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The true northerner., 1897-07-21
THE CROP REPORT.
Rye and harley Harvesting begun
Corn Growing Rapidly.

Corn Growing Rapidly.
Chicago, July 1.-THE reports as to
the condition of the crops throughout
the country, and the general effect OF
the weather on the growth. cultivation
made by the directors of the several cli-
mate and crop sections. The reports re-
ceived at Chicago were as follows:
Michigan-Good weather for hay harvest,
corn and ripening OF wheat but too dry for
oats. potatoes. beans. berries and pastures.
Wheat i'm good condition. has filled well
and harvest begun. Oats OF good color
heading fast. but rather short. Rye fine
and being cut Corn made great progress.
looks good and beginning to tassel.
Indiana-Very hot until Saturday and
Sunday when heavy local rains fell with
much lower temperature. Corn grew rap
idly and is laid by. Good crops of rye and
barley being threshed. Wheat threshing
commenced. Crop better than expected.
oats ripening fast: very heavy hay crop
secured.
Illinois-Week OF excessive heat. many
horses and some men overcome In fields;
corn continues rapid growth and tassel-
ling in early fields; oats cutting well begun
south half. fair yield, short straw; winter
wheat generally in shock. some threshing
done. good yield. fine berry. Rye and bar
ley cutting under way in northern section;
spring wheat mostly plowed up: timothy
haying general with fair yield.
Iowa-Five days excessively hot followed
by well distributed showers. Corn grow
ing vigorously and mostly laid by In vari-
able condition. Spring wheat and oats
doing fairly well with some reports OF
damage by rust. Good progress harvest
ing barley, rye and clover.
Wisconsin-Continuedw warm weather and
good local rains made fine growing wealth
er for all crops. Corn strong. of good
color and improving rapidly; considerable
laid by. Spring wheat IN excellent condi-
ton. Oats and barley well filled. but straw
short. Rye fair crop. harvest begun. Hay
ing well under WAY crnn fair
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
Fires DO Much DAMAGE

San Francisco, July 19.-Forest and
field fires are doing much damage in va
rious parts of this state. Near the
town of Red Bluff about dozen resi-
dences nave been burned, cattle ranges
destroyed and standing crops are
threatened. The loss is already over
100000. The hills near the town of
Kenwood are in flames, and many farms
are in danger. In the vicinity of Mount
Diablo fire is laying waste the fields
and the mountain houses are threat
ened.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
It's DiGerent. You Know.

1t was during controversy over the value
of q bicycle.
There are cases, mamma" explained the
young woman, when the proper use of q
bicycle is almost imperative, and I'm sure
that mine is one of them"
Nonsense" returned the elder woman
That's very nice talk from the point oi
view of dealer in bicycles, but that is all.
Now if you want exercise"
But l don't mamma" interrupted the
young woman, hastily. "It isn't exercise
that | need, but recreation, and there's no
recreation in doing the housework-none at
all."-Chicago Post
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
Rescued.

Phoenix, A. T., July 19.-James Stew
ems was rescued from the Mammoth
mine. after an Imprisonment of IA days
without food or water. At seven o'clock
Saturday morning, ut n depth of 125
feet, the rescue party broke into the
drift where Stevens had been confined.
Stevens is fearfully emaciated, and has
lost fully 20 pounds during his contine-
ment, but his mind is clear.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
Acquitted.

Lexington, KY, July 1o.-Chy Judge
Gray Falconer acquitted Jacob S. Har-
ris for killing his wife's lover. Thomas
ii. Merritt, holding that the action of
the man who avenges the destruction
of his blasted married life and his dis
bonored children by striking down the
destroyer, after all must be determined
II the bar OF human nature and human
nature will excuse the one who so
o~ap0pG
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease, powder for the feet;
It cures painful, swollen, smarting feet and
instantly takes the sting out of corns and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery
of the age Aliens Foot Ease makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. 1t is certain cure for
sweating, callous, hot, tired. aching feet;
Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and
shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FREE.
Write to Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy, y. Y.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
Try Grain-O! Try Grain-Oi

Ask your grocer to-day to show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The children
may drink it without injury as well as the
adult. All who try it like it, GRAIN-O
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java
but it is made from pure grains, and the
most delicate stomachs receive it without
distress. Ia the price of coffee. l5c and
Is cts. per package. Sold by all grocers.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
Use GentIencss.

Be gentle in stimulating the kidneys,
otherwise you will excite and weaken them.
The happiest results follow the use of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters to overcome renal
inactivity. Avoid the unmedicated, fiery
stimulants of commerce. The kidneys have
a delicate membrane easily irritated. and
upon this the action of such excitants is
pernicious. Malarial complaints, indiges
ton, rheumatism, neuralgia and biliousness
succomb to the corrective influence of the
Bittere
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
uinnc the Engineer

Springfield, ILL.,, July 10.-The Chica-
20 d Northwestern railroad has filed an
exhaustive report of the Christian En-
deavor wreck near Chicago with the
railroad and warehouse commission.
The report lays the blame entirely 'on
Engineer Courtney. The railroad and
warehouse commissioners are not sat-
isfied with the report, and will investi-
gate the wreck August 10.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
MUST STAY IN PRISON.
Attcmpt to Secure Pardon FOR tho
Youngers Is Defeated.

Youngers Is Defeated.
St. Paul, Mimi, July 14.-After an ex-
tended hearing on the petition for the
pardon of Cole and Jim Younger. the
surviving members of the Missouri out
law band who attempted TO raid a
bank al Northteld. Mimi, in 1876, the
state board of pardons, consisting of
the governor, Encouragement and
chief justice, on Tuesday afternoon re-
fused TO grant the requested relief, by
unanimous vote declaring their belief
that the Youngers should complete
their term of life Imprisonment.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
Famou. Song Writer Dies.

San Diego. CAL. July 14.-H. NJ. Hig-
gins, famous song writer, died at his
home near here, aged II years. His
songs, The Old Musician and His
Harp" and Hang Up the Baby's Stock
ing" made him wealthy.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
A ReseulblRncc.

Death and the people of Germany are
alike in one respect"
Name it,"
"The people of Germany like to use money
direct from the mint"
"Go on"
death loves shining mark, too. Pitts
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
Real Warm Weather Rest and Com

There is a powder TO be shaken into the
shoes called Aliens Foot Ease, invented by
Allen s. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. ", which
druggists and shoe dealers say is the best
thing they have ever sold to cure swollen,
burning, sore and tender or aching feet.
Some dealers claim that it makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. 1t certainly will cure
corns and bunions and relieve instantly
sweating, hot or smarting feet. IL costs only
a quarter. and the inventor will send a sam
pie free to any address
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

who had reached the melancholy stage as
he leaned against the bar. What a woe
it is TO have wife who has a habit OF
locking you out of your own house" You
amt one, two, three with me-, said the
other melancholy man. Mine has habit
of locking me in. n.'-Pittsburgh Chronicle
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

The Mead Cycle Company, Chicago, is
the original house to sell reliable bicycles at
low prices direct to the rider. They have
built up large business by their honorable
dealings and have won the confidence OF
their customers. They ask the public to be-
lieve that the house which leads and CON
trolls the best source of supply is the best
house to do business with.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
The Appropriate Place.

You ought to be ashamed of yourself" :"
said the judge to the gentleman who had
been caught picking pockets at funeral.
"Have you no sense of decency?"
Eyes, judge; but you know people in a
place like that are SO easily touched. In
dianapolis journal.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

At the Hospital-Lady Visitor-"And
you are fond of flowers, my good woman?"
The Good Woman-"Flowers, is il? Well,
/ am that, men," Lady Nistor-"Now
what kind of flowers shall bring you next
time / Gomez" The Good Woman-"If it
be no inconvenience, / wouldn't mind some
cabbage and greens. boston Transcript.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

Deadshot Dick-What's Wild Bill 30 mad
about to-day!
Texas Tim-About week ago he saw an
ad in paper fer a saddle that sold fer IS,
SO he sent the V, an they sent him darn
toy saddle fer a rockin' 'horse.-Up-to-Date
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

Lady Shopper Tin department store, to
lace counter salcslady) shall |
find the ribbon department, please?" Sales
lady (apologetically)-" don't know where
it is, ma Fam. You will have TO ask one of
the floor pedestrians. Puck.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

What does that man Sticky do for liv-
ing!"
"For board and lodging he does the ho-
tells, and for clothes he does his tailor Out
side of that he does the best he eau. De
troit Free Press.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

Fremont, Neb., July 19.-The eight
year-old son of w. G. Mercer, chief of
the fire department. was thrown from
a buggy and killed.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

Every attempt to make others happy,
every sin left behind, every temptation
trampled under foot, every step forward in
the cause of what is good, is a step nearer
Heaven.-Dean Stanley.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

l have found Piso's Cure for Consumption
an unfailing medicine.-F. X. Lotz, 1906
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

Cheerful temper, joined with inno-
cence, will make beauty attractive, knowl-
edge delightful and wit good natured 1t
will tighten sickness, poverty and affection,
convert ignorance into an amiable simplic-
ity, and render deformity itself agreeable
Addison
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

Difference in Durability.-'Tt isn't at all
less boys father. ayes" replied the mother,
people are very deceptive" "And so are
inanimate objects. You'd never think,
merely judging by external indications, that
the heavy pair of boots | bought that boy
was only going to wear for six weeks, while
his fragile-looling Latin grammar will last
him lifetime. Washington Star.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

The less we have from which to give, the
more it means when we do give.-Ram's 5
Horn.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Standing of Baseball Clubs for the
Week Ended July 10.

The following tables show the num-
Der of games won and lost and the per-
centage of the clubs of the leading base
ball organizations. National league:
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
Time md the Dinner.

Time flies when a mans dinner is wait.
ing for him. 1t only crawls when he is wait.
ing for dinner.-N. q. Picayune
The true northerner., 1897-07-21
Halls Catnrrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 75c.

A cold church can only be warmed by fire
that comes from Heaven.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

Some churches have more sleepers than
pillars-Ram's Horn.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

Changing the feathers will not turn the
goslings into eagles.-Ram's Horn.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

Peoria, ILL.,, July 10.-William For
tune was drowned in Beesaw lake. He
leaves family.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

Every man thinks he is the hardest man
10 shave in town.-Washington Democrat.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

Our idea of a thoroughbred is a man who
takes a map" in the middle of the day.
The true northerner., 1897-07-21

Men always admire a woman who is great
~ devoted to a worthless or unfortunate hus-
band.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-10
Everywhere Recognized as Wise.
(Lewlston Journal.)

The appointment of Hon. A. r. Saw
age Of Auburn to the vacancy on the
supreme bench created by the retire
ment Of Judge Walton. is everywhere
recognized as wise. Judge Savage is
well fitted by native powers
general culture and specialized learning
for the duties of our highest court. In
recently speaking of his Digest of
Maine Reports. we alluded to certain
gifts of Judge Savage therein exercised
in a remarkable degree-gifts of ply
steal and mental endurance. Judge
Savage will bring to the supreme bench
of Maine the special preparation for
his new functions which his editorship
of the Reports and his extensive and
practice at the bar implies.
as Well as the more general prepar-
alton of scholarship the foundations of
which were laid in academic and COL
Iariare culture
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-10

appears Ii is not altogether new.
either though there is decided
FRESHNESS" about those who composed
It, They peddle some sort Of thing. it
matters little what. anything from.
brick dust for bedbugs to small pieces
Of washing soap for a dentifrice will
do. a good-looking, powerfully built
man. apparently about 50 years of age,
called at a west side house and asked
permission to enter and show the lady
Of the house an Indispensable household
article She showed him into the
kitchen and he produced some sticks Of
cement or glue to repair crockery or
glassware. He wished her to bring
forth some broken articles in that line
and he would repair them free of
charge She could not think of any
broken ware but he insisted so hard
that she find some that she remcm
bered a much-prized blue crockery
cracker jar that piece was broker
out of. This she reluctantly produced
and he mended it in a fair manner. The
lady then carried the repaired jar intg
the pantry. The agent then proceeded
to try and sell her number of the
sticks. She did not wish to buy. and
presently he got his temper up so far
that on his way out. in passing the
pantry door. he entered and seized the
jar and broke out the piece he had
mended in and also broke out piec,
from the solid part. After some hot
words had been passed. he departed.
The lady was very much frightened by
his actions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-10
A Writ OF ELECTION.

To the mayor and aldermen of the sew
eral cities, selectmen of the seVerai
towns, and assessors of the several
plantations in the Third Congressional
District, greeting:
Whereas. vacancy now exists in the
representation of this State in the Con-
press of the United States, by the death
of Hon. Seth l.. Milliken, member from
the Third District, and.
Whereas, the constitution of the United
States and the law of this State provide
that whenever vacancies shall occur in
the representation in Congress, the Gov
ernor shall cause precepts to issue TO the
mayors and aldermen of the several
cities, seectmen of the several towns,
and assessors of the several plantations
within the district i'm which the vacancy
is, directing and requiring them to cause
the inhabitants of their respective cities,
towns and plantations, qualified therefor,
to assemble and give their votes for
representative in Congress to fill such
vacancy, you are hereby, in the name of
the State of Maine, required, in the man
ner in which the law directs the calling
of meetings for elections, to notify and
warn the inhabitants of your cities, towns
and plantations aforesaid, duly qualified
to vote for representatives in the Legis-
lature of this State, to assemble on the
third Monday of June. A. d. 1897, being
the twenty-first day of said month, to
give their votes in said meetings for a
representative to the Congress of the
United States from said Third District.
And you, the said mayors, aldermen,
selectmen and assessors, in conducting
said election and in making your records
and returns of the same, are hereby di-
rected to fully comply with all the pro-
visions of the law of the State of Maine,
relating to the election of State and
county officers, and known as the Austria
liam ballot law.
Given at the Executive Chamber in
Augusta, this twenty-third day of
April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand, eight hundred and ninety
seven, and in the one hundred and
twenty-frst year of the independence
of the United States of America.
LLEWEUIYN POWERS.
By the Governor:
BYRON BOYD, Secretary of State.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-10
An Able Jurist.

The reputation of Judge Walton, who
from the Maine bench, is not confined
to his own State or to New England.
He is recognized as one of the ablest
jursts in the country. He possesses in
marked degree the qualifications that
command respect in whatever vocation,
the possessoi may be, together with
qualities of mind so desirable in one
who would preserve what Burke de-
scribed as the cold neutrality of !
impartial Judge" and an Impartial
fearless, upright judge he has been,
as both bar and public are aware. He
has very acute mind. keen and ever
present sense of justice, and a thorough
knowledge of law. With such jurists
people have every inducement to be
law-abiding. He has been able to rem
der long as well as valuable service
on the bench, to which he was appoint
ed in 1862 The names of those appoint
cd since that time, who have resigned
erson, Edward Fox, William G. Bar
rows, Charles Danforth. Rufus p. Tap
ley, William Writ Virgin. Artemas
Lbbey and Joseph w. Symonds.
He was born in the town of Mexico
in 1879 and for "a years as lawyer and
judge his life work has been actively
connected with the legal profession
The old dockets of oxford and An
droscoggin show what a busy and sue
cessful practitioner he was. No jury
that ever listened to MIN, no opponent
at the bar and no lawyer that ever
tried case before him but was i'm
pressed with his truly wonderful mind.
his profound knowledge of the law AMI
skill. When in the famous Lincoln
campaign of 1860 he was elected to Con-
gress, he entered upon a career in
doubtedly have secured for him ma
tional distinction but his preferences
We're elsewhere and he yielded to them
when he accepted an appointment on
the bench and the supreme court of
Maine was the gamer thereby. He has
in every sense of the word earned the
enjoyment of the retirment he now
seeks and that he NAV find il is the
wish of all
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-10
BITS OF MAINE NEWS.

The season of open-air concerts has be-
gun in Bath.
Peaks Island is to boast of seven bar
bers during the coming season.
Portland Commandery, X. T., will cell
citrate its 50th anniversary June 18th
There are nnety-five persons of the
school age in Turner by late canvass.
One Bangor contractor has already
completed six stone foundat atoms for
dwellings and has orders on hand for 10
others
Kirk Monroe. the popular writer for
boys, has leased the Talbot cottage at
Great Diamond Island for the summer
months.
c. W. Peabody of Portland, is planning
a notable bicycle tour He proposes to
start about the middle of June for Que
bee. going from Portland to the Ken
nebec and then following Benedict Ar
nolds road to Lewis. He expects to be
ten or twelve days on the trip.
The sixth annual tournament of the
Bath Gun Club will be held on their
grounds in Woolwich. Thursday. June Sd.
and arrangements are being made Tor the
entertainment and reception of many
guests from abroad The programme is
not completed but will be one of the best
the club has ever offered.
The wheemen of Brunswick propose
to organize with the main object in view
of making a good road for the silent
steed. II is thought that enough are IN
terested in the matter to construct along
the roadside a good two-foot bicycle
path. Contributions of money and work
will be solicited and Brunswick wheel
men and wheelwomen will be able to en-
joy themselves this summer.
A unique log cabin is being construct
ed by III. &. Pereau. for DR.. Geo. Elliott.
a prominent New York physician. on the
shore of oxford lake in northern Maine,
to be reached by stage after leaving the
Grand Trunk Railroad. The cabin is 32x
40 feet in size. two stories high and viii
present a rustic appearance when fur-
nished. A stable and woodshed also con-
structed of logs will be erected near the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-10
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
The Senate Tariff Bill.
fLewiston Journal.)

That the House will resist the British
ideas in the Senate tariff bill. is clear.
Not only is the Senate bill dictated by
local interests and by British ideas. but
the Sugar Trust is in powerful evidence
in its sugar schedules. The Dingley tar
if bill was fought by the Sugar Trust
because its sugar schedule was not In
its interest: but if the Senate sugar
schedule should become law, the profits
Of the Sugar Trust, which under the
WILSON, Gorman bill have been
enormous, would be doubled. The
Sugar Trust and the tea i'm
porting spectators are very hap
ny: but domestic and manufacturing
interests are indignant at many of the
schedules Of the Senate bill, schedules
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Evangelist Moody apparently isn't
gymen, or rather the clergymen Of the
fashionable churches, object to his
holding revival meetings right under
their noses in New York city, They
assume that not their parishioners, but
some of those who have no church are
the ones Mr.. Moody should seek, and
if seeking them he should go where
there are, not ask or expect them to
come up to Carnegie Hall. Mr.. Moody
says that hall suits his purpose, and
that's why he got it. However, he