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Kind to his Mother.
A LITTLE EVERYDAY SCENE ArAwAY
STATION.

Bob Burdette, in the Burlington
Hawkeye, makes the following charac-
teristic sketch: We were at railroad
junction one night last week waiting a
few hours for train, in the waiting
room, in the only roeking-ehair, trying
to talk brOwn-eyed hoy 10 sleep, who
talks a great deal when he wants TO keep
awake. Presently freight train arriv-
ed, and a beautiful little old lady came
in, escorted by great big German, and
they talked in German, he giving her
evidently lots of information about the
route she was going, and telling her
about her tickets and her baggage check,
and occasionally patting her on the arm
At first our United States baby, who did
not understand German, was tiekled to
hear them talk, and he "snickered" at
the peculiar sound of the language that
was being spoken. The great big man
put his hands up to the good old lady's
cheek and said something encouraging,
and great big tear came to her eye, and
she looked as happy as queen. The
little brown eyes of the boy opened pref
ty big, and his face sobered down from
its laugh, and he said: Papa, it is his
MOTHER We knew it was, but how
should a four-year-old sleepy baby, that
couldn't understand German, tell that the
lady was the big mans mother, and we
asked him how he knew, and he said :%Qh,
the bigm was so kind to her" The big
man bustled out, we gave the rocking-chair
to the little old mother, and presently
the man came in with buggage-man,
and to hiH he spoke English. He said
This is my mother, and she docs not
speak English. She is going to Iowa,
and have got to so back ON the next
train; but ! want you to attend to her
baggage, and see her on the right car,
the rear car, with good seat near the
center, and tell the conductor she's my
mother And here is dollar for you,
and will do as much for your mother
some time" The baggage-man grasped
the big mans hand, with the other and
looked at the little German with an ex-
preston that showed that he had moth
er, too, and we almost knew the old lady
was well treated. When we put the
sleeping mind-reader on bench and
went out on the platform and got ac-
quainted with the big German, and he
talked Of horse trading, buying and sell
ing everything, that showed he was
a live business man, ready for any spec
ulation, from buying yearling colt to a
crop of hops or barley, and that his life
was busy one and at times full OF hard
work, disappointment, hard roads; but
with all OF his hurry and excitement he
was kind to his mother, and we loved
him just little, and when, after few
minutes tall, about business, he said
"You must excuse me; | must 20 in the
depot and see if my mother wants any
thing" we felt like taking his fat red
hand and kissing it. Oh the love Of
the mother is the same in any language,
and it is good in all languages.
The clarion., 1883-04-04

AUSTRIA supports seventy schools of
agriculture with 2,200 students, and one
hundred and seventy-four agriculture
evening schools with $500 students.
France has forty-three farm schools with
thirty to forty pupils at each. The Gov
ernment pays the board of each pupil,
and allows him seventy francs year for
clothing Paris has three department
schools of agriculture and national
agricultural institute. Germany has
over one hundred and fifty schools of
agriculture, horticulture, arboriculture
and viticulture. The first experimental
agricultural station was established in
1852: upward of sixty are now in opera
ton, each one having special line of
research.
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A DocToR's CURIOUS CONCLUSIONS.
Among the papers left behind him
by a German physician who died
short time ago is one containing notes
of certain conclusions he arrived at
during a professional experience of
more than forty years. In one Of these
notes he expresses an opinion that at
least one-third of the illnesses of the
patients who sought his advice were
purely imaginary. He found it not
only against his own interest, but
against that of the self-alleged suffer
erers, to destroy the illusion by in
forming them that there was really no
cause tor anxiety. Ill health was to
them matter of vital Importance.
To destroy the pleasing belief that
they possessed this blessing was an alb
solute cruelty. In the few instances
in which he broke to them the terrible
truth that they were quite well he
found that the result was genuine i'll
ness. For the patients, all interest in
life departed with their favorite occu-
patton of nursing themselves, and
their health became seriously affected
by nervous depression. Healso found
that, as rule, weakly persons live
longeF~fhan strong ones. Without
going so far as to say that the best
lives are those rejected by the insur-
ance Offices, he thought nevertheless
that persons with 6" screw loose" more
often attain longevity than those in
whomn no trace ofdisease can be detect.
ed.
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ToUcHING Story or A SPIDER
Mr.. Moggridge, in his studies in Nat
ural History had been in the habit Of
immersing for preservation his differ
ent specimens of spiders and ants in
bottles of alcohol. He saw that they
struggled for a few minutes but he
thought that sensation was soon extin-
guished, and that they were soon free
from suffering. On one occasion he
wished to preserve large female spi-
der and twenty-four of her young ones
that he had captured. He put the
mother into a bottle of alcohol, and
saw that after a few moment she fold
ed up her legs upon her body, and
was a rest. He then put into the
bottle the young ones, who, ofcourse,
manifested acute pain. What was
his surprise to see the mother arouse
from her lethargy, dart around and
gather her young ones to her hos
ON, fold her legs over them, again re-
lapse into insensibility, until at last
death came TO her relief, and the
limbs no longer controlled by this ma
ternal instinct, released their grasp
The effect Of this exhibition Of love is
lesson to our common humanity.
He has never since repeated the ex-
pertinent, but has applied chloroform
before immersion.
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A Row Of Pearls

Glstenlng through coral lips is certainly
a pleasing object; butts row of discolored,
bespecked teeth in any mouth at all is a
grievous drawback; add to this that such a
set Of teeth is usually accompanied by i'm
nure breath and one can scarcely imagine
ANYTHING more Objectionable. SozoDoNT,
the great purifier Of the breath and whitener
of the teeth obviates this state of the mouth
completely, resSuing its dental occupants
from destruction, and cOunteracting the in
fiuence upon the enamel OF acid secretions
in the mouth.
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May I Kiss That Baby"

To a soldier, Far away front home,
there is no more touching sight than
that of baby in its mothers arms.
While on their way to Gettysburg, our
troops were marching by night through
a village, over whose gate-ways hung
lighted lanterns, while young girls shed
tears, az they watched the brothers of
other women march on to possible death.
A scene Of the march il thus described
bv the author Of the BULLET and Shell"
Stopping for moment at the gate of
a dwelling, | noticed young mother
leaning over it with chubby child in
her arms Above the woman's head
swung couple OF stable-lanterns. their
light falling upon her face. The child
was growing with delight at the strange
pageant as it watched the armed host
pass on.
Il beg your pardon, man," said Jim
Manners, one Of my men, as he dropped
the butt OF his musllet on the ground,
and pcered wistfully into the faces OF the
mother and her clfild.
II beg pardon, but may I kiss that
baby of yours? I've got one just like
him at home, at least he was when last
saw him, two years ago"
The mother, sympathetic tear roll
ing down her blooming cheek, silently
held out the child. Jim pressed his
unshaven face to its innocent, sailing
lips for a moment, and then walked on
saying:
"God bless you, ma'am, for thatp
Poor Jim Manners lie never saw
his boy again in life A bullet laid him
low the next day, as we made our first
charge. Youths Companion.
The clarion., 1883-04-04

No medicine ever introduced to the Pro-
fession and Public has given such universal
satisfaction or preserved so many lives as
DR. MoFFETT's TEETHINA (TeethtIlg Potc-
ders) Druggists tell us the rapid increase
in its sale is marvellous. For sale by Byron
Lemly.
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PERFECTLY EMPTY-''I do wish you
would come home earlier" said a
woman to her husband. liam afraid
to stay alone. | always imagine that
there's somebody in the house, but
when you come | know there amt. !"
-Arkanaas Traveller.
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A STORY OF FOUR BOYS.

The Constitution has printed many
a story of denial, energy, and heroism,
but none more deserving than the
story of the Green Boys. These four
boys started few years ago selling
newspapers. They made ten cents
APIECE the first morning they went
to work, and for two winters there
after they went barefooted, through
the snow and sleet in the freezing
dawn, on their morning rounds
From the very first they saved GER
tain percentage of their earnings,
which they wisely invested in Atlanta
real estate. The oldest Of them is
now eighteen years Of age, and the
Youngest twelve. They have sup
ported an invalid father and their
mother all the time, and now have
property worth considerably over
So, 900, houses from which the rent is
500 a month and 5000 stock in a
building and loan association. They
have educated themselves the mean
while, remaining from school this year
in order that they might work the
harder and build home for their par
ents that is to have front parlor and
a bay window in it. These little fel-
lows have been carriers, newsboys,
errand boys ard apprentices about the
Constitution Office, and one Of them is
now assistant mailing clerk. Their
net savings from their sails snd sala-
ries, exclusive Of their rents, has
been 500 a week for this year. Next
year they can do better, and by the
time the eldest of tie brothers is of
age they ought to have q comfortable
I'little fortune.
What these boys have done, other
boys can do. The whole secret is
steadiness, sobriety, industry, and
economy. There are few lessons more
important than that the smallest
amount - no matter how little 1t
may be-will make man indepen-
dent if he will only live inside Of it
and compound his surplus. 1t must
have been discouraging to these little
Youngsters when it took them amonth
to Law up single dollar, and it was
heroic in them when they laid this dol
lar up and went barefooted over fro.
zen ground rather than use it to buy
,,;,b II is easy now when
they are comfortably clad and housed,
and everybody about them is comfort
able, and their savings amount to twen'
ty times week more than they were
formerly able to save in a month
They have conquered life almost o t, be @
fore they have entered it and if they
will only keep cleanly hearts and gen
ial souls, and broad, hearty impulses,
they will be not only rich but useful
men, Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution
The clarion., 1883-04-04

A very novel expedient for giving
strength to an alibi was adopted by
a Massachusetts, lawyer. His client
was an Italian, and several unimpeach-
able witnesses had testified that the
prisoner was in Il certain place at a
certain time. On the second day Of
the trial the lawyer put a friend of
the accused man in the dock and sent
his client to a seat among the specia-
tors. The substitution was not dis
covered for some time, when the law
yer claimed that the witnesses for the
prosecution, who had identified the
prisoner as the man they bad seen at
acertain time, might easily have been
mistaken, since the learned and obser-
want court did not detect the substi-
tuition. The prisoner was acquitted.
The clarion., 1883-04-04

Men pray for holiness as if it were
something entirely apart from their
every day life; something that had moth
inc at all to do with their conduct in
the domestic, social and business rela-
tinng
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Doubt has been the great discoverer.
To question an old lie is usually the first
step toward the truth. 1t is an act Of
heroism to dispute moss-grown error
out of existence.
The clarion., 1883-04-04

Do not temporize, for anodynes only soothe
and lull to sleep and quiet DR. MoFFETT's
TEETHINA (Tsethjag Powders) cures the
child and Regulates the Bowels. For sale
by Byron Lemly.
The clarion., 1883-04-04

Profanity never did any man the least
good. No man is richer, happier, or
wiser for it. 1t commends no one to
society; it is disgusting to refined peo-
pie and abominable to he good.
The clarion., 1883-04-04

A narrow minded Christian leading a
life of crooked prejudices and doing it
conscientiously makes more atheists than
all the infidel books ever written.
The clarion., 1883-04-04

The man whom you can treat with un-
reserved familiarity and at the same
time preserving your dignity and his
respect, is a rare companion, and his ac-
auaintance should be cultivated.
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CRY PROPERTY FOR SALE.

TTHE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR SALE Ills
l House and Lot North Jackson, conssungof ~ Q
acres Of ground with substantial buildings, cisterns
pasurage fruit trees and all appnrtenanees for
yenience and comfort.
Reasonable H. BARkbDALE.
Rep.6,'g2
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II YOU wish success in life, make per-
severance your bosom friend, experience
your wise counsellor, caution your elder
brother, and hope your guardian.
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FOR SALE.
Real Estate for Sale.

r HAVE SOME VERY EXCELLENT LANDS,
| improved and Unimpr0vcd, as well as Town
Property for sale Parties desiring 10 sell or pnr-
chase will please address US, or call ON me at my
Office, Room No. 6, over Capital State Bank, Jack
son. Miss
nss~I win also give special attention TO the Col
lection Of Claims the payment et state, City and
County taxes and an business pertaining TO real
estate Respectfully
ian. .f8 iS3-iy. X. X. JAI-NE.
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GoD bless the children they should not
be permitted to suffer and die. We can
cure them with DR.. MoFgETT's TEETHIsA
{ Teetting POaoders).
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FOR SALE.

A FIRsT-CLAss BURGLAR AND FIRE-PROoF
N SAFE, IA good ~ new. Original cost, s7O0
Price 500 Apply 10 sMYLIE 4 STEWART,
jan.17, S3-H. JACKSON, MISS.
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Poster Printing.

TNxcuRmoF MANAeKEs viii hnd Il 10 their in
IL tarest 10 correspond with ~ before having their
Posters, Hand Bills and Tickets printsd, Address
POWER a BRKHpALE, Jackson, Miss.
The clarion., 1883-04-04

CLEANLINESS and purity make Parkers
Hair Balsam the favorite for restoring the
youthful color to gray hair.
The clarion., 1883-04-04

It is a bad policy to despise small
nersons or small things. A single
garapeshot settles the destiny ofan en-
4 pire and a diamond necklace has con
tributed largely to a bloody revolu-
ton. The Cabling Of geese saved
Rome. The accident of the two spec
tacle glasses at proper focus gave the
world the telescope. The fall of an
apple revealed to Newton the law
which hangs the world in space, the
hroadest law of the material universe.
The clarion., 1883-04-04

He who does good for good, seeks
neither praise nor reward, though sure
of both at last
The clarion., 1883-04-04

LADIES suffering from Neuralgia, Indiges-
ton or Nervousness find speedy relief in
Parker's Ginger Tonic.
The clarion., 1883-04-04

A story is told Of woman who
wanted to keep up appearances, who
was often thwarted in this by her in
nocent and matter-of-fact daughter.
One day when visitor was present at
tbe table, the hostess said to her
daucbter: "Where are all our knivesY
9Here they are, both Of them, was the
astounding reply. Boston Globe.
Young man, you may "turn over q
new leaf" that's very easily done.
But the gall of it is you can't tear out
the old one. Burlington Hawkeye.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-02-21

Franklin county in the third district Mr..
Mclaughlin produced q map of the State for
the purpose of illustrating his remarks, on
which the boundary lines of the new districts
were sharply defined. He argued from the
map tina, the superintendent was perfectly
fair, as it grouped contiguous counties into
compact districts. maintained old district as
socistions as far as practicable, and secured
a fair division of population and wealth.
The bill was not framed in the interest
of any politician or Congressional
aspirant. as has been alleged. Mem
bers of the Maine delegation in Congress
represent the State each representative
so many people. One would think that the
fate of the whole nation depended on the ap-
portionment of the State of Maine, Let US
settle this question at once and not spend any
more time in discussing it.
On motion of Mr.. Heath of kennebee, the
Senate reconsidered the vote whereby 1t
passed to be enacted bill an act to extend the
charter of the Livermore Bridge corporation,
and also the vote vi ereby the bill was passed
to be enerossed. Mr.. Heath then offered an
amendment. which was adopted. and the bill
again passed to be engrossed.
Mr.. Rust OF Waldo gave notice that at the
proper time he should move to reconsider the
vote whereby the divorce bill was passed to
be engrossed.
On motion of Mr.. kimball of Sagadahoc,
Adjourned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-02-21

The building which is to be used a. corn
shop Is being fitted up and the work of max
ing cans began this week. Four men are
employed and as many boys.-A A. File
brown is rushing business in his tin shop.
He is making about 200 steam cookers a
week. which are sold in all parts of New
England-E. z. Marston. son of DIR. ID. E.
Marston, Is attending the medical school at
brunswfck--The Masonic Lodge which
formerly met at North Monmouth has rented
tine Grange Hail in this village and holds
meetings weekly.-Religious meetings con-
tinue TO be held each evening except Monday
AT the Methodist vestry. Rev. VI. f. King
OF West Watervilie has assisted the past
weeks y. King has arrived home from
Minnesota, where he has been visiting his
two sons He reports colder weather than
has been his lot to experience before DR.
NJ . Edwards took two carloads of apples
to Boston last week.-Mrs.. Belle Coomhs
read to a very small audience in Town Hall
last THURSDAY evening.
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BOWdOin College

The eighty-trst annual cata'o gue of Bow
ioin College just issued shows the college
has l49 students divided as follows: seniors
81, juniors 80, sOphomores 43, freshmen 30
undergraduate and special students +.
Dnring the year numerous additions have
bee made to the library. cabinet of miner
al"gy and other departments. Last year
there were l04 students in attendance at the
Medical School of Maine. The total num-
her in the college and medical school was
253. Tho officers of instruction snd govern
ment number 81. Two of the college
professorships are vacant. Both the college
and Medical school are in a very fiourishng
condition, and were never so well equipped
TO give young men liberal educations. Bow
doin is not only one of the oldest colleges in
the country. but the record of its alumni is
a proud one, second to none in the land.
The following seniors were appointed yes
terday to deliver original parts of the clos
ing exhibition of this term: II. l.. Allen,
Alfred; H. a Bascom, Portland; +. II.
Files, Gorham; II p. Kendall ,Bowdoinham; ;
n. B. X Pettengill, Augusta A J. Russell,
fiallowell; &. II. Stetson, East Sumner :;
w. c. Winter, Bethel.
A complete and systematic arrangement
for the intercollegiate base ball season
has recently been effected for next summer.
TO insure the fultilment of the below men,
toned schedule, the nine that fail. to meet
its engagement forfets the game.
President Chamberlain is receiving at tea
the members of the senior class in divisions
of six every Tuesday evening. His lectures
on political economy are just now upon the
interesting topic of 'Monsy."
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JEFFERSON.

The people of the quiet village of Cooper's
Mills were somewhat excited the other dav.
by the announcement that an ex-soldier, by
the name of Taber. had received bv express
that day small box which looked rather
suspicious, as it was thought to contain an
internal machine. He placed the box care
fully under his arm, am told, and gently
sped his way to small building in the rear
OF his boarding place, and after having been
heard to say over his prayers he gently
and carefully removed the lid from the box
when Lo' and behold, the box contained
nothing but dead cat. The contents of the
box. it is said. affected him so that he has
not hardly spoken since. 1t is thought by some
that he will soon go west on a furlough as he
Is 50 ANNOYED that he can't stand the pressure
much longer CT.
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Work OF the Committees.
Us LEGAL AFFAIRS.

Voted leave to Withdraw on a petition for
ten hour law in manufacturing establish.
menfs. Authorized the drawing IN of an
amendment to the present law, Prohibiting
the employment Of children under 1, wears
OF age. Will report ought not to pass on a
proposition to reduce the poll tax; ought to
pass on bill To reduce costs on seizures Of
Intoxicating liquors.
ON THE JUDICIARY.
Gave hearing on the proposition to es-
tablish reformatory prison for women: will
propably report favorably. Gave hearing
on bill to exempt from taxation all funds
and property held by churches, Masonic
Lodges and other charitable institutions for
purely charitable purposes. The Committee
Will report Senator McLsugElin's general
cruelty bill. new draft of the bill being
made and amendments added to the transpor.
tation section. The bill prohibits pigeon
shooting and dog and cock fighting. Senator
Mclaughlin addressed the committee for A
short time in favor of the bill and il was
largely due to him that favorable action was
taken. The committee meet again this after
noon and it is expected that a large amount
of business will be transacted.
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Advice to Mothers.

Are you disturbed at night and broken of
YOUR rest by sick child suffering and cry
ing with pain of cutting teeth? If so, send
at once and get bottle of Mrs. WINsLow's
SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETnING.
Its value is incalculable. 1t will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately. Depend
upon it, mothers, there is no mistake about
it. 1t cures dysentery and darrhoea,
regulates the stomach and bowels, cures
wind collie, sottens the gums, reduces in
Illumination, and gives tone and energy to the
whole system. Mrs. MISSIONS SOOTHING
SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEErHiNG is pleasant
to the taste. and is the prescription of one of
the oldest and best female physicians and
nurses in the United States, and is for sale
by all druggists throughout the world. Price
% cents bottle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-02-21

The fluid in the altitudinous mercurial
.,he of Kinsman's imposing and unique
thermometer yesterday coquetted with the
..uevhat unrouiaDtic and commonplace
figures indicating at 7 A. NJ. 2 below, II NJ.
"a above, 6 P. NJ. 20 above.
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SUPERIOR COURT,
February Term. 1883. Judge Whitehou.s
Presiding.

TUESDAY, Feb. 20, 1888
Hopkins VS.. Weston. The testimony is
all out in this case. The argument of council
and charge of the Judge will be made in the
morning.
No. 1872. Boiler VS.. Cunningham.
No. l26. Stevens VS.. Leonard are next in
order.
Adj. until 9. 45 O'Clock Tomorrow morning
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Z. u. Atkins & Co., the box manufac-
turers, west end of Kennebec dam, have pur-
chased some 200 cords of pine, poplar and
hr logs the present winter. paying "a and So
cord for them. They have just closed a
contract to manufacture 10000 corn boxes
The circular saw which the firm have recent
ly put into the small building south of Their
factory is working finely. 1t is used for saw
ing up the logs into inch boards for boxes.