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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05
A PATTERN or A WOmAN.s LIFE.
What Two Women Saw in a Winaow and
the Thoughts II Led 10.

Two New York women stood in
front Of Broadway window watch :
ing Persian weaver laboriouslE-
weaving upon a frame, the pattern Of
a beautiful rug Slowly almost i'm
perceptibly, thread by thread the pat
tern grew beneath his hand until
what had seemed a meaningless
crossing Of dun threats gradually
took oil form and beauty
Suddenly one of the two women be-
gan To repeat the lines:
weaving. weaving threads Of faith
Pattern Of Woman'S heart
Who can ere anticipate
The hucS of life IN every part?
WIN the rolorS warmly glow
Al! Traced IN love ana happiness:
or Will they fade in somoer woe?
y woman future who can guess?
There is infinite pathos in the wtv
that women ponder over and try to
trace out the purpose and meaning If
their lives. To young and happy
women it seems as If destiny was
weaving their future i'm all the colors
of the rainbow like merry dance Of
cuplds weaving garlands about a
May pole in the springtime of life. But
to thousands of women life looks to be
all "a warp Of sorrow in wool Of
pain
WHAT LIFE REALLY IS.
y Woman's life pattern is really
woven by herself A great philoso-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05

that I ever was 50 miserable. ! know
that | induced number of friends to
try your 'FaVorite Prescription and
have heard Of no failures -
For thirty years Or. Pierce has been
chief consulting physician to the Inva-
lids Hotel and Surgical Institute Of
buffalo. \. ", assisted by staff of
nv rly q score Of skilled specialists In
the different branches of medical prac-
tiee. ANY women consulting him by
mail will receive. free Of charge, the
best professional advise anywhere OBJ
tainabIe.
In specially obstinate and complicated
ailments which battle the skill of ordi-
nary physicians. Or. Pierce is enabled
to give his patients the benefit of such a.
vast experience and special equipment
as no single physician and no other in
stitution can give
All correspondence Is regarded as
sacrodly confidential. and it is only by
special permission of the writer's that the
suhjoincd letters are published in the
belief that they will prove a means Of
benefit 70 others
My disease was one for which the
doctors could find no name. but [ will
descrb" it as well as | can" writes Mrs.
I.eno Primo Of Namekagon, Washburn
County, Wis. l. Box -. Fifteen
years ago / had a bad fall which resulted
in displacement Of internal organs ] had
q bearing down feeling. and the doctors
said 1 would have to have an operation
thought that would cause my death SO
| would not have it. / suffered dread
fully. Eight years ago my hip began to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05

swell and turn black ana blue. / consult
"a doctor in Duluth Mimi. and he said
ii was fever sore. He gave me some
medicine but | got worse. 1 went TO two
different doctors in St. Paul MINI. One
said ! had scrofula and the other said it
was rheumatism [ doctored q while and
then gave up. and took Sarsaparilla-
Took eight bottles without benefit. 7
gave up this medicine also. Then I
took i've bottles of another advertised
blood medicine. Then l took other kinds,
but still suffered dreadfully all the time.
] thought ! would go crazy with the pain.
| could not eat nor sleep and could only
walk with difficulty / prayed for death
to relieve me. My periods came every two
weeks and / had terrible pains. l now
feel like new person altogether, 1 can
eat well and sleep well, and this is all
due to DR.. Pierce's medicines. 'Favorito
Prescription ana Golden Medical Dis
covery.' | took six bottles in all. When I
had taken one bottle, [ thought Heaven
had open its doors to me. | am well
and happy now. l can work and not get
tired and it is all due to DR.. Pierce and
his medicines
The magniticently illustrated Common
Sense Medical Adviser is now published
in paper-covered edition which will he
sent absolutely free for the bare cost Of
mailing; II one-cent stamps which should
be sent to the Worlds Dispensary Medi
cal Association. 663 Main Street Buffalo.
y. Y Or 81 stamps should be sent if Il
durable, handsome, heavy cloth-bound
edition is preferred.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05

phyr has said life is neither pain.
nor pleasure; il is serious business .
ii woman would make il her serious
business TO understand herself men
tally, morally ana physically using
the common sense that God has given
her Their" would be- far less misery
ana suffering woven into The pattern
If her life. She can make it almost
anything she chooses.
Every woman who wants to deriya
the full share Of happiness. which
nature intended her to find as a
woman. wife ana mother. ought 20
read ;hat great ana wise book. The
People Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser, by Il. v. Pierce. NJ y. Several
hundred of its thousand pages are
devoted TO the subject Of Woman's
special physiology. telling in plain
and refined language how a woman
may build up her physical self to
meet the emergencies Of her developing
career.
II tells young women and prospec-
tive mothers how to obtain the special
health and strength necessary for
happy, capable Wifehood and mother
hood: how to reinforce their vitality
during the eXpectant time and during
the nursing period. SO that the child
Will be stronger and healthier, ana the
mothers Vigor will not he exhausted
by the burdens Of frequent mother
hood.
The author OF this great book is
among the most successful of living
physicians: no other physician has
had a wider experience in the treat
nent of Womens diseases. He is
recognized throughout the world as
an authority in this particular field Of
medical practice. His Favorite
Prescription is known in every cor
ner of the civilized globe as the most
remarkable supportiVe tonic and
health creator ever devised for weak
and aling women. 1t imparts direct
strength and healthful vitality to
woman's delicate, special structure,
and increases the viSor. endurance
and recuperative force of her entire
sN-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05
RISkS WRITTEN.

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05
CATTLE COMMISSIONERS
Made 352 Inspections in 1897, Con-
demning AIS Cattle.
Also 20 Horses Condemned. Total kp.
praisaIs for 1897 Were S19.2O7.


ana Deering have completed their an
nual report for 1897, and it is now in
the hands of the printer and win soon
be ready for the public
summary of the business of lS31
shows that the commissioners have at
tended 352 inspections, embracing al
most every county in the State Dur
ing the year, 2S7 farms have been vis
ted, and 65 stables have been inspect-
ed: and as a result. 415 head of cattlr
nave been condemned and destroyed
at an appraisal Of S.l22. 90 and 2S
horses have also been condemned and
destroyed at an appraisal Of $l,os5o0.
the total appraisals of the year being
$40, 201 90
In the last bi-annual report the bust
ness OF 1880 was compared with thai
of the previous year showing that in
1898 AZ head Of horses We're condemnc.3
and destroyed at an appraisal Of 1927.
%, ana ~ head of cattle We're also con
demned at an appraisal Of s2,459.O0.
the total amount of appraisals for that
year being 81. $500. In 1896 As head Of
horses We're condemned and DESTROYED
at an appraisal Of 81 ,967 90: ana 293
head of cattle were also condemned ~
an appraisal Of 5000. 80, the total
amount Of appraisals for that year be
ing $9.030.50, amounting in two years 10
$l3. 1850, for which the bi-annual an.
preparation was $1,000, out of which
was expected To be paid for all horses
and cattle condemned and DESTROYED.
and ais" all pay ana expenses of the
three commissioners. 1t is a very sic
niticant fact that while the number "
horses destroyed during 1897 VAS less
than that Of the previous year. Il.
number Of cattle condemned has large
~ increased, ana that the appraisaIs u
1897 alone exceed the appra.sals Of The
two previous years ~ over $4,000.
The commissioners show how handi-
capped they are IN their work by thu
appropriations made by the last Leels.
lature. They are wondering how taey
win o. $-o,ooo worth of business In
,eo a
..,.,.
unusual amount of work. says the rg-
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05
A FIRE SCARE
A FIRE SCARE
At Capitol, Friday, But No
Serious Damage Done.
Fire and Marine Insurance in Maine
for Year of 1897.
Valuation Of Wild Lands-Otker STATE House
Notes and Gossip.

Only by the prompt action OF .. |.
ltol- was a serious fire avoided, Friday
moaning. When he was going up the
stairs on the north side of the rotunda
he noticed smoke coming up through
the floor of the passage way between
the land and educational departments
He seized an axe and went fol, the
floor. calling assistance. When he had
the floor ripped up he found the smoke
coming from under the wall Of the cdu-
catiorHl department.. The fire place in
this department is q gas, asbestos one
which, becoming overheated. i.;nited the
wood work surrounding ii. When the
fire was located the fireplace and man
tie We're ripped out and the tire crew
turned the Underwriters fire eXtin-
guishers on which quickly suhdued the
draft. as is usual or had the 1lares
made Roadway, they would have run
through to the attic and serious fire
might have occurred.
The quickness with which the
fire was eXtinguished shows very
plain the wisdom of COT.
Stevens in placing the cXtin
guishers in the building y great deal
Of credit is due tie employees also. for
the alertness Displayed by them in
coping with the danger. Had they not
been in such good training it is ex-
trcmcly doubtful 4 the fire would nave
been SO quickly sytoducd or the damag.
been so SLIGHT
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05

Martin Reynolds Of sidney. was in
the city. Friday. and says the road be
tween this city and that place is pretty
Well broken out most OF the way.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05

Three new members have recently
been received into the Abnaki CUB
The club is in tlourishinG 1lnanclal
condition and more than holding its
high popularity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05

Pnkham & Sherburne have seiecl-'
from their extensive stock a Tine Of
overcoats of all grades. boys included
uletery. undercIothina. caps, overshir'~.
&c. sc. y quarter page ad Is nects-
sary 10 enumerate and give the prices
it il useloss 10 do aught in a local huj
to call your attention to the tremeH-
dous difference in TIE present "cu4
prices as compared 10 the regular
prices. s. to so ovorcoats for SIS
means great loss to some one ana a
great saving to the purchaser.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05
$500 SPENT IN VAIN.

\ Pennsylvania lady. Mrs. Alonz0
Rathmell, living at the cor. of Meade
and Almond SITS. in Williamsport, in
a recent letter says: My life is
story OF misery. Until the birth OF
my boy / had health that ! often
hoasted Of | married III my twenty
fifth year, and two years afterward
my boy was born Then the health
boosted of was suddenly gone. Pen OF
tongue can never describe the awful
suffering | endured for a year and i
half was 50 miserable | longed for
death to relieve me, when a kind
neighbor came in and asked me To try
q bottle of Dr. Pierce's FaYorite
Prescription. said despairingly:
oh. its of no use | can't ever be any
better. Size insisted, and my husband
who was in despair, got bottle ana
| took ii just to please him. | had NOT
taken half a bottle when | was able
10 walk across the room without feel
ing faint or having any palpitation of
the heart Oh what a God-send your
medicine is to suffering humanity.
We had spent two hundred dollars
with the leading doctors without any
benefit whatever.
Last December | had 4 baby ana,
thanks to your 'Favorite Prescription
| stood the confinement we'll and have
a fourteen pound baby girl. To-day |
feel as well as | ever did in my life l
hate to even think Of how l felt be-
fore | began to take your medicine. |
could not stand on my feet but II
seemed as though | would fall through
myself: and to walk was simply tor
,urn Hut today | can hardly believe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05

gil. 4. Rand has returned from "a
eastern trip in the Interests Of a Well
known book firm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05

The 14-year rpld daughter Of Nj.
Henry Martin of Maple street IS very
III, with typhoid fever.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05

Mr. Plummer. clerk of the assessors,
is condcnsing and placing in one book
the testimony, taken in % -'96, from
which he valuation of wild lands was
made W. Frequently people come in
and wanG to know from what the valu-
alton Of such ana such a tract was
made To answer this often the thlre
books have TO he htnted through, 50
that with one book il viii he much
easier.
In talking with JolAnal representa-
tive Mr, Plummcr said that this wild
land valuation was generally III" rnc ST
unsatisfactory shat the assessors are
caused 10 make Tho a4.ssors before
making up The NaluatioG, have printed
in the papers The efficient places If
meeting in thu eight counties. ANA also
send printed notices Of hese meetings.
10 owners of 500 acres OF more Those
not 4ati> lied with the present Valua-
ton then come in. and from their testi-
inony the valuation has 10 be made for
It would b.. impossible for the assesyors
to explore these lands They have not
the funds at their disposal either. %
send explorers out. 50 one can readily
see how uncertain and incomplete Is
the Valuation made up in this way.
Tho Journal has been kindly fur
nished ~ The insurance department
with the amoun: Of business @o'Ie ny
the fire ana marine companies in the
STATE during '9G ana -. The figures,
which are given below. show a vcl&
gratifying Increase in the business
done in these branches Of Insurance.:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05

Miss Grace A. Williams Of f;oothbay
fIavbor. is visiting friends in the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05

jewell J. Lane, Esq. Of WatefYilI",
was il the city yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05
Daily Kelurebec journaL
AUGUSTA LOCALS.

James J. Maher is in Boston nuyi1@
hiss spring goods.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05

Horace Purineton of Waterville. was
in Augusta, Friday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05

j. ) smiley never announces clear
unce sale of all his winter goods without
cutting prices Vigorously, for he knows
it would be no advantage to him 20 tempt
YOU into his store and then dislnpoin;
you. All is See how much this ''clear-
ancc sale viii save YOU
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05

a woman's life pattern is really
woven by herself A great philoso-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05

Fowler x Ilamlcn are making inroads
inlo their stock Of Jackets and capcs.
Judging from the prices they are said 10
quote. profits would b. small even If the
whole Of the amount they obtain was all
profit. The public cannot believe what
tremendous actual loss is sustained in
selling garments ut these prices. The
s.la or desirable dress remnants contin-
,cs also Of cotton underwear
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-05

Miss Mabel Lovejoy, one of the clerks
in the board on health department, tool,
a picture of nearly all the attaches of
the capitol on the front steps, Erido!
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-14

important being the Ferrocarriles
Unidos. Upward Of 1000 miles Of
main line belong to these companies,
and there are besides private branch
lines to ali the important sugar
estates. The Ferrocarries Unidos
has four lines. connecting Havana
with Matanzas, Batabano Union and
Guanajay. The roads pass through
the most populous part of the country
and connect Havana with other lines.
The Western railway was begun some
forty years ago, and in 1891, when it
was acquired by an English company,
had reached Puerto de Golpe, ninety
six miles from Havana and ten miles
from Pinar del Rio, the capital of the
province of that name and the center
OF the tobacco district. The line has
been completed to Pinar del Rio, and
improvements have been made in the
old part, many Of the bridges having
been replaced by new steel ones, the
rails renewed and modern cars put on. |
After Cuba shall have come under
American protection there will be a
great revival Of railroad building and
all kinds Of industrial development in
Cuba.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-14
A Good Letter from an Old
Soldier.

| served three years in the 10Th
Iowa Infantry during the Rebellion
and was prisoner Of war for ten
months during which, time saw ma
ny men die from diarrhoea. | am
pleased to say to the boys who are
now leaving our state for the south
land that if we had had Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Darrhoea
Remedy at that time many of our
comrades would have been living to-
day. Take bottle Of it with you
and you will remember me when You
will have use for it. | would also
call your attention to the use of
daily memorandum which will aid
You, if You should be so unfortunate
as to be wounded or sick, in getting
your pension. JAMES f. HoUGHLAXD.
Pension Attorney, Eldon, Iowa, Late
Corp. f., 10Th Iowa Infantry. |
Jham berlains Collie, Cholera and Di-
Irrboca Remedy is for sale by DR.. J.
". Kelly, Druggist. I'm
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-14
About 30 brave Letcher boss left We'd

About 30 brave Letcher boys LETT wed
nesday to begin service with Uncle sam
/ They 90 TO Lexington ut first TO pass eE-
animation.
Arch and Will Adams have returned
from visit in Harlan county, reporting q
pleasant trip.
A. C. Hammons. of RockhOusc, passed
here Tuesday en- route home from Norton,
Va.
shooting ARRAY occurred on Bottom
Ford last which came near ending fatally
for several Of the boys. VIII Wallen,
Gilly Vanoyer, and Will Breeding are the
participants on each side Trouble still
exists and no one can predict the out
come. We tear there's feud in headway.
All the parties are lifelong moonshners.
A. A. Sergent will go out on drumming
tour in few days.
There is prospects of n splendid chest
nut crop all over the mountains.
Messrs. Oscar Jones, Arch Sergent, B.
NJ Lucas, Stephen Frazier, ". b. Webb
and several other Letcher boys returned
Tuesday from Bristol, Tenn, where they
attended the "fourtb."
Mr. Nolin, of Harlan c. H., has been |
here raising accompany Of Letcher boys.
They will fight under Col. Colson.
Morgan T. Reynolds has returned from
Nashville, Tenn, where he bias been on
business with the Governor. BURDISE.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-14
FROM DWALE.

Correspondence OF The Big Stone Gap Posr.
DwALE, DICKINSON Co., Va, July 8, 1898
Corn crops are looking well. Some Of
our farmers are nearly done laying by."
Warm; thermometer registers % degree:
in the shade.
The Board of Supervisors met at Clint
wood this week to hold their annual ses-
sion. They have considerable business to
transact
Your correspondent learns that W. G..
"Shake, of Clniwood, has gone to the
war. SO far as know Mr.. Ross is the
first and only volunteer to enlist from
Dickinson Co.
Noah Mullins was tried in L. :. Com
missioner Rush sCOurtpu charge Of coun-
terieItlng. The proof was against him.
and he was bound over to answer an in
dictment in the next term Of Federal
Court at Abingdon, in bond of $500
lie is young man
Luther, the little j-year-old son of Melvin
Fleming of this place, was bitten by
copperhead snake day or two since. and
is suffering intensely. His leg and foot
are swollen from the effects of the bite.
There has been u great deal of rain here
during the past week All farm work has
been greatly hndered by the wet weather.
The rainfall on one day measured nearly
four inches in depth
Corn is looking unusually we'll; in fact
all crops look well at this stage of their
growth.
A Normal School for teachers is in ses-
lion at Clintwnnd with Prof. NJ. W.
temine as teacher. 1t will continue four
weeks.
County Court will convene at Clintwood
ext Tuesdap, at which time there will he
grand jury impaneled to look after the
oys.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-14
FROM STONEGA.

Correspondence Of The Big Stone Gap Posi-
SToXEGA, Va, July I2.-Since the gIor
lous 4th nothing unusual has developed
here out Of the ordinary.
Mr.. and Mrs. W W. Gray left today tc
visit their old home in Northumberland
Pa
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. J.. Minor leave on
Wednesday evening for Birmingham, Ala.
where they expect to locate for a few
months.
On Sabbath last Rev. =. Rioseco was
installed pastor of the PRESBYTERIAN church
here according to the rules and discipline
OF that denomination and by appointment
OF Presbytery at the spring meeting. Rev
K. &. MathesOn and Elder Kane, of Gate
City, Va, and Rev. Cochran Preston, of
Bristol, were here and performed the.
duties devOlving on them. Rev. Preston
preached the installation sermon and
charged the pastor, and Rev. Matheson
charged the congregation. All the SER
vices were solemn and impressive. The
pulpit and rostrum were handsomely
decorated with flowers. A large choir
assisted in the singing led by Miss Edna
Barstow, who presided at the organ.
In the afternoon Rev Matheson preach
ed for the cOored Baptlsts in their new
church building, which has not yet been
dedicated
Mrs. Hubbard, sister Of Mrs. John A. |
EsSer, who accompanied the family here
On their return from the sad errand that
had called them to COnnellsyille TO look
for the last time on the face of the one
hey all so dearly loved, will remain here
or while to console the bereaved friends.
The only pen sketch we have time TO
make this week is of our little pet Nellie.
he infant daughter of the hostess of our
lolel. She is just beginning to walk and
ak and is just as cute as she can he, of
curse, all babies are handsome, but as
he ladies all say, our darling looks sweet
nough to eat and if ever you hear her
ry you make no mistake in saving she
as good reasons for it.
The superintendent is arranging for an s
Scursion for the Sabbath school next
Onth.
Rev. 5. B. Vaught will occupy the pulpit 1
the Stoncga church next Sabbath and
ev. +. Rioseco will preach in Big Stone =,
ap.