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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-13
New Advertisements To-Day.

Doans Pills.
O. H. Mason.
+. T.. Jersey,
i.ost-Gold pin.
g. *. Partridge.
See want column.
Fels-Naptha Soap.
Sherburne & DALEY
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-13
NOTICE.

The street department of Augusta in
vitcs proposals for not more than ono
hundred and fifty barrels OF pine gas coal
tar; iliteen barrels of composition pitch
ana hfty barrels of pavement pitch / is
required that each ma terial Shall be of
the best quality and that the tar shall be
free from water. The department reserves,
to itself the right to reject any or all
bids. All communications shall be adj
dressed to the chairman of committee Of
highways BIDS to close on Friday, Aug.
~. ISIS. l.. u. CARVER Chairman.
auSljdtu Augusta, Me-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-13

II, b. Remick went to Camb,dee
Mass. on the morning train, Fridy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-13

rs pretty good <osld for allthat.
S. f. Kiser in Cleveland LaJer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-13
FOp SALE

A handsome. stylish Trap in perfect or,
der, worth 1925, will be sold for SO ca sh
II taken at once. One Phaeton carriage
nice leather top and in good condition
only SD. one road wagon with speed
runner attachment for winter use: newly
painted. only SIS Collateral Loan Go
30 Water St, Augusta
au211d1w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-13

The Captain Chapman farm. situate IN
Augusta on the Coomns' Nilis road. two
miles from kennebec bridge. over lb)
acres of land: buildings in fine order.
Eight hundred dollars spent on buildings
alone within the last two years. Apply
TO Lendali Titcomb. Augusta. Me.
mav6. dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-13

House and stable on the Togus road, 81.
miles from Augusta bridge. Buildings IN
first class condition. Both well aud city
water. For particulars write Pope Gibbs
Togus, or inquire on the premises.
iufy.1G G.f
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-13
LOST.

Aug. 10. lS9S, between post office and
Cannard street, a gold bar pin. Anyone
finding the same. please return tn Mrs.
Chas Merchant and receive reward. Mrs.
Chas Merchant South Gardiner Me,
augl3dtf
Gold stick pin. shape of heart. with
enameled violet inside small diamond on
violet. Lost on State street between
Congregational church ana Glover Bittcrs
factory. Return to Journal office and re-
ceiVe reward. auESdlW'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-13

y new two aud n hat story frame
house with ell on Bangor street, with
modern improvements. arranged for tive
families. Also TWO and & half story
frame building, with ell. and double house
lot on School street nicely arranged
Both pieces of property close to school
house with,n five minutes Walk ot depot
and business street. Both will be sud
cheap for cash or OIL easy terms IL pur-
chaser so desires. Apply 10 Thomas ]
Lynch. nov10dtt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-13

Where are you to pass sunda.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-13
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPT 6
TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT

rs. Praise service; prayer; address
The End from the Beginning, Rev Mino
Shaw. Yarmouth; solo.
500 Address. The Mission OF E,ndeav
orism, Rev Smith Baker, East Boston.
to 1900 Reception.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-13
TO LET.

Cottage on Squirrel ISiard for The l8~t
two weeks in August. Inquire al Frtl-
erick ilamlen al Fowler & Iialn'en's
Hug13dl1y*
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-13

Second hand furniture and clothing.
VIII pay good cash prices W. y.
Rhoados, - Cony ST, Augusta. East Side.
augl3.dIW.*
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-13

A number OF deslrab residences in Au-
gusta. Maine. varying in prices from A5d
to 1850; also several ~ to Is acre places
in the suburbs @. this city; one two-story
| house and lot in Lewiston. Maine A
huuber of farms In Keuaebec county. va
Tying in price from sl00J TO 5000 p Houses
land teneInents TO let. L. ". Whtelouse
Attorney. Augusta. Me janfdGf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-13

MADAM BRANN- Clairvoyant, is at 4.
Gage street, Augusta, Me. oct25.dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-13

F. w. Spencer. No. Is Winthrop street,
will loan money on any kind of personal
property. may4,dtf
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06
Rice Croauettes.

Parboil half pound rice for few
minutes in water and drain in a colan-
der; return the rice to saucepan with
one pint of milk, three tablespoonful
sugar, half tablespoonful butter, half
teaspoonful salt and boil till tender;
when done remove it from the fire and
mix with the yolks of three or four
eggs, the grated rind of one lemon and
set it aside to cool; form the mixture
into balls the size of walnut, dip them
in beaten white of egg, roll them in
zweibach crumbs and fry in boiling
lard; serve with wine sauce.-Phila-
delpbia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06
ANT AND CHRISTOPHER.

Hou know the story, it's centuries old.
How the ant and the grasshopper met.
we're told,
On a clustering day when the wind was
cold
And the trees were bare and brown.
And the grasshopper, being careless
blade
Who all the summer had danced and played,
Now came to the rich old ant for aid,
And the latter turned him down"
It's only fancy. but I suppose
That the grasshopper wore his summer
clothes,
And stood there kicking his frozen toes
And shaking his bones apart;
And the ant, with a sealskin coat and hat,
Commanded the grasshopper brusque and
fiat,
To dance through the winter" and things
like that,
which he thought were "cut" and
smart"
But. mind you. the ant, all summer long,
Had heard the grasshopper's merry song,
And had laughed with the rest of the happy
throng
At the bubbling notes of glee.
And he said to himself, as his cash he lent,
Or started out to collect his rent:
1.-The blamed young fool don't charge a
! I'm getting the whole show free"
I've never been told how the pair came out.
The grasshopper starved to death, no doubt,
And the ant grew richer and had the govt,
AS most of his brethren do.
know that it's better to save ones pelf,
And the ant is considered wise old elf.
But like the grasshopper more myself
Though that is between us two.
- Joe Lincoln. in L A. W. Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06

vestige Of moisture clings to it either
inside or out; then, with vessel having
a spout, fill it slowly and carefully with
water to the exact brim. Now, with a
steady hand and very gently drop in the
coins, holding them edgewise, as shown
in the picture. AS soon as the coin
touches the water let it fall, so that as
little disturbance as possible will be
made. AS each coin goes in, the water
rises trifie above the brim until it's
elevation is readily perceptible to the
eye. Of course, there comes a time
when just one more coin will make it
overflow, but you can stop just before
this occurs. The scientific explanation
Of this interesting experiment is that
the attraction of gravity" is not so
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06

the shivering land. Then he wrote his
valedictory. He had done but one
thing of which ne was proud, he said.
He called attention to the fact that dur-
ing his incumbency he had put border
around the paper. He walked out of
town. The printer went with him. The
panes in the office building are broken.
Shingles have been torn from its roof.
Moss has grown on it here and there,
Weeds come up to the door. The spring
is choked and brackish. The press
stands idle in the darkened room. Dust
has gathered thickly on the eases. The
Pleasanton Banner, official organ of
Atascosa county, Tex, is no more
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06
does with Canvas SHOES,

Dogs wearing canvas shoes startle
eastern men who are hunting prairie
chicken and grouse OH Nebraska plains.
While the dogs waddle somewhat like
ducks when wearing these shoes, they
manage to comfortably cover a lot of
ground in day after having been
broken to the use of the membranes
Shooting the dogs saves their feet from
soreness, induced by running over the
stubble. Two days work in the field
without shoes will wear out any dog,
but, protected with the canvas slipper,
Q dog will last whole season.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06
PROUD OF HIS RECORD.
He Fought Down the symptoms of
Genius.

81 suppose there is a great deal of un-
recognized genius in the world" re-
marked the literary young woman.
"Yes, indeed" replied her father, as
he looked up from the trade paper;
''lots and lots of it. People are great
deal more sensible these days than they
used to be-"
you mean they are more sensible
because they have so much unrecog.
nized genius?" she queried in surprise.
That's it, precisely" Taking off his
glasses and balancing them on his fore
finger, he went on: Il remember when
l was boy l had great talent for
music. 1 could remember almost any
tune ever heard, and play it on a
mouth-harp. And draw pictures?
Many is the picture l have drawn. So
hard is it to curb genius THAT lots of
times l would find myself drawing pic
lures on my slate instead of doing my
arithmetic"
"How unfortunate that you couldn't
have cultivated your talents!"
Not bit of it; not a bit of it. was
peculiarly fortunate. The trouble
with too many geniuses is that they
don't have common sense. Now, / was
different. l profited by my oppor-
tunities. You can't get a common
school education without finding out
what is likely to happen to man as
soon as the world picks him out as a
genius. Go right along through the
list of them. They are always selling
pictures OF poems or musical compost
tions for less than the market value.
People somehow expect it of them. And
it's mighty seldom that one gets rich.
AS soon as l discovered that had any
symptoms of genius, fought them
down. / battled with myself and went
into the livery stable business. BY be-
ing cautious and attending to business
l arrived at a position of comparative
independence, SO that / can look con-
tentedly around me and feel that it
would not do any great harm now, even
II / were recognized" - Washington
Star
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06

was heavily booted and sFnrred, and a
Colts revolver, single action, nickel
plated, AS caliber, five barrels loaded,
the hammer resting on the empty bar
rel, the trigger tied back with bucks
skin thong, so that the weapon could
Re fired merely by lifting the hammer
with the thumb, swung far down his
right hip. Il see," he said, that you
printed piece about Jim Scruggs-
called him our popular fellow-citizen.'
Jim Scruggs is the white-livered coyote
that wants to be sheriff. l kin take a
corncob an a lightnin' bug of dark
night an run him into the river an
drown him. You want to be keerful to
print only the names of good people of
this place" Then he stalked out. Smith
bought shotgun.
He Photographed the sheriff, said he
was a man of jovial temper and iron
nerve, almost criminally liberal in his
personal expenditures, the friend of the
widow and fatherless, noted for hui
mainly to his prisoners and the terror
of evil-doers from Pleasanton to the Rio
Grande. Jim Scruggs called, stopped
his paper, took out three "estray" ad-
vertisements, hammered the desk with
a hairy red paw, told Smith he was a
"sneakin', cowardly varmint," and,went
away. Smith drowned his woes on a
highly alcoholic fishing expedition,
along with three young men of the vii
lage who possessed no social under
standing whatever, and were never
known to have dollar. They at least
did not want their names in the paper.
During the ensuing weeks Smith be-
came thin and pale. He was whipped
by the sheriff, and made it ''dog fall''
with Jim Scruggs. He published the
fact that the county clerk was at a
country dance, and that gentle
man was supposed to be one of
the pillars of the church. He neg
lected to mention the return of the
| district judge from his circuit. The
columns of the Banner contained no
reference to the birth of ten-pound
boy at the home of the principal mer-
chant. Uncle John Williams" known
| far and near as the champion farmer of
Atascosa county, left 26-pound pump
kin on the editorial desk, and not a
word was said about it. Miss Cynthia
| Barnes wrote in enc Of her sweetest
poems that "the silvery moon floats in
the ether clear" and the drunken
| printer made it "the silent moon boots
in the other corral" Old Cap'n Will
liams contributed a thrilling story OF
how his men were charged by the
Comanches, and the types had it that
they were chased by the Comanches
All of the different brands of religion
lists were down on him. Subscriptions
fell off. Nobody paid him.
Smith thought it over. The leaves
were falling. Already the first icy
norther of the winter had swept ovel
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06
THE COPPER 'OSS."
which Was the Statue of Queen VIC
tOria's Grandfather


AT the end of the Long Walk, at Wind.
sor. there is an equestrian statue OF
George III, which is locally so little re.
spected that it is never called anything
but "the Copper Horse" Take you as
far as the Copper 'Oss and back, SIR
the local 'fyman" or cab-driver pro.
poses to every tourist who comes tc
Windsor.
One day Queen Victoria was enter.
tanning a great Englishman-the great
mans name is not mentioned-whoin
the afternoon had walked from the
castle to Cumberland lodge. At din
ner the queen, always full of gracious
solicitude for the comfort of her guests
said to this gentleman:
II hope you were not tired by your
long walk?"
"Oh, not at all, thank you, maam. ]
got lift as far as the Copper Horse"
"As far as what?" asked the queen
in establishment.
"Oh. the Copper Horse, at the end o.
the Long Wall"
1.-THE Copper Horse!" exclaimed the
queen. That's not copper horse.
That's my grandfather"
A veil is drawn by the British journal
over what followed. If the hero of tht
incident were, as may be inferred from
some other incidents lately disclosed
the late Lord Tennyson, it is to be doubt
ed if the apologies which followed were
very abject. Guardian.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Some of the western farmers use
rotted sawdust as fertilizer.
One pound of cork is sufficient to
support man of ordinary size in the
water.
AN applicant for license to act as
cab driver in London is compelled'to un-
dergo civil service examination. He is
taken to yard where there are several
posts driven in the ground, and through
and around these he must cleverly drive
and turn before the license is granted.
"A hash supper was provided at a
church entertainment in Binghampton.
N. Y, to raise money to buy furniture.
Over 400 people partook of the hash,
and about one-quarter of this number
had to receive medical attendance.
Hereafter they will avoid church hash.
Rats annoyed the family of Johann
Welreck, at Indian Valley, Idaho. He
laid poison in places near their haunts,
and in a few days his wife and three
children became dangerously i'll. The
rats, after eating the poison, had gone
to the family well for water, and died
In it.
Some one informed Robert J. r.
Copeland, of this city, that holding a
small quantity of carbolic acid in the
mouth was a remedy for the toothache.
He tried it, and the acid so panied him
that, while gasping for breath, he swal-
lowed it. In less than an hour he Ms
dead.
Mice are fond of music. This fact
suggested to an ingenious mechanic the
utility of mouse trap with music box
attached. He has constructed one
which plays for an hour. The mice, to
get close to the strains of harmony
wander into the trap, and are easily
caught.
London has woman's rights ora.
tor who recently denied, in a public
speech, that women's attention to pub
lie business made them neglect home
duties. She then requested any man in
the audience who had suffered from this
cause, to stand up. One meek individual
arose; it was her husband.
An clipping couple arrived at hote1
in FL Reno, o. T., and registered as mar
| and wife. In week the husband anG
wife of the fugitives came in pursuit Of
the clippers, from Kentucky, met in E
Reno, became interested in each other
and they eloped, leaving their former
spouses undisturbed.
There are only eight surviving sol
diers of the war of 1912 on the pension
rolls, and three of them have passed the
century mark. These are Hosea Brown
of Grants Pass, Ore, aged 105 years:
Elijah Glenn, of Newark, N. j., ant
Eleazor Smith, of Danbury, N. H., eacf
of whom is 101 years old.
-Four monkeys in Haraki, Japan
grown desperate by hunger, attacked {
traveller on the highway, and would
| have injured him severely if he had no
promptly used his revolver. He sho
| three of them, and the fourth hurriedly
| climbed a tree, and stood chattering
with terror among the branches.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06
WASHINGTON ICE HOUSE.
"A Lady Travellers story of a Visi
to Mount Vernon

la Lady Travellers Story of visit
/ to Mount Vernon.
1T is ice-water, drinking SO much
IIce-water, which is injuring the health
Ilof so many people. The glands of the
||stomach are paralyzed. Digestion is
pruined. The whole body suffers from
it,
We were mixed company in the din
Iing-car, en- route to Washington. The
speaker was very positive gentleman,
IA physician, who had peremptorily or
This glass of water.
"Ice is the bane of modern life" he
kcontinued, with conviction. Look at
four hardy forefathers. Look at our
hearly statesmen; such men as Wash
Hngton, Jefferson, the Adamses and
Lincoln in his young days. Their di-
Rgestion was not spoiled by ice. Imag-
fine George Washington drinking ice
Ewater! Thank heaven, ice-houses were
then unknown"
Il sincerely beg pardon" interrupt
led a lady sitting at the table across
1.-THE car-aisle. George Washington had
Van ice-house."
[ II am sure you are mistaken" cried
THE enemy of ice.
II am equally certain that ,or-
rect rejoined the lady, laughing; ''for
| the best of all reasons; l once fell
liptn it,"
3By this time the attention of the
whole party was enlisted in the discus
sion.
SIT was when 1 was girl of 16," the
lady continued, merrily. "There were
ten of us, all young people, save one,
on first visit to Washington; and we
had gone down the Potomac by steam.
er to see Mount Vernon.
"What day that was for me! We
| peeped into every room, corner and
nook of the Washington mansion, Wis.
tied the weave-room, the dairy, the
| t1ower-garden, the greenhouse and
even the stables, everything. And OF
course we had gone to the tomb Of
| Washington on our way up from the
steamer landing, both the old tomb and
The new tomb.
when at length the bell rang to call
| us back to the steamer, five or six OF
us ran to the brink of the declivity
| fronting the river, for a hasty glance
at the water view, which showed beau.
tifully through the trees below.
Suddenly, while looking off, found
| myself on the very verge of a deer
pit in the side of the steep bank, and
before l was aware, the turf and earth
fell away under my feet. In moment
| had slid down for at least 30 feet
into a wet, awfully dirty place, sort
of cave, which, however, opened out al
the bottom.
II was not much hurt, but shocking.
| ly muddy; and my companions
rescued me at the orifce below amidst
shouts of laughter.
| 'The superintendent, who had beer
attracted by the outcries, told us that
l had inadvertently fallen into George
| Washington's old ice-house! and that
the family were accustomed to store up
a supply of ice in this pit for use dur
Ling the heats of the summer months.
| The place where l fell in is now
| occupied as the site of small summer.
house on the brink of the bluff"
A general clapping of hands followed
the lady's story, but the opponent OF
ice remained unconvinced.-You s
| Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06
A Hero of the Mines.

In Rossmore mine, in Pennsylvania.
there is celebrated mining mule % 30.
Duke by name. Old Duke has been
there for 80 years and has saved many
lives. He has an instinct for fire damp
the deadliest of all dangers that
threaten miners-which is marvellous.
Nothing else makes him uneasy. But
once he shifts the fire damp he bolts for
the lift. This gives the alarm and the
men follow in his path. They are not
born in pits and caves, these mules
whose lives are passed beneath the
earth. But they are used in mining,
and from the day when they first>Nnter
the mine they never leave their under
ground quarters until accident. old
age or lameness renders them unfit for
further work.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06
ALLOWED TO SMOKE.
Wiles of the Wife to Get Him to Re-
Snme Il Glad Hahif.v


He had told his wife before they
were married that he would never
never, give up smoking, and that he
would make no promises only to break
them again, and she had responded
sweetly that she honored him for his
candor, and there the matter rested un.
til they had returned from their wed
ding trip and settled down to house.
keSping.
Then a change came DER the spirit
OF their dreams. BY alternate coaxing
and nagging the young wife induced
her husband to give up his beloved pipe
and tobacco, but his disposition
changed so that she hardly knew him
From being sociable, sympatheti tic
companion he degenerated into a
household mute. His wife though,
matters over, and being girl of sense
concluded to give him his freedom and
call back his sunny disposition. But
how? After moving heaven ard earth
to get him to relinquish smoking il
would never do to ask him to smoke
again. Womanlike, she hit upon an
expedient.
Harold" she said the other even.
ing as he sulked about the house, "my
flowers need smoke bath. How shall
give it?"
Build slow fire under EN-" he sug.
gested, indifferently.
They don't need that kind of smoke
you dear cd stupid" chirped his wife
1T must be strong tobacco"
What" CALCULATED Harold. "Not in
this housed"
Certainly. 1 cannot lose all my
beautiful plants. They are just GOV,
cred with little green bugs, and moth
ing will kill them but tobacco smoke
And you will have to do the smoking
Darling, you are an angel" began
Harold, but he saw that he was trip
ping, so he concluded mildly: "Well, il
l am to do it, perhaps I might as well
begin now" and he turned away to hide
the joy in his face.
The little green bugs are all dead, bat
Harold continues to give the flowers
their smoke bath.-Chicago Times.
Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06
CATCHES MORE FISH THAN A MAN.

L
he goes out on a dead log projecting
into the water several feet. He never
takes his eyes from the water as it
rushes by. Suddenly he leans the fore
part ofhis body and one paw far over the
log and then, with tremendous force.
strikes into the water with his paw,
clinging to the log with the other three
feet and the rest of his body. Seldom
does he fail to hit the big fish with the
stroke and, if the blow does not kill the
fish outright, crunch of his terrible
jaws completes the work. The blow
usually lands the stunned or killed fish
back over the log into quiet pool, from
which it cannot easily escape. In the
course of 20 minutes he frequently
catches from Is to 25 salmon, ranging
from five to twenty pounds each. These
salmon are usually trifie weak and
slightly under the weather-maybe
the hook-bill, but more than likely the
dog salmon. But this dog is not the
only four-footed fisher for these out
there, either. 1t is common thing to
see within distance of less than mile
along the coast half dozen bears, a
family or two of wildcats, a whole
colony of raccoons, not a few wolves,
besides a dozen or more razor-back
hogs, to say nothing of a score or so of
eagles, all engaged in the sport Of fish
ing for dog acknowledging Chronicle.