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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-25
Washington Forecast.

Washington, July H-Forecast. Maine.
New Hampshire and Vermont: Fair; light
southorly winds.
Massachusetts. Rhode Island and Con-
necticut: Partly cloudy weather; light
southerly winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-25
Good Food.

Strength comes from good food and
sickness of any sort often means
lack of the right sort or failure OF
proper digestion thereof.
Grape Nuts, the delicious new food.
can be digested by babies, as well as
adults and charms them all.
A grOcerS "a;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-25
Lands War Material.

Gibraltar, July 24.-The Spanish
transport Valds. arrived, today, at
Algcciras and landed guns and war
material.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-25

Taxation of corporations in Paris has
led Ia the transfer of many main offices
to Brussels, French societies being in
cnrnorated there under the laws of Bel
GUM to avoid the French income tax.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-25
FAIR..wARmeR.

Boston, July 2l.-Fair weather,
warmer; south to southwest winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-25

The Afro-Americdn contingent repre-
SCENTS about u per cent of the total pop-
ulation Of this country.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-25
NOBLE DEAD.
Shafter Issues Orders in
Memory of the Fallen.
Pays Tribute to the High Example Of
Courage and Patriotism.
Speaks In Glowing Terms Of Way Our Troops
Overcame Obstacles.

Santiago de Cuba. July 22.-7 p. NJ
Following is Major Gen. Skaters or
der just published:
HIM lltln II t.rs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-25
Hear the Smoker

have given fair trial to all other
hron5s hut without hesitation decide
the popular
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-14
MY VALENTINE.

One little maid across the street
Seemed never of her chances chary,
But when today we CHANGED to meet,
And knew that date in February
When birds and woods are wide awake
And all the earth to spring is turn
ing,
I saw her smile-'twas no mistake
And our two hearts with love were
burning.
A dimpled cheek, soft blue eye,
A figure like wood born fairy,
Long locks of hair that vagrant fly,
A manner not too vain or airy,
Rose lips that put the rose to blush,
And do not lack the roses sweet
ness,
Are hers. Words fall into a hush
That try to paint her forms COM
pleteness.
only know she has such grace
AS prompts the passion of a lover.
A beaming glow illumes her face
That nowhere else can you discover.
wound my arm about her waist
And found her welcome did not vary,
And SO today the bliss we taste
So long prescribed for February.
Joel Benton.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-14
SKILL IN SARCASM

St. Valentine has become a very
much abused Individual. Indeed, he
always was for that matter, for history
tells us that the good old Italian
priest suffered martyrdom away back
In the early Christian era, at a date
upon which good authorities differ.
One legend has it that he was brought
before the emperor, who asked why he
did not cultivate his friendship by hon.
oring his gods. But good ST. Valen-
tine pleaded the cause of the one true
God earnestly. Whereupon he was
sent away to be judged and punished,
but it seemed that his eloquence con-
verted the one who was to punish
him, and this so enraged the emperor
that he caused all to be imprisoned and
st. Valentine to be beaten with clubs
and afterward beheaded. Recently
there has been less of the delicateIy
scented and lace befrilled little mis-
sives that convey such tender senti-
ments and more of the so-called COM
les which give spiteful individuals a
chance to pay off real or fancied griev-
ances and to exercise their skill in
anonymous sarcasm. So the valentine
factories are about as busy as ever.
1hey employ some of the best poets
mat is, If salary be the proper criterion
to write for them, while the plain,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-14

against the WALL will make a very
charming color combination Pure
deep orange satin is to be worn by
beautiful round-faced western bru-
nette, the daughter of a senator. Her
skirt is trimmed with a ruff1e of en-
broidered orange chiffon and her waist
has very pretty yoke-like pieces of the
same chiffon set in. Small rosettes Of
orange ribbon finish the points of the
bodice. Another beauty will appear in
Louis Velveteen. This is a seven
gore skirt of blue Louis velveteen,
lined with silk, scanned apart, but
hemmed with the velveteen into a
shaped false hem. To have such
dress, cut and make bodice lining.
Stretch on the back a piece of velvet
cen. Arrange on the front drapery
of soft cream silk, with front pieces
and berthe Tin one piece of embroid-
cred velVeteen and drapery of silk
Cor chiffon) makes the sleeve. Quantity
OF material required, velveteen, 10
yards; silk, 3 yards.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-14

ST. UaIentlne'S Day.
It's history and Customs.


ordinary singers are obliged to have
A fairly good journeyman magazine
poet can never earn more than SIS or
$40 week, while a valentine factory
bard receives as much as $50 week
the year through. Though he is
obliged to work eight hours a day, he
gets his wages every Saturday night.
Probably more mere artistic and
literary skill is bestowed upon the fe-
male typewriter than upon any other
calling or profession. The bicycle
rider-bloomer girl, scorcher and trick
peformer-is a good second. The il
lustration is founded upon a verse
something Like this:
Now, don't you cut foolish figure
Mounted on that stupid digger"
Tearing UP and down the street,
Soaring ev'ry child you meet?
Go, and give away that silly toy,
That's only fit to please boy.
Some honest work do if you can
And try to be useful man.
Then comes the slanderer and the
gossip, usually, strange to say, a fe-
male biped. Nothing cutting and
cruel can be too severe for this class,
and doubtless the spiteful missives
often provoke reform as well as anger.
The mean employer and the office
holder furnish their quota to the mas
terpieces of art and composition. The
of1ceholder has been portrayed in this
scathing verse:
You'll bow and shipper, rant and shout
To cozen fools when you are out,
But once you're in don't care jot.
All other outs may go to pot.
"A few new pictures are added every
year, but comic valentine publisher
never destroys a plate. A hasty look
through an assortment of 100 or more
styles will always reveal many that
can never wear out.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-14

wait, in the vague hope that Mr.. Hug
gins might relent
He was a stout, high-complexioned
man, with bald head, mutton chop
whiskers, pursed-up lips, and cold,
green eyes, and looked just in his ele-
ment when bullying the rector at an
Easter vestry, or sitting on the board
of poor law guardians, where he en-
joyed himself greatly in cutting down
the paupers' dietary, docking them of
a dole of tobacco or snuff, refusing
the magnificent grant of 18 pence and
a couple of loaves a week to aged
couples or admonishing refractory
members of her majesty's workhouse
club. There was legend still extant
of the awful act of one Sal Skaters, a
quondam flower girl, who, smarting
under his remarks about her fringe,
had hurled a couple of aged and un-
savory shoes at his head with quite
unfeminine directness of aim; but
there were not many other people
who def1ed Mr.. Higgins.
The loudless of his voice, the brutal
frankness of his language and the
glare of his eyes generally overawed
the most contumacious, and pretty.
golden-haired Elsie had a mortal
dread of his anger Mrs. Higgins,
however, had once or twice proved
more than his match, but as in mat
tiers that concerned the girl she al
ways took his views, poor Elsie did
not benefit by that at all.
Now, Christmas cards, birthday
presents and valentines were among
the many things Mr.. Higgins classed
as nonsense, the latter being also i'm
moral. So on Feb. IA no wonder
Elsie sat at the breakfast table listen
ing anxiously for the postman's
knock. Her instincts told her that
Rufus would be sure to send her a
valentine, and she shivered to think
Of her uncle's anger if he should see
it.
'May I ask whether plain, whole
some breakfast lis not good enough
for you Elsie?" said Mr. Higgins,
magisterially, as he cracked his third
hard-boiled egg.
"Oh, yes, thank you, uncle Henry,
said Elsie, nervously. 'Only-only
I'm not hungry this morning"
''Stuffing unwholesome sweets last
night I suppose?" said he, sourly
what makes you jump UP like that,
girl?"
ell thought heard the postman's
knock
Unless you have suddenly gone
deaf you undoubtedly did, but as
Susan will bring in the letters I fail
to see why you should try to knock
the table over" he said, with a scoWl,
and Elsie resumed her seat in fear
and trembling.
There was some delay before Susan
made her appearance. Perhaps she
was slipping a couple of valentines of
her own into Der pocket, and when
she came in she handed her master
two or three business letters, while
she laid before Elsie long, slim box,
directed in a masculine hand.
Hump! What have you there?" de-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-14
rlr. Higgins Valentine.

1t was Mr.. Higgins frequent and
prOudeSt boast that he was plain,
straightforward man, with no nom
sense about him. Plain, he I'M
doubtedly was; straightforward, he
might be, if always speaking the
truth when it happened to be un-
pleasant counts as such, and he GER
tainly had no nonsense about him of
the sort he meant, which included all
tender sentiments, all fancy magma
ton or r-heartedness. Like King
George Of immortal memory, he saw
no good in "boetry or bainting;" he
even went further and called them
state of mind can be better imagined
than described when Elsie Wears, his
wife's pretty niece, fell in love with
Rufus Murray, a rising artist of the
impressioniste school, who had come
down to Mudbury on a visit.
He treated the young man to full
exposition of his views on art in gen
eral, on Rufus Murray in particular,
and a Few more things thrown in, and
wound up by ordering him OUT of the
house and forbidding him ever to APP
proach or write to Elsie again. Mr..
Higgins was the kind of uncle who
inspires fear rather than respect, and,
perhaps, Elsie might have managed to
do without his consent to their en-
gagement and have made runaway
match With her lover; but, unfortu-
nately, Mrs. Higgins was her guardian
and as she, of course, saw matters
through her husbands eyes, the
young couple could not afford to dis
pense with Elsie's modest G15O year,
so there was nothing for it but to
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-14
PULLING TEETH AT SEA.
Dentistry and Physic for Poor Jack
Tar While Afloat.

When a sailor on a deep-Water ship
has tOothache he is likely to go to
the captain. The captain gives him
something out of the medicine chest to
put in his tooth, and if that doesn't
cure it perhaps he pulls it. It is a
common thing for sailors to pull their
own teeth. Their method is to put a
string around tooth and pull it; but
dental forseps are carried on deep-Wa-
ter ships, on some vessels fair outfit
OF them. A ship captain of long ex-
perience said that in the course of his
life at sea he had pulled 200 teeth.
The ships medicine chest on large
vessels is like a closet or cupboard.
with a glass door, built in the ship.
In this chest the medicine bottles, gilt
labeled, are arranged on shelves that
rise one above another in receding
tiers; it is practically wel1-appointed
little drug store. There is supplied
with the medicine chest book explain
ing the uses of the medicines. The
captain is likely to have some other
book on medical subjects which he has
read and studied, and he is likely to
have had good deal of experience be-
fore attaining lAe rank of master of the
ship.
The sailors are generally healthy
men, but when occasion requires, the
captain prescribes; he is the physician.
Limbs broken at sea are of course set
there, and there might DE circum-
stances in which the captain would not
hesitate to perform q surgical opera
ton New York Sun
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-14
VALENTINE DANCE TOILETS.

They are getting ready for valentine
dances at the national capital Wash
ington is always glad of an excuse to
make merry, and now that the presi-
dents period of mourning is over
Washington has awakened to the
pleasant task of enjoying itself. The
valentine dances-and invitations are
GU for three in high official circles
will be characterized by the wearing
of three colors, orange, green and pur-
pie. These, with the background of
black worn by the chaperones who sit
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-14
E:fREyue

manded her uncle, suspiciously. II
hope no one has had the audacity to
send a valentine into my house"
II don't know, Uncle Henry" said
Elsie, family.
open it and let your uncle see,' -
interposed Mrs. Higgins, moved, per-
haps, by some feminine curiosity.
So Elsie reluctantly cut the string,
undid the paper, took off the lid and
disclosed a dozen pairs of long suede
gloves of varying hues, but of the
same dainty size. and family perfumed
with violets, and, alas, on the top
lay lovely hand-painted card, 'To
my alentine.-Rufus," and portray
ing am Arcadian pair lovemaking I'M
der an apple tree.
IT thought forbade you to have
anything more to do with that dis
solute young man." said Mr.. Higgins,
turning upon Elsie with an awful
calm that foreboded a storm. "And
thought, also, you were aware OF
my objection to that ridiculous, i'm
neral, vulgar custom of sending
what idiots call valentines! And yet
you dare to faunt your disobedience
under my very eyes!','
Sim very sorry, UNCLE" said Elsie
meekly.
Sorry! Prove it, then; prove it, 7
say! Take those shrinking gloves and
put them on the fire. At once! Do
you hear?" he roared.
ooh, Uncle Henry!" cried Elsie
aghast Burn her gloves! All those
delicate tans and pearly grays, and
Rufus present too!
eyes, it would surely be a great
waste. Now she has them she may
as well wear them out" said Mrs.
Higgins thriftily.
Burn them, I say! Am I master in
my own house Or not?" vociferated
Mr.. Higgins furiously.
Elsie looked at him wildly, rebellion
rising even in her gentle heart. But
suddenly there was loud ring and
knock at the front door.
Who's that trying to break my bell
wire? Some of those vagabond boys
,again? Susan, tell that person unless
he wishes to be taken up on a charge
of malicious damage to property he
must be more careful in future"
shouted Mr.. Huggins W. hfully.
please, sir, it's a b brought a
parcel from the station, SID Susan, as
she appeared with small hamper.
"He says it was to be delivered i'm
mediate, and would you please give
him something for his Afodble.''
''I'll give him a good hOrsewhipping
if he doesn't make himself scarce at
once said her master savagely.
Whatever can it be, Henry?"
said Mrs. Higgins, inspecting the
hamper. "It hasn't railway label on
it, but see it says This side up-with
care
Perhaps the label has got torn off.
I shouldn't wonder if it isn't present
from my nephew David. That young
man has a proper idea of the respect
due to me- said Mr. Higgins more
suavely.
He cut the string, united the lid.
Lifted off layer OF straw, another of
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-14
THE GAMING MANIA.

The secret of success is this,
For running meets that last till fall
IT'S better to have bet and lost
Than never to have bet at all.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-14

Rev. DR.. George III. Hepworth, in "a
letter from Armenia, gives an inter-
view with an intelligent Armenian
describing the grievances Of the Ar
meniF MS.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-01-25
GOOD CHEESE.

Good cheese will stand up square and
have an even colored, not mottled. rind.
4 cheese with soft, porous interior viii
sometimes have this outward appearance,
30 that the flavor cannot be altogether
determined bv outside examination. To
quote The Prairie Farmer" the mo-
meut you begin TO press the rind with
your finger tips you can begin 10 Judge
Of the interior of the cheese. lfit yields
readily under the pressure OF the fingers,
and the rind breaks or does not spring
back readily when the pressure is with
drawn, YOU may conclude that the cheese
i soft Article. caused by insufficient
cooking of the eurd, want Of acid, or
both. At best il will have an iDsipid
flavor, which, as the cheese becomes
Older, will become ''off."
A cheese which feels so hard you can
not press the rind Is either sour, sslted
too heavily, cooked too much, skinned,
or Is suffering from touch Of all these
complaints combined. There Is nothing
more satisfactory TO dairy enthusiast
than TO examine good cheese. To the
touch il will be mellow, yet firm; It's
rind " III be OF even hue, elastic and free
from puffiness, and q sample will show
firm, close-grained, mesty cheese, but
terry aud Of nutty flavor. In testing
the quality Of cheese many experts do
not employ the sense of taste, but sim
ply that Of smell. In many cases 1t Is
best 10 use both taste and smell, as the
taste will often reveal characteristics OF
flavor which cannot be detected By the
smell.-Dairy World.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-01-25

One OF the most curious and valuable
of the relics Of General Lafayette. the
great Frenchman who cast his fortunes
with America when the battle for inde-
pendence was at its height. is in the
possession of the family of W. G. Griffin
Of Los Angeles.
When Lafayette came to this country,
he was entertained by q Colonel Griffin
and was so touched by the attention
shown him that he presented his host
with q rare and beautiful ring which
had been placed on his finger by Louis
XIV, to whom he admitted allegiance
before sailing for America.
The ring is marquise, with o setting
about an inch long aud fully half an
inch wide. San Francisco Call.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-01-25
A Fatal Oversight.

Recently the wife Of an Atlanta man
told him she wanted two newspapers
that were published in different states.
He had no change about him, so she
gave him 10 cents with which to pur-
chase them.
He went forth, but on the way be-.
thought him of the clipping bureau,
where, he argued, he could get the pa
pers for nothing. So he invested the
money in a good cigar, obtained the pa
pers when the clipping man was through
with them and returned home.
On opening the papers his wife dis
covered that two items had been clipped
from one and four from another, and
then there was trouble.
1t was in vain that he tried to ex'
plain. In fact, he couldn't explain.
The more he stammered out excuses the
more his wife's curiosity was aroused
The next morning when he appeared
down town his head was bandaged and
he looked i'll.
He is now consulting lawyer as to
the advisability Of suing the clipping
bureau for damages Atlanta Constitu-
tion
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-01-25
DAIRY AND BEEF COWS.

The dairymsn must fully understand
that the most profitable dairy COW is the
one that Is the best mother, and the
feeding and care Of the young heifer
must be such as as will best develop the
mother functions. Some farmers ind
beef production the most profitable, and
when this is the case they want an AMI
NAL that converts food into flesh, but in
a dairy animal dairy production Is what
is wanted. An animal that by breeding
and feeding has had the beef type elimi-
mated, puts the food over and above what
is necessary 10 sustain animal life into
milk. We may secure fairly good
dairy and beef animal combined, one
that after cslving will give fairly good
quantity Of milk and then when dried up
will, IL well fed with a proper ration,
grow fat But when we want a COW
that will yield above the average In milk
production she will lack in some Of the
essentials needed in the most profitable
dairy animal. Feeding will make some
difference, but breeding will make more.
Nebraska Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-01-25
CATEppIllARS.

Unless all signs fail, plague OF cater
pillars Ia 10 invade the fruit trees the
coming spring Over large part OF the
fruit sections Of the state there was an
unusually large ''crop" OF these enemies
OF the orchard 3 year ago. These "went
70 seed" in the usual round ofinsect life.
aud as a result the trees, which are the
natural habitat Of these pests, are thick
ly planted with eggs In readiness TO
hatch on the advent OF the warm sun
shine Of spring. Not only Is this the
case with the apple trees in the orchard.
but every cherry tree by the roadside
and river bank il thicklv studded with
egg clusters. Among them are to be
found the eggs OF the forest-tree cater
pillar, the advance picket, no doubt, OF
a stronger force OF the same kind, "
ing back In the forests 10 make their sp-
pesrance Ia due time. Indeed, We saw
last season large areas OF forest growth
in this county, thickly Invested with this
ally of the apple tree pest.
WhSt Is 10 be- done about it, will soon
be question claiming attention. a
single caterpillar IL small affair, but
when thev appear In such numbers az
they sometimes have in the past, and
even a. they did in some localities last
wear, they bsiile the efforts Of the most
determined opponent. Gathering the
egg clusters from the trees IL recon-
mended by some. While this NAV re-
duce the supply In \ measure. yet II Is
impossible 20 do clean job in this way.
Besides sitter the csterpillsrs become
well grown and their supply OF foliage
20 feed upon gives out, they travel TO
pastures new. This Is the time when
they are the hardest Ia combat.
We raise the question whether, In COM
mon with other folisge-esting pests,
these caterpillars csnno, be met and de-
stroyed With u spraying Of Paris green
or some other arsenit.: viii the expert
ment station authorities inform the
readers whether sny trials OF the kind
hsye been made with the pest under
consideration: II practicable, this seems
to be the easiest way 10 combat the
enemy. Certsin il Il, unless some more
effective mesns than hand destruction
are brought In bear, great damage Is In
waiting for our orchards another spring,
-Msine Farmer