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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-22

The Y's will meet this Monday evening
with Miss Lena Chase, corner Of Haa
Chestnut and Middle streets.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-22

A Northport man received notice . few
days ago that he had won diamond ring i'll
great rebus solving contest advertised by q
certain paper, but Is he was required TO
send eleven cents to cover postage he "con-
cluded it wouli not be worth while"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-22
TouRisTs,

Parties leavlng H. city - tAeir -.
nor vacatisns ear have The DAILY Nm.
KEBEC JOURNAL sent - thslf aSarvr
for any lesgtA II tine desired 4 ri
CENTS Pen WEEK. 49,
81 paper changed VIXEN dcslred.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-22
MAINE GOSSIP.

The High Chief Cockalorum Of the Bid
defo.d Fourth Of July parade has issued
the following proclamation Be it known
TO all men-business men, and men who are
not in business funny men and men who
only try TO be funny-humorist and alleged
and those who ought to
be- patriots torekeepers-hotel- keepers
mill owners-hack drivefs-draymen--
dealers-news-
pspers-and oil 9th n kinds Of men and other
kinds Of business-ihat the undersigned
haviog been appointed High Cockalorum
of the ancient and abominable parade,
which will take place on the 4th Of July at
I 80 A. M, does hereby invite all Of the
above described classes of men-and any
others Who may wish to j,in-to participate
in the above mentioned parade at the above
mentioned date and hour. You are all
invited and the band will play. We're
going to have some fun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-22

Mr.. W. H. Reid 10 having one Of ~
cottages at Ham mond's Grove thesesvab
refitted for his own use.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-22

slasS AGssrs.
Ssne a-Exsessiye Council, State Hess~-
Tsanssna<S.
Asx. ,s--Iumtesias1 D4s.rist Le1ae, Good Ten
Dlsss. tsst6 fefsIasd-
RsIigSSss.
S... aa-s-Ad~nf cs~p sses'.s. North ssar'
Jsss Is - H4ssees Csunsy sssasy school Con
yrnfion. Offzsd,
Jsas . a-A,oe.hos ceaCss.s,oaai Confer.
jelly = Esi,erssiiss ss.asJ sesooi Resasss. Lake
Asa sz-N.w kssissd 7. H. c. A., NORTH Lsbec.
Pasrsss 81 Hsshs .Asy.
ysp zs-wside Pesans Grssss. ssoestos.
June zS-sasAdshoc Ponoaa GrssGr. kaehs ona.
Jsns s%-k.nssbsc rornoss eraass, Csshnso
jfaae~, Kisefsids.
Jsas Il ~Arsoaoos asa Peaosseos Union Pomona
june u xeelssor Posona Grange. Wilton.
June 1-Prsobscos Pomona Graags, bradford
.Jaa~ r. NORTH Peaoessot fonons bfasss, Lee.
Asxs.. il-s'"Trses F''a"aA ofaass' S'f''er-
sgisss,Isnssus.
Jsiv i--csss<nsasI Csiser sston Of n~,siak Ass-
Isy dag n-N.Ins chaat.sqaa uaioa. Yrys.
AaS. q zs-wsiao rro,tisx Horss sreeasrs Asss-
otaiisa M e. BsisAst
JAY z~Nalns BOARD Of Dental knafniners,
brass Siat.
Ass- Ia--sehoei Of ~sfbods. W. C. :. IT,. Ord
Isne ~ pourta Maine Battery Association.
bethei.
Jsiy a. Aug. ss--xailr Chse 8 oqua usfon. srys
ysss ii o. Comms nce,aent goxao,a College
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-22
From the \
Boston Globe. !

"J'nless the exist.
ing Company took
advantage Of tho
site for building TER
NiNAL CITY, It is
now certain that
some other company
would, for tho idea
ON which 1t rests 40
on a solid foundation
is one that cannot be
eradicated from tho
commercial mind. It
is the natural outlet
for the great western
traffic that Is to pour
into and out OF its
spacious and deep
harbor as the ocean
tides pour through
the n Gig h b oring
Straits OF Canso.
That is enough to
settle the question
and disclose the des-
tiny. There Is no
chance for blind
guess work about
TERMINAL CITY. The
circle OF the worlds
cities is waiting to
widen to receive il
as one of their queen
sisters"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-22

Principal Robertson Of the gfsmn9
school entertained the teschers Of the A.
gusta schools at his cottage 81 Hammonds
on Saturday, where dinner ives served I'd
and an enjoyable afternoon spent. Among
the visitors at the lake were Deputy Sscy
Chadbourne. Col. Harrington and Af. G.
c. Hunt. The members Of 81. naiyS
sabbath school with Father Donity. ~.
Msher and T. j. Lynch Esq, also nads y
excursion to the lake Saturday. On Thufs-
day party from winthrop visiesd ~
lake; and on Friday there vas . piesse =
one Of the Hallowell Sunday schools.
No keys to lose, no disadvantages Of 10
hey lock and all the advAntag es Of The -
bination lock and 20 simple In invssass
and durable that for practical use = .
kinds Of doors that IL has no equal. b y
inventor. Mr.. 8. X. Weymouth, ssyssso
Weymouth Pin Lock which hs ~ shss'
ing in the city Saturday, and the tsss =
which he put il seemed to verify biz -
ments. They are manufactured u g.
ner BY the Weymouth Lock Co. HIS
is fitted up with the machinery vho =
has made specially for the msnufaeesss :
his locks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-22


tative writes under date Of June d.
Mr.. John HoIbrook, who lives In Fair
field on the wstervflle road, has
handsome and very promising
strawberry patch, about = quarter
Of an acre ia extent, from which
he will begin to pick for the market
some time next week. He expects his
crop viii be not far from fifty bushels
A week ago he had small expectation Of
getting many berries, As the ground was
getting very dry. At that time he de.
cided to connect hose with the water
works, and by this means give the
plants the water which they needed
The effect was almost magical, and to
this Is due the bountiful crop that is
now assured. Mr.. Hoibrook, this
spring, set out another quarter acre with
new plants. some Of which will yield
this year, but next season they will De
right 10 the business 1t is Mr.. Hol-
brooks practice to set out the plants
one year, take the big crop the next and
then pillow up the ground. This year he
will sell berries to his neighhors who
come for them, the balance going to a
dealer 10 the village, who contracts for
all that he can spare. Mr.. Holbrook
has about twenty acres of land from
which he gets good living and some
thing besides. This year he will have
peas and new potatoes as early as July
fourth, pefhaps before.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-22

The last issue Of tine AgisatoP 10 ven
readable and contains some new fsatuu
of interest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-22

Water street was very busy place q
Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-22

No one could desire more perfect Jsse
Sabbath than that Of yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-22
TERMINAL CITY COMP any
0.INGIESDJ
81 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.
the MOST PROMISING ENTERPRISE NOW BEFORE THE COMMERCIAL WORa
Erorn the Boston .Iosrmet.

u. s4 b CUISINE ass @ s ss.
.hh 'a"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-22
Socal g1laiicrs.

Eighty Per Csnt Honest.
Oh, dear to our hearts h the bright silver do,las.
With liberty's picture jsst tarned from the nlni
And the national bird, with his high, ruied calm
A II he would tight II you gave him the hist
The old Yankee dollar,
Our fathers big dollar,
Made Of Just 10 ceats 1t the governsent mint.
Journal OF Finance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-22

their efficiency. The field Of agricui-
turai physics Ia 50 broad that it covers
nearly all the sciences, and the expert
menf stations viii become local centers
Of activity for applied science, Whose
influence viii have = powerful effect on
our Agricultural urasperify.r
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-22

Jsiy a. Aas. .s--xaiIss Casa = a1ua Union. VI
bU6
yuss 81 GO ommeacemsn Bo~soin College
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-28

The first railway postoffice in tho
United States and the first realization
of the plans Of it's founder, George B.
Armstrong, was run upon the Chicago
& Northwestern railway between Chi
cago and Clinton, Iowa, in August,
1894. A car was crudely improvised
for the purpose, and in comparison
with the elaborate postal cars Of to-day
it cuts sorry figure, writes Fernando
Jones of Chicago.
For long time the center Of opera
tions was in the West, and until the
service was made o separate bureau of
the Postoffice Department., with Mr..
Armstrong at its head. He had All assist
ant at Washington, although he main
tanned a supervisory oversight over the
system throughout the entire country.
The progress and development Of the
idea of Mr.. Armstrong; railway mail
system after the success Of the postal
car upon the Northwestern road was
not rapid. In October, 1854. like at
tempt was successfully made on the
line between New York and Washing
ton. Then followed in their order the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. the
Illinois Central and the Chicago, Alton
& st. Louis. For two seasons the SER
vice dragged along and then came the
awakening. and both people and officials
realized that the new project was a
necessity in the postal affairs OF the
nation. There was then, from the per-
iod after its Inauguration, 1854, until
after General Grants election to the
Presidency, with John A. j. Creswell,
OF Mary land, as Postmaster General. E,
slow growth of the railway
postal system. Every year. how
ever, showed gradual Improvement.
Shortly after President Grant took his
seat the service gained great and
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-28

MODERN RAILWAY POSTAL CAR.

welcome impetus. Grant, being an
Illinois man, knew Mr.. Armstrong and
what he had already accomplished and
also knew the value of his enterprise.
Vice President Colfax, who, before his
election to that high Office, had been
for years chairman Of the House COM
mittee on postoffice and post roads, and
had been an earnest coadjutor with Mr..
Armstrong in his labors, was in posi-
ton to render him greater service.
Then it was that Mr.. Armstrong was
permitted to have full scope in the
elaboration Of his plans for the service.
He recommended the consolidation of
the old route agent service with the
modern railway postal service. under
the title Of railway mail service. This
was done. He recommended also the
allotment Of the country into six
divisions, o superintendent to be at the
head of each. This was also carried
out, and Mr.. Armstrong was made
general superintendent in April. 1859.
Thus the railway mail service rose
and expanded as we know it to-day. In
its greater proportions, the logical &C
compartment Of the nations develop
ment. it is the counterpart of the sys-
tenn as Mr.. Armstrong left it whom he
80 suddenly O1eO. NATURALLY the IN.
crease in population and correspond
ence caused q like elaboration in many
of the details of the service. But in
outline and in most of the more inn
portant details it is now what it was
when Mr.. Armstrong was at its head.
Now many of the most valuable feat.
ures Of the postal cor service which
Mr.. Armstrong originated have spread
across the Atlantic Ocean and been
taken up by the nations of the old
world. Would John Bull, with his con.
sentative notions. ever have originated
such great departure from old-time
methods? / trow not. Yet postal carr
are now running throughout the Brit
isl Isles; howbeit the passenger cars
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-28
BEHIND THE SCENES.

are in search Of some new idea. Per-
haps the most ludicrous part Of the
whole performance is peep behind the
scenes as the decapitated forms of those
taking part are elevated at different
stages on the platform.
But in the western States early in the
century an audacious musician invent
ed the swinette, q harmony-producing
instrument that far outranks the COM
bination portrayed above. It consists
of a large box. ten or twelve feet long,
varying in height from three feet to
one foot. and IN breadth from five feet
to one foot eight inches. 1t was divided
into eight compartments-afu full octave
of different sizes. Into these boxes
eight hogs, Of ages ranging from 8
years down to l month, were placed.
The tail Of each animal was passed
through small hole in the end Of each
compartment and o neat knot tied
therein. When the operator desired to
play he merely pulled the appropriate
tail. Here's o picture Of the instru'
ment:
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-28
OIL Ponds In the Gulf

Between the mouth of the Mississippi
river and Galveston. Tex, 10 or Is
miles south of Sabine Pass, is Il spot in
the Gulf of Mexico which is commonly
called The Oil Ponds by the captains
of the small crafts which ply in that
vicinity.
There is no land within Is miles:
but even in the widest weather, the
water at this spot is comparatively
calm, owing to the thick covering of
oil which apparently rises from the bed
of the Gulf, which is here about Is to
IL feet beneath the surface. This
strange refuge is well known to sailors
who run on the small vessels trading
between Calcasien, Orange, Sabine,
Beaumont and Galveston. When,
through stress Of weather, they fail to
make harbor elsewhere, they run for
The Oil Ponds" let go the anchor
and ride the gale in safety; this curious
spot furnishing good illustration of
the effects of .'oil upon troubled
sea-"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-28
They Like 1t, You Know.

A young society man, who moves in
the younger circles, told reporter Of
the Louisville Commercial something
out of the usual run the other day. He
is a handsome fellow. tall and erect
and prime favorite among the girls
He said that he attempted to kiss a
pretty girl, and just as he got his arm
around her slender waist and was about
to kiss her she said if he dared she
would scream.
Not wishing to have a scene. which
such an action would cause, he with.
drew his arm and resumed his seat at
the other end of the sofa. In an in.
slant tho pretty girl said: 'Oh,
thought you were Drawer than that
She, however. obstinately refused to
let him kiss her. In couple OF days
he called on another girl. He wanted
to kiss her, but she likewise Threatened
to scream if he should attempt it. He
thought he would profit by his former
experience, and paid no attention to
the warning.
He kissed her-she screamed her
mother came in and demanded an ex-
PLANTATION. The girl came to his rescue,
however, and said mouse was in the
room and she had screamed as II ran
across the floor. Furthermore, by
saying the young man had gallantly
tried to catch the mouse, she explained
his bushes to the mothers satisfao
ton.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-28

Canada, Oct. l, 1883, Cyr without har-
ness raised 1855 pounds of pig iron.
He confidently expects to lift $500
pounds before he retires.
For two years Cyr has abstained
from the use of liquor and tobacco.
This. he says, has increased his lifting
ability 200 pounds. He eats five or six
pounds OF meat day and pays double
beard. Cyr's last and greatest lift was
1908 pounds.
At q recent exhibition given by Cyr,
in Lewiston, Maine, he picked up
barrel Of -four with one hand and put it
on his shoulder as il it were a bundle
of cotton batting. With one finger he
raised two great dumbbells with a man
weighing 100 pounds upon them, the
total weight being sic pounds. He
lifted the bells and the man about two
feet from the floor with the forefinger
Of his right hand only. He jugeled q
35-pound cannon ball rs if it were rub.
Der. His greatest feat was in hosting,
by his famous upward back lift, plat.
form weighing 281 pounds, upon which
stood twenty men, whose combined
weight, with that of the platform, was
3,790 pounds. He also did an equilib-
rist act with Mrs. Cvr, in which he
alanced her clinging to ladder sup
ported on his chin.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-28
He Was One Of the One.

An African traveller was recounting
to a company his hair-breadth escapes
in the jungles and savannas about the
great equatorial lake region. He had
encountered there he said, the most
savage and bloodthirsty race OF mea IN
the world.
las we were marching" the trav'
eler related, ''frOm Nmgosji to 90
hangbo we suddenly found ourselves IN
the midst of most terrible and des'
perate combat. And what odds! Ten
to Onem
Were you one OF the tenp" asked a
bystander.
Sir" said the explorer, grardilo.,
quently. Il wish you to understand
that / was one OF the onev'
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-28
A Very Pathetic Sermon,

A certain Wesleyan minister was
preaching sermon on the prodigal
son. He took as his text And when
he came to himself" I'VE have i4ere,
brethren" said he, ian instance of the
wonderful depth of the meaning there
is in scripture. We see how low the
unprincipled young individual had
fallen. When he came to himself.
What does it mean? Well, look at
home. What do we do when our
moneys gone, and we've no credit:
What do we turn to? The pawnshop.
So did he. First his coat would 60
He might live a week on that. Then
his waistcoat. That wouldn't serve
him long. Lastly, his shirt would
follow; and then--ah! then, my
friends, he came to himself He
couldn't pawn himself. and so he went
home to his father. ".Neweast'
Chronicle.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-28
CAT OR CiVET.
An Interesting Animal Received f..
Madagascar.

An Interesting Animal Received F,o
Madagascar.
The Geological Society of Lonaou
has recently acquired a very caroivan
GUS animal from Madagascar. Il ba.
no English name, but is genar,lls
known as Beunett's Cryptoprocta fro,..
the first secretary to the ZooloaicaI
Society. who named specimen sent 10
England more than fifty years aco
Since then specimens have been sv
hibited in Rotterdam and Paris. Row
James Sibree, late missionary IN
Madagascar, says that when full grown
it is about three feet long, with tail
of equal or slightly greater length. Il
resembles small leopard in ,bana
with a thick fur of q uniform warn
brown.
ut is greatly dreaded by the natives
for its ferocity and destructvene,s
and from its mode OF attack il anpears
to be like an immense weasel ht
preying upon wild-hogs and even but.
falos." This is about double the sjzo
of the specimens in the gardens. which
though necessarily IN motion, does not
give the visitor an idea of such terrible
ferocity; and its canine teeth. which It
displays freely enough. are scarcely
larger than full-grown domestic eat
This animal is extremely interesting
from the fact that it forms u link be.
tween the family containing the cats
and that containing the civets.
Like the cat it can draw back its
claws into protecting sheaths though
unlike them. it does not walk on its
toes, but puts nearly the whole surface
of the foot on the ground, In the
character of the skull, also, it occupies
a position between the two families. It
agrees with the civets in having a
pouch just under the tail, and when
violently enraged is said. to emit a
most disagreeable smell, like that Of
the skunk.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-28
THE "ANTHROPOPHONE."
AN AMUSEMENT WHICH IS A
FAD IN ENGLAND.
dacious Western Musical Genius
with His Remarkable Swinette-

Society is always starting some new
game, and the last invention is one that
causes quite as much amusement as
Mrs. Jarley's wax works used to do.
The inventor is lady and it was first
attempted at her house in Gloucester
shire, England. The performers range
themselves upon small platform, or
rather some on the platform and some
on the floor, and the dozen heads of
different shape, size and make appear
as if hung in midair. This idea has been
christened the ''anthropophone," and it
IL simple to degree.
A large framework is erected and
covered with white calico. Across
this five strips of black material are
sewed, representing the lines OF the
musical staff, these being about eight
inches Q part. The sign of the clef is
then added, and lines to indicate the
stem of each note. There are holes in
this strip, placed at various distances,
and through these holes pass the faces
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-28
BEFORE THE CURTAIN.

of the performers. The female per-
formers stand on a raised platform be-
hind the framework, while the male
stand on the floor. A musical instru-
ment is played, and each performer
has to follow as his turn comes. The
chief difficulty consists in the per-
formers being unable to keep their
risible faculties under control. The
thing is ludicrous in the extreme, and
to face an audience bubbling over with
merriment, and keep in time and tune,
is by no means an easy task, il es-
pecially one of the bassos Is seized
with sudden desire to sneeze. This, Of
course, means q burst of laughter from
the fair notes, and false chords as we'll.
A few rehearsals, however, are suffi-
Gent TO get the singers we'll in hand.
So far in England the choruses have
been highly appreciated and have been
in great demand among bostesses who
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-28

AN experienced teacher says that
pupils who have access to newspapers
at home, when compared with those
who have not, are better readers, bet.
ter spoilers. better grammarians, better
punctuators, and read more under.
standingly, and obtain a practical
knowledge of geography in almost hall
the time it requires the others. The
newspaper is decidedly an important
factor in modern life. This will not be
disputed by any one who has taken the
trouble to investigate the matter for
himself.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-28

Or whatever parentage he may be,
he is the truest American who is most
loyal to the American idea of equal
civil and political rights, who is most
jealous to guard those rights intact,
and who recognizes his duties as an
American citizen no less than his
privileges. Such one will lose sight
of ancestry in his desire to transmit
to posterity q government that in fact,
as well as in theory, is government
Of a people and by people harmo-
niously welded together into one
nation.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-28

A Signature That Escapes Criticism.
A document which was filed in the
New York registers office recently
bore signature which would puzzle
an expert to decipher. There was q
bold start, q wild zigzagging of pen
marks up and down and finally tangle
which might be taken to mean any
thing that suited the fancy Of the
reader. Yet nobody felt called upon
to criticise the penmanship. for the
signature was at the bottom of the
trust deed by which Baron Maurice de
Hirsch gave $2.40O.O00 to emeliorate
the condition of Hebrew immigrants to
this country from Russia and Rouma.
mia. The baron has a fortune which
some people say amounts to 800. co.,.
600. Others put it at s200, 900, 900,
but the difference is immaterial.
When man gets up above $50, 900, 900
nobody will bother about his skill with
writing tools. In fact, some of the
critics in the registers office skilled in
such matters gave the baron's sigma
ture little praise. They said it was
prettier than Jay Gould's, anyhow.