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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-23

GENERAL JOHN +. RICHARDS,
Gardiner. Maine.
Dear Sir-I have been using your
patent long distance axles on my
milk wagon for the past six weeks
with perfect satisfaction. A few days
ago, out of curiosity. 1 took wheel off
and found the groove partly full of oil.
apparently good for. another six weeks
or more. i use the wagon about every
day. Money would not induce me to
go back to the old style.
C. W. PAUL.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-23

The bridge at Lake CobbosSeecontec.
which was recently constructed at
Hammond's Grove, is greatly appre-
ciated by the cottagers there, and
in having it built
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-23

The pupils of Miss Partridge's select
kindergarten school gave a most in
teresting exhibition, Monday evening.
in the parlors of the Unitarian
church. The little ones We're from 8
to years of age, and were very nat
ural and naive in their various Selec-
tons. There were present a large
number of parents and friends of the
children, who were highly entertained.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-23

Benjamin Ray of South Boston,
whose leg was so badly broken, a few
weeks ago. is getting along finely,
at his summer home in Sidney.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-23

The Hallowell Gun Club has issued
a neat programme for it's annual tour
nament, which will take place, June
"a, at it's grounds. Invitations have
been sent to the LEAD ing shots
throughout the State, and the pros
poets are that it will be the most in
teresting contest in it's history.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09

had expired as President Mr.. johnson
again entered the political field, and
was defeated for Congressman at-large
by Horace Maynard in 1872. In 1875 he
was elected United States Senator, and
died suddenly while on a visit to his
daughter, Mrs. Slower, in Custer Coun-
ty, Tennessee, July 81, 1875.
Mr.. Johnson's family consisted of
three sons and two daughters, all of
whom are now dead except Mrs. Judge
Patterson, who now owns and couples
the old Johnson house at Greenville,
Tenn. The house is very plain brick
residence. The old tailor shop Is there
also, with the table, chairs and order
book in which the future President
took orders for garments and recorded
the measure" of his customers. The
old sign board bearing these words, "a.
Johnson, Tailor" has recently been ta-
ken from over the door and placed in
side the shop for better security. His
grave, marked by plain marble shaft,
Is on an eminence short distance west
Of Greenville, and can be seen from the
car windows as you pass on the South
ern Railroads.. W. Scott.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
ess expenditure, by more promptly
.dapting the wo.ld's best products to
he needs of physical being, will attest
he.value to health of the pure liquid
axative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09

apprenticed to a tailor. A natural
craving to learn was fostered by hear
ing a gentleman read from the "Amer-
lean Speaker" The boy was taught
the alphabet by fellow workmen, bor-
rowed book and learned to read. AT
Greenville, Tenn, while working as q
journeyman he married Eliza McCar-
die, woman of refinement, who taught
him to write, and read to him while he
was at work during the day. 1t was
not until he had been in Congress that
he could write with ease.
The writer has often seen '"The Great
Commoner," and heard him from the
rostrum in joint debate with distin-
guished Wing orators before the war.
In 1861, soon after his great speech
was made in the United States Senate,
heard him arraign the leaders of the
rebellion before an audience of several
thousand East Tennesseans. While not
a polished orator, he was logical and
earnest, and impressed me as a man of
great intellectual strength and person
al courage. He was man of fine ply
sical proportions, and always appeared
grave and dignified. He did not affect
the suavity of manner, or attempt the
role Of shall fellow, well met" 30 COM
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09

mon among popular politicians. His
method of reaching the popular mind
was deeper than this. In seeking
solution Of the question of his marvel
Gus popularity and success, one cannot
attribute it to that mysterious personal
magnetism which characterized many
public men, notably Clay and Blaine.
johnson was not personally popular.
He did not possess the faculty of arous-
ing great enthusiasm in his followers.
He was a student of human nature as
well as of the current political history
Of his country, and sought to put him
self before the people as the representa-
tive Of popular principles rather than
as personally popular leader. His in
tuition pointed out the former as the
most enduring kind of popularity. He
saw in the homestead law that was
being agitated hobby that would car
ry him into public favor, and he made
the most of 1t. 1t was most fascinat-
ing word-picture that he drew besore
his assembled countrymen when he
told them he was in favor of the dis
tribution of the public domain into
homes that should be free to every
American citizen. Then he told them
of a time when the humblest and poor
est would have a home in the rich and
fertile prairies of the West, where he
could live surrounded by every comfort
and convenience of his life, his pockets
filed with glittering gold shining
through the silken meshes Of his we'll
= ~ ,FA nd
johnson became associated with the
brightest dreams Of the humble poor.
When the wave Of public opinion had
placed him in the Senate Of the United
States, and when his Southern col
leagues were breathing defiance to the
Government in its capital, he stood firm
and loyal, and this gave him the nom-
ination for Vice President on the ticket
with Mr. Lincoln. It will be remember
ed that extracts from his speeches fur
nished large part of the political lit
erature of the campaign of 1864. But
history will carefully preserve the story
of his struggle with poverty; how his
wife taught him the rudiments of edu-
cation after his marriage; how he lived
in an humble way, earning his daily
bread by working at the tailor's bench;
how he became alderman of his adopt
ed village, Greenville, Tenn; and later
on was elected State Senator, Governor
and United States Sena ator; then ap-
pointed military governor of Tennessee
by President Lincoln; and afterward
elected Vice President, succeeding to
the Presidency on the death of Lincoln,
April 15, 1864. After his term of Office
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09

ings, he at once becomes hero. An
drew Johnson's career from the tailor's
bench to the Presidential chair is a
notable case in point His history af
fords an interesting study to those
who would initiate him in his assidu-
Gus attention to his duties in the hum
bier sphere of life, and in the sublime
struggle in which he surmounted the
obstacles that poverty had placed in
his path, and reached at last position
which we all regard as the zenith Of
human greatness office of Presi-
dent of the United States. Andrew
Johnson was born in Raleigh, N. O.,
Dec. 90, 1903. His parents were very
poor, and when he was but four years
Of age his father died of injuries re-
ceived in saving another from drown
ing. At the age of ten Andrew was
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09
Without a Hod.

There is no hod-carrying In Japan,
The natives have a method Of trans.
porting mortar which makes it seem
more like play than work-to an on
locker. Three men were repairing the
roof of one-story building the other
day by resetting the heavy black tiles
in mortar. The mortar was mixed I'm
pile in the street. One man made
this up into balls of about six pounds
weight, which he tossed up to man
who stood on a ladder midway between
the roof and the ground. This man
deftly caught the ball, and tossed it up
to the man who stood on the roof. This
was playing bail to good purpose.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09

great struggle. When it transpires that
one who has nothing to depend upon
for success but native Drawn and brain,
steps upon the arena and like "a plum
ed knight" challenges the descendants
of long line of distinguished ances-
try who have been carefully trained
and educated, and whose patrimonial
estates eliminate from their problem of
life the serious question of bread-win-
ming; and when the challenger reaches
the goal of ambition in advance Of
those who seemed to have the advan-
tage of fortuitous birth and surround
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09

By local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness, and that is
Dy constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets infiamed you have q
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it Is entirely closed Deafness Is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor-
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by catarrh, which Is nothing but an in
f1ammed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case Of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
EQ-SoId by Druggists, 75c.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09
AFTER THIRTY YEARS
THE BUCKEYE STATE CONTRIB
UTEs A STORY.

How Fred Taylor, Member of the
Gallant 1S9th N. Y, v. l., Finally
Found What He Has Sought Since
the War Closed.
From the Ashtabula, Ohio, Beacon.l
Mr.. Fred Taylor was born and
brought up near Elmira, N. Y, and
from there enlisted in the 189th regi-
ment, N. Y. V. l., with which he went
through the war, and saw much hard
service. Owing to exposure and hard
ships during the service. Mr.. Taylor
contracted chronic diarrhoea from
which he has suffered now over thirty
years, with absolutely no help from
physicians. By nature he was won
derfully vigorous man. Had he not
been, his disease and the experiments
of the doctors had killed him long
ago. Laudanum was the only thing
which afforded him relief. He had ter
rible headaches, his nerves were shat
tered, he could not sleep an hour day
On an average, and he was reduced to a
skeleton. A year ago he and his wife
sought relief in change of climate
and removed to Geneva, O., but the
change in health came not. Finally
on the recommendation of f. ].
Hoffner, the leading druggist of Gen.
eva, who was cognizant of similar
cases which Pink Pills had cured, Mr..
Taylor was persuaded to try box.
Gas a drowning man grasps straw so
took the pills. says Mr.. Taylor, ''but
with no more hope of rescue. But
after thirty years of suffering and
fruitless search for relief I at last
found it in DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
The day after I took the first pills l
commenced to feel better and when I
had taken the first box I was in fact a
new man." That was two months
ago. Mr.. Taylor has since taken more
of the pills and his progress is steady
and he has the utmost confidence in
them. He has regained full control of
his nerves and sleeps as we'll as in his
youth. Color is coming back to his
parched veins and he is gaining flesh
and strength rapidly. He is now able
to do considerable outdoor work.
As he concluded narrating his suffer-
ings, experience and cure to Beacon
AOPoA oOA, Al16s Ady yAo4, WIZ Aoo bOol
his faithful helpmeet these many
years, said she wished to add her testi-
mony in favor of Pink Pills. ''To the
pills alone is due the credit of raising
Mr.. Taylor from helpless invalid to
the man he is today" said Mrs. Tay-
lor. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor cannot
gnd words to express the gratitude they
feel or recommend too highly Pink
Pills to suffering humanity. Any in
quiries addressed to them at Geneva,
O., regarding Mr.. Taylor's case they
will cheerfully answer as they are
anxious that the whole world shall
know what Pink Pills have done for
them and that suffering humanity may
be benefited thereby.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all
the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are for sale by
all druggists, or may be had by mail
from DIR. Williams Medicine Com
nany, Schnectady, N. Y, for so cents
per box, or six boxes for So. SO.
Toupnv-papo 10 lo,o hno
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09
Old Santa Claus has gifts for all,
AS everybody knows;
But none of Venezuela that
Will fit Great Britain's hose.
THE NEW YEAR OUTLOOK.

The business of the country has become
so dependent upon politics, especially the
manufacturing and importing interests
that there is again a lull in it's activities,
waiting to see what change may take place
IN tariff and other laws bearing upon suct
important branches of trade. As congress
cannot mature such changes much before
the last of summer, the outlook is some
what discouraging. But at the same time
the vexations of such state of things ough1
not to be allowed to fret the nervous sys
tenn. Better times will come at last o,
more substantial basis. Meanwhile it il
well to know that worry to the nerves il
the prolific source of Neuralgia and kind
red ailments, and it is also established tina
in spite ofwhat congress may do, or any
other cause of vexation to the nervous sys.
,em, st. Jacobs Oil will cure Neuralgia in
any form. It is poor business to worry
and grow sick when one can get well and
finally prosper.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09

Whatever pertains to the life and
character of men who have come up
from the humble walks to places of
honor and distinction among their fel-
lows possesses a charm bordering, on
the romantic. In country like ours,
where every man is q sovereign, where
the position he may attain is not cir
cumscribed by the accident of birth,
and where the royal road to fame is
open to all, the contestants for honor,
wealth and fame are seldom equally
equipped in the beginning of life for the
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09

"You seem sad, my red-skinned
brother" said the missionary. Red
skinned brothers heart heap bad" said
the noble son of the prairie. white
man shoot better, fight better, and now
Injun hear college yell, he know Injun
can't war-whoop for sour apples.
hW-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09

She-Isn't IT dreadful that a man
should stand up in the prize ring and
batter the face of another man? He
Pretty bad, IN allow you; but bruiser
never shows the depth Of his depravity
until ne stands upon the stage as an al
legged actor. .-Boston. Transcript
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09
Rain. and Ruiiway tracks.

Locomotive engineers like to have the
tracks watered occasionally by good
heavy rain, as they get glossy after a
long period of dry weather and the
wheels will not take hold, just as the
knife grinders wheel will not take hold
unless it is kept wet.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09
DON'T TOBACCO SPIT OR SMOKE
YOUR LIFE AWAY.

Is the truthful, startling title of a book about
NoTo-Bac, the harmless, guaranteed tobacco
habit cure that braces up nieotinized nerves,
men gain strength, vigor and manhood. You
run no physical or financial risk, az No-To-Bac
is sold by druggists everywhere under guaran-
Address Sterling Remedy Co., New York or
Chicago,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09

Suffocation Above Seven Miles.
It is impossible for human being to
breathe at height greater than seven
miles above the earth.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09

1t is the medicine a6oye
all others for catayrA, and
is north its zUeigat in gold.
I can use ELy's Cream Balm
zoiM safety and it does all
that is claimed for it.-B.
w. Sberyy, Hartford, Conn.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09
VERY RICH INDEED

In the elements that supply the human system
with bone, muscle and brain substance is a cir
culation fertilized with the supreme tonic,
Hostetters Stomach Bitters, which begets
thorough assimi iation and digestion, and gives
a healthfHl impulse to every function of the
body. Dyspeptic and weakly persons give
strong testimony in its behalf. So do those
troubled with billiousness, malaria, rheuma-
tism, constipation and inactivity of the kidneys.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09
CONSUMPTION CURED
AN ABSOLUTE REMEDY FOR ALL
PULMONARY COMPLAINTS.
T. A. SIocum Offers to Send Two Bot
ties Free of His Remedy to Cure
Consumption and All Lung Troubles
An Elixir of Life.

ties Free of His Remedy to Cure
Consumption and All Lung Troubles
An Elixir of Life.
Nothing could be fairer, more phi 'au-
thropic or carry more joy in it's wake than
the offer of Z. A. Slocum, M. c., OF 1873
Pearl street. New York. Perfectly conf
dent that he has an absolute remedy for
the cure of consumption and all pulmon-
ary complaints, he offers through this pa
per to send two bottles free to any reader
who is suffering from lung trouble or con-
sumption, also loss of flesh and all condi-
| tions of wasting. He invites those desir-
GUS of obtaining this remedy to send their
express and postotfice address, and to re-
ceive in return the two bottles free, which
will arrest the approach OF death. Already
this remedy, by its timely use, has per-
manently cured thousands of cases which
were given up, and death was looked upon
as an early visitor.
Knowing his remedy as he does, and be-
ing SO proof-positive of its benefcent re-
snlts, DR.. Slooum considers it his religious
duty a duty which he owes to humanity,
will assault the enemy in its citadel. and,
by its inherent potency, stay the current
of dissolution, bringing joy to homes over
which the shadow OF the grave has been
gradually growing more strongly defined,
causing fond hearts to grieve. The cheap
ness of the remedy-offered freely-apart
from its inherent strength, is enough to
commend it, and more SO is the PERFECT
confidence of the great chemist making the
offer, who holds out life to those already
becoming emaciated, and says: "Be
cured"
The invitation is certainly worthy of the
consideration of the afflicted, who, for
years, have been taking nauseous nostrums
without effect; who have ostracised them
selves from home and friends to live in
col I1h hrin1s nli NH tho of
phere is more congenial to weakened lungs.
and who have fought against death with
all the weapons and strength in their
hands. There will be no mistake in send
ing for these free bottles-the mistake will
be in passing the invitation by.
FITS.-Au fits stopped free by DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. No fits after the first
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09
CAREER OF JOHNSON.
FROM TAILOR'S BENCH TO PRES.
dents CHAIR.

Not Man Who Was Personally Pop
u1ar - Gained Public Favor by His
Championship of the Homestead Law
Taught to Write by His Wife.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me many a doctors bills. F. HARDY,
Hopkins Place, Baltimore, Md, Dec. 2,
1894.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

Jones-I didn't know Colonel Blood smoked
you think he drank all the time?
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09
IMPERIHL MILLIONS
By JULIAN HAWTHORNE

| copyright, 1891, by American Press Associa-
| tion.]
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09

Tommy-Papa, there is large black bug on
the ceiling. Professor Every busy)-Step on it
and leave me alone.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09

FITS.-Au fits stopped free by DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. No fits after the first
days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and 500
trial bottle free to Fit cases. Send to DR.. Kline,
s31 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-09

Try GERMEA for breakfast.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-18
SILKS.

Our silk buyer has just made ore OF
the most successful deals in silks this
store has ever made. To-day these
Silks 20 on sale. BrOcaded Taheta
silks sec yard, not the usual soc quail
fty. but better than YOU ever bought for
6Oc. Send for samples if you cannot
come in person.
Striped TaHeta Silks al soc yard, as
good as this or any ether store ever
sold Tor 81. 90 per yard. Strong asser-
ton. You can have samples for com
parison.
Printed Warp Silks al 75c yard, 20.
% and "A inches wide.S so much better
styles and quality than is usually sold
az this place that they will make a big
name for this silk department.
Black Satin Damas. 75c. S5c, csc,
81 % and 81 80.
Black Satin Duchess and Satin
Luxor at 75c. SOC, $50, 81 % 70 $2.25.
Printed Warp Dresden and Persian
Silks in over 100 different designs.
Samples cheerfuuy sent or given on
application.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-18
THE BOARD SATISFIED.

The City Board Of Gas Trustees ap-
pears to be well satisfied with the work
ing Of the Harvey gas making process
last Sunday. and the work will proceed
under the terms of the original con-
tract between Mr.. Harvey and the
Board. It appears that Supt. Thomp-
sons demeanOr towards Mr.. Harvey,
Sunday and previously. was the result
Of a rather "offish" tendency on the
part OF the Gas Board, resulting from
misunderstanding all around, but that
now there have been such mutual ex-
plantations as to make clear sailing for
the future.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-18
Atlantic Tea Go.

From our price list you can always
learn the lowest price for the best
goods. Our facilities for buying and
handling goods in large quantities are
not equaled by any other house in the
State. We recognize no competition
IL qualities are made the test:
PRICE LIST.
Full Standard Tomatoes, 4 cans for. %
Fancy Cold Pack Tomatoes, per can. s
Full Stand, Sugar Corn, cans for. .25
Fancy Cream Sugar Corn, cans for %
Choice Table Peaches, yellow, per
CAN. -. -. ..-.........4 ~
Best Pumpkin, per can. Z
Best Cal. Plums, 2 cans for.
Cal. Prunes. large, per lb.......... 8
Cal. Seedless Raisins. per d..
Cal Seedless Raisins, large, 6 lbs. for.25
Cal. Evapor'd Peaches, fancy, per h.. 7
Large Bottle Ketsup, per bottle. 10
Star Candles, to the h., per b.. 8
Carpet tacks, per box. L
Clothes Pins. per dozen. ............ l