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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-02-24
Clark's Machine Thread.
ONLY 5 Cts. A SPOOL,

AlOl n > M QVulllC LII C0Us
ONLY 5 Cts. A SPOOL,
COOKS CHEAP STORE
IN HALLOwELL.
Johnson's Anodyne Liniment only IS cts.
Rev Lot Perfume for 10 cts. Bottle.
Pretty Match Boxes for IS and so cents.
We have the Largest stock of Vases In the CIT
from 10 cts 10 y 90 pair.
Very Large Stock OF Small Toys, Cheap.
Ladies' striped Cotton and Wool Hose is cents.l
Ladies', Fell Skirts REDUCED o % cents.
Ladies Clouds only % cts. each.
Wooden Yarn cts. skeIn.
Large skeiDs Wooden Yarn 20 cents
heasy BRows Duck oyeralls only so cts.
Ladies Worsted Jackets only IS cts.
Mems UDdershirts ami Drawers "a cts. each,
Mems Heavy Ribbed Wooden Hose IS cts.
CbildreD's Wooden Hose 5, 10 and Is Il pair.
LARGE STOCK of Wooden Overshirts at REDUCED
PRICES.
Ladies undervests and Drawers so cts. eacn.
--latest SILK Neck Hdfs Tor rs els.
Cardinal Red Silk Ties for % cents.
Ciark's o. \. I. Thread, cents n spool.
Nice Toilet Soap 8 cts. a cake or 50 cts. dozen.
Mems Pants (Lined throushouD Tor O. so.
Boys oolen ocaris from Is cts To $l.o.
Hagan's Magnolia Balm, 90 cents II bottle.
Ayers Hair figor 65 cents.
Halls Hair Remover, t5 cts.
Burneus Cocoane, rs cents.
kennedy's Medical Discovery tll5.
kushs sa-saParilla 4 Iron selling cheap.
Pam Killer 70 CITE, Russia Salve 20 cts.
JohBson's ADodyne Liniment, % cents,
schenek't Mandrake Pills.2c Holloways Pills 20.
Ayert Pills 20 cents Wings Pills. 20 cents.
All the leading Patent Medicines
Cheap.
Elmwood Collars tor 20 cents a box.
Ladies Neck Ties and Ruchings Very Low.
VERY NICE "a BONE Corsets Tor Is cents.
An oui Hamburg EdgingS a. Cost.
Ladies Linen Ddkercnieis, All Hemmed 10 cts.
Largest skelns Blue Mixed Wooden Yarn, rs cts,
Mem. All Wool Double Heeled Hose, 45 cts. a pair
New Lot of Linen Towels tor cents.
Another Lot OF Linen Table Covers for 40 cts.
Bood Elastic Cord, olBy cent a yard.
Ladies Handkerchieis Full Sized, for rs cts.
Atwood's Vegetable JGundice Bitters, rs cents
Howe's Arabian s'. min Cure cheap.
Slact Wslnsiwort Boxes for 81 cents. ''' ''''
Nice Qualify Not. Paper, 10 tsH'
Good w bite Initial Note Paper Is cents . box.
New Style Tinted Initial Note Paper. 20 ct, cts.
French Corsets Best ". ever had) for scots.
New Lot OF Leather Belts, good ones, for rs cents.
Gents Linen Boeoms from IL 70 81 cents.
Gents Hemmed Linen Hd's from 20 to 80 cents.
Gents, 0vershir.s IRON 80 cts. to s2.oo eacn.
Good Hoop skirts for So cents.
Gents, Neck Ties and Suspendert cheap.
Good Pins cents. Good Fine Combs cents
Ladies' Bustles for 20 cents each.
Resi- 100 yards Machine spool silk 10 cents spool.
Hoyfs German Cologne only 20 cents.
Nice Large Linen Towels for 20 cents.
o of Ysss'as oHly g
Adamson's Cough Balsam, % cents.
Nice Highly Perfumed Hair Oil rs
Ayer'sSarsaparillaandC Cherry Pectoral each 65cts.
Peruvian Syrup Prepsratien of Ironl IS cts.
We aim to Sell the Best Goods,
AT THE
IsOV0e0t Prices
VI any store In the State at
COOKS CHEAP STORE,
IN HALLOwELL,
dec11.tAWtf
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men with slippers on their feet, aud tacks
In their mouths, pull and stretch il into
every possible corner, so that not an inch
of space shall be left uncovered, and
obligingly notch out places for various re-
cesses, until the expensive fabric is utterly
spoiled for any other room than the one TO
which 1t is fitted. Ii is very ugly, too.
arranged in this way-oeirg far more
picturesque as large square or oblong
rug, bordered and trimmed with fringe,
and showing all around i yard or so OF
dark polished floor. A bordering OF i'll
laid wood work, known as parquetry. is
very pretty, and not much more expensive
than frst-class Brussels carpets. Such a
floor covering has sort of old time
Eastern look about it, and may be taken
up and shaken with comparative ease--a
few nails along the edges keeping it in
place when down.
The designs on Turkey carpets are
small. and the colors admirably blended,
which makes them particularly desirable ;
but they are expensive, and often so well
initiated in Brussels, and even in ingram
fabrics, that the additional outlay is
scarcely warranted where economy is all
10 be considered crimson carpet of
very small pattern. in two or three soft
shades of the same color, is very pretty
with a dark floor INDEPENDENTLY
with pale pink or cream colored paper,
with corner lines of crimson in it. With
this carpet the furniture covering should
be ashes of roses, ornamented with GRIM
son fringe and brass headed nails, the
sofas of divan shape, well stuffed, but
with no wood work visible; the chairs
may be bought at chair factory 10
skeleton state, and either transformed into
enamelled wood by painting with three
coats of dead white and vanishing. using
a little dead gold judiciously, or ebonzed
by substituting black paint for white
Appieton's Journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-02-24
PAT {. NTS.

PATENTS.
r. III. EDDY.
No. 20 State ST., opposite KIIby, Boston
Secures patents nIthc United States also In Great
Britain. France and other foreign countries Cop.
les of the claims of any Patent furn shed by re.
hitting one dollar. Assignments recorded at
Washington; No Agency in the United States ss-
sesses superior facilities for obtaining Patents or
ascerlaining the patentablity of inv entions.
X. Ii. EDDY Solicitor of Patents.
Testtm niaIs.
81 regard Mr.. Eddy as one of the mos capable
and Successful practitioners with whom have had
ohiclal Intercourse. CHARLES MASON,
Commissioner of Patents"
Inventors cannot employ a person more trust
worthy or more capable of securing for them AN
early and favorable consideration at the Patent
ONCE"
EDMUND BURKE,
Late Commissioner of Patents.o
BOSTON, October 10, 1870
r. II. EDDY, Fso-Dear Sir: you procured for
me, in ls40, my first patent Since then you ha,
acted for and advised me in hundreds of cases and
procured many patents, reissues and exten stone
have occasionally employed the best agencies in
New York, Philadelphia and Washington, but
still give You almost the whole OF my business in
your line, and advise others to emplcy you.
Yours truly, GEORGE DRAPER
Boston, Ian. l. 1877. ly?
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NAN cu. very attractive book, "The Women
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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
IMAGINATION Or MYSTERY.
y Woman Who PrOPhesics Her
Death and Takes SOul-FIishts.

There is at this time considerable talk
in some circles concerning Il strange
and remarkable case that has developed
near Reading, Pa. Driving Park.
About square up the road to the right
of the hotel stands two modest two-story
houses with high porches. They are
occupied by Henry Deeds and his wife,
who are aged people, and Richard
Snader and his wife Augeline, son-in-law
ard daughter of the first named people.
Ms Snader is the second oldest daugh
ter of Deeds, and if she lives until next
November she will be torty-two years of
age. She is the wife of Richard Snader
an industrious mechanic, employed at
the pipe mill when he has work. Mrs.
Snader eleven days ago was to all APP
pearances perfectly healthy. Then she
took to her bed and said that her time
was mp, and she would die before she
arose from her pillow. Eleven years
ago she told her friends that in the year
1877, early i'll the year, she would be
called upon to enter the future world.
She has remained in bed, and gradually
she is becoming weaker, and to all APP
pearances is slowly ebbing away her life.
Her husband and her parents called in
physician, but the woman remarked
that it was no use to do that, and that she
is not sick, that she needs no medicine,
and that it is sinful to do anything that
| might in any way interfere with her souls
| progress aud journey to the bright and
beautiful world in the land Of the leal.
/ She eats very little, and many times she
! becomes rigid and pale as death her
breathing apparently stops entirely, and
| her body has all appearances of a corpse
During these strange and mysterious in
| tervals, apparently absences of all vitali-
tv. she says her soul journeys to the
spirit world, and the stories Of her fan
tastic flights to beautiful, golden
/ heaven are interesting and strangely
attractive, because they are told In Ian
eEage that seems beyond the power of
/ any person, nc matter how extraordinary
| his or her intellectual capacity may be.
/ During her souls absence from the body
since she has taken to bed it visits many
E!aoes. She gives vivid descriptions of
/ the beautiful land she sees, with the an
| gels and archangeis. She says she is all
ready and prepared to go. She as done
/ with the world here and does not want to
remain. She is only waiting for her time.
Bv and by her soul will leave the body
and not come back again. When she is
in trance-no breath appears to enter the
ncstrils. Generally her trance exists
about four hours. During the last flight
of her spirit she visited her sister in
Lancaster county. She washed tie
children's faces, kissed them and then
went into the clouds. She sees many
familiar faces In the spirit world people
who have died among her relatives and
friends. She speaks with them ail. She
gays her bed is filled with pure and holy
spirits wkQ are to accompany her sou!
when it takes It's last flight to the God
who gave it.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
a SHAME AND DusGRAc..
ne Manner 1" which the Engray.
ing Bureau has been Car.
ried on
Cincinnati Enquirer ]

Cincinnati Enquirer
WAsHISGroN, May Some DAYS
ago John Sherman appointed commit.
I tee to investigate the working of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing of
the Treasury Department. The com
\ inIttee examined witnesses under oath,
and took the testimony of large number
Of the employees Of the bureau. The
outcome of the inquiry was the dismissal
/ of Jewell, the chief of the bureau, and
the appointment of Mcpherson. This
dismissal implied that Jewell was turned
out for cause, and pressure has been
| brought to bear on Sherman to give out
the report Of the committee which made
| the investigation. Yesterday he gave
out an extract from il, merely reciting
why the force in the bureau was reduced !:
but he withheld for reasons not satisflc
torily explained, the more important de-
tails. If rumor be true, the committee
paint Jewell, the ex chief, as a monster
of hideous men.
1t is alleged that the testimony of some
OF the female employees was to the effect
that they were appointed, not because
| their services to the government was an
object, but either because they had
yielded to the sensual appetite of the
head of the bureau, or were the objects
| Of his designs The testimony tends to
show that the government had been sup
porting a harem for the use Of Jewell
and such friends as he saw fit to invite
to share with him its benefits. Sherman
Is said to be 50 much surprised at the
evidence adduced that he is inclined to
keep it from the public if he can. His
course is denounced by some, who init
mate that he is trying to shield some of
the platanic shortcomings Of the late
Assistant Secretary Conant, and one or
two heads of Divisions of the Treasury
who still retain their places. In taking
this course he is doing an injustice to such
estimable women as are in the depart
ment, and they are quite indignant that
they should be open to suspicion; for
while the report Of the committee is kept
quiet, they feel that the good suffer with
the bad, especially from the shafts of
scandal hurled at them by inuendo, at
least from the gossips If the Treasury
has been as Il bagnio, John Sherman has
no right to shield those who patronize it,
no matter how highly plumed may be
the birds who will tiutter.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
= Country Bride.

A few days ago young man with his
bride came to Chicago on their wedding
Journey and located at the Sherman
House. 1t was apparent at first sight
that they were unused to city ways, but
the bride was so radiant with the fresh
bloom that country life and air alone
can give, that the groom was envied by
all the Young men who make that hotel
their abiding place. The morning after
their arrival. the chambermaid visited
the Young couples room, at the nncon-
scionably early hour of eight o'clock. A
'scome in" answered her knock, and on
entering the room she found the bed
made up and the room in the neatest
kind of order. The chambermaid was
astonished to find all her work aqtlclPa-
ted, and proposed to sweep the room
while the yonng couple were in the din
ing room. 'sWhy," was her answer, 1--WE
had breakfast two hours ago." During
the stay of the couple, the chambermaid
had no work to in their ROOM The
revelation to the servant that a woman
in hotel could do something for herself,
was strange one, and was duly report
ed. The Young men took deeper IN
tsrest in the little lady who knew how
and gas not afraid to edo up" her own
room. and the example becoming conta
gious infected the other ladies IN tfe hq-
tel. much to the satisfaction OF the cham
bermaids.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
SHALL LOVE HER LESS

What tho lgh her cheeks be faded now,
And care be written on her brow,
Oh. hall love her less
W hat though her eye be dimmed in light,
Where once there beamed iusLer bright
Say, shall love her less?
What though her smile be not so gay
Her dimpes now forget t. play,
Or shall love her less?
What though her step be not SO free
A. when il seemed So proud 10 me
say, hall | love her less?
What though her voice be sadder grown,
And midtr be- each thoughtful tone,
Oh, shall | love her less?
What tn ,Ggh the bloom of you'll may fade
Where once Tie rose in bushes sta d
Say, shall l love her less:
II T cheek may lose its rosy hue,
Her lips 10 get its early dew
III love her non" the less.
the charms of youth may fade away
L'k" Sunbeams ~ the close OF day
I'll love her nome the less
She came to me when morning fair
Played with her wavy silken hair,
Came then my soul TO bless;
She gave TO me her pure young NE
| loved her theu-my virgin wife
Now I'll not love her less.
She came to me budding flower,
Unfolding grac. 8 every hour
Ia virIuuus loVeiincss;
She came with sweet inspiring air.
Filled my young soul with pleasures rare,
And taught me happiness.
Then every day she brought fresh charms
Aud laid them down within my arms,
And sought Loves pure cares:
Aud though her cheek be faded now,
And care be written on her brow,
I'll love her none the less.
For though the life she gave to me
Seemed one of angel purity,
Lost to all seltishnesS-
The lite she proves from day to day,
l. brighter than the morning ray
How can | love her less?
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
FIRST LOVE,
JULIA WARD uowE

Whom first we love, you know, wo seldom
Time rules us ALL Ana Ir, indeed, is
not
The thing we planned it out Ore hope was
Aud tG 's we women cannot choose our
Much must be borne which it is hard 90
Much given away which it were sweet to
God help is ALL who need Indeed bis care;
And yet I know the shepherd loves His
sheep,
My little boy begins to babblc now
Upon my knee his earliest infant prayer
lie has his fathers eager eyes, 3 know,
And, they say, too, ha mother sunny
hair.
But when ho sleeps aud smiles upon my
And j can feel his light breath come ANA
1 think OF one-Heayen help and pity me
Who loved me- and whom / loved, long
ago;
Who might have Deen--ah. what dare NOT
think.
We all are changed. God judges for us
best.
God helpus do our duty, aud not shrink,
And trust ia heaven humbly for the rrst
But blame us women not some appear
Too cold, nc times, and some TOO gay aud
light;
Some griefs gnaw deep; some woes are bard
to bear.
who knows the past? ana who eau Judge
as right?
All. were we Judged by what wc might
. have been.
And not by what we arc--tO0 apt Co fIIIf
My little Child-hc sleeps aud smiles be-
tween
These thoughts and me, Ina heaven wo
shall know all
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
DEATH OF a EAERSNIT.
Living for More than Forty Years
i'm i Cave in Pennsylvania
"A Strange Story,

All who have read Pennsylvania
newspaper during few years past have
heard of Austin Sheldon, the Pike county
hermit On Friday, the 30th, he was
found on top of one of the mountains
dead, in ten feet snow-drift. He had
lived over forty years in Il cave in the
rocks, near the entrance of which his
body was found. Sheldon was nearly y
years old. He was discovered in his cave
thirty years ago by hunters. He said he
had been living there ten years and had
not seen any human beings in that time
His cave was nine miles from Dingman' S
village About year ago u brother and
sister of the hermit from Connecticut, both
wealthy, went to his abode and endeav-
ored in every way to get him to return to
his friends. 1t was of no avail.
Sheldon had lost his wife after a brief
married life, and disappeared on the
day of the burial. He was not heard of
until last year Before he took up his
abode in the Pike county cave Sheldon
says he rQamed for five years through the
woods of Connecticut, Vermont and New
York, stunning civilization. At last he
found a cave in which he concluded to
/
know its locality at the time, but found
afterwards that it was among the Moosic
Mountains, in Wayne county, Pa. The
great forest that surrounded his cave
soon attracted the attention of the lum-
/ bermen, and he fled deeper into the will
/ derness. After three months of wander
/ inc he found the cave in the wild region
/ where he died. For over forty years he
! lived in this hole in the rocks. Sheldon
lived on game, fish, roots and berries.
| At the time of his death his form was
much bent. The clothing that hung in
rags and tatters from his person had been
donned twenty-five years ago and never
taken off. 1t was held together by hick
orv withes. He never washed. A thick
GRAY beard that hung almost to his wais
and a hair of the same color hanging over
! his shoulders, was matted with burrs and
twigs and had not been touched with a
comb or brush for forty five years. h
never went far from his cave. A long
staff and an ancient Bible-the latter
hanging from his belt-werc his constant
companions. Several times his cave had
been surrounded with forest fires, anC
almost every avenue of escape cut off
/ but he calmly remained IN his retreat
reading his Bible. until removed BY
woodsmen thoughtful of his safety. Near
" every winter for years he has been res
cued from freezing and starving. HI
never made any effort to save himself
saying he was in the hands of God
Sheldon was an educated man. His fam
lily is among the leading ones of Connec
| fieut
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16

The Chicago Evening journal relates
the following incident connected with the
lenten services in that city:
s.Oh maj" exclaimed a stylish young
Chicago miss on the opening day of lent,
Il can't go to service after all, for I've
.sWhv, you have daughter sid the
mother, where's that costly one | gave
you Christmas ?"
''Oh, that one, replied the miss
couldn't carry that, for it doesn't match
ny dress at all"
And the poor girl had to remain away
from the church privileges.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16
w MAKE THE AGED HArPY

r, ffr NJ the feeting moments,
A. ve pass through the busy Gay
ra .aw FRI the upturned burrows,
i ~. -ssp for the harvest gay.
follow lile'- varied tancics,
aps-o.cfng in our youth,
make the old folks happy?
~ ~, os heed their wants torsooth ?
., ..,r. mother, how she loved W.
,rs alb, how she loves rs stIli,
nc Sits -ereuely smiling,
her cap with its snowy friil,
,t'lret ourimes We forget her,
Av,.g younger hearts enthrall-
f..... make dear mother happy
rfrI .ae hears the angels call,
E.ar father, cHt and broken.
inca reed iu the driving wind
r.-Y- steady his wayefing footsteps,
AID bear with his childish mind.
II az once our pride and solace,
'r.Ii. strong days long ago
1...r. make, ur dear father happy
While hes pared to Us below.
r..u- make the old folks happy,
f..- ys. 500. when growing Old,
-l,.lI look Iu vain 10 our children
E,rfHa. comforts We WithhO d.
willie the light is llic&ering teebly
iri-.dlu- uncertain glow
t.t..,. make the old folks happy
Wrn luve's sweet overflow.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16

Two years have passed, and we meet
the Old, but in New England. The
school year is just at an end, the summer
vacation is about to commence, and to-
day all the scholars are assembled TO
show by an exhibition the results of
their own work and that of their
teachers, of whom our friend is one.
The members of the graduating class are
here in all their glory; the boys, as is
usual with boys on such occasions, well
dressed but awkward; the girls resplen
dent in the combined charms of nature
and of art perfect bouquet of rich
buds just breaking into the full blow Of
womanhood. Let US notice Minnie
Warren, the young lady whose place is
at the head of this class. She is not
tall, but her figure is perfect in syme
try; Minnie is grace itself, from the little
slipper with the blue bow which now and
then peeps from beneath the muslin, to
the simple but iaunty coil of rich brown
hair that sits on the back of her head.
The face, usually w-eathed in most the
attractive smiles, but now demure looking
from a sense of being regarded by the
whole assembly, is not handsome, but is
incontestably pretty. Her checks, per-
haps a trife redder than on ordinary oc-
casionsare soft and smooth as the petals Of
flower, and her lips, description fails.
On Minnie, all eyes are fixed, and, among
them, those Of her teacher, Leonard Vim
cent; but does not the CLEAN of JOY in the
eyes of the latter indicate more than the
justi6able pride Of one who had helped
to make AIinnie's mind rich in learning
and worthily corresponding to face so
rich in beauty
What has time time brought about in
the two years that have passed? Leon
ard Vincent never forgot his promise to
Laura, but for many weeks wrote regu-
Tar and loving letters, to which his be-
trothed replied in lines that showed the
sincerity of her love and the nobility of
her nature. Then, all at once, she ceas-
ed to write, and the cause was explained
by letter which Leonard shortly after
received from his father, wherein it was
stated, with much attempt at sympathy
aud overstrained expressions of regret,
that Laura had been taken sick of fe-
yer suddenly, and very shortly after had
died.
Must it be confessed that Leonard ex-
Perleneed no keen sorraw as this sudden
newsF He was shocked; but he did not
experience a lovers grief His nature
would never have allowed him to prove
false to Lsura as long as he knew her
living in the constant hope of becoming
his wife; but absence and reflection had
| 90 far altered his feelings as to enable him
to bear her loss with equanimity. The
truth was that from the first his love had
contained far more of mere compassion
and self complaceny than he could
imagine or would have been willing to
sdmit. Very sooa after leaving Hng-
land, he had confessed to himself the