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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-09
OBITUARY.
JOSEPH r. RANKINs

4 mr.. Joseph n. h8nklokp VINO nAs Deon
in poor health for q number Of years.
died at his residence in South Portland
On the 9Th inst, aged 70 years and 8
months. He is survived By wife and
one daughter, who have the sympathy
of all In their sorrow, he also leaves
half brother. CAPT VIM. d. Poole Of
Lynn, Mass. Mr.. Rankins was descen-
dant Of one of the early settlers OF Cape
Elizabeth. His grandfather, Capt. Eze-
kiel Jumper Of Mnnohestder, N. H. set
tied on what IL now Preblc street, South
Portland, about 1'pT aud Mr.. RaDkins
has resided on portion Of the home
stead property for many years. Mr..
Rankins was patient sufferer, and at
this summons Of the death angel passed
peacefully away to the life beyond. He
vas Of kind and obllging disposition,
and will long be held In kindly rsmem-
branoe by neighbors and friends.
CHARLES N. LIBBY.
Charles N. Libby, one Of Portland's
oid-time citizens. passed. away Sunday at
the Maine General hospital, after long
aud painful illness. Mr.. Libby was born
In 1875 and when q young man went
to sea for some time. Laser be became
. fireman and still later LOCOMOTIVES en-
ginesr on the Atlantic and st. Lawrsnce,
later the Grand Trunk. remaining there
for 30 years.
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Aiios Soss Lops W sos UNIV A1'oro1y
and married daughter living In New
York.
MhS. MA noAhhI FACEh'
+. Relatives and fr,ends of Mrs M.rearet
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George W. PIai,t,d. 81 Ellsworth street.
The dsoeased. whose age was 90 years.
and n'onths. was the widow of the late
George Faoey. and had been a resident
of Portland about 45 years. She was
un,yers esteemed. was a kind neigh.
Dor and valued friend. One OF her
daughter, Lydia mnnager OF tne
orpohsnas. snothsr Am,s r. = tssabsr in
the University of Ma inc ct Urono. while
Cora is the wife of George w. pinisted,
with whom Mrs, Facey. made her home
hATih A. MohhANAh'
After an illness of six v,eks. which
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was enoureu WIN oh'is'aan i0fusuue'
Miss Katie A. Mullaney passed peacefully
to the life beyond yesterday morning.
Deceased was a Young lady eyteemei by
all, while hsr ohserfulness and steri Ing
. y, n, 2. ons sr,ona. k Az re aanns
tar of Mary and the late Bsrpard Mul-
laney. funeral will BE- held at Miss Null
laney s late home, u smith street, wed
htrh wass ~ tbs Ca,hsdral oi tbs Inn.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-09
STILL TRYING TO REVIVE POLO.

According Co the Bangor Commercial
there win be yet another attempt to or
ganize polo team, ard u meeting will
BE- held here January 10 for ths purpose.
Portland. Bangor. Bath ana Gardner
are the cities proposed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-09

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. ALI
druggists refund the money II 1t falls 70 cure
L w. Groves . ignature Is on each box, csc.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-09
MAINE PENSIONS.

Washington, January s.-The follow.
ing pensions have been granted to Maine
people;
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-09
NcREAsE

WIN. II. Chamberlain, Wilton, Sc to Is;
Bsnjsmin F.Hall. Soldiers Home, Togus,
So to s.; Especial December 22). Thomas
ii. Howes, Augusta, s16 to s1z.
ORIGINAL. WIDOWS. ETC.
Especial ACQUIRED December s6). Mary
l.. Merrill, Orono. 50.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-09

Biddeford, January S.-Rey. wescott
Bullock, q veteran preacher and a Citizen
we'll beloved by wide CIRCLE OF friends,
passed from this life Sunday morning af-
ter a short sickness. He was eighty -one
years of age.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17
What the Poultry Ought to Have.

That it is desirable to feed poultry
animal matter in some form has been
long taught by scientific feeders; put
the great utility of such foods mas
probably never been SO plainly shown
as in experiments recently maze by
the station Mt Geneva. Two ratioDs
were compounded, each of foods Id or
binary use, approximately equal Ill
hutritive value, but In one the protein
or heterogeneous material was supplied
wholly from grains with some SKIM
milk, while in the other about two
fifths of the protein came from dried
blood, animal meal and fresh bone.
Upon these rations the station fed
two lots of chicks until they were
about five months old, one lot starting
at birth and the other at six weeks
of age, one pen IN each lot receiving
the grain ration and the other the
meat.meal ration. With. each lot the
meat-fed birds grew faster, reached
maturity earlier, ate less food for each
pound of gain and produced d pound
of gain at less cost. Pullets among
the meat.fed birds also began laying
four weeks earlier than any among
those receiving only vegetable foods.
With cockerels fed the cOntrasted ra-
tons the differences in flavor Of the
animal meal were quite marked dur
ing the first part of the test, but when
the birds attained full size and began
to fatten the benefit from the meat
began to cease, showing that its great
advantage lies in promoting rapid,
healthy growth, not in its fattening
bower.
With ducks the results were even
more striking; for the granted birds
remained stunted, scrawny and feeble,
several of them dying before the test
ended: while the meat-fed ducklings
grew well. remained perfectly healthy
and weighed three times as much per
bird as the others at the end of ten
weeks,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17
The Pure Food Law.

The pure food law, which was en-
acted by the General Assembly last
year, has gone into full force. The OBJ
ject of the law Is to stop entirely the
sale of food products which contain
harmful ingredients, and to compel
vendors of food products which are
adulterated with ingredients which
are harmless to brand or mark their
goods SO that the purchaser may know
that that is the case and may govern
himself accordingly. Certainly this
is an excellent law, and consumers
will be thankful for the promise which
is made that it is to be enforced rig
IDLY 1t ought to be copieo in every
state, says the Chicago Tribune.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17
Culiiyating Crops.

The cultivator Of to-day largely sup
planted the hoe, and the farmer can
as result accomplish nearly twice as
much work in working the soil around
his garden and field crops. The hoe
is too slow and antiquated an nipple
ment for modern farming, and while
it has its place in small gardens and
for plants that cannot be reached with
the cultivator, it is not as useful an
implement as formerly. There is one
good practice caused by the general
use of the cultivator. We now sow
seeds and set out the plants in rows
wide enough apart to enable the Gull
tivator to pass easily between them.
When the hoe was the chief imple'
ment for cultivating the tendency was
TO rob the soil too much. The rows
were planted close together, and the
plants never did so well. Now we
are more generous with our soil, and
we plant the crops farther apart and
they do much better. We raise prob
ably less numbers to the acre, but
they are better in quality, and the
results are better.
We cannot afford to be stingy with
our lambs any more than we can az
ford to bother with the hoe where the
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17

your knees, with your back to the
south and the row on your left. Allow
the top of the young tree to rest back
of your left shoulder, and with your
left hand grasp it near the ground
and. bending it toward the south, hold
il there while, with the knife in the
right hand, you make an incislon
through the bark across the tree about
two and one-half or three inches from
the earth (see Figure la, and another
from its centre downward, from one
to one and one-half inches. See Fig.
lib.
The bent position of the tree will
cause the corners of the bark to open
slightly. With the reverse end of the
knife handle-sOme use a goose quill
or a piece of ivory bone-press tie
bark gently from the wood (sec Fig.
1b). and having cut bud from the
twis (see Fig. lei, insert it under the
bark in such a way that the bud it
self projects from the perpendicular
cut Ill the Dark Oh inc yOuhS ucc'
Push the bud and shield of bark
well down in the slit, and then, with
bass mat. yarn, or tow string. pro-
coed to wrap above and below the bud
Zig. Id. | like TO wrap above the
bud first, then crossing behind wrap
and tie below the bud, being always
careful not TO injure it. The tie does
not need to cover all the cut parts;
it is simply to hold them for the heal
ing which nature brings. No wax or
covering of any kind is used. You are
now ready for the next tree. In cut
ting buds take off Il slight piece of
the wood with each bud and do not
remove 1t.
After three. four or five days OK
anime your work, and, IL necessary,
cut the tie, as such young trees are
often so thrifty that the string will
check growth in three or four days.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17
cultivator will take its place. Row:

cultivator will take its place. Rows
for nearly all crops should be wide
enough for the cultivator to pass be
tween them, and in some instances
far enough apart to permit d wagon
load OF straw or manure to drive De
tween them. All this lessons labor
which to-day is the prime .cOnsidera
ton OH any farm. More money Is
spent in labor hire than for manure
and seeds put together. and anything
that tends to lessen the amount OF
labor required is a distinct advantage
Farming is gradually moving toward
the same end that all manufacturing
has been going for many years More
and improved farm machinery is be
ing invented to save time and labor
and each invention helps to make the
cost of raising bushel of potatoes less
expensive. But there are many ways
to save time and labor which farmers
could adopt themselves without max
ing further expense for new machln'
cry. One of these is to have sucll
roadways through the farm as VIII
permit wagons to pass without ell
croaching upon the growing plants
BY being able TO reach every part OF
the field during the growing as wei
as the harvesting season we may save
MANY dollars. Overcrowding not only
has its disadvantages in making the
plants less healthy and vigorous, but
il prevents good work in the field
through the summer and autumn.-S.
w. Chambers, in The American Gull
ttvntor
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17

Where much budding is done, boys
90 ahead to clean the lower part OF
the trees of sprouts, leaves, trash or
dirt. Then. after the builders follow
the tiers. Have your ties cut before
hand: the most convenient length Is
about seven inches. Be careful to dis
criminate between leaf and blossom
buds. Leaf buds are more pointed
and are what you want, as they con-
tain the germ of sprout tree.
Blossom buds are plumper and more
blunt. and rounded on the end, ana
will produce only blossoms-on the
parent tree they would probably set
fruit
Plainly label your trees with the
name of bud variety, with stakes at
end of row, and cultivate until Au-
gust being careful not to injure the
bud.
The following spring cut the seed
ling ton off about three OF four inches
above the inserted bud. 1t is good
thing to tie the sprout, as it grows. to
the stub, to keep winds from breaking
it out. This inserted bud will soon
grow and form a new tree, and the
variety will invariably be exactly like
the parent from which the bud was
taken. These young trees with budded
tops are ready the next spring TO be
set in the orchard. New England
Homestead,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17
ENGLISH PEERACE
Divided Into Dukes. Marquises, Earls'
Viscouuts and Barons.

II am always asked lot OF ques-
tons about the peerage." said A. H.
Jameson, of London, at the Waldorf
Astoria. to a New York Tribune man,
whenever | am in America. One
thing that seems especially to bother
you people is that while a house OF
lords Exists nevertheless lords, earls
and even marquises are to be founa
among members of the house OF COM
mons. This comes about from the So
called courtesy titles borne by eldest
sons and heirs. For example, take the
ease of the Marquis of Lorne, now
ninth Duke of Argyll, who married the
Princess Louise. He bore the tltle ol
marquis during his fathers life by
courtesy. The peerage is divided In
to dukes, marquises, earls, viscountS
and barons, and the spiritual peerage
into archbishops and bishops. Inc tltie
duke is very old. Hannibal was called
Duke of Carthage. The Doge OF ven
ice was a duke. A duke is addressed
as His Grace and Most Noble and by
the crown as our right trusty anu
right entirely beloved cousin Mar
nuises were formerly military leaders,
who guarded the limits or marches OF
the kingdom. Hence, they were callen
Lords of the Marches, or Marqulses
They are addressed as Most Honor
able and by the crown as our rlght
trusty and entirely beloved cousin
Viscounts, or vice countesses, were
sheriffs in earlier days. They are ad-
dressed as Right Honorable and by
the Crown as our rightly trusty and
well beloved cousin Barons, origin
ally by tenure, then by writ and now
by letters patent, are bearers or sup
porters-from the etymology OF the
woodland are styled Right Honor
able and addressed by the Crown as
our rightly trusty and we'll beloved.
The royal addresses sound like a
game where you go on losing a word
don't they? The only title by tenure, }
think, now existent among us is the
Earldom of Arundel, which the Duke
of Norfolk holds by his tenre OF Arun-
del Castle, but this was confirmed by
a special act of Parliament. Baronets
and knights are both addressed as
Sir but while the former is title
that holds with and descends in the
family, the latter exists only during
the life of the holder. Sir William van
Horne, who built the Canadian Pacific
is q KNIGHT"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17
COLD AIR HEALTH.
Winter About the Best stimulant People
Can Have.

Many persons regard the winter sea-
son as an unfortunate visitation. 1t IS
considered both uncomfortable to the
body and harmful to health. This 10
an error. Cold is most potent agent
for the restoration and preservation OF
normal activity on the part Of the or
gans of the human body. 1t is wise
plan Of providence which gives us
change of seasons. The winter cold
comes as a tonic to repair the injuries
done by the enervating heat of sum-
mer. Summer. it is true, has many
wise uses in the matter Of health. III
induces outdoor life. rids the system
Of poisons through copious persplra-
ton and through the scorching rays OF
sun destroys germ life Winter is the
great bracer of the system. 1t slim
ulates activity in every organ. When
cold attacks the surface of the body
the blood is set into more free cIrcula-
ton as a means of bodily warmth. 1t
is through the circulation Of the blood
that the human anatomy is kept in a
state OF repair. When the food has
been digested and converted into
liquid form. it is taken up by the
blood and carried the rounds OF the
system for the purpose OF repairing
the waste places. When the COD
causes increased circulation, it also
brings about more perfect nutrition.
Mans face and hands illustrate how
weather-proof the body becomes when
exposed to air. Continued activity in
circulation on the surface, caused by
the air coming in contact with the
skin. tends to nourish and thicken the
skin. Thus mans skin grows thicker
in winter Just as animals are supplied
with double coat of fur. The saw
ages who dwell bareheaded in the open
air. are seldom, if ever, known to DC
afflicted with bald heads, while. with
the civilian who shields his scalp from
air, badness is prevalent. The In
dians, who, if not now, in former days
roamed our western borders. practical
" without clothing to shelter their
bodies. became, through long ex-
posture. so Injured to the cold that IL
gave them but little discomfort.-St
Louis Globe Democrat.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17
1rom tn Bud the Peach.

Peach pits are usually planted in the
spring IN rows three and one-half 10y
four feet apart and about six inches
between each pit in the rows. They
come up quickly and make rapid
growth, SO that by July / they will
he two on three feet high, when they
will do to bud. Be sure to get BUDS
of the variety you want-true to name
these buds are of the present seasons
growth and should be sufficiently ma
tured for use. Cut the new twigs con
tanning the buds. discarding the tips
and butts, using only the healthy.
strong middle buds. Cut the leaves
off. leaving the petiole or leaf stalB
with the buds. Now, beginning al
the south end of row of the seed
ling trees, which should be from two
and one-half to four feet high, get Oh
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17
ornamental Penmanship Going

"The day for the ornamental pen
man as far as the departmental service
is concerned has gone says an expe-
rienced official. ''In some cases, nota-
bly, the interior department, the clerk
who was depended upon to do the
ornamental penwork was and is a lady
The typewriter has supplanted the or
namental writer and is now used in
everything that goes out of the de-
partment. In years gone by appoint
ments and commissions were always
made out by an ornamental writer, but
the ordinary typewriter appointment Is
regarded as good enough nowadays.
Washington Star,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17

safely as we can calf. The advan-
tages of this manner of feeding are:
!. Air follows the milk right down
into the pot, and makes a continual
flow. and the lamb has only to make
the motion and swallow.
.. You pour milk from the pail into
the top Of the pot.
8. The amount of milk holds the
heat.
f. You can put the pot into q kettle
of hot water and have the milk heated
in .hree minutes.
5. You are feeding three lambs at
one time.
This is unique and the only success
full method 1 have found of raising
lambs by hand. Fed in this way we
have had lambs make tifty-fOur pounds
Mt eleven weeks of age. This feeder
had much to do in knocking out the
royal winners of England when we
met them i'm the show rings. II.
Todd, in National Stockman.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17
A ttDiaue Continuance.

First, take.a coffee pot holding about
one gallon. Take off the ordinary spout,
and cover the opening formed securely
so that nothing can leak through. Then
fasten three spouts on near the bot
tom Of the pot about one and Il half
inches apart. These spouts should be
like tubes, larger at the bottom and
tapering to the top, which should be
large enough TO fit a nipple on nicely.
The spouts reach from the bottom up
even with the top of the pot and should
extend out five inches from the top.
Stay each spout to the pot with tin
brace, about three inches below the
top of the pot. Take wire about No.
20 and solder around the top of each
spout to hold the nipple on. \ string
tied around the nipple below the rim
will hold it securely. Have the bail
on the top of the pot to carry it by.
Fill the pot with fresh cow S milk, and
let the lambs take all they will. Be
sure to let the milk get out of his stom-
ach before giving him any more. This
will be from four to five hours. Then
feed again all the lambs will eat. We
have never lost lamb raised i'll this
way. We can raise them as easily and
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17
Five Thousand Against Custer.

There is student at the Carlisle In
dian school whose father was a lead
er in the battle Of tho Little Big Horn,
where Gen. Custer and his entire COM
mand we're killed. Some authorities
tell us that 277 men fell in that awful
massacre and none lived to tell the
tale. The opposing Indian force is
set down at about 1900 This student
saws his father informed him that
there were no less than 5000 Indi-
ans in the battle. Nine thousand
tame" Indians were settled on sur
rounding reservations, and many of
these slipped away in the night time
TO ioin Sitting Bull for raid, return
inc under cover of darkness to their
homes. Nearly 1000 were with him
when Custer made his fatal error
New York Press.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17
Court Hou.e Didn't Make Town.

my home town of Grangeville, Ida.
no, is an example of the rapid growth
OF communities" says Mr.. ]. F. Ainslie
"A few years ago the county-seat was
established at the town of Mount Ida.
no. A court house was constructed
and the nucleus Of a town begun. 1t
was not long afterward that Grange
Vile sprang into existence Today
Mount Idaho, with its court house, has
about twelve families, and Grangeville,
only few miles distant, has a popu-
lation of 1900 people. Washington
Post
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17

AGRICULTURAL.
'eseeeeeeeeseeeseeseeeess
A SATISFACTORY Ration For Lambs.

A grain ration for lambs CONSISTING
of one-third corn, one-third bran' ana
one-third pea meal by weight, togeth.
err with coarse fodder consisting OF
clover hay or clover rowen one part
and corn silage two parts, has, on the
whole, given satisfactory returns at
the Connecticut station.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17
500 Reward. 500.

Tho readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able TO cure IN an us
ss Sle 3 tne only only positive Known to
medicsl fraternity. Catarrh bcinga cOnstitu"
tional disease requires Institutional treat
ment Us,Ts Cntarrh Cure is taken internally,
nrtino airectlv on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
fonndption OF the disease, and giving the. pa
tent strength by bull ting up the constitution
and assisting nature in Going its work. Inc
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
Tor any case that & fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials. Address
FL. CHEsEY e. Co., Toledo, y.
Sold by Dr1ggtsts. 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17
Fenjau Raid Medals.

Medals are being issued by the Do
minion government, under instructions
from the Imperial government, to Ca
madam volunteers who took part in
the Fenian raids of 1856 and 1870,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17

A Frenchman named Dufour claims TO
have found way of melting and moulding
quartz like glass.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17

Each package Of UJNAM FADELEss DYE
colors either Silk. Wool or Cotton perfectly
ct one boiling. Sold by all druggists.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17

Piso'c Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for oil affections of throat and luDgs.-WM.
q. ESpsLEY. Vanburen, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17

1t Is estimated that ,he Kaf1irs IN the dla-
mond mines ut Kimberley, South Africa,
steal 81, $50 COO worth OF diamonds year.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17

TIE ordinary beer glass i regulated 10y
law in Bavaria. and must hold exactly hall
q litre, or nearly nine-tenths OF pint.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17

The purest Chinese is spoken at Marking,
nad is called 1.-The language OF the man
d Iins"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17

A Colonel in the British South African
army says that Adams 1St'i Frutti was a
blcg-ibg to his men while marching.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething softens the gums, observation-disclosures
tiop. aliavs main cures wind collie. 25C.a bottle.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-08-17

An apple orchard in Glenwood. Ia. occu-
rics 500 acres and contains $4,000 bearing
trees.