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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-06-09
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Wednesday. June 8, 1885.
FINE JOB PRINTING.

,,h Printing Establishment of the Kennebec
The Jee aways well prepared for doing the incest
spns ~ = veil a. the more common branches. This
ssd ss:t On s ssas .ss ss
are! u ,yne. wedding and visiting cards and enye
cFs !, ~ stock; also varied assortment OF dance
sRes u rrosrams, announcements, etc., ETC. Orders
ds;; ruiil receive prompt and careful attention.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-06-09

.,nnal reunion Of the Maine Farmers
,,nsnsc contributors to-day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-06-09

N-On STovEs-The celebrated Garland
Oil stove which has been improved for this
season, can be found at
O WILLIAMsoN's,
No. 6, Union Block, Augusta.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-06-09

Mr.. Chas. Hunt has nearly completed a
.;ep boat for his use at Cobbosseecontee this
season.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-06-09

Tho ticket office at Mount Desert Ferry
Z. hesn moved 800 feet nearer the waiting
room.
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tHarrtrn.

In Palmyra, June S, by Rev Chas. Southland. How
I'd Smith to Miss Martha Lord, both of Palmyra.
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Celebration Contributors,

The following is partial list of the con.
tributors to the Fourth of July celebration,
the others will he nuhlishad Io,or.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-06-09

The total amount of subscription to date il
$50, but a great deal more is to be raised
before grand celebration is assured.
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AT LARGE.

The following business reverses in Maine
are reported: Henry Woodward, dealer in
dry goods, etc., Winthrop, is settling with
his creditors at Is cents on the dollar; c.
NJ. Day. grocer, Gardiner, is offering to COM
promise at so cents on the dollar, and a set
Element will probably be effected; Gilbert
p. Swanton, dealer in general merchandise,
Danforth, has gone into insolvency.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-06-09

:. Andrew Meserve. . middle aged farmer
hving In Scarboro, was taken sick in his field
last Thursday and upon reaching the house
was stricken with paralysis and fell to the
nooi. de was assisted to his bed and died
friday night. A widow and six children, Eve
sons and one daughter, survive him.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-11-17

child, and, as her falling tears have bap-
tized its placid brow, in faltering accents
cry, My dear, my bonny, beautiful
boy; he seems but to sleep T. A shadowy
loneliness fingers upon the lfeless fea-
lures, but the work of death and destruc
ton is Just as busy beneath, and soon the
poor mother hastens to bury the dead out
OF her sight. And so, you may be amiable
and lovely in every relation of life, ad-
mired and applauded by all who have
the pleasure of your acquaintance, you
may be man of integrity and honor, a
good and liberal Churchman, kind and
benevolent to the poor and yet what are
all these things after all but as it were a
fading garland to deck the head of
corpse unless you are spiritually alive in
Christ Jesus our Lord The dead must
be quickened. Ye must be born again"
Except man be born again he cannot
see the kingdom of God" Whosoever
believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born
of God" I" If any man be in Christ he
is new creature; old things are passed
away; behold, all things are become new"
The change, then, which is necessary be-
fore we can be made "meet to be par
light" is not one of department but of
nature; 1t is not reformation but regen-
Grafton. 1t is the Holy Spirits com
munication of life to soul dead in tres
passes and sins. Salvation is not of works.
Man, awakened to an anxious concern
about his SOUL is apt to rest in reforma-
ton and good works as leading to ulti-
mate acceptance and salvation. He prac-
tically holds the doctrine of natural pro-
gressive development from the lower to
the higher life, and is unmindful, per-
haps ignorant, of the fact that being dead
in trespasses and sins he must become
the subject of new and distinct crea-
ton. Gods order is, salvatitn FIST,
works after. Man reverses this-works
first, salvation after and resulting. 1t is
the teaching of our blessed Master that
union with the living Vine must precede
the fruit of holy life. st. John XIV: 5.
There can be no holiness. no good works,
no acceptable service apart from Jesus.
II. f. Fergie.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-11-17
The Masters Teaching.

A modern writer OF high merit, when
speaking of Christ's teachings and their
influence in molding character, says
"Those who. have made trial of the
humility which Christ inculcated have
found In it exaltation. 1t has raised
them above the world. 1t has given
them an unsssailable position among
their brethren. 1t has In unnumbered
instances brought them much larger
honor and profounder Difference than
they disclaimed and even when this has
not been the case it has fortified them
against disesteem and Interpretation by
the consciousness of the honor that comes
from God, and by the realizing foresight
of the chief places thai shall be theirs
when the Lord shall find them in the
lowest room, and shall say to them ::
=" My friends, go up higher"
We know how plainly Christ taught in
the Sermon on the Mount the exeellency
of Divine Providence-how those teach
ings have marvelously strengthened
needy souls, verified as they have been
through all ages. Concerning this the
author above quoted says most truthful
ly: AS the mature Christian looks back
on the way in which God has led him,
he sees that for him it was the safe and
best way. He has had his trials, but
they have strengthened his faith and
deepened his Joy. He has had sorrows,
but the bread of affection has been to him
the bread of hfe-in the valley of weep
ing he has drunk of fountains that flow
from the river before the throne of God.
He has parted from those with whom
half his own life seemed to go but they
have opened for him, new avenues to the
upper rooms in his Fathers house. He
has had experiences that have loosened
his roots in his native soil; but the vine,
unearthed, has struck out tendrils that
have chung closer and climbed higher
around the tree of eternal life. Thus in
the faithful soul is Gods loving provi-
dence so fully verified that no words OF
Holy Writ can bear to it more explicit
testimony than is borne by the inner
consciousness of the believer" "The
efficacy of prayer is shown in like man
ner. Christ taught that true prayer is
always answered. There have been
specific petitions that have not had their
specific answers; but even these have
been more than answered. So was it
with Jesus himself, and it is enough fer
the disciple that he be as his Master.
He prayed that the cup might pass from
HINT passed not; but there appeared
an angel from heaven, Strengthening Him
The consciousness of the praying soul
bears perpetual testimony to the words
of Jesus: ASK, and it shall be given
you seek, and ye shall find; knock, and
it shall be opened unto you.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-11-17

heads must make a deeper study of the
problem. Ecclesiastical traditions and
rivalries should be sacrificed to it. In
short, the evangelical Churches have to
get In dead earnest on the subject, to re-
alise that it is their business, and to bend
to 1T their supreme energies. Not other
wise that | can see is the vast work to
be achieved. Not with the left hand,
nor with half heart The salvation of
the world If it is not worth such de-
votion from a few generationt of Chris
tians, why did it call for the cross of the
Son of God? If it cannot kindle our en-
thusiasm, how. dwells in us the mind of
Christ? In our hand is, by Gods allot-
ment, the deposit of eternal life for the
world, and the world waits to see what
use we make of it. With us are the mes
sengers whose feet upon the mountains
would be beautiful to eyes that have long
been strained with longing for the light
but how shall they preach except
they be sent?'
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-11-17
The Semblanoe of Life.

1t is quite possible to know the truth
and to hold the truth without being guild
ed by the truth. We may even earnest
ly contend for the faith which was once
delivered unto the saints" and yet be
personally ignorant of its saving power
We may have the form of true religion,
and yet be destitute of it's spirit. We
may, like the Church of Sardis, have
name to live, and yet be dead in the sight
Of the Lord. Like the baptized members
of that Church, we may be living in en-.
joyment of every Christian privilege, and
In the exercise of many Christian duties,
and yet be nothing but lifeless body
a cold, dead corpse-dead in trespasses
and sins. Not unfrequently have / met
with persons who were attached members
of the Church, liberal supporters of her
institutions, warm defenders of her
orthodoxy, regular attendants upon her
means of grace, and yet in their spirit and
temper and life plainly declaring that
they were strangers to the power Of saw
ing grace. Men are 80 apt to rest in
mere externals, to take the semDlance OF
life for the reality, 80 to argue in their
own behalf from certain favorable out
ward circumstances as to have a good
hope Of themselves, as the Sardians
doubtless had, that they are members OF
theinward and spiritual Church Of Christ,
as well as members of the outward and
visible Church into which they have been
baptized. "The Lord seeth not as man
seeth for man looketh on the outward
appearance, but the Lord looketh on the
heart" A mans life may seem lovely in
the eyes Of his fellows, and yet the YER
dict of the heart-searching God may be,
dead in trespasses and sins. Death
has sometimes It's momentary beauty. I
have often seen a loving mother bend
Ger the inanimate form of her darling
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-09-23

HARD Recommendations cupful
molasscs, one teaspOonful salaratus
dissolved in half a cup of boiling
water, shortening as big as an egg,
ginger to taste, just flour enough
to roll.
CHILL SAUcE.-Six large, ripe to.
matoes, four green peppers, one
onion, one tablespoonful of sugar,
one tablespoonful of salt, one and u
half cups of strong vinegar; chop
peppers and onions boil one hour,
RoLLs.-Warm a small piece OF
butter in half a pint of milk; add
to 1t two spOouiuis ofyeast, Il little
salt and two pounds Of flour let il
rise one hour; knead it we'll. Form
into rolls and bake in Il quick oven
twenty minutes.
JUMBLEs.-One cup OF butter, two
cups of sugar, three eggs, one tea
spoOnfuls of soda, two OF cream
tartar, two tablespoonful of warm
water TO dissolve the soda. Nc
other voting is used, but the dough
is mado very stiff and rolled Out
thin.
GERMAN CAKEs.-One egg, sever
ounces OF butter, four ounces o
powdered sugar, ten aud o hal
ounces of flour, one tablespoonful
OF molNsses. Mix without adding
other wettIng, and roll ont
sprinkle cinnamon and sugar ant
top; roll again thinner, and Gu
out INTO little cakes.
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sALTING LIVE STOCK.

Here. says the American Dairy
man, is a modern and ancient es-
say on salt for live stock: "Cattle
should be sailed twice a week.
Caro- should be taken that they
have access to water soon after the
salt; because salt in Its crude state
is poisonous, and will create 4
fever in the stomach unless diluted
by water, which relieves the ami
NAL from burning thirst" That is
rather bold confession but it is
nevertheless true. And while
probably ninety-nine in hundred
farmers believe and practice this
scientists recommendation, they
are hardly free to admit that raw
salt is a poison and creates burning
thirst that must be Immediately
relieved with water.
How can any sane man give
good reason for feeding COWS raw
salt when science admits that ma
ture supplies sufficient in all plants?
We have argued this matter for
years, and talked with many OF
the best posted men in the coun-
try on the subject, and the further
We go the moro absolute we are In
the opinion that raw salt IS an In
Jury to cows or other farm animals,
being absolute death to hogs and
chickens If given in largo quaint
ties. and an active purgatlve TO
them all. This, of course, Is not
saving that their rations contain.
ing dry meal and old roots should
not be seasoned with salt, and a
little on wetted hay is good; but
it is the unlimited raw article thai
IS wrong.
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A TRANsFoRMATIoN.-The editor
of the New England Farmer tells
of horse that was owned by a
shiftless, lazy farmer for many
years, and which from cOlthoOd up
always looked like an old-time
horse. 1t was thin in flesh, rough
of coat and poor IN spirit. II had
o lazy gait that was recognized by
all the neighbors as it passed.
Neither the continual jerking of
the reins, nor the repeated touch
of the drivers whip would make
any lasting impression on the rate
of speed. After getting along into
his "teens" the owner concluded
he must sell or swap hIm off for
what he would bring and buy him
a new and young horse. The an
imal went for a low price Of course,
but he fell into the hands of diff
ferent sort of q man, ono who fed
we'll and took good caro- of all his
ANIMALS. In SIX months the for,
mer owner did not know his horse
when it was driven bp. 1t was
nearly 200 pounds heavier, its
coat was smooth and glossy, its
head was up, eyes bright, and in
general appearance the animal was
the picture of Vigor and good
health. He had dropped his old
gait and Travelled like a horse that
is proud of his blood and breeding,
We have always felt that people
who are not wiling to give good
care of their animals have no right
to own them.
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WONDERS OF DIET.

Tho Roman soldiers, who built
such wonderful roads and carried
such a weight of armor and lug,
gage that would crush the Average
farmland lived on coarse brown
bread and sour wine. They were
temperate IN diet, regular and
constant in exercise. The Spanish
peasant works every day and dan
ces half the night, yet eats only his
black bread, onion and watermeI,
on. The Smyrna porter eats only
little fruit and some olives. lie
eats no beef, pork or mutton, yet
he walks off with his load of SOC
pounds. The caolie, fed on rice,
is more active, and can endure
moro than tho negro fed on fat
meat. The heavy work Of the
world is done by men who eat the
greatest quantity. The fastest and
Iongestwinded horse is not the
biggest cater. Moderation IN diet
seems to be the prerequisite tol
endurance.
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CHILDREN AND PoULTRY.-ThcrC
is no better mode of educating the
younger members of the family to
habits of economy than to give
each q flock OF fowls; but IN so do,
ing they should be instructed tc
keep strict accounts, and made to
attend to all the details of manage
ment. Should the poultry or eggs
be used IN the family, the young
people should be paid for such
and everything should be done IL
business manner. In some FAINT
lies no spending money is allowed
children unless they earn it, which
is done with Wow to teach them
to value it, and by giving them {
flock of fowls they not only en-
deavor to manage the flock 10 tht
best advantage, but acquire {
knowledge of poultry keeping
which may in the future enable
them to realize an annual income
therefrom.
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By observing, taking note of the
phenomena and occurrences oflife,
and studying or Inquirlng into
their causes, we gain knowledge.
Most people have q kind of vague
notion that milk sours from an in
herent tendency in its nature or
composition, or, in other words,
from natural depravIty but this is
a mistake. We're there no eXter-
nal causes of change and decay,
there is no reason why milk should
not keep sweet for an indefinite
period. Others suppose its sour
ing and decay arc caused by the
atmosphere; but there is nothing
in the pure, unadulterated atmos.
Dhere to cause anything to decom-
pose and decay. Tho atmosphere
pervades all nature, and is the
great sustainer of life. Milk is a
perfect food, containing all the
materials for the development OF
all various organs and compounds
of a young animal. Let us sec
what it is composed of: 100 parts OF
fresh cows milk contain-water,
IS 40; caslne, 4 80; milk sugar,
3 80; butter, 8 90; salts, 0.49. By
standing the globules of butter, en-
veIoped in a thin membrane OF
caseine, rise to tho surface, form
ing the cream, but there is no rea-
son why the water, sugar, caseine
and salts should not remain pure
forever in contact with pure all
only. Whence comes, then, the
insidious foe that brings decay and
putrefactlon to the life-susta!ulng
compound? 1t comes from the all
but 1t is not of 1t. 1t Is a vegeta.
BILE substance, fungus whose min
ute invisible seeds or spores are
floating in the atmosphere. Some
of these enter the milk, probably
as soon as drawn from the cow
and the warmth from the milk and
the presence of nitrogen in the
CaSSl0C 1uEulSu IuO hOOOSbdl SOb
ditions for the growth of these
germs, or ferments, and fermenta
ton ensues. The fermentation
causes the disarrangement of the
constituents of the sugar, changing
1t into alcohol and Tactic acid, anC
this is sour milk. That it is the
absorption of spores from the at
mosphere which causes the milk tt
sour, may be proved by heating
the milk TO a boiling point, thu.
killing the germs; and then can
ming it, including the air, when j
will keep for an indefinite period
That it is the fungus spores float
ing IN the air, and not the air it
self, that causes the souring of thu
milk has been proved by connect
ing long tube filed with cotton
with the canned milk. The all
will find its way through the cot
ton and enter the milk, but thu
spores will be arrested, and thu
milk remain sweet,
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BENEFIT OF A SPONGE BATH.

Washington Star.
Appointment physician, speaking
of special baths and their uses,
mentions the sponge bath, the form
of bathing where the water is ap'
piled to the surface through tho
medium of cloth or sponge, no part
of the body being plunged IN the
water. He says the practice OF sys.
tematic daily sponge bathing is one
giving untold benefits TO the fol.
lowers. Let a person not over
strong, subject to frequent colds
from slight exposure, the victim OF
chronic catarrh, sore throat, &C.,
begin the practice of taking a
sponge bath every morning COM
mencIng with tepId water in a
warm room (not hot), and follow
ing the sponging with friction that
will produce warm glow over the
skin, and then take five minutes
brisk walk In the open air. See if
you do not return with q good APP
petite for breakfast. After having
used tepid water for q few morn
ings, lower the temperature of the
bath until cold water can be borne
with immunity.
The daily cold sponging OF a SEN
sitIve throat or lungs will often re-
suit more satisfactorily If persist
emily and consclentiously follow
ed. The cold ante-breakfast sponge
bath should however, be avoided
by the weak person and tho ones
whose lunge are already diseased,
as the reaction following might not
be strong enough to prevent colds
which might hasten fatal results.
Another use of the cold bath is to
induce sleep by calling the blood
to the surface; the congested brain
is relieved and sleep comes in con-
sequence, 1t is in this principle
the winding of the leg in a cold
wet cloth proves so etficacious in
provoking sleep.
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HOT WATER AS A MEDICINE.

In drinking hot water 1t should
be slipped, and not drunk so fast MS
TO distend the stomach and make it
feel uncomfortable. From fifteen
to thirty minutes may be consum-
cd IN drinking the hot water. A
period of six months is generally
required to wash out the liver and
icteStines thoroughly. Not more
than half a pint of hot water should
be drunk with the meals. To mako
the beverage palatablc ar TO mcdi-
cate it, aromatic spirits of ammo
mia, clover blossoms, ginger, lemon
juice, sage, salt or sulphatc of mag
nesia are sometimes added. Where
there is intense thirst or dryncss,
a pinch of chloride OF calcium or
OF nitrate of potash may be added
to allay the thirst and leave Il moIs-
toned film over the parchcd and
dry mucous surface. When there
is dIarrhca, cinnamon, ginger and
pepper may be boiled in the hot
water, and the quantity lcsscncd.
For constipation, 4 tcaspoonful of
sulphate of magnesla, or half tea
spoonful of taraxacum may be used
in hot water.
Inebriety has n deadly foe in this
use of hot water. All thirst and
dry mucous membrane disappear
in q few days, and 4 moist condi-
ton of the mucous membrane and
skin takes place. The relaxing in
fiucncc of heat inside the alImcnt-
airy canal relieves spasms and collie
of tho bowels, Just Us heat outside
the abdomen relieves. Hot water
dilutes the rOpy secrctions OF the
whole body, and renders them less
adhesive and tenacious. 1t dis
solves tho abnormal crystalline
substances that may be in the blood
and urine. 1t washes out tho
stomach, and leaves it fresh and
clean for eating. 1t promotes eli
mination everywhere. As we are
rs per cent. water, to keep from
stagnatIon We need continual re-
newal. The universal use of hot
beverages at meal time is based on
a physiological necessity. If hot
water in due quantity is taken be-
tween meals there will be but little
need of taking water at meals
New York Tribune.
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AT many fairs new class has
been opened, viz, one for dogs.
The Tri-State Fair calls attention
TO "canino congress-" and other
organizations are preparing to re-
cognize the dog rs a legitimate
member of the farm family. This
plan may result in much good. a
good, well trained dog stands pre-
eminent in tho brute creation as
the friend of man. Ho stands
above some men in intelligence
and affectionato regard. Such cx-
hibitions will tend to show the pub.
lie what care and training will do
for the dog, and will serve to point
out the DEFICIENCIES Of tho savage
mongrel ours for which the farmc.
should have nothing but charge
OF shot.