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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-20
No stoves In Mexico.

SIN old Mexico we have no stoves" said
Antonio Estrada. Most of the houses are
built of adobe bricks, without floors, and
the fires are built on the ground, where all
looking is done. In the more aristocratic
families the American pattern of cooking
itoves has been introduced, but only few
of them are in use, New York Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-20
Daily Eennehet 9uarnal.
BEYOND THE SEA,
What dreams are born, what sweet eyes sot

What dreams are born, what sweet eyes softly
shine,
What golden Tyres make happy melody, !
What thrilling lips break forth in song divine,
Beyond the cleaning gateways of the scar
If but step into the silvering wave. =.
And launch my soul upon the ebbing tide.
What hand shall be outstretched from thence
to save,
And draw me swift unto the other ise9
o love, this Is the way thy feet have passed.
And still the foam crests glow with ROSY
light
love- herein death found thy lips at last
And where ye twain embraced the sea ia
bright
And will follow theel IT'S not SO far
But shall soon behold thy radiant eyes
Lighting the world where blest immortals are.
AS dawn illumes the dark and sunless skies
st. James Budget
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-20

Antiouitie hath held that certaine wom-
en- of Scythia, being provoked anu VeAe .'i
against some men, had the po"er 70 MI
them only with their locke. The Iortolses
and Estriges hatch their eggs with 1neir
looks only, signo that they have some
vertue And concerning
Witches. they are said to have offensive ana
hormeworking disadvantages. a.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-20
Cav Jackets of Fishskin.

The Eskimos of Alaska make jackets Of
the skins of the red spotted trout of that re-
gion, known as the Dolly Warden, which
they tan fo- this purpose. The Dolly
Warden is a handsome fish of pale pur-
plish gray color; it attains length of 2H
feet and a weight OF 10 to IL pounds. The
skin is waterproof and with its bright red
spots it makes a very snowy jacket. New
York SIM
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-20

During the war between the'Macedoni-
ans and the Romans both parties met
peaceably on the island of Delos, the re-
puted birthplace of Apollo. and offered
sacrifices together to the deity of the is
land
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-20
A Clear Coast.

Cat.erson-We are going to have Dig
rorival at my church next week. Come
~, ~, and snend some evening with me.
"P ,Jn4+orson-Great Scottl l don't go to
revivals ,,,,. NV xife
docs New York Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-20

Man is beyond dispute the most excel
,o,,t If created beings, but the sages agree
that a grateful dog is better than an uh-
grateful man.-Saadl.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-20

Thou oughtest to be nice, even to super
stition, in keeping thy promises, and
therefore equally cautious in making
them.-Fuller.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-20

A Good wild bee hunter must possess
not only keen eyesight, but q thorough
knowledge of woodcraft. -,-.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-20
NONRESIDENT TAXES.
NOn-ResiIent Taxes I'm the City Of u-
gusta, I'm the County OF Kcnnebec, fov
the Year 1891,

The following list OF taxes on real estate
of non resident owners, in the city OF Au-
gusta for the year 1874. in bills committed
to K. Townsend, collector Of said city,
on the 11st day of June. 1884, has been re-
turned by him to me remaining unpaid,
on the 18th day OF June 1885, by his certificate
of that date, and now remain unpaid; and
notice is hereby given that il the said taxes
and interest and charges are not paid into
the treasury Of said city within eighteen
mon his from the date OF commitment OF said
bills. so much OF the real estate taxed as
will be sufficient to pay the amount due
therefor, including interest and charges.
viii, without further notice, be sold at public
auction at my Office In Granite Block In
said city OF Augusta. on Thursday, the goth
day of December, 1895. at O'Clock In the
afternoon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-14
Triumph OF BAD Spelling.

Mr.. R. E. BARTLETT, London, writes:
ST can beat the achievement of
Charles Edward, who, by spelling
box 'botsk,' made more mistakes than
the letters admit of. I have in my
possession letter addressed many
years ago to my father, in which
thirteen mistakes are made in a word
of Eve letters. The word is, or
was meant to be, usage; the spelling
is yowzitch. There are thus five
sins of omission and eight of commits
Eion-total thirteen"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-14
A Tongue Twistsr.

Among the literary curiosities of
which Boston is justly the proud pos
SCISSOR is the following jawbreaker,
framed and hung in the old South
church in that city: "Wutappesittuk-
qussunnookwehtunquoh." This word,
SO far as known, has never been pro-
nounced by white man, but occurs
in Eliot's Indian bible, and is found
in Marks gospel, first chapter and
fortieth verse, and according to that
means ''kneeling down to Him." II
the brave red man had thrown such
chunks of wisdom at the forefathers
instead of dull arrow heads and way
side stones, probably American his
tory would have been written in a
different kew
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-14
HOW A WATCH IS EFFECTED.
In Some Cities 1t Runs Ahead and I'm
Ofhora Ii Lnaaa.

Others It Loses.
sit is curious to notice the effect of
certain atmospheres upon timepieces
of certain kind" said A. G. Graham
of Chicago. 81 have 3 watch of the
old-fashioned type, which I always
carry with me wherever I go; first.
because it's curiosity, and secondly,
because it is gift from much be-
loved friend. Well, this watch has
habit of running ahead of time. In
my own city, or in st. Louis, for ex-
ample, it gains five minutes in every
twenty-four hours. This Is notice
able, because it means nearly two
hours a month. I have a way of let
ting it run for a length of time, say
six months, so that it regulates itself
practically in that time. 1t manages
to make about twelve hours, and
when a timepiece is that much ahead
of, or behind, time it is just as
good as if it were perfect. A short
| while agoI was compelled to visit
| Philadelphia. from which city I am
| just returning. During my stay there
| the watch lost five minutes day. and
| the loss was as regular as the gain
was in Chicago or in your city. 1
have theory upon the subject. be-
| lieve that the movements of a man
have more or less effect upon a
watch. Now, almost every man read
lily falls into the ways and gait of his
fellows. In Chicago or in St Louis
every man likes to be five minutes
| ahead of time. In Philadelphia
everyone says, "Well, there's no
hurry: five minutes behind time will
make no difference and from this
follows that slow, easy gait which is
the most striking characteristic of the
Quaker city. 1t would seem the
watches keep time in the same fash
ion, as If in sympathy with their
owners. So you see there is pretty
good reason for the allegation with
regard to Philadelphia's proverbial
| slOwuess,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-14

James" exclaimed Mrs. McNagg
to her patient and long suffering hus-
band the other night just as he was
dropping off into his first doze, 81 am
certain that heard something NOV
ing downstairs, and I'm sure it's
burglars. Get up at once, James, and
see what it is. And, oh. dear, if you
find any burglars. what will you do?"
''Do?" repeated her husband with
great calmness as he got up and pre-
pared to explore the regions down
stairs. 81 will do whatever they
want me to do, of course. I have
never had my own way once in this
house yet and it's too late to begin
now"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-14
JAPANESE PATRIOTISM.
HOmely Incident Showing an Old We
mans Love for Her Country.

HomeIy Incident Showing an Old WO-
mans Love for Her Country.
A homely incident is related in one
of the Japanese journals which is
not without a touch of pathos.
Kuriso is the name of one of the
lesser stations on the northern route,
the nearest village of any Importance
being known as Higashi Nasu- mo-
mura, a little place of less than 500
inhabitants. AS many trains have
lately been bringing soldiers down
from the northern provinces, and as
these trains have invar ably to stop
while at Kuriso, the people of the
above-named village thought this an
excellent opportunity to turn an hon.
est penny by selling articles of food,
tobacco, etc, to the soldiers en- route.
There was one old woman, how
ever, who had bigger conception of
her duty and what was owing to the
defenders of her country than any of
her fellow villagers. Parting with
every thing she could spare she spent
all the result in buying large guam
tity of chestnuts. These were then
made into that kind of cake known
as kachikuri. This done. the old
woman carried the cakes to the trains
whenever they bore soldiers south
ward and presented each man with
some of the sweets she had sacrificed
SO much to procure.
She accompanied each little gift
with a bow and the wish Conquer in
battle and come back to Japan vic
torious and unwounded." The sol
diers were much touched by her sim
pie words and artless demeanor and
would have given her money, but she
positively refused to receive anything
in return for the loyal offerings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-14
Live Snake in solid stone.

A live snake in cavity in a solid,
stratified stone is an oddity reported
to have been found by railroad con-
struction gang in charge of Matt Nc
Laughlin of Beaver tails, Pa. The
snake was of some unknown striped
variety, about ten inches in length,
and unusually lively and vicious.
The geologist who examined the egg
shaped cavity in which this particular
ophidian was found, and who declares
that the cavity had no possible COM
municati ton with the outside world,
assigns it to a period which would
make the snake at least 10. 600 years
old
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-14
Fiction Founded on Fact.

Robert Louis Stevenson told a
Washington writer that his story of
''Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" had for its
foundation an incident related to him
by a London doctor, who made dis
eases of the brain a speciality. None
of his work was absolute fiction and
most of it had a basis in actual expe-
rience. 81 do not believe" he said,
that any man ever evolved a really
good story from his inner conscious
ness unaided by some personal expe-
rience or incident of life"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-14

Harlow went home and told Laura
he felt queer.
mot going to be i'll, hope" she
asked anxiously.
mo, but my head is dizzy"
''Been riding in the elevator?''
mot more than usual But I notice
that when I am at the books the fig
ures swim before my eyes"
"a determination of arithmetic to
the brain.
perhaps. It's queer and disagree
able, though"
This was all the preparation she
had when a week later Harlow came
in, cropping his way.
"Laural My God. I'm blind!''
He nearly fell into her extended
arms. She led him to a chair, and
taking another, sat down before him.
Her face was white and her lips quiv-
cred.
'what is it, dear2 Have you seen
the doctor?''
Eyes and he says-my girl. have
you courage to hear it?''
Yes, yes. Go on"
s'That will never see again. It is
clot-he called 1t some long Latin
name-but oh, Laura, what is to be-
come of us2 We have nothing laid
up yet and have done the last 1 ever
can do, and-what will you do with a
blind man on your hands?"
I'VE will play blind mans buff, as
we used to do when we were chill
dren," she said, smothering a sob.
Don't be frivolous, Laura
Harlow, yo1 are in my hands now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-14
SITUATIONS wANrEn-FREE.

Are YOU ia need Of work? If So you ars -
liberty 70 use these columns for assistance "
that direction. While this notice appears tins
Monday and Tuesday, for Topeka or Kansas
people, all notices of Situations Wanted. nos
length Provided that all advertisements OF
this nature are handed in previous 70
ten O'Clock Saturday morning; also on Wednes.
day, Thursday aud Friday, all advertising q
this class handed in by ten o'clock Wednesday
morning.
No advertisements of this nature to be started
except on Saturdays and Wednesdays. No OBJ
legation is incurred on the part Of the adVert1s:
er. No worthy and needy man or woman need
hesitate to take advantage of this offer No one
Ia business or having employment is expected %
take advantage of it, but all others invited .
avail themselves freely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-14

It is noteworthy fact that the late
Robert Louis Stevenson's stories are
almost entirely lacking in the femi-
nine element. Women plays only the
most insignificant part in his plots;
they are the merest supernumeraries
on his stage, and it is one of the
many striking proofs of his genius
that he is able both to create and sus-
tain an intense interest without the
aid of heroine, an adjunct usually
regarded as indispensable in fiction.
In ssPrince Otto Stephenson made
his almost sole attempt to portray
the complex character of a woman,
but without marked success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-14

''Meat eating makes one irritable
and unreasonable. It is a savage
What do I care?" Besides. it is
fatal to beauty. wasting as it does
the - sob. is that SOP" Why
didn't you. say SO in the first placer"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-14

A-Daily. B-Daily, except Saturday. G.
Daily, except Monday.
For tickets. sleeping-car beFths and general
information call at City Ticket Ofice sol Kan.
sas avenue. corner Sixth street, Telephone 400;
at Passenger Station, corner First street and
Kansas avenue, Telephone 3s4); or at Postofhce.
North Topeka. telephone 364l.
H. o. CARNEY,
City Passenger Agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-14

MHAR - -
AaMg5
' j d .
ls@A- fU EOPLE who knew
1sssR Xki anything,
F2#NT when q r o W
{N$HAS ET#>//W Graham married
tN%znT-IIZ that I'm q d a p
IMFE[Mk 1ittle piece"
sINAE<MNzga Laura Catesford,
SS t b a t b T
friends W o u l d
have to take care
of them for the rest of their lives. Ac-
cording to public opinion, Laura was
a giddy, idle, fun-loving girl, who
knew nothing of taking care of
house, ora husband either; and Har-
low-wel1. he hadn't wit enough to
earn his salt, much less porridge for
two. Pretty housekeeping there
would be with such pair at the head!
Besides Laura was a spendthrift just
as her father had been before her.
Look how she had squandered the
little he had left. in fine gowns to get
married in, instead of investing it in
something useful, or putting it out at
inter And then the dear pub
lie wa 1ed its hands of the young
couple altogether, and took up some
thing else for charitable comment.
Laura and Harlow Graham fur
nished up a little cottage and went
to housekeeping. Their wedding
presents made very pretty show in
the little parlor and the brio a brac
filled the bay window. It WASH It
style, of course, but these were just a
pair of real human people who had
started out to picnic through life and
were not bothered about style and
conventionalities.
Laura's dear friends were. right.
She was no housekeeper, ard poor
Harlow sat down to many an ill
cooked meal, while she was learning
the chemical process by which the
raw material was to be converted
into delicious and nourishing food.
He could not blame her mother. for
she had died when Laura was baby,
but he had no inclination to blame
anyone. They had agreed to picnic
through life, and a picnic it was. Be-
sides, he made errors in the ting
room where he was employed that
nearly cost him his situation. and
they were both learning. Laura set
before him one day a plate of biscuits.
"Made them all out of my own
head, and had enough wood left to
make another batch,'' she said merrily.
"Stone, you mean, sweetheart.
They are just like the biscuits mother
used to make" answered Harlow.
Laura threw one at him, and he re-
same one that Mrs. Noah saved from
the ark.
There were more failures, and
Laura sometimes shed few tears of
vexation in secret. and then there
were more attempts, and at last sue
cess came to stay. The cooking was
conquered, and Laura had won a
graduates laurels. She invited her
friends to dinners and teas, which
were highly praised, and old house
keepers asked for her recipes.
Now. strange as it may be, there is
nothing SO insipid as the dead level
calm of happiness. Pain is hea1thful
compared to the monotony of con
slant calm and sunshine, and Laura
was beginning to yawn a little and
adjusted, and she was mistress of the
situation.
But nothing disturbed the two
married lovers, until one day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-14

EOPLE who knew
anything, S a i d
when q a RI o W
Graham married
that I'M q d c a p
! i { tt Q piece,
Laura Catesford,
t b a t t b e i T
friends W o u d
A-1 4a~n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-14

FOR RENT-A room cottage. 32e TYLER 81
Inquire at SO6 Kansas ave-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-16

Utah viii receive the sum OF $1,000
from The United States treasury. for
the .7urpose of carrying on the surveys
Of public land. This was the notitica-
ton received here yesterday by Sur
veyor-General Snow, from The conn
missioner of the general land Office.
and that official viii at once prepare
for the awarding of new contracts
covering as many new districts as
possible. Preference is to be given to
the actually settled lands, and those
to be selected By The new state Of
Utah. in accordance with the provi-
Sions of the enabling act Mr.. Snow
was notified that the last Congress
had appropriated the sam Dt &JO,0OO
for the surveying Of public lands or
this amount $40 600 were set aside to
defray tire expenses of examining sur
veys, and the sum Of $l5.GG1 tor re-
surveys This leaves S1959o0 Tor the
actual field work, and # this amount
Utah will receive $4,000. The money
viii be made to go as lar as possible,
but ii win only make a small hoe in
the file Of applications Cor surveys.
All Of he new contracts are n be in
by the list of May, and the instruc-
tions received by the V2yOr-generaI
state that he may apply the money
anywhere, within the railroad grant
limits ar otherwise.
Another fund was created by Con-
Fress. and the sum of 100000 was ap-
propriated for the surveying of rail-
road lands Mr.. Snow was notified
that no apportionment would be made
of this money, but the commissioner
would hold it in readiness for the
payment of expenses incurred in max
ing surveys upon the application Of the
railroads. Utah should secure quite a
neat sum Of this appropriation in time.
The sum of $4,000 is also retained by
the commissioner for the making Of
private land surveys. There is no
probability that any Of this money viii
be expended in Utah.
The annual instructions covering
mineral entries have been received at
the land office They are unchanged
from those in force during the whole
Of the mast wear
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-16
Taking Out Punicc.

In accordance with the instructions
wired to this city by President Quig-
ley, Of the Chicago Pumice Stone com
pany, a force of men is now at work
on the development of the properties
which go TO make up the group. 1t is
the intention Of the management to get
out three carloads of this product from
the great deposits and send the rock
to Chicago for treatment in the new
plant. AdViceS received from Mr..
Quigley We're to the effect that he will
arrive in this city toward the end of
the week accompanied by several of
the other directors of the company,
none of whom have to date made an
inspection of the company's properties.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-16
PRESIDENT OF a BANK.
General Kicks. of Idnho and Mis-
Sissippi. Adds Banking to His
Work.

General Kicks, of Mississippi, who
spends his summers at Soda Springs.
Ida, and has been the host Of in
Vulnerable parties Of Salt Lake people
who desired to enjoy the hunting and
fishing of southern Idaho. has just
been elected president of the Bank of
Yazoo City. Mississippi, and hereafter
the general will have charge of the
affairs of the Institution. Speaking of
his election to the office in the bank,
the Yazoo City Herald has the fol
lowing to- say:
General Kicks. the new president
is one Of the largest and most success
full planters and business men in Mis-
sissippi In the transaction of bust
ness he is quick and accurate, and
with his rare judgment will success
fully manage the affairs Of the bank,
and keep it up to the high standard it
has attained in the commercial
world
It has not been very long since the
general organized the Kicks Sheep
Company of Idaho Omitted. and with
his son expects to make splendid
thing of the growing of wool The
company starts off with in the neigh
borhood of 10000 head of sheep and
the f1ocks are to be constantly in
creased by purchases as the oppor-
tunity offers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-16

building 100 coal cars for the Somers
Coal company.
There is a rumor to The effect that
the Seaboard Air Line IS II the mar
ket for 1900 box cars.
Iron Range road viii soon place an
order for twenty-five box cars.
The New York, New Haven & Hart
ford road is to build Loco cars, and is
asking for bids upon thar number.
It is stated that the Wheelln &
Lake Erie is preparing specifications
for some new 30-ton coal cars. ard it
is expected that ,he read will order
LOGO of the same soon
The Kansas City. Pittsburg & Calf
is said to be in the market for 200
box cars. This road recently gave an
order for ten furni11ra cars 10 the
Barney d Smith Car company. of Day
ton, O.
Although II is difficult to get ocr-
frmation Of the report. T. seem; t. he
beyond question that the C. Is & -
has placed an order With the Wells &
French company of Chicago for 1000
freight cars. 1t is said that the road
contemplates ordering 5n0 more
The PENNSYLVANIA railroad has just
completed at its Altoona shops. the
first Of the compound locomotives
which II has been building, for the pur-
pose OF making comparisons of the
various types of compounds These
shops have also received orders for
twenty-five passenger engines Of the
class ''P' type. with S0-inch driving
wheels