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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-09-08

ton and Concord, calling you as with the sound
of Sabbath bells to better purposes, to more I'M
selfish effort to purpose and an effort worthy of
this centennial time. Shall not this plea avail
with you
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II weuld prefer to 20 into this war, If
knew was 70 die, or be killed In the
course III, rather than i've through and
amer Il Wit out taking any part In it,"
f Rutherford h. Hdyes, in 1861.
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s'fhis war Is q perfect outrage. and
will lend no assistance 10 it, pros scV ion.
Samuel j. IHden.
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Music by the Augusta Band.
Republican Mass Meetings.


Gov. sELDEN CONNOR, Cot. ROBERT G..
INGERSOLL of Illinois, and Iio.s. JAMES G.
BLAINE will speak as follows:
Biddeford, Friday, Sept ., 2 r. Nj.
Gov. MOVES viii speak as follows: -,
Cherryfeld, Friday, Sept. Sth
Ellsworth, Saturday, Sept. 9th
H0x. SETH l.. MILLIKEN will speak as fol-
Chery6eld, Friday, Sept 8, 2. NJ.
Ellsworth, Saturday, :"
Hon. A. G. LEBROKE will speak as follows:
Bryant's Pond, Friday, Sept. 8, 2 T. NJ.
Gov. SIDNEY PERHAM and CHARLES G.
FALL Of Boston, will speak as follows:
New Sharon, Friday, p. NJ, Sept S
HON. JOHN A. KAsSON of Iowa, will speak
Thomaston, Friday evening, Sept. s
GEN. JAMES A. GARFIELD of Ohio. will
Fort Fairfield, Friday, Sept. S
HHos. L. o. PRATT, of Iowa, will speak at
Stockton, Friday, Sept.
Montviile, Saturday, "
GEN. JAMES A. HALL will speak in skow
hogan, Friday evening, Sept. 9Th, at 7.30 o'clock
REPUBLICAN MEETINGS IN KEN.
NEBEC.
ORvILLE d. BAKER will speak at
Pittston Village, Friday Sept. S,-evenna
Clinton Village, Saturday, Sept. 9, evening
HoN. E. F. WEBB and Nix. HOWARD OWEN
will speak At
North Monmouth, Friday evening. Sept. s. {. a
o'clock.
Manchester, Saturday evening, Sept. OH, at 7.3
o'clock. t
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Ladies, Take Notice /!
Notice to Voters.
srATE OF MAINE. COUNTY OF KENNEprc,

STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF kENNEBEC, SIS.
CITY CLERKS OFFICE,
Augusta Sept. list, 1876.
To the inhabitants Of the city of Augusta, quail
fed according to law to vote for State and County
officers
You are hereby notified to assemble at your re-
spectve ward rooms on Mondly, Sept. llth. A. ID.
1876, at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ. then and there to give in
your votes for the following officers, namely:
For Governor. Two Senators Tor the Seventh Sem
atora District, two Represent ,tives to represent
the city in the Legislature of the State, County
Treasurer, County Commissioner, County Attor-
ney, Judge of Probate, Register of Probate, Sheriff,
Repre- entative to Congress for the Third Congress
siona District, to supply vacancy. Also 8eprcsen-
tatve to Congress tor said district ior the next
Congressional term,
The polls will bc.coscd at o'c,ock in the after
The Board of Aldermen of sad city will be in
open session at ther 'om on Thurstay and FRI
day next preceding said day of election from ten
O'Clock to twelve O'Clock ia the forenoon, aud on
Saturday from ten O'Clock to twelve O'Clock in the
forenoon, and from two O'Clock to four O'Clock in
the afternoon, for the purpose of correcting the list
voters in aud for the several wards and receiving
evidence of the qualification of voters whose names
are not said lists.
II. W. BLACK, City Clerk.
Getty papers please copy.)
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$500 REWARD.

The above reward will be paid for information
which shall procure the conviction Of any person
guilty of setting an incendary fire during the
present municipal year, either previous or subse
quent to this date.
CHAS. Z. NASH, Mayor.
Augusta, April, 8, 1876. apr4t&wu
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Special Notices.
Renne's Magic Oil.

Used outward or inward it never does harm,
AS sure you're faithful, "It works like a charm"
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Spirit of the White Line Press.
GLORIOUS STATE RIGHTS.
Columbus Miss Democrat, Aug. %,

Columbus (Miss.) Democrat Aug. %, 1876.
A bold, clear, unequivocal avowal of the doc
trne of State Rights, held by the fathers of de-
mocracy, would be peculiarly opportune at this
time, when the Radical conspirators, through Bout
well in his Mississippi report, avow the atrocious
doctrine that the Central Government can deprive
State of its Statehood and convert it into ter
ritory or proviuce-not one OF the sutjugated
States only but any State when the circumstances,
in the wisdom Of Congress, may require it.
We do not distrust the action of the democrat c
party in the matter of State Rights, should it
come into power. 1t might fail to repeal the laws
that are fragrant usurpations of powers belong
ing 10 the States, for fear of disturbing "the fruits
of the war;, but the history of the last ten years
affords guaranty that there would be no new
usurpahons.
But more than in his supporters at large, we
can contde in Mr.. Tilden in the matter Of State
Rights. He was brought up in the school of State
Rghts-as 1t were a, the very feet Of Gsmaliel.
"sPIT UPON ri"
Okolona (Miss) States, August 25, 1876.
We have done nothing, as people, for which
we have to reproach ourselves. Then away with
the degrading and ruinous policy of conservatism,
by which We tactiy admit that we were wrong,
and the North right in the recent war.
dpoy NTH IL zoe say. II Is a Islander upon the
dad who died for US. II is a stigma upon eyery
struggle for liberty. Do,on Nth i'll spit upon ii !
trample IL Under foot! and brand nth shame its
base, unwortAy offenders.
AssAssISs HAVE NO SHAME.
Jackson (Miss.l Clarion, August g. 1876.
There is nothing connected with the canvass of
1870 OF which the Conservative democracy of Miss
issippi need be ashamed. They met the radical
cohorts on their own ground and routed them
horse foot and dragons. They drove them from
power throughout the entire State. What then
did IN the last caurdss acould be gratifed TO see
them do an this. Uhat be treason, make the most
ofi
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Nasty.

A DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR CONGRESS Con-
FERs WITH THE CITIZENS OF THE CORNERS,
AND ELECTS THEIR VIEWS UPON THE SUBJECT
OF REFORM.
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REPUBLICAN MEETINGS IN KEN
NEREC.

ORVIIsLE ID. BAKER will speak at
Pittston Village, Friday Sept. S,-evening
Clinton Village, Saturday, Sept. 9, evening
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CEN JAMES A. HALL will speak in Skow
hogan, Friday evening, Sept Sth, at 100 o'clock
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-03-24

Chinese women are not remarkable
for their love Of children, and think il
quite proper that blind babies should
be killed, making no more fuss ubout
il than if the victim were n kitten.
Several years since a little girl was
sick with smallpox. and when she got
well it was found that her eye-sight was
gone. This was hard, but even her
own mother said that she ought to be
killed; that rs she was blind she could
not be taught to cook, sew and keep a
house in order, so that when she grew
up no man would marry her, and her
parents would have to support her al
ways. Day by day the hard-hcarted
woman talked in this manner to her
husband until he consented to get rid
Of the child. lie called the little
thing to him one day, and taking her
by the hand, led her toward pine
thicket ON hill at some distance from
her home. Incredible us it may seem,
he intended to leave her in this thicket
to be eaten by wolves or die Of s'arva-
ton. As they walked along, how
ever, he began to think how cruel it
was to thus treat his child, and at last
he turned back home and told the
mother that he had rather work harder
and keep the little one. She did not
like it much, but had to submit. The
girl il now fifteen, and has learned to
do so many things there will be no
trouble in getting her husband, and
the parents will not have to work for
her much longer.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-03-24

The dairy interest is an immense
one in the United States. The annual
butter crop amounts to the neighbor-
hood of $500, 100000. Add to this
the price paid for milk and the sum
realized from cheese, and We will have
an aggregate which is startling. An
interest so vast should not be neglect
cd. The consumption Of butter in
creases with the improvement of the
dairy COW. The finer the quality Of
the butter, the better il is relished, and
the more Of it is eaten. The man
who labors to improve the dairy and
animal deserves the armcst gratitude.
We would not say word to discour-
age him. The high priced in and in
bred short-horns are not good mixers.
They cannot claim the supremacy in
this field. Grade short-horns yield
more in the dairy than the types. To
establish grades we must resort to the
higher types; not to fifteen thousand
dollar bulls and thirty thousand dollar
COWS, but to animals Of less fancy
value and of more constitution. In
breeding for the butchers block or the
dairy ideal strains are not wanted. In
each case we seek for the best and
largest producer at the least expense.
II is not somewhat strange that nobody
ever thought of protecting" an Amer
lean interest so vast as that Of the
dairy? We protect" iron, and the
Lord only knows what not. and leave
the butter maker and cheese manu-.
facturer to fight out the battle alone in
the face of foreign competition. Why
should such things be?-[ Turf, Field
and Farm.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-03-24
Esofissss.

There arc two kinds Of egotism
personal, the other national. They
NAV both be traced to inor,linatc sell
fishness, and should, therefore, he
highly offensive 10 refined society. The
national selfcomplacency Of the Amer
lean includes exaggerated expressions
Of his country's greatness and we hear
him cxclaim-"The ablest, shrewdest
and most magnanilnous statesmen
1.-THE greatest railroads-only beaut:-
full girls, largest rivers" &c, &c.
Such expressions as these, while often
untrue, accustom the public mind to
gross misrepresentation and unfoundcd
assertion, and are an evident breech Of
good manners, for vain-glorious boast-
ing is poor evidence Of culture, judg-
ment or refinement. Vcracity, as
well as good breeding, usually assumes
the tone of moderation. To be salts
fed with ones self, and to insist upon
perfection in ones friends, and ac-
knowledge no faults in ones country,
are evidences of an unbalanced mind,
or a want Of healthy training. For
the Office of true man and true
friend, is to frankly acknowledge the
faults Of his neigh5ors and country
men and seek to remedy them. This
often unpleasant and unthankful task
is made difficult where the press, the
schools, and our public speakers are
ever inculcating an egotism-a self
complacent laulation of exoellency.
As the sublime borders upon the
ridiculous" SO a high excess Of over
praise is apt to nauseate and disgust
and render a burlcsque Of what was
designed rs a commentator.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-03-24

The following is recommended by .
German journal: Make liquid paste
with good fine wheat starch and cold
water, and then stir in boiling water
until stiff paste is formed, and imme-
diately add white wax, or stearin. say
about one ounce OF wax to pound Of
starch (the exact proportions, however,
in any case can only be determined by
experienced If it is desirable that
the linen should be very stiff, powder
ed gum. arabic may lie added to the
cold water with which the starch is
mixed. The strained starch should be
thoroughly rubbed into the articles
after they have been well wrung out,
after which they should then be placed
between dry cloths aud passed through
the mangle, and then rubbed on an
ironing board in one direction with a
soft rag, to distribute any Jumps Of
starch. Collars, &c. should be ironed
dry with hot iron and considerable
pressure. The sticking Of the iron
may be prevented by drawing it while
hot over wax, and wiping it with a
rag dipped in salt.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-03-24

On no account buy brown, damp
sugar when at little more expense you
can procure the refined article. The
sugar insect, which infests unrefned
sugar, is first cousin 10 the itch insect.
The first named little creature burrows
beneath the skin, and causes what is
known as grocers' itch, a malady af-
fecting only the hands and wrists of
those who handle raw sugars. II a
spoonful Of raw sugar be dissolved in
a wineglass full of water the animal
cules will come to the surface, where
they will appear like white specks
swimming about vigorously. These
insects are never found in refined SUI
gar. Crude, raw sugar, infested with
these creatures, is not onl y detrimental
to health, but is also the least econom-
zeal to use. In buying refined sugar
you pay for pure sugar-crystals only;
in buying coarse brown sugar you pay
for animalcules, molasses, water. aud
all sorts of filth. One who has seen
the residium from the filters in a sugar
refinery will never use any but refined
sugar. This residium resembl the
black filth of street gutter more
than any other substance.
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Something to Set lis ThinkiHg.

Ninety years hence not a single man
or woman now twenty of age will he
alive. Ninety years! Alas! how
many lively actors, at present on the
stage of life, will make their exit long
ere ninety years shall have rolled away!
And could We be sure Of ninety years,
what are they? "a tale that is told !
a dream. an empty sound, that passeth
on the wings of the wind away aud is
forgotten. Years shorten as man all
vanceth in age. Like the degrees in
longitude, mans life declines as he
travels toward the frozen pole, until it
dwindlcs to point and vanishes for
ever. Is it possible that life is of SO
short duration? win ninety years
erase all the golden names over the
doors in town and country, and sub-ti'
tute others in their stead? Will all
the new blooming beauties fade and
disappear, all the pride asd fashion,
the love. hope and joy pass away and
be forgotten
"Ninety years" says Death; "do
you think | shall wait ninety years !
Behold. to-day and tomorrow, and
every day are mine. When ninety
years are past, this generation will
have mingled with the dust and he re-
membered not. !"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-03-24

There is economy in giving the chill
dren good education. We know too
little of the ways and the wherefores
connected with our calling en- the farm,
in the shop, and in the store. We
work too much in the dark. To get
the best possible results from our land
and fertilizers, from what We do day
by day, anywhere and everywhere,
how important that we should under.
stand their constituents and their
adaptability to certain crops. As soon
as by improved intellectual power we
begin to discover and apply the laws
Of nature, a vast accession is made to
the power Of human productiveness.
II this he SO. We see how groundless is
the opinion that education and science
are without practical benefit, and that
students are only useless burden on
the community. since it is knowledge
aud its application which has given us
all the advantages which we posses over
the ignorant savage.
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a DesiOhsSss L~sewd.

There Is beautiful legend connect
cd with the site on which the Temple
Of Solomon was erected. II Is said to
have been occupied in common by two
brothers, one Of whom had a family,
but the other had none. On the spot
was a field Of wheat. On the evening
succeeding the harvest, the wheat hav.
ing been gathered in shocks, the elder
brother said to his wife
MY younger brother is unable to
bear the burden and heat Of the day.
| viii arise, take Of my shocks, and
place them with his, without his
knowlelge."
The younger brother, being actuatcd
by the same benevolent motives. said
10 himself
my elder brother has family and
| have none. will contribute to thei-
support. I will arise, take of my
shocks, and place them with his, with
out his knowledge"
Judge Of their establishment when,
on the following morning, they found
that their respective shocks we're undi-
miaished. This course Of events trans
pred for several nights, when each re-
solved in his own mind to stand guard,
and. il possible. solve the mystery.
They did go, and. on the following
night, they met each other half way
between their respective shocks, with
their arms full.
Upon ground ballowed by such as
sociations is this, was the Temple oI
Solomon built-so spacious, so mag
nificent, the wonder and admiration o.
the world. Alas! in these days, how
many would sooner steal theii brother
whole shock than add to it single
sheafi
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-03-24

Few men have expressed in more
exquisite language than Macauley the
affection which every good man feels
for his mother: Make much Of it
while yet you have that most precious
of all good gifs-a loving mother.
Read the unfathomed love Of those
eyes; the kind anxiety of that tone
and look however slight your pain.
In after-life you may have friends
fond, dear, kind friends; but never
will you have again the indispensable
love and gentleness lavished upon you
which none but a mother bestows.
Often do ! sigh in my struggle with
the hard. uncaring world tor the
sweet, deep security felt when Of an
evening, nestled in her bosom, l list
ened TO some quiet tale, suitable to my
age. read in her tender and untiring
voice. Never can ! forget her sweet
Chances cast upon me when ! appeared
asleep; never her kiss of peace at
night. Years have passed away since
We laid her beside my father in the old
churchyard, yet still her voice whis-
pers from the grave, and her eyes
watch over me as visit spots hing
since hallowed to the memory of my
mother.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-03-24

1t is in Germany that the effects Of
these unnatural marriages are most Sc
verely felt. II money there is in a
family, the head Of the house insists
that it shall not 90 out of il. Hence,
both in the case Of gold and lands,
marriages and intermarriages 90 on
generation after generation, the rela-
tionships growing ever nearer and
nearer, more and more confused, and
the results, rs may he readily imagin.
ed. ever more and more disastrous. In
no other country does one meet with
the same number Of goitrous threats,
SCARED necks, spinal diseases, hip dis.
eases. bad teeth. and generally defect
i've bone-structure. as in Germany. In
one family, where cousins had inter
married with cousins apparently since
the food, the sole heir To a vast prop
crty was delicate, spineless boy, a
child whose bones had cruel tendep.
cy to work through the skin, and to
slough away to the agony of the little
sufferer. 1t was not possible that he
should live, and when, after twelve
years Of terrible existence, death came
and mercifrlly set him free mt last, the
childless father, hooking round. picked
out another cousin, took her to wife.
and lived to have three more children,
whereof two were grievously afflicted
in mind and body, but the third, a
hectic boy, survived to inherit the es-
tate.
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The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-03-24

In the ncighborhood of Baku, on
the Caspian Sea there Is phenomc-
non Of q very extraordinary nature,
called the everlasting fire, to which a
sect Of Indians and Persians called
Gaurs, pay religious worship. IL Is
situated about ten miles from the city
Of Baku, in the province Of shirvan,
ON dry, rocky piece Of ground.
On IL there are several ancient ten
pies, built Of stone, and supposed to
be all dedicated to fire, there being one
among them in which frc-worship Is
now carried on. Near the altar there
is a large, hollow cane, from the end
Of which, issues q blue flame. The
worshippers affirm that this flame has
continued ever since the delugc, and
they believe if It were suppressed in
that place il would break out in an
other.
At short distance from this temple
there Is a horizontal gap, two feet from
the ground. about six long, and three
broad, out Of which comes constant
flame If the color Of that in the tenn
pic. When there is strong wind, II
rises to the height Of eight feet, but Is
much lower in calm weather.
The earth around, for more than
two miles, has this extraordinary prop
erty, that by taking up two or three
inches Of the surface and applying a
lighted lamp, the part uncovered i'm
mcdiatcly takes fire. even before the
flame touches il. The flames make
the soil hot, but do not consume NOR
affect what is near, with any degree Of
heat.
1t is said that eight horses were
oncc consumed by this fire, under a
roof where the surface in the ground
had been turned up, and by some ac-
cilent had ignitcd. If a cane or tube
If paper he set about two inches into
the ground, closed with earth below,
and the top Of It touched with live
coal, and a fame will Immediately is
sue forth without consuming the tube,
providing the edge be covered with
clay. Three or four lighted canes will
boil water in a pot, and are sometimes
used to cook victuals. The flames
have a sulphurous smell, but are inof
fcnsive.
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Essssss sRe Brss~.

The custom Of kissing the bride at q
wedding Is Of great antiquity, and
while among the most refined classes
Il has fallen into disuse, Il is still in
sisted on by many people with great
rigor. An amusing story is told Of
Kentucky backwocisman who had,
after a long and ardent courtship Of
the belle Of one Of the Kentucky
cities, won her for his wife.
She had for a long time, wavcrcd in
her choice, undecided whether to take
him or gentleman Of wealth and po-
siiion in the city, but finally chose the
humber lot In obedience to her heart.
The wedding was celebrated in great
style. and the manly groom was almost
as much admired for his colossal pro
portions and athletic symmetry, as
was the bride for her exceeding lowell.
ness
Among Tue guests was tne u"suc'
ccssful sutton, who was well aware OF
the jealousy with which the groom re-
gardcd him, but who had overcome bis
chagrin at his failure, and was sincere
ly anxious to congratulate the bride.
One nv one. the guests offered their
congratulations and hearty kisses.
IL ,..Ll Ill.