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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-17
Over eighty thousand
such letters as this were re-
ceived by Mrs. Pinkhan
during 1897. Surely this is
strong proof Of her ability
to help suffering women.

kept all our lines open, but We opened
the new cuvcrt route to Cuncy Island ac-
cording to schedule. cannot estimate the
shrinNaSe in traffic owing to The STRIKE.
The returns, tomorrow, will tell all about
that 1t seemed to me this morning, that
there was 4 special providence in the low
tring weather ana the rain. People DIN
not start off the day with 4 rush to Tho
beaches as usual and this say. Us time
10 steady ourselves"
President Iiosstcr said ;hat the Seventh
and Ninth avenue lines Of the Nassau
system were manned ~ Halsey street
mon, tho employees Oh ina, line having rc-
fused to 80 out almost ~ a man.
y man was slightly wounded IN Rock
away avenue by striker.
The Brooklyn Elevated engineers are
meeting. tonight. ana may take action
regarding strike.
General Master Workman Parsons
spent tile greater pane vi the Gay IN
brooklyn in conference with McsSrs.
Del -hauty ana Webster Of the state
board NJ arbitration. MI Parsons said,
tonight: Everybody knows that | do
not like strikes. They are not pleasant
ANA they are expensive. But this strike
Vas On. that cuuld not % aVcgtcd. The
first Il hours OF 4 strike neither wins
nor loses ii ana W. are satisfied with
the showing that We have made. There
will be fewer cars run. tomorrow, than
there Are. today The cars are nuW
manned by inspectors ANA the man VINO
remained. They are making 4 show
ing. but it is i bad on.
Il think that, tomorrow. VIII show
such larulyzc4 condition of the street
traffic that viii make the people vi
Brooklyn realize the strike is strong
enough for il To speak for itself They
are running no ears in the suburban
districts and ar making al the SHOW
they can in the CITY
Asked about the story that the road
had q lot Of new men to take the
place vi the strikers. Mr.. Parsons said
HI nothing If thar. Good motormen
are scarce said ne. The big trolley
lines that have been built make them
], scarce article III the market especi-
ally in the big cities. Having good mo-
tormcn prevents accidents and some Of
the roads are onto the fact that it Is
just Us easy, and in fact cheaper To
add Il few dollars to the payroll as it
is Ia Keep paying claims for damages.
Mr. Parsons said the strike had the
sanction Of the Knights Of Labor and
that the men would receive the moral
and financial support Of the organiza-
tiun.
I'll, cl.yat "a engineers simply took
up the question of the transfer from
their present position to The position Of
electrical engineers, when the third rail
system recently adopted should 80 into
effect. They ala not discuss the ques-
ton Of joining the surface trolley roads
in the strike. This change for the en-
gincers viii mean Il great reduction il
wages, and it is not at all satisfactory.
Thu matter was referred to Chief Ar
thur NJ the brotherhood u Locomotive
Engineers. with Which organization the
/ elevated engineers arc affiliated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-17
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.


Con. Joe Wheeler arrived al san Fran
cisco. late Saturday night. IN route to
the Philippines.
when At,inr I7antc stnpr.d ,vnrl, fan.
ne wrrk III his tvu rcrruifjrn nfIirns I'LL
= UaNnvar :Irrrt ;,nI ., ilnrl.1,nI strc,,t
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vi ~ nrn ian. thr new 1;th Hr,.irnr,f "A
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''''-'' '''
rms postmaster general has ordered VIA
HIN thiir,i ani rai,rth Gi,1sls ,iHrps.n
io persons serving on beard United States
naval vessels which Wcutd havr "een de-
placys ,resignttr,l. sLaH Wi trnnsuliytr.I
from Tho addresses 10 any point wi h'i
lh fe I'.'' H'' .'S "-."'"'
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~ ,,..l.
!" tlu i!i'i"'i '".A ''. III '''' III
I'm navy yard mas pvth ihr "rlt'ill'ld-
ton of Secretary Long 10 seek aulh"f-
ity from Congress ~ IN" earliest mo-
men possible for the construction 81
ston" dock of the largest type at the
Brooklyn navy \aid.
Tile war drpar-ny ut ha- rrctlv rt 'hc
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-17
SENIOR BETANCOuRI
Continued from page ID

Archibald. sergeant 18th Virginia: George
w. Cochmower. private Go. b. 1st Hi
nois; John Alden Desen, corporal 90. NJ.
9TH United States Infantry; Clark $ Ell
lott, second lieutenant 18th Minnesota
Roy l.. Fernald. 90. G, 7th United Sta ties
Infantry; A'bert L. Faulkner private
Wharton Griffin. first lieutenant 81
United States Volunteer Infantry: Carl
Hard, corporal Troop !. "a United States
Volunteer Cavalry; Robert S. Knox. sec
ond lieutenant. Virginia Volunteer Infan
try; Louis St. Clair Munlord. second reu-
tenant, "a Alabama Frederick Harvey
Plummcr, second lieutenant 4th Virginia
Volunteer Infantry; Max Wagner, second
lieutenant, United States Volunteer sig
nal Corps: John y. Wright. second lieu
tenant, 18th United States Volunteer In
fantry; Guy A. Boyie, first lieutenant and
ndiutant 15Sth Indiana; VIM. Il. Eulasa
Of co. A, LIST Ohio Volunteers; Thomas :.
Morton, Jr.. first lieutenant, "a South
Carolina Volunteers; james \. Simpson,
first lieutenant, 18th Kentucky.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-17
% mrs.. %mAA4n,
Lynn, Wass.
LETTER TO MRS. pINkHAM NO. 4,,ao7l

"DEAR FRrEND-A year ago l was a
great sufferer from female weakness.
My head ached all the time and would
get so dizzy and have that all gone
feeling in the stomach and was SO
nervous and restless that l did not
know what to do with myself.
My food did me no good and had a
bad case of whites. Iwrote to you and
after taking Lydia E. Pinl1ham's Vege-
table Compound as directed, can
truly say that l feel like new woman
and cannot tell you how grateful am
to you.
Il have recommended it to all my
friends and have given it to my
daughter who is now getting along
splendidly. May you live many years
to help our suffering sisters. ''-MRs. G.
CARPENTER, 253 GRAND ST., BRooKLYN,
n. y.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-17

The ninth annual congress of the
American whist cub came to an end.
early sunday morning, at the Auditor
ium hotel. Chicago. The Hamilton
club trophy and the championship 70"
teams Of four goes 10 the Buffalo
whist club, the Chicago Duplicate
Whist Club secures the Minneapolis
trophy and championship for club pairs
ana the American Whist League chal-
lange trophy becomes the prize % ia"
St Paul Club. These are the principal
trophies for which the expert whist
PLAYERS have contcnded during the
tournament. the East being pitted
against the Vests.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-17
OLYMPIA EXPECTED. July 10.
Admiral Dewey After Receiving Prasiquc Will
Proceed Direct TO New York.

Port Said, July 16.-After strict
quarantine the United States cruiser
Olympia sailed, Saturday, for Trieste
where she will have free pratiquc. At
ter 4 short stay there she will proceed
direct to New York. Admiral Deweys
health continues good.
Trieste, July 16.-The United States
cruiser Olympia is due to arrive here,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-17
@, R. WELLMkN.
uo,ae,, Mothers!! Mothers !!

= THE BEST or III
,,,e wrxcrow's SOOTHING SYRUP has heen nS , I.
s,rover FIFTY EARS hy MiLLl0NSoI MO- Mo-. III
III VIZ nIt1'ISS 1t SOOTiIES the CHILLI Hu ,
* No GUMS hLLANS all PAIN; ~ EE1 II :,
sold by Druggists every part OF te WoslI ne
ana o |s ~ other kind. twenty-five cents a fotte.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-17

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-17

The body Of w. S. Barton. cX-City
treasurer Of Worcester. Mass. was
found. Sunday. IN field n"ar West
Rutland. Mass.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-01
Sad But So.

The truth may as well be known
at once. The girls who have been
waiting ever since 1896 for the
1900 leap year are respectfully, but
firmly and regretfully informed
that there will be no leap year in
1900. The familiar rule that leap
year is every calendar year with a
number divisible by four will be
broken in 1900. This only hap
pens at the close of every century,
and it's pretty tough on the girls
now on earth, who will be COM
PEELED to wait until 1904. Cen
tenary years divisible by 400 are
leap years. Consequently, there
were % days in February, 1000,
and the same number of days will
be given to February, 2000.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-01

What would be more appreciated
as holiday gift than handsome
reed rocker, or an elegant iron
bed /? Either one would be useful,
and would serve as a kind re-
membrance for many years to come.
No better goods in this line are on
the market than those at A. c..
Youngs. 11-w&s-tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-01

OhFIst anu Our AhHElItdebs
Christ is the physician of the nine
teenth century as well as of the first.
He stands ready to bear our infirmities
and our sicknesses. His mission is espe-
cialIy to remove moral maladies.-Dr.
Stephen A. Northrop. Baptist. Kansas
Gitv
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-01
Rlish literat tare and come away

empty -handedl
This class in English literatare
and the Chantauqaa circleth the
latter with Mrs. John McNeish as
its able leader -have done much
toward improving the intellectual
tone of. Ardmore's society. And /
am sure all oe us who have taken
advantage of the opportunities
they offered have found a marked
improvement in our little stock Of
literary attainments. We are glad
to know that after the holidays.
after the frolic and fun and the
various other diversions that fol-
low IN old Santa's train, the class
will continue its meetings.
The class has just finished a
thorough and exhaustive study on
McCauley's Essay on Milton, :"
and from it they cleaned many inn
portant facts about this grand old
Puritan poet, the creations of
whose mighty and superb mind
sweep down the ages with resist
less force. Taine says: The
broad river of lyric poetry streams
from him, impetuous, with even
flow, splendid as a cloth of gold. !"
Next Saturday We will begin a
careful study of Shakespeare S
Antony and Cleopatra" and
none but those who have had the
rare pleasure of reading Shake
speare under an able and compe-
tent instructor can know with
what eager pleasure we look for
ward to the study of this play.
The tragic story of Egypt's beau
teous queen and her love lorn An
tony has been a theme full Of fas-
clnation for each succeeding gen.
GRAFTON. How much more so when
the lights and shadows that chased
each other so rapidly through their
lives are woven together in one
beautiful web and tinted with the
rainbow hue of Shakespeare S
matchless fancy.
We sincerely hope each pupil
will be in her accustomed seat
when the class re-opens, determin-
ed to work more persistenly in the
future than she has in the past, re-
membering that all precious
things discovered late to those that
seek them issue forth. -
Mrs. A G.. CRUCE. Secy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-01

Why? Do you complain or Indi-
gestion. constipation and Liver Ills,
when Beggs' Little Giant Pills are
within such easy reach. They are
to-day without a superior, do not
grip or gripe, and can be relied up
or to effect speedy cure when al
others are without the least avail.
Be sure and ask for "Beggs". Take
no substitute. For sale by City Drug
Store and T. N. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-01
Strayed or Stolen. .

One bay pony horse about
IA l-2 hands high, branded A. L.
or A. 2. on left shoulder. tail bob
bed. Notify Atcheson's butcher
shop on West Main Street, Ard
more +. T. 2S-w2t
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-01
Ideal CommonweaIths.

In all ages the dream of an ideal COM
monwealth has lent the soldier his
splendid courage. lent the scholar his
stainless life. That vision, too, has help
ed the hero to forget his sufferings and
made the martyr to go toward his fu-
neral pile with face bright with the
glory of that city whose walls flame in
the sky, Pathetic has been mans pill
grimage; long and weary his forward
march; but, because there is "a good
time coming" the way has been not too
long, the thorns and briers have been
not too sharp In their dreams men
have loved to linger about tine gates of
that paradise where once the morning
stars sang for joy and the dew lay upon
the unstained grass, but the eternal God
hath set for himself this task, the bring
ing in Of new Eden, when man shall
keep the earth, not plumber its treasures
when he shall no longer split its trees
into spear shafts or feed its blossoms TO
warhorses, but when. without fear,
boys and girls shall play in the city's
streets, when the valleys shall laugh
with corn, and in the cool of the even
ing men shall walk mid the grateful
shade, the pure blossom and the goodly
fruit For the golden age Of that first
Eden is to be forgotten in the full glory
Of the new paradise that is dim 20 man g
eyes. not becauee it is distant, but be-
cause it stands in the golden mist that
overarchea the throne Of God. DIR.
Newell Dwight Hillie. independent
ChfcnQo.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-01
MRS. A. G. CRUCE, Secy

Scalds. burns, old sores, tumors,
piles, are all relieved at once, and in
time effectually cured by the use of
that perfect ointment, Beggs' Ger
man Salve. For sale by City Drug
Store and T, N. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-01
The Need OF Love.

The man who loves God enough will
know exactly what is right and what is
wrong. Otherwise there is sort of
moral 'obtuseness, based on lack of love
and loyalty to God.-Bishop Fl. c. Nor
rison, Methodist, Louisville.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-01
HoI HoI HoI

Christmas is coming. and Blue
Ribbon is doing all the baking.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-01
The Soul of God.

There is presence beating at the i'm
pulses of conscience, beating through
the manifestations of nature. 1t is not of
stuff or stone. but is the soul of God.
And we can never find peace until it
enters in. Rev. A. NJ. Judy, Unitarian,
DaYannnrt Ia
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-01
Arrested.

Mayors court had two cases for
fighting over Blue Ribbon flour.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-01
The Church.s Mission.

The mission of the church is like that
of the north star to the mariner. She
guides, she directs Her ambition in
winning over to Christ the intellectual
world of today is to make all the sci
ences SO many little worlds Of thought
gravitating toward God. Edmund
7. Shanahan, Catholic. Washington.
Iron County register., 1899-12-28
his way home that blessed minute to

his way home that blessed minute to
metamorphose Maple Knoll into the
finest little farm in the county, take
marry me.
When got back to earth again Mr..
Melton had taken Dora off in his sleigh
for ride, so auntie and l had little
jollifcation of our own, and I forgot all
about lunch time. 1t didn't matter,
though, for when the sleighing couple
came back they didn't seem to know
much of anything. fell on Dora in the
hall and told all about Franks letter,
and she hugged me black in the face
and said she was tremendously pleased,
but he wouldn't have to take care of her.
because that was going to be attended
to by Rev. Cyrus, who was the dearest
man in the world, but crazy as loon,
because he confessed that he had fallen
more in love with her than ever the day
he came and found her baking hoecake
in the fireplace.
We celebrated that night by having
the biggest fire of the season in the old
fireplace, which behaved splendidly,
and we sat up till all kind of hours,
Aunt Laura, Dora and /, with no light
but the mellow crimson and gold bril-
lance Of that big old black cavern,
roasting nuts and red apples. talking
about the new paths opening before US,
and telling each other how grateful and
thankful we ought to be for this happy
orc7ing day of the new year.-Hattie
N.iFney, in Farm ard Fireside.
Iron County register., 1899-12-28
object of charity groaned Dora, '.ez-

object of charity" groaned Dora, 'es-
pecially-"
"Oh, well, I don't suppose he'll
preach about it next Sunday" said,
| consolingly; but Dora wouldn't cheer
up very much Still, it was very COM
Portable to have plenty of wood, and
I felt grateful to the good man for
instigating Uncle Jink to come to our
assistance.
OF all the 365 days of that year the
three hundred and sixty-ffth was the
most dismal at Maple Knoll. 1t opened
with drizzling, soaking rain, much
more depressing than the blizzard
from which it evoluted; the kind that
dampens your spirits in spite of all
the philosophy you can bring to bear
against it. The sky was dismal gray
waste without slit of light. Aunt
Laura had racking neuralgia in her
face Dora had been dreaming about
charity and wood all night. As for
me, 1 had a little trorble of my own
which popped up just 2ow more ag-
gressively than ever. l n ever had but
one lover q never wanted but one),
and he was a poor young nan who
had gone to the frozen Alaskan re-
gions with the avowed intention of
making his fortune and coming back
to share it with me, rebuild the old
house into a stately mansion and take
care of Aunt Laura and Dora, which
was quite proper; for, you see, I had
been gathered into the family when
I was left a small orphan, in Uncle
Johns time, and he and Aunt Laura
had not made an atom of difference
between Dora and me in their love
and care. But now it had been so long
since 1 had heard from Frank l
couldn't help being afraid he had
frozen to death or been buried in a
snowslide. And this dreadful rainy
day / couldn't even have the satisfac-
ton of going or sending to town for
the mail, if there should possibly be
any news.
Dora and I had an nnwritten law
that the more downcast we felt the
jollier we should force ourselves to be.
To-day I think we degenerated into
Stiffness in our efforts to be cheer
full. But a lot of smaller troubles
followed each other so persistently-
such as the refusal of the cook stove
to draw, the falling of the light bread
in consequence, slip in the mud on
Dora's part, ETC., etc.-that when, to
cap the climax that evening, our be-
loved fireplace smoked sulkily and re-
lentlessly, we felt that we might as
well wind up the year by going to bed
at eight o'clock.
When we were all snuggled down
and the lights were out 1 could have
cried just out of low spirits, but
Iron County register., 1899-12-28
THE FIRST PETRoLEUM.
>" Little Known Fact That the
oii LIN Mentioned in the
Bible.

l. may not be generally known +ba,
petroleum is, in all proba bility. men
toned and described in the Bib:e or AT
least in the Apocrypha, and thar its
Piope.ues anord. a plausible explana-
tlon OF the famous miracle.
Inc hrst chapter of the second book
'oi she maccabees reads, beginning with
the nineteenth verse:
For when our fathers were led into
fersia, the priests that were then de-
Nout TOOK the fire of the altar privily
ana hid it in hollow place of a pit
without water, where they kept it sure
SO that the place was unknown to all
pen.
NOW after many years, when it
pleased God, Neemias, being sent from
the king of Persia, did send of the DOS
terlty OF those priests that had hid it,
to the fire; but when they told us they
found no fire, but thick water;
hen commanded he them to draw
1T up and to bring it; and when the sac
rIfices were laid on Neemias command
ed the priests to sprinkle the wood and
the things laid thereupon with the wa
ter.
And the priests made prayer" etc.
Again, beginning with Verse 81:
Now, when the sacrifice was con-
sumed, Neemias commanded the water
that was left to be poured ON the great
stones.
when this was done there was kim
died flame but it was consumed by
the light that shined from the altar"
The narrative goes on to state that
the affair being reported to the king,
he. "after he had tried the matter" in
closed the place and made it holy.
The last verse reads:
And Neemias called this thing Naph-
thar. which is as much as to say,
cleansing, but many men call it Neppi."
The result of the kings investiga-
tlon is not given. 1t may have been
only judicial inquiry to determine the
authenticity of the report
Now a thermometer exposed to the
direct rays of the sun in Persia often
indicates 165 or 40 degrees Fahrenheit,
temperature quite high enough to ig-
mite the more volatile constituents of
crude petroleum.
1t therefore seems probable that the
priests either found an oil we'll proper
or well containing a mixture of pc
troleum and water.
Our word naphtha is probably the
same as the Naphthar of Neemias 1t
is a singular coincidence that naphtha
is noted for its power of cleansing"
though of course in widely different
sense from the one intended in the
Scripture.
That mineral oil was known and used
as an illuminant in ancient times ap-
pears from Pliny's mention of the pc
troleum of Agrigentum.
He calls it 'Sicilian oil'' and says that
it was used in lamps.-Philadelphi
Press
Iron County register., 1899-12-28
A FIGHT TO THE DEATH.
1t Was Between a Man-Eating SHARK
and an Alligator and the
Shark Won.

Some fishermen down at Mayport,
Fla, the mouth of the St. Johns river,
witnessed a strange fight a few days
ago between a large alligator and a
man-eating shark, says the Philadel-
phia Press.
The alligator was summing himself
on the river bank when the fishermen
approached within 80 yards.
There was roar from the alligator,
which attracted attention to his pres
ence, and he fell sprawling in the river.
Then a huge shark shot toward the
bank and caught the alligator's tail
in his mouth, causing the alligator to
roar with pain and turn onto the
sharks tail with his mouth.
The two monsters stuck their teeth
firmly in each others tail, and the
shark snatched off a piece of the alli-
gators flesh, swallowing it at one gulp.
The alligator let loose the shark and
shark raised himself above the water
and pounced upon the head of the alli-
gator.
The entire head of the alligator was
caught between the jaws of the shark
and mangled.
Several hours later the dead alligator
without head or tail or legs, rose to the
top of the water and was carried out
to sea by the ebbing tide.
Several sharks have been caught at
Mayport this year, and the fishermen
who reported the above story will try
to catch the shark that ate the alli-
gator.
Iron County register., 1899-12-28
A DEARTH OF MONEY.
Our Highly Prosperous Country Thu4
Partially Paralyzed In It's
Business Affairs.

Recently the world has been treated
to the ridiculous spectacle of a highly
prosperous nation partly paralyzed i'm
its business affairs by a dearth of
ey."-Chicago Record.
!. True, and if broader view is taken,
1t will be seen that the business affairs
of the world are hampered in like man.
ner. Was there ever better illustra-
ton of the folly of depending upon
the supply of gold alone to furnish basic
money! With the product of our sill
yer mines used also for money this
stringency could not have occurred.
Or, if instead of issuing bonds to sup
ply funds for the Spanish war. $780,
100000 of treasury notes had been is
sued, there would have been plenty Of
money and business affairs would not
be hampered by a tight money mar
ket. The money clique is profiting by
this condition, while industry and COM
merce are suffering from the folly oi
letting such interested parties control
and run the financial affairs of the gov
ernment.-National Rural.