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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-08-16
July 27th, 1873.

We have not seen the Maine Standard
Extra, but from what we hear Of it we
Judge that the editor, whom we have re-
ferred 10 as the Uriah Heap of politics,
has undertaken to play the part of Quilp
In political journalism. The Extra Stand
ard, we are told, contains a caricature in
which General Conner Is made to appear
on crutches. We trust the Standard will
issue large edition of the extra in order
that the people of Maine may understand
that the Chairman Of the Democratic State
Committee renews the war issues by
caricaturing soldiers crippled in the de-
fence Of their country Portland Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-08-16

The infamous opponents Of the late war
are very indignant when their record is
shown up, and.with well iclgned horror de-
mand if those who do 50 are going to con-
tinually fight 1t out on dead issues New
ertheless these same persons have contin-
ued to this day 10 heap up abuse upon the
leader. of the old -Federalist party for
their opposition to the war Of 1912, and
hold them up for The detestalion of man
kind. The crime Of Emery, Pillsbury q
Co., was greater than tina! Of the old Fed
eralists. Shall we cease to forget at the
end Of decadeF Not if we know it.
--Poytldnd Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-08-16

her, disappeared with hands raised despairipplv
above her head Mr. Parsons must have seen her
go under the water, but he still made brave efforts
to preserve his own life. From the shore he was
seen struggling in an aimless way to keep his
head above the water. A thick cloud of spray in
tcrvened for moment between the drowning man
and the friends who were powerless to lend him
aid, and when it disappeared Parsons was gone,
and the cruel river swept on as though this trage-
dy had not been. A spectator perched above on
Luna Island stated that not more than five min
utes elapsed from the time they were swept into
the river and the moment when they finally disap-
peared beneath the waters. The spot where they
were last seen is about one-third the way across,
and directly in front of the American Falls. Miss
Philpot was twenty-five years of age, and the only
daughter of Mr.. William Phipott an old and
highly respected resident of the Falls. She was
respected by all that knew her for her many esti-
mable qualities. Her terribly sad and sudden
death has cast a gloom over the community in
which she lived. Ethelbert Parsons was twenty
nine years of age, and the son of Horato A. Par
sons, Esq, of La Sale. He possessed character
above reproach, and he also will be long and
deeply mourned by his many friends. At last ac-
counts the bodies had not been recovered.
Economical New Food.-25 cents will buy pack
age of Sea Moss Farine made from pure Irish Moss,
which will make so kinds of dishes, such as cakes
pies puddings etc, 6 quarts of custards, jclies,
creams Charlotte Russo, blanc mango, etc. Sold
by all Druggists and Grocers. apl7-teodSwly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-08-16

FOR REPRESENTATIVE TO CONGRESS
Fourth District, HARRIS NJ. PLAiSlED
For Senators.
Cnm1,er,and HUMPHREY COUStNs,
PHlLANDER T0LMAN,
DAVID w. MERRILL
JAMES BAiLEa:
oxfora John p. SWASE1, o,r,,
0N'''' SAMUEL ID. WADSWOKiH'
,,,,o, GEORGE II. THCRLOUGH,
Fehooso''' n1SEPH 5. WHkELWRiGHT,
THOMAS j. PEAkE~,
ALEXANDER WEBB.
For County Commissioner.
,,ubarlsud. JOHN l.. SWIFT.
S,nrJ JOSEPH l.. CHAPMAS,
Pcnobscot - HIRAM SIEN EN-
For Treasurer.
Cumberland, OLIVER d. Dixie. ...
0xfrd CHRISTOPHER &. CtSHNAN.
Penobscot HORACEJ. NICkERSON.
For Judge OF Probate.
Cumberland, HENRY Q. PEAB0pl;
Oxford AUGUSTUS ii. WAshER.
For Register of Probate.
Cumberland WILLIAM h. NEAL.
For Clerk OF Courts.
Cumberland DANIEL W. FEsSENDEN.
oxford, JANE, S. WRIGHT.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-08-16

CoSTIvENESs, DYSPEPSIA, PILES.
Pleasant to the palate, cause no pain, act prompt
w. never require increase of dose, do not exhaust
and for elderly persons, females and children, are
Just the thing. Two taken at night move the bow.
els once the next morning. Warranted in al cases
of the Piles and Falling of the Rectum We prom
Use cure for all symptoms of Dyspepsia, such as
Oppression after Eating, Sour stomach, Splitting OF
Food, Palpitations also Headache Dizziness Pain
in the Back and Ions, iellowness Of the Skin and
Eyes, Sick Headache, Coated Tongue, biliousness,
Liver Complaint, Loss OF Appetite, Debility,
Monthly Pains and all Irregularities Neuralgia,
Faintness, &c.
Travellers find the Lozengcs just what they need.
as they are compact and inodofous that they
may be carried in the vest pocket and as an aper-
lent or laxative these Lozengcs have no equal
Trial Boxes Soc, large Boxes eOc.; sent
by mail free of postage to any address.
For sale by +. 5. HARRISON Il Coz No. Tire
mont Temple, Boston, and by all Druggists
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-08-16

The case Of the Jackson murder at South oys-
ter Bay, n Y, which occurred in 1872. and for
which two negroes suffered the penalty Of the law,
is revived by suspicion that third party now
living was concerned in it,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-08-16
REPUBLICAN, NOMINATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR.
EN- CONNoH
OF AUGUSTA.
For GOVERNOR

FOR REPRESENTATIVE TO CONGRESS
Fourth District. HARRIS NJ. PLAlSlED'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-04-21
The Influence of Climate upon
Life.

An interesting article appears in the
Gazette de Medical II Aigerie on the
influence exerted by climates in regard
to health and life of foreigners. In that
article we are reminded that the ne
groes of Senaar recruited by Mehemet
Ali for his army, speedily succumbed
after arriving in Egypt; that negroes
of Central Africa rapidly die if trans
ported to Arabia, and that if sent to
Europe they perish by phthisis. OF
l, 800 negroes sent to garrison Gibralter
in 1917, nearly all are said to have been
destroyed by pulmonary consumption
in fifteen months, and of the negro con-
victs sent from the French colonies to
the hulks at Brest, one-fifth die each
year. In Mexico, the Egyptian contin-
gent suffered by disease and death In
larger proportion than did the regular
troops from France whereas Algerians
and Arabs in France enjoy relatively
better health than in their native conn
tries. During the Russian War the
Zouaves and Tureos resisted the eli
mate of the Crimea better then the
men of the French heavy cavalry and it
is said that on the same occasion the
Algerian horses withstood the severe
winter even better than those of the
English cavalry. With regard to the
power of resistance of Arabs, as Illus
trated in the war of 1S70-7l, it is OBJ
served that il in battle they become ex-
cited to paroxysms of fury, once
wounded, or taken prisoners, they find
in their complete belief in fatalism a
source of moral calm and resignation.
The Arab moreover is less sensitive to
pain than the European hence, in a
great measure, the principal cause of
the facility with which wounds received
by the former heal.
In the question asked then lis man
cosmopolitan; Certainly not Man
does not perpetuate his species in all
climates. He may live, if transported
after have attained adult age, but he
often becomes sterile, or if he has
children they do not attain manhood.
Michael Levy rightly observed that
'sTo change the climate is to be born
to q new life"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-04-21

him, "Are you sure you love me,
Edgarf' but he never wearied of
repeating his words of affection, and
she grew gay and happy.
Let me lay one hand over your eyes,
dear. Now keep them tight shut |;
don't you look" and she placed her
outstretched palm to shut out the light.
A quick motion and the widows cap,
the spectacles, the false gray hair were
at her feet, and the waterproof thrown
back revealed the young, fresh face
and 1.-the form of Ethel Vaughan.
"NOw, Edgarm
"Why. Miss Ethel. is it possible you
are here, Mrs. Webb. Madeline" look
of blank amazement, then cry so
happy, so rapturous, that it spoke a
world of tender love, "All mine, what
shall call you, Madeline or Ethel, both
are dear, but won you by the first, and
that you shall ever be. But were You
afraid to trust me, darling, unless you
tried met No wonder so often caught
glimpses of your old self In the pretty
young girl. But why did you ever
assume this n touching the widows
earb. Sine explained all. which DIR.
Scott enjoyed especially his telling how
often he had been on the point of
revealing the secret, and Mrs. Webb
insisted that she was still Jealous of her
rival. her "Other SELF" Ethel Vaughan.
They never told Mrs. Whitney, for
Edgar knew it would only excite and
confuse her, and when he introduced
''my wife, Ethel, or mother. as l call
her most, Madeline the old lady only
remarked, show familiar your voice is, y
but many a hearty laugh have the
Fnll hA al
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-04-21
The Unwriiten side Of Great Men.

We always think Of great men as IN
the act of performing deeds which give
them renown, or else in stately repose,
grand, silent and majestic. And yet,
this is hardly fair, because the most
gracious and magnificent Of the human
beings have to bother themselves with
the little things Of life which engage
the attention of us smaller people. No
doubt Moses snarled and got angry
when he had q severe cold in his head,
and if fly bit his leg while he was in
the desert, why should we not Jump
and use violent language and rub the
sore place? And C@sar-isn't it toler-
able certain he used to become furious
when he went up stairs to get his slip
pers in the dark and found that the
Calphurnia had showed them under the
bed so that he had to sweep around
them wildly with a broom handle
And when solomon cracked his crazy
bone is it unreasonable to suppose that
he ran around the room and felt as If
he wanted to cry? Imagine George
Washington sitting on the edge of the
bed and putting on clean shirt, aud
RIOWlluB dt Mhftnd DcCdusc TIC Dut-
tons were off or st Augustine with an
apron round his neck, having his hair
cut or Joan or Arc holding her front
hair in her mouth as women do, while
she fixed up her back hair; or Napo-
leon jumping out of bed in frenzy to
chase . mosquito around the room with
a pillow or Martin Luther in a night
shirt, trying to put the baby to sleep
at 2 o'clock in the morning or Alexan-
der the Great, with hiccoughs /; or
Thomas Jefferson getting suddenly
over a fence to avoid a dog; or the
Duke of Wellington with the mumps
or Daniel Webster abusing his wife be-
cause she hadn't tucked the covers in
at the foot of the bed I; or Benjamin
franklin pairing his corns with a razor
or Jonathan Edwards at the dinner
table, wanting to sneeze just as he got
his mouth full of hot beef or Noah
standing at his window throwing
bricks at cat.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-04-21
Smuggling Before the ReyO-
luton.

1t is most important and instructive
to diverge for moment at this point
from tracing the development of Ameri-
can manufactures, and briefly notice
the effect of the long-continued restric-
tive legislation OF Great Britain on
political and commercial morality. The
multitude of arbitrary laws enacted to
force the industry and commerce of the
colonies and the British people into
artificial and unnatural channels created
a multitude of new crimes (; and trans
actions which appeared necessary for
the general warfare, and were no way
repugnant to the moral sense of good
men, were forbidden by law under
heavy penalties. The colUnists became
thenceforth q nation of law-breakers.
were smugglers. One quarter of the
whole number of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence were bred
to commerce, TO the command of ships,
and the contraband trade. John Han
cock was the prince of contraband
traders, and, with John Adams as bis
counsel, was on trial before the Ad-
miralty Court in Boston at the exact
hour Of the shedding of blood at Lex
ington, to answer for half a million
dollars penalties alleged to have been
by him incurred as a smuggler. And
if good old Governor Jonathan Trum-
bull, of Connecticut Brother Jonathan)
did not walk in the same ways as his
brother patriot in Massachusetts,, then
tradition, if not record, has done him
very great injustice. There is also on
record letter Of Alexander Hamilton,
written in 177l, at the time he was in
mercantile business, giving instructions
to the master Of q vessel in his employ
how to avoid the customs regulations
on entering ports in the West Indies.
But men like Hancock and Trumbull
had been made to feel that government
was their enemy that it deprived them
of their natural rights; that in enacting
laws to restrain them from laboring
freely, and freely exchanging the fruits
of their labors, it at the same time
enacted the principle of slavery, and
that therefore every evasion of such
laws was gain to liberty. .-Harper's s
Magazine. ..-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-04-21
CuriOsfties Of WOOing.

In olden times it was the fashion for
q suitor to 60 down on his knees to q
lady, when he asked her to become his
wife-which, with very stout gentlemen,
was an uncomfortable proceeding. The
way in which Daniel Webster proposed
to Miss Fletcher was more modern,
being at the same time neat and poetic.
Like many other lovers, he was caught
holding q skein Of thread or wool,
which the lady had been unraveling.
"Grace !" said he, 1--WE have been un-
tying knots. Let us see If We cannot
tie one which will not unite in q life
time with q piece Of tape he FASH
ioned half q true lovers knot Miss
Fletcher perfected it; and q kiss put
the seal to the symbolical bargain.
Most men, when they pop" by writing,
are more straightforward and matter-of-
fact. Richard Steele wrote to the lady
of his heart "Dear Mrs. Scuriock y
(here was no misses in those days. 81
am tired of calling you by that name I;
therefore, say day when you will take
that of madam Your devoted humble
servant, Richard Steele" She fixed
the day accordingly, and Steeled her
name, instead Of her heart, to the
suitor. The celebrated preacher,
Whitefield, proposed marriage to 3
young lady in q very cool msnner-as
though Whitefield meant field of ice.
He addressed letter to her parents,
without consulting the maiden, in
which he said they need not be at az
afraid of offending him by a refusal, as
he thanked God he was quite free from
the passion called ''love !" OF course
the lady did not conclude that this
field, however white. was the field for
her. The well-known brothers, Jacob
and William Grimm, were exceedingly
attached to each other, and had no de-
sire to be married. But it was thought
proper by their friends that one of
them should become q husband and,
Jacob being the elder, it was agreed
that he should be the one to enter the
bonds of matrimony. A suitable lady
was found but Jacob declined to do
the courting- requesting William to
act as his agent. William consented
but soon found that he was in love,
and wanted the lady for himself. He
could not think, however, of depriving
his brother of such a treasure, and
knew not how to act. An aunt kindly
relieved him in his difficulty by telling
Jacob, who willingly resigned the dam
sci to his brother, and went out of the
way until she had been made Mrs.
William Grimm. A Scotch beadle was
the one who popped the question in
the grimmest manner. He took his
sweetheart into the graveyard, and,
showing her dark corner, said ::
"Msry my folks lie there. Would
You like to lie there, Mary?" Mary
was sensible lassie, and expressed her
willingness to obtain the right to be
buried near the beadle's relations by
uniting herself to him in wedlock. A
similar unromantic view of the subject
was taken by another Scotch maiden
Upon her lover remarking, 81 think I'll
marry thee Jean," she replied MAN
Jock would be muckle obleeged to
We if ye would.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-04-21
AI>CELIANY.
The Bottom Drawer.

/ saw my wife pull out the bottom
drawer of the old family bureau this
evening, and went softly out and
wandered up and down, until L knew
that she had shut it up and gone to her
sewing. We have some things laid away
in that drawer which the gold of kings
could not buy, and yet they are relics
which grieve us until both our hearts
are sore. / haven't dared look at them
for year, but remember eacn article.
There are two worn shoes, little chip
hat with part of the brim gone, some
stockings, pants, a coat, two or three
spools, bits of broken croekery, whip
aud several toys. Wife-poor thing
goes to that drawer every day of her
life ami prays over it, and let's her tears
fall upon the precious articles, but l
dare not go. Sometimes we speak OF
little Jack, but not often. 1t has been
a long time, but somehow we can't get
over grieving. He was such burst OF
sunshine into our lives, that his going
away WAS like covering our everyday
existence with pail. Sometimes, when
we sit alone of an evening, writing
and she sewing. child on the street
Will Gail OUT dS ouE DOf uStu vs. anu VIC
will both start up with beating hearts
and wild hope, only to find the darkness
more Of burden than ever. 1t is still
and quiet now. L looK up at the window
where his blue eyes used to sparkle at
my coming, but he is not there. /
listen for his psttering feet. his merry
shout and ringing laugh, but there is
no sound. There is no one to climb
upon my knees. no one to search my
pockets and tease for presents, and l
never find the chairs turned over, the
broom down, or ropes tied to the door
knobs. want some one to tease me
for my knife, to ride on my shoulder,
to lose my ak, to follow me to the gate
when go, and be there to meet me
when come, and to call 'good night"
from the little bed, now empty. And
wife, she misses him still more; there
are no little feet to wash, no prayers to
say, no voice teasing for Jumps of sugar
or sobbing with the pain of hurt toe ;
and she weuld give her own life, almost,
to awake at midnight and look across
at the crib and see our boy there as he
used to be. So We preserve our rehcs,
and when We are dead We hope that
strangers will handle them tenderly,
even if they shed no tears over them.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-04-21
How they Catch Mustangs.

The editor of the Pleasanton Stock
Journal gives the modus operandi of
capturing Wild horses in Texas, which
will no doubt prove instructive TO
many. 1t will be perceived that all
the popular notions in which the lasso
and fieet-footed charger play an i'm
pOrtant part, have little foundation in
reality.
As soon as herd Of horses is discov-
cred. the party af hunters divide, one
portion striking camp while the Others
set off in pursuit Of the herd. The
frightened animals go bounding across
the prairie through the prickly pear
and dense chapparel, leaving a trail
which the hunters steadily pursue at
an easy gait until they come in sight of
the herd which scampers of as before.
These tactics are kept up by pursuers
and pursued for days. the mustangs
returning to their first starting point
which they are sure to do-when the
camping party takes the place of the
tired pursuers, and thus follow the
herd until the poor, wearied, and half
starved creatures, with swollen and
bloodshot eyes, give up the struggle
and submit to be driven anywhere.
The object of the hunters has been
merely to keep close enough TO the
mustangs to prevent them from graz
ing. Starvation soon brings them to
terms, and the prairie monarch, with
dropping crest and detected look,
leaves his native wilds henceforth TO
become the slave of man. This is what
hunters call walking mustangs down. y
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-04-21
Commodore Vanderbilt's Keen
Discerumeut.

One day, before Cornelius Wander
bilt obtained possession of the Hudson
River Railway, he was travelling, it is
said from here to Albany, and, consid-
ering himself privileged character,
went into the baggage car to smoke.
He had been enjoying his cigar but two
or three minutes when the conductor
came along, and informed him politely
that he must not smoke there. Van
derbilt said that it did not make any
difference-that it was all right, &C.,
but the conductor was of q different
opinion, declaring that it was contrary
to the rules of the road.
"You don't know me-" said the
smoker. my name is Vanderbilt. /
am sometimes called Commodore. 1
generally do about as please"
'T don't know, nor do 1 care who
you are Mr.. Vanderbilt. 1 intend to
obey the rules. If you were ten times
a Commodore 1 could not permit you
to smoke here, and you must 20 else
where to finish your cigar" esal
The loyalty to duty displayed by the
conductor pleased the ancient Corne-
lius, and he went out, though not be-
fore he had said to the conductor /:
"You are right kind of a man for
your place. You don't respect persons.
1 think of buying this road, and if /
do. you can stay on it as long as you
like"
Vanderbilt did buy the road and re-
tanned he conductor. He frequently
remarked that that man could be trus-
ted that he was never mistaken in
Judging of character and that he knew
from the first that the conductor was
sound.
The conductor stayed on the road
for five years, and in that time, as the
story goes, stole himself into q pecu-
MARY independence. 'Ti-t
So much for Vanderbilt's knowledge
of character. Evidently the conductor
knew Vanderbilt better than Wander
bilt knew the conductor.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-04-21
Dictionaries.

The earliest dictionary of which any
record remains is one in the Chinese
language, compiled by Pa-out-she,
about B. @. HOO. Marcus Terentins
Varro-who fourished b. @. 116-2S,
was one of the first classic authors who
turned his attention to photography /;
but the most celebrated dictionary of
antiquity is the Onomasticon of Julius
Pollux, which was completed early in
the third century. The earliest Latin
dictionary of modern times was pub
lished by John BalDi, of Genoa, in
1850, but that OF Calepio, published in
1902, is much superior. Sebastian
MINISTER'S Chalde Dictionary appeared
in 1927; Pagninus' Lexicon of the
Hebrew language in 1929; Robert
Stephens Thesaurus in 1885 Erpenius'
Arabic Dictionary in 1913; Shindlers'
Lexicon Pantagiottum in 1872; Ed
mund Castelrs Lexicon Heptaglotton
IN 1869; and Phillips New World OF
Words in 1858. Moreri published his
Biographical, Historical, and Geogra-
phical Dictionary in 1913, Elisha Coles
English Dictionary appeared in 1917,
and Bayle's Historical and Critical Die
tionary, and the Dictionary of the
French Academy in 1894. DR.. Johnson's s
English Dictionary was completed in
May, 1755. Walkers Dictionary ap-
peared in 1871, and Francis Crosses
Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue in
17S5.
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