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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19

Parker's Tonic kept in a home is sentinel
to keep Sickness out. Used directly, it keeps
the blood pure, and the stomach. liver and
kidneys in working order. Coughs and colds
vanish before it. 1t builds up the health
No wise mother will be without it.
aprl2t M&Th&w1v2d
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19

Mr.. j. ID. L. Harvey of the Palace Market
Chicago, spent over $4,000 to cure his wife of
rheumatism and failed. cure wa, affected
by St. Jacobs Oil, which he regards AZ the
greatest discovery of the age.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19

WHY WILL YOU cough when Shiloh's
Cure will give immediate relief Price 10
cts, so cts, and 81. Sold by Bowditch,
Webster & Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19
WILLIS II. WING, Secretary
Augusta Me, April 10, 1885.

The republican congressional conven-
ton for the Fourth district will be held in
Bangor June 9Th.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19

LADIES, is life and health worth presev-
ing? If you think so, use Gilmore's Aromatic
Wine. Sold by F. G. Kinsman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19

Know myself by reading the "Science of
Life" the best medical work ever published,
for young and middle-aged men.
may7d&wlv
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19
u. S.
GOLD
cough
Rhymes of Old.

there was young man in Augusta,
Who was getting to be rather crusty.
And he was told that some fruit
Would oil him up cute
And keep him from getting too rusty,
So Blood Oranges were the first thing an peested
And the peeling of three he diyested:
They tasted the boss,
And he told
9annett cA3 Morse
They were the best thing in which he ID invested
One, two-maple candy new;
Three, four-Novelty Store;
Five, six-Starks made sticks:
Seven, eight-they are irst-rate:
Nine, ten-try them then.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19

"HACKMETACK," a lasting and fragrant
perfume. Price % and so cents. Sold by
Bowditch, Webster & Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19

Some Remarkable Cures of deafness are
recorded of DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil. Never
fails to cure earache. apll3-d&wlW
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19
a Public Benefaction.

How to laundry linen as it is done in Troy,
N Y, has been kept a secret long enough !;
it can and should be done in every family.
The Electric Starch is the only starch in the
United States that is put up by men who
have practical knowledge OF the laundry
profession. 1t requires no cooking, keeps the
iron from sticking and linen from blisteri ing
while ironing, and gives shirts, cuffs and
collars that stiffness and beautiful polish they
keeps them clean twice as long. Beware of
imitation. See that the name j. C. HUBIN-
GER & BRO, New Haven, Conn, is on eve
ry package. marll td&w3mnr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19

If laboring people are bound to boycott.
let them boycott the drinking saloons.-7Ii-
bune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19
The Robin as an iii Omen.

From the Erie penn Dispatch, April a.
In front of . dwelling house on West Fifth
street yesterday afternoon an elderly woman
stood talking excitedly with neighbor and
wringing her hands distrsctedly. Both ap-
peared to be very much agitated, apparently
over the presence of robin perched on the
street fence. Presently one of them made
alarming demonstrations at the bird, Is if to
brighten it away, out the redbreast gave =
hop, skip and jump along the fence, tilted its
head sideways in derieion or defiance, and re-
fused to 60. Then the women gesticulated
more theoretically. pointing from the bird to
the house, and curious passers-by fingered to
learn the meaning of their singular behavior.
This was what troubled them: The robin,
doubtless for some good reason of his own,
which he could not explain if he wonld. had
been trying for an hour or more to gain ad-
mittance through q window to the upper story
of the house. The mere fact of robin try
ing to break and enter two-story dwelling
vas not alarming, but the fact that woman
was lying dangerously ill in that house gave
the incident appalling significance. The
women were fixed in the conviction that the
robins action was a harbinger OF death !;
hence the woe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19
writing from Washington, says

We hope the report that Mr.. Cleveland
will marry in June is true. Since the de-
mocracy deserted him the President has been
q very lonesome old man.-Phika Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19

When the President demanded the resigna'
ton of Governor Murray the other day, il
was said at the White House that he had not
discharged the duties of his Office satisfactor-
lily, and that especially at the time when
troubles growing out of the shooting of a
deputy marshal at Salt Lake City we're brew
ing, he exaggerated their Importance and
needlessly called for the aid of troops
doubt this story. The real cause of Murray
removal, as l understand it, was Secretary
Lamar's personal hostility to him. Mr..
Lamar on more than one occasion has an
nounced that he has no use for Southern
republican, This Murray unfortunately was,
being Kentuckian bv birth, and Union
soldier besides. A Northern republican Mr..
Lamar will tolerate, if needs be; but q
Southern renegade, never.
correspondent of the Providence Journal,
writing from Washington, says
Spring has come in Washington. The
parks and squares are gay with the yellow
blossoms of the Forsythia, and the white
splendor of the great magnolia trees, one
mass of bloom. while this very morning cur
eyes we're gladdened by peach tree which
stretched its cloudy pink branches out Ian
guidly along an old gray wall. The grass 10
green and thick, the leaves are breaking out
on all the trees, and to the dullest observer
the happiest times of all the year are at hand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19

CUkE-The safe and sure medicine for
curing Coughs, Colds, Bronchial and
lung Irritation. Prevents and cures
incipient consumption and relieves in
all stages Of the disease. Tested and
proved by physicians and the public-25
cents for large bottles. Prepared and
SOLO oy Partridge Bros, Chemists
and Apothecaries, Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19
LODGE DIRECTORY.

A UGUSTA LODGE NO. al F. q A. M.-keguiar
n Communication drst Tuesday In every month
Work in the r. G. Degree, Tuesday, zOtn
E. McMURDIE, ". N.
&C. HUNT, Sec'y.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19
HDecGHl Advertisements.

Small advertisements, not ercesasHG three .sne
coming under the head Of WAITED. Fok sALs
To LET, LOST, &C.. soiU Be inserted here ore ssH,
r 95 cents, three fiHses for 40 cents, and one soee
for 30 ceRfs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19

The Virgin Salt Co., of New Haven,
Conn.,, are making grand offer to intro
duce their salt Go and ask your grocer for
Virgin Salt and get an elegant Easter Card
In addition we offer an extra indncement: a
pair of Doves beautifully Autographed in ten
colors, as natural as life, on a large card
9xlo inches. Virgin Salt is the cleanest
purest and whitest salt ever seen or used.
A large package costs only l0cts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19

FREE! EXPRESS FREE!!
We deliver all machines sold by us at list price, net
We have five cabinet photos OF our machines
either Of which will be sent to any address upon re-
ceipt of 20 cents. Send for new 1886 catalogue,
and If you don't see what you want ask for it, All
inquiry receives prompt attention.
Central and Western Maine Headquarters,
GtO. EDW. DUNT0N, Augusta, Me.
YOU CAN BUY CHEAPER IN AUGUSTA THAN
IN BOSTON. mch23d3m
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19

NhE COMMlTTEE ON STATE PENSIONS
= VIII De In session at the Aldprmen's Room
every Wednt sday evening at "A O'Clock during the
montns OF April and Nay, 1895. those wishing to
sPpy must present themselves before the committee
one OF these meetings to have their claim properly
considered. Per Order o. Committee
LEWIS SELLING,
eProoIm Clerk to Committee
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1886-08-04
Justice Rather than Law.

Ben. Pcrly Poorc says in the Boston
Budget that Mr.. Webster used spmc,
times to read the conclusion of a charge
by Judge Dudley, trader aud far
mer, manuscript! copy Of which he
had for many years in his desks. /.
vas treat 10 hear him read i in pure
md undefilcd English. rs it doubtless
came from Judge Dud ey's lips. "You
have heard, gentlemen ofthc jury, what
has been said III this case by .he law
ycrs, the rasca!s bnt no, / will not a.
buse them. II IL their business TO
make good cause f"r their cicnts;
tLey are paid for it. and they have
done in this case well enough, but you
and |, gentlemen. have something else
to consider. They talk Of law. WAY
gentlemen it is TO, law VIC want, but
justice They would govern us by
the common law Of England. Trus,
me, gentlemen, common sonsc ia a
much safer guard for us; the common
sense Of Raymond. Epping, Exeter,
and the other town which have sent
us here to try this case between two of
our nsighbors A clear head and an
horest heart arc worth more than all
the law Of all the lawyers. There
was one good thing said Of the bar
it WAS from one Shakespeare. al Ea-
glish player. ] believe. No matter, it
Is good enough almost to be in the BIZ
bic. II is this: BE just, aud fear not.
1t is our business to do justice between
the parties, not by apy guirks of the
law out Of Coke or Blackstone.
books that | have never read and
never will. BOT by common sense and
by common honesty, as between man
aud man. That is our business, and
the curse q! Gsd is upon us if we neg.
lect, or evade, or turn aside from il.
And now Mr.. Sheriff. take out the iu-
ry; and you, Mr. Forena, do not keep
us waiting with idle talk, of which
there has been too much already, A.
bout matters which have nothing to
do with the merits Of the case. Give
us an honest verdict, of which. az
plain common sense men, you need
not be ahamel."
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1886-08-04
HUMBER "a
Facts for the Curious.

BY n japanese process seaweed -
made into paper 80 transparent that it
may be substituted for window glass.
The pa'm-lea: fans OF commerce are
largely imported from the East indies.
and also from Panama, and other States
OF Central or South America.
II Is believed that the first circular
saw ever used IN this country was put
into operation In Worcester about the
yeor 1920. 1t was brought from Eng
EuG by the Messrs. Sutton, wheel
wriGhts and wagon makers.
The Maiuva tree OF Central India
bears nowers which are now Being
exported to Europe for their sugar. of
which they contain more than half
he!- weight. The tree resembles tho
oak, &nd single specimen sometimes
bears Il ton of flowers.
Dry parts Of Q plant take up water
with great force. In 1852 q steamship
with partial cargo of peas went
ashore and sprung z leak. By
tie swelling Of the peas the decks
were thrown u part. The same extra
ordinary force has been exhibited fro
Quently by cargoes Of corn or wheat.
An Italian professor wishing TO flud
out whether tho miasm OF malaria
existed in the dew aud soil, experi-
mented on himself by having infu-
| sions Of dew and soil collected from
unhealthful places In jectrd under his
skin. He experienced no evil results.
He and his friends made finy-tro
similar experiments without harm.
IN Italy living scorpion ia dropped
into awinS glasc bottle which contains
few drops Of olive oil Of the firests
quality. More oil is poured on instantly
until the bottle is filed and the
scorpion dead. In its struggles to free
itself 1t elects all its poison into the oil,
and this poisoned oil forms sov-
ereiga remedy for the sting Of d
scorpion.
The ordinary colors Of mourning
| garments are black and white. AS is
the European custom, black prevailed
among the ancient Egyptian. He
! brews, Greeks and Romans, and tho
''''S''N -"NSS WI liliS tpiIl|utfIt. w DlL0
| Is the color among the inhabitants Of
| China, Japan. OCeanica. ard large
portions Of Asia. so also in parts
OF Greece, and ancient!y In Germany.
blue is the color IN Arabia, and
among the Turks and Egyptinni and
in Catholic Upper Germany 1t is pre-
scribed by the church. Yellow was
used 10y the ancient Celts. anu III 30 IN Q
Of the Kingdoms OF Asia.
In China corpulenco is considered
to be one of the most important qusl
ilicatiOns for the holding OF any Duhi.,
Office. 1t is regarded as q physical
virtue which impar.s dignity &c Il. a
appearance, weight to the judgm ent.
and solidity to the mind. In China
the thin man is always moody and
Disappointed; he sees himself easily
outstrippcd in :he race of life by his
stouter contemporaries, and. enraged
at the unjust distribution Of natures
gifts, he re;ires usually into obscurity
and shuns tho gaze OF his fellow.
citi2"ns. The most popular gods in the
Chinese Pantheon are those remark
able for their obesity
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1886-08-04
Common Errors.


SINE newspapers ont Of ton, and
ninety ""' MN" persons out ct hum
"re'i' ""en 'hFy sp"nE CT 'Congrcss'
mean The lower house aI"n;, aud call
N'Prese"'anTe a "'"ngressman. -
he senate ana the House taken tu-
gr'Mer c""st''"I" :hc Congress, and q
Senator IL as much '"ngre2sman as
representative II. A ike confusion
OF terms exists regarding the words
munster and "AmhsSsador.' Our
representatives. at Foreign Courts are
not 10 any seA5c anhassadors. They
nre merely m'n'stefs resident. Only
ak countries 10 the worId-:hr five
great European powers and Turkey
senh or receive ambassadors.
lhe difference between an act and n
law is also very great, hut the contsm.
porary press generally speak Of Their,
"a ider,ica1 ,.c, nav Ia ,...oa
hr ,n,h ho,.,. - C" 80 r1"
~ wv" '""Se" % ''"SrtsS' receive
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1886-08-04
Labor and Machinery.

The mechanical industries of the
United States are carrirG on bv steam
And water power, representing in ROUND
plumbers 3.500.00Q horse.pou er, each
horsepower c9ualliug the muscular
labor of six men that is to aay, is
men were employed to furnish the
p+wSr to carry on the industries Of
this country it would require 2l,o0O,.
900 men, and 100000 men repre-,
sent population, according to the
census Of 1880, Of 100.0OQ,Q00 The
industries are now carried on by 400,>
poo Persons in round numbers, rer-
rssenting = population 10000. 900 only.
To do the work. then, accom- p pli.hed
by power machinery in our mechanical
industries sa! upon onE railroaas.
~osld require men representing u pop.
plat'on Of !72,50o, 600 iu addition to
the present population Of the country
" 5000. 900, or u total population.
with hand processes and with horse.
power, Of 227,6OQ, 900. which ropula.
tion would be obliged to subsist or
present means. In AZ enconom,c view
The cost to the country would be euor-
nous. The Rreaent cost of operating
the railroads Of the country with
Ftsam.7"~e is in round nu m bers $500.
poo.OOo per ahnnm, but to carry on
the same amount uf work with men
and horses woald cost the country
81 ,3OS,600.000. These illustrations.
at course, show the extreme straits to
which 4 county would he brought if
u undertook to perform its work in
the old way.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1886-08-04
Galley Slaves

\ galley slave is q person condemn.
ed frr crime t. work at an oa- or
board Of a gallcy;a low 1at-built ves
sci with one deck and navigated wit.
sails and oars. Among the eurly
Greeks and Romans these slaves wee
prisoners of war. The Carthgeinisna
manned their galleys with captive
Mauritaniants. The single dou btsu
passage in Valerius Maxiums has lea G
to the suppo8ition that crimina l.
were 1nIetimes condemned by Romans
to the gal'eysj but it is probable tha
they were first used for that purpose
under the byzantine Empire. In the
middle ages the galley rowers were con .
victS and intidel prisoners, who were
chained to the benches on which the,
sat. The Turks and Barbary corssirr
retaIiated, and captured Christians
we're put TO the same labor. In the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
France, Spain and Italian republics
used the galeys as places Of punish
ment for condemel criminals, who
were called nv the French GaIsribian
and by the English galley slaves.
PHILADELPHIA CGH.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1886-08-04

again and retire. He rose earlier and
earlier in the morning, and muttered
more aud more about the young folks
sleeping away the best part of the day
and he said that he had no doubt but
that sleeping and Rnoring until break
fast time helped to carry of poor Lam.
But one day old father Time came
along with new scythe, and he drew
the whetstone across it "A few times, and
rolled the sleeves Of hi0 red flannel
undershir. up over his warty elbows,
and Mr.. Methuselah passed on to that
undiScovered country with a ripe ex>
per'ence and q long, clean record.
We can almost fancy how the phy-
sicians, who had disagreed about his
case all the way through, CANE and
insisted on a post mortem examination
to prove which was right and what
was real Y the matter with him. We
can imagine how people went by cha
king their heads and regretling that
Methnse!ah should havetspa pered with
tobacco when he knew That Il affected
his heart.
but he is gone. he lived to see mis-
own pronissnry notes rise. flourish, &C.
quire intercst, pine away at last, and
Snsily outlaw. He acquired large
farm IN the very heart of the county
seat, and refused to move it or ylo; it
and cal! it Methuselah's addition. lie
came ont IN the Spring regularly tor
Soo years aiier he got too old to work
out his poll tax on the road, and put
in his time telling the rising genera
ton bow to make good road. Mean.
time other old people, who were almost
700 years old, moved away aud went
West, where they would attract a,ten-
ton and comrIaud respect. There was
actually no pleasure in getting old
arOuud where Methuselah was and be.
ing ordered about and sco,ded and
KEEP, in the background by hlm.
So when at last he died, people
sighed and SAID "WelI, it was better
for him to die before Ae go: childish.
II was hest that he should ile at n
time when he knew it all We can't
help thinking what an Acquisition M g.
thuselah will he on the evergreen shore
when he gets there, with all his ripo
experience and hi, habit of carly
rising"
And the next morning after the fu,
neral Methusclah's family did not get
ont Of bed uatil nearly : o'clock.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1886-08-04
Animals and Music.

4 saying among the Arabs asserts
that the song Of the shepherd fntteus
the sheep more than the richest pas.
ture. The mi!kmaids Of the High.
lands Of Scotland sing TO their 6ulky
cows to restore them to good humor.
The Irelchman encourages lis oxen
to exert themselves hy singing piess>
ant songs. : camel driver often stim.
u'stss his fa,igued beasts TO step out
with renewed vigor by playing on au
instrument. Seals haze been known
to follow e Boat in which some one
was playing. and hunters often take
advantage Of the a;.imaPs musical
taste.
Darwin, generalizing from these
and similar facts, says that "the per
ceDtion. if not the enjoyment of music
caderces ami of ~ Inn is probably
common 70 AL animals"
1t docs seem that music is The only
art which animals, fools and idiots are
able to appreciate, and the esplana.
ton is, probably, that music rests on
physicEi SSsis commor to al living
creaSurca. Some animals show lik
ing for some musical sounds. and dis.
like % others. A lamb IL mentioned
Gy Rev. j. g. Wood which delighted
N lively tunes, but abherred slow
compositions. i would chow it, pleas.
ure when Il Fo.Ga was pisyed, but the
moment it heard Cod cave the queen
1t would set up continuous baa.baa.
and silence tue musicians by provo>
king laughter.
a Scotch lady could always put her
pet rabbit into such IGse 10y playing
the harrIouiuIu, that it would hy Mt
the instrument aud scratch it Icgs. IF
however, she zen: 20 thD p:cno, end
played on that, tie rabbit worlI give
vent 10 his delight by running .oand
auI round the music stool.
Some dogs howl sll the time l. hand
organ is played, and many mca would,
II they were as free To express them
selves rs dog il. \ dog is mentioned
which nad such All aniiphathy to vio-
lin music that he would yell dismallv
the moment hand vas laid on the
h0v.
Mr.. Darwin tells in his Descent o
, Man." OF IL huilIinch which had bee:
taught to pipe German waltz. Wher
The bird was introduced into the room
where other birds were Kept, and he
began to pipe, ali tho linEctg and ca
narics ranged then:seIvcs on the near.
est side uf their cages, and listened
with the greatest interest TO the per,
/ f,rmcr.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1886-08-04
- - -
Why the Irish Like Green

The early Colts worshirped the
Dawn and the sunrise. 1t is moro
than PROBABLE that the Irish preference
Of the color green, for their flag ana
the!r saahes, arose from a mistahc
among those who had lost n ,horoug'
knew ledge OF the old IRISH Language
The sun, in Irish, Is called by n worI
pronounced like our word "green.
and II is likely that the Irish fondnes.
for that color arose from the word.
exact likeness in sound to their wore
for the sun. In the sams way, when
we talk about greenhouse, we think
they are called 80 BECAUSE the plant,
are keep green In them during winter
Yet 1t is far more probable that''green"
here, is the Irish word meaning not
the color, but tEe sun; because green.
house are built 30 as to catch the suns
rays and store them up while IL Is hid
den by clouds. rs ha pens more than
half the time IN showery TrelanI =
C"Dtury
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1886-08-04
Removing > Mans Rib.

There Is man at the IVY Street
Hospital, Atlanta, who has twelve ribs
on the right side aud eleven on left.
The twelfth rib was cut from his right
s!,,o this week. Ihe man who has thus
become little oue-sided, is named
Carmack, and he is from Alabama.
Mr.. Carmack is "A young man, mp.
parent!y strong and healthy, bat in
reality quite weak anl Ill. For months
lie has been suffering from empyema,
brought on by severe cold. At first
he paid 10 attention to the trouble, bnt
ns II began to grow lie Goug&t the best
physicians in thc locality i'll which he
resided, but could obtain no relief. He
then began trying every patent med.
icinc that he could hear Of, but again
obtained no relief. A few months npo
lie was advised TO come to Atlanta and
have an operation performed. He
reached the city Sunday and placed
himso!f under Dr. Nicholson's care.
The doctor soon discovered that the
only chance for the mans relief wa9
in removing a rib and inserting Il tube
through the orifce made. His patient
WAS advised as to the dangerous opera
ton. but agreed to It's being performed.
Yesterday morning Or. Nicholson,
aided by other physicians At the hos
pi,al, undertook the operation. The
patient was placed under the influence
Of chloroform, and for two hours the
physicisna worked over him before
completing the task. When the opera.
tion was finished, however, and the
man had recovered from the effect of
the chloroform, be appeared to be
much better. His case is deeply iu.
interesting TO all the physicians who
have been made acquainted with it
The operation is difficult one and
is rarely resorted to- Constitution.