"1 WHAT THEY SAY xtractt From Various 8ourcet, Indl ating Democratic Opinion On Quattlona of th Day. The river and harbor "pork" bill as ttnow Atands, appropriates $70,297,439 more than the entire cost of the na tional government before the war. The imi would look more shipshape If 30 cents were added. New York World (Dem.). Jefferson, the founder of the Demo cratic party, declared that the only testa to be applied to the fitness of a candidate for public office are: "Is he honest? Is he capable?" If his quali fications will not bear these tests he la not a fit candidate. According to Jefferson a candidate of Immoral character, a man, for example, who makes lying promises which he does aot fulfill and never intended to keep, and one who when In office betrayed the trust reposed In him, Is not fit to receive the suffrages of Democrats. Exchange. We can understand how strict con tructionists of moral ethics are bound In honor and candor to oppose Elkln. But they are equally bound to oppose Quay, and as a choice between the two would find Elkin the lesser evil. Those wlio believe In Quaytsm and approve j the methods of Quay, on the other i hand, can't condemn Elkin for prac- j ttcing Quaytsm under the direction of : Quay, unless they are mortgaged to Quay, morally speaking. A man who pretends to stand for decent politics j and supports Quay In preference to j Elkln must be a knave or a fool Har- j rlsburg Star-Independent. j General Jacob H. Smith has finally ; admitted that he did Issue the de- j monlac order to kill "everything over j ten" in Samar, and In reply Ameri- j can sentiment will Imperiously de mand his punishment without regard to any Justification which he may ; claim. There can be no justification for an order of which a real decent I savage would not be guilty. And Gen- I eral Smith has aggravated his offense, I II that be possible, by perjuring him- j self In this connection, for he had pre- , vlously denied under oath the guilt j which he now confesses. Nothing loss than his discharge In disgrace from ( the army will satisfy the conscience of j the country as atonement for the blot which this bloodthirsty officer has j brought upon the American record in I the East. Inter-Ocean, Chicago. J Probably there never was a more j treacherous, blood-thirsty enemy than j the American Indian ever fought by j the United States army. And yet I do j not hesitate to declare that, had Major ! Waller drawn up 12 unarmed prisoners of the bloodthirsty Apache tribe and ordered them shot without trial, his lightest punishment under Generals Grant, Sheridan, Crook, Miles, Custer or any of our old-line heroes would have been dismissal from the army in disgrace or imprisonment for life. My own Judgment is that Major Waller would hnve been tried by a drum-head court martial and shot within 24 hours. That a man who has tried to Justify the unwarranted killing of Filipinos by the fact that he had ruthlessly shot down the Chinese should be acquitted with honor, and let loose to continue the destruction of human life at his own sweet will, is a matter difficult to realize. If campaigning in the Philip pine Islands has brought the United States army to the point where it Jus tifies this class of warfare, the sooner the troops are brought home the bet ter. Col. Henry L. Turner. CURRENT COMMENT Brief Discussions of Political and Other Matters of Public Interest. ANDREW J. PALM. The demand for the nomination of good men for the legislature on the ' part of the Democratic party was never more urgent than at the present time. If all those elected as Democrats to the last two sessions had been faith ful to their party trust and true to the principle of honest manhood, the polit ical 'situation of the state at the pres- ' ent time would be vastly different from what it is. Quay would have been relegated to private life, where he should have gone thirty years ago. The state would have been saved the dis grace of having Marshall as Bpeaker of the house and Garvin as chief clerk. Men, who according to the sworn tes timony of their own chief stenographer ,'alslficd the records to pass some bills mi defeat others. There would have been no ripper legislation destroying .he rights of citizens, no franchise jrahs; and Quayism, which has be :ome a disgrace to the state and a re proach to the nation, would have re ceived its death blow. If there are not wough honest Democrats in every . "vounty of the state to select candidates -who will not sell their souls for the money or the favors of the enemy, ihere are certainly enough of thom to pin with, the Republicans to defeat he rascals who are nominated. Better lect a good Republican or even a bad tepubllcan than a crooked Democrat, .vhose vote like some of those at the a st session, will be in the open market or the highest bidder. Every honest democrat owes it to himself, to his ;ountry and to the state to see to it Jiat no man who has once played the jarty false is again nominated for the legislature, and that no one be named who may not be safely trusted not to jerjure himself, at least. Several men ire seeking a renomination who should not be permitted to enter a Democratic :aucus. It is not necessary to name them, for their names have repeatedly been held up to the public gaze as worthy only of execration. Hit every Mich head as soon as it appears, and let the next legislature be free from villains elected under false pretenses s Democrats, HOME CHEESE MAKING. uwna JLAKUtar akm. a CHEAP HYDKUMIilJiK. Ilnilrr Proper Condition anil with Able Mnnnicenient the Inilnntry t un lie Made to ray. Can home or dairy cheese making be made to pay? It certainly can be wi per proper conditions, and if conduct te.by a person wllh some previous practical experience. The best place trt require this experience Is In a reg ular cheese factory, where one might work as a subordinate for a time. I do not think that one should attempt the business on a farm unless the milk of 20 or 25 cows can be depended on. Makeshift facilities and apparatus should not receive recognition, as they will not pay in the end. Many fastidious consumers prefer dnirv-innde to factory cheese, but on account of the limited amount, manu factured, cannot get their wants sup--plied. Thus, the field Is open for those who can furnish a first-class article in this now neglected line. One should first possess cows tbnt are copious milkers, yet whose milk will test at least three per cent, of butter fat. This will insure good, rich cheese, a necessary adjunct of quality. A small vat of a capacity suited to your needs should be employed, and a press with hoops to mold cheese of from ten to J't pounds in weight. Any first class dairy supply house ought to be able to furnish a complete set of ap paratus for a dairy cheese making pla nt. It is best to have n cheese house complete by itself for manufacturing purposes, and the making room is kept, sweet and clean, as is essential, can be used for the storage of the night's milk, after it has been aerated. The vat. Itself is a good place in which to More the night's milking, anil running water about it, or ice, can be employed to keep it cool. If yon make the mis take of skimming any part of the milk it will be fatal to your success as an amateur cheese maker. What the pub lic wants is n rich, nutty flavored, reli able quality cheese, and that of small bulk. This can so easily be produced in a home dairy. Strive to please the public taste and needs in this direction, and you can se cure from one to two cents per pound more for your product than 1 he aver age factory article. As the making will take one person's time from bull' to three-quarters of every day, dairies under 20 or 25 cows would hardly find it profitable. Kemember also that the profitable ness all lies in your being thorough and in dead earnest , in pushing your business t o a success. Do not offer your cheese for snle until they are thor oughly cured, which takes from 30 to 40 days. Do not launch into the busi ness without some previous experi ence. If you haven't that experience, get it as an initial step. George E. Xewell, in Orange Jncltl Farmer. SAFETY MILK PAIL. VpsettliiK linn Not Waste Its Con tents nnd It Also Prevents timb er inn of Impurities. Many a pail of milk has been lost by a kick from the cow just as the task of milking her was about finished anil many a titray bit of dirt falls into the open pail if the farmer is not ex' trenicly careful in his labors. John Ueustis King, of Garrity, Ala., believes that the pail he has just designed will THIS 1'KEVENTS Bl'ILLlNQ. save the milk in case of an upset pail and also prevent the gathering of im purities. In the. picture the details of con si ruction or this improved pail are shown. The top of the pail has screw-threaded flange, to which a re ceiving bowl is secured by a similar flange. In the center of this bowl Is a strainer, and below the strainer is an open frame in which is placed a loose cone corresponding in shape to the under side of the strainer. As soon as the pail is tipped over the rluw of the milk toward the strainer seals the cone and effectually closes the outft until the pail is righted again. Chi cago Daily Aews. Cheese or Hotter, Wlilehf Whether cheese-inaking or butter making be best for a community must depend on the use being made in thut community of the products of milk When there is no profitable way of using fckimmilk the whole milk can be made Into cheese. Where the milk can be fed to calves, pigs or poultry, butter making is profitable. liutter-miikiiig does not impoverish a farm if the skimmed milk is fed to farm animals, and in that way returned to the land. In cheese-making the nitrogen arid phosphorus are sold oil the farm. Farmers' Review. Importance of Selection. Experienced dairymen declare that there Is oftentimes a vast difference in' the amount of butter produced by two cows, when the amount of food con sumed is the same. It follows that while one is profitable the other may be un profitable to keep, at least not as profitable as it should be. Care in breeding, in selection and in testing are the safeguards, and any dairyman who Ignores these safeguards is trav eling through a rough country with his eyes closed to the dangers. Midland Farmer. ., ' THE COLUMBIAN, Jt CnnnlMn of 14 tlanphpK, Containing 2iI,MH Acre, nntl In Owned by n Mlnnoarlnn. David Kaikin, of Tarkio, Mo., own the largest cultivated tract of land In the world, says the Cincinnati En quirer. To those who have never vis ited a Inrpe ranch the methods neces sary to carry on the vast amount, of work vnuld seem a great problem. Nr. llankin owns 14 ranches, contain itg 22,000 acres; 700 teams and 220 men are required to operate the daily routine work In the busy season while the crops are under cultivation. Each ranch has an overseer, who Is required to make a monthly report and to sub mit the same to his employer. The records of the past year's work over all the ranches show that a total of 7.r.1!l head of cattle had been sold for $172,520 and S,24! head of hogs for $111, Mil. The total clearance for the year 11)00 amounted to $100,000. The expenses, including interest, reached the sum of $! 1,85 1.1.1. The most profitable ranch is the one ooked after bv Foreman George Itoss, whose yearly report contains the fol- owmg statements; Number of acres, 3.3S0; cattle, 1.32S; net proceeds from cattle. $1.5!lH.!l(l; hnifs. 1.2:12. cash for the same, $17.05!. I'l; expense per acre, $4..'!0; corn bought. 08.720 bushels. Mf. llankin is a close observer and soon nicks out the irood dualities of. his men. He is pleasant and accom modating, daring and energetic, which qualities have won for him the wealth he now commands. Hesides his farms he has an interest in several bunking concerns, but to these latter he cives ittle nttent ion, and spends most of his lime rifling over the ranches to see that proper care is being given the stock. Sometimes he lends a helping hand in pulling a steer from the mud: again he will assist in building a shed for the fattened hoars. NAMING THE FARM. Commendable Fashion That Is C.rowliiK In I-'uvor In the Hiiral Districts of the West. The farm ought to have a name. The bovs will love it more, and others will respect it more if given this dig- nit v. After giving 1 lie name, mark it in a prominent place. The cut sho.vs a unique way. Haul a pictur esque bowlder to one side of the main - 7f J"' ruT.k - .Iff , T". -7 NAME PLACED ON STONE. ent race. With a sledge hammer and cold chisels cut a smooth face uponthe front, and cither cut out the name of the farm or paint it on the smooth face with black paint. A granite bowlder will work best. Orange Judd Farmer. A Mammoth Hay Farm, Five thousand acres of swamp land in Oregon, says the liny Journal, will lie reclaimed nnd made to produce hay, if a project set on foot by a live stock company shall prove successful. This company has built a dredge, with which it proposes to dig a ditch (10 feet wide and nine feet deep through the center of the swamp which covers a large proportion of Molheur county, lly means of this ditch it is proposed to drain the swamp and convert it into n great hay field. It is estimated that 100,000 tons of hay can be produced annual ly, where now nothing but swamp grass flourishes.' A Sun Francisco company has aecnrecl a contract to operate the dredge, nnd it is esti mated that two years will be re quired to complete the ditch. Cnltnre of Strawberries. There are three methods now fol lowed by the best growers, known as hill culture, the hedge row and the half-matted row. lly the first, plants are set from 12 to IS inches npart in the row, and all runners kept off so that no other plants can form. The hedge row method consists in having plants from 0 to 12 inches in row, with runners kept off; and the the half-matted row method is to plant in the usual wanner with plants 18 to 36 inches in the row, the first run ners that appear just where wanted, until there is a row about 12 inches wide, with plunts not more than six inches apart. After the row is filled in this manner, keep the runners off, as in the hill unci hedge row method. ltural World. How Weeds Are Scattered. They may be introduced and spread with, seeds of grasses, clover and grain on the farm, lly live stock carried in the hair, fleece or feet; or by passing into the excrement, lly unground feed stuff purchased in barnyard manures drawn from town, in the packing of trees, crockery, baled hay anil straw, by wagons, threshing machines, etc. Oftentimes by plows, cultivators and harrows, by railway trains, or boats, by birds, squirrels and mice, by water or brooks, rivers and by washing rains, by the wind, aided by little, wings, down or drifting snow. And in count less other ways. 'TIs an enemy that must be fought without quarter, till exterminated "root and branch." JJidluud Furiuer. BLOOMSBURO, PA. Mode of Mnklnw It U Simple and Will Krimr the Kirrlincmlcr for III SHubt Trimble. There are many amateurs who have at one time or other tried to make a storage battery, but have given up in disgust on finding that their plates have snlphated, thus ruining their bat tery. This Is often caused by not hav ing the electrolyte of the proper density, but this fault can be corrected by the use of a hydrometer. Readings should be taken regularly with the hy drometer, and this will also form a valuable guide as to the amount of the charge In the battery; that is, the den sity of the electrolyte after charging will be found to be slightly greater than the limit of discharge. A simple and cheap hydrometer can be made as follows, which will more than repay the maker for his slight, trouble: procure from a druggist or chem ical house a test tube (Fig. 1. T) six Inches long.nnd 7-10 of an inch In outside diameter. The test-tube should be free from flaws . and very thin about 1-32 of an inch in thickness. Now place some buck shot, S, In the bottom of the tube so ns to form a column about a half-inch in height, or until it will float upright In water, the tube projecting about an inch above the surface of the water. A small wad of cotton, 11, should be placed over the shot so as to hold them in place, nnd also a small strip of pnper, 1. should be placed inside of the tube on which to mark necessnry graduations. Now procure a bot tle as long as the tube, and large enough to allow the tube to pass into it. Fill this bottle full of dilute sul phuric acid having a specific gravity of 1.225 when cold. A druggist will put this up for a small sum, but if you wish to put this up yourself you can careful ly add one ounce of good commercial sulphuric acid to four ounces of dis tilled water, and when this is cold place the tube in it. Tint before doing this place a small waxed cork in the mouth of the tube to prevent the liquid from accidentally flowing into it. Now mark t lie point to which the tube sinks into the dilute sulphuric acid, 1.225 specific gravity. If you desire any other gran ulations you can proceed as above, but you will then hnve to compare your hydrometer with a standard one. Most makers of storage batteries recom mend the use of an electrolyte having a specific gravity of 1.225, so that is the only necessary mark. A small drop of glue on the strip of pnper will hold it in place, completing your hydrome ter. Parker S. Simonsen, in Scientific American. THE BLOOD OF APES. It Resembles That of Hainan llrlns;a nml Kstablisbes a Sort of "lllood Relationship." The recently devised biological tests of blood have given a new sig nificance to the term "blood-relationship." Dr. Friedenthal and oth ers believe that tests of this kind have established a probability of our cousinship with the apes, since trans fusion of human blood, which is harmless with them, is always in jurious to other animals, operating by dissolution of the blood corpus cles. Put it has been found that the serum of nn animal may be immun ized against human blood by appro priate treatment, and it is then called "human anti-serum." Such serum, when mixed with human blood, produces a precipitate. Dr. A. S. F. Cirunbnum, lecturer nt Univer sity college, Liverpool, announces in the Lancet that "human anti-serum" producespreeisely the same precipi tate with the blood of the apes. He writes: "Other observers have already pointed out that 'human anti-serum' precipitates the lower monkeys' blood to a slight extent. Adopting the general mode of application of the test, I find that 'human nnti-serum' gives, a precipitate with all three l species ol anthropoid apes aireauy ! named, nnd to me this precipitate is practically indistinguishable from that obtained with human blood either in quality or quantity. Occa sionally it seemed that the blood of the orang gave a more gelatinous precipitate as compared with the granular precipitate of the other bloods, but this may h-ive been clue to necidentnl circumstances. The grannlnr precipitates from other bloods are also liablo to become sticky when shaken up. Hut it is not only by the action of 'human anti serum' or anthropoid blood that this close relationship of the various bloods may be demonstrated. I hnve prepared gorilla, orang and chimpan zee nnti-serum. Tested in the wny described, they all react, not only with their own blood but with each of the others, and also with human blood. Here again, in the absence of definite standards, I am unable to assert that there is any difference of reaction amongst the many com binations of anti-serum and blood which can be made with the four above-mentioned bloods anil sera." There is thus certainly a strong resemblance between man's blood and ape's blood, nnd so, in one tense at least, a "blood-relationship." i r : ll TEARFUL ORCIimUlL? Whether a woman is tearfut or cheer ful depends not on what she has materi ally, but what she is physically. Many an indulgent husband is driven almost to despair by the tearful outburst of a wlte wno has "every thing she wants." He wants to know what's the matter. Hut the wife can't tell. 8 he only knows that she is de pressed and despondent. Such a condition is usually re lated to some form of woman! v disease. The mental depression has its corresxndi!ig womanly weakness. Doctor Tierce's Favorite Prescription changes tearful women tocheerful women by curing the diseases which cause phys ical weakness and depression of spirits. It establishes regularity, dries unhealthy drains, heals inflammation and ulcera tion, and cures female weakness. Mrs. Alice Adm, of laboratory, Wmhlnff Ion Co., I'n., ay: "With ninny thntik I write to let von know how 1 m. I can my ly Gixl'i help ami your help I nm well. I have tiiVen six bottlmof Dr. Picrce'n Favorite Prescription ami two of hi 'Golden Medical Discovery,' and I can do all mv work. I can't prnise your medi cine too hinlily. I will recommend your medi cines n lotitf I live. II any one doubti tin give them my addreM." "Favorite Prescription" makes weak women strong and sick women well. Accept no substitute for the medicine which works wonders for weak women. Keep the bowels healthy by the timely use of Doctor Tierce's Pleasant FelleU Reduced Bates to Boston- Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Account meeting First Church of Christ, Scientists. On account ol" the meeting of the First Church of Christ, Scientists, at Boston, Mass., on June 15-18, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets to Boston from all points on its lines on June 12, 13, 14. 16, ami 17, good going on those dates and good to return until June 2tc. inclusive, at rate of single fare for the round trip, plus $1.00. Ho More Peaches- The report conies trom the great peach growing sections of the State that peach orchards are being allowed to die out. Few new trees have been planted to replace those found dead this spring. The crop is going to be large this year, from all accounts, and inquiries are being made of the State Depart ment of Agriculture why the interests of the farmers of the several districts are flagging in peach culture. It is likely that some mention of the con dition will be made by Secretary of Agriculture Hamilton in his forth coming report. ins now tamed peach growing belt of Pennsylvania enjoys the con venience and advantages of the super lor railway facilities, which are so essential for the prompt and satis factory disposition of lare crops of fruit. It is hardly likely that if peach growing cannot be made to pay in this vicinity it cannot be made profita ble elsewhere in Pennsylvania. There fore, is peach culture to become j lost industry in Pennsylvania? That is the question that is confronting the peach grower in these clays. Bananas. Instead of Beef. "If you want to down the beef Irust," said a man who is engaged in the fruit trade, "don't eat meat. Eat bananas instead. I'm not joking I'm serious. The banana as a staple article of food has been too long neglected by the people of our zone. I traveled across Nicaragua once, and I practically lived on bananas pre pared in the various ways for which the natives are famous. It may sur prise you to know that the banana is the king pin of the vegetable world, so far as nutrition is concerned. It is twenty-five times as nutritious as wheat of the same weight, has forty five times the nutriment of potatoes, and thirty times that of rice, the three staple products of the world. These figures are the result of scientific inves tigation. It is time that we turn our attention to the banana. ve micht profitably take a few lessons in pre paring tne iruit tor the table from our southern neighbors." Philadelphia Aecora. Licensed to Wed- The following couples havesecuret licenses from Clerk of the Courts W II. Henrie. P. E. Mahoney of New York City ana miss iuiith Jlerring of Orange ville. w. E. Bardo and Miss Laura A Thomas both of Sereno, this countv William Gerrard of Rohrsburg and Miss De la M. Sweeny, of Pine town- snip. William T. Levens and Miss Clara M. Krah, both of Centralia. I nomas J. Yorks of Elk Grove and Miss Jennie B. Lemon of Guava OABTOIHij.. dears tbe Signature 4 ins mud m Have Always Bought HARRISBURO LETTER Philadelphia's Shameful Corruption. Saw Sailor's Acquittal Fits Him for the Legta lature -Corruption hat Struck the Schojli-Democratic Candidate tor Stte Office not Slated. The recent oiitrnge perpetrated against law, order and decency by the acquittal of the Philadelphia ballot box stufTer, Sam Salter, hi? aroused anew the indignation of every good citizen of the state against the rotten political condi tion that permeates even the courts of law and makes justice a Hollow mockery. It is evident that to bal lot box stuffing the crime of jurj box stufling has been added. NO HONEST KLECTION IN 1'IIIZ.A DF.trillA. It has long been notorious that there is 110 such thing ns an honest election in Philadelphia. The elec tion machinery in the Quaker City is in the hands of men who have as little regard for the sanctity of an oath as ihey have for the rights of citizenship. Many of the polling places are managed by thugs, who would commit mum or perjury, and even murder, at the behest of those whose political tools they are, ami Philadelphia has the unenviable notoriety of being governed by the worst gang of political pirates that ever looted an American city. More than two years and a half ago Sam Salter, with half a cozen others, was arrested on the charge of ballot box stuffing and other kindred crimes. Ihere was nc doubt of their guilt, for they were trapped by a clever piece of detective W'or1.t done by the North American. Ther were released on bail, but when the time came for trial they had put themselves beyond the reach of the law. One of the number, Scullen, who did not get away, pleaded guilty and was sent to the penitentiary for a year. After Salter had been away more than two and a half years, he, suddenly put in an appearance and surrendered to the court. The machine had deliberately planned the means of his acquittal by the lankest sort of perjury and then sent for In m to return. It would be highly damaging to the machine to have a gang ot repeaters and ballot box stuflers sent to the penitentiary for their crimes, because it might keep men from becoming repeaters, and hence the desperate plan adopt ed for their acquittal. Though it was proved beyond a doutt that Salter was guilty, though he wa;s entrapped into flatly denying all the witnesses who were trying to swear him innocent, he was acquitted by the jury which was perhaps drawn for the very purpose. SAM NOW BETTER QUALIFIED FOtt ASSEMBLY. A fitting sequel to this corrupt and corrupting case is the announce ment that Salter is likely to be re turned to the Legislature, where the machine is ill need of such as he. He would now make an ideal mem ber to represent Quayism, the influ ences of which have corrupted every department of State and municipal government. Even the schools of Philadelphia are contaminated with the slime of political corruption. The stream cannot rise above its source and when millions are spent to bribe the Legislature into passing bills to make fortunes political or otherwise for a few individuals, it is not surprising that rottenness ex ists in every department of our political system. Are the business, professional and intelligent laboring men of Phikt-' delphia so lost to all sense of politi cal honor that they are willing to allow this condition to exist indefi nitely ? One can understand why professional politicians and ward heelers engage in nefarious business of corrupting the channels of State and city government, but it is utter ly incomprehensible why every good citizen in Philadelphia, regardless of his party bias, is not up in arms against the corrupt gang that ha made the Quaker City a term of re proach in its political relations. NO DEMOCRATIC SLATE. Though the time for the Demo cratic State Convention is drawing near, the leaders are not troubliug themselves about candidates. They are determined that the men to lead the party in the coming campaign against Quayism shall be the tin trammelled choice of the party with no domination from the organiza tion. This is in striking contrast with the words of Quay, uttertd three or four months ago, "I have not yet decided on a candidate for governor." Palm. CURE FOR HEMORRHOIDS. The use of Humphreys' Witcfc Hazel Oil permanently cures Piles or Hemorrhoids External or Internal, Blind or Bleeding, Itching or Burn ing, Fissures and Fistulas. One ap plication gives relief. Sample mailed free. At Druggists, or mailed for 25 cts. Humphreys' Med. Co., in William St., N. Y. h 1 rV1 1
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