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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-20

News has come to Castine that Mr.. Irving
Chelsea, Mass. with a broken leg which he
got by accident at sea.
Prof. w. W. Rich, who for the last year
has had the immediate charge of the Rhode
Island Reform School has resigned and re-
turned home to Southwest lIarbor or vicinity
c. d. Turner. Isle au IIaut, is to build a
yacht on the clipper model for Washington
gentleman. The frame is to be of hackma-
tack, and the planking southern cedar. She
will he coppered on the stock.
The Huxley & Egery Iron Company, Ban
gor, have shipped three Sampson water
wheels of their manufacture and a twenty
four inch gang edged with shafting and gear
to II. NJ. 4 b. Hall, Ellsworth for their new
saw mill.
The officers elect of Castine Grange No.
250, are as follows Master J. W. B0wden
Overseer, W. &. Heath: Lecturer, Abbie
Bowden; Steward, Frank Farnham: Asst.
Steward, Bert Morgrage; Chaplain, Mark
Hatch Treasurer. Hudson Deveraux; Sec
rotary. Nellie Mortgage Gate keeper, Edwin
Heath Pomona, Minnie Deveraux; Flora
Grace c. Perkins; Ceres, Amanda Webster
Lady Asst. Steward, Cora Bowden; Organ
ist. Addie Hatch.
A dsgraceful flair took place at the Crane
school house, orland. recently. The neigh
bors were having a supper to raise money for
church purposes aud were having a very
pleasant time when a disagreement occurred
between two parties, resulting in row III
which an old gentleman had his face badly
bruised. An arrest and trial followed which
resulted in favor of the injured party.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-20

The government some time ago asked for
bids for plumbing work at the Belfast Gus
tom House and Post Office. Mr. James T.
Pottle put in bid and made the required de-
post of 500. Mr.. Pottle recently received
his money with notification that all bids
were rejected. The appropriation has been
expended.
Sheriff Wadsworth makes the following re-
port of Jail statistics for the year ending Nov
30: Number of prisoners in jail Nov. 80,
ss6,32; number in Jail Nov. 80. 1887, 90
Committed for the year 1897. 23s as follows
For intoxication al: br non-payment of
fines. 81; tramps, 20; poor debtors, 81 fe-
male committed l. OF the al prisoners
committed on the charge of drunkenness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-20
No Republican In Maine
THE DAILY JOURNAL

should be without the Kennebee Journal during the
coming campaign
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-20
Special Aooertisemcnts.

Small advertisements, not exceeding three line.
coming under the head of WANTED For SAFE
To LIT, Losr, Sc, will be inserted here one time
for - cents, three times for 40 cents and one weck
for SO cents,if paid in advance, II NOT rAIp IN
ADVANCE, REGULAR RATES WILL RE CHARGED
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-20
Lost.

OSr-On Oak or Water street. II small BLACK
IL hand. satchel, containing keys and sum Of
money. Leave NJ y oak Stcct. ianlSlwpd
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-08-30
Failures of Young Orators.

1t Is encouraging to young speakers to
know that there never has been, and
never will be, such thing as born or
ator There has never yet been an in
stance OF an orator becoming famous who
oid not apply himself assiduously to the
cultivation of his art. Many even had to
overcome great physical infirmities that
rendered 1t almost hopeless for them to
sd"?s the career of public speaker. The
pest known instance is that of Demos
thenes, who passed some months in a sub
,efFanean cell, shaving one side of his
mead so that he could not appear in public.
He there practiced with pebbles in his
mouth 10 overcome a defect in his speech,
ana gesticuiated beneath a suspended
sword to rid himself of an ungraceful
movement of the shoulder. Even then
ie M was Kissed from the bema in his early
ts!IoftS, but he persevered-the world
Alo"S a. with what success. When Robert
"alpo!e first spoke in the house of COM
mons he paused for want of words, and
O'Ltlnued ~ only to stutter and stammer.
Hurran was known at school as "stut-
.etfing Jack Curran, and in debating So
Fey which he joined, as Orator Mum"
fa1 fatery one VIII also readily recall Disraeli's
e~-aeI1l $500 "1en he rose to make his maiden
ipeecn' pj Cobden's first effort was also a
'-i"'iHg iaHure.-Once Week.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-08-30
Queer Habits in the East,

A man who has travelled q good deal
said to reporter the other day:
"On ordering cigars at the club last
evening card was handed me for nv
signature. My explanation that to pay
cash would be preferable was accepted.
My friend, after lighting his cigar, said:
You would never get on in the east if
you object to signing chits.' Inquiry led
me to know that the word chit was the
common-possibly the pigeon English
word for 'check'-L o. U. or promise to
pay-generally. My friend added that no
one thing in the eastern civilization was
so much remarked by the griffin than this
same chit system. Seeing from my dazed
expression that the word griffin conveyed
no idea, my friend introduced his remarks
on chits by saying that a griffin in the
east was the 'tenderfoot' our western cow.
boy so much delights in chatting.
1.-The chit, | was given to understand,
was the natural protest in countries
where no money save silver dollars ex-
listed. One naturally could not carry
many Of them with comfort, and hence
the habit of signing ones name with
amount of bill whenever a purchase was
made. By custom this habit became so
extensivel $50 generally-used that to.
day you sign the chit for anything and
everything glass of beer, turnout
for the day or an extensive purchase of
curios. By this time our cigars were fin
ished and we had to separate, not, how
ever, before was assured that my friend.
who had spent some time in the east, had
plenty of odd experiences to tell of and
plenty of queer customs to describe."-
New York Telegram.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-08-30
Government Stamped EnyeIopes.

If you have no special ''fad' in envel-
opes, why not use the government
stamped envelopes? They are made of pa
per of excellent quality, they are opaque,
andyou willnever have your correspondent
notified to send a stamp to pay the post
age on your letter, which you know you
stamped, but nevertheless didn't These
envelopes are made in clear amber, and
also white, in the first quality, and cost
much less than envelopes sold at sta
TONERS. At all large towns you Can OBJ
tain them printed to return them either
to your postofTico box or to c, No.
-, - street." and if you fill out the
request blank you will know whether your
letter was delivered
E your correspondence is large, it will
be much cheaper for you to have your
name, postofiice box. number, or name of
street and town printed upon your envel-
opes, with retura request. The post
Office department doesSthis free, only re-
quiring that 500 envelopes be bought at
one time. will add one thing, which I
find few people know: If you spoil an
envelope in directing, or by blotting it,
you can take it (the whole envelope) to
your postoffice and your postmaster will
give you stamps to the value of the stamp
upon it. So there is no loss, as many
think, in using government stamped en-
veiopes.-Hopace London in The Writer.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-08-30
WAITING FOR THE BUGlE.

VIA wait FOR the bugle; the night dews are cold,
The limbs of the soldiers feel iaded and old,
The llel of our bivouac is windy and bare
There is lead in our joints, there is frost in our
hair.
The future is yelled and its fortunes unknown
As We lie with hushed breath till the bugle IS
blown.
At the sound of that bugle each comrade shall
spring
Like an arrow released from the strain Of the
string:
The courage, the impulse of youth shall come
back
To Danish the chill of the drear bivouac,
And sorrows and losses and cares fade away
When that life giving signal proclaims the new
day.
Though the bivouac of age may put ice in our
veins
And no fiber of steel in our sinew remains;
Though the comrades of yesterdays march are
not here.
And the sunlight seems pale and the branches are
scar
Though the sound Of our cheering dies down to
moan
We shall find our lost youth when the bugle is
blown
Thomas Wentworth Higginson in The Century.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-08-30

ut last the bargain was conSummated. The
berries were poured out into Doolan's hat,
and while he ate them by the handfuls,
little Mike examined one end of the
cracker with an old jack knife to sec how
much powder there was in it. Then he
resumed his homeward way, wondering
bow high tho cracker would blow the tur-
tie if the animal were placed on top Of
the tomato can when the explosion took
place.
Meanwhile the sun had risen higher to-
| ward the zenith. The breeze still delayed
it's coming, and the heated air had drank
up the water in the brook until there was
scarcely enough left to wet the stones
Little Mike was afraid that he would be
censured for the loss of his berries, and
so he sneaked quietly in the gate and
looked in at the kitchen door before en-
tering. He was delighted to see that his
mother was asleep. Stepping into the
kitchen, his bare feet made no sound upon
the floor. Putting his pals upon the
table, he was about to 90 out into the
yard and explode his cracker when the
croak Of the crow attracted his attention.
Looking in the direction of the stove, he
saw the head Of the snake projecting be-
meath the hearth.
The sight frightened him and he backed
slowly out into the yard The snake was
now slowly gliding toward his mother
He was afraid to awaken her for fear that
she might be bitten. Then an inspiration
came to him. Said he to himself:
"Musha, b2t I'll blow you into smither-
eens, me beauty~
Taking match from his pocket he
scratched it upon the fence and applied
the flame to the end of the frecracker's
stem. While the powder in the end was
splitting out sparks he went to the door
and rolled the big firecracker in the direc-
tion of the snake. The snake saw it COM
ing, and coiling itself quickly struck it's
deadly fangs into the red jacket tf the
cracker. There was moment of Intense
suspense on the part of the boy, but be-
fore the reptile could withdraw it's head
an explosion ensued which blew the head
less, lifeless body of the snake across the
stove, shook the shanty to it's founda-
tions and startled Mrs. Finn so that she
fell over backwards in her chair upon the
floor. As she regained her feet, pale and
breathless, she caught a glimpse of her
grinning son in the yard. Grabbing the
broom in her hand she started after him,
exclaiming as she did so:
aha, ahal me laddy buck, so ye're
BLOWN up the shanty wild yer divilish
powdther, are yer? Faix, yell think tn
Ould BY himself had ye whin 1 lay hoult
O ye, so ye willp'
The bees hummed, the old hen clucked
to her brood, the sun lay hot upon the
meadows, and down the Old Point road
ran little Mike pursued by his irate
Notwithstanding Sun.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-08-30
The Goats of Paris.

That which most strikes an American
on visiting foreign city is the pictur-
esque, which is somewhat lacking with
US. l was much attracted by the sight
OF herd of goats being driven through
the most crowded streets of the city.
They will go along leisurely, step upon
the sidewalk and choose the shady side
without any one disputing their right to
do SO: They are accompanied by lad
who, from time to time, blows a whistle
at whose sound number of little child
rem come toddling along with can or
bowl. At call the goats approach and
are mhked right there on the street. The
bowls and cans once filled, their diminu
tive owners depart with satisfied glance
at their contents, while the goats take I'D
their leisurely tread until the next stop
ping point. II is my intention to pur
chase number of these goats for our
Geological Garden. l shall have them
shipped as soon as possible. so let the lit
tie ones smack their lips. for the goats
are coming.-A. E. Burllhardt in Cincip
natl Commercial Gazette.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-08-30
Fish of the Bahamas.

The fish alone are remarkable in va
rlety. Among them are the black fish,
the porpeise, which seems to tumble
about in all waters; the shark, the
deadly foe of the sailor; the dolphin. in
endless pursuit of the delicate flying fish
which scuds through the air because it is
chased, and not because it enjoys it, which
same dolphin is never cooked aboard a
vessel unless a silver half dollar is put in
the pot, for if the half dollar blackens
then the dolphin is full of poison from
having sucked copper from ship bottoms;
the whipray, like the founder and with a
tail like coachmans whip, sometimes
ten feet long; the Jewish. which is to
these waters as the halibut of our north
east coast; the yellow tailed snapper, gi-
gantic turtles, the catfish, the groupa,
striped snapper, bonitO, Spanish mackerel,
angel fish, porkfsh, houndfsh, and suck.
ing fish.
Then there is that dread mystery to
seamen, the Portuguese man of war, that
strange formation of maritime life, like
mass of jelly with its ventral fins extend
ing in every direction riding the heaviest
seas like bird and which sea folk say is
a deadly poison to the touch; the starfsh,
sea urchins, the humming bird fish, the
phosphorescent jellyfsh or glow worm of
the ocean, and other wonderful and start
lingly colored mites of these waters; be-
sides tiny caves and grottoes of white
coral, where the sponges, like dark forests,
are forever swaying with the endless mo-
tion of the tides, and where nestle and
hide sea fans, the rainbow fish, conches
containing priceless pearls and such deli
cate elfs of the ocean as we of the land
can only imagine through fairy lore or
the witchery of dreams.-Edgar L. Wake
man in st. Louis Republic.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-08-30
Festival of the "GIutton Mass

1t is fortunate that sorle rules in rela-
ton to repletion are no longer observed.
One which was noticed among the Hurons
and Canadian Algonkins by the early
French missionaries, and styled l6 festin
manger tout, consisted in the religious
obligation, sometimes attended with loss
OF life, of the communicates to eat up
every particle which was set before them.
A festival, somewhat of the same nature.
was called the "glutton mass" celebrated
In England during. if not after, the reign
OF Henry ". A less dangerous, because
regulated term OF repletion was preva-
lent in India, according to Brahman tta-
dltlon, In which the invites, before COM
mencing the carouse, bound themselves
around the abdomen with band of
straw; and their modified feat was, not to
eat indefinitely until all had been de-
voured, but only until the straw bands
should burst. There is no survival of
this custom except in the exaggerated
hospitality, generally rustic, in which the
host persists in petitions that the guests
should continue to eat, without reference
to their apparent wishes. Modern eti-
quette shows marked improvement in
never suggesting either selection or guam
titv of provender. Science.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-08-30
TO THE NIGHTINGALE.
Volume XXX

oh, dear one with tawny wigs
Dearest Of singing things.
Whose hymns my company have been,
Thou art come, thou art come, thou art seenI
Bid with the music Of thy voice,
sweet sounding rustler, the heart rejoice;
An! louder, louder. louder sing,
Flute out the language of the spring;
Nay, let those low notes rest
oh' my nightingale, nightingale, trill out thy
anapRst.
Come, my con11anion, cease from thy slumbers
four )ut thy holy and musical numbers,
Sing and lament with sweet throat divine,
itys OF many tears, thy son and mine;
Cry out, and quiver and shake duskv throat
1hrob with thrill of thy liquidest note
through the wide country, and mournfully
through
Leafy haired branches and boughs of the yew,1
Ndens and rises the echo until
Even the throne room of God it shall fill,
Then when Apollo, the bright locked, hath heard.
10, be shall answer thine elegy bird,
Playing his ivory, seven strnged Tyre
stsnd!ng god in the high gods choir.
Ay, and not he alone
Hark! From immortal throats arise
Diviner threnodieS
Sounding together in a heavenly moan,
And answering thine own.
a. Mary +. Robinson, from Aristophanes
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-08-30
THE WORLD.

A playground-oft with clouded skies
That o'er the rosebuds weep,
Where little troubles take the weight
OF sorrows far more deep;
Where loved toys break In tiny hands
Sad symbols of the time
When hope shah cheat and joys depart
In life's swift passing primo.
A battlefield where forces meet,
And unseen hosts contend,
With truces all so short, they seem
With the wild strife to blend;
Strife that leaves none of us unscathed,
Where'er the mastery be;
But who, till the Great Day, can tell
With whom is victory?
A graveyard, where on every side
Pale monuments arise, -
To show how brief is human life, -..
How vain is all We prize
graveyard filled by memory,
Where phsntoms lightly tread,
But each one points with finger raised
TO blue skies overhead.
Camilla Crosland in Chdmbers' Journal.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-08-30
New and Valuable Antiseptic.

DR.. Neudorfer, of Vienna, has found in
substance called "creoline" q valuable
antiseptic. 1t is sort of tar obtained
from bituminous coal by dry distillation
1t is closely related to creosote, carbolic
acid, resorcine ard hydrochinon. This
substance has been found highly advan
tegeous in preventing the spread of cry
sipelas, the pains of which it also reduces.
and it effects an early cure. By it's use
the subcutaneous injections of carbolic
acid are not required. He has also used
creoline foy the treatment of ordinary
flesh wounds and for the removal Of
tumors. gauze is prepared. which is
dipped in solution of creoline The
doctor considers it the most Trustworthy.
convenient and harmless, as well as IL.
cheapest, of antiseptic preparations.
Scientific American.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-08-30
FAIRIES WASHING.

Eager and glad to the house she ran,
With a smile on her upturned face;
"You never can guess what I've found, mamma
q, thousands of bits of lace
The fairies have done their washing, know,
rs out on the orchard grass,
And its spread so close there is hardly room
For even a bird to pass
u picked up this fairy handkerchief,
WANTED to show it to you"
She opened her hand-O, the sorrowful facel
There was only drop Of dew.
Wide Awake.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-08-30
The Fervasiveness of Liphtninr

A correspondent of The Springfield Re-
publican, describing the effects of a re-
cent lightning stroke. says that 1.-The cell
ing of the room had been replastered the
preceding spring. and the sand of this To-
cality. which is used in mortar, is fer.
ruginous Every metallic particle in the
latter the fluid seemed to have found and
detached. so as to give the plastered sur
face an appearance better described as
pock marked than by any other words at
my command scientific American.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-08-30
There Is a Limit to Everything.

A French officer has invented micro
phone which will record and announce the
approach of a body of soldiers and give
some idea as totheir numbers. He should
provide it with an indicator that viii
point out the nearest and safest tree to
get behind just before the soldiers put in
an appearance.-Novistown Herald.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-08-30
No Wholesale Department.

Seedy Party (after pouring out big
nkNHow do you sell gin. mister?
Bartender gently returning some of the
gin to the bottleHAt retail only, my
friend.-The Epoch.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-08-30

i suitor is not always suit her.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-14
No Charge for Sampling or Assayiug.

---'~~J
Ore-shippers will see by the adver.
tisement of the Portland Smelling
Works, published in another column,
that they agree to sample and assay
free of charge any ores purchased in
lots of FIVE tons and upward. As
they pay at least as much as any other
smelters for our ores, this concession
(which amounts, to a difference of
$3.50 to $3.50 per ton of ore) should
secure them portion of our output,
And if this proves to be the case,
other buyers will soon have to do
likewise in order to retain our bust.
ness.
Leasers and mine.owners would
therefore consult their best interests
by shipping trial lots Of five tons OF
over to Portland.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-14
Prohibition for Idaho.

Delegates and representatives from
the churches and temperance organ
izations of Idaho, attending the Ter
ritorial Prohibition Mass Organization
Convention to be held by Walter T.
Mills, B. A., OF Ohio, in the Methodist
church at Shoshone, April, %, 1888.
can get reduced rail and hotel rates
by informing the Rev. A. J. Joslyn, OF
Shoshone, of their intended visit.
Parties from the Wood River country
must reach Shoshone not later than
the evening of the 2lst; while those
from the east not later than the
morning of the 22d, and those from
the west and extreme north not later
til n the evening of the 22d. 1t is
desired that all who possibly can will
attend this convention.
Mr.. Mills will lecture in the NJ. f.
church at Shoshone Sunday evening,
the 22d.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-14
Leasers Should be ENCOURAGED.

During the past winter, probably
over so mines in this immediate
vicinity have been worked on leases
with comparatively satisfactory re.
suits. This would seem to indicate
that this is the best way in which
promising prospect can be develop
ed. Mine.owners are too often either
unwilling or unable to expend upon
their claims the amount required to
put them upon a self-sustaining basis;
while lessers who have nothing to
lose but their time and the few dol.
lars needed for provisions and tools
can afford to, and willingly do, take
chances for the sake of what they
can make. In this way many ore
bodies are discovered that would
otherwise never be disturbed nor do
anybody any good.
Nine-owners should therefore afford
leasers every reasonable encourage.
ment.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-14
The Smith Case,

Probate Judge Lennon rendered
the following decision in this case
to-day:
1t appearing to me that the offense
in the within dispositions mentioned
has been committed that is, the crime
of murder-and that there is suffic-
lent cause to believe that the within
named Mrs. Margaret F. Smith is
guilty thereof, order that she be
held to answer the same; and she is
hereby committed to the Sheriff OF
Alturas county.
N. NJ. Ruick, of counsel for the de.
tense, moved that she be admitted to
bail.
Judge Lennon will decide upon
this application Monday next, at 1O
o'clock q. m.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-14
Don't Experiment.

You cannot afford to waste time in
experimenting when your lungs are in
danger. Consumption always seems at
first only cold. Do not permit any
dealer to impose upon you with some
imitation of DIR. Kings New Discovery
for consumption, coughs and colds, but
be sure you get the genuine. Because
he can make more profit he may tell you
he has something just as good, or just the
same. Don't be deceived, but insist
upon getting DIR. Kings New Discovery,
which is guaranteed to give relief in all
throat, lung and chest affections. Trial
bottles free at J. A. Rupert's Drug Store.