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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-21

The toboggan epidemic is extending all
over Vermont. Burlington and Rutland
have excellent slides. and others are in
process of construction at ST.. Aibaps, Mont
pelier, Brattleboro, St. Johnsbury and
Middlebury.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-21

LIES HONEY is the best Cough Cue Is, zoe, 81
GLENN'S SULPHUR SOAP heals and beauties, 25c-
GERMAN COHN REMOVER kills Con,s & Buuions. 25c.
HILLS HAIR s. WHisKER DYE-Biack & Brown. 5Oc
PIXIES TOOTHACHE DROPS cur. in Minute Csc
DEANS RHEUMATIC PILLS lsc a sure cure, Soc
]an27t eod&wly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-21

DR.. Soule's Pills contain no cslomel, are
mild. yet thorough in their operation. They
are the best. dec20 daod&wlw.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-21

James Pyle's Pearline has become recog-
nized as the best washing preparation ever in
vented 1t has relieved wash day OF the old
wear and tear, and cleans the drtiest fabric
without injuring it, dec2lG&wlt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-21

One Hop Plas er will do the work of a
dozen bottles Of dirty lniment or salve.
Kills pain.
o! what sharp pain! Apply Hop Por-
GUS Plaster and experience relief and care.
25 cents. dec2ldeOd&wlw
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-21

The Kennebec journal establishment Ia prepared
at all times give immediate attention to orders Of
any kind Of book or job printing. We have every
presses, large quantities OF paper stock, and the
latest styles Of type. orders by mail will receive
prompt attention
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-21

Mrs. Cleveland promises to favor the
reform movement which asks ladies to re-
move their hats on entering theatre.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-21

attention by appearing on the streets leading
big cat, covered with rose-plush blanket,
and wearing a collar on which are little
silver bells.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-21

new French cook who can make seven
teen styles of soup and twelve species of
salad has been added to the executive staff of
upon printing Jetfersonian simplicity in
French on the bill of fare.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-21

From Lieut. John Osborn OF tn. firm of
Evans. Webster & Co, Boston.
1.-TWO bottles of Adamson's Botanic Bal
sam effected a cure in my family that four
skilled physicians failed to do"
Sold by druggists and dealers at 35 cents.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-21
The WEEKLY EsysS..s:: JOURNAL
Advertising Rates
BOOK Avn I0B PRINTING.

Can be had on application at the Office. The
Daily and Weekly taken together afford the best
advertising medium for this sectioI of the State
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-21

At the Academy last night it was noticed
that only the homely and somewhat aged
women wore high hats. The fact was the
subject of general comment among the men.
Buffalo Courier.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-21
ADeci0Z Advertisements.

Small advertisements, not erecting three lines,
coming under the head Of WANTED. For SALE,
To LET, LOST, &c. tciH be inserted here one time
for rs CENTS three times for 40 cents and ,ceek
for 90 cents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-21
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Thomas County cat., 1886-08-19
Thad Steven. a. a Surgeon.

Talking recently with a relative ol
Thaddeus Stevens, learned of an act
in his youth which resembled the sto.
ical heroism that was taught to the
youths of ancient Greece. He was born
with a club-foot, which was not only
malformed, but was twisted on one
side. His brother, who afterward sal
on the bench in Vermont. was similarly
disigurcd in both of his feet. Thad-
deus was lame and sickly up to his six
teenth or seventeenth year. His twisted
foot was always great eyesore to him,
and one day, while his family was liv.
ing at Peacham, Caledonia County,
where he was born, his mother heard
him groaning and talking to himself
just outside the door of the house
Going outside. she found that he had
taken his club-foot in his lap. and with
his penknife had deliberately severed
the short tendons and was forcing the
foot straight, where he bound it with
splints on the side, tieing them on with
his handkerchief, which he had torn
into shreds, saying meanwhile to him.
self: s.i'll fix you if i have to cut yeu
clear of" When his foot healed The
limb had been somewhat straight eDed,
but the club-foot remained as = dxform-
ity up to his death.-N !. Tib1se.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-19
For the Masters Sake.

1t is one thing to serve the Master
for the Masters sake; it is another
thing to serve the Master for our own
sakes. Some duties are IN themselves
painful; some are pleasurcable. Be-
yond this, however, every duty should
be pleasureablc because it is duty; but
the pleasure derived from the per-
formance of duty should not enter into
the motive for that performance. The
culture of the spiritual vine may be a
delightful employment to some, while
It is unattractive to others. But quite
apart from this like or dislike, in the
realm of taste, serving'i in the Master s
vineyard ought to be its own reward
for all, because it is the Masters vine-
yard. Apart from the promise of our
own salvation let us love. honor and
obey God, because we are men and He
is God. This is the highest motive for
our full surrender to duty-our entire
coasecration to Gods. S. Times.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-19
Work in aith.

Do your work, but do it in quictness
and confidence; do your duty, but dc
it without this corroding anxiety; and
He who even in the desert spreads His
table for the birds, He who clothes the
flowers in the embroideries of beauty,
will feed and clothe you. That trust
which unconsciously Gods humber
creatures show, that do ye show re.
tiectingly and consciously. Trust in
God for these lower things, because He
gives, and will give, and has given, tc
you, higher things than these. Dc
not degrade and drag down your life
in the mire by the spirit of mean, sell
fish, grudging. untrustful accumula-
ton. If you seek first the Kingdom
of God, all these other things, OF
things transcendently better than
these, shall be added unto you. There
is nothing wrong in your trade and
your merchandise, and your daily
work to earn your own living: that is
altogether right; so far from being a
rival business to these, the seeking OF
the Kingdom of Heaven is Divine
law which should regulate. Divine
temper which should pervade and
transfigure them. Only for the sake
of your own souls. for the sake of all
that makes life worth living, for the
sake alike of your temporal and eter-
nal happiness. do not seek the dross of
earth more, and love it better, than
the gold of Heaven. Let conscience
and faith enter into every necessary
act of Your daily life. Learn to dis
criminatc the transcendcnt. Learn to
feel habitually that the life. the true
life, the spiritual life, is more than
food, and the body than raiment.
Let justice, goodness, purity, be your
aim, not the selfish scramble OF
scheming competition. not the brutal
appctencies of sensual desire. Do
not let your daily necessities blunt
the edge of your ideal aspirations, do
not sink into groveling appetites or
money-making machines. Man lives,
indeed, by bread, but he does not live
by bread alone. Christian at Work
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-19
Raise Some Fodder Corn.

If only an acre of fodder corn be
grown it will be fourd one of the best
crops that can be produced for the la
Dor and care bestowed upon it Fod-
der corn is a crop that keeps well after
it is made, and is highly relished by
horses, cattle and sheep. 1t yields
more per acre than any forage crop
that can be grown. and only . small
space is required to produce large
quantity. The best time to harvest it
is when it is in the roasting ear
stage, or. rather, when the corn is
milky. The seed should be sown
thickly in the rows, plenty of manure
and fertilizer used. and the crop kept
thoroughly cultivated until it fully COW
ers the ground. Although many feed
it to stock loose, yet the better plan is
to pass it through cutter. and no pOr.
ton of it will then be wasted.-Fasns,
Field and StockD1dn.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-19
WISE SAYINGS.

Il never think he is quite ready fof
another world who is altogether weary
of this.-Hdttie 4. Hamilton.
The service that is done willingly
is usually done effectively. Half our
failures grow out of cherishin9 poor
dispositions.-Unitcd Presbyterian.
Nothing will yield you richer re-
ward of gladness and greater wealth
of joy than faithfully to cultivate and
develop the happier. warmer, SUMMER
side OF your nature, that you may be
blessing to yourself. and a blessing
to all around you.-SchMyler Coldx.
In the religious life, as much as any
place else, there should be q strong
element of common sense. Sometimes
people eminently spiritual, who are a.
home with God and will be properly
lodged in Heaven. cripple their infin-
ence by displaying u lack of Judgment;
in other words they fail to mingle
sense with their piety.-United Pres6y-
terian.
To begin right, to lay a proper
foundation of character is the most
essential thing. As the defects of .
photograph appear greater by the en-
largement of a picture, so youthful
failings and blemishes are magnifed
in manhood. The verdict: s.Good
enough, " which in boyhood passes the
slightly defective task. win become
Bad enough !" when the habit Of inac-
curacy has spread itself over the life
-ReU. Z. G. CberesSoa
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-19

paralyzr us We SO often determine to
be brave and wise and faithful to-mor-
row, when to-day is the day of saliva
ton. Sufficient unto the day is its evil,
and sufficient also its grace, If it be not
neglected. And remember. tomorrow
is day that never comes
Ye have need of patience. You stand
upon the edge of some mighty gorge.
and far below. almost out Of sight and
hearing. is the little streamlct that has
chiscled for itself this channel through
the mountain Of rock. 1t seems impos-
sible that so feeble an instrument
should work SO mighty . result; but
the streamlet, as it glistens and sings.
tells the story of its patience and per-
sistence, and how nothing is invincibIe
to faith and fidelity. Rest not. haste
not, and even the infinite goal is sure.
The clock of the centuries can register
but one stroke at time. Even the
tortoise, by keeping at it, will reach
the end sooner than the hare that lott
ers or sits still. A snail's pace is better
than nc pace at all.
Patience is born of faith, hope and
love. 1t is the sign of spiritual power
and the pledge of immortality. If We
hope for that we see not. then do we
with patience wait for it, Stupor and
insensibility may spring from despair,
but only the love that bclieveth all
things and hopeth all things can also
endure all things. God is the God Of
patience. that calm constancy which
never hastens, never delays, never
changes its motion or its direction,
never fails. He who has caught the
secret of the Divine purpose, and holds
that purpose for his own, enters into a
fellowship that may be one of suffer
ing, but must be one of victory. 1--WE
count them happy that endure;" and
well we may. By virtue OF this sacred
fellowship they also shall see of the trav.
all of their souls and shall be satisfied.
Chicago Standard.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-19
PATIENCE.
s'Be Not Weary In Well Doing, and II
Shall Reap If Ye Faint Not"

s.Be Not Weary in Well Doing, and T.
Shall Reap If Ye Faint Not"
But patience is not indifference. The
temptation is strong and constant in
most of us to become apathetic and
iistless in the presence of difficulties
which we can not easily master. to grow
weary in well-doing,, and faint before
rcaping-time comes. Bat true patience
is alert vlgilant, wary. prepared to
strike and waiting to strike, as
well as peaceful. quiet and hopeful.
Patience is engaged in gathering its
scattered resources after a defeat, and
while the tide of battle is adverse. that
i. may be ready for action at the right
moment A Fabian policy is often
stigmatized because it seems to consist
wholly in retreat and delay and evasion
of battle and the valor which is nine
parts of discretion. But 8 waiting
game is better than q losing game, and
Fabius had the comfort and reward of
finding his tactics successful. by wear
ing out and outwitting the enemy
which he could not otherwise conquer.
Rashness would have been ruin. Bid
ing his time was victory.
We often lose patience, and with it
lose heart and hope, because the work
demanded of us seems out of all pro-
portion to our powers and opportuni-
ties. The mistake we make is in fail
ing to remember that the great work is
not demanded in q moments time.
Only moments work is required in a
moments time and with q moment's s
strength; but it is in the present mo-
ment that the present moments work
is to be done. The next moment will
be too late. for it will have its own
duty, and will not bring time nor
strength enough for any arrearages.
Il is these acc1mulations that kill or
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-19
ILL-NATURED PEOPLE

Something About Persons Who Are Dis
satisfied with All the World.
No plant repays cultivation better
than good nature. There is no lack OF
kindness in this world of ours. but
quite large section of society allow it
to run to waste, and in time it evapor-
atcs and disappears. It is largely a
matter of education and habit. Spoilt
children are allowed to get into tenn
per when they do not get what they
want. They grow up into cross
grained men and women, and after a
time they lose the power of controlling
their Grabbed instincts. Men of we'll
balanced minds are taught sooner or
later that we are all more or less de-
pendent on each other, and that no
one can afford to be a misanthrope
But the rarest thing in life is we'll
balanced mind which possesses the facul-
ty of introspection. M>n 60 through life
without friends, and wonder that they
do not achieve the success their talents
would justify; it rarely occurs to them
W SudISZc Tie CAUSES Vi tuclE I6lluHes II
they did, they would find that just at a
particular juncture when they were
about to seize fortune at the flood, they
lacked friendly help, or they met op-
position from some one they had Of
Tended without cause
This ili-natured man was usually a
sullen, sulky boy. He kept himself
aloof from his school-fellows. He was
morose in his family, and possessed
such capacity for making himself
disagreeable that he was promptly
obeyed and waited upon for peace sake
He saw gain in his illtemper and he
cultivated it accordingly. As he grows
to manhood he finds that people are
chary of crossing him for fear of a quar-
rel, and his opinion Of the policy of
churlishness rises higher. Bright men
can not be kept under, aud if he pos
sesses capacity, he makes his way. It
costs him more exertion than it need
have done if he had had allies; but he
Is content to owe nothing to any one.
To be q self-made man, to owe his sac
cess to his own excrtions, suits his soli-
tary nature. He drives his plow
through society, careless of what lhtls
frail plants he uproOts by the way.
He is positive. self-asserting indi-
vidual. and acquaintances avoid discus
sions with him for the cake Of . auict
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-19
UTILIZING REFUSE.
Why and How 1t Should He Converted
Into Fertilizers.

why anu How le should he COnvertc0
Into Fertilizers.
Corn cobs rot very slowly. and but
few farmers have the patience. to wal,
until they are decomposed. They are
very rich in potash, over twenty-five
per cent. of that substance existing in
them The cobs that accumulate an
nuallv on those farms where corn is
made special crop make quite large
amount of potash, but not in an avail
able form, and the farmer can not
utilize them rs he should 1t is sug-
gestcd that they be burned to ashes.
which is very sure way of deriving
the potash from them, but every one
thousand pounds of cobs contain two
pounds of nitrogen. and it. also, is an
item worth saving. The question is
whether the heat derived from the
cobs is sufficient to pay for burning
them and allowing of the loss of the
nitrogen. Overwhelming this Is the
fact that by reducing them to ashes
they are rendered soluble and avail
able. There is another form of utiliz-
ing the cObs, however, which is to
grind the grain and cob together. Al
though the nutritive matter in cobs
may be but small proportion. yet the
two pounds of nitrogen. some carbon
and portion Of the phosphates and
lime will be appropriated as food, the
refuse being voided as manure. The
use OF the grain and cob ground to
gether, therefore. gives a greater pro-
portion Of potash to the manure. and
the practice should therefore be en-
cOuraged.
But there are other kinds of refuse
as wells rs cobs which should be con-
vcrted into available fertilizers, such as
straw. cornstalks, scrapings and other
undesirable material. 1t may be stated
in the beginning that it will be neces-
sary to render all such substances fine
before they can be properly used.
either for direct application upon the
land or as absorbents. To burn them
is to lose much that may be valuable.
and to attempt to decompose them by
placing them in the manure heap be-
fore subjecting them to some kind OF
process for reducing them is to lcse
time. In order not to entail expense
in reducing such material to fina
condition. il should be passed through
cutter and fed with ground grain.
and those portions which are Unfit for
the purpose OF feeding may be laid
aside and made fine for bedding pur-
poses 1t may be stated here thar any
kind OF material that has been made
fine and then saturated with LIQUID
manure, or urine. will not only absorb
such. and become saturated, bnt will
also quickly become decomposed and
be ready for the plants without tha
necessity OF heating it in the manure
heaP. II once an accumulation of such
material is commenced. all the refuse
liquids or other waste materials of the
1arm may be added toit-Farm. Field
Gsd StockmQu
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-19
RELIGIOUS READING.
THE FIRST PSALM.

-Blest is the man that hath not walked
Nor in the ways of sinuc. 3 stood:
In counsels OF ungrdly talked.
Nor found the seat of scOrners good.
But his delight is in the law
of God, who knOwcth righteous ways:
And prosP r1ng . aI~ays ~, i'm ~ ANS! aus Ia"
Like tree. firm planted by the brook.
Brings forth his fruit in season due:
His leaf also keeps green. and. look
Shall prosper whatsoo cr he do.
II is not so with wicked mon:
The ungodly shall not fill the land:
The wind like chaf shall scatter them
Who in His judgment can not stand.
The ungodly man shall perish quite,
The Lord alone the righteous knows:
All sinners hide them from His sight,
Who proudly vanquishes HIS foes.
. " u. Ttmes-DcmOcy0t
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-19

life. He viii be no party to tho little
harmless deceits by which polite people
render life pleasant to each other. Ho
calls spade . spade, Jones . bore,
and Smith fool. He has an unerring
eye for the detection of human weak
ness, and loves to lay it bare. To ap.
preciate and commend virtue strikes
him As namby-pamby; to put his finger
in the hole which can be found in ev-
cry coat strikes him as more worthy of
q man of intellect
Does ill-nature pay? The boy or girl
who has the reputation of having "a
temper" and whose behests the whole
house flies to serve for fear of = scene;
the angry man who, when he enters
his Office, sees every one cover and
shrink. and is sure that his orders will
be promptly obcyed through dread of
the lash from his bitter tongue; the
poor timid creature who is buffeted
through life by bullies. and groans at
his own incapacity to rebel; these per-
sons may have doubts on the point
But when old Scrooge came face to face
with his own conscience he had to adj
nit that he would have been a far hap
pier man if he had been just a little
better natured. Temper involves fric-
ton, which is terribly wearing. Moth
ing is so exhaustive as fit OF passion;
and chronic ill-naturc, venting itself in
continuous snarl and unkindness, is
almost equally destructive to the car
diac machinery. Qusrrelcrs lead mis-
cradle lives. They are constantly
choked with their own bile. Cantanker-
Gus men know no peace of mind. As
he who has been for years sufferer
from acute pain misses an old compal,-
ion when his disease is cured, SO a
quarrelsOme man is lost when he has
nobody to quarrel with; he positively
breads the idea of happiness. His
doom is discomfort, and as age in
creases with him, like Timon, he comes
to disdain himself.
The misanthrope glories in hating
every body. Perhaps he does not make
every body is likely to return the COM
pliment. And man being, in spite Of
himself, a gregarious animal, it can
not be pleasant to go through life with
out one friend-to go home to find a
wife and children decked in hypocriti-
cal smiles, which scarcely vail their
hope that the tyrant will go out; to 60
to an Office where every brow clouds
over as he enters; to meet in the street
people who are forcedly polite and in
wardly contemptuous; to realize that
if he failed or died no one would be
sorry. The cynic must at times feel
terribly lonely. He knows that he has
helped nobody, and that he can expect
nobody to help him; that he has lost no
opportunity of back-biting, and that
his own back has been lashed in turn;
that he has made enemies, not only of
those whom he has directly assailed,
but of that great unknown mass Of
people whose blood Doiis at injustice to
the weak and the helpless. All this
and more, as he sits alone, his con-
science must tell him; and then, per-
haps, it may occur to him that the
charms of cynicism have possibly been
overrated, and that it might have been
better for. him, in a material and in a
moral point of view, if in earlier days
he had laid more stress upon his soul
to crush out i'll nature.-San francisco
Chronicle.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-19
ROLLED AWAY.
"A Negro Who Apparently Is Not Desirou
Of Becoming Wise.

Negro Who Apparently Is Not DESTROYS
OF Becoming Wise.
There were half a dozen of Us wan.
dering over the battlefield of Cold
Harbor, and while sitting down on an
old breastwork q colored man, about
sixty years old, came up. Pretty soon
some one asked him:
"Say, boy, do you know who is Presi-
dent of the United States?'
''Speck l doan', sab. Tze had so
much trubble wild my ole woman dat
Tze dun forgot"
''Who is Go, ernor of this State"
'.Dunno. sab. Dc ole woman ha.
bin awful troublesome
''You remember the war, don't you?''
Il members sunthin' bout soldiers
an shootin'. but l amt very cl ar
about it. Dc ole woman has bin jist
awful"
'.Do you know what year this is?''
'.No, sab, but know dat persim-
mons will be good purity soon. DE ole
woman has sot me way back
'.You must have heard of Generals
Grant and Lee?"
''lf has I'ze done forgot. Tell you
what de ole woman has burdened ME
right down."
whats the matter with the old
woman?"
'.Rheumaticks, sab. Kept me right
back all de time"
That's too bad"
.'Yes, sab, but she died last week an
de burden has been rolled off. Ike go,
a chance now, an de fust thing Tze
gwine to rarn am wheder de Widder
Coles will let me be hitched to her
black gal Susie for second wife. Yes,
sah-good-day. sab. .''--Detroa Free
Press.