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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-12-11
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-12-11

Three C's.-There are three c's that seize
the children and carry them Off The three
c's are colds, cough, and Group. Mothers
DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup saves the little ones
lives!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-12-11

Know myself by reading the "Science of
Life" the best medical work ever published,
for young and middle-aged men.
may7d&wly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-12-11

II men are suffering fortunes with tooth
ache, they should not try to smile and look
cool and handsome How much wiser to
ease the pain with bottle of Salvation Oil.
Price % cents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-12-11

"INTER TERN begins Dec. l6, 1885. There
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and Scientific. Superior advantages in Trepc6 and
German and in Music. For further Information ~
py0 EDWARD CHASE, Principal
Aallowell. Nov. .. lses. noy56S5v
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Of Colds Coughs Hons Sore Ino Loss OF
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those who an. thus the highest Degree curative and for
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-12-11

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By the use of
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II Is purely vegetable, and
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Rev. Charles Pike, of Waterbury, Conn.,, SAYS:
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"out of debt out of danger"
NY Wtfe's Mother.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-12-11

A THREE HUNDRED Ton Rock ROLLED
Down A MOUNTAIN GOES THROUGH
THE BOrTOM.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-12-11
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.

On and after October llth 1855, trains will leav,
Augusta
For Lewiston, Portland and Boston at 6.i5
and TO-. 20 A. NJ, 3.04, and ti0.55 Z. NJ.
For Rockland and Pennington, Oils and 1000 A.
NJ.
For Bath, 8.l5 and 1000 a. Nj; 3.Oi p. NJ and on
Saturdays only at ITO. IS p. Nj.
For Waterville, t2.25 and 94S A. M: 4O5 p. NJ,
anc OH Saturdays only at s O0PM
For Skowhegan. Belfast and Dexter, t225 A. Nj,
4.05 p. NJ.
For Bangor, Ellsworth, Aroostook county and St.
John, t2.25 A. Nj; and 4.C5 p. NJ.
Bar HarbOr, 2.25, A. Nj.
All Day Passengers Trains stop at the new
Congress Street station, in Portland. where Horse
Cars can be taken for all points down town as
tar as the Post Office.
might Pullman Trains each way every night, Sun
days included, but not to Skowhegan on Monda,
mornings, or to Belfast and Dexter, or beyond Ban
QOr on SUNDAY mOrninps
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-12-11

For Portland and way, $40 and Il. 40 A. M.
For Vanceboro and way, 1888 and app p. M.
Due from Boston and way, 1928 and 10 p M
Due from Vanceboro and way, 1925 and IL is A. M
Through tickets to California and all points South
and West may be had of Z. II. Walker, ticket agent
Augusta the only Office selling via all routes and
checking baggage free of expense,
PAYSON TUCKER, Genl Manager.
+. E BOOTHBY, Genl Pass. and Ticket Ag't.
Portland, Oct. s, 1885.
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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-15
LEADING FOR III YOUNG.
LiTTLE MISS eRlER.

Little Miss Brier came out of the ground;
'sIll Just try said she,
"HOw bad I can be;
AT pE1cking and scratching there's few can
match me-"
Little Miss Brier was handsome and bright,
Her leaves were dark green and her flowers
were pure white:
But all who came nigh her
We're so worried by her.
They'd go out of their way to keep clear of
the Brier.
Little Miss Brler was looking one day
AT her %neighbor, the Violet, just over the
- wonder said she,
THAT no one pets me,
While all seem SO glad little Violet to see."
A sober old Linnet, who sat on a tree.
Heard the speech Of the Brier, and thus an
swered he:
"'Tis not that she's fair,
For you may compare
In beauty with even Miss Violet there.
But Violet is always so pleasant and kind,
So gentle in manner, so humble in mind,
Even the worms at her feet
She would never i'll treat,
And to bird. bee and butterfly always is
The gardeners wife Just then the pathway
And the mischiovous Brier caught hold Of
her gown
"Oh, dear! what a tear!
My gowns spoiled, L declare;
That troublesome Brier has no business there;
And that was the end of the ill-natured Brier.
Mrs. Bdche, In Little Christian.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-15

mechanical eovices Of the stage. If
effective, thew are none the worse Tor pc
ing simple and cheap"
Il take your rebuke in all humility,
Mr.. %Fortesque, and hope you will not
cut mo short in the interesting discov-
cries I am making. At least l would
like to learn something of the much
NAL; gned theatrical thunder"
'.And you shall, Of course. I am de-
lighted to have 50 interested a listener.
"You have noticed" cont nued my
informant, chow exactly the awful
crack which succeeds the flash of light
ming is initiated on the stage"
II have, and wondered how it was
DONE"
II need not take you out to show
you. A large piece of sheet-ircn, hav-
ing a handle at its lower end. is sus-
pended behind the scene. The we'll
accustomed super seizes the handle
and reminds devouc people of the crack
of doom when he shakes the iron by its
aid. To keep up the natural sound of
thunder Immediately succeeding the
crack which follows the flash of light
ming large wooden balls are rolled
down a common wooden 'shute,' in
which are catches at intervals to trip
and hinder the balls and vary the noise
of their descent. BY these ways, you
see. both explosive and rolling thunder
are successfully initiated"
IL should be obliged to you for in.
formation with regard to the manner
in which contiagrtt!ons are shown on
the stage. Sometimes there appears
to be the danger of an actual fire in
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-15

sary, with q noisy explosion and its
scattering debris, the combined effect
il apt to scare the public, more or
less"
".How sweet the moonlight sleeps
upon this bank!'"
II see what you are aiming at. I
wonder sonnet mes how the primitive
style of theatrical production in Shake
speare's time admitted of giving the
proper effect to his lines. We indeed
fall short, as a rule, of what may be
called mechanical faithfulness to the
master even now, but. coming back to
your suggestion, we a manage to
give Lorenzo and 'Jessica' a very
good moon"
Il remember to have seen moonlight
most cleve rly initiated in some repre-
sensations I have attended"
Eyes. and by very simple means, as
you may judge for yourself. Tho form
of the moon is cut in the scene, making
it a full, waxing or waning orb as may
be preferred. After the space has been
cut out. it is covered with some kind Of
woven material of the proper tint,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-15
LOVES SEASONS

~.,.. spring when l first found 1t outs;
T% TIVE, autumn when tod II;
T " winter made me doubt,
ne aummcr scarce could l It:
An Ives" the mating robins sang
~. sw.ect, delicious trcoles,
~ y l. IN the woods the echo rang
~ ~ music DER the pebbles.
Trash air, filled with fragrant scent
1he hniIossoms, softly limited
oi ~. same song; wherever went
" ,9ind the message printed
L Md and leaf, on earth and sky,
III na,D,rorgh sun and rain it glistened,
Ia though 1 never reasoned why,
,,lways read or listened.
,n simmer dawned and still the birds
Ing Ing in their tree-top glory.
sns Something seemed to mak their words
az scouel to my story:
1--we" they twittered in the trees;
iWVnan,er the light wind stirred them
ni"'tmtcting words!-on every breeze
pT They tiuttered. and 1 heard them.
A. last the mellow autumn came, =.
",nd all the leaves were turning,
rEn fields and forests were alame
In IN Golden sunlight burning;
rM h 1nartlng birds sang out again
sentimental MESSAGE:
$50 tell her." whispered they, and then
Thought twas loves first presage.
n .imid. hearted twenty.four,
TO faint and lose your courage,
~ half reluctantly implore
" pretty g ri at her age!
ror when | stammered what they sung,
and all their secrets told her,
she said the birds were right. and hung
Jer head upon my shoulder.
Frank Denepster Sherman, in Century.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-15
Corner in Peas.

In the early fall aBoston firm bought
about 5000 cases of canned peas. The
market afterward dropped, but the
firm decided to protect the original
investment, and accordingly bought
freely in Baltimore and other mark
cts, until they held all the canned
peas in the country. From the bottom
price paid there has been an advance
of sixty-five cents per dozen, and they
have sold thus far 1900 dozen. The
advance in canned peas has affected
other canned goods, and canned to-
matoes and canned corn have ad-
vanced ten per cent. The corner in
canned peas is so complete that the
Boston firm referred to is sending
canned peas to Baltimore, New York,
and other leading markets.-M y
Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-15

tastes, of the woes the little innocent
works to the impatient and nightly
aabited father?"
You are a little out of my depth;
my time has yet to come. But l will
answer your question. You don't care
70 see the baby ory,' I supposed"
Not, if it is not necessary"
which. as Mrs. Camp says. it is
nos' 1T is merely a tube with a hole or
s"o IN it, like those of a flute, and a
small bag at the end opposite the
;uouth-picce. The whole thing while
An use is covered by the hand of the
upper, who blows into it like a child
n'owS into a whistle, making the Just,
~ neSs OF tone and accuracy Of pitch
81 which you SPEAK, with the addi-
ya paa, advantage of prolonging the
oar'ous cry, by means Of the bag at the
ttpFoslte end, which. OF course, is made
contain much or little air at tho
p,rasure OF the operator. Aftera little
paaetice with this INSTRUMENT the ordi-
~nrS super becomes un cminently
S'. .m cry baby"
r.hat is all. then; but to Jump from
~ 1--WE thing to a great one, l am one
Of tho:e people who share tbs terross
wv theatrical tempest"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-15

which'will permit the light Of a lamp
or a candle to pass through it. without,
self"
I'm the words Of the immortal Bot
tom: "Wel done, moonshiner"
"iour reference suggests how awk-
Mara We're the means employed when
s~hakspeare trod the boards, to assist
the illusion of the story presented"
\ suppose that was so, and how
ready ne was to make fun of their inn
perfection. BY the way. when we Were
talking about storms and tempests, we
forgot WIND quite entirely"
$50 we did. An omission soon filed,
however. When you were a boy did
you ever amuse yourself by making a
noise BY rapidly moving a split, fiat
piece of wood backward and forward
in the air?"
"Many's the time and Oft"
"Just so. Well. now, the instrument
created by your boyish ingenuity emf
bodied the idea and principle of that
used in producing the 'sough' heard in
the theater."
Something a little more elaborate
than that, [ suppose?"
Every little more so, I assure you;
u decidedly tempestuous effects are
produced another way, involving the
use of a machine"
whats the machine like?"
cit has a handle like Il grindstone-
don't rise; we need not leave the stove
to see it-and turns after the same
plan. The body, which is turned in
the frame, 10 a cylinder-shaped thing
made of laths. Over this is thrown a
lpiece of silk or satin, which the super
holds down with his foot on n side,
but it is quite short on the other and
loose. When, therefore. the operator
turns the handle of the machine, the
piece of cloth, loosely thrown over the
cylinder. makes, in connection with
the laths and hollow form of the body
of the machine, q sufficiently near APP
proach to the efforts of old Boreas him
SELF"
I'VE have had a long chat, Nj.
Fortescue, and"
"a pleasant time"
Gas l was about to say, my good sir,
l dislike to detain you longer, but 9TH
er mechanical aids to the elegant en-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-15

ARE you. indeed? 1t would bs
ply 70 spoil your reverence"
".Barkis 10 willin'.' Prav nrocoed ~
What do you say to q storm ct
Just the thing. Tell me as much
f Fellow II as you can there's . good
I'm try. The first requisite to the
production of a tirst-class storm at sea
Is the sea-cloth, which. l need not say,
Is appropriately painted. This cloth is
shaken as long as the storm lasts, from
Inc inherent entrances on the stage. If
our on each side, twice four being
elght, eight 'supers' have the lob on
mana. l assure you that eight muscuA
lar lrishmen can make an awful time
on the briny Deep"
"ls thiswayo of producing an agitated
ocean the only one?",
I'm all my experience l have not
known another p~racticed."
Il ask the question, because a few
months g a paragraph was running
mere, there and everywhere in the
newspapers, which contained an al
legged account of the production of
great waves by the exertion of small
boys kicking ypder the sea-cloth."
Don't YOU believe that. Why the
poor little chaps would have been sutfo-
Gated by combined heat and dust.
There can not be o word of truth in the
account. How the world is given to
lying!"
But the pelt;ng rainp"
can effect easily produced, and in
several ways. Beans are a valuable ele-
ment in theatrical rain"
Beans? Please explain"
"With pleasure. These symbols oil
culture are shaken in a large box on
the interior bottom of which are iron
'cleats,' so that the beans trip on them
and make the natural sound of rain,
that is, near enough, IS the imagina-
ton OF the audience amends the device.
Frequently beans are used in another
way than this, being poured from one
barrel to another. You see that when
a company is on the road, the readiest
way to make rain is to get a couple Of
barrels and a few gallons of Deans from
the nearest grocery. Sometimes, If fal
example, corn is used instead of beans,
but beans are better, my dear fellow.
always better. Nothing like BEANS"
Il think l have heard that shot is
used in the production of rain"
Eyes; you are right this time. It is
rolled down a kind of trough or spout
of wood, placed at the suitable angle.
But nothing ear shake my faith in
beans as a help to a stormy time"
Suppose we assist the storm with s
little thunder and lightning"
with pleasure. The proper way te
produce lightning on the stage-I dc
not say that no easier but less effective
plan is practicable-but the right way
is by means of a vessel which is among
the properties of all well-conductec
theaters."
81 should like to see it. if not too
much trouble"
"You shall see it,"
Leaving their snug quarters tor :
while your correspondent and his friene
made their way to where the property
in question vas to be found. Its pro
duction necessitated considerable ex
p~lanat'on.
81 guess We'll go back to my room
and take this thing with us. IT'S hor
riblY cold here"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-15
The following story is told of the

The following story is told of the
wild young Prince John Van Buren,,
son of Martin Van Buren,: "He once
accepted an invitation to address a
gathering OF Sunday-school chill
dren, and in the course of his remarks
undertook to entertain them with the
story of Jacob and Esau. Midway in
the narrative he was ware that his
coat-tails were being vigorously pulled,
and, half turning his head to find out
the trouble, he was me by this exhor-
tation from his friend in the ear For
goodness sake, John, cut it short and
sit down; you're getting the hair on
the wrong man. '"-Baptist Weekly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-15

there not reason to apprehend trouble
in this way?"
"'Not the slightest, ordinary care 10
ing exercised. You probably know
that the scenery used in showing a
building on fire is strung around with
w.res in different places. Upon the
wire is twisted cotton saturated with
alcohol, which is ignited. Red fire can
be bought of most druggists, and is
burned as long and in as large q dua1-
tity as may be deemed proper. There
is nothing particularly interesting 10
be said about theatrical contiagration,,
excepting, perhaps, as to the manner
of producing explosions in association
with them" q
eyes; I was just about to suggest
that. When nervous old ladies and
other people, too, nearly Jump out of
| their seats for fear, it is time for the
| public to know that theatrical in
genuity does not endanger the lives OF
patrons of the histrionic art"
Perhaps it would be we'll to treat
the matter in the grave you
suggest, but after the public have read
what.you are preparing for them. au-
diences will not be so easily frightened.
will they?"
perhaps not"
"You have noticed how circumstan-
tial, so to speak, a theatrical explosion
is. I will tell you how it is done in as
few words as I can. The explosion
and it's effects are caused by ignit ng a
mixture of %pulverized charcoal, saw
dust and gunpowder by means of a
torch. With the explosion of the pow
thrown up; and, as you say, what with
burning alcohol everywhere on the
stage and as much red fire as is neces-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-15

"A young Secretary Of Legation
whose duties required his attendance
at a recent White House reception, was
so unwilling to loose a moment of the
opera, with Theo in the cast. that ha
left the theater, changed his evening
dress for his diplomatic costume in the
carriage while driving to the White
House, saluted the President. and re-
turned as he had come to the opera.
He was absent from the theater Just
thirty minutes. - Washington Post
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-15
BEHIND THE SCENES.
Secrets Revealed by {
Newspaper Correspondent.
description of the Means Employed to
Produce Theatrical Tempests, Thun-
der and Lightning, Baby Cries,
Fires. Moonlight, Snow
Storms, ETC., Etc.

Have your readers ever seen the in
terior of a theater when a performance
was not in progress? Of all dreary
places this is the dreariest. Nothing
can be more depressing than the con
trast between that imperfect light
which makes everything appear mean
and shabby, and the splendid glories
Of performance time. Seats, then the
comfortable resting-places of happy
people, are now cold and draped as
dismally as the parlor of a farm house.
The costliest decorations appear dingy;
the effect of the whole is ineffably dis
agreeable and chilling.
Tie height of desolation is pre-
scnted behind the scenes. How differ
eut are these coarsely-painted views
from the pleasing effects shown at
night! The bare walls, cold iron stair
cases, draughts and miscellaneous
seeming rubbish affect one with sep
ulchral gloom. Can it be possible that
only last night was here produced that
which delighted thousands with bright
wit and brilliant scenes, or stirred the
higher nature with great thoughts and
generous emotions?
Your correspondents wish to elicit
some information as to how effects are
produced ON the stage, in aid of the
dialogue and assisting to hold the mir
TOR up to nature with a perfection
which astonishes, was favored with the
courtesy of a thorough gentleman.
Prel minary talk led up to the discus
son Of the baby as an element in the
domestic drama.
How is it, Mr.. Fortescue, that you
are able to charm the ladies of the
audience with an exact imitation of the
inevitable baby?"
Nothing can be easier, my dear sir,
than to procure a good imitation OF
that endcaring but troublesome ar
ticle."
"Of course not; but by what means
do you make the counterfeit cry with a
business of tone and accuracy of pitch
which suggest midnight tribulations to
the married man, and give ladies mis-
chievous recollections, not to say fore!