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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Noble Maxwell Of Rich
mond are passing Christmas with Mrs.
Maxwell's mother. Mrs. s. w. Hill,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

The light snow made matters dis
4,reeable Friday, when the cold wind
ommenced blowing at about 8 o'cloci,
a. the morning. The thermOmetel
mt down slowly all day
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

The third annual ball Of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen was held
at the Auditorium at Portland, Thurs
| day evening. William S. Dresser was
| floor director. and William J. Kemp,
assistant.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

w. H. Follett went to his home i
Portland, to stay until Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

Secretary B. Walker McKeen went t
his home in Fryeburg, Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

Prof. S. I. Graves returned to h
home in this city, Thursday evenin@
after passing short vacation j,
Massa chusetts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25
K0lA.TOx w %' % f s'sn as:

Not an opiate. Your druggist can sup
ply you if he is accommodating.
Manufactured by KOLA-TOA CO, Lock
Box. s6ss, Boston. Mass.
IF YOUR DRUGGIST
tells Won he has never heard OF "Kola-
Tox" tell him he has something MORE
to learn--lt is the quickest, surest. safes'
cure for Headache ever used.
does, d23t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

The letter carriers were loaded with.
packages, Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25
sta,e House Notes

Miss Eva Shorey. stenographer at the
executive department, is passing
Christmas at her home in Bridgton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

Miss Sybil A. Howe of the State ban'
examiners office, went to her home IL
Dixfield, yesterday, to pass few day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

joseph Williamson, Jr.. gave anothe
lecture upon commercial law, at tn,
business college, Friday morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

George c. Sheldon, Esq, went t.
Waldo, Friday, to spend Christmas
with relatives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

| home in Waterville, Friday evening, to
| pass Christmas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

Mrs. Fred B. Joy of Fairfield, is tn
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Fossett OF
81 Court street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

I. +. Butler of Starks. general age
'or the Bowker Fertilizer Company,
stopping in the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

Prof II. b. Cole of Shaw's bushes,
college, went to Cumberland, Friday
to pass Christmas at his home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25
Daily kennebec Journal

Daily kennebec Journal
80 -
AUGUSTA LOCALS.
Merry Christmas.
Cold weather and slippery sidewalks.
l.. c. Cornish went to Bath, on BUSH
ness. yesterday.
A. =. Ward made a business trip to
Vassafboro, Friday.
j. Clair Minot is spending Christmas
at his home in Belgrade.
Geo. E. Farnham of Belgrade, was a
visitor to the city, yesterday.
Miss Kate Williams is at her home in
Bowdoinham. passing Christmas.
Willis c. Hobart of East Madison,
visited friends in the city, Friday.
Mrs. w. Scott Hill has returned from
long visit with relatives in Boston.
c. L. Andrews, Esq. went to Pitts
+. w. Plaisted went to Bangor, Fri
day. to pass Christmas at his home il
that city.
George c. Sheldon, Esq, went t.
Waldo, Friday, to spend Christmas
with relatives.
Miss Fannie Gullifer went to he
home in Waterville, Friday evening, t.
pass Christmas
Mrs. Fred B. Joy of Fairfield, is tn
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Fossett OF
81 Court street.
Roy c. Smith OF Portland, visited his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George c.
Smith, Thursday.
c. A. Knight and r. w. Leightun
vent to Brunswick. Friday, where they
will pass Christmas.
I. f. Butler of Starks. general ageni
for the Bowker Fertilizer Company. i
topping in the city.
Prof. II. b. Cole of Shaw's business
college, went to Cumberland, Friday
to pass Christmas at his home.
joseph Williamson, Jr., gave anothei
lecture upon commercial law, at thu
business college, Friday morning.
Miss Sybil A. Howe of the State ban'
examiners office, went to her home IL
Dixfield, yesterday, to pass few day..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

T. w. Plaisted went to Bangor, Fri
day, to pass Christmas at his home IL
| that c;ty
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

c. A. knight and r. w. Leightun
vent to Brunswick. Friday, where they
will pass Christmas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

c. l.. Andrews Esq, went to Pitts
field, Friday, on a short business trip
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

Roy c. Smith OF Portland visited hi!
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George {
Smith, Thursday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25
WHY 90 You SuFf>h?

FROM HEADACHES That make life
burden 10 you, when one 10 cent package
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

Mrs. w. Scott Hill has returned from
a long visit with relatives in Boston
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

Miss Kate Williams is at her home il
Bowdoinham. passing Christmas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

Willis c. Hobart of East Madison
visited friends in the city. Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

Geo. E. Farnham of Belgrade, was
visitor to the city, yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-25

j. Clair Minot is spending Christmas
at his home in Belgrade.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

inches to the people who fill high. priced
seats, he is a giant, seventeen feet high.
to the gallery gods and is feared and
| hated by them accordingly.
The bouncer grows in importance step
by step as he mounts the stairway lead
ing from the parquet of one of these thea
ters to the galleries. There he is Czar.
"Wot de cop says goes" said a gamin
of the theater.lott to me, and from the
gallery point of view he told his whole
conception OF the special officer in nut
shell.
The bouncer is also an important per-
son in his own mind. If he were not his
tasks would be more difficult, for it takes
a whole lot of self-confidence to be sue
cessful bouncer. The mans troubles be-
gin with the first rush made by an eager
crowd when the gallery doors of enc OF
these theaters are thrown open. and they
continue until those same doors are closed
upon the back of the last departing ''god"
after the play is over.
When the ru sh for the galleries begins
the bouncer's discriminating eye must
separate the lambs from the goats; for
there is such II thing as caste even in the
top lofts OF a popular priced theater.
However good patron of the hous,
Chimmie de Tough may be, he cannot
enter the sacred precincts of the galleries
OF such places as are dignlted by the
name of 1.-The family CIRCLE" "Chimmie
may pat on his best clothes and eat
whole package of Sen Sen drops in order
to hide the lurking odor of gallons of
bad whisky which he has consumed, and
may tuck his best girl under his arm and
put up bold 'front" to the bouncer, and
yet not be able to enter the Mecca of his
bition-"de family circle"
For the bouncer is inexorable. He keeps
a little list of those patrons of his theater
galleries who are prone to misb have
themselves during performance, and he
treats them accordingly. The well-regu-
lated "ten-center," who Is content TO sit
still in his seat and express his approval
or disapprobation of a play in ''ohs!" and
"ahs!" is allowed to enter 'the family
circle" He who is ordinarily inclined to
roughness, but who can be recalled to or.
der by tap or two OF the bouncers stick,
is sent to the "nigger heaven" while there
are others who are not permitted to enter
the theater at all.
Last Sunday night an urchin with great
blue eyes and face that bespoke ignor-
ance of all things bad, save dirt, accosted
Aaron Powers, press agent of Morosco's.
.'Say, mister" he said pleadingly, as he
tugged at Powers coat, "Tm on de dead
square, 1 am; but de cop has trun me
down an won't let me go into d. show. /
never did nawthin'. Youse knows I'm
strate, cause Use sold yer papers. 1t was
anoder kid dat trun de sptball at de bald
head, but de cop tot it was me end tole
de man in de box office 10 give me de mar
BILE heart, an so l can't 60 into d. show.
See? I wants youse to square me-"
Touched by the appeal, Powers got the
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07
UTAAY low! Here comes de bouncer!''

NIAAY low! Here comes de bouncer!'
fSk At the words four grimy little
A~S hands shot out sim ultaneously as il
10 recover TWO dice which lay upon the
floor of nook in one OF the recesses in
the gallery OF one of San Francisco's
popular priced theaters.
A little crap game be tween four gamins
of the street had been in progress there,
and the warning to Lay low!" was none
too soon, for the special officer of the
house Immediately descended upon the
crap-shoo.ers.
What are you doing here?' demanded
this ia ctotum of the theater.
"Nawthin' piped four shr;ll voices in
wonderful unison, while four little dirt
begrimed faces, that had been flushed and
excited few moments before by the
passion of play. were now upturned to
meet the lowering gaze of the bouncer
with an air of injured innocence stamped
upon them.
The quartet was dispersed and the off,
Ger sought new fields to conquer.
While the bouncer of such theaters as
Morosco's Grand Opera-hou and the
Orpheum are almost unknown to those
who occupy places in the lower house, he
is really an important functionary in
these places. While he is man of few
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

is d handsome bird, but is no less fellow
than the high-hole, the yellow woodpecker
of the Eastern States, grown more vivid
in coloring under our favoring Californian
skies. l came upon ons by the roadside
the other day, lying with outstretched
wings, apparently helpless, on the bank.
[ approached quite closely before he
moved. He few then with no especial
effort, but only short distance, with both
legs hanging Imply, as if broken. Think
ing to catch him l went in pursuit, but he
flew off again and again, each time giving
a low, trou bled cry. In minute or two
he was answered, and dozen or more OF
his fellows appeared upon the scene. do
not think | ever before saw so many wo Cd
peckers together. Round and round their
wounded companion they flew, calling
softly and evidently directing their move
ments with evident reference to me. l
approached again, and this time the disa-
bIed flicker let me come quite near, GER
tainly within g couple of yards, before he
rose, surrounded By mis- comrades, and flew
forward. They alighted with him some
distance away, and as soon as l moved all
few on again and | lost sight of him
among the flock. The performance had
every appearance of design, and [ bave no
doubt was intended to accomplish just the
result that have recorded.
The delicious spring days of the past
week have brought the small birds out in
great mum bers. A flock of greenlets took
possession of the willows day or two ago
and have kept the thicket alive with mel
ody ever since their arrival. Indeed, l
heard them long before l could detect
their tiny shapes among the young fo!i-
iage. These are still the days of little
things, and only the birds that love the
low, thlck-growing trees and bushes have
as yet come to US. There will still be days
when it will be necessary to hug covert
from driving rain and searching wind,
and so the lovers of tall treetops and high
places are lingering in the southland,
waiting for more settled weather
Titmice and vireos, wrens, goldfinches,
flycatchers, juncos and such small deer
abound, and there are mum ber of spar
rows-dear, small, lovabe birds with
sober coats and winning ways. For some
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

| to our mutual discontinue vagabond
hen who, obeying wild i'm pulse of aim osu
lost hereditv, had escaped from some
chcken-yard below ana stolen a nest in
this wooded tangle.
There ie not much romance about a
hens nest. We destroyed that long ago.
when we took to raising chickens that we
might eat them; but there is, after ALL
something appealing in the thought of
this clumsy, grotesque, often thwar:ed
creature, following the deepest instinct of
nature. stealing away to this secluded
spot in the vain hope of eluding her COM
mercial destiny. Who can say that that
lowly nest among the myrtle represented
less brooding mother-love, less tender,
anxious, patient yearning, less fond hore
for the future than centered about the
tiny home of the pair of ruby throated
humming- birds that nested yonder in the
sw etbrier last sum inner?
Should we despise the white crowned
sparrow. l wonder, If we could bring it
tamely about our dooryard to look to US
for food and shelter and become spirit
lessly subservient to our ends? Ah, that
little "ii'' hides the very pith and point of
the matteT. LIS Seutie ilttle SongSter
will not be tanned, even for the seeds and
crumbs. His is a noblsr spirit, diviner
spark. A lifetime of the cage and the
seedcup would not reconcile him to the
loss of freedom, and this is large part of
what makes him so dear to US. We love
best, after all, that which We do not con-
troll. The physical difference between
the hen and the sonsbird is by no means
so great or so tar-reaching in it's effect
upon US as the moral difference that sep
arates the two. ADELINE KNAPP.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

her very little mental exertion. She
reads - nothing that calls for much
thought, but something light and pleas
ant. Occasionally she takes up some
| fancy work that lies by her. At the first
indication of fatigue the maid draws the
curtains, shutting out the sunshine which
has been allowed to stream into the room,
and the patient takes a nap. Her inti-
mate friends are not excluded. They drop
in and chat with her awhile, keeping her
pleasantly informed of what is passing in
her circle Turing her three days secIusion.
This one dav is an example of tbs others
passed in bed. On the fourth day the lady
rises al usual and attends to the muitifari-
Gus duties that await her. The next week
she takes the three days rest again, and
continues it each week during the period
prescribed by her physician.
OF course this luxurious mode of recu per-
ating requires more or less constant
attendance. Unless one has q special
maid it incurs severe tax upon the sec
ond girl, who can scarcely be expected to
attend to her usual duties as we'll as
attendant in case requiring no serious
~
lady in this city who occasionally takes
this partial rest for the restoration
of her nerves has met the emergency in
a most ingenious way. Her little girl of
wears (who is taught at home) is pressed
into service, but in such manner that it
becomes pleasure not hardship to the
child. 1t is in fact made kind of play.
Instead of pretending to be q baby in
mammals attire and assuming the airs
and conversation of one she plays nurse.
In order to make the child enter the more
earnestly into the new game" the mother
has made a nurses costume. A black
alpaca apron is worn over the blue or pink
gingham dress; a tiny white shirt front
covers the waist, with black tie at the
neck, and on the head is placed a jaunty
null cap. Nurse Faithful, es the little
one is dubbed. is quaint figure as she
moves softly about with dignity and
earnestness suitable to her calling. No
nurse ever felt more fully the responsible
ity of ner calling. She has entire charge
of mamma, whom she addresses as Mrs
B. She receives the flowers and ar
ranges them tastefully in glasses or
vases; gives the time; assists in
serving her patient at meals, and
shakes the pillows as deity as an older
nurse. She also reads to her invalid,
though her choice of books Is limited to
those containing words of one syllable.
Mamma is not the little nurses only
patient. With swift foresight she has
brought in her dolls bed and placed it
beside the larger one. Isabella, who has
lost an eye, and Elsie, whose arm is
broken, are placed therein and their
Imaginary wants attended to as carefully
as the real ones of her patient Through
out all she enjoys the play and gives the
patient just the diversion her tired brain
requires.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07
An Elk Park.

81 own an elk farm. As far as l know
there is not another such farm in the
world, says writer IN Topeka Capital.
There may possibly men who hold elk in
captivity and who keep them for breeding
purposes to a certain extent; but to have
q regular farm, where there is nothing but
elk where they are looked after, kept in
condition and treated just the same as any
cattle-that is thing which 1 do not be-
lieve any one has done before ME.
''My farm is one of the most picturesque
parts OF Colorado, In a valley sixteen
miles east of Meeker. 1t is 163 acres in
extent, and through the length of it runs
a splendid trout stream, we'll known
throughout the surrounding States under
the name of the Big Beaver, My farm is
in the very heart of the White River coun-
try, a tract which is not excelled in the
United States for the variety of its big
game. Indeed, it is often called the Para
disc of the Sportsman.
Some idea OF the extent to which l work
my farm may be gained from the fact that
each year l raise from my elk alone
enough hay to bale up 100 tons, and
garner from 300 to 500 bushels OF grain.
On this farm, which is $500 feet above the
level of the sea, the elk roam through the
timber land and across the rolling mead
ows just as though they were not captive.
But they are safe enough, neverthe less,
for l have them fenced in with a tive-
strand barb-wire fence.
Sin my time / have followed many lines
of work and farmed in different parts of
the country, but have never found any
such experience as I am now passing
through. The elk is such a strange ami
NAL; but in time they get to be just as
gentle as mich cows
ut has been four years since l first took
the notion OF tanning the elk and raising
them, just as other people raise cattle. 1t
took me year to get the farm in order,
to capture the six animals with which |
started and to place them in the incloSed
ranch. Up to that time L did not know
whether the dea was feasible; l was afraid
that l should have great deal OF trouble
in domes,icating them.
'sIn their native tracts the elk of all sizes
ann ages seem to be perfectly able to take
card of themselves and their horns.
But when once they get on a farm
they seem to forget all this. The
young steers, especially, get into no
end of trouble and break their horns
in the most distressing manner. AS
these broken horns and badly spreading
prongs injure the general appearance of
the herd, l have ontrived means of reg
uating and controlling the horns growth.
This is done by means of a box-like
wooden frame, light and easily carried by
the elk. The horns are guided in their
growth by this frame, and It also keeps
the animal from getting into bad places in
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

going people that the bouncer has to e
While there are times when he must be
diplomat, there are others when he must
be bruiser, and there has been many
lively go between ''de cops" of San Fran
cisco theater lofts and obstreperous
patrons of the houses that have
never been recorded among notable
fistic encounters. For your true-blue
bouncer has the "scrapping blood" royal
in his veins, and when things are even
had rather use his risis than his club.
But the bouncer has his club with him all
the time, and the gallery gods know it,
and they respect the club, If not the man.
They know the officer has the law and the
numbers on his side, and it is only when
they get drunk that the top-lofters ques-
tion the authority of this monarch OF the
theater galleries. and when they do this
they invariably lapd in the City Prison.
For "de bouncer rules de roostl"
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07
New Fad Of Recuperation
Among Ladies Of Fashion

THE old form of rest cure, with
FIX its dismal Accomplishments OF dark,
yLSG pictureless rooms, its enforced
isolation from relatives and friends for
a period of six weeks or two months,
its still more trying ordeal OF over
feeding. is a thing of the past. It has
been tried and found wanting. Those
who were so unfortunate as to nave sub
mitted to the rigorous, one might almost
saw heroic, treatment that was part OF
it, came forth from it with nerves more
sensitive than ever, mentally unidentified,
and physically changed only In the pos
session of the extra pounds avolTdupols
the overlooking had induced. The super
Huous flesh, however, did not mean more
strength, and it became matter OF re-
ioicing when, after few weeks OF ordi-
nary routine, the patient regalned MS
usual size. This rigid form OF rest-or,
rather, torture cure, as some who have
taken il facetiously style it-has been sue
ceeded by a more agreeable as well as
more effective m elhod OF restoring tone to
overtaxed nerves.
This is what is known as the partial
rest, the leading of comparatively pas
sive existence during possibly three days
of each week for month, or perhaps two,
the period varying according to the condi-
ton of the patient. During these three
DAYS which are passed in bed no treatment
is undergone, except such as relates to the
complete relaxation of mind and body.
1t may not be uninteresting to picture
the details of this partial rest cure as 1t IS
taken by those whose means and leisure
enable them to reap its full benefit.
The appearance of the patient as she
lies in bed propped up by downy pillows
is pleasing one. it is true there are
dark holows about her eyes that tell of
mental exhaustion and a certain pallor
that betokens lack of strength but her
cheerful demeanor does not give one the
impression of an invalid and her cheerful
surroundings do not suggest the sick
room. She wears a soft silk dressing
Jacket of some becoming color trimmed
with knots of ribbon here and there and
flmy lace at the neck and falling over the
hands Her hair is arranged in d loose
knot on the top of ber head and confined
with ribbon corresponding in hue with
that in her jacket. A few flowers are
pinned upon her breast. The appur-
tenances of the bed and the room are of
the daintiest. Flowers sent by loving
friends are upon table near her and also
her favorite books. There is no formida-
BILE array of medicine bottles upon the
dresser-only one containing pleasant
tonic.
She eats nothing she does not like, nor