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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-01

The Kennebec Steam Carpet Cleaner
will make its first run of the season,
next Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-01
National League Standing.
Other Games.

At Toronto-Toronto, 6: Springfield, o.
At Montreal-Montreal, 5; Hartford. >.
AT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., s; Worcester {.
At Observation-Disclosures, 4; Pfovi-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-01

Half the ills that man is heir to come
from indigestion. Burdock Blood Bitters
strengthens and tones the stomach,
makes indigestion impossible.
man we'd fri&wky If
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-01

This il the season when the careful
housewife prepares her pickles catsup.
etc, for winter. +. l.. Weber has an
ticipated her wants and has with his
usual care selected everything first
class, including the genuine cider vine
gar that is So Indispensable See his
ad. also his north window display.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-01
BASE BALL.
New England League Games.
At MAN.CIIESTEE-

~ The inst inni.;; three Aits. Together
with three bases on balls ANA a r:iI
throw 10y McrrsaeH, enabled Taunton u
obtain tx nuns In the fourth. by iunci
ing hits the scored thice men ana won
the game.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-01
O.eG,
KENNEBEC.

Augusta-Aug 80, Seth Gay, aged Gj
years
Wafervil'o-A Aug. % Mrs. Eliza W. Mat
thews, aged p years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-01
AT LOUISVILLE.

The Louisviiles rallied in the NINTH bu.
their errors had given the Washingtons a
iead they could not overcome. The base
pull season in Louisville Will close. Satur-
day. Tho remaining IL games schedule D
fnr this city have been transferred. Pres
ident Dreyfus claims that the club has
been losing $500 a day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-01
AT ST IOIIS

ST. Louis won by punching hits in tn.
second inning. Young was nlVincibl,
after the first inning and Baltimore was
ut his mercy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-01
AT PITTSBTRG.

1t looked like New YoIk's game when in
the first with six hits I'VE runs were
five hits. equai.ed this and thereafter had
the game well in hand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-01

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The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29

empress of China on the occasion of her
sixtieth birthday, the presentation hav-
ing been made in due form by the Brit
ish and American ministers. The book,
says Leslie's Weekly, is royal quarto
volume, 2x10x13 inches in size and was
manufactured by the Presbyterian
press and Canton silversmiths. It has
silver covers, embossed with bamboo
and bird designs, and is printed on the
finest paper with the largest type, and
with a border of gold encircling each
page. It was encased in a solid silver
casket, ornamented with symbolical
designs, the whole weighing 1917
pounds, and upon the cover of the
casket there is gold plate which re-
lates that the book is the gift of the
Christian women in China. -
Not long after the presentation of
this magnificent volume the eunuchs
were sent from the palace to the book
store to ask for a common copy, so
that the empress and her ladies might
compare the two texts. Surely the cir
culation of such a book is one Of the
wonders Of the world! cage cann,t
wither, nor custom stale, its infinite
variety" :.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
UNEXPECTED PRESENTS
Peculiar Transposition Of Words
Frequently Found in Modern
writings.

II it happens that some public char
acter becomes the object of set of
resolutions, cane or other testi-
monial, the printed account of the
function presents some singular fea-
lures. Owing to a certain carelessness
in the handling Of the English Ian
guage elastic as that medium of
speech is-the writer makes himself
say exactly the opposite that he in
tends to say. A well-educated man
and a regular writer for publication
will make this glaring error in the
majority of his productions,
For instance, the nation-that is, q
small portion--made up q pocketbook
to buy Admiral Dewey a homs IN
every published account of tina. lunc-
ton, headlines and all-none is barred
that has come under the eye~ of the
writer-the text ran after trty man
ner: .''Admiral Dewey Given &, House.
The elision of the proposition "to," in
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
A thankful SONG.

I'm thankful for the summer with its bios
SONS an its bees.
I'm thankful for the winter with its blus-
ter an its freeze;
I'm such a thankful feller that couldn't.
If I'd try,
Say whether I'm more thankful for De-
cember or July.
OF course there's disappointments, an
there's trouble, more or less,
But I'm 80 brimmin' over with the sweets
o. happiness
don't have time to worry o'er the bitter
For the Lord jes' keeps me busy bein'
thankfups I can be.
Some wait till after harvest an the crops
are gathered all,
Then have a day O. thankin' in the latter
part O. fall;
Their songs while crops are CROWN have
limpin' in their rhyme,
The Lord must wait their pleasure for a
truly thankful time.
But jes' bubble over with contentment an
delight.
For blessin's showered on me ev'ry morn
in, noon an night;
No matter If I'm plantin' corn or busy cut
tin hay.
Each sunrise marks the dawnin' Of a new
Thanksgivin' Day.
I'm thankful for the orchards an the med
der plots O. grass,
I'm thankful for the weeds that nod a well
come as pass;
I'm thankful for the nation an its inde-
pendent way,
AnI I'm jes' more'n thankful I'm a-livin'
here to-day.
I've got enough to keep me, an little bit
to spare;
Life's evening frost has caught me an it's
sort O. tipped my hair;
No., e.. 3~~
evrything-an-yes,
I'm thankful can sing q song jes' filled
with thankfulness!
Roy Farrell Greene, in Leslie's Weekly.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29

the eyes Of the writer of that line,
seems to have atoned for the blunder.
The effect is that Admiral Dewey was
presented to a house instead of the
house having been presented to the
admiral.
Instances without number are print
ed wherein prominent educators, law
makers and others are formally picked
up-in language if not in physique
and presented to walking sticks under
the designation of canes. In ninety
out of a hundred cases of this kind the
recipient is made the subject instead
Of the object Of the sentence. This is
inconvenient for the men who are be-
slowing attentions on a corpulent per-
son.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
RUNo on THE PREACHER
ON Church Members iasa (.
Michigan Town. Iss

"You remember the chestnut bell, Of
course?" said the man who, according
to the New York Sun, had got out of
Chicago with only the loss of one Of
his shoe heels. ''Well, i was greatly
taken with it at the time, and when I
set out to visit my old home IL Michi-
gan I bought q dozen bells to take
along. Nobody in the town had heard
of them, but hadn't worn one over a
day when the people caught on and
I was fairly besieged. When Sunday
came I prepared to attend church like
a dutiful son, and at the proper time
mother and were seated in her pew.
just what the text was can't remem-
ber, but the minister had scarcely an
nounced it when six of my chestnut
bells sounded among the congrega-
tion. The good man didn't mind them
in the least, but went ahead with his
work. He was rung up on his hymn,
and he was rung up every minute or
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
LIVING ONES OWN LIFE.
We Should Give Ourselves and Our
NeiEhbors a Larger Margin
of individuality.

People are necessary to our develop
ment. The disgruntled wish to Give
ones own life'' is as bootless as it is un-
availing. There is no such thing as liv-
ing ones own life unmodified by other
lives. While we ought to strive for a
positive independence and integrity of
the psychic personality, we need to
stand in some relation of society and
sentiment toward the human guild. We
need the mere human love that goes out
from creature to creature, but above all
we need a reciprocity of sympathy and
the inspiration that comes from be-
lieving in one another's best. We
draw too much on one another for mi
nutia, and let the best things lie un-
quarried. Life would be fine thing if
we wonted ourselves to exercise a
larger-heartedness toward those with
whom we have personal relations, if we
were more generous in allowing our
|>neighbors larger margin for separate
ness of individuality. The perpetual
small analysis or disciplinary criticism
which marks most persons conyersa~
ton about other persons may be we'll
intentioned, it may even spring from
that nice sense of justice which makes
one object to hear ones fellows ap-
praise themselves or be appraised be-
yond their lowest value, but while a
just judgment is undoubtedly fine,
thing on ones deathbed, one might
take less comfort in remembering that
one had been invariably just than in
hoping one had been occasionally kind!
At best we are all no better than ap-
proximations, little not wholly success
full experiments in perfection, so, as We
are human, let us make the best Of our
human relationships; let us take our
friends for what they are without re-
pining that they are not what they
are not.-American Queen.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29

The most important feature OF the.
winter gown would seem TO be the pet
tlcoat- 1t IS most conspicuous all
around beneath the popular tuufe. or
the redingote, as both in color and mate
rial it is generally in sharp contrast t6
the rest Of the frock. Velvet pettieoass
and those Of fur are unusually aftrae-
tive 50 are the ones of white cloth
striped in horizontal lines with gradu-
ated bands OF black velvet ribbon. Plaid
Petticoats are very smart indeed. espe-
cially if the plaid has a white ground.
and white and light-colored satin petit
coats are no end swagger, many being
trimmed with shingles of cloth sewn on
with white ssitchings.-DetroTt Fres
Press
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29

two on his sermon, and though there
was something amusing about it I
was also half scared out of my boots.
As I had brought the bells to town
didn't know but what he'd hold me
responsible, and open out on me.
About the middle of his sermon he
said something about Jonah, and II
Of those bells went 't-i-n-g!' on him in
succession. He stopped and looked
around, and then calmly said:
"'Will those people who are jingling
keys kindly jingle little softer?'
II was thankful to get out.of that
church without q calamity = coAtinned
the bell man, .'and / didn't az any
laughing till the next day. Then it
was because I learned that every
blessed man who had rung up the
minister was seriously in earnest
about it and felt it sort of duty, and
because that minister himself called
at the house and accepted my own
bell and rung it up on mother within
five minutes!"
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
sweets for ChfIdren.

Sugar candy, plain chocoIate and
other pure, simple sweets may De gfveu
to children occasionally without harm.
but the practice of eating sweets at all
times and seasons is to be condemned.
The habit Of begging for pennies "a
buy sweets is most troublesome. aE1
should never be allowed IT permitted
the child will become positive nuisance
to its elders, snd viii do Itself real in
jury, for it will acquire a perverted APP
petite which will crave for swegts-
which, while failing to neurish It, viii
prevent healthy appetite for whole
some, nourishing food.-washingfon
Star
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
THE ONLY SAFE LOCATION.
About Hunters who Wore
Golf Suits.

The newcomer sported q loud hunt
ing suit. His gun was Of the latest pat
tern and he wore Eyeglasses. He had
come up to the Adirondacks for a weeks
deer shooting.
The guides on the tavern porch
looked at him and shuddered.
II want guide for the mountains" :"
he said, as his eye roamed along the
line.
Nobody stirred.
"Are there no guides here ?" he asked,
with some surprise.
Still no response.
Then up rose old Cap'n Endfcott.
"Stranger," he said, I'VE would be
glad to 60 with ye, but the fact is we're
a-scared to-"
Scared"
"Yes, sir, scared. The shcotin' sea-
son for guides is open, an most Of US
has families. We can't undertake to
60 to sudden death at the muzzIe of
that gun thar"
The stranger frowned, but before he
could frame an angry reply he was in
terrupted by one of the younger guides
Ever hunt deer?" the young man
was asked.
SWELL, no." replied the stranger.
The young man hesitated. Then a
resolute look crossed his face.
"I'm a single man" he solemnly said,
with nobody dependin' on me, an my
gal shook me last week. I'll guide you
on one condition
'Name it," said the stranger.
''I'll guide you if you'll let me walk
close behind you all the way!"-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
WOMAN'S BESETTING SIN,
she Surrenders to HOUSEHOLDS DrudE~
cry Too Nueh TfRe and
Strength.

Our american women are pro~erbiaE-
" overworked. Many of sheu are Of n
slender, fragile build not able 10 per-
form the hereuIean tasks demanded Of
them OftentImes Et IS the task Of thsya
fabled Sisyphus- ever repeating teesT-
Gus routine; that is. rolling the never
ceasing stone It makes ones hsarss
ache to think of all the rough work they
do-work that sometimes thsir bus
bands know nothing about and think
nothing about-tasks that are often
done by the light of a lamp whose biazs
is fed by the midnight OIL And this
work is kept up until ut last the tired
nerves give way or a cough comes on .
sensible decline begins. the housswiss
falls down prematureIv and husband
is left wifeIess and family without
mother. Somebody is as fault for AT
this; but whom shall we bIameg LffeGe-
mands so much; society demands 50
much; your own ambition and pride
and your husbands welfare and success
are exaetin1 constant surrenderS Of
time and strength But there should be
a limit. No woman can afford 20 saeri-
fee her health and welfare of her high.
er nature at any price Work thus be-
comes Molock: but why not refuse sF1e
terrible Offering of life and blood and
strength it claims? Take time 20 rest
Recreate, read, attend the quarterly
meetings 4 human life souFs happi-
ness, is worth more than a few paItry
dollars. the pleasure of oufshTHIng your
neighbors- having better house or bet
ter-dressed children. Tired nervous,
overtaxed wives drop that work now
and run out and breathe the fresh air
Of the fields Take your children oux
under the trees You viii be the better
for it, the children will be the better
for it, and the work will not De the
worse. An hours rambIe or rest. LISTEN
ing TO the singing Of the birds ths
whirr OF insects, watching the shadows
play with the sunshine. and drinking
in the reviving freshness Of The baIny
winds. is cheaper than doctor CALL
Mrs p w. Colby in Woman's Home
Companion.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29

The latest novelty in fur jackefx ia
jannty little affair of broad taEf finished
around the edges with stitched bansss
OF velvet. velvet revers and hIzh 1ar-
ing collar Of chinehifla-
Panne vcivetin oriental coiorfnz and
designs makes fashionable vxaiss. with
. cream lace vest and yoke
Evening capes of automobiIe red
cloth are one Of the smart things WORN
at the horse show. They fit tire sfzorl-
ders closely. fall within Il or IS inches
Of the bottom of the dress. and are
made with the new round hood Of lace
and high rolling collar or vxisk the
collar and one revers which fast~ns the-
garment well over ON one side
Birds of all kinds are well represent
ed in millinery. but thu pigeon and sea-
gull are quite the most stylish Of ali.
and especially with chinchilIa- which
forms many pretty winter hat
Fur toques and tuTbaus tipped well
over the eyes were the prominent W.
riety of hat worn IN the afterroon ae
the horse show, and chInchIIIa and
sable were the favorife frrrs. Some
were almost entirely OF far with y
large tuIIe of velvet ros~Tte at one side,
others were combined with velvet or
cloth, and decorated with bird OF
wings, and again a rosette bunch of W.
Diets, or rich dark red velvet roses was
the trimming
The daintiest little coEfection anorg
the trihes of fashion is the new muf of
chiffon in three shades of one color OF
three distinct coIers which harTnonfze
prettiIy- The chiffon IS gathered up
closely in tucks. and chiffon sriITs edged
with tiny ruche are the finish at she
ends A jabot bow of chiffon with or
chidsor vioIets forms a trimming at one
side Fur muffs are also trimmed with
chiffon. with very dressy effect. CON-
bined with tails for a bunch at one side,
and used as friIi finish around ths
opening.
Silver fox boas with two feet and ths
pointed head of the animal at one esd
and two feet and the bushy eaff at the
other are decidedly the fashion, for
young ladies' especially
Four-buttou giace kid or CASTOR
gloves are the thing for street wear
Hats with decided and rather high
CROWNS are becoming very popular here
but the latest advices from Paris assure
us that it is the hat with ffss broad low
crown which is the novelty This hat
has a brim. Of course tilted little OF
one side and is trimmed with ostrich
feathers or punches Of vioIets-N- Z.
Sun.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
Perils Of Hi9h Livinv.

High living and oyereating have
killed many a potentate and monarch.
It carried off Alexander the Great in
the full flush of his career. Augustus
Caesar died of it. Henry VIII. died of
overeating, and SO did George III. In
our day many a man of millions haz
died similarly. William II. Vanderbilt
fell dead of heart disease complicated
with kidney trouble; so did ex-Gov.
Roswell P. Flower. The annals o:
Washington official life are filed with
the deaths of prominent men who
dined unwisely.-N. Y. Sun.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
night, tormented by hunger, and
parched with thirst. we sat crouched in
the bottom of the hoat> .l 4 .s 4s.s

nASnts toThenteQ Oy munger, and
parched with thirst..we sat crouched in
the bottom of the hoat. Il ss1 Z .,#5 ..I.s
! remember Of thinking alternately.
Of mother and the little dairy house
built round the snsing, bubbling UP cool
and refreshing through crevices in the
ledge, while all around were ranged
new, rich cheeses. Gs-;s= :.
l think that on the following fore
noon l had q touch of sunstroke. I
know my head seemed splitting open,
and, as Joe has since told me, 1 kept
whispering about the light breeze
which had sprung up, and how funny
Joe himself looked, standing in place Of
a mast, holding his jacket stripped up
over his head as a substitute for sail.
Yet he says that all through this half
delirium I did not speak word directl,
to him.
Then there was q blank; and when
opened my eyes, my head was lying in
Joe's lap, he was crying as though his
heart would break-and what else do
you think he was doing?
He had found few drops of fresh
water left in the heel of the sea boot
that he had used to bail with in the
shower of the night before, and though
half choked with thirst, the brave fell
low was letting the precious fluid
trickle between my parched lips.
I honestly think this saved my life.
II take it all back, Joe," whispered.
"You never tried to curry favor with
the mate, and I was fool to say so.''
When came to myself again, I was
lying on pile of mats under a woven
grass awning, stretched over the stern
of a native boat that was speeding to-
ward Macassar like bird.
A monkey peered down at me from
one of the awning poles; parrots and
cockatoos, tied by the leg to rail on
either side, chattered and screeched,
while two young jaguars, not much
larger than kittens, were rolling each
other over in play near the boats
bows.
A pleasant-faced native islander was
steering, and through the medium of
signs and some pigeon English" we
learned later that, with his pretty,
dark-skinned wife and brood of small
children, who were slowed here and
there among the cargo of cocoa nuts
and pearl oyster shells, they had sailed
from an island to leeward about thou
sand miles, before the steady south
west monsoon, to exchange their wares
in Macassar for cotton cloth, cutlery
and colored thread for weaving.
Joe sat by my mat couch, tanning
me, and the native woman gave me CO.
coanut milk to drink, so before long I
began to feel quite myself again.
And when, about nightfall, we ar
rived at Macassar, we found the long
boat and crew all safe.
Who of them it was had cast off the
painter of our boat in the darkness and
storm, no one could tell. They all de-
MED it, as a matter of course, and as
the men virtually took charge after
that, Capt. Pratt was obliged to leave
us to our fate-at least, so he explained
afterward.
Two weeks later, Joe and shipped as
ordinary seamen in the Glenmorgan-
shire, bound for London. But before we
went aboard, we shook hands on ii that
if we had another quarrel neither
should wait for the other to speak first.
Days.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
Expedie,ts In the siek-nes-

Where no regular system of ventiIa-
tion exists the windows may be raised
several inches, resting on a board made
to fit the window, thus forcing an indi-
rect draft over the top Of the sash. An
adjoining room may be well ventilated,
and then the doors opened into the sick-
room. In warm weather q screen NAV
keep the draft from the bed, and plen-
ty Of air be admitted. When sick per
son begins to count the pictures on the
wallpaper, following the designs with
eye or finger, it will waste the tagging
energy as almost nothing else Will do.
II is time then to cover the wall with a
curtain Of cheese-cloth, or even sheet,
hanging favorite picture for a cen
trail object OF vision, to be repisced oc-
casionally with fresh one.-Lanta
Wilson Smith, in Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
Clerical Ordnance.

Hobbs-I see by the papers that your
friend, Rev. DR.. Bang, has joined the
artillery of the church. g ..s.
#Dobbs-What do you mean? j:
''sWhy, he's been made a canon of the
cathedral" H.
HIN; I didn't know that he was such
asbig gum. Y. Commercial Adver-
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29

Roll out rich biscuit crust, one-fourst
inch in thickness, spread with stewed
cranberries, roll the edges ,ogefherand
press them we'll Sew a Toured cloth
around and boil for two hours. Serve
with cream and sugar or any goo6
Housekeeping
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
New Enxland Thrift.

The New. England woman had been
telling how much money she had made
during the summer in eggs. Some one
expressed his surprise that she could do
that and have houseful of summer
boarders besides. slow did you man
lage?" he said. "That was easy enough"
she replied. II just sent all those fresh
eggs away and sold them at IS cents a
dozen, and then went to the store and
bought limered eggs at rs cents. The
summer boarder doesn't know the diff
ference" IL j., i.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
Another Theorx Exnloa.a.

CustomerI suppose this football
craze hurts your business somewhat.
Barber-Quite the contrary. I,make
all kinds Of money selling "Hirsut:ne,'
my peerless hair tonic, warranted to
grow football hair on a billiard ball in
three weeks. N. Y. journal 3
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
TESTAMENT FOR AN EMPRESS
China's Sovereign Has Been Present.
ed with the Costliest Copy
Ever Printed.

The poorest can now buy the New
Testament in English for a nickel and
yet--strange contrast!-perhaps the
most sumptuous copy of the New Testa-
ment in existence is that splendid edi-
tion de luxe presented to the dowager
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29

Worse Than the Loss.
The loss of a friend adds one to the
list of your enemies.-Chicago Daily
News. - .s
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29

jag. The Mexican loaded with mescal
is much given to Castilian profanity and
invective, his favorite verbal jewel be-
ing 'carajo,' pronounced carahoo. In
time gorgeous, red-hued, vociferous
drunk came to be called q carajo jag
carahoo jag-and by corruption crack
erjag or crackerjack. Hence, all things
supreme, clever, frst-class, were by an
alx.KI termed crackeriacks."
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
Oriein of "Crackeriack.

Origin of "Crackerjack.
The Boston Herald thus explains the
origin of the word "crackerjack:" ''In
the hot southwest cactus whisky, or
mescal, is favorite prescription for