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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-01-16
a New Member.

There lives charming, sweet-voiced
little girl in Holly Springs of whom ev
cry member of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union in the State ought
to feel proud and they will when they
learn that she is only or s years old
and today, the 8th of January she join
ed the w. C. II. U. and wears the white
ribbon with as much pride and real
pleasure as any of the older members
That you may have some idea of how
the dear child looks a word or two of
her personal appearance will not be
out of place. She is a graceful little
figure, just plump enough to look we'll
with sweet blue eyes, rosy cheeks, fair
complexion and lovely. light hair full
of sunshine as her little heart is of
love.
She knows what it means to "belong'
to the Temperance Union and she joins
with the earnest desire to work for
Temperance" as she loves to say.
Is this not beautiful picture for us
tthe older members to look upon as
the glories of the New Year begin to
unfold about us Is there one among
us whom this little child will not en-
courage by the stand she has 50 early
taken for God and Home and Native
Land?"
Who knows where her influence may
reach who knows how many souls she
may win for Christ by beginning thus
early in the service of the Master.
Even her first act was i'll the sweet
spirit of self sacrifice for she saved her
"Christmas money!" given her by a
fond father, and kept it to pay her dues.
Her name is Anna Laurance.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-01-16
w. c. 7. L. DEPARTMENT.
PI.EIpG

hereby solemnly promise, Con HELPING
ME. tO abstain from all Distilled. Fermented and
Malt Liquors. including Wine, Beer and Cider,
and to employ all proper means To discourage the
use Of and traffic In the same.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-01-16

right over me and smoked cigarettes,
and mama cried. 1t made me awfully
homesick. Then Jim went after an
other doctor, and he said it wasn't
brain fever at all. SO he gave me an
other kind of bitter stuff. All the
women came in and breathed up all
the air, and when asked them to open
a window and give me little fresh air
to breathe, they all rushed up close to
me, and the new doctor said that was
the crisis, and bimeby I'd be better or
worse. pulled my hands out of the
blankets, and the women all said it was
a bad sign when baby threw up its
arms, and mama cried again, and papa
put more wood in the stove.
Grown-up folks think they have hard
times when banks fail, but if they
could only be baby, guess they'd be
glad to be big folks again, and take
the little troubles that they think are
so hard to bear. The Patron.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-01-16

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Was This Your Baby Talking?

Nobody has any respect for me, as
they have for old folks They think
don't understand what they are talking
about when they are talking about me
but | do, only they don't understand
me. When | try to have my say they
all call out, "Hush! baby, stop YOU
screaming" When | want water tc
drink and ask for it the best | can
they give me an old tin rattle; when a
pin sticks in my back. and | speak
about it, they give me old catnip tea OF
jalap. Do they ever give big folks ia,
lap when pin is sticking into their
backs?
Sometimes old women come in and
catch me up by my arms, and toss me
up and down and kiss me more times
than | can count, and call me TOpsy
Wopsy and Lolly Polly and such queer
names get dizzy, and my arms ache
where they grab hold of me, and speak
of it, and they all kiss me over again
and call me Darlin' Booty, and trot me
on their knees and oh, dear. | wish
| wasn't baby!
One day a man came in and he smell
ed strong of tobacco; he laid down his
cigar and picked me up and kissed me,
and his tobacco breath made me dread
full sick. | told him he mustn't kiss me
any more, it made me so sick, and he
said, Hello, Poppy Head! what makes
you so cross today" Then he lifted
me up as high as he could reach, and
it made me awful afraid. | thought /
was going to fall. Then | spoke up
again, and told him to put me down,
and he kissed me again and called me
little locomotive, and chucked me
under my chin with his hard fingers,
and shook his watch chain at me, tried
to dance me on the floor, and never
minded a word | said. After he was
gone | got sick. 1t was the tobacco
smoke, and | turned white, and kept
telling mama about it, and when papa
came in she said, Il believe the baby is
sick
Then papa took me up and trotted
me on his knee, and smoked a cigar
cite, while mama fixed me "A dose OF
soothing syrup. | didn't want to take
it, but papa held me, and mama polled
it down my throat. There was lauda-
mum in it and so ] went to sleep, but
the tobacco smoke and the jolting and
tossing up and the syrup made me sick
all the time was asleep. Then mama
cried, and Jim jumped on the horse
and went after doctor The doctor
smelled of whisky, and he brought a
lot of bitter things and made me take
them. He said | was teething, and he
was afraid it would go to my brain be
cause was so sleepy. Then mama
cried again, and sent my little sister
off SO she wouldn't make noise Then
/ couldn't see her any more, and when
asked about it and told them want
ed her, the doctor said it looked like
brain fever. Mama put the curtain
down and kept out the pretty sun, and
wrapped me up in blankets until
couldn't stir, or hardly breathe.
Papa wouldn't go to the store, but sal
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4 Kentucky man named John Card
well has never tasted Intoxicating Ii
quor. He is known all over his State
as a demonstration of the fact that a
man can live to be 80 years old without
whisky.
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The drunkard is bad, the liquor seller
worse where shall we place those who
authorize him, who Justify the wicked
for a reward?"- Christian Statesman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-10
rarmsr,' Institutes for January !.

Some very interesting Farmers Institutes
will he held in Maine during the present
month. On January Is, there will be
one at Grange Hall, Bowdoin Center;
January lG, at Baptist church, New
Meadows, town of Brunswick; January -.
G. A. r. Hall, So. China. The pro-
grsmme for these meetings will be as fol-
lows:
Forenoon, 10 A. Multiplying as a
Means of Disposing of Our Hay Crop" BY
Otis Meader of Albion. A practical farm
er of much experience, and who will have
the figures to substantiate his statements.
Discussion.
Afternoon, $50 P. M.-"Principles Of
Fertilization" by Prof. Walter Balentine
of Orono. Discussion.
Evening. 7. 10 P. M. -"Question Box"
and a discussion of the Questions Of the
day, followed by lecture, what Con-
stitutes Successful Farmer" by Secretary
McKeen.
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wouI,ln't Trade with Dead Men.

A printer recently walked into GER
tain business house in his rounds to know
who desired anything in the way OF adj
vertisements and noticed drummer
stood by the counter with his sample
valise ready to open. Anything you
want to say in the paper this week. said
the printer to the business man behind
the counter. No" said the business
man. II don't believe in advertising"
The drummer waited until he was half
way to the door, then slowly taking up
his sample valise. remarked: "Well, that
let's me out. | do not care to- sell on
time to any man who, at this age, does
not believe in advertising. l prefer to
deal with live men. When l want to
strike up a trade with a dead man I'll go
to the graveyard and swap business.
Good Exchange.
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4 Book That Livas.

1t is sometimes thought the sale of the
Bible has reached its limit Lut the fact is
last year was the grandest Bible year the
world has ever teen. More copies of the
Scripture were put into circulation last year
than ever in any one year before. Three
national Bible societies, the American, the
British and the Bible society of Scotland,
sold and donated during past ~ months g.
1922 $50 copies. Last year more money
was raised for The circulation of the Bible
than was ever RAISED in one year before.
The total receipts Of the three national so
cieties amount to some over 1920, 900.
These gifts from tie hearts of the PEOPLE
beat true to the Bible. Miss l.. B. Morse,
Miss A. S. Morrow and Mr.. J. B. Longley
are now visiting in Augusta in the interests
of the Bible Society of Maine.
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Reindeer Meat as Food.

A clergyman, the Rev. Mr.. Wallis, who
has lived for several years on the Porcu-
pine river.in the British northerly posses
sions, writes entertainingly of his manner
of life in that frigid region.
"Many times he says, 81 have sub
sisted exclusively on reindeer meat. It is
very good, and l may say it is about the
only kind of meat you don't get tired of.
| think it is better, all things considered,
than beef, and that you can eat it longer
without its palling on you. 1t is veni-
son more than anything else. The Indians
eat it almost exclusively, and they are very
big and strong Some of them are q feet
in height, and the average is about feet
10 inches They are genuine North Amer
lean Indians, and not the Aleuts, Esaimos
or n mixture of tho two,
81 keep an Indian hunter. and he sup
plies me with all the reindeer meat l want.
He also brings me grouse, duck, bear
and other game as / need 1t. l have learn
ed to shoot pretty well myself. as the white
men do in that region or anywhere contig-
uous to it. The ducks and grouse, like the
reindeer, are remarkably good eating. -
New York Medical Journal.
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katOrga.

when the laws of the white car con-
denim the hapless Russian, and when hope
dries up in his breast, three prospects loom
up before him. OF these two are to be con-
templated with comparative equanimlty,
and the mere thought of the third is
enough to turn mans brain. They are,
being shot, being hanged and Katorga.
Being shot is tolerable, being hanged,
without being so desirable, is nevertheless
a fate than which many are worse, but
Katorga is as the blight Of God. 1t with
ers many, it kills many, and many it turns
into beasts. 1t is truly the living death.
The sun shuns katorga, the knot cuts
the flesh into mince, and unless you are
very lucky in katorga it takes you years
and years to die
In Russia you often see families who
wear no mourning, and yet there are gaps
in the home circle, and the women pray
long in the churches even as they pray
for loved ones that are dead. and their eyes
become black ringed from sadness. If you
ask them why this grief and sorrow, they
fear to even answer, but when you gain
their confidence and ask for him you fancy
may be dead the whispered response is
"Katorga" BY Katorga is meant the con-
Wet island of Saghalien.-San Francisco
Examiner
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AmusEnEHrs.

To say that the presentation Of Rose
dale" on the New England circuit by the
Boston Grand Opera House Company has
been an event Of more than ordinary inter-
terest, but mildly expresses the manner in
which the play has been received wherever
given. At every performance every theatre
has contained large audiences. aud every
audience has demonstrated its approval in
the most liberal manner. "Rosedale" will
be presented at the Augusta Opera house,
Wednesday, Jan. 10. and large audience
is promised. At Portland, the play scored
3 big success and was spoken Of in the
highest terms. Mr.. Joseph Haworth's Eliot
Grey, Miss Sadie Martinot's Rosa Leigh,
Miss Annie Clarke's Lady Florence May,
Mr.. Frank J. Keenan's Miles Mckenna,
Mr.. Mark Prices Matthew Leigh, Mr..
Charles E.Inslee's Col. Cavendish May Miss
Helen Dayne's Sara Sykes, Mr.. William
Mestayer's Bunbury Kobb, NJ IS Kate Ryan's
Tabitha Stork, are Considerations never
rivslled in the history of this play. All the
scenery is new and the gypsy dell aud ball
room scene make two of the handsomest
stage pictures ever presented in this place.
The costumes worn by the ladies are most
magnificent, many of them having been
made for the artists in Paris. One hun
dred people will take par. in the production.
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Lincoln.

Following are the real estate transfers IN
Lincoln county for the week ending Jan.
6, 1898.
ArxA-Mary Z. Lowell's estate to Fred ape,
land and buildings, 1850: + Fred Albee to John
lynch. land and buildings. 1850.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES n. Capen ct AL, to Paul r
ritcb6eld lot, al, etc. Joel 7. Capen to Paul -
Iitcsfied St, al, ETC.. Paul F. Litchfield TO IN.
bert j. Carter. LOT. 81. etc; Paul +. L'enneio "
Gilbert !. Carter, LOT. 81. etc. r-s
RRIsroL-simon Erskines heirs to SIMON Irs'
kline, homestead. 3. ...,.,5o
kpGEcoMn-Jchn Haegetst, o 70 Aoe'a''e A.
NSBI,EEoRo Lucy A. siGelinger 70 Wepsu
s;SsIinger land and buildings. 81; VIM Is. Luo-
vii TO Anna Warren Glidden, lano, Seo-
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THE vCODOO.

"The Voodoo," or "A Lucky Charm" q
new musical farce comedy, which having
been phenomenal success over the country
will be seen here for the first time at the
Opera house Saturday evening. The farce
is satire on superstition and as a laue b.
provoker is said to be among the best. Any
number Of bright specialties, new dances
and catchy songs will be introduced. Thomas
E. Murray, the celebrated Irish comedian,
who has been here on several former oc-
casions in "Our Irish Visitors" is the star
of the company, assisted by such well know
people as Ada Bro.hner, the popular lou
brette, Chas. M. Mcdonald, Helena Gee,
Kitty Beck, Kitty Wolfe and many others.
The sale of seats opens Wednesday, Jan
uary 10.
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BULL BATTING.
II Wits Practiced ut York Until the Close of
the Last Century.

Shc A-dst century.
The custom of batting bulls in open
spaces has been INDUCED in from time inn
memorial, and probably had its birth in
the arenas Of Greece and Rome. 1t was an
exciting but dangerous and disgusting
amusement; yet until the birth of the
present century it was publicly observed
in almost every village and town of the
country, and relics of it's existence are
still to be found in various places. In
York two places were used for this ignoble
practice. One was in Thursday Market
place, or st. SIMPSONS square; the other
was in the street of Pavement. AS the
two places were markets, they each had a
@cross or corn chamber, and the fight in
variable took place near to such cross-so
that the people who were in position to
pay for Il seat could have a good view of
the sport.
Pavement has lost all evidence of the
game. but in St. SIMPSONS square the
stone to which the bull was fastened still
remains. 1t is Il very heavy stone let into
the ground fully 3 feet and firmly fasten-
ed into the earth with cement. Formerly
strong iron ring was attached to the
stone by two hooks, which were let into
the stone and run with lead. Consequent
On the wear of traffic, this ring became
loose some 90 years ago and was taken
possession of by Mr.. Thomas Bell, who
lived opposite to the stone, and it was
presented by him to the Yorkshire Philc-
sophical society, who still have it in their
keeping.
The hooks which held the ring and the
lead running remain on the stone The
custom was to fasten the bull to this ring;
then to stake out Il ring, within the circle
Of which no person was permitted to go
except those necessary to the performance.
On Il given signal, dogs were slipped by
their owners, and they attacked the chain
ed beast, which in turn sought to gore or
toss them, and very frequently in the ac-
ton it killed them. As fast as the dogs
were killed or manned or wearied, fresh
dogs were let loose on the maddened bull,
and the fight was continued for hours, I'M
til the dogs were exhausted, or the people
were sickened with the sight of blood.
The animal was then led away, to the
danger of those who had witnessed the
show, or more particularly those who had
taken part in it.
At York the market cross formed
point vantage eagerly taken up to witneas
the vulgar and demoralizing exhibitors.
Happily, in the course of time, the wealthy
citizens withdrew their patronage and
presence from the scene, and the people
who attended were Of so much lower grade
that the custom died out. A century, at
least, has passed since the last bull fight
in the city of York.-Newcastle Chronicle.
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Constable Geo. II. Glib son of Vassalboro,
arrived here Tuesday afternoon in company
with John +. Kenney, who is charged with
stealing $50 from Ida E. Nevers, landlady
of the Gibson house at Vassalboro. Ken
ney was taken to Waterville and tried be-
fore Judge Phibrook and was sentenced to
three months in Kennebec Jail. He is
man about "a years of age and weighs
about 1856 pounds. He came from New
Brunswick and was working around the
hotel
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Augusta people and particularly the
friends of Harvard ia the city will be glad
to learn that the Harvard University Glee,
Banjo and Mandolin Club, are to give q
concert in Kotzschmar' hall, Portland, Fri
day evening, January 10Th. The clubs have
just returned from successful holiday
trip through the West and the programme of
the Portland concert will be substantially
the same as those given on their trip. 1t
is seldom that the clubs are able to come
East an everybody should seize this oppor-
tunity of hearing them. All seats are re-
served and should be secured early. On
sale at Stockbridge's, Jan. ~. Half rates
on Maine Central.
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II. M. Crommett of China, was in the
city Tuesday. He says the people in that
vicinity are very enthusiastic over the Wis
casset and Quebec railway movement.
President Geo. Crosby of Albion, has been
to Philadelphia and purchased the rails for
the road, and it is expected that the con-
struction work will begin in the early
spring. The line will be so miles in length
and run between Wiscasset and Burnham.
1t will probably cost about 100000 to
build it. When completed it will reach
one of the finest sesports on the Maine
coast