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CHURCHES IN THE UNITED STATES

The total number of Shakers is 2i,000.
The total number of Adven;ists is 97,7il.
The total number Of Mormons is 25O,0oo
The total nn,ni.er of Mo9avians is 1896.
The total rurnlcr n Unitarians is 10000.
The total numher Of MennolItes is 10000
The total number II Unlyer,alists is 81
$50
The toi,d number of Swedenbor.ians is
5.Qi5
The total number of Friends "Hicksite7 is
5000
The total number OF Friends Orthodox is
10000
The total number Of Congregationaiists is
43d,S7o
The total number OF Protestant Episcopals
is 4is.53l
The total number of Lutheraris of all CLASSES
is $50. so.
il ,127 ,037
The total number of Reformed Episcopal
ans is Il, 600.
The total number of Methodists of all
classes is 4,532, SIS.
The total number of Presbyterians of all
classes is LOSE, 1876
The total number of Friends Non-affiliating
Orthodox Is Il, 900.
The total number of Roman Catholics les
timatedl is ,eOO000.
The total number of Reformed both Dutch
and German is 259 ga
The total number of Jews who are mem
bers Of the Jewish church is 1858 The
Jewish population is 10000
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MEN OF GENIUS.
THE CITIES INTELLECTUAL GIANTS
COUNTRY BORN AND BRED.
Leading Men ard Leading Ideas Not Pro
dnced by the City-Easiiy Explained
AWAY in Excitements,

Leading Men ard Leading Ideas Not Pro
dnced by the City-Easily Explained
by Natural Causes-Ta,ents Friftered
Away in Excitements.
Experience teaches US, " says Mr.. Re
menyi, THAT the great centers Of popu-
lation are marked by a lamentable ster-
fifty in the production Of men Of genius.
Precisely as the city, with its 40, Geo in
habitants would have to stsrve il it did
not receive its regular supplies Of food
from the country, 70 it would suffer inter
teIlccsuai starvation If its mental supplies
were not, in all essential points, provided
from the country. Sometimes we find
miserable, obscure country town pro-
ducing more men of original power than
half dozen large cities. Everything on
which cur century prides itself, everything
that has made the age what II IS, has
come from the country. The statesmen
and the soldiers, the artists and tire in
ventors, the men OF learning and the
men Of enterprise, have all migrated
from some obscure corner OF the
land TO take possession OF the
cities, az their barbarous ancestors Uni
grated from savage wildernesses 10 take
possession OF the seats Of civilization. In
Paris, Berlin and Vienna the natives are
largely in the minority, and the immi-
grants fiji all the streets and houses enc
occupy all the public places. So it is with
the leading ren and the leading ideas.
they ali come from the country
A REASONABLE EXPLANATION.
Well. this seems a remarkable state
nent to make: but I think the author Is
right and that his proposition will ho.d
good. not only in Europe, to Which mis-
article seems chiefly to refer bat in thu
country Make out a lis; Of eminent
Americans and you will find that very
few Of them were born in the cities How
can this be explaineds MIR Remenyi has
no explanation TO offer; he has 80 theory
regarding it. 1t mas always been So
he says, and viii always be so; the city
governs the fashions, but the village gov
erns the nation / Think, however, 1t
can be explained by natural causes
In the first place, there are in every ma
ton about six times rs many people In the
country and In the country towns as there
are IN he large cities This Is a very
striking fact, of which every body is not
aware. Many city jewellers imagine that
the majority Of the population OF the Ia
ton live In the cities, Ike Themselves: for
when they 60 to the country they see 80
few people there 1t seems hardly pOpu
lated at all. In the next place, the ten
dency of talent in every country is toward
the city. because, ike the cabbases and
potatoes, it finds the best market there.
The young painter, poe., sculptor, orator
or writer naturally gravitAtes toward
those center5 where his talents are most
valued and command the highest reward.
IT. I.
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Mrs. PhGbe Chclsey. Peterson, Clay Co,
Iowa, tells the following remarkable story.
the truth of which is vouched for by the res
dents of the town: Il am ~ years old. have
been troubled with kidney complaint aud
lameness for many years; could not dress
myself without help. Now | am free from
all pain and soreness, and am able TO do all
my own housewerk | own my thanks to
Electric Bitters for having renewed my
youth, and removed completely all disease
and pain" Try bottle, SOC and 81. at J .
NJ Mixers Drug Store.
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New York's Milk Trade.

Milk receipts last year at New York
were 5,663, el0 cans; cream, ITO, 6SS cans
condensed milk, 5000 cans; average
market price, "a IL cents. Cream and
condensed equal 1,o40. 900 sans) Cream.
cry milk not included, 1,600, 600 cans.
Daily average of 1887 over 1SS6-nilk
1850 cans; cream, 30 cans.
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MN\\H.A life are sorrowfaly let
alone on account Of Dyspepsia. Acker's
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation; sold on a
positive guarantee at % and so cents, by
j. ii Mike. iS4 Wafer street druggist
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tiralC w .tl
The only Apoplexy Prev Hti 10i P1nlysii Cure
will relieve you and prevent aa Apopltcic Shock
1t is sure cure for Para !ysi5, Rheuma'
tisn, Heart Disease, Angina Pee.
toris, Chronic Bronchitis, Liver
Complaint, Kidney Trouble, Dys'
pepSia, etc., etc.
Manufactured by Dr. r. s.. Ii,Tyurr oN & Goa
ltnoshurgh Falls,VL. L. s. a. Prirr fi. bottle
bottles for $500. Send for Circular aud lesu
Honilis.
foy sale by DyHRc'sfs o5d Hrs'cys ia .Ueff %
send &, er5.a rr Lu~nnHa. aad iios '. 20
treat T.at," aa..rl.odA@N
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e Know thyself by reading the Science OF
Life" the best medical work ever published,
for young and midile-aged men.
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The Time honored Notre Dame, Baltimore

We have had ample opportunity to con
vince ourselves of the efficacy of Salvation
Oil. We cheerfully submit our names to the
public as a reference. Respectfully. Sister,
of Notre Dame.
Asquith & Eager Sts Baltimore, Md.
No wonder people have confidence when
the best physicians are prescribing DIR. Bull':
COuph SvruD
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The Best Remedy

For Dyspepsia is Ayers Sarsapariiia-
Other medicines may give temporary
relief but Ayers Sarsaparilla makes
positive and permanent cure, as thou
sands can testify ali over the country.
my stomach. liver. and kidneys were
in q disordered condition for years."
writes Il Wild, OF Hutto, Texas, and
never found any medicine TO relieve
me, until I began 10 take Aver Sarsa-
parilla. Less than six bottles Of this
remedy cured me"
Mrs. Joseph Anbin, Of Holyoke,
Mass, was for long time severe snf-
ferer from Dyspepsia, trying, in vain, all
the usual remedies. At last she began 10
take Ayers Sarsaparilla, and only three
bottles restored her TO perfect health
81 have gone through terrible suffe;r-
ing from Dyspepsia and Indigestion"
writes c. J. Bodemer, I45 Columbia st.,
Cambridgeport, Mass. and can truly
say Ayers sarsapariiIa has cured me-"
Ayers SarsapariIIa.
Prepared By Dr. !. c. Aver b Co, Lowell. Aass
Price ~ .ix botties, e.. Worth % bosiie-
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GnM'< S\cc>N e Sisats is the be
thousands suffering from Asthma, Con-
sumption, Coughs, etc. Did you ever try
Acker's English Remedy 1t is the best
preparation known for all Lung Troubles,
sold on a positive guarantee at 10c., 50c.
j Nj. yer. la4 Wsior s'rant drugyisi.
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Almost miraculous are some of the cures
accomplished by the use of Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla. In the case of II. L. King, Richmond,
Va, who suffered for A. years with an ag-
gravated form of scrofula, Ayers Sarsapa-
rila effected astonishing results.
mar5deod& WlM
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-09

Allow a cough to run until it gets beyond the
reach of medicine. They often say, ooh, it
will wear away" but in most cases it wears
them away. Could they be induced to try
the successful medicine called Kemp's Bal
sam, which is sold on a positive guarantee to
cure, they would Immediately see the excel
lent effect after taking the first dose. Pric,
SOC. and 81. Taial bottle al all Druggists
feb2sd&w4w2l,
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Railroads 4 Steamboats,.
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
arrangement of Trains in Effect
Oct. "a, 1887.

Until further notice trains leave Augusta rs fol.
lows:
ington, Rockland, Portland and Boston; $40 A. Nj.
ton, Pennington, Rockiand, Portland and Boston
200 Z. NJ for Hallowell and Gardiner; 3.04 z. NJ
for Brunswick, Bath, Lewiston, Portland and Bos.
ton; $50 I. NJ. for Hallowell and Gardiner; 055 F.
NJ. might Pulln an for Lewiston, Portland and
Boston, and for Bath saturdays only.
GOING EAST 2.25 A VI. might express) for
ST. Stephen, ST. John and Aroosiook County; gi0
a. NJ. for Wateryille, Skowhegan, Bangor and Green
vile; $50 L. VI. for Skowhegan, Belfast, Dexter,
Bangor, Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, ST. stephen, ST
John and Aroostook County; and on Saturdays, 40
7. NJ. for Wa,eryile.
The Night Pullman Trains run each way every
night, sundays Included, but not to Skowhegan, on
Monday mornings, or 10 Belfast and Dexter, or be
You'd Bangor on Sunday mornings.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN leaves Gardiner for
Augusta NJ ~ A. NJ lis and AS p NJ Hallowell
at sG2 A. NJ, 100 and 5.02 z. NJ.
FREIGHT TRAINS for Portland, $40 A. NJ, and
II 40 +. NJ; for Watcrvile and Vanceboro, 100 l..
NJ, and t.20 Z. NJ. due from Boston, l24s and T. l0
r NJ; due from Vanceboro and Waterille, 1855 A,
NJ. and l2S0 2. NJ
Through tickets to California and all points South
and West may be had of +. H. Walker ticket agent
Augusta, the only Office selling via all routes and
checking baggage free of expense.
PAISON TUCKER, Genl Manager
+. E. BOoTHBf, Genl Pass. and Ticket Agt.
Portland Oct 20, 1857.
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NNN< n g that are fretful, peevish,
S%S cross, or troubled with
Windy Collie, Teething Pains. or
Stomach Disorders, can be relieved
at once by using Acker's Baby Soother.
IT contains no Opium or Morphine,
hence is safe. Price 25 cents. Sold by
j. NJ Mixer. 1874 Wst,r stree lrossist.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-09

The Nennebec journal has now entered upon ITS
siNtythird year. Thanking its readers for heir
generous patronage in the past, hopes st further
10 merit their favor in III" future. The journal will
still continue IFS stcadfat adherence grHrd
principles Of kcpGhlicanism when have given IT, a
united country AMI made us tho prosperous pccil,
that we arc. Tie coming year will be- Que Of
deep political Importance. a great national aud
state campaign are involved In Il. Everyone " N
feel an interest in thest political contests Iucnfr, al
the state Capital in the Republican stronghold ~
Maine The kenhebec journal vii 10 peculiarly well
situated to present the various phases uf the political
outlook The political Edturship win be IN charge
Of HON. JOHN l.. STEVENS. whose
long experience in public affairs aud intimate ac
guhlntance both with American and European Poi
tics peculiarly tts him for this position.
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New Dress Of Type.

Its editorial force and corps of corrcsuoua.,,. l,,
bern largely increased. 80 daily in Maine i mas
giving more complete survey Of the news than ti
hehn'brc Journal. In reporting the
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, 1888-02-15

There are few neighborhoods that do
not have their smart man. At least they
have n man who, in his own estimation,
embodies the brains and information of
the world. No occupation pleases him
better than the asking of catch questions
queries that he has given his whole at
%tention, to the exclusion OF more useful in
formation that would in general have
added largely to his influence II not to his
income. Nothing pleases him better than
to find some one who has earned a reputa.
ton for a depth and width of learning re-
moved from the ordinary unable to a
swer some simple question that has been
learned and forgotten ten years before,
Such a man, in speaking of a mutual ne
quaintance, said TO a reporter: "Do you
call that man smart, Why, / asked him
something that he could not answer. The
scribe looked at him and asked; "How
many of Mother Goose's melodies can you
repeatfh He was silent.-Philadelphia
all.
, 1888-02-15

Recent statements about the economic
and wise mother of Napoleon show that
he, while always speaking to her in Italian,
wrote to her in French. How She ever
coutrived to decipher his manuscript, if
that also developed corresponding contor-
tions of his signature, we cannot divine,
unless, indeed, rs often happens, there is
n way of reading with the understanding
heart as well as the affectionate eye.
VIGOROUSLY bad writer's i Choate,
Greeley and Balzac have always some
body contemporaneous who can readily
interpret their hieroglyphics, and when n
noted western editor furnished copy that
any printer might suppose to be ancient
Egyptian, there was born into the world
n compositor in that town who preferred
it to copper plate inscriptions and set it
up with celebrity and dispatch.
Tracing n mans character by his hand
writing is deceptive unless we know the
mans career by heart, and then we di-
vine what is not hidden. At the same
time it is not u little curious to follow the
commissions of Napoleon's signature from
the obscure time of an artillery lieuten-
antcy to the victory of Austerlitz, the re-
treat from Waterloo and captivity on that
'1one, barren isle in the midst of the
ocean," We may not agree with the de-
auctions made from the specimens given,
but curiosity will be provoked and graft
fled in n peculiar way if nothing else.-
Baltimore American.
, 1888-02-15

An authropometric laboratory is n place
where n person may have any of his vari-
Gus faculties measured in the best possible
way, and where duplicates of his meas
urements may be preserved as private
documents for his own future use and
reference. All the various faculties are
to be registered. Accordingly, after the
exact shape, the cubical contents and the
specific gravity of the individual have
been ascertained he will be tested for pace
on n measured mile on land and n meas
urcd 100 yards in the water. The physi-
cal basis being thus ascertained, the
capacity for self restraint will next be
tried. Then will come the memory tests
and h trials of originality md intellect
ual endurance. 1t would be impos-
sible, except at great length, to ex-
plain the various processes avail
able for these latter purposes, but
n brief reference may be made to the
uses of the register when completed.
Evidently the register kept at the labora-
tory may be made use of as n reference in
all cases, To persons about to marry the
record will, Of course, be valuable and in
dispensahle. Very great benefits will
accrue to all classes of people. 1t will
nbolish the old test Of n mans faculties by
the work he does and what comes out Of
him.-Pittsburg Bulletin.
, 1888-02-15


In Havana bay there are certainly l 900
lighters constantly in use, so that 5000
men are thus employed md at least u, 900
souls thus comfortably sustained. Most
of these folk live over at Regla, Just back
of the Santa Catalina wharves or the still
quainter Gale Baluarte quarter, and in the
narrow streets n through md about their
queer old abodes some of the strangest
sights you yer witnessed will be seen.
Children of all colors and caste and ages
disport naked among hairless dogs, ag-
gressive goats, demure donkeys and all
of fowl, with the utmost inno-
cence, content and good nature. Little is
needed to sustain life, hence happy hearted
ness among them is universal. Night or
day, for nearly all the year, the only real
effort is made to get outside of clothing;
and last Sunday morning, when l was
wandering in the vicinity of the little
old Regla market, 1 actually stepped over
fourteen naked sleeping women and chill
dren lying in all sorts of pastures on land
ings, along galleries n at the doors of
little alcobas. Some of them opened
their handsome eyes n bit, but none
moved or seemed in the least disconnected
by the intrusion.-Edgar J.. Wakeman's
Letter,
, 1888-02-15

A medicine man Of the tribe, in order
TO prepare for himself a drum or drum
heal Ia accompany his peculiar religious
rites, lEU been known to take a reindeer
skin. coax it in the water until the hair
was hose, and when il was frozen as stiff
as . losurd place the pleasant thing
against the bare skin Of his body until it
wa thawel out and then hold it there
an hour OF two until il was dry as n bone.
There is little wonder THAI such people
need no seal or walrIs o. to warm their
h%abitaiions Of The only singular
thinS IS that they do not sleep out of
doors all winter 10 prevent being over.
coluc by the heat in the snow houses
Frederick Schwatka.
, 1888-02-15

Little Gertrude, in the course of her
four years of existence, had never seen n
colored person. Therefore when Pro
fessor Cicero Poters-whose speciality is
legion, and who whitewashes one day and
puts down carpets the next, thus making
extremes meet-came to her house in
spring cleaning times, her first sensation
was awe, which gave way to curiosity
when she perceived that the dark hued
visitor, so far from being an ogre, was
disposed to be a big playfellow. After
the professor had laughed and joked and
told stories, Gertrude ventured upon q
startling personal inquiry:
"Mr. Peters, have you any little tar
babies at homer"
To say that Professor Peters laughed
would but family describe the effect OF
the question. Dentists show windows
seemed to leap up in his mouth in rapid
succession, n after another; and fol
hours afterward he was heard to ejaculats
''tah babies" at five minute intervals
Boston Transcript.
, 1888-02-15

In the process of forming stamped tin.
ware fiat sheets of metal are placed in
powerful presses and forced by means of
dies into shape. This shaping process
and enormous pressure on the metal com.
pletely disiutcgratcs the tin coating,
breaking the iibers and rendering the sur.
face of the wares fractured, rough and un-
finished This defect is remedied by re.
plating, which contemporaries and ~reunites
the surface, correcting all ~fractuosity and
making the ware bright and new. The
ware TO be replatcd is DIPPED into a cald-
ron of boiling tallow, so hot that the origi-
nal tin plating is softencd up and melted
from the surface Of the sheet iron. Then
the article so treated is dipped INTO a pot
of fused tin, where 1t takes on a new coat
ing of that metal. 1t is then dropped a
second time into the grease pot, which has
the effect OF evenly distributing the coat
ing Of tin, taking of the s%uperauous
metal, 1t is then put into a box Of bran,
where It Is cleaused Of the thickest of the
grease, md finished by being rolled In
flour and middlinEs, which completely
~cleanscs the ware, leaving IL smooth and
bright. Artisan.
, 1888-02-15

tone thing at n time'' is the principle
of life among the Tarascans. Perhaps it
is carried to eXnggeration, but it produces
wonderful results. If of n Sunday morn
ing you saunter down the road leading up
from the lax to P%atzcuaro you will meet
thousands of the Tarascans coming to
market with their wares and products to
sell. Each Tarascan, or family Of Taras-
cans, will nave a stock of one thing. 1t
may be "earthenware; it may be the fiat
pancakes called tortillas; it may be fish; it
may be feather work. Whatever it is the
quality will surprise You.
The traveller sees a good deal of the n
idea principle in other parts of Mexico.
Going down through the heart of the TIA
BILE land from FL Paso to the City of Mex
leo he encounters it in a striking
At Leon he is beset to buy the woven
wraps called serapes. The numerous
peddlers have nothing but serapes to sell.
A few hours further down the road, at the
station of Queretaro, the stock in trade of
the platform vendors is opals, nothing but
opals. At Celaya fifty men and boys
thrust boxes of 'dulces' in one's face INT
will not take n refusal TO buy, as long as
the train stops. The dulces are sweet,
paste like compounds, favored with pine
apple and other fruits. They are offered
in little, round wooden boxes, and are
OF all sorts OF colors. The round
boxes are assorted, according to
flavors, and packed in long boxes of
varying sizes and prices. Celaya is
known all over the republic for its sweets.
Within two hours ride of Celaya is Ira
puato, where strawberries can be bought
ut the station every month in the year.
The peddlers have nothing but strawber-
ries, but they always have them put upin
quart, two quart and three quart home
made baskets of wiIow-great, luscious
berries. Probably the fruit could be cul-
tivated with equal success elsewhere, but
1t isn't. Irapuato has he monopoly of
strawberries. Even Mexicans, passing
through and going 500 miles beyond, buy
n basket of strawberries at Irapuato, just
as they always get off Mt San Juan del
Rio, further down the road, to buy lari-
ats. There is a little rope walk in front
of nearly every house at San Juan del
Rio, and the people do scarcely anything
but manufacture lariats the year round.
Cor. Globe-D Democrat.
, 1888-02-15
INITIATED BLOOD
SC90FULOUS, INHERITED AND COATk-
Ci0US HUM0RS CURED BY
uYIpUP

Through the Medium of one OF your books
received through Mr.. Frank T.. Wray, druggist.
Apollo, Pa, i became acquainted with youI
testify TO you that their use has permanently
cured me OF one OF the worst cases Of blood
poisoning, In connection with erysipclas, that |
nave ever seen. and this after having been pro
nounced incurablc by some of the best physi-
clans In our county. take great pleasure in
forwarding TO you this testimonial, unsolicited
as it is by you, in order that others suffering
from similar maladics may be encouraged ii
give your Cutacurl remedies Il trial.
L. $. WHITLISGER, Lecchburg, Pa.
RefcrcnCe Frank Z. MTaY. DrnggiSl. 4 polio. Pa
, 1888-02-15

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, %softens the gums, al
lays the pain, cures wind collie. and is the
best remedy for diarrhoa. Twenty-Five
cents bottle.
, 1888-02-15

That tho body is now mure susceptible to
benefit from medicine than at any other
season. Hence the Importance of taking
Hoods ~Sarsaparilla now, when it will do
you the most good. 1t is really wonder
'ful for purifying and enriching the blood,
creating an appetite, and giving a healthy
tone TO the whole system. BE sure to get
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which is peculiar to
itself.
, 1888-02-15

James L. Richardson, Custom House, New
GERS broke out on my body until | was a mass OF
corruption. Everything known to the medical
faculty was tried in vain. | became a mere
wreck. At times could not lift my hands to my
head, could not tuIn IN bed, was in constant
pain, and looked upon life as n curse. No relief
or cure in ten years In 1880 l heard of the
Cutrcura Remedies, used them, and was pr
sworn No 10 before U. S. Com. j. d. Crawford.
, 1888-02-15
ONE nf The WORST CASES.

We have been selling your Cuticura Rene.
dies for years. and have the first complaint yet
TO receive from a purchaser. One of the worst
cases Of ScrOfula ! ever saw was cured by the
use Of five bottles OF Cuticura Resolyent, Cuti-
cura, and Cuticura Soap. The Soap takes the
cake" here as n medicinal soap.
TAYLOR q TAYLOR. Druggists, Frankfort, Kan.
, 1888-02-15

S. Kellner will positively sell out his
entire stock within sixty days and will,
therefore, offer goods at less than whole
sale cost.