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Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-03-29
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Ntfp Abberttssments.
VARIOUS QUACKS.
Who-Each with his own fet
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There have always been quacks legal quacks'
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-03-29

KENNEBEC COUNTT.-M Probate Court af
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1883.
A CERTAIN INSTRUMENT. purporfine 10 be
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-03-29
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-03-29
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-01-05
British Ignorance of America.
'aris Cor. Philadelphia Press.

Paris Cor. Philadelphia Press
was lately at dinner party where the
guests were all Americans, and all of them
had made sojourn of longer or shorter dura
ton in London. The conversation turned on
the really comical ignorance of all things
American displayed by the best educated
English people, and numerous anecdotes in
illustration Of the topic in question were
cited. One of these related to the son of
former United States minister in London, Mr..
Edwards Pierrepont At some public dinner
one Of the guests asked Mr.. Pierrepont, Jr.,
while his father was in the act of making
speech, who the orator was. The young
gentleman made answer that that was the
American minister "Is he of the established
church or dissenter?" was the next ques-
ton. But this does not quite equal
the query of the archbishop of
Canterbury, who lately asked of an American
visitor to explain to him @the attitude assumed
by the United States toward dissenters." A
general of our army next told how he had &C
companied an English officer of high standing
to visit Newburg, and informed him that
Washington had once had his headquarters
there (which Washington" languidly de-
manded the Briton
gentleman, the son of United States senator,
who described an interview that he had recent
ly had with an English lady, who was intro
duced to him as prodigy of intellect and of
learning &You come from the southern states,
sir?" she remarked amiably. switch of the
two do you come from-Missoun or PERU"
With great presence of mind, my young
friend informed her that he was then re-
siding in Peru, but intended shortly to remove
to Missouri But 1 rather think the climax
was capped by an English author, who, on be-
ing told by. an American lady that she came
from Missouri, said thoughtfully: missouri
let me see--what state is that in?" missouri
is state" responded the lady GAh, yes-yes
to be sure it Mississippi thatI was think
ing Of" Fortunately the lady in question was
well used to the peculiar ignorance of English
men and English society in general respecting
our country and she did not even smile I
myself have become thoroughly case-hardened
on the subject; so when charming English
lady, the wife of a distinguished Indian officer,
asked me one day if it were not very danger
GUS to walk in the environs of Philadelphia on
account of the rattlesnakes, / was enabled to
answer her without moving muscle of my
countenance.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-01-05
A story of Alexander stephens.

Alexander 81. Stephens, in the years "before
the war; was very anxious to be elected to the
United States senate, and many of his friends
and some newspapers had made very favora-
BILE mention of him for the place. Toombs,
who also wanted to go to the senate, but had
made no move in that direction, seeing the
Roadway Stephens was Making and knowing
that he Toombs) could be elected if he could
only get Stephens out of the way, set about to
secure that end. &The first thing he did, said
Mr. Stephens, "was to come over to my house
one day on his way to court, knowing that
was going over myself to attend to some
business. always rode horseback in those
days, and Toombs knew it. So he drove up to
my house in his buggy just as I was about
to get on my horse, and said: Hello,
Aleck, where are you going?' why ans
wered, 4 am going over to court. Where are
you going?' TO court too. Have your id
old horse put up and ride with me in my
buggy had my horse put up and got into
the buggy with TOombs, and we went along
for about twelve miles, when we got to creek
where Toombs stopped the horse, got out and
loosened the rein SO the animal could drink.
While he was doing this he said Aeck, see
some papers are bringing you out for senator.
Do you want it?' replied that did not; that
l did not care anything at all for it. AS quick
as thought he said: Well, Aleck, if you don't
want it, do. am crazy after it So l want
you to pull off your coat, roll up your sleeves,
and go to work for me- 81, you see, he
cheated me out of the senatorship. went to
work for him, and he was elected"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-01-05
They Can't BE Beat.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
At Charleston met man from Binghamp-
ton, N. Y, who was agent for some sort of
cotton machinery, and almost the first thing he
asked me was:
@How do you manage with the hotel wait
ers?"
@Why, have to fee them, of course"
@That shows how green you are. I am going
!, to stop here four days, and won't pay EN- a
cent"
s-s @Then you won't get much service"
Il won't, eh? Well, you just watch me and
learn thing or two See that?"
It was lead half-dollar, neatly covered
with gold foil, and at first glance it seemed to
be $40 gold piece When the New Workers.
trunk came up stairs and the two darkeys
fingered around for quarter apiece that
"twenty" appeared to view, and he said:
Smallest I've got to-day I'll see you be-
fore CO."
! The same thing was worked on the table
waiter, on the waiter who brought up ice
water, and on several other colored individ-
uals, and when we were all ready to take the
train for Savannah the trunks went down on
minutes before the train pulled out the New
Yorkerturned to the African with his grip-sack
and said
James, will you take this coin and square
up with the boys for me?"
"Yes, sab"
aPlace it carefully in your pocket, and don't
lose it."
@she's dar', sab, an rze millyuns O. times
obleeged to you"
@Never mind that Well, we are off, :"
All the way down to Savannah that evening
my companion chuckled over his keenness in
beating the colored. population, but when we
reached the latter city his chin took a drop.
We were not clear of the depot when he was
arrested for passing counterfeit money, and
all his explanations did not prevent his return
| to Charleston by the next train. I met him
afterwards in Alabama, and he told me the af-
| fair cost him $65. fs''f fas
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-01-05
Catharine and ThurlOw.

There is a. little romance connected with the
marriage of Thurlow Weed, told by the vet
eran journalist himself. &When was work
ing in Cooperstown," Mr.. Weed said, Il and
two other young fellows were arrested for in
sulting some girls while going home from
meeting. never was more innocent Of any
thing in my life, but I had no friends, and
was threatened with jail Suddenly man
whom I did not know stepped forward and
gave bail for me, and lawyer whom had
barely seen offered to serve me as counsel
My trial came on, and the girls exonerated me
from having anything to do with it A year or
two after this l fell in love with Catharine
Ostrander, of Cooperstown, and married her,
and better wife no man ever had. 1t was
ten years before found out how I came to be
defended Meeting the lawyer in Albany, ]
asked him. Why said he, 'it was Catharine
Ostrander's work She had felt rather shy
and had not told me in all that time But the
next year the lawyer was surprised by being
nominated and elected attorney general of the
state. Not altogether because he had inter
coded for me; he was just the man for the
place. very rarely had man elected or
appointed to Office for reasons personal to
myself" &&#
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-01-05
PhOtOsraphing the Baby.

Baltimore Every Saturday.
Most young married couples have sfrst
baby" except in rare cases, when they have
twins. Then they have two first babies. The
first baby is always remarkable child Such
physical beauty, such intellectual quickness
and genius, and such moral perfection were
never before united in one being. Other babies
may be all very well in their way, but this
first baby is something peculiarly marvellous.
ALI its aunts rave over it, and even its uncles
are moved to say, 3Keecher-k eecher-keecher,"
and chuck it under the chin with forefnger
by way of ingratating themselves with the
infant
OF course the fond parents think that the
infant must be photographed The world at
distance should not be denied the oppor-
tunity of gazing upon its lineaments; a record
should be kept of its loneliness. So some fine
sunshiny day they go to the photographer.
Then the first baby Immediately begins to
quarrel and fret and look less beautiful than
usual although he is all dressed up in his
best clothes. He wants things that he sees in
the photographers showcase, and not OBJ
tanning them begins loudly to protest He
refuses to yield to pacifcatory Establishments,
and keecher- keecher- keecher fails to soothe.
At last his turn comes. The mother
wants him iu a certain position. The
photographer doesn't approve of that position,
and the baby won't have it Finally COM
promise is effected The photographer jingles
bell, clucks like a hen and raps with a stick
all at once, hoping thereby to attract the at
tention of the first baby; but when the picture
comes out there are found three or four i'm
pressions everything each other like the scales
of fish. A second sitting is taken, and the
photographer sleeps his soul in perjury by
telling the infant that if he will hold still q
white mouse will run out of the camera. The re-
suit of this is a picture slightly shaky with the
mouth open A third picture is attempted when
at the critical moment the baby sets up a
prolonged howl. Thus are the rosy hours be-
guiledt
At last good picture is obtained and nu-
merous copies are ordered They are sent to
the remotest friends and relatives This would
cause great excitement in distant lands if it
were not for one thing 1t is that everywhere
the likeness goes it finds some other young
couple with a first baby, who are equally Of
opinion that their baby is the finest in the
world; indeed, dlsparagi contrasts are al
most surely drawn between this photograph
and the other first baby, to the disadvantage Of
the photograph. Yet young couples will
doubtless go on pho9graphing first babies.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-01-05
CHARLESTON IN THE WAR.
Under Siege SIS Days, and Over Five
Hundred Days Under Fire.

Under Siege SIS Days, and Over Five
Hundred Days Under Fire.
Detroit Free Press.
The city of Charleston was under siege 5S5
days, and for over five hundred days under
Gre When Gilmore got his Swamp Angel"
planted and sent word that he would open fire
On the city, the citizens Of Charleston laughed
over the message His guns were five miles
away, and the idea that he could do the city
any harm was too absurd to entertain
1t is just midnight
W-r-r-r-r! S-s-s-s! Scream-rush-bang
Gilmore has sent his first shell into the city.
It strikes brick building opposite the post
Office and explodes with crash which turns
5000 people out of bed Men who heard the
horrible screaming of that great shell as it
came over the waters Of the bay will never for
get the sound
In five minutes second one came, but this
failed to explode and is now on exhibition at
Major Willis Office on the wharf 1t just fits
into and just fills nail key. By the time the
third one arrived all Charleston was awake
and full of alarm and horror. This was the
beginning of siege which has no parallel in
American warfare Day after day-week after
week-month after month, with only intervals
of q few hours at time for the guns to cool or
some new move to be made, the bombardment
continued Grant did not care to iniure
Petersburg Gilmore would have wiped
Charleston off the face Of the earth if he had
been able.
That first nights experience was enough to
arouse the city to action. Not building in the
fNf nraI&x 60 L.
shells loaded with Greek fire. Under the ad-
vice of the chief of the fire department every
house kept ready supply of water on hand
In barrels and other vessels. In some districts
bodies of minute men were formed, who would
rush to the spot where shell fell and quickly
subdue the flames in Case fire was started.
The business streets were all paved with cob
ble-stone These stones were taken up and
dumped into the sea, and it was wise precau.
ton. Scores of shells fell upon the streets,
and buried themselves in the sand and explod-
ed without damage
By and by the people became used to the
situation, and seemed to go to bed without
any more fear than would have been shown in
New York. While the street-cars ceased tc
run, all other business was transacted as usual,
and during the hottest fire of the whole siege
men were loading vessels at the wharves, va
rlous fac Dries were running and children
were playing in the public parks Federal
history pictures Charleston in ruins and filled
with woe and desolation within thirty days
after Gilmore opened fire, AS matter of fact
business was not suspended for single hour.
While few families left the city, others came
in and after the first fortnight the shells were
looked upon as matter of course. Probably
not more than thirty inhabitants were kllle
by tue missiles direct, and both the big fire
had their origin in other causes AS Charles.
ton began-haughty, imperious and defiant
so she remained to the last, and when evacu-
ated the southern Confederacy was drawing
its lost breath of life.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-01-05
me Man who First Invented PrIn.-

-
Chinese printing ia described, with spice
Of local color, by The North China Herald
The first great promoter Of printing, it says,
was Feng Ying Wang, who, in 9S2 A D., adj
Vlsed the emperor to have the Confucian
classics printed with wooden blocks engraved
for the purpose. The first books were
printed IN regular manner. and in pursuance
Of an edict in 95S Twenty years after the
edict the block Of the classics were pro-
nounced ready and were put on sale. Large
sized editions, which were the only ones
printed at first were soon succeeded by
pocket editions The works printed under the
Lung emperors at Hangehow were celebrated
for their beauty; those of Western
China came next and those of FOX
hien last Movable types Of copper
and lead were tried about the
same time; but it was thought that mistakes
were more numerous with them, and therefore
the fixed blocks were prepared Paper made
from cotton was tried, but it was found so ex-
penslve that the bamboo-made paper held its
ground In the Sung dynasty the method was
also trled OF engraving on soft clay and after
wards hardening it by baking. The separate
characters were not thicker than ordinary
SOPPSA colnSs Gacn OF them was, IN Iact, d
seal An iron plate was prepared with fac
ing OF turpentine, wax and the ashes of burnt
DIAPER: Over this was placed. an iron frame,
In which the clay pipes were set up until it
was full The whole was then sufficiently
heated to melt the wax facing An iron plate
was placed above the types making them per-
fectly level, the wax being just soft enough to
allow the types to sink into it to the pToper
depth. This being done it would be possible
to print several hundred or thousand copies
with great rapidity Two forms prepared in
this way were ready for the pressman's use
so that when he had done with one me would
proceed with another without delay. Here is
undoubtedly the principle of the printing
press of Europe, although western printers
can dispense with soft wax bed for types
and can obtain a level surface without this de-
vice. Perhaps the need of capital to lay in a
stock of types, the want of 8. good type-metal
easily cut and sufficiently hard, and the supe-
rior beauty of the Chinese characters when
carved in wood, have prevented the wide en-
ployment of the movable types, which are SO
convenient for all alphabetical writing. The
inventor of this mode of printing in movable
types five centuries before they were invented
in Europe was named Pi Sheng, the first syl-
liable Of which will seem singularly appro-
pirate to any American printer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-01-05
PrOdiga1ity Of the Porter.
New York Sun.

New York Sun.
A Pullman car porter has been telling .
st. Louis reporter about the earnings of the
employees of those cars Drummcrs are liberal
young married men are good, women are very
bad, millionaires worst Il had sad illus.
tration of that few days ago Col Gillette,
millionaire mine owner (traveling with Bo.
nanza Mackey), gave me dollar. He said
with terrible SHUTTER, 1T was all the ch-ch-
change he had 1t was somewhat of q blow
but went in and got Mr.. Mackey ready for his
brush He fumbled among lot of keys and
finally fshed out 50 cents By jnks, was
mad, but l couldn't say anything. It's SO with
most rich men. There's Gov Tabor, he's
about as good as any of 'em, but he never gave
me more than 81. There's Senator Jones, he
went to Deming once with me and gave me s.
On the other hand Senator Fair, who is fifty
times richer than Jones, they say, came up
with me once, and only gave me 81. He was
nice about it though-spoke so kind, and told
me not to spend my money foolishly. Poll
ticians, when they get money, are mighty
good There's Dorsey, the starroute man
When he goes down to his ranch he always
gives me handful of silver-don't stop to
count ii" The worst of all are old ladies,
who want bags and parcels carried, but
never give aught but thanks; in these how
ever, they are usually generous.