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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-03-18
ACCOMMODATION TRAINS.

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Through tickets 30 Cal;.oruis and sill points
sceth ard Wee. may De had of y. Ii. " aLses
bcss. sgeat. AHEasta, t,se only Office IN AnSas.a
selling via all rostes aud checking baggage nef OF
expense.
PAYSoS TUCKER, Vice Pres. 4 Gsnl Manager
,. E. sooTHBy. Gen'i PISS. and Ticket Asf-
Portland Dee g. tSys
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oiPriyats and Special Laws of iss.. ressi ns
To Norway naniely,si eear..
To extend tAe charter OF the Norridgewock
ayl,gt proprietoss.
To authorize the Richards Paper Co., 10 issue
preferred stock.
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Fifty eight Years OF Success
The Marvellous Discovery

last became recognized standard rcined! sid .
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Couge-ions. Intan nato and Con ainpt,oa' ia
fhe world.
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'iois, Lirer Complaint and Dyspepsia ppa.ied zee
application. Dr. J, II. ScteEck = Son, Fat'n
deiDhn, Pa. nov 7eNdswnr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-03-18

electric works Tor the parpescs of iiSh,ia.
its streets.
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MAINE LEGISLATURE.
sixTY.sNrR SESSION.
SENATE.
FRIDAY, March Il. 1898.

FRIDAY, Mareh Il. 1898.
The Senate was called to order by the
President.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Cochran of Hal
lowell.
Journal of yesterday read and approved
Papers from the House passed in concur
renee.
bills READ AND ASSIGNED.
An act additional TO chap. 3s9 of the
Private and Special Laws OF 1850. entitled
an act to incorporate the city of Calsis.
An act to incorporate the Cape Elizabeth
Home for Aged Women.
An act TO incorporate the Atlantic Shore
Line Electric Railroad Co., and TO authorize
the construction Of sane across tide waters,
was laid on the table on motion of Mr. Hill
of kennebec pending its second reading.
An act to amend chap. 23i, sec 5, of the
Private and SPECIAL Laws of 1873, entitled
an act TO incorporate the West Branch
Ma,taw amkeag Canal Co.
On motion of Mr.. THATCHER of Penobscot
thi, bill was read second time and passed
to be engrossed under suspension of the
rules.
An act to prohibit the setting of lobster
traps within certain limits.
An act to amend secs. -, - ard -.
chap 2, Revised Statutes, relating to the
State librarian; also to amend chap. rs.
Revised Statutes. as amended by chap. l>9
of the Public Laws of Iss9, relating TO the
salary of the librarian. also 10 define and
increase the duties nf the State librarian
and to provide for an assistant.
PAPERS IRON THE HousE.
An act amenia.ory to chap. 20 OF the
Private and Special Laws of 1881, entitled
an act additional 10 an act entitled an act
to incorporate the Sebois Dam Co., came
from the House with amendment b, and
the Senate adopted the amendment in con-
currsnce and passed the bill to be eugrossed
as amended.
Contract for State printing with Burleigh
< Fiynt of Augusta was accepted in con-
currence.
Contract for State binding with Smith
and Reid of Augusta was accepted i'll con-
currencc.
Majority and minority reports on bill an
act TO establish board of police for the
city of Biddeford came from the House and
majority report was accepted in concur
renee.
On motion of Mr. Spofford of Hancock
the matter was laid on the table pending the
first reading of the bill.
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AN ACT.
TO amend sec. "A, chap, 81, Revised statutes re
latins to crossings.
To amend sec. , OF chap. - of the Public Laws
of lss7 relating 10 schools.
To amend sec. Il of chap. 40 of tn" Revised
Statutes, relating 10 the protection of salmon,
shad and other migratory fish AT certain points
on the Penobscut and henncbec rivers
To amend sec. y of chap. liG Of the Rev ise'i
Statutes relating to the regulation of fees aud
costs
To amend sec. ~, chap. 3, Revised Statutes, re
latiDg TO powers of towns
To amend chap. %, Public Laws of ls9l relating
to attendance by clerk Of courts OF kenncbtc
unity.
10 amend secs. Is and 20, chap. Is. Revised stat
utes, relating to corporations, "a amended bf
chap. -. Public Laws Of lsJi.
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By Mr.. Boothbsy Of Saco-BilI an act to
authorize the city Of Saeo to construct
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
POPULAR SCIENCE NOTES.

MOISTURE FROM FOLIAGE. Roots draw
enormous quantities Of moisture from the
soil, and by this means it is discharged
into the atmosphere. For example, the
common sunflower was found to exhale
twelve ounces of water in twelve hours,
and an oak tree with an estimated num-
Der of 700, 900 leaves would in the same
way give off something like 700 tons Of
water during the five months it carries
its foliage.
An AIR FLOWER WITHOUT LEAVES
1t is said that one Of the strangest botan-
ical curiosities in the world is the Won
der-Wonder flower, found in the Ma
layan Peninsula. 1t is simply a blossom
without leaves, vine or stem, and grows
as parasite on decayed wood. This
extraordinary flower is something like a
yard in diameter, and has n globular
cup in the middle with a capacity of five
or six quarts. The cup distils fetid
liquid. which smells like decayed meat.
Botanists think that this odor is cacu-
lated to attract flies and secure proper
fertilization.
EDISON AND TELEGRApHY. The du-
plex and quadruplex systems of tele-
grapby begun by Mr.. Edison in 1869,
and finished after six years of work,
have saved in America alone the enor-
nous sum Of $1j,000,000 BY the du-
plex system two currents of different
degrees OF strength were sent ever the
wire in the same direction, thus doubling
its efficiency, while the quadruplex ar
rangement became possible when il was
discovered that these two currents could
be sent in opposite directions at the same
time, thus enabling one wire to transmit
four simultaneous m essages. Not salts
fed with this, Mr.. Edison is confident
of attaining sextupal and octuplex sys-
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
NEsCIED RY A DOC.

A good story is told in Dumb Animals
of red Irish setter dog belonging to a
Washington gentleman. The dog, how
ever, lives on Penobscot Bay all the year
round, in charge Of a fisherman. Not
long ago the dog, whose name is Pat,
rescued no fewer than seven persons
from fishing smack that had been
thrown on reef in heavy gale. The
smack was wedged on one OF the reefs
on Great Spoon Island, about two hun
dred feet from the shore. The men
hoisted signals Of distress, and were in
momentary danger of being swept away.
Tremendous waves were running, and
the crowd Of excited fishermen on shore
attempt a rescue, as no ooat in their
possession could live in that sea. Sud
denly the one who had in his care the
dog Pat bethought him that the dog had
been taught TO not only retrieve, but 10
tow boats from one point TO another,
and often when boat would get adrift
he would be sent for it, and he would
run his nose under the painter until be
would come 10 the end OF it, and he
would take it in his teeth and fetch the
boat 10 shore
Pat was at once called. A long cod
line was attached TO piece Of lath and
flung as far as possible into the water.
Pat promptly sprang in, swan to it,
and brought IL 10 the shore. Several
times he repeated the performance. The
fishermen were in despair. The waves
were splashing % high they could not
direct the dogs attention TO the men on
the reef. Finally Pat seemed to com
prehend that there was something more
serious on hand than he at first thought
lie raised his head and looked intently
over the water. His eye caught sight
OF the boat with it's signal Of distress
and the waves dashing over IL.
When the lath with the cod line at
tsched was again thrown into the water
Pat at once sprang after il, took the
lath in his teeth, and instead OF turning
TO the shore, struck out through the
roaring surf 10 the reef Many times he
was buried under the waves, but after
a few minutes Of intense suspense he was
seen from the shore clambering up the
side Of the reef, and great shout went
up ss the imperilled sailors took hold OF
him and lifted him into the boat. in an
almost exhausted condition. In brief
time q strong rope was attached TO the
cod-line. The men on shore were sig
nailed 10 haul away. the rope was made
fast 10 the reef and the shore, and one
by one the men passed hand over hand
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14

Artificial india rubber from cotton seed
oil is one of the latest industrial products,
and claimed TO possess commercial adapta-
tions of peculiar practical value. The
manufacture involves process not yet
given out to the public by the discoverer,
who states that while experimenting
with cottonseed oil to produce varnish
for paintings, he obtained substance
entirely foreign to its makeup and prop
critics To what was sought-not varnish,
but rubber. So simple is the process,
rs alleged, that il is not within the pro
lection of patent-the only safeguard
being, therefore, in the secrecy OF the
process, 10y the use OF which, it is as.
serted, only fifteen per cent. is required
of the genuine rubber to produce an
article which can in no way be dis.
tinguished from the ordinary crude india
rubber, il is said, even by experts in the
handling of the latter article. Arrange
ments have been made for its extensive
manufacture, and it's application to the
various purposes SO long peculiar to the
natural material. = New York sun.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
AROUND THE HOUSE.

To clean plush invert hot flat iron,
place upon it single thickness OF wet
cotton cloth, lay the plush upon the
cloth with the wrong side downward,
and rub gently with dry cloth until
the pile is raised; then take the plush
from the iron, lay it on a table and
brush with soft brush.
Various methods OF cleansing blankets
appear in the newspapers with pcriodi-
cal regularity, among them the following
has the merit Of being probably the least
taxing to the physical strength and the
most economical OF any and at the same
time equal to any in efficacy. Pour into
the tub half pint Of common household
ammonia, laying the blanket lightly
over it aud Immediately pour in enough
warm water TO entirely cover the blanket.
This sends the fumes OF the ammonia
through the fibres Of the wool and loosens
the dirt in way which seems little short
Of marvellous. The blankets should then
be pressed and stirred about with stick
till the water seems 10 have acquired its
darkest hue, when a second tub OF clear
water Of about the same temperature as
the first should be used in the same way,
after which the blankets should be run
lightly through the wringer and hung out
To dry
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
Biggest OIL Tank Anoat.

a brand-new oil tank steamship, the
biggest in the world, arrived at this port
Yesterday and was towed 10 the Bayonne
oil docks Of the Standard Oil Company
TO load She is the Batoum, under the
command OF Capt. Luckhanl She comes
from Hamburg, and made the trip over
ia IL days hours. She Is Of 4 4,0j3 tons
burden, and will carry 2, 700, 600 gallons
of oil, or 10000 barrels in bulk. This
is $1,000 gallons more than the next
largest vessel Of her class s1oat She
was built by Lang Of Sunderland, and
cost 100000.
She differs from most tank steamers in
having her tunnels and engines amid
ship instead OF aft, and is fitted up
handsomely and supplied throughout
with electric lights. Her masthead light
was seen twenty miles away by the pilot
lie boarded her $50 miles out. Her bull
IL divided into eight oil compartments,
aud she has an eight-foot high tunnel
running aft the whole length OF her shaft
inside The vessel. This Is also lighted
by electricity, and enables the engineer
TO examine the shaft at all times. She
carries a crew OF foty-two men, aud
draws eighteen feet light and twenty
seven feet loaded. Il will take sir tugs
10 take her out loaded. New York Sun.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
FEMALES AND FASHIONS.

A recent visitor to Samoa tells Of n
famous village beauty in that remote
region, whose headdress is thus de-
scribed: Round her forehead was q
band of small pieces of nautilus shell {;
above lowered mass of human hair
that had been bleached for months in a
marsh, with scraps of looking glass
arranged in front, the whole surmounted
with trail Of red humming birds
feathers"
DR.. Drummond, in his book of African
travel. makes mention of the chieitain's
daughter, whose hair, heavily creased
with ground-nut oil, was made up into
small. sized balls, like black currants,
and then divided into patterns -dia.
monds, circles. and parterres, designed
with the skill of landscape gardener
Both these arrangements" would, in
the eyes OF Regent Street artists and
connoisseurs, be probably regarded as
savage monstrosities, but it is to be
doubted whether they are not utterly
surpassed by the goldfnch and canary
arrangement, by kingfisher's wing
crowned with red shivering glass and
sham Jewels, both in tawdry insolence
and depravity of taste What is called
"barbarous" il found among savages
may, after all, be the very height Of
fashion in Mayfair, though the cheap
fnery of the Samoan or African belle
is marked neither by cruelty TO the
victim nor by gain to the artist The
Edinburgh Review.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
RINGLETs THREATENED AGAIN.

Ringlets belong strictly to the senti-
mental period of the worlds history,
and the practical women of to-day would
hardly know what to do with them.
They are founded on the theory that the
hair of all pretty girls curled naturally,
and that after the morning bath they
had only to shake their bright tresses in
order to produce whole crop of ring
lets, all arranged in the most picturesque
and pleasing order. This was the theory.
In practice there were curl papers,
curling tongs, curling fluids and many
kindred devices, all of which together
were far from suiiicing to keep the ring
let's in curl. 1t was the daily dread Of
the fashionable woman that the crisp
corkscrew of her curls should fail her
and turn into limp, abject forlornness,
in which the ends dropped down in
raggedness and the spirals above became
attenuated and unduly long. .-tCommer-
cial Advertiser.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
INFORMATION ABOUT pERFrMEs.

1t is no longer good form to scent the
handkerchief. Lace, neckwear, rutfies,
cuff and collar bands, bonnet lining,
and, in fact, almost allsarticles of dress
are sprayed, with the exception of the
handkerchief. A faint, sweet odor, that
is gone as soon as it is perceived, is the
refinement of art in perfumery. The use
of strong, assertive and pervading per
fumes is the quintessence of vulgarity.
One ounce of sandalwood powder
with ten grains of pine musk will make
dozen sachet bags. Sft the powder
well so as to scatter the musk use white
cotton aud any loosely woven muslin or
silk; the ends of the bags or rolls may
be tied, and there you have scent for a
lifetime that will cling to the trunk,
bureau drawer, linen or letter case like
the distilled roses in the poets shattered
vase. 81 New York Advertiser.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
.GENERoUs INDIAN BoYs.

Last year Rev +. X. Young visited
his former mission field among the
Hudson Bay Indians, and took along,
as presents for the boys, many pocket
knives. To induce them to learn TO sing
he offered a half.dozen Of these to the
six best singers among the lads; and a
day was set for the trial. Among the
prizes was one four bladed knife, better
aud far more costly than the others,
though all were good.
Forty boys entered the trial; but one
by one they dropped out, until only six
remained. These sang so well that the
judges could not decide which should
have the highest prize. Though they
tried again and again there was no de-
eision.
One of the six was a cripple, weak
and almost helpless. In the days Of
savage life he would not have been
allowed to live, but his parents were
Christians, and poor Jimmy had been
tenderly nursed by his mother, and
cared for by his father, so that he re-
garded himself equal TO other boys,
except in physical sports.
After number of trials, in which none
OF the six proved himself better than the
others as a singer, one asked Mr.. Young
if he might speak. Given permission,
he said
Missionary, we five" pointing to all
but Jimmy, 'are well and strong. But
Jimmy is cripple. He cannot help it.
He cannot run through the woods, nor
swim, nor skate, nor share in our sports
While we are away emust stay at home.
But he can whittle; and he likes TO
make bows and arrows; and his are
better than ours So, If you will, please
give Jimmy the best knife, the one with
four blades; and we will be glad to have
one apiece OF the others"
The best prize was handed to the
cripple boy. Jimmy took it in silence
but his eyes, turned toward his com
panions, told more than words could
that he was thankful. -LIIarper's Young
People
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
FASHIONS IN SKIRTS.

Skirts of street dresses are made the
same length all around, and SO escape
the ground without the troublesome
lifting to which we have grown so ac-
customed. All skirts except serge and
other strictly tailor made suits have
some sort of trimming on them, which
may be simple or elaborate, according
to the material and style of the gown.
The double and TIE triple skirt are
growing in favor, and give some indi-
cations of the advent of draPery before
many months roll by. When they are
used each one is trimmed more or less
elaborately, and the effect is very stylish
on tall person. Short women, though,
should beware of their seductions, as
they only intensity any lack of height
and, happily, there are plenty of other
pretty and stylish models to follow
(Demorest.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
SEVEN TINES EIGHT.

'Master Brooks, seven times eight are
how manyi" asked Miss Ingalls,, and
then some one knocked aud she went 10
the door
Tommy Brooks arithmetic lay upon
his desk and looked so tempting. lie
did want TO tell his mamma that he had
not failed once, and he would only have
to open the book, for he knew just where
to look for the multiplication table.
How should he feel when his mamma
kissed him when he came home and
said, ''l am very glad my boy studied
and was perfect"
He was sure he e.uld not look right
into her eyes when she said il.
"Oh," thought he, how | wish Miss
ingalls, would come back. am sure
shall open the book if she doesn't come
soon.n
When Miss ingalls, came she repeated
her question, but Tommy could not think
OF the right answer and had TO sit down
Stay after school and write the table
of sevens five times on your slate, and
recite IL to me, and be ready TO have me
skip round in itp
Tommy didn't have time to spin his
top that noon. bet somehow he felt very
light-hearted and whistled cheerily all
the way home. - Picayune.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14

In q paper read recently before the
Royal Geographical Society on the high
lanGs OF Borneo, in the Indian archipel-
ago, Charles Hose gave an account of
how the native mothers stick huge rings
through their daughters ears at the ngc
Of eight months only, eventually increas-
ing them to the weight of two pounds
each. by the time that n girl has come
to maturity her ears, thus weighed down,
reach almost TO her elbows, and Mr..
Hose has seen one woman put her head
through one OF these elongated earlobcs.
In the south of Italy long and heavy ear
rings are worn, though not approaching
those Of Borneo. Il London lid Bits.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
LAYENDER's RETURN.

That the perfumes of past days are
returning to favor with other old fashions
is manifested by the extent of an enter
prise vigorously carried on in little
English country town not far from
London. During the lavender harvest
there an army Of men are at work cut
ting the stiff, hard stalks with sickles,
gathering them into large bundles and
putting them into sacks TO be sent 10
the distilleTies 10 be manufactured into
soap, lavender water and other toilet
luxuries. Our great grandmo,hers used
to garner stores of these scented blossoms
and stow them away in bags to perfume
their linen presses, also for the more
prosaic use OF routing the destructive
moth.
Lavender should be thoroughly dried
and the blossoms separated from the
stalks before putting IL into sachet bags.
For linen closets white muslin bags,
tied at the neck with lavender ribbon,
are simple and easily made. For bureau
drawers lavender chiffon sschet sacks
are very dainty. Torpedoes are very
pretty, too-thosc little arrangements
where the flower heads are placed inside
a case made Of the stalks. with ribbons
threaded in and out Of them, and the
perfume passing throughit. II, in time,
the lavender perfume becomes dull q
good shaking Of the bags on. the stalks
will make IL return s sweet as at first.
Lavender stalks, properly dried. can
be used as the Japanese use incense. II
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
Endurance Of the sepoys.

A Sepoy regiment will walk Euro
pean regiment to death, and do il on
food which their competitors would
pronounce wholly insufficient to sustain
vigorous life. A regular Hindustsnee
carrier with a weight Of eighty pounds
OH his shoulders carried, Of course, in
two divisions, hung on his neck by a
yoke-will, IL properly paid, lops along
over 100 miles in twenty-four hours. a
feat which would exhaust any but the
best trained English ruuner.-lLondon
Spectator.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
A Erightful Calamity Avcrted.

A gang OF men were at work near a
row of New York tenement houses.
breaking up old scrap iron. The super
intendent of the yard stepped out of his
Office and started down to have look
at the load of iron which had just been
brought in. lie arrived just in time to
see the men with their cutters raised,
ready to bring them down on dynamite
bomb. 1t weighed some seventy.iive
pounds. and was the kind used in blast
ing. The superintendent yelled, the
men stopped, and the destruction of the
ncighborhood was thus averted. 80 Chi
cago Herald.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-14
Electricity In Household ECONOMY.

We use it TO convey speech or sound
over long distances. Experts assert that
il will be used 10 transmit light, and
some claim thought. These may be
dreams OF theorists, but the fact is with
us, that it can be utilized with us fof
household work. A resident Of Brook.
lyn, n. Y, has dispensed with GOAL en-
tirely, and household operations are now
performed by electricity The house is
lighted by electricity, warmed 10y electric
heaters, and cooled in the summer by
electric fans; the cooling Is done aud all
water heated by electricity; the work Of
ironing is rendered easy by electric irons.
Electric motors are employed for running
tho sewing machine, and in laundry OPP
crations.
Great things may be anticipated dur
ing the next few years as the outcome OF
the use of electricity. Let us, therefore,
keep our digestive powers in trim; take
plenty of sleep, work regularly and DO
prepared to enjoy the blessings in store.
II American Grocer.
A black bear that weighed 400 pounds was
hi Il near Shaftsbury, w., tho other day.