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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-29
CHAPTER 1

wish had the courage TO begin this tale
by turn M to my professional visiting
books, anil ticking at random any month
out Of the last twenty years, give its record
o. a fair sample Of my ordinary work The
dismal extracs would tell you what a doc
tor's-I suppose / may say . successful doc
tor's-lot Is, when his practice Ee' In poor
m donsely populated district OF London
Dreary as such beginning might be, it
would perhap, allay some OF the incredulity
which this ia . may probably provoke, - it
would plainly show how Il tie room there Is
for things imaginative or romantic In work
% hard az mine, or among such grim reali-
ties If 20. erty, pain and grief as those by
which I have been surrounded. 1t would
certainly make 1t appear extremely unlikely
that should have found time to imagine,
much less to write. . romance or mslo-
drama
The truth is that whom a man has toiled
from O'CLOCK In the morning until O'Clock
at night. such leisure as he can enjoy b
precious 10 him, especially when even that
short respite Is liable to be broken in upon
at any moment.
Still, in spite of the doleful picture have
drawn Of what may 10 called "ths daily
srind,n begin this tale with the account OF
holiday.
In the autumn Of 1854 turned my back
with right good will upon London streets,
hospitals and patients. and took my scat in
tie North express. The first revolution Of
the wheels sent thrill of delight through
nv faded frs1nA A joyful sensation Of
freedom came over me. had really got
away st lAs.i Moreover, had lsft No
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CARRISTON'S GIFT.
By HUGH CONWAY.

AUTHOR of SCALED Book" Ozark Ddys,s
"A Family Affair."" etc.
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MONAGHAN ISLAND.

Good board and the accommodation Of q home on
this picturesque and historic island at moderate
from Boothbay and Squirrel leland by the mail boat
which leaves Boothbay Tuesdays and Saturdays af
! 7. VI. ample accommodations boating and
juiysd2ms Mouhegan, Me.
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The former arrived first Generally speak
Ing, he was afoot long before was. but this
morning we had reversed the usual order Of
things As soon as saw him cried:
GARRISON, tell me at once who is the
lovely girl l met outside An angel with
dark eyes and golden hair. l. she staying
here. Ike our. elvesr'
A looS of pleasure flashed into his eves-a
look which pretty well told me everything.
Nevertheless, he answered a. carelessly as II
such lovely young women were as common
70 the mountain side as rocks and hra.nb 'rs.
II expect you mean Miss Rowan, a n;ece
Of cur worthy landlady She lives with
her,"
She cannot be Scotch, with such face
and eyes,
Englishman, but was, believe. of French
extraction. They say the mama was origin
ally Rohan."
Carriston seemed to have made close in
quiries as to Mss Rowan's pareatage.
"But what brings her herein l asked.
"She has nowhere else to go. Rowan was
an artist. He married sister of our hostess,
and bore Ler away from her native land.
Some years ago she died, leaving this ono
daughter. Last year the father died, p snui-
less, they tell me, 50 the girl has since lived
with her only relative, her aunt
We'll" / said. las you seem to know all
about her, you can introduce me by-and-by."
with the greatest pleasure, if Miss Rowan
permits" said Carriston. was glad to hear
him give the conditional promise with a.
much respect to The lady's wishes as ii she
bid been a duchess.
Then, with the liberty a close friend nav
take. drew toward me a portfolio, full. I
presumed, Of sketches of surrounding scensry.
To my surprise, Carr-stoa jumped up hastily
and snatched it from me. ''Taey are too bad
to look at" he said As / struggled to regain
pos session sundry strings broke, AMI 10 and
behold the floor was uttered, not with do
hneations Of rock, lake and torrent, but
with images or the lar young girl | had
seen few minutes before. Full faca. profile.
three-quarter face, FIVE, even seven-eigath
lace, all were there--each study perfectly
executed by Carristons clever pencil. I
myself into chair and laughed aloud.
while tns young man, blushing and discom-
flied. quickly huddled the portraits between
the covers, just as a genuine Scotch iassie
bore In the plentiful and, to me, very vel
come breakfast.
GARRISON did favor me with his companv
during the whole Of that day, but, in spite
Of my having come to Scotland to enioy his
society, that day, from easily guessed res-
sons, was the only one in waich I had undis.
puted possession Of my friend.
OF course, bantered him great deal On
the portfolio episode. He took it in good
part attempting little or no defense In
deed. befoes night = had told me With Al .
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CHAPTER w.

That q man of Carriston's rank, breeding
and refinement should NEST his fate within
tie walls OF q lonely farmhouse beyond the
Trossachs, seems incredible. One would
scarcel expect to find among such humble
surround ngs . vile suitable to . man Of his
stamp. And yet when l saw ths woman
who mad won him, neither wondered at the
conquest, nor did blame him for weakness.
made the great discovery on the morning
after my arrival. Eager to taste the fresh.
ness of the morning air, | rose betlmes aad
went for a sAort stroll. l returned, and
while standing at the door Of the house,
was positively startled by the beauty of .
girl who passed me and entered, as if she
were regular inhabitant of the place.
Not rosy Scotch lassle, such a. ono would
expect to find indigenous to the soil; but q
slim, graceful gri, with delicate classical
features. A g.ri with q mass of knotted
light hair, yet with tho apparent anomaly,
dark eyes, eyelash,s and eyebrows comDi-
nation which, to u,y mind, makes Il stj.s If
beauty rare, rreslstibl, and dangerous above
all OCnerA lhe leatLr,s wnicn q led the ex-
quis.te oval Of her face were refined and
faultiessl Her complex ion was pale, but its
pallor in no. way sugge cd Anything save
perfect heath. 10 cuS my enthusia tic do
scrip.ion Short l may at once say it has
never been my good for uns to cas- my eyes
on a loveler eature than Ibis young girl.
Although her dreis was OF the d nest and
simplest description, no one cculd have mis-
taken her for a sarvant; and much as / ad-
mire the bonny. healthy Scotch country las
Ees. felt sure that mountain air b I'd n YER
reared . beng this etLereally beautiful
type. As she pa sed rue l raised nv hat in
stinctively. She gracefully bsne her golden
head, and babe me a quiet but unemoar.
raised good-morning. My eyes followed her
until she vanished ct the end of tho dark
passage which ed to the back of the bouse.
Even during the brie glimpse l enjoyed
Of this fair unknown . str, nge idea occurred
to me. There was a rem rkabie Likeness be-
tweeL her delicate features and those,
scarcely less delicate, OF Carriston This re-
semblancs may have added TO the interest
the girls appearance awoke in my MUD.
Any wa7. entered our 81 ting room, an |, Q
prey to curios,ty and perhaps hunger, awaited
with much impatlenc. the appearance Of
Carriston-and breakfast
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~Fsrhaps % Anyvsy Cscl Carr b -
eocd = uame ND hare ~ Charles Carriston,
% please humor my within and say no more
about it"
As it made no difference to mo by what
name he chose to call himself. I dropped tho
subi.ct. 1 knew OF old that some Of his
strange preju tices were proof against any
thing could do to remove them
Al Last We reached our temporary abodA
It was q substantial, low built house. owned
and inhabited by . thrifty middle-aged
widow, who, although well-so-io, SO far as
the simple idsas of her neghbors went, was
nevertheless always willing to aud to her 10
sources by accommodating such stray tour
lists as wished to Lury themselves for day
or two in solitude, VI artists who, like our
selves, preferred to enjoy the beauties Of
Nature und.sturbed by The usual ebOing and
flowing stream OF signtseers.
As Carr.ston ass -rtei, toe accommodation,
II honey, was good enough for two single
men; the fare was plentiful, and our rooms
were the pl tlre OF clelnlinssS Aft,r q
cursory inspec ION l felt sure that could
for a few We Ks MAKE myself very happy in
these quarters
had no. been twenty -four hours in the
house before found out ons reason for the
great change tor the better in Cnarlss Car
rston's demeanor; knew why h.s step was
hsh.er, bis eye brighter, his voice gayer,
and his " hole bearing altered Whether the
reason was q suojsct for congraruianon or
not could not as yet say.
Tue boy was in love; in love as only pas
Eonate. romantic, imaginative nature can
be; and evel tuen only once in q lifetime.
Needless, headstrong, impulsive, and en-
treiy hls own master, he had given b very
hssrt and soul INTO tho keeping Of q woman.
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Sold by all druggists. Price: CUTICURA, 50 cts.
REsOLvENT, $500; SOAP. rs cts. Prepared by the
Potter DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co., Boston, Mass
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parted from CarFiseo0 WIN mach Eegfs&
One Of thoD solemn, bat often broken prom
ises to Join together next year IN another
sketching tour passed between uk Then l
went hack to London, and during the subse-
quent months, although saw nothing a
him, often thought of my friend Of ths
autumn
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y
theories if tell you that catalepsy, a. you
understand it, is disease not known to us
In fact. it does not exist"
"But what do you want to proven I asked.
What have you seen yourselfF'
Nothing, tell you And l pray l may
never see anything"
after this he seemed inclined to shirk the
subject, but pinned i'm to it. / was really
anxious to get at the true state of his mind.
In answer to the leading questions with
which l piled him. GARRISON revealed an
amount of superstition which seemed utterly
childish and out of place beside the intellec-
tual faculties which he undoubtedly pos
sessei. So much So that at last ielt more
inclined to laugh than to argue with him.
Yet | was not altogether amused by his
talk. His wild arguments and wilder beliefs
made me fancy there must be a weak spot
somewhere in his brain-even made me fear
lest his end might be madness. The thought
made me sad: for, with the exception of the
eccentricities which l have mentioned
reckoned Carriston the pleasantest friend
had ever made. His amiable nature, his
good looks and perfect breeding had en-
dearcd the young man to me; so much 20
that resolved, during the remainder OF the
time We should spend together, to do all
could toward talking the nonsense out of
him.
My efforts were unavailing. kept q
sharp lookout upon him, and let him fall
into no mysterious reveries; but the curious
idea that he possessed or could possess, some
gift above human nature, was too firmly
rooted to be displaced. On all other subjects
be argued fairly and was open to reason
On this one point he was immovable. When
could get him to notice my attacks ct al,
his answer was:
'You doctors, clever IS you are with ths
body, know as little of psychology - you
did three thousand years ago"
When the time came for me to fold ND my
eassl and retuZp to TIE drqdgey of liz. !
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10 be continued Saturday. Sept. 81
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Mr.. John Thiel, Wilkesbarre, Pa, writes: 81
have suffered from Salt Rheum for eight years,
at times so bad that could not attend to my bust
ness tor weeks at u time. Three boxes of CUTICURA
and four bottles of REsoLvENT have entirely cured
me Of this dreadful disease"
Iron County register., 1885-11-19
The MILK TREE.


A Freak of Vegetation That FIourishes in
Venezuela.
In the mountains of Venezuela grows
a remarkable tree. It is found in rocky
places, at heights of about half Il mile.
1t is a stupid-looking tree enough at
first sight. 1T rs lofty and slender, and
has stiff leaves that grow foot or more
in length. st looks much of the time
as if it were dead. In those regions
there is wet and dry season, anil dur
ing many months at a time not a sh 'wer
washes its leaves. 1t bears very small.
signiticantlo0king flowers. What is
it good for, this ball. slim trunk, with
the dull, dead-looking branches9 1t is
the milk tree. the famous ''ralp de
yaca." which K&n boldt describes. He
first brought ia into notice 1t is
an evergreen. Its sap is a de-
licioHs fluid resembling the finest Jer-
sey ns.lk. only sweeter and richer than
even that. Whea the negroes are thirsty
they cut into the side of the trunk
as one would bore into a maple for
sugar water. and the milk @ushes forth
in great stream. 1t is both food anS
drink. - rich is it. Afs4r a little time
it grows thick and yellow, and 6 cream
rises to the tip. 1t has fragrant
0dor. When cow tree is tapped the
Gatives hasten from all quarters with
their bowls to catch the flow of milk.
Tue fluid is wnite. Sunrise is The best
tiMe to tap the tree. for the sap flows
most abundaatly. The tree gets it's
morning milksag like t. COW. Hum
boldt was much surprised at discover
ing the COW tree and finding that its
milk was palatahIe and nutritious. HIS
knowledge of botany had taught hirn
most milky vegetable fluids are bitter
and burning to the taste. Some of
them are poisonous. But here was one
milky sap that put even his great
learning at default Atte npts have
been made to cultivate the cow tree.
and make it grow in other localities
than where it is found naturally, but
in vain. AS soop as it is removed from
It's native soil it dies. -, Chicago Jour.
fs0t.
Iron County register., 1885-11-19
A Lady Kills a Bear.

A California paper tells how two la.
dies, one about nineteen years of age,
and the other an elderly mother-in-
law of the first-named, dispatched a
big bear They were passing a bear
trap near their home, when they saw
that bear had caught his foot under
the door of the trap. Procuring an axe
and rifle they returned to the trap
where his bearship was growing and
making terrible efforts to extricate him.
self. The elderly lady, armed with the
axe, mounted the tree, and the daugh.
ter-in-law. at few PAGES distant, placed
the contents of the rifle in old Bruin' S
brain After the crack of the gun the
old lady piled blow after blow upon
the head of the old hog-stealer, and
after a hard struggle succeeded in send
ing Bruin to other happy hunting
grounds. The ladies skinned and
dressed the bear, its weight oeing near
six hundred pounds. Chicago Times.
Iron County register., 1885-11-19
A Cure For Snoring.

1t is related of Sir Humphrey Davy,
an eminent scientist. that among his
minor discoveries was a theory of snor-
ing and way of curing it. He attrib-
uted snoring to dry or parched state
of the larynx caused by mouth-breath-
ing, and in an inveterate case he tried
to cure it by putting piece of CASTLE
soap in the mouth of the sonorous sleep
er. He found that this plan was success
ful-the oily ingredients of the soap lu-
bricating the larynx, while '.the soda of
the soap is forcibly expelled in the form
of strong alkaline language by the
snorer, who awakens the moment the
decomposition begins Soft soap is
said to be more powerful remedy for
the same purpose. Snorers who prefer
to escape the application of this means
of cure may do so by retiring with a
handkerchief tied under the chin and
over the head, which will keep the mouth
shut and the throat moist. Health
MOnt|skU
Iron County register., 1885-11-19
WOMAN'S HOBBIES.
A Lady's Irrepressibie Mania for Baking
Ginger Cakes.

A Lady's Irrepressibie Mania for Baking
Ginger Cakes.
Women sometimes have very queer
hobbies One of the most influential
members of an uptown church is a lady
distinguished for her piety and good
works, who can not for the life of her
keep from patting her hands together
every time she hears music. She oc-
casionally scandalizes the religious folk
who occupy pews near her own by
starting up this patting when the church
organ rolls out the voluntary. Often
she pats so loud that the noise can be
heard all up and down the aisle, and
the usher gets wild with anxiety lest
SOM one will come to him and COM
plain about it. The husband of the
iadv has demonstrated with her about
the habit, and she has promised time
after time never to do it again. She
has tried wearing thick, soft gloves and
keepin her hands in her muff, but 1t
is of no avail, for when she can't pat
her hand she makes twice as much
racket with her feet, and her husband
has concluded that he prefers the lesser
evil of the two. No one has yet been
able to cure her of her hobby While
patting her hands she sits with a smile
on her face, as one rapt. Lean remem-
Der. now. six other women afflicted
with hobbies. One of them is baking
ginger cakes. This remarkable woman
is positively unhappy nnless she is in
the kitchen. She makes, on an aver
age. one thousand ginger cakes a week
during the winter months, and gives
them away to her friends. She regu-
larly presents large painful of them to
the mite society of the church to be
distributed around among the needy of
the parish. They are good cakes, too,
Lean assure you. She has been known
to cook all night. and there hasn't been
a festival during the last ten years at
which her ginger cakes have not been
on the bill of fare When she goes to
visit her friends n + first qslestion is:
care those ginger cakes all gone" If
they are, and they usually are, she
takes off her shawl and walks down to
the kitchen in q business-lik manner
and proceeds TO cook a painful of cakes,
just as unconcernedly as though she
was En her own house. Once in a
while-pretty often, should say-her
husband goes home for his dinner
as hungry as a lord and finds his better
half up IN the next square baking cakes
for Mrs. X. or Mrs. C.. with no meal
cooked Eor any table set. The husband
has no resort but TO go down town and
buy his meal at a restaurant She
goes out for morning call and stays
all day, having cooked cakes at three
residences while Baltimore
Aertld.
Iron County register., 1885-11-19

puffed postillion, and the garment Ia
lined throughout with gold colored
quilted satin. Another elegant mantle
of seal plush for a matron has the back
and fronts of fine as rakhan. the whole
bordered with Alaska sable, an excel.
lent representative of Russian sable.
A very elegant and lady-like wrap is
in brown faille cloth. hand embroidered,
with wood beads and bordered with
brown feather trimmings, chenille and
wood bead fringe. This is lined with
brown quilted satin, and, if weru with
a brown costume, will form most eIe-
giant finish. Another handsome brown
cloth wrap is covered with braid en-
brcidery and bordered will, brown
fea her trimming. This would form a
very distingue travelling wrap. The
shape of these garments is all about the
same. They are extremely stylish and
elegant and the newest thing in the
market--Brooklyn EAGLE.
Iron County register., 1885-11-19
UNDER THE GALLOWSI
Frightful Condemnation of q Mother b
Her Son-What Does it Mean?


Not ,,,aa,,;r, r,o+hor o.1,a,7 r.
,.S soo lons aeo @eepns moenel eaneu sls., -
, olu soos W nei only eoAA w "a' soon
10 pc executed.
Woman he exclaimed, in a momentary
frenzy, "Woman. would never h,
- oIeA Ie.o Ty Ha1 W uoAe 5ouA u'5 y AAe
Wnen was young"
This was terrible partingl 1t horrified
the spectators, 1t nearly craZed the cen
science str1ken mother.
One can scarcely overestimate the moth.
er's influence in the mo1ding of the charac-
ter of her offspring. But how often, oh,
how often, do mothers seem to ignore this
responsibility
During a recent trip on the rail the writer
made the acquaintance of DR.. A. j. Bene-
dict, of Sackett's Harbor, N. Y, person
who has made a study of human develop
ment. Referring to the murderous tendency
of the times, we asked that eminent man il
the outlook was not discOuragings
at looks so,'' he said, ''but / fancy we
have cause and the remedy for such evils
In my professional career have found by
hard study that we have emerged from sew
agery by development of the nervou~ sys
tenn and the intellectual life, and we ret,rr
to savagery as we ignore tho fact that with
out the solid Trustworthy nervous system
We can not hope to save the race. Boy.
stuff dime novels, and the pistol is to them the
only respectfully glorious Instrument to Sc
cure fame. Women read trashy literature
and straIghtway try to murder their hus
panos ana 1flends by poison; BUSINESS
men yield to the tempter, and forge and
steal and default. Ministers, charmed by
beauty, forget the behests of conscience
On every side we see the weakness of per
sonal integrity
DO you regard it as disease?''
&c More especially as the result of disease
which, however, may be prevented"
PLEASE define how
81 can not now enter into details. Our
l. H. II
their bones. Theg aeyer ~ see their e merves 'e AID
consequently many do not Suppose they hare any.
The farmers wife rcjoices in q big, physical
frame, and yet she dies prcmaturely. The
nerve can not stand the Strain of continual
work. The minister falls dcadi in his p: it,
but he never did days physical work in
his life. The lawyer faints in tho presence
of the court and is soon wreck or a corpse,
and yet the work is nerve work. The man
or affairs Is overcome with apopiexy; the
politician and publ!clst, with Bright's dis
ease me mind OF the untutored man is
nred by the exploits OF CRIME ana he longs
Iron County register., 1885-11-19
PERCHERON STATIONS.
Why Farmers Buy Them.

During these hard times, when near
ly every farm product is SO low in price
that it hardly seems worth RAISING we
see many of our most intelligent and
progressive farmers, who have not
hitherto been interested in horse breed
ing, buying finely bred high priced
Percheron stations. This to many is a
source of astonishment, but is the re-
suit of observation that large, we'll
formed active horses always have been,
and necessarily must continue to be, in
active demand at large prices on ae-
count of the scarcity in the United
States of suitable stations for their
production, all such having to be i'm
ported. The yearly increasing demand
for such stations is the best evidence
that such investments are profitable.
And to this fact is due the Development
of large importing AID breeding estab-
lishments, notably among which and
largely exceeding all others is that OF
Mr.. III. w. Dunham's "Oaklawn
Farm at Wayne, Illinois.
Iron County register., 1885-11-19
Hen Roosts.

Each hen in a house should have one
foot of space on the roosts. One hum
dred hens, then, would require four
roosts twenty-five feet long, and 20 pre-
vent the hens crowding too much upon
the top roosts these should all be on the
same level The roosts should be one
foot apart. and be arranged in a frame
hinged to the wall. so they can be lifted
and hooked up for the purpose of clean
ing. The roosts will take up four feet,
and there should be eight feet more floor
space; thus house for one hundred
hens should be twenty-five by twelve
feet on the floor inside, and should be
at least six feet high in the rear and nine
feet high in the front, with ample ven
tilation. - Cincinnati Commercial