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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-25
MAINE GOSSIP.

The South Portland plush mill was
quickly done for, that people are s'iii !"
derinv what ii was begun for.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-25

Col John 4. Avery. accompanied by bis
auLt, returned Tuesday to Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-25

Miss Lucy Eveleth went t, Yarmouth
lesiay.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-25

Mr.. Geo. Morrill, has gone to Boston for
treatment for lnre trouble.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-25
chiesse Produce xarkni.

CHIC AGO. Oct. "a
FIOUR--guiet.
FBEAT- closed artive hiyber.-
spring. 6l2 No. zI,d. 6yt.
CORN hrm: No. z. s7i.
OATs-qu'eI.- - No. z. 27is-. No. ref, ~
white, MA. No. white, z.is.
RfE--no .. t5if-.
BABisr-Eo. Z, 5Jas5.
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tkpFf-fGsS -
piss- steady, ti7 50ssis 90.
LAND lower, ti5 I0at IBIS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-25

Mrs. Sumaeer NcCaasIsni nhp re'iies
OF Grant street, Fsr,ainedale, is reported
very i'll and doubts are entertained of his
recovery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-25

An Auburn man has recently beer
,.,,meutips In the raising of peanuts
hi. wear succeeded in producing SIX gu
{, might be possible, that the di'in
await. him or becoming the father OF .
Msine industry.
The Bath Independent relates the
,xperieuee of . genial son OF that cry
recently did the vine exhibits 1t the 20
b;sn Exposition. He vas invited to 81
.rd rave himself most heartily TO the
A. time wore on his countensnee sss'
. rich and rudy hue and the land
"a. greatly improved. HIS IDEAS
| h.c.me enlarged and when invite
| ,urchsse his expenditures were
liberal scale, and .iuce returning
c.se after case of champagne, clAret,
hnrsuudy and liquids Of many other
.ra Of various natioBslities have bee
r,y;ns by freight and express and tn
cure Of our shipping city has conclude
..mplius free . ine IN the Windy City
such = very inexpensive recreation
| R,;,,stou 10 reported to be enjoyi
,urur, Of October may flowers. IT
rertainly been . great autumn, but !
on do not appear to have been equa
trihuted.
i II there 10 one thing that society
men Who have served sentences fof
! h i To sive them every possible 4
asemeuf and assistance to lead sono
i II = To- 4
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-25

Truemsn Sawyer visited in Bangor this
week NJ DR.. W. f. Fellovs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-25

Miss Edith CIry went to Westbrook
uesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-25

Mrs. Geo. E. Sampson and child went to
Boston Monday on q visit
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-25

s.a high school pssssd Sunday q her ba.s
n Bah.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-25

Elmer v. Emerson Of Fairfield has fled
his voluntary petition in insolvency.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-25

criticisms that
meisl career.
nd bis reputa-
I to be nntaf-
seous rethods
ntlemen.
Il the gigantic
,uany hall in
i. I'D, xhieh
he New York
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-25
Daily kenusbss journal.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. IS, 1898.
CALENDAR COMING EVENTS.
Religious.

Religious.
Oct. u 2s-~ysine Conference. Local Prsaehers'
Association al VI. n. church South Leeds.
Oct gt~AHpasl session franklin sunday school
As-aeiatt9u, F1rIniBVton.
Oct. y BSgmefset congregational Conference,
SkowhegaG.
Oct q as Union Congregational Conference.
FryetlUrF
oct h, 9i-Iiancock Congregational Conference.
oct. gi--iiaeoion sunday School Convention,
Haldob0ru,
oet. " Nos. t-Lewiston District Ministerial As
soeiit.ou Brunsstck-
Nov. ! o. krhBsbes Valley EHiyersalist Confer
encs, Richmond.
Temperance.
Oct. "a 10 Annual se.aion Grand Division, Sons
Of Temperance. Cumberland Mills.
Nov. 2-Iiahoock District Good Tempars, Ded-
Nov 4-wala0 District Good Iemplars. Jackson.
Nov. i5-f ork District Good rrmplars, Old or
Nov Il Franklin District Good Tempar., Farm
t,ro' - somerset Dstric, Good Tempisr.. Mad
son.
Educational.
Oct. q 25-oxford County Teachers Convs ntiou.
BrownBeld.
oet II Nov. I-Aanual session Hsnoock Eduea-
iiouAi AssOciat.1n, tAatinc.
Mtsfs ~ ns0us.
DOT. Meeting Of state Pathological Society,
,. care and thoroughness HAS 49,
aa., About = year ago the author and title
-, lovue was completed and is now up to
Since that time work has been pushed
y rit- the suo)sc' ea'"i's"o'
nearing comtl. lin.
To Mr.. Carver fell the task OF RENE
old the library from its quarters under
one .kyhQhts of the old building 10
rfor- n,sa.apt rooms provided for 1t in III
e Of mex. This was a task Of no small III
, at tude. involving. As it did, the handling
and re-arranging of about one hundred
of books.
'o NJ, Carver assumed the duties o
present position December 5th' 1859
'"' by hi, efforts has wonderfully incr
the scope and efficiency of the h'
'a''' He has made it a distributing branch =
sending out of State and other doeur
,gical and has placed it in position to renaer
hall able assistance TO other libraries throu
to he the State. In continuing Mr.. CARY
,wns. IN. position whose duties he has
tiers. performed. Governor CieaVes mas ~
accorded him meiited recognition J.
viyen the State for smother term no
p.',, who ha, proved himself eonspicnon'''
''N iaed for the duties of tile place
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-25

Miss A. +. Nye Of San Francisco. sister
to Ralph Nye. is Waiting Ralph and mother.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-25
HALLOWELL.

George Morse was in the city Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-25

Gsst.uas tsot:5enacss. aires
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-25

d ALTON'S,
!, The Pure Vegetable Medicine.
Mrs. Ida Patterson. q iady rho lires nj
bio. ~. Upioa 81. Belfast, MIine, says;
i'sI must tell what
NATIONS SARSAPARILLA AND
n NERVE TONIC
RS done for me. For n long time I
CID been troubled with sleeplessness. had
NJ appetite and suffered with terrible
: eadaches and at times nervous and
neak. l concluded to try
BALTON'S SARSAPARILLA AND
y NERVE TONIC
for nv troubles. and after using two
bottles. I fully recovered from my Gener-
al Debility. can now sleep as well as Q
child and hare a good appetite. and am
not nervous. consider Daitos's Remedy
The best Nsrre 7oRt- I ever saw. I
with pleasure recommend it to all In
want of Q good preparation
Mrs. IpA PArTKxsoK.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-25

" York have
,fthe iusolent
it, Affairs for
re in open re-
certainly to be
may result in
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-05
BETTER THAN PARIS GREEN.
An Insect Which SlauGhters Potato Bugs
 to the Point of Ixtermination.

An Insect Which Siau@htcrs Potato Bugs
 to the Point of determination.
 At last bug has arrived which is a friend of the farmer. This stranger of the insect world IS not only g friend, but it has begun war of extermina- tion upon the farmers most relentless foe, the potato bug. The debut of this little beast has sent a thrill of joy from one end of Berks county, Pa., to the other. No more paris green to sprinkle upon potato tops, no more poisoned meal to feed the pests, and no more crops devoured in midsummer by the hungry hordes of potato bugs John Rothermel, of Hyde Park, first encountered this noble little ally of the agriculturist and tells Philadel- phia Record man that when he first saw the insect 1t was slaughtcring po- tatO bugs ct the rate of ten a minute. The genial hotel proprietor and farmer had a paris green kettle in his hand at the time. He stopped sprinlz- ling and gazed. Before him was bug of Q species never seen by the Berk people before. It was twice as large as potato bug, of longer and slighter build, and had red wings. This bug would bounce upon a clumsy potato eater, sting it in the neck, and produce a corpse almost instantly. Then Rothermel looked about and saw other creatures of the same kind, and all were killing potato bugs. So fierce and untiring were they in their onslaught that not a living potato bug was left in their path. They piled the ground with little winrows of their slain victims. They went down rows of potato vines and from one row to another with a force that was ire sistible to the potato bug. The lat ter were swept to death before their strange foe as Napoleon's columns cleared the field Of Austerlitz. Since Mir. Rothermel made this important discovery other farmers have seen the new bugs in their fields. They are ab- solute exterminators of potato bugs and, best of all, they do not eat the crop. Farmers not yet visited by these rew allies will colonize them in their potato patches. It is expected that this bug will have the effect of producing big yield of potatoes.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-05
Eas Its Good Points.

In some villages in Japan robbers are tried and convicted by ballot. Whenever q robbery is committed the ruler of the hamlet summons the en- tire male population and requests them to write on slip of paper the name of the person they suspect as having committed the crime. The one receiving the largest number of ballots is declared duly "elected, and is ac- cordingly hung. This system, like all others, has it's peculiar advantages. It insures the punishment of somebody for every crime committed, whereas under the system in vogue in most civ ilized countries in nine cases out of ten no punishment is inflicted on any body for the crime. Of course, they may not "elect" the guilty person, but dispose of some other character equally as bad. There is much in the system to commend it to other nations.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-05
TIE suLTAM's WATCH.
Story Of Trick Performed by Hermann
 EcFore His Majesty.

Before His Majesty.
 'sWhile On board the sultan's yacht" writes Hermann in the North Amer ican Review, T noticed that he had magnificent watch, which he consulted and handled as if it were the apple of his eye. This, of course, was a good thing for me, for, since was perform ing before him personally. it was not etiquette to take anything from the audience. I asked the sultan to take out his watch and show it to me, which he did. I then said: Will your i'm perial majesty allow me to throw the watch overboard?'
 He laughed at first, but second afterwards his brow darkened, and he looked a little bit as if he were of fended with me for making the re- quest.
 "If,' said I, T do not return the watch to you exactly as you give it to me, you can put me in irons for the rest of my life
 ''The sultan looked me in the eye with piercing glance and then handed the watch to me. 1 instantly threw 1t into the ripping waves of the Bos- porus.
 ''The yacht careened over, for every individual, from the cabin boy to the sultan himself, rushed to the side and looked overheard after the watch.
 ''I felt that if anything went wrong with this trick I certainly should be put in irons; but l called for fishing line, and, instead of showing any anxiety, at once proceeded to do lit tie fishing. Everyone looked at me, not so much with astonishmenta as with pure disbelief in my ability to recover the watch, which was not only one of the things in the world the sultan liked, but was worth great deal more than any watch had ever seen.
 ''Fortune favored my fishing, for in a few minutes I drew up a sinner on my hook, and landed it safely on the deck. I brought it before the sultan, took out my poclKetlnife, ripped it open, and presented the watch to his majesty in it's original perfect con dition.
 Turks, as a rule, are not very demonstrative, and I found in after life that to make Turk laugh heartily is impossible. They smile, look pleased, and with their daintily-pointed nails pick their boards; but on this occasion every Turk, from the sultan and his blue-blooded pashas to the sailors in the forecastle, sent up one howl of de- light"
 Mir. Hermann does not tell how the trick was done, but that is his own a ffn ir
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-05
Foot and Fcthonl.

The foot" Is named from the length of that member in full-grown man. Some say it was so called from the length of the foot of a certain English king. but it is believed to have been a standard Of measurement among the ancient Egyptians. The cubit is from the Latin cubitus, an elbow, and is the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger. Fathom is from the Aryan fat, to extend, and denotes the distance from tip to tip of the fingers when the arms of an avcrage-sized man arc fully extended.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-05
A PARROT FURNISHES PROOF.
How 2 Young Iowa Po:ice Officer Induced |.
 YTffe-lEurfIerer to Confess.


 Tife-1Eurderer to Confess.
 ''When I was sheriff out in Iowa I was a spectator of the unexpected manner in which justice sometimes works it's way,'' said Q resident of Kan sas City to Detroit Free Press re- porter. ''There was in GIT little con- munity rather tough citizen. Bill Bun son, who worked occasionally and passed the rest of the time either with the boys or in making life a burden for his poor wife. Everyone thought Bill bad man, but one day when his wife was discovered murdered the entire community was mortified. I was among the first to visit the house. In the sit ting-room where the murder took. place was a parrot, and as we began OUT examination the bird kept repeat ing:
 "'Don't kill me, Bill Think of all have stood! Think of all have been! Don't kill mel
 ''We found Bill in one of the saloons, and, as we supposed, he had an alibi all ready. Three or four 5coundrels were ready to swear he had been play ing cards all night. Well, Bill was ar rested. How were we going to get evidence? There was young man on the police force, who said: Let me talk to Bill and seeif 1 can't get a con- fessiOn out of him. Witnesses were placed near at hand, and the young man entered the cell.
 "'Hello, Billr he said.
 'Hello!' said the other, in surly manner, when are you going to let me out of here?'
 Not very soon.'
 ''What do you mean? You can't prove anything. I've got my wit nesses.'
 "'They are no good, Bill. We have our witnesses.'
 "'I don't believe it.
 "'Yes, sir; and they saw you do the job
 ''The man sprang to his feet with terrible cath.
 "'You lier he said. -
 f'No, I don't lie and can prove it. The witnesses were two tramps, and they looked through the window and saw the job. They are ready to swear to it.
 Bill gave a sneering and profane response.
 Listen to me a moment, Bill, and then see if am lying. I will tell you just how you did it, and just what hap pened.'
 "With that he began his story. He had examined the scene carefully and surmised a great deal. That every de- tail was correct he could tell by the prisoners manner.
 When you raised your knife, Bill, I can tell you the exact words of your wife and just how she acted With that he repeated many words which no one but ap actual spectator could have known. This was done in dramatic manner, and the murderers eyes ex- pressed the most abject fear.
 "'Don't! Doa'tr he shouted. It is true. I killed her. I will make statement of the fact, although I nisy hang
 His statement was taken. When he learned how he had been trapped he went to the gallows with a curse on his lips against those who had con- trived the little scheme"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-05
oEFIED HIS FUTURE QUEEN.
An Island Taller Who Was No Respector
 of Persons.

An Island Taller Who Was No Respectcr
 of Persons.
 Here is little story that is vouched for by a clergyman from England, at present the guest of brother preacher residing in Chicago:
 Princess Victoria, now queen of Eng land, spent some of her youthful days in AngleseY, where she seemed to en- joy herself very much. and she occa- slonally wore the sugar-loaf hat and riding habit, and went among the de scendants Of the old Dru;ls. This was before she took a fancy to the brown heath, and the tartan plaid, and the pibroch of Caledonia. In the neigh borhood of the new palace in Mona. where she and the duchess of Kent were staying, was an old tailor narncd John Jones, who was a local preacher with the Wesloyans.
 Che Saturday afternoon Princess Vie toria had the misfortune, while riding, to tear her riding habit, and on her re- turn to the palace the local tailor was sent for by the house steward. John Jones went and asked for the lord chamberlain" but was told there was no such functlonary at the palace. He, in consequence, returned home. Sun day morning another message came from the palace requesting his imme- diate attention. He sent in reply that he could not go, that he was to preach that morning at Tr2ethccch, and away he went. On the following morning another message came from the palace, and this time he obeved the summons
 Appearing before the house steward. that functionary ,9pea-ed much dis pleased with the old preacher, and asked him angrily why he had TO come when sent for the day before.
 ''I was preaching at Gorsmen chapel. in the morning, sir" replied John Jones, and at Traethcoch in the even ing"
 ''Chapel, indeeGi" said the officer, "preaching, indeed! Do you not know that her royal highness, Princess Vie toria, had sent for you to do some work for her?"
 .'Yes, sir" replied John ''but l don't work on the Sabbath and never shall"
 W Adl, SdAN tiAS SAAlCSls v ou AcAtsSS to do a small job for the future queen of Great Britain?"
 "WeT, said John, ''I am now but a poor tailor of Lionfair, but also ex- pect to be king some d2y in the next world, and it is better for ne to lose the favor of princesses of the world than to forfeit my crown ID the world come''
 The officer laughed and gave John the habit to mend. When the task was finished, the officer i2forrned Jones that the princess and duchess were much pleased with the manner in which he had done the work. and especially with his conduct, anu eE- pressed themselves willing to assist him when necessary
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-05
RAGGED RELICS.
A Strange Custom Of Invalid Wis
 itors to Frances Holy Wells.
Peculiar Practice That Has Grown Ou' of IdOIatrous Beiiefs-Queer Thank Offerings for the RcstOr-
 ation of Health.

The custom of fastening rags, shr, Lssz and such worthless votive offerings to bushes which grew near holy wells and springs which were noted for health-giving properties, though now obsolete, once dourisied in England and Scotland. Near to Newcastle, in the suburb of Benwell, well which was once famous for such gifts still exists The practice is not unknown in ireland. Indeed, says Ant;qUary, it survives in all countries where R0- man Catholicism fourishes, which Is not surprising when 1t is borne in mind that the Romish church had a special prayer for blessing clouts for the cure of diseases At Wierre Elf froy, in France, where the water Of St. Godeleine's well is esteemed efficacious for ague, rheumatism, goUt, and all affections of the limbs, heterogene- ous collection of crutches, bandages, rolls of rag, and other rejected ad iuncts of medical treatment is to be seen hanging upon the surrounding shrubs. These are intended as thank offerings and testimonies of restora- tion. Other springs, famous for cur ing ophthalmia. abound in the same dis trict; and here, too, bandages, shades, guards and rags innumerable are ex- hibited
 Whatever may he :ne cause for keeping up the practice, it's origin was unquestionably veneration for the dead, or desire to render homage to some supernatural power. Whether men tore their clothes, broke their weapons, or rendered their domestic utensils useless, the object vas the same. Thus fragments of ancient pottery, the debris of an African grave or a Manipuri cairn, and the rag which futters upon bush. as well as the candle which gutters before an image of the Virgin, are all links in the chain which connects the dead past with the living present. Tn the good times of old, men yielded to the impulse to make some offering, how trifiing so ever, to the superior powers. as a mark of respect. an act of petition, or an acknowledgment of benefits re- ceived. Travellers far from home, with little about them that could be spared, would bestow some portion of their clothing at sacred spots, as rep resentative of the complete garment. Poor but pious pilgrims, who might have journeyed over half a continent, either as an act of penance, or in search of blessing, might regard even a rag or thread as an acknowledgment of the favor shown, or representative
 Al tomb from whence they expected de- liverance. So, partly from the neces- sities of the case, partly from changes of fashion, and most, perchance, from the disposition of us all to give little for much, rag-bushes, with the whole religious tribe of leaden images, sa- cred hearts, and wax candles, sprang into vogue, So that in religion, as in ordinary life, shams took the place of the real
The St. Johns herald., 1893-10-05
GALLANT FRANCIS I.
How He Reconstructed Ancient Buildings
 Into the Modern Fontainebleau.

How He Reconstructed Ancient Buildings
 Into the Modern Fontainebleau.
 The modern Fontainebleau dates from the gallant knight errant Francis I. A giant among his courtiers, a graceful horscman, an expert wrestler, a deXterous swordsman, Francis was hailed as the glass of fashion and the mirror of chivalry, says the Edinburgh Review. Succeeding to the throne at a moment when the young nobility of France was wearied of the economies of ''Le Bon Roi Louis Douzc," he en- joyed the means as we'll as the oppor- tunity of indulging his love of lavish display. Deeply read in chivalric TO- mances, he had framed to himself an ideal of lznightly king, and, in the opinion of his flatterers, he united the love of glory and highbred courtesy of Roland with the virtues of the most constant of lovers, Armadis de Gaule.
 It was Francis and the brilliant Pleiad of artists whom he gathered around him who were the true creators of the modern Fontainebleau. Every where his salamander appearsupon the WdllS, CCalili5 SAAiNi FFOOIWOAhs CO1l4I4lCl1- orating the victories of the king-to whom had yielded the bear of the Swiss, the eagles of the Germans, the snake of Milan.
 "Ursus atrox, aquilBQue leves, ct tortllis anguis
 Cesserunt famme jam, SalamGndra tuae.
 It was Francis l. who reconstructed the ancient buildings and added ten fold to their extent and decorative splendor. Vast sums of money were expended on the palace which he called mon Eontainebleau," his beloved "Cher Moi" and which was now trans formed from a feudal castle into ia vraie maison des Rois," to quote the words of Napoleon l., ''la demeure des siecles."
 All the forces which had revolution ized society were reflected in the changes effected at Fontainebleau. Italian influences, grace and refine ment of manners, reverence for classic al lantiquity-everything, in short. that inspired the renaissance movement are imprinted on the style and the form of the architecture and the decoration.