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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-07
LYDIA {, PINKHlM'S e xssssss,s

removes at once those pains. aches. and
Weaknesses, brishtens the spirits. and in-
yigorates the system. ..
Sold Ivy all Druggists as n standard
article, or sent by mail, In form of Pills or
Lozengess on receipt of Sl.0o.
Mrs Finkhsm freely answers letters of
| inquiry. Enclose stamp for reply.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-07

and made = com Portable house He Is now
somewhat cut OF health and his son Samuel
s. Ruth carries on the fam. DAuiel
McMnl en- also came from Iceland abou.
the same tim and settled on = lot q little
more than mile south Of the corner,
where he c'ened up a good farm. He
died in 1879 ard his son John II McMullen
now occupies the farm MIR. jesse Blu (
was for msny years one OF the active cti-
zens of Linueas. He szt,lsd on . lot q
short distance south Of the Corner IN the
west side Of the road and was engaged in
numbering quite .xsensiveiy- He moved TO
Wisconsin some twelve years sgo snd died
there. Mr.. Willis H. Bithsr now live. on
this farm and is the present so-n clerk Of
LinHeus. Alexander Gamble and I.axs
Coearap were also early settlers. bo,h CON-
ing from Ireland and making good farm.
on the Military road. Mr.. jain s. Taylf
moved 10 Linneus in 1912 and took . lot
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-07

| Miss Prescott. librarian Of the Auburn
Public Library. il hard ss work srrsnsina
| he books. which hsss arrived, upon the
,Sslyxs, Tbs committee In nakiss fhs'i
selection started With list Of tea thoasAad
volumes, and rssscsa their purchases 70
slghtxsrl hundred volumes, all Of tie Sss'
eti,Iors
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-07

Superintendent Ssnborn Of the hospaM
10 contemplating . very enjoyable trip -
about 30 Of the inmates tomorros, Il -
weather 10 fair. His plane are 70 have -
Islandsr come 70 the hospital wharf q hala'
psst nve o'clock in the morning and ~
the party Of 90, including the hospital =.
chestrs, to the Isle Of Springs. There dissss
will be eaten, and DR.. 8snborn will threw
open his large cottage and every effort W
be put forth to make the stay Of three :
four hours at the leland pleasant occssies'
The return will be made 90 y 70 reach ~
city At o'clock In the evening. It vosls
be difficult 10 imsgine . more pleasant u's
that could be arranged FOR the patients -
this which DR.. Bsnborn has in nind.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-07

acasfoT.a Is the best remedy for eii'ianeh Oh
s aicA am aequaiated hope the DAY is not
D. distant vhrn mothers will CONSIDER the real
Il, ,,,.st az their children, and use Castors IN
s,.sai Of the various quaek nostruuis ~hieh 'io
& stroying th,-ir loved ones, by forcing oe'nii.
..:,rpi.in,-, soathing syrup and other hnriul
a snts down their throats, thereby sending
lem TO premature graves
Da. J. F. KiscHELoE,
Conway Ark.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-07
Castoria.

.Caseoris Is an excellent hisaie'ne TOT eiiii'
len. Mothers have repeatedly toia ine Oh as
god eject upon their children
d. G. c. Osooop,
Lowell, Mass
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18
A True Hat story.

Here is a new and absolutely true hat
story. A New York gentleman, dining
at hotel in Boston, found on coming
dining room, and his hat had been taken
by somebody who had presided him,
leaving one very similar, but unmis-
takably not his, in its place. 1t was
sufficiently good substitute to allow of
his wearing it for three weeks after his
return home, when, after dinner one
day, three weeks later, he said to a
friend with whom he had just been din
ing:
81 must replace this hat; its not mine,
and it doesn't fit. Come with me and
I'll do 1t now"
Together they sought neighboring
shop and began to examine hats. One
after another was tried on by the intend
ing purchaser, none quite suiting him.
Its too bad" said his friend. Like
you, am hard to fit. Now, this one is
the most comfortable hat ever had"
''It looks So" remarked the hat seek
er; "let me try that on" The hat was
handed to him. 1t adjusted itself per-
feetly to his head. "Man alivep he
calculated, this is my lost hat" and he
took it off quickly, turned back the in
side band, and, sure enough, there was
his name and residence in indisputable
proof 1t turned out that the friend had
been in Boston the same day, though
they had not met, had dined at the no
tel, but had not discovered that he had
worn away another mans hat. And the
shop lost sale of a hat.-New York
Times
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18
Women and Mice.

Il wish somebody would find some
thing to take the place of the exceed
ingly stale and silly women and mice
paragraph which has been going the
rounds Of the papers, with divers and
sundry changes rung on 1t, ever since
can remember, and goodness knows how
much longer" said charming little
woman as she opened the mousetrap
and let two or three Of its occupants out
into the jaws OF number of hungry kit.
tens. II wonder who started it any
way? OF course there are women who
are afraid Of mice, no doubt, but | never
saw a woman make herself more ridicu-
lous over mouse than u certain man
did when one of these harmless little
creatures scooted up the leg of his trou-
sers
~ don't imagine any one would feel
especially comfortable with any such
foreign element meandering around ones
preserves; but why women and mice
in particular, is what don't understand.
think there are very few housekeepers
but what have frequent occasions to
come in contact with rats as well ms
mice, and, ms far as can see, they seem
to survive-at all events, never heard
of anybody dying from fear of them
suppose that the mouse paragraph must
be near akin to that Of the motheriu-
law. Be that as it may, both are SC
threadbare and faded and frayed cut
and bleached with time and hard ssfv
ice that 1t would Be work of me6cJ
for some benevolentand intelligent para
grapher TO get up new supply of am
munition New York Ledger.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18


To look after the city's standing army
of dependents and delinquents requires a
big official force There are three COM
missioners with $1,000 year each, a
secretary who gets g., 800 and staff of
eleven at the central office, besides the
superintendent of the outdoor poor and
six assistants.
There are As employees ut the Tombs,
including physicians and matrons
There are 81 employees in the district
prisons Jefferson Market, Essex Market,
Yorkville and Harlem), 72 employees at
tho Bellevue hospital, besides 81 trained
female nurses, a chemist and 3 assist
ants, and GO male nurses and employees
There is a staff Of 10 at the Gouverneur
hospital, of 10 at the Harlem hospital.
Of 100 at the Charity hospital on Black
wells island, of SO at the penitentiary,
of AZ in the almshouse, of As in the work
house, of $50 in the city insane asylum,
of 80 in the Wards island hospital, of
800 on Randall's and Wards islands, of
90 at the Harris island workhouse, Of
100 at the Harris island asylum, of rs at
the Islip asylum and OF 18 in the store
house department on Blackwell's island.
New York Sun.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18
Jocko.. Sunday Recreation.

A few pedestrians who were out for a
morning stroll witnessed a brief but
bloody battle through the windows of
the Market street bird store Sunday
morning.
Among the denizens Of the place is q
monkey called Jocko, whose proclivity
for mischief has led him into disgrace
before. On the morning in question
Jocko determined to go on a lark. He
succeeded in picking the lock of his cage,
and once free turned his attention to
his feathered companions. 1t took but
few minutes to unlock dozen of the
various cages In the room, and soon q
funny procession of monkeys and par.
rots were strutting about. In a few min
utes trouble began to brew. One OF the
parrots, In spirit of mischief, probably
bit Jocko, and lively battle ensued.
Polly soon found that she was getting
the worst Of 1t and made rush for hei
cage, minus her tail feathers and part Of
a wing.
Jocko, who was then thoroughly
aroused, sailed In for general massacre
and in o short time had the floor to him
self, save for Minnie, a little nightin'
gale, who was too dazed to escape. With
one blow the bird was stretched hfeless
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18
How Cloth Is Tnsted

When the cloth arrives, it is slowly
passed over double roller which meas.
ures the yards. and carefully examined
for the purpose of discovering any de,
fects in the manufacture. If there are
any-broken threads or loosely woven
spots-they are indicated by sewing a
string in the margin, and the cutter is
thus able to avoid the defective portion.
Then we cut off small piece of the
goods and put it outside on window.
: sill, where, for ten days, it is exposed to
the sun and the rain. IL it fades, it is
rejected Then we test by chemicals to
see if the dye stuff is indigo, which is
the surest dye that can be made. If the
color produced by the use of this test is
bright orange, it indicates that the dye
has an indigo basis
After that piece of the goods is put
in solution of caustic potash, which
has the effect of eating up the animal
fiber and leaving the vegetable fiber
Some cloth manufacturers nowadays,
instead of making their goods of separate
threads of cotton and of wool, take cot
ton and wool and mix them in such @
way that no one, by merely feeling, car
tell whether or not there is cotton in the
piece. The only way we can know is
by boiling piece of the goods in thi:
solution, which has the effect of eating
up the wool and leaving the cotton. -
Interview in New York Epoch
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18

"It's funny about some people one
meets travelling" remarked drummer
at the Cadillac as he threw his feet upon
the writing table.
"How" inquired the man next to
him.
"On dining car, for instance. the
other day." he went on jerkily.
"What2" asked the other man en-
couragingly.
Coming over from New York. Odd
sort OF a genius across the car from me.
After he left the car the waiter who had
served him brushed the crumbs off OF
my table.
"'See dat man, bossY he asked.
Reckon no nevah was ON dinin car
befo''
why inquired.
Gaze, boss he aSed for second
helpin. 4emmen what eats on desc yer
dinin cabs, boss, knows dey amt no
chartible institutions fer givin victuals
away in no SIGH mannala MS dat
~ had been thinking wanted little
more than had been allowed me, but !
didn't ask for it after that" and the
drummer sighed. Detroit Free Press.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18
How nm indian War Wa. Begun.

The Modoc war of 1872, in which SO
many valuable lives were lost. was be-
gun by the advance of half troop Of
the First cavalry. This force rode up
to the Indian camp, dismounted and
were standing to horse, with probably
no thought of being murdered or of any
serious trouble. It is reported that while
the officer in command WIS talking to
the chief rifle was discharged by an
Indian, either accidentally or as a sig
nal, and that instantly thereafter firing
on the troops took place and number
were killed and wounded.
The Indians, about sixty in number,
taking advantage of the confusion
among tho troops. retired to their strong
hold in the lava beds. numbering every
white man en- route. In this strong
hold they defed the government, mas
sacred commission composed Of prom
inent men sent to them in peace, and
withstood the attacks of 1900 soldiers
for months, and until both food and wa
ter gave out.-Colonel e. V. Sumner In
Century
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18
Remarkable Feat of Strength.

E. p. Kendall gave a remarkable ex-
hibition of his skill and strength with a
ten pound dumbbell at noontime. He
matched himself against eight strong
men employed upon the grade work
about the county court house. and
agreed to put up from shoulder to arms
length ten-pound dumbbell more times
than the eight men could. Kendall has
limb which makes it necessary for him
to use crutches. and as he is of very
slight build the result of the contest APP
peared to be foregone conclusion.
One after another the eight men took
their places, Kendall keeping time with
each one, and after the eighth had
dropped his arm from sheer exhaustion
Kendall smiled pleasantly and ran up
his score of consecutive lifts to an even
1000. His best score with underground
bell is 1900 lifts, and he has brother
who holds the worlds championship
Seattle Press Times.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18
NESDAY, NOVEMBER IL, 1891.
Box omoe Queries.

Charley Metcalfe was telling some
stories illustrative Of the box office mans
tribulations. "If it weren't for some
peoples dirty thumbs" said he, "Fd
wish the Lord had made me in book
form, | don't put In much time in the
box office, but the few minutes am
there is enough for a lifetime. The
average ticket buyer asks enough inane
questions, but what do you think of a
man who sticks his head through the
window and wants to know the name of
big steamer he saw going down the
East river day before yesterday Well,
my boy, that's what happened this very
morning, and that's not marker to
the questions some people ask either.
There's the man who knows every
thing and wants you to recognize it, the
man who knows nothing and proves it,
and the woman who is nothing moro OF
less than perpetually animated inter
rogation mark. Why, two days ago q
man came in and told me all about the
piece then being played in the house
After getting rid of him had to choke
off long breath to inform a fellow
that the theater was neither hotel MOI
a lodging house. He said he was sorry
that he liked the location first rate. Be,
fore had recovered from the fit he gave
me, a man with three baskets, four chill.
dren and a woman walked into the
lobby.
BE they a-actin or anything inside2
asked the man. No, sir, said |. Per
Torrance at 9:15.' Then what do you
suppose that man wanted? He actually
had the stupendous gall to ask me if he
and his family couldn't go inside and
sit down for an hour or SO while they
ate their luncheonl"-New York World.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18

So important is the kangaroos tail in
his rapid progressed that experienced
hunters with guns are accustomed to fire
at the point where this appendage joins
the body. when, the tail being disabled
for Its Office of balancing, the animal Is
as effectuslly stopped as il hamstrung.
Hit elsewhere, except with rifle bullet.
or at point blank range, the kangaroo is
pretty likely to get off.
One popularity of the kangaroo is
that. after being started up, he very
rarely swerves from his course. through
which popularity he Is easily "potted'
by hunters, who conceal themselves
while a man on horseback drives the
herd toward them. Boston Journal
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18
A Youthful connolsseur.

Bessie is an original little thing, and
t,er comments are often very amusing.
Having been brought up in a family Of
bric-a-brac hunters, her knowledge OF
ceramics is quite remarkable for child.
One day her mother noticed her gazing
fixedly at her great-grandmother, very
old woman. whose kind old face was lit
orally network of fine wrinkles.
What are you looking at, Bessie?" she
asked the child. Il was only thinking,
she answered promptly, what re-
markably fine specimen of old 'crackle'
granny was This was much to the
old lady's delight, she being bit of a
collector herself-New York Tribune.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18
Pay Of Swiss Embroiderers.

The common old embroidering hand
machine of 1927, with few improve
ments. is the one that is used today for
the millions of fine embroideries that are
sold to all quarters of the globe There
are, perhaps, $4,000 of them in use in
eastern Switzerland. the number of the
needles averaging about $50 to the ma
chine, and the number of stitches not
exceeding 1000 to the needle daily. As
embroiderers are paid on the stitch basis
only, and sometimes as low as At cents a
hundred, they have very small earnings
left after paying their threaders and
other expenses. At the present time
fifty cents, sometimes less, is fair aver
age of the daily earnings ofA hard work
ing embroiderer, who must toll long
day with head, hands and feet working
his machine. st. Louis Globe De-
mOcrat
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18
The Cznr's Romance,

The following episode is said to have
been related by the car himself to in
ftimate friends: His elder brother, who
died at Nice, was, as is generally known,
first betrothed to Princess Dagmar of
Denmark. On his deathbed he left his
brother, the present car, letter in
which he begged him to take his place
in the heart of the princess The Grand
Duke Alexander, however, was very
bashful lover, and had not the courage to
carry out his dying brothers last wish,
till one day the Grand Duke Vladimir
said to him, "If you will not fulfill the
wish of our dead Nicholas, | shall pro.
pose for the hand of the princess my
self"
A short time after the Grand Duke
Alexander set off to Copenhagen, and
one day, being alone with the Princess
Dagmar, he handed her, tremblingly,
the letter of his brother. When the
princess had read it she blushed and
said, 81 also received letter from Mich
olas in which he begged me to become
your wife," Alexander asked to be al
lowed to read the letter. The princess
fetched it and together they read it. The
flluel wns u marriage. Cor London
NEWS.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18
The painstaking French Soldier

1t is said that French soldier. sta
toned at picture gallery, had strict
orders to allow no one to pass without
first depositing his walking stick. A
gentleman came with his hands in his
pockets. The soldier, taking him by the
arm, said: "Citizen, where is your
stick?" II have no stick" "Then you
will have to go back and get one before
| can allow you to pass"
AS this man read his orders the inten-
ton was that, as preliminary to In
specting the gallery. everybody was to
deposit a stick-not that those who had
stick should not be allowed to carry 1t
with them into the gallery.--Temple
Bar
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18

A curious animal Is the medusa. Writ
ing In 1701, Reamur says; ut Is true
sea water jelly, having little color or con-
sistence. IL we take one in our hands.
the natural heat is sufficient to dissolve
it into water" A medusa looks more
like mushroom than anything else, and
Is often of pale blue or rose color. while
in some localities it is violet. The tissue
OF medusa is $50 fragile that when
abandoned by the waves on the beach 1t
melts and disappears. without leaving a
trace of its ever having existed" They
are found principally in the arctic seas.
and constitute one of the chief supports
Of the whale.-London T1t-Bits.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18


A curious custom, and one which we
believe is In existence at the present
time at Durham cathedral. is for the
choristers, clad in flowing white robes.
to ascend the tower of the cathedral on
the eve of the feast of Corpus Christi
and sing the "Te Deum." This cere-
mony is performed to commemorate the
miraculous extinguishment of q fire on
that night in 1920. According to the
legend the belfry was struck by light
ming at midnight while the priests were
engaged in prayer, and although the fire
ragged for several hours the bells escaped
injury. This, it was said, was owing to
the special interference Of the incorrupt-
ible st. Cuthbert, who was enshrined in
that cathedral.-London Tit-Bits
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18

on the floor. The monkey then offered
battle to big stuffed owl which had
been gazing solemnly upon the scene,
and receiving no answer to his chal-
lenge, threw the bird off its PEDESTAL
Jocko's Waterloo was awaiting him
however. A huge vampire bat, which
had been watching the battle, jumped
down from his perch, and Jocko started
for him. The contest was brief. The
sharp beak and talons of the bird buried
themselves like flash in the monkeys
flesh, and Jocko was glad to make his
escape with the blood flowing from a
dozen wounds. At this juncture the
proprietor appeared and hostilities
ceased.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18
Living ON Eighty-four Cents a Week

While on the subject Of abstinence in
food, may be pardoned for mentioning
that many years ago, when schoolboy,
tried how cheaply could live, and
found that was able to get. in summer,
everything ! required in the shape Of
good, wholesome food for three shillings
six and half pence week. OF course
had little meat, and kept principally to
fruit and vegetables. which l could buy
cheap. as was near a large town.
National Review.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18
Lika Shooting Ghosts.

The impression when hunting paddy.
melons is Of shooting at ghosts. what
with the dim, mysterious light of the
bush, and the strange appearance and
swiftmovement Of the game. Paddymel-
ons, like all the kangaroo tribe, are use
less for food, except SO far as their taih
are concerned, which, being largely Of
glutinous texture. furnish material for
capital soup, very like oxtail, but with
peculiar and agreeable "gamy" favor.
Boston journal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18

The English opinion is that the far
Their south you go for oyster brood the
poorer you get. A certain rock oyster
from Scotland "has firmness, richness
and smack Of the sea-" according to an
English authority, ''that is greatly pre-
ferred by many to even the best Thames
natiYes."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18
Say, do you want an ORGAN Or
PIANO? II 50, our claims to your
attention and patronage are these

A large stock of leading makes to
select from, including Sohmer d.
Co., and Mason & Mamlin Pianos,
and Mason & Mamlin Organs. Su-
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manship and material. Honest
prices. The lowest consistent with
quality. Long experience III yrs.
Our ability to select good stock, our
aim TO give the purchaser the best
for the money, and our guarantee,
that what we sell will be as repre-
scented. Call and examine our in
struments. We will be happy to
see you, or write us your wants and
we will advise.
N. B.-The Mason q Mamlin
Pianos are now used exclusively in
the Chicago Conservatory of Music,
and by Mr.. VIM. NJ. Sherwood in
his Concerts and Recitals.
GEO. {. SNEDEKER,
No. S. North Warren ST.,
MASONIC TEMPLE, TRENTON, Nj,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18

Take care of your health" President
Patton tells the Princeton boys. "You
may not need binomial theorems, but you
will need your digestion every day.
wish l had thought of my health. A
frequently recurring headache, a bad APP
petite and sleeplessness are solemn warn
ings that you must heed. Dyspepsia La
not a thing to make fun Of"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-18
THE POWER OF. LOVE.

The world is so changed since knew herr
The sky is a tenderer blue,
The wood thrush sings sweeter and trueY =
Yea, all the wide world is made new.
The breezes that blow from the clover
And kiss all the flowers on the way.
Are whispering over and over
A name that is sweeter than they
Oh, love, thou hast fettered and bound pS
ne'er shall be heart free again,
Yet life flows like music around me,
And fiow'rs are the links of my chain.
James Buckham in Detroit Free Press