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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-11-15
Timber Land for Sale.

The ncrth half Of Township No. ., Rang, Z, Yrank
lin Cosnty. Ne. Also two biocks one nile squafe
each. adioLiIg, In No. 2, T. g. This tract coptsins
between 1900 and 600 acres, the largest pan Of
shioh is heavily timbered with pine, sprsss and o.
asr. which has never been called: esiisaatsd BE-
Alder STREAM asd I'm BROOK, both Of ukich orps1
h, taxing In . PAT Of the famous I'm Pond. me-
sfrsans empty into Dead River, whick oor>s M
~ ksnnsbes balow Asosshead Laks-
enDKkT L0NGYKLLOW.
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Lost.
Z OsT.-A large, grey and white cat. Finder
viii please leave at h. T.. Myrieks, l3i state
street, and receive reward. dl~'
Found.
L-OUND-F Furnished rooms TO let; also boarding
Il and lodging can be had BY applying 10
MEs. }. h. LAPHAM, Winthrop Court
nov i3dlw.
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To Let.

ITO LET A good house TO rent to a small family
! on Gage street Short w.lk from Wafer st
HENRY UNION los Grove street =
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-11-15

angry with himself at the position he
finds himself in Ills mission to tho
Vcnvoorsts would be accomplished sue.
cessfully should he use against Mrs.
Mackenzie tho weapon which sho herself
has put into his hands But, apart from
her ap9eal FOR silence. every instinct In
the man protests against this betrayal of
q eonfdence-a confidence made in him BY
woman, and that woman one whom, he
liked little once" So, with only duty,
ard that not very clearly defined. on the
orse hand, and honor. inclination. and q
very handsome woman on the other, he il
mot long in coming to conclusion why
SHOULD Interfere he says. Make
yourself entirely e2sy-I promise"
The victorious lady thanks him with an
effusiveness which It would be sacrilege
to describe were description possible. and
then they resume their walk. 1t becomes
evident that the elderly lover has disap-
peared for the night. and that Mrs Mac
ksElzie. being of duty. ha. no objection to
exchanging few refreshing condolences
with her old friend. whom she has always
found amusing. though unprofsabie.
She drops tragedy and assumes the old.
ssfeetiy confidential manner.
And what has Mr.. Blake been doing
with himself all these yearsg"
Mr. Blake has been Going gyes.
many things. and all very lad"
Yes, poor boy; goodness wasn't much
il your line when used to know you,
and one don't improve VITA ase-does
one1"
You certainly have not da:e-3or4ted"
with bold, steady lock Gs~I into L.-
eyes, which meet his h.. way. Then
slat glance pGsses--sL2t Eldossribab,s
Challenge vhi>h rese25,ls ;le flourish
with winch two feaes-5 salute ozch other
as skey measure tie foils. lie fo-eats
everything bce tie t2es beside hiir; and
io- the rszt half Loz- they Tx t!lz.t non.
se;1se wi-icl seems SO clever c. the mo-
rlnnt aid 50 silly rext d.. e.. tie las.
carriage rolls of down th5 drive. and Mrs.
Gncke-z.s eeveiops . regard for tie pro-
pre.ies which B,si.s WAS rot familiar
with n Laura Neb1Ty. ard leave5
him With most gracious "Good
night snd ''iong. lingering Pros
sais II her strong white hand Tie
lights 60 out, the iadies trail their long
lAngths of silk or muslin up ths broad
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-03
Monster Skeleton.
wardrobe

The largest skeleton ever heard
Of has been discovered in Eastland
county, Texas, recently. A gen.
tleman by the name of Archie
Brown, was travelling through the
woods along the banks of creek
when he discovered horn stick
ing out of the side of the bank.
He tried to pull it out but could
not, and commenced digging, and
finally reached the head of the
animal, and found the horn to be
six feet long and twelve inches in.
diameter, two feet from the head.
He got assistance and exhumed
the other horn, the head ,ssome of
the ribs and the left foreleg of the
animal, which was seven feet UNI
der hard clay. It's under jaw bone
measures two and half feet
across and three feet long. The
head from tip to tip Of nose, is five
feet, and is three feet between the
eyes. Its left fore leg bone from
the knee joint to the shoulder
blade joint is five feet, and meas
ures eight inches in diameter at
the knee joint. The other part of
the leg crumbled so it could not
be measured. The remaining part
Of the skeleton has not been I'm
earthed yet, but a strict guard is
kept over it. Some suggest that
BIT is mastodon, and lived during
the carboniferous age; but its size
and shape does not bear out that
idea. Its horns and head resemble
a goats. The whole skeleton will
be exhumed.
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st. James Gazette.
A Chinese Solomon.

Two women came before man
DARN IN China, each. Of them pro-
testing that she was the mother of
q little child they had brought
with them. They were 50 eager
and positive that the mandarin
was sorely puzzled. He retired to
consult with his wife, who was
e wise and clever woman, whose
opinion was held in great repute
an the neighborhood. She request
ed five minutes in which to DELHI
lerate. At the end Of that time
Eshe spoke: Let the servants
catch hue large fish in the river,
and let it be brought to me here
alive This was done. Bring
me now the infant" she said,
ssbut leave the women in the outer
chamber This was: done too.
Then the mandarin's wife caused
the baby to be undressed, and it's
clothes put on the large fish.
Garry the creature outside now,
and throw it in the river in sight
of the two women" The servant
obeyed her orders, tlinging the fish
into the water, where it rolled
about and struggled-disgusted no
doubt, by the wrapping in which
it was swaddled. Without a. mo-
ment's pause, one of the mothers
threw herself in the river with a
shrek. She must save her drown
ing child. "Without doubt she is
the true MOTHER the mandarin's
wife declared, and commanded
that she should be rescued and the
child given to her; and the man.
DARN nodded his head and thought
his wife the wisest woman in the
fowery kingdom. Meantime the
false mother crept away. She was
found out in the imposture, and
the mandarin's wife forgot all
about her in the occupation of
donning the little baby in the best
silk dress she could find in her
IIrwardrobe.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-03
COMMUNICATION.
LAC Court ORR1LLE, Mimi.
Feb. 81, 1888.


Feb. 81, 1883.
Dear Progress,
Allow me to take up the thread
Of narrative of an article which
appeared in your issue Of Jan. %,
1888: Finally an audience was
had with President Lincoln y
This visit to the President had
assumed two-fold object, one be-
ing for a favorable hearing and
settlement Of Indian claims of
many years standing, and the dis
charge from the army rolls Of
Geo. P. Warren, who was then in
the hospital at Washington.e In
a few days Warren was handed
his discharge and from that time
was one of us. Shortly after this
[ was instructed by Commissioner
Dole to take charge of the delega-
tion and accompany them home,
while Bell and Warren was to re-
main few days longer to finish
up the business. While yet on
our way home President Lincoln
was assassinated.
It was on the last days inter-
view with Com'r Dole that the
chiefs made an appeal for our COM
pensation for services rendered &C.
cording to written agreement
signed by the Red, Cliff, Bad River
and Fond du Lac chiefs and head
men, at the same time laying the
documents before him for his in
spection, to which he announced
his approval, but stating that
there was no funds in his hands
applicable: to that purpose, tho
as soon as Congress could be per-
suaded to appropriate the money
the claims would be paid.
Mr.. Bell succeeded in securing a
number Of important papers which
he brought home, and which I be-
lieye are at present in the possess
ion Of chief John Buffalo, of the
Red Cliff (Bufalo) reservation.
Another requisition was made for
our compensation at the preceding
annual payment at Bad River, by
the chiefs and headmen thorough
Indian agent E. L. Webb, but this
was likewise fruitless, and the
claims for our services still remain
unpaid. I'D. G.
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The Progress
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leo. II. Beauiieu, Editor.
white Earth Agency, Minn.

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NOTICE..

Strayed from the premises of E.
L. Warren during the month of
December last, a Dark-bay Mare
Colt, ten months old. A liberal
reward for any information lead
ing to its recovery will be paid.
Direct information to this Office.
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A Valiant Lover.

opera lately must have noticed a
young lady of rare beauty who
was present at every performance
and who seemed to take keen de-
light in the music and the singing.
The girl had eyes like pansies, and
brown hair Of gold-red hue, and
attracted as much attention as
any one on the stage.
She was always accompanied by
a little dried.up, old man, who
resembled a mummy, so closely
did his skin stick to his sharp
bones.
How old he was no one could
tell, but he might have been sew
enty-6ve or ninety. They were
father and daughter, and came
from Calcutta. The many dia-
monds of great brilliancy which
he wore made great contrast to
the simplicity Of his daughters
costume. She was attired in plain
white muslin, her. only ornament
some roses.
The nabob was enormously rich,
and dying with Asiatic spleen. He
was gradually sinking away with
languor, and his doctors in India
had ordered him to Europe in the
hopes of saving his, life.. But his
chance was poor one; for Europe
is stale, and her civilization mo-
notonous to a man stated with the
splendors and eccentricities of In
dia. In truth, nothing astonished
him, nothing moved him at Paris;
an establishment would have re-
freshed him.; an emotion might
have saved him.
He would have paid for an as
tonishment hundred thousand
cronins; for an emotion the half
of his fortune. After Paris the
nabob and his daughter were go
ing to London. At first the young
and beautiful East Indian had
manifested a desire not to remain
long in Paris, but to depart imme-
diatelY for London.
But soon this eagerness to de-
part waxed faint, and finally dis
appeared altogether. England
and the wonders Of London were
forgotten, and the sojourn in Par
is indefinitely prolonged. -
"This is charming city," said
she, "and I am told that London
is far from possessing so many
and SO great attractions"
What she did not mention
among the attractions of Paris
was a certain young gentleman
who had found the road to her
heart, for the young girl was not
as insensible as the father; kind
look, tender speech had suffced
to awaken emotion in her bosom,
Nevertheless the nabob, more and
more Disguised, resolved to try
change Of country, and issued his
orders to prepare for their depart.
ure for London. 80: ><@e. -.
The day before the departure 8
young man presented himself tc
the opulent East Indian, and said
without further preamble: 81
come to ask the hand Of your
daughter -,
The nabob scarcely raised his
Eyebrows, but fixing on the sutton
a dull and animated look, asked;
"what is your fortune o.
| II have none.
| "Well, that is not of much i'm
lportance,' the nabob said; t'my
daughter has millions. What i
your position, your rank in thu
world %
] am nothing yet, but hope K
distinguish myself hereafter
"What is your name your title,'
continued the impressive nabob.
Il have no aristocratic titie,'
giving his name-a common ant
vulgar one.
So said the Indian, ..yo,
have neither fortune, rank, no,
title, and demand the hand Of m,
daughter p
Eyes, sir.''
The nabob had no idea Of sucl
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period he felt astonished-but not

period he felt astonished-but not.
excited. After enjoying his as
tonishment for a few moments, he.
said to the young man, with all
his habitual Indifference, sir, if
we were in India, I should proba-i
bly, have you thown out Of the.
window, or, perhaps placed you
in a lunatic asylum; at Paris i
have only the right to turn you
out Of doors, and I request you to.
get out
Il comprehend; my presence
irrltates YOU" sss
mo sir; it annoys me. . Is
The young man left the room;.
but scarcely had he passed Che
door-sill when white hand clasp
cd his and sweet voice said:
"Well done You have repeat
ed the lesson exactly; now you
write the letter / am about to die
tate to you -
The astonishment had a happy
effect on the nabob's health, and
that day he was much better than
usual.
The next day, at breakfast time,
his daughter not having appeared,
he gave orders to the servants to
go and call her.
| At the same moment a letter
was handed him, which he opened
with INDECENT fingers and cast up
on it look which, at first absent,
became riyited as soon as. he had
read the first word of the missive.
The letter was very laconic and
ran thus: :
| Monsieur: l love your daugh-
ter and she loves me. You would
not give her to mel have carried
her off, -
These lines were signed with a
vulgar name which had been pro-
nounced SO humbly the day before.
The domestic who had been direc-
ted to inform his daughter that
the nabob was awaiting her, re-
turned with the information that
MAIDEN oiselle was not in her apart
ment; that she had left that morn :
ing, as if for journey, for she
had taken her trunks and band
boxes.
The nabob remained a moment
motionless; then, all at once, he
uttered a sort of terrible roar and,
springing from his easy chair,
with one kick Of his foot he over
turned the breakfast table. The
domestics rushed in at the noise.
He threw himself upon them,
beating and striking them right
and left; then, left alone, he
smashed all the furniture in the
apartment, and never stopped un-
til exhausted with rage and ia.
tigue, he fell senseless upon the
carpet Of the devastated room.
When he came to himself the
most healthy reaction had taken
place in his system; the crisis had
produced an instantaneous and
immense result.
| It was the emotion SO long
prayed for which had come at last
to save him.
| A. messenger arrived from his
daughter to open negotiations for
a reconciliation.
1 "Let her come. Let her come.
and I'll marry her to the man she
loves
The couple were not far off and
soon made their appearance.
Monsieur said the nabob to
the young man, <'you have neither
fortune, rank nor title; but yes
!; terday you caused me astonish-
ment, and to-day you have given
me an emotion; in other words
J you have saved my life, and that
is a favor which well deserves one
in return. Thanks to you. NY
heart is SO kindled within me that
|, who was but now Indifferent to
every earthly thing, experience
delight at the thought Of procur-
! ing my daughters happiness by
giving her the husband Of her
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-04
Not q Humane Rifle,

II was promised for tho new Lebol
(French) repeating riao that 1t was
humane, either killing outright or disa
bling, but not torturing with the frightful
wounds made by single firers Of large cali.
Der, and indeed, 50 far as known, the
magazine gu as well. Recent expert.
ments, howe have shown that the
millimeter Lebel magazine gun is no more
humane than that Of II millimeter caliber
The experiments were conducted by
Capt. Jaricot, his men firing into dead
bodies and at 1.-Two animals at distances of
200, 400 600. 1000, 400, 1000 and 1000
meters, and the result, as summed up by
DIR, Dclorme, are that the orifce made by
the entrance of the eight millimeter ball
is smaller than that Of its going out, tho
same varying from four to ak millime.
ters, according to tho velocity OF the bul
lets-the power Of the new steel projcc.
tile being greater than TINT Of Its prode.
cessor, the bones offering less resistance.
and there being consequently less dcfec-
tion Of tho bullets. The hope that the
bones would have "clear" fracture, with
little Of the splintering which is so pain
ful, has not been realized. On the con
trary, the bone Is "shivered" would
perhaps more nearly express what Dr.
Delorme says In tho article he writes on
"Chirurgie dc Guerre." And yet he SAYS
thlt the effects Of tho new rifle, as used
at present, are triiling compared to what
they will be when the new explosives,
melinite, roburite, etc, are used.--Scien-
tiic American.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-04
New York In MiJsummcr.

At certain period Of tho year New
York always rominds me of a bakers
oven, with the fires well fed. This period
Is now about upon us. There has been
enough sunlight during the past couple
OF weeks to get the town well heated,
and 1T will not cool again until the season
changes. IL will not be much hotter, for
tho sufficient reason that IL cannot be.
Only an exceptionally torrid sun can add TO
the enervating heat that is radiated by
miles of houses, whose sunny walls
scorch the hand, and of streets whose
pavements exhale tho caloric of furnace
doors. BY day the town sends up shin.
mer of heat into the air. After dark IL
still retains its suffocating temperature.
Every breeze that blows through the
streets Is wilted out of all freshness in its
passage and In order to get breath that
Is not stale, you have TO climb upon your
roof. and you are in lack IL the roof is a
high one.
The parks by day and night are like
tropical jungles, Even in Central park
you saunter as II In the calendarium Of a
Turkish bath, for whatever air does
wander around its winding ways Is
exhausted by its journey through the
city. Tho experienced New Yorker who
stays In town for the summer continues
to exist by keeping indoors as much AS
possible, alleviating the temperature with
closed blinds and plenty of ice water.
have been In tropical cities in midsummer,
where tho heat was not as great or oppres.
sive as 1t is at the same season here. Al
fred Trumble in Pittsburg Bulletin.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-04

These grasshoppers, as IL aware that
their beauty resided in their wings, rise
in the air to sing. Tho noise Is made by
rubbing tho upper edge of the true wings
against the under surface of the wing
covers. ] have often watched them while
in this aerial position, and wondered II
tho song was always a love call. IL be
havior means anything among grasshop-
pers, they have Mt times, especially late
In tho season, other business aside from
love making. Many times | have OBJ
served one Of these creatures mount up
few feet above the ground, calling, call
ing, until sometimes half a dozen or
moro would congregate beneath him,
when he would drop down In their midst
and touch the head of each as If consult
ing about some grave matter; then the
little flock would disperse and the musi-
clan, or orator. or whatever no was,
would go to another place and call another
crowd, and after tho haranguo he would
again alight and communicate with each
individual As far as ! could see there
was no love making connected with this
affair
Entomologists who have made the
brains Of insects study tell US that the
orthoptcra, especially the grasshoppers,
have a good development Of brain, but not
equal TO the ants, or to the social bees
and wasps.
Another class of grnsshoppers remain
on the ground to play. These are the
violinists among the musicians; they use
their hind legs for bows, which they draw
across strings situated in the wing covers
The Rocky mountain locust (Coloptenui
spretus) belongs TO this class. And hert
IL an instance where an insect ceases tc
be insignificant and becomes great anC
mighty power in the land compelling the
try and thwart the vast armies that sweeJ
over sections Of the west, devourlng oil
vegetation before them.-Mary Treat il
the Chautauquan.
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Summer is the season of growth and
physical prosperity for everything, an.
innate or inanimato, except man in the
four season climates, aud even there some
exceptions prove what the rule might be,
The farmer sweats freely while hoeing in
his cornfield, but, with his straw hat, suit
Of light Jeans and bare feet no feels the
same grateful oxhilaration as tho veg
etsting shoots which spring up greenly
about him. The pores Of his skin arc
open for every passing breeze. and tho
wet drops which soak into his light
clothing are not an expense account upon
his physical bank.
A similar regulation Of clothing prevails
in hot climates. The Hindoo who works
all day in the rice fields Is not subject 70
suustrokcs. Australians, Cubaus and
Mexicans live easily during six months of
hot weather, because they know how TO
adapt themselves to climatic conditions
as fatal as pestilences In the cities Of this
part Of the globe during some weeks OF
the summer. The Greeks, In the days
when Athens was great, when Pericles OF
A.cibades ruled and Socrates, Plato, Reno
or Pythagoras were living thinkers, did
not suffer from heat in their robes OF
snowy linen. And the Romans Of the
heroic age, when Virgil sang, Cicero talked
and Caesar led armies to victory, thought
summer delightful season Of happiness
and comfort.
The same possibilities exist for men. Of
today. # they will only clothe themselves
sensibly and diet reasonably.-New York
Press.
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The first stage is up an ordinary stair
case entirely enclosed in one Of the pillars,
for 300 steps TO a resting place with open
windows, where there is room for 800 per
sons. Then the real toll of the ascent
begins. A spiral stairway rises 300 steps
further, the stairway turning so rapidly
around small pillar that light headed
people are seriously affected; but tho
guard rail is firm and well anchored, and
there is no danger. And there most peo-
pie stop, as the remainder of tho ascent
at present is by bare ladder for forty
eight feet, and the view from the lower
platform is fine enough for most people.
But of course the journalists could not
afford to stop there; and so the whole
gang, from the venerable Hebrard and
Sarcey to the youngest and most reckless
reporter, climbed to the workingmen's
platform, where they were delighted with
the magnificent view.
1t is noted as an interesting fact that,
despite the heated controversies of these
times, the novelty brought together q
larger number of journalists representing
organs of nearly all opinions, than any
event for many months. A hund. d and
twenty persons Joined in the banquet and
besides M. Eiffel and few engineers, all
were journalists. The banquet was served
on the 37S feet level, below the highest
point they reached; speeches were made,
Of course, and the whole was a remark
ably lively mid-a occasion. Then the
entire group were photographed in fine
detail, quite an achievement in that line,
as the platform Is but q fraction over 25
feet square