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Daily Kennebec journal., 1880-03-27


There i quite an artistic air about E. W
saoofe's studio on Winthrop street. The
young artist has two months work .he.a :
=. M ofoef'. He has lately completeda . crayon
''.eness Of the head Of c. A. Boutelle, Eso..
- '"e Bangor Wing. shich is very fine. II
.akes pretty smart man 10 get ahead, Of
Saps- boufelle, but Mr.. Moore has succeeced
admirably in doing 80.
.i'"e's continue to report great scarcity
" ofy pine lumber. A Kennebec lumber
man who usually carries stock of from 2oO.-
wv TO $4,000 feet, says he is all ont, and the
same Is true Of nearly, if not all, the other
nenneoec dealers. Pine shipping plank,
"hich for aAew years past has sold 1t from
siz TO sis per thousand. now sells quickly in
Boston at $50.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1880-03-27

Shortly before eight O'Clock Thursday
evening, four boys between II and IS years
old, named Haskell of Windham, TAYLOR O,
Gardiner, Pressly of Eastport, and Pho. es.
capped from the State Reform School in West.
brook, by placing board against the wall
and climbing over. The boys had been gath
cred in the school room to listen TO some re
marks from Mayor Senter, who was a CUES,
of Col. Parker, when these four were missed
The police were soon after notified.
Little folks have queer ideas on theology
sometimes. A lady in Read6eld, whose hus
band lately died. was explaining to he,
little daughter the nature and attributes Of
the Deity, when the young searcher after
truth asked: "Mamma, is God in Readfield? p
"Yes. DEAR" was the reply. 'And is He in
Philadelphia where uncle Emery is?" 'Yes.'
"Well," said the diminutve qucstioner, will
the air of one who had just received very
startling assertion: "What an arfM lono
God he must be p
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Billy Patterson-$1 1000 to the Man
Who Will Tell Who Struck Him.

Gainesville (Ga.) Register. aa
Many persons have heard the ques-
ton "Who struck Billy Patterson 2"
without knowing tho origin of it. I
propose to enlighten them little on
the subject. William Patterson was
a very wealthy tradesman or merchant
of Baltimore in the State Of Maryland.
In the early days Of franklin county
he bought up great many tracts OF
land in the county. and spent good
portion of his time in looking after
his interests, there. He was said to be
as strong as a bear and as brave as q
lion, but like all brave men he was a
lover OF peace, and, indeed, a good
pious man. Nevertheless, his wrath
could be excited to a fighting pitch.
On one occasion he attended a public.
gathering III the lower part Of Frank
lin county, at some district court
ground. During the day the two ops
posing bullics and their friends raised
4 row and a general fight was the con-
sequence. At the beginning Of the
atflay and before the fight began, Billy
Patterson ran into the crowd to per-
suade them not to fight, but to make
peace and be tricnas. But his efforts
1or peace were unavailing, and while
making them some Of the crowd in the
general melee struck Billy Patterson
severe blow from behind. Billy at
once became fighting mad and cried
out at the top Of his voice, "Who
struck Billy Pattcrson?' No one
could or would tell him who was. the
guilty party. lie then proposed to
give any man 500 who would tell
him "Who struck Billy Patterson"
From $500 he rose to $1,000; but not
$1,000 would induce any man to tell
him ''Who struck Billy Patterson"
And years afterward, in his will, lie
related the above facts and 0equcatneu
$1,000 to be paid by his executors to
lne man who would tell "Who struck
Billy Patlerson~ Ills win is recoru-
cd III the ordinary's office ut Carnes-
vile, Franklin county, Ga, anu any
one curious about tue matter can there
tlnd 1t and verify the preceding state
nlent.
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The Day Of Judgment-Is 1t Set for
.-r 1872 ggll &"a-".

4 1881. This is very peculiar number.
The sum Of it's digits is 9x9. It is di-
visible by 8 without a remainder. The
remaining quotient consists of two prime
factors, II and 10. It reads the same
both ways. If % be set under 81 and
the two added the sum is SO. If the is
be reversed and then added to 81 the
sum is 1862, the sum of the digits of
which is 8. The 1862 is also Invisible by
y, giving quotient of IS, which is a
second time Invisible by 9. If the 81 be
reversed and added to is, the sum is 36.
which is also divisable by 8, and the sum
of its digits is also g.. -. ..s .
. But what Of it? .. -.- .. .s
Add the following considerations be-
fore you press an answer: l. Those
who have cultivated the occult sciences
have always held the number 9 to be
possessed of great significance. 2.
Those who have made study of tile
numerical symbolism of the scriptures
have regarded the number as equally
significant. It is ga number of fnality
or Judgment, of creaturely complete
ness" says DR.. Mahan. And he adds,
cit is the factor of all the great dates Of
judgment-viz.: Of the flood, the destruc-
ton of Sodom, the overthrow of Pha-
raoh, the captivity, and the final de-
struction of Jerusalem. As we have
seen, it enters in a variety Of ways into
the 1881. What of it now? Has 1881
q Judgment in store for the human race,
and what is it ?-La4thera1e and o.
SerVe7. p
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NaHsnaner Work.

Many young men, fresh from college,
crammed with learning and ambition,
desire to become journalists that they
may exercise moral influence over the
masses which are reached by news
paper. They do not understand that
journalists are not turned out Of UNIVERSE
ties ready made. Journalism is a pro
fession which can only be mastered after
long years of active service-on the
same principle that to be good lawyer,
or successful minister; or competent
mechanic, one must have practical ex-
perience, and can attain prominence
only after long years Of patient labor.
Young men on leaving college are apt to
think they could shape the destiny of a
nation if they could only get control Of
the columns OF some newspaper. Per-
haps young graduate does get an op-
portunity to write editorials for some
country weekly. He launches bolt,
and then anxiously awaits the report. He
GENERALLY waits in vain, and is both
panied and chagrined to find out that
his majestic utterances have attracted
no attention whatever. Perhaps he gets
position on one of the big daiies, and,
with proud heart, he hands in to the
managing editor long article, over
which he has spent several days and
nights in writing and rewriting, only to
be sharply told that such compositions
are useless-that what is wanted is q
concise statement of news. He is per-
haps detailed to write up some congenial
subject, and is ordered to have it done
at certain time. Hampered thus, pin
Toned genius refuses to work, and the
ambitious youth makes a fat failure.
Journalism is drudgery-plod dihg, un-
ostentatious drudgery. The Individual
work which makes complete newspa-
per attracts no attention from the public
generally. Readers say this or that
paper is good one, without once caring
who did this or that to make it such.
And this alone would be cruel to the
unhedged writer who hopes to yield a
moral influence. IF one of his articles
appears he expects it to be the feature
of the paper, and is disappointed if peo-
pie do not talk about it and insist upon
knowing who wrote it; whereas he may
write for years without achieving dis
tinction. ...6
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s. Keep Gittin'.''

+ Ny friends, = said Plato Johnson, in
one Of his oratoncal moods SIDE worp
am SO constertuted dat while dar am Jest
bout huff for everybody who is willin'
to work, dar amt morsel LETT fur de
man who sits under de trees an 'spects
de apple to, fall in his mo1lf.
Now, rs studied apples all my days,
an neber knew one dat wouldn't hang
onto de limb until it was shook down
dat is, oh course, a sound, sensible APP
pie. . @
ssDon't STAN roun' de corner OBJ de
street wild a wild expectation dat the man
who Lbs dar is goh' to come out on de
cold sidewalk an ask you to be his SON
in-law.
4 8 I've seen many man loafn' 'roun'
Forty-second Street Depot as though he
felt sure dat if he stayed dar long huff
Mr.. Vanderbilt would come out an hand
him check Of one million dollars, an
say, Young man, take dis small pile an
be happy 50
:" No; de better way am to git your
eye fixed on something, an den keep
movin', keep movin'. De whole philos-
ophy Of life is in de little words, Keep
gittn', and after awhile you are sho' to
Tin yourself somewhat.
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Two Brave Girls.

Miss Rebecca W. Bates, of Scituate
Harbor, one of the heroines of 1912, has
just celebrated her 87th anniver-
sary at the old homestead. Two
sisters, Rebecca and Abigail, daughters
OF the ighthouse-keeper at Scituate,
played part in the Revolutionary
period as noteworthy as Barbara Freit-
che: The lighthouse at the above
period was made the scene of fife-and-
drum victory over an English blockade
In Scltuate harbor. Two American YES
sells were coming into the harbor laden
with -four. As it was shallow, the man
I. of Eva was afraid to venture, and manned
two boats to pursue them. They were
fast gaining on them when seen by Re-
becca and Abbie Bates, when going out
to pick up chips to boil the tea-kettle
for the evening meal, The place was
under the protection of g Home guards, I"
who, not apprehending any danger, were
on on a forage in a huckleberry patch.
The girls had become familiar with am
munit1on and military music. Perceiv-
ing the danger, one of the sisters pro-
posed to face the enemy with guns, but,
quickly taking in the fearful odds, had
recourse to a stratagem. They fed to a
side of the lighthouse, SO as to be con-
cealed from the enemy, and one of them
IN steatorian tones called the roll. In an
instant after Rebecca struck a martial
air on the fife, and Abbie hammered on
the drum Justify. The music reached
the British, a flag was hoisted, and the
two boats wheeled about, and in the act
seaman fell overheard, but was seized,
neck and heels, and hauled in. The
music also alarmed the absent guards,
who returned in time to raise tumultu-
GUS cheers as the enemy were departing,
the ladies playing yankee Doodle. .
These two sisters never married, al
though they had several proposals. s,a
They were very industrious and could
ply the needle and thread on any kind
of garment, for male or female. The
family is remarkable for their longevity.
Their father died when very aged, and
their mother at 81, and their paternal
grandfather at more than 100. One sis
ter, Mrs. Jane Curtis, is in her Goth
year, and another, Mrs. Hawthorne. is
in her 10Th. The house occupied BY
these two celebrities was built BY their
grandfather 40 years ago, and is in a
wonderful state Of preservation Bos-
ton Traveller. ~
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An Incident,

It is hard, we know, to obey the COM
mand to " overcome evil with good y
But what has been done can be done,
and the story of a woman's goodness
overcoming bad boy, who had severely
wounded her, will illustrate it. st
She was an English woman, a member
of a sisterhood devoted to nursing the
sick. The district in which "Sister
Dora, as she was called, sought to do
good responded to her efforts by petty
annoyances and rough prosecutions.
., The rude, reckless men exhibited
their irreligious Professionalism by hat
red of the Roman. Catholics. The false
report that the sisterhood belonged to
the Church of Rome-they were men,
bers of the Church Of England-roused
their ire. --..-. ...-l.-..
Late one evening, as Sister Dora was
walking throug h the town, boy called
out, "There goes one Of those Sisters Of
Misery !" and threw stone which cut
open her forehead. 49, ,--.u ~
In the course Of few days this boy
was brought into. the hospital. He had
beer I, g s.. severely injured + IL coal pit.
Dora, recognizing him. She was APP
pointed his nurse, and bestowed upon
him more than usual attention. One
night she found him crying. a
SISTER" he said, with many sobs, 81
threw that stone at you"
"Oh," she replied, with gentle voice,
did you think I did not know that !?
Why, [ knew it the minute you came in
at the door,"
What" exclaimed the astonished
boy, "you knew me and have been
nursing me like this ?"
It was the first time he had ever had
the slightest experience in receiving
good for evil. The impression her con-
duct made must have been lasting in
some way for good upon that boys mind
and heart. Youths Companion.
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William Pitt.

The brilliant life and sad death of
William Pitt, England's great Prime
Minister, seem satire upon personal
ambition and popular gratitude. He
was Chancellor of the Exchequer when
but % years of age, and for eighteen
years ruled Great Britain. The con-
trast of the brilliant beginning of his
public life with its somber endinr is
painful to read.
Pitt died at his house, Putney Heath.
and in very neglected state, none of his
family or friends being with him at the
time. One who was sincerely attached
to him, hearing of his illness, rode from
London to see him. .ss.
Arriving at his house, he rang the bell
at the entrance gate, but no one came.
Dismounting, he found his way to the
hall-door, and repeatedly rang the bell,
which no one answered.
He then entered the house, wandered
from room to room, till at last he discoy-
cred Pitt on bed, dead, entirely neg
lected. 1t is supposed that such was his
poverty he had not been able to pay the
wages OF his servants, and that they had
absconded, taking with them what they
could.-Ohace q Week.
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The Small DAYS OF Chicago.

New York and BOSTON about ON
wears old. have resnect;velv I 00O an
and 35O. OI0 inhabitants GS;cano made
m her half million n It'll 49, fnrtv
wears n Now Yorl onJ Ac Ros+o 800 ~ >nr ~
sees the graves of e;ght generations and
the relics If colonial times n nh!cag y,
M. Gnrdon 8 Hubbard = nov l;v;ng
an act;va mon 20 uao,s 80 ooa 1ap9
LOOKING f;(n Who cama to tha an6t when
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Manners Two Hundred Years Ago.

A curious little book, called "The
Rules Of Civility, which was published
in 1875, throws amusing light on the
manners of our ancestors two centuries
ago. "Being in discourse with man, ;"
we read on one page, "'tis no less than
ridiculous to pull him by the buttons,
to play with his band strings, belt or
to punch him now and then on the
stomach" Again, cit argues neglect,
and to undervalue man, to sleep when
he is discoursing or reading. There
fore, good manners command it to be
forbid besides, something may happen
in the act that may offend, as snoring,
sweating, gaping or dribbling." More
explicit are the rules for behavior at ta-
BILE. Gin eating observe to let your hands
be clean. Feed not with both your
hands, nor keep your knife in your hand.
Dip not your fingers in the sauce, or
lick them when you have done. IF you
have occasion to sneeze or cough, take
your hat, or put your napkin before
your face. Drink not with your mouth
full nor unwiped, nor SO long till you
are forced to breathe in the glass. I"
There are rules also for the drawing
room. eff a person of quality be in the
company Of ladies. It's too juvenile and
light to play with them, to toss or tum-
bic them, to kiss them by surprise, to
force away their hoods, their fans, or
their ruffs. It is unhandsome among
ladies, or any other serious company, to
throw off ones cloak, to pull off ones
peruke, to cut ones nails, to tie ones
garter, to change shoes if they pinch, to
call for ones slippers to be at ease, to
sing between the teeth, or to drum with
ones fingers"
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Getting q Character.
Pa wondrous

Be wondrous wary Of your first COM
portments get good name, and be
very tender of it afterward; for It's like
the Venice glass, quickly cracked, never
to be mended, though patched it may
be. To this purpose, take along with
you this fable. It happened that Fire,
Water and Fame went to travel together
Gas you are doing now !; they consulted
that II they lost one another, how they
might be retrieved, and meet again.
f1re sad !" Where you see smoke, there
you see marsh and moorish low ground
there you shall find me. But Fame
said, :" Take heed how you lose me, for
if you do you will run great hazard
never to meet me again there's no re-
hieving of me"
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trated BY the Indians, was in 1872, and
the bones Of the soldiers were lying un-
buried near the shore when young Kin
zle returned from Detroit.in 1916.
Has2oer's Magazine.
Hints to the Constructive.

The diet Of the consumptiye should be
SIMPLE and nutritious :; very strict rules
as to special articles Of diet are uncalled
Tor, unless the stomach should have ex-
hblted unusual signs of imperfect pow
or. Meat should be taken once or twice
day, with good allowanceof fat. Fish
Is nutritious, especially oysters. Milk
is very nutritious, and two or three pints
may be taken in the course Of the day.
At the Hospital for Consumption at
Brompton many Of the patients have
glass OF rum and milk the first thing in
the morning, before breakfast, to help
them to dress, and undoubtedly it often
does good. Asses milk may be taken
When ordinary milk disagrees. Another
favorite prescription is fat bacon for
3 breakfast. Sugar is very fattening, and
there is no objection to taking it even in
considerable quantities. A moderate
allowance Of wine or spirits is advisable,
but it should be taken with caution when
It tiushes the face or quickens the pulse.
Moderate and frequent exercise in the
open air is essential. We do know that
now and again it is very essential to
nss change the air :" but we consider that
to do that with any chance Of advantage
it is necessary to go far afeld; and we
think also that such change of the air is
only needful when sickness of the body
has come upon us, or when It threatens
/ to come. When nothing else can be
done, sitting out in the open air should
always be insisted on-in garden, on
balcony, or even at an open window.
Anything is better than remaining shut
up in the same room from morning to
night. We heard Of man who, on be-
ing told that riding was beneficial, hired
horse and galloped about till he was
so exhausted that he did not recover for
q fortnight. Exercise should be carried
to point short Of producing fatigue.
In ordinary cases of consumption there
is not the slightest occasion for the pa
tient to keep his room, but still it is
very important that the sleeping apart
ment should be properly ventilated.
The great thing is to get as much pure
air as possible consistent with warmth
and the absence Of draughts. Only
moderate temperature should be permit
ted, so that when in bed the patient
does not feel cold. In summer, good
ventilation should be secured by letting
down the windows for an inch or SO. at
the top. At the Hospital for Consump-
ton at Brompton the wards and galleries
are kept, winter and summer, at a. uni
form temperature of a little over 60 deg,
The policy Of this system is open to
question, and; in the opinion Of many
competent judges, the patients would
do better If the temperature were con-
siderably reduced. - Family P2tysiciQas.
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s'The Ladies cooperative Dress Associ-
alton Of New York;,

- II
Some of our readers may have heard
of the project indicated BY the above
title, and would like to hear more OF
it.
Soon after the matter was first
preached it became one Of the chief
topics Of interest among hundreds of
New York ladies. y surprising num-
Z Der Of ladies Of wealth as well as Of
moderate means, expressed their desire
to join. A dozen ladies met to talk the
matter over more formally. At this
= time the matter had awakened more
interest than the ladies concerned had
imagined. Published statements had
spread the news it. Letters poured
into the homes of the ladies hundreds
at o time, and much confidence was
felt in, the success Of the scheme. The
ladies interested, who had said that
they would be glad to come forward
and give their money, generally under
stood that it was a purely philan-
thropic undertaking. 1#
$ The chief object Of the scheme here.
i as generally understood by MANY.
was to reduce the price Of dress max
ing, millinery, and children's apparel.
1t was not the general opinion that
the cost Of dress fabrics in the
stores conld be much decreased. but
it is believed that dress fabrics could
certainly be sold at nearly cost price.
The nilliners and dresslnakers have
l. prices in their; own hands sto-day,
The meeting at which the project
of organizing was formally announced
was all affair Of larger dimensions
than was expected. The thirty ladies
who were expected to attend increased
to two hundred, to say nothing Of,
seven reporters. The publicity Of the
undertaking gave rise to timidity. and
when the plan Of organization was
divulged by Miss Kate Field one hun
dred and sixty OF the ladies' decided
to retire. Miss Field had selected the
trustees of the institution, and theyy
were to be the founders. These GEN
tlemen included some of New York's
most prominent citizens. A stock
broker, already appointed, was to take
charge of the business details accord
ing to this plan, and it was proposed
that the ladies present should buy the
stock and become members Of the as
ISOLATION. The capital stock was to
be 1925, 900. Twelve per centum on
the capital stock for the first year
would defray the running expenses,
and small percentage ofprofit would
fall into the hands OF the first stock
buyers. The capital stock was to be
doubled the second year. s..
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A Miners Secret.
Denver Republican.

OCANCl AcpuUilCdu
4 A number Of old residents of Dem
YER remember a venerable Scotch
mountaineer by the name Of McDon-
aid, who came to the city three or four
times during the war with a small
donkey, carrying his effects and sever
al buckskin bags we'll filled with gold
dust. On such occasions he would de-
post in some Of tho banks not less
than from $4,000 to $4,000. Nc
Donald was a very social and talka-
tive old fellow, but never would re-
veal where he got his gold. Several
men undertook to follow him secretly
to learn where he was going, but all
came back without knowing any more
than when they started, for Nc Donald
each time contrived to throw them off
the trail, and the men reported that
they invariably lost all traces Of him
near the White River, after following
him through the Ute Pass as far as
the Middle Park. s1
ta Whenever Mcdonald came to Dem
yer he would stop with Frenchman
named Baptiste, and the two were
great friends. One day the Scotch
man disappeared on one Of his sudden
trips to the mountains, which he took
so much pains to keep secret, and it
was noticed that Baptiste had gone
too. But they had not departed in
company, and hence it was surmised
that the Frenchlnan had followed Nc
Donald with a view Of spying upon
the movements of the old man and as
certaining from What secret mine of
the mountains he drew his wealth.
The Scotchman never returned, and
though eight years have since passed
away none of his Denver friends ever
learned what become of him. Co g. I.
The recent marvellous reports from
North Park, taken in connection with
the above facts, form stronger ground
for the belief that Mcdonald passed
! through the Ute Pass, through the
Middle Park and into. the North Park,
and years ago discovered the rich de-
posts the existence OF which is on
ly now beginning to be suspected.