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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-11-12
The MEDICINE THAT CURES
Is
VECETINE.

Taking into consideration the character of its
vouchers, the history of its and the immense
increasing demand, Negetine may be fairly entitled
the leading medicine of the age.
For scrofula in the blood, Vegetine is an niable
remedy, and no person need suffer from tumors,
ulcers and all diseases arising from impure blood,
Vegetine Is used according to directions. There
is not case of scrofula in existence that Vegetine
will not cure, provided, however, the vital functions
have not lost their power of action all that may be
said to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Vegetine is pleasant to the taste mild in its nu.
ence, and absolute in its action on disease, the
following unquestionable evidence will show
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-11-12
GARD.
WEEKS & HAMILTON.
PARTRIDGE BROS,

Keep Sulphite of Lime for Preserving
Cider.
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TONTINE PLAN,


or upon the principle of acsumulating profits for
definite periods, which was frst introduced by this
Society, and has been recommended and endorsed
by eminent experts In Life Insurance. and by lead.
ing business men. Forty-fo per cent. has been
earned and accumulated on the premiums paid on
sit Tontine Life Policies and forty per cent. on Its
Tontine Endowment Policies. issued within the last
Eve years.
The Directors of the Equitable I.lfe Assurance
Society represent exclusively the interest of the
Policy holders, and in presenting the Society to
tce they feel that it has strong claims upon public
confidence, because of the strict and conservative
principles by which its various departments
governed. In the assets and In the administration
of the Society perfect security is given for the f
ture which is OF great importance to those depend
ing upon their Insurance policies for the ultimate
support Of their families.
No Life Insurance Company has such arge an
nual transactions as the Equitable; none ia more
prompt and just in its dealings.
Frank f. Nye,
General Agent Tor Central Maine.
OFFICE IN ME0KlkN BUILDING,
Water Street, Augusta, Maine,
Good Agents Wanted.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-11-12
Daily 4ennebet gournal,

Issued every morning, except Sundays. 1t CON
aims the latest news by telegraph and mail, gives
eports of the Markets and has carefully prepared
political and local articles, and generous amount
OF farming, home and miscellaneous reading with
4 full compilation Of State news.
Terms, 81 per GnRum IN GdrGnce IS II payment
not made within the year. Single copies 5cents,
9 be had at the bookstores and at this Office.
Advertisements inserted on reasonable terms.
Rates may be had on application at this office.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-11-12

AUGUSTA POST OFFICE.

OFFICE HOURS.
For delivery Of letters, from 100 A. N. 70 30
?. NJ.
On SUNDAYS from e.l5 A. NJ. to 1915 A. NJ.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14
use1nIInEornrnfion.

IT is said that half a cranberry, bound
on a corn. will soon kill it.
WATER window plants with tepid
water, and the leaves often.
IF you don't want milk to sour during
a thunder storm, kindle a fire in the
dairy, even in hot weather, the purpose
being to drive out moisture.
To keep seeds from the depredatiOns
of mice mix some pieces of camphor
gum with the seeds. Camphor placed
in drawers or trunks will prevent mice
from doing them injury.
AN excellent stamping ink that dries
rapidly and is free from grease may be
cheaply prepared, according to Muller,
by dissolving one part of crystallized-
so-called-red analine violet in thirty
parts of alcohol, and adding thirty parts
of glycerine to the solution. This col
ored liquid is poured upon the cushion
and rubbed with a brush.
PLATES of polished slate are recon-
mended as a substitute for lockwood en-
craving. 1t is declared that such en-
graved plates will furnish one hundred
thousand impressions without loss of
detail; and that they will not warp and
are not effected by either oil or water.
There is one drawback, however; they
are readily scratched, an objection from
which wood is free.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14
4 Mammoth GeOde.

While engaged in splitting paving
blocks on SOnoma mountain the work
men opened a cavity in one Of the rocks
of marvellous beauty. 1t il irregular in
shape, about twelve inches in depth by
five or six inches in width. The stone is
0. the ordinary dark paving rock, while
the cavity Is lined with limestone
quartz as white as the most beautiful al
abaster, of which it partakesin character.
About one-third Of the surface Is thickly
studded with the most delicate needle
like crystals, as transparent as 50 many
diamonds. The most reasonable theory
of its origin is as follows: A quantity Of
fluid strongly impregnated with the sui
phate of lime being inclosed within the
cavity, perfectly protected from the ele-
ments, and with no possibility of escape
by evaporation or otherwise, deposited in
the long course of ages layer after layer
upon its sides, until the fluid was ex-
hausted, after which sharpening and
crystallization began. The longer it re-
manned inclosed the more beautiful it
became 1t is of the character of a
geode. Goodies are usually about the
size of small hens egg, although one is
occasionally found of mammoth size.
They usually make terrific explosion
when opened, produced by the sudden
escape of long confined gases. There are
commonly found in the small ones few
drops of fluid, although in a few in
stances a precious jewel instead. There
have been published wonderful stories
about the persons drinking the water
contained in these goodies suddenly turn
ing to stone. These are, of course, SIM
ply the exaggerations of imaginative
persons.-Petdtuma (Cal.) Argus.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14
yer Il. and brown it with a salamander

over it. and brown it with salamander;
or you may take two pounds OF cod flsh
and melt quarter of pound of butter
in half pint of milk or cream, little
-four and salt, heat thoroughly and then
serve.
FORCED EGGS FOR SALAD.-Pound
and press through the back of hair
sieve the flesh of three very fine, or Of
four moderate sized, anchoyies, freed
from the bone ard skin. Boil SIX fresh
eggs for twelve minutes, and when they
are IRE perfectly cold, halve them length
wise, take out the yelks, pound them TO
a paste with a third of their volume OF
fresh butter, then add the anchovies, a
quarter teaspoonful of mace, and as much
CAYENNE as will season the mixture well ;
peat these together thoroughly, and NIL
the whites of the eggs neatly with them.
A morsel of garlic, not larger than a
pea, perfectly blended with the other in
gradients, greatly improves this prepara-
ton.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14
HOusehosd HeIps-

TOMATO OMELET.-Select one quart OF
fine, ripe tomatoes, pour ever them boil
ing water to remove the skin; chop them
finely, put them in saucepan, without
any water; add two onions, chopped
fine; cever closely, and let them simmer
slowly an hour, then add little salt and
cayenne, with large spoonful of bread
crumbs; cover lightly. Beat five eggs
to stiff froth have ready heated pan,
with a small piece of butter, stir in the
eggs, brown it, and serve the moment it
is done.
FISH RECHAUFFE.-After cod, skate,
turbot, soles, or any white fish has been
dressed, pick it into small bits, add to a
pound of fish half pint of good cream,
tablespoonful each of mustard, anchoyy
essence, ketchup, harvey sauce, little
-four, salt, pepper, and butter, heat it in
saucepan, and turn it in dish to be
served in, strew bread crumbs and butter
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14
The Elephant Shark.

The fish that swallowed Jonah has
never been classified by science, but now
and then stories of the ocean come to us,
implying that certain sea monsters are
even now in existence which swallow
their prey alive. Not long since great
"basking shark" (s9ualIs eiephas), twenty
nine feet long, and fifteen feet " round"
was stranded at Shanklin, on the Isle of
Wight, and its skin is now in the British
Museum. The species is known to the
Orkney sailors as the hOe-mOther."
The London Daily News says:
These huge sharks appear in consider
able numbers in the spring along the
northwest coast of Donegal and Clew
Bay. The Sun-fsh Bank is probably the
first shoal water made by the fish coming
in from the Atlantic. 1t is possible
they come here to spawn, passing the
rest of their lives in the deep waters
of the Atlantic. Little or nothing
is known of the habits of this fish, which
is probably the largest among known
sharks. Couch records one taken in
Cornwall, measuring thirty-one feet eight
inches. 1t is supposed that they swallow
their prey alive. The Irish fishermen
spear them for the sake of the oil which
is to be obtained from their liver. This
fish, when floating on the water, is fire.
quently taken for the whale, on account
of its somewhat sluggish movements.
Hence it is also called the basking shark.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14
Stewart i'm His Store.

Stewart runs his store on the detective
system. Each man feels that he is under
the eye of some one-that he is watched
and no one DISCUSSES the annoyance this
fact gives him. / was in the store one
day, and in conversation with an en-
plOyee. 1t was not a busy time, and all
hands seemed to be laying off Some
lounged, some leaned, one or two sat on
the boxes. In a moment the scene in
the store changed; all came to eaten
tion," sharp. No one was seen--no one
spoke. Each man was erect ; the loungers
came to their feet; there was not an
idler in the store. In a moment Mr..
Stewart came in from his little coupe on
the curbs,one. He spoke to no one,
bowed to no one, seemed to recognize no
one. He gave sharp glance right and
left and went up stairs.
Odd you see that glance?' said the
clerk "he saw every one of us, and
could tell what each man was doing"
While Stewart remained not man
"laid BwleigRs NeC York Letter.
IN 1871 the population of Ireland was
S,171,124; in 1871, 5,4l2,37. In the
last census there seven hundred and
twenty-four persons were returned as
over hundred years OF age.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14
A Fool For Luck.

The Buffalo Express says: A French
man named Albert Abattoy fell over the
bank of the river at Niagara Falls, dis
lance of one hundred and forty feet, and.
strange to say, capped with but a few
slight bruises. This accident occurred
on the Canada side of the river, about
two hundred feet north of the new bridge.
Abattoy, who halls from Kingston, Can
ada, was intoxicated at the time. He
staggered over the bank, falling clear
distance of eighty feet on to the rock be-
low, and then rolling down sixty feet
more toward the edge of the water.
Thomas Conroy, the noted guide, accom-
panied by three or four others, as soon as
they learned of the accident, rowed over
from Prospect Park. expecting to find the
unfortunate man mingled mass OF flesh
and bones. Judge their establishment
when, after short search, they UscOv-
cred him wedged in between some rocks,
swearing as lively as any man in his
position could, and suffering no percepti-
bic injuries excepting few slight bruises.
Abattoy was placed in the boat and
rowed over to the landing, where every
preparation had been made for the APP
propriate reception of a corpse. The
Frenchman, however, was not at all
DESTROYS of availing himself of the PRIV
ileges, and on reaching the shore coolly
informed the crowd that there wasn't a
bloody bone broken" Neither was the
whisky bottle which he had in his pocket
The fall was terrible one, and tits moth
ing short of miraculous that the man
was not killed instantly. At the same
point where he fell over, German mu-
stefan met with similar accident two
years ago, and was instantly killed. 1t
was no doubt that the quantity of
whisky he had imhibed saved him. Had
he been sober there is scarcely prob
ability but that every spark of life would
have been crushed out of him by the ter
rife shock his system received. Abattoy
was staggering around on the Canada
side of the yesterday as unconcerned
as though nothing had happened, Per-
soils intending to visit the falls should
make a note of his case and get dead
drunk, so as to be fully provided for in
case they should fall over the bank.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14
G.MRErrA and Rouher are universally

IAMBETTA ana hOuner arc eni
acknowledged in France to be the two
chief antagonists for power. The first Is
the head Of the Republican, and the sec,
ond of the Imperial party. Bullet ana
MacMahon are the men of straw, politl-
cally speaking, whose short hour OF rule
is destined to fade as leaf. In all
European countries, as in the onlteo
States. there are but two real parties; In
England, republicanism is contendlng
with feudal aristocracy, and in France
against autocratic tyranny, represented
by the Napoleonic empire. In Germany
and Italy, mainly preOccupied with their
newly acquired national independence,
there exist in an active state only the
party of Unionists and the abettors OF
the old territorial divisions, headed by
the dispossessed Princes and Rome; IN
Austria and Russia, the party of progress
against the party of old ideas. And so
on with the minor and Insignificant con-
tinental countries. The world is moving,
and straw men are becoming of less ac-
cOuDt
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14
THE YOUNG FOLKS.
Gra.shopper-Green:

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Grasshopper-G Green is a comical chap;
He lives on the best OF fare:
Bright little jacket and breeches and cap
These are his summer wear.
Out in the meadows he loves to 60,
Playing away in the sun;
It's hopperty, skipperty, high and low
Summers the time for fun
Grasshopper-Green has a dozen wee boys,
And, soon as their legs grow strong,
All of them join in his frolicsome joys,
Humming his merry song.
Under the leaves in happy row,
Soon as the day has begun,
It's hopperty, skipperty, high and low;
Summers the time for fun
Grasshopper-G has quaint little house,
It's under hedge so gay:
Grandmother Spider, as still as mouse,
She envies him over the way.
Darling, he's calling for you, know,
Out in the beautiful sun;
It's hopperty, skipperty, high and low;
Summers the time for fun
The Nursery.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14
The Heather as a Tiller of the Soil.

Notwithstanding we are accustomed to
look upon the natives of the Celestial
Empire with certain degree of super
ciliousness, rs an inferior race, says the
San Francisco Chronicle. there are many
things in which they are not only our
equals but our superiors. Among these
may be mentioned agriculture, which is
the principal occupation of the great
mass of the people. Next to letters, ag-
riculture is considered in China as one of
the noblest occupations of man. and in
order to remind the people that it is the
basis and foundation of society, the En-
peror himself and the Niceroys of the
provinces once year perform the cere-
mony of blowing few burrows and SOW
ing some of the cereal grains The
people are thus made to understand that
the poorest farmer is entitled to respect,
since his pursuit is ennobled by the par
ticipation in it of the most exalted of hui
man potentates known to him, and rec
ognized as one of the most necessary and
exalted employments.
1t is true that modern labor-saving
machinery and the chemistry of agricul-
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14

Up to about July l, l65, 200 pounds of
wool had been marketed at Marshall,
Michigan, 10000 at Pontiac, $50, 900 at
Adrian, 100000 at Owosso, 10000 at St.
Johns, 10000 each at Howell and Port
Huron, and so, 900 at Ann Arbor. These
reports indicate that the Michigan wool
clip is passing out of growers hands
quite rapidly. The general selling price
has been from 81 to Al cents, with 80 to
AZ as about extreme range for washed
wool.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14
The Markets.
WOOL IN BOSTON.

supplies are coming forward quite freely from the
West There is a good stock on the market and the
demand is almost exclusively for medium fleeces.
Fine heeces are dull and very little inquired for.
Combing and delaine leeceS, 62@5S12c. Tor washed,
and 4OG46I@c. for unwashed; Ohio and Pennsylva-
mia heeceS, I7@iSc for extra and double extra, and
SOC for medium Wisconsin and Minnesota, I59iSc
fnr n..fr-, md linn
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14

The San Francisco Chronicle says that
California consumes ten million oranges
per annum, or about eighteen for each
man, woman and child in the State,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14

.Iu NNtN ~ ittlTlhlN III
ting by the fountain IN
-rning, Home and So
~ Below Stairs; The
umy , Fruit ON the Ia
d.; An Exhibition uf
lrs Apology - Richard
ieu :" "rhc Life and
Niohe Group; French
Worlds Work; New
TtamWhy Motors: H.
Developments In Glass /,
steam Canal-boat; Re
THE origin of Spell
ecdutc-; 4 Book about
T.. A. Matters ,
,h sale; "Re-ncctiully
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14

Jefferson, Me-, was
orcness and weak
he use of johnson s
lily.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14


man, but it is eqr
nation on the earth }
more thoroughly or
Chinese. Their iri
rude, but their praf
try are without a I
the world. We hd
of this in the Chin
California, and it i
capital being equa
American can exc
cultivation of la
They are able to r
a given area than
under the sun. The
ton is well,nigh pc
vance of anything at.
nations, and their KIN
fulness and value OF
tested in their extren
it from every possible
where very few dor
used.
Very few neat cat
be found in China,
make little use of J
cheese, and either {
bamboo poles or tran
upon their innumer;
they are forced to (
other sources. The
fccal matter, muck,
hair (even the bari
saving the results OF
erations and selling t
and whatever else eX
them has power to
The density of the p
that they can not
fields lie iallow; and
little about the rota
are compelled to
ductiveness OF the :
nurlng ana lrrlgat
country between the
rivers, and south of I
per year are raised I
Neither fences nor h
travellers remark Il
plain appears like
which the plats appe
With all our Wanted
best improved agric
they are probably a
the skilled cultivate
latter are ahead of t
Pacific coast.
Since, then, the CT
let us make the bes
and condescend TO be
ness of culture which
up in Asia through
and which, according
has been practiced 70
sand wears.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14

A word fifty spoken is like apples of
gold in pictures Of silver.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14

and expressed by
reliable purgatiye.
lplied in PdrSOnS
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14
Dobbins' Electric
1 q Co, Phil.,) the
eral washing, from
is pure, uniform,
Try it.

q, CoiumbuS, Ga. 81
LIVER REGULATOR
for years, and pro-
t satisfactory medi-
Nothing would in
/, and ] recommend
secure health,
a.
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ustryng. BsTrien Mo,
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commencing Sepiem-
er 10Th. Premiums
1000. Reduced rates
ailway lines passing
ium list or further in
art. Sec, Columbus, ..
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FAIR

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remote digestion aud
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Ky MILITARY IN
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Ms IT MONEY in Il.
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q for Chrome Catalogue
D's SONS. Boston. Mas
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uTHHy WHITING TO DyE.1.sxsisc
nseat In f61s DoDefs
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nnFn Month-ARents wanted everywhere.
N/nUI Business honorable and frst-class.
VGO0 Particulars sent free. Address
WORTH a CO. IT. Louis. No.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14

: \ Farmers Vacation.
George T.. WRring. Jr.i
tratcd; The Stone Period
"a. J u. Holder; \ Mus
.Nter: The Story Of Seven
y. XXI. illustrated, j.
%. poem, John e.. SAKE; \
or Timid Linguists, John
Free Thought, George =.
=. II. Forbes; The Mys.
Chapter MI, illustrated
e.; Cusaid, poem, A. u,
ed. Albert Rhodes; How
.dWin Dudley An Englc-
. ; To Hope, poem, john
DcliCiyu-e. George ". Ca
n. Paul II. llayue, Topics
,nteuuial ought 10 accom-
,rNt Duty; Did lie sue
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-10-11
A. T. STEWARDS 100000
CARPET.

Among the many treasures owned by
the ''merchat prince" of New York. is
magnificent carpet, which was once in
tended to grace the hall of royalty, hav-
ing been manufactured for the Emperor
Napoleon. Its size is about forty feet
square. The centrc-p piece, its most prom
inent object, occupying nearly One-half
OF the whole area. represents beautiful
oval-shaped picture set in gold frame,
and, suitably hung, would at distance,
be easily mistaken for an elegant paint
ing.
The picture shows the harbor. castle
and surrounding country of Marseilles.
France. In the foreground one is charm
ed by the blue water and the stately
ships at anchor; further back the har-
Dor and ancient castle, rising grandly in
its magnificent whiteness against the
green foliage enveloping the base of the
mountains, which form the background
and lift their hoary heads into blue
sky, faxed with feecy clouds. Napole-
on's coat of arms surmounts the picture,
and Latin motto, wrought in gold on
blue, ribbon-like ground, lies half un-
rolled at the base.
Immediately surrounding this lovely
picture, in bed Of rich brown, is a gar
land of beautiful flowers, much larger
than natural size, but so brilliant and
so delicately and accurately represented
that it seems as if one might stoop and
lift the petals one from another. Out
side of this garland, and serving as a
border to the carpet, is a wreath formed
of overlapping oak leaves and acorns, al
so in natural colors, their various shades
of green and brown blending in exqui-
site beauty.
1t is quite impossible to give an idea
of this wonderful fabric which was made
with the needles of poor women, who
wrought it in sections and set it togeth-
er, after the manner of the camers hair
shawls. Its texture is as delicate as a
silken robe, and no painter could pOr-
tray color or detail with greater skill.
1t actually cost $4,000 to make it.
Mr.. Stewart saw it at the Paris expo
sitiOn, and purchased it as novelty to
exhibit to friends who visit his "up
town" store.