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The Van Buren press., 1894-02-10
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The comments overheard in the
crowd at the worlds fair were some
times as interesting as the exhibit it.
self, at least If the observer had love
for human nature in Its odd phases.
One day an old gentleman who found
the Java village very absorbing at
length confded in young man stand
ing near.
cts powerful nice to WATCH" he
said, "but may say should be better
ont If / was trifle better posted. My
1ography's leetle rusty, and it's
truth and fact that don't jestly know
where Java Is. Now where is it?"
"Oh," said the young man, with the
assured quiet Of one who knows, Just
= little way from Mocha"
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1t is not an uncommon thing to suf-
fer from an elongated palate, which
causes great discomfort In various
ways. 1t is inflamed by cold and then
aggravates a persistent cough, it
brings a sense Of oppression in ones
breathing, and it is sure to make itself
felt in long continued talking. Doc
tors are generally 10th to touch it, in
removing what seems superfuous, or
in any application. Perhaps the most
quickly efficacious treatment recon-
mended by them is gargling with alum
water just before brushing the teeth.
This has been known to work a radical
lettering of the distress. Philadelphia
Press,
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Look Out for Mirrors.

Everything is made easy for the lazy
people of the world. For instance,
people who exercise little ingenuity
can enjoy the sights of the street with
out ever stirring from their comforta-
BILE chairs. All that is necessary to do
is to fasten a small mirror sideways on
the window ledge and then lean back
and watch the world pass by. The
same mirror may be SO adjusted in @
second-story window that the person
who rings at the front door can be
recognized before the peal has ceased.
The advantages of this it is unneces-
sary to point out. The remarkable
feature of the matter is the number Of
such mirrors that may be seen in var
ious neighborhoods. 1t is charitable
view of the matter to suppose that in
valids and infirm people are the ones
for whose benefit the mirror show Is
arranged.
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Of our watch, but sleep we must, even
if small, bare legs do come uppermost
in our dreams. Mothers have tried SO
many ways out OF the difficulty, and
there are SO many mothers, that
doubtless my own little plan is not at
all original, but it is good, and that is
better than originality. It is an i'm
provement on the old way Of running
string through the hem of the night
dress and drawing it up, because that
method cramps the feet somewhat and
makes them rebellious and uneasy.
For bit OF q two-year-old, five yards
of outing will make two gowns, aud six
yards will make two for the little four
year-old next in order. There are
grades of outing flannel, but the soft
est, fuzziest is what is needed hero,
and can be Obtained at 1215 cents a
yard. First cut off sleeve lengths for
both little nighties, then halve the
goods left and lay aside one-half Take
the other piece and fold 1t In the mid
die, and proceed to shape the ends.
The shoulders and arm sizes may be
formed with the two ends together, as
they are the same for front and back,
and then the neck may be cut in a shall
low slope behind and deeper curve in
the fropt. Now you are ready to sew up
the sid IS lover and over" stitch the
shouldtr seams and gather the neck
into tile, flat binding. Then cut
the sleeves, rounded little at the top
and with only one perfectly straight
seam inside. The super1luous fullness
is gathered into ruffle at the wrist,
with an elastic run into the top of the
hem so that it may set very close to
the wrists and keep them warm. The
mittens are basted into the sleeves at
the wrists, and if they are to be made
of outing to match the dress you will
need to get little more goods, as the
five or six yards does not allow much
margin even for wee mittens. The
night dress opens behind, and the
opening should extend long way
down as needful convenience, and
be closed with five perfectly fiat, small
buttons.
When the little gown is complete,
IulItcuS dHu I'LL, uilcI0 Is uIc uclCAoo
up against Jack Frost, anyway, and
other defenses are more easily erected
with its aid.
II desired, the sides of the gown may
be gored a little, but the fuller the
folds at the throat the warmer it will
make the dress.
OF course wooden goods may be SUBJ
stituted for the outing, or any other
changes made, provided the bag is loft!
And the bag must be long, way below
the ten little toes, or else the ten little
toes will make strenuous objection.
AS it is, there may be little objection
at first, but when you have instituted
jolly little "sacls-race" to bed, I think
the little folks will come over to your
side in majority.-Annie Hamilton
Donnell, in Country Gentleman.
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WOMAN AND HOME.
BAGGlNG THE BABES.

How to Keep the Little Ones Warm In
Cold Weather-A Device Which Robs
Arctic Nights Their Reconsideration
for Making the Quaint But Useful Lit
tie Gowns.
"I'm going to bring one of my meal
bags in and tie this baby into It'll" l
heard an anxious paterfamilias say, a
little while ago, when he found two
small, fat, bare legs in the ascendancy
again, after many, many attempts to
keep them under the bedclothes. Well,
it wouldn't be a bad idea-only tho
meal-bag might be made of soft,
pretty outing flannel, like the one In
the illustration, and there might be
sleeves.
Most of the mothers in those parts OF
the world that have cold nights know
what it is to be walked suddenly out OF
sound sleep by terrible dread lest
the baby may have thrown off the
clothes again and caught severe cold,
and most of us know the anxious real
ization of our dread when we have
stumbled our sleepy way over to tho
littlesbed.~ 1t is not only the baby, but
his little brothers and sisters, too, who
give us the same anxiety, night after
night, the long, cold winter through,
All the careful tucking In and snug
wrapping will fail sometimes. The
little feet are certain sure" to kick
their way Justify out, in spite OF us.
What are we to do? We blame our.
selves for going to sleep in the middle
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QUEER BOOKKEEPING.

The Primitive, But Accurate. Method Of
. Dakota Landlord.
There are more ways Of keeping 'ac-'
counts than that which prevails in.
business, and which needs ledgers,
cash books and single and double en-
try.
Sometimes, in little country stores,
the proprietors Of which know nothing
about bookkeeping, and probably just
as much about figures, the accounts Of
customers are kept as correctly as they
could be by graduate of q business
college.
An old resident of Dakota recently
told q story illustrative of this print
tive, but accurate, method Of book
keeping.
"There used" he said, ito be man
in Yankton whose system of keeping
accounts was wonderfully efficient.
He kept hotel and he could neither
read nor write. He did not know how
to spell his own name, but he did
thriving business, and collected every
dollar of his accounts.
'Once, years ago, when first came
to this country, l went to his hotel
and stopped there two weeks. When
left he presented me with state
ment of what owed him, and it was a
curiosity. He had copied it from his
ledger. At the top of the sheet there
was the rude picture Of soldier on
the march, and after it three straight
marks. Then there was scene show
ing a man at table eating. Then APP
peared bed with man in it. In the
amount column there was picture of
q doll and after it the two letters RS.
After the picture Of the man eating
there were forty-two marks. After
the view of the man in bed there were
fourteen marks looked Mt the ac-
count, then at the proprietor, and told
him 1t would take me week to an
swer the conundrum. was complete
~ stumped, and when that hotel man
deciphered the account for me 1t was
this:
1.-THE picture Of the soldier walking
meant March, and the three marks
supplied the date, March 8, when be-
gan boarding. The man at the table
with forty-two marks indicated that !
had eaten forty-two meals. The man
in bed with fourteen marks showed
| that I had slept In the house fourteen
nights. The doll with RS after II
meant dollars and in the figure col.
umps appeared the figures IA, which
rs the amount l owed him. And II
"a true bill"
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PUN0ENr PARAGRAPHS.

-Wife-"What are you coming home
at this time in the morning for?' Hus-
Bre'kfush. Detroit Tribune.
why did Ethel Robinson marry
Harold Smithers, I wonderT' "She
admired his monogram. It looks SO
like the dollar sign.-Harper's Bazaar.
-May-'They say Miss Stepley, Of
Chicago, gives a great deal to the
poor" Bell-"What does she give?"
May-"Her old shoes IN. Y. Herald.
-She-"I must ask you to release
me from our engagement. Papa has
failed" He-'U, that's all right
am the man who won all his money"
Indianapolis Journal.
Two of Kind. -Mistress-"Brid-
get, l don't want you to go out this
evening"" Maid-"Nather do PATH
rick, mem; he's coming to say me,
mem. Detroit Free Press.
Too True.-First Girl--"Chape-
rones are more averse to engagements
than any one else, don't you think
SOP" Second Girl-'No; according to
my observations men are. Truth.
-Hicks-"What a curious acting
chap Aberrate is! Sometimes I think
his mind cannot be right" Wicks-
Don't you think it too bad to blame 1t
on his mind?'-Boston Transcript.
II suppose you have been shopping
all day again." said Mr.. Snaggs to his
wife at the supper table. "And sup
pose you have been bucket-shopping
again." retorted she. = Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
-Merchant-'T believe we ought to
get more than fifty cents yard for
that goods ~" Shrewd Clerk
There's just one way to do it."
"How?" 'Cut it up in fragments and
sell it on the remnant COUNTER
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Worse Yet-Bill the Bombthrower
(waiting for the group TO assemble)-
'.There won't be many Of us here to-
night It's rainin' pitchforks. Dyna-
mite e-"Rainin' pitchforks? Great
Scott It's rainin' soapsuds!''-Chicago
Tribune.
NO." said Mrs. Blivens, in reply to
her little daughters beseeching for q
llttio pistcr, uos VIC Sdu aAhoru q ucW
baby" But" persisted the child,
won't the doctor make reduction II
you take twins?"-Pittsburgh Chron-
icle.
--Longwed acknowledgements man
who refuses to take no for an answer
may be blooming bright or he may be
a blanked chump." Neybor-sSpeak-
/ {,,r nj
wed-"Er-I was just thinking Of my
numerous proposals to Mrs. Longwed."
Buffalo Courier.
-"Fangle-"Young Barlow has So
lected his vocation" Cumso-s'What
is his choice?' Fangle-"He has de-
cided to become q poet" Cumso--
Nonsense! What qualifications has
hep Fangle-"He has one very inn
portant qualification. Cumso-''N Name
It." Fangle-"An assured income."-
Harper's Bazaar.
-"What do you think Of this social
istic idea that people should receive
pay in proportion to the effort they put
forth?" Its utterly impracticable.
Why, under such a rule, that girl next
door who is trying to be soprano
singer would be entitled to about u, 900
a day."-Indianapolis Journal.
-Tommy--"I guess you'd better clean
the spots of my Sunday suit to-dayT
Mamma-"Why, dear?" "'Cause Rob-
bic Jones' mother is going to give q big
party tonight" Mamma-"Well. it's
only for ladies and gentlemen" II
know; but she always invites her Sum
day-school class in to eat up the
scraps. Inter Ocean.
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SHE KEPT A VARIED SUPPLY.
No Need for Him to Go to Drug Store
for Poison.

No Need for Him to Go to Drug store
for Poison.
At eight o'clock the other evening .
bareheaded plainly-dressed woman
about forty-five years of age walked
into Grand River avenue drug store
and asked:
HAS man been in here within an
hour and asked for poison?"
mo, ma am," was the reply.
Rather small man, with a red goatee
and freckled faceY'
II don't remember any such man."
'Got squeaky voice, and he'd tell
you that he was tired Of life and longed
for rest?"
mo; no such man has been in here,
ma'am.
"Well, he may come. It's my hus-
band. Every week or two he tries to
bluff me, and when he finds he can't
do 1t he threatens to poison himself.
He went away this morning saying
would never see him again, and that
would read of his death in the evening
papers"
"Yes' m. '--,
you'll know him the minute he
walks in. He'll ask you for arsenic
ten cents worth Of arsenic.''
"Yes'm."
"He'll begin to blow about me while
you are putting it up saying as how
make life miserable and full of woe,
and that he has decided to die"
"Yes'm."
Then he'll begin to shed tears and
claw off and say perhaps ned better
make one more effort to live with me.
and the result will be that he'll walk
out and leave you ten cents out Of
pocket" u
II see. I'll be on watch for sim.,
"Yes, you'd better. He's played that
trick on every druggist within mile
Of here. keep laudanum. and rough.
on rats and strychnine in the house all
the time, besides three or four ropes
stout enough for him to hang himself,
and there's no earthly need Of his beat
ing drug store. He just does it to get
sympathy and have chance to say
that bought four ten-cent novels in
one week."
| II see."
"If he comes, just grab him, turn
him around and lift him outdoors, and
I'll be very much obliged to you, and
| it may help to make better man OF
him. Good evening. Detroit Free
| Rress.
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Rather OVERRIDING II.

II believe in trying to put as good q
face as possible on everything In times
like these, Maria" said Mr.. Billus,
looking again at the bill that had just
been brought in, but it does seem to
me that three dollars and seventy-five
cents for complexion wash in one
month ia putting it ON little too
thickp'-ChicaQo Tribune.
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RIO simple rule the length of the
doyan 4 night, any time Of the year,
,nsv he y scertained by simply doubling
tie time Of the SUMS rising, which will
Give the length OF the night. and
doubling the Tins Of setting will give
the length Of the day. ~--w7.
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a rRusTY GUARDIAN.
Rex Showed Faithful Zeal for His Mao
ter's Property.

More than forty years ago, in 1851.
visited party of friends in the
Bendigo gold-felds in Australia, where
was cordially welcomed. Among the
valued possessions of my friend was an
English mastlff which belonged to one
of the gentlemen.
The good understanding between
myself and the mastiff appeared to
have become SO we'll established dur
ing the evening, that on the next day
left the claim where my friends were
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Ausuors OF the Museum.

.S,.. Is always vulgar" said the
a ans the dime museum. but II
!. s som"t,mes |sany, too"
"Yes?" =. ao.s so,,rd
80. les - h S0, , the wing skeleton ask
iu1 tSs ~ fat LAC ladv II she viii lend him .
couple of bones."-N. \.
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A Rebuff.

Burrows (facetiously paving the way
for q loan)-Say Tom, what would
YOU rather have in al. the world than
NV note for one hundred dollarsP
Tightcash (who Is grumpy - len
rents in cash. Chicago Record.
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of II.
And He Thought Bette.

"If YOU refuse me, Mabel b. w. ~ =.
howled the desperate young ~.
shall offer myself to Mag Scarawa. " ~
"Do, Mr.. MAXWELL" said the prC Y,
maiden, with fierce Joy shining II.
her ewes. IT hate herl''-Chicago Trib-
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Spencer-I don't see how Columbus
ever found time to discover America
Ferguson-Why not?
Spencer-As far as can gather, he
appears to have spent most Of his time
having his picture taken. brooklyn
Life.
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at work, to fetcha kettle Of tea from
the tent, without the least misgiving
as to my reception by him.
"Rex," who was always allowed to
run loose, came forward to meet me.
He allowed me to stroke his head, and,
SO far as I'could see, showed no inter-
est in my movements as l entered the
tent and took drink OF the tea. But
when started to leave the tent, with
the kettle in my hand, imagine my as
constituent when l saw the supposed
friend Rex facing me, and showing his
teeth in very threatening way. Iput
down the kettle, seated myself on the
edge of the campbell, and spoke to
him. He wagged his tail and looked
60 friendly that thought l must have
made mistake about his intentions.
Not at all. The moment l attempted
to leave the tent with the kettle, had
reason to know that Rex's broad gria
was no mere notion, but, on the con-
trary, real sign that he was true to
his trust Us he understood it.
talked to him again, set down the
kettle, and attempted to leave without
it. Still Rex objected. He had his
doubts, and determined to give his
masters the benefit of them. There
was no help for it; l was held prisoner,
and could do nothing but sit down and
wait patiently Tor one Of the party to
come to my relief. No one came until
nearly an hour later, by which time
my long absence had caused my friends
to suspect that I was being held pris-
oner by Rex. bore the dog no grudge
for his faithful zeal, and in few days
found he would let me come and go,
and take whatever Iwished.-C. +. Am
erv in St NicholaS
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HOMEMADE NECKTlE.

A Crusty Bachelor Gives Some Advice ia
the Ladies'.
You women folks who have hus-
bands, brothers or fathers that are
constantly purchasing neckties be-
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IN HIGHWAY HostBuESuts
Pfoprietor-Any one waiting on you
miss?
Miss Hayseed (blushing)-Well, HI
Perkins is kind er purring round. but
he hain't talked business yet.-.-Truths
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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
VERY OBJECTIONABLE.


'Iwish folks wouldn't pat your head. <.
And say: Good little boy' MI
ib'lieve they do 1t Just 70 SEQ
How much they can annoyl
II wish that whom you come about
They wouldn't dlwavs say
That Little pitchers have big esrs;' 4
And motion you AWAY. 80
NJ wish they wouldn't soy: You must
Be seen, but never heard:'
ofa the foolish. silly things,
That is the most absurdi
II wish they somsstmss wouldn't ask [,
How far you've got In school; y
And II you've learned TO read and vritay
As though you were Q fooli y
II wish But it's no use to wish.
When folks don't care o pin
What's going to rilc fellow up
Or what would tickle him."
-Annic L Hannah. In Harpcrs Young People
The Republican journal., 1894-10-25
An increase Of pension has been granite
ID S. A. Shute, Sandy Point,

An increase Of pension has been granted
Il s. a. Shute, Sandy Point.
Sch Little Kate, Capt. Sewall Patterson,
arrived Tuesday from trading trip. Some
anxiety had been felt, as she sailed from here
Oct. 10th, the day Of the big storm The
Little Kate rode out the gale in Orcutt 8
Harhor with two anchors down. Capt Pat
terson had successful trip and is going on
another trading voyage. Tic says there il 10
market now down the hay for apples.
1he annual meeting Of tile Belfast WI u
a. Alliance will be held il tile Congrega-
tional Church parlors, Friday, Nov Ri.
Picnic dinner served at II o'clock, after
which business will be proceeded with and
reports given by delegates to the State con-
vention. All members, and any wishing to
become members Of the Non-partisan W. q.
j. Alliance in Waldo county, are cordially
invited to he present
ACCIDENTS. Mrs Bertha Murphy received
Very painful injury to her left hand While
at work in Jones steam laundry Saturday
morning. She was operating a steam ironer
and got her left hand entangled in the rolls
drawing the hand in to the middle of the
palm. As the rolls We're hot the flesh was
burned badly and was nearly all taken of
the inside OF the fingers and the palm. Tile
bones We're not crushed. ana there are stroug
hopes OF saving the hand. W. Charles Welcl
mad his foot badly jammed While helping to
move press for the Belfast Printing CO.
Tuesday.
The Republican journal., 1894-10-25
500 Reward, $40.

The readers of this paper viii ~ Pleased
70 learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been ale to cure in
all its stages and that il Catarrh Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being "A constitutional disease requires a
constitutional treatment Halls Cat,rrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly up
on the blood and mucous surfaces Of the sys-
tenn, thereby destroying the foundation of
the disease, and giving tile patient strength
by building ~ the constitution ana assist
ing nature IN doing its work The proprie-
tors have w much faith Ill its curative pow-
ers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials
Address, f. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, @.
"a Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Republican journal., 1894-10-25


tee will Ne held at the Supervisors office
next Monday evening.
The W. Z. T. u has appointed commit
tee consisting of Mrs. W. b. Conant, Miss
A. A. Hicks and Mrs. W. b. Decrow to make
arrangements for an evening school the COM
ing winter.
AT its last regular meeting the order Of
Kings Daughters elected the following Of
ticers: President. Mrs. W. B. Decrow vice
president, Mrs j. y. Cottrell, secretary,
Mrs Flva Jewett; treasurer, Miss Lura
Nancy
In taking down the staging from the front
of Hiram Chase 4 Sons store Monday after
noon. a board dropped from the upper stage,
caught On a projecting stick and fell against
and broke ONE " tile plate glass windows in
the StaF4.
The burning IF 1 large brush pile % tic
farm of Porter Cottrel on the back road 70
Searsport. Saturday evening. created con
siderable interest, as il was seen for many
miles. Parties i'll Stockton Springs and even
on The river beyond, also in Brooks, Waldo
and Belmont thought large fire was III
progress III this city, while from here it APP
reared like the burning Of large set Of
buildings near Searsport.
NORTH BELFAST Messrs. Colcord, Went
worth ana McDougall of Searsport held re-
gions services at the church Sunday fore
noon ana afternoon. We are always glaa to
welcome the searspot brethren. The