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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-25
~AnTEn An active Man or Woman In ever,
"AWtt county to sell our roods a,ar

vAlaMfe0 An active Man or Woman In every
NM ~ county to sell our goods. saiar.
eS0 dOlsnrs per sno"th and expenses, com.
mission. Exp nsee 10 advance. Oh outht free For
full particulars address STANDARD sILvEs WARE
Co., Boston, Mass. may <0d&wlm
YUyHE ANNUAL MEETING of the Stockholders
Il Of the WHITE MOUNTAIN MINING CON.
PANY will be held At the office of F. II. Appleton
June. A, ID. 1888, at O'Clock. lst. To
hear report from the dir ctors la gard to dispos
"a. 10 hear TTeesurerss report I'd. To elect ON
cers fnr the ensuing year. ith. To vote upon the
subject Of dssolving the corporation and authorizing
the needfsl action to that end And oeher business
that mar come before the meeting.
nv order of Directors,
naysodlawsw IN. n. sEwETT. President.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-25
KIDNEY
BACHELORS cElEBRATED HAIR Dye
ksrARLisHRD 1891.

hShAhhtSuk NJ lNJIs
Best in the world.
Harmless, Reliable. In
Simultaneous, No dis
appointment, no ridic-
ulous tints; remedies
the Ill effects of bad
dyes; leaves the hair
soft and b eautiful
Black or Brown. En-
planatory circulars
sent postpaid In sealed
envelopes. on applica-
ton. mentioning this
Apaper. Sold by all drug
kists. Applied by es-
Y ports at b ATCH E.
IOR'S Wig Factory, 50
East 10th St, NY. city
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-25
STATE AGENCY
STEAM FEATHER BED RENovATlNe
EMILE BARsIER 4 CO.

Awarded First Premium at Maine State Fair
Any kinds Of Dress Goods in the pieces. or mad
nto garments, Ribbons, Ffinzes, Sacks, Velvet,
Slippers. Kids, Feathers, etc.,. dyed o.
Also Gents garments dyed. cieansed, repaired
and pressed ready to wear. Carpets and Lace Cur.
of slei1hs dyed and
restored to their primitive oelof rippins
Goods received and returned promptly By exprcSe
Send for circular pricelist. Prices reduced Ordern
solicited BY mail, express or In any Agency. Beds
sailed and delivered If desired.
n. PENNIMAN. Agent for winthrop
MIs6 L. GROvENOR, Agent HalloveIl
MES. GOODWIN COLE, AT, Gardines.
aay1ofeod6Wo
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13
A RICoCHET MoyEMENT,

waited position, l could readily reach the de-
sired pipe L did; that Is, l stepped upon
the pipe, but didn't reach far enough to
grasp In tangible manner the reached-fOr
object. Perhaps, if 1 had had an arm
about fifteen feet long and sufficient cour-
age to back 1t might have graspcd the
pipe as lay upon my back at the foot of
the garret ladder. Bet heavily on your To-
cal ball club, go in full swipes on star
green, do what you please to tantalize the
game of chance, but blind pool to green
jap paper weight you don't mount reclin-
ing stove pipe with any degree of success.
was now determined to get that bit of
pipe II 1t took all fall and part of the win
ter. pulled off my coat and crawled up
ohe ladder. All! espied clothes pole
lying on the floor, l took the pole, poked
1t through the innocent pipe and lifted ii
up slowly. l once got out of the way of q
mad dog; l also managed to escape the
headlong dash of n policeman who was try
Ing to reach couple of men fighting.
never tried to get out of range of stove-pipe
slipping down clothes-pole before. Be-
fore could say scat! that pipe struck both
hands, barked my fingers, performed rico
ohet movement and stabbed me over the
left eye, not forgetting to slice off the lobe
OF my right ear, and scalpng me from
''veneratlon" to ''language." With my
life's blood oozing from my abused body
and nose, j snatched up the two first
lengths OF pipe handy and backed down the
ladder. Now a man who will attempt to
back down q steep ladder In narrow pass
age way, with four feet of rusty stove-pipe
under each arm, ought to be shot. l was.
The end of one pipe caught against the
round of tho ladder, and was shot clear to
to the bottom. 1t was clean fall, and
when recovered, my wife, my children
and my sister-in-law were weeping over
me. A man from the stove store put up
the stove and pipe. I've come to the con-
clusion never to sort any more plpe.--H s.
Keller, in Boston Globe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13

me quite. Their fellows spark IN my front
parlor; they flatten the chair springs, wear
out the carpet, rub the paint off the door
step, and cause my gate to assume the post
ure of chronic debility.
However that is neither here nor there
though they're mostly here, so to speak. As
l said before, went up garret to sort out
stoye-pipe for our sitting-room stove. To
the man of average patience, or stability
and human endurance this might seem to
be one of the pleasantest tasks thrown in
the way of male victim of domestic ex-
perience. The devil is blacker than he's
painted, and Solomon in all his glory is a
chrome rival to the tiger lily by the bull
frog pond-but, the sorting out of sitting
room section of stove pipe surpasseth the
comprehension of mankind, unless you've
been there. Tho neighbors for miles
around must have stored their stove pipe
i'll my garrett never saw such stupend-
Gus conglomeration of Russ and sheet
irOned either with rusty trimmings in all
my life.
Outside the yellow leaf, fast turning to
russet was rattling against the dry limbs
of the naples. The lordly rooster perched
upon the rail fence and clarloneted his
challenge to the weather vane on the horse
barn. The drowsy bee was asleep for the
latent sun wasn't so latent as wonst it vast.
The cowboy didn't throw stones at the pud-
die frog; the puddle frog has crawled into
his hole and pulled the hole in after him.
In United States honest Injun, the auspicl-
GUS winter is in the near future, and it's
time to erectthe five-dollar-a-ton demolisher.
Thatsswhy l am up in the garret sorting
out stovepipe, my dear. / took survey of
the field and my heart went way down
stairs, skunk into the cellar and tried to hide
among the cobweb-covered bottles. Phys
ically. it would have taken forty-horse
derrick to lift my heart back to its wonted
pedestal of pristine courage. Mentally-I
am strong on the mental, even If / do wear
q thirty-two-inch chest tape when l get
measured for vest-I commenced my
vigorous onslaught upon that pile of pipe.
The section wanted, that is, the first sec
ton, was upon the top of the pile, lying up
among the rafters. L tried TO reach it. 1
could not. L thought 1 would step upon
the lowest bit of pipe. and. from the ele-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13
CHAPTER XyYII.
CoNsuMMATE vILLAINY.


When Erastus and Mrs. Parsons
reached the Slough, they found Lucy
very sick; the shock received ut learn
ing of the death of her father and
Johnny, while in her feeble condition,
having still further prostrated her and
brought on low fever, from which
her recovery was slow.
From the hour of her arrival, Lucy's
mother became her nurse, waiting upon
and watching her with all Il mother S
solicitude, and the new demands thus
made upon her affections and sympa-
thics forced her in measure to with
| draw her thoughts from the dead and
LIN them again upon things of this life,
and so very probably prevented her
from sinking into conuition where
morbid watchfullness for death, as the
only release from the memories of the
past, would have slowly consumed her
life.
Then, too, there was the baby. A
wonderful baby il was. All babies arc;
at least IN the opinion of their mothers
and grandmothers. If there was ever,
anywhere, an exception to this rule,
the writer never heard of it, and Ger.
talnly this was not ons. The youngster
WAS as fat as three -weelss-old babies
ever are, and OF the same beautiful color.
lie had fine head of hair in pros
pect and had already made two weak
little attempts TO put his toe into his
mouth, which everybody said was very
remarkable and showed wonderful
gen us in one 20 young, and Lucy lust
knew he was the sweetest baby that
ever lived; so he was" She first
thought Of calling him Erastus, after
his father, but finally decided t. name
him John, after her own father aud
little crippled brother, now dead and at
rest upon the mountain side.
After the arrival of the household
goods belonging TO Mrs. Parsons, the
baby was placed in the little wheeled cot
that he mis Int be The more easily cared for
during his mothers illness, aud seeing
him there, by degrees there. came to the
breast OF Martha Parsons feeling half
rs il this was her own Johnny made
well again by tho angels. Just MS he
was When he first came TO her. But this
could not remove wholly the awful
sense OF loneliness and loss, and the
gray in her hair became more and more
prominent, and the STOPPING of her
form more and more noticeable as the
days went by.
When Lucys health was finally re-
stored she again took up her round of
household duties known to every farm
er's wife, only permitting her mother
to do such portion as seemed pleasure
TO her, and both she and Erastis sought
IN every way possible TO ill her declin-
Ing years with comfort.
Meanwhile the contest between the
railroad company and the settlers con-
tinued. Although having notified the
settlers TO vacate their homes unless
they were prepared to pay their full
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13

CINcINNATI.-The Times Star says: ga
remarkable discovery mado last winter is
attracting widespread interest. As it in
wolves most important question-that of
public health-it is being discussed by emf
nent physicians and public men. 1t is
shown conclusively that throat and lung
troubles can be cured without resorting to
the use of morphia or opium-especially
dangerous in the case of children as ar
resting development, and poisoning the
system. The Governor of Maryland and
all the officials of that State endorse tho
remedy; the State chemist of Delaware
pronounces it the purest and most effect
i've, and hospitals and charitable institu-
tons in Philadelphia and other cities use
it with remarkable results. The remedy,
which is only twenty five cents bottle, is
Red Star Cough Cure. 1t is purely vege-
table; it contains no poison or narcotics,
and is positive cure.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13
-
A EALL AMiISEMENT-
The Tlmo Whom IIumorist Wanted =
Fifteen Foot Arm aud Courage.

flftecn-f Foot Arm aud Courage.
Nature must have created me with the
bump Of susceptibility to the Establishments
OF notorety fully developed. have In my
time owned n saw-mil without water,
power, n fast horse that couldn't trot, a sa-
loon without license mortgage without
foundation, n Florida farm under the
water, Western house on paper. Besides
this stupendous array, I've backed pugllls,
who couldn't fight, Two bettcd heavily on
q bulldog that turned tail and fled at the
first growl OF his rival, I've taken my prize
pumpkin to the county fair and gazed with
envious eyes upon the other fellows dlplo-
ma, Two painted pictures that didn't sell,
written books that no one read, I've been
manager OF baseball club and ran once
for path-master, I've hired q man to weed
my garden and he stole all my onion seed
lings | was disappointed in love, but got
there, Ell, after the other fellow Canadiated
during the financial upheaval of his bank,
I've dabbled In stocks, but rs stock
dabblist do not not toot my bazoo in stem
torian eclat l have all this to answer to
when the great book Of the worlds peram-
uilating failures shall be opened, and Bill
Fye, and two or three other fellows shall
be called up to the bar and asked to give an
explanation in Choctaw why we got left
during the great scramble
The other day went up garret to sort
out stovcppe for our sitting-ro0m stove.
was once allowed the benign privilege of
applying the first person singular when |
wished to mention any of my chattels. l
look back on that period of my life as
dream rudely disturbed by gushing wies,
soothing-syrup bottles, Easter bonnets and
sister-n-law. The provcrbial mother in
law has been my steadfast friend through
out all the trying ordeals of my married
life, such as settling for last winters coal,
paying the cook who kicked when l drew
the line at canvass-backed ducks for her
cousin; the eagle-eyed policemen who
wields the club and is a frequent visitor of
my little side door. Yes, can safely say
that my mother-in-law has been my firm
friend. My sisters ln-law have impoverished
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13
RIBBONS.
Revival OF Styles That Obtained Twenty
Years Ago.


Tho new ribbons are legion; they all,
however. show one now featurc-viz.,
the pucot or purl edge which obtained
twenty years at least ago. Newer, but
hardly as yet introduced, is narrow
double fringed edge; as, for example, a
string colored ribbon with fringed edges
OF two shades of darker brown. Some
OF our best milliners are using n special
make of corded ribbon with thread
edge fringed-- expensive but excellent.
Tho wool ribbons show satin and
plush stripes in mixed colorings-a
beige ground, for example, with red
and green stripes in satin and plush.
Wool scarfs of the same nature as n
trimming for hats replace the canvas
ones worn in the summer and are
specially applied to the stockinget hats.
Most OF them have q silk edge with
spots thrown upon them, broche, or
rnged, or curled, as it is called. Some
of the scarfs have broad watered MS
well as plush stripes in checks and
plaids, red, green and gold combined.
Wool and plush ribbons in self colors
are fashionable.
Lyons NclNcU rlDDOnS nave SILK packs
and purl edges, as also the fine faille
plush ribbon; some have straight edges,
and so have q large choice of baby
ribbons of the narrow width. But COM
posite ribbons are specially the fashion
-faille satin and plush striped in such
colorings as mustard, scarlet and cardi-
nal grass green, drab and blue.
Double faced ribbons have moire stripes,
and tinsel finds its way into many
ribbons. Some display large spots of
plush, brown, or green on red. Soft
silks in Oriental colorings are worn for
hats and sashes-brown, red, blue and
gold blended. A wool ribbon with plush
and satin stripes. and tinsel running
through, has gold picots.
Corded ribbons have shaded stripes,
and watered ribbon frise stripes like
Baden toweling. Some have tinsel
ground and check in plush; and many
of the glace ribbons are shot. so are the
plush ones. Some of the shaded rib
bons have distinct motifs in gold print
ing scattered over them, but generally
only on one half of the ribbon, three
inches being the usual width for bonnet
strings and bows Y. Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13

The frequency with which Pete Beasely
appeared in the courts OF Austin as wit
ness has caused considerable excited COM
ment unfavorable to his veracity.
"Have You not been guilty of perjury In
your testimony In this case?" asked law
yer on the cross-examinatlon.
MAY be 80, but can't swear to it." was
the pert reply.-Ic1as .Stftings.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13

"Why, Brown, how short your coat ISL
said Jones one day. to his friend Brown,
long enough before get another" Some
men spend SO much for medicines that
neither heal nor help them, that new
clothes is with them like angels visits
few and far between. Internal fevers,
weakness of the lungs, shortness of breath
and lingering coughs, soon yield to the
magic influence of that royal remedy, DR..
r. V. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery -
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13
ITo BE coNTINUEp.l

"A clothes-pin factory at Butternut
Grove, Sullivan County, N. Y. turns
out 800 pins minute, or $1,000 per
hour, VIII ch brings forty cents per
gross. 1t requires about $4,000 feet OF
lumber for a carload OF pins. The es-
tabllshmont gives employment TO TWEEN
ty-ilye or thirty hands, about one-hal
OF whom are females and chilaron.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13
Stocks Would 10 a Picnic.

First Tramp-Ye look down In yer luck,
BIZ. Wot ye doin'p-dabbln' In stocksP
Second Tramp Qust from Delaware)-
Nav. l aint dabbled In 10 stocks.
toyed wild do whlppln' post. though an
stocks ID be q picnic aside O dat. The
Rambler.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13

The Longfellow Statue Associa-
ton, of Portland, Me-, has contractad
with Franklin Simmons, the American
sculptor, for bronze statue of the
poet, to be erected in one of the public
squares of that city. The statue will be
of heroic size and will cost $20,000.-
BOStOn ,IOHrnaL
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13

Miss Bell Franklin, Dakota
school-teacher, saved neighbor's wheat
stacks and house from the prairie fires
by Harvesting the horses to the plow
and turning several furrows. which
created substantial fire brake.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13

THE VoLTAIc BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRO Vol.
TAIc BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trisl for 80 days, to men (young or old)
afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vital
ity and all kindred troubles. Also for rheu-
matism, neuralgia, ,paralys and many 9TH
er diseases. Complete restoration to health,
vigor,and manhood guaranteed. No risk in.
Cured, as 80 days trial is allowed. Write
them at once for illustrated pamphlet, free.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13

9 Structure of the urethra in its
worst forms, speedily cured by our new
and improved methods. Pamphlets, ref
erences and terms, two three cent stamps.
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
G63 Main Street Buffalo, N. Y,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13

al was much benefited by Athlophoros
Wo handle it and recommend it without
reservation" writes DR.. II. Cooney, oi
Bryan, o., in reference to the merits oil
this great and approved specific for all
cases of rheumatism and neuralgia.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13

AN Omaha man advertises for buggy
horse. What strange tastes some people
Mail.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13

PIXIES TooTHAcHE DROPS cure in minute, 25c
Gtenn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. &c.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns 6 Bunions
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13

A MAN with noisy dog calls him
" Tree" because all the bark is on the
outside.-Oh Citu Derrick
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13
Ehn0 ReMnrfi.

NOTE shavers use soft soap entirely
Boston Post.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13

3 months treatment for Soc. Piso,s
Remedy for Catarrh. Sold by druggists.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13

THE Woman Question: isn't this
a pretty time of night for you to get
homeT"-NdtiondI Weekly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13
Young Men, Read This.

THE immediate delivery system-Your
money or your life.-BoSton Courier.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13

The former proprietor of DR.. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy for years made a standing,
public offer in all American newspapers OF
$500 reward for a case of catarrh that he
could not cure. The present proprietors
have renewed this offer. All the druggists
sell this Remedy, together with the
Douche," and all other appliances adj
vised to be used in connection with it No
catarrh patient is longer able to say 81
can not be cured" You get $500 in case oi
failure.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13
Hrown,s Little Joke.

A TRANSPORTATION that is really won-
derful-When a horse is turned into
pasture.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13
THE MARKETS.

The best kind of servants for hotels
Inn-,Sperienced.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-11-13
Cause for Rejoicing.

ANTIQUE furniture = The kind usually
found in q newspaper office.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-02
sPINNERs SIGNATURE GOOD.
Man Discovers Place Where Con-
federate Notes are Cashed.

federate Notes are Cashed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. &c. Assistant
United States Treasurer FL. o. Graves
tells funny story in connection with the
recent request of a gentleman who ad-
dressed letter to the department in
closing a 100-dollar Confederate bill.
which he desired to exchange for cur
rency: "Away back in Mr.. Spinner's
time," says Graves, "a letter was re-
ceived from man in Virginia inclosing a
5O-dollar Confederate note, and saying
that as the United States had captured all
the assets Of the South it ought to be re-
sponsible for its Indebtedness l showed
the letter to Mr.. Spinner, and asked him
what reply l should make. The old gen.
tleman, who was in grouty
mood, testify replied: 'Oh, telf him
to go to tophet.' 1 concluded that
would be a little too harsh, so
replied with great show of politeness
that as the power which had issued the
note had returned to the place of its iD-
ception, viz, the internal regions, he had
better present it there for payment. We
thought this rather a smart thing, and
congratulated ourselves that the fellow
had been pretty effectually sat down upon
for his impudence. Several weeks passed
and the matter was almost forgotten,
when one day a second letter came from
the same individual. He apologlzed Ior
his delay in writing, and said ne nad just
returned from a trip to the internal re-
gions. He was fortunate enough TO lind
his satanic majesty seated at his desk at
work. His majesty read the letter and
Immediately exclaimed: 'Old Spinner's
Endorsement is good here for any amOunt,' ;
and straightway cashed the nOte."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-02
DETERMINING SEX.
A Favorable Environment Causes al
Excess of Female Births.

A Favorable Environment Causes an
Excess of Female Births.
From these observations,a and from many
others quoted by During, think we may
safely conclude, says writer in the Pop
aslar Science Monthly, that among animals
and plants, as well as in mankind, a IA
vOrable environment causes an excess OF
female births, and an unfavOrable enYi-
TOnment an excess of male births.
Now, what is the reason for this? If
the welfare of the species can be secured
under an unfaVOrable environment, by fe-
males alone, why are males needed when
the environment becomes unfaVOrable? E?
have tried to show, in another place,
from evidence of another kind, that the
female is the conservative factor in repro
ductiOn, and that new variations are
caused by the influence of the male.
While the environment remains favorable
no change is needed, but, as the cOndi-
tiOns of life become unfavOrable, varia-
tiOns become necessary to restore the ad-
justment, and L believe that we have, in
During's results, an exhibition of one of
the most wonderful and far-reaching Of
all the adaptations of nature-an adapta-
tion in virtue of which each organism
tends to remain stationary as long as no
change is needed, and to vary when varia-
tiOn is demanded.
That this is the true view is shown,
think, by the contrast between dOmesti-
Gated animals and captive animals. The
fact that an animal has become domesti-
Gated shows that it finds in captivity a
favorable environment, and During says
that dOmesticated animals are unusually
fertile, and that they produce an excess
of females. Animals which are kept as
captives in menageries and gardens have,
as a rule, no fitness for dOmestication,
and their conditions of life are unfavOr-
able. GeOff,rey Saint-HIllaire says that
individuals born in menageries are usually
males, while skins sent to museums are
usually females, and that the attempt to
dOmesticate wild animal increases the
number of male births. During states
that captive birds of prey and carnivo-
Tous mammals are very infertile, and
that the young ara nearly always males.