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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-07

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-07

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-07

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-07

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09
WORST KIND OF CASE.
We Will Tell You if You
Will Believe 1t.
The Experience of Well Known Per-
sons Ought Su, ely to Ee
Convincing.

We ask YOU to read the following state
ment from well known citizen because
he suffered from one of the worst kind
of cases of backache and kidney disor-
.ders and was cured by Morrows Kid-ne-
oids. If you are in the least way troubled
with a. weak back or disordered kidneys,
use Morrow's Kid-ne-oids; they cure
every time.
Mr. w. Porter elevator man at Mann
heimer Bros, corner of Robert and Sixth
street, says: Il have been constant
sufferer from kidney troubles for long
time. l suffered with kidney backache,
rheumatism, nervousness and other dis
tressing and annoying symptoms of dis
ordered kidneys l tried to get relief by
taking different kinds Of kidney remedies,
but my trouble remained until l COM
menced to take Morrow's Kid-ne-olds
Kid-ne-oids cured me of all my former
troubles 1 gained fifteen pounds in two
weeks My friends have noticed the
wonderful change in my appearance and
physical condition and want to know
what caused it, / tell them Morrow's
Kid-ne-oids andyadvise them to give Kid
ne-oids a fair trial Kid-ne-oids cannot
be praised too highly.
Morrow's Kid-nefpids are not pills, but
Yellow Tablets,Gand sell at so cents a
box at all drug stores and at Ticknor &
Jagger's Drug SforH
Mailed on receipt of price. Manufac-
tured by John Morrow & Co., Chemists
Springfield, o.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09
COAsTWIsE AIR CURRENTS.

Hurricanes do not remain long station
airy, nor do they move in any haphazard
direction. Those of the West Indies ap-
pear to drift along in the great equatorial
westerly current and they have move
ment of translation a little to the north
of west and an average velocity or per-
haps ten or twelve miles an hour, but
as they approach the American continent
they assume a more northerly course and
finally veer around toward the northeast.
Sometimes they go almost due west and,
crossing the Gulf of Mexico, are either
dissipated in Mexico or are turned north
ward near our south Atlantic coast and
pursue a northeasterly course, either
along the coast or some hundreds OF miles
inland or over the Atlantic ocean at some
distance from the coast. With the north
ward progress of the hurricanes they
gradually increase in dimensions or
lateral extent but their intensity de-
creases. and when one of them reaches
the latitude say of Boston, 1t is hardly
to be distinguished from strongly de-
veloptd cyclone of middle ATTITUDES Whlch
has crossed the United states from the
west.
When these hurricanes pass along -
coast or near it they give us the terri
b1e storms which we sometimes eXpe-
rience in the late summer or early fall
months When they pass along far cut
at sea we know nothing of them except
through the reports of vessels In their
tracks and the high ocean swell VIII
IS observed all along the coast, when
there is apparently no wind to produce
IT. Sometimes these hurricanes last but
a few days and traverse but short tracks,
but sometimes they last for weeks and
pursue paths thousands of miles IN
length. 1t may be remarked just here
that the typhoons of the Philippine
islands and the Eastern As'atic coast
are but the counterparts of our West
Indian hurricanes.
AS the hurricane approaches there IS
to be noticed a falling of the barometer,
a slight lowering of the temperature and
a rapid increase in the winds velocity.
But the direction of the wind mains
quite constant. This may continue for
four or five hours, then suddenly the
wind dies down and there Is a calm for
from half an hour to an h ur, which
signifies the passage of the center of the
storm; then, at the rear of the center,
the barometer rises, the temperature in
creases and the wind blows with great
violence from a direction nearly opposite
to that in which it was blowing before
the calm. After three or four hours tn,
wind dies down, the clouds dispense and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09

In order to see that I am getting the
coin the company has a small army of
spotters riding around, with their eyes
and ears wide open. Follow re?"
The Sau1terer intimated that he caught
the drift Of what the conductor was say
ing.
"WelI," continued the latter, 81 over
locked that fellow in the crowd. At least
he says 1 did, and he ought to know. 1t
is impossible 20 get everybody when the
car is damned from front to back Now,
suppose Il spotter is on this car and has
overheard what that fellow said, or saw
him hand me the fare after having ridden
a mile or over. Doesn't it look bad for
me? Amt I likely TO get a good calling
down, if not a lay-oft or the bounce?
Certainly am Ard do you wonder that
l feel sore at that fellow? If passenger
manages to get past me for half a dozen
squares 1 would rather he or she keep
the fare than. to poke it at me as a re-
mindcr that I haven't kept my eyes sutIi-
GENTLY vide open. And 1 cont care if
you do print it,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09
MOST SUBTLE OF POIsONs.
Prussfc Acid Deadly in "a Two Per
Cent Solution,

The most subtitle of poisons-by far the
most deadly substance known to man, in
facts hydroayanic acid, the prussic acid
of commerce. One Whit of this in its full
strength causes death, not in half an
hour, or in a few minutes, but literally
at the instant. The victim inhalcs the
subtle CASTOR pure prussic acid is q
gas-and his life ceases before the breath
can De expelled from the lungs-quicker
than he could drop his hand from his
side So devilishly destructive tc life is
this thing that one smell from a bottle
containing y parts of water and Is parts
of the acid is just as deadly, for all prac-
teal purposes, as. from a bottle of the
pure acid, ana the ordinary preparation
Of commercially parts water and only 2
per cent acids so dangerous that no
one is allowed to buy it unless the best
of reasons 70: its use can be advanced.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09
ANNOUNCEMENTS.


THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders of the Great Northern
Railway Company for the election Of
three directors to serve for the term
of three years and for the transaction
of such other business as may come
before it will be he'd at the office of the
company in St. Paul, Minnesota. on
Thursday, Oct. IL, 1885, at II o'clock
noon. Edward T. Nichols, Secretary.
st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 80, 1899.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders of the Saint Paul, Mime
apolis & Manitoba Railway Company
for the election of a board Of directors
and transaction of such other business
as may come before 1t will be held at
the office of the company in ST. Paul.
Mimi, on Thursday, Oct II. 1899. at II
o'clock In the forenoon. Edward Saw
yer, Secretary. st. Paul, Mimi. Sept
so, 1899.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09
@ Jack Snap shot-"You don't say"' Bang!!! bangM

would watch and see what number came
give the stool whirl and then they
opposite tack-head in the counter. If
the other fellow called 1t right he paid
him IL for l, and in less than five min
ues half the clerks in this end of the store
were edging up to watch the game
must admit it was pretty exciting, and
was just wondering how I could break 1t
up without giving offense when along
came big fat woman and planhed her
self down on top of the stool. The sporty
men tried to get her to move, but she
wouldn't do it, and while they were hunt
ing for a vacant stool that revolved easy,
so as to make another layout, their wives
got through and carried them away. It's
just as I tell you-if a man wants to
gamble he's bound to find some way to
do it. But that's the first time we ever
had a roulette department In this store"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09
NOVEL GAMBLING.
Unique Device Used by Men Anxious
to Try Their Luck.

to Try Their Luck.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
IF a mans naturally inclined to gam
BILE you can't keep him from gambling,
said floor walker sententiously in one OF
the big dry goods houses in the retail dis
trict Yesterday afternoon" he contln-
ued, 1.-TWO sporty-looking men were sitting
in front of that notion counter over there
waiting for their wives to get through
shopping The top of our stools, If you
will notice, revolve on a pivot and have
a row of brass tacks around the edge
Well, sir, one of the sporty men took out
a pencil while he was waiting and mark
ed number opposite each tack on the
stool next to where he sat. Here's a
pretty good wheel, he said to the other.
How would you like to make a little play
against it?' The other man fished out
wad of bills, quick as a wink, and they
went to playing, right before all the
women and everybody. L was, so shocked
and surprised l. didn't know whateto do.
The man who started the thing would
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09
Fox Hunting In England.

Some particulars as to the extent and
dom were given the other day by Lord
Bathurst. There are now 221 packs Of
fox hounds in the United Kingdonl-4SO in
These packs consist of 5000 couples Of
hounds, and they necessitate the employ
ment Of 100000 horses of the value Of
SS5, 600 900, involving an outlay of $25, 0C0, :
900 per annum.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09
Regulation of Russian Students.

In future all students In Russia who
create or instigate disorder. whether in
the army to or from one ten
years. The regulation applies also to
those who persistently refuse 70 continue
their studies. Another regulation orders
students, on the ground that improvident
marriages are a cause of rauperism.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09
The Cashmere Shawl.

In the seclusion of an Oriental harem
mere shawls. and besides this evidence Of
brill1ance gave such wise advice to her
husband that he changed her name from
Nourmaha1 Qight of the harem) to Nour-
jehan Digit of the world). The same wo-
man invented altar of roses.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09
HONEST PEOPLE
who Sometimes Wrong the Street
Car Conductors.


Drila d.lnI-ia T',o,,i""'
Here is your fare, conductor, you over
looked me- I guess
The speaker was well-dressed man Of
middle age. His remark was made as lie
was making hin way toward the rear
platform of a trolley car to get off, after
having ridden ten or twelve squares, ard
he accompanied it by handing over to the
conductor 4 nickel.
That fellow thinks he is entitled to a
gold medal for honesty" growled the
conductor, as he pocketcd the coin, but
he ought to have a leather mccall fof
burned fcolishness instead"
"How's that" queried the saunterer, to
whom the conductors words were evi-
IDENTIFY addressed. Don't you admire
honcsty?"
'-Cer3airly-when it comes in at the
right time and place But he didn't I'm
paid for collecting a fare from every pas
senger who rides with me. If L don't
get the coin I am likely to get the bounce.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09
To Cincinnati.

The Monon Route will sell tickets to
II. good returning until Oct. q. for one
fare Address L. E. Sessions. N. w.
Pass. Agt, Minneapolis. Chicago City
Ticket Office. 232 South Clark street.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09
Low Rate Tickets

Oct. 20, good to Oct 14th. For further
information see ]. P. Elmer, G. A. P. D.,
Fifth and Robert streets.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09
Homemade Bricks.

In the country districts of Peru most
of the houses and walls are made of
adobe and the bricks are manufactured
on the ground.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If it fails
to cure. E. w. Groves signature Is on
each box 25c.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09

The Hat; The Gordon.
The Quality: The best.
The Price: That's where the saving is.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09

The Chicago Great Western
Will sell on Oct 2 to tickets to Chicago
and return, good to Oct 14th at S1165
]: P. Elmer, C. A. P. D., Fifth and Robert
streets.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09

to meteorological Usage
Miles in About u Month-A Billion
Horse Power Represented in n
West Indian Blast in IS44-Pro-
lection of Shipping.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09

Bought by an English Syndicate for
100000, and Will This Year Pay
Clear Profit of SI,OOO,OOO-Cop-
Mine Has Only Been Worked
Three Years.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-01
Education In Sweden.

There is probably no country in the
world, unless it be America, where so
much attention is given to the educa-
tion of the masses rs in Sweden. The
attendance at the "Folkskolor,' or
public schools, may show compara-
lively small per cent. of attendance as
regards population, but that is due to
the fact that everybody who can nf-
ford it educates his children privately.
At the close of the school year there
were enrolled in the public schools of
Stockholm, the largest city in the king
dom, 24,96O pupils. There are seven
classes in the curriculum. Night schools
and Sunday schools have not attracted
much attention, and interest in them
has declined
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-01
George Peters Captured BY Native FlIlpInoS While at
Work and Thrown Into q Dungeon.

thrust of spear or machete seeming to
bring the long-eXpected messenger OF
death to him. Matters remained thus
until Captain Salceda of the Filipino
cavalry happened into the town. He
heard of the American prisoner and
went to see him, and was astonished
to find that it was the American artist
who had befriended him when in
trouble in Manila. He inquired as to
the charges against him, and learning
them, successfully refuted them,
explaining the true position of
the man. Peters was then re-
leased. but was not allowed to
go back to the American lines for some
time Eventually he was sent back to
execute a commission for the Filipinos.
Describing the tortures he experienced,
Artist Peters said of the Irgorrotes,
into whose hands he fell: IA score of
these savages, fully armed, and with
their naked bodies painted in various
colors, forced their way into my cell
in the Caloocan prison, and there for
several hours practiced on me the pre-
liminary motions of their favorite
methods of putting enemies to death.
This was, of course, in the nature of a
rehearsal, but there seemed at the time
no sufficient reason for believing that
the performance would be long delayed.
The twenty bowling savages danced
about for several hours, touching me
with the points of their spears. threat
ening to cut me down with their ma
chetes, and swinging their battleaxes
just so as to Craze my neck. They fol-
lowed this with an inimitable represen-
tation of thrusting the long point of
the ak into my neck and carrying off
my head I thought it was all up with
me, but a captain came in and sub
dued the savages, promising that each
should have as many American heads
as he wanted just as soon as the war
between the Filipinos and Americans
was declared. This continued every day
or two during the entire time I was in
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-01
Regarding Human Hair.

According to an authority on the
subject, something like five tons OF
hair are required annually by London
merchants, and, although samples ar.
rive from various parts of the world
the bulk is chiefly French or Italian
grown. Naturally the tresses of nov.
ices who take the veil figure largely
in the hair harvest Some little time
ago a convent is said to have sold over
a ton of hair for $1,000, while a single
convent near Tours recently dispatched
as much as eighty pounds of hair to q
Partisan hairdresser, which would be
worth almost as many sovereigns. A
merchant revealed the fact recently
that $3.50 was an average price for q
British girls head of hair.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-01
rneater Heated by Electrlolty.

Tho first theater in the world to be
heated by electricity is the Odeon in
Buenos Ayres A short time ago the
proprietors asked II local company II 1t
would undertake to heat their premises
by electricity, and, although the man
agement had many misgivings as to
the possibility of being able to do 80,
80 sanguine was the electrical engi-
neer of the concern, an American, that
he could devise a practical and salts
factory system of electrical heating
apparatus for the purpose, that he
was given carte blanche and immedi-
ately proceeded to work out his
scheme which he has done success
fully
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-01

recovering his old self and that his
what he was when rescued from his
captivity.
The Spanish American war had end
ed and the Americans were in possess
sion of the city of Manila when Peters
was sent out into the fields in the vi
cinity of the Cavite waterworks to
sketch The American occupation of
the town without the cooperation oil
the Filipino forces had given rise to
hard feelings in the rank and file or
the natives against our men, but as
vet there was no open suggestion of
trouble between them. Accordingly
there seemed to be no danger in the
undertaking on which Peters had en-
barked, and he took no precautions to
guard himself. He was idly sitting
near the waterworks. sketching it from
the north, when he was approached by
a party of Filipinos.
They made no hostile demonstration
and he thought nothing of them until
they approached directly to where he
sat. He then glanced up inquiringly, to
find them evidently interested in him.
Even then no suspicion entered his
mind until he found himself seized and
hurried off to the Filipino camp.
His vigorous protests received no
other notice than to earn him sound
cuff. He accordingly was soon silenced
and watched the consultation as to
what should be done with him. After
a while the question was decided he
was ordered to mount horse. Guard
ed by a dozen natives. he rode of In
the direction of San Juan del Monti.
where he was taken before General
Montenegro
He was charged with being spy in
the interests of the American govern
ment. A story was trumped up as TO
how he had been caught within the
Filipino lines trying to sneak away
with important papers and documents
which he had stolen. He was ordered
to be killed, and was hurried away to
prison nearby. The next day, how
ever. he was taken away to Caioocan.
Here he remained in jail for more
than four weeks. Every day he ex-
pected orders to march out to his
death. Almost daily he was visited by
n savage horde and told how he should
die. They thrust him with the pointS
of spears and struck at him with ma
chetes and battleaxes.
Evidently. though at the time he did
not know it, some suspicion of the
truth had come to the general in com
mand and he was unwilling to kill the
man without more warrant Day by
6ay the mental torture continued each
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-01

velocity and weight of projectile be-
ing known, the amount of heat deyel-
oped by its stoppage can be calculated
In the case of large bodies moving rap
idly the result of the calculation Is
something astounding. For example:
The earth weighs 6,O00 million million
million tons. 1t travels in its orbits
at the rate of over eighteen miles a sec
ond. Should it strike a target strong
enough to stop its motion, the heat de-
veloped by the shock would be sufIi-
cient not merely to fuse the earth. but
also to reduce n large portion of it to
vapor. 1t has been calculated that the
amount of heat generated by COLI
sion so colossal would equal that oh.
tained from the burning of fourteen
globes of coal, each equal to the eartn
in size. And should the earth after
this stoppage fall into the sun, as II
certainly would do the amount of heat
developed by its impact on the sun
would be equal to that generated by
the combustion of 5000 earths of solid
carbon.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-01

With a score of savages dancing
around him. prodding him with the
points of their spears, swinging their
machetes dangerously near his head
and their battleaxes within a foot of
his neck, all the while rehearsing the
details of the death which they would
infiict upon him in few short min
utes, Artist George w. Peters suffered
1ndescribable tortures in the Philip
pines. He was sent there from this
country to furnish sketches of the
Spanish-American war in the islands
before the rebellion broke out among
the natives against the Americans,
and, ignorant of the character OF the
Filipinos, he trusted himself within
reach of their camp
He was captured and thrown into an
impromptu Jail, where, in addition to
suffering the physical tortures Of hun
ger and bodily pain, he was made to
undergo the most exquisite mental ag-
ony. He was only rescued from his
precarious position by the Intervention
OF Filipino whose friendship he had
earned at Manila by some important
services.
Artist Peters is not delicate man.
On the contrary, he is hardy and
strong. His physical strength is equal
to almost any ordinary test and the
dangers and hardships of the American
campaign against the Spaniards in the
archipelago did not daunt him in the
least. He took as good care of himself
as the conditions permitted and was
not materially affected by the discom-
forts he experienced.
But mental tortures are too much for
any one to undergo without showing
the effects of the strain His face is
aged ten years since his experience.
There is a tinge of gray in the blond
hair that formerly marked him. His
eyes are restless, showing that his
nerves have not yet recovered from the
shock. Physically, he has fallen away
greatly, though he says he is rapidly
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-01

captivity. 1t was not until was found
by Captain Salceda that learned that
there would be a chance of escape for
me. Soon after that | was released. l
had scarcely reached the American
lines when the first struggle between
the Americans and the Filipinos oc-
Cured | thanked my lucky stars that
| was not prisoner then, for l be-
lieved no amount of intervention would
have saved my life. | would have been
tortured as | had been for weeks, TIL
some vicious fellow thrust his spear
to good purpose and dispatched me. But
am here alive and ought not to com
plain. | would rather be killed thou
sand times than go through that terri
BILE ordeal of anticipation that | reg
ularly experienced every day for a
month. | have had enough of Filipino
captivity" Peters pluck was demon
strated when he returned to Manila.
After his experience and in his weak
ened condition one would have thought
he would have sought to keep as far
away from hostile Filipinos as possible.
Instead he kept right on the firing line
to continue his sketching. There he
remained through all the fighting that
followed until the California volun-
teers started for home. He embarked
with them and arrived in San Francis
co during the past week. He was one
of the earliest artists on the scene. He
sailed with General Merritt on the
Newport last June and was familiar
with all the details of the Manila cam
paign from the time of his arrival until
his departure. He personally met Ad-
miral Dewey and all the officers of the
American fleet Admiral Montejo and
many of the Spanish army officials.
His acquaintance with the Filipino
leaders he does not care to renew
His sketches. therefore. have been as
palistic as his terrible experience,