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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-11
TO LET.

TO LET.
New house. all modern improvements,
including bath room; eight rooms; a sight
ly location on line of Electric cars. Mrs.
c. L. Higgins. 277 Water street.
Three desirable offices on the second
and third floors over the Augusta Water
COS. office. Possession given Immediately.
Apply to Lendall Titcomb. octl1d1m
A large pleasant house, known as the
Frank kinsman house. No. Is Crosby
street. with furnace, city water and spa
cious grounds, including garden. Apply
to r. S. Fogg, Summer street.
oct, d2Wt
Tenement at p East Crescent street;
six rooms ALVIN good repair; stable. large
garden and orchard. Apply to William
son & Burleigh. over Granite Bank.
oct7, diff
A small convenient upstairs tenement
on Cony street. Inquire at 119 or III Cony
street. References exchanged.
oct13, d1w*
FlRsT-CLAss TABLE BOARD and
furnished rooms. also furnished front
transents. No. 62 Chapel street
oct6, dlmo*
A. tenement with stable, south side, De-
vine water, cheap. No. % Melville street.
Apply at same. oct5, d1ws
House on Crescent street. eight rooms.
House on Bridge street, opposite Sum-
mer. New and convenient. H. r. stur-
gis. 81 Grove ST. sept17,dtf
House with stable attached, 81 Green
street. Apply to Mrs. George North at
residence. sept1e.dtf
After Sept. Goth an upstairs tenement
of eight rooms. All modern conveniences.
Apply at G. D. Haskells grocery store,
Cony ST., East side. sept15.dtf
Desirable rent at 70 Cony street. House
of nine rooms and bath. All modern i'm
provements, new plumbing, hot water
heat, etc. Stable connected. Inquire of
DR.. Q. c. s. Davies, A3 Water street.
mayl7,dtf
Good house to rent on Chapel street
Furnace, bath room, hot and cold water
In sink. Newly painted and papered
Inquire OF N. V. B. Chase or C. w. JONES'
mays,dtf
GREAT CHANCE FOR BUSINESS IN
WATERVILLE. The building in Water
Vile, formerly occupied by the Atkinson
House Furnishing Co.. Is for rent. For
terms INQUIRE Of w. A. Yates, Waterville
or 9. III. Whitney. Gardiner. jan4,dtf
The store recently vacated by c. ".
Morrill,, 172 Water street. Apply to the
office of Vickery & HILL oct5, diff
Store suitable for furniture business,
Four floors and basement; elevator run
by electric motor. The upper floors can
be arranged for desirable oflces. Inquire
Of Atkinson Furnishing Co., sis Water
street. Augusta. jan4.dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-11

Ladies. my monthly regulator has
brought happiness to hundreds of anxious
women; 1 have never had single failure
no other doctor can say this; longest
cases relieved in two to five days without
fail; no pain, no danger. no interference
with work; by mail 81: all letters truth
fully answered. Dr. E. NJ. Tolman Co.
40 fremont street, Boston. oct7d&w3m"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-11

On Salary and expenses. You can earn
SO to $25 weekly. Full line ornamentals
and fruits. Outfit free. Maple Grove
Nurseries, Waterloo, N. Y. Established
81 years.) oct11 div
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-11

AGENTS get SO cents on each dollar; no
experience necessary. Write for agents
outfit. Address The Catholic News, Bar
clay street, New York. oct8d1mo
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-11

House on Crescent street, eight rooms.
House on Bridge street, opposite Sum-
mer. New and convenient. II. r. Stur-
gis. 81 Grove st. sept17dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-11

taken the general agency for Maine OF
the magic scale. perfect Taylor system.
VIII furnish scales by the dozen or less.
Agents wanted Mrs. Lizzie Boyes, Au-
gusta, Me. aug5, diff
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-11

House with stable attached, 81 Green
street. Apply to Mrs. George North at
residence. septic, diff
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-11

Cash paid for round hog; also two good
horses, two meat wagons and harnesses
for sale. At Public Market. sept25,dtft
A girl for general housework in small
family. References required. Mrs. L. A.
Burleigh, No. 8 Western Avenue.
6ept13dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-11

After Sept. Goth an upstairs tenement
of eight rooms. All modern conveniences.
Apply at G. d. Haskelrs grocery store,
COny ST., East side. sept15,dt
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
GOOD ROADS AGAIN.
A Computation That Presents the Econ
OmicaI Side of the Question.

A Computation That Presents the Econ
omicaI Side of the Question.
There are, it is estimated, 800, 900
miles of highway roads in the United
States, about 20 per cent of the roads
OF all the world. Great Britain has
100, 900 miles of roadways, and these
are some of the best in the world.
Germany has 275, 900 miles of roads,
and some of them are as poor as the
roadways of great country can be.
France, which has taken an enlight-
ened view OF the good roads question
for many years, and has spent more
than 81, 900, 600, 900 on highways, has
a mileage of 800, 900, more than any
other country, Russia, with an enor-
nous area, has only 10000 miles Of
roadways, while Italy, smaller coun-
try, has 55, 900.
For considerable time the agita-
ton in the United States for good
roads languished for the reason, per-
haps, that by the American system of
subdivided local authority whats
everybody's business is nobody's
business" and controversies being
frequent as to the liability of national,
state or municipal authority for need
full expenditures, very little was done.
The National League for Good Roads
was organized in 1892 ''to awaken
general interest in the Improvement
of public roads, to determine the best
methods of building and maintaining
them and conduct and foster such
publications as may serve these pur-
poses. At the beginning of the
agitation the good roads question did
not make much headway, and it was
not until the popularity of bicycling
grew that the demand for improved
roads became organized, and since
then considerable headway has been
made. A computation which finds
much favor among the advocates Of
good roads is this: There are approx
mately, though the number is steadily
on the decline, $4,000, 900 horses in
the United States-there we're 10, ,000,-
600 in the census of 1890-and there
are about 1000, 600 mules, principally
in the South, the annual cost of fod-
der for these animals being 81, 500, 00o,-
900. On fine stone roads one horse
can haul as much as three horses can
haul over the average dirt road of this
country. 1t is estimated that ii would
be necessary to build about 1000, 900
miles of macadamized roads in the
United States in order to have as good
q system of public highways as is
found in several European states. At
$4,000 mile this would in
volve an outlay of 81, 900, 600, 900, a
pretty large sum. But if one half OF
the draught animals could be dis
pensed with by the building of such
roads, there would be an annual saw
ing of 800, 900, 900 in the food bill.
Consequently, if road bonds were is
sued bearing B per cent. interest,
5000, 900 miles of macadamized road
could be built without increasing the
annual expenses one dollar New
York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
PROGRESS AMONG THE INDIANS.
Learning to Farm Congressman Curtis
Has Indian Blood.

Has Indian Blood.
Remarkable progress has been
made among the Indian tribes in the
territory since 1 visited them six years
ago." remarked Congressman Charles
Curtis. Mr.. Curtis visited the Kan
sas, Usage and Pawnee Indians for
the purpose of securing information
that will be valuable to his committee
in Congress-the House committee on
Indian affairs--next winter. Incident
ally, he visited some of his relatives
in that country.
"The Indians" he said, "are learn
ing to farm, though, of course, many
of them rent their farms of white
men. / found corn that will run as
high as sixty. five bushel to the acre
on farms cultivated by Indians or
halfbreeds.
"Those who rent their farms to
white men make good money. They
get $2 an acre for the land cultivated,
and usually reserve part of their farms
for their own use.
'In general, L found conditions
among the Indians improving, and 1
am glad of it,"
Gas is well known in Kansas, Curtis
has Indian blood in his veins, and
takes lively interest in improving
the condition of the Indians generally
He has an uncle and second cousin in
the Indian Territory who are half
blood Indians, and are famous ranch
men. They are known as "Big Louis
and Little Louis" Both are Papans,
an old French family. ''Big Louis"
is n brother of the congressman s
mother, and man of wealth and in
huence among his people. 'Little
Louis" is q cousin of "Big Louis. "
They are about the same age, and
when they were boys one grew much
faster than the other; hence their
designation, "big" and ''little." FL
nally "Big Louis" stopped growing,
but Little Louis kept on, and now
is the larger, and weighs two hundred
and sixty pounds, while "Big Louis"
needs an overcoat to make him weigh
u full two hundred. Mr.. Curtis
visited both. "Big Louis" has q
dancing pavilion, modelled after one
he saw at an eastern seaside resort.
Every Friday night he gives dance,
and hundreds of people attend it. He
has q lemonade and cigar stand in
connection with it, and entertains as
well as the best of the experts in this
line.-Kansas City Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01

Another of the European nations is
taking the next great step in social
ism, that of the purchase of its rail
roads BY vote of more than three
t. one the Swiss national council has
voted to purchase the principal rail
roads of Switzerland at cost of about
5000, 900, 900. The United States now
lags behind the civilized nations of
the earth in the national or municipal
control of monopolies, for the govern
ment does not even have postal saw
ings banks or run the telegraphs; and
the reason given for our backward
ness is, that in this country the cor
ruption of the public service makes it
unsafe. We believe it is n slander
upon the morality of the people.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
BIG AS A POTATO.
Story of the Worlds Largest Diamond,
Valued mt $1,000, 900.


Valued at s5,OOO,OOO.
The largest diamond that was ever
found is now offered for sale in Lon
don for 100000 1t is known as
the Jager-Fontein diamond, and is
bigger than the Regent, the Imperial,
the Kohinoor and the Orloff put to-
gether, weighing 971 carats, and being
as big as an ordinary potato. 1t has
beautiful blush white color, is
shaped like an icicle, three inches
long, two and one-half inches thick at
the thickest place, and tapers down to
a point. 1t was found last year at the
mine of Jager-Fontein in the Orange
Free State by colored truck driver
the morning before the mine was de-
livered to a syndicate to which it had
been sold The truckman noticed it
in the earth while he was waiting for
load, placed his foot upon it until
he was able to pick it up without OBJ
servation, and then, as soon as he
could leave work, carried it to the
house of the manager of the mine
and placed it in his hands. The lat
ter at once saw that it was stone of
great value, and cautioned the truck
man to preserve silence, as the mine
had been sold and it might be claimed
by the purchasers, who were not, how
ever, in possession of the property.
As reward for his honesty and dis
cretion the truckman was presented
with the finest horse and saddle that
could be procured and $4,000 in cash.
But it is said that his good fortune
proved his ruin, as he spent the money
in dissipation and has not done days
labor since. The diamond was taken
to London by the manager and de-
livered to his principals, by whom he
was suitably rewarded. 1t is too large
for an ornament and too valuable for
an ordinary citizen to purchase. 1t
is held by the syndicate with the ex-
pectation that some Indian prince will
buy it for his crown,
Until the Jager-F ontein was found,
the most valuable gem in existence
was the Imperial, which is known as
the diamond without history, for it
mysteriously appeared at the French
exposition in 1889 and none but its
original owners know where it came
from or where it was found. 1t ia
supposed to have been smuggled out
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01

Jay, Me-, claims one of the biggest
trees in Maine. 1t stands ON the
banks of the Androscoggin, on the
lawn of the late Dudley Bean. The
circumference four feet from the
ground is 23 feet, diameter seven
feet. About six feet from the ground
there are seven branches radiating
from it's trunk which are from 1S
inches to "a inches in diameter. The
branches spread over space of ground
270 feet in circumference or 80 feet in
diameter. Where the branches leave
the trunk of the tree, about seven feet
from the ground, there has been
erected band stand, which seats 25
persons. A cooler place on hot days
cannot be found. A Boston gentle
man was riding by recently, and the
tree attracted his attention. He ex-
amined and measured it and was as
tonished at its dimensions. He went
away with the remark that if the tree
was on his lawn SO, 900 wouldn't buy
it. 1t was set out AZ years ago by
Lafayette Bean on the day of his de-
parture for California, whence he never
returned. Boston Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
THEY DRINK GASOLINE.
An Evil which Has become Prevalent
Among Cincinnati Boys.

Among Cincinnati Boys.
To that large and influential class
of people that find solace in and are
habitunl users of morphine, coacaine,
opium and other drugs of this nature,
can now be added what has been
termed gasoline ''fends." The
authorities of Cincinnati have just
made the discovery that gasoline is
being used extensively for soothing
purposes, and that its victims can al
ready he numbered by scores.
The worst feature of the evil is that
the slaves to gasoline are mere youths.
Their mode of using it is to saturate II
mud ball with the liquid, then holding
it in the palms of their hands and in
haling the gaseous fumes of the oil.
In each case il produces n stage of
lethargy and utter stupidness akin to
intoxication, which lasts as a rule, ac-
cording to the physical condition of
the user, from one to three hours.
A number of youngsters whose ages
average from eight to fourteen have
become so habituated to gasoline in
halation that they will resort to the
The boys buy the stuff from the near
est grocery or drug store, and retire
to an alley or some out of the way
place and go off on their little spree.
The parents of some of the boys, who
live in very respectable neighbor-
hoods, were terror stricken when
the horrible truth became known to
them, and efforts will he made by
them to have the sale of the oil pro-
hibited. Indeed the gasoline evil has
assumed such serious phase in the
section of the city across the river
that unless that it is soon checked
several of the humane society people
will bring the matter to the attention
of the city council and ask that body
to pass an order restricting its sale to
minors and making it punishable Of
fence to use it in any form as mar
cotic, says the Chicago Dispatch.
Members of the Women's Christian
Temperance union realize that this is
another form of wickedness of the
present generation that they will soon
be called upon to fight The youth
full gasoline fie ads have been found
lying in vacant lots, alleys and other
places, wholly unconscious, and in all
of the instances it was impossible to
revive them until the effects of the oil
had passed away.
There appears to be no record any
where of gasoline being utilized in
such manner, and the authorities
are at loss to know how the boys
learned that the oil would produce the
effect described above.
A number of chemists and scientists
who were interviewed on the subject
admitted that while they had known
cases where gasoline inhaled would
cause unconsciousness, yet they never
heard of similar cases to those that
have been unearthed here.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01

The Dominion of Canada is evi-
IDENTIFY determined that the Yukon
gold fields shall yield up to it all the
revenue which can possibly be
gathered from them, and is now lay
ing a royalty of twenty-five cents a
cord on the cordwood with which the
miners thaw out the gold from its icy
matrix and cook their rations of side
pork and coffee. The logs for their
cabins are similarly taxed, and sub
stantial fraction Of the gold they dig
is also levied upon by minions of her
revenue stationed there. These or.
dinances look rather mean, but we
are not complaining of them, and are
not likely to institute any of the same
sort in reprisal when the gold digging
comes around within our own lines.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01

Of the South African mines and kept
in concealment for several years.
Through Mr. Jacobs, the famous dia-
mond broker OF Calcutta, who was the
original Of Marion Crawfords novel,
"Mr. Isaacs," IL was sold to the nizam
of Hyderabad, the richest prince in
India, for $4,000 900. One half the
sum was paid in advance in Paris and
the remainder was to be paid upon its
safe delivery in India. But when the
nizam learned that it had been offered
for much smaller sum, he refused to
carry out the contract and brought q
suit for the recovery OF his money.
The British officials also interfered
on the ground that the prince was not
able to indulge in SO expensive an or
nament. After long delay the suit
was compromised and the litigants
'split the difference. 1t was claimed
that Jacobs paid only $1,000, 900 for
the gem and that the other 81, 900, 900
was to be his commission. The Tif-
fanys offered $3.50, 900 for the diamond
before il was sold to Jacobs.
The Kobinoor, which belongs to the
British crown and is worn in q brooch
by Queen Victoria, weighs only 122
carats; the Regent, which belongs to
the government of France, and is on
exhibition in the Louvre, weighs 1877
carats, and the Orloff, which was pre-
sented to Catherine the Great by
Count Orloff, her lover, weighs 1913
carats, and is in the crown of the Rus
sian czar. The Imperial weighs $50
carats.-Chicago Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
THE FLIGHT OF THE YEARS.

When one by one the silent stately years
Glide like pale ghosts beyond our yearning
sight
Vainly we stretch our arms to stay their
flight,
So soon, so swift, they pass TO endless night
We hardly learn to name them,
To praise them or to flame them,
To know their shadowy faces,
Ere we see their empty places
Only once the glad spring greets them,
Only once fair summer meets them,
Only once the autumn glory
Tells for them its mystic story.
Only once the winter hoary
Wears for them its robes OF light!
Years leave their work half done; like men,
alasl
With sheaves ungathered to their graves they
pass
And are forgotten. What they strive to do
Lives for a while in memory of few,
Then over all Oblivions waters flow
The years are buried In the long ago!
Julia q. Il. Dorr.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01

Beet-sugar making in New York
state promises we'll at the start. There
is plentiful supply of beets for the
first factory in Rome, forty-seven car.
loads and several boatloads being al
the factory on recent day. The
beets show profitable percentage of
sugar, some of the red ones running
as high as 15.4 and the white ones
1876 per cent. This seasons supply
comes from about 1000 acres, and con.
tracts are being made for three times
that area next year. Spurred by the
success of the factory in Rome, capi-
talists are prospecting at Batavia with
view of erecting half-million dol
lar plant there, if five-year contracts
for 5000 acres Of beets can be made
with the farmers in the vicinity. The
land about Batavia, like that about
Rome, is we'll adapted to beet culture.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
Cure for sleep Walking.

Lady Visitor lat office of eminent
physician)-I have called, doctor, to
ask if there is any cure for sleep walk
ing. / have had the habit for years
and lately it has become worse.
DIR. Highprice-It can be cured,
madam. Take this prescription and
have it made up at Colde, Steele &
Co. .'s.
"Colde, Steele & Co.'S Why, that
is not a chemists, but an iron
monger's."
"Yes, madam. The prescription
calls for a paper of tacks. Dose-two
tablespoonfuls scattered about the
floor before retiring.i'-Tit-Bi Bits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01

The effectiveness of moral suasion
as q preventive of crime was never
better illustrated than in the expert
ence of Mrs. Pardon Hezeltine of Mt.
Vernon, N. Y. She awoke one night
and heard burglar operating in her
room. Lighting lamp she boldly
confronted him with the exclama-
ton, ''My God, haven't you mother?
Has she gray hairs, as I have? What
would you say if my son should enter
your mothers room as you have
done?" Throwing the light full in
burglars face, he retreated to the
parlor. "Have you mother?" was
then repeated. "Yes, but she is dead, I"
was the burglars reply, with sob,
which showed the appeal had con-
quered. 'Then go out as you en-.
tered" was the widowed woman's q
reply. "Your gray hairs have saved
you," was the burglars response, as
he made his exit through the window.
Undoubtedly this appeal to his better
nature was more hopeful for that
burglars reformation than long terri,
A prison would be.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01

A scientific farmer fed his herd of
cows one winter on scientific ration
with satisfactory results. To give his
unscientifc neighbors an object
lesson. relates the Home and Farm,
he fed them the next winter on an I'M
scientific ration. The cows, possibly
to spite him, produced just as much
butter as they had given in the year
before. The scientific farmer was
mad about it, but he isn't discour-
aged.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01

A press dispatch says that an ex-
iensive economical revolution is in
sight, il the claims of DIR. Prinzen
Geerlings turn out to be what the
doctor asserts they are. DIR. Geer-
lings, government official of Java
and formerly professor of chemistry
at the University of Amsterdam, an
nounces the discovery of simple
method of converting potato starch
into sugar. He has lodged his de-
scription of the method with the
French academy of sciences, so as to
secure priority for his invention, al
though he is not quite ready to make
the details public.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
The trade between Japan and For
mosa has more thSi quintupled since
1QQh

The suggestion is made that cattle
men should cease the use of the
branding iron to distinguish their
cattle, as such cruelty to animals re-
duces the value of hides for leather,
the annual loss being estimated as
high as SO, 900, 900 n year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
A Chiidren's Theatre.

There is children's theatre in
Pittsburg. 1t is diminutive. but per-
feet in all its appointments, the stage,
orchestra, auditorium, chairs, lights,
scenery and policemen all being in
proportion to the relative size Of the
members of the audience to be enter
tanned. There is also nursery with
cosey and neat attendants.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01

The pecan crop in Texas is unusual
" large.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-06-25
COLUMBIA, TyrreH Co.

The hog cholera is raging il
Tyrrell county.
The Irish Potato crop was
quite a success il Tyrrell Co
this year.
Mrs. J. +. Swain is recover
ing from her serious illness of
four months.
The growing crops look very
prosperous now; the corn crop is
mostly hilled up.
We are pleased to greet our old
friend Miss Lima Knight, who
has returned to her home in
Coluln bia, from her long stay of
10 months, in Winston, n. c.
The commencement exer-
ciSes of Columbia High School
of which Prof. John Cohoon is
principal, was highly appreci
ated by all Thursday and Fri
day nights of last week. The
medal was won by Mr.. S. God,
win, a prominent member of
that school. The time has come
when the masses must be .edu-
Gated If they wish to be success
full in life.
II q G