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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-07

If She were dead, my tears would fan
Above her silent. beauteOus clay
Sh- lives. thank God, shall / not shed
Loves sunshine DER her patient way?
Ana daily tell her how | prize
Hor voice. her touch, her faithful eyes,
Margaret f. Sangster in Harper's Ba.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-07
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If she were dead, how I would grieve
To think she never knew how dear
And sweet her very presence was:
How ever she brought summer near,
And made the hours to music move.
-A-d frightened life with her rich love
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-07

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-07

w. s. CHoATE, Clerk. -
q ". HEsELToN. County Attorney.
A. l.. McFADDEN, Sheriff.
+. A. SMALL, StenoSrapher.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-07

will be better of. You simply rub it
into the pores, and next day you'll feel
its good effects.
Your druggist sells Omega Oil, or can get it for
you of any wholesale druggist. The Omega Chcmi.
cal CO., Boston, Mass, will mail bottle prepaid
for 5oc. u cash, money order or stamps. 657
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-25
This is writ by
Polly and Jack Kerr
in memory of
Grand Pa

ooh, Jack! it's just lovely! And-oh
-oh-Ive got something's" and Polly,
her bright face growing sweetly solemn,
stepped to the old bureau and opened
her most precious possession = an old
box which held her peculiar treasures.
Here's four of mothers hairpins,' .
she said, solemnly. 1--WE saved 'em,
but. they'll be just the thing to fas-
ten down the headstone-better than
bits of wood"
The children could hardly sleep from
excitement, Bright and early they
were abouts stopping moment to gaze
rapturously on 'the headstone." and
to water the precious rosebush, which
any florist would have admired, so per-
feet were the buds and roses. Then
Jack started out to black boots and
attend to one or two furnaces, while
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-25

sheets of MANILA paper and showed
him how to use the grease crayon,'
thereby saving the boy from innumer-
able spatters of ink. Jack purchased
the ten-cent flag on the spot and re-
turned with his prize.
1--WE can eat dry bread awhile" he
said, as his sister looked doubtfully at
the flag; that's my buds!"
Planning to write headstone was
one thing-quite another to do it.
eve can't say 'rected,' for it's goin'
to be staked down; how would you
begin, Polly?"
MY teacher says" Polly's teacher
was her unfailing standard) ''if you're
writing, to just tell what you've got
to say as short as you can"
Lets see." and Jack printed rather
crookedly, but clearly:
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-25
Memorial.

A Nations pride, Nations fame,
A Nations battle-glory;
Ave, these have held an honored name
In lyric, song and story
But more than each and more than all
Alright with heavenly splendor
The tributes DER her dead that fall,
Their reuuiems low and tender.
A Nations wealth, a Nations power,
Her place among the nations;
Ave. these may win her for an hour
A waiting worlds oblations.
But fadeless and forever fair
The record God is keeping.
OfLoye that lays its tribute where
Her soldier sons are sleeping.
-I.alfa Mitchell, in Good Housekeeping.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-25

pension? I think a whole bushel of
buds wouldn't be too much!"
Jack was glad Polly did not know
about the ten-cent flag he could have
got: he had thought five cents enough
to spare out of their scanty earnings,
when making the purchase; but after
that speech he felt small. What If he
were but a bootblack, earning most
precarious living, and Polly making
only an odd dime now and then by
scrubbing floor on tending children
for the neighbors? Jack wished he had
done more for his soldier-grandfather!
Bnt a thought struck him.
"Oh, Polly! I'll tell you what I'll
do
For tomorrow"
"Yes! You know it'll be years be-
fore we get monnyment for grand
ma. for we must get an eddication first:
and though the flag'1 show it's c sol
dier's grave, / think folks ought to
know more. Well, I've learned to print
real clear, and I'll print a real nice head
stone. and we'll fix it down on the
grave, and folks'll see it for that day,
anyway"
That's splendid; you do it, and I'll
get supper.
Jack rushed out for stiff brown pa
ner and ink, and the kind shopkeeper,
who knew the children, learning what
he intended to do, gave him two large
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-25
JOHN DOYLE
Wounded at Bull run
DIED
at
~ Charles Street.

do you remember when he died?''
Jack asked, glad to rest awhile, but
delighted with his progress.
"Why, I wasn't born, Jack! But
can't we say his loving grandchildren
have-have-fXed this to his mem
ory?"
why, Polly!" said Jack, admir-
ingly.
That's real tomb-stony! That's
good enough for the monnyment.
Let's see;" and Jack sat with pencil
poised, then, slowly and laboriously
printed-Polly's bright eyes watching
eagerly:
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-25

Polly washed dishes and tidied rooms
for three different families, receiving
five cents from each. At noon they
were ready to start, the roses care
fully wrapped within the headstone,
lest the sun wilt them, the flags carried
by Polly.
1t was long, long walk to Ever
green's; but the children's rent was
due in two days, and they dared not
spend money on car fare. On they
trudged, the thought of the honor to
be done to grandpa keeping Polly's
tired feet going. But before they had
accomplished a quarter of the dis
lance Jack caught sight of great ex-
press cart coming up the hill. Hold
on, there's a fellow 1 know. He'll take
US in-he's frst-class! Mr.. B." he
called, "can you give US lift?''
Certainly" and the good-natured
expressman drew up for the children.
.sGoing to Evergreens? Why. I'm TAX
| ing a basket of plants there-I1l take
you right along"
And, SO, much earlier than they ex-
Ppected, Jack and Polly had decorated
| the old soldiers grave. The brown
paper was carefully pinned down with
the long wire hairpins, Polly kissing
each one before she used it-how often
mother" had used them to fasten up
the long brown hair of which the chill
dren were so proud! The flags were
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-25

A package marked quinine was secretly
sent to bright woman, but being curious
she took it to druggist who said it was not
auinine, but arsenic. A like inquiry into
some of the medicines offered will certainly
detect the false from the true. For half a
been curing indigestion, constipation, dys-
pepsia, liver and kidney troubles and has
never once failed. Try it if you feel weak
and tired
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-25
D.cor.t,ne SOLDIER Graves.

The idea of Memorial day originated
among the women of Maryland. who
put flowers on the graves of both fed
eral and confederate long before the
surrender of Appomattox. The wom-
en- of other states soon began follow
ing the custom.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-25
Genuine Optimism.

The Pessimist-That waiter is awfully slow
with those cheese sandwiches.
The Optimist-Oh, never mind. The longer
we wait the better grows the cheese.-lndi-
annapolis Press.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-25

There was Michigan girl who, while hyp.
Noticed, borrowed $500. If she will kindly
send the name of the hypnotic school that
Anxious acknowledgements News.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-25

D. W. McIver, Tuskegee, Ala, wrote: Oul
child's bowels were passing off pure blood
and all prescriptions failed to relieve her
until we tried Teethina (Teething Powders)
and she is now doing well.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-25

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs: Thos.
Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y,
Feb II, 1900.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-25

If you feel that you must occasionally
yield to the temptation to tell lie, tell one
SO big that no one will believe it.-Atchison
Globe
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-25

Some men seem to think because self-pres-
ervation is the first law of nature that it is
necessary. to keep themselves constantly
soaked in alcohol.-Chcago Daily News.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-25

Dropsy treated free by DR.. n. H. Green
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists IN the world. Read their adver
tisement IN another column of this paper,
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-25

Lovely! Grand-
pail be decorated splendid! My rose
bush has two roses and three buds"
'You amt goin' to pick the buds?"
Didn't grandpa die for our country?
Didn't we live, till mother died, on his
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-25

Good taste is small credit to the possesso
who doesn't use it.-Chicago Democrat.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-25

North echo back from the South for
the love that is truest and best.
Twin wreaths for the tombs of our Grant
and our Lee, one anthem for Jackson
and Meade.
And the flag above you is. the banner for
income people in name and in deed!
Clasp hands DER the graves where our
laureled ones lie-clasp hands Ger the
Gray and the Blue;
To-day we are brothers and bound by a tie
that the years shall but serve to re-
BY the side of the Northman who peace
fully sleeps where tropical odors are
"A son Of the South his companienship
keepsAone flag DER the two heroes
Weave tokens Of love for the heroes in
blue: weave wreaths for the heroes in
gray:
Clasp brotherly hands DER the graves that
are new-for the love that is ours to-
"A trinity given to bless, to upite-three
glorious records to keep,
And kinship that never a grievance shall
sever renewed where the brave are
asleep!
Spread flowers to-day DER the Blue and the
Gray-spread wreaths where our he
roes rest;
Let the song of the North echo back from
the South for the love that is truest
and best.
Irvine wreaths for the tombs of our Grant
and our Lee, one hymn for your father
and mine!
= o the flag you adore is the banner for me
and it's folds our dead brothers en-
twine.
IS. E. Kiser, in Chicago Times-Herald.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-07-28
CONCERNING THE HAIR.

The encyclopedias regard hair fall ing below the feet of women as eXtraor- dinary.
 Several years ago Miss E. J. Whitten, Topsham, Me-, was said to have hair eight feet in length.
 Marie Antoinette wore pompadour and rolls thrown back past her ears. Queen Anne wore side curls.
 A hair is 8 succession of cylindrical or elliptical horny cells. Curly or kinky hair is due to sudden "breaks" in the regularity of the cellular success sion.
 Samson's strength was attributed to his long hair, and his fate is charged up to Delilah's shears. Absalom's wealth of tresses was the cause of his own death.
 In Egypt long hair was considered an cncumbrance. It was a feature of beauty among the Hebrews and Greeks. Roman ladies used artificial hair and set the pace for future coif- feurs.
 Peasant girls in the south of France cultivate and sell their hair as a regular business practice. Traders who at tend the fairs purposely to traffic in tresses frequently find hair five feet in length, but hair six feet long is very scarce.-San Francisco Examiner.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-07-28
BICYCLE OUT OF FAD STAGE.
The Wheel Is Now Used More for Business Ends and Less for
 Pleasure.

''It is wrong to say that the popu- tarity of the bicycle is on the wane," remarked the man who makes his liv- ing repairing and dicEering in the machines. This year the trade is heavier than ever before. l will admit, though, that wheels are used less for pleasure rides than formerly, and that while the Sunday crowds CT riders are thick enough on the boulevards and in the parks, they are not so g. cat as they used to be a couple of years ago. The fact is, the bicycle is getting to be more and more business proposition. Men and women who have wheels tide them to and from work as a rule, and do not take as many rides of evenings for diversion as they once did. The wheel is an actual vehicle of business as adopt ed for telegraph messenger boys, spe- cial delivery letter carriers and the like.
 "As an outcome of this the average speed of Chicago wheelmen and wheel persons you see on bicycle are rid ing in a hurry. That is because they are going to set destinations. and near ly always have limited their time for getting there. The life of a wheel is longer, too. for the same cause, but the very fact that we get more work to do this year than ever proves that persons owning bicycles are more numerous now than ever before"
The St. Johns herald., 1900-07-28
FOR THE sUPERSTITIOUs.

An iron ring about the wrist will give strength.
 4 leather string tied about the wrist cures rheumatism.
 When your eye quivers it is sign you are going to cry about some thing.
 To wear one earring on the ear next . weak eye will give good eyesight.
 When your left eye jumps, it is a sign that you are going to see some trouble.
 Plant watermelons when the Zodiac points to the heart, as the best of the melon is the heart.
 If the fire pops with blowing noise, it is sign that there is going to be fuss in the family.
 To see butterfly, catch it and bite off the head, you will have new dress the color Of the butterfly
 When your left nostril itches, it is | sign that some man whom you have never seen is coming to your house. When your right noStril itches, some woman whom you have never seen is coming.
 All things that grow out of the ground. such as peas, corn, and the like, must be planted in the increase of the moon, from new to full; all things that mature in the ground, like pota- Soes, must be planted in the decrease CT waste of the moon, from full to neW
The St. Johns herald., 1900-07-28

Red mountain, on the brow Of which
 stands the signal station, has bold,
 bare front that juts out from the main
 range across the canyon Of the Tuba
 river, opposite Cisco station, four miles away. The signal house is small, but substantial, an6Ihas glass front.
 There are fire alarm signals situated all along the interior of the sheds. only a half mile separating one from the next, and there are track walkers to keep constant lookout night and day and to turn in an alarm if they see anything wrong. But there might be fires which they would not see until too late and the entire chain of sheds might be singed off the landscape while they would be running to the nearest alarm box, even if they did see the flames, if the woman up on the noun tain top G;d not flash a much quicker alarm into Cisco by telephone and have the fire trains rushing to the scene within @ seconds of the time the first smoke appeared.
 Both Mr. Reicke and his wife are peo- pie of culture and knowledge of the world. Mrs. Reicke is quite young and comedy. NIT. Reicke is the father of grown sons. some of whom are in busi- ness in San Francisco.
 MT. Reicie goes into town once a week for supplies and to attend to whatever business connected with the company may arise. In his absence, should he remain over night. Mrs. Reicke must remain at her post with cut sleeping. It is then that her posi- tion is enough to awe any woman, or even man. Absolutely alone on top of a mountain S,c00 feet high, and sur rounded by smaller mountains on all sides, without other human habitation closer than-four miles-isolated in this tremendous solitude, with nothing to do but sit at window and with field glass patrol the distant line of civil;za- tion across the canyons and other mountain tops throughout the long day, and pehaps thoughout the long, dark night as well-that is a position which few women would have the nerve to occupy ard one in which few women would be trusted.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-07-28

S3,Gc0.0o0, and turn out annually 4,5G9.000 pairs of curtains, valued at $20,O00,000.
 Pennsylvania coal output is great CT than that of all other parts of the country combined, equal in quantity to the mine returns to Great Britain, and larger than is taken from the mines of all nations in the world ex- cept the United Kingdom.
 One of the largest works of mans hands is the artificial lake, or reser- yoir, in India, at Rajputana. This reservoir, said to be the largest in the world. and known as the great tank of DhebaF, and used for irrigat- ing purposes, covers an area of 21 square miles.
 The Academy Of Natural Sciences. whiah claims the distinction of hay ing been the first scientific body to issue a publication in the United States. is shortly to resume the dis trihution Of it's proceedings in print ed form. Its earliest publication was an octave journal, begun in 1917, and continued until 1S42.
 1t is a well-established fact that plants can be improved by crossing and judicious selection quite as sure ly and effectively as the breeding of animals. The sugar beet may be quoted as an example of what culti- ya5ion may do. The sugar beet of to-day actually contains about three times as large a proportion of sac charine matter as it did a century ago.
 The average dietary of individuals. in different countries varies greatly. An English statistician, MT. R. F. Crawford, finds that an inhabitant of the United Kingdom consumes much more meat than a Belgian, French man or German, but in smaller pro- portion of bread and potatoes. More bread and less meat are eaten in Bel gium than in any other country con- sidered, while French peculiarity is the apparent small use of milk.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-07-28
PURPOSE IN ANIMALS.
Instances That illustrate DeliberR@ alton with Which They SOme-
 times Act.

An amusing incident, which shows that animals are subject to feelings very like those which occasionally ruff fife the bOsoms of men, occurred some little time ago at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, says Youths Companion.
 A large elephant, formerly the cen ter of attraction, found himself sup planted in public favor by new arrival "a young camel. The camel was the latest acquisition. and very naturally engaged the attention of visitors.
 The elephant for long time showed signs of dissatisfaction, and at last it's jealousy reached point where it must find expression. When the usual crowd gathered about the camel, the elephant prepared for action. It filed it's trunk with water, and with deliberate aim discharged the water all over the peo- pie who stood looking at the baby camel.
 This method of throwing cold water upon the admirers of a rival brought a laugh even from it's victims.
 Equally wise in making it's cacu1a- tions was a cat that chose a peculiar
The St. Johns herald., 1900-07-28
REMEMBER THESE "DON'TS."

Don't criticise inc. food at meal times.
 Don't dress shabbily in the morning because no enc will see.
 Don't refuse ungraciously when some one offers to do you a favor.
 Don't show less courtesy to your de- pendents than you would to your equals in position.
 Dent take the world into your con fiGence either about your troubles or your family affairs.
 Don't forget to be gentle and respect ful to the aged, even when they are fussy and tiresome.
 Don't contradict your friends when speaking, and don't appear impatient ii they are somewhat long-winded.
 Don't, when travelling by train or bus, behave as if you were the only person who had a right to be there and the rest were all interlopers.-N. Y. Telegram.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-07-28
SCIENCE AND lnDUsTRY.

Electricity has just been applied to the making of cigarettes and cut to- baccO, and hundreds Of hand workers will eventually be displaced by the innovation.
 South Carolina is now manufactur- ing all the cotton she produces. North Carolina, Georgia and other southern states are also turning out a large part Of their cotton in finished goods.
 To-day there are a dozen large mills and 175 face-making machines in the United 2tates. These machines rep Cesent an invested capital of nearly
The St. Johns herald., 1900-07-28
An OlI TOrfOtSc.

The life of a land tortoise is known to be long one, and this is the time of year when the suburban correspond ents delight in telling of old stagers with dates carved upon their shells, which may or may not be authentic. The first of the season came to hand one day lately and deals with the expe- rience of Lynford Knowles of Leeds Point, NJ. Mir. Knowles wanted to rid his cellar of snails, and was told that tortoise would do the trick. After a brief search he foundone on the Town send farm, and cut into it's shell was the following inscription: "J. L. & H., B., 1s42." If the date is to be relied upon. the turtle must be at least 5S wears Philadelphia Record.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-07-28
SOME GOOD ANGELS.

Mrs. Howard Gould is the unfailing friend of crippled children.
 Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt believes in the heart and brains of the Ameri- can newsboy.
 Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, founds art schools for boys once considered as hopeleSsly refractory.
 Mrs. ". D. Sloane's especial charity is connected with the maternity hos pital bearing her name.
 Miss Leary for six years has given two days a week 10 teaching little Ital- ian children of the East side in New York.
 The Misses Hewitt, granddaughters of Peter Cooper, devote much time and at least four-ffths of their incomes to the free art schools of Cooper insti- fufe
The St. Johns herald., 1900-07-28
FROM DISTANT PLACES.

Of the 3,72O Chinese in New Zealand only 26 are females.
 Nearly one-third of the beer con Eumed in the world is brewed in Ger many.
 It is known from Arabian sources that Egyrt was once free from plague fer at least 900 years.
 A return shows that during 1899 41232 natives emigrated from Ireland, nearly 9.CGO more than in the preced- ing year.
 Settlers in Siberia along the new railroad arc buying their agricultural and other machinery in the United States.
 It is generally supposed that paupers have large families, but in Breslau, Germany, 1G) pauper families contain only 120 children.
 4 caid in Morocco who does not fur nish the sultan's officer the expected amount of tribute is promptly sent to prison and his place disposed of by auction to the highest bidder.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-07-28

spot for a bed Comfort was the cats object. and the chosen spot did rot seem to be calculated to afford it. The eat was found fast asleep in large shipbuilding yard, lying on what seemed to be very muddy path.
 It was found, however. that the spot chosen by the cat for its couch was the point at which lot of steam pipe passed under the road, so that the mud was baked into warm. dry clay, which made not only clean but an artifcially heated sleeping place.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-07-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Many hopeless liar secretly re- spects the truth.
 Truth crushed to earth will rise again-but it's different with eggs.
 The bear is furry animal, but the the man who sells his skin is furrier.
 X man always dis!ikes to hear the man he detests praising a mutual friend.
 A statistcian says that some board ing-house butter outranks all other domestic products.
 The acme of sociability is reached by the candidate the day before the election.
 It is useless to grasp an opportu- nity if you are simply going to stand still and try to hold on to it.-Chicago Daily News.