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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-07-12
Mineral Entries on School Lands.

SI0rX FALLS, Dak, July II.
The question of suspendiug the mineral
entries upon school lands was again debated
at great length. Several petitions were
received asking for safeguards to secure
honest elections
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-07-12
Drowned in Messalouskee.

OAKLAND. July IL.
Foster ", Is aged II, and George Hus-
sey, aged Il. were drowned. THURSDAY noon.
while bathing in Messalonskee Lake. The
effort. of ply sicians for two hours for re-
suscitation were unAvsiling.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-07-12
Thirty Dollars in Stamps Taken.

BANGOR, July IT.
A special to the Commercial says that
thieves entered the post-otiice at East VIM.
Wednesday night. and secured thirty dollars
in sramps and three dollars in cash.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-07-12

The new Guatanalan minister Don Fer.
nando Cruz, was formally presented to the
President today
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-07-12
A Boston Advertising Agent Fails.

BosroS, July IL.
T c. Evans, advertising agent At 2s4
Washington street, failed Liabilities, s40,
600; assets. So, eco. He is offering . COM
promise At fifty cents on the dollar.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-07-12

The contemplated reunion of Colby grad
yates resident in and about Rockland will be
held in September, when Hon. J. H. Drum
mond. Judge Percival Bonney, President
Pepper. Prof. A. W. Small and others
expect 70 be present
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-07-12

CHICAGO, July II.
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WHEAT heavy, No. srrnE, 7siGyt
Ne. red, 7sla7S
COKS---So q. 25tas5i.
OArs--So m
KrE--quist At tsa.5.
BAILEY nominal
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BULK Mxsr shoulder, 81 short ribs rs;
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-07-12
Fielding Average,

The following is III" fielding average Of
the players on the Augusta base ball team up
to the present time
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
rARADoEES OF LIFE.

The hand that beckons us to glory waves
us out of impenetrable clouds. We walk in
a way that we know not. We labor for our
Master, but never know beforehand which
shall proper, whether this or that: We lay
wise plans, ana they miscarry. We commit
gross blrnders, and they ara overruled for
good Werun towards the light, and it goes
out in darkness. We sink shiyering in the
darkness, and find it light We pray for
joys and they mildew into griefs. We. ac-
cept the griefs, and they blossom into joys:
Today the apple turns to. ashes and
tomorrow the stones to bread. We
exult in some prosperity, and get lean
ness with it. We murmur at some ad-
versity, and find it big with blessings. We
run toward open doors and dash our heads
against granite wall We move against
the wall at the call of duty, and it opens to
let us through. The lines Of our lives are
all in Gods hands. What shall befall US we
can not know. What is expedient we cannot
tell. Only this we know, that God would
shape us to Himself, whether it be by the
discipline of joy or the discipline of sorrow.
To make us perfect as He is perfect, this is
the choice Of our Heavenly Father, this the
end of ali His revelations; while everything
>.ot helpful TO this He hides away out OF
sight.-Dr. Ros,UeU d. Hitchcock.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
POPULAR SCIENCE.

A new power, it is thought, has been
nut in the hands of metal workers by the
new discovered process of chcapenlng
oxygen.
The new method of automatically re-
gistering observations by means of pho
Biography has been successfully expert
mented with by M. Gerard.
The smokeless powder that Austria is
using makes such fearful smell that 1t
will have to be abandoned. At recent
practice shoot several men tainted from
An electric spark has been photo
r,aphed by means of special camera, in
which the sensitive plate rotated at, 1T is
said, velocity of $500 revolutions per
minute.
The specifications for the arc light
plant in the Washington navy yard are
said to be the most complete of the kind
ever issued. There are to be 120 2OOO-
candle power arc lamps.
DR.. Burroughs, of London, uses nitro
glycerine as substitute for alcohol IN
cases of emergency. 1t will kill almost
as surely, and, under favoring circumstan-
ces, with less pain to all concerned.
A "palace chicken car" is the latest
development of luxury in railway trans
portation. Thousands Of chickens can
be carried in one of these cars across the
continent and in good condition at
great saving in cost, as we'll as economy
in space.
Voigtlander, a famous optician OF
Brunswick, has just perfected u anew lens,
giving a very wide angle, working with
large aperture. Thus it is very rapid,
and can be used in very confined situs-
tions, such as rooms for groups and SIN
gle portraits.
A Berlin firm are making very power
flu, little magnets for the special purpose
of extracting iron and steel filings from
the eyes and skin of workmen engaged
in iron works. These magnets are Of the
horseshoe shape, nickleplated, with thin
rounded poles.
The whole Eiffel Tower could be lifted
by four men CT average strength. When
it was about half its present height a
few men actually did lift it. The con-
struction of the tower is based on the
cantilever principle, and its bulk of 64Oe
tons is so adjusted as to press on the
foundation with less weight than that of a
man in an armchair on the floor.
If sodium sulphate is allowed to crys-
talize between plates of unglazed porce-
lain in the open air, and if the crystalliza-
ton it reproduced two or three times by
sprinkling with water, the plates fall
into powder. The same phenomenon is
observed with very hard stones. This
crystallization may be a cause OF the
communion of rocks which resist water.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
Mexican Banks.

There are only eleven banks in the
City of Mexico, says correspondent OF
the San Francisco Chronicle, and Of these
only the Banco Nacional and that OF
"Mex1co, Londres and Sud America"
may be trusted by the traveller in the mat
ter of exchange. And the greatest care
must be taken in the acceptance of bank
notes from even the National Bank, fol-
those of the main bank are discounted
throughout the interior, and those
whose perforated punch shows them to
be uttered by branches of the same house
ere discounted in thcir turn in the capital,
saving only those of the Vera Cruz branch,
which, I believe, are always at par In
Mexico-except when they are at pre-
MUM. Janvier, generally so accurate,
says that small coin of the United States
is taken at par in Mexico, but this is
mistake. Save in one or two ports
Mazatlan, for instance-it is not taken. at
all save by the money changers, thieves,
or homeward-bound Americans. All in
all, think most of my compatriots will
concur with me in saying that the Men.
can money system is badly jumbled
confusion, the reasons for whose vagaries,
aside from bad Governmental manage.
ment, emo fellow can find out"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

One can get drunk for halfpenny in KIM
)erley, South Africa
Nearly 1000 English churches have adopted
;he use of unfermented wine at communion.
In Switzerland seventy per cent. Of the
Young men are said to be untitled, by the
use of alcohol and tobacco, for military SER
vice.
The Rev. Sam Jones expresses his opinion
good thing in its place, but believe its right
place is in hell"
Mrs. J. C.. Bateham says that the rope
three strands-thc saloon, impurity and Sab
bath dissertation.
Six "jont Keepers" of Dodge City, Kan
the county Jail and fine of 800 each for
violating the prohibitory law.
Athol (Mass.) Y. w. C.. T. U. has rented an
entire block on business street and begun
to s'take boarderS," to aid her financially and
give her larger field of influence.
Alcohol says Joseph Cook is not only a
poison with special local affinity for the brain,
but il is poison with 4 fish hook barb-lt
cannot be pulled out without tearing the
flesh.
A monster meeting in favor of Sunday
closing" was held in Central Music Hall, Chic:
ago The hall was literally packed with all
kinds Of people, three-fourths of them being
voters. More than dozen speeches were
made all heartily cheered by the audience.
The popular sentiment is undoubtedly in
favor of this movement.
An empty whisky bottle found in row
boat tells the cause Of an accident which oc-
Cured on South Watuppa Pond, Fall River,
Mass, whereby five persons lost their lives
Louis Dubois took party rowing across the
pond to gather grapes. While returning the
boat was upset, and though the water was
but five feet deep, only one person was res
ci1a1.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
TIE BOOK SERPENT.

Oneday a gcntlemaT in India went into
his library and took down book from the
shelves As lie did so he felt slight pain in
his fiager like the prick of pin. He
thought that pin had been stuck by SOM
careless person in the cover Of the book.
But soon his finger began to swell, then his
arm, and then his body, and in a few days
he died. 1t was not pin among the books,
but small and deadly serpnt. There are
many serpents among the books nova days
They nestle in the foliage of some of cur
most fascinating literature; they coil around
the flowers whose perfume int"xicate' the
senses. We read, we are charmed with the
plot of the story, by the skill with which the
characters are sculptured or grouped, by
the gorgeou>ness of the word painting-we
hardly fell the pin prick of the evil that is
insinuatcd But it stings and poi'ons us.
When the re ord of human souls i made up
on what multitudes will be inscrib ID, "Pois-
oned by the serpents among the books"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
A STRIKING TEMPERANCE LECTURE.


James Thomson. Of the Washington Ice
Company, who is O big man in the Mystic
Shrine and leading 20. G., is good story
teller. He is a good story teller for the rea-
son that lie never makes an effort to tell
story unless he has good one to tell. His
company has q transfer ice house over on
May street, near tho railroad tracks, where
many of the wagons get their supply OF Ice
every morning. Just inside the door of this
house there has always been hydrant, and
this hydrant has been literally patronlzed
by the railroad hands who work near oy III
the yards. When 900 men OF more go to
hydrant every day, says Thompson, the
hydrant is bound to wear out in short time,
and it was found necessary to renew this
hydrant quite often on that account. Inis
was rather expensive, and the company cast
about for another mode of quenching thirst.
In short time the problem was solved by
one of the men. Out on the curb he placed
heavy barrel, and this he kept filled with
fresh water, cooling it with chunk of ice
from the house. On the side Of the barrel
was nailed tin dipper, and this outfit was
kept in shape day and night, the ice men
keeping a watch on it during Tie day and the
railroad rlen--for whose benefit it was AZ
ranged-watching it during the night. On
one very hot and sultry day not long ago,
says Thompson, along came an honest, sturdy
looking Irishman, clad in overalls and
jumper, and with the tan Of honest labor on
his face. He looked hot and tired. He
wanted a drink, and, evidently remembering
the hydrant, he started to 60 inside. A mali
at the door met him, learned his wants and
pointed out the barrel of ice water. The
IriShman walked out to the curb, dipped up
a dipperful and quaffed it tat swallow. Then
he disposed of second in the same manner.
Dropping the dipper and wiping his mouth
with the back of his horny hand, he turned
to the man in the doorway and said, with
great sigh: 'Ah, me bye, if I'd known that
-wather were so good I'd had me house
an'lot yetp There was a temperance lecture
that could be hung up in the street cars
rhfc0oa T-ib7Ine
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
TIE LIQUOR EVIL IN AFRICA.

An international conference on the affairs
of Africa is to be held in England during the
coming autumn. The Native Races and
Liquor Traffic Committed have recently and
very opportunely presented memorial to
Lord Salisbury through the Duke of West
minister. The memorial recalls the language
Of statesmen on the subject, that OF the
Premier among others, and urges the I'M
portance of united action on the part of the
civilized powers The Queen has been pleased
to receive similar memorial. This vigorous
action will meet with grateful acknowl-
edgement from all friends Of Africa. The
replies received awaken hope, but the matter
is one OK such moment as to call for prayer
from all those who have followed the awful
record of evils which have lowed from this
terrible tratac.-Hitness.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
CLOSE THE SALOON.

One of the most significant signs of til,
times says the National Advocate, is tht
growing opposition to the saloon by tht
Roman Catholic Church The growth oi
this sentiment the past year is remarkable
Not only through its Leagues Of the Cross
and the Catholic Total Abstinence Union, but
an increasing number of Catholic papers are
outsEoken in this direction. The Catholic
Universe, published at Cleveland, Ohio, in
recent article says:
1.-THE saloon at night is the panderer of
ninety ty-nine-hundredth of the crime and
vice of large city.
"Close the saloon at night
"Let the City of Mexico plan be followed
in our large cities-six A. M. to six r. M.-and
give the father and husband an opportunity
to make the acquaintance of his family.
The saloonist ought to himself work for tina.
opportunity, and make his calling more re-
spectacle and less odious.
Draft bill closing saloons from six p. H.
to six A. b., with Imprisonment and penalty
that will dismay offenders; closing saloons
ON Sunday; making the license no less than
$1,000; furnishing with imprisonment and fine
the adulteration of liquor or sale OF adulter-
atcd liquor
Then organize your committees; go to
Columbus and push this legislation. Let
bishops, priests and ministers throw their
open influence into the scale of this moral
movement"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
How to Use q Watch.

Having obtained a really seryiceable
article, says matchmaker, you should,
in order to produce satisfactory results,
follow out these rules: Wind up your
watch every day at the same hour. Avoid
putting 1t on marble slab, or near any
thing excessively cold. The sudden trans
mission from heat to cold contracting
the metal may sometimes cause the main
spring to break. Indeed, the cold CO.
sgulates the oil, and the whsels and piv-
OTIS working less freely, affect the regu-
larity of the timekeeper.
In laying aside your watch be sure
that it rests on its case. By suspendlng
it free the action of the balance may
cause oscillation, which may considerably
interfere with its going. .5ss';
If you would Keep your watch clean
YOU must be quite sure that the case tlts
firmly, and never put it any pocket but
one made of leather. Those pockets
which are lined with cloth, cotton OF
calico, give by the constant friction,
certain quantity of fluff, which enters
most watches, even those the cases OF
which shut firmly.
A skillful matchmaker one day thus
reasoned with a customer: 'tYou COM
plained," said he, "that your watch
gains minute a month. Well, theA,s
you will congratulate yourself when you
hear me. You are aware that in your
watch the balance. which is the regula-
tor, makes five oscillations every second,
which is 49,, 1000 a day; so that yoY
watch, exposed to all the vicissjtpdes
which heat and cold occasion il, the va !
rying weight of the air, and THE shaking
to which it is subjected, has not varied
more than minute in month, or two
seconds day. It has only acquired with
each vibration of the balance, variation
of the ZIG, ,000th part of a second. Judge,
then, what must be the extreme perfec-
ton of the mechanism of this watch. -
Neu York Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
TEMPERANCE.

GODS CLOCK HAS STRUCK THE HOUR
A tone pealed thro' the solemn nighf.
The city clock tolled One;
Gtsaid to every list'niug ear,
Another days begun.
50, in our nations gloom. peal
Rings out our triumph hour;
1T tells how honest earnest work
Breaks down the tyrant's power.
The whole world hears the welcome stroke,
And fresher forces rise
To Join the few who long have fought,
With faith that never dies;
Our foes fall back in wav'ring lines
And trenble for their power;
They know defeat is drawing near,
Gods clock has struck tho hour.
With God there is no compromise,
He hateth every wrong,
With Him as leader Of our cause,
With ballot, prayer, and song,
Wen work united, brave, and strong,
Until the whisky power,
Throughout the world, shall surely know
Gods clock has struck the hour.
-Lante ". Smith, in National Advocate
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

Professor Elmslie writing i'll Good Words
on ''The Social Danger of our Time" says
THE nobility of Christ's humanity is IN
fessed, but His religion is rejected: The
question, therefore, is whether unbelief can
give to the world a humanity as majestic
and a morality as noble, cut nsunder from
the theology Of Jesus The result is not
hard to forecast. When amid Arctic ice and
snow nature can produce the luxuriant
splendor Of tropical vegetation without the
maturing radiance of the equatorial sun,
then and not till then, men may hope to
create Christ's new earth without Chrsts
new heaven"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

GEN. HOOKER, Congressman from
Mississippi, lost his right arm during
the war. He was on the Confederate
side. Major Powell. chief of the Geo.
logical Survey, lost his left arm, he
being on the Union side. Now both Of
these gentlemen, who are intimate,
buy one pair of kid gloves between
them, their hands being the same size.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
RELIGIOUS READING.
GODS WAY OF ANSWERING PRAYER

GODS WAY OF ANSWERING PRAYER
To Thee, o, blessed Christ we pray
Day after day, day after day;
That Thou the right wculdst surely speed,
The naked clothe, the hungry feed,
The sinner save, the lost reclaim,
Till ali shall praise Thy holy name.
And then we thoughtless, go our way,
Day ter day, day after day;
The sorrowful, the weak, the poor,
They cross our paths, they pass our door;
The erring ones those plunged in sin;
Do we do ought to bless, or win?
And yet we faithless, wonder why
God DOES not hear cur daily cry.
He only hears and answers prayer,
When willingly we do our share.
Then let us work as we'll as pray,
Day after day, dav after day:
Julia D. Peck in Golden Rule.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

In Switzerland there are /, 900 hotels
which have $4,000 beds and employ
10000 servants, clerks, etc. Their ex'
penses are 5000, 900 and their receipts
IS, 100000, leaving profit of $780,
900 per annum. This is where some
of our American gold is planted each
wear
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-10-26

vate, had been tastefully decorated
and many beautiful devices and
cheering words of welcome to the
Knights of the Grip were to be seen.
Any attempt to give full description
of the SO floats would be impossible
in the time and space allotted to us.
We can only say there were some
very beautiful, some mirth provoking
and some that would make an epicure
feel that he had been invited to gaze
upon feast intended for the gods.
Visitors had been arriving on all
the incoming trains for several days,
and the vast crowd upon the streets
seemed to thoroughly enjoy the spec
tacle. The day was truly one long
to be remembered. Everything
passed off so pleasantly and success
fully. Indeed, our city feels SO
proud of the triumph, and elated over
what has been achieved, that she may
even yet put in an application for the
Worlds FAIR of 1892.
Last night there was grand ban
quet at the Pythian hall in honor Of
the T. p. A. The feast was COM
pliment to the culinary genius of Mr..
Rossner, and the decorations of the
hall and table the result of expert
enced artists.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-10-26

conceivable design calculated to beau
tify and attract attention. The stars
and stripes were everywhere displayed
in great profusion, and even those
hearts that have not warmed with q
throb of patriotism for many years,
must have felt sensible to the charm
of the hour and INDUCED pride and
admiration for that most beautiful
combination of collors, the red, white
and blue, which in all quarters met
the eyes of the spectators.
An entertainment for the benefit of
the Orphans Home will be given at
the State house, Friday and Saturday,
November 8 and 8, to which all the
friends of the home are cordially in.
vited. Tickets of admission are sold
ar 25c each-10c for children. Don't
forget the orphans, and be sure to
attend the "Chrysanthemum Show"
The three most prominent features
of the Trades procession were: First,
the Drummers; second, the floats,
and third, the Mccarthy Light
Guards; though with the young lady
spectators all along the line of march
the latter evidently held the first
place. Their gay uniforms, waving
plumes and even step were the adj
miration of old and young alike.
Long live the McCarthys.
The Athletic Club ball took place
last Tuesday night at new club house,
and will long be remembered as one
of the most pleasant dances ever
given in Little Rock. The "buds" Of
the season appeared to the best adj
vantage in their pure white robe, with
low neck and short sleeves, and were
the greatest attraction among the
guests. The Athletic association
building is one of the most complete
buildings Of the kind in the West,
and is under the management of the
first men Of our city. All men are
justly right in being proud of this
handsome health and pleasure-giving
structure.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-10-26
THE T. P. A.
structure,

Little Rock came out in holiday at
tire Thursday and waved the patriotic
flag Of welcome to the Drummers.
The business houses were beautifully
draped in the coIors of our country,
representing Faith, Hope and Charity,
blended in one, The Flag of the Free.
At 2 O'Clock Mayor Whipple, in the
hall of the House of Representatives,
welcomed the visitors to our city in a
BETTING address. The Pythian hall
in the evening was filed with the
bonton of Little Rock, that danced
until a late hour and partook of q
delightful supper. The music was
enhancing and the dressing as beau
tiful as millinery art could make it
the whole glimpse of FARMLAND
that will long be remembered in the
hearts of our visitors.
Yesterdays parade will long mark
an era In the history Of Little Rock.
The eventful day dawned clear but
cold and dusty, but towards noon
slight mist was perceptible and fears
were entertained that the rain would
fall and interfere with the procession.
The eventful hour found the line of
floats formed, ond when the signal
was given the vast panorama on
wheels began to move slowly to The
music OF numerous bands.
All the leading business houses of
the city were beautifully represented,
indeed, neither time nor expense had
been spared In preparing for the oc.
casion, and it may truthfully be said
that even q city of much larger
growth would have been proud of the
result. All along the line of march
the buildings, both public and pri-