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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-07-21

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ers, able to discover iodide of potassa colchCum,
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undera similar legal guarantee, setting forth The
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failure TO cure. y full description of eases rt4ur
ing guarantees, must be forwarded by letter t.
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also blank applications guaI antee gratis, ot ttt
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-07-21
VOL. ".

Published at AUGUSTA MAINE Water street
ioot OF Court, by SPRAGUE, OWEN & NASH.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-07-21

Consisting in part of Paror sets and Chamber
Sets of all kinds Marble ana Wood Top Centre la
bles, Pine and Extension Tables. Bureaus and
Sinks, Cane and Wood Seat Chairs, Rockers Sofas,
and Lounges of all kinds, AMI in tact everything in
the FURNITURE LINE. AS This is the only lace
in the city where the Furniture Husihess ia made Il
specially, the subscriber hopes To receive suf.
cient encouragement To enable him to keep stock
OF goods that shall fully meet the public demand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-07-21
(DST VALUABLE SOUVNIEnS

ow often do we hear the bereaved one cxclajin
h II just had his lkcncss--it / only had her
E,ograph, would not take a fortune for it y Let
Iia be warning to those enjoying lif. and health
while the lamp of life holds out, while the lloon
R1ysical perfection adOrns the check; Eo Ia \
snimbal, photographer, and get on2 OF the hes
| Tres ever taken.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-05-29

lated with great precision the eclipses of
Jupiter's satellites when that planet and
the earth were OH the same side of the
sun. To his surprise and perplexity,
however, the eclipses took place sixteen
minutes too late, when Jupiter was on
the side of the sun opposite to the earth.
Every obscrration and reappearance OF
these satellites took place exactly in the
order predicted, and at nearly the calcu-
lated intervals, but they were regularly
sixteen minutes behind time. The only
solution of the phenomenon was to be
had in supposing that light requires six
teen minutes to pass through the diam
eter of the earth's orbit, i. e., one hum
dred and eighty-four million miles. This
astounding fact was soon corroborated
by other testimony, until now there is
scarcely any fact in physical science
more firmly established than that light
travels with the enormous velocity of
one hundred and ninety-two thousand
miles second.
To form a conception, as near as pos
sible, of this degree of speed, let us put
two things together. We're the earth
girdled with speaking-tube capable of
conveying sound all its length, or at the
rate of five miles a minute, message
around would occupy five thousand min
utes, or eighty-three and two-third
hours, or nearly three and half days
for it's passage; whereas light, if it
could be sent around on the same track,
would encircle the earth eight times be-
tween each beat of a second-measuring
clock
Here, now, we are compelled to stop.
There is no greater velocity in nature
known to man. The transmission of
gravitative force is known to be greater,
but it is given up that that must be in
Simultaneous for, if not absolutely SO,
it must be ESQ Laplace calculated from
reliable data) at least fifty million times
greater than that of light.--Appletons
Journal
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-05-29
A Shameful Exhibition.

A shameful exhibition has very re-
Gently taken place in London under the
especial oversight of the Marquis of
Oueensberry. The entertainment was a
prize-fght of the most brutal descrip-
tion. The arena selected was q disused
chapel, now known as Grafton Hall, in
Soho. The lessee of the building had
understood that it was to be a sparring
match, and did not know the real char
acter of the performance until he en-
tered the hall short time before the
opening. He says: 81 was told there
was noble Marquis, two noble Lords,
and three Colonels of her Majesty 8
army in the crowd. The persons form
ing the meeting all appeared to be we'll
dressed, well-fed men, with the animal
strongly marked in their features" The
prize to the winner was given by the
tional sum of 9100 was raised by sub
scription. This young nobleman is an
officer in the navy. The pugiists wore
gloves, but of a very different kind from
the ordinary boxing g-gloves. The agony
caused is greater than with the naked
fist, and man may be killed quite as
easily. One of the men was hammered
until insensible, after which, by the use
of stimulants, he revived enough to fight
several rounds more. The hackers OF
the loser tried to crowd in and break uE
the fight when they saw their money
would be lost. Nothing seems to have
been wanting to make the fight brutal
We are told these contests are now o.
almost daily occurrence in London
Only short time ago man was kllleG
in one of these glove-fghts after it hat
lasted about seventy minutes.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-05-29
Humorous.

POLITICAL pedestrianism : Running
for office.
THE crossed paths-Allopath and
homeopath.
QUERY-What is the circumference of
the waste of time?
THE law of juries-Many are called,
but few are chosen.
CAN man be said to pay as he goes
if he sleeps on tick
If miss is as good as mile, how
much better is Mrs. 7?
IF you are courting girl, stick to
it no matter how large her fathers feet
are.
GIRLS, never marry doctor, or you
will be tied day and night to your "pil-
ler."
SOME preachers would make fine mar
tyrs /; they are SO dry they would burn
well.
WHY is an errand-boy like an old
horse put up at auction? Because he
will go for what he will fetch.
LIZ MODE ooTosY1LABIo.
Since the Modocs, concealed in their lava, defy
Our troops metalurgic conchology,
Let Science" ," said Jones, with wink in his eye,
1N.@'' '.-e- :. 80 - o. ,,,,, -.
TINS be ss tbng~h2 S,eTgr FAi0 Dr0"n "Outu N0'
To care what mode doctors barbarians;
But feaT % ere b thsyGe ei66eT e1rne'sd OF caush
DooToR-"I I am pleased to say, Mrs.
Fitzbrown, that shall be able to vac
cinaSe your paDys cyohtnr LII . feJ Ionas q,
cnlio cnl" 8i 1;. youn neg Z oh door ~ doctnr 1
MIS-, Mrs. fi11Drow4 1 ;t t,,ot n w. Wado % ~ oore
eoqlo n1s IerU LII witb at tbe Toneses @ % IN I anv
o,, " De :, niiAeu up "-'.' ''-'' . --eH
way. . -, on s.;d
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-05-29
THE wooDsIAN.
BY JUDGE s1LAs II. WRIGHT.


All day long the stalwart woodman
Swings his glittering ak amain,
And the stricken mountain monarch
Means with heart-consuming pain.
Each incessive stroke is followed
by n clean and clear-cut chip
Tough enough to pin together,
Some Alaskan ice-struck ship.
Round about his feet collecting,
Reaching even to the knee
Two white heaps hewn from the bosom
OF that stout and stately tree.
And at length timid tremor
Steals upon each limb and leaf
And groan 80 very human,
Now wall akin to grief.
Hark! a sound as If of thunder
Shakes the hill and shakes the sky,
And the echoes catch each other
AS among tbs rocks they fly.
Now the woodman stands a moment
To regain his failing breath,
And with open, careless collar
Breathes in rosy, hill-born health.
Then he mounts the fallen monarch,
As a king might mount his throne,
And he triumphs in the conquest,
Which his arm hath won alone.
Log on log of lengthy sedgment
Down the hillside soon it rolled
Where the plow ere long will struggle
To explore the virgin mould.
Now the heaps are nightly kindled,
And the fires light up the sky,
And a more than boreal brightness
Beams about the hill-tops high.
New he builds his cribbed cabin,
Fences round about field,
Which no foeman e'er can conquer,
Which no freeman e'er will yield.
Sprihkled be our land with cabins;
Grandeur but provoked a groan-
And liberty is ever Graded,
In the cots that poor men own.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-05-29
LEFT ALONE AT EIGHTY.
NY ALICE Roptks.

What did you say, dear-breakfast Z?
Somehow I've slept too late;
You are very kind, dear EfRe;
Go tell them not to wait.
I'll as quick as ever I can,
My old hands tremble sore,
And Polly, who used to help, dear heart,
LEST tother side of the door.
Put up the old pipe, deary,
couldn't smoke to-day;
I'm sort o. dazed and frightened,
And don't know what to say.
It's lonesome in the house here,
And lonesome out o. door
never knew what lonesome meant
In all my life before.
The bees go humIning the whole day long,
And the first June rose has blown;
And am eighty, dear Lord, to-day,
Too old to be left alone!
O, heart of love SO still and cold,
y precious lips so white
For the first sad hours in sixty years
You were out of my reach last night
You we cut the flower. You're very kind;
She rooted it last May.
1t was only slip I pulled the rose,
And threw the stem away.
But she, sweet, thrifty soul, bent down,
And planted it where she stood;
Dear, maybe the flowers are living" she said,
Asleep in this bit of wood"
I can't rest, dear-I cannot rest;
Let the old man have his will,
And wander from porch to garden-post-
The house il SO deathly still
Wander, and long for q sight of the ate
She has left ajar for me
We had got SO used to each other, dear,
So used to each other, you see.
Sixty years, and SO wise and good,
She made me better man;
From the moment kissed her fair, youLg face,
Our lovers life began.
And seven fine boys she has given me,
And out of the seven not one
But the noblest father in all the land
Would be proud to call his son.
o, well, dear Lord, I'll be patient,
But feel sore broken up;
At eighty years it's awesome thing
To drain such bitter cup.
know there's Joseph, and John and Hal,
And four good men beside;
But a hundred sons couldn't be to me
Like the woman made my bride.
My little Polly-so bright and fair
So winsome aud good and sweetl
She had roses twined in her sunny hair,
White shoes her dainty feet;
And held her hand-was it yesterday
That we stood up to be wed7
And-no, remember, I'm eighty to-day,
And my.tlear wife Polly is dead.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-05-29

THE PROFITS ON BEER-Beer is the
poor mans wine Why should he pay
two prices for it Beer is sold to the
saloons at 50 keg. We have been in
formed that the average number of glass
es drawn per keg is over one hundred.
An expert tells us that when he was in
the business keg was good for 105
glasses. At five cents per glass this
would give S.. 25 per keg to the retailer,
yielding him profit of 1926. This is
an indecent extortion. If the retailer
pays 50 per keg and gets $3.15 for it
over his counter, that is ample compen-
sation for handling. But, we are told,
the small concerns could not live with
out more than fifty per cent. profit. Let
them die, then Cincinnati CONNER
ci0L
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-05-29
The BIujay.

The blujay IL the dandy amung birds,
feathered fop, a jackanapes by natur,
and ov no use only tew steal korn and
eat it on q rail.
They are, MYSTERIOUS bird, for hav
seen them solitary and alone in the
wooded wilderness, one hundred miles
from emmy sighns ov civilizashun.
Az means ov diet, they are just
about az luxurious az billed indigo bag
would be, such az the washwimmin use
tew blue their clothes with.
The blujay haz no song-they kant
sing even From Greenland's Icy
Mountins - but must say that fox
ov them, flying amung the evergreens
on kold winters morning, are hi col
ored and eazy tew look at.
1t IL hard work for me to say harsh
word aginst the birds, but when write
their history it IL a duty owe tew pos
terity not to lie. JOSH BILLINGS.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-05-29

THE very worst penman in the world
is Geo. NJ. D. Bloss, of the Cincinnati
Enquirer. It is necessary to employ
special printers to set his copy they
previously undergoing long training to
Bloss' autograph looks like "Good Muf-
fins for sale, and be - to you. >
Graphtc.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-04-09
WALKING IND WALK ERs.

The way in which people come down stairs
affords a field for much observation and COM
ment. An awkward man never looks so awk-
ward as when he is descending staircase !;
while many who cut pretty good figure on
the street, show to but very poor advantage
while passing through the trying ordeal of
getting down stairs A careful observer will
find this quite branch in ITSELF and source
of much amusement.
But really, it is lanentable, when we con-
slider it, how much needless effort and fatigue
is imposed upon poor humanity how much
unnecessary wear and tear of human mechan-
ISM and how much injury is received, directly
or indirectly through this erroneous habit of
walking. Order Is most truly heavens first
law, for it makes crooked places straight, and
difficult things e;sy. Walking, which is
one of the easiest and gentlest methods OF
physical exercise when it is engaged in in a
proper manner, may be made the most toilsomo
and exhausting through ignorance or disregard
of the rules that should govern it. Regularity
is one of the first of these rules. The route,
step, or, as it is sometimes called, the fatigue.
step, is rightly named, being most fatiguine
step indeed; and it is only resorted to when
the character of the ground makes it impos.
sible for troops to keep together in any order,
and The toiling soldiers soon droop and lag
under it. But when, upon nearing town,
or striking upon a good road, the music strikes
up the inspiring march with the rhythmical
accompaniment of the drums, the tired men
spring forward with renewed energy, and, fall
ing into step, place themselves en- rapport with
the great universal spirit of order, and proceed
on their way with scarce a thought of fatigue.
If any one is disposed to attribute this to the
effect of music entirely, let him, If he can,
time his steps to the imaginary beating of a
drum, and see how far he will be able to 60,
and with how little fatigue.--Scieneee Of Health.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-04-09
TYPHOID FEVER.

Sir William Gull, lecturing at Guys Hos
pita last year, on typhoid fever prophesicd
that it would, in time, become as rare as the
fatal ague, since, like that disease, it arises
from preventible causes AT present, it is re-
ported to kill 1900 persons yearly in England.
1t may be prevented by hygienic precautions,
particularly on the large scale, by thorough
drainage. But when it has once seized a
patient it must run its course of twenty lone or
twenty eight days. During this period, it is
not possible strictly speaking, to say the pa
tient is better, though his condition Auctuates
By skillful use of the thermometer, the pro-
grcss of the disease may be ascertained. But
it may repeat its course second or even a
third time, taking, each time, the same period.
Sir William says it cannot be cut short, even
in its early stage Emctics, calomel and
colecynth, once relied on, have been discarded
by the doctors us useless. Even qunine is OF
dubious efficacy. Certainly, after the fifth or
sixth day (the maximum Of the fever heat
physic must not be given. The true treat
ment is rest and simple diet, with stimulants,
il necessary. Recovery is dependent upon the
smallest matters in nursing AS Sir William
says, the mGteria modic0 Of fever is decreasing
every year and he would prefer to carry any
one through the typhoid by wines and soups
and fresh air, rather than by the use of drugs.
This disease was actually cxtinguished in the
unhealthy Millbank prison, simply by intro
ducing, in 1854, pure water supply, in place
of the foul water of the Thames.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-04-09
DO PEOPLE READ ADy1Hr1sEMEsrsr


There is now and then person so stupid as
to believe that advertisements in the news
papers are not generally read, and that money
expended in advertising is practically wasted.
Even such win concede that if hundred men
of polite address, fluent speech and ready wit
were to- call upon hundred others and get
tho ear of each long enough to say Johu
Smith, or Jones, or Thompson, at alacl a place,
has sncll and such goods al such prices, o.
would sell q farm or house and lot, or has lost
horse or pocket-book, or would loan money.
etc, we say, such men will eonccts that the
services Of this hundred men would be Of
great value to Smith or Jones, and in soma
manner advantageous to the party to whom
this statement was made.s These one hun
bred men could not be employed to go from
door to door, and make this statement to ten
thousand people at less than a cost of several
hundred dollars each trip. All this is done
by the newspapers at cost of q few shilings.
or few dollars at most and the visits ara
made week after<week, and day after day.
The messenger who travels addresses himself
to the ear, and takes the party addressed
''t'SA 'Ao "i'y now iitS siOuSiitS dDSOlUHu
business or other matters; but the newspaper
reaches the party sought through the eve.
when the reader has his thoughts solely fixed
upon the paper before him.
But those who affect to believe that there is
little use in advertising urge as an objection
that the advertisements are not read. They
can easily be convinced of their error in tl,s
respect by making inquiry. Let them insert
an advertisement offering to purchase some
article that is tolerably plenty in market. and
they will be flooded with offers to sell before
the ink of the advertisement is dry. An
enterprising weekly that has circulation of
one, two, or three thousand copies is in a DO
sition to do the village merchants great good.
and for which, as a rule the publisher does
not get one-fourth of what he Justly deserves.
In its sphere, the weekly is of quite as much
service to the advertiser rs is the taily. and
oftentimes enjoys the privilege Of being the
exclusive family visitor, privilege the daily
seldom has Gsion and ddpcrtiseg, Rochester.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-04-09

IN ENTITY CHAIR.

The hearth is lonely, and sit and watch the embers
fall;
The freight the curtains CLOVIS and Hckers ON the
wall;
The old clock ticks the gray purrs yet what change
is therei
feel it, as I sit and gaze upon--an empty chair
Her portrait hangs upon the WALL and in the window
stands
The Towering myrtle that each day she nursed with kindly
hands;
Her knitting she left it, lies in her store
The needle that her wrnklcd hands shall ply alas no
more.
see her now with smooth calm brow with banded sill
yer hair,
My mother dear of spirit sweet who taught her child
With equal mind the thorns of life seize its passing
rose,
With gratitude to Him from whom each earthly blessing
flows.
Full full of years in ripe old age the last dread
came;
All blessings on her holy life, and her bonored
name.
All may her Borrowing daughter take from her example
strength
To fight fes battles to the end and win her crown al
length.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-04-09

The Bazar is edited with a contribution of tact and
talent that seldom ind in any journal and the jour
nal itself is the organ of the great world of fashion,
Boston Traveller.
The Bazar commends itself to every member of the
househodto the children by dro and pretty pictures
10 the young ladies by its fashion plates In endless yare
ty the provdent maron by Its patterns for the chill
drens clothes pGamaias by its tasteful designs for
embroidered slippers and luxurious dressng-gowns But
the reading of the Bdzdr uniformly of great
cellence The paper has acquired wide popularity for
the freside enjoyment II atforsNep York Ecening Post
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Subscriptions to Hdrpers Magazine, Weekly and Bazar
one address for year $1,000; two of Harpers
Periodicals TO one address for one year, 500.
The five volumes of Harpers BazGr, for the years 1868
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-04-09
THE DOG DETEcTIYE.
A TRUE STORY.

A TRUE STORY.
So many anecdotes are tod of the rlithfnl-
ness and sagacity of dogs, that further proof
seems to be scarcely necdful yet our readers
will like to hear the substance of an account
which appeared in a German paper.
kruntz was wealthy tanner, residing near
KIM, in Austria. lie was in the habit of
making long journeys ON matters connected
with his business several times year. and ho
always took with him a large, strong dog,
which, while travelling, was fastened under
the carriage which he drove.
lie started, as usual, one morning in Octo
Der, and the same night the horse returned
with the cabriolet, and on it was the lifeless
body of his master, who had evidently been
murdered. Inquiries were made but no clue
to the murder could be found, and after !.
while the subject was allowed to drop. Tho
son took the conduct of the business and
travelled the same way, with the difference,
however, that he let his dog loose while on the
road, thinking that it would be a greater pro-
lection to him SO than if it were fastened up.
One day as he was passing public house
where the landlord stood smoking at the door.
the dog, which had hitherto trotted along
very quietly by the side of the vehicle, directly
he saw him began to bark in furious man.
ner, and made a rush at the man, who retrea-
ted into the house and closed the door, outside
Of which the dog stood, barking violently.
His young master, without showing any
signs of suspicion, led him back to the carii-
age, fastened him up there, and rapidly drove
off to the nearest town, where he gave infor
nation to the authorities of what had happen
ed. Without loss of time the public house
was visited by the police officers who found
III it proofs of the mans guilt, in the empty
money-bag, the watch, and pocket-book of the
murdered tanner. The man and his wife
were arrested, tried for the crme and found
guilty. And thus, by a dog detective, dread
full crime was discovered and punished