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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-03
HOrsey Young Ladies.
NEW YORK GIRLS DEVELOPING A TASTE
FOR GAMBLING.

Our young ladies are not only develop
ing horsey tastes, but they are developing
a taste for turf gambling, that would make
their grandparents turn in their graves, if
they knew of it. A young lady, who can
not talk horse nowadays. shows that she
is not in the social whirlpool. She must
know the points OF a horse as readily as
any jockey. | was amused, the other day.
on the train, by a conversation of two
young ladies-very ladylike and quiet
girls they were tOo-who, alter discuss
ing Schumann's songs, began to talk
horse, and they seemed to be as familiar
with one as with the other. "Were YOU
at the exhibition in Madison Square
Garden p asked one of the other.
NO." she replied; unfortunately
was out of town at the time"
THAT was too bad" said. the
other, "you missed splendid show.
have never seen finer cattle The YEAR
lings looked exactly like three-ye ODDS"
The other expressed her disappointment
at not having seen these wonderful YEAR
lings. but she had seen particularly fine
three-ye ar-olds that she thought were 60
ing to develop into fine trotters.
The other day | was driving through
Central Park and the handsomest turnout
that passed me was driven by lady. 1t
was none of your village carts or Victo-
rias. but was a genuine Stanhope gig,
with tootmen up behind. and the lady in
the box holding the reins of pair of
prancing steeds; no ponies. mind you. but
fuil-sized horses, and risky ones at that
What | liked about it was that she was
such quiet-looking lady. There is moth
ing at all horsey in her appearance. She
wore simple, tight-fitting coat and mod
est bonnet, and was. should think, about
thirty or thrty-seven years of age
There is Miss D;isy Cameron, the daugh-
ter of Sir Roderick Cameron, who drives
pair OF fast horses; but she drives them
to Victoria. which is more feminine than
a Stanhope. Miss Pussy Breeze also
drives spanking span. and in winter her
cutter is the admiration of the road.-N.
Y. Cor. Boston Gazette.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-03
Gales aud Sketches.
Brother Gardner on MatrimOny.

Il should like to spoke few remarks
to Brudder Skinner observed the Presi.
dent OF the Club, as the dust began to set.
tie in Paradise Hall.
Brother Skinner, "a young man of23 years
with mild eye and lilac necktie. ad.
vanced to the front, and the President
continued:
'Brudder Skinner, de news has reached
my ears dat you am about to be mar'd.
trus' dat de report am true, bekase be-
lieve it am de dooty OF cherry young man
who kin support wife, to take one."
alt am true, sah."
"Den let me compliment you wild one
hand, an spoke a few remarks to you
wild de odder. Gittin' mar'd has its wer.
ry serious side. Fur instance, am de gal
swine to marry you bekase she loves you,
or to spite her folks bekase de kept her
away from de skatin' rink? Am you
gwine to marry de gal fur love. or bekase
her father has some wealth which you
hope he'll she'll out for your benefit?
"Love am powerful emoshun. Brud-
der Skinner, but love widout pork an
taters TO keep it goin', am like de froth
on de top of soda water.
''Doan' marry gal hopin' dat her
father will set you up IN de barber biZness
Most fathers-inlaw not only want all dey
hez got, but am willin' to struggle fol
another $4,000.
''Doan sot down an fgger dat TO- taters,
loaf of bread. half pound of meat, an a
quart OF applesass am goin' to run you tor
d week. You will want all the salary you
kin arm, a yon had better look aroun' an
find somebody who will lend you dollar
now an then.
''Doan t1atter yerselves dat all you hev
got to do am to hug in de house and kiss
ober de gate. You'll DE hungry fur con
beet and baked beans; your cloze will
W ar out; your flour and butter will waste
away, an a bill fur two months rent will
send chill down yer back De man or
woman who spects dat mar'd life am a
green an shady lane. lined wild orange
blossoms on one side and $40 bills on de
odder. am gwine to wake up some day an
find de rats leavin' de place in disgust.
Think of desc things, Brudder Skinner.
You kin get wife in about five minutes,
but it takes five Vars to git shet OF some
of 'em. Expeck about one days sunshine
fur week OF cloudy weather. Reckon on
house rent comm due de fust of ebery
month"; an de grocer an butcher keepin'
an eye out fur you each Saturday night
1t will amaze you how de woodpile de-
cedeS an how de flour gets outen de bar
so soon.
"Doan' walk into matrimony like lob
ster into box. but figger on whether d.
bait am with de risks. If YOU conclude t.
mar y, you kin depend on dis club attend
in de obsequies in body, bringin' alon9
a bounteous supply of ham sandwiches
If you decide not to, it am probable da
you will soon be promoted to some posi-
shun of trust an responsibility. "-Detroi
Free Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-03
Consumption Cured.

An old physician. retired from practice,
having had placed in his hands by an East
India missionary the formula of a simple veg,
etable remedy TOR the speedy and permanent
cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh,
Asthma and all throat and Lung Affections,
also positive and radical cure for Nervous
Debility and all Nervous Complaints, after
having tested its wonderful curative powers
in thousands of cases. has felt it his duty to
make it known to his suffering fellows. Act
usted by this motive and desire to relieve
human suffering. will send free of charge,
to all who desire it, this recipe, in German,
French or English. with full directions for
preparing and using. Sent by mail by ad-
dressing with stamp, naming this paper, W.
A. NoYEs, l49 Powers Block, Rochester. N.
Y. novl9t4S
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-03
Listen to Your Wife.

The Manchester GUARDIAN. June sth, 1883, says:
At one Of the
Windows"
Looking on the woodland WAYS. With
clumps of rhododendroms and great masses
Of Nav blossome.I. "There was an inter-
estinR group
1t included one who had been Cotton
spinner but was now so
Paraly zed!
That he could only bear to lie in a reclin-
ing position.
This refers TO my case.
was Attacked twelve years ago with
''Locomoter Ataxy"
"A paralytc disease fibre rarely ever cured
and was tor several years barely able to get
about.
And for the last Eve years not able to at.
tend to my business, although
Many things have been done for me.
The last expeI iment being Nerve stretching.
Two years ago was voted into the
Home for Incurables, Near Manchester
in May, 1882.
| am no advocate; "For anything in
the shape of patent" Medicines?
And made many objections to my dear
wife's constant urging to try Hop Bi,ters, but
finally to pacify her
Consented.
had not quite finished the first bottle
when felt change come over mt. This
was Saturday, November Sd. On Sunday
morning I felt strong said to my room
companions, Il was sure could
"Walk!
So started across the floor and back.
hardly knew how to contain myself. l was al
over the house. ] am gaining strength each day
and can walk quite safe without any
"stick!"
Or support
am now at my house. and hope soon to BE-
able 10 earn my own living again. have been q
member Of the Manchester
"Koyal Exchange"
For nearly thirty years. and was most heartily
congratulated going into the room on Thursday
last Very gratefully yours, JOHN BLACKBURN,
MANCHESTER (Eng.) Dec. "a. 1888.
Two years later am perfectly well.
~ None genuine without bunch of green Hop
on the whit. label. ShuB all the vile, poisonou
stun with "Hop" or "Hops" in their name.
augldeodawlm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-03
Badness.

If You are troubled with diseased scalp,
If your hair is falling out, if it is weak
and thin, or if you have become bald,
your hair may be restored to its original
healthful condition and color by the use
of Halls Hair Remover. This efficient
remedy combines the most desirable quail
tiles of the best preparations for the
hair, without the use Of any objection
able Ingredient Mrs. Eunsberry, 81
Franklin ave-, Brooklyn, N. Y, after .
severe attack Of erysipelas in the head, lost
her hair so rapidly that she soon became
quite bald. One bottle of Halls hair Re-
newer produced new growth, as soft,
brown, and thick, as in youth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-03
GRAY HAIRS

are honorable, when they are associated
with advanced age, but to be prematurely
gray is unpleasant, to say the least. II
you cannot renew your youth, you may, at
least, attain the appearance of it, by the
use Of Halls Hair Remover. Randolph
w. Farley, Nashua, N. H., quite young
man, whose hair had become gray, like
that Of very aged person, applied Halls
Hair Remover, and now his locks are .
beautiful brown, as in youth. He says:
"The effects, in my case, from the use Of
Halls hsir Remover are truly marvellous"
Mrs. E. Elliott, Chenille, W. Va. says:
some bottle of Halls Hair Remover re.
stored my hair to its youthful color.n
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-03
A Wonderful DiscnYerY,

Consumptives and all. who suffer from any
affection of the Throat and lungs, can find a
certain cure il DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Thousands of permanent
cures verify the truth of this statement. Ne
medicine can show such record of wonder
full cures. Thousands Of once hopeless suffer
ers now gratefully proclaim they owe their
lives to this New Discovery. IT will cost you
nothing to give it trial Free Trial Bot
ties at Devine & Coughlin's Drug Store.
so cents and Sl.00.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-03
gottifal.
UNBELIEF.

There IL no unbelief:
Whoever plants seed beneath the SOC,
And v ats to see it push away the clod,
He trusts In God.
Whoever says, when clouds are in the sky:
'Be patient, heart; light breaketh by and BY"
Trusts the Most High.
Whoever eees meath Winters field Of snow,
The silent harvest Of the future grow.
Gods power must know.
Whoever lies down on his couch to sleep.
Content to lock each sense in sumber deep,
Knows God " II keep.
whoever says. ITO morrow" The Unknown"
"Ihe Future" trusts that Power alone
He dzres disown.
The heart that looks on when the eyelids close,
And dares to live when life has only woes,
Coos comfort knows.
There is no unbelief:
And day by day. and night. unconsciously.
The heart lives BY Il at faith the lips deny
Col knoweth why.
People and Patriot.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-03
Caution i!

Consumers should not confuse Specific with
the numerous limitations, substitutes. Potash and
Mercury mixtures which are gotten up to sell, not
on their own merit. but on the merit of remedy
An Imitation IL plways fraud and "A cheat, and they
thrive onll as they steal from the article imi-
tated.
For sale by all druggists.
Treatise on Blood and skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
N. Y, l57 ". 23d st. deod&wlw
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-03

The REV. GEO. II. THAYER, of Bour-
bon, Ind, says: both myself and wife owe
our lives to Shiloh's Consumption Cure. I"
For sale by Bowditch, Webster & Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-03
STATE AGENCY
STEAM FEATHER BED RENOvATN
EMILE BARBER l. co.

awarded First Premium at Maine State Fair
ANY kinds OF Dress Goods in the pieces, or mac
nto garments, Ribbons, Fnnges. Sacks, Velvet
slippers. Kids, Feathers, etc.,. dyed O.
cleanssd, and finished equal to new.
Also Gents garments dyed. ceansed, repaired
and pressed ready to wear. Carpets and Lace Cur
tainscleansed Velvet trimmings of sleghs dyed ane
restored to their primitive color ripping
Goods received and returned promptly by express
Send for circular prcelist. Prices 'educed. Orders
elected by mail, express or in any Agency. Bed
allied, and delivered If desired.
". PENNIMAN, Agent for Winthrop.
MISS L. GROVESOR, Aoept HalIowel,
MRS. GOODWIN COLE, Agt, Caroline
.nhv1a fnof& ygtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-03
BEN FRANKLIN'S
Maxims illustrated

A FINE ENGRAVING, 94xl0 inches Sold
BY subscription only. BY mail. Soc. Sells on sight
everywhe First class canvassers only Of both
sexes. 100 per cent profit. >end for descriptive
circular. Address FRANKLIN ILLUSTxA.
TED. - south Sixth street, Brooklyn, y.
Y. (Ofnee hours to II A. II. jaylld&wlm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-03
City Of Augusta.

The Committee Accounts will be In session, ~
the idermen's Room, at 80 o'clock r. w. on IN
Tuesday next preceding the first Friday Of e and
month, for the purpose Of examining accounts 70
claims against the city. Bills must be preseha he
some member of the Committee at or previous " ~
hour Of meeting, they will not be consideIguo an
reported to the City Council for payment unn s,tv
month later. All bills must be approved by the M. Wy
officer, or the committee of the department ""
whose authority the same accrued.
SAMUEL w. LANE, .,...s
GEO. r HAYES, COMMIT
B. 4. FOLSOM, on
H. G. STAPLES, ACCOUNT
jsly3ld4t 6EO.W. KAOWLkSs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-03
LIVE MEN WANTED

To take orders for Fruit and Ornamental Trees
Vines, Shrubs. Roses, and a full line Of Nursery
Stock, to b. delivered next spring. Steady employ.
ment 10 the right men. Only those who are over
twenty-five years Of age, and furnish frst-class
references, need apply. 4. g. CHASE CO., 4
PENBERTOS SQUARE, Boston. We pay all expen
ses and good
- VIVA
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MONEY ;; 3; g;
= i CYCLOPEDIA (2l0.OOO

Vols. sold. RIDP ATH's UNITED STATES HISTORY
(500,000 Vols. sold). GAsKELL's COMPENDIUM OF
FORMS (2i3,O0o Vols. sold). THE PEOPLES ATLAS
lsoon to be issued). TREASURY OF THOUGHT;
MOTHER, HONE and HEAVEN New. THE WORLD
Saesmen wanted MARTIN GARRISON 4 CO.,
- Mix Street, opposite the P. O., Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-03

The beauty and vlgor Of the hair Is easily
maintained by the use Of Halls Hair Re-
newer. Mrs. Susan II. Scott, Stoddard,
n. H., writes: "The Remover will GER
tainly restore gray hair to its original
color. have used it ten years, and it has
given perfect satisfaction. 1t keeps my
hair in splendid condition. Mrs. E. NJ.
Rittenhouse, Humboldt, Kansas, writes
81 have used Halls Hair Remover for
years. 1t keeps the scalp clean and
healthy, the hair dark and glossy, and pro.
duces new and vigorous growth"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-03
HALLS v s,a;,,ss
Hair Remover


original color exciting the hathfu action and is
NJ Lowell,
accident Sn
kinds
completely the
qunly, similar and always ame
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-03

]. 3. Duncan, Laredo. Texas, writes:
" For 4 number of years my hair had been
growing thinner, until at last l became
quite bald. The use Of two bottles of
Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Remover
has restored to my head fine, healthy
growth of hair" H. Erickson, 4 Chest
nut ST., Charlestown, Mass, writes:
.'When l commenced the use of Halls
Hair Remover, the top of my head was
perfectly bare. am now using my fourth
bottle, and my head is covered with nice
growth of new hair"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-02-20
Central America.

The region called Central America is
800 or 900 miles long and from 80 to 300
miles broad. The name has come to
signify a geographical division, like
North America or Africa. Strictly the
region belongs to the continent of North
America, but the formation Of the repub-
lie of Central America, which maintained
federal form of government from 1923
to 1889, has affixed the designation per-
manently.
The areas of the five republics into
which the federation dissolved are given
by the celebrated geographers, Benin and
Wagner, as follows: Guatemala, 40, AT
square miles; Honduras, 47,192; San
Salvador, 1880: Nicaragua, so, 1870;
Costa Rica, 20, 704.
The State of Panama, which lies east
of Costa Rica, is often classed with Cen
tral America, and the news which comes
from it relating to South America is al
most always placed under the head of
Central America in the papers; but it is
one of the states of the republic of Co.
lumbia. Since it lies across the isthmus
dividing the two continents, and on both
sides, we give its area. 10000 square
miles. 1t is the seat of frequent revolu-
tions, and is attached to Columbia more
nominally than really.
The population of the Central Ameri-
can states is about as follows: Guate,
mala, 1852, 497; San Salvador, 554, 1856;
Nicaragua, 275, ,s15; Honduras, $50, 900;
Costa Rica, 1850 Panama has 22O,
900 population.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-02-20
A Curious Superstition.

Since the days of the first Lord Chat
ham probably no public man in Great
Britain has been so afflicted with gout
as the Rev. Charles H, Spurgeon. Ac-
cording to all accounts it amounts to an
almost continuous torture. 1t is wonder
full how such man, suffering as he does,
manages to preside with such success
over an institution like the Metropolitan
Tabernacle. Mr.. Surgeons only inter
val of comfort, it would seem, is during
his brief winter sojourn OF Mentone. A
sympathetic friend in Germany has just
sent the reverend gentleman peculiar
prescription. He recommends him to
keep in his room pair of turtle doves
or two young pigeons; and he encourages
him to hope for the happiest results. In
some parts of South Germany, it ap-
pears, it was at one time common be-
lief that gout could be cured by such
means; and to this day in that part of
Europe turtle doves are called ''gout
pigeons" Mr.. Spurgeon has no faith in
the cure, but recommends the keeping of
doves in the house metaphorically, as a
cure for many plague in the family.
"May the voice of the TURTLE" he says,
"be heard in our land. ."-Ne0 York
Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-02-20
The First Newspaper Illustration.

According to book on the subject
just published in London, it appears
that the effort to illustrate important or
special current events was much earlier
made than many are aware. The first
attempt to illustratessee news of the day
seems to have been made in 1907, when
a tract on "Woeful Ms from Wales"
curiously illustrated bod that occurred
in Monmouthshire. al
Another tract, in the same Year, pic
lures floods in Somersetshire and York
shire. There were others, in 1912 and
1918, illustrating among other things
the burning of Tverton and ''The Won
ders of the Windie Winter" Favorite
subjects with those early woodcutters
were murders, battles and floods, with
now and then supernatural flight,
whether of ghost or meteor. There were
some very good cuts in 1641 and 1643,
one OF two being accounted worthy the
pages of modern illustrated paper The
first paper that attempted regularly to
illustrate features of its news was the
Mercurtus Ciuicus, published in London
during the civil war. War maps were
published as early as 1901, when the
London Post gave an outline drawing of
the seat of war in Italy; in 1746 the
Dublin Journal gave plan of the battle
of Colloden.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-02-20
The MusSel for Diet.

According to an exchange the mussel
is one of the most delicious of bivalves,
yet it is only recently that the American
is learning to eat it, and even now it is
seldom met with away from the sea-
board. In New York city mussels can
be bought by the bushel, and are for
sale on the street oyster stands at ten
cents per plate, or twenty-five cents a
bucket. The buckets are neat little tin
pints, in which the purchaser can carry
them home.
The opened mussels are sold cooked,
and generally picked in vinegar and
spices. They are golden yellow in
color, fat, healthy and delicious. The
French and Italians, especially the Sar-
dinians and Cicilians, know how to cook
and eat mussels. They cultivate them
on wooden frames set in the sea, and
produce them of enormous size. The ia
vorite use is to steam them and serve up
in the shell. A sop is made of vinegar,
spices, mustard and oil. A mussel is
twisted from his shell, his beard pulled
off, dragged through the sop, and down
your throat he slides. The American
has not arrived at this understanding
vet
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-02-20
Russians and Serfs.

Dr. A. Wright, in his Adventures in
Servia," tells this story: Savrimovitchf
Mouravioff, and l were silently smoking
under the shelter of our hut, when a bull
let whistled between us and passed out
through the leafy wall behind We
started to our feet and rushed outside.
A number Of soldiers were standing or
sitting about engaged in cleaning their
rifles, cooking, etc. Mouraviotf de-
manded furiously who had fred the shot.
A heavy, stupid-looking fellow was
pointed out as the culprit, whereupon
our friend strobe up to him, and seizing
him by the collar, asked him sternly
what he meant by discharging loaded
rifle in camp The soldier sulkily an
swered that he had only fired his piece
in the air, and did not know there was
any harm in that, whereupon the rough
and-ready Mouravioff replied: idiot!
Don't you know that when you send a
bullet into the air it is likely to come
down again, like this?" and striking
him ON the head with his clenched fist
knocked him over. This severe treat
meut caused some murmuring among
the soldiers who were already begin
ming to tire of Russian discipline. A
sinister rumor that many Russian officers
had been treacherously slain in battle by
some of their own men whose ill-will
they had incurred was current in camp,
and it was undoubtedly true that Rus
sian officers frequently treated the Serv-
ians with great harshness, but consider
ing the rawness and inaptitude of
the material they had to deal with and
the absolute necessity of enforcing dis
cipline, l do not think that the kicks
and cuffs that / often saw them bestow
upon their men were unmerited. Again,
although the unwarlike Serbs murmured
at being dragooned into discipline they
seemed very soon to regain their equan-
unity. They are naturally too good ma
tured and easy going race to be vim
dictive, and therefore | believe that the
heavy losses among the Russians were
due to their reckless valor and not to
Servian treachery. Nevertheless, many
Russians l met firmly believed this
rumor in spite of the indignant denial
given Of it by the Servians.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-02-20
The Place of Gold.

At Cuzco, in Persia is Temple of the
Sun called Coricaucha or the "Place Of
Gold," one of the magnificent edifices of
the East. On the western wall, and OPP
posite the eastern portal, was splendid
representation of the sun, the god of the
nation. 1t consisted of human face in
gold, with innumerable golden rays ema-
mating from it in every direction; and
when the early beams of the morning
sun fell upon this brilliant golden disk,
they were reflected from it as from a
mirror, and again reflected throughout
the whole temple by numberless plates,
cornices, bands and images of gold, un-
til the temple seemed to glow with a
sunshine more intense than that Of
nature.