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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-10

"A good many years ago. a young man
who had yielded TO the seductions of the
society OF drinking men, resolved to tear
himself away from his danger by leav-
ing the paternal mansion and taking the
position OF Il clerk in distant city. lie
thought that he could conquer his APP
petite if he did not have. Al the Same
time TO resist the opportunities and ridi-
cut Of his comrades. A short time after
his arrival in the city of his adoption he
was invited to dine with Il gentleman
who knew his family. He reflected a
moment. and. knowing that this gentle
man WAS a member OF the temperance
society. thought that he could accept
without danger However. on his arrival,
he found that his hostess did not share
her husbands views. she placed wine
and beer on the table. begged him not 10
initiate her husband abstinence. as she
thought il too ascetic, and, ut last. as he
continued to decline. poured him out
glass OF beer with her own hands. Ihr
poor Young man. feeling that he could
only resist by flight. rose from the table
abruptly muttering a few words OF eX-
cuse and left the house. He afterwards
wrote Il note of apology 10 the Lady. eN-
planning the reason Of his conduct. ana
this induced the good woman TO follow
her husbands example and 10 sign the
pledge oi total abstinence Would she
not have fepruached herself bitterly II
the young visitor had had less iirmness,
and if. yielding TO her solicitations. ne
had relapsed into drunkenness? And Yet,
she had not the slightest idea that ne
was in any danger
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-10

The truant school on Cushnoc
Heights. which has been given q trial,
the past few weeks. has been discon
tinued The results did not warrant
it's continuance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-10

c,pa of the funny incidents of the
Cilroy trial at the Lewiston
municipal court Tue''naN ai'e, ''pY"'
was the dispute between the iatlei
ard the SON as to the son ; AZ Inc
boy said he was sixteen years VI as'F'
and he certainly did not look dit'
elder His father when called to me
stand said the boy was ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-10
AUGUSTA LOCALS.

Albert V French, a carpenter has
filed a petition of insolvency.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-10

G. II. Mason has placed in one of his
windows a pretty line of 30 cent caps
and marked them to sell for % cents
each. These who wear caps are for
tunate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-10

Rev Or. Baum will give lecture this
evening. in City hall, on The Ilustra-
ted Wonders of the Land with stere-
opticon views. Dr. Baum has prepared
q lecture on the various attractive To-
ealitics oil North America, with special
attention to Maine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-10

In one house at Northport four genera
tons are living. They are Mrs. Lucy
Bullock, aged 90: her daughter. Mrs. Jane
Hart. aged IS: her grand daughter Miss
Jane Hart. aged Il: and her great-erand-
son, Albion Hart, aged :.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-10

"A Young lady in society had signed
he pledge under the influence of an eX-
ceilent pastor. Some time afterwards she
applied TO him to release her from her
pledge and to accept her resignation
She declared that she did not care at all
for the wine but she found II extremely
annoying TO have to explain constantly
why she drank none ana to he compelled
10 endure tue ridicule OF her dcquaint-
ances. And. besides. she added. it
my account. The worthy pastor en-
treated her 10 stand firm. assuring her
that she could not estimate the effects OF
her example One night, While she was
in the midst OF Il numerous company. a
gentleman approached her with the
words: Nv hat wine may ! have. the
honor TO offer YOU? Thank YOU. she
replied Il will take a glass of water.
Later in the evening. a young stranger
said to her: ALLOW me to thank you
from the bottom of my heart for what
YOU have done for me. In surprise she
asked him for an explanation. which he
Immediately gave her. 'Yo on have iNed
me. soul and body. tonight: | have been
drinking man: i have been for a long
time resisting the Inclination. contending.
at the same time. against the fatal appe-
tite and the solicitations of my friends.
The ordeal has been terrible; anl | came
here with the conviction that | must yield
if | was asked to drink; that J could not
refuse: but. when | heard YOU say. i Will
lake a glass Of water. took courage; /
gained strength to initiate YOU. and TO
say, / will take a glass Of water, too.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1896-07-02

,r>rNT,-- 50
The citizen., 1896-12-11
NEW DIRlGIBLE BALLOON.
Tested with Considerable Success at the
Berlin Exposition.

Tested with Considerable Success at the
Berlin Exposition.
The wonderful balloon which at
tracted so much attention at the Berlin
Industrial exhibition is novelty in air
ships. In tests which were made it
demonstrated a subjectivity to COM
mand beyond that possessed heretofore
by aerial vessels. 1t was propelled at
will in any direction and against the
wind. The public were requested to di-
rect the movements in order that no
doubt might exist in the popular mind
as to the validity of the test.
The particular experiments referred
to, writes II. L. Avary, in the Illustrated
American, were made with the balloon
atan altitude of 65 feet. DR.. Wolfert, the
inventor of this air ship, claims that
the tests would be equally successful at
any height.
DIR. Wolfert has been experimenting
in aerial navigation for some time. He
has made 81 ascents in balloons of his
own construction.
But none of the vessels tested on pre-
vious occasions can compare in size with
the monster balloon which he guided
through the air at will before the eyes
of a wondering multitude at Berlin.
He has named his great child of the
air Deutschland.
It is reported that ballon of similar
form has been ordered by the Spanish
The citizen., 1896-12-11
sept. 4-tf.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
No. 663s Equity.
In the Circui Court for; Frederick Count!
y in Equity.
John W. Layer VS., Emma W. Layer.
NoYEMbER TERM. 1896

NOVEMBER TERM 1896
The obj ct o. these procee ii, gs is to obtain
a vorce- a cincuto mdt''in,onit by the com.
plainani, John w. Layer, from the defendant,
Emma w Layer
The bill ates II al the G. mplainant and de-
fendant were married on he 7Lh day of July
1881, in Frederick County, and State of Mary
aud, and that the said marriage was sol
emniZed by the Kev. Daniel Wheeler, minis
ter the gospel
That aOrut eight years ago the said Emma
and has continued to live apart from him
ever since.
That no children are born of said marriage.
That said abandonment has continued un.
1nterruptedly for at least eight years, and is
deliberate and dnal, and the separation OF the
parties beyond any reasonable expectation of
reconciliation.
That said complainant is IL citizen Of the
State OF Maryland, and has resided in Fred
erick County, in said State, for more than two
years next preceding the filing of the said
bill
Tha; said complainant has no knowledge
of the present place of residence o! tie said
defendant
1t is tnereupon, on this 11tb day of Novem
ber 1S96, by the Circuit Court for Frederick
Cnunty, in Equity, ordered that comp aihant
cause copy of this order together with a
statement of the object and substance of the
bill, TO be inserted in some newspaper pub
lished in Frederick County, once a week for
four successive weeks prior to the l2tn day of
Dece mber, 1896, giving notice to the defendant
In said bill 'if the oHject and substance there
of, and warning her 10 appear in this court in
person or by solicitor, on be ore the 2Sth
day of December, 1896, 10 show cause, if any
she have, why decree ought not to pass as
prayed.
(Filed November Ilth, 1860
JOHN l.. JORDAN,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Frederick County.
True copy-Test: JOHN IL. jordan,
EDWARD HEWES, Solicitor. Clerk.
nov. 13 st.
The citizen., 1896-12-11

Exterior Materials - Foundation.
stone; first and second stories, clap
boards; band between first and second
stories, band under caves, gables,
dormers and roofs, shingles.
Interior Finish-Two coats of plas-
ter, hard white finish. Flooring and
trim in hall, oak; elsewhere, North
Carolina pine. Oak staircase. Kitchen
walls wainscoted. All interior wood
work grain filled and finished with hard
oil varnish.
Colors-All clapboards, fawn brown.
Trim, including water table, corner
boards, cornices, ETC., white. Outside
doors and ceiling, oiled. Shingles on
side walls left natural for weather stain
Shingled roofs stained deep red.
Accommodations under rear
half of house with inside and outside
entrance. Portiere openings connect
hall, parlor, sitting-room and dining
room. Open freplaces in hall and
dining-room. Hat and coat closet in
hall. Buffers pantry, containing
dresser, connects kitchen and dining
room. Portable range and sink in
kitchen. Bathroom in second story
with full plumbing. Attic unfinished,
except for storage purposes.
This house would cost about So, ,995,
not including the heating apparatus,
range and mantels, built within 100
miles of New York city, although in
many sections of the country the cost
should be much less, where labor or
materials are cheaper.
Radiators should be placed as near
the windows as possible, and in all
rooms but the kitchen, including the
bathroom and lower hall. fair esti-
mate for the apparatus complete, set,
would be about $500. = Cooperative
Building Plan Association, Architects,
New York
The citizen., 1896-12-11

that contented our forefathers. The
world OF the pc cSent day is not the
world of - years ago. Steam heating,
it is true. had IFS origin before these
architectural c!:. '~2* hHd made them
selves felt; but it as crude at first, and
isas deveiot rt 20 ;*rlescnt perfection
only under hr spar of necessity.
WITH It's many early mperfections,
steam heating wa, Sow in coming into
favor. and there are to-day many
worthy PERSONS who hold a rooted aver
st"H 10 il, tasrd e"on unhappy expert
ence II Is rOl d.aicult to understand
the reason for this when one visits a
The citizen., 1896-12-11
Second Toor

adjustment of heating surface to the
cubic dimensions of the room. In many
buildings that have been equipped with
the apparatus subsequent to their erec-
tion. there are hundreds OF feet OF steam
nine exposed, because it was lmpossl-
HE to carry them from floor to floor
and from room to room WIthn lhe
volls The radiators themselves have
sufficient heating surface, while the
steam pipes are responsible for the over
b4ating The architect of to-day set
tIes this difficulty in his plans. Ii the
mntter is left to him, steam heating
becomes a delight to the householder as
If giyes sure and equable temperature
in the utmost extreme weather. ana a.
a minimum Of cost for fuel.
The humping in the radiator, whlcn
forms prime objection to the system
in the mind of those who remember
the experimental stage of steam-heat-
mo is entirely obviated by the use OF
imnroved apparatus. 1t is caused. OF
course, by the condensing or steam IN
the radiators, and when this water is
nroperly conducted back into the boiler,
the system is as noiseless as not ar OF
hot water heating.
The accompanying design is for
country villa in which the plans cali
for a simple and inexpensive steam
heating plant.
General Dimensions Width, through
dining-room and back parlor, 80 feet
inches: depth, including bay-window'
43 feet
Heights of Cellar, feet;
erst story. feet; second story, 9 feet.
The citizen., 1896-12-11
THE DEUTSCHLAND.

government for military operations
against Cuba.
The bag of the Deutschland looks
something like an enormous egg or
melon. 1t is elliptically built, is over 80
yards long, and at the center has dl-
ameter of ten yards.
Motor force is supplied by an engine
of eight horse power, which operates
a continuance resembling a double
bladed ships propeller. This pro-
peller is about three yards in diameter,
and is located Immediately in front of
the basket.
A propeller beneath the car, of similar
dimensions, controls the ascending and
descending movement.
The propellers make 500 revolutions a
minute.
The basket, or gallerie, as it is called,
is five yards long and is made of bamboo.
DR.. Wolfert's secret lies in the mys-
terious connection established between
the bag and the basket, which renders
them Independent and incapable of mo-
ton without the combined action of the
two
The citizen., 1896-12-11

f;'"h aMAy from the engine, whose
thihlng piston and revolving balls fasci.
mated her. Finally they all returned 80
the Office; all but the child. She hnorad
10 ride on the 'vator. grandpa,
please" and grandpa had consented.
You have yet an hour 10 wait. len.
ME" he had said to one of the ladies'.
"and you might as we'll let the child
amuse herself"
30 Eddie and she returned to the ele.
vator, and work once more was talsan
up though the loads were light ones. so
that the elevator should not he
crowded
Every once in awhile those in the
office could hear the child's bannv
laugh; and once she danced in, her eyes
shlning, her cheeks aglow, and her hair
fiecked with bits of cotton.
Its just elegant!' she said: then
was away again before they could an
swer.
"The train starts at 1920" Mr..
Wetherbee was saying.
sharp scream interrupted him-the
sound of something heavy falling-a
dull thud, the rush of many feet, and
cloud of dust from the elevator well.
"The elevator!" gasped Mr.. Wethcr-
bee. His face was white. and great
drops stood on his brow.
''It broke, and fell to the cellar" a
man said, running up.
There was throng about the gate
way, but they made way for the white
haired old man as he tottered toward it.
Strong hands held him as he thrust his
head into the well and looked down.
The air was still thick with dust.
"Can you see them| some one que
ried.
There was an awful silence; then it
was broken by sobs from the Office
then q child's cry.
"Upstairs.''
A rush for the stairway, the old man
in the lead. The cries were nearer.
Two flights up Mr.. Wetherbee turned
to the left; then he stopped. The rest
fell back. A broken bale of cotton lay
scattered on the floor next to the eie-
vator well. In the midst of it stood the
child. Beside her. in a heap, lay Ed
Ole. One leg was doubled and twisted
under him; blood was trickling from
cut on his forehead; he was motionless.
Something cracked the child ex-
planned, when kind hands had made
the boy more comfortable, and the am
buiance had been sent for. "Some-
thing cracked awful and then shook,
and knocked me right off the bale l
was sitting on; and Eddie caught me
pig-a-back, Guick's he could, and
jumped right out when we was coming
by. And he tumbled down just like
this. and hasn't moved a bit since; and
I've spoke 20 him lots. I didn't get
burt, cause was on top, you see; and /
cried hard soon's I thought of it. But
it just seemed as if nobody wouldn't
ne ever. Put you did, didn't you
grandpa? ?" and she patted the kind
face held close to her own.
There was stir as the emergency
man cama in and transferred Eddie to
the stretc lcr
"Some l,on"7 broken badly shaken,
but nothir@ worse. I think" was the
DOCTORS rcrdict.
Just as thrv arose to bear him away,
1r i0ovcd sl'natly, and MS cyelids slow
" r1;seA
- tired to be care'ul," he said.--N. Y.
'n3ep' nd"nt
The citizen., 1896-12-11
MISCELLANEOUS.
RoAD NOTICE.

We, the undersigned, citizens and taxpayers
OF Frederick County State of Maryland, here
by give notice that on the first Monday and
4h day of January, A. d. 1897, we intend to
petition the County Commissioners of said
Frederick County, Maryland, tor the locating
and opening of a public road in Frederick
County, state or Maryland, in Frederick Dis
trict No. 2, and in TuScarora District No 2l,
ShOOkStOwn road to intersect the road lead
ing past the Rocky Springs School House.
Beginning for the same at point on said
ShOokstOwn road near the dwelling house of
one Ernest Miss, and running thence on or
near the dividing line between the lands of
Frederick KrantZs heirs and Edward and Sa-
villa Shook, TO the lands of Grandson ShOOk,
and thence through the lands of the said
Grandson Shook, the most practicable route
to the lands of Mrs. Edward Kemp; thence on
or near the dividing line between the lands of
the said Mrs. Edward Kemp and Grandson
Shook 10 the lands of Zachariah q. Thomas;
thence on or near the dividing line between
the lands of the said Mrs. Edward Kemp and
Zachariah G. Thomas TO the lands OF Daniel H.
Stull; thence on near the dividing line be-
tween the lands OF the said Mrs. Edward
Kemp and Daniel u. Stull to the said road
leading past said Rocky Springs School
House Said road to be not less than thirty
vided.
ZACHARIAH q. THOMAS,
EDWARD M. STALEY
ERNEST L. MISS
DANIEL u. STULL,
GEORGE SHAFER.
nov 00 II
The citizen., 1896-12-11
The Smallest Human Brain.

DR.. Gore has furnished the Anthropo-
logical society with an account OF the
smallest adult human brain ever ex-
amfned by a professional anatomist or
psychologist. 1t is a well-known fact
that the brain of the adult male aver
ages 40 ounces, the female 431s ounces.
The adult human being who had the
smallest brain ever weighed was fe-
male of AZ years of age. She was five
feet high and her intellect was infantile.
The brain, without the membranes,
weighed ten ounces and five grains, be-
ing the smallest mature brain on record.
The citizen., 1896-12-11

building equipped with steam heat
ing apparatus of score or more years
ago. The temperature is scarcely even
bearable, for with the steam turned on
the rooms become torrid; if it is turned
off, they become frigid, and there seems
to be no happy medium. Added to this
very vital objection, when the steam is
first admitted to the radiators, one
might as well live in a boiler shop. The
humping and changing is enough to
craze a person of nervous susceptible
ties.
In view of the splendid results that
are now obtained in steam heating, it
is needless to say that these faults are
not due to the system, but to the ig-
norant application of it. Where the
heat cannot be properly and perfectly
regulated. there has been no scientific
The citizen., 1896-12-11
1.rht Giren OUT By Flowers.

Most yellow or orange-colored, fowers o! tps
are nhosphorescent, if watched IN tne
twilight during July and August wnen
the atmosphere is highly electric anu ~.
not q narticle of moisture is in the ar.
The common potato, when decompos'
ing, gives light enough to reaa "a ~ 81
li9ht so vivid that once cellar aI '7'l 90.
lnro was thought to be on fire wnen ~
shining with the phosPhorescence q
daoo.nnosing potatoes.
The citizen., 1896-12-11
creat Countrv for Spiders.

In Madagascar there is one species OF
spider whose bite is said to be always
fatal. 1t is of a glossy black, with a
red spot on the abdomen, and is globular
in shape, being about the size of small
marble. 1t does not hesitate to attack
human beings. On this interesting
island there are many brilliantly col
ored spiders. Some of them are large
enough to cover dinner plate, and they
spin immense geometric webs across
streams and roads, which are anchored
by cords so strong that an effort is re-
uuired to break them.
The citizen., 1896-12-11
"Tf.,-C c-CLA."
r.,9 Cc2v- f,re.-,-.. Sc. o. Na7o'con's Army
81; e.-:y,

80 s,?av~ f,ra--,-...,. oe Na?o'con-s Army
l; s:i:y,
IHc c.,.tf Il. t::.i ~iory OF the fam
- l.: l.-2 III" !. H.. c.cse o., ieia
c;. .,4 s5.lalt .\u,ilc ..t.ennc.
- >.v- .s l.. :..r -. .,-..r.t Cent?
H.. cf iiaIy who Is
1T ".o..:,sl j y: ,lr flieze of the
t.ea.. .....! - IS i.i.oN u and hon
.1.l,. surG \rv1. i" all oyer
...:..a. i. r.. -. s..,.uI 10 listen to
49, -: = I. - lave tory; how
g..s = :'. g., r own l-iE:ran. SWAMI
t..c .V-:-1 Ln-ct t-.c c:->I..y's lire at
.'..:.s,.. >,....I l!.a C:uia or his back and
t..... ,.iO:..i.od his f>l.oH soldiers OH to
,>t:.; ..et. .oasi arte awarded him
lie g. u. ..;.ul.. Of honor, and later,
v.l....tc i4%r.0n OF IIonorwa founded.
Mae him the cross; how they carved
II T.. in stone, drumming the charge, up
there On the front of the Pantheon in
Paris itself; how Mistral, the great poet
of Provence, had made a poem about
him that had been printed in book;
and how. only two years ago, they set
up his marble statue in Cadenet, the
little town. not far from Avignon, where
he was born!
Old Jan svas not content with merely
telling this story-like true Provencal
he acted it; swinging suppositious
drum upon his back, jumping into an
imaginary river and swimming it with
his head in the air, swinging his drum
back into place again, and then-zou!-
starting off at the head of the Fifty
first demi-bligade with such rousing
Dlay of drumsticks that | protest we
fairly heard the rattle of them, along
with the .spatter of Austrian musketry
in the face Of which Andre Etienne beat
that gallant pas de charge!
1t set me all a-thrilling; ana stiii
more did it thrill those other listeners
vho were of the Arcola hero's very
blood and bone. They clapped their
hands and they shouted. They laughed
with delight And the fighting spirit
of GauI was so stirred within them thar
at a word, verify believe. they wouio
have been for marching IN body across
The southeastern frontier.-Thomas a.
Tanvier. in Century.
The citizen., 1896-12-11
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MODERN STEAM HEATING.
Ar Gives an Eqpable Temperature In All
Kinds of Weather

tt Gives an Equable Temperature in All
Kinds of Weather.
[CoPYRIGHT, 1861
The vast increase in the number of the
very large buildings, which is one of the
most marked features of modern arch
hecture, has brought many new prob
lens to the builders. There has been
complete revolution in methods of
construction. One of the minor ways
In which this manifests itself is in the
matter of heating. 1t goes without
saying that the old-style hot-air furnace
is incapable of any development that
would fit it for the sky-scraping struc-
lures one now finds on every city block;
nor would it suit the huge rambling
country houses that have taken the
place of the square, box-like building
The citizen., 1896-12-11
On St Kilda,s island. wh.Sh lisse in the

On st. Kilda's island, wh'sh liE's in the
Atlantic 80 miles west of the main island
of the TIebridcs, a house belonging to
the stone age has been discovered, with
a number of stone weapons, hammers
and axes. There are only II inllabi.
tants on the island, which is 1000 acres
in extent. The minister is at the same
time the doctor and school teacher. He
sails to the main land once a year to shop
for tlx, whole island.
The citizen., 1896-12-11
Genlogical plscovery.

According to views recently eN-
planned before the Geological society III
England, the island of Jamaica was
once connected with both North ana
South America by stretch OF noun
famous land covering the region OF 'he
West Indian archipelago. There are N
dications that : this ancient land was
elevated no less than two miles ana Il
b,1f above sea level.
The citizen., 1896-12-11
How bullets Make Clouds.

Photographs of flying bullets recent
ly made in Italy show dark strealSs and
blurs just in front of the projectiles,
and ii is thought that these are the
images of little clouds formed by the
sudden condensation of moisture as
the advancing bullet congresses the
air ahead of Youths Companion.
The citizen., 1896-12-11

Birds are able to work at .,as nlgne, s.
% n,'tb than any other animal-that is'
ls,oy IsSs can develop more energy IN pro.
1ney y.on vaI 70 their weight by working at
4 higher temperature anu taatbers snln As
states warm coating 9 10 s,,,osnbere. ,.,r,l
! protection from the co1o a''''osR