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and then a voice said Enter" did so.
to find a man apparently not more than
80 standing the centre of the cabin, which
was about 25 feet square. He was tall.
thin. and hollow-eyed, and his hands
more like the claws of a bird than human
digits His beard and HAIR were long and
he was clad in deer skin, with the hair
side out.
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PATENTS.
n, Z. Ell. EDDY.

No. 20 state St., opposite HiIby, Boston
Secures Patents the United States aIse In Great
Britain, France ana other foreign countries Copies
0; the claims of any Patent furnished BY re1.it'!ft
ore dollar. Assignments recorded at Washing a.
No dgsnc. ir the United States possesses saacr0r i.
cities Tor obtaining Fatents or ascerraig,ins A.
pntentobfit Of iltrentions
4. II. EDDY, solicitor OF Paier-,
rKsTiHoSIALs.
'iresarn Mr. Eddy as one Of the meet cnprb,c -.
Spccesstut practitioner with whom have hsd ~
nal (. ltercogrse."
CHAS. MASON, Co.nv,issioner OF fsten;s
"Javentors cannot employ person more trpstpo
thy or more capable Of securing for them an earl,
aDdfsvorable consideration at the Patent Once
EDAuSD BURKE, late Commissioner of Patents
BOSTON, October IL, 1870.
q. EDDY, Eso,-Dear Sir you procured 70,
re- 1910, my hrs; patent. Since then you have &C
ted FOR and advised me in hundreds of cases, anc
procured many patents, reissues and extensions. ]
have occasionally employed the best agencies in New
York, Phiadelphia and Washington, but still give
you almost the whole Of my business, in your fine.
and advice Others to employ yoa:
Yours truly, GEORGE DRAPER
Boston. JanlaRy I. 1855. ~
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No preparation could have made such a
reputation As Salvation Oil has, without in
trinsic merit of the highest order. II kill.
pain Price % cents
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v(NO the County Commissioners within and for the
L County of kennebcc.

FINO the County Commissioners within and for the
L County of kennebcc
The undersigned respectfully petition your honors
and say that the city OF Gardiner and inhabitants OF
Pittston have voted by majority vote in said city
Pittston bridge and franchise, with all the rights
privileges, powers and appurtenances thereto be-
longing. And further say that said city and tow n
cannot agree with the r0prietors of said bridge upon
the sum TO be paid for the same. Wherefore your
petitioners pray your honorable body TO go on and
assess and determine the value of said bridge, fran
chise ana damage, and determine the said city
and town shall pay to the proprietors of said bridge
and franchise.
Dated this 9TH day of January, A. -. 1886.
City of Gardiner, by its solicitor,
sc. wHITMORE.
Inhabitants of Pttston, by its committee,
H. 7. CLIO SON.
DANL GLIDDEN.
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OXFORD. ss-Courf Of County Comm,ssioney..
Dec. Session, a ID. 1885, held at Pdrss on rae last
Tuesday Of Dec. A. D. lse5, being the twentv.
ninth day Of said month.
ford, In the month Of September, A. d. 1876 as pro
vided by law. made actual inspection Of the county
roads duly located ana open for travel, lying in I'M.
incorporated townships and tracts Of Lana herein
sscertAining the condition Of sand roads, and esms
ting the amounts needed TO put the same In rrpair
so ~ to be safe and convenient for public travel and
II appearing on said inspection that said roads were
purposes OF public travel. and that a tar
should be assessed said land for the repair of said
roads therein; they do therefore, on this TWENTY
ninth day of December, A. ID. 1885, adjudge and or
same are hereby assessed upon the following lands
In unincorporsied townships and tracts of land here
matter mentioned, for the purpose OF repaifn tho
roads passing through them, during the year t. d.
1885, to wit:
On Andover West Surplus for the purpose of 70
pairing that part Of the county road leading from
Andover orner TO Upton which lies in said Surpus
the sum OF mn 'one dollars and twenty cents Is as
sessed rs follows:
Owners: Description. No Acres. Value Tax.
Henry W. Dunn. IOO slOD se
Timothy Walkers estate, Stoi.
dsrd lots. 30 200 IN
Wheeler Boobsr,or unknown. 100 ius 50
Androscoggiu W later PowerCo
balance of township, 900 5000 400
And Henry W. Dunn of Audover North Surplus i.
appointed agent 10 superintend the expenditure of
tne same according TO law, and is required 10 give
bond as the law directs
On Ahdover North Surplus, tor the purpose OF r..
pairing 50 much az the county road leading from An.
cover Corner TO Upton, as lies within said SURPLUS
ana also SO much of the Black Brook road so called
as iies within said Surplus, the sum OF one hundred
anu nity'onr dollars and twenty cents is assessed
as follows:
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Humptv Dumptv sat on the wall
Humply Dumpty had great tall,
When all the doctors had failed him - cure
St Jahoh. Oil healed certain and sure
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too much for ATnLoPHopns II cured me of Rheu.
nItc fever. " ~ bad n ts,Jk three to
ms. tel the dnctors that any Of
i'lrumatisrn don't care how bed in twenty hours
VIA 81. hostile 81 ATHLOPuORns Icarry Il with
. sc tiiGe.' Nm SAwYIR. West Hanlpden Me.
n" "ay Of Ill S ~ho haee 's p.sd ATHl0phOROe
which ~ The only remedy for rheumatism that has
ever hid successful sale and il sells becanse II "
sure Sais hpe"dy cure. Athiophoro3 contains
opium other dangerous injurious inGg, di.nt.
II ia absolutely safe. and ia 80 pronounced by
le''l'"" n'va''-"r" Of the c"intry Who nr's"-s -
regularly for elrGlgia and rheum1tuDi. If you
haze any doubt to it's mort write To the nufac-
turrrr for names If parties in your st e Who
hhve been cured of rheumatism and neuralgia by
~ use.
hsk your DRUGGIST for hthIophoros. l. you can
gntit uf hin " II send 1t KpresH p1i! receipt
~ regular price 81 90 par boitl" We Ur,i'r that
buy il from yolr druggist bit II lie 'it 1t do
not bc persuaded to try gnmothiug cra but order
~ once from IA directed.
l,Hl0pHON0S CO., ~ WALL ST, NEW YORK
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The Old Song We Love.

GO PIECES of the most popular music, ar.
CO ranged for the voice, piano and organ. Over
100 pages, ~ by IS inches, beautifully bound, for
OIL Is. At prices asked by the most expensive music
dealers in this country the selections in this volume
would cost $50. but at the cheapest they can be
bought for, cents per copy they would cost - 80.
Send 4i.25 for copy sen; by mail. Agents wanted
everywhere. Best selling book agents ever sold.
Terms free. Address
II. E. NAMES,
wsw6l Oakland. Ne.
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CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILWAY

BY of its central position and close relation
all principal lines East ant West. at initial and
minsl points, cons ituteS the most important mid
continental link in that system Of through transpor
taton which invites and facilitates travel and traffic
also the favOrte and best route and from points
Fast. Northeast and Southeast. and corresponding
.llufs Mest NnEihN and Southwest
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FARM AND H0 UBEHOLD. Boz
jan20d2w
INTESTINE TS.

II IL well known that the City of 81. Paul Mime
ota, is assured Of a rapid growth from now on. II
to-day the financial, commercial and railroad GEN.
re OF the Northwest. Investments made 10 real es-
ate, improved or unimproyed, will pay largely.
Money can be loaned tb best real estate security
or from six TO eight per cent. References In st.
Paul and East desired. Il. 8. NORTON.
Why's st. Paul, Minnesota
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And W X. Chandler Of said Fryeburg Academy
Grant Is appointed agent to supcriniend the cxuen
diiur" Of The same, aud il required to give bond
the law directs.
ON Rcy Plant stiou. for purpose of repairing the
road m SAID Plantation, running mp SUNDAY ryer to
Luther ldtlchalc's, the OF thirty seven dollar.
and seventy cents Is assessed as follows:
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ikE}lu Ladies & Gentlemen should wear Patent
NJ n Inner Heels. They enable YOU 10 wear
VIZ n smaller boot; they make you taller
and more stately nails cannot hurt the heel or rust
the hose; they make higher nstep and give pref.
ty shape to the foot they are splendid; ladies ad
len cent pieces in separate paper, put in envelope
and direct to =. L. IL. Co, No. rs rpringfeld ST.,
Boston. Mass or incose 81 for pair. They make
pretty present TO lady gentlemen friends. Send
iur pair and be II, iisu anu happy 1 tease rrau
this once more. jau7d&w4w
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EGsHTS WANTED So SG ar risn'F Four nI pase
circuars free. l.. o. ELDREDGE, $50 Cumberland
ST., Brooklyn, n. Y. jan7dSw4w
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The Great Rock island Route

Guarantees its patrons that sense of personal
r1ty afforded by solid. thoroughly haasted road
bed smooth tracks of continuous steel rail suhstan-
TALLY built cuverts and bridges. rolling stock
perfection as human skill can make il the safety
appliances OF patent buffers platforms and brakes
and that exacting discipline which the prac-
teal operation of all its trains other specaltes
this route Transfers all connecting points in
Union Depots, and the unsurpassed comforts and
Injuries of its Passenger Equipment
The Fast Express Trains between Chicago and
Peoria Council Bluffs Kansas City Leavenwurth and
Atchison composed of well ventilated finely up
holstered Day Coaches. Magnificent Pullman Palace
Sleepers Of the latest design and sumptuous Dining
Cars in which elaborately cooked meals eisurely
eaten Between Chicago and Kansas City and Achison
are also run the Celebrated Reclining Chair Cars.
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WHO is UNAcoUAhTEo WIZ THE GEOGRAPHY OF TH'a
COUNTRY WILL SEE sr EXAMINING THIS MAP MAT THe
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Unknown. Description. No. Acres Value Tax.
Il. l.. Forton, homestead, 800 $3.50 1880
Elbrdge ampbell. 200 200 400
II. Lovejoy, homestead, 200 200 400
John A. French old 5 Learned
farm, 100 $50 400
Henry ". Dunn. homestead, 200 300 6Oo
Andrew Abbott, lots No - 4 o. 100 so 80
u A. Burgess. lot No. 81, y6 80 TO
John Newton and Vim. Hard.
ing. lots No, 81 and 81, $50 ~ so
james y. Hall, timber iot, 100 100 200
5. W. and u, A Marston pas.
Timothy Walkers estate, John
David K. Hastings or unknown,
lots No. ~. a, As and 40, 40 200 400
French Thomas, lots No. 40
Al, ~, 4? and A., $50 80 500
Cross heirs Emery and Andres
coggin Wafer Power Co.. the
remainder OF said township
except puolic lots. 10000 5000 100 oO
And il is hereby ordered, tina, the tax assessed
against James n. Hall, John Newton aud William
Harding, David K Hastings and French Thomas
'oeethrr with siNtytwo dollars and thirty CENTS of
the tax of the Cross heirs Emery and the Audros.
coggin Water Power Co.. amounting in all TO
enty hve dollars and ten cents. BE- expended upon
Black Brook Road and ~ilts +. Peaslcr Of UPTON, Is
appointed agent to cxpcnd the same, and the bal.
ance OF SAID tax. amounting to seyent, five dollars
and ten Gems. be expended upon the road leading
from Andover 10 Upton, and Henry W. Dunn OF sand
North surplus, Is appointed agent to eNpcnd the
same. and they are required to give bonds the law
directs.
On township Letter c for the purpose OF repair
ing the Black Rrook road. called. lying in said
township, and also the "tarry Road so called,
which lies in said Township the sum OF two hundred
dollars is assessed, as follows:
Owners. Description. No Acres. Valne Tax
Union " alter Power Co.. Lew.
iston. dam, lot aud buildings, 100 $5Ooo k66 g.
Richardson Lake ST amboat
Co, hotel, boats aud boat
house, 25OO % %
f. 5. Coo & Co. remainder OF
said township except public
lots. 1880 750 10000
And Silas +. Peasl,. Of Upton, il appointed to su
pernend the expenditure of tn" same, and IA, is re-.
Qured to give bond as the law directs.
On c. surplus. Tor the purpose OF repairing much
OF the county road leading from AndOver 10 Upton,
as lies in said surplus the OF thirty five dollars
is assessed as follows Upon the entire tract, sup
posed 10 contain $500 acres exclusive of public lots
and ow cd by +. :. Coe of Bangor, thirty five dol
lars. and Henry W. Dunn OF Andovcr North surplus
Is appointed agent to snpernend the expenditure of
the SAM, and Is required TO give bond as the law di
reefs.
On F'yeburg Academy Grant. Tor the purpose Of
repairing the only county road therein. the SUN Of
twenty dollars and eight cents, is assessed IA fol.
lows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-01-26

The Famous Albert Lea Route
Is the direct and favorite line between Chicago and
Minneapolis and st. Paul where connections are made
IN Union DepotS for all points in the Territories and
British Provinces. over this route Fast Express
Trains are run to the watering places. summer
sorts picturesque localities. and hunting and fishing
grounds of Iowa and Minnesota. II is also the most
desirable route to the rich wheat fields pastoral
lands of interior Dakota.
Stil1 another DIRECT LINE. via Seneca and Kan
kakee, has been opened between Cincinnati Indian
apolis and Lafay cite and Council Bluffs Kansas CITY
Minneapolis and st Paul and intermediate points
For detailed information Maps and Folders
obtainabe, well tickets. at all PRINCIPAL Ticket
Offices in the United States and Canada; or BY ad-
dressing
r. r. CABLE, e. ST. JOHN,
Prest q Genl Mgr, Gen'l Tiki & Pass. Ag't,
CHICAGO.
w1y40
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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-26
Climate of the IathnuA.

A very unfavorable account of the
sanitary condition of the isthmus of
Panama is given by French physician,
DIR. A. Nicolas, who was sent out from
Paris to study the climate which pre-
walls along the route of the inter-oceanic
canal There are many hotter parts of
the world, but few, if any which are
more unhealthful. The atmosphere is
saturated with moisture, particularly in
the day time; heavy mists prevent free
radiation, and the local influences at the
towns Of Panama and Colon are especially
pernicious to health. The climate of the
isthmus produces an enervation which
we are told us characterized by loss of
memory, persistent sleeplessness, and
peculiarly passive and profuse perspira-
tion." 1t is evident that the great canal
must cost thousands of lives as well as
millions of dollars. Chicago Herald.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-26
The Habit Of Dining Late.

Probably much of the improved phys
ique which is so generally recognized
among Americans is due to the Increased
habit of dining late. For men OF the
above classes an early dinner means a
hurried dinner. while late one is a
leisurely one. know men in good cir
cumstances who for years took what W as
regarded as regular meal down town"
at o'clock or so, and never allowed
more than fifteen minutes for it: and
those same men now dine at home, after
the days work is over, and give an hour
or more to the process.
OF course, this assumed difference may
be pressed too far, and remember being
checked in this argument by that mos.
dignified of women, the late Mrs. George
Ticknor, of Boston. She heard me
through, but said calmly: n do not agree
with you that the hour of the day has
anything to do with it. l kept house
for great many years, and had many
dinner parties at o'clock. There never
was any undue haste at my table,"
should think not. indeed! But Mrs. Tick
nor was the last of her generation-the
nore's the pity-aad the lady of the
house to-day needs al the Quist:ng asso-
Citations of the evens lg to secuso for her
guests the due decorum and :eposc.-T.
w. Higginson in Harper's Es.ar.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-26
Interesting Facts About iiSworlas.

Mr.. Dean tells some interesting facts
about his silkworms. He says that one
ounce Of eggs win produce 40.0D worms.
One hundred worms when FIRST Matched
will weigh one grain. Wiren they have
been properly fed for from twenty eight
to thirty-one days and are ready for spin
ming their cocoons, these Same 100 VIC; ms
will weigh $500 grains. That iapid ac-
cession Of weight is, of course, sLrpris-
ing but, then, everything about the silk
worm Is more or less surprising when he
is carefully studied. His vely power of
spinning out of himself u filaMert from
800 yards in length if he has been starved
to as much as mile and half, or per-
haps two miles if he is in extra good con
dition, and the industry with which he
patiently revolves his head around him
300, 900 or more times in forming that
filament into a cocoon may well be wor-
dered at During the fifth stage o.
growth, say in the last seven or eigh:
days before commencing to spin, the
worms are ravenously hungry. They Gu,
day and night if they have anything to
eat. If starved for few hours at that
time and then supplied with fresh leaves
they are very liable to eat SO greedily a:
to burst themselves, and the silk material
that is in them in fluid form runs out
in color exactly like the silk tilancnt.-
New York Sun.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-26

A laboring man. illiterate and poverty
stricken, sought the suffrages OF his fell
low rate payers as a peoples candidate
for a seat on the local educational parlia-
ment. BY a freak Of fortune in the
shape of the cumulative vote he was
elected. The honor proved insufficient
to allay his thirst for fame and for the
conscious exercise of authority. he
must needs conduct an examination on
the following lines:
"Now, you lads, before you goes any
farther with the reading of this chapter,
let me just see if you knews the meanin'
of the words you have read. 1t says
something here about gross darkness.
Now, what is that? What is gross dark
ness"
A chorus of youthful voices-some not
without an infection of scorn at the in
suit to their intelligence conveyed in the
putting of SO simple a query-make an
swer, "Great darkness, sir"
The inquisitor shakes his head tri-
umphatly. "No-o," he says, mot exactly.
What's darkness, boys"
The unexpected and bewildering rebuff
seems to have inaugurated a temporary
reign of silence. When the forward
path discloses mysterious pitfalls it is
we'll to walk with circumspection. But
at last solitary piping treble ventures
highly original definition.
please, sir, it's what there is after the
sun sets and before the lamps are lit"
well, yes"-as if condescendingly
considering-"you're right. Now, what's
a CROSSE"
The response comes with great volume
and more assurance. This, at least, is
solid ground of mathematical fact.
Twelve dozen, SIR"
"And how many is thatr"
"A hundred and forty-four, SIR"
Right again. Now listen, you lads
Gross darkness is darkness IA times al
great as that which the scholar over
against the middle desk yonder described
for us. Don't you forget what grost
darkness is in future. "-Cassell's Maya
| zine.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-26
The Antiquity OF Massage.

At the recent festive gathering of the
club called @Odd Volumes" one of the
members gave curious account of mas
sage as a mode of treatment. 1t is GER
tainly very popular at the present mo-
ment, and people want to hear some
thing clear and definite about it. The
gentleman assured his listeners that
there was reason to think that massage
had been known to the Chinese from
time immemorial, and it was stated that
the process was fully described in MSS.
called Kong Fou," the date of which
was 5000 B. C. The word itself was de-
rived, according to some authorities,
from the Greek "massein, to rub; while
others referred it to the Arabic word
mass" to press softly. In primitive
form it was known both to the Greeks
and the Romans, who resorted to it after
bath, custom which prevails among
the Orientals to the present day. After
the struggles of the circus it was en-
ployed to dissipate the resulting contu-
sions and extravasations, and to restore
pliability to the bruised and stiffened
joints.
Among the Sandwich islanders it is
frequently practiced under the name of
"lomi-lomi," and the process was fully
described in the works of Emerson and
Nordhoff. This, however, was a crude
and primitive form, having very little in
common with the elaborate scientific sys-
tenn now resorted to in this country.
There was reason to think that the true
massage was used in France in the early
part of this century, an opinion that was
to some extent confirmed by the fact
that all the terms employed to designate
the various branches of the art were
French in origin. The literature of mas
sage was now very extensive, and dur
ing the last ten years over 100 works had
appeared on the subject. Jour
nal
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-26
City Cats Hungry for Catnip.

A thin, prim, little elderly woman.
with her arms full of white and yellow
daisies and IA big bundle of green leaves
dangling by string from her wrist, went
down a quiet street ahead of me one
evening. The dust of country roads was
on her skirt and she walked YEARLY
She was followed by dozen cats, at
least, tramp and vagabond felines that
trotted along with waving tails, shifting
at the bundle of leaves, one of the bold
est even trying to reach them with its
teeth. The little woman finally halted
and cast a couple of handfuls of the
leaves to her followers. Immediately
they began to devour them, to play with
them or roll over them, while she
went on.
ITS catnip," she explained to me, who
had stopped to watch the performance.
Il always bring some home for my cats
when / go to the country, and the poor
things smell it as | pass by. They'd fol
low me all the way home if didn't give
them some. Look at that old black tom
He won't leave me till l go into the
house.
He was following her when she passed
from my sight ALFRED Tumble i'll New
York News
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-26
The Distance of the Stars.

The distance of the stars from the
earth is so vast, even when compared
with the distances of the various men,
bers of the solar system from the sun,
that the ordinary unit of computation of
mile or meter is by far too small to be
available. Therefore, in these computa-
tons, as basis of comparison, the dis
lance of the earth from the sun, about
93, 900, 900 miles, is the unit, and stands
for one. Alpha Centauri, the leading
star in the constellation Of the Centaur,
is the nearest star to the earth, 80 far as
known. Its distance is usually placed
at from 10000, 900, 900, 900 to 30, 900, OO0,-
600, 600 miles from the earth. A star
called Sixty-one Cygni is classed rs sec
ond in distance, being put at "a, 7SO, $780,
600, 900 miles distance from our globe.
Most of the stars, however, are mill
ions of times farther away from us than
these. Light travels about 1856, 900 miles
in every second of time. and yet with
this inconceivably rapid velocity it would
take light about twelve years to traverse
the space separating us from that star.
From the greater portion of the stars
light would be many centuries in reach
ing us. That is to say in these particu-
lar instances the stars which we see are
not the stars as they exist tonight, but
as they existed before Columbus sailed
on his voyage of discovery, or even be-
fore the creation of Adam Globe Dem
ocrat.