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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-16
Replenishinr a Wardrobe.

She (coaxingly)-Yo our little wiley is very
anxious to see her mother again.
He-Yes, of course-er-very natural
She-I cannot go to visit her. you know
without complete new travelling outfit,
and few new dresses for extra occasions.
but if you feel very poor, my love, can
stay at home and have mother come here,
you know.
= He-Po Nonsense. I'm making mon
ev right along. Here's a check.-New
York Weekly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-16

As the train stopped at small TORN in
Virginia the railbag WIS thrown to a
negro boy OF periara u years. who start
OF at II brisk run 10 the pos;oliicr But
larger boy, turning II corner. suddenly
,an into the nail carrier ard overturned.
him. As soon as he recovered himself be
turned upon the uggressor. "Lonk
a-henh.' he exclaimed, "you wants TO lie
kecrful Of dis chile. When you knocl; me
down. yeu jars tewhole gov'Inent Of the
United Stctcs. ] safrics &c nailn'-San
Francisco Argonant.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-16
rx.pres rarri.un's Second lcclu e.

san ,rosE, Cal, March l5.-Expresi-
l-nt lisrrisoa Delivered the second ut his
leciures or ronst!tesiensl Law at the l. land
Sjanf r cs,.vsfsigy At Pa,o Ate, Wrdnes-
lay afternoon. lie took for his iIhj jet
"A hi. cas.ion of tae Colo sial Chart rs and
,,,u m s.ions.'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-16

At some very swell diIiier parties given
this season the table is curiously ornament
ed with wide ribbons These are Of satin,
in white. and stretch from the center TO
fall over the edge BIZ each plate Here they
are inscribed in tiny gilt letters with a
aame--that OF the person occupying that
particular spot. They serve instead of the
aaine card ard are much more decorative.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-16
A TRUE HEAT ENGINE.

comes the lighter and is overbalanced by
the upper one, which falls in its turn until
sufficient wax is melted to allow it to rise
pgain, and thus u reciprocatiDg or seesaw
motion is produced, which continues as
long as the candle burns. 4 couple Of
cardboard figures may be attached to the
candle to render the experiment more en-
'ertaining. or by connecting the candle
with light wire 10 paper wheel the re-
e,procating motion may he changed im.o a
rotary one, the same as in an ordinary tn
si.ic
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-16
A Candle Motor,

The curious little device here illustrated
is called by Popular Science News a true
heat engine, although an expensive and i'm.
practicable one An ordinary wax or par
ATTN candle is balanced on two glasses by
means of two pins thrust into it at right
angles. The ends of the candle ar> pre-
viously whitfield down so that the wick is
exposed.
If both ends Of the candle are lighted, the
wax at the lower end. being more exposed
to the action of the flame, will melt faster
md drop into the plate placed beneath 10
'eceive it. AS it melts away that side be-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-16

Workers in the Gaylord mine at WllSes-
barre, Pa, found another boly at an early
hour Thur day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-16
ACCOMMODATION TRAINS.
AuCusrA TO SOUTH GARDINER.

ruL Tally, Sundays included. z run Sundays only.
Through tickets to California md all points
'outh and West may be had of y. II. Walker.
ticket agent, Augusta, the only ofnceln Augusta
selling via all routes and checking baggage
rec of expense.
PAYsoN TUCKER. Vice Pres. GenH Mgr.
FEE. BoorHBY. Gcnr Pass. 4 Ticket Ag't.
Portland. Nov. goth. 1929.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-07-13

A story is told of gentleman in the
Kings county, ENGLAND, who died oaly
the other day full of years and hon
ors. When Mr. Mooney of 1.-The doom"
paid his first visit to London very long
ago-perhaps in the forties--he found
himself with chcczbool,, but no cash;
and to put an end to the situation he
turned into we'll known bank, filed
up n check. and presented it to the
cashier. who told him that he woul1
be delighted to pay il If p-o periy in
dorscd. or if he were vouclcl for by
one of their clients. This colll rot
be done ofhani, and Mr.. Mooney,
who was quite parsonage in his coun-
ty. representing a fair estate aad
a good family, added: Bat I'm Noon
cy Of the Doon!" However. the cash
Ter. who in his way was wit. regret
ted that he did not know such gentle
man. and that even if he were ''Dooney
of the Noon" he could not comply with
his request.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-07-13
Oct of His Element

A rather vulgar parsonage, who had
been created marquis a few months
previous to this story, managed to get
himself invited to court ball in Italy.
The new-Hedged marquis could not
contain himself for JOY. and exhaled
proud satisfaction at every pore. Cast
ing an Olyrnpian glance around the
room. he CHANGED to SPY among the
ladies the tall. angular tgure Of an
elderly raatrol, with comp e5Te1 lips,
as thou-h AFRAID Of vlstin', her breath,
and as Ian as lati Sac was lean
inT on tie arm of 4 Young gentleman.
who is tAat na1ay--oar?" said the
noble lord to a gcntleral who was
standing beside him. And tie latter
replied with a knowing smile: That
nanny-goat is the enbassadress of
S., the mother of the kid WAC is Civ
ing her his arm, AMI the wife of the old
buck who has the honor of speaking
with your excellcncy."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-07-13
Sailors, snnerxtifions.

The superstitions of actors would fill
a-boox and so also would those of sail
ara. But this, says the Boston Home
,1ournaI, has affected the amateur
rnchtmen, who are men Of education
S:,d who might be expected to laugh
- n. Notice the names of crack racers
"a hate years. and it will be seen that
<h6e mystic seven has entered most
|ISrrcly into their selection. In 1891
|<1,s adams boys" as they are called,
sd Q boat called the Beatrix (notice
.<ke seven letters) which was very sue
|IeSefrl. She was altered and renamed
~ Harpoon. which, in addition to the
Even letters, had n lucky 90. The
vpAoon had the lucky seven letters
a the lucky DO, and was eminently
ecessful, therefore. 1t is also lucky
have double consonants in the mid
Of the name. The Gossoon, a cut
owned by the Ada,as boys, won all
faces in her class in 1890. and in
1ors year these same yachtmen
belled word for the sake of gain
- lucky combination. and called
= the Babboon-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-07-13
Tbawinc Out a Field.

So much trouble has rarely been
taken to prepare athletic grounds for a
match as at Cardiff not long ago. The
occasion was football match for the
championship of England and Wales.
Two hundred braziers or perforated
Gre buckets were Est mp on the field,
aud bonSres were kindled in many
tarts Of IL. the flames being kept going
I'll the frost was ths&ed out OF the
@<vhnd Then the Geld was covered
b ssvsw a. re<sjn me 7t~a4- and tust
:hs fslss pat @g
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-07-13
SAVINGS BANKS FOR STAMPS.
To Ee introduced Into the Boston Public
Schools ye-y Shcrsly.

To Ee introduced Into the Boston Public
Schools ye-y Shcrsly.
e Is proposed to introduce stamp
savings banks" in the Boston public
schools. From various Offices colored
stamps of six denominations and stamp
cards will be obtGined To each per-
son wishing to become dcpositor the
local treasurer gives him stamp card
and sells him as many stamps as he has
money for. These stamps must be
pasted on the card. The card. when
full. win probably contain about five
dollars.
As soon as the child has stamps for
that sum the money Is taken and de-
posted for him in some savings bank
that he may designate. The five dol
lars once derosited he begins again,
and the small sum grows to larger
one under his hands. If he wishes to
Withdraw he presents his card and
draws all that is on it. Then if he has
- money than he cares to use he
Tor another card and redeposits
snce.
us method all bookkeeping IL
the child always knows just
n be has, and the local tteas-
tell in thu san,a 0n1n<. 4
loser TIA - - y
money. OF, ot1
~ <lat car
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-07-13

In q certain western town, according
TO Texas Siftings. the clergy of the va
rious religious sects were very tolerant
toward each other. On the occasion Of
the Jewish rabbits silva I've
invited the Protestant
also the Catholic prizes
erend clergymen We
good cheer set before Il
priest said to the rabt
you are a very iberasy
man: but could you brf
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-08-10
AT TH' END O. tn ROAD.

was born way back at III end O. tn road
.Here my remembrance Of things hrst
An .4lere lived. pl,yed, worked an growed,
Jes natural like an ies because
I lived
At tn I'D o. tn road
At tn end O. tn r. ID twas much tn same
This day or tha;-except twas play
When up from tn turnpike some one came.
An jes as long they happened TO stay
At tn end o tn road
II straysd away was glad to get home
To th little red house, where mother an dad
An had q little world all our own,
An jes as good us anyone had
At tn end O. the road
From my attic window I've looked amazed
Hour after hour at tn turnpike's line,
A yellowish streak till grew dazed,
wondering where an in what long time
AT tn end o. tn road.
For where did they come from. tn folks that
went
Jogging along tn old turnpikei
An most all strangers that hadn't net;
An over tn hills-what was 1t like,
At tn end O. tn road?
One day me an ma an dad
Started of with tn old gray mare
On tn longest ride I'd ever had,
An twas almost night when We got there,
thought,
At tn end o. tn road
whan got next dav an see
The road still winding. winding down,
Twas tn biggest world, It seemed to me,
From where tn end was. through our town
Up home,
At tn end o. tn road.
I've travelled that road now many year.
An I've found some good an found some
bod;
Some up hill an down, an I'm not clear
II Will be sorry or will be glad
To get
At tn end o. tn road.
Walter n Hazeltine, In Good Housekeep-
ing
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-08-10
The Quality of Cheese,

The quality of cheese will vary ae-
cording to the quality Of the milk
from which it is made. and proper,
tionately to the amount of fat present
In that milk. The fat is the constitus
ent which most affects the quality OF
the cheese, hence it is not possible TO
expect the same quality of cheese to bS
made from large quantities OF poor
milk as from small quantities OF rich
milk. But with due care, the larger
yield of cheese which eau be obtained
from the poorer milk should balance
In value that of the higher quality
which can be made from the rich milk.
Self Assurance
Father-That young man OF yours
might just as well live here.
Daughter-That's what he proposes
TO do after we are married.-Truth.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-08-10
HOMEMADE CHEESE.

Simple Method by which 1t May he Pre-
duceo on the Farm.
To make cheese at home get a tin
man to solder a faucet near the bot
tom at one end of an ordinary tin
wash-boiler, which will hold five or
six pailfuls, says writer in Hoard's'
Dairyman. Fit a movable tin screen
inside about three inches from the
faucet and extending about the same
distance above it, which shall hold the
curd away from the faucet. This,
with long, wooden paddle, is all you
need order especially for the w ork, ex-
cept cheese-cloth, rennet and q cheese,
press. Six pailfuls of sweet milk with
the cream all in it will make about if
teen pounds of cheese. 1t need not be
of one milking il it is perfectly sweet.
Put the milk in the boiler on the stove
and heat it to eighty degrees. Re-
move from the stove and add the rem
net.
When the milk has coagulated,
which will take place in ten minutes
or less, it must be cut to the bottom of
the boiler each way, making about two
inch squares. They will begin to start
almost at once. Sink small dipper
into it slowly and the whey may be re-
moved gradually until two quarts or
more have been collected. Heat over
the curd, stirring it carefully. When
at one hundred degrees open the lancet
and allow the whey to drain out, dip
ping it out from the top. When
drained, sprinkle half teacupful Of
fine dairy salt upon the curd and crum-
BILE and mix in thoroughly with the
hands.
Have a square of strong, loosely
woven cloth wet and placed in the
cheese hoop, which should be the size
of a peck measure. Press the curd
into the hoop, adjust the cover after
the cloth has been folded on top of the
curd, and submit the cheese to gentle
pressure. Prepare bandage of cheese
cloth large enough to 60 around the
cheese and wide enough to nearly COW
er the ends. Lay on the ends another
piece and sew 1t to the piece around
the cheese. Keep at seventy degrees
in dry room. Too much salt or too
much scalding when heating the curd
hardens the cheese, while careless
stirring starts the white whey" and
allows much of the butter fats to es-
cane
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-08-10

I had the wound cauterized. and
thought the animal was saved. We
had been hunting all day near Creil,
but, no sooner were we on the train
than hydrophobia developed and the
animal began to snap at us. To at
tempt to put the beast out was to
tempt death, and there was nothing
for it but for us to elm b up on the
seats and shoot the dog. We were not
able to do so until after we left Chan
tilly, for the poor brute had taken
refuge under the seat. Finally, by
calling it, persuaded 1t to put its
head out, and then we shot it. / tell
you, it's trip shall not soon forget"
Nor shall l." l replied, and 1 re-
Joined Clarisse, who was waiting for
me at little distance and whose curl
osity was vastly excited TO see me thus
politely take leave of the assassins.
"Well. then" she said, making lit
tie face when had told her the story,
that doesn't count. l take back what
I said"
But at the same time she softly
squeezed my arm with her own, and l
saw in her eyes that that" did
count. From the French of Leon de
Tinseau, in San Francisco Argonaut.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-08-10
A PUZZLED WAITER.
Sad Result of Attempting to Speak q
Language He Didn't Know.

Sad Result of Attempting to Speak q
Language He Didn't Know.
A correspondent who has returned
from the Antwerp exhibition. narrates
an adventure which befell two English
men there. He says: Two very pre-
sentable, well-dressed gentlemen, who
bore the stamp of Englishmen in face,
figure, clothes and easy-going air, en-
tered the restaurant where l was sit
ting, and one of them called out in
self-confdent tones, which could be
heard easily at the eighboring tables,
what was undoubtedly intended to be
'Garoonl Deux boclSs,' but which
sounded: 'Gassong! too bo.' 'Oui, mon
sieur,' replied the waiter, as he rushed
into the inner room.
THE two gentlemen engaged In ami
cable conversation over the table for
about five minutes. when 1t struck
them that the waiter was a long time
with their beer. Eassongr was again
shouted. 'Oui, monsieur answered the
waiter. Lay too do, 81 VOC play Oui,
monsieur, tout de suite, replied the
Belgian, and once more rushed into the
other apartment. Again the two Eng
lishmen engaged in conversation for
Ave or six minutes, and again one Of
them shouted Indignantly: 'Gassongl
lay too boz
THE waiter rushed behind the scenes
with more violence than ever, and in
two minutes returned with a triumph
ant face to place before the astonished
visitors two plates of boiled turbot
They looked ut the man and next at
the fish and then, with the help moro
of signs than of words, managed to
explain to the w alter that they wanted
beer-bocks-not turbot. The situa-
ton was an embarrassing one for all
concerned, and could not help think
ing that something should be done at
home to prevent my company abroad
meeting with such inconveniences. ~
London Telegraph.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-08-10
moving the rigging. move but one pole

moving the rigging, move but one pole
at time.
The load of hay must be outside Of
the poles under f, as shown in the cut.
To unload, from 20 to so tons of hay
must be put in rick or tons in q
stack. In the center of BIB a round
groove is cut and yoke made Of three
quarter-inch rod passes over BIB and
down through the AKA d. This may be
put together on the ground and raised
with team of horses. When the der
rick is on the ground drive small stake
in the ground at the end of each pole
to oprevent slipping when being raised.
NJ is stake with pulley for g rope to
run from pulley under B for the horse
to pull the hay up by. AA is fastened
at the top end with bolt. B is fas-
tened to AA with bolts. I have used
such a rigging for two years with
great success.-Eddie Richardson, in
Farm and Home.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-08-10

Davis forced his way through the
outer crowd that jammed the entrance
to the door; those recognizing his per-
SON tried to fall back and admit him.
i followed Davis, and finally found my
self inside the Harmony-a bar, gam
bling house and consert hall COM
bined, and consisting of q single,
large, rectangular adobe room, dimly
lighted by few dirty bracket reflector
lamps, whose sickly flames seemed
sinking for want of oxygen in the OPP
pressive alcoholic air. The tarnished
refectors were set level so that the
limiting shadows from the base of the
lamps almost covered the floor, leav-
ing the lower angles of the room in
feeble, uncertain half-light
Lying quietly on faro table was a
gambler, shot through the lungs. The
blood welled profusely from bullet
hole in his side and trickled into an
increasing pool, which was now over
spreading the LAY out" like a last
mocking, sanguinary wager. offered
ironically by one who had already ac-
cepted the terms of death.
To the left stood rancher, leaning
against the bar, holding with his right
hand his left forearm, which was bad
ly shattered below the wrist.
In the dimly-lighted corner most re-
mote from the door, seated on piano.
stool. was young girl, sobbing vio-
lently, as if in pain or in great grief.
In her despair, she had thrown herself
forward on to the piano and buried
her fair but dissipated face in a mass
of brown hair, drawn from nude
shoulders it had served to drape, and
now confined only by her white, bare
arms, which rested on the white, bare
keys. Her physical abandonment was
as utter as her moral hopelessness
seemed complete.
After stanching the hemorrhage of
the man shot through the lungs, Davis
turned his attention to the girl. Lay
ing his hand gently on her bare shoul.
der, which was trembling accompania-
ment to her violent, intermittent sobs,
Davis asked her where she was hurt.
She sobbed In reply that she did not
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-08-10
A Terrible Revelation.

Heat last we are alone, and we
have an opportunity to speak. I have
been seeking this moment for days and
days, for 1 have something to say to
you.
She-Go on, Mr.. HarlSins.
He-I will. Miss Jones, you perhaps
have not noticed that at times ! have
been constrained, uneasy, even awk-
ward, in your presence, that
have had something on my mind that
felt must say to you.
She (softly)-Yes-
He-That constraint, that awkward
ness, Miss Jones, was due to-due to-
She-Go on, Mr.. Harkins.
He-Was due to the fact that feared
you were not aware that am engaged
to your mother.-Harper's Magazine.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-08-10

SHE LEANED HEAVILY ON THE PLANO.
know. Then he made examination
and found that she was not hurt, but
that stray shot from the direction of
the gaming-table had struck the key
board of the piano, ripping up some of
the keys beneath her fingers while she
was playing. She was unnerved with
fright, hysteria accompanying it
Then the doctor bound up the ranch
er's shattered wrist, after removing
some splintered fragments. The full
extent of the shooting now being
known and having been discussed, the
crowd began to thin away.
When the surgeons work was an
ished, venerable frontiersman. who
had greatly assisted Davis In dressing
the wounded, spoke to the crowd that
still remained, saying, solemnly and
slowly: well, gentlemen, this ere
scrap has taught me one thingr
what was that, Uncle Jerry?" asked
a chorus of bystanders.
"Uncle Jerry" pulled himself up to
pause long enough to prepare US for
speech oracular in patriarchal wisdom,
replied:
''It has taught me, gentlemen, never
to decline drink"
He had been watching the poker
game, and just after he had risen from
his seat and had started to the bar at
Tom Collins invitation to drink, the
ball had opened and the bullet which
finally lodged in the piano-keys passed
through the back of his then vacant
chair.-C Overton, in San Francisco
Argonaut.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-08-10
DehorninR Young Calves.

The most practical and satisfactory
method of dehorning a calf when
quite young is to remove the button
like, semi-horny substance with an in
strument known as the trephine,
which is constructed for the purpose
of cutting out circular sections Of bone
without injury to the underlying soft
tissues BY this method the horn is
removed with its foundation and the
brain is denuded of its bony covering
for short period, but no horny ex.
crescence will appear to disfgure the
head of the matured animal. as may
happen when other methods are used,
and the opening caused by the tre-
phine will become obliterated In few
DAVIS
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-08-10
A DECEPTIVE TARGET.
&c Costs Something to Learn to Hit the
Dangling Ball.

Dangling Ball.
A shooting gallery popularity that
he's recently came into popularity con-
sists In a very hght and fragile ball OF
blown glass, or in some cases hollow
egg shell suspended from a string.
This always attracts the inexpert-
enced marksmen, because the natural
destructiveness inherent in human ma
ture causes him to prefer to shoot at
something which he can smash rather
than at target that gets no harm
from his accuracy.
Therefore, says the New York Sun,
he wastes his three shots, at one and
two-thirds cents shot, not on targets,
but on the suspended mark. And he
never hits 1t.
The experienced man in rifle range
gunnery wastes no time on the de-
ceitful ball. He knows that 1t can't be
hit. Probably he knows it from ex-
perience, for 1t is one Of those facts
that no man will believe until he has
tried it for himself.
The reason for it is that a very light
hollow glass ball, or blown egg IL
properly hung on slender thread,
will dodge any bullet that ever came
from gun barrel The air that the
bullet piles up in front of it blows the
light mark out of the projectile's path
until 1t has passed, after which the
target swings back to its original po-
sition.
This is very provoking for the marks
man, who, il he be good shot, has
the doubtful satisfaction of seeing his
target execute three quick lodges at
the aforementioned price Of one and
two-thirds cents per dodge.
There is nothing, however, SO re-
numerative to the proprietor as these
pendent marks, for the gunners, pro-
voked at their lack of success, will keep
on and on and on trying to hit mark
compared to which a pin head would
be a barn door shot, and they only
give 1t up in disgust when the cost be-
gins to tell upon them or when some
wiser friend explains their lack of sue
cess.
Two dollars Is q cheap price to pay
for the knowledge that one OF these
hang ing targets Is better mark for
baseball than for a bullet.