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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-25
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OFFICE HOURS.
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cents. HORACE II. HAMLEN, +. M.
April, 1875.
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This Bank is not required to max e

This Bank Is not required to make
returns to Assessors.
Deposits made or before the l0h day of any
month wiU be dated back to the first day Of the
same month.
On First Monday in May and November OF each
year q dividend will be made on all deposits stand
ing at those dates, which have been deposit one
full month.
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taxed to depositors hereafter.
Dividends soon as declared are added to the
principal, thus compromising the interest every six
months.
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Bank Book as security.
Office In Freemans Bank Building.
+. II. ADAMS, Treasurer.
W. +. HALLETT, President.
Augusta, Jan. %, 1878. jan29-t&wtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-25
FOUND At LAST j.!

just what the public have long desired to have
perfect HAIR RESTORER ,cithOa Lead, Sulphur
or any other Poisonous Substance Such is DIR.
REVIVER 1t not only restores the hair better
than any other Preparation but cures all Diseases
of the Scalp, all Burning of the Head, and Eradi.
Gates all Seurf and Dandrufl, stops the hair from
falling and promotes its growth 1t has been ana
lyzed by The best Chemists in the country and pro-
nouncea free from all Mineral Poisons other in
gradients deleterious to health and is safe to be
used by persons of the most delicate constitutions.
lt is medicine that never fails. For testimonials
and references, call on our agents Augusta, Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-25
SANFORO'S
JAMAICA
GINGER

Taken in full doses on retiring for the night, it.
will be found to exert the most powerful influence
the organs of circulation and perspiration. Per
spiration flows from every part of the body glow
OF heat extends from head to foot, every muscle and
fibre is relaxed, and in state Of the most crafty
ing repose, while pain, soreness of the bones and
muscles disappear, and the poor sufferer. in state
Of mind ut once composed and happy, sinks into
refreshing sleep, lasting until morning. from which
he awakens a new man. mild dose before break.
fast and another before going out for the day. will
L. ia tai in urlaorn oil
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-25
an APPEAL TO THE BENEVOLENT.
Books for the Industrial School.

If there was ever an Institution erected for the
public veal and worthy of the moral sympathies oil
the benevolent and the good, such must be regard
ed the home which has been established at HALO
WE'LL for the protection and education of class Of
helpless girls, from eight to fifteen years OF age.
The state and the lberality OF few individuals
have reared the buildings, furnished ill., and put the
school in operation. Il small library Of BOOKS IS
needed for the children and officers of the lnstiiu
ton. Not sectarian books, but truly christian vol
umes, history, biograI by, and other works. suited
the age and mental condition ofthe children are
ded. To this end the undersigned make this
peal to the benevolent. soliciting them 10 sehd
uch books as they can spare, or small cash DO
nation for the purchase Of books, to Henry X Bak-
er, Hallowell. They will be placed at once in the
schoolroom, where an appropriate has been
proyided to receive them. Shall the children and
officers of the school speedily be gladdened with
the sight of the desired volumes.
JUN HaHsG l. s sTEHEss HAf sef1f sSs lsdSss1s
SIMON PAGE, School Tor Uiris.
Hallowell, June 2, 1875.
nxNewspapers in the State requested to cory.
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VOL. vi.
Aennfbft Jonrnal.

Published at AUGUSTA, MAINE, Water Street.
cot of Court by SPRAGUE, OWEN 4 NASH.
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NOUA I'D DOUNU
To sell more Fancy Goods this year than ever
before, and in order to de so he has REDUCED his
prices on many articles. Come and buy at our
reduced prices.
Ladies Ruches, reduced to cts
Nice Toilet Soaps reduced from 10 to 5 cts.
Mems Cotton Socks reduced TO cts.
Ladies' Striped Shawls reduced to 30 cts.
Ladies White Hose, cents pair.
Sanford's Radical Cure for Catarrh cheap
Hagan's Magnolia Balm, so cents bottle.
Kennedy's Medical Discovery sl;l5 only.
Ayers Hair vigor, 65 cents bottle.
New Lot Kid Gloves, so cents pair
One Dozen Tea Napkins for 50 cents.
fa Anodyne nment eens save - Cts
Schenck's Mandrake Pills. 20. Holloways Pills 20.
Ayers Pills, 20 cents. Wings Pills, 20 cent?.
All the leading Patent Medicines
Cheap.
Elmwood Collars for 25 cents box.
Ladies' Neck Ties and Ruchings Very Low.1
VERY NICE "A BONE Corsets for 10 cents.
All our Hamburg Edgngs at Cost.
Pair Ladies Cotton and Wool Hose for 25 cts.
Largest Skeins Blue Mixed Woolen Yarn 25 cts.
Large Stock of Gents Woolen Shirts Very Cheap.
Mems All Wool Double Heeled Hose, As cts. pair.
New Lot of Linen Towels for cents.
Another Lot of Linen Table Covers for 40 cts.
Good Elastic Cord, only cent yard
Ladies Handkerchiefs, Full sized, for 25 cts.
Atwood's Vegetable Jaundice Bitters, 25 cents.
Vinegar Bitters 20 cts. Plantation Blters 20 cts.
Very Good Towels for cents t;.;a each; o
Black Walnut Work Boxes for % cents.
ee Siee S%siisy : Not. Paper, 10 ''"'' q"'0
New style Tinted Initial Note Paper. 20 cts.
box.
French Corsets (Best we ever hatl) for so cts.
New Lot of Leather Belts good ones, for rs cents.
Gents Linen Bosoms from II TO 81 cents.
Cents Hemmed Linen Hd'fs from 20 to so cents.
IL Cakes Honey or Glycerine Soap for as
Cents Overshirls from 50 cts. to e. 90 eacn.
Linen Table Covers for 40 cents and up.
Good Hoop Skirts for 30 cents.
Gents Neck Ties and Suspenders cheap.
Good Pins cents. Good Fine Combs cents
Ladies' Bustles for rs cents each.
Twelve doz. Agate Shirt Buttons for cents.
Clarks Best Machine Cottons q cents spool.
Best l0Oyards Machine Spool Silk 10 cents spool.
Children's Round Rubber Combs cents.
Hoyt's German Cologne only 20 cents.
Nice Large Linen Towels lor % cents.
oUAKER OF % %BfTTERs 'tIe oNLY oYs 20 o CENTS.
Adamson's Cough Balsam, % cents.
Nice Highly Perlumed Hair Oil % "
Ayers and Cherry Pectoral each 65 cts.
Peruvian Syrup preparation OF Iron) e5 cts.
Remember we keep Ladies' and Gents Furnish.
ing Goods, Patent Medicines and Fancy Goods,
Shirts and Drawers, Overshilts, Cardigan Jackets,
Towels, Table Covers Napkins. Toys, Vases, Back.
CANNON Boards, &C.. and sell AT PRICES THAT
COOKS CHEAP STORE,
HALLOWELL, ME.
anl9.tT&F&w Two Doors Above Post Onice.
Flowers! Flowers!
Ihave received an assortment OF nice
Geraniums, Ivys, Mahinias, Fus-
chias, Heliotropes, Roses, Pinks,
Scianthus, &C., &C.,
shall have
verbenas, Pansies, Asters, &C.,
about the 18th.
n. A. B. CHANDLER,
Market Square.
May IL. .s15.
Powdered White Hellebore,
For the destruction Of Currant Worms.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-21
A Boys Thrilling Ride.

Yesterday afternoon when the west
bound freight train halted at Centralia
several little boys, as Is usual at that place,
began TO amuse themselves by playing
"hide and go seek" under the cars. One
little fellow, Alvin Miller by name, and
only four and half years Of age, think
ing TO hide more securely than the others,
climbed upon the brake bar of one of the
cars, and while in this position the train
Unexpectedly pulled out. The frantic
screams of the little fellow as he realized
his perilous situation attracted the atten-
ton of all who happened to be near at
hand, but, unfortunately, the train had
started out under full head of steam,
with orders TO reach Moberly without
stopping, and nothing could be done.
Some one Immediately telegraphed to the
nearest telegraph station, Sturgeon, but
the operator being out, telegram was
sent to Renick TO have the train stopped.
Arriving there, the officers Of the train
made search, but the boy was missing.
The anxious crowd at Centralia, receiving
this information, at once dispatched q
hand.car to search for the mangled re-
mains Of the boy, for ii was natural in
ference that he had been crushed in the
fall from the swiftly.moving train. The
party traversed twelve long and weary
miles of road, carefully scrutinizing every
inch, In momentary expectation of finding
the boys bleeding body. But, strange TO
relate, they found him at house near the
railroad. four miles west of Sturgeon,
badly bruised, his head cut and back
scratched, but still alive. The brave little
fellow had ridden that distance as.ride the
brake-bar, clinging TO 1t with the grip of
death, until, his hat falling of, he made a
grab to catch IL, which loosened his hold,
and he fell off and eight cars passed over
him. He got up and walked back a mile
and half TO house, where he was kind
ly cared for and physician called In.
He was taken back to Centralia and is
doing well, and viii! in day or two prob
ably be out again.
He, it seems, is an adopted son of Mr.
James Felps, of Centralia, and undoubted-
ly is little fellow Of remarkable nerve.
Few men who have lived three-score and
ten can claim such dangerous experience
--Colunsbta (IH) Herald.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-21
The London Human-Hair Market.

For one prime natural product the
emissaries of fashion must go to Mincing
Lane. Judging from the quantities in
which 1t is imported this article must be
in considerable demand. The lot with
which We are more Immediately concerned
is lying in Cross Lane, and weighs some
5000 pounds-a tolerably large consign-
ment of an article which is-well-not
necessary, perhaps, but apparently finds
customers enough. 1t is human hair. The
great bulk of it comes from China, is
black as coal and coarse as cOcoa-nut
fiber, but of magnificent length Many a
Chinese head has been shorn to produce
these tons or material, to be sold in lots of
two cases (of about 400 pounds each), and
expected TO realize about half crown a
pound in this wholesale transaction.
Skilled experts are weighing and feeling
the long tresses, but soon leave them 10 in
vestigate the various shades and qualities
of one bale of choice European, worth
ten or eleven times as much as the Chi
nese. Whence comes this? From Ger
many mainly-from Russia and from
France sometimes. Here lies heap of
samples culled from this valuable bale,
with the weights Of each color care
fully attached. With what variety and
richness of hues glow these long, fine
] silk tresses; ranging from the deepest
brown, through every shade of ruddy
auburn and sunny chestnut, to the purest
gold and fairest flaxen. What
monument of selfabnegation is here what
q picture of self-sacrifice! for when woman
parts with her hair she performs an act far
more trying than when she parts with her
jewels That maiden must be poor in
deed who parts with her browning charm
for few shillings. Legends to the con-
trary notwithstanding, how can she get
more than pitiful sum, when choice
bale, after passing through the hands of
the shearer, the local merchant, and the
importer, and paying cost of transport,
will fetch no more than even-andtwenty
shillings per pound? The blond madchen
whose superb tresses hold in my hand
did not | apprehend, get much for them;
perhaps few forms; little enough, ac-
cording to our estimate of money, but yet
sufficient to keep the wolf from her
mothers door for little space. But this
silken crown, which brought its original
owner so little, must pass through many
hands before it adorns the still handsome
head Of Lady Barepoles, who is not quite
the woman she was when Barepoles be-
came the captive of her bow and spear in
her first season-but is yet leader OF
fashion All tho Year Round.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-21
General News Summary.
vuon WASHINGTON.

Tux United States supreme Court has ce-
e,asd 10 the appealed e.. Louis Minor case,
,bs, the new amendments 70 the sationAi
T,nu,tttutgon do not confer the right OF sui
srsye upoa any one, and that the Conststu-
lions and laws Of The several States WHICH
roofpe that right TO men alone are ncs sc'oss-
ssrily void.
ggsAse<. PEAsE and q. =. Atty. Wells,
Of Mississippi and the Attorney .s'cnerA o
chs. state cassssd on Atty. Cen fFereFont In
washington Oh the 9th and assurcd aim thai
there wa no interference ~ tbs 6ensral
Government In Mississippi TIE result would
DC the redemption Of the State from man,
serious difficulties now erhang.
WsssrsoTos telegrsxs u the i2sb states
tina. the Attorney Genera vas Ia daily re-
GENT, az adylces from Mississippi Gov. Ame'
wss ayerse 10 srrning tsse citizens Of the stat
for their own protection Tor the reason that .
would produce great excitement. Every
thing was reported euset
Az official statement Of the number o
Grain and molasses distilieries 10 operation
90 the LIST inst. and their daily eapsc'tle'
shows the number q distilieries 10 be 10
with a total daily spiritproducing capaeit,
of ls9, ss3 gallons, an increase over septem
Der OF forty.6ve distiiIeries, and lS,s74 gallons
daily.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-21

Much IL said conteinptuously OF mem
oriter recitations. A child is given
lesson and he is expected on the next day,
or AZ the next hour. TO give not the matter
OF the .csson, but learned disquisiiinn %
the same subject, or at least skliiiui
paraphrase of the text.
THIS Is all very well in theory, but no"
In II in nracfices- Time was when tha
teacher. with book in hand, watched ana
even poiuted to each word as u was
spoken bv the pupil But in Trying 70
shake off the chains OF that teALDook
slavery we have made ourselves iitile
ridiculous by compelling little children,
or attempting TO compel them, to handle
written discourse with the skill OF arr ana
judgment OF maturity.
some faithfulness to the author in hand
Is not amiss in recitation. This dlsre-
gard Of the authors words encouraged by
so many practical schoolmasters has
brought about q looseness and inaccuracy
of expression, and consequently cloudi-
ness of thought, that Is as much to be de-
plored as the parrotlike performances Of
the older method.
Moreover, one of the chief objects OF
education Is TO cultivate the memory, and
not only memory, but an eract memory.
Nature, by unmistakable signs, has indi-
Gated that early youth il the time in
winch this should be done. But how can
1t be done If the only method at hand, tie
learning Of paragraphs by heart, be studi-
ously and persisientIy discouragedg
There is q time for all things and .
place for all things, even for the practice
Of committing printed matter to memory.
The only direction TO be needed is that it
be done intelligently, with q fair under
standing Of the meaning Of the language
so memorized. This mag easily he done
by the teachers asking the definition of
some particular words, or q paraphrase OF
the more complex passages.
Language memorizec gives fuency, an
accomplishment in which Americans do
not excel The practice OF considering
everything deliberately, OF attempting TO
rccitc matter imperfectly learned, OF put
ting mem6ry's burden on the back OF
reasoning, which prevails in our schools
and colleges, has resulted in our public
speakers being guilty of disgrsceful
drawing, repetition and hesitation, tor
which the more disgraceful written dis
course is the usual remedy. Your ready,
fluent, graceful, extemporaneous speakers
are really those VINO, in youth, trained
their memory, in spite of the sneers Of the
schoolmasters and the laxity of the
schools. Say what you may, grace and
tiuency in delivery, pointed paragraphs,
rounded periods and, better than all, the
trick of stopping when one is done can
be attained only by training the memory
for ready recitation at school. The very
etymologv of the word re-cite shows what
a recitation should be.-Natioraal Teachers
MonthIli
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-21
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

"A wonderful story IL told Of the es.
cape from drowning of an old negro
woman at indianola, Tex, during the
late cyclone and food. This ancient col
orcd dame, who weighed full 200 pounds,
was the lucky possessor Of well-fllcd
feather bed when the water invaded her
premises she launched the bed, placed
herself In the middle Of 1t and was floated
10 place Of safety.
Henry w. Grelee, professional diver
Of Lowell, Mass, while going under a
humc few days since in twelve feet Of
water was forced by swift current under
projecting timber and the pipe through
which he received air became twisted so
that his supply was cut off. He gave the
alarm, but il was impossible to draw him
out; and before another diver could rem
der aid he was dead.
james Burns was an astonished boy
when something came whizzing down
from the sky upon the grass near his
fathers cider MILL and more SO when IL
turned out TO be q live two and three
quarters pounds black bass. Landlord
Plumb cooked IL and lots of the village
people pronounced II very good. The
theory Is that a fisbhawk captured the
game in the Stockbridge (Mass.) brook,
three miles away.
"A man in Willamsburgh, Pa, the
other day was engaged In carrying hod
Mt new brick building in course OF cree
ton on one of the streets of that city
when he accidentally fell from the scat
folding TO fhe ground, distance OF TWEEN.
ty.fve feet He had Just unloadcd hod
full OF brick and had the hod turned over
and was In the act OF sitting down on 1t
when II tipped over, causing him to turn
q complete somersault. In his descent
he struck board fence, breaking 1t 10 the
ground. Strange TO say he was not In.
jured. Large drops OF perspiration were
observed standing out on his forehead as
he arose from the ground He was evil
IDENTIFY more scared than hurt, as he fin.
ished the balance of the days labor. The
fence was a complete wreck.
The other day at Remington, Ohio,
Carrie Dawson, employed in paper-mill,
while standing near revolving shan was
caught by her hair and the scalp torn
nom her head, stripping the skin from
the back Of her neck To the eyebrows
Considerable time elapsed before medical
aid reached her, and Il was not deemed
advisable 10 attempt TO restore the liieless
scalp 10 its former place. Next day Il
physician commenced the restoration of
the skin TO the wounded girls head by
taking small pieces of scalp from the head
OF her sister, who gave herself freely for
her injured sisters relief, while another
lady offered skin from her own shoulder
10 supply what was needed for the fore
head. Supplies sufficient 10 start a growth
Of membrane were taken from each OF
these ladies, and while Miss Dawson's
condition was dangerous her physician
entertained considerable hope OF her re-
covery and of the success of his effort 10
cover her head with new skin.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-21

Lxr-rxs frosn the Archie expedition were
received a roraan on the Eth Do Tie 9th
.rs ..h e August The vcyayers ~ere u Way
rars s.-aEts--all veil-
AusKsLEsz dSei with swords was fought
Al S-sEnet. near Paris, on the feth, between
= craple os Americans NAMED hsggs and
psre' The latter was sllghtiy wounded
arELyGgax from Shanghai 70 the London
rx..s. OF the l4th says the aspect Of affairs At
reEin was mcse satisfactory
A ROME dispatch 81 the 18th says Italy
would be represented q. the American Cen
tenniai, after all
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-21

COLUMBUS was a mild, sweet-disposi-
toned, but exceedingly thoughtful boy, as
remember him at school. When we
boys were out playing he would sit and
weep for hours over the incompleteness of
the maps of the period. He felt as though
something was wanting. He wasn't salts
fed with three quarters of the globe, such
as was employed in the schools at that
time. He pinned for the other quarter. /
recollect his borrowing quarter of me on
two or three occasions. He used TO tell US
we were a continent out somewhere, and
that when he got big enough he meant TO
run away from home, go on the canal and
discover it; but we only laughed at him,
little thinking that he would yet give his
name to the State capital Of Ohio. / lost
all traces Of Christopher until years after
ward, when the telegraph brought the an
nouncement of his having discovered
America, which, up to that time, had sue
cessfully eluded the most persistent efforts
OF our best discoveries. Montana Nens.