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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-07-23

The Pennington Loan and Building As
sociation, organized few days ago, started
of with 200 shares. and it is expected the
number will rapidly increase, as the objects
and methods of conducting such institutions
became known to the laboring people of
the thriving village where it is located.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-07-23

The electric road carried $4,000 passen-
gers last week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-07-23
FOR SALE.
TO LET.

E>OR RENT-A tenement of four rooms liz
i sewsll street Inquire on premises. Mrs.
A. Lower. lylodlws
1T'O LET-Coi'age at ocean Point for remain
i der Of season-Terms sf.25 per day. ".
Taylor, Ocean Point. iuyi9d1u.
1I,O RENT-Cottage on Boston Island by the
/ week month. Furnished; nearly new; iine
view and pleasant location. n. Is. REID, Agent,
q Crosby 81, Augusta. VIC: July lsdtf
ITO EET-Fnrnished cottage at ocean Point
/ for the season. Address r. n CroweIl. "a
Franklin street. Boston. Mass. July isdiw.
yINO RENT--I'arties desiring nice tenement
i I'm Gardiner should apply al the store Of
Robert Pope Co. - Water street. Gardiner,
I>OR SALE OR To LET-Two furnished
IL cottages at squirrel Island, Inquire Of Fred
erick Hamlen, Augusta. Me juiy6dtf
IyOR RENT - A finely located cottage on
Il Squirrel Island, by the month or season. II.
4. Smith. je2edtf
UNFINISHED ROOMS to let on Crescent
L street. W. A. SWAN. sep:f7dtf
yJ,O LET-Large front room. second noor,
i Darby Hall, plate glass windows. Would
make an elegant office Rent reasonable. c. b.
Marphy. Druggist. jane2etf
ITO LET-one large. well lighted Once; also
II good sioreroom in same building. InaniFp Mt
2B Water street, mp one flight. iuaei3dsf
ITO RENT.-H1use with stable corner West
i ern Avenue and Amherst street. Apply to
msy2sdf j. II. srTRGIs. Opera House Block
T>O L.ET-The rear tvest1 once in the Esastus
L Haskell building on Water street, Augusta.
vaait: wxfer and convenience Apply At she Erss
;ns Hasken Shoe Store or to Lendall Titcomb. Ad.
miHistfatos- febeAdtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-07-23
Sosal 72aifers.

Same ElEsre At the Meunealns.
Little drops Of water.
Little grains Of sand.
A nillloMAIre's fair daughter
Make h summer Krnnd."
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-18

Clergymen are, it is believed, inclined to
be absentmnded. Books of anecdotes
abound with the odd things clergymen
have done; but most of the stories have the
impress of machine manufacture The fol.
lowing, however, is said to be true. At
any rate it is vouched for by Kentucky
colonel, who would fight to the death if
any man had the temerity to doubt his
word.
Dominic Black is an old Presbyterian
divine who lives in central kentucky
about ten miles from the beautiful city of
Lexington. Although he has spent all his
life in the blue grass country, which is
famed for its fine stock and beautiful
women, Dominic Black knows but little
about the noble horse; indeed it is said that
he has trouble in distinguishing horse
from mule, or mule from donkey.
For years it was his Otbt to visit his
parishioners on an old gothic horse that
was half blind and addicted to stumbling
The dominie's neghbors after long trying
induced him to think of getting another
horse, but before doing so his finances re
qured that he should sell the old animal
With this purpose in mind he rode into
Lexington and found an oily tongued and
unveracious auctioneer who was willing
to sell the animal on commission.
The auctioneer, though he had never seen
the horse before, had no trouble in invent
ing a long pedigree for him, but despite all
his efforts he could not get the bidding to
go above ten dollars, at which price the an
imal was knocked down.
With this ten dollars and thirty more
the dominic went to another horse dealer
and said he wanted to buy a steady saddle
horse for forty dollars.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-18

Colonel James Wood of Mount Kisco,
n. Y, ex-president of the New York
State Agricultural society, will serve as
director of the agricultural exhibit of
the state of New York at the coming
Columbian exposition at Chicago.
The British board of agriculture has
issued an order to the effect that in fu-
ture sheep from the United States will
be allowed to land without being subject
to slaughter or to quarantine.
DiscOuraglng accounts are made OF the
results of the harvest in Great Britain.
DR.. Styles, of the bureau of animal in
dustry, describes new cattle parasite
which lives in the follicles of the roots
Of the hair, and produces disease in the
skin of the animal affected.
We are rapidly coming to the conclu-
sion that bees need more ventilation in
the cellar than many suppose.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-18

There have been African travellers who
have attained greater celebrity than Paul
du Chaillu without deserving it so much
1t was he who gave to the world the first
accurate description of the gorilla; but his
story was doubted, and it was not for
years that scientists conceded to him the
credit that was his due.
] have heard him relate personally, for he
is capital raconteur his following curl
GUS experience with an African tribe.
He succeeded in making himself much
respected by his savage associates by whom
he was regarded as a superior being, much
in the same way as they consider their
fetch.
Early one morning he was surprised to
see between sixty and seventy young
women of the tribe march up and form a
circle around the hut in which he lived
Du Chaillu was wondering what this
could mean, for the young women We're
regarding him with an intense personal
interest, when an old man. the father Of
the ruling chief, but himself quite As pow
erful as his son, came up to the white man
and said:
1--WE know you like our people and that
they like You. We wish you to stay with
us during all the rest of your life, but as
lO MAN Cdl De HdppN WITHOUT Il vile
have brought all these young women to
you that you may select from them the
one whom you think would make you
most happy"
The sable beauties heard this, and with
an Undesirable display of white teeth
they drew the circle closer about the trav
eler.
Du Chaillu, taken by surprise for the
moment, soon regained his presence of
mind and said to the old chief:
81 thank you from my heart for the
great confidence which you repose in me
and for your desire for me to remain with
your people forever; but you can see that,
as all these young women are willing to
marry me, if ! select one all the others
will be unhappy. therefore prefer to
choose none"
Upon hearing this the old man with
drew and summoned about him number
of the leading men of the tribe, with whom
he had an earnest consultation.
After about five minutes he came back
and said to Du Challu:
"Oh, white man, what you spoke was
true If you take one the rest will be
unhappy, SO our wise men have decided
that you can take them ALL
Du Chaillu says that he took up his bed
and Travelled the next morning.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-18

food and were nearly chilled to death, they
saw the ship coming back. After a stay
of half a day she sailed away again, and
they reasoned that the search for them was
Mt an end
Driven to desperation they tottered down
to the settlers home, expecting to be
treated as criminals. Great therefore was
their JOY when the bluff Englishman and
his rosy daughters and stalwart sons met
them with open arms and the assurance
that mo Internal whaler could take men
from that island without their own con
sent"
Warm and abundant food was at once
provided for the young sailors, and their
thin and inadequate clothing was replaced
with garments suitable to the climate.
Carey and his companion remained with
their generous protectors till the following
spring, when all save one found passage to
Australia That one married the daughter
of the eccentric Englishman and found
happiness far removed from the world S
maddening throng.
Young Carey entered the merchant serv-
ice CT the Australian colonies. He married
the woman of his heart, and so was partly
weaned from his strong love for America.
Step by step he advanced ever showing
himself worthy of his promotion, until to-
day he is the most popular sailor outh of
the equator, with the rank of commodore
of the Union Steamship company's ever in
creasinu fleet
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-18

A resident in Vevey, Switzerland, lately
died and left n will, in which he bequeathed
the whole of his property, of which he was
supposed to possess large amount, to the
local hospital of the town." There being
two local medical charities-the Town
hospital and the Hospice de Samaritan-a
suit at law WAS entered by the former, in
order to decide its right to the legacy.
After considerable expenses had been in
Cured the dispute was abruptly brought
to close by the discovery that the de-
ceased had INDUCED in most unseason-
able jest, and in fact did not possess a
penny to bequeath. London Tit-Bits.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-18
SOME ODD STORIES,
INTERESTING INCIDENTS RELATED
BY MAJOR A. r. CALHOUN.

How Five Whalers Apprentices Grew
Tired of Scafaring, Deserted Their Ship
and Found Refuge in the Chatham Is
lands.
Copyright, 1892, by American Press Associa-
toni
One of the finest sailors and most genial
men have met in many years of travel is
Captain Carey, commander of the steamer
Monowai, which runs between San Fran
cisco and Sydney, in Australia. 1t takes
this vessel three weeks to make the trip
between the terminal points named, and on
the way it stops at Honolulu, in the Sand
witch Islands; Apa, in the Samoan group,
and Auckland, New Zealand.
On the way to Sydney in June and July,
1892, | became well acquainted with Cap
tain Carey, and when he could spare the
time he found pleasure in dropping into
the smoking room and listening to the talk
going on among the passengers and in
giving his own experiences on the Pacific
ocean. AS he has been for over forty years
in these waters, and has always sailed with
his eyes open, the story of his adventures
would make a most thrilling and interest
ing hook if he could be induced to write it.
Captain Carey was born in Ireland, but
when an infant was brought by his parents
to North Adams, Mass, where he was edu
Gated and spent his early life.
When a boy of sixteen, like most healthy
boys of that age who are brought up near
the ocean, young Carey showed a great
fondness for the sea, and as his parents
were opposed to his becoming sailor lie
determined to try it on his own account.
At that time New Bedford, Mass, was
the headquarters for an immense whaling
fleet that found the southern Pacific the
most profitable field for their gigantic fish
cries. If any marine service in the world
could disenchaut a youth with love of sea
it was life on a New CO ord whaler. The
food, though abun,. & ia, of the coarsest
kind; the captains ana other officers were
hard listed, stern men, who firmly believed
that the one great purpose OF mans crea
ton was to sail tie seas in search of whales
These ships never put into Il port unless
it was to get water or to barter tobacco
and beads with the natives for fresh meat
and fruits, which luXuries were secured
not for the enjoyment of the men, but to
prevent their catching the scurvy or to
cure them of that vile disease, which is al
ways induced by an exclusive diet of salt
food
Three years Of coarse food, violent
storms and the most rigid if not the most
cruel discipline eifectually weaned young
Carey and many of his unfortunate ship
mates from their love for the sea, and
many a time when on watch during Il
storm at midnight he wished himself back
with his father and mother in the cozy
home at North Adams. If he could have
returned at this time, when he was about
nineteen, he would have taken up some
calling suitable for landsman and never
gone to sea again; but the fates We're
against it.
The boys and crew supposed when they
first shipped that they would return home
inside of three years, but after that time
had passed and the oil and whalebone they
had collected were sent home in other yes
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-18

A NEW JERSEY POTATO HOUSE.

The illustration here reproduced from
the Philadelphia Farm journal shows a
style of sweet potato house in common
use in New Jersey. A dry, well drained
spot is selected, and cellar about three
feet deep is eXcavated and wall of
rough stone about six feet high is built
On this a roof is put and the earth
banked up to the top of the wall. The
roof and ends should he double to keep
out the cold. 1t is better also to have
double doors, as indicated in cut. The
house should front the southeast and the
chimney be put at the cold end. The
size of the house will of course depend
on the crop to be stored.
Bins are made to hold 90, 80 or 100
barrels. Rough boards and layer of
straw are generally placed in the bot
tom and against the wall before putting
the potatoes in the bin. A small cast
iron cylinder coal burning stove is the
kind i'll common use for heating. The
fire should be started few days in adj
vance of storing to dry out the house.
and little be kept burning for week
afterward to dry off the potatoes, as
they invariably go through sweating
process. During this time ventilation
should be freely given. Afterward just
enough fire should be maintained to
keep the temperature between 60 and 20
dcgs. Sweet potatoes to keep we'll must
he stored before heavy froets kill the
vines
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-18

sells, and they were told that seven years
might elapse before they saw the United
States again, spirit of mutiny, if not of
desperation, showed itself among the
younger men.
All of them had one, two or three years
wages coming to them, and to desert the
ship at any of the islands at which she
touched for supplies meant the sacrifice of
all their back pay, but there are situations
in which money becomes an unimportant
matter, and men are ready to risk life and
liberty for change of situation and to be
rid of eXacting masters.
The ship on which young Carey sailed al
this time was forced to put into Chatham
islands for water, These islands are bleak
and forbidding, and at this time the only
occupants Were bluff eccentric English
man and his family of two buXom daugh-
tiers, two sons somewhat over twenty, and
three hired men. He raised cattle, sheep
pigs and poultry, in addition to oats and
vegetables that grow in the northern part
of the temperate zone. These he traded
with the whaiers for tea, coffee, cotton
goods and such luXuries, but as he cared
nothing for the civilization on which ht
had turned his back he did not encourage
visitors, for in his own way he was "A king
of the most Independent kind.
The Chatham islands were not inviting
but driven to state of desperation that
led them to believe that there were some
things worse than death, and one of then
was life on board that ship, Young Carey
and his four companions in misery decided
to desert.
They stole a boat and made their way Il
the shore the night before the ship was t.
sail. Fearing to trust themselves to the
protection of the modern Robinson Crusoe
/ who owned the island, the boys abandoned
the boat on the shore, and lightly clad anC
without provisions they made their wa!
through the darkness into the bleak hills.
From an elevation that commanded
view of the bay in which the whaler wa
anchored the fugitiyes watched the shil
/ the next morning and all through the day
They could see the boats searching alon.
the shore and groups of men huTryinl
along the hills, but they succeeded in elud
ing pursuit
That evening the whaler lifted ancho
and sailed away, but the deserters knew
that she would return in day or two, 70
they were certain that n reward had beef
offered to the Englishman for their cap
ture, and that he would try to earn it.
Cold and hungry-for it was winter sea
son, and there was nothing edible to b
found--the poor fellows wandered still far
ther inland, hut not so far that they eoult
not get "A view of the sea from one of tn
many bleak elevations. After four days
during which time they had been withou
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-18

fetes amusements and social qualification
generally. And thus has Father Kneipp
built up one of the greatest santariums in
the world
His diligence unselfishness and humility
are remarkable, as also is the absence of
obsequiousness to persons and his total in
difference to his so called interests pecu-
niarily. twas possible for Father Kneipp
to become a very wealthy man had he ac-
cepted one-half of what had been offered
him for his services He is content TO live
in the utmost simplicity on his small bene-
fee, and charges the most absurdly small
fees for his advice.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-18

In reply to the oft repeated query,
"How to obtain winter eggs?' the agri-
cultural editor of the New York World
says: Secure pullets Matched in Feb.
ruary and March. Keep them in warm
place. Feed with plenty of animal food,
green stuff, sound grain, not too much
soft food and do not change their sur
roundings." The Poultry World ad-
vises as follows: Put the pullets that
are to produce the eggs during the Win
ter season in the quarters you intend
them to occupy, so that they will be-
come accustomed to the buildings and
surroundings before winter Give them
the best of care and feed, so that by
Nov. they will be in condition to COM
mence laying in dead earnest. Give
them free range if possible and they
will pick up the kind of food their sys-
tens require much easier than you could
supply it for them. The numerous in
sects that make their appearance this
month will prove a luxury for the birds,
and will be very beneficial. Give them
a good grain diet also each morning and
evening; feed oats, wheat. buckwheat
and little corn, varied occasionally by
mash composed of boiled vegetables
mixed with bran or shorts
AS the cold weather approaches all
growing fiocks ought to be culled. Ii
will not pay to feed chickens that dc
not promise to make well marked pull
lets and cockerels. The sooner such are
disposed of the better the profit will be
says The Fanciers' journal, which gives
this advice: 1t is well to keep all grow
ing chickens on unlimited range as long
as snow is off the ground, and even tbs
quarters at night should be roomy and
well supplied with pure air A tight
shed open only to the south is about as
good place for chickens as we know of
but care should be taken to prevent the
depredations of skunks and other yer
min"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-18

There will be sent to the exposition at
Chicago a most beautiful model of the
Island of St. Thomas, Danish West Indies
1t is now being constructed on that island
by DR.. Charles f. Taylor and his son
Clarence, is about s by 4 feet, built to a
scale of six inches to the mile, and will be
painted in natural colors, showing the
roads, country houses, ships and steamers
in the harbor and the pretty town Of Char
lotte Amalia with its two old legendary
towers of Black beard and Bluebeard. 1t
will be set into table enameled in black
edged with gold, with terra Gotta paintings
by Mr.. Clarence Taylor of various spots of
interest on the island. The whole will be
covered with plate glass.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-18
SEBASTIAN KNE1PP.

SEBASTIAN KNE1PP. and Father Sebas.
tian Kneipp is its prophet priest and ply
stefan.
Father Kneipp has been parish priest Of
Worishofen for thirty seven years, but has
practiced his system of hydropathy ever
since 1878, although it is only during the
last ten years that he has attained among
his countrymen such wonderful celebrity.
Surrounded often 10y seven or eight doc
tors. he gives audiences every morning
from $50 to T. and in the afternoon from
1870 to I, and afterward delivering his
spraChstunden to an immense crowd await
ing him at the door of the kurhaus, and
who sometimes have to wait three hours
before they can obtain this desired inter
view. During the last year the names in
his visitors book amounted to II ,4j0 and
including those treated by letter he seems
to have had about 10000 patients. The
village is simply crowded with the lame,
the sick and the disfgured, most of the
latter being victims of the skin disease
called lupus, and if any reliance can be
placed on human testimony he has cured
very many and brings relief to nearly all
In his youth Father Kneipp, the son of a
weaver, was 50 sickly that no hopes were
entertained Of rearing him. and he was
allowed all the liberty of nature-turncd
out to die, as it We're. The simple rem
edies in use among the peasant women
helped him much, and the rest he dscov-
cred for himself The special features Of
his method are short baths of cold water,
the garments being put on Immediately
after the bath and without drying the
skin, walking in early morning in the
deWy grass barefooted or with light san
dals on, dipping the feet in cold water and
wearing a coarse linen shirt next the skin.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-18
OUTLET FOR TILE DRAIN.

top of the main, giving a free flow.
Make the connections perfect, so there
will be no earth working through. The
accompanying cut shows the arrange
ment-A is the main, B the connecting
arm and 9 the lateral. a fiat stone will
close the ton of the arm all right. l
place laterals about two feet deep, more
or less. according to soil. ETC.. and place
them three to seven rods apart, and, if
possible, across the natural flow, thereby
cutting off surface water more quickly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-18
What is
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Castoria is Dr. damuel Pitchers prescription Infants
and Children 1t contains neither Opium orpbine nor
other Narcotic substance. 1t is harmless substitute
for Paregorc, Drops, Soothing Syrups, Castor OIL
1t is Pleasant Its guarantee is thirty years. use bv
Millions of Mothers CastOra destroys aays
feverishness Castora prevents vomiting Sour Curd
cures Diarrh1a and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
teething troubles, constipation fatulency.
Castoria assimilates the food regulates the stomach
and bowels giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-.
toria is the Chdren's Panacea-the Mothers Friend.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-18

In tile draining a good main or outlet
is essential to success. Here is an illus
trated plan from Ohio Farmer, with a
description by one who has tested its
efficacy. He says:
use either five or six inch tile, accord
ing to the amount of water to be carried.
Lay the main with the natural flow. if
practicable, and foot deeper than the
laterals. SO as to make the connection on
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-18

The famous leaning tower of Saragossa
is being pulled down at last, after repeated
threatenings, 1t was repaired in 1860, but
had long been pronounced unsafe W.
'New tower" was built in 1904 to hold the
town clock and was a brick construction
of Arabic style.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-18
$500 Reward (!

We win pay the above reward for any ca Sc
OF Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Head.
ache, Indigestion, Constipation or Costive-
Liver Pills, when the directions are strictly
complied with. They are purely vegetable,
and never tan TO give satisfaction. Sugar
coated. Large boxes, containing 30 pills, -
cents. Beware OF cOuntcrieits and limitations
The genuine manufactured only by The JOHN
G: WEST MANUFACTURING COMPANY
CHICAGO, ILL. "a
Sold by all druggists.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-18

kinds of doctor
ing, but very few
know IT, acre is
a singular combi-
nation of several
of those methods
which was discov
cred or invented
by accident, and
has been gaining
in repute for many
years. Yet SO it
is. It's headquar
tiers are at Woris
h f e n, Bavaria,