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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-03

The old amount of cream tartar will not
raise the old amount of flour. Why is it?
How oftcnths qucstioniS asked of the grocer?
The most complete answer to this inquiry
that we have seen, comes from the Health
Inspector of the New York Board of Health
After samples of cream tartar purchased in
various parts of that city had been subjected
to be adutcratcd with terra alba to such an
extent. in some instances, that the cream
tartar was really terra alba with little cream
tartar added The inspector further stated.
that when baking powders are put up in pack
ages ready for use, the honest and .kiltul
manufacturer experiences no difficulty in the
first place of securing pure material and sec.
ondly, in mixing them In the proper proper
tons. Hence. the inspector recommends the
use of good, reliable brand of baking pow
der in preference to the cream of tartar as now
found in the stores.
The manufacturers of the well known
brand called the "Royal Baking Powder ="
are said to import their own cream tartar di-
rect from the Wine Districts of France. cx-
pressly for thi, powder, and always tested by
an experienced chemist. This company are
the largest users of cream tartar in the world
and in these DAYS of adultcration and fraud
it is most gratifying to know Of one article OF
food that we can get pure, namely, the Royal
Baking Powder. maya &wlt
THE WAY VANDERBILT SUCCEEDED.
WHEN cummOdure Vanderbilt was running steam,
boats, he beat all rivals by cTowdng steam ~ the
utmost, and even running down his enemy II
sary, to accomplish triumph. When he went into
railroa,ling, he adopted much shrcwder and more
successful way BY uniting vast lines and their tribu-
taries under his own management. thus capturing
all rivals. by sharing with them the immense pool of
profits that made by his skillful manipulation.
| Messrs. Lawrence CO., Bankers \. Y, accom-
plish much greater success in stock operations by
| their new Combination Method of dealing. By this
system the orders of thousands of customers are pool
ed into one vast stn and co.opera.ed under the mast
experienced management. thus giving to each share.
holder all the benefits 1T large capital and best skill
! Profits divided monthly. Any amount from 81 to
$4,000 can he used with great success s 10 will make
$50 profit. $50 would return 500 or nine per cent.
on the stock during the month"; according the
ket. The new circular. mailed free has 1.-TWO uncr.
ring rules for success and full explanations, that
any one can operate proitably. Stocks and bonds
wanted. Government Bonds supplied. Apply TO
Lawrence Co., Bankers, 81 Exchange Place, n. Y.
| City.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-03

Three men were arrested here, yesterday
for robbery of Scrogg { Sawycr's bank, al
Mt. Pulaski, Ill,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-03
NEW YORK..
The NihIiiSts.

NIw YORK. May =. Symrathizcrs with
the Nlhiists hold a meeting tonight
Bequcst.
A benevolent woman has left So. 600 to
Bcrghs society.
Quarantine.
Quarantine season at this port began to-
day, and closes Oct. 3lst.
Court Matters.
In the Stanley lIazen case. the closing ar
guments were made to-day.
Fire.
Ru>scll'S paper warehouse Is burned. Loss
$50, 900.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-03

Insurance Matters.

OTTAWA, May .. The Agricultural Insur
ance Co. have decided to wind up.
Aeh
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-03

The Ellsworth American says :-''lIon.
Eugene Hale arrived home last Wednesday.
He is in excellent health and very sanguine
of the success of the Republican party in this
State next fall
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-03

Fresh cut flowers for sale to-day by Part
ridge Bros.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-03
The NegrOes.

PHILADELPHIA. May. There was large
meeting of prominent citizens. the Mayor
presiding held to-day. for the purpose of in
augurating movement for the relief of col
Ored emgrants from the South.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-03

Call at Dcanc Pray Co.'s. and see their
Spring lstcrS-new style.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-03

On account of the unavoidable absence of
Rev. Mr.. Curtis, m Boston, services in the
Congregational chapel by the Unitarians will
be omitted tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-03
Strike.

PIrrsroN. May >. Two hundred miners
in the Rough Il Ready shaft, struck against a
reduction of ten per cent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-03

Saturday night two men and woman ar
rived here and began the business Of trim
ming stores with colored paper. One OF
them, George lillman. mailing from Portland,
claimed the woman to be hi, wife. Tuesday
a despatch was received for the arrest of Hill
man and the woman. whose nome is Robin
son. 1t seems that they left Augusta without
paving their board, and stole shawl and Il
ring in the bargain. They never have been
married. The City Marshal of Augusta took
them to the State Capital Yesterday. and they
will be given a chance to decorate the Jail In
that city Skowhcgan Reporter.
Lewiston has voted $50 to pay the eXpcns
ps of Decoration Dav.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-03

The Superintendent Of Public Buildings
states in the last number of the National
Tribune that the new office for the new PEN
sion department is to he fitted up with second
hand, discarded, crippled and condemned
furniture. without expense to the State We
have no doubt that is the tact--wc believe
DR.. Lanca>ter--it evidently being the ntcn-
ton of the present administration to turn out
the crippled soldiers and put crippled turni-
ture in their places. But that does not change
the fact that the present State Government
created ne~ office for the sake IF gictng a
hungry p0iftc,dH q PoSif'oH. thus adding
to the cost of running the State government
nj least treire huadrcd doiidrS Il year, be-
sides keeping the deserving pensioners.
manned and crippled soldiers, their wives and
children, ont of their pensions three months
or more. And in the meantime many have
been compelled TO become town paupers.
Great is Reform. \ big Il, as usual.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-03
funding Certificates,
PENNSYLV ANA.

Subscription to the per cent refunding
certificates, SOL so.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-03
Heavy Demand.

Underwriters now demand - per cent pre-
MUM on the Bristol line steamship Bernna.
now 30 days overdue.
Reluudinn CerfificafeS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-03

In response to an invitation from seventy
President of Bowdoin College, will at an
early day. give lecture in Brunswick upon
hi. rcccnt EuroneAn tour.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-03

\ matinee of the great play, "North and
South. " will be given ut Granite Hall, this
afternoon. for the accommodation of school
children and ladies Doors will be open at
l.30 O'Clock curtain will rise at 80. Tick
cts for children IL cents; adults. - cents.
At a recent meeting Of the trustees of the
Maine Agricultural Society. a revision Of the
premium list Wa, made, and the suggestions
made will no doubt be adopted. The changes
in the lit will be very slight, and purses
will be offered both for imported Jerseys and
Winthrop Jerseys. The meeting was adj
iourned to May 18th, when i will he decided
where AMI when the fair will be held. 1t i
thought that either Portland or Lewiston will
be selected.
Sharp County record., 1879-06-12
Foreign Notes.

The Empress of Japan takes great
interest in the silk-spinning and other
industries of her country.
The use of telegraph wires for mes
sages from one part of Paris to another
ceased on the 1st of May. Pneumatic
tubes are in operation. Blank forms
for messages are sold to the public, and
may contain any number of words. The
charge is 10 cents if the form is left open,
and 15 cents if it is closed.
Lord Odo Russell, British Embassa-
dor in Berlin, astonishes the Germans
by the magnifcence of his entertain
ments in that city, which are equal to
those given by Royalty. Two of the
Secretaries, Sir John Walsham and Lord
Hamilton, also entertain very hand
somely; and the economical disciples of
King William marvel at the seeming ex-
traVagance.
The present heads of the houses of
Norfolk and Sutherland have, for the
first time in their history, abandoned
the Liberal party ana Jolneu Ghe stand
ard of the Earl of Beaconsield. The
Duke of Norfolk owes his liberty to sit
in the House of Peers to the Liberal
party, and the Duke of Sutherland re-
ceived both his Marquisate and Duke
dom from them.
-Umkwe Cantaba is the sonorous
name of Zulu Prince, cousin of King
Cetewayo. BY the labors of Swedish
missionary he has been led to embrace
Christianity, and recently visited Swe-
den with this missionary. On his ar
rival al Helsingborg, town of about
5000 inhabitants, one of his first re-
marks was: 81 never knew before
that there were so many white men in
the world. From their war with my
cousin, I thought that they were rather
a small tribe"
Sharp County record., 1879-06-12

Mrs. Louisa Beach, lady residing
four miles west of Bucyrus, Ohio, met
with frightful death. While burning
brush her clothing ignited and she was
soon enveloped in flames. Her screams
attracted attention, but when assistance
reached her it was too late. She linger-
ed in great agony for a few hours and
expired. She was a married woman,
pyer 40 years Of age.
. At Shelby, Mich, a young man
ntmed Lewis was taking down loaded
rite to shoot at a flock of wild geese
passing near the house, when the ham,
ma of the rifle in some way caught and
catsed the weapon to be discharged,
the eball striking his mother in the small
Of the back. The wound caused was a
serbus one, but not necessarily fatal.
Sharp County record., 1879-06-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

Mark Twain appears on the Hart
ford tax list assessed for $67 $50.
-Wm.H. Demarest, for 80 years CASH
ier for Harper Brothers, has been re-
tired on full pay pension for life.
"A committee of Irish noblemen and
gentlemen has been formed in London
for the purpose of celebrating the one
hundredth anniversary of the birth of
the poet Moore, May 2S, in a beftting
manner.
-"George Eliot" has lately fallen
into state of such Indifferent health
that she is unfit for much intellectual
labor, and her medical advisers are du-
bious as to the propriety of her resum-
ing the writing of fiction for several
years.
The Charleston Courier says the
pedestal for the bronze bust of w. Gil
more Simms, to be erected in that city,
is a handsome piece of work. 1t is s.!
feet high and bears the inscription
" SimmS" in polished letters on the
base. 1t was designed in New York.
DIR. Russell, who, at the opening of
the war of the rebellion, visited this
country as correspondent of the Lon
don Times, and is popularity known here
as "Bull Run Russell" ," is to be knight
ed and to receive a valuable appoint
ment. This has been effected through
the influence of the Prince of Wales and
Duke of Sutherland, who are attached
friends of DR.. Russell.
Ernest Renan is described by a
Paris correspondent of the Chicago
Times as having "the body of Ben But
Ter and the same enormous head, with
face SO sweet and benignant that it
seems more like that of an angel than a
man. Speaking of him, Challemel La
cour said recently, He thinks as man ;
he feels as woman. He acts as a child
and he writes as a genius"
Miss Thursby, the American prima
donna, has had no end of honors in
Paris She has had urgent offers
which she declined-to join the COM
pany at the Grand Opera; medal
commemorative of her success has been
struck and presented to her; magniti-
cent card-receiyer in bronze, bearing
.Orpheus and his lutte, has been sent to
her with many compliments by the
President and members of the Artistic
Association; M. Ambrose Thomas has
written her letter of commendation,
and M. Gounod has given dinner for
her.
AT recent authors dinner given in
New York, Joaquin Miller made the
coffee, for which he is almost as famous
as for his Songs of the Sierras; Clara
Morris, peach custard that was as
melting as her Miss Mutton; Jennie
June made pudding, as full of plums
as her charming letters are of gossip;
and altogether the Bohemian dinner
was something unusual and delightful
and resulted in the starting of Bo-
hemian Dinner Club or something Of
the sort at which every member must
contribute and make one dish for the
meal. The club is to meet once a
month.
Sharp County record., 1879-06-12
Odds and Ends.

Madam" said a tramp, "would
you give me an old pair of pants, for
I'm sarvin' to death" "
there's no special style of engrav-
ing elgagement rings. A SPIDERS web
with fly in it is a very pretty device.
n be interesting speaker should
be fullof his subject, unless he happens
to be Speaking against liquor.
According to the Hartford Post,
there Se four seasons the circus sea-
son, ths green-apple season, Fourth of
July, and winter.
This is just about the time of the
year when sentimental young girls with
dreamy eyes and silken golden hair pay
three dollars a dozen for potato-bulbs
in tie hope of seeing them sprout and
bud into rainbOw-tinted, perfumed
hyacjnths.
"A Scotch minister in one of Lis
parochal visits met cowboy, and
asked what o'clock it was. "About II,
SIR" was the reply. "Well," replied
the minister, 81 thought it was more.n
"It's never any more here," said the
boy; sit just begins at l again"
Judge to witness: elbow do you
know the defendant is a gentleman; !;
did youever visit at his house ?" "No,
sir" "Did you ever see him at the
bedside Of the sick and suffering P"
"No, sill" "Have you an intimate &C
quaintarce with him ?' "No, sir"
"Have you any acquaintance with
him ?" ''No, sir; but he wears the
longest ulster with the biggest plaids in
it OF anyman up our way"
ONTHE CHOICE OF A HUSBAND.
Of beauty just enough to bear inspection;
OF candOr sense and wit, a good collection !;
Enough oflOve for one who needs protection
To scorn the words "Pll keep her in sub
jectiOn;"
Wisdom tOguide her right in each direction,
Nor blame weaker vessels imperfection.
Should Ger meet with such in my connec
tiOn,
Let him propose, I'll offer no object
Sharp County record., 1879-06-12
Science and Industry.

Tobacco is largely cultivated in
Russia, and the seed used on the plan
cations is from the United States and
from Turkey.
Fourteen years ago there was only
one Bessemer steel establishment in the
country. Now there are II, with an
annual production of more than 5OO,-
900 tons.
The Scientific american says the
paint mine at Reno, New, comprises
ledge AZ feet wide and of unknown
depth. The material is said to mix well
with oil, and not to settle on standing.
1t is estimated that the value of the
straw hats and bonnets manufactured in
New England every year is from .Sl5,-
900, 600 to $4,000, 900. Nearly all of
this business is done in Massachu-
setts, the chief factories being in Fox
boro, Middleboro, Westboro, Franklin,
Medield, Medway, Upton and Mans
field.
"A metal has been extensively pro-
duced in France which is a combination
of iron and steel. The two metals are
run separately into mold divided into
two parts by thin plate of sheet iron,
when the whole becomes welded to-
gether. The new metal is particularly
adapted for armor- plating, anchors, and
safes.
Peanuts are an important article of
commerce in our country. During the
past five years the Virginia crop has
varied from $4,000 bushels annually to
7SC, 900 bushels. The largest crop in
Tennessee during the same time was
-305,0 bushels, and in North Carolina
125,000 The season Of 1857 was the
most favorable, the amount raised in the
whole country being 100000 bushels.
Virginia peanuts are the largest, and
have the finest flavor.
Much of the meat sold in London
as prime English beef is American.
American beef sent over in refrigeratOrs
is just as good as English-many think
It better. At one Of the first clubs III
London recently there was served an
English and an American sirloin Of
beef, and no one could tell the differ
ence. Hungarian and Bohemian beef,
too, is coming into the London market
at y cents pound, and much game,
especially pheasants, from Bohemia.
"A rival to the Edison electric pen
has lately been introduced in England
by MessrS. Newton, Wilson g. Co, un-
der the name of the "horograph." Its
Sharp County record., 1879-06-12
Hans and Mishaps.

"A little son of Daniel Sweeney of
New Philadel phia, O., was straugled to
death by peanut getting into his wind
pipe.
"A 9-year-old daughter of Martin
Stellow of Fort Wayne, Ind, wandered
into a burning straw-field and was burn
ed to death.
"A child of John Tuttle of Algoma,
Mich, died in convulsions caused by
drinking milk from a cup into which a
black spider had fallen, poisoning the
milk.
"A 14-year-old girl named PearSall
of Deerfeld, Lapeer County, Mich, was
shot and instantly killed blythe accident
al discharge of rifle in the hands of
her brother.
"A little girl, years old, only child
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. Reid, at Preston,
jackson County, Iowa, climbed up to a
bureau and got a box of pills from which
she took about a dozen, and was imme-
diately seized with convulsions. Death
ensued in 20 minutes.
A man named Norman, while in q
saw-mill at Eau Claire, Mich, stopped
down under a running belt, and, not
perceiving that the belt was in motion,
incautiously raised his head, which was
Immediately caught in the machinery,
and the scalp taken off almost as clear
as it could have been done by an In
dams knife.
Sharp County record., 1879-06-12
School and Church.


Atlanta is to have a new colored
school-a Baptist seminary-which will
be under the control of the American
Baptist Home Mission Society.
Arrangements have been made in
Massachusetts, for State Convention
on the "Sabbath question:" to be held
in May, in Springfield, and also in Bos-
ton.
In Mill Hill College, London, there
are 3S students preparing themselves
for the Catholic priesthood, with the in
tention of being missionaries to the
negroes of America and the pagans of
India.
American Presbyterians have for
some years been importing from Eng
land distinguished ministers of their
faith, and now English PresbyterianS are
returning the compliment. At a recent
meeting of the Presbytery of London the
Rev. DR.. Patton of Chicago was chosen
to fill the vacant chair of theology in
their London college. The emoluments
of the position are 800 yearly. The
nomination was made by DR.. Donald
Frazer.
DIR. Lovick Pierce, the patriarch of
American Methodism, who was ordain-
ed by Bishop ASbury, and who began
his service as preacher in 1904, on his
ninety-fourth birthday anniversary, the
oath of last month, baptized five of his
great grandchildren and one great
great -grandchild at his home in Sparta,
Ca, where he resides with his son,
Bishop Pierce of the. Methodist Episco-
pal Church, South.
The New Orleans Christian AdUo-
cate says that the success of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church among people of
color in the Southern States since the
War has been well nigh marvellous.
"Over 100000 people of color have been
gathered within our communion; over
1000 churches have been built, and
ministers received and largely educated
to fill their pulpits; and over 5000 col
ored young men and women are in our
Freedmen's Aid Society schools in the
South. The success of the Methodist
Episcopal Church among the white
population of the South since the War
has also been Marked"
Sharp County record., 1879-06-12
The Galveston "MuSqaito - Fleet.

Any one travelling down among the
wharves Can hardly fail to discern the
numerous feet of small craft lying in
the shelter of the different basins, and
unloading their cargoes of wood,
brick, vegetables, fish, charcoal, and
numberless varieties of country pro-
duce, but few realize that these craft, of
insignificant appearance, furnish the
greater portion of the delicious articles
of food consumed in the city during the
busy winter season, and many of the
necessaries usedm orher portions of the
year. The epicurean who sticks his
fork in one of the large and luscious
Matagorda Bay or Pepper Grove oys.
ters, would probably appreciate the deli
cate bivalve still more if he could expe-
rience the toll and exposure undergone
by the red and blue -shirted men who Ia
Dor at the oystertbedS throughout the
winter, exposed to cold and rain and
the tempestuous waters of the bay and
gulf. The fishing business alone en-
ploys large number of, boats-gener-
ally small "cat" rugged affairs, carry
ing from three to FIVE men, who cast
their seines in all portions of the bay
where the finny denizens of the deep
are supposed to be-from Hannah's
Reef, the Vingt-et Un Islands and Moses
Lake to San Luis Pass, generally re-
turning to the city after nightfall with
their "catch," which is exposed for
sale in the markets or shipped to the
interior in the morning, The lift, it is
hardly necessary to state, is one fraught
with hardships of every character, and
the housewife who haggbs over the price
of reddish at the Genital Market, can
scarcely have an idea of the tribulation
necessary before his fshship was safely
landed on the market stall. A still
greater number of these crafts penetrate
the different rivers, creeks and bayous
emptying into tie bay within 80 or 80
miles of the city and manage not only
to carry cord wood and brick, but pota-
toes, onions, ea,bages, carrots, beets,
sugar cane, chickens, eggs, charcoal,
etc. Some of the sources from whence
the supplies are obtained, are Boiling
Point, High Islands, China Grove, Smith
Point, Double Blyou, Anahuac, Turtle
Bay and Bayou, Wallisville and other
points on the Trinity, Old River, Cedar
Bayou, San Jainto River, Buffalo
Bayou, Red Bluff, Clear Creek, Dickin-
sons Bayou, Chocolate Bayou and 9th
ers. The Captains of these small crafts
often buy their own cargoes and bring
them to the city fo sale, e,and can not, by
any means, be conidered as "slouches"
on a trade. The masters Of these crafts
are generally very cautious sailors, and
although "when the breezes blow"
they generally do not ego below"
they seldom venture far when the
weather looks excessively dirty''-to
use nautical phrae, The number of
these little vessels cIn not be definitely
ascertained, as no Caft under five tons
burden is enrolled iIthe Custom House,
and the majority Of the Galveston Bay
mosquitoes" are d less size. They,
beyonu doubt, give employment to sew
eral hundred men, w1o are hardy, fru-
gal and Industrious GalU38t0n News.
Sharp County record., 1879-06-12

action is precisely like that of the Edi-
son pen, but instead of being moved by
electricity, it acts by clock-work. The
needle point is driven by gear, and
works by a handspring, which is wound
up by a key in the ordinary manner.
1t is said to do its work equally well
with the electric pen, and to have some
advantages in comparison.
Sharp County record., 1879-06-12

Why is ship one of the politest
things in the world? Because 1t always
advances with bow.
Sharp County record., 1879-06-12
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at who one :
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opposition CD, %,
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Sharp County record., 1879-06-12

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