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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26

For this the battering ram was employ.
ed. This engine consisted of long
beam to one end of which a mass Of iron
was fastened which sometimes weighed
ton. 1t was so arranged that 1t could
be swung backward and forward by the
aid Of machinery.
To destroy the towers often built on
the walls and to break down the ram
parts engines called ballistae were used.
These were like huge bows which dis
charged immense masses Of rock and
stone, hurting them high into the air.
Quite q complicated mechanism was
employed to secure force necessary to
discharge the ballistae.
Should soldiers or the Inhabitants Of
the city appear on the walls the cata-
putt was brought into use. By means
of this machine flights of arrows were
discharged. A system Of cranks and
levers was employed to make the cata-
pult work and 1t required, moreover, the
services Of several men.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26

ach, loss of appetite. coated tongue, midi
gestion,. or dyspepsia, windy 6eIchings,
heartburn, pain and distress amer eat
ing, and kindred arrangements Of the
liver, stomach and bowels
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26
Russia's Prcttiest City.

Odessa is said to be the prettiest and
most European town In Russia.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26
HOW AN Advertisement
SAWED A WOMAN'S LIFE.
fmxuAL TO ouR LADY READERS

For four years I suf-
fercd with female trou-
bles. Twas so bad that
i was compelled to have
assistance from the bed
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26

R1pAns Tabuics arc sold By druggists. or By mail II
ne pxioo go cents box) Is sent 10 The Ripaue Chem
c.l Company. No 10 Spruce Street. New York Sample
vial, 10 confa
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-07
The Native Hawaiians.

That race pays nothing whatsoever for
medical attendance; the government pays
all Of the doctors. 1t pays nothing for
schooling, excepting a small part of the
taxes 1t pays littlo or nothing for reli-
gious instruction. 1t pays littlo or moth
ing for the higher education of its chill
drcn. If left alone, it would utterly fail
in tho care of its lepcrs, as 1t has no con
Germ about ioprosy. 1t could not take care
Of its finances, because there is not, nor
has there ever boon, u responsible native
merchant Among the 200 business men
of Honolulu, few natives arc rated as re-
tail fish dealers and several are hack driv-
ers and carpenters. There was, and is, no
stamina in the race. In nearly every in
stance native boys that have been educated
by charitable white people have been fail
urcs. Tho Indian said, "Tho white wave
eats up the dark wave" Toward the close
Of the monarchy tho administration Of
justice by tho inferior native Judges was
corrupt. The Chinese and tho Japanese
were paying for vertlicts In the lower
courts. Tho white people who lived among
the natives overthrow the native monarchy
more in sadness than in nger.-Overland
Monthly
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She Was DYING to Know.

A Maine correspondent sends a dialogue
between u little girl and her mother. 1t
occurred in church ut the morning service
The rector had just read, "On these two
commandments hang all the law and the
prophets.
Mamma, mamma, said little Ely in
o loud whisper, chow many
"Sh!'' said her mother
"But, mamma, just one question, only
one"
"Well, softly" answered the mother, see
ing that the question must come.
How many prophets were therc?"
~ don't know"
"Can't you guess?'
"No. Now keep quiet"
"Wcre there three?'
"Oh, yes. Sh!"
"Tenf"
Eyes. Don't ask another question:
''Twentyg' continued Ely, her eyes dis
tending.
The mother was in despair, and answer
ed, Eyes.
"Then, mamma, tell me this
"Hushr'
Just this, and by this time the little
girls voice was quite audible, chow could
20 prophets all hang on two command
mentss' Youth Companion.
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"YANkEe DOODLE"
How the Song Originated and tho Bravery
Of tho Macaronis.

From the time Yankee boy dons his
fist pair of trousers and can shove his
hands into his pockets he begins to whistle
"YankCe Doodle" He whistles it when
he goes to school, and later III his college
days the old tune is called upon as an out
let for the eEubcranco which naturally fol
lows some college victory, The merry
strains may be used to express his feelings
when he has been accepted by his best girl,
and again he teaches it to his boys as his
father taught it to him.
Yet it is no exaggeration to say that not
ono out of hundred Yankee boys can tell
where tho song originated, and should he
even apply to his father for the informa-
ton on the subject it is safe to say that he
would be dismissed with the oyasive and
general statement that it was written dur
ing the Revolution. In the general sense
the statement would be correct, but again
tho average Yankee boy is not satisfied
with only general idea. So let the boy
read this and learn whence came the song
which is regarded as the national anthem
of Yankeeland all over the world.
Just before the battle of Long Island
General George Washington applied to the
continental congress for more troops, and
among these sent him was Colonel Small
woods brigade of Maryland infantry.
They were only goo strong, but what they
lacked In numbers they made up in cour-
age Added to their rcputgion for BRAY
cry, they were conspicuous by reason OF
their particularly bright uniforms, which
were copied after those of regiment of
the private guard of the king of Italy.
Red, gold green and blue wero so inter
mingled that the other soldiers IN palmer
dress dubbed them the" Macaronis. - Then
a wag Of the Long Island camp took the
music of German drinking song and
wrote the doggerel:
Yankee Doodle came to town riding on pony
He stuck a feather in his cap and called hin
Macaroni.
Tho Macaroni referred to must have beer
| one of Colonel Smallwood's brigade. which
later took part in the campaign which end
| ed in the surrender Of CORVALLIS at York
| town, Va, and fought with such daring
| bravery that, when the articles Of peace
were signed between this country and Eng
| land and they went to their homes in ant
around Baltimore, only 10 Macaronis re
| maincd out of tho brigade of 200.
And while very few if any histories o
| the United States record tho brave deed o.
| the Macaronis they will forever be ilnmor
talized in the song which was written as
| jest at their expense, and which Is nov
| whistled and sung from Maine to Califor
MIA and from Hongkong to London.--In
| dianapolis Sentinel
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-07

The colored miners of Spring Valley are
fighting to regain their homes and proper
ty; the Italian miners to regain their lost
employment and living wages. The con
sumers of the coal pay enough for that
product to ensure good living for all
connected with mining and marketing
it. The mine owners arc amassing wealth
as most people would Ike to do. But
what of the welfare of tho communities and
the public affected by these bloody riots
A more practical feature OF the distur-
bance Is that it Is a race war, not arising
because of the different compilations of the
combatants so much as from the fact that
they are competitors for n livelihood at
unskilcd labor and that in Spring Valley
at the present time there is not room
enough tor all to get what they want.
Heretofore the black man his not been n
very formidable competitor In the labor
marke notwithstanding the cheap living
and low wages with which he was CON
ttHttu tthSoh VI th'S "ho SbIl''''N
to DO the proven bal shiftlessness of the ne
gro and general indisposition to work
more than small part of the time There
have. however, been instances where In
time of labor trouble the employers have
been able to substitute black unskilled helT
for poor white unskilled help and have
managed apparently TO keep the negro
quite steadily at his work He will sub
nit to more eXaotions and greater re-
straint than even the Italian. As yet thG
latter has not come into competition with
the colorod race In tho South but it
would not be surprising II that time wcrt
near ut hand Indeed so long as people
at the South are inclined TO look will
more or less contempt upon all kinds %
labor there Is not much inducement fol
other than the cheap unskillcd labor, tn
Italians and Hungarian's TO go there Ii
that event there will doubtless be man,
such occurrences as that reported from
Illinois and IL o outcome is in doubt, al
though the chances will favor tho man o
lighter skin, who at least possesses tn
greater energy
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-07
A WHlM OF THE TIDES.
An Incident Which Demonstrates That
Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction.

In September, 1892, the daughter of the
blacksmith in Gamma, an island of the Heb
rides, was wandering on the shore, gath
erinQ driftwood for fuel, when in n small
bay about 100 yards distant from her ia
Tiers house she picked up piece of wood
bearing the inscription, cut with knife,
"Lachlan Campbell Bilbao, March %,
1882 On taking it to her mother, she
became much concerned, as this was the
name Of her own son, who was boiler
maker in Spain, and as would be the case
with most people, certainly with high
landers, she could not get over the super
stitious dread that this message from the
sea was the harbingcr of evil tidings re-
.arCiing her son. The family of the pro
priotor did their best to calm her terror,
oxhorting her to wait for an explanation.
Whom writing to her son, she told him
of what had happened and was greatly re-
lievcd on receiving a reply assuring her of
his well being, but was astonished to learn
that he perfectly remembered how, when
on holiday, he had written as described
ON piece Of wood and had idly thrown 1t
into the sea from a rock near Bilbao. We
all know the power of ocean currents and
need not be surprised at this piece of wood
having been carried about for six months
but the marvellous and, except for I'M
doubted evidence the incredible circum-
stance in this case is that this piece of
wood, after its long drifting, should have
been washed on the shore within 100 yards
of where the writer's mother lived and
that it should be picked up by one of his
own family and taken home. Had any
novelist dared to picture "a message Dolly
cred rs this was by means of an ocean cur
rent, every reader and certainly every
critic, would have denounced tho outra-
geous demand on faith. And yet tho appar-
emily impossible actually occurred in Can
na.--Good Words.
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THE SENTIMENT OF STAIRS.
Those Who Live In Apartments Miss the
Comforts of the Stairway.

Those Who 1.-Two In Apartments MISS tine
Comforts of the Stairway.
"The Woman Who Thinks" in the New
York Recorder has been saying some
things about the comforts of stairs-a bit
of architecture the flat dwellers miss.
You know how it is, she writes, when
you enjoy tho advantages of a home con-
tanning stairs-not fire escape stairs, but
stairs within the portals, from which hangs
the latch string-how you can dash up the
stairs to the cool quiet of your own room
and close the door and indulge in profan-
ity or in prayer as specifics for definite
conditions. The thoughts in the place are
soothing, and the nerves quiet down and
go to sleep. There is no chance for nerves
or, 'twcre better to say. there is no
chance for anything but nerves, according
to the present arrangement. The top of
the wardrobe is your garnet, the folding
bed in the parlor is your bedroom, the re-
frigcrator is your cellar, the bread box is
your harder, the sideboard cabinet is your
wine closet, the front window is your con
servatory your doors are portieres, your
family altar is nowhere, your hearthstone
is gildcd radiator, thoughts quarrel with
each other in the above sphere, and life is
desert drcar.
Is it not denoralizing anyway? You
lose all sense of the relation of things when
you sew in the dining room and sleep in
the parlor. You have no place to keep any
thing, so you throw it out to save room,
and eventually the larus and penatcs GO
down in the dumb waiter along with the
garbage pail 1t may be that civilization
pays, but 1 shall always think her price is
an exorbitant one.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-07
Pity Is Achin to Love.

A girl bachelor of some 43 winters stood
talking earnestly to lady friend the 9th
err day. A bright little maiden, evidently
belonging to the latter seemed deeply in
tercsted. The woman Was recounting with
vigor the sins and shortcomings Of nu-
merous acquaintance, holding up first one
and then another to the light of her glar-
ing judgment she had nearly exhausted
the list, whom her friend asked about a
gentleman with whom they We're appar-
emily well acquainted
well, pity that man, was the ready
reply. What with his wife dying and a
scapegrace of a son and d daughter who is
perfect virago, he is an object of pity,
and he has my heartful sympathy"
The tiny listener raised her little hand,
and shaking one finger at the maiden lady
said earnestly; =" You better look out, Miss
-. Mamma says pity is achin to love I"
New York Herald 9J
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Glass In EthnoIOEy,

Teacher-Who were the three sons of
Noah?
The Ciass-Shem, Ham and Japhet.
Teacher-Where did the descendants of
Shem settle?
The Class-In Asia.
Teacher-Where did the descendants of
Japhet settles
The Class-In Europe.
Teacher-Wherc did the children of Ham
settle?
Bright Boy (after a pause)--My father
says they're all on the stage.-Boston
Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-07
STATE NEWS.
Ar0osto0k.

MAPLETON.
Mrs. Stephen Belyea and Thomas Bel
yea went to New Brunswick last week to
return this week Mr.. Lyman Smith ana
wife from Pembroke, and Lorimel
McGlaulin and wife from Charlotte, are
visiting relati les In this community. -
Charles Bull who has been sick for sew
eral months, died last Saturday night.
MASARDIS.
Dull hay weather this week. Some
have finished hayiug, Others will soon fin
ish IS. Nj. Reed cut Il piece of oats July
gath, threshed them July 3lst. Others
have pieces ready TO cut.-Potatoes are
looking finely The hay crop is better
than the farmers expected at first Blue
berries are very scarce Quite q number
If teams from Petten and other places
have passed here on their way to the blue
berry plains. The most of them returned
to their homes sadder if not wiser -
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Drew, and Mr.. and
Mrs Herman Rowe, from Patten, visited
their aunt, Mrs. 5 d. Reed, Tuesday and
Wednesday Miss Jennie Stimson from
Linneus is clerking for her brother, r.,
A. Stlmson. Mrs. Jennie Seamans will
lecture here Aug It'll, at the church in
.ne evening ri, "tnos :, ooeu - 'Is
ms ne" no"so. , n' - MS, -
1arney W ass'eU lli,.' ~ lio.', NJ i n
aor hnr,o unsii Wy iaU'iS Was Use : 10
Gnu PiIss VI Niiiiie'!'' All "i'n 'eei''
iilu0u JOY ..
NORTH PBRHAM
A sufficient amount Of rain has fallen
this week to quite fully satisfy the crops,
but not enough TO materially affect The
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expeditions.

PETER has ut last vouchsafed the infor-
nation that the Populist party will not be
swallowed by the silver party, as party
with but single idea cannot survive
Can 1t be that Peffor has come to realize
that having but one idea is dangerous
That ia treason to PETER himself
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-07

Some would like to know why Hoke
SIN It'll is permitted to distribute his
"'sound" money speeches through the
mail at a less rate OF postage than Is pres
cribed by law This Is worse than confls-
eating naval craft for private iunkcting
axnadit lOna.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-07

So an attempt has been made to blow
Roosevelt up with an Internal machine
BY the way this was not the Internal ma
chino that Roosevelt dealt such blow
tho ugh 1t may be Its spawn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-07

One New York beer bother hired
hearses In which to deliver liquor on sun
day. We have yet to learn who provided
the. hearses for the consumers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-07

We hear no complaints lately concern
Ing the silence of Hon. Thomas Is. Reed.
His friends all over the country are
doing all the talking needed to keep the
newspaper gossips busy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-07
Why Not You!

When thousands of people are taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla to overcome the weak
cess and languor which are SO common at
this season, why are you not doing the
same! When you know that Hoods Sar-
ssparllla has power to cure rheumatism,
dyspepsia and all diseases caused by i'm
pure blood. why do you continue to suf-
ferF Hoods cures others, why not your
hoods Pills arc prompt and efficient? csc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-07

The mile a minute record for locomo-
tive Is getting to be what 2. 40 is for the
modern trotting horse A train was run
on the Pennsylvania road three miles cat
urday, at the rate of l02 miles per hour.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-07

who were desirous of holding series OF
meetings and that the other five would be
along later He said he was dlrecs from
Boston The man is of medium height,
has quite large mouth and lips and is
about twenty-five years old. He lett
Springfield without paying his bills. He
is travelling under the name Of Captain
Raney.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-07

or the 70, 4l5 seamen shipped at the sea
ports of the United States during the year
ending June 30, only 81, AS were Ameri-
cans This cannot be because tho Amcri-
cans are satisfied with nothing less ihah
the earth
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-07

Edison has taken occasion to say that
talk about resusoitating those who have
been eiectrocuted is the merest bosh. he
insists that the death is painless Tesla
was then seen by the interviewer Dut de-
clincd to express himself.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-07

No notice whatever will be taken OF un-
signed communications.
THE JOURNAL CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE
for the preservation or return Of rejected COM
nominations.
Address all communications relating to sub
scriptions and advertisements to-BuRLKIsH q
FLYHT, Publishers, Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-07

Two and half billion bushels may be
an over sanguine estimate Of the corn
crop but the outlook for cheap hoIniuy is
excellent
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AUGUSTA SAVINGS Bank.
Organized 1at0.
BANKING ROOMS 235 WATER ST.

, TnusIHns-Wm. 3. Badger, J. n. Marley, L.
Y; Oornfsh, Lendall Titcomb, b. p, Parrott
Deposits received and placed on interest the
nrst day OF every month
interest paid or credited ON account Non the
nrst Wednesday Of February and AuSust.
deposits are exempt by law from All taxes,
sIu sccounts are strictly confidential.
Aoministrstors, Guardians, Trustses, married
aprsdM ADwIN o. DUDLEY, RYeas,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-07

Practically sure Of the needed CAPT
tai sounds well to those looking forward
to the Washington county railroad.
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mountains and Saratogs. Mrs. G w.
Clark and daughter Helen and son JESSE
of Massachusetts. arrived. Monday, lor
visit with relatives at this place.-Ine
Rev. MIR. McCann, FORMER pastor at TINS
place. preached, last Sunday, in exchange
with our pastor We understand that ne
will preach at the chapel again next sun
day Several from this place attended tne
Union Grange meeting at Whitehelu'
Saturday, and report fine time.
Lincoln.
DRESDEN.
Mr. and Mrs Daniel johnson of Brock
ton. Mass, are visiting at Il. j. Small $.
MIR. Warren Hatch returned to Boston,
Friday.-Mr. and Mrs Edwin Segars have
gone to Westport ON visit-Mr. Leslie
Bailey. who has been attending unlYer-
sity in Chicago for the past year Is az
home on a yisit.-Miss Jessie jackson OF
Wiscasset is the guest Of Mrs. George
Lilly. About one hundred and fifty OF
our citizens went on the excursion 10
Boothbay, Wednesday. A good time was
reported.
Somerset.
CoRNvILLE.
G. R. French has lost four calves one
by one after about five days sickness, the
symptoms in all cases being alike. The
veterinary thought 1t arsenic poisoning
Horace G. Cayfords eye sight is so much
impaired that he can do but little In cal
ing for his farm His affection is In part
hereditary. -Fred s. Robinson is visiting
his parents and friends. He and his
wife have been teaching in the West for
several years-L. L. Smith visited DR..
A. #. Smith of Athens, Sunday.-A good
crop of hay has been secured, above an
average in quantity and quality.
Waldo.
HALLDALE.
| Rev. F. Il. Pentecost preached very
| interesting sermon at the Vose school
| house last Sunday afternoon. is ex-
pected Rev. James Washburn will preach
there next Sunday In the forenoon. -
After rest of six weeks the ladies circle
met last Tuesday with Mrs. W. White
| The hay In this section is all cut Many
report larger crop than last year. Some
| have commenced to cut their grain which
promEes to be good crop. The apple
crop Will be failure. -Mrs. Charles Eos
| ter Of Lowell Mass, is visiting at B. +.
Foster Mrs Madison Written has re-
turned from her visit in Portland. Grace
and Still Imam White of Searsport are Wis,
iting their grandparents here.
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Deos appears to be losing his temper, a
bad sign--for Debs.
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B0vinine

of the greatest service. 1t restores
the mothers strength, produces
new, rich milk. For years the
best physicians of the country
have prescribed BovlNINE In all
such cases. It never fails them.
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Nursing
* Mothers

who are run down, and whose
appetites have failed, and milk
diminished in both quantity and
quality, will find
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Evidently the Bannocks are afraid Of
being undone for what they've done.
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MAINE GOSSIP.

The seashore Is claiming more than Its
share OF the drowning acc!d ,nts
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Business Cards.
7 JOHNSON, M. D.

Physician g. Surgeon.
ONCE 2Ss Water St.. Aliens Building owe,
Nsson's Clothing Store.
Hours 10 to IL A. NJ, 80 to and to sp. M
sunday, to 10 A. NJ. and to3P
Residence, IS Elm street.
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bangor Whis. - ...an is Passing
through the towns of this State who
should not be allowed to hold religious
meetings in any town. In the own of
Springfield he claimed to be one of s;x
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Drill work and guard mount aro ..
on the tour of duty at Camp Benson mus
ter week
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: Ea'orcing the game laws In northern
paine Is about as hazardous an occupa-
pom as that of the revenue officer in the
"moopshine'' district of the Sop,b
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The soldier boys wn need s,,adr
hand next week II they win l,urels with
their rifles.