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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-24

a certain Bath man who resides
some distance from his work has been
in the habit of riding on the electric
cars of late and has taken up the idea
when getting on a crowded car of re
fusing to pay the conductor his fare
until provided with a seat. The con
ductOrs stood it good naturedly once
or twice and finally went to head
quarters for advice There they We're
told to either collect the mans fare Or
stop the car and request him to get OFF
and walk. When man boards Il
street car he takes his chances in get
ting seat. if none are vacant he has
the privilege of getting off and walk
ing but if he remains upon the car the
courts say that he shall pay his fara
whether he stands or not.
pnuloiD ms toun clark T. II
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-24

Bowdoinhams town clerk, L. u.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-24

Miss Mary Whitman. of East Dickinson,
Franklin Co, n. y. writes: " For nearly ten
months have had bad cough, aud instead of
getting better il grew worse. was said to have
consumption tried DR. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery. and when the second bottle was
empty had no cough and was cured"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-24

War Is a grim hut fascinating study
and the school If instruction "a Ban
gor Tor the "a Regiment officers ". 4
made up Of apt pupils.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-17

she had heard enough Of the Span
lards to know that II they suspected
their conversation had been overheard,
though but a child, they would not hes
itate to kill her. She stood silent and
still, almost paralyzed with fear, but
as the men almost reached her, she was
aroused to activity by the loud bray
ing OF a mule, a few rods up the road.
1t was old Don on his way home. When
she heard his familiar bray hope
sprang up within her heart. If she
could only reach her faithful old friend
she believed that she could yet save
General Gomez. Old Don was a long
cared, raw-boned old mule, but he had
run races in the neighborhood, and
had beaten them all. II she could only
reach him and get on his back. She
dropped the dog and ran through the
brush, while the scout in hot pursuit,
while the officer, who could not run
his horse through the thick brush,
turned back toward the road.
Izora was an active child, and 1t was
only a few rods to old Don. She
reached the road and darted out by the
side Of the mule, who, being startled
by her sudden appearance, turned and
fed up the road. But she ran on, cry
ing out: Don. Don; good old Don,
wait for Izora." The old mule recog-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-17
Moon d eSs.

A curious case of moon blindness
is reported from Boston. 1t occurred
in a sailor 10 years of age, who had
slept on deck between 2 and 4 a. m,
while somewhere between the equator
and 5 degrees north latitude during the
first week in June, 1895. 1t is the GUS
tom of the sailors to carefully protect
their eyes from the moons rays while
sleeping on deck, but the man had I'M
covered his face during sleep. Be-
tween Z and s o'clock. the following ev-
ening he had difficulty in seeing his
way about, although the moo and
stars were shining brightly. For a
long time after he was practically blind
after sunset. Recovery was gradual
after cessation from work.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-17
A Burmese Divorce,

Easy are the methods of settling do
nestle difficulties in Upper Burma.
When a husband finds that his better
half is not the unalloyed blessing he
has been led to think, he calls into his
house all the old men and women of
his village and expresses his desire to
divorce her and a trial by candle is
prosecuted. The husband and the wife
are each given a candle, which they
light simultaneously at the order of
the eldest person present and place
in the middle of the floor. Then every
one in the house sits around and
watches to see which candle burns
out first. If the wife's does so the
husband has a right to divorce her,
even against her will, and turn her
and her relations out of his house
without ado. If, on the other
hand, the husbands candle burns out
first, the wife has the option and right
of either refusing a divorce or agree
ing to it. and turning her husband and
his relations out of the house which,
with all goods and chattels 1t contains,
becomes her personal property.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-17

There are various methods Of doing
this, but the fashionable one at pres
ent, which was used in every instance
last Sunday, Is to reach over the bulls
head as it lowers its horns to charge
and then plunge the point of the long,
straight sword into the nape of his
neck. The first blow is seldom sue
a few inches. Occasionally it is thrust
in to the very hilt; not uncommonly it
is left sticking in the flesh, and has to
be recovered by one of the chulos wind
ing his cloak around the hilt. After
repeated assaults, the bulls legs at
last refuse to hear its weight. The in
slant it sinks to the ground the cache
tero, or dagger-man, jumps into the
arena, and sever the spinal cord with
a vigorous stab of his short weapon
Then come on teams of horses or
mules, yoked three abreast, who drag
off the dead bodies in turn, the bull
going last. Scarcely has the door
bull flashes out into the arena from
another entrance, and the picadors APP
pear again mounted on two more con
demned horses, doomed to lose their
lives within the next ten minutes. The
play is invariably gone through in the
same order, and generally last for from
a quarter to half an hour. The spec
tacle does not sem to become in any
way monotonous to the S%paniard, who
sits out the killing of six, or, on great
occasions, ten bulls, without being
satiated.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-17

A traveller thus describes an ebbing
and flowing well at Alibag, a few miles
south Of Bombay. The well was &C.
~casionally affected by the tide, and Is
situated about twenty or twenty-five
yards from the high-water marks of
spring tides, although the surface
washed light objects nearer. During
the monsoon the sand dunes were sat-
urated by heavy rains and the fresh
water poured out at ebb tide from their
seward base. When the spring tide
happened to occur at heavy rain times,
the water in the well rose a little later
than the tide, and several feet higher.
The taste of the water was not affected.
The surface of the well at such times
was two feet higher than the floor of
the writer's house. The domicile, he
remarks, was a regular death-trap, and
when he was endeavoring to get 1t
condemned and pulled down his atten-
ton was directed to the ebb and flow
or water in the well.
An interesting Illustration of natur.l
engineering is the well-known heavy
dixie on the Holland coast, which was
built by the winds themselves, says
invention. The sand formed between
the j%etties, becoming dry in sunny
weather, and the surface blown ashore
on the wind blowing in that direction.
1t was desired to build a strong dixie to
connect with the sand dunes, and this
was accomplished by setting in the
sand, in rows about one foot apart,
tufts of dune sea grass near by. The
tufts thus placed. consisting simply of
little handfuls OF grass, were put each
one into a cavity dug out with the
hands, the tufts being set into this and
the san pressed around. The whole
surface Of the dry, sandy beach above
high tide was covered with this planta-
ton, and just back of it, at the high
est point Of the existing sandy area,
one or two rows of reeds were set in
the sand, their tops cut off and the
stalks left standing about four feet
above the sand-the latter drifting
along over the surface, catching and in
one day almost burying the tufts Of
grass and standing up one foot along
the row of reeds. Then another plan
tation being made, and another, a mas
sove dixie was thus built up to the
height Of the adjoining dixie. In high
storm tides the wave eat into the top
of the slope and pull down the sand,
but, by the same process of building,
the dixie is again restored to its former
size.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-17

hand to turn him up the road; but
with mulish stubbornness he persisted
IN standing and looking at the oncom-
ing scout. When not more than a
couple Of rods away, with a curse, the
scout raised his revolver and fred. The
pail pierced one of old Don's ears, and
with a wild snort the animal tossed his
head in the air, whirled on his hind
teet n ran like the wind, leaving
such a cloud OF dust behind that it was
impossible for the scout to shoot with
accuracy at either mule or rider. While
the stood in the road, cursing his
luck, there was a loud clatter of horses
feet, and the next instant the officer.
mounted on his powerful horse, dashed
past him in pursuit Of the flying mule
and the child. Old Don was not only
scared by the noise, but he thought he
was going to add another to the long
list OF races he had run. He strained
every muscle in his body, and though
the fleet steed of the officer gained
upon him, it was too slow at first to
be perceptible. A couple Of miles they
OA oFCi Tic rough ROAD, the
officers horse slowly but surely gain
ing on the mule, when turning a sharp
bend in the road old Don found him
self face to face with General Gomez's
army. In his surprise he stopped as
suddenly as he had started, and little
Izora went on over his head, landing
in the dust. The mule stood with his
feet braced and his ears tipped forward,
a perfect picture Of st~ubbornness; and
curiosity shone from his eyes, as II he
was trying to decide whether this was
friend or foe.
The next instant, as the Spanish off.
Ger came riding around the bend in the
road, a dozen rifle shots rang out upon
'Ae air and both horse and rider fell
20 the earth to rise no more.
General Gomez's soldiers picked up
little Izora. and when she told her
story the General took her up in his
arms and kissed her again and again.
and tears dropped from his eyes.
Even the babes of Cuba are patriot
ic." he said. THEODORE BLAUNT.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-17

ening n unifying our complex ma
tional life? Such questions must sug-
gest themselves to every thoughtful
citizen with especial force at times
like these, when the nerves of the
country are keyed to concert pitch
by the existence of a national conflict.
Any discussion of the matter is flu
tile without a correct understanding
of the conditions and problems of mod
ern journalism, its practical as well
as it's theoretical side, and no one can
be better equipped in the subject than
an old and trained journalist, who has
experienced all the phases of his pro-
~fession, and finally attained promi-
nence as a critic and man of Letters.
For this reason it is worth while call
ing attention to an article by George
w. Smalley in the July number of Har-
per's Magazine, modestly entitled,
Notes on Journalism" The fairness
of Mr.. Smalley's discussion of the
many sides of his subject is no less
attractive than the readable, intimate
style of the paper, which is pointed by
a number of interesting and unhack-
NNs ~ II boiIIIuClOu, III
1t is just, that the daily press of our
metropolitan cities are vile and not
good for society.
Mr.. Smalley has much of value to
say concerning the utility of newspaper
work as a preparatory school to the
higher literary professions, and it will
seem to many a curious coincidence
that the same number of the magazine
which contains Notes on Journalism"
affords several striking examples Of
the development and work of the best
modern journalists. Julian Ralph, for
instance, has risen from the reporto-
rial ranks to a high position as an
author of fascinating books of travel,
and a story from his pen, which inter-
mingles fact and fancy delightfully."-,
called "A Prince of Georgia." is the
opening article of the July Harper's.
1t is, of course idle to conjecture how
effective Mr.. Ralph's early newspaper
training has been rs a factor in his lit
erary success. Mr.. Smalley, it seems,
is inclined to find some truth in the
historic remark OF Mr.. Theirs, who
once observed that journalism was a
very good profession if o got out of
it soon enough. 1t would be interesting
to have Mr.. Ralph's own views; in the
meantime, however, his work must
speak for itself, and it Is sufficient here
to note how forcibly some of Mr.. Small
ley's thoughts on modern journalism
are illustrated by the peculiarly human
and realistic qualities of Mr.. Ralph's
story. The sharp and quick insight of
character the keenness of wide-awake
observation, and the tendency to write
naturally and concisely-merits which
MI. Ralph undoubtedly possesses-can
reasonably be set down as products of
habits necessarily cultivated by
thoughtful workers in the newspaper
profession.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-17
Heat as q Medical Measure.

Medical journals occasionally take
up the subject of treatment by means
OF heat. The method has not mot
with extreme favor because of errors
in applying it. This form of alleviat-
ing pain and curing disease Is by no
means new. having been successfully
practiced by some of the laity for many
years. The heat must be extremely
dry to have the best effect; steam Or
moisture is incompatible with success,
for as soon as a sufficiently high tenn
p%erature is reached the steam renders
1t unbearable to the patient. One Of
the best and simplest ways to apply
dry heat Is to fill bottles or cans with
boiling water, wrap them in pieces of
cloth and place them as near to the
patient as can be borne. Neuralgia,
rheumatism and digestive disorders
have been known to vanish as II by
magic under this treatment. All that
is necessary is to refill the vessels as
often as required. They must be abb
solutely water-tight and not a drop Oh
moisture must touch the wrappings,
as this would create the steam, which
is SO Objectionable. Congestive head
aches and severe nervous attacks have
been removed at once by this means.
Where medical facilities are not easily
obtained a number of cans or bottles
kept expressly for the purpose of hold
ing hot water will be found of great
advantage.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-17

home. He said: The greatest relief
will be to cease seeing American news
papers. . y . Their badness and
Ignorance are beyond belief. They IRE
the worst feature Of life in the United
States" 1t is somewhat comforting
to believe that Mr.. Arnold's sweeping
and startling opinions were warped
occasionally by violent attacks Of in
sular prejudice, but his views deserve
consideration, at least, and any COM
ments of such an eminent critic of life
and letters can hardly fail to be Of
some suggestive value. The sentences
above quoted were written ten years
ago. What should we say If asked
whether, since then, American WI
papers have grown better or worse
Has the influence of the American
press increased or decreased during
a period When so many papers have
Joined the class which we may Justly
cali sensational? We refer to the
daily papers Of the larger cities only,
Does their influence make for the pub
lie good, and is it effective In strength
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-17

Many instances have been recorded
OF flowers being luminous at night.
They only seem to do this on rare oc-
casions, hence they are to be envied
who have the good fortune to witness
the phenomena. Though the writer
has often e~ndeavored to get fortunes
favor, she has never smiled on him but
once, when she saw the phosphorescent
glow from fungi in a hollow tree, just
like the glow Of a match when rubbed
In the dark. A German naturalist.
Herr Haggren, seems to have met with
a number of instances in his country
or rather the night Waterman he m
ployed did. He concludes the phe-
nomena is more likely to occur when
1t is dark after rain following a sunny
day. July and August gave the most
instances. Occurrences began soon
after sunset, and there were none after
dawn. He could not decide on the
cause of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Monthly for July.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-17
Glaciers aud Their Movements.

In regions of perpetual snow, enorm-
Gus quantities of this material fall and
drift into ravines and rest upon hill
sides. Day after day it accumulates
until it forms a mass truly amazing In
weight and bulk. AS the warm season
approaches the earth underneath feels
its influence and water begins to trickle
from below-indeed, in some places
there are springs that never stop run
ming. This perpetual moisture under
meath and the weight of the snow caus-
es tht glacier to slide, giving it a mo-
ton of several inches during the day.
In some instances these masses of ice
and snow have been known to travel
sixteen inches in twenty-four hours.
By this means a large amount of debris
and silt is carried down to the valleys,
renGering them extremely fertile. The
constant grinding of these glaciers cuts
W and breaks up rocks and everything
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-17

else underneath them. As the snow
falls in packs, becomes warm from the
sun. and settles together. This process
long continued creates a weight that
after a certain distance congresses the
snow into solid ice. Glaciers drift with
more or less rapidly, according to the
conformation of the ground over which
they pass. Sometimes the glacier be-
comes blocked between projecting
points in the hills, then the accumu-
lated force may part the glacier with
reports that are like cannonading.
forming great crevices and assures IN
the Ice. Light snow falls over these,
making them exceedingly dangerous to
those who attempt to traverse the
mountains.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-17

from the road, and sat down. taking
the dog In her lap, she held his nose
with one hand sc that he could not
bark, and In whispers commanded
him to keep quiet. While trying to
still the beating Of her heart, she heard
the footsteps CT the soldier, and at the
same time the clatter OF horses feet
coming from another direction. The
rider Of the hprse and the soldier met
close to her hiding place and stopped
to talk. She looked out through the
brush and saw that the man on the
horse was also a Spaniard, and evil
IDENTIFY ar officer. The officer said TO
the soldier, who was a scout:
Are they coming?"
YES" answered the scout; "they
have broken caIap and are marching
down this way"
Good" said the officer. 1--WE have
the ambush laid, and if they march be-
tween our lines we will literally rid
die them. If n gets away he will
do well. Did you find out who was
in commando"
YES" replied the scout. 1T is that
old fox, Gomez, himself"
"Gomez!" exclaimed the officer.
Can 1t be possible that We are going
to get him at last?"
AS Izora heard these words. in her
surprise and horror she almost sprang
to her feet. She had heard her peo-
pie talk SO much about the war and
how he and his little band Of patriots
We're struggling to free Cuba from the
tyranny of the Spaniards. Now, as
she heard the plan TO massacre Gomez
and his men, 1t made the cold chills
run over her, and her heart thumped
and pounded until 1t seemed to her that
the men in the road must hear it. Hold
ing the dog under her arm, she slowl.
and carefully crawled through the
brush. Her whole heart filled with
one great desire to reach Gen. Gomez
and warn him Of the danger into which
he was marching. Finally, after she
had gotten a few yards away, she re-
leased the dog, who still, intent on
play. nipped at her heels and gave a
sharp bark. She seized him and again
held him so that he could not make a
noise. and then listened.
Suddenly she heard the officer, in a
low. sharp voice. hiss out the word
and then heard them coming
the brush toward her. Her
heart gave a great bound, and seemed
lodge way up in her throat, and she
moaned, "Oh. what shall I do?H
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-17

as 1t rushed past a few feet from the
window, jumping wei rocks and
great gnarled roots, singing it's mer-
ry song. So beautiful a spot made
one wish that he we're a humble Gu
ban, living in this Eden. But to
make the picture more complete and
homelike, a little child about 8 years
OF age sat In a swing that was sus-
pended from the limb of a large tree,
and as she gently swayed her silvery
voice rang out in laughter. as a small
dog chased back and forth at her
feet.
AS we hesitate and finally stop to
drink our fill Of the tropical beauty of
this humble home, a man comes to the
door, and speaks to the child. say
ing:
%"Izora, will you go and find old Don
for papa?"
Yes, papa" cries the child in a de-
ilghted voice, and without waiting for
the swing to stop she sprang to the
ground and ran up the road, the dog
running after her, barking and pull
Ing at her skirt. Old Don was a mule
and there was nc-hing that little Izora
enjoyed more than to go and find him
for her father, for 1t gave her an op-
portunity to have a ride. Sometimes
he wandered far from home, but she
did not mind that, as she was &C.
quainted with every road and bypath
for miles around. She met a man
on horseback, and stopping him she
asked II he had seen old Don.
Yes" said the man. "He was
drinking at the spring at the foot of
the hill as I passed"
Izora knew the place well, and thank
ing the man, she whistled to her dog
and again started on her Journey.
About a quarter of a mile
from the spring, when turn
ing a bend in the road. she
saw a man coming toward her dressed
in the uniform Of a Spanish soldier.
Quick as a flash she darted in among
the brush by the side of the road. fol-
lowed by her dog, and as the soldier
happened to be looking in another d.
rection he did not see her. She crept
through the brush, three or four rods
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-17

An extremely pretty girl rode to the
capitol in an electric car the other day
She was tailor made and trim as 9
cruiser, and tucked in the front of her
jacket was a silk flag about the size
OF a handkerchief. Something about the
nag appeared to distress an elderly man
VINO sat opposite her. He fdgeted
about and then frowned. At last, when
she left the car, he approached her and
spoke:
Pardon me- said he, but won't you
please change that flag? You're wear
ing it upside down, and that is a signal
OIL distress. Washington Post.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-17

nized the voice Of his little friend, and
stopping, turned around and stood with
his big ears tipped forward, apparently
trying to collect his shattered thoughts
and grasp the situation. AS he saw the
child running towards him with the
dog at her heels, the scout only a few
rods behind, cursing and swearing, and
threatening to shoot her If she did
not stop, he seemed to realize that
some danger threatened the child and
started on a trot to meet her. When
1zora reached the mule the scout was
only about three or four rods away.
but with the nimbleness of a squirrel
b climbed on old Don's back and
tried to push his head around with her
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-17

A trial took place the other day in
Windsor park of the %galloping gun
carriage invented by the early of Dun
donald. One of the principal merits OF
the gun carriage Is it's extreme light
ness. It's weight, inclusive of gun, is
less than 400 pounds; whereas that of
the ordinary Maxim carriage Is up
ward of 900 pounds.
AS a result Of the lessened weight
only one horse is required instead Of
two, while a single man can, If neces-
sary, move the carriage a considerable