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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-24
Muster week.

There were but two deaths in the city last
week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-24

Five cents affords an excellent cigar if you
buy the Pixie"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-24

Most Valuable for Consumption and De
bility.

DIR. N. C. Reed, of Columbus, o., says: Il
have used your Emulsion in all cases requir-
ing the Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites,
and do not hesitate to pronounce it the best
vet brought before the public especially use
.ul in consumption and debilitated condi-
ions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-24

Thirty-fve telephone subscribers at Gar
diner, in answer to the circular of the Tele-
phone Company, increasing the rates, have
sent communication to the manager of the
company, which reads rs follows:
Your circular notifying US that the
yearly rates for the use of telephones
will be raised on Sept. LIST, next, to (s45 O0)
forty-h Ave dollars, has been received. You
will therefore please remove our telephone
on that day, as we will not pay any advance
or keep them even at the old price, unless
your company will guarantee to us better
condition of wires in the future than in the
past, and full use of the telephone between
Gardiner and Bath.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-24

The tailors are now receiving their fall and
winter goods, which as usual come in great
variety Of designs. For business suits plaid
goods which have been much worn during
the summer, will be in favor. There will be
but slight change In the style of the business
suit, the sack coat taking the lead as hereto
fore. Double breasted sacks will be worn
to certain extent. The long roll in front
characterizes the fall overcoat while it reaches
to point just above the knee. The winter
below the knee. and being cut with fly front.
Overcoat goods are coming in wide vale
aliaronala.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-24
PENoBsCOT.

Little Earl Wellington, a three year old
grandson of McGregor Jones, was severely
scalded last Saturday, says the Dexter Ga.
zette. A dirper was filled with boiling water,
and the little fellow thinking it was for drink
ing water, lifted it to his mouth and in some
way spilled it down his neck and breast be-
meath his clothes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-24

AyDRosCoGGIN.
The Bates Theological School and Bates
College opened Thursday. The students are
fast arriving in town.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19

Mr.. Carlisle, the speaker Of tho M
tional House of Representatives, made
IN address ct the close of the session in
which he urged that . general law
should be enacted which would author
;ze the Executive Departments and tho
courts ofjustice to hear and determine,
under rules that would amply protect
the Government, large part Of tho To-
cal and private matters that now engage
the attention of Congress. Mr.. Carlisle
said farther that ''From the organiza-
ton of the Government to the close of
tho Tventy-fifth Congress- period of
fifty years-there were introduced into
the House, As shown by the records, g.
TIT bills, while during the present con-
gress there have been introduced 8,630,
almost a. many as during that half CEN
tury. At present each ono Of our gen.
sral appropriation bills embrace a.
much money ~ tho whole amount Of
the net ordinary expenditures Of the
government during the first nine or ten
years Of its existence, and the specific
objects 10 be investigated and provided
for in those bills have 20 greatly in
creased that it has become . very con-
sidesable task even to saumsratp tbem.'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19

Therevised version of the Old Testa-
ment is in print in England, and both
the Old and New Testament will be is
sued Immediately after Easter. The
book is to be published in various sizes,
on the Same day, and the sale is certain
to be enormous. A London letter says
it is clear that the revised version of the
New Testament has made way. It Ia
used in many schools. It is used in
most families. Seldom does one of the
younger clergy give q text from the
pulpit but he tells what is the render
ing of the Revised Version. Some of
the moro advanced clergy use the Re-
vised Version always in the pulpit. But
this Is not the case in the United States.
The revised edition may be found in the
hands Of any clergyman and in public
and private libraries, but is totally I'M
known 70 the great masses. Even those
protesting Christianity, and are Chris
tan workers in Sunday schools, etc.,,
know no more of the revised scriptures
than Of the Koran.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19

Gladstone's mind is reported to be
giving way under the severe mental
strain TO which he has lately been sub
jected. He has fallen INTO the habit,
it is said, Of visiting second hand book
stores and purchasing sham antiquities,
and his eocentricities led him so far
quite recently that he purchased 100
hats in q single day. His physical COL
lapse has been predicted for some time
by prominent medical practitioners,
and to prevent such an unfortunate end
ing of his great career his most init
mate friends have advised him to resign,
but he stolidly refuses and proposes to
die in the harness if the Commons will
permit him.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19

It is autographed from Washington
that there will be again little or no debt
reduction for the month, and the e1-
PLANTATION Is not entirely ingenious. We
are told it is by reason of large pay
ments, but the real cause is the falling
of in government receipts rather than
special and extraordinary disbursements
that accounts for the small balance
from month to month in favor of the
Treasury. The government is feeling
the prevailing dulness in trade which
afaicts business men generally. If peo-
pie buy less imported goods, there is,
of course, falling of in customs, and
If they economic in Injuries of homo
production, the effect appears in small
or returns to the internal revenue
bureau.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19
Germany ~ q Naval Power.

Germany's growth as naval power
of Importance dates solely within the
last ten years. During the Danish
campaign Germany could only COM
mand seven war vessels and fifteen gun.
boats; yet, though reorganization was
warmly discussed, little was actually
done in the matter until the Reichstag
voted the necessary funds in 1873: Now
the German war feet musters fourteen
fine ironclads, twenty-one corvettes,
fourteen armored and ten ordinary gun.
boats, sixteen torpedo vessels, eight
dispatch boats and seven steam and
Tour sailing transports. Further, thirty
five vessels, ranging from monitors to
torpedoes, are on the stocks. The
The chief naval port. Wilhelmshaven,
has sprung up in an equally recent
period. Thirty years since Wilhelms-
haven was tiny hamlet, containing q
few farms, in the midst of q barren
tract of ground, and even now the diff
ferent quarters of the town are so scat
tered as to seem small separate settle
ments. There is only one street con-
tanning building of any pretension. the
Adalbert Strasse, where the govern
ment and naval officers live. The naval
workshops are outside the town.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19
A Cure for Eudearmeut1.

A girl who works in q paper-box
factory in Delaware became engaged to
marry ayoung workman in the same
factory. Both were young and rosy
she luscious nineteen and very pretty
and pleasant to look upon. For some
reason that dosen't matter she broke off
the engagement and told him to go his
way and let her go hers. Then she
had him arrested and taken before q
justice, charged with annoying her.
She told the Judge her grievance was
that whenever the young man met her
he put his arms around her. although
she kept telling him that it was all over
between them now and she didn't want
his kisses any more: The young man
said in defence that he had kissed her
thousand times day for two or three
years, and that he had got in such
habit of it that he couldn't help it. He
had tried to restrain himself, but he
couldn't. The Judge said: "Young
man, you must stop it," He replied:
II can't Judge. would if I could. I'll
try again" The kindly Judge, full of
fellow: feeling for young and ardent
humanity, discharged the likely-looking
young man from custody, and the pref
ty pair of them'left the courtroom aud
strolled down the street together. In
afew minutes the girl came back, peeped
in and said demurely: Judge, he has
kissed me again, right out in the street.
The amused man of justice said: "Well,
can't stop it. The best thing you can
do is to marry him, and thatll cure him.
And tho couple stepped into the court
room and the Judge married them then
and there. 1t was case of kissing to
conquer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19

The Lord Chief Justice OF England
in recent charge to the grand jury at
Lewes, said: 1T is satisfactory to
find out, from returns that cannot de.
ceive, and which include the whole OF
the prisoners in England and Wales,
that there has been a steady diminution
OF crime during the past ten or twelve
years." Tho official reports recently
published show that while the popular
ton OF these countries has increased in
that time about five millions, the number
OF criminals in prison has diminished
from II. 900 to 9,942.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19

Nearly all city papers at the east are
sounding cholera alarm and urging Q
general cleaning. They think cholera
Is sure to come this year. Perhaps it
will, but whether it does or not, clean
ing up will do much to prevent this dis
ease. But cleaning should not be con-
fined to cities. There is scarcely .
homo in America that may not be made
more healthy by we'll directed spring
cleaning. There are other fatal diseas-
es besides Cholera and these prevail in
almost every locality.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19
SUMMARY OF NEWS OF TIE WEBK.


&oAoo 9otWooA 3At1AAA and Russia.
In the house OF commons Fridsy afternoon
Gladstone announced that IN agreement had
been arrived at between Russia and England
BY the terms of which neieher the Russian MOI
Afghan forces would advance any further on
either side tho frontier Sir Stafford North
cote asked whether this agreement was = per-
manent or temporary Arrangement Glad.
stone replied that the agreement was without
o co spec aS. limit h H. e''t description he
was to last ~ long - there was
my ny occasion for it Laughter
This agreement provides against rupture
Of the friendly relations between the two
governments in the event Of . collision be-
tween the Afghan and Russian outposts, which
might possibly occur while instructions were
being conveyed to the opposing commanders.
The car said, during IN informal talk with
several diplomats At an imperial levee in St
petersburg: cannot conceive that any but
tho widest dreamer could think I would de.
clare war against England Our ends can be
attained, and will be attained, but will bo BY
the gradual power Of civilization, and not BY
forca
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19

The Frenoh newspapers think Gran.
ville's explanation Of England's attitude
In tho Bismarck controversy was an act
OF humiliation unworthy q great ma
ton, and the sentiment in England il
that Bismarck completely hoodwinked
and outwitted the Gladstone ministry.
The foreign policy Of the present ad-
ministration has been its weakest point
throughout, and has brought England
into such disreputs abroad that years
OF able management will be required to
enable her to regain her influence in
the councils of nations
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19

The largo number of ridiculous blum
aers in the legislation of each session il
aisgraoeful to all concerned, and justi-
des tho remark of cynical member
that It was fortunate so few people saw
how laws were made, otherwise there
would be still less respect for law than
now-and that il not saying . great
3eal for the law,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19
Blaine Visits the President.


Washington special:-Mr: Blaine made = fol.
nal call ON President Cleveland 1T the White
House last Friday Afternoon at o'clock. He
was received in the library by the president
No ono else WAS present during tho interview.
They were together some twenty five minutes
or half IN hour. But little detail Of tho con-
versation Is known save that it WAS on general
and not leading topics. Mr. Blaine said there
was nothing Whatever to tell; that he had sim
Ply paid his respects as private citizen to tho
chief magistrate Of the nation, and had been
very courteously and kindly received by him.
Beyond that there was really nothing 70 Gay.
Mr.. Blaine called through an arrangement Mr.
Blaine's visit at the White House caused quite
. sensation among the attendants 1T the door,
- only tho president and Col. Lamont knew OF
his coming President Cleveland did not caro-
to say anything beyond the fact that the call
was pleasant one. Tho sharp fight Of the
campaign had evidently left no heartburnings
behind with tho two who had the greatest stake
in it.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19
A Dog fol: Supper.
Fort Keogh Letter in Pittsburg Commercial
Gazette.

Fort Keogh Letter in Pittsburg Commercial
Gazette.
Once let q Cheyenne Indian get hold
of dog for cooking purposes, and he is
fixed for week. I took peep into
the lodge of Iron Shirt, and there lay
fine dog before the Goals, nice and brown
to turn, all ready for supper. 1t is q
curious and strange fact that the North
American Indian of oil tribes will turn
away from the beef, venison or buffalo
lump, If he can be sure of getting dog
instead; and many of the tribes raise
colonies of dogs for the same purpose
as We do beeves. AS there were no
dogs in camp I inquired of Rowland
how it happened that Iron Shirt was so
fortunate in securing one. Rowland
questioned that brave on the subject
and I learned that a party of English
tourists had paid visit to the camp o
few days previous, out of curiosity, and
that the dog was theirs. From the
moment the doomed canine entered the
Indian village Iron Shirt had kept his
covetous eyes glued upon the animal
until watching his chance he secured
the prize and spirited it out of sight
until the Englishmen had taken their
departure. The dog was Gordon SET
ter and had been brought along by the
tourists for hunting purposes. Iron
Shirt did not consider his action in the
case wrong or improper, as stealing is
looked upon as virtue rather than a
crime by all red men, and that is why
the Cheyennes happened to have dog
for supper on this particular evening.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19
AN ABLE STORY TELLER,
The Most "Judgmatio'' and Limitations
Creature that Ever Lived.
Waahin 0for RAnr1,lioen

3ao most ''JudImAt1o" and '1m1tAe1ou0"
Creature that Ever Lived.
Washington Republican
Mr.. Luke Prior, Of Alabama, is noted
tor his great natural sense and his orig
inal English. II see," said he to a
group of fellow members, "that Senator
Hampton has been telling about COW
he owns that can talk, and Senator Vest
tells about dog that can black boots
and initiate a Methodist exhorter. Now
I have mule on my farm near Opelika
which is certainly q judgmatic creature.
He is an onery looking cuss, but, Is
said, very judgmatic. must say he is
the most limitations animal I ever
see. He is even more limitations than the
monkey. That mules favorite amuse-
ment is to go in swimming with the
boys, and-and would you believe it,
lie can swim on his back and dive head
foremost like fish. Yes, sir; he has
Owed at least thirty feet and come up
with his head all over mud. This
mule is so limitations that he can coun-
terfeit almost any wind instrument.
There's ferryman near my place who
has shot at him several times. The fer
ryman has horn on the opposite side
of the river for travellers to blow as a
signal when they want to come over.
The mule got onto this racket, and
whenever he gets chance he goes down
to the ferry and brays just like q horn
a BLOWN. On foggy days the ferryman
can't see across the river, and he don't
know whether it's the mule or travel
er. He told me the other day that last
year he had pulled his boat over sixty
times to answer that id long
mule, as he put it. On my farm Ihave
a large bell, with rope attached, to ring
up the hands at daybreak. An old COL
ored man used to attend to this
duty, but one night about two
years ago he suddenly died. Next
morning everybody was astonished
to hear the bell ringing at the usual
hour. went out to see who was ring
ing it, and, gentlemen, I hope Imay
never get back to Alabama if it wasn't
that mule! Yes. sir; and that mule
has been ringing that bell ever since at
Jay oIeaA every morning. MOI only
this, but he cahters down between the
negro cabins, just as the old man used
to do, to see that everybody gets out on
time. The old man had way of kick
ing on the door of hand who did not
move out brisk, and one morning the
mule followed his example. In a GER
tain cabin there were a very lazy color
ed family that never stirred until every
body else was at work. Just at day
break the mule backed up to the front
door and gave a kick with both feet
that sent the whole family through the
back window. The mule didn't know
it, however. and he kept on kicking.
The next day it took four carpenters to
put that cabin together again. Gentle
men rs remarked before, that mules
ohe most judgmatic and limitations ami
NAL I ever see."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19

The advent OF warm weather will
BRING activity in the Northwest, but no.
body looks for anything like the "boom"
that wilted more than q year ago. The
industrious and economical, however,
viii make tho best OF everything that
somes and will profit thereby.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19

An Arkansas literary society recently
discussed the question, RESOLVED, That
a circus Is superior to district school
asa civilizing agent. The circus pack
ed tho convention from the start.
Only one orator got up to speak for the
district school. He was teacher, and
the president fined him twice and than
made him sit down.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19
While Washington's Monument
Has Been Building.

~00AA SSsA&ASAAAA8s
From the New York Graphic.
We have chronicled tho history of
zine political administrations, witnessed
the birth and death of political parties,
and passed through terrible civil war
and four financial strains, and establish
ed the best banking system in the world.
The great republic in the meantime has
grown from 100000 to 55,OOO,0O
people, and in material wealth from 81,
LOG, OO0, 900, or $500 per inhabitant, to
Isl, 900, DOC, 900, or about $1,000 per
;nhabitant. When the great National
Monument was begun Great Britain
possessed five times the wealth owned
by the United States, and while the
wealth of the former country has only
doubled within the past four decades,
that of the latter has increased twelve
fold. As to the constituent factors of
American progress in their aggregate
in the four decades they are sufficient
to buy up the whole Austrian Empire
several times over, or pay for the ag-
gregate value of the 'effete" monarchies
Of Italy. Holland and Belgium almost
three times over during that period.
Our titled acreage has increased from
$4,000, 900 to 40, 200, 900 acres, the
crops have increased in value from $415,-
600, 600 to 1880, 900, 600. and the cat
tie have increased in value from $780,
100000 to $1,84O. 000, 900. Our i'm
ports have increased from $178, 0OO. 900
to $668, O00, 600, and our exports from
t162, 900, 200 to $a38, 000, 900,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19

Canada hes 4, 906 Indian children H.
tending school. This country has e,soo
Indian children in boarding school. and
=, 166 In day schools; . total Of neerlv
$4,000, e'>-1
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19

Prof. Clarence Martin, principal Of oos Of
the leading public city schools Of Louisville,
resigned and has loft the city for pers un.
known. 1t is charged that he took sslaries az
he teachers to tho amount Of q, 0OO and lootil
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19
The petrified wood, which is 10

The petrified wood, which is 20
abundant in the United States Territor-
les of Arizona, Wyoming and the Rocky
Mountain regions is rapidly becoming
utilized by the practical American. In
San Francisco there is now q factory for
cutting aud polishing these petriications
into mantel-pieces, tiles, tablets and
other architectural parts for which
marble or slate is commonly used.
Petrified wood is said to be susceptible
of a finer polish than marble, or even
onyx, the latter of which it is driving
from the market. Tie raw material
employed comes mostly from the forests
of petrified wood along the line of the
Atlantic and Pacific Railway. Several
other companies have also been formed
to obtain concessions of different portions
of these forests. Biologists will regret
the destruction of such interesting
primeval remains, and some steps ought
to be taken to preserve certain tracts in
their original state
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19
Total for Rochester h0sDita1

Total for Rochester hospital. -. .. .$5S, 100
The item of $72, 900 for reconstructing the
center building at Rochester is disapproved
for the same reason as the disapprovsd nor
NAL school items which follow below, the
governor adding:
The increased capacity Of the insane hospitals
TO accommodate the probable growth of popula-
tided for by other items of this bill. The re-
construction Of that part Of the hospital for
which this appropriation is made, although very
desirable, IS not an imperative necessity, and,
therefore, can be deferred.
OF the normal school appropriation .ct
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-19
The saltpeter Beds Of Nevada.

from the Phlladelphla Ledger.
The saltpeter beds of Nevada are far
better situated for the development OF
their deposits than the inter region of
South America, which is desert entire
~ devoid of water and all vegetable
life, and where the development can be
accomplished only by surmounting many
difficulties; the provisions of tho miners
have to be transported from long dis
tances; the water supply for all purpos-
es is condensed from the ocean water
and carried to the inter fields. while fu-
ell has to be procured from the noun
tains in the south of Chill. In Nevada,
we are told, the saltpeter deposits are
in the vicinity of rich farming country,
with an abundant supply of water and
wood close at hand, and the inter can
he furnished at prices considerably
cheaper than that for which the South
American article can be obtained.