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Dodge City times., 1882-04-27
A Novel "Swear."

A singular incident lately occurred in
aLondon witness-box during the hear
ing of a case in which Parsee gentle
man was called upon to give evidence.
He objected to be sworn either on the
old or new testament, and, not being a
Mahomedan, he could not be sworn on
the koran; but he produced from his
breast 'sacred relic, and said that by
making a declaration and holding the
s'charm" in his hand, and not conceal
ing it, the act would be binding on his
conscience. The commissioner thought
that, under the peculiar circumstances,
he would be justified in taking the wit
ness declaration, if at the same time
he held the ''charm" unconcealed in his
hand, and declared that he would con-
slider the act sufficiently binding upon
him to bear true testimony in the mat
ter at issue. 1t is said to be usual to
swear Parsees holding the tail of q cow,
which in India is regarded as sacred
animal.
Dodge City times., 1882-04-27
The Arctic Whaling Fleet.


The twenty or more whale-ships
winch came down from the Arctic last
autumn have mostly started again for
the same destination. These vessels
Will not arrive in the Arctic before some
time IN May. Ihey fsh by the way,
making long stretches out OF direct
course, sometimes getting well over
toward Japan, and sometimes nosing
about the Okhotsk Sea, for any chance
to strike few whales In this latitude.
Besides the fleet OF sailing ships, there
Will be three steamers in the Arctic this
season-vlz. The Beivedere and North
Star, OF New Bedford, and the new
steamer now on the stocks at this port,
which will be completed inside of the
next two months. The sailing ships are
all oid-fashioned, short, oak-built ships,
which have done good service in other
business before they were sent around
to the Arctic. Some of them were pack
cts fifty years ago. They are still strong,
weatherly ships, and seem TO be inde-
pendent of all decay. The cold weather
of the Arctic and the saturation Of oil
have tendency to preserve ships. Un-
less these old vessels get nipped in the
ice, they may be good for at least quar-
ter of century more of good service.
BY that time there will probably
be no use for anything but the screw
steamships in whaling. Even now an
other use of steam in whaling has been
introduced-the steam tender, or small
boat with steam, strong enough to tow
Dodge City times., 1882-04-27

A scientist says that few people
know that in bad seasons honey is apt
to be poisonous; that is, when flowers
are scarce, the bees are obliged to gath
er it from poisonous flowers.
Dodge City times., 1882-04-27

The New York Commercial thinks
that the interests of the American hog
are being better cared for in Europe
than those of the American citizen.
Dodge City times., 1882-04-27

"A Louisville wealthy leather dealer
states that 81 900 spent in advertising
brings him in more orders than "a 600
year agent has ever done.
Dodge City times., 1882-04-27

For the Cure Of Coughs. Colds. Hosrseness. Asthma
Bronchitis. Group Influenza. Whooping Cough. lneip
lent Consumption &c. Price only 2s cenfs bottle
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-04-29
Personal.

Gen. Grant was 60 years old Thursday.
Barnum says his present ambition is to se-
cure white elephant from Siam, for the
great show.
The only child of Grace Greenwood, Mis-,
Lippincott, is to make her debut in opera next
winter.
Congressman Reed of Maine is spoken of as
one Of the most sparkling conversationalists
in Washington.
The women of Utah are to present Senator
Edmunds' wife silk quilt, as a mark OF
appreciation of her husband's~ecent services
DIR. p. O'Meara Edison Of Roxbury i. re.
covering slowly from the serious accident
which befel him some months ago.
The President has received an invitation
to attend the Milwaukee Industrial Exposition
in September, and will probably accept.
Sir George Mares, the celebrated Arctic
explorer, sailed for his home in England
Wednesday from New York. He recently
arrived in New York from the Bahamas.
Ex-senator Thurman has just appeared in
Columbus court as counsel in case with
which he became connected nearly 20 years
age. All the original parties to the suit ex.
cept one are dead.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-04-29
Poultry.

Some Varieties of chickens are poorly suit
ed for market poultry. They show the pin
feather and are not so salable ms white or
light colored fowls. Those with yellow legs
and skin are more salable than blue or white
legged ones. Asiatics are among the best
winter laying fowls, and the chicks can be
raised early in spring. when they command n
high price as broilers. The small breeds are
tender and may die if hatched early; they can
not stand cold or wet. Asiatics grow and thrive
even when the snow is on the ground. In
starting in the poultry business, do not
build one large house but several small ones
They need not cost much to hold 30 or near
that number. without crowding. The small
er fiocks always do the best under all cir
cumstances. provided they are fed in proper
ton. Divide the flock into several buildings,
and healthy fowls as the results are sure
to follow, if food and cleanliness are also
provided.-AmeTicdn Poultry Journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-04-29
The Dangers of Stealing Rides.

painful accident occurred yesterday after
noon Peter Smith, the l6-year- old son of
Widow Smith, living near the Franklin
House, went To the locomotive works soon
after noon, and when he returned caught q
ride upon freight train Ia the james street
crossing. When the train came in sight of
the crossing, he was on top of a box ear. and
rs the train neared the crossing he ran down
the iron ladder preparatory to dropping to
the ground. He would have landed on the
ground safe and sound had il not been for the
target of the switch to the side track. Young
Smith had one foot on the iron ladder and
was hanging on with one hand. The train
was running fast, and his body struck the
target. The force of the collision was great.
The target board was bent out of place on
each side of the target handle, and young
Smith was swung around between the cars.
The force of the cars carried him a few feet
west of the target, and then he dropped upon
the track and both legs were run over and
terribly mangled, the wheels of two freight
cars passing over them lengthwise. The left
leg was crushed and mangled from the ankle
to the thigh, and the right, from the foot to
the knee. He was taken from under the
train by those who saw him fall. His first
words were
Take me home to mother
The boy was conscious until he reached
home. When he was taken into the house
he told his mother that he had come home to
die. The surgeons were soon on hand, and
commenced the amputation of the limbs
the right one was taken Off at the knee, and
the left one close up to the body. The
mother was almost frantic with grief at the
calamity Utica Observer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-04-29
A Friendless Girls Gratitude.

Thirty years ago poor girl named Carrie
Roper, in garments tattered and torn, wan
dered to the home of John Potts, a village
blacksmith, in what is now known as Brook
lyn, Pa, few miles from Carbondale. Mr.
Potts took the girl in, and suggested to his
wife that they adopt her, they having no
children Of their own. Mrs. Potts objected
feeling it her duty to take one of four of her
sisters daughters, if il was deemed expedient
to adopt daughter. Mr.. Potts would not
listen to his wife's suggestions, and determined
to support the girl. He sent her to a school
in Bucks county, where she took up the study
of music with her academic course and grad
uated with high honors. Two years after she
graduated Mr.. Potts failed to learn Of her
whereabouts. His inquiries did not bring
any tidings Of the girl, and he gave her up
as dead. His wife died in the spring of 1877,
and he lived alone. He still continued his
business as blacksmith, though unable 10
save anything from his earnings with which
to paw off few mortgages of his property.
Two weeks ago strange lady appeared at
the post Office in Brooklyn. and introduced
herself a. Mrs. James Rutledge of PittsburR,
wife Of q millionaire. She inquired for John
Potts, and was escorted to his home. The
old gentleman recognized her at sight, and
was overcome with JOY at her appearance.
The lady had come TO take Potts to her home,
where be was to enjoy the freedom Of her
home during his remaining days. She paid
off the mortgages Of the, Potts property.
purchased handsome monument for the
grave Of Mrs. Potts. and started with her old
friend for her home in Pittsburgh. Soon af-
ter their arrival she made Potts gift Of
$50, 900 in United States bonds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-04-29
General News.

The funeral of Ralph Waldo Emerson takes
place on Monday afternoon.
Scott. the Northampton Bank robber, died
at the State Prison Wednesday.
The decision in Sergeant Mason's case will
be given on Monday.
The census Of Canada shows that nearly
80, 900 natives of the United States live in
the Dominion.
Dakots promises an increase in its yield Of
wheat and oats Of % per cent. Barley is also
being planted.
The usual memorial day exercises at At
lanta occurred Wednesday at Oakland Gem.
etery, where the Confederate dead are buried.
General Weaver is coming to Massachn-
setts early in May in the interest of green
backism.
Guiteau refused to see Mrs. Scoyille when
she called to bid him good bye, and she has
gone home disheartened. Fears are enter
tanned that she may become insane.
The public school at Ailanticville, near
Long Branch, has been closed because of the
many cases Of scarlet fever, measles and
diphtheria among the pupils.
Virginia girl, in love with handsome
and attractive young planter in her neigh.
borhood. being jealous of three sisters also
handsome and attractive, tried to remove
them by sending them a box Of poisoned
candy. 1t was freely partaken Of, and it was
only by the most strenuous exertions that
their lives we're saved.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-04-29
NO. 1Ol.
Intemperance I'm Wine Countries.

We drinkers have been in the habit, for
many years, of PLAYING OF the wine countries
against the teetotallers; but even this argu-
ment fails us when we question the men who
really know the wine countries. Alcohol
appears 10 be as pernicious to man in Italy,
France and Southern Germany, where little
is taken except in the form of wine. as it is in
Sweden. Scotland, Russia, England and the
United States, where more fiery and power
ful dilutions are used. Fsnmore Cooper
wrote: Il came 10 Europe under the inn
preston that there WAS more drunkenness
among us than In any other countrv--Eug-
land, perhaps, excepted. A residence of six
months in Paris changed my views entirely.
| have taken unhelievers with me into the
streets, and have never failed to convince
them OF their mistake in the course of an
hour. On one occasion party of four went
out with this object We passed Is drunken
men within an hour; many of them were so
far gone as to be totally unable to walk. In
passing between Paris and London | have
been more struck hy drunkenness in the
streets OF the former than in those Of the
latter" Horatio Greenough gives similar
testimony respecting Italy. ''Many of the
more thinking and prudent Italians abstain
from the use Of wine; several of the most
eminent of the medical men are notoriously
opposed TO its use, aud declare il a poison.
tne-hfth, and sometimes one-fourth of the
earnings ofthe laborers are expended in wine"
have been surprised AT the quantity, the
emphasis and the uniformity of the testimony
on this point. Close observers of the famous
beer countries, such as Saxony and Bavaria,
where the beer is pure and excellent. speak
of this delicious liquid as the chief enemy of
the nobler faculties and tastes Of human
nature. The surplus wealth, the surplus time,
the surplus force of those nations are chiefly
expended in fuddlng the brain with beer.
Now, no reader of this periodical needs to be
| informed that the progress of man, of nations
and of men depends upon the they make
of their little surplus, Ii is not small mat
ter, but great and weighty consideration
the cost OF these drinks in mere money. We
drinkers must make out very clear case in
order To justifv such country as France in
producing 81 500. 900. 900 worth of brandy per
annum. james Parton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-04-29
Fertilizers.

The special advantage of green manuring
or the plowing in Of green crops. is in the
large amount of humus which the soil ac-
quires.
The general effect of lime is to render
available the plant food already in the soil,
without itself supplying any significant
amount Lining cannot, therefore, be sue.
cessfully repeated except at considerable
intervals.
There is little if any absolute fertilizing
value in coal ashes, but when mixed with
clay soil in large quantities they render the
soil lighter and more porous, and allow the
air and sunshine to penetrate it, For this
purpose they are highly esteemed by garden
ers.
Save the SCOT from chimneys and stove
pipes. pint of SCOT in a pailful of water
will make a liquid manure of the greatest
value for flowers and plants of all kinds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-04-29

Sheep and other animals are now pro-
teeted from certain diseases by inocula-
ton. The vaccine matter is carried in
sealed tubes and Il graduated syringe at
tached to Il hollow needle forms the
operating instrument. Sheep are inocu-
lated in the middle ofthe thigh. the opera
tor pushing the needle beneath the skin,
and at the same time depressing the pis-
ton of the syringe TO the first graduated
mark. One hundred and fifty sheep can
it is said be treated in an hour. Oxen and
horses receive double the quantity of vac.
cine matter. This remarkable discovery
was made by French scientist.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-04-29
"DO Likewise"

DIR. X. v. Pierce, Buffalo. N Y. five
years ago was q dresdf0l sufferer from
uterine troubles. Having exhausted the skill
Of three physicians, was completely dia-
couraged, and 80 weak could With difIicuIty
cross the room alone. I began taking your
'Fayorite Prescription" and using the iocsi
treatment recommended in your 'Geao6Sn
Sense Medical Adviser. In three months
was perfectly cured. wrote letter to my
family paper, briefly mentioning how my
health had been restored, and offering TO send
the full particulars to any one writing me for
them and inslosing stamped envelope for
reply. / have received over four hundred
letters. In reply, l have described my case
aud the treatment used, and earnestly advised
them to 90 likewise. From great many +
have received second letters Of thanks, sfat-
ing that they had commenced the treatmeut
and were much better already"
Mrs. F.. r. MORGAN, New Castle, Ne.
april25f f&w1w4p 3
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-04-29

1t is an excellent plan to clean out and
purify the cellar every spring. All de-
caying vegetables and fruits as well as any
unnecessary dirt. should be removed.
These substances are very unhealthy for a
family living in the rooms above. as well
as unpleasant. 1t is also good idea to
whitewash the walls and as soon as il is
warm enough take out the windows. put
ting coarse wire screens over the aper-
lures to keep out vermin.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-04-29

Dailu kfnnehfl 5ournal.

A good and reliable way to prevent the
depredations of crows on sprouting corn
is to tar it before planting. Take about
a spoonful of tar to quart of corn or
enough SO that each kernel shall be COW
cred with thin film, Mix thoroughly and
dry with plaster. The crows will perhaps
pull up hill or two, but that will be all 4;
and they will soon become so disgustcd
with the corn that they will leave it alto
gether.
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Advertising Agents.
FOR THE
kennebec journal.
Daily AND WEEKLY.

The following Advertising Agents are authorized
10 receive subscriptions and advertisements for the
kESNEBhC JOURNAL:
BOSTON SIN. PETTENGILL 4 Co. 10 Stat.
Street.
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ton 81.
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street.
NEW iORk I: {: DAUCHY Co., "a Park Place.
GEO T.. kowELL Il Co., 10
Spruce Street.
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PHILADELPHIA N. w. layer 4 SON, Times Bldg,
Chestnut and eth streets.
NEW HAVEN. CONN, Ii. Z. HUBBARD, % Elm St.
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BRowN's IRON BITTERs is
composed of Iron in soluble
form; Cinchona the great
tonic, together with other
standard remedies, making
a remarkable non-alcoholic
tonic, which will cure Dys-
pepsia, Indigestion, Malaria,
Weakness, and relieve all
Lung and Kidney diseases.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-04-29
NOTICE

Il hereby given that the City Ordinance In regard
10 fast driving In the streets of Augusta, viii be
rgdly enforcsd and after this date. Safety to
life and limb compels me to this course, ~ It has
become . common nuisance.
By order Of the Mayor.
6. b. WHITE, City M9sAA
AuguaH7Dssenb9 u, ~.
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spI4-tufhkSAwsm
new RICH BLOOD |!

Parsons Purgative Pills make New Rich
Blood and viii completely change the blood In the
will take pill each night from to u weeks may be
restored to sound hezifh If such thing be possible
Sent by mail for letter stamps. I. s. JOHNSON
CO., Boston, Mass, formerly of Bangor. Me.
nncMTC WlMYe0 EVERYWHERE to sell
H06U y WuU 6U the best FamiIy Knit
ting Machine ever invented. Will knit q pair Of
stockings, with Heel and Toe complete, in 20 min.
utes- 1t viii also knit great variety of fancy work
for which there is always ready market. send for
circular and terms to the TwOMBLY KNITTING
MACHINE CO.. 100 washington St.. Boston. Mass.
Maytos1v
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Weekly Kennebec Journal

Published every Wednesday morning, Z, Is one of IN.
largest quartu papei in the State containing news
political artic agricultural and scientitic matter
tales, poetry, Lrcdotes, household matter, markers
&C., &C.
Terms, 81 per IL. adrance
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-04-29

Mansfield, Ohio. Nov. 26, 1881.
Gentlemen :-Ihav suffered with
pam in my side and back, and great
soreness on my breast. with shoot
ing pains all through my body. at
tended with great weakness, depres-
sion Of spirits, and loss Of appe-
titc. ! have taken several different
medicines, andwas treated by prom
inent physicians for my liver. kid
neys. and spleen. but got no relief.
] thought would try Browns Iron
Bitters have now taken one bottle
and a half and am about well-pain
in side and back all gone-sorencss
all out Of my breast, and have a
good appetite, and am gaining in
strength and flesh. 1t can justly be
called the king 9f Hedieinss.
JoHS X. AILENpRR.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-04-29

I i ne Oreat Enkush
Remedy. An un-
failing cure for
Seminal Weak
ness, Spermato-
rrhea, Impotency,
and all Diseases
that follow IS a
sequence Of Self
Abuse; /; as Loss Of
Aarnnrv Tuixar
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-29
Jim.Jams From Tobacco.

A veteran user of the weed in this
city was recently taken sick and con-
fined to the house. A physician was
summoned and pronounced his COM
plant disease of the heart. He ordered
the patient to be deprived entirely OF
tobacco, and said that he would be able
in few days to tell what the mans
chances for recovery were. The to-
bacco was stopped, and then followed a
season of arrangement and visions less
intense and terrorizing than those be-
longing to the alcoholic frenzy, but an
noying and remarkable to the patient.
he saw black flies in myriads upon the
walls of his room, ten thousands of
frefies, such as are seen in June.
These were followed by millions of lit
IL: golden metallic-hued beetles. He
sat beside lovely stream OF water that
wasn't there, and gazed into its lmped
depths. He saw crowns, queer gar
ments covered with the heads of nails,
all sorts of armour, and bric-a'brac
enough to furnish every house In the
state. During one whole day the at
mosphere was SO yellow that he could
net see the neighboring residences;
another day cloudy wells shut out from
his view for brief intervals the objects
about him. His experience, while 1t
has satisfied him that tobacco affects
the brain, has not destroyed his love
for the weed, which he constantly lie
sires, but is declared from using be-
cause of bis condition. The patient is
out, and we are glad to say is doing
well. -PittsblLTG Leader.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-29

bull shot out across the sage plain with
lightning speed, his plucky rider twist.
ing the tail that to him was a
sheet-anchor until the bellowings were
lost in the distance.
For over mile and half the race
continued amid the excited cheers OF
the vaquero's comrades. Occasionally
the bull gave desperate plung through
heavy clump of sage in the attempt
torid himself Of hia tormentor. but the
long rowels only chung more firmly to
his TANKS. Sometimes the animal and
rider were hidden by undulations in
the ground, and bets were even made
that Prick would be thrown and gored
but at last the bull exhausted from
sheer fright, fell, and the plucky vague.
70, stepping lightly off returned to
claim the prize which was unanimously
awarded.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-29

useless. The artificial eye is merely
thin shell Of silica that can be inserted
under the eyelids by the individual
himself. 1t is held in position by the
contraction of the lids, and is moved
about by the optic muscles, pretty much
Ia the same manner as the natural eye.
No disagreeable sensation is felt by the
wearer, and, as far as appearance goes,
il would be difficult to detect anything
out Of the common, to such degree OF
perfection has the manufacture reached.
There is great difficulty in match
ing eyes, as the contraction and dilation
of the pupil when exposed to the sun
light, or on entering room, causes the
eye, of course, to assume darker hue
than it really has, owing to the differ
ence in the density of the pupil. The
only way in which this can be remedied
is to have the artificial eye several
shades darker in color than the natural
eye and this is invariably the practice.
The first thing man, after getting
an artificial eye, does is to ask every
friend what they thought of it; whether
it matched in color and size his other
one, and so forth, and the friend glad
to have a chance of airing an opinion,
after slight examination declares the
color wrong and probably the eye a
misft in every way. The purchaser
then comes running back to the shop
and stormes and RACES until he is as
sured that it is owing to the natural
phenomenon that his eye assumed q
slight change in size and color in the
open air, and so on. A comical side of
the picture is when the party who is
anxious to remedy his defect comes at
tended by, say his family and a
few others; these collect around him
and each perhaps selects particular
eye from the case and declares that 1t is
just the thing. The argument wakes
hot and heavy, and the inevitable con-
clusion is that the unfortunate man is
compelled to go away with an eye I'M
suitable in many respects, and which he
is only too ready to come back and
change by himself few days later.
While on the subject of eyes it may
be said there is scarcely anything more
absurd than the practice usually current
of going to Europe for ophthalmic ad'
vice whenever it is required. American
oculists have long since earned for them
selves worldwide reputation by their
wonderful skill in treating this disease,
and besides understand the peculiar
phases which are the product of diff
ferent climate far better than their
European compeers could possibly do