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Rock Island Argus., 1897-07-13
Attention, Old Soldier,

The manufacturers have instructed
M. F. Bahnsen and T. H. Thomas, to
give . bottle of 2S-cent size of Foley's
Collie cure free to the first soldier of
the civil war that applies for same.
It is the great remedy for chronic
diarrhoea, cramp collie. and all bowel
complaints.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-07-13
Mrs. Stevenson Goes to Europe.

Bloomington, Ills, July 13.-Mrs. Adlai
E. Stevenson departed Sunday for New
York. She wiH sail on the st. Louis today
for Southampton and go to London to
join her husband. She will remain until
the close Of the labors of the bimetallic
commission. Of which her husband, the
former vice president, is a member.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-07-13

Rev. GEORGE A. GORDON. of the
old South Church Boston, attacked
the press in late sermon, and now
the press is giving him more noto-
riety than he really deserves.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-07-13

II you want to quit tobacco using
easily and forever, be made we'll,
strong, magnetic, full Of new life and
vigor. take No-To-Bac, the wonder
worker that makes weak men strong.
Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 400. 600 cured. Buy No-To- -Bac
nom your own druggist. who win
guarantee . cure. Booklets and sam
pies mailed free. Addres 0terlinp
ksmedy company. Chicago or New
York.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-07-13
DOn'e Stop Him.

He has bad attack of collie and is
making for a drug store for q bottle
of Foley's Collie cure. Is cents and
SO cents. Sold by N. ?. Bshnsen and
T. H Thomas. druggists.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-07-13

TR Asous delivered every even
isg ss your deor at Zoe . wsck.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-07-13

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys
ana bowels Never sicken, weaken
OK grips; 10 canta.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-20

Spring Planting Time ! J
FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS
IN DIFFERENT VARIETIES.
We have an especially fine Stock and furnish
anything in the Seed line.

Timothy, Clover and Aske at very low
prices.
We have 10 different kinds of Peas, in
Guiding the very earliest and latest
varieties.
We have Beets, Carrots, Turnips, On
ions, Squash, Pumpkins, etc.
Also Prime White Clover Seed, Lawn
Grass, etc.
All the above seeds we have in bulk and
you will be surprised at the saving you
The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-20

make in buying them in this way.
In Package Seeds we have full line of
Rice's,, Ferry's, Lyman's, Dunlaps,
Burbank's, and Williams Seeds.
In addition to these lines we carry Amer
lean Improved Dandelon. Musselburg
and London Broad Flag Leek in pack
ages, and any other kind that you are
liable to want.
All the different varieties of Flower Seeds.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-20

Have your pictures framed at Folsom
and Varney's. Aft
The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-20
Chas. a. Ross.
OPPOSITE co8URN HALL.
TaiIor-Made Suits.

I have hundre ed samples Of Saw
yer Wool ems and fine worsted goods viii ch
will make to measure f rom $40 90 to 500. 90.
These suits are cut and made by a city tailor
in the latest style and in the most artistic
manner. Fits guaranteed and prices satisfac-
tory. Come and my goods and get prices.
A &c line of ready made clothing
usual Agent for eHodgman' 8 Mack1ntoshes-
W. R. G. ESTES.
So water street, Skowheean.
Next door to Patterson Goodri CHI.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-20
BICYCLES
PIERCE BICYCLE,
ONLY $4,000
LAST YEAR THE PRICE WAS
$500.

AGENT FOR
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

the race by one fruit-picking; or Jael,
who drove a spike through the head
of Slsera the warrior; of Esther, who
oyercame royalty; o. Abigail, who
stopped host by her own beautiful
prowess; of Mary, who nursed the
worlds savior; of Grandmother Lois,
immortalized in her grandson limo
thy; of Charlotte Corday, who drove
the dagger through the heart of the
assassin of her lover; or of Marie An
toinette, who by one look from the bal
cony of her castle quieted a mob her
own scaffold the throne of forgiveness
and womanly courage. / speak not or
these extraordinary persons, but or
those who, unambitious for political
power, as wives and mothers and sis
tiers and daughters, attend to the thou
sand sweet Offices of home.
When at last we come to calculate
the forces that decided the destiny of
nations, it will be found that the might
lest and grandest influence came from
home, where the wife cheered up de-
spondency and fatigue and sorrow by
her own sympathy, and the mother
trained her child for heaven, starting
the little feet on the path to the Ce-
lestial City; and the sisters by their
gentleness refined the manners of the
brother; and the daughters were dill
gent in their kindness to the aged,
throwing wreaths Of blessings on the
road that leads father and mother
down the steep of years. God bless
our honest And may the home on
earth be the vestibule of our home in
heaven, in which place may we all
meet-father, mother, son, daughter.
brother, sister grandfather and grand
mother and grandchild, and the entire
group of precious ones, of whom we
must say in the words of transporting
Charles Wesley:
One family we dwell in him,
One church above, beneath;
Though now divided by the stream
The narrow stream of DEATH
One army of the living God,
To his command we bow;
Part of the host have crossed the hood'
And part are crossing now.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
CAUGHT THE WHALE.

Three Hours of Hard Fighting Brought
Victory to the Fishermen.
"Tkere she blows!" That was the
cry heard through Amagansett, l.. l.,
a few mornings ago. The signal flag
of red was run up and was quickly re-
sponded to by the crews belonging to
the whaling boats along the shore. be-
tween East Hampton and Amagansett,
says the New York Journal. Lately
whales have appeared in this vicinity,
and numerous attempts have been made
to catch one, but without success. Two
were again sighted that morning op-
posite Amagansett and five boats were
soon in hot pursuit. The whales were
about one and a half miles off shore.
After an exciting chase until noon one
of the captains got close enough to the
largest whale to harpoon him. He was
opposite Napeague life-saving station
when struck and the men soon had
three lines attached TO him. Then be-
gan an exciting battle between the men
and the sea monster. Time and again
the whale attempted to carry the men
out on the ocean. and repeatedly the
whalemen would stab him with the
harpoon. 1t was dangerous sport, and
to the onlookers from the beach it
seemed as though the boats would be
wrecked every time the whale rose to
the surface. He made savage lulges
with his tail, lashing the water to a
foam and spouting to a great height.
After three hours hard fighting the
whale showed signs of weakening and
began to spout blood in the air. At
80 o'clock the crew succeeded in
landing the whale on the beach. He
measured forty-fve feet and will prob
ably make forty barrels Of oil The
captors expect to realize a very large
sum for him. The unusual sight drew
crowds to the beach from neighboring
villages and the hotels and livery sta
bles made preparations for a grand
rush of visitors the next day.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
The Strangest Dinner.

Perhaps the most remarkable dinner
on record was that given by an anti
quarry named Goebel, in the city of
Brussels. At the dinner were apples
that ripened more than 1900 years ago
bread made from wheat grown before
the children of Israel passed through
the Red Sea, and spread with butter
that was made when Elizabeth was
Queen of England. The repast was
washed down with wine that was old
when Columbus was playing with the
boys of Genoa. The apples were from
an earthen jar taken from the ruins
of Pompei. The wheat was taken
from a chamber in one of the pyramids,
the butter from stone shelf in an
old we'll in Scotland, where for sever
al centuries it had lain in an earthen
crock in icy water, and the wine was
recovered from an old vault in the city.
Of Corlnth. There were six guests at
the table, and each had a mouthful Of
the bread and q teaspoonful of the
wine, and was permitted to help him
self bountifully to the butter, there be-
ing several pounds of it. The apple jar
held about two-thirds of a gallon. The
fruit was sweet and as finely favored
as if it had been preserved but a few
months.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
LORD NELSON'S KINDNESS.
A Charming AnecdOte Showing His Re
marlable Human Fellowship.

"A CnarmlnB hIcNNo"S --N
markable Human Fellowship.
Capt. Mahan, in his Life of Nelson
lust published, claims the following as
an original story showing the inherent
kindness of the great sailor. The Fleet
letters had just been sent off, when
Nelson saw a midshipman come up and
speak to Lieut.. Pasco the signal OIL
Ger, who, upon hearing what was said,
stamped his foot in evident vexatlon
and uttered an exclamation. The ad-
miral, of whose nearness Pasco was
unaware. called him and asked what
was the matter.
Nothing that need trouble your
lordship," was the reply.
"You are not the man to lose your
temper for nothing" rejoined Nelson.
What was it?"
We'll, if YOU must know, my lord, l
will tell you. You see that c0xswain"
pointing to one of the most exacting
of the petty officers. Eve have not
better man on board the Victoria, and
the message which put me out was this.
l was told that he was so busy receiv-
ing and getting off the mailbags that
he forgot to drop his own letter into
one of them, and he has just discov-
cred it in his pocket!"
Hoist the signal to bring her back"
was Nelson's instant command. who
knows that he may not fall in action
tomorrow? His letter shall go with
the rest" And the dispatch vessel was
brought back for that alone.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
Taken from Life.

Manager wish to congratulate you.
You have managed to draw a picture u
absolutely consummate repulsiveneSk
for your villain. Author-Thanks, aN-
fully; but the compliment is due to my
better half 1t is a description of me
by my wife VIII N refused to buy her
new bonnet.-Tit-Bits
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
In Sweet Simplicity.

Truth in sweet simplicity expresses
the thoughts that bind and the words
that burn conviction in human under
standing. and steadily, with unfailing
eye, detects and discloses to the brave
spirit that stands by what it believes.
One has said that truth, like light.
travels in straight lines"-that it is a
divine ssence.-Philadelph Metho-
dist.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
NInonshIner. in Peace.

An unusual report cane from Etc.
wah county, Alabama. when the rec
ords of the United States marshal of
that district for 1895 were made up. II
appeared that not a moonshiner had
been disturbed there during the year.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
THE FIRST WOMAN" LAST
SUNDAYS SUBJECT.
"And When the Woman Saw that
the Tree Was Good for Food and
Designed to Make One Wise, She Par
took OF tho Fruit Thereof-Gen. 3;0''

T IS the first Sat
urday afternoon In
the worlds exis-
tence. Ever since
sunrise Adam has
been watching the
brilliant pageantry
of wings and scales
and clouds, and in
his first lessons in
zoology and ornith-
o,ogv and ichthyol-
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
Metaphorically speaking.

Skillet-So you traded your old horse
for this one. did you? What did you
get to boot? Skittle-Myself.-
York Tribune
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
Y B.E.FXRJEON.
Z INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION.
CHAPTER XII.

HE appeal so1teneu
me, and, with a
sudden impulse OF
remorse and pity, ]
took the old mother
in my arms. With
her head on my
shoulder she sobbed
her thanks, and
continued her sto.
ry, calmer now be-
cause of this little
act of sympathy.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-24

s fso - 81, q -.
tales of cruelties in prison life are
false but he admits that he found 1t
convenient to bribe the guards where
he was confined. All the men bore
witness to the poor and insufficient
quantity of food doled out to the pris-
oners, also the bad sanitation of the
Spanish prison.
The captain's allusiOn to bribery re-
calls the recent report that the Spanish.
having failed to conquer the insurgents
by force OF arms are trying to see what
1.-The narrowing lust for gold will do.
If the Insurgents have inherited the
spirit of Spain's degeneracy. the spirit
of greed. then may the bribes succeed.
Bribery and corruption have honey
co,nbed Spanish affairs to the core.
The governing powers in Cuba have in
reality been little better than league
of robbers, genteel and otherwise,
filchirg a. every available opportunity.
Weyler was simply the logical head of
such a system but being placed in the
strong light his rascality stood out in
glarirg relief. Young Quesada's story
of treachery indicates how the army OF
Spain is affected by the corruption
that permeates everything there.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-24
n. Moissan's Diamonds.

In the year 1892 a celebrated French
chemist. named MoiSsan. commenced to
experiment upon this subject and. with
Il clew to natures methods of manufac-
ture. given by the discovery of minute
diamonds in some specimens of meteoric
iron. he was soon able to announce to
the French Academic des Sciences that
this problem was solved. and that he had
been successful in producing diamonds
in his laboratory at Paris.
The chief agent in this success was the
electric furnace. with which Moissan had
attained temperatures hitherto far be-
y0nd the chemists command-tempera-
lures which approach those at present
existing in our sun. The electric arch
light, is now so commonly used that there
are few who have not seen the arc lamps
being cleaned. and who have not OBJ
served the two carbon pencils between
the points of which the arc is formed.
The electric current. in passing across
the air gap between the carbon points.
develops a most intense heat: and If the
carbon pencils be inclosed4i in suitably
shaped fireclay box to guard against the
loss of heat by radiation. the modern
electric furnace is obtained. The fire-
clay case is generally lined with lime or
prepared charcoal; in order to protect II
from the intense heat of the arc; while ~
some eases a lining of the materials
which are to be heated IS used as we'll
In such furnace. using large currents
of electricity. temperatures of between
5000 to 1000 degrees c. have been obtalnea'.
and many compounds of carbon and sii,
icon with the metals have been fofme9
that Were hitherto unknown or that had
only been found in nature. ..f
The diamonds which Moissan has oeen
able to produce by his method in Pans
are artificial only in the sense that .ne.
are the product of the laboratory Ine!
possess the hardness. clearness. hign
hos
in nature: their only deficiency is IN SSsi ~
the largest Moissan has yet produeeG ~
ing only one-twenty-fifth of an men ~
diameter-From Chambers Journal
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-24
Murder ON the Increase In New A"'~
state Statistics Prove This'

The superintendent of state prisons ""'
compiled statistics showing that the hu'N-
ber of executions in the state OF ~" ~
York has greatly increased since nhe s,nce
trocutiOn law took effect in lSN. ,nns S..,.s
that time 40 executions have take., p'~y nm
while from the creation of the state i. M'i.
til 1890 there were but $50 hangings. lna' In
is an increase Of more than 200 per ces. ~.
in a year. Per contra. however, slnce sl....rs .,rs
there has been an immense decrease y.
the number of dyspeptics whose stomatenns tns
have been set right and made to act I'm.
sclock work by that useful reme9y;; !:,;ces
promotes secretion of the gastrac JaWSha. y.
ANA hesets q wholesome appetite for inc
food which 1t CRADLES the stomach " liver
gest. Malarial fever constipation, hvs' W.
complaint. kidney and bladder e,.ans aruus !.
nervousness and rheumatism are presss;i
Oh and remedied by this popular mediei
nal agent. Taken before retiring II pi"
notes sound refreshing sleep
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-24
Tho Competitors Crews experiences.

Any man of that Competitor crew who
cared a fig for life must have felt ex-
ceedingly glad when his foot once more
pressed the soil of this country. If
We allow considerable for exaggeration
which the reporters may have thought
the subject deserved there seems to re-
main but little question the prisoners
did not find their prison life with death
staring them in the face very salts
factory way in which to pass the time.
One feature of their reports is some-
what surprising at first The news
paper correspondent, Melton, tells &
tale of cruelty. of being prodded with
sharp sticks and of only one meal a
day. All the men looked emaciated
and Melton has but one hundred
pounds of avoirdupois where he hal
one hundred and sixty-five when he
LETT for Cuba. Capt. Lahorde says tht
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-24

A Hancock county correspondent "
the Lewiston Journal. writes about
man in those parts who thinks ne mas ssat q"
idea With lots of money in it, He.'sSs ,Ss
is, the man with this idea-says ina. M M
music of a snoring chorus Is YET an tau,
known thing in the cities. and tnat n"
men outside of the lumber camps beilsvs I.N,s
there is any harmony in snoring. .hs
winter he proposes to so amons IN
lumber camps of the Union ana Iemoof '' of
scot river with a monograph ana lotS .Ss Ha
wax rollers. When he has recordeu Inn. mn
midnight choral rehearsals ana na na a
dred or more choruses. he VIII maNe
tour of the different cities. giving exhi, I,
bitions. The gentlemen believes ina. sn, omJ
is a new realm of scientific STUDY ", Of
that he will open up new her
thought when his exhibitions are give"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-24

A movement is being made in differ
ent parts of the State for better mail
service 1t is claimed that there ar
quite number of towns that have n
postoffices within their limits. tina,
they contain in the whole 1851 souls
with an assessed value of S1I9. 900 an
contain eight mills. 10 churches. SIN
physicians three attorneys. and
four hotels. In addition to those towns
there are many plantations with quite
a population that have no mail ia
c.lities. Westfield adjoining this place
has no office.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-24

have been omitted. But look at the
oceans of 1T that they know of but do
not rwint-and wouldn't touch with a
ten-foot pole. Ard yet. when news
paper does offend in this matter. you
shall hear IT condemned by hundreds
who daily circulate and comment IN
ten times worse stuff. Considering
what a rough, ragged and seamy old
world this is, and w.,at lies just under
the crust of society and is constantly
breaking through. we think news
papers are entitled to some credit for
being so clean and decent as they are
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-24

Along with coercing the Sultan and
fighting in Parliament Austria would aid
Spain and declare commercial war on
the part Of Europe against the United
States. Idleness could scarcely be
more conducive to mischief than SO
peoples affairs. But while thus enter
tanning herself Austria alarms no one.
She has her hands too full at home.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-24

loss their interest. One from New
Vineyard tells of young man, a
cripple. standing up in wagon. the
horse being on the run, and shooting a
buck that weighed PCS pounds. From
ChesteTville is the report that while
the men of one neishborhood We're
away in the woods hunting a little
fawn came out of the woods and be-
came entangled in a wire fence about
a door yard. After dragging the fenc .
into an adjoining field he managed To
escape.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-24

At the November term of the Knox
county probate court, in Rockland, the
only wills filed were those of the late
George Y. Creighton of Warren and the
late John r. Studley of Friendship. Both
these gentlemen left large estates, and
both of them inserted in his will queer
condition, thus reported by the Rockland
Opinion: Mr.. Creighton makes a be-
quest of $500 to the Baptist church at
Warren. Providing they make an ac-
acknowledgement of their error in charg-
ing me with certain unkind and unchris-
tian acts. of which l was entirely inno-
cent. and spread the same upon the
church records: otherwise. this bequest
to be null and Void while Mr.. Studley
leaves practically the whole of his large
property. to his three nephews. Messrs
Alvin f.. Harvey l.. and Oliver ]. Stud.
ley. with only the following restriction;
/ Should either one of them contribute
anything whatever to the support of an,
church. minister. or religious institution
he forfeits his share to the Others
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-24
Maime GOssap.
The Slangy Girl.

The pretty girl who uses slang
To conversation gives a tang
Too strong for me.
How could / ever take to wife
A girl who says: You bet your life.'
For guarantee?
The maiden who remarks: well. say
Is quite devoid of fascina-
Tion in my eyes.
And when you hear one say: THAT :
right"
l take my hat and say good night,
With shocked surprise.
However charming she might be
No slangy girl could be for me
A proper wife.
Do you suppose that l would wed
A girl who'd say: 'Oh. go fall dead.''
Not on your life.
-Somerville Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-24
Unnecessary.
Keiley's Arrested Mentality.
(Somersworth Free Press. }

ARRESTED mentality is the latest adj
dition to the medical Jurisprudence of
the state. 1t seems that when smooth
and good looking young fellow premedi-
tates murder he does 1t without pre-
meditation.
| He who hesitates is lost; but he who
premeditates is all right if he have "A
personal devil'' somewhere in his imme-
date vicinity.
If you see man coming for you with
| razor. don't be afraid he doesn't pre-
| mediate doing Il thing to yOu. His men,
tality is arrested; that's all. -
When Kelley took that razor to the
bank he did not premeditate cutting any
body's throat with it: he was simply in
tending to use it in pairing his corns be-
fore starting for Canada.
Poor imbecie old Pinkham. They
hung him: but then he was friendless
and homely and didn't realize that his
mentality was arrested.
The state is fortunate in having in it's
employment a man of such fine reasoning
powers and such penetrating dscernment
that he can explain how a man can COM
NIT premeditated act without premed-
itation.
kelley's mentality wasn't very much
arrested when, after the trial, he con-
Sratulated the lawyers and experts on
their success i'm saving his neck.
New sign for insanity experts-"Men-
talitfes Arrested While You Wait"
Kelley did better than the counsel for
the prosecution did. He got a nail into
his head: they did not seem to be able to
get much of anything into theirs.
sentencing a lunatic to thirty years in
prison at hard labor. with costs of pros
ecution added. seems a good deal' like re-
questing a man to arrange a funeral and
prepare to of1lciate as corpse.
And now they are telling us that kel-
ley won't live long in prison. That's
right! We all know what's coming.
Hurry along his petition for pardon
ana turn him loose among the bank CASH
lers again: there are altogether too many
or them.-Somersworth Free Press.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-24

Woodland family. Tile husband was
so mad because his wife had givar
away some pork and flour to a pool
family that he left and appealed to the
authorities to interfere in his home
affairs in his behalf This a lawyer
ana an officer did. After the pork and
-four We're restored and the farmer had
ia.d tlen in fees more than the ar
ticles, which constituted the bone OF
contention. were worth, he became
reconciled to his wife and returned to
live With her.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-24
NV husband is inst the best ms

My husband is just the best man in
the world and We get along beauti.
fully" said a Lewiston woman conf
dentially to neighbor the other day
Il threw a fatiron at him the ether
day and it struck Georgie. our Oldest
boy in the leg and my husband never
said word
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-24

A Boston exchange well says that
judging from the published portrait Of
1.-The man in the case in the Mildred
Brewster murder case in Vermont
there must be a dearth of eligible
young men in that state