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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-29

Mrs. Gale and Miss Smith have opened
dressmakiDg rooms over Devine & Cough
lin. See advertisement.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-29

The latest ia that Stain killed Abel and
that Cromwell was the man who struck Billy
Patterson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-29

Marshal Norton brought to the county Jail
from Gardiner, tramp sent up for a few
weeks board
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-29

A cold snap would produce excellent skat.
ing on the river.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-29

Hallowell affords an opening in the
bakery business. See lad"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-29

He came into an Augusta pharmacy the
other evening and in the language of the
druggist his legs were in condition to dance
the lock stitch sehottische.
"Ilic-shay old Teller | want hic- four ear
cardamon seeds. I'm going out calling thisi
evening and l-hic- wouldn't have folks tumble
to mc-hic sheer
That's right, I'll drop in and pay you-hic-
shome day"
1t was noticeable as he turred to go that he
had omitted to put on his evening dress.
A peculiar case Of what seems to have been
persecution has received check. Albion
futile of China has during the year, in be-
half of the State, had Mr.. Harris Doe of
China arrested three different times under
various false allegations thus causing an ex-
pcnse to Mr.. Doe of upwards of 500. No
case was made out against Mr..
Doe on either occasion. Last Tuesday Mr..
Doe got out warrant for
Tuttle's arrest and Deputy Sheriff Ramsell
arrested him futile was put under $500
bonds to appear at the next term of Court.
Not getting bonds he was lodged in Jail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-29

The Superior Court sits on Tuesday next
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-29

Sucker fishing still remains the great attrac
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-29
Gocal 2na!lers.

Togus stage was on wheels yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-29

The wagon has got to come out this time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-29

Viewers dining hall was the scene, last
evening, of wonderfully unanimous action
on the part of the members of the city gov
eminent. This unanimity consisted in heart
paSt
The Clifton clarion., 1888-04-04
Cleaning Horses by Steam,

"HoP that boss, will you?"
 Don need no hol'in; case he'll stan; he likes hit"
 In verifcation of the last speak CTS remark, the "hoss" did seem to like hit for he moved his head and body much after the fashion of a kitten which is getting his back stroked.
 In the basement or ground floor of the Palmer house livery stables two employees stood on either side of large, powerfully built horse which was undergoing his daily toilet-in stable parlance, "gettin' cleaned and cured" In exactly forty seconds the animal was turned over to his keeper as bright as new pin-not a speck of dirt nor a turned hair to be seen on his sleek, shiny coat. His step seemed brisker, and he acted much like person who had just had an invigorating bath. In just two hours time no less than 150 horses, big and little, had received their daily cleanup and were ready to prance out into society.
 The cause of this revolution in the art of cleaning, rubbing down and currying all in one-is a
The Clifton clarion., 1888-04-04
John KeHy's Widow.

Before John Kelly, the big boss of Tammany Hall. was gathered to his fathers he had hardly a mo- ment to call his own. His private residence invaded day and night by politicians of all kinds. They wore out parlor carpets, and more than one jerked the doorbell out it's socket. They appeared before breakfast, and often elbowed their way in at midnight. This was be- cause the big boss had scores of fat offices at his disposal. The politicians annoyed his wife to death almost, and many a time did she urge him to give up his posi- ton as leader, and so cut loose from the men who had no use for him except for what they could get from him. Many queer stories are told of how some of these men sought the Boss favor. Some of them hattered his wife, others sent her gifts of books, jewelry and bric brac, and others sent her flowers and paid her similar atten- tions. They hoped to win favor in her eyes by their trinkets, but they did not, for she always re- turned them. Indeed, Mrs. Kelly was of quite as much importance as her hesband.
 Now this is all changed. Only a very few, indeed, of the hundreds who used to annoy her by the frequency of their visits to her home now call. and they are men who liked the big boss and his young wife as much for themselves as for the loaves and fishes that they knew could be multiplied so plentifully. Mrs. Kelly's name is never seen in the newspapers these days, and only her intimate friends know of her existence. She is living in great retirement and devoting her time to the educa- tion of her children, to the Church and to charitable work. Nearly every Democrat of prominence in the country has at one time or an other stretched his legs under Mir. Kelly's mahogany dining table, but they come and go from the city now without making pilgrim- age to his widows home, or even inquiring about her health. Mrs. Kelly was left comfortably off. She is young and is worth S2,OO0,- 900. She is a niece of the late Cardinal McCloskey. She will go with her children to Europe for the summer. She expresses her. self happy to be rid of the syco- plants who annoyed her so long, and who, in truth, killed her hus band.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-04-04
ssoyal Princes aud Taeir Pipes.

One of the greatest depriva-
 lions which the Grown Prince has had to endure is the loss of his pipe. "Unser Fritz was always
 great smoker, and he dearly loved to blow cloud from a big-bowled wooden pipe which the Princess Royal carried for him with her
 own fair hands. The Crown Princess-unllke Mrs. Carlyle has always encouraged her hus- band to smoke at home.
 The man who smokes at home, and whose wife does not object to the smell of tobacco, has the path way of domestic happiness rolled and made smooth for him. Half the misery of married life has its origin in the lady turning up her
 nose at the smell of a cigar. The
 Crown Princess has never made mistake, and so many pleasant evenings h ave been spent with her husband at home, she doing her
 needlework or reading aloud, and he smoking his long pipe and feel ing beautifully comfortable, and lazy, snug.
 Of late the poor Prince has had the pipe taken out of his mouth. His ailment has literally put out the pipe. Not only must he not smoke himself, but he cannot even breathe the air lmpregnated with tobacco, and so his sons, when they cone to see him, have to smoke out of doors. It is due to this fact that San Reno at one time must cred as its attractions a royal prince with brier-root pipe per petually in his mouth. Prince Henry, the Cromn Princes second son, smokes his pipe in the En- glish fashion, and smokes it morn ing, noon and night. You could meet him when he was at San Reno strolling about after break fast with we'll colored English short clay or cutty. In the after noon he made just this sacrifice to fashion-he changed the clay for brier-root.
 It is related of him in San Reno that, going to church one Sunday he started with the prayer book under his arm, brier root well alight in his mouth. A young English friend of his, who was staying at San Reno. ventured on a mild remonstrance. My dear boy" said the English dandy, "you are not going to church with that thing in your mouth" Prince Henry took the pipe out of his mouth and looked at it. "I beg your pardon, old fellow," he said; T forgot it was Sunday" He ran back home with brier-root and reappeared with a meerschaum.- London Referee.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-04-04

Questions of political economy will stray into the most serious moments of young life. Don't you think, Evelina, dear, that you-er need littie-er protec- tion?" Possibly, George; but I don't know as I am in favor of so much raw materiall" And he picked up his hat and went out into the damp fog of the restless world.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-04-04
contrivance, a movable

simple contrivance, movable shaft, at one end of which is circular brush composed of fairly stiff bristles The brush, which is run by steam, revolves many hun dred times a minute, and is guided by the cleaner. Two Of these cleaners operating with the brushes on one animal can accom- plish more in one minute than can four men with the old style brush and currycomb in twenty minutes.
 As soon as the brush touches the body of the horse the dirt and dead hair fly in all directions, and 1t only needs a second going over" to have the animal in such a condition that glove would not be soiled in rubbingIover the hide. At first the horse appears frigh- tened at the noise of the revolving shafts, but as soon as he feels the touch of the brush he edges up 10 the cleaner and gives every indica- ton of pleasure. The harder the pressure on the brush the harder will be the rubbing, of course, md when the sensation becomes un- comfortable the horse moves away. In this way the cleaners are easily informed as to how hard 8 rub ping the animal will stand.
 "Oh, yes, deys heap ob ditfunce in bosses wen it comes to putting the brush to 'em," said perspir- ing cleaner as he wisked aside the long tail of pretty little horse belonging to the children of Michigan avenue aristrocrat.
 "Some ob lem will stan more'n others. F'rinstance dis little fel- low kaint get enuff, vile dere is big uns w'ch won't stan nothin' but the easiest pressure. Oats cause ob dere hide, dough; hits tender"
 Several years ago a majority of the frst-class barber shops in large cities used a similar contriv- ance on a moderate scale-that is, the bristles in the brushes were not as stiff and the pressure was of course light and soft. After the customers capillary appendage had fallen to the floor under the shears of the tonsorial artist he received his rubbing down from the steam brush which hung sus- pended from the ceiling. For some reason It has been discarded by the barber, only to be adopted by the professional groom and large livery stables, and is wei comed as a boon for its efficiency in service and the rapidity of its work.-Exchange.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-04-04
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Territorial.

Territorial. Governor-C. Meyer Zulick. Prescott. Secretary-Jas A. Bayard, Prescott. Treasurer-C. B. Foster. Prescott. Superintendent of Public Instruction-C. M. Strauss, Tucson.
 Auditor-H. T. Andrews Prescott. Commissioner of Immigration -C. II. King, Phoenix.
 Supreme Court-J. H: Wright, Chief Justice. Prescott; W. w. Porter Asso- ciste Justice, Phenix; Vim. H. Barnes, Associate Justice. Tucson. U. s. District Attorney-Owen T. Rouse, U. $. Marshal-w. K. Meade, Tucson. Surveyor General--J. Hise. Tucson. U. s. Internal Revenue Collector-J. J. Devine, Tucson.
 Delegate to Congress-Mark A. Smith, Judge of First Judicial District-wm. H. Barnes.
 Judge of Second Judicial District-w. ". Judge of Third Judicial District J. H. Wright, Prescott.
 Graham County.
 PROBATE JUDGE. J. T. FITZGERALD. .Solomonvilie
 CLERK PROBATE COURT. FRED. NJ. NEWELL, ,.............S .Solomonville
 sHERIFF. B. M. CRAWFORD. RD...............S Solomonville Deputies-W. c. W. Smith, Solomonville.
 RECORDER. P. hI,aELEsA, A,................. .SOlomonville
 TREASURER. s. W. PoNERoY, Solomonville Deputy-F. NJ. Newell, Solomonville.
 DISTRICT ATTORNEY. P.J. BoLAs-----....- .Solomonville
 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. D. II. MISG.-.................. Thomas
 ASSESSOR, W. D. JOHNSON. Safford
 SURVEYOR. J. II. .hARHNEAU, ,.............. Pima
 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. H. c. BooN, Duncan WM. WHALES, .....................-Ar -Arivaipa UYRUN WEIGH. H.......................... Pima ?. MIcHrLESA Clerk ..., .... Solomon vile
The Clifton clarion., 1888-04-04

Barrels are made in Jersey for the use of the channel island far mers which will fold up when empty, and thus, having been sent to market, can be packed into a small space on the return. The slaves are fixed upon the hoops so that the heads, being re- moved, they may be rolled up. They are made perfect cylinders, and therefore occupy less space for the same capacity than ordin- ary barrels. Dress.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-04-04

A New Bedford man has a cat with remarkable fondness for sliding on the ice. When it finds a likey bit of ice it runs to get good start, and then, throwing it. self on its belly with fore and hind legs extended forward and back ward, slides daily again and again until surfeited with the fun.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-04-04

Leap year in Washington; young man at foot of tree; young woman three squares away, com ing rapidly toward him. Young man to policeman: Gan I climb this tree?" Policeman: You'd better take the next one, sir; there's sixteen men already gone up this one."
The Clifton clarion., 1888-04-04

Children between five and twel 70 years or age half fare.
 w-10O pounds baggage carried free with each full fare, and 50 pounds with each half fare ticket.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-04-04
Clifton Postomce.

Regular hours from 7:30 g. m. to 1:sO p. m. ReSistration from q:S0 a. m. to p. m. Money Order hours, q:s0 a. m. to ?. m; Sundays, office open from II 2. m. to IF m. Mail departs for Solomonville Tuesdays, .turdays. Mail closes goo p. m.
 Mail for Morenci closes at 6:S0 a. m. No foreign or mutilsted money will be for stamps. box rent or postal orders. Parties calling for mail matter other than A at which is addressed to themselves must present ar order for delivery
 A. C. REARDoS, P. NJ.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-04-04

It was a wicked old bachelor who propounded the conundrum "Why are ideas like whiskers p and when asked for solution said, Because men only get thes when they are grown up al women never have any"
The Clifton clarion., 1888-04-04
Ayixona < New Mexico R. R. Time
 Table.
GOING SOUTH.
PASSENGER RATES.

Trains run daily, sundays excepted.
 Passenger and freight rates on the Arizona & New Mexico Railway from April lst 1887.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-04-04

My son, when girl demurely informs you that she has made up her mind never to marry, let the subject drop right there. If you are foolish enough to indulge in any leading questions the first thing you know you'll be pricing stationery and wedding cake.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-04-04

Million of jack rabbits migrated from Oregon to Idaho during the recent cold spell in the far north west. They crossed the frozen waters of the Snake river in hordes, and presented wonderful spectacle to the people who saw them
The Clifton clarion., 1888-04-04

He who by his biz wox thrive, must either bust .s
 vertise."
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-08-18
One Way to Pay a Debt,

Lewiston Me-, Journal.
When one of the early settlers of
Gonldsboro, Me-, bought his farm he
had to leave a 5000 mortgage on it.
He paid the interest promptly for
many years and raised large fami-
ly. One year, when the collector of
interest came around, he found the
farmers wife rocking the cradle, in
which slept her twenty-second child.
The collector jokingly told the wo-
man if she would make up the even
two dozen, whenever that may oc-
cur, he would lift the mortgage and
give them an unincumbered title to
the place. The next year he was on
hand promptly to collect the interest
due, when 10! in the same cradle lay
a fine pair of twins, which made up
the two dozen and, of course, there
was nothing to do but to free the
proud parents from debt. A Lewis.
ton bank teller got raise in his sala.
ry in a similar way not long ago.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-08-18
AMERICAN RAILWAYS.
Improvements for Locomotives Invente
by Yankee Engineers

Improvements for Locomotives Invented
by Yankee Engineers.
The key TO the evolution of the
American railway is the contempt for
authority displayed by our engineers,
and the untrammeled way in which
they invented and applied whatever
they thought would answer the best
purpose, regardless of precedent. When
we began to build our railways, in
1881, we followed English patterns for
short time. Our engineers soon saw
that unless vital changes were made
our money would not hold out, and our
railway system would be very short.
Necessity truly became the mother of
invention.
The first and most far-reaching in
vention was that of the swiveling truck,
which, placed under the front end of
an engine, enables it to run around
curves of almost any radius. This en-
abled us to build much less expensive
lines than those of England, for we
could now curve around and avoid hills
and other obstacles at will.
The next Improvement was the in
vention of the equalizing beams or
levers, by which the weight of the en-
CINE is always borne by three out of
four or more driving wheels. They
act like three-legged stool, which
can always be set level on any irregular
spot. The original imported English
locomotives could not be kept on the
rails Of rough tracks. The same ex-
perience obtained in Canada when the
Grand Trunk railway was opened,
in 1896. The locomotive of English
pattern constantly ran off the
track; those of American pattern
hardly ever did SO. Finally all their
locomotives were changed by having
swiveling trucks put under their for
ward ends, and no more trouble oc-
CURED. The equalizing levers were
first used by Rogers in 1874.
These two improvements, which are
absolutely essential to the success of
railroads in new countries, and have
been adopted in Canada, Australia,
Mexico and South America, to the ex-
clusion of English patterns, are also of
great value on the smoothest and best
possible tracks. The flexibility of the
American machine increases its ad-
hesion and enables it to draw greater
loads than its English rival The
same fexibility equalizes It's pressure
on the track, prevents shocks and
blows, and enables it to keep out of
the hospital and run more miles in q
year than the English locomotive
Scribner'S Magazine.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-08-18
Spiders Webs.
st. Nicholas for August.

st. Nicholas for August.
l read a statement in this magazine
not long ago, about the spiders webs
that cover the fields and meadows on
certain mornings in the summer,
which was not entirely exact. 1t is
not quite true, in the sense in which
it was uttered, that these spiders
webs are more abundant on some
mornings than on Others, and that
they pressage fair weather. Now the
truth is, that during the latter half of
summer these webs are about as
abundant at one time as at another;
but they are much more noticeable
on some mornings than on others
heavy dew brings them to view.
They are especially conspicuous after
morning of fog such as often fills
our deeper valleys for few hours
when fall approaches. They then
look like little napkins spread all over
the meadows; / saw fields last sum-
mer in August, when one could step
from one of these dew-napkins to
another, for long distances. They
are little nets that catch the fog.
Every thread is strung with innu-
merable fine drops, like tiny beads.
After an hour of sunshine the webs,
apparently, are gone.
Most country people, l find, think
they are due to nothing but the
moisture ; others seem to think that
the spiders take them in as morning
advances. But they are still there,
stretched above the grass at noon and
at sunset, as abundant as they were
at sunrise; and are then more
serviceable to the spiders, because
less visible. The flies and insects
would avoid them in the morning,
but at midday they do not detect
them so readily.
If these webs have any significance
as signs of the coming weather, this
may be the explanation:
A heavy dew occurs under a clear,
cool sky, and the night preceding a
day of rain is usually a devices night.
Much dew, then, means fair weather,
and copius dew discloses the spi-
ders' webs. 1t is the dew that is sig
nificant, and not the webs.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-08-18
Sent Out the Wrong Speech.

A Washington special to the New
York World tells that a wealthy re-
publican congressman from Pennsyl-
vania, who always devotes a portion
of his income to campaign purposes
in presidential years, is just now
engaged upon the investigation of an
incident which has already caused
him untold annoyance and bids fair
to embarass him still further. A few
weeks age he rented an office on New
York avenue, where he established a
force Of clerks, whom he deputized to
frank immense quantities of protec-
ton speeches throughout Pennsylva-
MIA as campaign documents. In
order to supply these speeches he adj
dressed a letter to the public prin ter,
inclosing a large check with an order
for several hundred thousand copies
of the speech of Mr.. Mckinley of
Ohio-a strong protection argument
in line with the republican policy.
The member referred to writes an
execrable hand, but the officials who
read the letter believed they had sue
ceeded in making out the name of the
member who had delivered the
speech. The speech was accordingly
supplied, and for several days the
clerks worked industriously sending
off great patches to the Pennsylva-
MANS constituents.
A day or two ago they began COM
ing back, accompanied by indignant
letters demanding to know why the
recipients should be flooded with
"free trade literature" by their own
representative in congress. The
member fastened to his Office, tore
offa dozen wrappers and discovered
to his dismay that he had sent of
nearly 100000 copies of the speech o.
Mr.. McMillin ofTennessee, the demo
cratic member of the ways and means
committee. In the hieroglyphics O.
his handwriting mckinley" haC
been read "McMillin," and the
speech furnished accordingly. The
force of clerks is now engaged il
mailing circular letter of apology
and it is understood that the protec
tionists in the state have lost severa
adherents owing to the convincing
tariff reform arguments of Mr.. Nc
Millin. W. 80
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-08-18
One Way to Tell.

Arkansas Traveller.
"Ef a gentleman says: "Come n.y.
ar, you black scamp, en- black mer
boots, en- do hit quick, too,' I knows
dat mans from down Souf, en- he
gwine to gimme sompen, en- mos
likely aquartah."
Thus a darkey on a Missippippi
steamboat was explaining his posi-
ton as to sectional proclivities. He
went on further to say: "Ef anuther
gentleman say to me, 'Mydear young
cullud frien', will you be so kline ez
to black my boots q dat mans from
Greenland's icy mountains, er SOM
mers in dat direction. En- mebbe he
gwine ter gimme John de Baptist
-dat's one cent-but mos likely he
gwine ter jis' give thanks"