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An Active Prince.

The Prince of Wales cannot be accused Of
being an inert, lazy man, especially when In
Paris. The other day he left his wife and ba-
bies, and took a few days outing on the Medi'
terranean coast, incognlto.
! He was soon braced up, and, just TO show
what he was capable Of, dropped in on his
Paris friends on his way home. On Satur-
day he dined at the Cafe Anglais with Gustav
Dore who then took him to the Gazette Theatre
to see Theresa in "Genevieve de Brabant, by
| Offenbach Between acts he visited with cX-
Queen Isabella and her daughters.
THE day following" says the discreet cor
respondent, Git was sunday, "hc saw two
PLAYS at the Bouffes, and at the end fastened
to take part in the house-warming OF Nj. An
Dire, bachelor who has just opened pala'
| tial residence in the Boulevard Haussman.
Andre had taken great pains to gather the
old beauties of the Napoleonic era, so that,
las the prince entered through files beauti-
ful.dressed and graceful women, he might
have imagined that time had stood still since
| l79S' The sweetness of youth was supplied
| by American maidenhooC, French moth
ers not taking their daughter, to bachelors
house warmings. AT o'clock, says the vera
cious reporter the Prince of Wales was taken
to ball given in his honor by one OF the old
families, the Duke Of LarochetoucauldB Bis
saccia, where he remained till o'clock Mon.
day morning. On Tuesday he was back IN
London, opening a new school with the Prin'
cess on Wednesday launching new monitor,
etc. in the old hun. drum fashion, the Lon
don papers announcing his health as entirely
recovered y
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A very singular exhibition was given at the
Jardin Mabille There has been performing
here at the Folies Bergeres man named Hol-
tum, an American, why has a cannon fired at
him and catches the ball in his hands. This
prodgious feat was witnessed nightly, and,
although the actors present avowed there was
no trick, Pierre Neron, of the Monde INuStTe,
would not believe it, He said that the can
non ball must be thrown to HOltum from the
stage. The latter made "A bet of 5000 francs
that he would perform the feat under con-
ditons which left nc room to doubt, and when
the bet was taken Neron designated Mablle
as the place for the trial. All the journalists
of Paris were invited, and they found Holtum
there before his cannon. 1t was examined
with minute care, and the heavy ball was pas.
sed from hand to hand. IL am no longer in
my own house. said Holtum; "you are mas.
ter here, and you must watch over all the ar.
rangements." Having carefully aimed and
dashed his cannon, it was charged, and Hoi
tum took his place against u plank target
some ten yards away. This was to show that
the ball was solid, aud The force of the pow.
der sufficient to send it through the plank
| Holtum got the aim of his gun, and then
placed his head against the plank, giving the
command to fire The ball just grazed his
hair and broke through the plank, rolling
some twenty yards further on. The same ball
was picked up by the Journalists, who again
charged The cannon and sent home the ball
and this time lioltum caught the ball in his
hands as neatly as he does nightly upon the
stage. He won his bet, and no one seemed
disposed to accept his offer of 5000 to anyone
who would perform the same astounding feat
The physical force required must be enor
nous, but lioltum showed his strength by
tossing up cannon balls as If they were SC
many oranges. The only precautions taker
are very simple; he wears very thick leather
gloves, and covers his breast with many
thicknesses of Thin paper to form a sort o
cuira,s. This looks to me like a very dan
gerous feat, and particularly the first part o
it, where Holtum places his head against thu
target half an inch below where the ball vii
probably strike. Ii the powder should
chance to be detective, some day there Nigh
be an accident II is like the foolhardy tricl
of putting one head into the lions mouth
One dag, fancy. that ball will snap his hea'
very neatly olf.-P1rjs Correspondent ~ "
I Neir York World
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Mr.. William Steele is not the only person
IN the country whose troubles from the en-
croachmentS of Insects are sufficient to inspire
a wish for the invention of some internal ma
chine to cXtrpate such pests AS sand flies,
ncas, etc. But il seems to me that the dis.
scmlnaiOn OF science and Il better know edge
of entomology are what Is most needed in
this direction.
have not seen bedbug or Il flea in my
house for many years. If an army OF them
were TO be brought in, mercury would speedi
" ex,crminatc them, but think cleanliness
the best and perhaps the only preventive
The common houseily l do not modest, be
ieving that it more than compensates for its
trouble by clearing the atmosphere Of effiuvia
and the animacules which always arise from
the putretaction of decaylng substances
during the warm weather. SO, also, with
the birds, which are quite numerous here
during the summer instead OF shooting them
or setting up scarccrows to trighten them
away Ithrow out every possible Involvement
for them to build their nests In my run
trees The birds capture large share OF inc
insects in the larval state, and thus the mil
lers are prevented from depositing eggs 1or
Il future crop of worms. AS to the loss Oh
fruit by the birds, the latter are always sure
to be on hand in force in the season OF ripe
take the worms or not. For the residue Oh
insects which intest my vegetable garden,
find that the laboratory of the chemist fur
nishes materials fatal to them all, among
which white hellebore and cayenne pepper
are of the most utility; the bug or worm
which cannot find vegetation untlavored with
these articles will seek its breakfast else
where, and leave my garden unmolested. A
few drops of carbolic acid III a pint of water
will clean house plants from lice in a very
short time. If mosquitoes or other blood.
suckers infest our sleeping rooms at night
we uncork a bottle of the oil Of pennyroyal,
and these insects leave in great haste, nor
will they return as the air in the room is
loaded with the fumes of that aromatic herb
| If rats enter the cellar, a little powdered pot
ash thrown into their holes or mixed with
meal and scattered in their runways never
tails to drive them away. Cayenne pepper
will keep the buttry and storeroom free from
ants and cockroaches If a mouse makes an
entrance into any part of your dwellings, sat
urate rag with cayenne IN solution and stuff
Il into a hole, which can then be repaired
with either wood or mortar. No rat or mouse
will cat that rag for the purpose of opening
communication with depot OF supplies
Charles Thompson, in Scientific 1meriton
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PED9CR E:E::

Sired oy'BILL CHEATH AM aAd reaseN
by the dam ODD TRICK, she sired oJ
LEXINGTON
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susan Il. Anthony.

Can any one of you gentlemen tell what
the "B" stands for in Susan Is. Anthony
name?-.St. L0uts Republican.
As the "B" is after Susan perhaps 1t wants
to extract honey from her lips.-ChrtSttd"
Observer.
But as the 'B" is before Anthony what can
it be for ?-C0ntincRt0I UHm B"tlder's Orgdn.
The "B" in question is the imperative
mood, and command is uttered IN this shape
Susan be Anthony, and never be anything
Educational Jour.
1t is believed in Brooklyn thH' Theodore
Tilton is responsible tor that Is hen some.
body told her to get up out OF "'~ zap he re-
markod LET Susan Bn'-Broo, ,' EHgic
The Globe prints these opinions - show
what a vast amount of misfortune can exist
concerning simple matter. 1t is consoling
10 know that Susan i. Will continue TO be
lone after these editorial bees have ceased Ia
huzz. The "I5" in her middle name arcord
inc IN the inscription on the Moabite stone
hnf we can't think of it at this minutc.-BoS
ton Globe.
II is curious that so plain question is In
sucb n muddle. Gentlemen, you all mistake
the point. The young lady was dissatisfied
with plain Susan, and wished to "B' An
thony' The regularity of this particular
.Br is that it is B-fore Anthony, Blind Su
san and B.tween both. To eitectualIy dispose
of this important question we suggest that
he referred to the next North American Bee
Keepers' convention.-Pdtsburg Cronicic
If YOU will let Susan b gentlemen, sh,
will still 81 Anthony, which might "B'
NOR, congenial TO her tastes than "B"-ln!
Bennett, Brown, Beecher, or any other man
Perhaps not.-NrKeesport (Pol Times.
We are satisfied to let Susan B. Anthony a
LONG rs She desire She has solved tn
question of ITO be or not to be- in her Owl
way, long sincc.-Df'roa Commercial! Iii,
ftsgt
We 20 A guess that i, was to put more capi
tai between Susan and Anthony-whicl
would B natural, in case Susan had no othe
capital. OF course Susan meant bushes
with Anthony-BlOC Your Bugie.
All this nonsense about bees leads us I
PROFOUND the conundrum: If man has
|, Bee bv the tail which would b safer, 10 hOl
|, on or let 20 ?-.imtr3can Journalist,
i IfB stood for bull instead OF bee, it wcul
be safer to hang on 10 the tail" To- prov
Id, we call Southwick Waterman 10 the stand
) IL Ron Gazette.
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RATHER RECoCIoUs.-"lrensus, IL one
Of his letters in the New York Observer, from
Mcdford, Mass thus refers TO some OF the
historical celebrities OF the place
Mrs. Jane Turcll, wife of Rev. Mr.. Turell
Congregational Minister in Medlord in 11i2 }
the daughter OF Rev. DIR. Colman, was re-
markablc woman, aud in her early childhood
remarkable, for before her second year was
completed, she knew her letters aud could re
late many stories out Of the Scriptures TO the
satisfaction and pleasure of the most Judi
cious, among them being the Governor and
othcr wise and polished gentlemen, who
loved TO sit around table on which she was
placed, and listen To- her stories. BJ0Tc she
was four wears old she could say the greater
part Of the shorter catechlsm, many of the
Psalms, and some hundred lines Of the best
poetry, and MAKE pertinent remarks on many
things she read. These facts are wellauthen
tica,ed, yet the fact is doubted which is re
corded Of the youngest child OF John Morse
OF New Hoxbury, Mass, that he, though dy
ing at the age Of three years and foar moths
had read the Bible through twice ard con
Quoted family worship. This Is mentioned
in the memoirs oil the late Prof. s. +. b
Morse, and IL pronounced impossible II
rcturn 20 Miss Colman. As she grew in year.
she made great increase in knowledge of al
vinity. history, physic, controversy and poe
| try" and such a woman might be admired
and reverenced without being loved, had sh,
not added 10 those intellectual attractions
the charms Of "a rolling black eye prob
ably two OF them, and swee, loving 1ispo
silion which won the heart Of the minis,e
who was himself singulariy beautiful ip per
sou, as well Is giited in mind. or her IL
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Dan Davis ,f VIRGINIA CITY. paid a V

Dan Davis, Of Virginia City, paid visit
TO Promontory, on the Central Pacific rail
road. and was charmed with the manners and
customs-almost patriarchal in their frank
simplicity-of the people. He stopped a.
the principal hotel of the town. twas nice
place, and the landlord was very agreeable
and friendly sort of man. Says Dan: When
dinner was ready the LANDLORD ,-.-.. into
the street IN front of his hotel with double
barreled shotgun. Raising the gun above
his head, he fired of one barrel. l said &c
him, "what did you do that for" Said he
"To call my boarders to dinner" l SAID
lswhy don'i you fire Of both barrelsg" "Oh,
81 keen the other TO collect With
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snort in Florida.

y large gathering of residents OF Pdlalha
Fla, occurred a few days ago, TO witness
snake fight that had been advertised. large
rattle snake and an adder were put INTO tnt
arena together, but neither would attack thl
other. Then young alligator and the RAJ
tlesnake were tried, and an encounter lmme
diately began The alligator was bitten foni
times, but he finally crushed the snake be.
tween his jaws, and subsequently died him
self of the reptiles poison.
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Diamonds from Sugar.

4 French chemist has so far succeeded il
his experiments as to have reasonable hopes
of producing at least black diamonds, IF no
coiorless ones, from sugar. He has already
obtained a carbon cylinder hard enough tC
cut glass, By exposing the perfectly burned
sugar to a temperature of 1900 degrees Fab
renheit, in a closed vessel without access Of
air. Ii will be an interesting development
as far as regards the production of sugar
Welding crops, if this experimenter shall sue
coed fully in his designs, and cane and beets
come to be grown with view to their final
transformation into diamonds Truly We
are living into wonderful age.
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NAM ED BELOW.
All Papers and Magazines sent tree OF postage.

IL Eemittanccs may be made by registered letter or
postal money orders.
OSMAN t. HAPEMAN,
ottawa, Illinois.
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have no more to say. Tue will being
burnt OF course Richard Fortescue alias Air.
lie, succeeded to his fathers property, and also
married his cousin, Miss Millbrcoke.
They now reside i'll Devonshire, and when
ne pay q visit there-which we do frequent
1--WE are always sure of hearty welcome
from the family Of OUR SECoND.FLooH
| LoDGTE
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IoJTH'S ILLUSIONS.


What queer ideas used to have;
shan't forget those days
When PLAYERS on the mimic stage
First met my wandering gaze;
And of poetry and romance
Was full from sole to cr9wn,
From when they rang the curtain up
70 when they rang it down.
| was little bit of chap,
Not far from twelve years years old;
How | admired that smart young chap
So dashing and SO bold.
Forever getting into scrapes
And getting out, you know:
on, how loved his pert Egad"
His bold and loud What no"
used to thnk-in fact, knew
He never talked in prose;
And supposed the ones he wore
His ordinary clothes,
And he accustomed OIL of gold
And silverwarc to dine;
And all he had TO say when dry:
Without there, slave More wine"
And then that little grand old man
Who unclcs used to play;
What vast, uDcounted sums he used
To nleces give away.
How he would join the lovers hands
And look so grand and mild,
The while he'd say, with eyes upturnCd;
Bless ye-bleSs ye-my child"
He was, thOught-of course must be
Director in bank;
Or else Rothschild in disguise,
Or nobleman of rank,
With bags of gold, and chests OF notes,
To satisfy each whim;
How gayly must the rosy hours
Trip by, | thought, with him.
and then that charming girl with whom
| fell so dead in leve,
Who was fairy, and on wires
Came down from realms above:
Her trim, little figure in silk tight,
And low-neck dress displayed;
! worshipped every inch Of stage
Trod by that charming maid.
OF course this angel had to eat;
Her daily food, knew
ia read such thgs in fairy-books)
Was rose.leAves dipped in dew;
And when | saw her going up,
Way up among the flies,
! thought she was returning to
Her mansion in the skies.
But this is past, I'm older now
say 1t with Il tear
Ny smart young man dont get much Wine,
I've treated him TO Beer!
lie frequents lunch rooms, and don't dine
OU slIVetWaTe nor goa!
His coat is rusty, and his pants
Are shiny ones and old.
My other frlend-the rich old chap
The Rothschild in Disguise
II | was used to being profanc,
I'd surely d-n his eyes;
Two years ago TO him loaned
twenty dollar bill
He's owed il 10 me ever since,
lie owes il to me still.
And ali that little fairy queen
That nimbly used to dance;
Where is the poetry Of my soul
o where my youths Romance
Her have seen within a year
have, as sure as fate
With rose leaves? No, my frend--corned-b
And cabbage on her plate.
Her home: Al, in those haicyon days
Perhaps twas Just as we'll
fought above the azure blue
My angel used to dwell:
The truth Is that down Parkcr's lane
(And that, you know, amt heaven
fou'll find her, if yon ring the bell
Ald ask at number eleven.
thus Time strips off the mask. know
That its confOunded rough
To lind that Kings and Fairy Queens
Are made from common stuff
BIT when familiar with these things
We learn, alas. the truth
How very queer they seem to US
The Illusions Of cur Youth.
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Four men living in Morrow county, Ohio,
lately chopped twenty-five cords Of wood in
eleven hours.
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9ailu Eenuebee 9onrnal,

Issued every morning, except Sundays. 1t con-
aims the latest news by telegraph ana mail, gives
eports Of the Markets, and has carefully prepared
political and local articles and generous amount
OF farming, home and miscellaneous reading with
full compilation Of State news
! fcsfas, u per Gnnura IN adpancej IS if payment
is not made within the year. Single copies cents,
TO be had at the bookstores and at this office.
Advertisements inserted on reasonable terms.
Rates may be had on application at this office.
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Diamond Rheumatic Cure.

The proprietor of this medicine ha walked the
asles OF the hospitals of Lon don, Eng for he past
twenty years, making rheumatism a specially, an
the prescription 1rem which this remedy is COM
pounded is all used in the treatment Of this
disease.
In simple cases sometimes two doses
suffice. In the most chronic case it is to give
way by the of four or five bottles BY this ell
cient and simple remedy hundreds of dollars are
saved to those who can least afford to throw II
away, as surely it Is by the purchase Of useless
prescriptions.
Let any sufferer who reads this purchase a small
bottle and take it according to the instructions
around the package, and it will not take long to
convince him that paying doctors fees is money
thrown away-Liniments of all kinds are useless
Price 81 bottle.
This medicine is for sale at all Druggists through
out the United States and Canada. Ii it happens
that your Druggist has not got 1t in stock, ask
him TO send for it to the wholesale agents, GEO.
Z. GOODWIN 4 CO., Boston; Weeks 4 Potter
Portland, VIM. E. MANN, Bangor.
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Diamond Rheumatic Cure,

For several years past have been subject to
regular attacks of IDfiammatory Rheumatism, and
each succeeding attack much more severe than
its predecessor The last visitation from this ter.
rible scourge lasted three months. The best med.
ical talent in Cambridge was called in, but no re.
lief was experienced. l was go low on several
casions that my recovery was despaired of. When
at last rallied sufficiently to discern what was
transpirlng about me, learned that my wife was
also afflicted with the same fearful disease. A
friend learning of our helpless condition brought
six bottles of the DIAMOND RHEUMATIC CURE
By the taking of two doses ofthis invaluable rene.
dy she entirely rel eyed. / then commenced to
take it, and rapidly improved, until in about week
was completely restored. Since then ! have had
another attack and one dose dispeled It, no
longer fear rheumatism or its baneful effects.
About two weeks ago, recommended il to a friend
who was likewise suffering, and the result was
certain cure by the use of one bottle. You can
my name either publicly or privately in the inter-
est of suffering mankind. I am willing to be inter.
viewed personally by any one desiring to know the
above facts from me; and feel fully convinced
that the thousands who are today suffering In tor
ments from the effects of Rheumatism and Gout, If
they bat knew how ready relief and cure was at
hand, would at once resort to this sure and simple
remedy, and would bless with benedictions of
praise the name of the MUSICIAN who gave TO sui.
fering humanity this truly effective remedy-the
Diamond Rheumatic Cure. 1 remain CRATE
fully yours, T.S, STEVENS,
l6 Elm ST., Cambridgeport, and Cambridge st.
Boston.
The above testimony ought tc convince the most
skeptical that SURE CURE has been discovered In
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A New York fashion writer says: Dark
colors in very dark shades are chosen for
walking costumes, such as dark grays,
browns. marine blues, plums, invisible
greens, bottle and myrtle green. purples
and cardinals. The high colored Scottish
plaids form much wider field for diver
sity than the browns and grays in which
the blocs and crossbars first stormed the
city. The royal Stuart, the Macfarlane.
the gay Glengarry and Mclean plaids.
the Cawdor and the Shepherds plaid, are
conspicuous among this large stock.
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Papa. did you see those nice little guns
down to the storep" asked little six-year-
old boy. Eyes. Harry, / saw them. But
have so many children to feed and clothe
that cannot afford to buy you one, re-
piled his father, seriously. Little Harry
glanced at the baby in the cradle with no
loving expression on his face. Finally ne
said: "Well, papa, I'll tell Won whae
you can do; you can swap little Tommy
for gun. ."-Erchangc. sgfass
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The Diamond Rheumatic Cure is for sale by
PARTRIDGE BIOS. Augusta
maY2G. teod&Mly
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M'eeklY Xennebet 5ourual,

Published every Wednesday morning, is the
largest folio paper in the State, Containing news,
political articles, agricultural aud scientific
.ales, poetry, anecdotes, household matter, mark
cts, &c, &c.
Terms, per dnRUyn in ddrdRce.
Transient Advertisements, s. Gu per inch for irst
week; 60 cents per week ior each subsequent i'll.
sertion.
Special Notices, - SO per inch for first week; 50
cents per week for each subsequent week.
Business Notices, ia reading columns, 20 cents
per line for first insertion ~ cents tor each
Subsequent insertion.
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Kennebec Savings Banh
This Bank IL not required t. make
returns to Assessors.

This Bank IL not required u make
returns to Assessors.
Deposits made on or before the l0tA day Of Gay
month WM be dated back to the first dag Of tie
same month.
On First Monday In May and November OF each
year dividend win be made ON all deposits stand
ing at those dates, which have been on deposit one
full month
Money deposited in Savings Banks Ii not 10 b.
taxed to depositors hereafter.
Dividends as soon rs declared are added to The
principal, thus compromising the interest every six
months.
Loans made to depositors on deposiiing their
Bank Book as security.
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