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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-06-29
Personals.

MIR. Geo. b. White of Boston was in the
city yesterday
Hon. : W. Matthews went to Aroostook
county yesterday.
NE. Houston Esd. Of Belfast was in
the city YESTERDAY
MIR. G.. \ Mars,on of Skowhrgan was nj
Hotel North TUESDAY
Rev. Mr.. Becmnn, wife and child of
,.ariincr were in the city Yesterday.
Miss George Wrigh, of Clinton is visit
ing Miss F Adlic Wright on Hospital ST.
lion. George +. Weeks vas worse Tues
dsy but at evening was more cumtortahl".
Mrs. :. +. Hinckley went Yesterday to
old Orchard where she iii probably visit
for several weeks.
Mr. II. II. Prince of this city Is at Cape
Elizabeth visiting his aunt Mrs George
NJ. Young of Portland.
Mrs. II. $. Munger of Galveston. Tex"
and her daughter Miss Birdie Munger, are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. +. Stone.
Mrs. Child ami the Misses Child left on
the early train Tuesday for femaqnii Point
where they will spend the summer.
Mrs. \. $ Bullock. of Manchester,
Mass. who has been visiting Augusta
friends. returned YESTERDAY to her home.
Hon. Geo T. Macombcr went TO Rock
land Yesterday on business connected with
the Roekland and Camden Electric r. Il.
Miss Elite Morrill, of Charitstown. Mass. -
visiting Miss MARY Wight on Bangor street
Miss Morrill, Is a graduate of St.Cxtharine
Pension Agent Clark left Yesterday after
noon for Carbon on two weeks absence,
Mrs Clark and daughter vent 10 Skow he
KAN on a visit with relatives there.
Miss Marion Nichaells returned yester
dav from BOSTON She was accompanied
hv Mr. Neorgr n Fletcher of Detroit,
Mich Who will make Mrs. Michaeli' a
brief visit
nr. II. NJ. Harlow left ON last night :
Pullman for New York city. to meet nr. q.
t. y navie. and party, who have Just ~
turned from Europe Or. Harlow joins
hi. " ,fe and Miss Susan Brooks At Boston
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John Murphy dsins refuse u come from
Lawrence wiki Marshal Morse 20 there
was no necessity f5- Citing rs3aisisisn
pspers
They arrived IN augusta On the eariy
Pullman train Tuesday morning and Mar
ply ras Immediately taken 10 the i4il wha.y
be passed fIse night and where
st 80 Tuesday morning rse hearing be-
fore Judge Andrews as heard.
A, Marshal Morse vas th@ eonpiainaaf
he had Mrs. Edward aarphy. whom tbs
prisoner bratsIly sssauired the secon. aae
Of Last May. brought il " testify against
the prisoner
She sas accompanied by her aaa. sad
Msrphy'- brother 1sas also pfssent. &. f..
Tanner appeared for tbe prisoner.
The examination ana cross examinations
were 10, lengthy. in cour.e 81 the direct
prisoner ess the brother Of her former
hasbsnd Who dIed ahont I've wears ago
On the day he made the assault she was
about 10 ut dawn to supper when John
Murphy walked m He had bern told b.
her that she latnt want him eaniing there
When he came ia he said # suppose Il
you'd seen me coming 700 j have locked the
door. She told him she probably wonli
have done 40 a. she didn't want him around
there He followed her out inta the kitchen
and abos, the room, talking about her not
being willing To have hin. tl,ers .aad sail he
would come through The. wipdsx If he
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Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it Ia pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kiineys,
Liver and Bowels, cieauses the syz-
TEN efsctually, dizpels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habituai
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
oniy remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
eeptable TO the stomach, prompt in
It's action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
TO all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs Is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug.
gista. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes To try 1t. DO not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA Fic syrup co.
SAY FRANCISCO cAl.
LOUISVILLE. m. VIEW rosx. nv
mafzsdAs
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EVERY ONE FINDS A NEW USE.

The Pennington Institute Is exactly the
same rs the parent office at Dwight, ILL.,.
The medical staff and assistants are
Western gentlemen who have been
thoroughly schooIed in the careful treat
ment Of this disease at the parent Office
and Western branches. where these
wonderful cures have been going on for
IL years. We DO not take the boys into
a building and keep Them there. They
are free to board at any Of the three
hoiels.or at The nnmer0us private houses.
Board $3.50 to $500 per week. The
patient comes 10 the Institute fogr times
each day for treatment. The remedies
are taken by the iaoath every Two hours.
The boys get all the good liqnor they re.
ccord, which they generally do In about
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HA!H-1HESS|NG ROOMS,


a HrteB Essay.)
Every should b, and indeed, most men are
yeTy carefsl ~ 10 where and how he &. shaved. Ia.
hts haIr cut cite. Candid men sAy ths, Marcus Mes
Tilfs barber .iop, IA Water ST., north OF the
bridge is about the best place in the city TO go to
be,2,ase It Is meat. clean, new, and well light.
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The pheasant effect and perfect safety
with which ladies may use the California
liquid laxative Syrup of Figs. under all CON
,iitiuns. makes it their favorlte remedy. 10
get the true and genuine article. look for
the name of thr California Fig Syrup Co
ur,nted near the bottom of the package.
Lanes Family Medicine moves the bowels
each dsy. Most people need to use it.
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CHAMBER SETS.
FOLDING BEDS.

We have the Gum and Phnnix Folding
Beds. They are almost Chamber Set by
themselves, and are just the things for
small house. handsomely finished, they
are an ornament to any room. Price Sis
to ! l5U
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DRoE4l~s AIS for fael, forage. straw and dray-
l ag,. t,eSc- A. \. q. VI hrnHebee Ar.enal. An
sus;a. Ne, Mag d, i>.F.- >t.lrs proposals. 10
trisfrafr wilt n. rt=eaivei h,Fe autii II o'clock
Iun. ~ i-r. and then Opened. for shing such
fuel forage. straw sfd drag faay be required
hg Quartz rifsasier Department here, for h-eai
YEAR ending Iant n f>E-- The SnyprRmrnt re
-.rves tie right to reject any or alt proposals
lr7tig8-Ai- uils-t BE fncioSed In sealed envelopes.
marked ~I'rDposais fer fue1, forage, straw and
,fr1vag.'' and addressed 10 The uHdrr.igue4i.
hans prspo-ais ai,a full Information may b. ab-
tsinrd t.s apIiis.i,sR 10 ti.s attcs. Il X MetsiH.
ness, Msj0r Of Ordnance. james. l0.fi .2s4s0
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TO PROVE Eve m hA5HH f.

ON and after October !, 1891. we give every
person selling our medicine the privilege Of
selling ak bottles for $500. and guarantee
that in case IL does you NO good yuu can
receive your money back. Esad guaranty
with every bottle. We claim to Curc pys-
pepsia, Headache. Sour Stomach, Heartburn.
kidney Complaint, Neuralgia, Distress after
eating, raIpitatiun Of the Hart, toiic, Ner-
yuusness Loss ot Sleep. Dizziness. Irregular
ity Of the Appetite. Pleurisy Pains, Bloat
Wind on the Stomach. Hacking Cough, and
Constipation And why win 1t curaP Be
cause IL Is Relaxing. Purifying, soothing,
and Healing. 1t is compounded from the
pnTest roots and herbs, free from Alcohol
or Morphia. 1t Is harmless TO the smallest
child; children IKE It,, and it is far superior
20 Castor OIL and all other preparations.
Call for Groder'- Botanic Dyspepsia
syrup. Nome genuine unless bearing cur
trademark, the Beaver.
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than in shooting it. Surprising that the
seal is slightly or mortslly wounded it
dives and swims away, in most cases to
perish later. If merely stunned it Hound
ers about on the surface aud is easily
taken; but that seldom occurs. From this
brief description some notion can be
formed of the enormous waste of life in
this kind OF hunting. which, according to
the testimony of the sealers themselves,
destroys fifteen animals tor every one Sc
cured.
After few days the herd thus inter-
cepted by the schooner will have passed
by. This is discovered from the fact that
no more heads of seals are seen popping
up in the water. Have the unfortunate
beasts at length made their escaI from
the predatory vessel? By no means. She
simply spreads her canvas to the breeze,
sails for sixty or leo miles, overhauls the
animals and proceeds as before. So it
continues week after week, month after
month, until they have been pursued to
Boring sea. into which some bold poachers
follow them, lying off the Pribilof is
lands in the fog, which hardly ever
is,s, and shooting the breeding moth
ers that venture ont into the
ocean. In 1885 there were seven vessels
engaged in the sealing industry on the
Northwest coast. There were twenty-five
in 1887 thirty-three in 1889 forty-tive in
1890, and ITO last summer. This year there
will be about Us schooners in the business.
All of these craft and more than 1000
Canadian, American, Japanese and Indian
hunters are devoted to the indiscriminate
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doubtless selected because they were
unInhabited. not being discovered
until l1s6, while the mainland and the isl
ands OF the Aieutian chain were overrun
very anciently by savage men. That no
Russian seal was ever token on the Prihi-
iof islands, or vice versa, is proved by tho
records OF market sales of the skins in
London. The Russian pelts are readily
distinguishable from the Alaskan, being
much lighter in color. Presumably the
warmer water about the Commander ISL
ands, the temperature being about ten
degrees higher. has made the difference in
the course of generations. The Russian
skins are only worth about half as much
as the Alaskan.
The herd witch breeds upon the Com
mander islands is about as large numeri-
cally as the Prbilof herd a. present, COM
prising somewhat less than million In
divldua,s. II spends the winter IN the
Japan sea and IN the neghborhood of the
kurile islands. Thus far il has not been
attacked to any extent by pelagic sealers.
simply because their attention has been
centered upon the more valuable Alaskan
animals, However, as soon as the Pribi-
LOT herd has been wiped out the Russian
seals will be attacked. Russia claims no
jurisdiction over Bsring sea beyond three
mites from shore, and she can only save
her seas by Joining the United States
and Great Britain IN the international
agreement, which constitutes the only
hope Tor the preservation of these useful
creatures. 1t ten-mile or thirty-mile zone
of protection can be established there is no
reason why zone OF 800 or 500 miles
should not be maintained. Such an agree
ment once made the seals would be saved.
Some notion Of the rapidity with which
they are being exterminatea can be got
from the report ef aiied States Commits
slCuer Elliott, who. in 1s74 counted 5000
co Of seals o q the Pribilof islands. In
lS4o he found there only S59,OO0. old and
young. In 1874 there were loo 900
bachelor sesls"--msies under wears old.
which are not allowed by the bulis to come
upon the breeding rocks. liberal esti-
mate IN $50 placed the number Of bach
eiors a. 100 CO.
The life of a seal hunter Is as dangerous
and exposed n calling a. human ingenuity
has ever devised. In the North Pacific the
skies are nearly always overcast. and gales
blow continually. Fogs settle down with
out moments warning. not TO rise again
perhaps for days OF weeks. Yet from the
deck of a schooner two men Will launch
small dory, With only keg OF water and a
bag OF hardtsck. and pun out TO wind
ward into the ocean waste, so as to be ius,
IN sisAs OF the vessel, or within haiiing
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GOSSIP OF NEW YORK.
Col. Cockerill on the Great
DraytOn-BorrOwe Scandal.
THE AFTER-DINNER SPEAKERS.
Neither Cleveland nor Hill VIII BE the
Candidate-Amusemen in
the Metropolis.

NEW York, March 2s.-rSpeciaI Core
spondence. lit was an embarrassment of
riches in the way of amusement to have
Messrs. Drayton and Borrowe arrive in
town the same week that the circus came
to US. Either one of these aggregstions of
comicality would have been sufficient
to keep the town on grin. But with
both of them with us at the same time.
carking care had no lodgment in our
midst, SO to speak. There has been moth
ing furnished to the public in long time
that has possessed the humorous features
of this Drayton- Borrowe-Astor affair.
First, we have Mr.. Drayton's suspicious
aroused to an extent which justified him
hiring detectives. Then, fearing that the
detectives might not discover anything. he
clears out of the country In order, APP
parently, that his presence might not be
embarrassing TO any of the parties in the
case. This seems to have been a wise pro-
ceeding, and matters were greatly facilitate
ed by it. At least, that is the superstition.
The detectives made a favorable report
and put Mr.. Drayton in the way of con-
firming it. Then Mr.. Borrowe begged
almost with tears in his eyes to be fatally
shot and killed in every respect. He is
said to have even opened his vest as an in
ducement, and, at the same time, to save
that garment-but all to no purpose. Mr..
Drayton spared his victim with view, no
doubt. to intiicting upon him still more
terrible misunderstanding him, per-
haps. at the next McAllister ball, or tell
ing him to his face that he was "weal
mean, SO there" Even the bunco trick
that was pulled off with Father Astor as
the victim is not exactly serious. Mr..
Astor was taken into the confidence of Mr..
and Mrs. Drayton and Mr.. Borrowe as 10
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THE SEAL BUTCHERY.
Methods by Which a Remark
able Industry Is Carried On.
THE TRACK OF THE HERD.
How the Animals Are Murdered WHOLE
for Indians-Hunters' Risks.

WASHINGTON CRY, March Especial
Correspondence. IF the temporary agree
ment for protecting the seals of Alaska,
known as the "modus vivendi," were not
renewed, the whole piratical feet Of
sealers would enter Bering sea next July
aud wipe out In one season the entire
Pribilof herd. destroying the sealing in
dustry in those waters forever.
To make this understood it is only neces-
sary to explain the astonishingly scientific
system of slaughter adopted by the pelagic
sealers. Suppose that there were single
great herd of ,oco. 600 valuable fur-bearing
beasts which Travelled continually over a
kite-shaped track, many thousands of
miles in circuit, on the great plains of the
West. Imagine that these animals de-
voted eight months in every year to
traversing this route, never varying from
it, 80 that their entire company was al
ways sure TO be at given point on the
road at certain date, though halting to-
gether in an isolated spot for four months
annually to breed and rear their young.
How long would il be before the greedy
hunters would have wiped them all out2
If the latter were permitted to surround
them at their breeding place single sea-
son would suffice for their determination.
That is precisely the situation of the
seals. The herd-there is only one-leaves
the Pribiiof islands about November 10,
each year. to spend the winter in warmer
waters. Passing southwark through the
Aleutian chain and out of Boring sea, the
animals swim in a southeasterly direction,
toward Santa Barbara, about 400 miles
south of San Francisco, on the Pacific
coast. There they turn and go northward
nearly million strong-Augging the
Coast, past Oregon and Washington and
along the Southern shore of Alaska into
Bering sea, reaching the Pribilof islands
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A New Man TO the Front,
New York Letter.


The legislature of New York NAV now
be said TO have reached the portrait period.
Anybody who can tell what has become of
ell the oil paintings of William NJ. Tweed.
which at certain time in his senatorial
career, must have been executed by the
score, will probably have no difficulty in
forecasting the fate OF the beautiful can
vases now being done in oils at the state
capital. Far be it from me. however. to
predict or even suggest anything of an ig-
nomlnlous fate for the portraits of Speaker
T. Bush, which, learn from friend, Mr..
Cuyler Ten Eyck has Just been commits
sloned by committee of the assembly
70 do in oil. Mr.. Ten Eyck did the excel
lens portrait OF Roscoe Conkling, which
has for months hung near the main en-
trance OF the Hoffman house Mrs. w. q
OaSman, Mr.. Conkiin's married daughter
was, am told, delighted with Mr.. Ten
Eycks Work. Mr.. Oakman, by the vay
used 20 be spoken of as "Mr. Conklinrs
son-ln-laY." His fsther-in-law had yery
hitle TO do with him. The reason for this
disilke was said TO be the fact that when
ne married the great New Workers. daugh-
ter Mr.. oskman was only a division su-
pern;ehdent on the Delaware & Lacka-
wanna railroad. But 0akman was a
s!sent, psrsevering man, it seems, as sturdy
as his name might indicate. And nov /,
Is announced that he is the new president
OF the great Richmond Terminal Railroad
system.
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again by July 10. Upon those lonely rocks
they breed and nurse their young for four
months, at the end of which time the pups
are weaned and big enough to accompany
the annual migration. The track they
follow Is never varied from, and
each week in the year finds them at the
same stage of their route, so that no diff
Guilty in discovering the herd is expert
enced by the hunters, who pursue the poor
beasts relentlessly month after month,
killing. killing, killing-until they get
back into Bering sea again and are safe
for while. No present project for put
ting q stop to this is entertained. The
modus vivendi and the seizures of vessels
have merely related to the exclusion of
the pelagic sealers from Bering sea its If,
where they are anxious to 60 and wipe out
the whole breeding herd while it is assem-
bled on two small islands, thus making an
end of the species at once and 'for good
Before explaining IN detail the remark
ably effective method by which this result
would be accomplished, some very inter-
esting points may be mentioned respect
ing the extraordinary business of pelagic
sealing. For the pursuit of this Industry
small schooners of from forty to sixty tons
are equipped. Each such vessel starts out
on voyage Win three or Tour months
provisions, quantity of salt supply of
repeating rides and fifteen or twenty men.
Usually the crew includes few Indians
from Vancouver island and Neah bay,
Washington. The schooner sails out into
the path of the herd OF seals She has no
trouble in discovering when the right
point is reached by the popping up on all
sides in the water of the animals heads.
Then she lies to. unless the weather is too
rough, and lowers into the sea number
of small dories.
Each boat is occupied by two men. One
OF them sits in the bow with n Winchester
ride or fowling-piece loaded with buck
shot across h lap, while the other rows.
the effort is to extend from the vessel a
line of from seven to ten dories, which
shall be within hal of each other, so that
they could md their way back in case of
fog or storm. Having taken their posi-
sions they wait for the chance OF seats
head poprlng up within range. The ami
mails, while travelling only appear on the
surface at the intervals necessary for
breathing, taking quick and cautious
look around and Immediately diving again
to swim and fish. They do all their swim
ming and fishing under water.
When the hunter seeS n head pop UP, IL
he is quick enough, he may have time TO
aim and ire before the seal has taken an
instantaneous survey of him and diyed
Usually, when the snimal comes up close
alongside the boat, its fright is so great
hat II disappears too suddenly for shot,
but II II pops up at distance of fifty or
400 yards. perhaps it may pause for two or
three seconds and afford an opportunity 10
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distance of boat between themselves ana
the vessel, taking their chances Of getting
back safely. Very often they are ios..
Death in its most frightful form, iron
thirst, is the fate always to be looked iof-
ward to as more than possible py tns
pelagic sealer. The fog suddenly descenos
like curtain, damp and lmpene!raots n
the strained vision; the answering nan
comes not 1t is the old story, so OH re-
peated. Two human beings adrift In
skiff. lost in o desert of stormy waters.
No hope that is worth mentioning exists
for them. What use to row when all u
blindness and there is no guide TO steer
by? Days of agony on short allowances
of water, then madness, ana nnaliy e,,-th.,
No one who has never sailed
upon those wind-swept seas nor stared
into those frightful fogs can realize the
risks that are taken every day OF their
lives by these hunters. or understand, IN
view of the small reward they receive,
why they pursue such an occupation. The
gunner is paid for the skins he gets from
So. so to IS apiece, according to the size and
quality. The boat puller is paid from 40
cents to 81 skin, though sometimes he
works for $50 month. Ten skins make
very big days catch. and to get so many
the hunter will usually expend from LOO to
200 cartridges. That would signify about
$40 for the hunter, whose labor is highly
skilled, and 81 for the puller. The owner
of the vessel provides ammunition. In
dams have their own spears and canoes.
They get the same prices for skins as the
white men, but do not secure SO many.
When the skins have been fetched
aboard they are rubbed with plenty Of salt
to preserve them. Enough of the fat is
lett upon them to hold the salt. This fat
has an extraordinarily offensive odor. The
smell is not only disagreeable, but it has
certain sickening quality which turns the
stomach of any one who is not accustomed
to it, When the officers of the revenue
marine board sailing schooner their first
proceeding is almost invariably to go to the
rail of the vessel and relinqu:sh whatever
they have eaten recently with an abandon
which appears to signify that they have no
further use for 1t whatever.
RENE BAcHk
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the marksmau. At best the aim is neces-
Gariiy very uncertain, inasmuch rs both
boat and seal are tossing about in the
i1mpy water.
No matter whether ii is hit or not, the
seal disappears instantly. Ii killed out
right Il sinks; but, If the marksman. by
keeping his eve ON the spot where the car
CaSs went under. can 50 direct the boat rs
TO ger there quickly enough. he NAV he
able 20 see the body Of the animal going
down N the crvstai-clear water. In that
case he whips out his eatf-po.e and fishes
Is up- To succeed in this, however. he
must arrive in time at the exact spo;
where the game sank. since il is only from
Just above tnat IL vii be visible through
the choppy waves, which show not n hub-
be for n guide. 4 dead seal will sink
freta SIX TO ten feet white SIX Ills rowed
huy yards, There is more skill in
Iaalng the prey alter i. Is hit
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The Hill tract addition will be placed on U
market Monday, April 4, at 10 a. IN. Bes -
s0ipes, 62S Bailey building, ID ths owner.