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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-02-11
Somerset.
SAIITHFIELD.

Gus Sawtelle of Sidney, was in town
last wcek.-Henry Young sold about
twenty lambs recently TO parties in sid
"Wednesday night and Thursday a
heavy rain fell shrinking the snow to
about four inches in depth. The box
sociable for the benefit of Rev Otis
3 ndrews came off Friday evening with
rather small attendance, but, notwith-
standing the bad travelling, a general
good time was enjoyed by all.
ST. ALBANs.
Last sunday, Mr.. n B. Turner one of
our most respected citizens passed from
this life. He was - wears OF age. For
soma time he has not been strong but
until within a few weeks he has been able
to attend to business. Our citizens old
and young are in fan sympathy with the
sorrowing family for MIR. Turner was a
man OF genial disposition and each new
acquaintance added another friend He
has held many positions of trust and
honor AS business man he was very
successful for with him Honesty was the
best policy. In this he furnishes a
grand example for our business men In
politics he was an earnest Republican.
He was stoutly opposed TO the use Of
liquor and tobacco and many Of our men
and boys Will long remember the kind
words Of warning received from him,
The shovel handle business will be con
tiDued by the oldest son. n b. Turner,
Jr. The funeral will occur Wednesday
afternoon.
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Now let Parliament throw little light
on the Venezuelan controversy
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Penobsc0t.
CORINNA

II
Woodbine Lodge has elected the follow.
ing officers for the ensuing quarter: p.
{. IT,, j. G. pcase; G. n, NJ Bond; Y
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There is marked difference of opinion
in Bath respecting the new city hall
scheme.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-02-11

Tho driver of the Wateryille Beef Com
pany' s delivery wagon says that up to last
Monday morning he had been on wheel.
since the first part of last March.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-02-11

A Rock'and thief is afflicted with a
calculating kind of kleptomauia. When
he stole IA sitting hen the other day he
didn't forget to take along the eggs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-02-11

Bangoreans haven't yet gotten over the
idea that they have Just the site for an
army post.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-27
Continued Tomorrow.
pureau Girls May Wear short skirts.

Pretty nearly hundred of the girls who
make paper money at tho bureau of en-
craving and printing are blcyolists and
wear the up TO date costumes Of the mod
ern wheelwomen. Some envjous critic
complained to the chief Of the bureau,
Claude NJ. johnson. The result was that
Mr.. johnson issued an order TO the effect
that the girls must not come TO the Office
in short skirts, although he had no objec-
tion to thoir riding the bicycle. All tho
employees affected formed in line and
marched TO MIR. Johnson's = Office TO protest.
One Of the best looking OF the girls was
put forward as spokesman, and she argued
at length ON the Inconvenience of long
skirts and the freedom of short ones. Her
arguments were convincing, for, after
taking tho matter under consideration for
an hour or so, MIR. johnson had the objoc-
tonah!e order rescinded. The girls arc. of
course, greatly pleased with thoir victory,
and now even bloomcrs are talked of as q
possibility. --Now York World.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-27
MEDICAL.
A TERRIBLE OPERATION.

One of the most painful and dangerous
operations known to surgery Is that re-
sorted to for the rem oval OF cancer or tu-
NOR; these diseases are becoming more
and more prevalent every year and hos
pitfalls are called upon to receive increas-
ing numbers of those who must submit
to the operation for the removal OF can
Ger. Medical science has never Deen aole
to furnish remedy for these diseases,
but 1t seems that q true remedy has
been found in Ypsilanti Specific, nat
ural mineral water. For fourteen years
this water has been thoroughly tested In
hundreds Of cases, and no case hes ever
been found where there was any hope
OF life left that this water would not
cure. The YPsILAETI SPECIFIC Co. OF
10a BROAD ST., Boston, Will furnish evil
dence OF these facts to anyone desiring it..
George l.. Clsfilin & Co., Providence,
II. L., distributing agents.
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neId her by the shoulder as both went
over in tangle of floating sail. Then
like a trick OF the stage, the whole
|, scene changed. / was alone in the midst
Of the waves, in the rush OF the wind
and the spray; with the keel of n boat
under me. How il happened TO be
there / did not know! / had simply
Ieaped up and away from the wreck, 10
windwaIr1.
A clock does well enough, in your
home or in a church tower, marking
minutes and hours. But that isn't
time. II goes fast or il goes slowly; but
il doesn't stop, and so you don't un-
deisrtand il. When time stops, you be-
gin TO know what il is. j thought OF
everything in the world and out Of it.
l though, Of my three friends, and
vividly recai,ai many words and acts
seemingly trivial that had male them
what hey were to me. They were un-
der the water drowning, and perceived
what life was To each of them, and
what il was to me, who would yield
it up little later than they. Yet n
wave just before my eyes had not time
TO break nor the line of it's white crest
to tremble in the wind.
II was hope that made time begin
again. While / accepted death as if it
were change accomplished, L enjoyed
the privilege of the dead for whom
there is no time. But hope whispered
that / was to live, and then the wave
broke, and the wind flung the spray Of
II into my face.
l heard a voice right beside me--a
gasping, choking voice-say: Take
hold of the boat. She'll feat you"
1t was Shirley's voice. He had risen
from the depths, and not alone. lie
still held Miss Woodward by the shoul-
| der, as / had seen him clutch her when
the squall struck us. She was not fran
tic with fear. nor did she struggle and
exhaust herself. as women are supposed
TO do in such emergencies. Shirley
seemed 10 be suffering more, both from
excitement and exhaustion, than she.
DefS~e they had fairly gotten hold OF
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-27

Rev, III. v. Morgan of Alameda Building
His own Church.


On the slant Of an unfinished roof, with
his toes on one beam, his knees on another,
hammer in his hand and a sixpenny nail
In his mouth, is an odd situation in which
to find a clergyman.
Yet that is how found the Rev. Henry
Victor Morgan, pastor OF the First Chris
tian church of Alameda
He was wearing a carpenters apron,
with the pockets full of nails; his shirt
sleeves were rolled up, and his coat was
carefully folded across sawbuck under a
tree.
The roof he was clinging to is the roof
of church at the corner Of San Jose and
Park avenues, Alameda. IL is church TO
house his flock, and he is spending his va
cation building IT,
An uncommon way Of spending vaoa.
tion--but it is the way of an uncommon
man.
"we had TO have church, Z" he explain
od with deprccaring modesty as he backed
down the ladder 10 chat with me, land as
am pretty handy wish tools and fond Of
manual labor / thought IL would do me
just as much good to put in my vacation
building church as 1t would to go noun
tain climbing or something of that sort.
When money is as scarce as it is now, IL is
easier to labur than il Is to raise the funds
TO pay the laborers. The members of the
congregation are taking a lively interest
in the building, and here arc some Of them
working with me, and he pointed out
Elder Bovyer In pair of overalls and n
straw hat, hoisting boards to the ridge of
the roof. and Brothers Brown and Thomp-
son saving and hammering away as eager-
ly as boys with brand new chest OF tools.
"We expect to have il ready TO hold serv-
ices this fall When the building is fin
ished, there will be no debt hanging over
It, Everything is paid for rs we go along.
To be sure, we had to raise the money to
buy building materials as we needed them,
but we have not bought foot of lumber
unless the money was in sight to pay for
it, This building'-it Is "a large, airy,
redwood structure, over 80 feet long and
80 feet wide-''will serve as church un-
Til we can put up a better one. Then it will
be moved 20 the back of the lot and used
as Sunday school room. San Francisco
| Examiner.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-27

lNf flNbEHD AZ NiSilNQCloft
THEIR GRIP.
the boat, l saw Harry Mason swimming
and cried out to him. He padded up td
the boat, leisurely, il seemed TO me.
lie was ON the leeward side, and for q
minute or more he kept clear OF the
boat. swimming backward as she
drifted on, and sheltered by her from
the breaking sea.
"Will she float US all, Frank?" he
asked, calmly enough.
"Yes," was the answer; "the air
tanks will carry Us. Get hold here"
When the next wave swept us to-
ward him, Harry flung his arm across
the boats keel near the bow, and clung
there. 1 was next to him. Miss Wood
ward was between Shirley and me.
At first we hoped that Steve might
come to our relief. and we wasted our
scanty breath ia shouting; but the
wind by this time was blowing SO hard
that the sound of human voice was
sssimilated into IL instantly, and be-
came the gales voice, wild and mar
ticulate. We soon gave up all idea
of rescue at our friends hands, and
faced the chances that remained
There was one chance that we should
be able To cling TO the boat till she
should drift across the bay; and there
were ten thousans against it, The bay
is about ten miles wide from Ogden's
Island TO the head of the cape. Some
small islands and multitude of Lodges
lay between, but even should we en-
counter any of them, the odds were
that it would prove our destruction.
l believe that, had Alice Woodward
not been there, l should have given up
the struggle, and have slid off the slip
perry hull of that boat into Davy Jones'
locker. Helping TO hold her on kept me
in good heart about holding myself on.
should have felt myself TO be the
weakest, but for her, and should not
have waited for anyone else TO give
out first. Harry Mason was a stronger
boy than /, but he became exhausted
earlier, taking care of himself alone,
than | did, being 10y my position on the
boat constrained TO help another.
The girl had splendid courage, but
her strength and physical endurance
were unequal 10 the strain. IL was an
ordeal that any human creature might
shrink from. Though the night was
the warmest that ever / saw i'm that
part OF the world. we were all chilled
TO the marrow OF our bones. The water
OF the Maine coast rs by nature so cold
that you cannot warm IL in kettle
over n fire. Before had been on the
bottom OF that boat ten minutes | was
so numb below tho waist that should
not have known IL " doRflsh had bitten
me in two. SO much Of my body as was
ont OF water part Of tho time was frcez.
ing; the remainder had ceased 10 suf.
fer: IL was dead.
At first our minds directed us; We
tried 10 do this and that. Then our
strength failed; then our minds failed.
and az last there was nothing left but
lorred. instructive resistance. ] knew
nothing eSsept that / would not lct 10
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-27

Of the keel or that boat, nor suffer my
stiffening fingers 10 relinquish their
grip on Alice Woodward 5 arm.
Shirley must have been in a little bet
ter condition. He at least could see and
hear, after those faculties seemed TO
have suspended operations for me. 1t
was Shirley who discovered that we
were drifting into breakers; 1T was
he who walked me with last appeal
when we were dashed against some
thing black that lowered above us, and
frightened more than il cheered me.
After that | remember fighting my
way up an jnterminable slope of rock
covered with seaweed, while the waves
pursued us and tried TO drag the bur-
den that was between us back into the
sea. One last effort land saw that we
were all together on solid land again,
and il flashed across my mind that we
were safe. Then all the nerves and
muscles in my body gave way mt once.
and l fell; but have'no recollection OF
any shock when / struck the hard sur
face OF the ledge.
For an interval was as destitute OF
consciousness as, in the absence of evil
dence 10 the contrary, would have held
the rock on which / lay TO be. And to
the rock, suppose, the period since 1t
was created does not differ from a sec
orrd. l awoke TO find my three COM
ranions busy with me. My first sensa-
ton was Of cold then felt The others
nrouni me: and Immediately a dash OF
water struck me in the face. L sup
posed that scme one had thrown 1T on
ME to revive me.
''Never mind that" said T, as cheer
fully as might be; "Tm vet enough as
IL is"
j sat up and again the water struck
me. This time / saw that it was the
spray of the wave that had broken cn
the rocks in front Of me.
"Why don't we go up higher%
asked.
eve can't" replied Shirley, gloomily.
"We're on top of the ledge now"
l struggled to my feet. All around
me was darkness 90 intense that l
could sec nothing but the foam Of break
ing waves. To windward was a great
patch OF white where the water was
ohurnlng over rough floor of rock, just
awash BY THO the waves were broken
before they reached the edge Of the
upper ledge where we had found n re-
spite from the storm, and only the
largest Of them flung their spray up TO
us. Yet our elevation above the water
was not more than three feet.
sin the name of Heaven, Frank"
said "how is the tide?"
Rising" said Shirley. Bert, it's all
over with us. We're on Gull rock or
one of the other lodges in that bunch,
Frank, are you sureT
"We capsized mile and half due
east of Spruce Head, with the wind
southwest and the tide just beginning
to run in" said he. "You can figure it
out for yourself. You remember the
course we laid out yesterday from
Spruce Head across the bay between
the Gull Rock lodges and the Round
islands? East northeast half east"
Frank, we're lost!"
STEADY" he cried, clutching my arm
and wheeling me around till / faced
the spot where the others crouched
upon the ledge. "She knows, and she
Is NOT afraid. I won't let you go to
pieces. can't save your life, and
that's short thing. anyway. You've
got to die sometime, and If you die, you
will live again. But If you're coward
here, eternity won't be long enough for
you 20 get over it,"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-27

NO morphine ?. or.s,s IN Dr: Miles Pars
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-27

Salvation Lsss-war cryi War Cry!
Irishmsn (who things she has address
cd him )--who's the war becnunef
Salvation Lass--It's the same old war
between God ana the devil.
IrIshman--Ahi 20 on wild yez; I'll not
interfere. The Sun.
II was fdgsty, funny, middle-aged
woman who stepped to the window OF
the Central Hudson ticket Office at 1880
yesterday morning and inquired the
time the next train left for Rome.
"Ths next train leaves at 1882"
courteously responded Assistant Ticset
Agent Hennessy.
"Hss It gone yet" queried the woman.
"No," quietly answered Mr.. Hernessy.
"The next train has never gone. "---Utica
Obseruer'"
"You, you," shouted the orator, point
ing his nnger at the man with tin pail
and overslls; you, my friend, 1 venture
to say, dare not call your vote your own.
Am right or am wrong?'
81 guess you are right" answered the
Ia sborer.
"There! Look at himl His vote owned
by a soulless corporation %
"LooK here, mister,n the man OF toll
shouted in turn, "don't you go to callin'
my wife no names like that or you nm
me will mix."-Indianapoli Journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-27

The object lesson which the
above presents is to show at
a glance what would happen
to the present currency of the
country should free coinage
be adopted. This is accom-
plished as follows I:
First. fold backward out of
sight the section containing
the gold money, which would
disappear under free coinage.
Second, fold backward at
the dotted lines the upper
half of the section represent
ing the silver money. since it
is apparent that free coinage
would reduce the silver money
to the commercial value of the
metal, which is practically one
half of the value at which the
Government now maintains it.
Third, fold backward the
lower half of the section rep
resenting the paper money,
which would be also deprecia-
ted in an equal proportion,
since the metallic currency of
the country would be only
silver coins passing at the
commercial value of the metal
in them.
BY this process you are able
to show the enormous reduc-
ton in the value Of the money
Of the country which would
follow the free coinage of sill
yer, since the Government
would not, of course, attempt
to maintain the dollars which
it would coin for individuals
at any more than the COM
mercial value Of the silver put
into it.
BY this simple explanation
it becomes apparent at a
glance that the money Of the
country. now amounting to
$1,000, 100000, would shrink
to $so4,4so,ooo in value, or
less than one-third the present
amount.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-27
Circle city'- Bathhousc.

Joe Smith has introduced novelty In
Circle City which should ontitlc him TO a
statue In bronze In con- nmcmoration Of his
bonefactions. lie has tuilt floating bath
house, which Is tied up alongside the river
and I'm close proximity 10 the town. There
arc four bathtubs already i'm use, and he IL
making preparations 70 put In two more
The water Is pumped from the river into q
large boiler, where Il is heated TO any tenn
pernturc desired. During tho winter the
housewife sic on the ice hole being kept
spen all the time through which 20 draw
The water Charges for bathing are reason
able, being but 81 a both. Alaska News
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-27
For Three Years he Suffered - Could
Hardly Breathe at Night t-0ne Nostril
Closed for Ten Years.

Mr.. A. NJ, Ramsey. of De Leon, Texas,
wos sufferer from Catnirh in its
worst form. Truly, his description OF
his sufferings seem little short of mar
velous.. Instead of seeking his couch,
glad for the nights coming, he went to
il with terror, realizing that another
long, weary, wakeful night and a
struggle TO breathe was before him.
DE LEON, TAxAs.
MesU5. Lifpman Srcs., .Savannah, ga,
GENTS: | have used nearly fonr bottles OF
p. Z. p. was afflicted from the crown OF my
head TO the solcs OF my feet. Your j. T. II.
has cured my difficulty OF breathing, smother
ing. palpitation Of the heart and las relieved
me OF all pain. One uostril WA closed for
ten years, but now / can breathe through It
readily.
have not slept on either side foi two years;
IN fact, dreaded 70 sec night come. Now
sleep soundly in any position all night
am so years Cld, but expect soon To be able
TO take hold Of the piow handles I feel glad
heartily recommend Il 10 my friends and tho
public generally.
Yours respectfully,
A. NJ. RAMSEY.
THE STAFF OF TEXAS, ,,.
County Of COmanchc, ''
Before the undersigned authority, on th1s
day, personally appeared a. ". Ram scy, who,
after being duly sworn, say on oath that The
foregoing statement made bv him relative 70
the virtuesf 7. p r. medieiRe, = trggss;;.p
Sworn TO and subscribed before m this,
rAMprpT ~ T.
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and. as she heelcd, the water in her
rushed 10 lecward. In n eccond we
wcrc on our beam ends. We all cried
ont, but I heard orly the girls voice
not even my own.
saw Frank spring toward her. lie
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-27
snenknA. clsrRrmen.

Many Political speakp =, clergymen.
singers ana Others who use the voice ex-
cessivell RELY ufon One.Minute Coug h
Cure 70 prevent busk mess and iaryngitis.
Its value as preventive IL only cqualled
ty 10 power TO nford Instantaneous relief.
Joseph $. Johnston's Pl,rnacy. o93
Westminster street: Mstzeef's Pharmacy,
:S0 North Nam strset; Alfred,s Pharmacy,
sll EDDY street.
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cATAaRH CURED BY p. p. P.

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Woman's weakness, whether nervous
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Pimples, blotches, eczema and all
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T.. y. T.. will restore your appetite,
build up your system and regulate you
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For blotches and pimples on the
face, take +. Y. y.
Ladies, for natural and Thorough
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mans Great Remedy, and get well at
once.
Sold by all druggists.
LiPPwAS BROS. ApothccsrIes. Sole pros'sA
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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-22
FAREWELL OF THE LAST LEAF.

CThe old mother fig tree-Celestlal)
Mournful, like Niobe! Lo, an old mo-
: ther tree!
Blishted and bare, of her BARNS all
bereft.
Sorely stricken stands she, Of grief the
smile;
For of all her leafy llneals, one only
And as thus It's sad loss, the lone linger-
er bewails,
Signs will not be stilled-a sad spirit
prevails!
Farewell.
Sere and solitaire. 1 cling to a bllghted
bough.
Soon, alas. like my loved ones, to be
from 1t cast: 1u
And, memory recalls, and pictures them
now,
In gay garblng Of green, as in the
days past.
Farewell to the fount that cheered and
Farewell, airy arms, like antlers, that
spread!
Alas. my poor parents. thy progeny has
persisted!
Thy fairest are fallen: thy dearest
are dead!
List! List! Can 1t be? I hear voices
calling!
Trembling. like trllls OF tender
toned bells,
Old companions. come! Alas, am fall
ing!
Farewell. mother dear: they call me
farewell.
The loved and the last!
AS listning, 1 fingered. with soul sadly
moved,
I thought of the dead and the days
long gone.
And thought of the living. those long
have loved.
/ would not outlive them. loyeless
and lone.
And as I stood bordering the present
and past,
a lone lear fitted by. the Mothers loved
and las..
wILLOUGHBY.
Norfolk. Va, November, 1896