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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-24

Mrs. Fred S.. Ncwbert went to Saco
Tuesday, on short visit to her sister.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-24

Frank Messenger left, Tuesday, for
Bethlehem, n. H., where he will have
charge of "a saw mill during the summer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-24

Hon. F. W. Hill of Exeter, was ia the
city on business, yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-24
GARDINER.

John Hughes left. Tuesday, on a bust
ness trip to Foxcroft.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-24

Mrs. W. Fl. Ring returned, Tuesday, from
q three weeks visit in Boston
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-24

Rev. J. II. Matthew's and wife OF
Maids IN, We're in the city, Tuesday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-24

Mrs. George Strout of Springfield, Mass {,
is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. j. Jones of Second street
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-24

A plate glass front will be placed in the
tailoring establishment Of j. II. Leigh q
Co, in short time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-24

H. d. Rowcll was in Augusta, yester-
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-24

DR.. A. X. z. Strout, who has been con-
fined to the house by illness for the past
six weeks, was able to ride out, Monday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-24

Holt will preach at North Arson, next
Sabbath. He preached his last sermon
for the conference year here, last Sabbath.
Some one will supply here next Sabbath.
Alice Haincs, our postmaster. spent last
week at her sisters in Waterville.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-24

Miss Mabel and Master Frank Colburn,
who have been visiting relatives at Card
Der, returned home, Saturday The
schoolhouse in district No. is being re
paired. Mr.. James of Randolph, who has
been visiting friends at this place returned
home, Monday Mr. NJ. J. Powers has a
crew at work building his cellar wall -
Mr.. Othcllo Stevens has moved with his
family to Augusta
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-16
CHURCH GLEANINes.

REV, DR. TALMAGE, of Brooklyn, has accepted the call to be co-pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Washing ton. He is to be co-pastor of the church, of equal authority with Dr. Sutherland, and probably will preach one-haf of the sermons, beginning Sunday even ing, October 27.
 REV. CHARLES OTIs GILL and his wife will shortly leave New York for the Chinese mission field. Mir. Gill was captain of the Yale football team in 1889, and rowed in the victorious Yale crews of tkat and the two previous years. He has been engaged in home mission work for several years.
 FIFTEEN THOUSAND pilgrims annually visit St. Baume, in Provence, not far from Marseilles, where Mary Mazda lene is said to have spent the last thirty years of her life. The legend runs that Mary Magdalene came from Judea in a small boat with Lazarus, Martha, the two Marys and Salome.
 RUSSIA is turning the tables -on the American Foreign Mission board, and is sending several priests of the Greek church to minister in it's interests in this country. Ever since it sold Alaska to us the Russian government has ex- pended fifty thousand dollars annually on Greek church missions in this coun- try.
 TIE Young Mems Naval Catholic as sociation has been started by the young Catholics serving on the United States cruiser Charleston. Its object is to unite the Catholics serving in the navy for the promotion of the interests of the Catholic church, the diffusion of Catholic literature, church history, etc.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-16

cannot be reduced beyond a certain point without endangering the quality of the water that filters through. Dr. Kurth, of Bremen, hos found in exam ming water filtered through a layer not sufficiently thick that the number of bacteria was greatly increased, owing to the presence of a special microbe that could not be found in the water before it entered the filter. These microbes must, therefore, have existed in the Altering material and have been devel- oped by the passage of water through it.
 There had been a great falling off in the quantity of fruit shipped from California to the east up to September l this year as compared with previous years. Thisyear's shipments fall 3o, ,9G0,- 000 pounds below those of last year up to the same date. Only 2,9o0 car loads crossed the Sierra Nevadas this year, as against 4,280 car loads during the same period last year, or 7l,76OO0O pounds, as compared with 102, 720, ,0OG. 1t is estimated that 1,50O car loads will yet go forward this season, but even then the shipments will be fully 1,500 car loads, or 36,000,000 pounds, below last years record. The decrease is at- tributed to the failure of the apricot and early pear and peach crops. Two severe frosts last spring caused most of the damage. The grape crop is very large and the late pears and peaches have turned out we'll As now esti- mated, the total fruit shipments by rail from California this year will foot up lO7,7 pounds.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-16
HE "ouTSoT" THE MULE.
When It Came to "sotDess" the MuI
 Wasn't In 1t.

When It Came to "SotDess" the Mule
 Wasn't In It.
 As the road turned around the hill ] came upon mule and a cart and a man. The wheels of the cart had sunk down into mudhole, and the mule stood with head down and ears lazily working to and fro. As for the man, he lay on his back in the shade of q tree and seemed to be taking solid comfort.
 Whats the matter?" 1 asked, as he sat up and looked at me
 'Mewl has baked, he slowly replied.
 You mean that he has refused to pull the cart out of the mud?"
 'Zactly."
 'But it's big load and small mule, 7" I urged. Why don't you give him some help?"
 Its agin my principles. I've yelled at him and I've licked him till I'm tired, but I'll be dog-goned if l take anything off that load or boost that cart! No, sah-we stay right yere till the pcsky critter gifts up and humps hissclf and pulls that cart out O the mud!"
 lltA Noudttllot III d hurry que ried.
 No. sah, no hurry tall" he replied, as he hitched back to get more shade. "Myson Dan is plowin' out con with the COW, the ole woman is fxin' up the fences, and I've gallon of whisky and a pound of terbucker in the csrt. It's a question of bein' sot, and if I can't stay sot longer'n thirty-dollar mewl then I'd better move out of Alabamy"
 Five days later met the man at Greenville and asked him how the "sot- ness" came out.
 Oh! yes" he replied with a grin. Wall, ] camped right thar fur two days and nights, a-singin' hymns and restin' up an hcvin' a good time, and then that mewl, a-seeih' that when it cum down to sotness he wasn't in it with me, took right holt and pulled that cart outer the mud and galloped all the way omc!"-Detroit Free Press.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-16
GOT ONE ON HIS WIFE.
HCartiess Trick CcnvlvlaI Comedia
 Played Upon Ills Spouse.

HCartless Trick n CcnvlvlaI Comedian
 Played Upon His Spouse.
 A well-known comedian of convivial disposition not long ago received as gift from his wife n handsome diamond scarf pin, together with the injunction that when he caught sight of the pin reflected in mirror behind bar it should serve to remind him that 'some one was waiting Ut home" The com edian was deeply touched, but it was not long before he fell from grace. It was two o'clock in the morning before he caught the reflection of the pin, and then his conscience smote him. He hastened home, and, finding his wife in bed and apparently asleep, he hastily disrobed and turned in without disturb ing her, While he was figuring out what kind of lie he would tell her the next morning he became aware that she was really awake, but evidently be- lieved that he had dropped off into profound slumber. She got out of bed most cautiously so as not to awaken him, and going to the bureau where he had left his new scarf pin in his cravat she took the jeweled bauble out and dropped it into vase on the man. tel, all of which he was enabled to perceive by the dim rays of a gas jet upon the glass of picture frame. Then the lady came back to bed with caution, and having kept herself awake by an effort for some time, she fell into the deep slum. Der of exhausted nature Now it was the eminent comedian's turn. He gave his wife a good half hour to get soundly to sleep, and then he got out of bed, took the scarf pin out of the vase and put it back in the cravRt where he had left it before. Then he got back to bed Endetected and fell into the re- freshing slumber of the just At seven o'clock in the morning he was reused by vigorous shaking and his wife's agitated voice, which said: Wake upl You've been robbed' Somebody has taken your scarf pin!" My scarf pin!" said the eminent comedian. Why, it's in my scarf on the bureau. l remember I left it there last night "Oh, did you?" said she with asperity, as she snatched the scarf from the bureau Just look here!" "Yes, there it is, said the emi- nent comedian. He says that ever since then his wife has been subject to occasional relapses into deep thought, when her eyes are fixed upon him with far-away look, and he knows that she is wondering about her vivid dream of getting up in the night and dropping his scarf pin in the vase. IN. '. Telegram.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-16
Ahaent.nrIndndnes..

The best instance know is that of an amiable Irish judge, now no longer on the bench. Among other amusing tales told by him, it is said that on the occasion of "oar dinner" he went up- stairs to dress, but did not reappear. The company sat patiently for some time, til at length, just as their hunger was getting the better of their man ners, and an emissary was being dis patched to hunt up the missing judge, his lordship appeared, and explained with many apologies that, imagining he was retiring for the night, ho had undressed and got into bed. After an hours snoozing it suddenly struck him that he had not yet dined, on which he hurried down to his uests.-London Spectator,
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-16
4 MUSICAL MELANGE.

ADELINA PATTI will appear in her new musical pantomine, "Mirka, the Enchantress," soon after Christmas in Paris.
 "AsPERULA" is the name of Johann Strauss latest operetta. Asperula is the herb that gives the German Mat trank its peculiar flavor.
 TAMAGNo is building himself little opera house on his estate at Varsee, and has commissioned an Italian composer to write an opera for the opening.
 JOSEPH VICTOR vON SCHEFFEI. author of many popular students songs, of the "Trompeter von Sakkingen.' and of "Ekkehardt, has had memorial me dalliop erected to his memory at Murz- zuschlag, in Styria, where he once lived.
 HENRY MEILHAC, who wrote the lib rettos of La Grande Duchesse" and La Belle Helene, and Robert Plan quetto, the composer of ''The Chimes of Normandy" are about to put Rabelais' masterpiece on the stage in a new opera comique called "Panurge."
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-16
VERY COMPLIMENTARY.
Novel Petition of Chinese Sailors Who
 Wanted to Desert Their shin,

Novel Petition of Chinese Sailors Who
 Wanted to Desert Their ship
 Two Chinamen, with pigtails of enor- nous length-one of them so extensive that it trailed long the ground like the train of lady's dress ~ entered the tribunal over which the Thames magis- trate presides. After making Q pro. found salaam to the bench and gather
 ing up the ends of their enormous hur. plaits and putting them in their pock- cts they presented to his worship a petition, written in bold Chinese char acters, such as one occasionally sees illustrating the sides of tea boxes which come from the island of the Tiger Braves. They made signs that they wished him to read it, but Mir. Diclkin- son was unable to master its contents until an interpreter explained the docu- ment. It proved to be prayer, drawn up in the language of fowcricgt hyper bole, intimating that the petitioners. in "their humble, insignificant aud much-to-be-despised personages, who were but the refuse of the wooden pave ment and only fit to be gathered up and cast into the dust bin, approached the venerable and highly respected magis- trate, whose ancestors were ever to bc blessed, and compared with whom Con- fucius was but a farthing rushlign,, and Wing Hang Chum, the philosopher of the twenty-five pigtails, very or. dinary person." in order to beseech his luminous condescendencc, which was clearer than the sun on a midsummer day" to relieve them from the painful necessity of going back to China in the ship which had brought them here, ow- ing to the way in which they had been treated by the engineers on board. The vessel 5tarted in day or two, and if they did not sail with it they would be brought before the court as dcscrtcrs. Would, therefore, his esteemed and all- powerful compendium of the learned sciences, including that of the law, be pleased to order that the unworthy petitioners, comparable only to thu refuse of the aforesaid wooden pave ments, be relieved from further attend ance in the ship which they detcsted
 abhorred, abjured and refused to recog- nize as in any way worthy of his yencr- able worship's patronage!" Mir. Dick inson seemed to think that the China mems cunning was as extensive as their pigtails, declined to interfere in the matter, and referred the petitioners to the board of ftrade.--London Telepraph
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-16
PEcULlARlTIEs OF PEOPLE.

AMONG other peculiarities of Presi- dent Cleveland he never wears gloves.
 WHEN Sarah Bernhardt goes shopping she buys everything wholesale. Ten or twenty bonnets will sometimes be ordered at time.
 JOHN ". MACKAY is said to be fond of old-style "home cooking" He re- gently gave 8 luncheon in San Fran cisco which consisted of corned beef and cabbage, clam chowder, squash pie and buttermilk.
 SIR HENEY BEssEAiER, the 'steel king" eighty-two years of age, con tinues to take a keen interest in scien- tific matters, and keeps himself up to date. His peculiarity is that he will not give anyone his autograph.
 AMOSe other Napoleonic relics re- gently bought by Nj. II. de Young, of San I -lvlsco, is one of the seven thrones used by the French emperor. Mir. de Young says the throne is guar anteed by Bernard Franck, the Ma poleonic expert, and there is no ques- tion that it is genuine.
 THE princess of Wales always appre- ciates the bouquets which fall to her share at public ceremonies. The flowers are preserved as long as possi- ble, taking their place among the thou sands of rare exotics with which her rooms in the Marlborough house are decorated.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-16
HeApwEAR NOTES.

TIE Spanish broad-brimmed hat has not changed either in style or material for over three hundred years.
 TIE old-fashioned beaver hat was made with body of rabbits fur, the outside nap being of beaver.
 THE white stove-pipe often worn in this country in summer is made of felt with muslin backing.
 SOME specimens of medieval helmets, at least eleven pounds in weight, are preserved in the European museums.
 HE first hatmakerS in France are mentioned during the reign of Charles VI, who ruled from 1880 to 1422.
 TIE cardinals red hat is emblematic of his readiness to shed his blood in de- fense of the church and its doctrines.
 TuE hat of Napoleon isas well known as his face. It was the style of the artillery school at Brienne,
 FoB four hundred years after the tenth century the use of hoods on both cloaks and gowns was universal throughout Europe.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-16
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The total railway capital of the world is $50, ,OOO,OO of which Great Brit ain owns one-sixth. The total mileage of the world is 40O,Os0, and of this the British empire has 70,OOO, employing 100000 men and carrying annually 0OO,OOO,OG0 passengers.
 Missouri stands highest in corn condition, the agricultural depart ment's figures for that state being III. Illinois are 97, Iowa's 06, Kansas S6 and Nebraska's 56. The average for the whole country is 96.4, as compared with 63,4 year ago. The yield now is estimated at about 2,300, 100000 bushels, which is about 1OO,000,000 above the largest previous crop.
 Ut appears that certain fungi may be disseminated by snails and toads. An Italian naturalist, Yoglino, has found in the digestive canals of these animals an abundance of the spores of species of Russula, Tricholoma, Lac tarius and other kinds of toadstools. But the power of germination of these spores had not been destroyed by pass ing through the body of the animals in question:
 Last winters cold seems to have been fatal to sea animals on the French coast living as deep as one hundred feet below high water, reports NJ. Fauvel to the Academic des Sciences. Dredging for the Tatihou laboratory in May brought up nothing but dead or de- composed specimens, The fishermen said; "The bottom of the sea has rot ted" Creatures living only in the deep sea were found on the coast, together with species that have never been seen outside of Iceland and Norway.
 It is well known that the thickness of the layer of fine sand in Altering beds
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Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-16
A OnestIon of RraIns.

Modesty about one's mental acquire ments is good thing, but it must have been carried too far in the case of a witty Irishman whom correspondent once met. The Irishman was at work at a stone quarry, pulling mp loads of broken rock out of a shaft with a wind lass. The windlass was exposed to the sun and the labor was very hard, but the man had on his head a straw hat from which the crown had been torn. Look here," said the visitor to the Irishman, aren't you afraid the sun will injure your brain?" Pat paused in his work and looked steadily and wonderingly at his questioner. "Brainl" said he. Me brains, is it? An do ye think that af l had any brains I'd be turnin' this windliss ?'-Youth's Companion.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-16
Saturday. November 16, 1895.
OLD AND sPRY.

A sKIPPING-RoPE contest was lately witnessed in South Hollis, Me, between two lively old ladies. Their ages are, respectively, 60 years and so years.
 MRs. BEUtAH STARRING, of Silver Creek, x. Y., is the oldest bicyclist in the state. Her age is s5, and some days ago she rode wheel five miles. Mrs. Martha White, of Unadilla, N. Y., also rides a wheel. Her age is SS.
 Miss LuCRETIA EsTEs, who lives at Head-of-the-Bay near Rocklaud, Me, is in her 1Otst year, and reads and sews without spectacles. Next door to her lives Mrs. Mary Hix, who is 92 years old, and her eyesight is as good as Miss Estes
 RT. HoN. SPENCER HoBATIo WAB- POLE, who has just completed his 0Oth year, was three times home secretary under Lord Derby, and has drawn a political pension of slO, ,O00 a year for over twenty-eight years. His wife was the daughter of Spencer Perceval, who was shot while prime minister, in 1872.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-16
The Crown Princes pigeons.

Gen. von Verdy du Vernois tells a pleasant story about the war of 1870. At Villeneuyc-le-Boi he was obliged, for want of time, to refuse an invitation to lunch. X brother officer rushed out of the house with a ragout, which Verdy ate with gusto. A few days later the old Emperor William said to him at diu- ner: That is pretty affair of yours my son has told me all about it.' What affair does your majesty refer to-" asked Eerdy. II was this: The crown prince had received the news that two carrier pigeons had been caught and he had ordered them to be sent to Versailles. On returning home in the evening he found the following telegram: Lieut.. Col Verdy has just eaten them" They had furnished forth the ragout at Yilleneuye-le-Ro Roi.- Realm.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-16
HISTORICAL

TIE Ezra of the French Republic, :" or the French Revolutionary Era, be- gan September 22, 1792, and ended De- cember 31, 1895
 IRE chronology of both the Chinese and the Hindoos is fairly reliable as far back as 220O E, C., before which it be- comes misty.
 ASroSG the Jews of the kingdom a very important epoch was that of the commencement of SoIomon's temple in May, 1915 E. c.
 FoR many centuries the Chinese have dated all their public acts, documents and chronology from the accessions of the emperors,
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-16
stnh Enda nf rhnnrht.

The course of true conscience never did run smooth.
 We admit the superiority of any other person with more or less mental reser- vation.
 Lovers pay sweethearts compliments; husbands pay wives bills.
 When a woman's tear hits man right it flattens him out.
 It is good time to dodge when a woman begins to talk in high key.
 Riches have wings, but poverty can't afford them
 Cupid possesses most of the virtues and vices.
 The marriage ceremony is the divid- ing line between romance and reality. The gossip habit is more injurious than the liquor habit.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-16

No wonder I'm stuck" said the bewildered pedestriani i've run against the forks of the roHd. ."--Rich- mond Dispatch,
 First Waitcr-"Have you ordered, sir" Second Waiter (interposingly)- "Why, certainly; I took his order an hour ago."-Truth.
 Let's go on a bust, said one man at Key West to another. What sort of bust?" "Filibust." Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
 He Would Like It So.-She-'It is no use talking. You are not the man married' He (despairingly)-"I wish wasn't. ."-Harlem Life.
 --''Eou live in the outskirts of tho city, do you not?' Tt used to be the outskirts, but We call it the outbloom- CTS, now."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
 -She-"Your father proposed to me Che other day" He-"Yes, and what did you say?" She--'I said I would be n daughter to him"-N. Y. Advertiser.
 -Watts-"Did you ever know of any one dying for love -Potts-"Ouce l knew a fellow who starved to death after being refused by an heiress."-In- dianapolis Journal,
 Nothing More to say.-"Jane," !" said the mistress to the new girl, "what burned that large hole in the rug?" Fire" answered Jane laconically, and there the dialogue ended. Detroit Free Press.
 -Artist-'My next picture at the academy will be entitled Driven to Drink" His Frieud-"Ah! Some pow erful portrayal of bafIled passion, I sup pose?" Artist-"Oh no; it's a cab ap- proaching a water trough Spare Moments.
 My dear, darling, sweetest papa. you will have a telephone put in the house, won't you?" But why, my dear9' "oh, you see, papa, my Oscar is SO dreadfully shy. Perhaps he would speak to you through telephonelr-
Arizona silver belt., 1895-11-16
Tno Clenn to IynI. nn.

They tell this story to show Designer Watson's thorough sportsmanship in all that pertains to boat: Not long since he was guest on Emperor Williams yacht. Getting up very early the first morning on board he found the deck of such snowy whiteness that ne could not bring himself to sully it with landsman's shoe; so forthwith off came his boot and sock and bare footed he took his morning constitu- tional. When the emperor appeared on deck he at once noticed Watson's re- markable appearance, and the latter promptly told him the reason thereof. The emperor made no remark, but im- mcdiately disappeared below to reap pear in a few minutes pedally barred as was his guest.-Illustrated American.
 THE Pennsylvania Railroad company is said to contemplate spending s2 ,000,- 900 on a site and structure for new passenger station in Pittsburgh.
 CARS in which aluminium will be used for all metal work, save the wheels and axles, are to be put on the state rail roads of France. The saving in weight for an ordinary train will be thirty tons.
 ExMooR and Lorna Doone's country is to be spoiled by.a railroad, the first ground for which was lately broken be- tween Barnstaple and Lynton. The stage coach drive between llfracombe and Lynton was one of the most charm ing bits of the older England left