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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-09-05

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-09-05
Soose Direcforg.

"A UGUSrA LODGE NO. al r. & A. n. Stated
IA Communication. Tuesday evening, Sept. 4, At
80 O'Clock
&C. HUNT. W. ".
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-07-11
To Africa in Six Hours.
From the Albany Telegram.

From the Albany Telegram
Ocean travel, if one can believe In
ventor Pierce, is about to undergo a
complete sutton, Col Pierce hopes
to lay a doublebarreled pneumatic
tube across the ocean, by which pas
sengers can travel at the rate of ], OOO
miles an hour. The cars can be
made either /, 900 feet long or 10
feet long, and will have wheels on all
sides They will be aittlel less than 4
feet ia diameter, and the passengers
while occupying them will recline on
luxurious cushions. Air will be letinto
the cars for purposes of ventilation
by means of stopcocks, and for light
ing electricity will probably be used.
In order to prevent an undue rush of
air at the terminus a large number
Of arterial exits will be used, which
will enable the expresses to slow up
properly Col. Pierce will allow our
Government to furnish the money; if
not European governments will have
heopportunity. Hong Kong, under
the new system, will be reached il
twelve hours and Central Africa in
six hours. Single tickets, good for
either of the points mentioned, ought
not to cost more than $40 apiece.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-07-11
How the Mexicans Dress.

Cleveland Plain Dealer
The peon women wear only scanty
skirts and a mantilIa of gaudy or
black stuff. The women of the better
class delight in French shoes and
skirts and tournures, their clothing
crackles with the starch in them, and
according to degree they wear hats
or mantillas of lace or fine stuff. The
masculine attire in Chihuahua, and in
deed all of Northern Mexicois varied.
The bloods wear american clothing
with an apologize touch or two Of
the old national dress. Pot hats and
frock coats abound. Then come the
ranchers with their short Jackets,
fancy shirts, skin-tight pantaloons
with bell bottoms and two and three
rows Of metal bell buttons, and ex-
travagantly embroidered and laced
sombreo. The poems are all lightly
clad beneath, canvas trousers pre-
dominating and bare legs plenty.
The hair is bound back by a band
round the forehead and the ineviita-
bic zarape, usually an Indian made
blanket, plain or gaudy stripes, is
wrapped over the sho ulders and hangs
to the knees. In the cold morning
and evening airof chihuahua the eff
feet to full looded American eyes is
ludicrous. The poems legs seem to
be in winter and his body in summer.
But they are his legs and we overlook
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-07-11
She is Deal, Dumb and Blind.

Helen Keller IS the name Of d sew
en-year-old child who can neiuher see,
hear nor speak, and who IS in all re-
spects as greata wonder as the world
famous Laura Bird geman The Girl
is n0Wsin Boston to attend the COM
mencement exercises at the Perkins
School for the Blind WhichWas founded
by DR.. Samuel G. Howe, deceased
husband of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe.
A Boston special to the New York
World says: Although deprived Of
all her most important senses, she
has been brought by the agency of
the blind alphabetinto a surprisingly
keen appreciation of the things about
her. She is the daughter Of Arthur
II. and Kate Keller, and was born
June 81, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Ala.
Her father was formerly editor Of the
North American, and he is now
United States marshal for the north
ern district of Alabama. Hismother.
was a great grand daughter of Alex.
lSpotswood, first colonial governor
of Virginia, and she was also second
cousin TO Gen. Robert e. Lee.
When little Helen was nineteen
months old an illness resulted in the
total loss of sight and hearing. She
had been an unusually bright and
active child and was fast learning to
to talk when she was taken sick. She
soon ceased to talk because she heard
osound, but as her physical strength
turned she began to exhibit wonder
full aptitude for learning everything
about the household. She learned to
distinguish the different mem bers of
the family through her sense of touch,
and her parents decided to place her
in charge of the Perkins Institution,
in this city, in the hope that her ter
rible condition might in some meas
ure be ameliorated. Miss Annie M.
Sullivan, herself a graduate of the
school, was sent to Tuscumbia in
March, 1887. She taught Helen the
finger alphabet of the blind, and af-
| ter days ofpatient work was reward
ed by seeing her pupil exhibit unmis-
| taxable signs Of intelligence. Her
sense of touch being so acute Helen
was able after a while to comprehend
the purpose and shape of objects
round about her. An object could be
given her, and after examining it
carefully with her fingers the name Of
the object would be communicated to
her by the finger alphabet.
By the end Of August, 1887, she
knew 625 words and almost as many
objects. After this she learned to
read after the fashion of the blind by
means Of raised letters, and then to
write. These processes were of course
intensely laborious to pupil and
teacher alike, and only the gentleness
and perseverance of both could ever
have won success. Her knowledge Of
arithmeticis equally remarkable, and
she takes extreme pleasure in feeding
domestic animals and learning their
habits and use. Her power. of 7imita-
ton is strongly developed. Her
memory isretentive and her curiosity
is Unsuitable.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-07-11
Something About Honiton Lace.

Saturday Review
Honiton lace has a curious chequer-
ed history with many fluctuations. 1t
is said to have been first introduced
by the Jennings, who took refuge in
England to escape the prosecutions
OF the Duke Of Alva. Many Flemish
names are still to be found in the
neighborhood OF Honiton- namely,
Stocker, Murch, Maynard, Trump,
etc. In 1860 there was such de-
mand for it that France thought it
necessary to issue a royal ordinance
providing that mark should be af-
fixed to imported English thread
lace. Two great fires at Honiton in
1856 and 1867 gave the first great
check to it's production. Queen AIDE
lade tried to revive it after twenty
years OF severe depression by order
ing skirt, made Of sprigs, copies of
natural flowers, commencing with
the initials other name; fora very de
based and hideous set of patterns
had come in. This does not seem to
have produced a great revival of the
trade, and when our present queen re-
CURED her wedding lace, it was found
difficult to provide the workers; but
eventually a dress worth 81 ,OOOwas
made at the small fishing village of
Beer. The English royal family have
been most constant patrons of Hon
iton lace, and have done immense
good in keeping the trade alive. We
will end by quoting a few quaint
words from Fuller's Deyonshire
worthless, which sum up the plea for
the revival: Hereby many children
who otherwise would be burthensome
to the parish prove BENEFICIAL to their
parents. Yes, many lame in their
limbs, and impotent in their arms, if
able in their fingers, gain a livelihood
thereby; not to say that it saveth
many thousands Of pounds yearly,
formerly sent over seas to fetch lace
in. Flanders. =
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-07-11
Method list Nuns.
From the New 7 FORK Sun.


Methodist nuns are to be a novelty
in feminine experience. They were
created by the Methodist General
Conference, after careful considera-
ton OF the subiectby the Committee
son Missions The commiitte reported
faVorably, and the Conferenceinse
in the Discipline Of the Church a sec
ton regulatingthen They are to be
called deaconesses, and they will be
very similar TO tthenuns OF the Roman
Catholic Church, except that they are.
not to take VOWS Of life service or Of
celibacy. Every annual conference
in which these deaconesses are estab-
lished will have a board of nine mem
bers to control this kind of work.
Nothing more definite than that was
by the Conference, but the impression
is that the Methodist nuns will wear
a distinctive costume, and live in
houses by themselves. They will
minister to thepoor and the sick, care
for orphans, and do other work of
charity. They will be required to.
serve APPRECIATION Of continual service
for two years before being made dea-|
conesses, and they will have to be at
least 25 years Of age. 1t has long
been a desire of the Rev. DR.. Dix Of
Trinity to have such duties performed
by regular orders Of women, and he
succeeded several years ago in forming
an organization of Episc opalian nuns,
but they have not been endorsed by
the denomination, and SO the Metho-
dlsts are the first Protestant church
in America to attempt the recruiting,
and uniforming of religious sisters.
The first of these deaconesses will be
likely to be seen in Chicago, where
THERE'S already an informal organiza-
ton of a someWhat similar character;
but it is believed that in all the large
cities, within a year, there will be
established pro stationary classes AS
two years service will be required be-
fore any woman may become a dea-
coness, there must ensue thatamount
ofdelay, but the work and the costum-
ing ofthe deyotees may begin atonce.
sAnd what costumes will the deacon
esses wear % was asked Of nearly every
member of the committee responsible
for their creation. No definite an
swer could beobtained Indeed, the
reverend gentleman did not seem to
have considered that matter partic-
ularly, although the question will be
quick to come to the front when the
order becomes really existent. Nat
urally, a sober garb will be chosen,
but how nearly it will approach the
Disagreement deemed essential in
the Catholic Church, as a destructive
agency for feminine pride, remains to
be seen.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-07-11
Came Back for a BustIe.
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald
Pochuch mountains, a range be-
tween New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
is inhabited chiefly by wood choppers
who seldom venture into town, and
live much like the aborigines. Mrs.
Charlie Rinehaft is, however, an ex-
ception, and has long been the belle
Of the place, She is a pretty brunette,
and a lover of dress, and popular
with the Inhabitants Of that isolated
spot. Consequently, when her husband
came to the neighbors with word that
she had eloped, the whole community
turned out to make chase.
Rnehart said he had noticed a
Asappy-looking'' fellow hangin g
around his place in the morning, but
thought nothing of it. When he
came back at noon his wife and two
children were gone, as well as some
bedding, cooking utensils and pro-
visions.
A large crowd soon took up the
trail, which led through the woods.
About night they come up with the
party as they were preparing to
camp out for the night. The 'sappyo
young man took to his heels and es-
capped, but carried with him a load of
shot fired by the husband. Mrs.
Rinehart explained that he was an
old admirer of hers, and that she
wanted to live in a town where she
could dress better.
She finally returned with her hus-
band after he promised to buy her
a new dress with a ssbustle."
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-07-11
Bucklen 5 Arnica Salye

The best salYe in the world for Cuts,
Bruises Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, chapped Hands,
Chllhlains, Corns, and all Skin Ernp-
lions. and positively cures Piles. or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refund
ed. Price IS cents per box. Sold by O..
Il. Roos.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-28

labor of getting the bill In form, and some
missionary work to strengthen the bill.
They are advancing Iii a way that is
more satisfactory than they had hoped
for. The missionary work to be done
is simply the yielding of little points
here end there, when they can thus gain
strength for the bill without making any
serious sacrifice. The bill, as reported,
will put wool IN the free list; Will, by
way OF a compromise, make q material re-
duction in the tax on tobacco and fruit
brandies, and will make a reduction of 20
per cent. On sugar, salt, lumber, and other
such raw materials will go on the free
list. There will be a general revision
and adjustment Of the tariff schedule,
and the administrative features OF the
bill will practically replace that formerly
advanced by Mr.. Hewitt. AT every step
they have consulted expediencyto a great
extent, and have SO managed as to give
strength in every direction. They have
perfect confidence that they will be able
to pass the bill almost as reported. An
exception may be made as to the wool
clause. After a fight they will compro-
mise on this by putting coarse woods
only OH the free list, if they can gain
sone decided advantage by 80 doing.
They appear, however, to think that they
will not have TO make any change in the
bill in this respect
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-28

The name of Austin Lathr0p, to succeed
Walker, was presented. A motion to
lay on the table was defeated-17 to 10
and Mr.. Lathrop WAS elected. A resolu-
ton requesting the national committee
to select New York as the place for the
national convention. was defeated. Ed
ward Murphy, of Troy, was named as
successor to Mr.. Thompson. Mr.. Murphy
declined. This was only a complimentary
matter, as Mr.. Murphy had no desire to
enter the fight. The names of Henry 1.
Mowry, supposed to represent the Cleve-
land presidential faction, n of Roswe |
p. Flower, understood to represent the
Fill interest, were then presented for the
vacancy The calling of the roll revealed
q close contest between the two elements
in the state committee, tha-yote being
II to II. Twenty-Five ballots were taken
with the same result, during which time
motions to adjourn were lost. A recess
was Their takenfor dinner. After recess
another ballot was taken, with the same
result. Mir. Grace then moved to adj
journ, saying that any n who changed
his vote now would be sure to nave his
motives impugned. Mr.. Sheehan thought
a few more ballots should be taken. Mr..
Grace withdrew his motion, and two
ballots with like results were taken. Mr..
Spratt moved to adjourn, but withdrew
the motion. After the thirtieth ballot u
conference of the leaders of the two fac
tions was held, after which Mr.. Muir
ply moved that the committee adjourn
sine die. This was carried with only two
dissenting votes. The choice of Mr..
Thempson,s successor is therefore left to
the national committee. *
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-28
cHicAao's NATURAL GAS.

&
80 sSfspi;e Ara m~atsriaIIy IncreasIne
st All Points.
CHICAGO, Jan. 27.--Gas experts now
admit that Chicago has enough natural
gaa underlying its surface to be worth
the cost and trouble Of Investigation.
II ts generally conceded that the gas dis
A. rr.nrtn.
limestone to the Niagara strata, through
some crevice or 6ssnre, which accounts
for its small pressure. G. II. DabneY
and J. ii. Ralston have invented q rub.
her packed cylinder within a cyclinder.
by which they claim to be able to- make
gas wells OF those. now containing
water impregnated with gas. Mr.. Dab
ney can get gas enough out of all these
by his arrangement 20 supply all the
wants Of The buildings where gas has
been discovered. AT the Cooke brew.
cry the management have contracted
to have q large gasometer built.
and it is to be delivered in a few weeks.
When tbs ~gasometer is In good running
order they propose to utilize the gas for
all heating and illuminating purposes
The gas at the Leland hotel is still burn
ing brightly. but MI. Leland has not
made any arrangement as yet BY which
the gas car be used. A sudden Increase
In the supply at the hotel makes 1t neces-
narys that something be done, either to
utilize the product. or shut 1t off. The
lame suddenly increased to about four
times as large, and came with such force
~ to nearly upset the heavy water foun.
tain whence ftsissues. Mr.. Leland be
haves that he has moro gas than he q
use In hts hotel. and In a short time will
proceed to utilize it. The gas II flow
ing freely at all tho other places where it
has been discovered.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-28
A prize-Fighter's Sympathetic wife.

Ei4b-chShee Sy"phtheLlC WiIos
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Jan. 27.-Mrs.
Weir, the pretty Bostonese wife of the
Belfast Spider Witnessed the prize
fight Monday evening. She and half q
dozen yelled members Of the fair sex, &C.
cupied the suspended band stand. Weir
sat with his wife until after the prelim-
mary contest, and when he was about to
don his professional regalia, he bid her
goodbye, and started for his room.
When Miller came upon the plat
form, the Spiders" wife saw in the
western lad, n fighter of larger proper
tions than her husband, and decided the
result. She began to cry before the men
came together. The young wife was the
only one who did not enjoy the contest.
Every time that Miller would land or APP
pear to land on his antagonist, Mrs. Wier
would cry loud enough to be heard by
the spectators seated Immediately below.
She nearly went into Mysteries when she
saw the claret streaming down her hus-
bands face in the third round.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-28
THE NEWS BOILED DC WN.

.gNHHs -- 49,
w n. Brodie, the veteran cotton
broker, died in New York on Thursday
of apoplexy.
The receipts OF Michigan for the last
calendar year were 81, 1878, 397; disburse-
ments, 50 ,s25, 8a9.
The buildings of the Put-in-Bay Wine
company burned. The cellars contained
wine valued at $55, 900.
Fred W. Knight, an actor who has
been with Frank I. Frayne since 1871,
died Thursday at the hotel at Nelson, @.
Gov. Morehouse is receiving numerous
communications asking him not to ex-
tend clemency in the Maxwell murder
case.
A New Orleans judge has decided that
keno Is not a gambling game, and the
Keno houses, heretofore closed, are open
ing for business.
The Rev. Abel Leonard was conse-
Grated bishop of the missionary jnrisdic-
ton of Nevada and Utah, at Christ Epis-
copal church at st. Louis.
Wencil Cerney attempted suicide at
Cedar Rapids, Ia From his actions and
words he is supposed to have been con
nected with the Haddock murder.
Suit has begun against David Allen,
late steward of the Indiana Southern
penitentiary. He is charged with having
converted $40, 900 of the states money to
his OWE use.
The failure is announced OF Ignatius
n. Prihye, jobber in guns and cutlery,
Chicago. The liabilities are between
$4,000 aud $l0O, 600, assets $75, 600,
solely in stock.
~ aH G8hfEHaf s4.7I
John Tangney, a commercial travelling
and collecting agent for q Chicago house,
was arrested aad committed to jail at
Eau Claire, Wis, on a charge Of. assault
on e respectable woman.
Isaac N. Stanley embezzled 800, 600
from cleveland bank, and was sentenced
to five years in prison. Frank Emerson
burglarized a house at Kansas City,
taking $l25, and the jury, after three
minutes elaboration, assessed the pun
ishment at. twenty years in the peni-
Tertiary. Justice sometimes haits and
sometimes leaps.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-28
LOOKING FOR MISS COFFIN,

The Young Woman Who Has Been soI-
lowing Kyrle Bellew.
NEW YoRK, Jan. 27.-It is believed
that Miss Harriet Elizabeth Coffin, the
stage-struck young woman, who has
been pursuing Kyrle Bellew with a re-
%volver, is atpresent with her aunt, Mrs.
Collins, at No. 1885 Madison avenue.
DIR. Hammond received a letter from
Charles j. Wildly, of Cincinnati, the
trustee of the young womap's estate of
$50, 900. asking il she had been found
and confined in an insane asylum. The
young woman has not been seen since
last Friday by DR.. Hammond, whom she
promised that she would go to a private
asylum in Sing Sing. The girl, he said,
comes honestly by her weak intellect,
with an inebriate father and a weak and
vacillating mother. 1t comes from con-
genital troubles.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-28
tess ana 9akutaian
THE MINERS ARE LOYAL.
Their CAUSE AND THAT OF THE
RAILROADS A COMMON ONE.

A Conference In Which 1t Is Determined
hat tho Hour of Compromises Has
Gone, and the Unconditional Surrender
of the Gomp1ny Demanded.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, Jan. 27.-The strik.
ers at the different headquarters are jul
bilant, Chairman Lee says: eve are
positively a unit now. Our forces are
positively consbined.n Secretary Duffy
says. The strike is. solid. No more
propositions for settlement. y 1t is learned
that the cause looking to the above ex-
presslons was the action before the sd
journment Of the Amalgamated associa-
tion on Wednesday. That body endorsed
all previous actions OF their represen-
tatives on the joint committee and re-
CURED them hereafter to accept
of no compromise other thar the uncon-
ditionRl surrender of the company and
the granting of the 8 per cent. advance.
Nothing official was ordered lone in tho
recognition of the r%allroaders' cause.
Before sub-district No. 12, OF the Ma
tional assembly. No. 1876, X. of L., adj
journed, the actions OF their members Of
the joint committee were ratified, the
cause of the miners and railroaders de-
clared a common one, and a motion was
unanimously carried ...that we stand to
gether to the DEATH
From inside authorities your cor
respondent learned that a part Of the
work done by the subdivision was
an address to labor organizations gener-
ally, which specifically related all facts,
with important correspondence relating
to the strike. This address was very care
fully prepared, with the assistance OF
legal advice, and will be withheld from
publication until certified by Master
Workman Lewis, who Is hourly expected
from the coal regions. This address will
be made public first at the monster labor
meeting at Baltimore, to be held on Sum
day next The address emphatically
declares the time for arbitration
is over; there can be no
compounds now except by a
complete surrender by the Reading conn
pany. Neither miners nor railroaders
viii. make any move promising peace;
the company can alone settle this matter
by Now coming 70 the men; the strike
are TO be drawn to the notch, q
bold front maintained, and aggressive
measures: against the fompany's business
instituted In every quarter, Corbin has
made his uitimatum, we now give the
miners'. We are united, and will fight
to tho end.n The document then save
arrangements bRve been perfected for the
financial support and moral encourage
ment of the strike, and appeals to their
brethren everywhere for contributions:
declares the struggle is one of national
Importance, Involving the very lives OF
every organization; that it lis imperative
for organized labor ~eyerywhere IN iotn