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Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-04-26
BY TELEGRAPH.
WEATHER REPORT.
Indications for the Next ~ Hours.

War Department,
Office Of the Chief Signal Officer.
Washington, ID. c., April l.-2s A. NJ.
For New England and Middle States,
fair weather, preceded by local rains on the
coast; northeast to northwest winds, becom-
ing variable; slight changes in temperature.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-04-26
CURE IN EVERY CASE.

Your CUTICURA remedies outsell all other medi.
cines / keep for skin diseases. Ny customers and
patients say that they have effected cure In every
Instance, where other remedies have failed.
II. w. BROCKWAY. N. d.
Franklin Falls. n. H.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-04-26
NOW ,s;; !, !; =; ;g;;,,. "a; IT, |

TT is at this season when the blood and perspira.
tion are loaded with impurities that Disfguring
Humors, Humiliating Eruptions, Itching Tortures,
-at Rheam or Eczema Psoriasis, Tetter, Ringworm,
Baby Humors, Scrofua. Scrofulous Sores, Abscesses
and Discharging Wounds and every species Of Itch.
ing, Scay and Pimpy Diseases OF the Skin and Scalp
are most speedily and economically cured by the
CUTICURA REMEDIES.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-12
NO. %.

steam navigation: Morse was = tele-
graph crank: ak Tire old abolitionists
were cranks; the pilgrim fathers were
eranks John Bunyan was . crank: any
man. my son. who doesn't think as you
do. nv son. IL crank. And by and b.
the crank whom you despise will have
bis name In every mans mouth. and
half completed monument 10 his mem
ory crumbling away In dozen differ
ent cities. while nobody out Of your
native village will know that y0n ever
lived. Deal gently with the cranks nv
boy. OF course some eranks are
erankler than others. but do you be
very slow 10 sneer at man because be
knows only one thing and YOU can't
understand him. A crank. Telemachus.
Is thing that turns something. 1t
makes the wheels 60 round, II insures
progress. True. Il turns the same wheel
all the time. and II can't do anything
else. but that's what keeps the ship GO
ing ahead. The thing that goes in for
variety. versatility. that changes its po-
sition hundred times u day.that is not
crank; that is the weatler-vane. my
sou. Whatp You nevertheless thank
heaven you are not crankg Don't do
that my son. Maybe you couldn't be
crank. II you would. Heaven is not very
particular when IL wants a weather
Yane; almost any man will do for that.
But when 1t wants crank. my boy. II
looks about very carefully for the best
man in the community. Before you
thank heaven that you are not crank
examine Yourself carefully and see
what is the great deficiency that de-
bars you from such an election.-Bur-
dette.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-12
The Honest Countryman.

There is cheap clothing dealer Oh
Kearney street, near California. whose
confidence in mankind has received
severe setback. The other day an
honest looking countryman walked
into his store and said:
.You remember that second hand
overcoat bought here for $500 yester-
day?'
~Nefer dakes pack anything ven vonce
solt. my tear frient." said the hand-me-
downer.
"0hl that's all right. / just wanted
to say that found this $500 bill sewed
up in the lining. Perhaps ths owner
may call for 1T"
''Of gorse he will - he has called al
reaty. my tear frient." exclaimed the
dealer eagerly capturing the money.
"You ish n Won honish man. Here. 1
gif you feety tollars ash u reward. Dot
will pc all right"
When the honest customer got
around the corner he murmured softly:
Il guess had better take this ffty
and skip up 10 Portland before that
Sheeny tumbles TO that counterfeit.
It's getting mighty hard TO shove the
queer round In these parts. and that's
fact."-San Francisco Post.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-12
Pleasure and Pain.

Laugh. and the world laughs with you.
Weep, and ou weep alone;
For this brave old earth must borrow its mirth
IL has troubles enough of its owa.
Sing and the hills will answer,
sigh Il is lest ON the air;
The echoes bound "a joyful sound,
Hut shrink from voicing oare.
Rejoice and men win seek you.
Grieve, and they turn and go;
They want full measure of all your pleasure.
But they do not want your woe.
Be glad and your friends are many.
BE sud and you lose them all;
There are none 20 decline your nectar'd wine.
Hut alone you must drink life's gall.
Feast. and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by;
Succeed and give aud ~ helps you live,
Hut no man can help you die.
There Is room In the halls Of pleasure
For long and lordly train.
HUT one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-12
Facets.

There is nothing IN heaven and earth
that matches the American boy Of six
teen. The other day they gave u skat-
ing carnival in Oakland. IL Wits
masked ball on roller skates. A slen-
der dudette of sixteen got his young
married cousin TO rig him up IN an en-
tire suit of her clothes. The garments
were stylish; the boy was slender and
graceful. He presented altogether II
very elegant. lady-like appearances
Like Cinderella, he did not linger ut
the ball, but started for home at tive
minutes of twelve. Said the family;
"Did you have agood timer
Bully"
"why didn't you stay for the un-
maskingT
al was afraid the widowd find out |
wasn't girl"
"What about the widowp"
swell, IL she found out 1 wasn't
girl, didn't want TO take the chances"
"Tell us about IT,"
"You see as soon as got there ]
found that none of them dropped on
me. So thought I'D go into the dress
ing.room with the ladies and have
little fun. The FIRST lady struck was
Mrs.. the pretty little widow. There
was something wrong about her hustle.
Finally she came smiling up to me and
said that my hustle looked perfectly
splendid, and wouldn't please try and
fix hers the same. Well"
"What did you dot"
Il fixed it!"-Exchange.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-12
A New and Startling Invention.

Under the above heading the New
York Mail and Express describes new
railway Improvement which certainly
has the merit Of novelty. 1t is believed
10 be the invention OF Major Bundy, the
editor Of the above journal. notwith.
standing he credits its authorship TO a
citizen of Connecticut. The frequent
attempts of railway trains to pass each
other on the same track have been at
tended so uniformly with disastrous
consequences, that 1t has become to be
the general belief that the feat Is im-
possible. and that engineers will do well
to deslst from further efforts 10 ac-
compish IL. To the ordinary mind II
seems inevitable that IL two trains ap-
proach each other on the same track,
and do not slacken their speed. col
lision must ensue. There is man In
Connecticut whose mind Is not ordl.
nary. OF course. we do not mean by
such statement to insinuate that the
Nutmeg state has only one man gifted
with extraordinary mental endow-
ments. The woods there are full OF
them, but 50 far as heard from, there
Is only one who has exercised his genius
in solving the problem Of how to en-
able two trains TO pass on the same
track without collision.
The plan Of this ingenious person is
very simple. as all really great plans
and ideas are. He proposes to place on
the front of every locomotive going in
one direction u long inclined plane
upon which are two rails. These come
close to the track at the forward end
of thesplane. and at the hinder end
are connected with other rails that run
along the top of the cars, and down TO
the main track again on another in
clined plane In the rear. When the
train provided with this attachment
meets another on the same track. the
latter simply goes over the former. its
weight making the connection of the
front OF the inclined plane and the
rails of the main track perfect, and
acting at the same time as break on
the speed of the train underneath.
II this invention had been made a
few years sooner. the number of double
track roads In the country would not
now be half as great as II is. A single
track, with occasional switches for
heavy freight trains, Major Bundy
says. would answer all purposes, and
the cost of constructing railroads
would be decreased twenty-five per
cent. The system will. of course. be
adopted Immediately on all single
track roads, and within few
years the sensation of riding over or
under another moving train will be 80
common as to pass almost unnoticed.-
Scientific American.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-12
Cranks,

Cranks. my sony the world is full Of
them. What should we do were 1t not
for the cranksp How slowly the tired
old world would move did not the
cranks keep 1t rushing along. Colum.
bus was crank on the subject of
American discovery and circumnayiga-
tion, and at last he met the fate of
most cranks, WAS thrown into prison
and died In poverty and disgrace. He
is greatly venerated now. Oh. yes,
Telemachus. we usually esteem crank
most highly after we have starved him
to death. Harvey was crank on the
subject of the circulation of the blood
Calico was an astronomical crank
Fulton was a crank on the subject of
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-12

which once before refused 10 recog-
nize his overpowering genius Is not
problematical. II will he short-lived
and money sent II for subscrip-
tions or advertising win be thrown
away. Brick was quite a noted rascal
In the little town Of la Crosse. but
Denver was too large for him and In
New YoSk he sinks into total oblivion.
The only remarkable points about Brick
Pomeroy are his failure TO heed the
voice Of his own experience and his
refusal 10 reform.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-12

Big feet are now the proper oaper and
the larger man or woman's feet are
the more fashionable they are Looking
refiectively at ours as they repose In all
their native grandeur upon top of the
desk. we are satisfied that we will never
be compelled TO pad them out 10 make
them conform 70 the rules of fashion.
We will be able TO lead the giddy
throng in this city.-Evansvllle Argus.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08
MOODY. THE EVANGELIST.

A prominent Englishman has recently
discovered that Mr. Moody is a great
preacher. The Evangelist's audiences were
said to be immense, and as Englishmen
themselves are about the worst public
speakers in creation, even Mr.. Moody may
scemeloquent to them. Americans certainly
do not regard him either as a great or a
good orator, for his manner, method and
matter are all extremely commonplace.
His real attraction in this country was the
singing of Sankey, but like all thoroughly
earnest men, he doubtless made individual
impressions. Any one who devotes him
self to one thing and sticks for a long time
ut it. is sure to produce results, because the
quality of holding on is so rare that where
it exists, people begin to believe that there
is innate power i'll him who exerts it. Per-
haps, however the secret of Mr.. Moody's
success is the low ideal he presents of the
great Creator of the universe. His is the
God of the crude mind, an Almighty swift
to punish the sinner, and bomteous in re-
ward to His servants. His theology consists
in faith, that is to say, unquestioning belief
in what it taught. One great thing he has
done, that is persuaded thousands that they
have souls to be saved, and that it is time
to see about it, Many so aroused may pro
gress in spirstual lite, as they do in other
things, and learn to widen out their sphere
Of morality and usefulness. The church
feels that a great struggle is before it. The
Princeton Regier takes the bold ground that
its spirit must be preserved, even at the
expense of some of the dry technicalities of
theology To question is not always to
doubt l 4.+,..,, ,4-f5f..ts,s l.tfe tgg4 A,,t,
Revival preachers find great encourage
ment IN England from the Weather classes,
as III the case of Booth and his Salvation
Army, to the expenses of which rich men
subscribe largely The great poverty of
the people and stasnation of trade are such
serious matters ina country where wealth
is so uneyenly divided, that amy outlet for
the excitement of the masses is regarded as
preventative of danger.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08
INQUIRER ANSWERED.

Inquirer says - Consistency with the
position taken by Rev. n. J. Wright in the
last issue of the MONITOR would lead to
the endorsement of the recent action of the
National Prohibition party" He speaks
as one having authority, and not as ordi-
nary mortals. lie sits in judgement and
renders his verdict. and who dare question
this ipse dtHt
would like to know by what peculiar
mental operation he draws such Il conclu-
sion, and states it so positively. His state
ment is an unwalranted assumption, and
cannot be legitimately gathered from my
article All vision is of course influenced
by the altitude occupied and the glasses
used by the observer. What glass does
Enquirer use?
think it is wise to limit our action, for
the present at least, to the election of
members of the state legislature pledged
to vote for the desired prohibitory act.
Here, after ALL the great battle is to be
fought and won. Rev Mr. Ballard in de
filming the policy Of the New Jersey State
Alliance, spoke only of the legislature. |.
in my article, approving the position of
Rev Mr. Ballard went no further than he.
except to state the position of the indepen-
dent third-party men, and to denounce
their action, and to urge that in all cases
where independent political action was
taken, it be as far as possible through ex-
listing parties Seeing the matter as | do
now, | have no sympathy with the so
called National movement ! am also pre-
pared to say | do not see that independent
political action on third-party line, I'm
county elections) has resulted to the spe-
cal advantage of the Temperance cause.
We want one thing, viz an act passed by
the Legislature submitting prohibitory
amendment to the state constitutions to
popular vote of the people. Let us take
the shortest and surest path to the desired
end, and not crush our cause by overload
ing it with issues, good enough i'll their
way but at present, impracticable and
premature. Let us go for the one Miag in
the 0"e rag represented by the agent and
we will have prohibition in New Jersey in
side of five years.
stand second to no one i'll this commu-
nifty in my devotion to the cause of proh-
bition, but claim the same right exercised
by others, to choose for myself what | es-
teen the best means to reach the desired
result. | do not desire controversy, but
feel justified in defending my position. Is
it wise or just for third-party men to de
nounce all who do not think as they do d?
This is the veriest fanaticism Inquirer
mentions a list of names Of some good men
who endorse the National party. There
are multitudes who are equally as worthy,
who think and act in other directions, and
this paper will not hold their names Be a
brave, true soldier, and sign your name
like man. N. j. WRIGHT.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08
, TrRRIRIE TEMPERANCE LESSON
A Young Woman Drowned Before the
Eyes OF Ter Inehriafed COmpaniOnS.

John Craig, James Calvin, and Lizzie Ray
faced Magistrate Smith at the Central Sta
ton this morning. Craig resides at No.9Il
Leithgow street, and is a morocco dresser;
Calvin's home is at No. 111S Hancock street,
and he is machinist; and Miss Ray lives at
No. 1887 Crease street. They formed part
of a quartette which visited Ridgway Park
yesterday. Mrs. Becky Shapcock went over
to the island with them, but they left her
dead body floating in the river. All four OF
them We're under the influence of liquor, the
dead woman being particularly inebriated.
They came from the island towards the
boat landing last night, intending to take
the boat for the Chestnut street wharf.
Lively spirits We're in them and they were
in lively spirits, and the conjunction sent
them skipping around the wharf ona quick
step galop. 9er.f
Suddenly Mrs Shapcocll fell over the edge
of the dock, Miss Ray was sober in an in
slant MY God! Becky's drowning she
screamed. Two watchmen came running
down. but before they got there both
Craig and Calvin We're in the water.
They jumped into the river and tried to save
their companion, but were i'll condition to
equally need help to save themselves.
James p. Bigley, gate-tender at the Park,
leaned over the front of the wharf and first
grasped one man and then the other. Both
men were rescued. but the woman was
drowned in the darkness. The three survi-
vors came over to the city as prisoners, and
after sleeping off their debauch in Central
Station cellslast ght went before the Ma@is-
trate to-day. They all told their testimony
with evident feeling and to the above effect.
The woman seemed the least affected,
but assented with a sorrowful nod of the
head when the Magistrate said-''This is n
sad business" s.-..-.-4
Craig's lips quvered as lie described the
occurrence, and Calvin kept his eyes lowered
constantly as if deeply impressed with the
memory of yesterdays spree. All three
We're respectable-looking people, and the
Magistrate discharged them from custody
after he had impressed upon them the ter
rible lesson which was taught by last night $
drowning.-IHaa. Ttlegluph, 1Ug. 5H.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08
wOODSTOwN MARKETS.
puILADELpHIA RKETs.

GoRgEcrEp EVERY THURSDAY W. &. GARRISON,
32l sourH FRONT sT., PHILADELPHIA. ifli ot
BuTrEH-Print, prime, 25c. to 30c.: fair, zoe. to
22c.: roll lsc TO zoe: common, Sc. TO l0c per H.,
Eggs, lgc. to 20c. per doz DRESSED PouLTRy-
Spring chicks, 2bc to 22c.; fan chicks, lie to
lsc.; fowls. l5c. to Ice SrocK--C.,lves, prime,
5c fair &C. to 10; lambs, prime. &C. to To, fair,
&c. 10 SIC. WooI-W Washed 2Sc. to Doc; nm
washed, lsc. to ne FEATHERs-Gecse, choice,
b2c. to SOC per h.. fair, iSc. TO 50e per h.; tur-
KEYS, l2c. 10 Ne; ducks, 2sc. TO soc; chickens,
Gc 70 e. per III. tAME--squalis, 3sc. to 40c.
birds, i5d to lsc dozen: ployer. SID 10 800 per
DOZEN shoppers, &c. 10 10. per H.; hard shell
crabs, 81 10 to u p per hundred
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08

The WoodStown .Ho5ttor was published
in its home office for the first time last
week, and celebrated the event by appear
ing in an enlarged form, and dressed in a
new suit of type The .Hnjtor presents a
handsome appearance. is newsy, and is a
credit to its publishers. --lSoaM Jerseymaa.
The H0nitor. Woodstown's new paper.
came to hand last week, in an enlarged
form, and wholly printed at the home
Office, which has recently been opened at
that place, and stocked with material. 1t
is a creditable sheet, and deserving of sue
cess. Sdlem StaBdard.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08

Two good rules in diet, good in summer,
or winter, and at all times-apparently
trite because so often repeated, but still
alive and useful while men live and have
stomachs-may be thus stated Rule first
is. "The rule of not too much." In the
languor of summer one is tempted to the
use of stimulants, more or less hurtful, but
all to be included under the general team
of ''irritants." These create iactitous
appetite, which demands an over supply OF
food. and leaves the eater no better off, so
far as comfort is considered, than he was
before eating. If you don't wish to eat,
take care to eat but little, and that of the
most digestible food, till the desire comes
naturally. Just take enough to support
nature, and good digestion will provide an
appetite for the coming meal times. $50.
Rnle second is, the rule Of not too mired.
Everybody has smiled at the story Of the
innocent young person to whom settler
powder was prescribed and who dissolved
the separate components i'll separate
glasses and swallowed first one and then
the other. Astonishment and rebellion
arose in his stomach at the entrance of two
such uncongenial visitors. The truth is,
however, that this experiment is very often
unconsciously repeated i'll still more un-
pleasant and even dangerous form. People
swallow, without thinking, and often with
out knowing, Incompatible and warning
articles of food or of refreshment at the
same meal-and thus turn their stomachS
into chemical laboratories or termenting
tanks. Such experiments are sure to make
disturbances and various internal com
motions, disagrecable and perilous in then
very nature 1t should need no chemical
analysis to tell us this; experience SHOULD
be enough.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-08

oeaVllle camp Meeuillp cpiiihieuoo' -h'5
ust 18th and continues to the Goth.
Al Keyport man recently found in a clam
shell three pearls which had grown to-
gether.
Hon. Chas. p, Stratton, ex-Judge of the
Camden County Courts, died on Wednes-
day of last week. q
The Pennsylvania railroad depot' at a.Ier-
sey City with its contents, was destroyed
byfire Monday night. The piers also caught
fire. and quantity of freight upon them
was destroyed,
Samuel Bishop, of Wrightstown Bur-
lineton county, ships over 5000 sqabs a
wear to the New York markets. His ship
ments during the past eight years amount
ted to over 40, 600. #...t
Getsinger & Son, of Bridgeton, will com
mence the manufacture of Cathedral glass
in the course of few weeks. When COM
pleted this factory will be one of the finest
establishments of the kind i'll the country.
A vigilant father at Elwood station on
the Camden and Atlantic Railroad, on
Monday night checked his daughter $
elopement with brakeman employed on
that road by appearing just as the miss
was about to step upon the train.
The Prohibitionists of Camden will make a
rousng fight for the st. John Presidential
ticket. and have constructed large covered
platform mounted on wheels, which will be
moved to different sections of the city for
use at outdoor demonstrations
The M. Z. church at Port Norris, Cum
berand county, was discovered to be ON
fire. after the services, on Sunday night.
The building was entirely consumed. The
loss is estimated at 5000, with 50, 700 in
surance The fire is supposed to be the
work of an incendiary.
An unknown man was killed at the State
street crossing of the Pennsylvania Rail
road in Camden, Monday morning, by the
Bordentown accommodation train. A bottle
of whislley was found in his pocket. but no
data to reveal his identity. When struck
he was walking on the track. l.tla .Iu.
convention of Burlington County Pro-
hibitionists was held at the City Hall, Bor
dentown when the national NOMINEES of
that party were indorsed, a county ticket
nominated and delegates named for Con
gressional Convention. Rev. DR.. Hail. a
Presbyterian minister, is leading the move
ment.
Charles Nansciver, who was convicted at
the last term of the Burlington County
Court of throwing vitriol on Mrs. Ca rrie
Nandergrift, of Burlington, and who was
granted new trial, has been released on
bail, Stacy II. Scott, Franklin Gauntt and
Samuel +, Lippincott becoming his bonds
men in the sum of $1,000.
Lightning played good many freaks
in and near Trenton ON Monday afternoon
and evening" Trees and barns were struck,
cattle stunned and several persons badly
frightened. A tree on Calhoun street was
struck about six o clock and the noise caused
a horse to run away. A man standing at
the corner of Greene and State streets was
partially stunned. The roof of house ON
South Warren street was partly bupned
this evening. The most curious freak was
with a horse car in State street A bolt of
lightning flashed through the car, binding
the horses and the driver. The horses
dashed to one side and threw the car off the
track and dumped the driver into the street
The driver was not injured.