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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-20

! entitled to the name of BAG DAD. None
| like him. None equal him. If you neg
! lect to visit him now, while you have a
| chance. you may regret ii afterwards.
He gives advice on business speculation.
/ investments, insurance. love, courtshp.
marriage and divorce, settles lovers
quarrelS, reuniteS the separated and
causes a speedy and happy marriage with
the one of your choice. The earth reveals
to him the hidden treasures buried in her
/ bosom. He locates mines interprets
dreams. tells of your friends and enc
mics. and removes evil influences. gives
advice pertaining to lawsuits. etc. The
troubled and unfortunate should seek his
counsel. Thousands OF families long sep
arated have been reunited by his efforts:
thousands of hearts made glad through
his truthful predictions. The Professor
is ever ready to assist in all difficulties.
Prof. Bag Dad will tell you everything
without asking question. He gives per-
feet satisfaction. All business strictly
confidential. Sitting s1.00. Prof. Bagdad
is the GREATEST LIVING MAGNETIC
PHYSICIAN of the age, and that he can
by the SIMPLE LAYING ON OF
HANDS cure chronic cases which have
been pronounced incurable by some of the
best doctors in the world. Under his
MAGNETIC TOUCH the lame are made
to walk the blind to see. the deaf to
hear. The gift from God, Professor Bag.
dad, with his wonderful magnetic power
He cures all diseases by the laying on of
the hands. Many people who have been
sick and crippled for years have been
carried to him on beds and chairs and
walked away after one or two magnetic
treatments. The fact remains that this
power of healing by the laying on of
hands. is power with which but few
men are gifted and probably no one liv-
ing possesses to the extent that this Won
derful Prof. Bagdad does. Like the gifts
of the Apostolic Ages, as of oratory, of
song. of music. of poetry and painting it
must remain the possession of the few.
Cures have been performed that have
never been thought possible or attempted
by any other mode of treatment. The
lightning like rapidity with which he
makes sick people well must be seen to
be believed. His cures astonish the skep-
teal, set the Borrowing thinking and con-
vince the doubtful, no matter what the
disease. how long standing. or hopeless
the case may be. il durable at all are
amenable to magnetism. All those who
are able and willing to pay a small
amount to be cured can call on PROF.
BAGDAD, 1Sl Water Street. up two
flights. Augusta. Maine. Lady atten-
dant. Office Hours. 10 A. NJ. to . =. NJ.
2 to s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-20

No other remedy is half as quick in
relieving pain. soreness. Inflammation
or weakness as the famous Hop
Plasters. You'll say so after using.
Reliable medicine dealers sell them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-20

For the cure of Alcoholic, Morphine
and other drug addictions attend the
Maine Kelley Institute at ISL Congress
St., Portland, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-20

Mrs. Nancy Wirts, 1901 Caroline ST..
Baltimore, Md, thus gives her expert
ence: I'VE have used DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup and have never found its equal
for our children
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-20
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
DIRECTORY
OF
Leading Enlerprising Merchants
WHO GIVE
Blue Trading Stamps

MERCHANT TAILOR AND FURRIER.
g. d. Libby. Rogers Building, Maine ave
MILLINERY.
Miss S. +. Dearth. 200 Water
Goodwin 4 Cole 2G3 Water
OPTICIAN
+. n. Woodbury.. 153 Water
PAINTS AND OILS
j. A. Jackson, III Water
PAPER HANGING A. D MOULDINGS.
Chase d Tower. 203 Water
PHOTOGRAPHER. CRAYON ARTIST
AND TRAINER
=. +. Moves, Water
SPORTING GOODS, FISHING TACKLE,
GUNS, RIFLES. ETC.
Cross & Robinson. II Depot so
STATIONERY, BOOKS. SCHOOL SUP
PLIES.
Chase & Tower 203 Water
STOVES RANGES. TINWARE. ETC.
Preble & keene. 25S Water
VIM. Wiley. 81 Water
TEAS AND COFFEES.
f. S. Maxcy.
UMBRELLAS.
{. w. Hunter, 211 Water
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-20
TO CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug.
,sfs refund the money if it fails to cure. Csc
,'he genuine has l.. d. Q. on each tablet.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-20

Capt. Thomas Creamer OF Waidohofo o:
has built some 90 poats III the ia'' -
va,rs and is at work upon another
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-20

HOODS PILLS cure all liver ills
Mailed for Csc. by c. 1. Hood & Co.
Lowell, Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-20

"Choppy" Warburton. the trainer of
Jimmy Michael. the Welsh bicyclist is
dead
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-20
PROFESSOR BAGOAD,
The Worlds Greatest
SPIRIT MEDIUM AND CLAIR.
V0YANT

Is now in your midst.
With, worldwide reputa-
ton, he tells the past.
present and future. gives
advice on love, law, mar
riage and separation, tells
II your companions are
true or false, what bust
ness you are adapted for.
The Professor is endorsed
by the press and public as
the most reliable medium
of the present age. Don't
fail to visit this Famous
Spirit. He never fails in
what he undertakes. This
is the Only Shirt Medium
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-20
We Give Trading Stamps
Ask for Book.


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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Tho Salmon.

The salmon is a mighty fish, an
nually leaving the sea, its proper resi-
dence, and proceeding for many miles
up rivers for the purpose of deposit
ing it's spawn. This duty having been
accomplished, it returns to the sea in
the spring. The perseverance Of this
fish in working it's way up the stream
is perfectly wonderful. No stream is
rapid enough to daunt it, nor is it even
checked by falls. These it surmounts
by springing out of the water, fairly
passing over the fall. flights of four
teen or fifteen feet are constantly
leaped by this powerful fish, and when
it has arrived at the higher and shall
lower parts of the river, it scoops fur
rows in the gravelly bottom, and there
deposits its spawn. The young, called
cry" are hatched about March, and
Immediately commence their retreat to
the sea. By the end of May the young
salmon, now called "smolts," have al
most entirely deserted the rivers, and
in June not one is to be found in fresh
water. Small salmon weighing less
than two pounds are termed ''salmon
PEEL" all above that weight are called
"prilse.'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Elephants With Toothache.

It is not easy to tell when an ele-
phant has got the toothache, but it is
best to keep out of his way when you
know it. A London surgeon, who has
been for many years in India, says he
would sooner risk a railroad accident
than meet an elephant with the tooth
ache.
It appears that toothache affects an
elephant in a more severe manner, than
it does any other animal. Elephants
have very sensitive nerves. and a
touch of toothache often brings on
madness.
Providing you are able to chain
down an elephant and draw the offend
ing tooth, the brute is certain to be
afectionate to you afterward. Here
is ali instance. An elephant in Ben
gal, India, became affected with the
toothache, but the keepers managed to
secure it while q dentist drew a de-
cayed tooth-the cause of the trouble.
After a time the elephant seemed to
understand that the dentist was trying
to do something for his pain, and he
gave every evidence of approaching
the attention. When the operation
was over he frisked around the dentist
like young lamb.-London Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Sparrows Kill a Pigeon.

This story deals with the sagacity
and pugnacity of the English sparrow,
and also shows how curiosity may get
an innocent creature into trouble. The
Riddle mansion, which stands in Glen
Riddle, Delaware County, has for
some time been the nesting place OF
several families of sparrows, and the
birds had become regular pest. One
day last week Miss Riddle decided to
get rid of the birds, and, mounting a
ladder, she tore out at least a dozen
nests from the caves of the porch. The
old birds, returning later and finding
their homes wrecked, held noisy
meeting on the roof and then dis
persed.
A stray pigeon that had been roost-
ing around the place for several days
came back late in the afternoon and
flew under the porch caves as usual.
The pigeon evidently noticed some
thing wrong, for several times he flew
from the porch to where the dismantled
nests lay. This caused trouble, for
the angry sparrows noticed it, and sus-
pected the pigeon of being the cause
of their despair. The first thing the
unlucky pigeon knew he was attacked
by at least twenty screaming sparrows,
who began pecking at him, and de-
spite brave resistance the sparrows
came off victorious and left mangled
corpse on the feld.-Philadelphia
Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
The Queens Gold Spoon.

A curious story is told of how one OF
Queen Victoria's smallest gold spoons
was lost and found, says the Lady. A
certain dame attended State ball in q
dress the skirt of which was arranged
in perpendicular pleats in front,
stitched across at intervals, and, un-
known to her, gold teaspoon got
lodged at supper in one Of these
receptacles. Of course, there was one
missing after the ball, and it caused
great perturbation to the official in
charge of the gold plate.
The next spring the lady who had
been the innocent cause of the loss
went to drawing-room in the identical
dress she had worn at the State ball,
and as she bent low before Her
Majesty the pleats of her skirt ex-
panded and the gold spoon fell at the
Queens feet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
A Beneficent Cad Fly.

It appears that the fighting Of i'm
ported insect pests by introducing
beneficial species to prey on them has
nowhere given such extraordinary re-
suits as in the Hawaiian islands.
Mr.. @. L. L. Perkins, of Honolulu,
states that the greatest injury was
formerly done by the scale insects.
but these have become comparative
" scarce since the introduction-in
iS9O-of an Australian lady bird,
which at once increased prodigiously
and then decreased as its prey less
ened. Another introduced lady bird
has arrested the destruction of sugar
cane and fruit trees by aphilles. Cat
erpillars that have done great damage
to banana and palm trees are being
attacked by gad fly from China and
Japan, with the prospect that the
plague will soon be overcome. A
Japanese beetle, which has destroyed
nearly all the rose trees since its ap-
pearance few years ago, is being in
fected with deadly parasitic fungus.
These are few of the friends whose
aid is being sought, but, while the
result is proving an economic success,
the fact is deplored that the native
insect fauna is likely to disappear.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Taking of Herons' Plume 8.

In the campaign for the protection
of birds, conducted by the Audubon
Society of the State of New York, the
cruel results of the taking of
"aigrettes" or herons' plumes are
set forth by Frank M. Chapman. BE
says that if each plume could tell its
own sad history, every humane woman
in the land would raise her voice in
protest against a fashion which
threatens with extinction one OF the
most beautiful of animate creatures.
Persons interested in the sale of herons'
plumes are in the habit Of telling pur-
chasers that these feathers can be pro-
cured without injury to the bird, and
that in most instances the feathers are
found after being shed. Both state
ments are untrue:
Aigrette plumes, says Mr.. Chapman,
constitute the wedding dress of the
several species of white herons or
egrets, and they are worn only during
the nesting season. These birds are
very sociable in disposition, and when
breeding they gather in colonies, OF
rookeries. Each colony often contains
hundreds of pairs Of egrets. The
plume-hunter having discovered 8
rookery ty watching the birds as they
fly to and from their nests, carefully
calculates the lines of flight followed
by the birds, and notes the perches or
lookout stations which they usually
frequent when returning to their nests.
Armed with a small rife, the plume
hunter secretes himself in favorable
position. When the birds, on return
ing to their nests with food for their
young, stop to rest on the lookout
perch, they are killed by the hunter,
and within a few days thereafter the
nestlings, lacking the care of the parent
birds, die of starvation.
A Florida plume hunter told Mr..
Chapman some time ago that with two
or Shree assistants he had killed 800
egrets in one afternoon; another hun
ter boasted that he and some COM
panions had killed 100000 birds
(mostly plume birds) in one season.
The plume hunters have practically
exterminated the egrets in Florida.
The salvation of the remaining herons
rests solely on the disposition of women
to discard the aigrette as an article of
personal adornment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Some Royal Titles.

The Kings and Queens of England
were not always styled "His" or ''Her
Majesty" or after the pattern of that
bestowed upon Victoria-"Her Most
Gracious Majesty" Henry ~. was
styled "His Grace" Henry W., ellis
Most Excellent Grace" Edward w.,
"High and Mighty Prince" Henry
VII, "His Grace and His Majesty"
Henry VIII, ''His Highness," and
afterward "His Majesty" Subse-
quently the English Kings were styled
"H1s Sacred Majesty" While on the
subject it may not be uninteresting to
give the meaning of some royal titles,
thus: King means father; Kaiser and
Gear, Caesar, OF. autocrat, contrac-
ton of Samoderebeta. Duke means
leader; Emperor, commander; Hos
podar, master of the house; Khan,
provincial chief; Landgrave, land
reeve; Margrave, border reeve; Nizam,
ruler; Pharaoh, light of the world;
Shah, protector; Sheik, elder, and
Sultan, ruler.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
WORDS OF WISDOM,

Slow promises make the best time.
A FOOLS company is not hard to find
Opinions never change the weather.
Honesty has never found substi.
tute.
He that is always calm is always
brave.
He is very unfortunate that has no
trouble.
Nature is the supernatural partially
unveiled.
Gold loses its shine when it is got
ten by guilt.
The best safe for your money is
prudent wife.
A giant among giants is not aware
of his own size.
The man robs others who does not
make the best Of himself.
The ass might sing better if he did.
mt pitch his tune so high.
Everybody says, $50 up higher" to
the man who is ''getting there"
Gall little man great and other lit
tie people will throw up their hats.
To get the good out of the years we
must learn how to live the hours we'll.
Whenever an ass brays he probably
thinks he has enlightened the world.
A shallow man may always see the
face of fool by looking into a deep
well.
The devil cannot be less merciful
to men than they have been to each
other.
The man who travels the same road
every day soon ceases to admire the
scenery.
If you talk to a mule about voice
culture, take care to keep away from
his heels.
We may stand on the highest hill if
we are only willing to take steps
enough. Rams Horn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Sugar Makes You Work.

No man need ever feel lazy while
he has got sugar in the house. At
least this Is the opinion of medical
man, who has lately been experiment.
ing on the source of muscular exer-
ton.
In order to obtain a practical result
the person who was made the subject
of the experiment was kept totally ig-
norant of the object of the expert
menter. When q very large amount
of muscular work had been performed
before the employment Of the appara-
tus for further labor, it was found
that on the days when sugar was ad.
ministered a distinctly greater guam
tity of work could be got through than
on tie days when it was not given.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Rats That Went Grabbing.

An inhabitant Of the Scilly Islands
was struck by the fact that the rats
there seemed to prosper greatly,
although the place is very barren. he
resolved to investigate the cause of
this, and digging up some Of the nests
by the seashore, found that the rats
had dragged crabs into their holes,
and, in order to prevent their escape,
had bitten off their legs. No doubt
the prey had been seized at low tide
and brought home, to be stored up
there by the original device just de-
scribed. d.-Der Stein der Weisen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Strange Bird House.

An abandoned chimney in Kansas
CITY is one of the most populous
homes there. Hundreds of birds live
in it. At sundown a veritable cloud
of English sparrows may be seen how
ering over the old chimney, and for
nearly an hour the same or other
birds circle about and above it.
Every moment a sparrow will dart
down into the chimney. Often, how
ever, when the opening at the top OF
the chimney is reached the bird sud
denly rises and again circles about
with its fellows.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Employ None But Women.

Women have displaced men in
every branch of the machine shops
Of bicycle manufacturing firm hav-
Ing large plant at Toledo, Ohio. In
this establishment girls are now en-
ployed on milling machines used in
the manufacture of bicycle parts.
The substitution of girls for men has
certainly not been prompted by a'de-
sire on the part of the compay to as
sist in the great purpose of making
the female portion OF the population
self lf-sustaining, but rather to secure
cheaper labor than their competitors.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Tortured by q Ring.

Mrs. Fred Giotton1ni, of Salinas,
CAL, met with a most peculiar acci-
dent the other day. She stepped on a
trunk to hang up bird cage. The
trunk was rounded, and her feet
slipped. Dropping the bird cage, she
reached for support. Her hand slid
down the wall till a protruding nail
caught her wedding ring, and the un-
fortunate woman hung suspended. For
a half-hour of frightful torture the wo-
man hung, when neighbors hearing her
cries came to her rescue. .--
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Some Curious Watches.

With all our modern improvements
we rarely hear nowadays of watches so
fancifully complex as used to be made
for great folks in the times when all
watches were expensive and compare
lively novel. King George ILL.,, in
the year 1760, received present OF a
watch that was kind of mechanical
almanac; it pointed out the date and
also had device to show the varying
lengths of the days, according to the
season. 1t was not bigger than other
watches of the time, but then they
were all what we should call turnips
now. The Emperor Napoleon I. had
a watch which wound itself by means
of weighted lever, which, at every
step His Majesty took. rose and fell,
and having a gathering click to it
wound up a racket attached to the
barrel. Pedometers were afterwards
made on the same principle. The
Duke of Wellington had. watch
which was given to him by the King
of Spain, from which the time could
be told by the touch, the hours being
marked by studs. In the back Of the
case was placed an index which, when
moved forward, would stop at the por-
ton of the hour indicated by the
watch, and then by means of the studs
the time could be approximately com.
puted in the dark. Catharine of Rus
sia had watch constructed by an in.
genious peasant which played chant,
and had within it tiny mechanical
figures which, moving about, were
supposed to represent the scene OF the
resurrection of the Saviour; the chant
was then heard all over Russia at
Eastertime. But this watch was big.
ger than hens egg.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
HOw'6 This /?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY g. Co., Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j. Che
ney for the last 15 years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WALDINa, K1HYAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Testimonials sent free
Price 76c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Metals Recently Discovered.

Fifty-one metals are now known to
exist, thirty of which have been dis
covered within the present century.
Four hundred years ago only seven
we're known.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Paner InsulRted Cables.

A new invention is one to insulate
telegraph cable wires with paper. The
interior cable is lead covered, and
thin spirals of paper are wound around
each interior wire. The cost is said
to be one-ffteenth of rubber insulated
sah1e
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Greater New York's Police.

Greater New York will have good
sized army of peace reservoirs. The
uniformed force will be increased to
about 10, 900 men, and they will all be
clad in blue, with plenty of brass but
tons and gold lace. The police sur
geons and matrons will have to don the
blne.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Facts About Faces,

The two sides of q face are never
alike; in two cases out of five the eyes
are out of line; one eye is stronger
than the other in seven persons out of
ten, and the right ear is generally
HIGHER than the left.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Speed OF o Bee.

An experiment was recently made to
see how fast bee could fly. Its hive
was attached to the roof of trains
which attained speed of thirty miles
an hour before the bee was left be-
hind.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Cost of Street Lighting.

Street lighting costs $4,000, 900 in
London, So, 100000 in Paris, and
1000, 900 in New York. London has
rs, 900, 900 street lamps, Paris $4,000,
and New York $4,000, exclusive of
electric lights.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Odd Aids For the Poor.

The suffering of the poor will be
mitigated in some degree at least by
the new slot machine constructed to
utilize the waste heat of street lamps.
By dropping a penny into the slot a
gallon of boiling water may be drawn
off.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20

ssWhat's the meaning of the sudden
change in Bustid? He seems to be
living now in a blaze of splendor.
What has he struck?" ga match with
an heiress PUCK.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Try Grain.Oi Try Grain.O

Try Gratp.OI Iry GralnsO
Ask your grocer to-day to show yocr paeE-
age of Grain-O. the new food drink that taxes
the place Of coffee. The children may drink
1t without injury as well as the adult. All
who try 1t like 1t. Grain-O has that rich seal
brown of Mocha or Java, but 1t Is made from
pure grains, and the most delicate stoma ch re-
price of coffee. Is cts. and Is cts. per package.
Sold by all procers
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Uses Hia Crown Often.

Though a simple and unaffected
monarch, King Oscar Of Sweden Is the
sovereign who makes use of his crown
most frequently. -...