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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-18

Accidents come with distressing fire.
turncy on the farm. cuts, bruises. sings
sprans. DIR. Thomas Eclectric Oil re-
lieves the pain instantly. Never safe
without it,
mon. wed. fri&wkyt If
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-18

one or two papers still speak Of
Puerto Rico" They must have had q
bad case Of "cuentrariness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-18

Apply one now: you'n feel stronger ana
happier tomorrow. Ii0p plasters for Ach-
ing Muscles. Backs. Kidneys and Lungs,
rheumatism, Crick ana all bodily all
ments. All rrliah drug stores.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-18

A warm wave over Washington viii
materially aid the progress Of legisla-
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-18

Inc group Of Olltr BoWIpln grad
yates in Washington, Il far famed. 1t
includes Chief Justice Fuller. Vice
President pro tom, Frye. Surt kim
ball Of the life saving service. Rep
rescntative Allen, Gen. Spear. COL.
Whitney, Representative Alexan-
der Of New York Representa-
tive Stevens Of Minnesota, Rev. $. NJ
Newman, Prof. Chickering, ana others
1t is q notable list. even with cX-
Speaker Reed lacking. And now
colony Of young Bowdoin men is
springing up there. 1t includes half i
score of young graduates who have
government positions and are also DO
ing post graduate work at Columbian
University. Among them are William
Frye White, Bowdoin ~, who is a
clerk to his grandfather in the room
Of the vicepresident. He is promis-
ing young student in the law school of
Columbian University. A. p. Cram,
Bowdoin so, employed in the pension
office, is also a student in the law
school; and Henry A. McCarty, Bow
| doin 1900. whose home is in Portland.
is expected here soon to take 4 place
in the census bureau, and will probab-
ly enter the law school Of Columbian
University. next year Il. NJ. Green
! law. Bowdoin 90, a resident Of South
Paris, is already employed in the cen
sus, and is studying law i'll Columbian
| University. A. L. Hunt, BOwdoin rs,
| is likewise in the census and Will begin
4 course in the Columbian Medical
| school next year. j. T.. Rhoadcs. md.
who graduated from Bowdoin in ~
and who comes from Rockland, Will
enter the law school next year. He is
| the private secretary and nephew OF
| Representative Littlcficld.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-18

There is something startling in the
suggestion that Mr.. Bryan may have
stopped talking long enough to think.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-18

No wonder that the ladies of the
Church of Heavenly Rest, in Auburn,
are working with new zeal to raise
their church debt. on his recent visit,
Bishop Goldman told them that for
every 500 that they raised towards
the paying Of the debt, he would add
500 more. They were also promised a
new church for their work as soon as
the debt was cleared.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-18

The Biddeford Journal man, who is
probably looking for an excuse himself.
remarks that Maine people will now
have another excuse FIR not going to
church. Already this month, three
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-18

No big circus coming to Maine. this
summer? 1t can't be that this dol>ful
report i true. Anyway. Buffalo Bits
Wild West show is on the way
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-18

An exchange explains that owing to
the length Of the name the steamers
on Lake Moosclookmeguntic, make but
one round trip a day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-18

The small boy has coined descrip-
tive epithet for the bombardment Of
the man with the automatic bicycle
coaster brake. AS the rider coasts
along without moving his feet, the
kid on the sidewalk yells, 'Stiif-leg,'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-18
A large New York publishing IN

Q A large New York publishing house
which makes speciality Of college
textbooks, have in press 4 book far
the Use of students in French. written
hy Prof +. H. Goodcll Of TIN Tniver-
sity Of Maine faculty. MI. G-ol.n il
4 Howdoin ana Johns Hopkins grudu-
ate. Those Who know Mr. Goodrll a~
4 student ana Who have followed his
Very successful career as a teacher
predict a practical ana valuable work
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-18

The drives are coming along with 4
good pitch of water. and under most
favorable conditions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-18

The selection Of Grant Rogers. by
the Prohibitionists, makes two suber-
material candidates formally in the
field.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-08
ANIMALS HAVE SENSE.
They Respond Readily to Kindness
and Are Sure to Resent Cruelty
and ROughness.

The farmer cannot too fully under
stand that all the live stock on his
farm with which he is brought in
daily contact will partake more or less
of his personal moods. If he kicks
open the barn doors in the morning
and thumps the old mare with the
shovel or pitchforll to let her know
that he is boss of that ranch, even the
hens will be nervous and out of sorts
all day. It is the placid, even tenn
pered farmer who has docile stock. If
he leaves the kitchen door for the
barnyard singing "The Sweet BY and
BY" he will find his COWS placidly
chewing their cuds and his hogs grunt-
ing contentedly in the morning sun.
A horse understands when he is
sworn at, and it embitters a COW to
threaten to break her back with a
straw cutter. A pig in the pen which
receives CHEEKY "Good morning"
from the owner will fatten twice as
fast as the one which climbs up to re-
ceive blow from a club. It is so with
the fowls. The farmer who puts on a
benevolent, fatherly expression as he
scatters the grain will find every hen
uoing her best that day to lay an egg
to prove her gratitude and confidence,
while the one who scowls and mutters
and tries to knock some hens head off
with clothes prop will find himself
feared and detested.-M. Budd, in Ne
braska Farmer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-08
ROOTS FOR LIVE STOCK.

On account of the large amount of
water they contain, cows on roots are
never as thirsty in winter time as they
otherwise would be.
Given twice or even once day
through the latter part of the winter
crisp, succulent roots form a valuable
addition to the rations of mich cattle.
If roots have not been cleansed of
all particles of dirt when placed in
storage in the fall. they should be
cleansed with plenty of water prior to
feeding.
The dairyman who feeds roots to his
cows in midwinter is always wise
enc, no matter how plentifully his
silo. hay NOV and granary may be
stocked.
Besides their intrinsic value to milk
production, roots fill that want in a
cows diet in winter of something
green" which aids in assimilating
other foods.
I have known cows to lose appetite
and shrink in milk yield, following the
feeding of dry roots. The earth and
clay clinging to the little rootlets did
the bad business.
A neighbor of mine had a COW to
which he fed bushel of turnips daily,
and, although on hay diet besides,
he said she never drank any water in
three weeks. although offered it daily.
George E. Newell, in American Gull
6vato1.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-08
WIT AvERTED A STORM.
The Capital Device of a Congress
man to Cool His Wife's
Anger.

In the seclusion of the house cloakrooms
story is being told on western member.
There are 357 men in the house. Three hun.
dred and fifty-six are hereby released from
any connection with the. story. The other
man-and the other mans wife-will recog.
nize the truth of what is here recorded.
The western member went home at very
early hour in the morning. He had made a
night of it with some friends. He knew that
his conduct would be considered reprehensi.
BILE by his better half, and so as he assembled
the steps of his modest home he racked his
brain for some plan to avert the lady's
wrath. As he entered the hall he saw an
umbrella. Instantly it occurred to him that
the umbrella might be his salvation.
He carried the umbrella upstairs. Seating
himself on chair in the corner of the bed
room, he raised the rain guard over his head
and then coughed loudly. His wife awoke
and saw in the dim gaslght her iege lord
sitting solemnly under the raised umbrella.
"What are you doing?" she asked in nat.
ural surprise.
1T is three o'clock, my DEAR" said he,
"and am waiting for the. storm"
The congressman's ready wit saved him
from Caudle lecture. He is worrying now,
however, to find an equally effective act for
the next time he stays out late.-Washing.
ton Post
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-08
CLEANING THE PLOW.
Directions Which Will Also Apply to
Other Farm Tools Made of
Iron or of Steel.

The department of agriculture thinks
that having pillow clean and bright is
of sufficient Importance to warrant it
in publishing directions for cleaning
it, which will also work well for other
tools of iron or steel. Slowly add one
half pint of sulphuric acid to one quart
Of water, handling it carefully and
stirring slowly, as considerable heat
will result from the mixing. When
cool moisten the surface of the metal
with this, and then rub dry, after which
wash off with pure water. This appli-
cation should clean any surface not
too badly rusted, but if the tool has
been long neglected it may require
more than one application. After they
are thoroughly cleansed we would adj
wise thorough coating of grease be-
fore putting away, and when they are
taken out to use give them another
greasing, and they will go zone horses
draft easier" as the old farmer used
to say his scythe did after it had been
properly whetted. Not only is it much
easier for the team but for the plow-
man if the pillow is clean and bright,
as the adhering soil makes it handle
hard when the plow is rusty.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-08
THINGS OF HoRsEH1DE.
A Leather That Is Put to Many Uses
Where the Hides Come
From.

The use of horsehide in razor strops
is familiar; but that is only one, of
many uses to which horsehide is put;
it is an excellent and valuable leather.
Some parts of the hide are used for shoe
uppers, the leather produced for the
purpose being called Cordovan, from
Cordova, in Spain, where it was first
made. Cordovan is fine, strong, hand
some leather; it formerly cost more
than calkskin; but now the cost is
about the same. Horsehide is used also
for the manufacture of gloves and nit.
tens, and in bookbinding; and there
is made of it an imitation buckskin.
Horsehide is used in making whip
lashes, and some parts of it are used
for making shoestrings; it is used fo1
carriage leather, in covering seats
and so on, Horsehide is much thinner
than cowhide.
The supply of horsehides comes
chiefly from cities. Some horsehides
are imported from Europe, the greatest
number of these coming from Russia.
The finest of all horsehides comes from
Normandy, in France. City horsehides
are commonly Che best, and the best
of all American horsehides are those
gathered in this city. The largest and
best hides come from the fine, big
draft horses used by brewers and
others.-N. Y. Sun.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-08
A CAREFUL BRIDE.
She Didn't Give Hubby a Chance ia
Make Any Declaration of
Devotion.

The happy pair had survived the con:
gratuations Of friends and relatives, and
were being whirled rapidly towards the
railway station, before the bridegroom be-.
gan fairly to realize that the vision of love-
illness at his side was indeed his own.
A dawning sense of what he had gone and
done and Of the sacred charge that was
now committed to his care began to creep
upon his benumbed faculties, driving the
rose of health from his downy cheek and
substituting therefor the pallor of haunt.
ing responsibilities.
Darling" he whispered, softly, lit will
ever be my sacred care in life to-" She in
terrupted him somewhat brusquely.
Now" said she, "don't sit on your coat
tails that way and get them all wrinkled up,
right in that dust! Heaven only knows how
long, it will be before you get another suit,
SO that you better take care of this one.
Now, when we get to the station, you'd bet.
ter get a couple of sandwiches in case we
get hungry in the train, and two hard boiled
eggs, and don't forget small paper of pep
per and alt"-Tit- Bits
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-08
MATTER OF DOUBT.
The Train BOY Knew People Pretty
Well, But He Had . Guess
Coming.

Zone day last fall" said well-known
Montana man, 81 was riding on train in
my state and got. to be on pretty fair terms
with the train boy by buying a few of the
things he had to sell. It was not a very
formal kind of train, and when the boy
had finished his rounds he came over to
sit with me and chin Bit as he said. l
was willing enough, as he was sharp lad
and there was nobody else to talk to, and
he went right at things.
DO you know he said, that can tell
by looking at a man mighty near what he
is. Now, there's that fellow over there in
the corner; he's Chicago drummer.
can tell him by the way he let's his money
go and the flip style he has when he talks
to people. And that chap over there with
the silk hat on, he's a preacher from a
country town, I'm dead sure, and III go
ask him if you say So
Il didn't say SO, because I didn't care a
continental, and the boy went on with his
descriptions of the people on the train. AT
last ! asked him what he thought I was.
I had on pretty fashy suit of light stuff
and was thinking was looking pretty well,
SO | was willing to risk the boys venture.
He looked me over for full minute very
carefully.
We'll he said, at last, you've got a
sloo of money, but 1 amt dead sure whether
you are a cattleman or gambler Wash
ington Star.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-08
Literary,

The warm, pleasant reading-room of
free public library is quite as grateful
to the average tramp as if there were
no books there at all. The common
regulation against sleeping, however,
troubles him somewhat, and whether
his book or paper is right or wrong
side up, he clutches it with energy.
This keeping up appearances has very
comic side, and recent writer on
tramp life illustrates it:
One day I scraped acquaintance with
a tramp in a reading-room, and as if
to show it was the literary attraction
which had brought him there, he sud.
denly asked me in most confidential
tone what thought of Tennyson. OF
course thought a good deal of him, and
said SO, but I had hardly finished before
the old fellow querulously remarked:
'Don' der think the best thing he ever
did was that air Charge of the Seven
teen Hundred? 2 youths Companion.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-08
ALFALFA EXPERIMENTS.
1t Il Claimed Now That the Crop Can
BE Probably Grown in the
Central States.

There has been frequent mention as
to the Importance of thoroughly test
ing the adaptability of alfalfa to GER
tain soils in Missouri, Kansas and ILL
nois, and various instances cited where
it has been grown successfully on q
small scale in these states. The writer
was shown recently a field near
Charleston, Ill, owned by Mr. Gaiser
that had produced three crops of alfal-
ia hay each season for several years,
besides furnishing considerable pas
ture during the time. This field bids
fair to hold well and produce better
yields in the future. Another fell in
Sangamon county. ILL.,, was examined
last year. It had growing upon it
when seen fine crop of hay, and the
owner had cut two good crops previ-
orsly that season, and the same results
had been obtained the two previous
years. While do not claim that equal
ly satisfactory results can be secured
en- all kinds of soil in the states
named, yet do claim that in many
localities alfalfa can be grown and
that it will prove a very profitable
crop. If patient. painstaking expert
ments are made by farmers in differ
cnt sections, in many instances good
stand will be secured and the results
will abundantly reward those who try
it, and others will be induced to do
likewise. These first experiments can
be made upon small scale at very lit
tie actual cash outlay. Land with
rich porous subsoil should be selected
and the soil well prepared. Low, wet
or poorly drained land will not do.
Neither will it grow well upon land
that is undertake with rock, especially
if the rock comes near the surface.
The writer selected plat of ground
upon his farm in eastern Illinois in
the spring of 1897, had it prepared by
dislking thoroughly crosswise and har-
rowing, then sowed alfalfa, which
came up nicely. grew well during the
summer, but mistake was made in
not cutting it several times that sea-
son, and the next spring the stand was
considered too thin to leave. Yet if it
had been left another season and more
seed sown upon it in early spring and
moved several times during the sum
1ner, possibly it would have been
success.-Rural World.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-08
Enxilase as Food for Horses.

AS many people have an idea that
!ensilage is not good food for horses,
we will call attention to the fact that
the Virginia Experiment station has
been testing it, and they report that
the trouble from its use has arisen
from too much having been fed at the
beginning, and as the horse likes it he
is tempted to eat too much of it, as he
might of green grass or clover. This
is more apt to be the case when it con-
tains a large amount of corn. When
they began by feeding small quantities
and increased very gradually in the
amount given no injury resulted, anG
after they were well accustomed to its
use they would not eat too heartily
of it, even when given opportunity.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-08
Her LlTTLE BOY.

sAlways . little boy, to her.
No matter how old he's grown
Her eyes are blind to the strands Of gray:
She's deaf to his manly tone.
Ills voice Is the same as the day he asked:
What makes the old cat purr?"
Ever and ever he's just the same
a little boy, to her.
Always q little boy, to her"
She heeds not the lines of care
That furrow his face-to her 1t is still
AS 1t was in his boyhood, fair.
His hopes and his joys are as dear to her
AS they were in his small-boy days.
He never changes; to her he's still
my little boy" she says.
Always q little boy, to her.
N And to him she's the mother fair,
With the laughing eyes and the cheering
OF the boyhood days back there.
Back there, somewhere in the mist Of
years
Back there with the childish joy.
And to her he is never the man we sea
But always "her little boy"
Always a little boy, to her"
The ceaseless march Of the years
Goes rapidly by, but its drumbeats die
Ere ever they reach her ears.
youth,
y The wrinkles are dimples Of JOY.
His hair, with its gray, is as sunny as May.
He is always her little boy"
Josh Wink. in Baltimore American.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-08

weighted by the Importance of his Of
fee and guiltless of sense of humor.
OF these vagrants of the plains before
him he knew nothing.
with all my worldly goods I thee
endow"
1t was impossible not to think of the
mules. They represented the chief in
telligence in the contract
The wedding journey began at FL
liott's back yard, whence the shack
and it's furniture were to be transport
ed to the section of the plain adorned
Ivy the Taylor residence. The mules
were in evidence, and they seemed to
fully realize their position as the fam
lily support.
Taylor drove away, standing up in
proud authority over his newly ac-
CURED possessions. Looeyeza sat on
her household goods, simpering and
shy, bu, proud to be again wooed and
wed.
A passing dust cloud hid them from
sight.-Criterion.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-08
Cne.terneld,s Diplomacy.

Lord Chesterfield was never at loss
for polite retort. Once he proposed
a person as proper to fill place of
great trust, but which the king him
self was determined should be filled
by another. The council, however,
resolved not to indulge the king, for
fear of a dangerous precedent, and it
was Lord Chesterfield's business to
present the grant of office for the
kings signature. Not to incense his
majesty by asking him abruptly, he,
with accents of great humility, begged
to know with whose name his majesty
would be pleased to have the blanks
filed up. "The devil's," replied the
king, in a paroxysm of rage. "And
shall the instrument" said the earl,
coolly, run as usual, Our trusty and
well-beloved cousin and counselor?' -
"a repartee at which the king
laughed, and with great good humor
signed the gran..-Success.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-08
sheep Running in Fields.

In an article from the Ohio Expert.
ment station it is suggested that when
sheep run out in the fields in the win.
ter they destroy many insects, as well
as weed seeds. There are places along
theferce corners and hedgerows where
the grass is too green to be burned
being thick and matted down, and the
sheep will feed that closely, and any
insects which are harbored there
which is such place as many choose,
are either trampled to death or left
SO much exposed to the weather as to
cause them to perish. We usually
burned such places as clean as we
could to get weeds and dry brush out
Of the way, and then trusted the sheep
to do the rest, when we kept sheep
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-08
A WARM HOG HOUSE.
sOws and Litters Described for
an Inauirer's BENEFIT.

The accompanying cut should fur
nish what you wish. The size can be
changed to suit your own notion. If
you do not raise corn, the crib can be
dispensed with and the alley can be
made a little wider, with bins and
boxes for bran, middlings and peas, etc.
To make warm, it should be double
boarded, with building paper between.
The two partitions between the brood
pens should be made to slide in like
granary boards, so they may be taken
out and all thrown into one room for
.fattening purposes. Yards can be
made at back for runs. The doors