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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-26

one of the oldest arguments against
the plan of having a war was heard
Monday. 1t was odd, and yet it was
sound.
Il have had all the war I want -
SAID the gentleman. and the United
States has also had all it needs 1t
hasn't got over the effects of the last
war yet. TO prove that. look at all the
splnsters in this country who are now
living alone, many of them having a
hard time to earn Il living If it had
not been for the Civil War they might
all have been married by this time. but
the men We're killed off. and there were
not enough to go around
The young ladies of the present dav
should be very slow about urging on a
war, for if there is one. their chances
Of marriage is greatly decreased. and
they are small enough as it is. accord
ing to statistics"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-26

Goddard buggy in good repair will be
sold at a bargain. Can be seen nj the
residence of Mrs. J. II. Lowell, Warren
street, HalloWell. II. p. Lowell. Granite
bank building, Augusta
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-26

A secondhand Chickering square piano,
for sale or rent cheap. Apply at ]. E.
Fuller's residence. marl7dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-26

MISCELLANEOUS.

Ladies tired Of a life of weakness
WEAKNESS and pain are invited To call At
the Viavi office 1G Melville st.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-26

grocery store at Pettingilrs Corner. An
susta' formerly ran by Il. H. Weston. is
for sale on easy terms. Inquire of f. II.
Noble, 219 Water St, Augusta.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-26

In Augusta on Western avenue. two
acres fine garden land; six room house;
stable, 4oX2G; water piped to house ana
stable from never failing well. Enquire
Of Thomas j. Lynch. Water street, or
Jas. J. Bailey on premises. :.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-26

AN EVENING PARTY
or your every day table will be catered
to by us in all the choicest table deli
cacies in canned, potted and deviled
meats, anchovies, sardines. salmon
olives. preserves in glass, fruit, jams
and jenies, and all kinds Of canned
foods put up by the best Gamers OF
Europe and America. Our butter
cheese and fine biscuits are unexcelled
We also have a full line of choice teas
and coffees.
HILL & LOCKE,
Augusta, MAINE.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-26
BANGOR & AROOSTO0k R. R

Pullman Buffet Parlor Cars between
Caribou and Bangor on trains leaving
Caribou at 5.45 A. M. and Bangor, at 3.45
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-26

UNDERTAKING BUSINESS, caskets,
collins, robes. handles, plates. trimmings.
etc. A good chance for any one who
wishes a good stock for a low price to
go into the business. Shall continue to
furnish collins and baskets at less than
usual prices until disposed of. c. Il.
Wells, Concert hall, opposite court house,
Augusta. Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-26

My friends and customers to know that
shall handle corn. feed and groceries
at my place ut NassalbGro ana shall meet
eid and ncW friends. $. l.. Dodge.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-26

A number of desirable residences in Au-
gusta, Maine, varying in prices from $3.50
TO $500; also several 10 to Is acre places
in the suburbs Of this city; one two-story
house and lot in Lewiston, Maine. A
number of farms in Kennebec county. va
ryng IN price from $1,000 to $4,000. Houses
and tenements to let. e. w. Whitehouse,
Attorney. Augusta. Me. jan1.dif
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-26

A situation as cook. References given
Address r.. journal office. apt25d2t@
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-26
Railroads and Steamboats,.
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Arrangement Of Trains in
Effect. April ~, 1898.
THROUGH TRAINS.

Passenger trains leave Augusta as fol.
lows:
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-26

The people to know that they can have
their stoves stored in dry loft, cleaned,
BACKED and set up in the fall. for 81, by
Malcolm & Dyer. mar29, diff
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-26

\ bell boy At once at Hotel North.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-26

An Augusta gentleman who is now
residing in another city. came near
putting his foot into it, not long ago.
He was talking politics with a gem
tleman with whom he was not ac-
quainted. and the conversation drifted
To the subject of the delegation that
the city had sent to the Legislature at
the last session
That was the weakest delegation
YOU ever sent" remarked the Augusta
gentleman. The other man kept draw.
ing him on until they had discussed
and picked into pieces all the repre-
sentatlves but one. and then the man
excused himself,
1t proved that the Augusta man had
been talking With the member of the
delegation who had not been discussed
Four little girls We're playing on one
Of Augustus side streets. sunday eve
ming, and their conversation was of a
nature that caused Journal repre-
sentative to stop and listen to it.
Three of them We're plying the queS-
tons to the fourth who was evidently
a stranger. in a manner that would
have done a lawyer credit.
Are you a Protestant" seriously
asked the little inquisitor, who could
not have been over eight years old.
No" answered the little girl.
Are You Yankee"
No"
Are you d Catholic?"
No"
"Humph," shifted one of the other
little girls, Il know what she is. She $
Irish.
We'll. I'm not Irish" retorted the
little girl my papa is a railroad
man.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-06
Endurance of Horses.

The vedette, the regimental journal
Of the Twenty-first Lauccrs, gives an
interesting account of a march carried
out between Cairo and the Bitter Lakes
and back-205 miles in five days. This
was done to test the relative merits of
the three classes of horses in use in
the regiment, namely, Arabs, Walers
Drought from India by the Seventh
Dragon Guartls), and Hungarian re-
mounts lately supplied to the regiment.
The Arabs were six to ten years old,
the Walers fourteen years and upwards
and the Hungarians four to five years
old, "rather young for such trial. "
Tic verdict was that, even allowing
for age, the Hungarian horses were
decidedly, inferior in breeding and
stamina; and the Walers, though in q
more temperate climate they might be
superior to the Arabs, under the pre-
vailing conditions of service i'll Egypt,
"with short rations and plenty of sand,
long periods without water, and the
temperature at 130 degrees in the
shade" were decidedly inferior to the
Arab, which, in c desert march, showed
itself well able to. carry the British
soldier, with his impediments. As
the weight carried was an average OF
nearly sixteen stone, the marches were
decidedly good, namely, thirty-fve,
fifty, thirty, ifty-eight and thirty-two
miles per day. One Arab, three Wal
ers and eleven Hungarians were "laid
mp in the sick lines" after the trial.
London Sketch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-06
Seventy Years Married.

Bark River, Delta County, thirteen
miles from Escanaba, Mich, where the
Northern Cedar Company Of Menomi-
nee has established its new mill, has
claims to fame other than the posses
sion of the greatest growth of cedar
in Michigan. Mr.. F. K. Baker, the
President of the company, found there
an old couple whose record is believed
to be without parallel in Michigan, II
not in the United States, and was led
to secure the exact dates III their LIE
history by his interest IN the case.
Charles La Fountaine was born Nov. l.,
1905. near Montreal and his wife was
born in the same locality on March II
of the same year They were married
Feb. II, 1928, and on Valentines day
this year round OUT their SEVENTEEN
year Of married life.
In 1850, after over half century OF
married life, they came to this coun-
try, settling in Delta County Up tc
two years ago Mr.. La Fountaine con-
tinued in steady employment, but they
are now living with the baby of the
family, an unmarried son forty-eight
years of age. OF their nine children
all are living except one who died at
the age of fifty-two.
Mr.. and Mrs. La Fountaine enter
upon the seventieth year in the best Of
health and in the full possession of all
their faculties. They hope to round
out" seventy-five years of married life
before either is called to rest.-Mil.
waukee (Wis.) Sentinel.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-06
PETRIFIED ARTICLES.
A Huge Tree Slowly Sinking Into the
Earth.

Warda and the surrounding country
are noted for petriied articles Of vari-
GUS kinds. l have on exhibition a
petrifed rock about two feet long and
one foot and half wide. 1t weighs
forty-five pounds, and is without doubt
shoulder blade Of mastodon. 1t
plainly shows the socket in which the
bone of the leg revolves. 1t was found
several years ago by party while
seining in the bed Of the Colorado riV-
er. Within quarters Of mile
from Warda there is petrified tree,
supposed to have been post oak. 1t
is about twenty feet long and at the
thick end of the trunk it is about two
feet in diameter. When first observed,
about eighteen years ago, about half OF
its diameter was above ground, but,
owing to its great weight, it is slowly
but constantly sinking. All around in
this part of the country a person can
find speciments Of petrified wood OF
many varieties. The writer's has OBJ
served stgmps and parts of stumps
plainly showing traces where they had
once been burned and now they are
solid rock. 1t seems as though untold
quantities of petrifled wood could be
found under the ground, for If a per-
son will make an examination of the
banks of the local creeks, gullies and
ravines, he can find pieces of petrified
wood sticking out Of the banks on
every side The writer, in examining
some specimens in the surrounding
creeks found several pieces of petri-
fed wood protruding from the banks,
mich, although petrlfied, was so brit
tie that it could be broken to pieces
with the hand. The cause Of this ap-
pears to be lack of some kind of acid
necessary in the course of petrificatlon
to make it solid. One Of the most
curious and at the same time one of
the most perfect specimens that the
writer has observed is what is suppos-
ed to be petrified stomach. 1t plain
ly shows q quantity Of petrified acorns
and other ingredients which can not
NOW DE ulSlluStisueu. IL ID a"PPo"Su
tc be the stomach of hog, or some
other prehistoric herbivorous animal.
The writer has also noticed two other
very beautiful specimens, the one be-
ing a prehistoric shell, known by the
Latin name of Nautilus lineatus, and
the other a common pear.-Galvesto
(TeXas) News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-06
A Korean Procession.

The procession Of the King was led
by the General of the vanguard, su-
perbly dressed, supported by retain
ers ON his led pony and followed by
crowds of dignitaries, each with his
train, soldiers, men carrying aloft
frames of arrows reaching nearly
across the road, and huge flags Of silk
brocade .surmounted by: .plumes Of
pheasants; servants in rows of hun
dred in the most delicate shades of
blue, green, or mauve silk gauze over
white; halbcrdiers, grandees, each
with retinue Of banner men, carry
ing yellow and blue silk flags emblaz-
oned; cavalrymen in imitation gold
helmets and medieval armor, and
tiger hunters wearing coarse felt black
hats with conical crowns and dark
blue coats, trailing long guns.
With scarcely q pause followed the
President Of the Foreign Office, high
above the crowd on q monocycle, q
black wheel supporting on two up
rights black platform carrying a
black chair decorated with leopard
skin, the occupant of which was car
ried by eight men at height of eight
feet from the ground After
this, borne high aloft by forty bear
ers clothed in red, in superb chair
of red lacquer, richly tasseled and
canopied, and with wings to keep off
the sun, came the King, whose pale,
languid face never changed its ex-
preston, as he passed with oil the
dignity and slender of his position
through the silent crowd.-Korea and
Her Neighbors, Mrs. Bishop. -.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-06
Seven uup1red Year, of Coal.

According to the most authentic his
tory Of the coal trade, last year marked
the seven hundredth anniversary of
the use of coal as fuel. Taking the
most moderate estimate of the an
tiquity of man, and considering the
fact that the coal was always here, 1T
appears that we were long time in
avniling ourselves of this most valu-
able asset which nature placed at our
disposal. Many civilizations Aourlshed
and died out without its use, and it
may be said that it's potcntialities, as q
factor in the progress of mankind,
were never realized fully until the
present century. Up to its dawn,
aside from the warming of the body
and the cooking Of food, little import
ance was attached to the fuel question.
For these purposes few fagots OF
billets of wood sulficed. But in time
we discovered that III the fire there was
1 giant thousand times more power
ful than the tabled monsters Of an
iquity.-Pittsburg Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-06
Coffee rs q Medicine.

It is said that the first use Of cof-
fee by man was made by the prior OF
a convent. He was told by goatherd
of the exciting effects of the berries
when eaten by his goats; so he thought
he would try them and see if he could
not keep his monks awake during
what should have been their vigils. He
succeeded admirably, and brought cof-
fee into the way of earning its world
wide reputation. The most active
principle of coffee is caffein; 1t con-
tains also certain oils, which, no doubt,
has a share in its action. Many
years ago a claim was made that
green. or unroasted berries, had
great value in liver and kidney trou-
bles. One. enthusiast prefers a mix
ture of two parts Mocha and one part
Martinique and Isle de Bourbon cof-
fee. He puts about three drachms OF
this in a tumbler Of cold water and
lets them strain and infuse over night.
The next morning, after straining, the
infusion is taken on an empty stomach
the first thing after getting up. Ihls
medical authority cites many cases
of kidney and liver colics, diabetes,
nervous headaches, etc., which though
rebellious in all other treatment for
years, soon yielded to the green cof-
fee infusion. The remedy is a very
simple one and we'll worthy of trial.
Another use Of coffee incidentally ls
in nausea and retching. For that pur-
pose a. strong infusion is made of the
berries which have been ground and
roasted, and it is slipped while very
hot
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-06
WHY State Aid is Necessary.

In addressing the Maryland State
Grange recently, General Stone spoke
Of conditions which may exist in other
States as we'll. He said in part:
ct find that the question Of State
aid is eliminated in Maryland by q
constitutional provision which pro-
hibits the use of State funds for such
purpose. Get up sentiment strong
enough, and amend your Constitution,
like other States are doing. 1t is a
vicious system that requires localities
to keep up the roads. 1t is a work
that concerns the people of the whole
State, and is not local question.
Roads 'are of vital interest to the cities.
Blockade your country roads to-day,
and tomorrow your city will begin to
scatter. The benefits of good roads
are equally shared by the cities, but
they must assist in the work of con-
strnction before they can reap the adj
vantages.
"About three -fourths of the prop
erty interests of the country are to be
found in the cities, ,gand held by the
corporations. Now, the farmers, repre-
senting about one-fourth of the prop
erty interests, have been endeavoring
to keep up the roads for the whole
country. The result is obvious. The
burden was too much, and bad roads
are to be found everywhere.
"There exist in some places strong
objections to employing convicts upon
public roads. A happy solution OF
this difficulty, however, presents it
self. Employ your conyicts in pre-.
pairing material for bniiding good roads.
This has been tried in q number OF
States, and has proved to be areconom-
ical as we'll as hcalthful way of work
ing convicts. I IAN satisfied that Mary
land could employ its short-term
prisoners and House of Correction in
mates in this way, aud deliver road
material at fifty cents ton in any
part of the State.
'eYou must convince your legisla-
tors that the State of Maryland is en-
titled to justas good Legislation as any
other State of the Union. You must
stir them at home, and follow them to
Annapolis. You can tell
them what you want in a general way,
that is:
"First-A complete reform in the
local road administration. so that you
will get your moneys worth for the
n,onay Won now nav
Second-You want more money
for roads, without more taxes on farm
property.
'sThird-You want nm efficient
State supervision to make sure that
the new money spent on roads shall
be spent to the best possible advan-
tage.
"Fourth-You want to make sure
for the future that all property, and
all the people interested in or bene-.
fitted by good highways shall contribute
their proper share toward building
and maintaining those roads.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-06
Power Required on Grades.

American highways have often close
ly followed the old Roman model, and
run straight ahead regardless of OBJ
stacles. 1t seems not to have occurred
to our road-builders that less power
is expended in going three miles
around hill than one mile up it, OF
that it is easier to- cut down hill once
than for oil travellers to climb it thou
sands of times, or that DO heavier load
can be hauled than can be drawn up
the steepest part. TO attain higher
levels the preoipitous sides OF hills
have been scaled, requiring extreme
grades, when such could have been
avoided, and more circuitous courses,
not materially longer, would have ar
rived at the same spot with less ex-
penditure of energy. Mountain roads
can be kept in order only with extreme
difficulty. The work on them, the
time and unnecessary energy wasted
in surmount;ng them, and the half
loads that only can be hauled on them
are sources of great and constant loss.
In foreign countries every effort is
made to keep grades down to four per
cent, that is, rise Of four feet in
every hundred, as this has been shown
by experience to be the maximum on
which loads can be advantageously
hauled, and even it necessitates the
expenditure of as much energy in one
mile MS in travelling three on level,
so that but one-third as heavy load
can be drawn. As the grade increases
above this percentage the labor in
volved becomes SO excessive that a
maximum of ten feet rise in hundred
is used abroad for mountain roads,
and on this less than onc-half can be
hauled of what is possible at four in q
hundred, and but one-sixth as much
as on the level.
So little attention has been paid to
this subject here that r. of ten in
one hundred is often Ind on main
roads whi"' ." ,onstantly used by
heavy traffic, and even twelve and
fifteen i'll hundred are by no means
uncommon. This is wrong. The
courses of old roads could be slightly
altered in many cases to their great
advantage, and in other cases new
roads could be laid out. These points
ought to be thoroughly looked into be-
fore making hilly roads permanent by
macadamizing them IL. A. W. Bull
letin.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-06
Two Showers OF pTums.

Six years ago there fell on the De-
,ernett farm in an old field four miles
from town about a barrel of small
green plums supposed to be the South
ern hog plum. They are to be found
growing nowhere hereabouts, but were
dropped there during wet and stormy
period, such as we have had for ten
days past. People came miles TO see
the wonder, but it had about dropped
out of memory, when on last Friday
night during a like spell about one
half bushel more fell in exactly the
same spot. The remarkable part is
that nowhere else were plums found on
either occasion.-Hawesyille (kyJ
Clarion.