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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-29
BY TELEGRAPH.
WEATHER REPORT,
sn'ications for the Next "a Hours.
War Departmen,

War Department,
oifice of the Chief Signal Officer.
washington, d. c.. Sept. 90 -, A. NJ
FOR Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont
local rains; followed by fair cooler weather
"ihus shifting to northwesteriy and becoming
brisk on the coast.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-29
lslJRE PREVENTIVE and CURE for
CHOLERA INFANTUM.

By the use of this prsdigested and easily assimi.
,sd Food fatal results In this dreaded disease can
~ surely prevented.
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I5O MEALS for SIOO.

Sold by Druggists-25c., 50c., Sl.00
MA valuable pamphlet entitled
"Melcal Opinions on the Nutrition of In
fsnts and Invalids,' sent free on application.
Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, VT.
juneIld p&w2p3m
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BASE BALL.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At New York-New York 3, Kansas City
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At Washington-St. Louis 5, Washington
2.
At lphia-Philsdelph s, Chicago
The Washington critic., 1886-05-27

OF an inch toward him. Not much
encouragement. certainly, but a little
Miss Sallie," he repeated, "Tve
been fool and q brute"
Oh, wise Mr.. Porltnsl lie ha !
started on the right road to woman
heart. Either from contrariness or a
sense of Justice, they always take the
opposite side. Miss Sallie made up
her mind from this moment that he
was a gentleman and a Solomon, and
she turned her face completely round
for him to admire.
"Do you think, he continued, chat
we can settle this lawsuit in the sensi-
bic manner suggested by Uncle Benz
do love you, Miss Sallie, and by
George, | believed loved you all the
time, and never knew It till to day."
Miss Sallie was completely van
quishod, but the answer, although
whispered, was heard above the noise
of the wheels and the crack of the
drivers whip.
The suit Of Popkins vs. Hopkins was
dismissed that day. The Baptist min.
lister got fee. and the people were
firmly convinced that Mr.. and Mrs.
Popkins are the very best hands in the
world TO keep a secret. | Hartford
Times.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-27
If You Want to be sure
I your supply this season, buy your ice o
le Independent Ice Company.
n Hard Road to Travel.

Charles Il. Fitch, Of the Rochester Demo
crdt, lectured recently before the students
of Cornell University on "Journalism as a
Profession" Mr.. Fitch thought that Cor
nell, which has taken position in the front
rank of the universities of the world as a
progressive institution, ought to confer a
degree IN journalism. The profession de-.
mands singular rconsecration, special fitness,
severe training and generous culture, and,
tried by the range OF its requirements, 1t
surpasses all other professions. Journal
ism, like Jordan, is hard road to travel,
Persistent plodding and hard work are re.
quired of every one connected with news
paper, from the editor to the humblest re-
porter, at is" he said, "becausc Journal
ism, rightly conceived, is one Of the most
noble professions that can confidently and
conseientiously recommend 1t to you, as It's
seryant.p
The Washington critic., 1886-05-27

Fresh Alderney butter, churned every
morning and delivered in ID. "Wardn
prints, 40c. per ID. Also cottage cheese |;
buttermilk aud sweet milk, &c. per qt.
Cream, l5c. per pit.
"The doctor said he'd put me on my
feet again In two weeks" swell, didn't
he do it'" "He did, indeed. had to sell
my horse and buggy to foot his bill."-
Texas Siftings.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-27
"AIderney Dairy Wagons, !,

IL ALL so-called remedies have failed, DR.
Sagc's Catarrh Remedy cures.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-27
n New Prohibition Drink.

The newest Atlanta drink Is "milk
shake" You get 1t at the soda fountains.
The mixer OF cooling beverages pours out a
glass of sweet milk, puts in big spoonful
Of crushed Ice, puts In mixture of un-
known ingredients, draws bit OF any de-
sired syrup, shakes the milk In tin can
like barkeeper mixes Lemonade, sprnkles
little nutmeg on the foaming milk until 1t
looks something like Tom aud Jerry, sets
1t out for you, and you pay FIVE cents
Atlanta Constitution.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-27

2,270 prizes, amounting to.............. S5s2,5oo
Application Tor rates 10 clubs should bo
made only to the Office of the Company In
New orleans.
For further information write clearly, giving
full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express,
Money orders or New York Exchange in ordi-
nary letter Currency By Express (at our ex
pense) addressed
NJ. a. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-27
Firm Representative.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $50, 900.
Is; u =

we do here6y cerhry 1dt zoe supervise Me ar
rdHQanertS for all Ne Monthly and Quarter
" DrdtDings Of The Louisiana State Lottery
Company and IN person manage and control the
Quoted Nth honesty, fairness and In good faith
tOicdrd all parties and lrs authorize ths Com
pdnpto use this cert Rcdts, NTH fdc-stmiIes Of
our sl0natures attached. In Us ddpey yttseDpents."
The Washington critic., 1886-05-27

The best listeners in the House, says
Austin in recent letter to the Memphis
Agalanehe, are Phelps of New Jersey,
Brown of Pennsylvania and Weaver Of
Iowa. They are much more popular
than the best speakers, Mr.. Phelps
listens to, perhaps, more speeches than
any other man on the floor. When
The Washington critic., 1886-05-27

B-Deliyered to ANY Par OF Washington
or Georgetown.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-27

AMERICAN BALL.BLUE is n favorite arti-
Gle In American laundries. Try it; you
will never use any other. 1t is just what
YOU want.
The true northerner., 1886-05-06
In the Desert Of Sinai.

We began the march soon after the
sun had risen, turning the eastern sky
into the aspect of confagration. The
heavens above were "as brass" and the
earth beneath "as iron" l breakfasted
on raisins and half cup of stir-about
made with some stale water which had
been begged from the scanty stock of
the nomads the night before. These
folded their tents and passed away on
that search for water which is the life
long occupation Of the dwellers in the
desert. They left not trace behind.
Soon after they went out of sight /
walked on alone, as is my usual prac-
tice, In advance of the camels, but soon
sank on stone from exhaustion and
suffering. Hassan had pebbles in his
own mouth, and gave me some to put
In mine, but he spoke thickly, though
doubtless he had taken more water
than he gave TO me. We marched for
four hours-a burning, weary, silent
march-and halted at noon in the
sharp, deep shadow of high rock,
where the mercury fell to Ill de-
grees. The glare on the sand beyond
the shadow was binding. The lower
strata of the air were shimmering
with heat. 1t was terrible to emerge
from the shadow of that great rock
into the furnace glare once more
and plod on under the fiery sun. j
usually soak towel, several times
folded, in water and lay it on my
head under my hat, letting the end
hang over the back of my neck; and,
being unable to get any water, | suf.
fered severely from the sun. AS the
afternoon went on 1 became dizzy and
distracted; 1 felt that l should soon be
delirious. 1 tried to speak TO Hassan,
but my tongue only ratified in my
mouth. l felt that if any one were car.
rying water and would not give il tc
me that would take it by force-that
L could even commit desperate crime
The true northerner., 1886-05-06

to get one cupful. And still we
marched on silently under the blazing
skies, through the heated, simmering
air. / felt my reason going, and tied a
handkerchief over my eyes; then lassi-
tude came on, and the longing for water
turned into longing for death, and
the fancied murmur of the dark river"
in my ears was pleasant sound.
Then there were voices, aud Hassan,
speaking thick, uttered tfe one word
Water" 1 took the bandage from
my eyes, and saw that we were in q
va ley. In front palms waved, and
there was greenness on the earth. /
thought l was again being mocked
by the mirage. but the blessed
reality was confirmed the next mo-
ment, when l saw in the distance the
Sheykh Barak running toward me with
pitcher of water in his hand. | seized
it, and in unreasoning haste drank an
enormous quantity, when Hassan forced
the cooler from me and drank the re-
mainder, poor fellow. The thirst still
ragged, but there was hope, for in the
long valley which we had entered
recognized the Wady Feiran, the great
oasis of the Sinaitic Desert. The
Arabs lifted me very gently from my
camel and laid me on a blanket under
palm tree. Hassan brought me n
cup of goats milk, warm and healing,
and putting n water-cooler beside me-
warned me to take the water only by
sips. 1t was pure and ice-cold; it was
abundant; and reason having returned,
/ drank it nationally.
Three thousand fru;t-bearing palms,
and perhaps two thousand young ones,
grow in that grand oasis. Barley was
springing, flocks were nibbling herbage,
which, though scanty, was green; there
was murmur of water, and as / fell
asleep that murmur became trans
formed into the sound of "the river of
the water of life, and the rustic Of the
palm fronds overhead into the whisper
of the foliage of that tree "whose
leaves are for the healing of the ma
tions. Mrs. Isabella Bird Bishop.
The true northerner., 1886-05-06
Table Manners.

Good table manners are founded on
habits of punctuality, neatness, and
order, united with that politeness which
springs readily from kind heart.
Everything at the table should be
done moderately.
Do not be impatient to be served, or
feel, while eating, that you must hurry
and get through so that you can rush
off to something else. This is bad
enough when it is necessary it is almost
inexcusable when it is not.
Avoid all unusual noise when eating.
Never fill the mouth very full nor talk
with the mouth full.
Never leave the table with food in
the mouth.
Never sit foot off from the table,
nor jammed up close against it,
Never soil the tablecloth if it is pos
sible to avoid it.
Don't be greedy, and don't try to eat
all the good things you can, and don't
carry off anything in your pocket to eat
afterward.
Don't speak of it if you see any one
else greedy. 1t is never polite to APP
bear to notice faults of others in
company.
Do not encourage dog or cat to play
with you Mt the table.
Do not cut your bread--break it.
Never express choice for any par
ticular part of a dish, unless requested
to do so. When asked what part of a
chicken you will have, save other
people the trouble of choosing for you,
and say what You will have, making
some choice, though really not par
tieular, as you might say.
Never hold bones in your fingers
while you eat from them.
Cut the meat with a knife, and do
not make an effort TO clean your plate
or the bone you have been eating from
too clean.
Do not attract attention to yourself
by calling loudly for anything, or by
any boisterous conduct. We have seen
children who made their wants known
by giving two or three loud knocks on
the table with handles of their knives,
calling at the same time, wateri butter
potatoes milk or whatever else they
happened to want at the time.
We have seen others sit at the table,
and while carving was being done. rub
their fingers on the edge of the plate
in front of them and feel around the in
side of the tumbler also, so that when
plate with food upon it was exchanged
for theirs the person receiving it felt
unpleasantly. Don't be like such chill
dren.
Never handle dishes unnecessarily at
the table, or play with your spoon,
knife, or fork. "A man is known by
his company, and his company by his
manners"
Do not pare an apple, peach, or pear
for another at the table without hold
ing it with fork.
The true northerner., 1886-05-06
Only His Sister.

jug Tavern was the deadest mining
camp in Idaho. So every one said who
could tell the difference between a min
ing camp and camp meeting. There
hadn't been over three men killed there
all winter, and this had not been be-
cause of q lack OF material or absence
of provocation. The boys were sitting
around the stove in the Pay Dirt saloon
one evening in early spring, discussing
this lamentabls condition of affairs,
when stranger entered the room,
stamping the snow of his boots. and
shaking it from his wide-brimmed hat
"Bad night" he remarked, as he
stalked up to the bar and called for a
half-pint Of the best in the house.
While he was draining the glass the
miners had an opportunity to size HIM
up. He was tall and sluarely built,
roughly dressed, and unshaven, char
acteristics which are shared alike by all
miners. After room had been made for
him in the circle around the stove, the
boys waited in silence for him to speak.
"Has any one seen Bill Coons around
here?" he inquired, at length.
No one replied.
I'D like TO see him, that's ALL" he
continued, savagely. Then he paused
for an answer. AS none was vouch-
safed, he resumed:
"Bill Coons is the man I've been af-
ter for the past two years, and all 1
want is to get at him."
"What've you got against Bill Coons?"
inquired the barkeeper.
ITS none of your business" answer
ed the stranger; but / don't mind
saying it's on account of his daugh-
ter"
"His daughter!" repeated the bar
keeper. "What could his daughter have
to do with you?"
whats that to you?" replied the
stranger, as he laid his hand on the butt
of large pistol, while the crowd edged
away to avoid any stray bullets that
might chance to miss their mark.
Drop your gun and throw up your
hands" quietly remarked jim, the bar
keeper, as he leveled huge navy re-
volver at the stranger. Hold up your
hands, or I'll make lead mine of
you!"
Without wasting any words in expla-
h"eioh VI OAPOobuiooAoh VIC oei ohSOi
hastened to obey.
"Now," continued the barkeeper,
without lowering his weapon, "tell me
what you know about Bill Coons'
daughter"
II know" stammered the stranger,
chat she is good for nothing
young"
The sentence was never finished.
After those boys who remained in the
room had laid the dead man out they
turned their attention to the barkeeper,
who was rubbing his glasses behind
the counter as if killing man was an
everyday amusement.
"What did you kill him for, Jim ?"
inquired Joliet, hesitatingly, for the
barkeeper had demonstrated that he
wai not the man to ask impertinent
questions Of
"He made remark about Bill Coons'
daughter.
"Who is Bill Coons?"
"He was the schoolmaster of Tin
Cup"
"Well, what was his daughter to
you?"
"To me?" repeated the ba,keeper,
quietly. Nothing very much. She
was only my sister"
The true northerner., 1886-05-06
Swollen TOnsils.

Even if the phrase Swollen tonsils"
be limited in meaning TO express only a
condition of some duration, it does not
always mean the same thing. In health
the tonsil is very small-So small that
some who have studied throat diseases
particularly think that it does not
exist in the sense of being q visible
prominence. Now, when the tonsil be-
comes enlarged and remains so it may
be from removable causes and con-
ditions, or it may not. The one group
of cases may be considered as those in
which much of the enlargement is due
to an excess of blood in the tissues, and
the other group contains cases in which
actual overgrowth of the tonsil has oc-
Cured. In the former cases the en-
largement may diminish until the ton
sill, while still larger than proper, gives
no very great trouble. In the latter
the most experienced observers doubt
if any treatment short of removal of the
tonsil by some means is of much value.
The popular idea about outgrowing the
condition is based partly upon the false
assumption that what is really con-
siderably enlarged tonsil is the natural
state of things, and partly upon the in
ability of non professional observers to
distinguish between the temporary
swelling of the tonsils, the chronically
engorged tonsils, and the really over
grown tonsils. The opinion of the most
experienced mother" can be of no
value here. She cannot, at the outside,
have seen more than two or three cases
of the aforementioned variety.-Baby-
hood
The true northerner., 1886-05-06
Men Of Genius Who We're Sane.

The greatest poets always possess
their imagination, are never possessed
by it. They wing their highest flights
serenely and ma, ,estically, never letting
go their reins of reason. Nowhere are
they more firmly held than in the loft
lest and most rapturous of Dante's
fiights-probably the loftiest and most
rapturous of all poetic hights-the
Paradise" The pure intellect and the
pure imagination go hand in hand, and
while the poet is soaring in the empy-
rean his brain never reels, nor does he
once lose sight OF the solid ground,
though at times he may appear to do
so; but like Wordsworth's skylark,
though in a deeper sense, he is ever
"true to the kindred points of heaven
and home" And it is the same with
Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, Milton,
Chaucer, Spenser, and Wordsworth as
with Dante; the equilibrium of their
faculties is never disturbed by the most
concentrated efforts of their imagination.
Most of them, too, were as practical in
their dealings with men as they were
sane and healthy in their writings.
Chaucer, Spenser, and Shakespeare IN
particular were all shrewd men of the
world, and the same remark holds good
of Scott.-LondOn Spectator.
The true northerner., 1886-05-06
The Waiter Gave Him Away.

A Washington correspondent writes:
II is one of the fallacies OF the capital
that there are no Intoxicating Ii uors
sold at the House or Senate restaurant.
The other day dignified but thirsty
member of Congress took seat in the
House saloon near a party of ladies,
and calling a colored waiter whispered
to him to fetch a slug of whisky.
Strengthening up, the darkv bawled
out at the top of his voice:
"Cold tea for one."
Now, the expression "Cold tea for
one" is as well understood at the Capt.
tol bar-rooms as "Hey, Rube" is in
circus. Therefore, it is not surprising
that the Congressman, who didn't want
everybody in the District of Columbia
to know that he was taking nip of the
forbidden juice, got most Internally
mad at the servant who gave him away.
Springing to his feet the member grab
bed the waiter by the neck, and in his
wrath exclaimed:
"You - black - I'll break
your - black head if you ever howl
for cold tea like that for me againl'
Nobody but Uncle John Robinson
could give you any idea of the way in
which that irate Congressman cursed
that "nigger," as he called him.
The true northerner., 1886-05-06
Invisible Clouds.

In the recent English tests of light
house illuminants was brought ont the
curious fact-of great practical as well
as scientific interest that remarkable
changes in the transparency of the air
occur without any visible haze or mist.
Invisible clouds seemed to float by, OBJ
scuring the lights for a time; and it
sometimes happened that while the dis
tant French lights showed with unabat-
ed brilliancy, the experimental lights,
only mile and quarter away, had
lost one-fourth to one-third their power.
The true northerner., 1886-05-06
VEGETARIANs in London nave adopted

VEGETARIANs III London nave adopted
a practical plan of propagandizing-
that OF providing an elaborate dinner
without flesh food. This is the menu
offered on one occasion: Tomato soup,
lentel soup, eggs of the rising sun with
brown potato balls, bread rissoles gar
nished with stewed haricot beans, green
peas with rice a Ia Milanese, mushroom
pies, new potatoes, cauliflower, aspara-
gus and melted butter. savory canopies,
gooseberry tartlets, cabinet pudding,
hominy shape, apricot cream dessert,
water, lemonade, unfermented wines,
and coffee. A disciple of Edenic diet
would be apt to say that no one could
do justice to such n spread without
making an exhibition of gluttony.
Verify, the reformers need reforming.
DR.. Foote's Health Monthly.
The true northerner., 1886-05-06

Accounts show that the saltpeter
beds of Nevada are far better situated
for their development than the inter
region of South America, which is an
arid desert. Water for all purposes is
condensed from the oceln water and
carried to the inter fields, fuel being
procured from the mountains in South
Chill. In Nevada, the saltpeter de-
posts are in the vicinity of rich farm
ing country, with an abundant eupply
of water and wood at hand.
The true northerner., 1886-05-06

JAPAN, according to the new census,
has population of 81, 500, 900, or about
the same as that of the United States
in 1870. In area Japan is about five
times the size of Pennsylvania.
The true northerner., 1886-05-06
THE COQUETTE.
An. the soft. the perfumed laces.
Oh, the dear. distracting graces.
And her eyes

All. the soft. the perfumed laces.
Oh, the dear, distractng graces,
And her eyes
Like stars that from their places
Look very grave and wise;
And her mouth. In mute surprise,
Like poppy dream reposes
Till she speaks
Then smile breaks through the roses,
Through the darling. dimpled roses
OF her cheeks
All the dream she half discloses
When she sighs
Roses cannot bloom forever
They must fade.
Who hath found n light that never
Casts a shade?
Lovers hath she--scores of lovers,
But TO none her heart discovers
All her mind
Cruel STILL yet half relenting,
Scornful now, though half repenting
Half inclined, but not consenting
To be kind.
Young and old men, saints and sinners,
Veterans Scared and new beginners
Sue for love, but none are winners;
She il free
Heart and hand-and life before her,
Free TO lure each fond adorer-
Time and heavenly grace restore her
Blind is she.
Thus in years gone by
Ipenned the picture OF a fair coquette;
To-day i scan the lines-but with the sigh
OF heartful deep regret.
40 lightly speak--at all-of womankind
Brings its reward of pain,
And from remorseful thoughts the haunted mind
Shnll seek release in vain.
But said not-tho roses fall from blight
However fair they bloom.
And never yet was seen glow OF light
Without the shadows gloom?
saw her when Mt last
a lovor sought her from the silent land,
Andshe- unlike her old self of the past
Gave him her heart and hand.
And so il came to be-
The cheerful bloom was faded from her cheek
Beneath the touch OF lips that did not speak,
But kissed her silently.
And yet-mayhap dreamed
But round her lips from whence there came no
BREATH
There played u smile in which her soul did seem
Couquetting still with death.
None shall shame her-none shall blame her,
Since her lover came to claim her.
; And she gave him heart and hand;
For the angel that did bear her
Where the gates of heaven stand,
Ever aft0r said, no fairer
Soul had reached that shining land.
Yet Of those who thronged 60 meet her,
Stretching out their arms 10 greet her,
There be some who still relate
How they wish for nothing sweeter
Than the smile she gave st. Peter
AS she entered through the gate.
The true northerner., 1886-05-06

A WRITER on Corea says: From
birth to her seventh year woman enjoys
her freedom; at seven years of age she
is shut up" 1t is rumored that syn
dicate of married men will send dele
CATION to Corea to find out how this
can possibly be done.--heU HaUen
NsUs.
The true northerner., 1886-05-06

He who strives after long and
pleasant form of life must seek to at
tain continued equanimity.
The true northerner., 1886-05-06

ENGLAND has new association in the
Junior Engineering and Scient fic So
ciety, to which no person over twenty
six years old is admitted.