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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-22

Mr.. Frederick f.. Haskell who for the
past twenty odd years, has been freight
cashier of the Maine Central Railroad ten
dered his resignation last week, TO go in
to effect last Monday morning, and Nh
C. l.. Calkins the freight agent of the
road nj Cumberland Mills has been APP
pointed to fill the vacancy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-22

BtfTrER- STEADY: ereameries loaiih;
dalrics 1atl2
GEES E-Gika9a.
EGGS-F'irm; 9m9ia.
There will be no session of the board
of tratte. tomorrow, Logan day
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-22

An article of merit is sure to win. So
with the Hop Plasters which are used
in thousands of homes with confidence
and success. Active the moment ap-
piled. All medicine dealers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-22
Hancock.
ELLSWORTH.

The $109 prize money which the Dirigo
club lost recently, was returned by
Mrs. Webster Leland of Trenton, who
found II on the floor of store where
she was making purchases.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-22
Italy Ready 10 Act.

Athens, July 20.-It is stated here
that Italy has proposed coereivc meas
urcS against Turkey.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-22
Fall River Print Market.

FAN River. Mass. July IL
Print cloths. duh at 7-l6c.. plus / per
cent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-22

HOODS PILLS are the only pills to
take with Hoods Sarsaparilla. Easy
and yet efficient.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-22
Practice Economy

In buying medicines as in other mat
tiers. 1t is economy to get Hoods Sar-
saparilla because there is more medici-
nal value in Hoods Sarsaparilla than
in any other. Every bottle of Hood
Sarsaparilla contains 100 doses and will
average, taken according to directions,
to last month, while others last but a
fortnight
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-22


PA CI.ASS-pACING-S $1,000.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE..
Milton S. b. h.. by Red Wing,
Black Bess, by Almont NJ, Uey-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-22

Al Eliot. July 2G-3i--Annual Congress Of
.be American Institute Of Electrical En-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-24
An Apparition.

This is a true English ghost story of
an unconventional kind. A young lady
arrived late at night on visit to a
friend. She awoke in the darkness to
find white figure at the foot of the
bed. While she watched the bedclotbes
were suddenly whisked off and the up-
partition vanished. After an anxious,
not to say chilly, night the visitor
went down, with little appetite. to
breakfast. At the table she was intro
duced to gentleman, very old friend
of the family, who had, she learned,
also been sleeping in the house. He
complained of the cold. II hope you
will excuse me-" he said, to the hostess.
'but found it so cold during the night
that, knowing the room next mine IVES
unoccupied, took the liberty of going
in and carrying off the bedclothes to
supplement my own" The room, as 1t
happened, was not unoccupied, but he
never learned his mistake.-San Fran
cisco Argonaut.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-24

When that was done, Philip found
himself once more among the uncer-
ttainties, but he made another journey
to the courthouse for the purpose of
copying the missing documents from
the records. For two days he pored
over these copies in his room at the ho-
tel, searching with infinite patience for
some clew that would point the way
out of the tangle. A copy of copy
proved to be barren of suggestion, but
he made memorandum of the attest
ing notary's name, and on the third day
he paid visit to Squire Pragmore.
Nothing came of it, however. The
notary's replies grew more indefinite
as the inquiry progressed. His memory
was at fault; he had acknowledged 50
many papers for the town company
that he could not be expected to recol-
lect the details of any one transaction.
Thorndyke called attention to the fact
that the older deed antedated by sew
eral years the beginning of the rush of
business brought by the transfers of
the town company; whereupon Prag-
more took another tack. It was too
long ago. He had doubtless acknowl-
edged Kilgrow's signature, but he
could remember none of the circum-
stances.
Thorndyke was baffled again, but an
other clew came 10 the surface when he
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-24
Guarding the Money.

There are plenty of ingenious burg
lars in the world, but he would have 10
he a very ingenious burglar indeed who
should find a way to rob the Bank of
France. The measures taken for guard
ing the money are of such nature that
burglary would seem to be impossible.
Every day when the money is put into
the vaults in the cellar, and before the
officers leave, masons are in attendance
whose duty it is to wall up the doors OF
the vaults with hydraulic mortar. Wa
ter is then turned on, and kept running
until the cellar is flooded. A burglar
would thus have to work in diving
suit, and break down cement wall be-
fore he could even begin to break into
the vaults. When the officers arrive the
next morning the water is drawn of,
the masonry torn down, and the vaults
opened. It is said that the treasures Of
the Bank of France are better guarded
than any others in the world.-Youth's
Companion.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-24
LIPS Better Half.

Warehouses Ii, wife of Ii Chung
Tang, is very beautiful and learned, if
compared with her countywomen.
While her age is more than so, she looks
30, or even less. The wife of a very
rich man, she spends royalty, although
not without keeping detailed account
of her expenditures. She lives in her
magnificent home on the banks of the
Pei-Ho in great splendor, surrounded
by songbirds, peacocks, aquaria, pot
terry, gems, and botanical collections.
One thousand attendants and servants
answer her beck and call. In her ward
robe, it is said, are guarded 1000 coats,
1900 pairs of "trouserettes," and 500
fur robes made from the finest SKINS
Golfers Weekly.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-24
PtTH AND POINT.

Often the Way.-Ruralville Citizen
Ibid you enjoy the band concert last
night?" Another Ruralville Citizen
"All but the music. PUCK.
-Humiliation-Fi Golfer-"Did
you hear about Viewer? He's learning
to play lawn tennis" Second Golfer
He must be paying an election bet"
Brooklyn Life.
An Explanation.-Ethel wonder
why Good Friday is called Good Fri
day." Freddy-"Why, you s'prise me
its named after Robinson Crusoe's
faithful servant, of course"-Judge.
Only There.-"Do you mean to say
that you have actually seen such a FASH
ion as that?'' certainly I have"
"Where?'' ION the fashion page of a
Sunday newspaper" Chicago Evening
Post.
The Diference.-Clara-'I don't
know how you manage to break off
your engagements. and still keep them
as friends. I can't" Maude-"But l
always make it point to return all
their sents."-Brooklyn Life.
has Joined physical culture class" re-
marked the judge. "All the exercise
my wife takes is to run up dry goods
and millinery bills" replied the major.
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Did you hear old Gotrox boasting
that his life had always been free and
open to the observation of all the
world?" Il did. And yet everybody
knows that his first big money was
made in corner."-1ndianapolis Jour
nal.
II see that some scientist claims
that death is largely a matter Of habit,
depending upon thought and all that
he said. Nonsense" she replied. did
you ever know anyone who was in the
habit of dying?" she returned.- Chica-
60 Evening Post.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-24
The Art of I.lv1n~

me secret of the art of living is to
eliminate the ugly, to preserve the
beautiful to cultivate the agreeable, to
eliminate the unnecessary burdens, to
preserve strength and to secure leisure.
The test of wisdom is to make the in
evitable minister to the whole life hv
the spirit in which it is accepted. The
heaviest burden may be the founda-
ton OF success if put under the feet,
but it will render us helpless if carried
in our hands before US, the lodestone
for the eyes Of the spirit Detroit Free
Press. 49, ~ gz. :.5--
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-24

his Woodworking father, began to pos
sess him, breaking the bonds of habit
and lifting him out of the rut of IN
trospection.t One morning he forgot
to count his pulse, and the daily analy.
Sis OF his symptoms was omitted for
the first time in weeks; and that night
he slept with open windows, through
which the cool breeze from the noun
tain blew across the bed, and no harm
came OF it. he was too busy to think
much about his infirmity at the time,
but week later he stepped upon the
patent weighing-machine in the ro-
5unda OF the Johannisberg, and when
the pointer failed to record the usual
decrease he went to his room ami
dropped the half-used bottle of hypo-
Phosphites into the CRATE. That was
the turning of the tide, and by the
time his fellow-migrants in the exotic
city were beginning to wilt under the
fervid summer sun, Philip was growing
stronger in body and saner in mind;
finding a certain tonic in a series of de-
fcats which were sharp enough to slim
ulate witheut being heavy enough to
crush.
And while he wrestled with the Diff
hculties of the legal problem, the fire
burned within him, consuming some
rubbish and shedding new light into
the dusky corners Of the soul-chamber
hitherto obscured by the shadows of i'll
health and morbidness. The light was
not altogether welcome, though it ma
terially lessened the distance between
the ostensible Philip and Philip the
real. For one thing, it belittled the mo-
tive which was responsible for his
work. Allowing the promptings of
common humanity their full weight,
the fact remained that his enthusiasm
had for its starting-point desire to
win the approval of Elsie Duncan.
That was the new ideal, and his saner
thought told him that it was wretched-
ly inadequate; that it sprang from i'm
pulse and was degraded in the hour
of its birth by unfaith. Unworthy as
it was, it was still an ideal, and Philip
dashed himself into a small fury of
self-contempt when he discovered that
it was no longer the motive for his
exertions; that Elsie's appreciation and
Nlgrow's wrongs were secondary con-
siderations in comparison with the
strenuous urgings of newly aroused
ambition squirting him on to wiring VIC
tory out Of defeat for victory's sake.
lro BE Continued
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-24

the title"
good thing when you see it, eh, Mr..
Thorndyke?"
Philip bowed his acknowledgements
and asked the price.
sixteen thousand apiece; and that's
cheap"
"a month ago should have laughed
at you, Mr.. Fench; now, shall only say
that think you're little ahead of the
unarket."
Whereupon the manager leaned back,
threw one leg over the arm of his chair,
and proceeded to demonstrate by an
argument in which volubility outran
itself that the price asked was conser-
]ative rather than speculative; that
Messrs. This and That, of Cincinnati,
md Senator The Other, of Michigan,
owners of the property on either side of
the lots in question, had refused fabu-
lous offers for their holdings
much more to the same effect,
punctuated and emphasized by Mr..
F'ench's right forefnger laid impress
lively in the palm of his left hand.
The visitor listened patiently, and for
once in his life-having definite object
in view-forgot to be bored. When the
manager ran out of breath, Philip said:
81 still think your figure is too high.
but we can talk of that later; I shall
want little time for investigation and
for an examination of the title"
He was watching his antagonist to
mark the first sign of discomposure. It
came at the word title. Fench suddenly
lost interest, and the self-assertive leg
slid Imply down from the arm of the
chair. .-.+ NJ. .: -.
~ Yes yes of course; you'll want to
know about these things, and I'd like to
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-24
SHE INSISTED UPON BLACK.

Troubles Of . Woman Whore Mourning
Goods We're Scarce.
"On my first circuit had a lesson in
human nature that have never for
gotten" said a Methodist minister.
1.-The circuit was in the mountains Of
West Virginia and among the members
OF roy church was widow, who, in ad-
dition to the loss of her husband, had
suffered final earthly parting with four
of her children, leaving but two, a girl
and boy, nearly grown.
Zone night was asked to hasten to
her cabin, which I did, reaching there
just in time to be with her son when he
died from the effects of an accident.
1.-THE mother, though deeply grieved,
acted more calmly than expected and
early in the morning / went home, re-
turning in the afternoon. found the
widow in paroxysm of tears. I tried
to comfort her with the usual Christian
consolation. Finally she quoted down
enough to say:
'Tain't only tibet he died. know
he's heap better Off
What is it, then?'
1--WE KANT hev no funeral
No funeral?'
No. Sails jess got back from tn xto'
an not ya'd o black hev they got. I
never did tend no funeral 'thout black
an amt goin' ter now. He kin git
long ter be buried 'thout a funeral bet
tern I kin bemean myself hav'n ore
when amt got nothin' fifteen to war;
"And Jim was buried with no one
present except his mother, his sister
and me."-St. Louis Star.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-24
KILL.
LOSS AND GAIN.

It was early in July when Philip
began the campaign of restoration. He
made up his mind in the beginning
that it was to be race with death,
and, believing this, he did not spare
himself, though the heat during the
weeks that followed was terrific. It
was dry summer, and in drought
the climate of the Chiwassee valley is,
to say the least, something less than
invigorating. For the first fortnight
Philip went about with the feeling that
the next day would finish him. Then.
as the barriers hedging him on the
side toward accomplishment grew into
respectable mountains Of difficulty, q
winged spirit of energy, which was.
perhaps, only IN unused heritage from
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-24
WANTED THE REAL THING.

fEO1. 9eheca JOneS search for an AAv11
Purpose.
They were out in the pasture lot
Farmer Silas Jones and his learned
brother, Prof. Seneca Jones. The pro-
fessor had knowing smile on his face
and curious little instrument in his
hand.
"Now, Sen," said Silas, II wish to
goodness you'd tell me what you're
goin' to do.'
Every we'll. Silas. This little machine
J. have here photographs purposes, mo-
tives, thoughts
''Go long, Sen! You're jokin'!"
Indeed, no, Silas. Every action of
the brain, every pulsation of the nerves,
affects the atmosphere and makes it,
self felt upon the sensitive plate of the
camera. For instance" and here the
professor drew a number of fine, even
circles, one within another-'a pleas
ant thought or purpose, will be repro
duced thus. And a thought of extreme
anger or purpose of destruction will
be pictured with the lines of the cir
Gle jagged, uneven, and the reverse of
symmetrical, thus"
"Well, that beats all! But what did
you come way out here for?''
you see, Silas, wish to secure
picture of the maddest, most evil pur-
pose on record for my forthcoming
work, The Psychology of Purpose TO
this end have come outhere, and if you
will kindly take this red handkerchief
and flag that bull down there until he
charges into focus you'll oblige me and
confer an everlasting boon upon lit
erature."
Silas turned pale.
Reckon you don't know that bull,
Sen. He's regular man-eater."
''That's just what want" cried the
professor, delightedly; flag him on
be quick, Silas."
HE won't need much naggin', /
guess muttered Silas, casting a vague
look at his brother; 1.-The flies have
worked his dander up pretty well al
ready. Keep your eye on the fence,
Sen, and don't lose any time gettin' over
it after you catch his purpose, cause
he'll he about the maddest bull in
Michigan. Watch your eye now - TN
goin'."
Silas thereupon approached and made
few preliminary passes with the red
flag. The animal stamped his forefoot,
| whirled around and made Decline for
Farmer Jones, who put for the fence
Don't wait till he gets in focus,''
cried Silas, as he rushed past the pro-
fcssor; take it now!"
But like the elderly Pliny, Prof.
Jones was made of sterner stuff. He
waited calmly, pressed the button not
| moment too soon, and started after his
brother. The bull, however,, had
charged into focus altogether too late
| for the professors we'll being. Sen
eca Jones had barely time to toss his
| instrument to Silas when-whiz- rip
w-o-w-ker thud! the learned man was
tossed over the fence and landed in 4
heap by his brothers side.
II told we, Sen," cried Silas; 'ain't
hurt, be ye?"
'Hurt!" in an instant Seneca Jones
had risen in ali his wrath.
"Where is that four-footed whirlwind
Of iniquity? Show him to me! I'll
Just then Silas inadvertently pressed
the button of the instrument he was
holding. 1t happened that it was point
ed straight at the professor, who was,
moreover, in exact focus. From these
causes resulted deplorable loss to
science, for-the plate broke!-Detroit
Free Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-24
A CASE IN EQUITY.
lCspyrighs. 1905. by J. q. Lipplncott Col
XII.
BY FRANCIS LYNDE.
PRELIMINARIE8.

PRELIMINARIES.
Two days later, Philip was once more
established at the Hotel Johannisberg,
with the hustle and stress of the new
city already beginning to efface the
memory of the quiet days spent at the
Duncan farm. The changes wrought in
the few weeks were almost incredible.
The encroaching food of buildings had
spread out over the vacant spaces; new
structures of preposterous height and
bulk reared themselves in localities
where Philip remembered seeing the
green grass of the meadow or the stub
BILE of last years cornfield. The streets
were in the chaotic condition which
precedes the laying of pavements; the
gas and water companies rivaling each
other in making the roadway impossible
during the hurried trenching for pipes
and conduits. The daily auction-sales
CT real estate continued, but they had
been driven from the busy business
Peared only in the suburbs of Chelten-
ham Heights, Arlington Terrace, or
Chiwassee-by-the-Stream.
Notwithstanding the pressure of n
speculative atmosphere which might
we'll have turned more steadfast man
aside, Philip held steadily to the pur-
pose which had taken him back to
town. He examined the records in the
old courthouse, and found that deed
in Kilgrow's name had been duly en-
tered with that drawn by Gates, and the
only suspicious circumstance was that
both documents had been recorded OF,
the same day. In the light of Kilgrow's
denial, the appearance on the record of
the older deed established the fact of
forgery on the part of some one; and
while the presumption of guilt pointed
toward Gates, the anonymous letter to
Duncan fortunately saved Philip from
being led astray at the outset.
Assuming that the deeds themselves
were in the hands of the manager, Philip
called upon Fench in the character of a
possible purchaser of real estate.
Eyes, yes; remember you-came up
On the train with you. Thought you'd
come around after you'd seen what
we're doing" Mr.. Fench was amiably
voluble, and it was some time before
Philip could find space to drive in the
wedge of rejoinder. "Of course; glad
to show you anything we've got. Inside
or outside property. Mr.. Thorndyke %
Inside, think" Philip replied, ex-
aiming the map spread out on Fench's
desk; "about there, I should say
placing his finger on two vacant lots
well within the limits of the Gates tract.
'Ha! best location in the city-ab-
eolutely gilt-edge. guess you know a
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-24

reached the hotel and found a note
from Sharpless asking him to call at
the company's Office. He went, was re.
ceived with a cordially born of the IA
vorable answer to the telegram sent by
Fench to Col. Van Colt, and was shown
the missing deeds with an air of re-
proachful frankness that almost dis
armed him.
'Since you made point of it, wired
our secretary to send them down."
Sharpless explained; and as Philip read
them he thought he could never be SUI
ficiently grateful for the impulse that
had led him to make the copies from the
records. In porting over them he had
well-nigh committed them to memory,
and single reading of the pretended
originals convinced him that these
were recent forgeries. The notary's at
testation was genuine-a fact that at
once implicated Pragmore-and if any
further damnatory proof had been
needed, it was supplied by single eff.
cumstance in the acknowledgment.
Pragmore had useda rubber stamp with
dotted line for his signature, and the
words notary public" beneath it, and
the gummy ink of the stamp was still
fresh enough to be blurred by the
thumb of the reader.
Philip read the papers leisurely a
second time and handed them back to
the attorney.
I'm sorry you went to so much
trouble" he said. II have given up the
idea of buying inside, and have been
thinking more particularly of trying
something in the resident district
Sharpless met him half way, and
Philip thought he surprised heeting
expression of relief on the shrewd face
Of the lawyer. "That'sa sensible change
Between US, and leaving Mr.. Fench out
Of the question, believe there's more
money to be made in Cheltenham
Heights than on Broadway. I've scat
tered my own little bit of capital
around on the edges
Philip got away as soon as he could
decently, and went back to his room to
piece together the deductions which
might fairly be drawn from the inter-
view. The first point made clear was
the undoubted guilt of the conspira-
tors; if they had committed forgery for
the purpose of imposing on a single
customer, it was reasonable to conclude
that they had not hesitated when the
necessity was far more urgent. An
other deduction was of even greater i'm
portance. Fench and Sharpless had
a confederate in Pragmore, and here
was vulnerable point. If the notary
set price upon his silence, he might
also be induced to speak, if it were
made sufficiently profitable for him to
do so. A third inference was that the
original forgery and the deed from
Gates had Disappeared; otherwise the
conspirators would not have been at
the trouble of fabricating new ones.
Philip sat up late that night, study
ing the problem and trying to deter
mine what he should do next, but his
perseverance was rewarded only by the
turning Of one more conjecture into a
certainty. The note which had called
him to the attorneys Office was in
typewriting, and comparison of it's
mechanical inaccuracies with those in
the anonymous letter to Duncan proved
that both were written on the same ma
chine.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-24
FREE GRATIS.

Every feller in the nation
Has upon his private list
Some peculiar pet temptation,
That he finds he can't resist,
Some ono thing he can't say mo" to;
But this one seems queer to me:
All the fuss some folks n go to
Just to get a thing that's free.
P''raps some dry goods feller's givin'
Colored picture cards away.
Amt no use to no one livin'.
Crowds IL wait in line all day.
Theaters! How they do abhor 'em,
Modern plays aren't fit to see."
Tell 'em you've some passes for>'em,
Are they goin'? Sure! It's free.
TO the church their vows are plfghted,
In their seats they're always found !;
And they seem to be sharp-sighted
Till the box Is passed around.
Then 1t does beat all creation
How ALFRED blind they be,
Seems as If they'd got salvation
Coz the parson said twas free.
Joe Lincoln, in l.. A. w. Bulletin.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-24
No Eject,

Patient-But suppose your diagnosis
should prove incorrect?
Physician Oh, well, that would have
no injurious effect on the disease.-pp-
to-Date. IL IN. X . - i.