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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-09-10
PATENTS.
r.. FL. EDDY

No. 70 State St.. opposite KiIby. Bosto,
Secures Patents In the United sIates; aIse IN G,.s
Britain, France an other foreign countries Corief
Of the claims Of any Patent furnished BY remfff;n
one dollar. Assignments recorded al Washineton
No Agency in the United States suDer1 r.
ciifies TOR obtaining Patents or ascerfa,nino r..
Datenfdbtlty Of intentions.
Z. H. EDDY. Solicitor of Patepta.
TEsTIMoNrALs.
"Iregard Mr.. Eddy one of the most CAPABLE nu6
succesgul practitioners with whom have had on.
cial intercourse"
CHAS. MASON. Commissioner Of Ps.ent..
Inventors cannot employ person more trusfvo,
thy or more capable of securing for them an earl,
and favorable consideration at the Patent Once
EDMUND BURKE, late Commissioner of Paten,s
BosroN, October 10, 1870
B. b. EDDY, Eso.,-Dear Sir: you procured fcs
me- in ls4o my first patent Since then you have nd,
ted for and advised me In hundreds of cases ~
procured many patents, reissues and exteusions
ave oesasionally employed the best agencies u New
1ofk. fhiiadelphia and Arlington but sin 9iye
you almost the whole Of my business, in your IT,
aAd advise others 70 employ yos.
Your truly, GEORGE DRAPER
oso1s SsAna0 l. - II
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Netu advertisements.

Good Pay for A gents. 600 to aaon
month made selling our fine RooE. Per
bibles. Write to j. q. McCURDY q hH
fnIAA0olPnI1, -. sept4f&w4s
Gazetteer of Maine. A fw
AGENTS WANTED for this splendid h moe
Meets with wonderful success For terms ga oo"s
b. b. RUSsEi l.. Publisher, Boston' We e,s
sept4t&v4w
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If and If.

'or ianguishing on a he'd Of sickness,
take cheer, If yon are simply aiiing, or
IF you feel weak ard dispirifed, without
clearly Knowing why, Hop Biiters viii
ssurely cure you.''
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for Portland and way, S.4OA. NJ. and 12.25 P. M.
For Vanceboro and way, L1.45 and 40 P. n.
Due from Boston and way, 1882 and Az p. n.
Due from VancebOrO and way, 500 A. NJ and IL. 10
M.
Through tickets to California and all points south
and west may be had Of +. ii. Walker, ticket agent
Augusta the only Office selling via all routes and
checking baggage free of expense.
PAYSON TUCKER, GenI Manager.
+. +. BOOTHBY, Gen.l Pass. and T'k't Ag't.
PORTLAND. june 1883
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Railroads ann Steamboats,.
Maine Central Railroad.
Change of Time.

On and after JUNE 18th, 1853, rains will leave
Augusta
For Lewiston. Portland and Boston at 600
1908. A. NJ. 800, AIR. Fast Express, and II 90 P. NJ
The Fast Express train stops between Augusta
and Portland at HaOwel, Gardiner and Brunswick
only, and arrives in Boston at lOOO p. NJ.
FOR Rockland, 100 and 0O3 A. NJ, and ON Satur
days only at 800 or 4l2 7. NJ.
FOR Harrington, 600 ano 1908 A. NJ.
Fer Bath, $780, 1903 A. M: 800 and 4.12 P. n.
and on saturdays only at HOO P. II.
For Watervilie 2.l9, 700 A. NJ; 40 and 7.35
P. II.
For Skowhegan and Belfast. 2.19 A. NJ; 40 P. NJ.
For Dexter Bangor Aroostook Co. and st. John
21y a NJ; 10 and 7.35 Z. NJ, Fast Express, stop
ping between Augusta and Bangor at Waterville and
Newport only.
Night Pullman Trains each wav every night. SIM
laws included, but not to Skowhegan on Monday
mornings. or to Belfast and Dexter, or beyond Ban
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Nonfidential Medical Correspondence. Inclose
~ stamp for immediate reply. 2. O. Box 2.277,
n. Y. City. sept6t&w4w
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Nem advertisements.

nVORCES-No publicity; residents of any
IL state Deser'ion, Non-Support. Advice and
applications for stamp. W. II. LEE, Airy, 23O
Bway, N. Y. sepi6t&a4w
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Rev. Father Wilds'
EXPERIENCE e.

ID. The Rev. T.. L. WiIds, wcll-knowu civ
missionary i'm New York, and brother oftbe
late eminent Judge Wild>, of the Mas.,,hr.
sets Supreme Court rites AS foilov..
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"lf you are suffering
from over eating or
drinking, any indi-cre-
'tion or dissipation, or
ARE young and growing
100 f. <, a. is often the
'case."
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-14
The Cashier Ahead.

A new bank which had been estab.
llshed in a town in Indiana had engaged
the services of n watchman who came
we'll recommended, but who did not
seem over-experienced. The President
therefore sent for him to post him up n
bit, and began:
James, this is your first Job of this
kind, isn't it?"
eyes, SIR"
''Your first duty must be to exercise
vigilance"
eyes. air."
"Be careful how strangers approach
you.'
"I will, SIR"
''No stranger must be permitted to
enter the bank at night under any pre-
text whatever"
ono, SIR"
"And our eashier.-he il good man,
honest, reliable and thoroughly trust
worthy, but it will be your duty to keep
IN eye on him."
"But '%dwill he hard to watch two
men and the bank at the same time.
SIR"
"Two men-how?"
"Wby, sir, it WAS only yesterday that
tho cashier called me in for talk. and
he said you we're the squarest man in
Indiana: but that it would DO lust as
we'll to keep both eyes on you, and let
the directors know If you hung around
after hoursl"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-14
Excrcise.

Take plenty of exercise, and you can
use your brain as much as you please.
lawyers and cler9ymen, who use their
brains much. aro the longest-lived men
in the country, showing plainly that
regular brain work is good for the gen
eral health as we'll rs for the efficiency
OF the nervous system in particular.
The muscular system must be treated
IN similar manner II you do not wish
it to become subject to fatty degenora-
ton. An unused muscle shrinks and
becomes soft and habby, presenting an
appearance of marked contrast to the
brawny arm of the blacksmith, In
stances of the feebleness OF tissues thus
preserved frequently present themselves
to the notloe OF tho surgeon. A muscle
is called upon to perform vigorous
contraction. but it snaps in the effort.
The heart itself is sometimes torn asun-
der in attempting to send m extra sup.
py of blood to some needy limb. No
man can afford to lower his general
vitality for the sake Of mere idlo graft :.
tication. He never knows when he may
require all the energy which can be
stored up in his tissues. A railway ac-
o:dent, runaway horse, run to catch
q train, q fall on the ice, or evon fit of
coughing, may bring life of misery or
an early death to one who would have
passed unscathed through them all had
he allowed his nerves and muscles to
wear away in vigorous activity.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-14
A stupendous worh o1 Nature.

Ages ago an arm of tho Gulf Of Mexi-
co extended northward probably to
where Cairo now stands. This voter
varied in width from ten to sixteen
miles. Strctolling for 900 miles north
ward, and from the Alleghnnies to the
Rocky Mountains, was, and still is, the
land that drained its surplus waters
into this arm of the sea. Nature sought
to fill up this deep triangular trough,
the nplex of which touched the present
waters of the Ohio. The work was mn
extensive one. The granite tanks of
the Rocky Mountains, the shales of tho
Alleghanies, the tertiary formation of
the plains, were all plowed by rivers,
and the material was pulyerized by the
action Of strong waters, ground IN the
batteries OF nature, until they were an
impalpable dust, capable of being held
in suspension by flowing water. In the
workshop of nature, on the plains and
in the mountains, this process ceaseless.
~ continued. The melting snow and
heavy rains, causing the rivers to rise.
carried tho pulp to Cairo. There the
salt water of the Gulf was met; and tho
flow of the river checked, unable loneer
to hold the pulp in suspension, it was
precipltated, forming delta. Slowly
this delta WIS pushed southward.
Mountains were cut to the level OF the
plains; the flanks of mighty ranges
were deeply furrowed to supply the
demand theriver made to fill the trough
below Cairo, and render it fit for the
habitation of men. The north was de.
vastated to answer the call. For ages
the waters of the north and west poured
into the trough. For ages the process
of shoaling the salt waters slowly con-
tinued. After the land appeared above
the surface Of the river the annual over
flow added to its height.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-14
Made All Exception.

A Boston capitalist, who has just
returned from a trip to the lumber re-
gions of Wisconsin, struck country
hotel ono night during blizzard. The
landlord was doing his best to heat up
and make everything comfortable, buy
after his heels had been frost bitton
within six feet of the bar-room stove,
the Bostonian limited that he would 20
to bed.
"Stranger in these parts, aren't you"
whispered the host.
"Yes."
"From Bosting, ein't you2"
sYes."
"Weil, I'll make an exception in your
care and give you your choice between
room where the boys will likely sit up
till 3 O'Clock and play old sledge, or one
next to where me and the old woman
will begin jawing and fighting about 10
and keep 1t up till square daylight, You
look like man of culture, and I'll
make it rs comfortable as can for
your Et
The Bostonian compromised by TAX
Ing north room with seven panes of
glass broken out Of the window.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-14
Cow Theology.


"Now. deacon, I've just one word to
say. 1 can't bear our preachingl L get
no good There's so much in it I don't
want that I grow lean on it. I lose my
time and palms,"
"Brother Bunnell, come here. There's
my COW 'Thankful'-she can teach YOU
theology"
"a COW teach theologyl What do YOU
mean?"
"Now see, have just thrown her q
forkful Of hey. Just watch her. There
now! She has found stlck-you know
sticks will got into tho hay--and SEQ
how she tosses it to one side and goes
on to eat what is good. There againi
She has found q burdo ok, and she throws
it to one side and goes on eating. Be-
fore morning she will have cleared the
manger Of oil save a few sticks and
weeds, and she viii! give milk. There's
milk in that hay and she knows how to
get it out, albeit there may be now
and then q stick or weed which she
leaves"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-14
Bank Locks.

Speaking OF locks, says New York
letter, one Ii led to notice the improve
mont in these methods Of protection.
ono of which is the "time lock-" This
is SO constructed that an automatic
action is obtained. The interior of tho
lock contains n spring and wheel like
watch movement, and it is wound up
in tho same manner and set 80 rs to
open at q regular time. There are sew
eral patents of this kind of look, which
is so popular that two thousand are in
use. They cost $400 apiece, but arc
cheap even at that, when one considers
tho vast amount of money thus pro.
tected. Formerly cashiers have been
seized, bound and compelled by burglars
to unlock the safe under fear Of death
but these tune looks cannot be opened
until the fixed moment arrives. Each
manufacturer has number Of expert
workmen travelling for the purpuso OF
examining and cleaning locks, which
should be done annually. The fee for
this service is $40. Ono, OF those OK
aminers informs mo that he has been
thus employed three years and he re-
Gently visited some of tho most impor-
tant banks of this city, He is watoh-
maker by trade, and considers these
locks merely large watches. He also
informs me that there are q dozen
other men in the same itinerancy. each
of whom averages 100 examinations a
year. The range of travel to which
they are subjected includes the entire
urea of the Union, with most of its ter
ritories, and hence this forms q peculiar
feature in the travelling community.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-14
TRI-W EEKLY EDITION.
THE AUTUMN SCENE.

The indian summers veil Of bluo
Lies OH the mountains far away;
And from the cast, forever new,
Dawn ushers IN the dreamy day.
The air is still, tho rlvulet CLEANS
In silver flashes through the vale
The silent mist above the streams
Fair path shines like glIstning sail.
see the squirrel skip and dart
Among the ratnbow-tinted leaves,
The glossy chestnuts fire his hoart--
But, as for him, he never grlevcs.
Where red and russet orchards stand,
Bowing their burdens to the plain,
The lover takes his loved ones hand .,.
And saunters through the orchard lane.
The clouds are soft that Heck the sky,
The dry leaves rustic past their feet;
But their unclou'led reverle,
Aud bliss 'ul dreams and Visions sweet,
Ontdo the splendor of the day,
Surpnss the glory Of the dawn:
Tho world itself must pass away
Ere such delights are dead and gone
mark their measured step-and SLOW
The cottage gate, tho parting kiss,
And think no summers vainly go
That end in such triumphant bliss
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-14
heart, che despatched her poem to its

heart, she despatched her poem to its
destination.
Days merged into weeks, and she
heard nothing from it, until at Inst she
sent tiny note asking for some news
of it.
The reply was brief.
Her sacred work had long since been
consigned to the waste-paper basket,
condemned as rubbish, and unreturned
to her for want of return postage.
The blow was terrible.
She had not even kept q COPY, and
never could she gather up courage to
make second effort.
With the heartless letter in her hand,
she flew to the woods, whore secure
from interruption, she might fling her.
self face downwards upon the sward
and sob out some of her hearts grief.
30 wrapped was she in her own mis-
cry, that she heard no step approach
ing, until some one called her name.
It was Dick, her lover, who stood be-
side her.
All, her lover now no longer
''May |" he said.
"What is 1t, child 2
"Will you not tell me
WI AGGlo gin WuaG lS GfOuDllnY
you ?"
The tender, tone was moro than she
could boar. "
How it happened she did not know,
out in moment she found herself Sob
ing, not tears of wretchedness, but
tears of joy (; for Dicks arms wer. about
her and her head was on Dicks heart.
She tried then TO make him under
stand some of her humiliating confess
sion but he would not listen to it
only, few days later ho came to her,
with roRulah smile OH his face, and
held up before her little slip of paper.
1t was all advertisement, in doggerel
verse, for some patent toot-powder,
This is one Of MIR. Rusllton's poems"
he told her.
Evidently not very lucrative occu-
patton, since he has left the hotel q
month in arrears for his board"
But seeing the quick tears Of mortifi-
cation start to Mays eyes, he bent and
kissed them away.
But in long after years the girl learn
ed that only her false mission in life
had failed her, and her true mission
the mission OF loving wife and tender
mother-had met its richest and its
fullest completion.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-14
How He Cooked Thorn.

Several years ago genuine specimen
of the genius Yankee emigrated from
| the central part of Maine where he had
spent the whole of his life, to o we'll.
known town on the Eastern Shore. He
had never. seen an oyster except in its
canned condition. and was naturally
anxious to know what kind of an ani.
NAL or vegetable it WAS. Ono bright
fall morning soon after lie had arrive d
at his new home he was leaning con.
tempiatlVeiy over the front gate when q
cart full Of the bivalves drew near.
this morning, sir2" .....
Chow much are they9 asked the New
Highlander stepping out 20 s. examine
them. S5ss 4t y
Forty cents bushels. SsG SG
"Waal l guess I'll take peck, But
look here stranger, how do you cook
them thingsl"
| Different ways, sir. Some people
fries 'em; some roasts Elm; but they
mostly stews 'em--cooks 'em in water
awhile, puts little milk ip, and season
'em with pepper and suit. They're
first-class this way"
'All right. 1 guess we'll try 'em
stewed."
The oysters were duly delivered and
paid for. ..
This was early in the morning. Late
in the afternoon, about eight hours
after the above, the spindle legs of the
Yankee were seen rapidly measuring
their longest strides down the street.
Fire was in his eyes and madness in his
mien. He soon reached the crowd as
sembled OH the street corner. and at
once singled out the man from whom
he had purchased the oysters. The
Walls of his wrath were Immediately
uncorked. Shaking his fist III the mans
face he roared forth:
''You're gol darned humbug, you're
q cheat, vile swindIer, an"
"Wnat dye meanP" growled tho oys-
ter r.man.
''The oysters you sold me. You said
they were good, You told mo how to
cook them. You told me to stew 'em,
didn't you2"
eyes,"
''Waal, we put the blamed things on
the stove this morning, and they amt
soft yet; though they've been boiling
hot for eight hours"
You lank-sided, bald.facod idiot,
why didn't you take the sheels off2 The
oysters inside.
"Ihe thunder it is! Then why didn't
you tsll me2" -.
But nothing more need be added. 1t
Is only necessary to say that the Yankee
now always shucks hls oysters before
he cooks them. =. =
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-14
UarIylo's Homo at craig snputtosk.

Fifty years haye come and gone since
this lonely moorland farmhouse was
tenanted by Thomas Carlyle and his
newly.wedded wife, Jane Welsh. Worry
little changed is anything outward:
quiet Craigenputtock was then quiet, it
is still. You hear the wind moaning
among the trees, the leaves falling to
the ground, distant murmur of water,
the bleat of some sheep on the uplands.
These are the sounds by night and by
day; all else Is silent. Very simply
were the. "ourious impertinent" once
bafled, but now the door stands open,
and, though few indeed venture near, q
visitors book lies on the lobby table,
where those who make pilgrimage to
the spot can register their names.
Craigenputtock, meaning the wooded
hill OF the puttock, n kind of hawk, is q
small estate on the borders of Dumfries.
shire anil Galloway, some 1900 acres in
extent, mostly moorland, and lying 700
feet above ,sea-level. It's precise situa-
tion is on the valley, running from the
parish of Dunscore in Glencairn to the
river Urr-howing from the adjacent
loch OF the Same name. Fully II miles
from Dumfries, the nearest railway
station (save Auldgirth, which. may be
somewhat less) it will be seen to be
sufficiently inaccessible. The nearest
village, Corsock, is between three and
four miles away. The house itself is
not beautiful, not even what may be
called picturesque. Where it stands,
nevertheless, it looks far from amiss,
ard seems not out of keeping with it's
barren surroundings. Still guarded by
fine old trees, and fanked by the orange
aud purple moors and Galloway hills,
there Is about it quiet dignity which
does not jar with its associations.
The front of the house, facing the
north, commands no view whatever.
and looks into grassy bank, rising
Immediately towards now spare plan
tatlon. TO the back, where there might
have been preserved wide panorama
OF moorland and hills, all outlook is
forbidden by the farm buildings. girdIed
again by trees. Indeed, 80 surrounded
Is the house, and SO sheltered is the
little hollow, that no sign of n habita-
ton is visible from any distance, save
from the moor above, whore ono may
indeed see the roof and window or
more. On entering we find ourselves
in somewhat spacious lobby, hardly
deserving the name of. hall. To tho
right is the former drawing room, and
entering from it is the old study, very
tiny room which looks into the yard.
On the left of the lobby is M apartment
used by the Carlyles as the dining-room,
and behind it is n bedroom. The
kitchen, a large, cheerful place, now
the pleasantest room in the house, Is
built out ut the back. Ascending n narrow
stair from the hail, we find ourselves on
3 small landing. whence four doors open
into four several bedrooms, which COM
plete tile modest accommodations OF
Craigenputto4k.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-14
Pets ofPriBoners.

1t is somewhat surprising to what an
extent men confined in prison will
succeed in domesticating different kinds
OF animals. This practice has never
been more successfully developed than
at the State Prison at Concord, where
there are men who, in q number of in
stances, derive great comfort from the
companionship Of different species of
animals and who while away many u
lonely hour by training them, while in
their cells, to perform different tricks.
at the present time one Of the most
| noted convicts in tho institution has q
pot mouse which he has caught and
trained to whirl small wheel arranged
on the same principle as n squirrelo cage
is. Another has two wharf rats which
he has tolled into his cell, fed and so
completely domcsticated that they will
go through tight-rope performance
in his cell whom they are bidden to do
80. Others have traiacd rats md mice.
which they carry to and from the work.
shops, and become greatly attached to
them. The trained pet canary of jesse
Pomeroy. the boy fiend, has just died.
Ho was o very fine singer, and Jesse
grleves very much on account of the
birds death, for, in solitary contine-
ment. he has been much ohcered by tho
singing. He now expects his mother
will bring Or send him another soon.
The steward Ill tho hospital depart.
mcnt has several pet canaries, and one
of thom has been trained to q remark
able degree. A colored convict, formeIy
well-known waiter in ono of the lead
ing Boston hotels, who occupies n
strong cell, has succeeded in propa-
gazing pigeons i'll peculiar manner.
The window of his cell opens into the
prison yard, md on this window he
placed bread crums until ho trapped a
pair of pigeons. He afterwards caught
three moro III tho same way, clipped
thor wings, and they have become 80
thoroughly domesticated that they have
built nest underneath his bed, and
at present have three young doves which
they have reared. Ono Of tho old pig
CONS is coal black, and this ono tho
darkoy has named after his wife, and
oil tho rest have names. lie regularly
feeds his flock from his own allowance.
The other convicts felt worry much disa-
pointed because the largo number of
doves formerly kept at the prison were
killed and tho thatched dovecote TO-
moved. At one timo number OF do
mestlcated skunks were kept in the
prison yard, and they wero cared for by
the convicts. There are now numerous
cats in different parts of the ,ison
and if n person wishes to get the i'll,
will Of convict ho only needs to mo-
lest "his cat. These animals always
disappear from view when visitors
come to tho prison, for they always
know stranger.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-14

"Hunadn languages, says Julien
VlEzon. ''appcar 70 have grown like trees
IN wood, which In the first stages arc as
numerous as possible but are soon reduced
to q few individuals, OF which a very small
number attain their full term OF lie. Nu-
merous as were at first the local manifesta-
t,ons OF human beings, the prinordial Ian
guages were as innumerable.