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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-15

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person that answers this advertisement We Win send
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-15
EczEmA RADICALLYCURED

For the radical Of an obs mate Gaze OF Ecze-
ma OF long ,taudIbg give entire cred to the Gu
TIcunA kEMEDfEs T.. Is. RICHARDSON,
New Haven, Conn.
Sold by all druggists. Price CUTIcURA. cents;
REsOLvEST. 800; soar, u cents. POTTER DEUo
AND HLHlGAL Co., Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-15
STATE AGENCY

sorthe New England Grape AMI Lace RefnishingC &C
Did Grape Laces, Hermann ana jrenadine les Ii owevel
'cied or faded, refnished, wa ranted equal to new
New Grape greatly improved.
B. White Laoes Handsomely oleaRsed at lowel
nrjoes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-06-04

inaugurated movement of protest
against their slaughter. They have ap-
pointed committee to look after the
matter and issued circular in which
they state the case in the following fore
ible language:
Throughout the length and breadth
of the country there is carried on sys-
tematic slaughter. 1t proceeds unre-
mittingly the year through; for every
season has its birds, and every feather
ed thing has come to have its money
aspect. Bright or plain, large or small,
all are in demand, and the blood money
is paid over for the dozen or hundred
victims when the individuals are COM
mercially too insignificant for separate
price. An enormous, a precious sacri-
flee is thus made year on year to the
cause of fashion. Its extent goes be-
yond estimate. For it is not the present
alone that is laid under contribution; it
is not alone we of to-day who must suf-
fer-would that it were! This crime of
to-day is grand larceny against pos
terity; we are cOuntenancingt the robbery
of our children's children; and why? To
bring few paltry dollars to the pock-
cts of class of cruel or ignorant men
the slaughterers; to satisfy the demands
of fashion; in plain words to crafty the
vanity of our race; to give thoughtless
room at any time by asking. Miscel-
laneous questioning dcmoralizes all hab-
its of the individual and the SCHOOL,.
W. McCiaran.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-06-04
There Are No Lead-Pencils.

There is no lead-pencil in existence
to-day. and there have been none for
more than forty years past. There was
time when n spiral of lead cut from
the bar or sheet suiliced to make marks
on white paper or some roughed abrad-
ing material. The name lead-pencil
comes from the old notion that the pro-
ducts of the Cumberland mines in En-
gland are lead, instead of being plum
bago or graphite, a carbonate of iron,
capable of leaving lead colored mark.
With the original lead-pencil or strip.
and with the earlier styles of the lead
pencil made direct from the Cumber-
land mines, the wetting of the pencil
was necessary preliminary of writing.
But since it has become manufacture.
the lead-pencil is adapted by numbers
or letters to each particular design.
There are all grades of hardness, from
the pencil that can be sharpened down
to a needle point to the one which can
not make other than a broad mark.
Between these two extremes are a num-
Der of gradations which cover all the
uses of the lead-pencil. These grada-
tons are made by taking the original
carbonate and grinding and mixing it
with fine quality of clay, in different
proportions. according to the quality of
the pencil required to be produced. The
mixture is made thoroughly. and then
squeezed through dies to form and size
it, after which it is dried and incased in
its wooden envelope. NcW York Mail
and EIDrcSS
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-06-04
She Had Been InSultcd.

"Indeed. marin. and I've come to give
you warnin'," said the help of an up
town Peoria lady.
"Why. Bridget, what's the matter!'
said Mrs. Welcomes.
"Bekase I've been insoolted."
"Who insulted YOU, Bridget"
"An' if You must know it was none
other than Mr.. McJones"
Bridget, you astonish me. In what
way did my husband insult you?"
swell, he came in this mornin'. and
he says to me, says he, Bridget. have
you washed yer face?' Av coorse told
him l had. We'll, Bridget, have We
combed yer harp Av coorse l had.
Then says he, Bridget. wipe your
mouth did so. Bridget says he.
throw your arms around my neck. and
turn up yer lips toward mine didn't
know what he was after. but Ibid it. And
then tho name magyar put his thumb up
to his nose and wigglcd his fingers, and
said, April fool. Bridget An faith,
marin. an I'm not goin' to stop and be
insoolted that way by any man.
Peoria Transcript.
The London Times argues tho estab-
lishment in England of an institution
like our Smithsonian Institute. which
owes its foundation to an Englishman.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-06-04

teacher is protessedly looking after the
mistakes in recitation, until he chronl-
cally looks for weaknesses in the school,
rOOmp Whatever be the cause, is it not
time to seek u remedy Shall we not
secure better work. in less time, with
inappreciable sacrifices, if we hold the
reputation of every member of the pro-
fession sacred so long as his character
Is unassailablep We shall endeavor to
eliminate the fault-tinding vein, the crit
ical tendency from our columns and
from the profession, SO far rs our voice
and pen have influence. We shall be
all the more free to suggest and advo-
cate vital reforms because of our endea-
vor to be loyal to the fraternity first,
last, and always.-Journal of Educa-
ton
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-06-04
The Language OF Precious Stones.

The quality of turquoise imparts q
prosperity in love.
Chrysolite was used as an amulet
against evil passions and dependency.
The opal imparts apprehension and
insight, and is the emblem of unrealized
hope.
Conjugal felicity was symbolized by
the sardonyx, which it was believed to
insure.
The topaz was thought to promote
fidelity and friendship, and calm in
ternal passions.
The diamond has the mystic symbol
ism of light and purity. faith and up
Iightness of character.
The properties of the amethyst is to
calm the passions of the body and pre-
vent drunkenness.
The bloodstone was thought by the
ancients to impart courage, prudence.
fortitude, and stability of character.
The mOOnstOne was the emblem OF
the merchant prince. and signified we'll
directed industry and the arts of peace.
Garnet or carbuncle represents con-
stancy of purpose and fidelity to duty.
1t is prominently the soldiers gem.
The ruby was thought to guard
against unfriendliness, and particularly
that form so common in antiquity
poisoning.
The sapphire signifies modesty and
charity Of opinion and was thought to
possess the power of breaking the spells
of magic.
The agate or challedony represents
physical prosperity, and it is the stone
OF the athlete and physician, and i'm
parts longevity and health.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-06-04
Picturesque Caves.

The new discovery is a multiplicity Of
grotesque and fantastic-looking objects
of natures fashioning. Persons Of
lively imagination can. out Of the
scenery, make perfect in their minds al
most any archetype. and many different
parts of many different animals. The
numerous chambers and many narrow
passages with different shaped, fash
Toned, and nodded scenery are sur
prising and astonishing. A man can
90 through what Is discovered, and does
90 through it; the writer has gone
through part of the discovery. but he
believes that no one person who does
60 through it has mind large enough
to take in and hold all that is to be seen
in that arcadian formation. II lamps
with large. brilliant burning flames TO
emanate streams of light on the sur
roundings were placed there. the sights
would be dazzling. Tho snowy white
and waX-cOlOred stalactite and incrusta-
tons that cover the sides can not be re-
produced in pictures. The wax-colored
and vitreous stalactite pendants hang
ing from the lower extremity reflect
flashes of the light, and when the burn
ing candles are held still the visitors be-
hold the appearance OF innumerable
splendors.
The incrustations on the bottom of
some of the chambers include patches
of imitation hOarfrost, which is SO hard
and sharp that 1t makes prints In the
bOotsOles; but its glistening in the can
delight is like q body Of newly-fallen
opou, M hon tho IN ,lr err IN hao mo oxr;ka L.
in the morning air. There are imita-
ton sponges that look soft and velvety,
but hard and sharp to the touch Of the
hand; imitation coral and coral fringes
of very beautiful shapes and colors; y
body of stalagmite resembling the snow.
clad Mount Hood and the Ghost cham
Der that came near soaring the life out
of the cave man when he discovered It.
Before entering into the big chamber
there is overhead q vertical aperture
that seems to run up the distance OF
thirty feet. and all the way it seems to
have the same diameter. A strong cur
rent of air spins through, and visitors
have to take extra care of their lights
or they may lose them. The big cham
Der is well named. 1t is spacious un-
foreground room. being S64 feet long. so
feet wide. its vaulted roof rising to o
height of from so to Is feet. and its size
imposing to the beholdeY. Its sides
and roof consists of rock, differing from
any other cave chamber that the writer
has seen; enormous powders cover the
bottom. and on the shelly sides lunches
of gravel are sticking that contain
variously-colored pebble stones. Grant,
| Pass Circular.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-06-04

ko-steerrcss to help raise chattel mort
gage on the belfry or some other such
thing, and it depresses their spirits.
am no man to complain, but Hem
ry, il you 90 into any church in this
country to-day you will find thrce-quar-
tiers of the congregation Is women; they
are noble women, too. God bless q
good woman, Henry, is what say. We
like to have our mothers and our wives
and our sisters Christians. even II we
are inclined to be liberal in our views;
but the kind of zeal that fills up churches
with overworked women, while the
sulky husband and father is at home
trying to digest large three-cornered
fragment of sorrel cake that was left
over from last weeks debauch and bene-
fit, is a mistake.
We have voted cradle quilts to the
handsomest baby, plated bracelets to
the most popular young lady, and q
gold-headed cane to the man who
wanted to be sheriff, and all that, but
when they vote brass-mounted two
year-old swamp-clm club to the maddest
man i'm the United States, Henry, wish
you would come home and do a little
work for me. l am candidate.
Iinclose $l4 post-oflice order to buy
another naturalization fee. Don't over
do this naturalization business. though.
You know, as well as do, that matricu-
lation in moderation is a good thing,
but it may be carried to excess. So
good-by.-BMl Nye, IN Chicago Nesrs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-06-04

hands showed how near to deaths dool
l had been.
AS ! lay looking ut my wasted finger
l noticed that my ring was gone. Hast
lily inquired where it was.
My new-found acquaintance blushed
and then said:
''Will you allow my husband to tall
with you b few momentsp He has you
cameo"
In a few moments a tall. handsom,
gentleman accompanied her into tn.
| room.
"Years ago." he began. after apollo
giving for being the cause of my illness
and congraiulating me on my recovery.
81 had q pair of canoes carved In thil
city. They were unlike anything ever
seen here. had them set In o pair OF
earrings for my wife. One night our
house was robbed by O trusted servant;
the canoes were taken with other val.
uables."
"Was anything else takenp' l asked.
sitting upright. forgetting for moment
my weak state.
The gentleman strove to control his
emotion, but his wife was silently weep.
ing near the window.
Eyes. our only child" he replied bro
kenly. "Now, will you tell me how you
came by this cameo. for it is the sameF
| to-day took 1t to the person who carved
it for me so long ago, and he recog-
nized it at once, although It has been
reset"
"Was it seventeen years ago that
your child was stolenp" / asked, eagerly.
"Yes. What do you know OF it% he
questioned, hoarsely.
81 know that am your child. then. "
After had told the story SO often re-
peated to ME by my mother Raynor
they were perfectly satisfied that I be-
longed to them.
Their story was that my father had
given his wife necklace of diamonds,
and, seeing how pleased her baby was
with II, she had shaken the stones be-
fore its eyes. and ut last. in O spirit OF
fun. clasped it about the child's neck.
But she did not understand the fasten.
ing. and as her husband was away
from home and she could not get the
short chain over the child's head, she
was Obliged to let the nurse put the in
FAINT to sleep with the glittering orna-
ment about its neck. But the tempta-
ton proved too great for the nurse, SO
she had taken baby quietly to neigh
boring jewelers. and had the necklace
unfastened.
The theory We, my new-found par
ents and i, formed was. that becoming
frightened at her own exploit and not
daring to try to replace the baby
never can realize that that baby was
myself-lest she be discovered she con-
cluded to abandon it entirely.
"NOw, where do these people live who
have cared so kindly for you? ! must
see them." said my mother. {.
Reluctantly gave the address. Jack
came straight to me after my mother
told her errand. and he looked so old
and worn and haggard that ! was lost
in pity for him.
We conversed long and lovingly.
To-day is your birthday. my dear"
interrupted my new mother. brightly.
entering the room with mother Raynor,
land if the other was spoiled ask what
you will and you may have it."
I'm take Jack" said gayly.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-06-04
FuliginOus Longevity.

The dear and worthy rector Of an
Episcopal parish in Connecticut wishing
to write sermon on the beauty Of long
life, went to see not far distant neigh
Dor who was past so to get from him
some hint of the secret of his many
years. lie told the old man bis errapd
and the nonagenarian made answer
thus: "Well, don't know ez can tell
exackly how it il; when ] was 8 years
old s'pose had the worst temper ever
yonng 'un was cussed with. "Yes,
yes, said the rector intently. "Well, ]
s'pose from that day to this thsre amt
ben day amt ben mad about suthip.
This mornin' things amt gone right
with me, and I'm gittip' madder and
madden over that calf gittiR' into the
wagon-house and chewin' up the saddle
cloth. ] shall hey TO- begin to smash
round and cnss right away, and il
you're the parson--" Good morn
ing. my friend" said the parson, With
inward disturbance and only a faint
hope of readjusting bis mind to his ser.
mon.-NeU York Tribune.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-06-04
METHODS AND PRINCIPLES.

Great care must be exercised in the
use OF rules, especially in language.
One can never be good writer, nor an
easy one. who writes with rule of
grammar in mind. 1t is even more no.
ticeable in conversation and extempOr-
ancous public speech. Rules are for the
lawless tendencies. the doubtful
cases. They must be learned; some Of
them must be known us the a, b, c's
were of old; but they must not be en-
phasized nnduly. They bear about the
same relation to good use of language
that the courthouse does to good living,
as compared with the school-house and
the church. The rules should be few;
the exercises for practice should be
abundant. Better. hundred-fold,
learn to use language well by using it
until correctness and ease are habits,
than to know all the rules ever given
without such practice. 1t is the proper
ton OF rules that we must care for.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-06-04
BILL NYE.
A Fathers Talk To His SOn-Finishins
or the WOodshed at the Parsonage.


My DEAR SIR:-I ought to of an
swered your last letter before this, but
to tell the truth. we have had another
of them pcsky hoodoos ut our house for
the purpose of finishing off the wood
shed of the parsonage. and I've been
mighty busy. For two days was Choir
ing around the kitchen. carrying wood
and water. and borrowing dishes of the
neighbors till you can't rest. Since the
ructiOn was over I've been mostly en-
gagged in thinking about it.
Our home paper gave us Il good no
tice and said it was success; also that
every one present enjoyed it highly II
alluded to me as genial cuss, or words
to that effect, and said your mother was
the life of the party. She was.
II you could have saw your mother.
your own mother, prancing around
there, with her new No. front hair
tossed two and fro in dishcveled state,
and downing the old pelicans of our
thriving town to the tune of % cents
and upwards, you would have said also
that verify she was the life of the party.
Your mother believes that scads be-
come purified rs quick as they light in
the plate, no matter where they come
from. am more conservative. hest
tate to knock man down with dough-
nut and then 90 through his clothes.
aim to be Christian, Henry, but not
strongly sectarian in my views.
So it hurt my feelings little to see
your mother rare around through the
crowd Tuesday night and peddle bO-
kays of these here little blamed gera-
MUM blows that falls of rs soon as you
pin them onto your coat and laugh
onct or twict.
Somehow it made me nervous, and
the goose flesh stood out all over me a
foot high. amt like your mother to
90 around ut her time of life, with q
boy 20 years old and real cancels
hair mustash. and learning more blamed
foreign stuff than You could shake a
stick at. say it amt like her to pranc
around among the old gamblers of our
place and be giddy and garrulous like a
brazen beer-jerker or the red-headed
biscuit-shooter at tavern.
And know she wouldn't do it if it
wasn't for her zeal" as she calls it.
Zeal is embittering my declining years,
Henry. Zeal and skin games and raj.
fies and tee hee hee and rs cents please.
and the whole confidence game has
made me prematurcly sour.
got to talking with Lon Taft and
Jim Fuller about this thing yesterday.
They felt just the same way. Lon says
| it pains him to see his wife, now that she
is getting little ileshy and never was q
very good roadster, lettering around
the corral with grab-bag in one hand
and some kind of u bunko game in the
other.
He says that's why so many men arc
seeking the flowing bowl. They eat this
here black-and-tan cake ut q sociable
onct week or onct fortnit, and il
busts their digesters. Then they see
their wives acting as cappers and bun
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-06-04
DON'T KILL THE BIRDS.

Time was when our appeals against
the wanton destruction of the feathered
songsters of our woods were directed to
their one dreadful enemy-the wanton
school-boy. But in more recent years
we have learned that whole generation
of rascally boys could not cause the
wholesale murder of these little inno-
cents that is caused by fashion in one
season. 1t is to women that this plea
must now be directed. and it comes, we
fear, too late; when the passion for
stuffed bird skins has gained such an
ascendancy in their hearts that it never
will yield its place until the last scarlet
winged songster has yielded up its little
life sacrifice thereto.
Who would have dreamed half CEN
tury ago. that gentle woman. the amia-
BILE guardian of all that is tender and
kind, would adopt the fashion of wear
ing as ornaments the skins of slaughter
ed birdsp Has not the bare idea SAVIOR
of barbarism? But the fashion has been
inaugurated, and yearly becomes more
extended in its demands. Annually
millions of birds are slaughtered for the
ornamentation of the headgear of our
wives and daughters, and protest
waits until, as now, it is discovered that
our wood-birds are so decreasing in
numbers that their total determination
has become a possibility by no means
remote. Fortunately, in England,
whence our ultra-fashionable people get
many of their ''ideas," the note of alarm
was plainly sounded some time ago.
The fact that the song-birds of the
''little island" whose music has inspir-
ed the verses of more than one poet
laureate, are in danger of becoming
wholly extinct, has aroused patriotic
protest that could not be ignored even
by the most abject devotees of fashion.
An anti-plumage-wearing society has
been formed. headed by lady of rank
and influence. and an effort is made to
brand the decoration of millinery with
dead birds as in bad taste. In this
country. where, be it remembered, we
have quite as many beautiful and tune
full birds as any country can boast Of.
and we ought to value them as highly
the American GENEALOGICAL Union has
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-06-04
MY BIRTHDAY.

We-Mother Raynor, Jack, and L
our best room. but not parlor, for mother
would never call the little box of a room
by so digniiicd II title. and for the hun
dredth time they were telling me what
they knew of my life.
.YOu See. Birdie" said mother, rs /
had ALWAYS called her. lit was stormy
and Jack had been detained ut the store
he was cash-bOy nj Cotton IL Cos
then-but just as he was running up The
steps about Z o'clock he met Il woman
hurrying down them. She brushed by
without speaking and he. when he
reached the door. almost stumbled over
a basket where YOU lay Mi Snuggled up
i'm warm ilannclS. All. but you were a
very nice baby my dear"
PITY my mother hadn't thought sou
i sarcastically observed. Then saw
Jack looking tcndcrly ~ me and | re-
membered that l had Il secret to tell
Mother Raynor. laroSc and went to
her.
ut was seventeen years ago tomorrow
that you found me- said. land so that
is the only birthday have. l have
accepted Jack Is Il birthday gift"
A radiant look of surprised joy fairly
illumed her dear old face as she COM
pretended the meanin" of my remark.
1T has been the wish of my life. she
whispered. kissing me softly.
The next morning several little birth
day tokens were on my breakfaSt-plate.
Jack had gratiiied an ofi-cxprcsscd wish
of mine by having little cameo ear
ring, found in the basket in which they
first found me. set IN ring for me fol
one of my birthday presents.
So the day began happily. During
the afternoon, however, | CHANGED to &C
on the street To pay visit to girl
friend. At one place some workmeI
obstructed the sidewalk and ] wa
obliged to cross the street. remember
stepping down and advancing n few
steps, of hearing hoarSe shouts of warn
ing. feeling a sudden shock, and ther
all was blank.
When | returned TO consciousness
was in strange room; everything wa
strange 10 me.
where am I?'' | asked, although
could see no one. "IVhat has happen
ed?"
You are with friends" said low
soft voice near me.
Turning my eyes. fhcy fell on sweet
faced lady. not yet old, although he
hair was nearly white. sitting near me
"How came ! hcrc?' | demanded. il
n weak. startled voice.
After brief consultation with a wO
man. evidently the nurse, the lady de
cided to explain the situation.
lyon are weak. but | trust TO you
good sense to remain calm while j tel
you why you are here. About mont
ago YOU were crossing the street and m,
husband and accidentally ran agains
and severely injured you. There wa
nothing about you to identify you, so w
brought You home"
"And this was month ago. HIS N
one been here? Did you advertiser"
NO" replied the lady. at was re
ported in the police news. believe, a
my husband had TO pay large line TO
his carelessness, but never thought @
advertising for your friends suppos
they would 90 TO the station. and the
be directed here, if you had any in tn
city"
II have nome" | said, bitterly. q
was only foiDdljng, living upon char
Sty all my life
A whole month had lain there an
no one had called. And my pale. tbt