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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-24

Rev. II. G. Munson, State temperance
agent, has just completed temperance tour
through the State. and reports that great in.
mission has no partisan purpose, but is simply
70 arouse new interest in temperance work
especially in its moral phases. He should
receive the cooperation of every friend OF
temperance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-24

Mr.. P. A. DeCreeny, publishes new
monthly advertising sheet, called the River
aide Messenger
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-24

Mr. Henry Judkins will be one of the con.
ductors on the Maine Central between Boston
and Bangor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-24

wells Health Remover" restores health
and vigor, cures Dyspepsia, Impotence. Sex
ual Debility. 81.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-24

The front of Meonian block is receiving
coat Of paint.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-24

Smiley shipped 100 cases of broom han.
dies Yesterday. They go to London, Eng.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-24

The fall gales have commenced their
career.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-24

If you are failing, broken, worn out and
nervous. use Wells Health Remover" 81.
Druggists.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-24

Egg dealers are holding their stuck for
higher prices
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-24

The Hallowell Granite Co. recently for.
warded quantity of granite to Bath, N. Y
Recently the company received dispatch
from New York, inqurng what Bath the
stone was to be sent to, as there were three
towns Of that name in the Empire State
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-24

A Stitch in time saves nine and a bottle of
Togus Cough Mixture may save your life.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-24
AT LARGE.

The Phillips Phonogrsph-always an en-
thusastic reporter of farm enterprise-ite-
mics a curious freak OF nature in Weld. The
SON Of certain farmer is reported as the
mother of three large litters of pigs, and the
paper asks, who can beat thisI" II would
be much as a grunt. Mr.. Phono., for any one
to do it. Wo-o-o-sh - WaterriHe Seminal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-24

Ask for "Rough on Coughs" ror coughs,
colds, sore throat, hoarseness. Troches. l5c.
Liquid, 25c.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-24
Election Notice.

County Of kenDebee, -
To the Inhabitants Of the City Of Augusta qualified
according to the constitution and laws Of this
State TO vote for Senators.
You are hereby notified to assemble At your res
pecfve ward rooms on Tuesday, Nov. 4h, 1884, at 10
O'Clock A NJ, then and there to give in your ballots
for SIX Electors for President and Vice President Of
the Uuitsd States.
The polls will be closed q; O'Clock NJ.
The Board of Aldermen will be in session for the
purpose Of correcting the list Of voters and Of recev
ing evidence OF the qualification of voters whose
names are not on the lists, on Friday and SATURDAY.
Oct. 3ist and Nov. ist, and on Monday Nov 3D. nexi
preceding the said day Of election, from to Il
O'Clock A. n, and from 70 O'Clock r. NJ on each
octzsdtd THOMAS J. LYNCH, City Clerk
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-24

The dust is settled.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-24

Further particulars on small bills.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-22
The Art of Storytelling.

Some people seem personally fitted
for effectivestor telling. George Hen
ry Lewes was one such. Those who
were familiar with him have often re-
marked the viyacious sparkle of the eye,
the peculiarly telling action of the
hands, and the self-possesslon with
which he would fascinate conyivial
party. Anthony Trollope il was, if we
are not mistaken, who once said that the
very clothes he wore seemed somehow
to contribute to the effect OF his good
stories-his velvet coat, and his neat
slippers, and the rest of it, all worn
with that air of easy Inconsistencies
well calculated to enhance the points of
his narrative. That inconsistencies,
by the way, is great matter III personal
narrative. There are some who
are prevented from ever telling a
story well by their anxiety to do
so. They appear to be as
much concerned for themselves as
for the success of their tale. Their own
manner and choice of language and the
impression they are making on their au
ditors, are plainly distracting their wits
and diverting great part of their pow
er. A good story teller will always be
found to be one who is himself too deep
in his own enjoyment and appreciation
of his tale to be at all conscious of any
thing pertaining to himself. He enters
into the thing too fully and too entirely
to be concerned with the criticisms
which may be passing upon his person
al appearance, or language or manner.
Anything like timidity or nervousness,
or self-consciousness is fatal to that
freedom of manner which is always
principal charm of really successful
ale-tellers, and in all such narratives
as observant travellers have to tell upon
their return home. A ready flow of
language is, of course essential to success
in this line Nothing is more unpleas-
ant than to have to listen to long MARIA
tives which seem continually on the
point of breaking down for want of
words, or which are told in words that
continually prompt the listener to in
terruption and criticism which polite
ness, nevertheless forbids. A pleasant
voice, too, is great point, though not
by any means invariably indispensable.
There are times as every one must have
observed, Wnen some nafSn lnconSruty
of voice adds immensely to the effects
of story just in the same way as the
personal appearance of a narrator may
greatly influence its success. Lewes
was generally allowed to be anything
but handsome man, and it was in
great measure what some would call
did call, in fact-his very ugliness
which often lent immense force to his
utterances An odd or unpleasant vein
may do precisely the same thing, giving,
perhaps, soupcon of acidity to what
would otherwise be found fiat and in
sipid, or droll turn to points which
would be tame and dull if told in a
smooth and faultless tone. London
Elnl,,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-22

WHY is IT.-You should be particularly care
full to clean up the system and purify the blood
in the spring, before the approach of warm
weather Because the hearty consumption of
food and tho indoor life of the winter months
result in large amount of food being taken
into the stomach, a portion of which has not
been digested This accumulation of refuse
matter forms into decaying mass which poi
sons the system and stagnates the blood
WHAT TO po-Remove this deposit, cleanse
the system, and purify the blood of all foul i'm
pregnations. BY so doing You remove the
cause of nine -tenths of spring complaints and
diseases; You avoid malaria, billiousness, boils,
blotches, yellow skin, etc Root out the lin
gering germs of disease and prepare the sys-
TEN to successfully repel the complaints pecu-
liar to hot weather.
WHEN you want to accomplish this thorough
y and with the least expense, Burdock Blood
Bitters is the medicine. Apurely vegetable prep
aration 1t searches out and carries off all inn
purities from the body, purfies the blood, cures
Indigestion, dyspepsia, kidney aud liver COM
plants 1t is not violent purgative, nor sick
ening decoction. but medicine that's pleasant
to take will do YOU good, and demand your en-
dorsing Burdock Blood Bitters as the greatest
discovery in medicine. Sold by all druggists.
Price s1.00
FOSTER, MLBURN & Co, Buffalo, n T., Props.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-22
Pacific Love Charms.

Miss HILL, who was very anxious to
make Senator Sharon love her, went to
a woman who had learned how to make
charms from her father, who had been a
famous astrologer in his day, and got a
receipt that was warranted to bring the
hard hearted millionaire to her feet. 1t
was to mix nine drops of molasses, nine
pinches of sugar and half cupful of
cold, black tea, to be given in teaspoon
full doses three times day, or oftener-
the more she could get down him the
more he would love her. 1t didn't
work. The next one was for her to
steal one of his socks, dip the toe of it
in whisky and wear it pinned around
her left knee, which she did for nine
days. Still he didn't love her. She
then resorted to the master charm,
which consisted in placing suit of I'M
der garments in the bottom of newly
made grave BY the aid of the sexton
of the Masonic cemetery she worked it
through, but with no better results.
Then she sued him and got left.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-22
Support for Beans And Peas.

hay e for several years successfully
raised polebeans without poles by set
ting out two strong posts say twenty
feet apart and eight feet high. Fasten
strong wire or long light pole between
the two at the top, also three inches
from the bottom. Then pass fine cord
between the two, about three inches
apart. They have to be watched for
few days when they begin to run to see
that the wind does not blow the vines
away from the strings, then they are all
right. Often one post will answer,
using tree, grapevine trellis, or cor
ner of an outbuilding for other end.
Peas can be grown in the same way,
with No. Ii wire; posts from two to
three feet high; can be forty feet apart
with one support in the middle-E. r.
S., Denmark, Iowa. Barbed wires
would be a good substitute; the vines
could cling to them, and if the wire is
made fast on posts made firm In the
ground they would last for years. TO
illustrate: Put in posts twelve OF fifteen
feet high and make fast the wire as on
clothes line, and draw the wire as far as
possible without Stacking. Then put
in another post and so on as far as it is
to extend. Before the ground has been
prepared cut short pieces of wire to
reach perpendicularly from top to bot
tom, shove it in the ground, press a
couple of stones each side of the wire,
tie it to the top wire, and then it is
complete for the beans to grow on. If
the main line gets too slack it should
be braced. In the fall the perpendicular
pieces may be removed from the main
wire and laid away till spring. They
will last for years after poles would
have decayed and will give longer life
for valuable trees.-John Hug.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-22
Laughter as a Medicine:

A short time since two individuals
were lying in one room very sick, one
with brain fever and the other with an ag
gregated case of the mumps. They were
so low that watchers we're needed every
night, and it was thought doubtful if
the one sick of fever could recover. A
gentleman was engaged to watch over
night, his duty being TO wake the nurse
whenever it became necessary to admin
ister medicine. In the course Of the
night both watcher and nurse fell asleep.
The man with the humps lay watching
the clock, and saw that it was time to
give the fever patient his potion. He
was unable to speak aloud or to move
any portion of his body except his arms
but Selling pillow, he managed to
strike the watcher in the face with it.
Thus suddenly awakened, the watcher
sprang from his seat, falling to the
floor and awakened both the nurse
and the fever patient. The incident
struck the sick men as very ludicrous,
and they laughed heartily att for some
fifteen or twenty minutes. When the
doctor came in the morning he found
his patients vastly improved; said he
never knew so sudden turn for the bet
ter, and now beth are up and we'll. Who
says laughter is not the best of med
icines? And this reminds the writer of
another case. A gentleman was suffer
ing from an liberation of the throat,
which at length became so swollen that
his life was despaired of. His household
came to his bedside to bid him farewell.
Each individual shook hands with the
dying man and then went away weeping.
Last of all came pet ape, and shaking
the mans hand went away also with its
hands over it's eyes. It was so ludri-
crous sight that the patient was forced
to laugh, and laughed so heartily that
the ulcer broke and his life was saved.
-Sanitarian.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-22
some Simple Remedies.

A strip of flannel or napkin folded
lengthwise, and dipped in hot water and
wrung out, and then hung around the
neck of a child that has Group will usu-
ally bring relief in ten minutes.
A towel folded several times, and
dipped in hot water and quickly wrung
out and applied over the seat of the
pain in toothache or neuralgia will gen
eraly afford prompt relief. This treat
ment in collie works almost like magic.
I have seen cases that have resisted 9th
er treatment for hours yield to this in
ten minutes. There is nothing that will
so promptly cut short congestion of
the lungs, sore throat, rheumatism, as
hot water when applied promptly and
thoroughly.
Pieces of cotton batting dipped in hot
water, and kept applied to old sores or
new, cuts, bruises or sprains is the
treatment now generally adopted in hos
pitfalls. / have seen a sprained ankle
cured in an hour by showering it with
hot water, poured from height of three
feet.
Sun Baths.-Mrs. E. Il. A. writes:
"To J. W. B., who writes about sun
baths, I would say that I am chronic
invalid suffering from nervous depres-
sion, and find that sun baths, In con-
nection with lying on the ground, are
a very great relief. Last year did not
know for months what it was to be
sleepy, and at suggestion from a friend,
/ began lying on the ground in the sun,
when not too hot, or in the shade when
it WAS, and after got over my nervous
ness from seeing bug, worms and ants
crawling around, [ began to feel sleepy
and quiet, and often slept two hours at
n time. told my physician about it,
and how that warm glow would go
over my body clear to the toes, and |
would soon be asleep. He replied,
Your nerves were at rest, and it
was the best thing you could do ;"
| took few yards of carpeting, doub
led it, put a pillow on it, and with a
sun bonnet on my head [ laid down and
covered up with a comfort, and was
soon at peace with all the world. This
is the best remedy extant for insomnia,
and would recommend it to all suffer
ers from that disease. A thorough
warming up in the sun is excellent for
rheumatic or paralytic people. Cats
and dogs, pigs and chickens, as they
bask In the sun, are wiser than man
kind, who carefully keep the curtains
down and blinds closed so that the rays
of the sun are completely shut out"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-22
Grnhs on Cattle.

NJ. C. p, Altoona, Oak. are
my cattle free from grubs on their backs
this year?
Ans.-These grubs are the Larvae of
the cattle CAD fly, which lays its eggs in
the backs of the cattle about August
when the flies abound. If for any rea-
son the flies are destroyed previous to
that, or the cattle are not exposed to
them. of cource there will be no grubs.
Generally the grubs escape from the
skin of the cattle in June, and fall to
the ground, into which they enter to I'M
dergo their proper changes. There may
he several reasons why the grubs might
be destroyed while on the ground
Skunks, crows. mice, and other animals
feed upon these insects, and could easily
pick them up. Orif the pasture should
lie plowed, the grubs would be turned
under too deeply to get out again and
would perish. There must be some
special and accidental reason why the
cattle are free from them this spring
Other farmers find an unusually large
quantity of them and are complaining of
their excessive number. They do no
permanent injury anyhow, and no pres
emit injury except to worry the animals
a little.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-22
Setting Hens.

TO the amateur we should say, you
will save much time, much vexation,
and save the lives OF many chickens,
by having your setting hens arranged
ON some systematic plan before you
give them the eggs for Matching. There
are many ways to bring this about You
must have separate room, boy or coop
for each setter, to which none of the
others can have access. Laying hens
must also be kept away. Your settlers,
too, must have a chance to procure
food and water when they choose to
come off for this purpose. Laying hens
are not as apt to get into a row
with setter as another setter is. Some
times two settlers viii quarrel and fight
till the eggs are broken.
Successful poultry fanciers set hens
in the evening after dark instead Of by
daylight. They are much more apt TO
stick, The lantern is very useful
thing in the poultry keepers hands.
There is much that can be done about
the fowl house, and much that can be
learned by lantern light. You can fire.
quently cath fowls to examine them for
any desired purpose when they are on
he roost, even if they are not very tame I;
whereas in the day time it may be hard
70 catch them singly and to examine in
% their condition with out causing them
u great deal Of fright, and fight, you
know. is antagonistie to thrift,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-22
Great Success in the rafy Line
From the somervilIe Journal

FROM tire
He was late, and he was not altogeth-
err as he ought to have been. He saw by
the light in the window that she was
waiting for him, and he trembled, well
knowing that he merited severe rebuke.
As he entered the room she began:
"This is a nice time Of"
"My DEAR" he interrupted, "you can't
tell what l was-hic- thinking of just
now Rather what you reminded me
of as / came in. The lamp on the table
and you sitting close to it. You and
the lamp reminded me Of the philoso-
ply of Which Matthew Arnold is the
postle you and the lamp see =
"No, don't see. This is a nice"
well -hic--Tll show you. Mat
thew Arnold is the postle of sweetness
and light. The lamp is the light and
you are the sweetness
"You foolish fellow, said she with
smile, what are you standing there for?
Let me help you off with your coat"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-22
The Author of my Maryland"

Washington Letter to the Philadelphia Record
James r. Randall, the gentle author
of that fiery war song, Maryland, My
Maryland, is one of the most delight
full men in Washington You find it
difficult to believe that this quiet, liberal,
broad minded man wrote that narrow,
passionate appeal. Hewas very young,
however. He is young still, but wiser
and broader. He has come to that
point where he is willing to admit that
that disagreeable characterization,
Northern scum" in the last stanza was
simply put in for sake of the rhyme. He
would not write such a song now. Yet
he copies the old song again and again
in response to requests that come from
the four corners of the earth. saw a
true copy of it yesterday. 1t is rarely
printed correctly. It is generally man
gled in quotation, and it is always multi
ated in the newspapers. | hear that
Mr. Randall contemplates gathering it
and half hundred other lyrics in a
volume to be published shortly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-22

morning and evening for two or three
days, following with brief catharic,
such rs calomel, in teaspoonful doses
Two other kinds of worms infest the
lower bowels or large intestines near
the anus, and may frequently be seen
coming from the animal. One is
white, slender worm about three inches
long, and as thick as knitting needle;
the other little white worm shaped
like tadpole, and half or three-quar
tiers of an inch long. For these give
tablespoonful and a half of Barbados
aloes, with one tablespoonful of cop
peras each morning for week. A capt.
tai treatment for swine troubled with
worms is to mix wood-ashes or soap-suds
with their slops and feed once week
Ofcourse doses of all medicins should be
made smaller for young pigs than for
mature hogs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-22
Tightening woman's Burdens.

A lady writes to the Rural New Yorker;
One house-keeper after another sug
gest ways and means for Tightening
burdens in their profession, but in my
view there is nothing that helps more in
"a small family than sending the washing
and ironing out of the house. Having
tried it for three years, and having had
it done in the house for over twenty
years, feel qualified to give an opinion.
| believe it could be done much oftener
than it is, if people would but think so.
Almost every community has its poor
widow, or stout washer with small
means, who, for the additional spending
money, would gladly undertake the task.
Many times, too, such a household
would take pay in produce which
a farmers grounds could spare and
never miss. But oh, the difference to
the farmers wifel One day just like
the other No especially hard days all
through the week. In the busy season
one does not get rested from the hard
wash-day by Saturday night.
/ always respected a milkman because
he brought down to the village every
hOUudY LIS SI6bt DstSheb 1ull VI t1ObllCo
to be washed, and left it with colored
family where he sold milk. He said
that washing was too hard for the
women folks in harvest time" So he
made this trade with one of his custom
ers 1t worked well both ways, for il
kept a row of little black faces fat and
shining, to have for once plenty of milk
to go with their bread, and it almost
saved the life of burdened mother.
do agree with writer on domestic
economy, once quite popular here and
in England, who says thai. where wash
ing is done in the house, it is misery
from morning till night" She referred
to hired washer woman, who came by
the day. The one mitigation is where
there is Astounding health and strength
in the family to take up the work with
system, and where the best of facilities
are at hand, and thus carry it through
with dispatch, and have done with it.
Washing clothes is one of the disagree
able necessities Ct our civilized life, and
one that breaks own feeble women very
fast. The one drawback to our enjoy
ment at the sight of draweriull of
freshly laundried clothes is the sad fact
that they will so soon go into the big
basket again.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-22
rb. Financial rlurrv in New York.

On Thursday the 18th, the first thing excit-
ing Mas the failure of Dimock & CO., supposed
10 be very solid firm The senior member of
the firm is the president of the Bankers and
Merchants Telegraph company, and his house
has been bolstering the stock at a ridiculously
high figure for months. The usual quotation
for the stock lately has been 10 and this was ex
dividend of 10 per cent. paid some time since.
The stock showed the most remarkable decline
ever witnessed in Wall street During We'd
ncsday 119 was paid for it, and at the close 1l9
was bid When the stock was offered Thurs
day under the rule the first sale was at 60 and
in less than thirty minutes it sold at AZ cash,
decline of n per cent
little later the failure of Fisk & Hatch was
announced. 1t was conceded that the failure
of Fisk Il Hatch added new complicatins to the
situation The bears were rather more out
spoken than for several days.
The Metropolitan bank resumed payment, a
new President taking the place of Mr.. Seney
1t is probable that more failures will be made
known, butsutside of New York all is quiet