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Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-06-16

NyANTED.-A girl middle e-aged woman y
w work in IA small family through July anp
August, at Squirrel Island. Inquire at
Mrs. JOHN PARSONS l2y Bridge St.,
uDel2ttf Augusta, me-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-15
TIE FAMILY DOCTOR.


Sleepless people-and they are many
in America should court the sun,
The very worst sOporilic is laudanum,
and the very best, sunshine There
fore it is very plain that poor sleepers
should pass as many hours as possible
in the sunshine, and as few as possible
in the shade. Many women are mar
tyrs, and yet they do not know it. They
shut the sunshine out of their houses
and their hearts, they wear wells, they
carry parasols, they do all possible to
keep off the subtlest, yet most potent
influence which is intended to give
them strength and beauty and cheer
fulness. Is it not time to change this,
and so get color and roses in their pale
cheeks, strength in their weak backs,
and courage in their timid souls? The
women of America are pale and deli
cate; they may be blooming and
strong; and the sunlight will be po-
tent influence in this transformation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-15
No Show For Him.

All hands had been telling long
stories of what they had done and
would do in the event of a smash-uI
on the road, with the exception of one
little man, who had listened attentive.
ly to the narratives, and taken them
all in without word.
Ever been in an accident? ?" asked
the patriarch of the party, noticing the
little mans silence.
NO" replied the little man, quiet.
ly.
"Then you have no idea what you
would do in the fracas?" continued
the patriarch.
"No; I don't" replied the little
man, sadly. "With all you big
heroes blocking up the doors and
windows in your hurry to get out,
don't exactly know what show a
man of my size would have!
And then there was deep 81
lence, so deep you might have heard
cough drop, and the little man
was troubled no more about the pos
sibility of accidents.-VdH Street
Ne,cs,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-15
The Train Bow.

Who is the young man yonder with
the badge of authority on his brow? 1t
is the train-boy. Does it own the
road? No, only this train. Is every
seat in the train occupied? Yes.
Whose books are on this seat? The
train-boys. Whose basket of oranges
on that seat? The train-boy's. Whose
pan of pecans on this other seat? The
train-boys. What does the train-boy
call them? Pecawns. Whose bananas
are on that other seat? The train
boys. Does he sell fresh bananas to
the people? No, he sells the bananas
to fresh people. Are these the train
boys apples on this other seat9 They
are. Does the traln-boy put the good
apples on top of the basket9 No. Why
not? He has no good apples. What
does the train-boy sell besides these
things? The people. Is the train-boy
a confounded bore and a palatable
fraud? 1t is Chicago Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-15

\ correspondent visited some of the
many pigeon houses erected near the
river, which from their towering, con-
ical form, never fail to attract the at
tention of travellers on the Nile on
coming to Cairo by rail. These breed
ing places consist of nothing else than
an enormous number of red earthen-
ware vessels, closely resembling medi-
UNI sized flower pots placed in circle,
with the mouth inward, and tier upon
tier is raised with the assistance of the
tenacious Nile mud, until the cone is
completed and the dome covered in, a
few light branches of trees being intro
duced on the outside of the fabric be-
fore completion to enable the pigeons
to perch and rest themselves at times.
Hawks and other birds of prey, not to
say cats also, annoy and often destroy
the pigeons here, and consequently a
trap-door is fitted to the place about
half way up the building, and worked
by a couple of ropes which reach down
to the ground. These on being pulled
by the natives at dawn, allow the pig
cons to sally forth and feed gratis dur
ing the day in the adjoining fields or a
little farther off if food is scarce at
hand, and soon after sunset, when the
pigeons are all back again, the trap
door is let down for the night to the
exclusion of all intruders. There is a
long upright pole in the center of the
building, with cross-pieces of wood on
it to serve as ladder upon which the
owner mounts when he wishes to catch
the birds or clean out the place; and
owing to the facility for keeping pig
cons in Egypt, it is not to be wondered
at their being found always in the
market, and at very moderate prices.
1t is not altogether, however for the
sake of the birds that the people breed
them on a large scale, but it is the ma
nure, which is priced for agricultural
purposes, especially for raising melons
in spring; and often fellah who has
no pigeons to depend upon will send a
donkey and boy with couple of large
baskets across the animals back
through the country to buy up all the
manure he requires by going from
house to house, even where only few
pigeons are kept, paying two shillings
for quantity that would barely fill a
bushel measure.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-15
One Little Seed.

Many days have passed since this
little incident, but its lesson is one
which l trust | have never forgot
ten.
| was crossing the ocean aboard the
good old ship Antoinette. Boy-like. l
made friends with the several officers
of the vessel, and when they were off
duty my pleasure was to listen to
their tales of the sea. What won
derful stories they had to tell!-of
queer cities and strange people, of
storms and calms, of dangers through
which they had passed, and then, too,
of their happy homes lar away, and
their longing to be once more sur
rounded by their families. What an
eager listner l was! And many and
many time have |, with one or the
other of them, laid stretched out on
the deck, gazing upwards, shaping in
to familiar pictures the fantastic
clouds that tloated overhead, while the
splashing of the waters on either side
sounded soft and pleasing to my
dreaming brain.
One day the first officer had just
come off watch, and as he stepped into
his cabin he found me already there.
| chatted awhile, and finally in rum
maging through his chest, l fell upon
some old-time daguerreotypes. This
was his son, that his daughter, and
here was a picture of woman of al
ready maturer years. Eager to dis
play, | presume, my familiarity
with the world-and how much our
younger generation is addicted there
to!-I at once exclaimed: "And that's
the old woman l suppose"
/ saw at once my mistake. A
cloud spread over the sun-browned
face; but soon it passed away, and a
rough, rugged hand was softly laid
upon my shoulder, while voice al
most distressing to me it was so gen.
tie, said, "My little friend, that is my
wife, the mother of my children; of
course you meant nothing, but let an
old sailor tell you, never speak but in
the gentlest words of those whom
men should honor. A woman in my
eye is holy thing; remember my adj
vice."
All the rest of that day l felt like
one who had done wrong, but after
wards the sky seemed brighter and
the air fresher, than ever. Perhaps
the little seed that rough, old "steuer-
mann had sown fast fiowered into
beauty.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-15
Domestic Surgery.

Cuts must be treated according to
their position and severity If fin
ger or toe is cut, bathe or immerse it
in cold water until the blood ceases to
flow, washing out all dirt and foreign
substances that have entered the cut
If it is deep, notice how the blood
flows if it is dark and oozes from the
cut slowly, only vein is severed and
it is not ser Gus but will soon heal if
kept from the air. But if it is of a
bright scarlet hue and spurts out in
jets, an artery is severed and doctor
must be called at once. Meanwhile a
ligature must be tied above the cut,
and the thumb pressed down and held
upon the artery to prevent loss of
blood. If the skin gaps from a cut,
draw the edges together, apply piece
of sticking plaster over the whole sur
face, and put the finger or the thumb
of kid glove over the finger if it is
the injured part. If in little while
the wound throbs painfully, cover it
thickly with the vaseline with few
drops Of laudanum stirred into it, and,
if needful from severe Inflammation,
put on a poultice of tlaXseed boiled in
little water with few drops of laud-
anum. But vaseline alone possesses
great healing powers for all kinds of
wounds, bOils, inilammations and abra-
sions of the skin, AS long as the first
dressing of cut remains firm and it
does not throb or burn, it should not
be touched An outer clean cloth can
be added, but let the inner one alone
until the wound is healed. Cuts on
the head are apt to be dangerous and
require much care The hair should
be cut off all around, and arnica plas-
ter put directly over the wound.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-15
New York Fire Engines.

The New York Herald thus de-
scribes the movements of men and
horses connected with the iire-engines
of New York when an alarm of fire
has been struck: The engine stands in
the engine house ready for the road.
So does the tender. The horses are in
their stalls. The men are lounging
about or sleeping. The alarm strikes.
In a twinkling all are at their posts.
BY a curious contrivance the hammer
that strikes the warning gong sets in
operation system of cords and levers
that unfasten the horses. The men
come down from their sleeping or sit.
ting-rooms, not by stairways, but by a
pole, to the lower floor. They are all
ready in twinkling. And what of
the horses? They generally outstrip
the bipeds in responding to the call.
The hammer which releases them and
strikes the gong, sends them an alarm
they at once interpret. Standing or
lying, they are out at once and beside
the engine-pole. There is no harness.
ing, no adjusting of belly-bands and
squeezing of collars and fastening of
reins. The new swing harness used
in the department is complete
caparison, which is suspended by an
ingenious apparatus above the spot
where the horses take their places.
Close the open collar with snap, pull
rope which lifts the suspending
apparatus, and they are equipped and
ready for the road. The door swings
open, every man is in his place and
away goes the engine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-15
Wants to Side.Track the Boys.

Two thousand miles of switches laid
during the first six months of the year
by the tireless railroad men. This ex-
ample should not be lost upon parents
and guardians. About mile of switch
laid daily, where it would do the most
good, and put down tight and sealed
with whacks, would safely side-tracli
lots of boys now making limited ex-
press time on the broad gauge, down
grade, which leads to destruction. -
Pittsbmgh Telegraph.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-15
NO. 40. WOODSTOCK, VT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST Is, 1888

and that the real heir Will demand a
restoration of what you have spent al
ready"
Eyes, was right" said Mr.. Bloom.
"But, Mr.. Crabbe, after all, | shall do
very well. 1 can 60 back to your store,
and Miss Belinda has quite little for
tune of her own. We can still be hap
py
Mr.. Crabbe leaped to his feet.
"Sir! sir" he said, "this is a great
piece of impertinence, sir. You havn't
spoken to Belinda"
But you assured me-" began Tim
othy.
II didn't" shrieked Mr.. Crabbe. "At
least, l was mistaken. | came here
with the intention of telling you upon
my word and honor that she can't en-
dure you; and as for the store, you are
a most incompetent salesman. There is
no situation open. Sorry for you,
but-good-night. Goodnight"
"Good-night," said Timothy.
Then, as the door closed, he took up
the letter and carried it TO old Mrs.
White, who with Hetty as assistant
was seeding raisins for next days pud-
ding, sitting one on either side of the
drop-light in the dining-room.
II shall have to give up the back
parlor," said poor Timothy. "And as
for my half-hall bedroom, don't know
how to pay for that, for Crabbe won't
take me back"
"Time-serving old wretchV said
Mrs. White. "No matter, Mr.. Bloom
I'll trust you. Intentions being right,
| never will be hard on my boarders,
and you can keep the parlor until it is
hired, because it's more comfortable.
"And try to keep up your spirits"
said IIetty, "for, after all, money isn't
everything"
at seemed too sudden to last" said
Mrs. White. 81 never trusted these
lawyers"
So the good souls comforted him,
and after a while, when he asked Het.
ty to take little walk with him, she
consented.
There was little park on the oppo-
site side of the street, and though the
gates were locked, they walked around
its railings. Their talk was long and
earnest, and at last Timothy said:
"Well, Hetty, poor as l am, will you
promise to marry me some day?'
And she had answered, "Yes, Tim,"
very simlly-and so it was settled; and
for young man, recently reduced
from a1luence to poverty, Mr.. Bloom
certainly looked very happy as they
went home together. But it was only
after Mrs White had given her loving
consent to his marrying Hetty when
they had enough for bread and butter,
that he made confession:
81 can't keep it to myself any longer,
grandma. | wrote that letter myself,
I'm as rich as ever | was, and I've test
ed my friends. Old Crabbe has proven
false and you have proven true. l felt
sure about Hetty all the while; and
when we are married, you must come
and live with us, AMI there will be no
more hard work and boarders for you
in this world, you dear old SOUL
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-15
at Rest.

All, silent wheel, the noisy brook is dry,
And quiet hours glide by
In this deep vale where once tho merry stream
Sang on through gloom and gleam;
Only tue dove in solro leal.shadcd nest
Murmurs OF rest.
All, weary voyager, the closing day
Shines on that tranquil bay,
Where thy storm-beaten soulhas lopged 10 be
Wild blast and nngly sea
Touch not this favored shore, by summer blest
A lone Of rest.
All, fevered heart, the grass is green and deor
Where thou art laid asleep;
Kissed by soft winds, and washed by gontle
showers,
Thoa hast thy crown OF flowers;
Poor heart, too long in this mad world opprest'
Take now thy rest
I, too, preplexed with strife Of good and i'll,
Long to be safe and still;
Evil is present with mo whilc pray
That good may win the day.
Great Giver, gmnt me thy last gift and best,
Thy gilt Of rest!
Sarah Domney
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-15
From a Prominent Physician.

TToT7 FIOIHIH4HI FNySICIdH'
WashingtoUyillc, Ohio, June nth, 1880
On. u. J. KENDALL & CO., Gents:-Readng YOU adj
veltisement In Turf, Field and Farm, Of your Kenuas
Spawn Cur.. an, having valuable and speedy horse
which had been lame II m spa, In for eighteen mont &
sent TO- you for bottle by express which in six wtekS
removed all lanencss and enlargement and large
nnt from .hr horse and bath horses are to-day a,
gouni as colts. The one bottle was worth to me ono
hundred dollars. Resp ctfu ly yours,
III. A. BLRroLETT, NJ. d.
Send for illustrated circular giving positive proof.
frice 81. All Diusgiss have It or can get II for yea.
Or. b. j. Kendall Co., Propietors Enoslurgh Fris
Vt. IlE&SlJ.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-15
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.


Rev. Edgar Buckingham relates in
the Springfield Republican this anec-
lote of Theodore Parker's days OF
;chool-teaching: "Ie had among his
scholars a little witch Of a boy, whom
no reproof and no persuasion could in-
duce to keep himself in order One
day, after his more than usually
troublesome conduct, Mr.. Parker re-
quired the little fellow to stay after
school to be whipped. SO the time had
come for this last resource Of the eX-
hausted patience and skill of the
teacher. According to directions the
boy held out his hand for punishment,
and as he took it, Mr.. Parker said, he
looked down into the little face, and
boy looked so much like his little Sis
ter whose conduct was all right, and
who had won Mr.. Parker's love-he
stayed the rod, and stopped down and
kissed the innocent lips that were
ready to break forth into crying, and
sent the pupil home. 1t is probable
that he was a worse boy after that?
Somebody knows who this boy was;
man, if living now. | wish We could
learn from him the effects upon his life
! Of that kiss of Mr. Parker's."
"Rocky-a-by Baby ia the Tree Top"
After great wind-storm in Texas,
a storm that carried off the roofs of
houses, tore trees out of the ground,
and did a great deal of damage, some
men started out to see if anybody was
hurt. This is what one of them
tells:
1t was night, and quite dark in the
woods, when they heard cry. They
stopped to look about and listen. They
heard the cry again and then they
saw same dark thing up in a tree.
"It's panther" said one. Stand
off | will shoot il"
"No, stop" said another; ut is not
panther. | will climb up and see
what it is"
Up he went; and what do you think
he found lodged in the tree? a cradle
with dear little baby in it.
The wind had blown down the
baby's home. 1t had carried off baby,
cradle and all. The cradle was caught
by the branch of u high tree. Then
the wind blew against it so hard
that the cradle was wedged in crotch
Of the tree. 1t was 50 fast that tho
men had to saw away the boughs to
get it down. There was the dear
baby all safe and sound in its cradle
nest.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-15

Few advise how to make money,
many know how to spend it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-15

Queen Victoria does not indulge in
the affectation of pretending not to
read the newspapers. She takes
morning and evening daily and several
weeklies, She is fond of novels, too.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-27
WILLIAMSBURG.

METHODIST DISTRICT CONFERENCE - SUIT
AGAINST THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAIL-
WAY.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dspatch.J
JULY 20, 1888.
The Methodist District Conference now
in session here is unusually we'll attended,
twenty ministers and thirty lay delegates
being present. Rev. Paul Whitehead, pre-
siding elder, occupied the chair, and Rev.
j. G. Watson was elected secretary. Di-
vine worship was opened by Rev. e. T..
Wilson. Prominent among the visiting
ministers appear Rev. j. W. Bledsoe, Rev.
X. VI. Saunders, president OF the Norfolk
Female College, and Rev. ID. &. Kelley,
OF Nashville, Tenn, treasurer OF the For
eign Mission Board.
Suit has been entered in the County
Court for James City county against the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
for taxes due for the year 1857. The trea-
surer OF the county has been authorized to
levy on all roling-stock belonging to the
company in the county. The amount OF
taxes claimed to be due Ivy the railroad
company amounts to S2,3G6.40. The COM
pany rcsists on the ground that their road
had not been completed, and consequently
was not liable TO taxation during that
period.
Several colored excursions have lately
been roaming around town at their own
sweet will. and on each occasion tested the
proves OF the city guardian. Ii has been
suggested that our police force be fur
nished with battery OF Calling guns to
protect itself from future pugnacious eX-
cursiOnistS w.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-27
The Platform.

TO those acquainted with the differences
~ oplnion that existed in various parts OF
the State relative 10 what should be the
heading features OF the declaration OF prin-
clinics CT the Lynchburg Convention
the platform, as II was adopted. is
the most reliable prophecy Of party sue
cess. Men who could make the con-
cessIons we know were made, ana
80 heartily subordinate personal considera'
fions to the good OF n cause, mean to win.
Yet the declaration avoids no issue that
should have been met. II Is broad, LIBERAL
decided. 1t relegates TO the past ali former
dissentions; 1t grapples manfully with
The present; IL looks hopefully 10
the future. Ii leaves no room lot
any Yirg:nian. who believes In he SUI
nrcmacy o. the white race and the rule OF
honesty and intelligence, TO entertain q
doubt as to his duty. 1t draws the line
between Democracy and Administration
Hepublicsnism in tie State sharply, deiiv-
cring its indictment against the latter with
telling effect, and showing that all who are
not for Us are against us so plainly that
there can lie no mistake. We are con-
GGert that il is now only necessary for
the Democrats OF Virginia to thoroughly
organize under the plan OF party organi'
zalion agreed upon by the Convention. in
order TO make their platform the death
warrant Of bossism. ring rule, ana peHti-
cal corruption in the State.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-27
Fire i'm Lexington-AcciGent.

The Lexington Gazette says: About 2
O'Clock on Wednesday morning fire was
discovered in the dry-house OF The LeXing-
ton Manufacturing Company. The alarm
was given. and soon the factory force and Il
large number OF volunteer workers were ut
work to subdue il. The difficulty was in
reaching the fire, as there were some fifteen
or twenty thousand feet OF lumber in the
building and the water could not be thrown
directly upon the fire. A portion OF the
roof was torn off and the excellent appara-
tus Of the company was put to work throw
ing large stream upon the top OF the burn
ing lumber.
The town engine was brought down,
and after some time was got to work and
did splendid service, q break being made
in the building ut the end and side next
the river, through which water could be
thrown directly upon the fire. The bucket
brigade did capital service.
As we go to press to-day "wednesday ut
u VI. the fire is under control.
Had the fire gotten beyond the building
there would have been great danger Of the
destruction OF the entire property Of the
company.
The only serious accident was the break
ing Of the small bone in the left ankle OF
Mr. James =. Ford, an employee OF the
cOmDanV