Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-05-30


open revolt. Troops are being dispatched,
as means of precaution, to troublesome
districts.
A girl in Dresden, Stimulating blindness and
deafness, was brought into the appropriate in
situations, subjected to the most searching
examinations and to continued Watching
yet kept up the appearance of these two in
firmities for over six months, without a sim
gle fail or break
The Mammoth Cave in Kentucky will be
very lagely visited by excursionists this sum
mer. 1t is trip that every one ought to
make but, unlike views of Niagara, the
mountains or lake resorts one visit to the
gloomy grandeur of this immense cave suf-
fees for a lifetime.
Cheh one of the most sedate and owlish
of the Chinese commissioners, has succeeded
Mr.. Burlingame in the direction of the lega-
ton. This says Washington paper, dis
poses of the statement that Mr.. J. McLeary
Brown had been appointed. Cheh is said to
have become more sedate and dignifed than
ever since his elevation.
Geo. w. Craddock chairman of the Dem
ocratic State Central Committee, of Kentucky,
writes: ''In my judgment, the negro ought
not to be recognized as a political element in
the democratic party, and consequently ought
not to be permitted to take part in the
primary elections or conventions of the
party.
At the annual meeting of the State Dental
Society in Boston on Thursday, a doctor ex-
planned case of his where he had extracted
an liberated tooth, cleansed it of its ulcerous
matter and restored it to the jaw, where it is
now in use, a perfectly sound tooth. The
patient was present and verified the account.
Il think" said A. Bronson Alcott, in one
his conversations, "when a man lives on beef
he becomes something like an OK; if he eats
mutton begins to look sheepish, and if he feeds
on pork, may he not grow swinish!" THAT
may be-" said DR.. Walker of Cambridge, who
was one of the listeners. But when a man
lives on nothing but vegetables, think he is
apt to be pretty small potatoes"
The story of the Calhoun rose is told by
the Columbia Is. c. Guardian. 1t appears
that when the body of Calhoun was lying in
state in Charleston, Col. John t. Sloan of
Columbia, took up white rose from among
the profuson of flowers that lay upon the
bier of the honored dead. The rose was
carefully preserved, taken to Anderson, and
planted 1t grew and bloomed. Since then
it has been transplanted four times, and to day
is blooming in the garden of Colonel Sloan,
in Columbia.
Fresh air by day and night, strong and
nourishing food, dry soil on which to live,
sunlight and warm clothing, are the means of
saving many lives which would have been
hopelessly lost in the preceding generation.
If our conjectures are correct, the improve
ment may be expected to continue, and every
body can help to make it greater. Ventilate
the school-rooms, the workshops, the stores,
and the houses.
A sailor from one of the lake feet vessels
went into a shop in Milwaukee and purchased
goods to the amount of fifty cents. Throw
ing down bill, he said: ''There is two
dollar bill-give me the change" glance
showed the storekeeper that the bill was
'sv," and hastily sweeping it into the drawer,
he gave back the change. After Jack was
gone the man went to the drawer and found
that the bill was ''V,' to be sure but was
little the worst counterfeit ever seen. lndig-
nant at the treatment, Jack was found by the
storekeeper and threatened, but Jack was
ready, and showed by comrade that he re-
ceived but dollar and half in change, so
ne could not have given the man the bill.
After little talk the matter was allowed to
drop by the storekeeper, who has probably
learned something he did not know before.
A laughable incident occurred in Chinese
Sabbath School in San Francisco not long
since. The teacher of one of the classes
was young and very pretty miss. Being
absent one day her place was supplied by a
lady somewhat advanced in years; what was
her surprise to see one of her pupils, in the
midst of the lesson, vault over the back of
the pew, in which he was sitting, and seat
himself by the side of beautiful young lady
who had just entered. On being asked by the
elderly teacher what he meant by such dis
ordely conduct he replied; ''Me like pretty
young woman, YOU too mnchey old.