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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-01

The chance of . lifetime is the last frip
Of the 1siander ON Tuesday, September 5.
when she viIl run. TO Boothbsy and the
hlaads nd outside 70 Popham.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-01

M. and Mrs. John Smiley Of PortlaI
are sitting Miss Gertie Dill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-01

Gilts Stuart of Lewiston was in the city
q few days this week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-01

Mrs. d. F. Fuller and daughter Daisy
vent to Washington Thursday.
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FAM excepr LIGHT RAMS on eossI.

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rain on southern eoast by Friday night
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Stsss Tssm iss toe3.

A JoUxxAL reporter called upon Col.
r. C. Psrringsoa, the general inspsctof Of
rifis practice, to whose untiripg care q The
time and careful instructions in advance
are largely due the credit for the successfsl
issue Of the Dtate shoot and asked III opin-
ion Of the results.
Col. Fasrington expressed himseA - be-
iss "psoudeY than ever Of the Tepsesenta-
tive rnafksmen Of the Maine National
Guard. He said "Tbsy came fully pre-
pared 70 make extraordinary team and in
srContinued on 9Th page.l
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! A.....,s NJ, time 15ftf
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-06-16

- Thu Enaparar and the MANDARIN.
Tie fayoriie horse of the Chinese
Emperor Isl having died through
negligence on tho part of the master
of the horse. the Emperor, in his rage,
would have run that functionary
through with his sword. The Nam
DARN Yeni-se, however, parried the
blow, saying:
aSire, this man is not yet con-
victed of the crime for which he de-
serves 10 die.
'sWel, then, tell him what it is.a
Listen, you scoundrel," said the
Minister, ''lo an enumeration of the
crimes which you have committed.
First. you have allowed horse to
perish which the Emperor had in
trusted 10 your safe keeping. More
over, It is owing to you that our
sovereign became SO exasperated that
he was on tho point of killing you
with his own hand. Lastly, it is your
fault that he was about to disgrace
himself in The eyes of everybody by
killing a man for horse"
'.Let him go" interrupted the En-
peror, who understood the lesson; ii
pardon him. - Tie Monde llustre.
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perhaps, not more than twenty or
thirty words init that l have not already
got, so that my task is now practically
completed.
"Whcn his battery, phonograph and
revolving mirror began TO work, he
says that the ''gli,ter of the mirror
soon attracted a host of chattering
monkeys. l watched them for an
hour, aud then cautiously approached.
They disappeared like magic when
they saw me-all but bne. a chimpan-
zee. When 1 got close to it found
that it took no notice of ME, but stood
as if transfixed, with widely open
eyes and dilated pur;ls, gazing at the
mirror. There was a slight ,remulous
motion Of tie limbs and spasmodic
twitching of the ears. could hardly
believe it. Tie animal was hypno-
tized. 1t was making a cultural sound
like 'achru.' When l subsequently
listened to the gram found that
similar sound was frequently recorded
thereon amid what was then TO me an
unintelligible tumble of monkey chat
Ter. l put the monkey in bamboo
cage, and on examining him about an
hour afterward fonnd him still under
the hypnotic influence. Irevived him
with good. strong sniff of ammonia
aud held a lighted taper before his
eyes. He was quite tractable and said
'achru, and a few more tests satisfied
me that this word embodied the idea
of heat, light, warmth, and brightness.
Other words followed. and it was
wonderful to take note of his awaken
ing intelligence. ."-IChicagO Herald
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A Hyena Suicide.

A remarkable case of attempted
suicide by hyena has como to light.
Last Friday evening as A. L. Holton,
the veteran animal trainer who has
charge of the Robinson mcnagerie,
was passing around among his fierce
pets in the Poplar sir,e ct barn he heard
a peculiar sound as of beast tapping
in the hyena cage, aud it being long
past feeding tine lie set out to inyest-
gate.
He was astonishe, to find that the
handsome striped hyena had cut its
own throat with lis sharp claws and
stood there eagerly tapping up the
blnpsf which flowed in steady stream
from its throat. 1t had bled till The
whole floor of the cage was red. The
rich stream was flowing much faster
than it could be Tapped up, and the
excited beast was becoming weaker
aud weaker, so that it staggered as it
tapped its own life current.
Tearing away the Stats of the cage
Holton grabbed the beast by the hind
legs and in twinkling drew a gunny
sack over its body, combining it. Then
he tied its legs and lastly cut the sack
away from the BEASTS head and dressed
the wound. Luckily the arteries were
not cut and probably the animal will
recover. To prevent the further
laceration of the wound the claws of
the hyena were bound in mnslin,
which was then soakeI IN varnish so
the animal could not tear it away. 1t
was then placed in a small box on q
bed of hay, where, its fierce madness
being soothed, it is now lying more
dead than alive. Mr.. lIollon said to a
Times-Star mal that he believes the
beast deliberately tried to commit sui
eide, as it is very old aud is no doubt
tired of life in the narrow cage. 1t is
a well-known fact that if hyena
scratches leg SO that blood flows it
viii gnaw the leg off and chew at the
stump till it falls dead with the loss of
blood. Probably in scratching its
neck tho animal, in the present III
stance, drew blood, and ,asting it, was
seized with the desire for more. They
are never fed fresh blood, aud the
taste of it turns them into demons.
Only the speedy discovery of Its act
saved its live.-[Cineinnal Times
Star.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-06-16

On the ceiling of one of the rooms
in Sans Souci, the world-renowned
palace of Frederick the Great, is
painted a great spider with its web.
The origin of this strange decoration
is said 10 be as follows: This apart
ment was the great kings breakfast
room and adjoining mis- bed-chamber.
Every morning when his majesty en-
tered the room he was accustomed TO
find a cup of chocolate, but on Que oc-
casion, just as he was about to drink.
lie beihought himself Of something he
had forgotten aud returned to his bed
room. When his majesty again enter.
tered the break fast-room he discover
ed that a great big spider had in the
meantime dropped from the ceiling
Into the cup aud he naturally cried out
for fresh chocolate to be prepared.
The next moment the king was start
led by the report of pistol. No
sooner had the cook received the order
than he blew out his brains. Not be.
cause the king refused the chocolate
did lie do this, but because he had
poisoned the cup and thought himself
discovered. 1t was in remembrance
of this narrow escape that his majesty
ordered the spider with its web TO be
painted on the ceiling.-[The Million.
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low citizens, and it was generally felt
that he was destined in the future to
be man Of great prominence. Neal
Dow was especially interested at this
time in the advocacy by James AD-
pleton Of legislative measures prohib-
lting the making or sale of intoxi-
cants in Maine. In 1897 Mr.. Apple
ton had presented a report to the
Legislature in favor Of these prohibit
tive measures and the cause was
warmly embraced by Neal Dow.
Though he toiled laboriously to have
Mr.. Appleton's resolution embodied
In law, yet his efforts were for a
long time without avail, and it was
in 1851 that he finally was successful.
On the breaking out of the war Mr..
Dow felt it his duty to go to the
front, and December 81, 1861, he
was appointed Colonel of the Thir-
teenth Maine Volunteers, and with
his regiment he joined Gen. Buffers
expedition to New Orleans. Here he
served with great bravery and proved
a military leader of ability and skill.
He was always great friend of Gen.
Butler and upon the latter's death
short time ago he delivered an elo-
quent address in praise Of the great
leader. April y, 1862, Col. Dow was
appointed Brigadier General of Vol
unteers and placed in command of the
forts at the mouth OF the Mississippi
and afterward Of the whole district
Of Florida. The next year in the at
tack on Fort Hudson he was wounded
twice and while lying in a house near
by was taken prisoner. Eight months
If imprisonment at Libby Prison and
Mobile followed, during which he
suffered greatly. He was then ex-
changed and November 80, 1864, he
resigned Gen Dow's military career.
was brave and gallant and such as to
give him national reputation. He
has always been proud Of it and only
last year he delivered a stirring and
patriotic address before the veterans
Of the regiment which he led to the
field.
The passage Of ohe restrictive liq-
uor bill in Maine has not been the only
WI Will lALAs lOn AdN AUllG III
this direction. In 1851, '66 and "a,
he went to England at the invitation
Of the United Kingdom Temper
anee Alliance, and in all the large
cities delivered addresses before en-
thusiastic audiences As the years
have passed on his zeal in this chosen
deld has increased and become even
more ardent By speeches and news
paper articles he has endeavored to
win popular approval of prohibitiye
legislation, and all over this country
and Canada, as well as in England,
has his voice been heard in advocacy
Of his favorite measure.
In 1880 Gen Dow was candidate
for President of the United States on
the ticket Of the Prohihitionists and
received 10, sos votes. He is man
whose influence has been and is wide
ly felt and one who is honored and
respected by all.
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81 was in Sweeden," Mr.. Stewart
said, ''whcn Emperor Dom Pedro of
Brazil paid a visit 10 that country sew
eral years ago. He was not there by
special invitation, but was merely
making a pleasure trip. King Oscar
was out in his country palace. He
came to town, had his palace opened
and sent his carriage to Emperor
Dom Pedro's hotel. The latter was
conveyed al once to the residence of
King Oscar. He remained about TWEEN
ly minutes. Then he was driven back
to his hotel. As soon as the imperial
carriage returned to the palace King
O.car entered it aud was taken to
Dom Podro's hotel. lie remained
twenty minutes. An hour later King
Oscars town house was closed again,
and he was on his way back to his
country residence. The entire eere-
mony did not occupy over two hours. "
-lNew York Press.
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The Huanaco.

The huanaco, which is a small
camel which is widely distributed in
South America, has a peculiar instinct
Of repairing to some lonely, deserted
spot, when seized with tho pangs of
death, and removed from all its
healthy companions, succumbing to
its last sickness in sort of dismal yet
poetic isolation, says the Great Di-
vide. Darwin and Fitzroy have mo-
ticed this strange custom, and Mr.
Hudson dwells at some length on it,
unique suggestions. alt looks, il
fact, he says, "less like an instinc
Of one of tho inferior creatures thar
the superstiiioas observance of humal
beings, who have knowledge of dealt
and believe in continued existenci
after dissolution
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age usually experiences. His life has
been a most interesting one, and has
been allied with activity in various
directions and fraught with far
reaching influences.
Neal Dow was born at Portland,
Me-, in 1904. His family were Quak-
ers and he early received a strong
impress toward the doctrines of that
society, which has Influenced his
whole life. After attending school
in his native place he was sent to the
Quaker Academy at New Bedford,
where he spent several years. He
then returned to Portland, where he
entered into mercantile life. He
soon began to take strong interest
in the affairs of his native town and
in 1899 he was elected chief Of the
Portland Fire Department. He held
no other office for some time, but his
influence was growing among his fel-
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There's calm that comes at evening,
When the weary day is DER,
That's as soothing as the lullaby
Our mothers sang of yore;
And though the day be dreary.
can just forget it all.
In the calm that comes at evening,
When the twilight shadows fall.
l can see my sweetheart's signal
From her waving window blinds;
l can feel her perfumed presence
Waited to me on the Winds
When hush my heart to hear her,
can almost understand
Her sweet welcome in the wimple
OF the wind-waye from her hand.
When she laughs its like the music
or the ripples on the rils,
And her breath is like the fragrance
Ofthe flowers that deck the hills
And though the day be dreary,
l can just forget it all,
In the calm that comes at evening,
When the twilight shadows fall.
Icy Warman, in New York Sun.
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or all the various legal measures
that have been adopted in order to
discourage suicide none has worked
very we'll Since the New York law
was passed but single conviction
has been had under it. This was
twelve years ago, when a man undtS
took to drown himself. He was res,
,ued and was sentenced to Sing Sing,
and he is taeIe yet
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A CRITICAL SHOT.


"herc INC kentucky River cuts III
way 'nrough ''e mis- or mountains
having upon e'tler oank ooId' rugge'
GINS til"' Iiit 'lleir suhinits ooo i'
l'oVO iee' ao0Ve the fiVer' 'nere iiVet
III Tue carrier Gays settler Oy 'h'
name oI Ahoihas "copper" Who' wiz
ms WIG anu ciiliu' charming iittl'
giri Oh some 0 or years OF age occu
pieu ruue Jog caoin at 'ie oase o.
sne o'iiiS' soine"'la' oacS from ING
ri1er'
Inc 'nuian' frequently visited th'
ruue nome OF 'he settler and' being
Always welcomed ana provided witt
such Ioou as was IN the laraer, they
maintained friendly attitude. Is
peeia''y were they tohd OF the child
'ehhie' ana more 'han one pig war
nor hau sat on the grass in front OF
nc oaoih anu listen 10 inc childish
'alN Oh Tue illNe one Or else made her
some 10Y Or playlhlns from willow
wigs or pilant DARK
In this manner sevaral years had
Passeu """y' ana AhoiiiaS cooper hau
come 10 feei as secure as thong h he
were within the walls of a frontier
fort.
One evening Cooper and his wife
were sitting in their doorway when
suddenly shadow fell across the
threshold, and the next moment tail
sHv"se' 'st'ose recnHg s'rpy ana p'ooa-
sho' eyes 'ola 'nat nc was intoxicated,
appeared staggered 10 the log steps
ana threw himself upon them His
ilFst demand was for firewater, which
was OF course refused him on the
ground 'hat there was none in the
mousse Inc indian became cross and
ugly ana aec'ared with oaihs that II
'he liquor was not produced he
would murder tue whole household.
cooper was brave, determined
man. and although he saw the neces-
sity OF the situation, yet he saw he
would be compelled to prevent the
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Gently celebrated
his eighty-ninth
birthday. He is
still hale and.
hearty, and takes
an active part in
sall political move
sments which espe-
cially interest him
self, and is farfroml
showing any of the
-. 81 Il Il
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RI TOBACCO, MARYLAND JUNE IS, 1893.

!
Ii L out of reach of cat or wolf, he
81 led for home TO get his horse and
r&rn and take it homo that very
III l. Taking a near cut he reached
The cbin from the western side where
the nber grew heavy up to within n
fe,i yards Of the building and so he
cou not see the clearing, or what
migk be transpiring there until he
had iassed through the wood. Thus
il is that when within n short dis
tattaof his home he heard wild,
plating scream, but he could only
giie4 That something tcrrible must
bel 3ng place between the screen of
bra .cs, bushes aad leaves. Utter
lnat a5ts suous that his presence
milt sooner be known, Cooper
spi g forward like a deer. a great
fel IN his heart, for he had only too
clhry recognized in that scream the
aanzed cry of his wife.
took but moment for him to
gcl through the intervening timber
and hndergrowth. and as he dashed
oni hto the clearing, holding his rifle
rel for instant use, he comprehend
edTf one swift glance all that had
iaI,u place aud what was further to
fear
Mar the end of the cabin, facing
tho ,if, stood the mother, her face ds
pallilas death, her arms outstretched,
her ges fxed upon the prccipltoused
cliff upon which the figure OF the
Indim was struggling.
..Ay childl My child" was all the
woman said, and Cooper saw that the
lnalle in the Indiap's arms was the
form of their only child, Jennie.
Tie Indian was drawing away and
as he occasionally glanced backward
and downward the parents saw in his
hidaously painted counieuauce the
full purpose that actuated the
abduction.
s.God aid me!' Cooper muttered as
he raised his rifle, glanced through
the sights and touched the trigger.
Tie Indian started violently at the
shot He was hit, but not badly, and
will yell Of triumph he kept toiIiug
upward.
"Foo low by couple of inches,
said a low, calm voice at The settlers
elbow
Cooper started as though he himself
had been shot.
isc,.e syaa ssir rpe. f~e--f Whn
was he? Neither had seen him ap-
proach. But thcrc was no time for an
explanation. The stranger stepped
quickly forward a few PAGES, firmly
planted his left foot IN advance and
threw us an unusually long rife, as
though preparing to fire.
'.For Gods sake, stranger, be care
full of my child" cried Cooper, while
the agonized mother uttered an audi
ole prayer.
"IL's our only chance. Iknow that
Indian" was the short reply, and the
sharp click click of the hammer as ii
was drawn back told that the critical
moment had come.
BY this time the Indian had nearly
reached the SUNNI, of the cliff.
That he was badly wounded became
more evident, as upon broad ledge
of rock he paused moment This
opportunity was Sc ez;d by the un-
known.
Although the Indian had taken the
precaulion to hold the child up in
front of him as shield, covering
nearly the whole of his chest, his head
was left uncovered.
For one second, as it gained its po-
sition. the rifle wavered aud then in-
siantly became immovable, as though
held in wise. With clasped hands
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The earliest library was that Of
Nebuchadnezzar. Every book was s
brick. engraved with cuneiform char
aclers.
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FATHER OF pRoArslrloN.~ .

Gen. Neal Dow's Active and Interesting
Life-A Gallant Soldier.
Gen. Neal Dow, who has been
called the Father Of Prohibition, re-
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The Chilean post office handled last
year 1000, 600 letters and "a, 900, 900
napers. There are SOC nost os5caa.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1893-09-25
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