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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-10-10
LETTING A CAT OUT or THE BAG.

a few days ago Alexander H. Stevens,
who is probably as well acquainted with
the family secrets of democracy as any
man in the country, publicly charged in the
Atlanta Sun that the "new departure" was
nothing but the device of New York
political ring" whose only object was
plumber; that this ring first tried to induce
the democratic members of congress to in
corporate the "new departure doctrine
into their address, and that, failing in this
attempt, they thereupon turned their at
tentlon to the manipulation of the various
democratic State conventions, as the re-
suit shows, with better success. In a late
letter the Washington correspondent OF
the same journal makes similar accuse.
ton, adding further that
at is known that the New York plum.
derers own, bodily, the New York World
1t is further known, and l say it advising
ly, that the very men now under trial al
New York established and now own the
Washington Patriot. learn also that
they have controlling influence over the
Richmond Enquirer, Louisville Journal,
and the Montgomery Advertiser-all red
hot departure prints"
This is an interesting revelation, and is,
in all probability. quite true. The matter,
therefore, is in this shape: The honest and
sincere masses of the democratic party are
as thoroughly devoted to the 'lost cause
as ever; while those who profess to be
willing to make virtue of necessity, are
the hired tools of that bottomless pit of in
iquity. Tammany-and this according to
the showing of one Of the most distinguish
ed and reliable members of the party it.
self. lis, of course, no concern of ours.
The unterrifed can take their choice be-
tween the two: choosing either the livery
of truth to serve lie, or raging in stark
diabolism, as shall suit them best.
--NeUdrk Courier.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-10-10
AGENTS +! WANTED!
GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED.

A GENTS wanted to sell our Valuable Patenln
IA that are needed in every family Address
+. q COMPANY, Box 1853, Augusta, Me.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-10-10
TO ALL PERSONS,
BOTH SICK AND WELL.

oOI n 0IVN ANO W6kIs
II Long Life of Health and Happ~-.ess
is desired let these Bitters be TAKEN particularly
in the Spring and Harm Seasons of the year, and
especially by the following classes Of people -
The MECHANIC, who, from his constant IN
door labors, not having sufficient access to the
bracing and refreshing air out Of doors, becomes
weakened at the stomach nervous, pale and sickly,
his food not reshing nor properly digesting. Ho
should take these Bitters, and freely too, In or.
der to get his system up, right and strong and Ia
prime condition to go through the warm weather
in good ,hape, with his constant daily labors The
exhilarating and cleansing power of the Dock
Root, Dandelion, Poplar, and Prckly Ash Bark,
is what will bring him up, and make him, physi.
cally speaking, once more n man! Tho
MILL OPERATIVE will find this Medicine
the very thing to cleanse the blood and strengthen
the system, and rery mild and pleasant to take.
The PALE AND ONCE BEAUTIFUL.
LADY has but to take this compound freely, and
she will be speedily restored to health, beauty
and buOyancy. The HONEST FARMER,
the CLERGYMAN and LAWYER, and
MEN OF SEDENTARY IIABITS-this
is your Medcinei After once using it, you will
never be without it. 1t will improve you twenty
five per cent The MARINER will find it the
best medicine in the world for his use; it makes
him, while at sea, hearty and rugged, and capable
of great endurance and exposure; and when ON
shore 1t renovates his blood, and restores and re-
pairs his system.
The Largest Bottle, the Lowest Price.
and the most Effectual Remedy
i'm the World
Diploma awarded by the Massachusetts, CHAR
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-10-10
POLITICAL.

The democratic new departure "drags a,
each remove lengthening chain"
A. Ii. Stephens continues to fight the new
departure with five column articles. His
latest is an epistle of four columns solid
bourgeois.
Five years ago." remarks the Philadelphia
Press, 1--WE fought the democracy with the
spelling book and whipped them. This year
our weapon is the arithmetic. and it is just as
deadly"
Returns from the Colorado Territorial
election indicate that the republicans will
have two-thirds majority in both houses of
the legislature.
The Louisville Courier democratic, of the
old-fashioned brandt says of the Timber
backed democrats of Iowa: "The new de.
parturists of Iowa call it dernier resort.
And so cay nine-tenths Of all good democrats
Dern your resortt'
The number of votes cast at the recent
election in California was something over
10000. At the Presidential election in 1860
the vote was $40. the largest ever cast
prior to the late election. Subtracting the
colored vote, it would seem that the voting
population has not much increased for the
last eleven years. The San Francisco Bull
letin explains the seeming fact by the circum-
stance that the State lost largely in adult
males by the silver mining rushes subsequent
o 1860, and much the larger proportion of
Ter late gains of population have been women
md children. I
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-10-10

The question as to whether bankers are
required to return for monthly tax one
twenty-fourth of one per cent. borrowed
capital on money which is used or en-
ployed by them in banking business, has
again been brought before the Internal
Revenue Bureau, and Acting Commission
err McNichael few days ago in reply to
certain parties relative to the subject, de-
clared that all capital, borrowed or other
wise. which is used or employed, is taxa
BILE as provided in section one hundred
and ten, act of June 80, 1864, and that ex-
Commissioner Pleasonton's decision to the
contrary is not regarded.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-10-10

The Hon. Newton Booth, Governor elect
diana.
Dover IN. H. paper says that one of
its citizens, a laborer who receives only ST..
rs per day, has just contributed $500 towards
fund for building Roman Catholic Cathe.
dral.
Mr.. II. A. Willard has purchased his broth
er's interest in Wizards Hotel, Washington,
for S3os, 200.
The amount of duties paid at the Custom
House in Chicago for the month of Septem-
Der is $4,000, being three times as much
as in September of last year
Grinnell, Iowa, village fifteen years old.
with population of three thousand people,
has no bar-room or saloon.
tits estimated that during the last five GEN.
turtles more than 100000, 900 worth of real
estate has been washed away from the east
ern coast of England by the encroachments
of the sea. number of villages and towns
which used to be set down on the old maps
have entirely disappeared.
The Hague, the political capital of Holland,
is reported to be the wealthiest town, for its
population, in the world. At least one-third
of its citizens are said to be rich enough to
live entirely on their incomes.
The St. Adams (Vt.) Messenger sings off
this paragraph: "We know that autumn is
here from the fact that the swallow syndcates
discuss the question when to homeward fly,
and the yellow pumpkins now dot the rural
landscape like golden nutmegs on the sands
of Ophir."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-10-10

Composed Of Dock Root, sarsaparilla, Rock Ross,
Wintergreen, Dandeon, Wild Cherry, Thorough.
wort, Prickly Ash, Poplar Bark. Rhubarb, etc.
For Weakness, Loss of Appetite, JAuM-
dice, Headache, Sour stomach, Piles Of
arise from an unhealthy state of the Stomach,
Bo,oels, and Blood, for which valuable Roots and
Herbs, and the knowledge of their great service to-
suffering humanity, man cannot feel too thankful
to Him who wisely provided us with all things.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-10-10

In recently written letter Vice Presi-
dent Colfax gives his views as to the con-
ditions under which the republican party
should enter the next presidential cam
paign in order to render victory certain.
He observes that the political horizon is
aglow with the brilliant rays of republican
triumphs, and the huzzas of victory thrill
millions of happy hearts. In regard to re-
trenchment, he would have the army and
navy reduced to peace basis by the pres
ent gradual process, and expects that con-
gress will, by next summer, have reduced
the national expenditure below S270, O0O,-
600 per year, perhaps even $4,000, 900
less. No subsidies or further railroad
grants should be accorded. He considers
that the time has arrived when the truest
craftsmanship and wisest policy require
that the great mass of the Southern people
should be relieved by a general bill from
all constitutional disabilities. Civil SER
vice reform, including in its detail the
nomination of postmasters by the people.
should be approved and practically inau-
gurated. He favors gradual reduction
of taxation, and modification of the tar
if by admitting free raw material not pro-
duced at home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-10-10

SOLD BY DEALERS IN MEpIc,Neu
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-11-25

ny. He begged, he beseeched--all his
nerves were racked--great waves Of
galvanism leaped aud surged, aud jar.
red over every sensitive nerve and fibre,
Still my boy was inAexible, shouted and
turned faster.
Unperoeived upon the marble, in the
track Of the burning fuse, was pool of
iuaamable oil. la IN instant great
length burning away. 1t would last
just five minutes and no more
"Fnther = shouted my boy, eff as
sistsnee comes, this villain must die
with US, dare not let him free. Help
help help"
Alas | could not answer him
But some one else did Thank God!
The fuse is burnt up2 The rope is on
FIRE, the weight trembles, another min
ute it falls upon the nitro glyceriue
The door opens, Tom Richards, on q
midnight visit to the sick, has heard
the cry.
He comprehends all, seizes the can
10 his hands, the weight descends, but
not on the death dealing oil. No down
it goes through the Office floor, down,
down, like an evil spirit, to give back q
dull, metallic echo from the stones oi
the cellar beneath.
We are saved
Joe johnson, the prisoner, was hang
cd, but his brother, remains unpunished
by the law, for he stabbed himself with
a knife, and thus escaped the haugmau's
rope.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-11-25

If We desire 70 improve the firm Of .
fruit tree aud get rid Of some Of tho
snperfuous wood, We should pruns IL
Winter but If we desirs frtt and q
perfectly healed stump, wo should pruue
from the 10th Of .Tune 70 the 10th Of
July. We have done this ohen with
the happiest results. The fruit buds
form after this, and the operation sud
denly cutting off its growth, produces
buds; while the Winter or early Spring
pruning viii produce only mood.
In pruning ornamental trees ID mid
summer, the bark, Instead az recediue
from the stump, grows over it, aud in i
few years will completely cover II apd
make perfect amputstion.
This pruning is done when the tres
is taking iis midsummer sissta, aud then
wakes up refreshed for auother start,
and the bark gradually steals over the
stump as If ashamed of the shabby
looking exposure
When the tree 10 in full leaf, and
presents Its full form to US, We can see
exactly where the pruning should bs
dons, 10 order that while the oyergrowth
may be removed, the symmetry Of the
tree may be preserved. Especially is
midsummer pruning to be preferred,
first, to produce buds 90 fruit bearing
trees, as before stated; aud second,
when large limbs are to be removed
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-11-25
Select gaetru.
LIGHT.
Or WILLIAM rrrr rALxss.

From the quicKened womb Of the primal gloom,
The sun rolled, bleak and bare,
Till wove him q vest for his Ethiop breast,
Of the threads Of my golden hair;
And when the broad tent Of the armament
Arose on Its airy bars,
ipencilcd the hue Of Its matchless blde
And spangled 1t round with stars.
painted the flowers Of Eden bowers
And their leaves Of living green,
And mine were the dyes in the sinless eyes
0f Eden's virgin queen.
And when the tends art on the trustful cart
Had fastened It's mortal spell,
In the siiyery sphere of the first born tear
To the trembling earth I fell.
When the waves that bnrst Ger world se-
Their work of wrath had sped,
And the Ark's lone few, the tried and The true,
Came forth amongst the dead,
With the wondrous CLEANS Of my bridal beams
bad their terrors cease,
As wrote on the roll Of the storms dark scroll
Gods covenant Of peace.
Like pail at rest on senseless breast,
Nights funeral shadow slept
When shepherd swains, on Bethlehem's q plains,
Their lonely vigils kept
Then flashed on their sight the heralds bright
VI ntAfEu FtuetWhuK
As they chanted the morn Of Savior born
Joy, Joy to the outeast, Mani
Equal favor show to the lofty and low,
On the just and unjust descendj
Fen the blind, whose vain spheres roll In
darkness and tears,
Feel my smile, the best smile Of a friend;
Nay, the flower Of the waste by my love Is EN-
braced,
As the rose in the garden Of kings,
At the chrysalis bier Of the worm appear,
And, loi the gay butterfly wings.
The desolate Morn, like mourner forlorn,
Conceals all the pride of her charms,
Till bid the bright hours chase the night from
her flowers,
And lead the young Day to her armsI
And when the gay rover seeks Eve for his lover
And sinks TO his balmy repose,
Iwrap his soft rest BY the Iephyr-fanned West
In curtains Of amber and rose.
From my sentinel sleep BY the night-dreadcd
i gaze with unslumbering eyes,
When the cynosure star of the mariner
Is blotted from out the skiesi
And guided by me through the merciless sea
Though sped by the hurricane's wing,
His composites, dark, lonely weltering bark
To the haven Of safety brings.
waken the flowers in their dew-spanglet
bowers,
The birds in their chambers Of green,
And mountain and plain glow with beauty
again,
As they bask In perennial sheen.
Oil ifsueh the glad worth of my presence OIL
earth,
Though fre,ful and Heeting the while,
what glories must rest on the home Of the
blest,
Ever bright with the Deity's smilel
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-11-25
Horses in Summer.

Farm work during the hot summer
months requires only the lightest har-
ness. Wooden collars are now used,
with great comfort TO the horse. To
the cities the harness worn by street
railroad horses, is consistent with the
work they have to perform. No breech
ing Is used aud hipstraps are dispensed
with. Teams may often be seen plough
ing in the hot days Of July aud August,
10 the Same harness they wore 10 the
winter. This is unnecessary, nay some
times it amounts to positive cruelty.
Remove every superfuous strap, take
away the backstrap aud crupper band,
and let the air circulate freely around
the body. At night, when work is
over, wash the sweat and dust from the
legs and thighs Of the horse dash Of
water On his flank would be grateful to
him. Let his stable be airy and clean,
with bed of clean straw. Kindness
to these serviceablc animals is the tru-
est economy. Besides, we feel better
when our horses are made comfortable |;
the sensation is akin to that derived
from the doing Of benevolent action
a sensitive man cannot see horse
sweating under and CALLED by heavy
harness during the intense heat of a
summers day, without sympathy aud
pity, nor eau he retire to rest with an
easy conscience, knowing that his faith.
ful servants in the stables are improp-
erly cared for and suffering. "The
righteous man rogardeth the life Of his
beast"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-11-25

A Chapter on Coal.

Some of the old people who were con .
nected with the early mining operations
in Virginia, tell curious story about
the first discovery OF mineral coal in the
Richmond coal field. They state that
this discovery WIS made by little boy
who was digging craw6sh out OF their
holes for fish bait.
The coal lies quite near the surface
on little stream known us Deep Run.
aud here, about ten miles from Rich.
mond, it is said, the little barefooted
fellow found the coal.
The smallest stone is called rock in
Virginia.
The boys never "throw stones" but
they frequently "rock" each other.
When the little boy dug up the ''black
rocks" instead OF the craw6sh, he was
puzzled to know what they were.
Such shining, pretty things attract
ed his curiosity, Of course, It not his
wonder, aud he carried them home to
his parents. But they were equal. l.y
Ignorant OF the character and value OF
coal, and in turn passed the strange,
black rocks around TO others, until they
were at length recognized by some old
English miner but who this miner was,
or whether he dug the coal, deponent
said not.
The old Deep Run mines, however,
made their owners rich, though the
coal was dug aud carried to market in
rude and primitive manner. This
coal was found in Richmond early in
100. In 1859 we saw large oak trees,
which must have been considerably
more than QUE hundred years old, grow.
ing in the old coal mines, or open quar-.
ries, near Deep Run; aud these are
the oldest evidences Of coal mining we
have met in this country.
This, however, like the English. is
bituminous coal we mention il merely
as an interesting item. 1t was used
extensively in Richmond as early as
l775, was exported to Philadelphia,
New York and Bosl on as early as 1889,
aud was used ut the Western Foundry,
on the james river near Richmond, TO
make shot and shell, during the Reyo.
lutlonary war, until the foundry was
destroyed by the traitor Arnold in
1881.
The word "anthracite" Is derived
from burning stone aud coal. The
Pennsylvania anthracite was first dis
covered and put into practical purposes
in the lovely valley Of the Wyoming,
ION the Susquehanna's side" aud the
New England Yankee, as usual, was
the Genie who found the philosophers
stone" which has TRANSMITTED the rock
of that famous valley, literally into
gold.
Judge Obadiah Gore, a blacksmith,
from Conneticut, aud his brother, were
the first TO make use Of our stone COL.
They used it in their forge about the
year l76S-69, and from that time for.
ward the smiths Of Wyoming made good
use Of anthracite coal, though it was
many years before their good house.
wives found out that it would roast
thanksgiving turkey, or replace the
yule log on the Christmas hearth
But during this eventful period, the
stout yeomanry Of Wyoming wen,
through the 'times that tried mems
sous." Then ragged the feudal "pen
namite war" Soon after the "dark
hours" Of the Revolution gathered
around them, aud more trying, more
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-11-25

TUE LUCIPER MATcH.-The inven.
tion OF our present lucifer match was
great because it was so small, and il
now turns out that the production OF
this most useful, but at the same time
most dangerous firework, was due to a
happy thought which flashed through
the brain OF Mr.. Isaac Holden, who SO
terms the idea iu his evidence before
the Patent Committee. Mr. Holden
had to rise at four 10 the morning to
pursue his studies in chemistry, and
experienced the gravest Inconvenience
lromhis tedious efforts to procure light
from flint and steel. He was giving
lectures at this time to very large
academy. He goes on to say: .Ui
course, | knew, as other chemists did,
the explosive material that was neces
sary in order to produce instantaneous
light; but il was very difficult to OBJ
tain light on wood by that explosive
material, aud the idea occurred to me to
put under the explosive mixture sui
phur. l did that aud published it iu
my next lecture and showed it. There
was young man in tho room whose
father was a chemist iu London, and be
Immediately wrote to his father about
it, and shortly afterwards luciter match.
es were issued to the world. Pal
MaH Gazette.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-11-25

Why do you put lime with your
manure when composing or preparing
it for application to your fruit trees,
vines and vegetable gardeni Because
It il the recommendation Of writer's is not
a sufficient answer. We reply that limo
has been found to be the best alkali, or
an alkali in the best condition to supply
the demands Of vegetation the most
readily appropriated BY all kinds Of
fruit bearing trees, vioes and plants.
And the need of an alkali Of some kind
Tor making vegetables, trees, eta, give
an abundance, and perfect products,
arise from the fact revealed ~ chemi.
cal analysis, that lime and potash exist
10 them. Your soil must contain all
the substances that enter into the
growth Of vine, tree aud plaot, aud the
fruits or products Of them we'll. The
fruit Of all these imperatively demand
an alkali. Pomologists advise dressing
the soil Of the orchard with lime, When
trees become barren Of fruit; farmers
advise top dressing Of land sowed 10
wheat, when sufficient straw can be
grown, yet tho heads do not flll well fot
the reason that lime is needed to perfect
the grain. Old soil exhausted Of its
lime and potash, or new land when your
vines are at fault in setting and perfect
ing grapes, will be improved by libef-
al addition of LIME and ashes. - Pleas
ant Valley Fruit and Wine Rsgister.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-11-25
Hot Water and Peach Tree Borsrs.

In the Rwal Nsp- Yorker, Mr.. Chas.
Z. Neil inquiries how to keep the borers
out Of his peach trees. If he is not
afraid of little labor and time, be can
do it eifectually by scaldiug them. Last
year, in the spring of 1870, l had a
peach tree that set full of peaches af-
ter getting about the size Of hickory
nuts, they began to drop off aud the
leaves curled badly and began to drop
of until | thought they would all drop
from the tree; the ground was covered
with leaves. By examination l found
the trunk of the tree, just below the
surface of the ground, badly bored by
the worms, and large quantitJ ofgua
oezed out Of the surface. l had no
idea could save the tree, but | inclosed d
the trunk Of the tree with pipe, and
filled it with boiling hot water; it was
death to the borers, and the tree had
the best and most abounding foliage of
any tree on my premises--the largest
leaves that ever saw on any tree Of the
kind, also good crop of peaches. No
doubt worniing is better.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-11-25

The editor Of the Canadian Poultry
Chronicle, in on excellcnt article ou
rearing aud feeding chickens, after en-
forcing tho necessity Of scrdpulous
cleanliness, feeding well. Often, and not
more at one time than will all bc picked
up, aud using BY preference as the
stable feed coarse oat meal moi tened
with milk, and the occasional mixture
of rice or other grains--for tho sake Of
variety-thus alludes 70 the efficacy Of
ground bone:
"Mr. Wright recommends Ia addition
to the above, the use Of ground bones,
or bone dust. The latter substance. hc
says, has many advantages, aud aIter
many years experience We can affirm
without hesitation that there isa marked
difference both ID the size aud stamina
of birds reared with it over others. Il
adds TO the size Of birds; It postpones
their maturity or sitting, as poultry
men call it, after which growth nearly
ceases; it greatly prevents leg weak nfss
IN cockerels, aud it tends 70 produce
full aud profuse faatheri1g, and Is ss1ist
10 ledging. Burnt bones, or phosphate
of lime, have not the same effect ~ any
means; and raw bones crushed haSs ths
fault Of inducing early laying 10 the
pullets, whereas the bone dust rather
postpones t. The proportion should u
about . teaspoouful to cvory half pint
Of meal, and be given thus from ths
time the chickens ere Ten dnys old."