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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-17
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WILL O. THE MILL.
By ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.


Thousands Of people, said the young man,
alive and die like you and are none the less
happy
''Ahrr said Win, '.if there are thousands
who would ike, why should not one Of them
have my place.
1t was quite dark; there was hanging
lamp in the arbor which lit up the table and
the faces Of the speakers. and along the arch
the leaves upon the TROLLS stood ont iilumi-
mated against the night sky, pattern Of
transparent green upon dussSy purple. The
fat young man rose and taking win by the
arm led him out under the open heavens
''Did Won ever look at the stars he asked.
pointing upwards.
"Often and often" answered Will
iAnd do you know what they aref'
Il fancied many things"
.'They are worlds like ours" said the young
man. ''Sone Of them less; many of them a
million times greater: and some of the least
sparklcs that you sec are not only worlds,
but whole clusters of worlds turning about
each other in the midst Of space We do not
know what there may be in any of them;
perhaps the answer to all our difficulties or
the cure Of | our sufferings: and yet we can
never reach them; not all the skill of the
craftiest OF men can ct out a ship for the
nearest Of t'ls-se our re9.ibors, nor would tie
life Of the most aged ssif.lce for such jour
ney When 4 great battle has been lost or q
dear friend is dead when we are hipped or in
high spirits, there they are unwesriedly skin
ing overhead. We may stand down here, a
whole army Of Us together, and shout until
we break cur hearts, and not a whisper
reaches them. We may climb the high
est mountains and We are no nearer
them. All we can do is to stand down
here in the garden and take off our
hats; the starshine lights upon our heads, and
where mine is little bald, dare say you
can see 1t glisten in the darkness. The noun
tain and the monse. That is Ike to be all We
shall ever have to do with Arcturus or Aide
baran. Can you apply parablef' he added
laying his hand upon wills shoulder. 1T Is
not the same thing reason, but usually
vastly more convincing.
WIZ hung his head little, and then raised
it once more to heaven The stars SCENE! to
expand and emit a sharper brlliancy; and az
he kept turning his eyes higher and higher
they seemed to increase in multitude under
his gaze.
~ see," he said, turning to the young man,
Eve are in rat trap"
Something of that size. Did you ever see
squirrel turning in cage, and another
squirrel sitting philosophicaliy over his nuts!
| needn't ask you which Of them looked more
spf fool"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-17

A college nan from o, .~tun town.
One sunny day Of summer leisure.
Was introduced to BETTY Brown.
Aud thought that h. aid Try please her;
For Betty Taught a viliazy school.
And doubles in her lite had never
Heard Wlich Of uligeS and ism,
In language digniicd and clever.
Tn" college man from Boston town.
pf cosmos and e prntuplGSm,
Talked like a book to Betty Brown,
And Of the late seismic spasm;
Explained the reasons. using words
lnh"ard before in country places,
And spoke Of ancient Greece spots, where
ENpor, n, seek for antique traces
OF Ghst1lse questions new and Old,
OF art invention. progress science.
With voluhility he told,
While Betty listened with defiance;
Al last said he, Il understand
That you're a teacher on vacation"
You're misinformed, said Betty Brown.
I'm Bored of Education
Amelia Archibald in Ratchet.
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4 Fatal Delay.

The young man had boen trying to tell her
how madly he loved her Tor over an hour,
but couldn't pluck up the courage
Excuse me a moment, MTs Featherlv,"
she said Il think | hear ring at the tele-
phone" And in her queenly way she swept
into an adjoining room.
Presently she returned, and then his mad
passion found a voice.
81 am sorry, Mr., Featherly," she said, ito
cause you pain, but | am already engaged.
Mr.. Sampson. learning that you were here,
has urged his suit through the telephone -
New York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-17

pustle after all; for here, without stirring
foot, waiting patiently in bis own narrow
valley, he also had attained the better sum
light.
The next day Win made "a sort of declara-
ton across the dinner table. while the parson
was filling his pipe.
Hiss Marjory,H he said, Il never knew
any one liked 50 well as you / am mostly
a cold. unkindly sort of man. not from want
of heart, but out Of stranseness i'll my way
of thinking; and people seem far away from
me- It's as if there were circle round me.
which kept every one out but YOU can
hear the others talking aud laughing, but
you come quite close. Maybe this is disa-
greeable to youf' he asked
Marjory made no answer.
.sSgeak 10. GIRL said the psrsozL
ssNay. now returned VIII. Il wouldn't
press her, parson. | feel toasre tied myself,
who am Tot used 70 it, sld sae's 4 woman,
and little more than a child when all is said
But for my part, as far as | can Understand
what people mean by it, fancy | must be
what they call in love. do not wish TO be
held as committing myself, for may he
wrong but that is how believe things are
with ne And if Miss MarjUFy should feel
any otherwise on her part, TIA HAP she would
be 50 kind a. shake her head"
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very wen, repiieo 'i'e "ooer'
Two OF tnIee d1ys laisSe" away "i'n
delight To III although d u. seiiiuei iiisi''
scarce nave ipAil IL out. nc coht!hucu "
take his meals opposite Marjory, and TO tax
with her and gaze upon her III her iather
presence; but he made no attempt 20 see heF
alone, nor IN any ether way changed ms con
duct towards her from what 1t had been
since the beginning Perhaps the girl was
little disappointed, and perhaps not unjustly;
and yet If it had been enough 10 be always IN
the thoughts OF another person. and 50 per-
wade and alter his whole life, she might have
been thoroughly contented For she WIS
never out Of WITS mind for an instant lie
sat over the stream and watched the dust CT
the eddy, aad TIN poised fish and straini:s
weeds; he wandered out alone into the purple
even, with all the blackbirds piping round
him in the wood; he rose early IN the morn
ing, and saw the sky turn from gray to GOD,
and the light leap upon the hiltoIs; and all
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"What you coughing yet my friend?" "Of
course, my cold is no better" well. don't
stand on the order of going, but go to the
druggists and get bottle of Dr. Bulls Cough
Syrup. quick" He went, and he was straight
way male happy.
For burns, scalds and other wounds Sal
walton Oil has proved itself to be the best
remedy ever used. All druggists sell it for
25 cents bottle.
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Just Seauy.

maiden named Blanche Brown Preveaux,
Wished to enter the College De Veaux
So she wrote for admission. asked the Price Of
tuition.
And how long before she could seaux
This school is for boys. doutcher kneauxs''
Wrote the master OF College De vesux
And the maiden replied that Pa and ma do de-
eide that
They'll send the next boy that they greaux."
Buffalo Express.
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Beneath the hood her eyes were bright
shyly watched her " here she stood
Her tresses looked like scraps of night
Beneath the hood.
such smiles would stir a hermit blood
Such iips-like flowers warm with light
Would quickly melt the iciesf mood
stole behind her twssn't right.
call it neither wise nor good
Put proprety to tight
Beneath the hood
William II. Hayne in Century.
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why He Never Played.

New York Mani suppose they play poker
a great deal out vest
Denver Man--Quite bit.
New York Man-Do you play oftenl
Denver Man-No; never tried 1t but once
or twice
New York Man-Why not. Aren't YOU
luckyl
Denver Man-Oh, I'm lucky enough, and I
play pretty strong game, too; but l amt
quick enough with my gun.-Denver Repub-
lican.
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Jack-How is your friend Palate, the
young artist, getting on. GUS
Gus-He must be doing well. called at
his studio today, and was told that he had
just gone ont to buy something To eat.--The
Epoch
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Mamma said a little Murray Hill girl,
adam never had grandfather, did her
'No; he was the first man"
''It's lucky for him that he isn't alive to-
day"
why, dearF'
Because he couldn't go into the best So
ciety. The Epoch
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All travellers

whether By land or sea. who are
liable to be out Of reaei. Of drug stores
and doctors, would do well to have a
supply of Ayers Pills at hand. foF
this purpose, the Pills are pnf W in
bottles as well as boxes. aud n,av II
conveniently carried in ones E.oeket
Six Of the most distinguished piiys.eian.
a Syracuse, n. Y, in giving their joi's
testimony as to the excellent iHsasi'
combination Of Ayers Pills. mai.
point Their beautiful coating q.
tine and sugar is great adyansaEe-
that 1t protects them from chang Is
time or climate, and renders them pi-Ss-
ant and even agreeable to take"
"Dufing the twenty-five wears has-
lived on the frontier" writes Jti,a
Mcdowell, Of Sweefwater. Cob. - A}s.'r
Pills have been my REST friend. iiHv'
lived, -7rsfiy, where there was no IT,
tor wi,I..i twenty miles, and lss lrrHF'
hard sick several times. / al@A. l.tii
Ayers medicines IN hand. aI:t sin
them, and the Almanac. have PAL
through. I have also doeinred "iia =,
and believe have saved soile .aias-,'.t-
lives by the use Of ayers Pills.
Ayers Pills,
Prepared By Dr,J.c. ASsrS 70 ,iope!i. 4Ays
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President Eimick. OF the Pittsburg club, who
has just gone to Mexico for the winter, said,
before leaving, that he did not care whether
Mccormick signed with the Pittsburg club
or not Mccormick wants salary of 81 900.
Farmer receives 1000 for playing with
the PIttsburgs. Quite a big jump from 81
per game with the West Chester club. The
chances are that next season he will get over
double that money, as he is an excellent
player and will be able to hold any pitchers
delivery on the Pittsburg team.
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Friend ito plaintiffl-Well, see you won
your suit. congratulate YOU
PlaintiI-ibanks Yes. | beat the ssoun-
slrci
Same Friend ito defendantI-Im sorry to
hear you lost your suit, old man.
Defendant-Ye the scoundrer beat me-
The Epoch
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\ Leap Year Idyl.
Bright ere Tx pearls Of fancy,
Swift are lhe Ein-s Of love.
And sErer To entrance thee
Than all the powers above
Is the little maid you're wooing
Because yoa cannot stepit,
And though 'tis oct the question
She'll surely MAKE you pop it.
Duluth Paragrapher,
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ring to bruiser and bruises OF wh"' 'i'h
does with club. if any man carefully
use. St Jacobs Oil tried with Il rub he
will srro,, sna oo,,,o for, ,rd e,se 1t Will
'. .,,.I ,ha, Won can
'"'e 40 eei'"'i 40 i''e an" '">"
60 rs you please and DO your Worh eaiiS
and late. As, for instance, a physician
says. "Svlvapio Ohio June 10. 1es7.-Our
rost,,os,,,r H., ,a. s.,.-o hin xound
q. !, ,.;,h
NC USES o. ''c'''s WI ANU '''''',
out it 1. Il. liem&s, NJ. d From the
Assistant General Superintendent Third
Division postotiiee New York. n. Y. comes
the follov;u, "Il, a., rcnorts nom the scv-
eral superiptcrdents end clerks-mho have
used 81 .Ja,.ols ON NORGE in priisinr il
hiebly. 1t has been found eficaeious for
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THE WEEKLY

kennebec journal will contain many improve
menis and will continue to hold it, old time position
among The best family papers In the state 1t con
tains iuil summary Of state and General News from
the Daiy journal Market Reports latest tele graph
e dhtes Prices, Current, full reports from the mn
iional Capital.
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Increased Fifty Per Cent

during the past six months, a showing which can be-
made by no other daily in the state, and which We
tory Of Maine journalism. Terms 800 a wear
payable in advance. free Of postage
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A Woman's Column,
A Young Peoples Column,
A State House Department,

containing everything Of interest concerning the
work of the departments. interesting stories by
famous authors, Fun, Tales, Poetry, and everything
which Is deemed suitable and requisite for elm
business and family newspaper and that will make Il
acceptable and valuable TO Its many readers, young
and old alike.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-17

TERMS; One copy, year. free Of postage sz.00:
or 10 when paid In advance. Specimen copies
sent on request.
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Represented at Washington

by special correspondent who will keep Il informed
on ali matters of interest at the National Cnpitnl
ne foreign, domestic state and local news will be
full and carried up TO the latest moment. The mar.
kct reports and weather bulletins will be another
feature Of the paper which will be made complete
has
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THEDAILY JOURNAL
Enlarged Thirty.six Per Cent.
New Dress of Type.

ts editorial force and corps of correspondents have
been largely increased No daily In Maine Il now
giving a more complete survey of the than the
hennebec journal. In reporting the
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Affairs Of the State House,

the Journals location gives 1t a full swing and its
accounts are complete and graphic During the
coming year special attention viii be paid TO this
department of the paper. The journal viii be
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An Agricultural Department

In charge Of special Editor Of acknowledge
ability, who has had many years experience,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-06-16
Tea Drinking and the Teeth.

Some yenrs since, while on duty
at recruiting station in the north
Of England, took observation on
the great amount of disease and
loss of teeth existing among the
class of men offering themselves.
It became a cause of rejection of
itself in great numbers. AS far as
inquiries went | was led to trace it
to the excessive tea-drinking in
dulged. in by the. working classes
in the manufacturing towns, and
this went on all through the day,
whether with food or not. In fact,
instead of 5 o'clock tea being the
invention of the upper classes, it
was found to exist to an injurious
extent in the working classes long
before that time. Tea seems to
have a peculiar tendency to cause
hyper@mia in the tooth sacs, lead
ing to Inflammation, and eventually
abscess of the fang, with, of course,
dentralgia at every stage. Whether
this special tendency was due to
theme or tanin having an elective
affinity for dentine it is not possible
for me to say. 1t would be curious
to know if medical men, practicing
in such manufacturing districts,
had observed the deterioration o1
teeth to be coincident with tea.
drinking-British Medical Journal
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-06-16
Broke His Promise.

He marched into an insurance
Office on Griswold street, pointed
to his empty, sleeve and said:
"Lost it at Antietam."
"Your arm?" queried the clerk.
"Certainly. I was at what is now
known as Burnside's Bridge. Nc
Clellan rode up to me and asked
me to hold that bridge at all haz-
ards. I told him I'd do it or perish.
Lee sent down whole brigade
against me"
"But you held it?"
"No, sir. I was wounded and
forced back"
"You were! You didn't perish
after telling Mcclellan you would?"
''No, sir"
"Then l can do nothing for you.
Very sorry for the loss of your arm,
but when a man makes square
promise he should keep it. You
might call next door. They always
give thirty days credit there"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-06-16
OrrruM AITI1R AS CONTY IDAHO SATURDAY, JUNE 16 1888

Henry VI. for example presented
to the Duke of Exeter a bedstead
and all of it's belongings which was
valued at sum equivalent in our
money to $4,000.
The crusaders, coming back from
contact with the luxurious Orien-
tails, made the bed more than ever
important, so that it became the
fashion to throw open the sleeping
apartments to the view of strangers
visiting the great houses. During
several centuries state documents
contain many referencesto the beds
and hangings to be provided for
this or that honored guest of the
crown.
In France for a long period kings
and great mobiles held their impor-
tant receptions seated on the side
of the bed. Hence the term levee
as applied to such occasions. To-
ward our own time, when luxury
and laxity of morals were combined, !,
these levees were held by ladies OF
rank, who, clad in robes de mutt
made for the purpose, received all
corners with as little embarrassment
as if in their drawing-rooms.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-06-16
4 MEDICAL MULE.
The Wonderful Healing Properties OF
q Brass Kicker.

A friend, recently returned from
Peking, tells us that he saw a meth
cd of cure which may be new to
some of our readers. In temple
outside one of the city gates Is to
be found brass mule of life size,
supposed to have wonderful healing
properties. Patients suffering from
every imaginable disease seek this
to obtain azure. The method pur-
sued is as follows: Supposing you
suffer from sciatica you go with all
speed to this famous temple, and
having discovered the particular
part of the brass mule correspond
ing to the painful region of your
own body, you first rub the animal
certain number of time, and then
with the same hand shampoo your
own disabled member and then
we'll, then the pain goes. The ape
cial feature of this method of cure
is its delightful simplicity. Is your
tooth aching?--just scrub the mules
teeth, and afterwards your own, and
viola the cure is complete. Have
you an ulcer of the cornea? pass
the tips of your fingers to and fro
over the particular eyeball of the
mule, and then with well regulated
pressure rub repeatedly the afflicted
eye: But we are forgetting; the
mule has unhappily lost his sight
during the many years he has been
engaged in his benevolent work
the eyeballs, we are told, having
been gradually worn away as the
result of constant friction, until
now you have only the empty orb
its to operate upon. Yet don't be
distressed, dear reader, the success
is guaranteed to be as real as it was
formerly. Is the cure always GER
tain? some would-be applicant may
inquire. Well, the temple is cov-
cred with laudatory tables in honor
of the mule. Isn't this testimony
enough? and il; you want more, the
animal is patched in all directions
with fresh pieces of brass, put on
to cover holes produced by the con-
slant friction of eager patients;
and a new perfectly whole mule
stands ready at hand, aVaiting the
day when his old colleague, having
fallen to pieces, shall give him an
of likewise benefting
posterity.-China Medical Mission
ary Journal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-06-16
cUR1osITIEs OF MAGNETISM.

Most well-informed people are
doubtless aware that the globe on
which they live is a great ball of
magnetism, but comparatively few
have an adequate idea of the infu-
ence this property is continually
exerting on all sides, that many
common but inexplicable phenom-
ena can be traced directly to this
source. Statistics 60 to show that
in the matter of steel rails, as many
as thirteen will become crystalized
and break where they go to make
up a railroad track running east
and west, before one of those on a
north and south track is similarly
affected. This is entirely due to
the magnetism generated by fric-
ton, and the fact that the polarity
of the magnetic current is in the
former instance resisted in the
headlong rush of the train, whereas
in the latter case it is undisturbed.
Another strange effect of this pc
culiar and occult force is that ex-
erted on the watches Of the train
men. A timepiece carried by a
conductor running train twenty
miles an hour, however accurate it
may be, will, if the speed of the
train be increased to, say fifty miles,
become useless until regulated.
The magnetism generated by the
flight of a train may be said to be
in proportion to the speed with
which it is propelled, and the deli
cate parts of watch, numbering
all the way from four hundred to
one thousand pieces, and peculiarly
susceptible to this influence by
reason of the hammering and pol
ishing they have received, are not
slow to feel the effect.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-06-16
The " Cigarette Eye"

A New York oculist says that the
greatest enemy to the eyes of young
men is the cigarette. Recently q
disease has appeared among smok-
ers, which is dangerous, and after
careful investigation, the best au-
thorities, who for long time were
at loss to understand the peculiar
malady, have traced it to the small
paper-covered tobacco sticks. It is
now known as the Cigarette eye,"
and can be cured only by long
treatment. It's symptoms are dim
ness and film-ike gathering over
the eye, which appears and disap-
pears at intervals.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-06-16
Plants in Living Rooms.

The latest reliable information is
to the effect that it is only bouquets
of highly scented flowers that are
hurtful in bedroom and that most
growing plants, indeed everything
without a highly-scented blossom,
is rather beneficial than otherwise.
It has been found that in the day.
time the plants absorb so much
carbon that the reversal of the pro-
cess at night hardly re-establishes
the normal balance of carbonic acid
in the free atmosphere, which is
thus even purer in a room where
plants are kept than in the open
Observation-Disclosures Times.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-06-16
Fell Into Bad Company.

The sympathetic editor of Ken
lucky paper writes as follows of q
friend: 1--WE see by private letter
that our old friend and former CO.
laborer, VIM. T. Finn, has been
lynched by a lot of trolicsome fel-
lows over in Hansen county. 1t is
putty bad fur a feller to be snatched
off from his usefulness in this way.
Finn was gentlemanly fellow, and
we are sorry to know that he fell
in such bad company. It may be
possible that he stole the horse, but
he no doubt did it in fun. He was
q great joker, and often took things
to show that he was in a merry
mood. This thing of snatchin' q
feller up and hangin' him is getting
to be q serious business. There
was q time when it didn't amount
to much, but times have changed.
The spirit Of fun ia not as broad
now as it used to be-"