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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-11-17

KENNEBEC COTNTT-In Probate T,ourf q,
augusta, on the fOurfh Nondag OF oct. 1879
nNthe petition ofCHARLEs RUSSELL, Guard.
~ an OF Mehiable ane Of fayette. representing
that she is the owner of three fourth parts of certain
real estate of which John Lane, late ete died
seized, George W. Lane, of Springfield Mass,
being the other owner, and asking that Comm ssion
ers may be appointed to partition the same:
ORDERED, That notice thereof be given three weeks
successfully prior to the fourth Monday Of Noyem.
Der next, In the Daily kennebec Journal a newspa.
per printed in Augusiatha all persons may
attend at Court of Probate then TO be holden at An
said petition should rot be granted.
II. X. BAKER, Judge,
Attest - CHARLES IIEwINs, Register. noystSw
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20
The Old Khedive's Vengeance.

In 1888 the colonel Of one Of Moham-
med Ali's regiments in Mecca had rem
dered himself odious to the soldiers, and
while on parade, firing with blank cart
ridges, the officer was shot. No notice
was taken of it st the time, and it was
thought that the thing was all forgotten.
Two years afterward, in the regular
course of exchanges, the battalion re-
turned to Cairo, marched into the cit
adel, and piled arms. A court martial
was Immediately called, and the battal-
ion found guilty of murder. As the in.
dividual could not be discovered, the
battalion was decimated, and 1874 were
marched outside the gate in separate
squads and shot by their own comrades.
Ny informant happened to be riding
outside the walls, and, attracted by the
roll Of musketry, saw the execution of
the luckless soldiers, some sitting, some
standing, and some en- their knees, &C.
cording to the humor of the officers
North american RevieaO.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20
On a Crying Baby.

Shrek away! Cry on! Make all the
noise you cant I've no doubt it does
you good. You are grieved or angry O,
something hurts you; let it out. Arouse
the housed Break your mothers heart
with tenderness, and set your father to
-well-repeating his catechism! Wax
en- any old bachelor who may be in the
house, from his dreams, and disturb ev-
erybody to your SOULS content! Have
your cry while you can; the time will
come when, suffer as you may, you will
not dare to weep. All your misery, all
your woe, all your passion, you must
hide within your bosom. If tears fall,
they must do it silently. Often and Of
ten you will feel that you would like to
go up On a mountain and yell until you
awaken the world-cry until the rivers
arose and there were floods; but; like
the rest of us, you will bear it all in 81
lence, smile politely when any one sees
you, and above all, make no noise, no
disturbance, though there be power of
misery within you strong enough to work
the mills;of fate.
10 on, baby; shrek, kick, sob away
into silence only to begin On higher
key; lose your breath, catch it, 60 on
again. Cry for all of us-you seem per-
fectly capable of it. Oh, what luxury
it must be to yell sol If we babies of a
larger growth could do it, there would
be less suicides.-E9change.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20
Curious Facts.

Serpents are said to obey the voice of
their master. The trumpet-b of Amer
lea follows it's owner like spaniel, aud
the jacana acts as guard to poultry,
protecting them in the fields all day from
birds of prey, and escorting them home
at night. In the Shetland isles there is
gull which defends the flock from
eagles. tits, therefore, regarded as priv
LEGGED bird. The channels, bounding
over the mountain, are indebted for
their safety in no small degree to spe-
cies of pheasants. The bird acts as sem
tinel, for as soon as it gets sight of a
man it whistles, upon hearing which the
chamois, knowing the hunters to be near,
sets of at full speed. The articles which
cartridges and plovers employ to delude
their enemies from the nest of their
young may be referred to as a case in
point, as well as the adroit contrivance
of the hind for the preservation Of her
young, for when she hears the sound of
dogs she puts herself in the way of the
hunter, and starts in direction to draw
them away from her fawns. Instances
of the effect of grief upon animals are no
less remarkable. Lord Kaimes relates
an instance of a canary which, while
singing to its mate Matching her eggs
in a cage, fell dead. The female left
the nest and finding him dead rejected
all food and died by his side.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20
Things We Don't Know.

Doubtless man is very wise animal,
but there are some things he does not
know. A cloud of 10000 gnats dance
up and down in the sun the minutest in
terval between them, yet no one knocks
another headlong upon. the grass or
breaks leg or wing, long and delicate
as these are. Suddenly, among your
admiration of this matchless dance, a
peculiar, high-shouldered, vicious gnat,
with long, pendant nose, darts out Of the
rising and falling cloud, and, settling on
your cheek, inserts poisonous sting.
What possessed the little wretch to do
this? Did he smell your blood in the
may dance? No one knows? A flock
of geese seem to be fairly under your
carriage wheels-almost under the
horses hoofs-and yet somehow they
continue to flap and waddle safely off.
Habitually stupid, heavy and INDECENT,
they are, nevertheless, equal to any en-
Urgency. Why does the lonely wood.
pecker, when he descends his tree, goes
to drink, stop several times on the way,
listen and look around before he takes
his draught? No one knows. How is
it the species of ant which is taken in
battle by other ants to be made slaves
should be black or negro ants? No one
knows. Many birds seem to understand
how to judge danger and avoid it, but
man cannot understand how or why they
know it, and never will.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20
Tapping Hot Water.

At the Julia mine last Wednesday a
powerful stream of hot water was struck
in the cross. cut on the two thousand feet
level. A Burleigh drill was set to drill
hole in the face of the oss.cut at q
point about two feet from the bottom.
When the drill had advanced about two
Of hot water from the hole occurred.
The stream was equal two 25 miners
inches and was scalding hot. It was
spouted to the distance of several feet
diagonally across the drift, spreading as
it flew till all the open space was filled
with the scalding spray and steam. The
steam also file d the end of the cross
cut where the man who had been run
ming the drill stood. He was held q
close prisoner, as he could not pass out
through the jets of boiling water, and
even in his prison was in danger of be-
ing sufocated and cooked by the steam
and heat. He would probably would
not have escaped alive but for the drill.
He opened the exhaust valve and allow
ed the whole head of compressed air to
rush out in a full and steady stream,
and this not only furnished him pure air
to breathe but also cooled and protected
his head and the whole upper part of
his body. His fellow workmen were
soon aware of his perilous position-for
the roar and rush of the water could be
heard great distance-but they could
no more pass in to where he was than he
could pass out.
Finally the men went out and procur-
ed some heavy gum boots reaching to
the hips and large, heavy gum coats:
Guarded by these one of the men passed
in through the steam and scalding spray,
carrying to the prisoner like outfit,
Shielded by their heavy gum clothing
the pair rushed forth and waded out
along the drift. The miner had his legs
pratty badly scalded. The water is still
pouring in, and at last accounts was
slowly gaining on the pumps Virginia
(Nev.) Chronicle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20
a Very Beneficial Bath.

A shoemaker, named Winters, residing
in the vicinity Of Broad street, between
Fulton and Margaretta streets, lost his
hearing during an engagement in which
he participated in the late rebellion, and
was much annoyed in consequence. A
few evenings ago he went in to the river
for the purpose of bathing, and while
thrusting his head under the surface of
the water he thought he heard loud
report. Instantly raising his head, he
was surprised to find matter running
from one of his ears, and little while
afterward was astonished to find that his
hearing had been restored. The only
inconvenience he now finds from the
occurrence is the fact that persons who
have known him for years still continue
to talk loud or shout at him, when in
reality he hears as we'll as anybody else
since the night he took the bath in the
river.-Harrisbury Pa.) Patriot.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20
Low PHYSICAL Sensibilitv.

In the curious histories Of malinger-
ing, which we receive from the medical
officers of our prisons and public ser
vices, many Of the instances of self-infict-
ed injuries occur which might doubtless
be traced to the existence of a low stand
ard of physical sensibility. A remark
able instance came under my own
observation, many years ago, in quite a
young child, which makes it all the
more striking, as infancy is very intoler-
ant of pain. A little pauper girl pre-
sented herself one morning in the sur
gerry of a country doctor and lisped out
a request to have decayed tooth extract
ed. The tooth, for child, was large
and firmly fixed, and was taken out
without the smallest expression of suffer
ing on the part of the child, and a penny
was given her for being SO brave. The
next morning the little thing reappeared
and asked to have another tooth out,
this time pointing to perfectly sound
one, and it seems probable that she
would have consented to the forcible
extraction of. the whole set at penny
per tooth. Contemporary Review.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20
An Assemblage of Aboriginal Amer.
leans.

A novel scene was presented in Chief
Justice Princes court at Santa Fe, a few
days since. Five of the so-caIled elm
dams" from the Pueblo Of Laguna were
brought into court for trial. The Pueblo
Indians of New Mexico are the only
remnant still existing of the civilized
aboriginal Americans whom Cortez found
on his arrival in Mexico, living to-day
exactly as they did 400 years ago; and
those of Laguna are especially advanced
in agriculture and mechanical arts. They
are quiet, industrious, honest and law
abiding people, having their own NUM-
cipal government, and seldom, it ever,
coming into the United States courts.
On this occasion about thirteen were in
attendance, five having been indicted
for driving large flock Of sheep
into their village. It appeared, how
ever, on the trial that the sheep
were trespassing, and were driven in by
direction Of their governor, and with no
i'll intent. The Indians wore no head
covering, and all had long jet black hair,
except two or three very old men, whose
hair was white as snow. The lieutenant
governor Of the Pueblo had a red hand
kerchief arranged around his head like
tiara; and wore curious large green
shell suspended from his neck. Their
dresses were various in color. Several
were in white; some wore blouses of red
cotton, Others green, and others striped
pink and white. All had high fore
heads, and intelligent faces with promi-
nent noses. While they have been at
peace with all mankind for many years,
yet among the officials whom they still
annually elect is "war chief" and he
was among those present. As their wit
nesses understood no Spanish, venera-
BILE Pueblo was sworn as interpreter;
and the questions, first propounded in
English, were translated into Spanish by
the regular court Interpreter, then into
the Laguna language by the old Pueblo:
and the answers similarly translated,
first into Spanish and then English,
making the examination a slow one.
The language is peculiar, and full of
very prolonged consonant sounds and
aspirations. The word for Eyes," for
example, could best be spelled "H-h-h-
ah."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20
An Awful Waste of Riches.

A Bradford, Pa, letter says" Just at
the present time there is stagnation in
the Oil trade that has its effect on every
line Of business in the oil region. The
pipe lines declare their inability to man.
age the great volume of oil that is daily
brought to the surface. In consequence,
the tanks at many of the wells are full
and overfowing; and the great 1llumin-
ator of the world is running down the
hillsides and through the valleys of
McKeon county to waste at the rate OF
from 1900 to 5000 barrels per day. In
parts of the region, in order to dispose
of the dangerously combustible fluid,
brooks and streams in the valleys are
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20
Whv He Came To Town.

Just before shutdown the other even
ing young farmer came in on the Grand
river road with horse and buggy, and
meeting a policeman near Twentieth
street, and asked him to drink. The
officer explained that it could not be
done and the farmer continued:
Cali right-no harm done. the har-
vest is over, the crops are safe, and I've
come to town to get drunk and lick 8
man."
About two hours later a horse and
buggy INSTRUCTED the car track near
Twelfth street, aud when the condutco,
got down he found the young farmer
lying around loose in the bottom of the
buggy, feet and hands sprawled every
which way. His face was SO badly
pounded up that it was at first though
he was dead, but after being lifted GU
and Strengthened around he opened hi
eyes and called out:
"The harvest is over, the crops ar
safe and I've licked man all | want tt
for fifty years to comep'-Detroit Fire
Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20
His Wish.

He stepped into a green grocer's yes
terday morning with vacant, weary,
care-worn look on his face.
"Do you want some potatoes?"
II never eat them. [ can't remember
exactly what I came in for"
"Perhaps you want some cofee?"
"Ain't it funny I can't remember? -
remarked the stranger as he scratched
his chin with the back of his hand and
scanned everything behind the counter
in wild but Intellectual effort to brush
up his memory.
ado you want MILK"
"No, that amt it,
els it macaroni, mustard, chowchow,
soap, or wine jelly?"
"None of them, sir"
"Possibly you want small measure
of beets?"
"Indeed, I do not" Then his eyes
sparkled and he said:
L have it now. remember what I
came in for; it all came back to me like
a dream of love-"
"What do you want?"
"Well, now, it's as plain as Cay.
Wasn't it funny I didn't think of it
before?"
"It was rather strange, but what will
you have?"
"You won't get mad, will you?"
ono, sir"
"Well, then, I will tell you. l just
stepped in here to ask you if you'll
scratch my back little for me. / have
prickly heat"
He wasn't scratched, but had it not
been for his activity he would have beer
kicked.-N. Y. Star.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20

This is no cold wife's talk" The facts
are given under the authority of the
British Medical Journal.
SEA AND MOUNTAIN AIR.
This Is the time of the year when
many families leave their homes in the
city for the more invigorating mountain
or sea shore air, anxious to go where
they may derive the most health-giving
benefit, and still are undecided whether
they will 60 to the mountains or seaside.
To such persons the following extract
from recent work by DR.. @. Alberto, a
celebrated Italian physician, may be an
aid in helping them to decide: s:The
marine air." says the doctor. "produces
the same benefit as that of the noun
tain, but each has different m0dus eff.
cieadi; the former acts more forcibly and
energetically on the constitution which
retains some robustness and internal re-
sources to profit by it, while the second
acts more gently, with slower efficacy,
being thereby more suitable to the
weaker and less excitable organizations
From this important distinction, the
conscientious physician, who takes the
safety of his patient much to heart
ought to be able to discriminate whethe,
the Alpine or the marine atmosphere is
the better suited to the case he has be
fore him."
INITIATING OLD OAK.
In a recent communication to the
Mulhausen Geperbuerim, Herr Schoer
said he had triedlto give oaken objects al
old look by rubbing aniline oil on them
but without good results; the wood took
color which rather reminded one o.
M ahogany, and was but very superficial
On the other hand he got dark brown
tone similar to that of old oak by satura
ting the wood first with solution OF
aniline salt (sulphate of aniline), ane
then with caustic soda. Similar results
were obtained with walnut and plum
tree wood, etc. Caustic potash, alone
of course, gave a somewhat similar
action, but inferior to that with simulta
neous use of aniline salt. Herr Schoer
further attempted to color wood blacl
By treating it successfully with aniline
salt, bichromate of potash and caustit
soda, the wood being dried after each
operation. The color thus obtained i
very regular. The experiment succe ed
ed with all the kinds of wood tried-ths
most important home species and some
foreign. These coloring methods art
quickly and easily carried out, and are
very inexpensive.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20
an OLD HENS LAST CLAY"

Once a man of great invention
Made a nest for hens to lay in,
With mean decetful bottom
That would slide and let the egg out
Falling through small aperture
Then would slide and close the hole up,
And he sold it to the ewner
Of hen, the boss producer
OF most delicate men fruitage,"
Now the hen was mighty gritty,
And she spread herself to do it.
So she laid an egg enormous;
Then arose in great citation,
With her feathers all a-hutter,
And her body all a-cackle,
And she said, As sure as shooting,
/ have laid an egg exceeding
Ny most sanguine cackleahons,
Far beyond my eggspectatlon.
Where's that egg? My stars and garters!
In the name of all Ewes daughters,
Can not belive my senses?
Surely / have not gone crazy!
Well. if this don't beat the dickens,
Nav | never hatch a chicken"
Long she pondered Ger the matter,
Ger this strange hallucipatien,
Ger this most complete deception:
Then she squared down to business,
And she laid another dUiS,
Though of course 1t was a-mlssing,
Though she scratched around the litter,
In her efforts to espy it.
But why make the story longer?
Thus in fatal repetition,
OF this eggy operation,
Passed the day until the evening,
When the owner came to find her,
Found her naught except her wattles,
Half her bill and some pin feathers,
While within the box beneath them,
Where that fooling slide had dropped them,
Found he eggs half a. bushel.
Gone, Heroic Henawatha
Died she in the nest of duty.
Victim of mans vile deception.
Surely she must have interment
With that nest as her sepulchre,
For she layed herself within it.
Cincinnati Grange Bulletin
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20

SARAH JANE HoTE, of Mount Morris,
Tex, owns 113 cats, and her neighbors
never enter word of complaint. This
is because she has no neighbors. They
are camping out in the woods, and real
estate in the neighborhood of Sarah's
premises can be bought for song.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20

damned and the oil accumulated in a
body on the surface of the water. A
number of men then gather about to
prevent the fire from communicating
with the wells or buildings in proximity
and the oil is set ablaze. These fires are
usually made in daytime, so as not to
alarm community with vast fire dur
ing the NIGHT.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20

TOLEDO, Ohio, estimates its receipts of
wheat this season at rs, 900, 900 bushels.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20
NO SHE WOULDN'T, EITHER.

HAD dime my way, o beauteous maid,
I'd steal q kiss | I" he cried;
"Then I'd do ten times worse than that
I'd dollar!" she replied.
To,Jje T;7oe
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20

This is no cold wife's talk" The facts
are given under the authority of the
British Medical Journal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20

The lime water used with milk in the
treatment of nervous diseases is made as
follows: Place hydrate of lime in about
100 times its weight of water, in short
time saturated solution, known as lime
water Qiquor calcis, B. P. and U. S. z. }
results. 1t contains about 16 grains of
hydrate of calcium (Ca2HO), equivalent
to about IL or II grains OF lime (CaO)
in one pint
, 1879-05-10
BUSINESS NOTICES.


Tho following letter, received from Dr. g. II.
Fitch, bD West Madison stgcGt, forcIbly Illustrates
lhe Ninras Of kumyss In crrlAn Conditions: al
wlsh again 10 bcsr testimony to this salus VI
Kunyss. hoplng thus 10 a.l ln Inducing such phJsI.
cans " aSc not yet tcsled thu sale 0f th.s agent
to giyo II trial. une ot the most interesting cases
In Which hare employed 1t IL Tint Of lady who
tus many ycars hua been *ub}uct TO frequent
attacks 1t congestion Of .hn aonaeh At such linus
with tuccssani vomiting aaa ny Must in!enss pain.
aGorItl any teI|cf, and 1t would soaietine4 10 Z
fortnight oc taotu heioto my food could bs hosns
wa - Irritable That tho leask lnulscrstiou would
h9tu9 IN ons ot thess iets!9ls ,paroxy.as. M*al-
u4o Of Kumrss. anu, much ~ had hopod from It,
must ,ay shat hayH besu sa1pt'sa A. ~ result
sle has had but ono of her olI attacks, aud tbAt
:st readily ea9t1sa sr GSast.l sI asth
il enrls twsnty. oys pounds mors than II has eves
bosn hsfosc.. I 90 not behave Ibis could bare bsen
secomp'!sAed Without the kanys*., In mo:. easss
10 auy othsr food. and II IL generally sccsptabla
, 1879-05-10

- [NRH0H H0FIH,
An Irish enthusiast tIatncd O'IIart has done
valuable book uf genealogical mil antiquarian
research. Ilu establishes bpyun,i contradiction
that tho Queen ~ linea!ly descended from llcro'
mon, tla second monarch Ut lrelani, WHO was
thitty;seveath In straight limo 1rom Ataln;. .hAt
Aa t0'ltart} is cousin mt very rpshutGly re-
lalel Of hcr Malessy; AMI tint Irish was the
laugnage spoken In !hs Garden Of Ellen. mud
ever oil until the confusion OF tongues That ar
Ecste4 tte building contract n Babcl. This is
consollng, but fof one painful Eelec.tnl,. II
lrl4A was the language Ut Eden, that must layo
been thu tongue In which tile serpent de-
insheEeu, Eyc.h
, 1879-05-10
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

Shortly after lust midnight Policeman Dan
duffy ARRESTED! two men ,laiIlcl David asul,uuey
aud Mttluei Murphy, wtnn hu found cndeavur-
lnG to rob tnau natnea Frank l.owy
at the corner Of Clagk an.! Taylor strccts. Luwy
IL aa ltalian, mud lives ut NJ. ~ Clark STREET.
lln fell II. with thu thieves In II saioon at No,
4G1 Clark street, Hit! was foolish enough
whllu lhege to exhibit his watch md eilatu, n,l
$iU In cssl. When tle psoprietoF arno,'nccti
his tutenl!on OF closing up, tile thieves Induced
l.Uwy to accompany thrm farther up tho
strcut. When takun to ,l.u station, hnhonsy
Illalle tte remark, NOW iheFfll pinch me tt,r
CRY siut he is wautud lor malicious lnierllirf In
brcalsI.,s window. panea ut robert Gumble'k 81
loon, Nj, aus Woss Twelfth street.
, 1879-05-10
A Drief History OF tho Compound and
What Ia Ciaimoti for It.

Tie hrks successful experiment nade br ttF WAu0A.
MAN with thG Compound wls u the summer Ut lH73
ut,un Seed Corn. planted In solt from which corn lad
lowing rfsut C9fn plantrd sny r. 1871: Leaves II
lu1y li.-forty.oie days cufn clown down by stHrln
July III: net up and ed July - (which wa the only
n y!od ". II the rate OF TIRES hundred and thrtv:
slsht ts, b9aneis @i eara bss tcro alt a9ana. veil
an y!sl q TIL. eon % stsrses,i &c a!tsn;n ot s
anxious 10 Try It tu following seAHn 'pon tclr own
crn. Which, fhcs td. md with extraordinary results
niuasun a. e1owt q lilg .ood t: i gEodnecs pl@n
rsachsd seSpcs tian y the ordnss5 ncshoi Of plsat
ins: 20 danger from ra!!y plan!nE md fEnstl MAJ
sred. and II 1tsc Broadcast r1suy fgFtllizot
a) tin coat of preparing ee9.cotn for 'lstan9f
t9m fur the set, md suot against wire NoEluh cut
Euttnt ard gruGe. 90 " ' ."