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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-20

Granite Grange, North Searsport, is
conducting a literary contest The cap
tains are Fred Nickerson and Mrs. Ellen
Back.
West Paris Grange has now nearly 100
members in good standing The store in
charge of Brother f. i. Wymau is pros
pering finely
Oxford Pomona Grange held a success
full meeting with West Mnot Grange,
August 6. The weather was all that
could be desired and the attendance was
large. Nine oranges were represented.
Eight fourth degree members were elected
and advanced to the fifth degree. An ex-
ccllent programme was successfully car
risd out. The next meeting will be held,
August %, with Fryeburg Grange.
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange held very
pleasant meeting with Woolwich Grange,
August Z. Ninety-two patrons were
present. fine literary programme was
much enjoyed by all. Reports from the
various oranges in the county showed the
order to be in good standing there. The
fifth degree was conferred upon class of
10. One noticeable feature Of the meet
ing was that every grange in the county
was represented, Notwithstanding that the
meeting was held at the extreme edge
Of the county. The next meeting will
be held with Northern Star Grange,
Woolwich, August IS. with the fol-
lowing programme: Opening exercises
at 10 o'clock A. M.sharp; reading records;
remarks by worthy lecturer; music;
essay, Sister Lottie Cobb j song, Sister NJ
E. Page; What Methods Can the Farmer
Best Adopt to Check the Annual Growth
of Noxious Weeds, to be answered by
Brother I. ". Reed followed by Brother
j. P. Cobb and Others; reading, Miss
Agnes Dinslow; noon recess; unfinished
and new business; census and collection;
entertainment by Northern Star Grange;
Resolved that farmers spend
too much time on their farms to their
own detriment, affirmative Brother D. S.
Carter, negative, s b Hathorne; good
of the order; closing exercises.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-20
GOSSIP OF THE ORANGES.

Granite Grange North Searsport, is
a literary contest. The cap
tains are Fred Nickerson and MIS-. Ellen
Back
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-20

c. P. Coolidge one of st. Adams
most successful farmers and owner of the
Fairview Dairy Farm, states that he
has cut one-t third more hay than last year
On five acres of new ground he har-
vested fifteen tons There was some herds
grass that stood five feet high. The farm
yielded in all seventy-fve tons ar.
Coolidge Gays he can make more money
in the GARY business than any other
branch of farming.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-20
ICE WATER
HARMLESS WITH
SANFORD'S GINGER

A FEW DROPS in every
glass of water drunk during
warm weather will insure against
cramps, pains, and Indigestion,
and protect the system from ma
larial and epidemic influences.
AS a healthful summer drink,
with iced water, milk, lemonade,
and mineral waters, it is cooling,
refreshing, and healthful.
Avoid substitutes. Ask for SANFORD'S
GINGER and look for owl trade mark on the
wrapper; Sold everywhere. POTTER DRUG AND
CHEM. CORR, Sole Propretors. Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-20
OUR GREAT PATTERN OFFER.
Cut Paper Patterns FREE Every Reader Of the KEN.
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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16
Strange Collision.

Fanny, the artist, tells a story OF the
greatest fright of his life The Incl
dent happened In little Pennsylvania
town. He says:
1t was terribly dark and there were
no street lamps. was walking along
at good gait because had an en-,
gagement and was little late.
started to walk across the road and
ran head first into the most singular
object l had ever felt. put my hands
against 1t, and felt that It was some
substance that gave; it seemed like a
wall of canvas, and just then some
thing like n snake struck me In the
face.
A little further up the road l saw
lights moving and heard the shouts Of
men; over the din of voices arose the
awful bowls of some animal. | thought
had an attack of nightmare; | was so
frightened could not move, and could
feel the thing l run into swaying to
and fro. In a few seconds | became
composed enough to step back a few
PAGES and wait until the men with the
lights came up.
What do you suppose | had fallen
over? An elephant! A circus had been
passing along the road. and the ele-
plant had broken away from his keep.
err, and after running a short distance
had stopped and | had walked right
into him. The old fellow had swung
his trunk around at that moment, and
If he had been in a bad humor, he
would have picked me up with 1t, and
| might have had an uncomfortable
quarter of an hour
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16
How Ants Kill a Snake,

That ants can actually kill snakes is
hard thing to believe. There is ire
futable evidence, however, that they
do, and scientists have discovered that
the snake has hardly amore dangerous
enemy. The largest red-brown forest
ant is the sort that is the most fatal to
the ophidians, and curious thing
about the attack of these tiny creatures
on this comparatively enormous rep.
tile is that they kill for food and not
on account of auy natural antipathy.
When some of the ants catch sight
OF snake they arouse the whole com
munity at once. In platoon and bat
talioEs the little fellows set upon the
reptile, striking their nippers into its
body and eyes at thousands of points
at once. 50 rapidly and concertedly
is this done that the snake has no
chance at all of escaping. 1t is like
thousand electric needles in him at
once. The snake soon becomes ex-
hausted and dies ignominiously.
Then the ants set harder at work.
This may seem strange story, but it
is true. They begin to tear off the
flesh in small pieces, gradually strip
ping off the skin and working inside
of it. Not until they have carried
away eyeryth ne except the bones and
the skin Itself do they leave it.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16
CAVE IN THE SIERRA NEvADAs.
Dark Cavern Where Myriads of Bat,
and other Creatures Make Homes.

Dark Cavern Where Myriads of Bats
and Other Creatures Make Homes.
or all the strange places to be found
in the remote recesses Of the Sierra Ne
vadas none is any stranger than a bat
cave in Kaweah canyon. There is moth
Ing particularly strange about the cave
itself, but the fact that 1t is the dwell
ing place of thousands of web-wlnged
animals makes it most uncanny and
unusual spot The cave is In the wall
Of the canyon, not far back from the
water In the rainy season. and there is
nothing about the appearance of the
opening to attract attention during the
day. But approach the place at about
dusk, and a black stream of shadowy
forms will be seen passing in and out
Of the opening accompanied by the
most peculiar odor in the world and a
soft rustling sound. The bats have
been asleep all day and are going Ia
search Of food. To enter the cave in
the daytime is not a difficult task, but
Is somewhat unpleasant. The opening
Is anu u man Ndh III an
erect position. About ten feet in the
entrance makes turn, and an inky
blackness exists. Go little farther,
so as to be away from the air at the
entrance, and a most disagreeable odor
strikes the nostrils and every few feet
one treads upon the body Of bat
While the cave is in darkness a pro-
found silence exists, but strike light
and a sound like a waterfall is heard.
Thousands of bats that have been
asleep at once awake and commence to
fly in circles about the cavern, which
can be seen to be very large. Round
and round they go, increasing in speed
every moment, and the odor of the cave
becomes more and more disagreeable.
When this happens it is a wise thing
for the explorer to make his escape and
postpone further investigation until
night, at which time the cave is desert
ed. Even the dead bats on the floor will
disappear, having been eaten by the
others as soon as they awoke.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16
The Skin Of the Teeih-

1t was Old man Job, l think, who
had something to say about the skin
of the teeth, l asked prominent
dentist the other day if there was real
ly skin of the teeth, and he an.
swered, "Most certainly mott" I'll
wager that there is not man or
woman in this city who has not at one
time or another, felt That very same
skin on the teeth that job mentioned
1t is possibly so thin that tho modern
dentist cannot fad it. Why, many a
man has gone to H eaven by the skin
of his teeth. 1t means, as I take it.
very narrow margin--th9 flip of a
coin as it were, The expression has
grown into our Language, an We hear
it used every day. And there are
dentists aad d 'ntists who say there is
40 such thing
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16

A discovery has lately been made
which threatens to bring about moth
ing short of revolution in our kitch-
ems. As every one knows, one of the
greatest differences between English
and French cookery has been the
sauces, which have long been stumb-
ling block to every other than French
or italian cook. Professor Driessens
of the Paris culinary academy has
contrived a method of desiccating
sauces so that they can be preserved
almost indefinitely in state Of pow
der, which only needs to be stirred
over a clear, gentle fire, with due
proportion of cold water until the
latter boils, and the mixture is smooth
and the sauce is perfect, as delicately
made and favored as if fresh from the
hands of first rate chef. These sauces
called "Driessens' foundation sauces"
or more succinctly, "Driessauces,"
are OF two kinds the brown and the
blonde, the former serving with a few
additions as the origin of a whole
string of brown sauces, such as pi-
quante, madere, Provencale, etc.,
while the latter produces distinctly
praiseworthy veloute, Italienne, Port
ugaise, bechamel, etc All sorts of
dainty dishes are thus brought within
the reach Of the plainest of cooks.
These sauces are packed in glass jars,
Wild alright covers of white metal SO
there is no fear of chemical action be-
ing set up, however long they are kept.
Atlanta Constitution.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16

His Job Blew Through His Whiskers.
A story is told Of Philadelphia hotel
keeper. Employed as porter about
the hotel was an elderly man named
Mike. who had been an attache of the
hotel for eight years. His most prom
inent feature and one Of which he was
very proud, was a beard Of luxuriant
growth. one day last week the pro-
prietor of the house was pacing the
lobby when Mike happened to pass.
The proprietor was in a very disagree
able frame Of mind. and he stopped and
looked at Mike with an evil light in his
eye. "Come here, you" he yelled at
the porter How long have you been
here?" "Nigh onto eight years, sor."
"well, you've been here long enough.
You needn't come back tomorrow. I'm
tired of seeing you about" The poor
porter was thunder-struck. He went
to his friend the day clerk. and told
him all about it. "What'll OF do?" said
he. "Oive a wolfe and family fur t
support, an OF can't get another job"
The clerk thought for a minute and
then said suddenly: 81 have 1t. You
go home and shave off your beard, and
then 20 to the boss and tell him you
heard he needed a porter" Mike fol
lowed the advice next day and secured
the situation, becoming his own sue
cessor. The proprietor has never sus.
pected the trick.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16

The new Canon of Westminster was
once terribly Interrupted by the inces-
SAINT coughing of his congregation
Wherein he suddenly paused in his
sermon and interjected the remark
Last night l was dining with the
Prince of Wales" The effect was
miraculous, and a deathly silence
relgned as the preacher continued: "As
matter of fact, was not dining with
the Prince of Wales last night, but with
my own family. l am glad, however,
to find that l have at last secured your
attention"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

An Atlantic steamers screw costs
about $50, 600.
Sandpaper is at present made with
powdered glass instead Of sand.
1t is said that the samoyedes. tho
aborigines of Siberia, are fast disap-
pearing.
A Chicago physician asserts that
electricity will cure insanity, and he
wants permission TO experiment in the
insane asylum.
Minnesota has variety Of wolves
which so closely resemble the Siberian
wolf that many people believe they
came from that country.
Australia is the only country in the
world in which Illuminating animals
are not Indigenous, and yet cattle and
sheep of various breeds thrive there
amazingly.
1t is said the wound made by the
tooth Of the cobra species of serpent
is mere puncture and causes little
swelling. Death ensues from paral.
ysis of the nerve centres.
London has death-rate of only
1I9 per 1000 last year. Philadel-
adelphia had death-rate of 22.6.
New York City, 2s.6. Paris 80, Berlin
30, Vienna 43, Constantinople IS.
According to n recent lecture of
Professor Schuster of London the
safest course for human being in
thunderstorm is to get thoroughly wet.
Benjamin Franklin remarked that he
could kill rat when dry by means of
an electric discharge, but never when
it was wet.
The idea that bee invariably dies
after singing is an error. 1t will If
allowed time, generally carry its
sting away by travelling round upon
the wound, giving the instrument
screw movement until it is free.
More usually, however, the bee is not
allowed time to extricato its sting.
Fourteen corbras de capello from
Haiphong were recently received at
the Paris Jardin DIES Plantes, Paris.
M. Bertrand has analysed their poison,
and finds that it contains three sub
stances, two of which affect the res
piratory organs, while the third brings
on creeping paralysis. Combined
they cause instant death.
frrigating by electricity is to be-
come an accomplished fact at San Ber-
nardino, Cal. An electric light com
pany has just perfected arrangements
for an eight-mile circuit, which shall
cover the farms and orchards to the
north OF the city, and by means OF
stationary pumps and movable motors
the water for irrigating purposes will
be raised and distributed.
DIR. Jolly of Dublin, announced to
the Royal Society of London the dis
covery of a practical method of pho
tographing in colors with almost abso-
lutte fidelity to nature. He places a
glass screen" before the vegetation.
Lis. screen is crossed by fine Ines,
800 to the inch, successfully, red, blne
and yellow. By this method he claims
to be able to produce a color negative
in one operation. In experiments
heretofore separate negatives had to
be made with red, yellow and blue
screens.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16
RECIPES.

Baked Squash-Boil, mash and let
get colk, then beat up light with one
teaspoonful melted butter, two raw
eggs, three tablespoonfuls milk; pep
per and salt to taste. Put iu buttered
bake dish, sift dry crumbs over the
top and bake in a quick oven.
Fried Tomatoes-Cut tomatoes in
slices without skinning; pepper and
salt them; then sprinkle little flour
over them and fry in butter until
brown Pat them on hot platter
and pour milk or cream into the butter
or juice. When boiling hot pour over
tomatoes.
Pearl Whites of three eggs,
one teacup of white sugar, one teacup
of corn flour, half a teacup of butter,
half teacup of milk, two spoonfuls
OF baking powder, two teaspoons of
extract of lemon; beat the butter to
a cream, add the sugar and other in
gradients, and lastly the eggs, whites
only; bake at olce in a moderate
oven.
Stewed Chicken-Prepare and cook
chicken in same manner as for chicken
pie just before chicken is quite done
pare quantity of new potatoes, lay
them on top of chicken, let them boil
until done; then take potatoes up on
plate by themselves, turn pint of
sweet milk in with chicken. thicken
with flour wet with sweet milk, season
with pepper salt and plenty of but
ter.
Cold SIaw-Ono quart of finely
shaved cabbage, yolk Of three eggs
well beaten, one and one-half glass
fuls of weak vinegar, two tablespoon
fuls white sugar, one tablespoonful of
olive oil, one-half teacup of sweet
cream piece of butter large as a hen S
egg heaping teaspoonful of salt,
pepper and mustard. Mix all we'll
together put over fire till hot then
add cabbage, stew until the whole is
heated, place in china dish and set
aside TO become cold; add celery salt
before serving,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16

In st. Paul's one day, a London guide
was showing an American gentleman
round the tombs. THAT, sir" said the
man, 'his the tomb of the creates,
naval zero Europe or the whole world
ever knew-Lord Nelson's. This mar.
BILE sarcoughhogus weighs forty-two
tons. Hinside that is a steel receptacle
Weighing twelve tons, and hinside that
is a leaden casket, 'ermetically sealed,
Weighing two tons. Hinside that his a
mahogany coffin 'olding the hashes of
the great ero.'
Well" said the Yankee, after think
ing awhile, 81 guess you've got him. II
he ever gets out of that, telegraph me
at my expense"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16

Perhaps the neatest reproof to a
long winded preacher was that given
by Harvey Combe when Lord Mayor to
DIR. Parr. AS they were coming ont Of
church together, Parr was so foolish as
to ask the other how he liked his ser
mon. well, doctor, to speak, firmly,
there were four things in it that l did
not like to hear. They were the quar-
tiers of the church clock which struck
before you had finished"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16
WASHING COTTON QUILTS.

Thick cotton quilts are somewhat
troublesome to wash, but if properly
done they look quite as good as new.
Take bucketful of boiling water, and
in it dissolve one pound of notified
soap, shredded into thin slices, one
ounce of pearlash, and quarter of an
ounce of potash. Put some warm
water into washing tub, and add to
1t basinfuli of the mixture. Into
this put the quilt, beat it well, turn it
about, then take second supply of
water and do the same thing over
again. Rinse the quilt in pure cold
water, and then soak 1t for few min
utes in weak solution of good blue
Dry it in the open air if possible.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. ~
VIZ +; ). CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo. O.
we, the undersign ned, have known f. J Che
ney Tor the last 10 years. and believe him per-
'ectiy honorable in all business transactions
ma financially able to carry out any oblIga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST q TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo,
WALDGNG, KTNNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in ernally. act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
races OF the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16
Cigarettes ana Crime.

A cigarette SMOKER need not neces-
sarily be criminal. but the experience
of the police in charge of the station
houses goes to show that nearly all
criminals are cigarette smokers. AS
a rule the first thing that criminal
asks for after being locked up is
package of cigarettes.-Lou Com
mercial.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16
cLorHEs1rxE FOR SMALL YARDS.

A CLoTHEsLINE FOR SMALL YARDS.
For those who have only limited
space for clothesline, here is an ex-
cellent idea: Procure from the lum-
Der yard two posts nine feet six in
ches in length. They should be four
by six. Set them in the ground two
feet nine inches deep, which leaves
them six feet nine inches above
ground. These posts should be set at
a distance of twenty-five or twenty
three feet apart. About eight and a
half inches from the top of each post
nail crosspiece thirty-three inches in
length. Suspend galvanized wire
from the top of one post to the other
and fasten securely, then suspend a
wire from either end of the cross
piece of the other post, and you have
three clotheslines which do not need
to be taken down, as our old-fa
toned lines did, and are always ready
for use. They do not rust and never
soil the clothes. Before using simply
rub them with a busting rag. A piece
of tin nailed on top of the posts pre-
vents them from decaying. New
England Household.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
WEEDS IN PAYMENTS

For weeds in pavemcnts and gravel
walks make strong brine of coarse
salt and boiling water; put the brine
In sprinkling can aud water the
weeds thoroughly, being careful not to
let any of the brine get on the grass
or it will kill it, too. For weeds in
the grass put pinch or two of salt in
in the middle of each, and unless II
showers washes it eff it will kill the
weeds. New York Telegram.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16

The British agent at Zanzibar reports
that slavery in the protectorate can be
stopped only by maintaining an eff
clent coast guard, which would cost
f35.OO0 year, while to free the slaves
now held as such would cost 100000
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16

Every day we meet the man with shabby
clothes, sallow skin and stumbling footsteps,
holding out tobacco-palsied hand for tho
charity quarter. Tobacco destroys manhood
and the happiness of perfect vitality. No
To-Bac is guaranteed to cure Just such cases,
and it's charity to make them try. Sold
under guarantee to cure by Druggists every
where. Book free. Adj. Sterling Remedy Co.,
New York City or Chicago.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16

Most of the discomfort in life comes from the
stomach. You'll admit that without argu-
ment. The proof is in your own stomach
A great many seemingly different diseases
come from the common cause-a disordered
stomach. Coming from one cause, it is natur-
al that they should all be cured by one medi-
cine Ripans TAbules not only cure the dis
ease-they cure the cause.
They are good for dyspeps a, biiousnesss,
headache, cons tipation,. dizziness and all
troubles of the stomach, liver and bowels.
Druggists sell them.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispeis colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing 20 tie taste and ac.
c:.eptabie to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial In its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists' Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one Who
wishes to try it. DO not accent any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
,o,no. say FRANCISCO Cal.
-oOoMLt' ~ NEW YoRG ~
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1895-08-16

Dr.. Kilmer's SWAMI Roof cures
ell Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory. Binghsmton, n. Y.