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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-12
Diminutive Aztecs.

The feminine direct descendants Of the
famous Aztccs are tiny creatures, exqui-
sitely formed and refined in feature. They
carry the head with the upbearing grace
of the full blooded Indian; their skins are
not red, but clear, smooth copper color
that shines like gold in the sun; their hair
Is coarse and black as ebony, and they are
decorated with bright feathers and gay o..
naments. These women make the most
wonderful pottery that comes to us from
Mexico, for they have kept the old Aztec
forms and decorations in their art, and
they also weave wonderful baskets and do
exquisite embroidery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-12
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
WHAT Was Said and Done in This Branch OF
Congress. Wednesday.

Washington, March 1.-THE House.
toiay, resumed tho consideration of the
post Office appropriation bill The pro-
Vision in the bill to make the pay of in
spectors hereafter appointed $1,000 per
Year increasing with each year of service
until the present compensation of $1,000
order. f''' u
Qu>gg, KEEP. of New York, moved TO
reduce tn. appropriation for pay of the in
spectors from Sal2, 600 to size. 600. 50 as
20 cut on the appointment of the 30 ad1;-
tional Inspectors which the COMMITTEES
!ntende1 the post office department tn
have. W
Quigg characterized the 'spy systemu
as pursued by the department in the mast
Two years rs shame aud disgrace
Cummings, Dem, of New Ynrk m,do
avigorous speech against tho spy SYST an
ana policy OF the post Office department
Qufgg closed the debate in f,ynr Of tho
amendment. After much dpsultory dis,
cuss'on It was adopted, 1852 to So.
NO further amendment of tmportarce
was proposed, SO the committee rose and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-12
A WhOlesome Fruit Dish.

If you want to give your children a nice
wholesome fruit dish without much pas
try CRATE some stale bread-of which
there are often small pieces left-and slice
as much again of apples, or double as
much would be better; butter mold
line it with sugar paste, strew IN layer
OF crumbs, sprinkling in little sugar,
then lay in the slices of apple, tie cores
removed and a few scraps of butter An
other layer of crumbs and another of APP
pie slices will probably fill the dish Last
ly, cover with crumbs and bake well.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-12
Congressional Notes.

A subcommittee Of the House commit
tee OH ways and means, Wednesday, ordered
favorahly reported to the full committee u
bill amending the administrative features
of the Wilson tariff law, so as TO prevent
unicrvaluatons. The measure agreed
upon is a substitute for various bills on
the subject and embodies changes sug
gested by Assistant Secretary HaInlin, the
board of general appraisers and the Fair
child board of 1898.
The House committee on agriculture,
Wednesday, 9 to 6, laid on the table the
anticipation bill. =" Those who favored
the measure intend tn bring the subject
before the committee in different form
later. The great objection to the present
measure was that it did not make II
definite distinction between options
and futures The aim of the new bill
will be to discourage and retard option -
or "windsale" process. Legitimate deal
ing in futures where actual deliveries are
contemplated is not objected to.
The House patent committee, today,
ordered favorable reports on two bills of
more than ordinary Importance The
first was bill recommended by the
American Bar Association, limiting the
life of the American patent to the life of
the foreign patent and preventing in
territorial and unreasonable delays in the
patent office on the part of applicants for
patents The other bill is intended to
prevent piration of dramatic compost
tions. 1t permits an Injunction taken
out in any judicial circuit to apply in any
other circuit in the United States against
persons presenting pirated plays
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-12
forged notes

sumption is much more terrible than
death by hanging. DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery will cure 90 per cent
of all cases of consumption. Consump-
ton is likely to be caused by weakness
and in IFS turn, it increases the weakness.
The Golden Medical Discovery" is an
invigorating strengthening and flesh
making medicine. 1t increases the appe-
tite, puts the digestive organs in perfect
order, purihes and enriches the blood,
and builds up firm, healthy flesh.
In one chapter of DR.. Pierce's great thousand
page family doctor book" The Peoples Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser" are scores of let
tiers from people who have been cured of con-
diseases by he use Of eoden d MEDICAL Dis
covery." Their full names and addresses are
gwen and their cases were generally pronounced
hopeless by the local doctors. Tweiity-one al
'one-cent stamps, to pay for mailing oniy will
s s1 free copy OF this great book. Address,
worlds Dispensary Medical Association. No. e.,
Main Street, buffalo. NY.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-12
A Caramel Custard.

One quart milk, five eggs, one-half cup
sugar. Boil the milk, keeping out one
cupful; beat the eggs and add them to
the cod milk; stir the sugar in a small
frying pan until it melts and begins to
smoke; then stir it into the boiling milk;
add the beaten eggs and cold milk, and
stir constantly as it begins to thicken.
When cold. serve in glasses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-12

A special Investigation committee
which has been looking into the books OF
Mercer county, reports shortages of
over Si3, 900, with more in sight.
Specific excessive collections are reported
against Sheriffs Towel. Timmonds,
Houser and Heffaer, Probate Judges
Scranton and Collins, Commissioners
Scibert, Fanger, Mott, Lowrey, Sweeter
man and Behmeyer, Recorders Snyder
and Hamburger Treasurers McKernan,
Nickerson and Lowell, and Clerks Len
marks and Lanfair. Over SIS, 5000 is re-
ported against Toevell alone, and over
$4,000 against Snyder. The investigation
was the outcome of the imprisonment in
the penitentiary Of Surveyor c. V. Smith,
who secured $500 from the auditor On
forged notes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-12
TWO KILLED AND TWO INJURED
In Train Striking Carriage at HinsdaIe
Ills. Tuesday Night.

Hinsdale, Ills, March IA train
struck the carriage of Willis Blackmap
last night and killed instantly Carlos, his
youngest son. and Coachman Sa,nue]
Russell. Willis, the eldest sou, was fatal
ly injured, and Margery, daughter, il
suffering from broken leg and Is severe
ly bruised.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-12

One half pint of finely bolted cornmoal,
one-half pint of flour, one tablespoonful
OF white sugar, half teaspoonful of salt
and two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking
powder. Mix thoroughly together while
dry, then add two well beaten eggs and
enough cold sweet milk to make a moder-
ately thin batter. Bake quickly in well
creased gem pans.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-12

If a man knew he
was going to be hanged,
he would certainly
make every effort to
prevent it. He would
do everything he could
and strain every nerve
to the last minute to
get himself out OF his
pre- di C a III e MT. Men
have been saved from
hanging after the rope
was around their necks.
There are ways of dying
that are not SO quick
that are even more GER
tain. The man who
neglects his health, and
who in sickness refuses
to take medicine, really
has the rope of disease
around his neck. He
will die if he doesn't
throw it off. A man
who would struggle
against hanging may
yet be careless about
his health. He may be
travelling straight to-
ward consumption and
pay no attention to it,
and vet death by con.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-12
Delicious Sandwiches.

Chop cold boiled chicken very fine add
half pound finely chopped almonds, two
teaspoonfuls salt, one gill sweet thick
cream, saltspoonful of pepper. Mix we'll
until you have smooth paste, and it is
ready to USE Whole wheat bread is best
for these sandwiches.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-12
PLEDGED FOR REED.
Swapscoii. Mass. Republicans Elects Four
Delegates for State Convention.

Swampscott, Mass. March II. - The
Republicans, this evening, elected four dele
gates to the state convention, pledged for
Reed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-12

favorably and reported the bill to the
House.
Eromwell Rep, of Ohio moved to
strike out the appropriation of $4,000
for special facilities on the trunk lines be
tween Boston, via New York and Wash
ingtoD, TO Atlanta and New Orleans. The
vote GA the motion resulted; yeas, III ;
nays 1884, The members from the East
and South voted in favor OF the appro-
prio ion. and the Western members
against it. The bill passed and the House
adjourned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-12

The fourth Congressional district Re
publlcan convention will meet at Bangor.
April Is, at $50 O'Clock p. Nj.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-01-20
Tnc Amnzon's wealth In Fish

The River Amazon, which drains
nearly the half of South America, has
the greatest abundance and variety of
fish. 1t has not one fish in common
with those in other fresh water basins.
Professor Agassiz found III a little
pool OF q few hundred square yards
two hundred kinds of peculiar fish,
three times as many as in the whole
Of the waters of the Mississippi. In
the Amazon itself he found 1000 diff
ferent kinds. Of which he knew only
15C before lie began his Investigations.
His wonderful discoveries made in
the waters of the Amazon proved
what he himself called "a true reveIa-
ton Of science" Their importance
can be seen by the contrast. The
number Of the species of fish on the
whole globe known to Linnaeus about
a century ago was 300; in 1910 Cap
tain Wilkes collected only GOO species
in voyage around the world with
three chips; but Agassiz saw in five
months on the Amazon alone 1900
species OF fish, nearly 1000 of them
new and about twenty new genera.
The vaca marine, the largest fish in
habiting fresh waters, and the acara,
which carries its young in it's mouth,
are denizens of the Amazon. Brook
Ign Eagle.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-01-20
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
How Manning Did 1t.

The New York World has Wash
ington dispatch stating that during
Mr.. Cleveland's first administration Il
similar raid was made on the Treas
ury by New York bankers to the one
which has recently been pressed and
that Mr.. Manning, then Secretary of
the Treasury, came to New York,
gathered the gold jobbers around him
and addressed them as follows:
Gentlemen, the Treasury is willing
to furnish gold for any legitimate de-
mand, but il you attempt to draw up.
on the Treasury gold after to day as
you are now doing, for boarding or
speculation, shall adopt an effective
remedy for the protection of the Gov
ernment's reserve. We have a cash
balance of over s15O,OOO,O0O. Not one
of you doubts for moment the pur-
pose and ability of the Government to
maintain specie payments. But if
you continue to withdraw gold l shall
at once order that you be paid 10 per
cent in silver coin the first day. The
second day you will be paid 20 per
cent i'll silver, the third day 80 per
cent, and so on until one-half will be
paid you in silver"
"But," exclaimed the astonished
bankers, "this is in violation of the
implied obligation that the Govern
ment will pay in gold.."
snake no mistake about that gen
tlemen," replied Mr.. Manning. "The
law says coin, and the Treasury
will cXer"isc its undoubted prcroga-
tive"
That ended the gold raiding. The
Government won it's point just as
soon on the Secretary of the Treasury
showed that he had a backbone.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-01-20
PeterSOn'a
FREE COINAGER DRESS-CUTTING
Tailor System.

Why pay $40 for system and
waste three weeks in learning, when
you can buy one thoroughly reliable
single day? THIS is WoMAN's GREAT
EST FRIEND, therefore a boon to hu.
manity. The most searching criticism
invited. 1t is no flake" but a GOOD,
HONEST SYSTEM OF DRESS CUTTING
Mothers, teach your daughters to be
self-supporting. Any woman can
learn it. These charts can be had of
Mrs. j. Lang, Elko. Nevada. Send
$3.50 and get one. Full instructions
with every chart. jy19tf.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-01-20
Bill Understood Ii.

Two worlmen are discussing Sc
rious subjects. Quoth the younger,
81 say, bill, what are these here joint
stock companies?"
"Well, I'll explain it to yer. You
an Jim an arr a.dozen more of you
mates put up penny each, and buys
two ounces of ''bacca and a clay, then
calls myself the managing director,
and | sits down and smokes the pipe
and bacca. Dye scar"
ayes, but where do we come in2"
ooh! you're the shareholders. Look
on aud spit"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-01-20

If sufferers with piles, it will inter
est you to know that DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve will cure them. This
medicine is u specific for all COM
plants of this character, and if in
structions are carried out a cure will
result. We have tested this i'll numer.
GUS cases, and always with like re-
suits. For sale by +. F. Muller.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-01-20

Wife-Here's an account of man
who shot.himself rather than suffer
with indigestion. Husband-The fool!
Why didn't he take >DeWitt's Little
Early Riscrs? I used to suffer as bad
as he did before l commenced taking
these pills. For sale by F. T. Muller
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-01-20

Coughing irritates the delicate o.
gans and aggravates the disease. In
stead of waiting, try One Minute
Cough Cure. 1t helps at once, MAX
ing eXpectoration easy, reduces the
soreness and inflammation. Every one
likes it. For sale by +. F.. Muller.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-01-20

When you are IN Iced of letter
heads, bill heads, note heads, envel-
opes, statements, ETC., remember that
you can have them printed at the In.
DEPENDENT office at prices within the
reach of all.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-01-20

Bargain and Sale Deeds, Chatte
Mortgages, Notary Public and Jus
tice of the Peace Acknowledgements
and other blanks for sale at the I'M
DEPENDENT office. x
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-01-20

One Minute Cough Cure is, rightly
named. 1t affords instant relief from
suffering when afflicted with a severe
cough or cold. It acts on the throat,
bronchial tubes and lungs, and never
fails to give immediate relief. For
sale by T.. L. Muller.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-01-20

Have you seen Reinhart's display
Of ladies dainty stationery and mems
elegant neckwear? All new. Come
early and get your choice. 4
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-01-20

DeWltt's Little Early Risers for
biliousness, indigestion, constipation.
A small pill, prompt cure. For sale
by F.lF. Muller.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-01-20

The demand for "Silver Medal
Flour increases. 1t is the best. 4
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-04
Improving Pasture Land.

Editor of Watchman:-I have been
much interested in the recent inquiries
and replies on the Improvement of pas
lures. For land thai can be plowed,
an effective plan is to plant with corn,
aud | believe it will be profit able to APP
ply some phosphate or other fertilizer,
and when the corn is cultivated the
last time SOW the ground with clover
seed. 1t will make considerable fall
feed, and whenever the ground is
plowed the clover roots make quite an
amount of fertility, whether there is
any OF the top to plow in or not. In
some cases grand results are obtained
with trifling outlay for seed, and no
extra labor but sowing the seed. There
should be shade trees on the highest
and dryest parts of every pasture, as
they give fertility TO the land as well as
comfort to the stock. CORINTHIAN.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-04
Creamery Architecture.

This is the title of an eighty-page
pamphlet, by the Vermont Farm Ma
chine Company, Bellows Falls. The
pamphlet contains a large number of
cuts of creamery buildings of different
sizes and diagrams of plans, with speci-
fcations for construction and bills of
material - lumber, brick, stone, etc.
The work is a handbook of valuable
information on the subject of planning,
building and equipping creameries,
cold storage, ice-houses, organizing and
conducting associations, ETC., etc. This
company contracts to erect buildings,
when desired, has drawings of various
plans for creameries, and furnishes
everything for the dairy or creamery.
The buildings shown by the cuts in the
book are few of the plants erected
according to this company's working
drawings, and very hattering testi-
monials are published from many whom
the company has furnished with equip
ments, or with both buildings and
equipments. The company recon-
mends to prospective creamery build
ers to erect their buildings themselves,
believing it is the cheaper way. 1t
furnishes the best apparatus in the
world for creameries, and provides
purchasers, free of charge, with COM
plete working drawings from which a
carpenter can easily do the work. The
Vermont Farm Machine Company will
send this book to interested persons
upon receipt of ten cents in stamps.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-04

SPRUCE.
Live Stock Market,

Rb.
SHEEP AND LAMBS In lots, s2D3 25d2.5o each; ex-
ira, s27j94.VO or from 2dic per ID; lambs 3d49{c.
MARKET BEEP.-A few choice s6a6.5O extra.
E525n5.5O; first quality, s475G'.00 second quality,
SS75q4.5O; third quality, s3dS50.
Mich COws.-Sales rather slow at prices about
steady. A. A. Pond sold choice at 255; Frank
Wood, II choice cows at gas, choice Ayrshres at
$50 each
FAT HoGs.-western fat swine, live. 4dixc;
at market from Vermont; f5s; New Hampshire 81
Massachusetts, 80; Western, 81 i20.
STORE CATTLE-Working oxen, per pair. from
ssOql4O; farrow cows, slo953; fancy cows s5Oges
HIDES. TALLow AND SKINS. Brighton hides;
5q6c per ID; tallow 3d4c per ID; country hides,
495c per 10; tallow. lb@2c per 10; wool pelts
35q65ci calf skins, 60cqsl 90; dairy skins 35d40c
VEAL CALvEs.-Numbera at market from Vermont.
3i; New Hampshire. 2S7; Massachusetts,. 3d. Light
Wallace sold IS head average 1870 H., at SIC q h;
j c. wilkins sold ~ head of 1850 NJ. at nc IL hi A. A.
Pond sold 81 head Of 45lu b. at SIC q 10, II. A. VII
cox sold II head of 2090 10. at SIC e 10.
CATTLE.-Number at market from Vermont, 1888;
New Hampshire, "a; Massachusetts, 59; West 1915.
Over 5000 head at market made up largely of est
ern of the better sort. Butchers are not buying
heavy through the season of Lett Western, $40
q b. at SIC; j. c. Wilkins, bull of 1893 b. at &C.
SHEEP.-Number at market rom Vermont, 81;
New Hampshire, POS; Massachusetts 0; West, 49,,
market has not yisibly changed. sumo $500 hea for
export Frank Wood sold So sheep of 1880 ID fed by
i. Fairbanks of Springfield VT, at sac F h. II, A.
Wilcox sold s. sheep of 1850 b. at &c % H.; "; F.
J. G: Taylor sold IS good sheep and lambs, average
100 h., at 41sc F3 ID.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-04
A Maple Sugar Prophecy.

Timothy Wheeler of Waterbury, the
maple sugar prophet" makes the
subjoined representation for the sea-
son of 1896, which seems to have all
the mystery and ambiguity of Delphic
oracle:
AS my opinion ha9 been asked con-
corning the nature OF the coming sap
season, would say in reply that the
signs and indications, as | have them,
point to a good medium: not the best
nor the poorest. According to the old
Indian sign we are to have a good one,
for the leaves ripened without frost;
this was the sign, but | find it fails oc-
casionally. Trees rlpened and matured
well last fall. This generally secures
fine products, for vii h ripened starch in
the tree, from which our sign is derived,
fine syrup and sugar usually result.
The amount and quality of sap in any
given year depend a little on the pre-
vious season, as to whether it was a
warm or cold one. In warm season
trees put on a larger growth than they
do in a cool season; the warmer the
season the thicker the ring or growth
of wood, which gives us more and
sweeter sap. We had warm summer
last season, which will help the sugar
crop this year so much.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-04

no tuberculosis having been found in
the new herd.
OF the last purchase in Brookfeld,
about year ago, consisting of eleven
animals, one reacting to the tuberculn
test was rejected, the remaining ten
cows were driven to Mortified, shipped
to Burlington and placed in the Station
herd Several took cold and two were
quite sick as the result of the journey,
change of stable, etc. A few weeks
later, " Lena" coming from the same
herd as the one we rejected, was no
ticed to be coughing more, breathing
unnaturally and failing in flesh. She
was tested again, not reacting. She
vas treated with expectorants and
tonics and slowly improved. In June
she was turned out to pasture and con-
tinued to improve until feed dried up,
then began to fail again. She was
brought into the barn in the early fall,
where she gradually failed. Her I'M
thrifty condition and cough were no ed
by visitors at the farm, and several re-
marked that she had tuberculosis if
ever COW had. But our confidence iu
the tuberculin test led us to think other.
wise, Notwithstanding the fact that she
came from herd in which the disease
existed.
Last month she was tested twice,
using double doses of the tuberculin,
without giving the slightest reaction.
In view of the fact that she was an un-
profitable animal exhibiting many
symptoms of tuberculosis, having come
from tuberculous herd (althOugh &C.
cordiug to the tuberculin test, not her.
self tuberculous), it was deemed advi-
sable at the meeting of the Board of
Control, last week, to destroy her, to
make a careful pOst-mortem examine
ton, and to satisfy both the public and
ourselves as to the exact cause of her
cough, labored breathing and general
unthriftness. The autopsy revealed a
part of one lung consolidated (ibrous
phthisis) with considerable catarrhal
bronchitis, both doubtless resulting
from slight pneumonia contracted
when shipped to us year ago. This
it seemed to us was very instructive
case, presenting the conditions, both of
which are difficult to differentiate from
tuberculosis, both accompanied by
cough, altered breathing and emacia
ton and called by the laity consump-
ton. In fact, here we find the expla-
nation of the statement so frequently
made nowadays that we have ALWAYS