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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-23

The papers presented were of high
scientific value. and the discussions
that followed were of great interest
The growing interest in the subject from
a medical standpoint. ana the forced at
ton that narcotism is receiving from
the state, point to an early solution of
the question The fact that the use of
narcotics is nov regarded as an evil.
and that narcotism is classified as a
disease. portends much for the futur"
Let the good work go on. Too muCn
can not be said concerning the relation
OF narcOtiSm to crime. nor too muCh
credit be given the W. G. r. C. for It's
untiring efforts in educating pubic
sentiment i'm favor of total abstinence
as the only safe rule in life Let the
efforts so ably inaugurated in our pub
lie schools be diligently followed up BIZ
precept and example in the home Tia.
cure of any disease is best began be
fore it has taken hold upon the ndi-
ViduaI. Above all let us not despair
but be hopeful of the future. We alc
too prone to become pessimistic, by
reason of shortsightedness whereas
If we would but pause and scan the
heavens we might discern the bow If
promise that announces the dawn Of
that day when evil shall be chained
and good reign supreme.
In every phase of human experience
in sorrow. sickness and death a phil
oSophy may be found if it is hit
sought upon which may be based Il
rule of right living. that if applied 10
future generations will work for the
healing of the nations.
Back of every effect there is a cause.
before every phenomenon there is a
neumonan, beneath all there is prin
ciple, force or power. even God himself
who Worketh in his mysterious way
his wonders to perform. And above
and beyond is the glorious future to
make Of what we will. Take courage
then, His star is in the east and there
are those who have seen it: hear them
sing,
They found the king in his beauty
Himself henceforth to lead
The mother heart to it's duty,
Mid the worlds profoundest need.
and they sought from the lips of mel.,
To dash foul cups away,
To plant where the night had been
The hope of a better day"
Chicago, Ill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-23
Cough Remedy the Best
and Most Popular,

We sell more of Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy than of all others COM
bned," writes Messrs Kerr & Sons.
druggists. of Mars, Pa. They also
say: The sale of it is something
phenomenal We have sold two gross
this winter, selling as high as six bot
Ties in one morning to as many diff
ferent customers. This remedy has
proved particularly successful in
croupy affections. our customers in
variably pronounce ii the best they
can find. and we know of no case where
it has failed to give satisfaction" For
sale a % and 80 cents per bottle by
City Drug Store. Halloweil.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-23

According to General Lugue thi,
| country owes its civilization to Spain
If SO. Spain evidently gave US all she
had
1t was mere coincidence, no doubt
but England's amiahle desire to SETTLE
| the Venezuelan difficulty followed
close upon the War Department re
port that this country could. if re-
CURED, put 9,f67, 694 men in the field
| The Marquis Iii Rudini. Italy's ne,
| premier. was born in Sicily sixty year.
ago His name first became know:
| throughout Italy through his defense
as mayor of the palace of Palermo
when the city was sacked by a mol
that ruled for five days He led the
sorties on the rabble himself, and dis
played such intrepidity and good judi
ment that he forced the rioters to re-
tire and disband. when he soon re
stored order
| Mr.. Sexton is one of the most inter
esting figures in the English House ii
| Commons. He is a powerful debatar
and is possessed of remarkable "a
| sources in the line of eloquence. He IS
a brilliant mathematician, and hi
ability to use statistics in telling way
is one of his most valuable qualities. "a
private conversation he is even more
sparkling than in debate He is WITTY.
epigrammatic and sympathetic He il
a great Shakespearean scholar
Joel Chandler Harris the creator of
Uncle Remus." is somewhat under the
middle height. and carries himself
with a decided stoop. which makes
him appear shorter than he is His
body is rotund, and he walks with a
steady stride. His complexion is ru.i
dy: his eye light blue. and his hair
and mustache are light and sandy
His greatest passion is roses. and in
the grass, one can hear the shipping of
the pruning shears as Mr.. Harris
works in his garden-the finest rose
garden in Atlanta.
Washee Block. the noted Indian
woman. lately died at her mother ;
home in Watongo, Oklahoma She was
a woman of remarkable diplomat
skill and a picturesque orator One OF
her sons is finishing his education in a
Cincinnati college and three others are
attending the Haskill institute. ii
Lawrence, Kan. Her daughter Mus
koeee is an educated woman. Washec
Blocks mother. now over 100 years Old
is the great medicine woman of tn.
Cheyennes, and until few years ago
made annual pilgrimages to Dakota
and Manitoba for roots and herbs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-23
Mothers, Mothers!: lfothers.,.

Mrs. MISSIONS SoorHING SYRrr has been used for
over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for
their CHILDREN while TEETHlNG, with PERFECT
SUCCESS. 1t SoOTHES the CHILD, SOFTENS the
GUMS, ALLAYS all PAIN; CURES WIND collie.
and is the best remedy for DiAI:RHtEA. Sold by
Druggists every part of the world Be and ask
for ''Mrs. Wnsiow's Soothing Syrup" and take -
1nss Kind ywsuu.avs cents bSius. aAwi;S
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-23

'I'or three years | suffered from
Salt Rbeum. 1t covered my hands to
such All extent that l could not wash
them Two bottles of Burdock Blosd
Bitters cured me-" Libbie Young.
Popee Mills, St. Lawrence County, NY.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-23

Australia has found it impossible to
abate the rabbit plague. In New South
Wales alone 100000 acres of land have
been abandoned and CT 600, 900 spent
The only plan that has any good effect
is wire netting. and of this Ii. 600 miles
have been used
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-23
CANADA HORSES,

Cummings & Prescott have Just received q
carload OF heavy draft horses from Canada.
NOW = the time to get good horse at prices
TO suit the times. jaE4dtS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-23
Our Telephone
Number is ia.

Ring as up If goa aCant to
knOaU anything about the
Drug business. Our prices
are as IOaC as good goods
can be purchased. We buy
largely direct from the
manufacturers, insMrinD
oar customers genuine,
fresh and reliable pre-
pNratiOnS. Our entire stOcE
has been selected aCith scfu-
putOMS care and all goods
not prOcimg SATISFACTORY
or as represented can be
returned at oar expense
and the purchase money
aUiW be cheerfuUy refumded.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-27
psRsIAs puppsr SHOW.
Punch . Very Different Character From
That of the English shows.

The puppet show, or Kamghyaz or
Black Eye, as IL il literally translated out
Of the language Of the Turks, from whom
this spectacle is derived Is "A sort Of mar
ionette play or Chinese shadow show which
A. represented in Turkey before the COM
mon people as our Punch in England Is
10 an audience of children, nursegirls
and butcher boys. IL is the PunchincllO
of Naples the Meo- Patacca of Rome. In
its native land Black Eye, like Punch, Is
the principal parsonage In the drama and
gives his name, like him, TO the whole en-
tertainment In Persia, Black Eye, at a
very early period, became Pahlawan
Kachal or bald literally magpie) hero.
The badness of this popular person Is his
distinctive attribute. the mark by which
he is known. as Punch Is recognized by
his hump. To attempt to draw popular
character from popular dramatic amuse-
ment, as some have done, would be no
compliment To ourselves.
The hero of our streets Is low ruflian of
uncultivated taste and an atrocious moral
character His murders recur with sicken-
ing frequency on the slightest provocation.
He spares neither age nor sex. He knocks
his wife on the head for demonstrating
with him in the gentlest manner on his
sanguinary barbarity, and he pays not the
slightest regard TO the rebukes of an or
thodox divine The Persian Punch is al
together OF a different kidney. He is of
polished exterior, and his ways are suave
and gentlemanly. He is a literary man
and poet, as indeed the Persian generally
Is. But he is n thorough humbug. He Is
hypocrite of the deepest dye. Pro
foundly religious and walking about
clothed i'm the garment of devotion, he is
really destitute of every sentiment of
piety. His sole object in life seems to be
by an external appearance of sanctity TO
deceive the mullas with view TO his own
profit or to insinuate himself, with the
base ends of Lothario or an Abu Newas,
into the graces of the ladies. -Fortnightly
Review.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-27
The Last Of the FalstafYs.

A correspondent writes: "Apropos Of
the latest Falstaff, we'll remember a
memorable performance Of Henry W.
on Dec. 10, 1862. at the Princess thea
ter, when George Bartley-called then
the last of the Falstaffs-made his fare
well bow to the public after so years
service. On this very night of the
week, the very date Of the month 90
years ago, he said, he had made his
first appearance on the boards Iremem-
Der, too, his saying he had played Or
lando to Mrs. Jordan's Rosalind. AS a
boy was much struck by the trans
formation from the burly knight to the
aristocratic looking old gentleman in
evening dress as he tearfully babe his
audience farewell Charles Kean was
the Hotspur, Ryder the King, Lacy the
Prince, while Harley. Meadows, j. Vim
ing, II. Saker. Miss Murray and Mrs
DAILY were in the cast. Poor BARLEY
died within six years afterward and
was laid in ST Mary's churchyard, Ok
ford, when was al. undergraduate in
that university. - Westminster Ga
zette.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-27
Uses of Emery.

For many years most of the emery has
been brought from Turkey and the Greek
islands Its value for cutting and polish
ing has been known since the beginning of
history. Very crude methods are in use
for obtaining this substance for market.
Enormous fires are built on or against the
rocks, which are then broken or cracked
by throwing jets of cold water against
them. Emery has many uses, among which
are its employment in polishing and cut
ting Being so unmanageablc, 1t for a long
time defled the efforts of man To put IL in
to available shape, but ut length 1t was
cemented into disable forms, and it was
nodded into wheels. Emery millstones are
a later day Improvement They are the
most practical of all stones, because they
are not affected by heat and the face Is
always sharp AS cutting and polishing
powder, emery is of great value and emery
sandpaper is an important article of manu-
facturc New York Ledger.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-27
The story of Canned salmon.

The fish are swimming near tho surface
now, and if they look up they will see
upon every pole which rises from the wall
of mesh either a hawk, an eaglo or "a great
gull ready to pounco upon them They
dive and try to swim under tine weed.
They cannot. The water is shallow, and
the weed rises from the very bottom
Meanwhile hawks and eagles are busy,
panic ensues, u few fish dart through the
narrow way. 1t Is moro open beyond, and,
after all, it leads in the right direction
The general impulse is to 90 forward No
one wants to turn back, and, like sheep,
they follow their leaders through the gates
of death, for af;er this ii is all over with
the salmon. Before long the wide pool
narrows again. Again II straight way lies
beyond them, and Lciorc long they are
crowding and jostling each other in IA
pound 90 feet by 80 feet, where they stay,
hopelessly confused and dashing wildly
from side to side until "a steamer comes
along with IA scow in tow. On the scow Is
a crane. Chains from the crane arc hitched
on to the net, which is below the lound,
and some thousands of strong, free fish,
who had an hour ago tine whole sea to
swim in, are drawn up to the surface and
ladlod out in scoop nets, knocked on the
head, thrown on the scow and carried OIL
to the American canneries at Point Rob
erts, where they go through u sausage ma
chine and become canned salmon. -
Temple Bar.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-27
Stag Tiles.

BY means of an ingenious process in
vented by Marco Cheapponi the manu-
facture of Stag tiles from blast furnace
Stag is said to be successfully carried ON
at the smelling works of Concha Toro,
about ten miles from Santiago de Chile.
The result obtained evidently realizes
an important desideratum in this line.
The Stag and matte, according to this
plan, are tapped from the blast furnace
into a Stag pot, and, after settling few
moments, the Stag is poured from ladies
into molds. These are placed on hearth
which has q movable cover, and, the
molds being filled with Stag, cover is
placed on them as well rs on the hearth.
A very slight heat is kept up, so that
the Stag is very slowly cooled, and
when it appears black the molds are
lifted from the hearth, and the Stag tiles
are dumped into cold water Made in
this manner, the Stag tiles are light and
portable, and, when laid, tough and
durable. The Stag carrying considera-
BILE amount of iron is preferred. Ii is well
known that under ordinary circum-
stances it is impossible to produce tiles
of this class of suitable dimensions
without extraordinary means for tough
ening. New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-27
Pigeons Outwit a Hawk.

The Southern Sportsman told recently
about flock of pigeons that measured
brains with hawk and came out on
top in the contest Ii. S. Edwards owned
a flock of pigeons which one day were
cut off from their cote by large hawk.
The pigeons knew that if the hawk once
got above them one at least of their
number would go to make the hawk a
meal, and so up they flew i'll circles,
perhaps hoping to go higher than the
hawk. In the rising game they were no
match for the hawk. The latter kept
under the pigeons and leisurely follow
ed their laborious movements.
Then came curious and unexpected
sight to Mr.. Edwards. Every pigeon
closed its wings, when they appeared to
be the size of sparrows and down they
came past the hawk at terrific rate.
That astonished the hawk. 1t actually
lodged the dropping birds and missed
half a dozen wing strokes before 1T got
in full chase of them. When it got
down to the barnyard, not pigeon was
in sight-some were in the cote, some
in the porch, two in the wellhouse, and
one was in the kitchen. The hawk had
been outwitted completely. 1t is a ques'
tion how the pigeons managed TO check
their fall, as they did not slacken NJ
till they were about l6 CT 90 feet above
the ground, when thCy scattered in al
directions to escaIe the hawk.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-27

The committees OF Hancock and
Houghton who are soliciting donations
oil cash and clothing for the FIRE sufferers
at Ontonagon are meeting with crafty
ing success. A carload OF clothing and
provisions was shipped last night and a
considerable sum OF money has been col
lected in each town. Superlntendents
Fitch, OF the South Shore, and Shields. OF
the Mineral Range, promptly preferred
free transportation for all goods con-
tributed and the Sheldon towing CON-
pany also offered the use Of tug, but it
was thought to be too rough for her to
make the trip.
Anyone having clothing OF any kind to
send to Ontonagon may leaye the same
at the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms and it will be
forwarded to the destitute people OF the
burnt city.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-27
THE MUSICAL CONDUCTOR.
He Was Almost Unknown In England
Hundred Years Ago.


Hundred Years Ago.
The baton as conducting stick did
not come into general use in England I'M
ill the third decade of the present century.
I'D To that time the conductor, in the pres
ent acceptance of the term, was almost UNI
known. There were, however, instances Of
a conductor who really did beat time. Sam
uel Wesley, in one of his lectures delivered
in 1927, said Il remember that in the
time of DIR. Boyce it was customary to
mark the measure To the orchestra with a
roll of parchment or paper in hand, and
this usage is yet continued at st. Paul's
cathedral, at the musical performances for
the Sons of Clergy" Wesley goes on to say
that the custom was not followed at the
theaters and oratorios. 1t is therefore GER
tain that the conductor, as time beater,
was the exception and not the rule.
Handel conducted his operas and ora
torios at the harpsichord or organ. AT the
Handel commemoration of 1854, held in
Westminster abbey, Joah Bates led his
forces of 525 performers from the organ,
and not with baton Haydn, who con.
Quoted his "Salamon Symphonies" Mt the
Hanover Square rooms in 1891, was an
nounced thus: MIR Haydn will preside at
the harpsichord and will compose for every
night a new piece of music" During tho
first 20 years of the Philharmonic society
GSl3-33) there was no real conductor. ex-
cept when foreign musicians like Spohr
and Mendelssohn directed their own com
positions. The programme of the Birming
ham music festival of 1929 (when Michael
Costa, then youth of 10, made his first
appearance in England as singer records,
Conductor Mr.. Greatorex, who will pre-
side at the organ and pianoforte. Some
idea of the then existing state of things may
be gathered from The Quarterly Musical
Magazine and Review, volume 10, 1929,
pages BIB and 3li: 1T is the habit of some
(conductors), when presiding at the piano
forte, to keep the pedals down and play
throughout the piece, thus making the in
strument far too prominent, but from this
piece of bad taste Sir George Smart and
persons accustomed to the business of the
orchestra are totally exempt. A great OBJ
staclc opposed To the conductor is the shape
of the grand pianoforte, which prevents
| his facing his band and places him with
his back To the principal violoncello In
Beethovcn's Pastoral Symphony, which
requires the fullest activity of eye, ear and
hand, we have observed IA square one used
at the Philharmonic concerts London
Musical Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-27
A Pecu.:..r Cough.

At recent meeting of Gro CT the
French societies a paper was read on
what was diagnosed as u tonsilar cough.
This cough is described as violent, spas
modic and painful. 1t was frequently
accompanied by reflexes i'll the neighbor-
ing region, and particularly by n pro-
fuse watering Of the eyes. All remedies
ordinarily applied produced no effect
whatever, and as there was no eXpecto-
ration the origin of the cough has SEEM
ed obscure. The trouble, however, is ex-
planned by familiarity with the struc-
ture of the tonsils. Several sets of nerves
center and blend at and near the outer
surface of the tonsils, where they form
what is described under the name Of
tonsilar plexus. The tonsils are connect
ed by muscles with the apparatus OF the
larynx, fact which makes treatment
of the tonsils complicated and difficult.
1t is common practice to cut off the
tonsils, but this has been attended with
very grave results. The hearing is some
times affected by this arrangement and
the larynx is necessarily involved. The
best surgeons are at present very careful
how they perform any surgical opera
ton ON the throat or tongue, as 1T IL q
fact past question that very few such
operations are successful i'll the long run.
There may be temporary relief, but 1t
is almost invariably shor, lived. New
York Ledger.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-27
WORE THE DIAMOND IN HIS LEG.
A Story OF the Way the Orion Stone Was
Taken From Persia to Russia.

A Story Of the Way the Orion Stone Was
Taken From Persia to Russia.
Gus Fox, dealer in diamonds ON
Fourth street, has story about the ia
nous Orloff diamond, named after
Count Orloff, the first European who
bought it. Fox says: 1T was originally
the eye of an idol in Trichinopoli. 1t
was stolen, according to the accepted
account by Frenchman. who escaped
with it to Persia, where he sold it for
the equivalent in our money of So, 600
to a Jewish merchant.
1.-The Jewish merchant sold 1t to an
Armenian named Shafras, who had
travelled in Russia and conceived the
idea Of taking the diamond to that
country and selling it to the Empress
Catherine for great sum. Shafras paid
him $50, 900 for it.
Having secured the stone, the next
question with Shafras was how to get it
to Russia, or rather how to concell il
when he was searched by robbers,
was sare to be on the road. The jour
was long and perilous one, and thu .
abounded everywhere. Shafras thought
of swallowing the stone when he should
be taken by the robbers, but was Obliged
to give that plan up, as the diamond
was too large to swallow.
"He began to feel he had white ele-
plant ON his hands when thought &C.
Cured to him. He procured a sharp
lance, made a cut in the fleshy part Of
his left leg and thrust the diamond into
the wound. He sewed up the cut with
q needle and a silver wire. 1t healed,
leaving the diamond imbedded fast in
the leg, quite out Of sight.
"Then he started for Russia. On the
way he was seized by robbers again and
again and was thoroughly searched.
Being an Armenian and suspected OF
going to Russia to trade, the thieves
marveled greatly at finding nothing OF
value upon his person.
"He arrived in Russia at last, and,
after extracting his diamond, visited
the empress He was willing to sell il
for about $3.50, 900, but the empress had
not so large an amount in cash for the
purchase, and Shafras preferred to &C
on to Amsterdam, the seat of the dia'
mond cutting industry, where he had
the stone polished.
Here Count Orloff, an extremely
wealthy Russian. saw the diamond and
was filled with determination to Sc.
cure it for the Russian crown. He die
secure it, but Shafras exacted from the
Russian government $500, 900, an an
nuity of $50, 900 and a title of nobility.
He died millionaire.
1.-THE Orloff diamond weighs l0i
carats and is about the size Of pi
geon S egg. 1t is smaller than the Kohl
moor, in the possession of the English
queen, which is supposed to be wortf
| So, $50, 900. "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-27
wheel Slang.

A student of the wheel has collatcd the
following facts: In PARKWAY New Zealand
the awful word "cyclodonna" has been
coined as a substitute for whcelwoman. In
many y-estcrn towns the fair rider Is called
a "bl ,cner," without regard tn her cos
tune The word scorcher," as indicating
a speedy cyclist, is fairly migrated upon
the language. In Chicago, however, the
"scorcher" Is called "scoot p" The tech
nicalitics of the machine have led To at.
tempts upon the part of young men TO
coin expressions. Your tire l. pune.
turcd" indicates that the story you are
telling lacks the probable element of truth.
Reckless statements are called "coasting
A very ancient yarn Is not "a chestnut,
but century. A young couple show
ing mutual fondncss are riding tan.
DEM" A man leading n fast life Is
"geared too high" An old fogy Is re-
ferred to as thigh wheel" A chaperon
Is known rs "pacemakcr. A cheap TT
cycle Is called gas pipe" machine. 4
professional racer Is a pro. New York
Tribune