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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-01-31

Lean and Building Association.
Representative " h;te Of Bangor presented
bill providing that no Loan and Building
Association shall do tusiness in the State
sxeep. /. be incorporated under the laws
thereof. Section . provides. however that
the Bank Examiner may authorize such
corporation duly established under the laws
o; smother State. to carry on business, but
the corporation must deposit With the Ssate
the sun OF ss5 600 aud thereafter af;een
FER cent. of thedeposits in the Association BY
the ctz .ns Of the State. Shouli the Bank
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-01-31
FOE SALE

EyOR SALE-Two second hand sleigbs. ~
I quire of Alden A. Heath, or o. G. Palmer,
Hsliowell de. jan26diw
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-19

had Q great run and were sold by the mill
ion. Did you ever. hear of oil of eggg I'll
tell you how it's made. Boil four eggs
hard: the clerk eats the indigestible white,
the proprietor eats the yellow. fills bottle
with cotton-seed oil, and there's your oil of
egg"
The druggist enjoyed himself over this
little trade joke. whieh the reporter utterly
failed To comprehend. then resumed his
pleasing flow of narrative. "A man came
In here t'other day." said he. for whom l
put upa prescription. wrote the directions
and clapped the label on the bottle. 1t
read: 'teaspo0nf ul in water three times q
day He looked at il long and carefully.
and at last remarked: Il wonder IL Doc
expects me 10 git into water three times
day That observation impressed me with
the necessity of physicians writing their
directions very plainly Some time ago
spread drawing plaster for CUSTOM
er. The physician gave directions. TO
place the plaster above the incipient
boil, Two or three days later the
patient came in and, barring his
arm remarked that he did not see how that
plaster could do any good. Neither could
|. He had followed directions literally.
and that placed the plaster Just above the
boil instead of over il. While druggist
is compelled to do a great deal of guessing
he must be careful and not overdo it. lie
mustn't be too sure. One day boy came
in here and said his mar wanted D
cents worth of ground custard. i said
to myself of course the yonngster wants
ground mustard and L gave II 20 him:
In the evening q little woman bounced
int o the store madder'n a wet hen. She
wanted to know what had given her boy.
/ told her ground mustard. Alter Jawlng
me IN y promiscuOus way for a quarter of
an hour. she told me that cinnamon was
what che had wanted and that bad caused
her to spoil half dozen custard pies"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-19
SOME WORRIES OF DRUGGISTS.
Bad Spelling in Messages. Badly Expressed
Prescriptions and Errors of All Sorts.

The druggist is always a person of intelli-
gence, and the drug stores scattered all over
the city are centers for nei ghborhood infor-
nation. The drug store is now the place
where the citizen, after his days work is
over. drops in TO get cigar and exchange
ideas on all current topics with the man of
pills. The greatest evil with which the
druggist has To- contend is the neig hborhood
spelling. He is aware OF the fact that some
of the best-meanlng persons. especially
those of the gentler sex, spell altogether by
ear-sight and that household panaceas i'm
parted over the fence or across lots from
Mrs. Green to Mrs. Brown. when jotted down
upon o scrap of paper aud brought to him
by Johnny or Jimmy assume the character
of the darkest enigmas or most occult
hieroglyphics. To fail TO decipher one Of
these writings Is a confession he dare not
make. To do so would not only lose him
the confidence and patronage of the lady
who has written the wild, weird name
but Of dozen or more families i'm the
neigh borhood. for she is sure to blazon
different ways do yOn suppose the word
gly cerin or giy cerine can be speIledf in
quired druggist OF Journal reporter tho
Other s, day .; ~, Inc Are reporter gave it up
last winter aud nv patrons sent In twenty
seven different spellings o. the word. Some
of these would have done credit TO Mrs.
Darlington In her palmiest days and gave
IN admiral illustration of the fiexi bility
OF phonetic spelling. It's 10 unusual thing
10 have call for a 'dosp of this OF that,
the word dose being meant. The
other day / had call for
'dost of anthracite pills. After
some cogitatIon 1 made out that
q dose OF eathar'ic pills was intended.
'Cuane Ann IL the name given by some Hi
bernian patrons tO quinine, an article
which. like glyceTine. masquerades under
number of very odG ortnogTaphic dis
griises."
Ever have any calls for rattle-snake
oilf" inquired the reporter.
Frequently, and for all sorts of fats.
Colorod folks often want rabbit fat and
coon fat. and occasionally there's an in
quiry for bars grease Some time ago
n plaster was gotten mp which
the inventor called rattle snake-oil
plaster OF course there was no
rsttle-snake oil in IL, but these plasters
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-19
SUGGESTIONS AS TO PLUMBING.
The Less Fancy Wood Work the Bsttsr-Cl0s.
els, Bath-Tubs and Kitchen Fixtures.

People in indianapolis are paying more
attention to plumbing than ever before. as
the question of health is now generally un-
derstood to be closely connected with the
work of the man of the lead pipe and solder
ing-iron. plumbers are being educated"
remarked one of that fraternity to the re-
porter, but they and their patrons need
to know q great deal more and then use
their knowledge. During the past five
years magazines and newspapers have Civ
en- much attention to the subject, but there
are some things that can't be too generally
known. Plumbing ought not to be COW
cred up with fancy woodwork. 1t ought
to be exposed, the less wainscOti ng
the better. Water-closets should have
no casing around them. the seats of hard
wood and all the connections where
they can he seen and got at readily in case
of accident. The bath-tub should be set
up on feet. tub lined with porcelain
VIII cost little more than an ordinary
tub, but ia we'll worth that additional cost.
An edge of wood may be put on. but that
edge will shrink and swell and is no adj
vantage. The wash stand should % mar
ble-topped aud set upon ornamental brack-
cts. with all the pipes exposed. If there IS
objection to this because OF color they can
be coated with silver paint A bathroom
TINS fitted mp Will keep sweet and clean
with q moderate amount of care and afford
no refuge for reaches. bed-bugs and other
insects that infest wainscoting and other
wood work In warm moist places"
How about kitchen plumbingW the re-
porter inquired.
Kitchen fixtures and pipes should all be
exposed. as they are even more likely to be
hiding places for bugs than bathrooms aud
closets. Sometimes when they get in. IL is
almost Impossib BILE to dislOdge them. Scald-
ing hot water, every day, destroys the
eggs and life. A neat and inexpensive
arrangement for hot water is to have q
boiler in the basement with a gas-jet under
it. But there should be fiue from the
boiler leading into q chimney to carry off
the gas. This is an especial precauton. as
the flame of the gas might at some time 60
out. A good plan for sprinkling is to have
q sill-cock coming ont from under build
ing, with a stop and waste in tho cellar to
shut the water Off during the winter
All these things add to the comfort of a
hOme.r
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-19

81 believe that my chief duty toward my
husband and yself. my son ana nay daugh-
ter, man-servant and maid-servant, and
the stranger within my gate. is TO provide
comfortable, springy. lavender-sheeted
high-backed chairs: thirdly. broad unob-
strusively legged tables TO eat from. and.
lastly. more divan pillows and foOtstools
than my worst-bored guest could ever pos
things will do more to prevent family jars
than all the blue bows and moral texts in
Christendom."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-19

MIA. West Virginia ana Maryland. IF. 6.
Jacques and wife, Mrs. William Park, Fred
Springs. near Attica. Ind. Mrs. Martha
Isbel is the guest of Mrs. Winston Somers.
"A recent very pleasant event was the
musicale gwen by Mr.. and Mrs. +. l.. Bills.
the principal attraction being the gifted
whistler, Miss Laura McCorkie, of Indian
apolis. whose musical notes were the adj
rniration of all present. Local talent as
sisted in making the evening most pleas
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-19
WORLDS FAIR.
GREAT SLAUGHTER SA-
PRICES CUT IN TWO.
DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY

Don't wait until fall to make your purchases w
furnishings, just brought from storage-rooms. We
parts of Parlor Suits Bedroom Suits, that we place t
Odd Rockers at two-thrds their former price. beau
line of Hall Trees that not put SALE that
last long at the price they marked
The largest line of Writing-desks and Bookcases
lish XVI Century Antique Combination Case for S75
You cannot buy attractive piece of furniture
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-05-15
Census Facts

The mean annual temperature of
the United States is 53 degrees. More
than half the population lives under a
temperature between i5 and - de-
grccr. The most rapid proportional
increase in population in the past
twenty years has been in the regions
where the temperature was either be-
low 10 degrees or above Il degrees
that is. the extremes.
Three fourths Of the population of
the United States inhabit the region
in which the annual rainfall is be-
tween 30 and 80 inches.
The centre Of population in the
United States is now twenty miles
east of Columbus. Indiana, having
moved during the past decade north
ward and westward IS miles. The
centre Of the area of the United States,
excluding Alaska, is in Northern
Kansas.
The grape, raisin and wine indus
tries of the United States represent n
value Of plant of Sl5j,OO0,OOO, giving
employment to 20O,7S0 persons.
The census bureau made a special
attempt 10 obtain facts in regard to
the use OF alcohol as beverage, and
IL is stated that the quantity thus
consumed is larger than is supposed.
About H. barrels Of alcohol are daily
consumed in New York City for this
purpose, used especially 10y certain
foreign element Of the population.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-05-15

The error in surveying the interna-
tional boundary between Canada and
the United States has been redis-
covered. The detection of the line be-
gins ON the Montana boundary, and it
is between 200 and 800 yards out OF the
way at its western end, the difference
being in favor of the United States.
However it may be, the line as sur
veyed and actually marked by iron
posts from Boundary bay to Lake Su-
perior has been officially ratified, mis-
take or no mistake, and it must stand
as the international boundary even if
it does not mark the forty-ninth par
allel according to the more modern
calculation. Some ten years ago the
error was first detected.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-05-15
The Morning Nap.
Good liouHek kceplue,


Early rising is a matter both OF
training and temperament. The ner.
vous person is apt to rest lightly dur.
ing the first three hours after retiring.
and to fall into the most refreshing
slumber after midnight. In that case
his morning nap ought not 10 be
abridged. Nature will gently titillate
his eyelids when they need 10 unclosc.
Long-limbed persons Of tho motive
temperament, those who require much
exercise, can maintain equilibrium
upon much less sleep than the ncr.
vous, cold blooded, thick.skinned kind.
The former waken early, filed with vi.
tality and vigor and desire 10 talk and
laugh at once. They have full COM
mand of their powers upon regaining
consciousness. But the person Of ner.
vous temperament arouses himself
slowly. He retraces his footsteps lin.
geringly from the land of dreams and
only gradually regains the full use Of
mind and body. All such idiosyncra.
sizes ought to be respected II one would
feel at his best.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-05-15
THE SCHOOL CENSUS.
How Washington Has Advanced in
the Last Ten Years.

The latest census bulletin gives the
total number of public school children
in Washington as 55,432, the popula-
ton of the State being 1899
In 1880 the enrolment of school
children was 1872, the States popu-
lation being 1916. This is gain in
school children of 275.O5 per cent,
and in population of 36513 per cent.
In the private schools of Washing
ton there are 1928 pupils, and in pa
rochial schools 95f, making the grand
total of school children enrolled 59,-
ia.
Strangly enough, no county has re-
ported the number of colored children
in attendance upon the public schools,
and one would naturally think that
this was not healthy climate for the
negro. This is an error, as there are
quite number OF colored school chill.
dren in this city, and great many
throughout the State. The following
table will prove interesting:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-05-15

TwENTY-oNE States in the Union
have now adopted the Australian bal
lot or some modification of it. Those
States are taking them in the order of
contiguity, and beginning with the pi-
oneer in the electoral reform move.
ment, Massachusetts,, Vermont, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey, Maryland, West Virginia, Indi-
ana, Tennessee, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Missouri, Arkansas, Minnesota, Nebras-
ka, South and North Dakota, Montana,
Oregon and Washington. More than
a third of these adopted the ballot since
the election last November. Bills to
bring about the reform are also before
the legislatures of several other States,
and some of them will undoubtedly be
successful.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-05-15
A PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES
How a Cranky President Regards
ovations Of the People.

The following interview with the
drivers of the Presidents carriage i,
from the Oakland Tribune:
"What did you do with the Presi
dent?" was asked.
Left him at the pier
How did he enjoy the drive?"
Well, he was cranky all the time.
He was mad when he got into the
carriage. He positively refused to get
out Of the carriage at the university,
saying the people could see him as
well in the carriage as they could in
the building, and that was all that was
wanted. He wouldn't get out of the
carriage at the institute for the deaf
and dumb. He was mad as hornet :;
said he had agreed to come to Oak
land-not to a lot OF little-one horse
towns; that the ride was long, and
the people shouldn't expect him to
make a speech and get out and shake
hafsls at every way station.
Didn't he admire the foothill seem
ery?"
"Foothill scenery, Great God, He
WAS sweating blood all the time, and
though he didn't groan aloud / guess
he thought some pretty hard words"
"How about his reception at the
Lincoln plaza"
"He was begged by Mayor Chap
man to get out and say few words,
but he wouldn't. He cursed the po-
lice for not being on hand to keep the
people back"
Wasn't everybody there to receive
him."
Yes; some OF those country aids,
but they couldn't get near him. He
said, Get Inc out of this! l want to
get to the nearest railroad station
Major Ramsdell, who was with him,
said it was disgraceful to put the
President to such an enormous amount
of fatigue.
well, we started away and drove
down Tenth street to Washington, and
a lot of school children were coming
down with flags and flowers from
Eleventh street.
:" What's that% said Harrison.
"'Some school children
"' Turn down the other way he
cried. Get me away from this as fast
as you can
Then We drove down to Eighth and
down that street to the pier. When
we got to the pier he was just as mad
as ever. AS we started on to the
mole he cried
"'Take off that leading span of
horses-I won't ride down behind four
horses
81 told him the horses were perfectly
safe and knew how to handle them.
al don't care: take 'em off or I'll
get out and walk
$50 stopped right in the middle of
the street and took off the leaders.
Then we got the pier and left him
there"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-05-15

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-05-15
A Great Scheme.

A bright little fellow living on Mad
ison avenue went TO the theater last
week, says the Woman About Town
in the New York Ereaing Sun, saw the
play and the people, and deduced
there from some original ideas Of his
own. "Pve a great scheme" said he,
for doing away with big hat nuisance
at the theaters, and | think OF having
it patented"
"What is it"
"Well, l Iproposc TO suspend heavy
weight from the ceiling just inside the
door and at such height that when
a woman enters with hat tall enough
to strike the weight il will fall upon
her and smash the hat fiat"
"But that will smash the woman.
too, won't it?"
"Oh, yes, very likely" responded the
youngster, with an adorable shrug I:
" but any woman who will wear such
q hat to the theater onght 10 be killed.
Besides, there are too many women on
the face of the earth now
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-05-15
Wreck Of the Ship Premier.

A Port Angeles dispatch of the Sth
inst, says that the three-masted ship
Premier, was stranded on the North
ern coast. She sailed from Ocernoy,
Alaska, bound for the Selinas river,
Alaska, on April 6. While between
the Shumigan Islands, twenty-five
miles north Of Cape John, she en-
countered heavy snow-storm and
strong winds. She struck about noon
and Immediately began filling. Every
effort was made to save her by the
crew, but she stranded in spite of
them. She was wooden vessel, built
in 1876, and owned by Jacob Jenson,
of Alameda, Cal. Captain Peter Poul-
sen reached Port Angeles on the ST.
PauI. He states that she had a crew
of twenty-five men, eighteen of whom
were fishermen. No lives were lost.
The vessel was valued at $4,000, and
the cargo at Sl2 1000, which was a total
loss. The boat was insured for $l6,-
600. 1t is not known whether there
was any insurance on the cargo.
Captain Poulsen sold the wreck at
auction, and is on his way to San
Francisco to make his report.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-05-15

THE hardest blow yet struck the
much vaunted (by Republicans) tin
plate clause of the Mckinley tariff act,
which goes into the effect July lst,
next, was given by Hon. David A.
Wells, who says that the Standard Oil
Monopoly will thereby be benefited
to the extent of $l,5OO,OOO a year in
drawbacks, on tin used in its export
packages. Mr.. Wells says that notice
was served on Mr.. Mckinley and his
Republican associates by the Standard
Oil people that unless their interests
were taken care of by the insertion Of
a provision allowing q drawback on
imported tin-plate used in the expor-
tation of domestic products they would
defeat the bill. The provision was in
serted, and under it this wealthy mo-
nopoly will get its tin-plate for about
1882 box, while all ordinary con-
sumers will have to pay about sc a
box.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-05-15
SWEET SYNONYMS FOR MA
Children Of Culture Taught Love Ma k
ing Instead Of veneration.
Post Despatch.

J 'osi iberphiCH.
Mother, that dear, sweet, matchlcss
name, synonym for the tenderest, tru-
est love man ever knew, has been elm.
mated from the fashionable vocabulary.
In the revised edition of the gilt-edged
lexicon it is bracketed obsolete.
Only few years ago war was made
on the common pronunciation Of the
word manl-ma, and in spite oi usage
the French method was carried. that
Is, with the accent on the last syllable.
Now, mother, mamma, and old-fash-
ioned "ma" have been set aside ms
commonplace and various terms OF en-.
dearment substituted. One of the
wealthiest ladies in New York has
taught her two little sons to cali her
precious" "Dear one" is the favor.
lite address in the home OF a rich and
distinguished politician, and the scions
OF the largest estate in the country call
the young mother Glove of mine" and
the proud father Prince Charming"
But the most common term OF endear-
ment among the children OF the upper
class is sweetheart" Coming from
the little folks, scarcely able 10 utter
the sounds of the betters, il is very
pretty, especially at table or in the
nursery, when the small child has n
grievance or II heartachc. IL is not.
however, a convenient or callable name
at the foot of the stairs, when the i'm.
mediate presence or audience of gen.
tlewoman is needed. Since the abro-
CATION of dearest" which had as long
run as the Fauntleroy sash and col.
lar, "dearie" has enjoyed considerable
popularity, but of late intrenchments
have been made upon the lovers terri.
tory and all their tender appellations
appropriated.
"Sweet one," "my own" "lovely."
"heart-ease," "dear hea,t g." queen"
darling" and sweetness" are some
OF the pet names to which loving and
lovable mothers respond. And after
all there is something very tender and
very sweet in this love making Of pa.
rents and children, albeit the dignity
implied by plain mother" may appear
to be lacking. II is just possible that
there is too much severity in our rela-
tions with the little ones, and that n
better, truer, firmer friendship may &C.
crue from this child worship. One
thing is certain, that there can BE no
estrangement between the real lovers
OF home. II is the sweet privilege Of
every mother to be the idol of her
daughters and the sweetheart of her
sons, and she has only herself 10 blame
if the child-lover tires of her and in the
MONDAY of life forgets the glory that
frightened his morning. Mother"
may do the daughter and son that the
marriage ties will bring to the roof
tree, but if q swecter, dearer maine
can be invented, by all means let us
have 1t to use, TO hear and 10 love.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-05-15
AT the request of the German gov.

AT the request of the German gov.
ernment an expert analytical chemist
has made a very searching examina-
ton of three samples each of bacon,
hams and pork. The purpose was to
find out, if possible, what country the
meat was raised in. The samples
supplied were from the United States,
Germany, and one from the Dutch
colonies. The chemist in his report
was obliged to answer that he could
not tell one sample from the other
that the quality of the fat, ETC., was
identically the the same.