr.. Preston is
at present residing at No. 6S Argyle
St, st. Kilda. He says: For some
considerable time / have been trou-
bled with Eczema on my legs. The
irritation at times was very great es
pecially at night. and II caused me
considerable annoyance. / obtained a
pot of Doan's Ointment and / must
say that 1t allayed the irritation almost
Immediately. Doan's Ointment Is
a good remedy and / can highly rec.
ommend Il for Eczema"
Doap's Ointment Is splendid in all
diseases of the skin, eczema, piles,
hives, insect bites, sores. chilblains.
etc. II is perfectly safe and very eff
fective.
Very frequently two or three boxes
have made a complete cure OF chronic
cases that have not yielded TO other
remedies for years.
Doan's Ointment Is sold by all
chemists and storekeepers at 80 cents
per box (six boxes $500 or will be
mailed on receipt Of price by the Hol-
lister Drug Co, Agents for ne Hawai-
ian Islands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-24

come herein ballast to load sugar for
New York.
The Andrew Welch left for this port
on the 18th inst
The schooner Lottie Bennett. in bal
last. sailed for the Sound yesterday.
The w. G. Irwin made the trip from
here TO San Francisco in twelve days.
The barkentine Chehalis arrived in
Astoria from Kahului on the Sth inst.
The bark c. ID. Bryant sailed for this
port from San Francisco on the Sth
inst.
The yacht Rover. thirteen days from
this port. arrived in San Francisco on
the 18th.
The brig Harriet G. sailed from San
Francisco for Honolulu and Mahuko-
ma on the 18th.
The ship /. F. Chapman is on her
way here from San Francisco to load
sugar for New York
The ship Emily Reed has been pur-
chased by Hind. Rolph & Co. for S4O,-
600. She will be put in the sugar
trade.
The Kinau went on the marine rail-
way yesterday To have her propeller
frightened. She is undergoing a thor
ough overhauling.
The brig Geneva. from Hilo. the
schooners Fred. +. Sander and En-
deavor, from Honolulu, arrived at Port
Townsend on the 9TH.
The Bloemfontein arrived in San
Francisco nine and one-half days from
Kahului. She was sent TO quarantine,
oil h..
The bark Edward May, nineteen days
from Makaweli, and the schooner Hell
en- y. Kimball. seventeen days from
Hama. arrived in San Francisco on the
9TH inst.
The Badger has been rechristened
the Lawton. She will be used as a
transport between San Francisco and
Alaska and Manila. She is now I'M
dergoing repairs at the Union Iron
Works.
The barkentine Jane l.. Stanford,
Captain Johnson, arrived at San Fran
cisco on the 18th inst. from Honolulu,
and went to quarantine. On April Sth
the Stanford encountered heavy south
southeast gales which twisted the
mainmast head and split the mainsail.
j. ID. Spreckels & Bros. Co. were no.
tiled yesterday by the United States
Postmaster General of the awarding of
the contract for carrying the Austria
liam and English closed mails TO the
Oceanic Steamship Company for ten
years. The service is to be tri-month-
1 ly and to begin November /. Steam
ers will touch at Honolulu, Apia or
| Page Page. in the Samoan group
/ whichever place the United States
/ Government may select. and Auck-
land. The contract is at the rate of
/ 81 per mile and the Oceanic Steamship
Company is now negotiating with the
Australian and New Zealand Govern
ments for carrying OF the mails to San
1 Francisco.-San Francisco Call.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-24
SEA AND SHORE
Coast Shippers Kick at
the Bill.
The OOric on Time--New Steamer
Line-The Twins Fast Trip.
Shipping Notes.

The shipping merchants of San
Francisco are much concerned about
the amendment proposed by Repre-
sentative Cushman of Washington to
the Hawaiian bill before Congress.
Letters and kilograms have gone on
California and the aid of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce has been inyit-
ed to defeat the amendment now in
conference. The amendment proposes
to postpone the application of the navi-
CATION laws to Hawaii for one year.
This would permit foreign ships TO do
coastwise business to Hawaii, which
is defined as trade between ports of
the United States For two years it
has been supposed that the laws of the
United States would be applied TO Ha-
wall.
The Cushman amendment was notice
that there would be an effort to exempt
the navigation laws. The San Fran
cisco Chamber of Commerce has TAX
en- the lead on the Coast in making
vigorous protest. Statistics have been
forwarded to Senator Perkins by Sec
rotary Scott. pointing out the measure
of harm in the amendment for the port
of San Francisco. Foreign ship own
ers have taken the other side and the
pilots also favor the amendment be
cause the application Of the navigation
laws would take the foreign vessels.
from which they derive pilotage, off
the line. Statistics from the shipping
men are summarized as follows: fhe
carrying capacity of the American
fleet is 403, 30S tons per annum, on the
basis of four trips, and the sugar crop
to be moved is estimated at 900 600.
This disposes of the assertion of the
foreign ship owners that the tonnage
is insufficient, for the freights from
the islands exceed in bulk those to the
islands. Several large concerns arc
interested here and there is an East
ern interest. for many cargoes of SUI
gar will go directly to the East from
the islands by water. The dispatch "a
the Portland Chamber of Commerce is
as follows:
We have wired Senator Perkins re-
questing his efforts to have navigation
laws in immediate effect. Also sen:
him mail statistics showing ample ton
mage Under our flag to handle trade
Also requested cooperation of our del
egation. Please take similar actor
with delegation. This was signed by
President Charles Nelson.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-24
Irwin is Fast.

The san Francisco Call of the 18th
says: Three sugar boats arrived from
Honolulu yesterday and were placed in
quarantine. The brig w. G.. irwin
simply ran rings around the other two
vessels, beating the bark Charles Il.
Kenney a week and the ship George
Curtis three days into port. The Irwin
has been sold to parties who will put
her into the Nome trade. and she has
to be delivered next Monday. Her crew
has been practically In quarantine ever
since the vessel left port, as they were
not allowed ashore at Honolulu. In
consequence the vessel will probably
be released today and taken to the SUI
gar refinery. where her cargo will be
discharged. She Will then come 70 Pa
cific street wharf where she viii be
turned over to Scannell & King. her
new owners. who will fit her on, for
he Nome trade.
On the way TO San Francisco the
Curtis lost her mizzen upper topsail
and miZzen topgallant yard This hap
pened on April 9Th, when a week out
from Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-24
Tho Doric on Time.

The steamer Doric. from San Fran
cisco. arrived yesterday after A six
days trip from San Francisco. bring
ing n few passengers and ten days
papers and mail. She locked at Pa
cific Mail wharf and her through
passengers were allowed to come
ashore. The steamer will sail today
at 3 p. m. for the Orient. The Doric
reports that the Hancock. with an i'm
mense cargo and large passenger list
will be here today. There is a posi-
hours late If she has to wait for the
English mails.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-24
NOTES.

The schooner Corona LETT Port Town
send for this port on the 14th inst.
The ship s. J. Fuller arrived In Yo-
kohama prior to April u. She will
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-24
Steamship Line to Tahiti.

Communications were recently re-
ceived at San Francisco from Tahiti.
via Auckland. y. L.. that the Tahitisn
Government had accepted the Oceanic
Steamship Company's proposal for a
steam service from San Francisco 10
Tahiti. Heretofore the only connec-
ton between the Society Islands AMI
San Francisco has been maintained by
schooners sailing at intervals OF about
a month and occupying from thirty to
thirty-six days in passage. According
TO the terms of the agreement entered
into be- xeen the Tahitian Govern
ment and the Oceanic Steamship Com
pany a steamship of about 3.G00 tons
register is to be placed in the service.
to make eleven round trips pr an
mum. each round trip occupying abOut
thirty-hve days. which includes thir-
teen days in port. The distance s.
3.65S knots and the average rate 81
speed TO be made by the steamers viii
be about fourteen knots an hour,
thus occupying about ten and a ha'f
days on the voyage under favorable
conditions.
John ID. Spreckels. president of the
Oceanic Steamship Company. states
that the bonus TO be paid by the Ia
hiti Government is in the neighbor-
hood of 10000 per 1nnum and that the
details of the contract are very favor
able to this company. Either the Mar
iposa or the Alameda will. after Ieing
overhauled and the new machinery in
stalled. be placed on this route. Either
steamer will be capable OF a sea speed
OF seventeen knots an hour when the
proposed alterations have been made.
It is expected that a large tourist
traffic will be worked up with Tahiti
now that the method Of cOmmunica-
ton will be so speedy and comfort
q t1a
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-24

New attractions at the orpheum TO
night.
The age-herald., 1900-11-04

Kissing is one of the matters so familiar to our thoughts that we seldom think of il. Of course every one of us in our help less infancy has been crushed beneath the weight of unwelcome kisses, and most of us, especially the boys, have passed from this condition into one of active opposition, wherein if the fat and jovial friend of the family seized upon us we escaped from the room, or if the angular old maid asked in dulcet tones, Wont you come and kiss me, my pet?" we boldly replied, No, I won't; l hate to be kissed, or some such courteous phrase.
 Then comes time, let us say with boys from seven to seventeen, when kisses are considered as damaging to the dignity and manhood, expressing him. and with girls from five to fifteen as matters of ridicue and ssntimontality.
 But Time, unresisting Time, leads both girl and boy through this little belt of cool Xerdure out upon the torrid plain and the smiling rose gardens that lie at the foot of those weary and devious paths that ascend the heights.
 The permitted realms of the kiss are mar rowing day by day. It would be more prudery, however, to deny that kisses are still snatched, or stolen, or coaXed from a pair of sweet lips, but it is always we'll for their owners to remember that the fruit that hangs just out of reach is the most tempting; that it is the bright, delicate
The age-herald., 1900-11-04

We who have dabbled in hypnotism will remember Baron von Reichenbachs s theory about kisses. He says there is something flying about in the world which he calls odic force, and when it is used by dis embodied spirit as a means of making itself visible we call it ghosts But the Baron also says that the odic force is visible to experts, playing as a light flame upon the ends of magnets, and upon the sensitive portions of the human frame, especially the lips, and he gravely asserts that the pleasurable sensation of odic force upon the fifth pair of nerves
 There are so many kinds of kisses that again the subject of what is permissible becomes involved in doubt.
 There is the kiss of loving friendship be- tween women, the kiss of reconciliation, the kiss of simple greetings the kiss upon both cheeks, so common between men in Latin countries, the respectful kiss offered to age, the kiss of mere custom, happily going out of fashion.
 And then there are Judas kisses, when a man or woman dares to offer the highest token of love to conceal inconsistency, treachery and meditated treason-the worst kind of lie the lips can frame.
 Just why this contact of the lips instead of the cheeks, the chin, the brows shoula be so nstinctive and universal, who shall say? Perhaps, after all, Baron Reich enbach has hit the truth, and We seek odio force, polarized, upon other lips to com plete the growth of our own.
The age-herald., 1900-11-04
MEN AND WOMEN SHOULD CO HAND IN HAND
 IN SOLVING THE GREAT PROBLEM OF CIVILIZATION

My sympathies are obviously with the womens movement, for I am a modern product myself. having had high school and college education and being a gradu- ate of London University. As a young girl thought over these questions and al- ways wanted to do independent work in the world Possibly I am more interested in the educational side of the question than in any other College training is greatly to be desired for women, and the eXamn
 at.ons, even if a girl tails in them, are of great value. They are a sort of literary gymnastics to strengthen and expand her mental muscles It is great pity that Oxford and Cambridge stand out against conferring their degrees on women, and most unfair when one remembers that these old foundations owe so much in the past to the generosity of pious women
 The teaching advantages of a woman's university may be excellent, but it's de- grees would not carry the same eachet as those of Oxford and Cambridge. You can not found a new university any more than you can make a new cathedral. Both may be built but they will inevitably lack the prestige of the old. It may be merely a sentimental prestige, but there 1t is.
 It is impossible to dogmatize on the ques- tion whether the limitations of sex render women incapable of following the various trades and professions with success. The simplest plan is to test women's capabili- ties by throwing open all the professions and trades without restriction, and woman will then find her level; but to place bar riers in the way of those desirous of en- tering upon certain occupations simply on
The age-herald., 1900-11-04
AMERICAN MUSIC IN CITIES OF EUROPE. s5nx F. sovsA

The pulsations of the heart do not differ in this world. The people of Europe like the same music that pleases the people of the United States
 l received the most cordial reception wherever I played, and in Paris the expo sition authorities were overkind. ''The Stars and Stripes proved most popular of my compositions, and the same may be said as to Belgium and Holland
 The most enthusiastic audience was in Brussels, where at the conclusion of The Stars and Stripes Forever the assemblage rose and shouted its approval. l have never seen such enthusiasm in this coun- try as was displayed at this performance in the capital of the Dutch.
 As to Holland I found the supposedly phlegmatic Dutch more enthusiastic over march music than any other nationality. I believe that the American of Dutch descent inherits a love of martial music from his Dutch ancestors.
 1 introduced rag-tme and it took, especi- ally in Paris. The French like bright mu- sic and they were never tired of hearing our rag time melodies.
The age-herald., 1900-11-04

which he believes to be right. What is right for the individual is not wrong Tor the community. There are not two stand ards, one for humanity in the aggregate, the other for man is an individual When a man is told that he must not speak out his honest conviction lest it do him harm, and needs this mandate, he is doing more harm by his dishonesty than any express sion of his honest thought could do, how ever i'll advised.
 It is time for the world to outgrow the notion that it is not safe for the average man to think. That man comes close to the realities of life. He grapples with the problems of making a living, of support ing, unaded, a family, of making himself, if it be in him to do so, the reputation of a true, thoughtful, and generous man. Riches or poverty makes no difference in character. The problems of life and death must be met by each man unaided. The mistakes which have been made by the masses are not the result of their being allowed to think, but of their being pre- vented from doing so. The intuition of the people, when not cramped and hindered by artificial circumstances, can be trusted. The great man has always found his fol- Owing among the masses.