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Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-06-05
POISON

In the blood Is apt to show itself in the Spring. and
should by all be assisted in throwing ii
off. Swift's Specific does this effectively. 1t is a
purely vegetable, poisonous remedy, which helps
nature to force all the poison or taint out through
the pores of the skin.
Mr.. Robert A. Easley of Dickson, Tenn, writes.
under date March 10, 1884 81 had chills and fever
followed by rheumatism, for three years, SO that
was not able to attend to my business; had tried
almost every kind of medicine, and found no relief
friend recommended Swifts Specific. tried enc
bottle and my health began to improve. / continued
until had taken six bottles, and it has set me on
my feet, sound and well as ever recommend ii
to all similarly afflicted"
Letters from twenty three (2) of the leading retail
druggists of Atlanta say under date March a. 1884
ave sell of Swft's Specific than any other one
remedy and three TO ten times much as any other
blood medicine. We sell 1t to all classes, and many
of the best families use il as general health tonic"
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
Our Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free to applicants.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
n. Y. Office, l59 West 23d st. bet. 9th & 9TH Avs,
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-06-05

Il have used Burdock Blood Bitters with
great benefit for Indigestion and constipation
Of the bowels" c. l.. Esston, Hamilton
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-06-05
"HoW TO DO IT."

THIS HIGHLY SENSATIONAL BOOK. BIT
- nah. n1ty cents. II contains NE secF0ss. Re-
~ ol roslnl Ncee: oosts 1c q year 2. O. Aa1reae
TO, 1ex - DsesnAn. \. +. fAis beek uin "a
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-06-05

Mr.. L. J. Priest of Durham, N. H., was
afflicted with rhumatism for nearly twenty
years. He tried St. Jacobs Oil, the great
conqueror of pain, and was completely cured.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-06-05
silk PATCHWORK !!

For 50 cents we will send 10 any address % nice
goods pieces of Imported and Ottoman silk, all
Elegant Patterns bright fancy colo-s, no two alike,
cut from goods co ting last season from Sl.OO to
81 SO per yard. New and fresh goods. so pieces
for 81 90. Try a sample lot and you will send all
your orders TO us.
C.H. WATSON & co,
Cut this out 10 Howard Street Boston.
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-06-05

r-.->7Z- llf child Is properly
W J : ! !: J J
Is3 A@N HtE \Inourished. auiet nights
IY}1R III NJAnd a joyous. happy
lX MhNZ VI Vchidhcod are the re,
/ Ga hV>SHM N<Sjsalts. Thousands os
" IN ~N Ninfauts are peevish and
n VAS8X vfresfal because they are
Z 4 being slowly sfsVcd,
HAowinx to the inability
JNv fIoi mos hers to supply the
U\V 4 Ipruper uourixhment-
1Ridge's Food produces
EAHzQE Ixocd, healthy desh with
<xIplenty Of bone and mus
sEie. Indeed, thousands
have been successfully rcxred on Ridges Food alone
rut up In cans foar sises, at SSc and upward. Sold
~ Drsgeists. wOOLwICH CO., on labels.
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-06-05
GRAY,s SPECIFIC MEDICINE.
MARx THE GKEArTRADe MARK

: THE GREAT
ENGLISH RENE
DY. An unfailing
cure for Seminal
Weakness, Sper-
matorrh9a, 1mpo-
tency, and all Di-
seases that follow
as a sequence of
SelfAbuse /; As loss
o. Memory,Univer
sal Lassitude-Pain
Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-06-05

r AIDES or Young Men in city country to take
i 4 nice, light and pleasant work at their own
homes; 81 to IS day easily ond quietly made work
sent by mail; no canvassing; no stamp for reply,
Please address RELIABLE MFG co, Philadelphia,
Pa. may6&w4w
INTENDING GADVERTIsIRs should address
l. GEO. p. ROWELl q CO.
10 spruce street, New York city.
FOR SELECT LIST OF 1000 NEWSPAP ERS.
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-06-05

in the Back, Dimness Of Vision, Premature Old Age,
and many other diseases that lead to Insanity or
Consumption and premature grave.
BEWARE of advertisements to refund money when
druggists from whom the medicine IL bought do not
refund but refer you TO the manufacturers, and the
requirements such that they are seldom, eper,
complied with. see their written guarantee. A
trial Of single package Of Grays Specific will con-
vince the most skeptical of its real merits.
On account of counferfets, we have adopted the
Yellow Wrapper; the only genuine.
41-Full particulars In our pamphlet, which we
dcsire TO send free by mail to every 11-Ihe
Specific Medicine Is sod by all druggists at tl per
package, six packages for t5, will be sent free
THE GRAY MEDICINE CO., Buffalo. N Y.
Sold .at KINsMAN's Corner Drug store
and the Fuller Drug store.
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The Opelousas courier., 1884-04-26
sarxing.arnchins Industry.

Hhvse remarkable items pour into our Office
daily. Mr.. q. s. FULLER, with the NewHome
Machine Company, of Orange. Mass, writes,
May 20, 1888: 81 have used Hunts Remedy
in my family for over Ten years. My wife
was troubled with catarrh Of the bladder,
suffered intense pain in the kidneys and
Ioins, and nrination was accomplished with
The greatest of ag0ay. My friends thought
that she could notrecoyer. We tried doctors
and medicinea, and although better at times
shewouId grow worse again. She was obliged
TO use the urinaI as many as fifteen times In
q night, and was growing worse daily. At
this time my attention WAS called to Hunts
Remedy, and I concluded TO try ii; and after
using one bottle she was a good deal better,
the inflammation was reduced, and the water
more natural. She began to gain in appetite
and felt no pain in the back and kidneys.
She could attend TO her household work
without pain, and this had been1a great
burden to do, even the lightest kind of work.
After using six bottles she was completely
cured. Since then / have had occasion to
use Hunts Remedy for kidney and liver COM
plants, and foundit to be Just az represented,
and I consider tia most wonderful medicine.
I would not be without Hunts Remedy in
my family; and I have recommended it to
my friends here in Orange with equally good
rnaulka.V
The Opelousas courier., 1884-04-26
SCRAPS.


Whatever may be true of harmless
Injuries in the way of drink, the
London Lancet maintains that health,
happiness, and work find stimulus
enough in the unsophistocated well of
nature-in pure s@ater.
According to Prof. Loomis of Yale
College, the average diameter of vio-
lent storms in the United States is
1887 miles, and in the Atlantic Ocean
2022 miles. Severe storms in the in
teriors Of Europe have nearly the
same. geographical extent as those
which occur on the Atlantic.
Many very old and rare silver coins
in excellent preservation were lately
found on a rock in a burn near Por-
tree, Scotland. Antiquarians consider
the find a very interesting n The
authorities have come into possession
of about So of these relics. Some of
the coins are of the reigns of Elizabeth
and james VI, and bear dates rang
ing from 1878 to 1902.
Iron sulphate is a good manure for
certain kinds Of crops. A plot of land
to which the sulphate had been applied
by Mr.. A. B. Grifiths, of the Chemical
Society, London, yielded IS bushels of
beans. A plot similar in other respects
which had not been so MANFRED gave
only 35 bushels. The ash of the plants
from the first plot contained more iron
and phosphoric acid than those from
the second plot.
Birds have wonderful appetites. It
has been calculated that a redbreast
requires daily an amount of food equal
to an earthWorm fourteen feet long.
Assuming a sausage nine inches in
circumference to be a fair equivalent
for man Of the earthWorm for the
bird, Prof. Wood finds that a man
would have to consume s~ixty-seven
feet such sausage in every twenty-four
hours in order to eat as much in pro-
portion to his bulk as the redbreast.
Prof. Wood offers this as an illustra-
ton Of the amount of work which is
done by insect-eating birds.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-04-26
What to DO with Our Girls.

The theory that girls exist merely as
lay figures to display fine drapery and to
look pretty is not entertained among hall
civilized or savage tribes or nations. Tho
eccentric notion still prevails throughout
Asia, Africa and some parts of Europe
and America that they are born to labor.
In Turkestan and on the Tarter steppea
the Kirghese sultanas and their daugh
tiers and princesses in whose veins flows
the blood of long lines of kings, still
milk the sheep, COWS and goats, and per
form the mental Offices of the household,
as the Sanscrit maidens did 5000 yeara
ago in the same localities. They cook,
take care of the children, make garments,
cure the skins of wild fowl with the
feathers on for caps, spin cotton, weave
cloth and tan leather by means OF soua
milk.
In this delectable region the mother
wears rich attire, while the daughter goes
in humber weeds like Cinderella. Ii
there is a piano, the mother plays on It
in the front room of the tent while the
daughter brews the koumiss, stews the
mutton and broils the camel chops in the
back kitchen. This is the b~enighted
condition of ~patriarchal people who adj
here to a nearly obsolete theory OF flial
duty.
Similar ideas prevail throughout India,
China and among the native tribes OF
Siberia, who have been driven northward
by aggressive neighbors.
The Tungusian girl gathers the snow,
melts it, makes the tea and the fish soup,
sews, and, being skillful at archery, helps
to keep the larder supplied with game.
The Yakut and Salnoyede maidens, and
all those who dwell along the Arctic
Ocean, help in summer to lay up winter
supplies, and in winter to perform all
necessary domeftic duties.
The Abbyssinian girl grinds corn in the
simple mills in use in that country. The
Kafir girl weaves baskets and draws
water.
The girls in other parts of the dark
continent pulverize the grain, weave mats,
make earthen vessels, and are the matters
of their tribe. The theories of the tribes
and nations of Asia and Africa are shared
by the Indians of North and
South America, who compel the young
girls to learn the duties and hardships of
life at an early age.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-04-26
"A Lstsze RMssSaas,s bath.

The little mouschik Is taught to be
very cIean-once a week. The Rus
sian creearequires him to battle ey-
cry Saturday, and he does SC religious
III, but he does not see much water be-
tween times, and sleeps By night in
the clothes he wears by day. Even
the Russians Of better families content
themselves with 3 dry polish instead
of q wash. Little Iwan's bath would
be a trying thing for an English child.
First lie IS steamed till he IS half suf-
located il q hole under the stove or In
one 81 the vapor baths constructed In
rude manner IN all Russian Villages.
Then he crawls out, and mother hall
drowns him with p~aiIfuls Of hot va
ter. Then she pours ice-cold water
over him, Or sends him out 10 have 9
roll Id the gov, after which little
ivan dresses. with pride having had
all The cleaning he win get for 9 week,
The Opelousas courier., 1884-04-26
Hassssasissg Rirds.

&l
Sun birds are only found in Africa
and India, including the Malayan
region. True humming birds. q
everybody knows. are entirely confined
20 the American continent. In other
words, the same place in nature which
mas been occupied in the tropics Of the
uid World by q group of sparrow-like
olras mas been occupied in the tropics
ofthe New World by a group of highly
developed swifts. Hence the humming
Dirds, though descended from a totally
dinerent ancestral stock, have in the
end acquired almost every one of the
peculiar features which the sun birds
DISPLAY in our own eastern continental
area. The same conditions have in
the end produced in both cases pretty
much the same results. At some re-
mote period, \ group Of tropical Amer
lean sWifts began to hunt for insects
among the tubes Of flowers, exactly as
the ancestral sur birds began to do in
the eastern hemisphere. Gradually, as
the habit OF flower haunting became
9 and more pronounced, the organ,
ization of the birds began to depart
under the influence of natural selec-
ton, Q and more widely from the
primitive swift-like type. The birds
best adapted to the new circumstances
survived and intermarried, while the
worst died constantly OUT The short,
broad bill was thus slowly heightened
into the extremely long, slender and
graceful beak Of the modem humming
birds. and the wings were adapted to
the rapid, darling flight from flower to
flower. and the habit Of posing sta
tionary in front of the chosen bunch
of blossoms. Yet to the end the hum
ming birds in their anatomical peeu-
liarities still remain essentially swifts,
and are easily distinguished by a
naturalist from the externally similar
but fundamentally different perching
sun birds. Indeed. Mr.. Wallace has
shown that humming birds even now
live. like the swifts, mainly on insects,
and when he tried to feed some young
humming birds in captivity on sugar
and water alone. he found they refused
that unWonted fare in favor of flies
and spiders. Inshort, young humming
birds are still essentially in the swift
age Of their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
illustrated Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-04-26
efGMngEafnss.n

The origin of the word acharlatanp
IS given by q German paper asfoIlows:
Nh Tile oldsn time, when the doctors,
sitting in their studies, weighed the
Ills of their feIloW-men and searched
the depths Of nature for remedies, they
were not ID the habit Of riding about;
their homes were hospitals, ana they
did not leave their patients. At that
time j genius d 4 doctor. who knew
mora about calculating for himself
than medicine, made his appearance III
Paris. His narns was Latan, He
Iproduced 4 small one-horse wagon
(eany). upon which He packed bis
remedies for all possible affections.
with those BE drove through the streets
Of Paris, crying out bis wares and
looking for patients. ne was tlle
frsb drivIng doctor, and soon became
renowned. Whenever he came along,
fhs population greeted him with, Vol
iale thar o. Latan. This was soon
abbreviated to sscharlatan, which at
sEtat lime denoted i driving doctor.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-04-26
Tlle Negro and the Mule.

You begin to notice the union that
exists between the negro and the mule,
the two inseparables. Be it the cart with
one, the truck with two, or the wagon
with three, it is all one, on the box is a
negro invariably. You shall not see in
the streets Of the city a dozen vehicles
bearing burdens and drawn by mules that
the motive power, SO far as the whip
goes, is not q negro.
1t would be an interesting study, this
connection Of the mule with the negro
This nseparabilityofth the most docile ofthe
races Of men with the most stubborn and
obstinate Of brutes is q mystery which no
fellow has eve vet found out. Probably
it IS that a general average may be struck
that the gentleness Of the 4 may be bal
anced bY the ugliness Of the other. A
mule viii kick the head off o white man
but he never so abuses a negro. With
mules i negro may safely rush In where
white men fear to tread. And there Is
another similarity between them. Q
San never tell from appearances the
a0e Of either negro or mule. The mule
Is horn with an old expression which
never changes, and when the Southern
NEGRO has attained a certain num-
her OF years he neve grows older.
The only difference is negroes do die,
and mules do not, naturally. No one
ever saw d dead mule except from acct
dent. and seldom then, for ii mule will
i've and do we'll after q railroad express
train has co over him.
ANYHOW the mules are ali driven BY
negroes. and they evidently love each
other. After the war every negro wanted
fortv acres Of land and d mule. II be
could have but one he invariably chose
the male whether be bad any use for him
Of not.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-04-26

The visitor to Alaska is at once
struck By the luxuriance Of the vegeta-
tion, and is apt to hastily draw the in
ference that farming would be sue
cessful But there are two obstacles
in the way. Tn the first place, the
surface Of southeastern Alaska is ex-
ceedingly mountainous. AT Bartlett's
Bay, near the entrance Of Glacier Bay
there is quite an extent Of level land,
but no experiments have yet been
made to ascertain its capabilities. But
even were the land all that could be
desired, the climate would be against
the success Of any such experiment.
The average number Of rainy days is
two hundred and forty-five. and the
average rainfall is eighty-fve inches.
The rainfall is not confined to any n
portion OF the year, but even In July
and August ten consecutive days Of
fine weather are exceptional It will
be readily seen that fruit or crops have
no chance to ripens Near Juneau hay
has been raised, but even in the latter
part Of July il was notready to be cut.
Such vegetables as potatoes and tur-
nips have been raised with fair success
at sitka and Fort WrangeI. but these
places are still dependent on the more
southern countries for supplies.
SaImonberries, blueberries, cranberries,
strawberries, whortleberries and many
others grow luxuriantly III Alaska.and
some have been exported to San Fran
cisco.
The interior Of Alaska Is q large
plain covered with wild grasses four
81 Ave feet high. The country is well
adapted for grazing, # the herds Z
be well protected from the eVere win
tiers. Near the southern coast several
small herds If cattle have grazed many
years, and are found to do very well.
a. Few years ago oil enterprising firm
experimental with sheep, but they
were unable to endure the ! ne and
terribly cold winters. and the project
Wa given up.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-04-26
7g.e largest Livissg Anfaaas.

What a monster OF Contradictions!
An animal which looks like a fish,
but which is not a fish; which lives
always in the water, but which cannot
live long under water, and which new
ertheless will die on land; which has q
mouth large enough to engulf at once
a dozen readers of st Nicholas. but
whose throat is so small that your
fathers fist can ell it.
a Whalel Yes, a veritable giant
among giants, the largest of all living
creatures.
TO one who does not know the rea-
son for it, it must seem odd to say that
the whale is not a fish. But, in fact,
it is no more a fish than you are. A
fish has cold blood, and takes the little
oxygen it needs from the water by
means Of gills; while the whale must
take it's oxygen from the atmospheric
air just as you do.
You need to take oxygen into your
lungs to give to your blood at very
short intervals, SO that you a not
exist for more than two OF three min
ntes at the utmost without breathing.
Of course, it would not do for the
whale TO have to breathe 80 often, for
in that case he could never stay IN
der water long enough to secure his
food, and would consequently starve.
To provide against this catastrophe
the whale IS enabled to charge q res
ervoir of blood with oxygen, and thus,
with an hour supply Of aerated blood,
It can dive down and remain under
water until the supply is exhausted.
Should it be detained after the supply
is gone it viii be drowned as surely as
your own self.
The tail is set t~ransversely 10 the
body, and It's motion. unlike that Of
the sanle member in fish, is up and
down; and with such yigor does it
move that the surrounding water is
forced into a series of Whirliug eddies.
The tail is, moreover. the whales
chief weapon, though occasionally it
does make use dc its head or of its
Tooth IF n hare the latter. Stung to
fury by a harpoon. it will sometimes
lash about with its tail to such a pur-
pose as 70 dash the stout whale-boat
to pieces, and hurI the inmates into
the sea. As rule, however, the
whale prefers To run.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-04-26
Ealsanaes.s Of fAe AOseas-auisaded.

DfsansTers Of the AUseffzMssadcu.
Absent-minded people maize queer
plumbers. Rev. Jonathan Edwards,
the great New England preacher. who
died OF smallpox, when cut riding ask
ed 4 small boy who bowed as he open
Cd the gate for him .syFhpse boy are
you, my little manf2' Noah Clark's
BOY, sir. I was the reply. When he re-
turnea the same boy appeared and
opened the gate. Whose boy are
your asked Edwards, Noah clarks,
sir. The same mans boy ( was q
quarter of an hour ago. sir. TIE
FIRST Lord Lrttleton was terribly abb
sentAnainded. He fell into she river
once and sank twice before be Temeln-
bered be could SWIM thus coming
near committing the egregious blunder.
DC drowning. a clergyman walking
one day IN the conntry wasin deep
thought He was 50 accustomed 70
riding that when be reached the toll
gate be cried out:
sTIeres what's I'd pay
sPay for WhatYs said the gatekeep~
81.
MY horse, replied tie preacher.
what Ilorse2 You've GOT no
horse.
sBless me. looking down to his
legs. thought I was on horse
back-AN 1As Tsaf Found.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-04-26
EynIoration of New Gu9nea.

= y TN connection with theWaltham
Watch Company, it may be stated thas
when the proprietors of The Age desired
to present Mr.. G. e. Morrison (the explor.
er of New Guinea)with 9 reliable chrome
meter, acting upon the advice of Mr.. R.
l.. j. Ellery, the Government Astrono4
mer, twoW altham watches were, however,
procured for Mr.. Morrison instead. These
were kept at the Melborne Observatory for
a fortnight, and thoroughly and carefully
tested, and were pronounced by Mr.. Ellery,
at the end of that time, to be better suited
for Nh. Morrison's requirements than any
chronometer. Extract from the Mel
borne 4de.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-04-26
cnre nf Pneumnnfn.

Mr.. D. II. Bar1aby, OF Owsgo, N. Y, says
that his daughter was taken with a violent
cold which terminated with pneumonia and
al the best physicians gase the case up and
said she could live bit q few hours AZ most.
She was in this condition when a friend re-
commended Dr.. VIM. Halls Balsam FOR the
Lungs, and advised her to try it. She ac-
eepted it as a last Iesort, and was surprised
to fni that it produced a marked change for
the better, and BY ~persevering Q permanent
n1ro una offanfaI
The Opelousas courier., 1884-04-26
lrsslssss ssossss d. me U.ssfea SKATES.

sAAFeek9a48 StSsas6 ga ire Nasske0 ~
George +. Kunz has contributed to
he Mineral Resources Of the United
Rates. published by the government,
IS afticle On American gems and pre-
slous stones. Systematic mining for
precious stones is carried on only at
Paris Me., and Stony Point. North
aEelIna, but they are gathered On
surface III many places. as sap
liFes ID Montana, moss agate ia Col
eEadas and agate al Lake Superior.
Some eighty-eight different minerals
eeeaF ii the United States which have
hsen used al GENE. Twelve Of these
IL the United States only. Dia
moada are not mined in this country.
although they have occasionally been
found at a number Of localities, 4
A7ga diamond was found at Manches-
opposite Richmond, Va By q la
R9ser employed III grading one 81 the
ssEeeI It wa an octahedron. and
ighsa after it was cuff over ten car
ess 4 was worth 5000 before cut
Hlae principal localities for sapphires
abies are in New Mexico, ATizo-
" wy southern Colorado, where they