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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-27
PROPOSALS WANTED.

R,a. ~, Augusta, June IS, 1900.
nom Twill WIN be received until y o'clock
the SUI tuesday, July ., for the grass upon
sold 99.ate Camp Ground. which will be
ior cash to the highest bidder
ADMIT. JOHN T. RICHARDS,
insla5,,ht and Quartermaster General
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-27
MAINE POSTAL CHI lNGES.

Washington June .G-The President has
appointed Elliott Wood postmaster at
Winthrop, Me
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-27

shirts ana shirt waists. collars, cuffs,
etc. the Augusta Steam Laundry
offers special advantages. We never
vary from the Al standard. Every ar
ticle sent to us is cared for as we'll as
laundered in perfect style. Patrons
find that their linen and other ac-
cessories last much longer than wa
the case when their work was scnt t.
other establishments. Profit by their
experience.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-27
l,LIlRI,S.

Farewell. dear Colby. our college,
. fare thee well.
Bile sings ana peace will continue
Here to dwell.
Learning will lie thy watchWord,
Guiding well.
Gods richest blessing We wish thee;
O Colby. farewell farewell.
Pleasant Nom rics como DER US
of days spent at Colby.
Now past ana gone.
And when hopes come allurin".
Bright prospects assuring,
To call us on.
The glory and hunnrs
Which we shall attain then
To her we'll bring,
And loyal t. classmates and Colby
Wen ever sing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-27
The class ode was then sung by the
class. 1t follows:
CLASS ODE.

CLASS ODE.
Air: Rose Sweet Rose"
Greetings Colby. fair Colby.
Last tributes we bring thee.
.. hear we pray
COlbyS bell with its pealing
DER Us viii come stealing,
When far away.
our course here is finished.
And now a. W. leave thee
Let praises ring.
Let Nineteen Hundred united
To colby sing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-27
CHORUS.

The class poem was by Miss Moihe
SewaH Small ana was very finely writ
ten. The Grafton of the day was by
James Henry Hudson, his subject be
ing AN Ignored Patriot" The follow
ing is an abstract:
Mans fame depends largely upon the
prominence Of his station in life. The
Of the general on the
make him great ana Nus
trious man. Mention the nam" al
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-27

London. June 27.-Winston Churchill In
. dispatch from Pretoria dated June 10.
describes an interview with Gen. Baden
foWelt IN which the hero Of Mafeking
~ilI among other things. that the Beers
could certainly have stormed Mafpking
early in the siege. Little flags dottinS
the outskirts ana numerous warnings to
the toWnSpeople not To let their cattle
stray within the areas sown with miles
proved IN effective ruse and saved the
garrison the trouble of laying mines
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-27

Continued on page %
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
LOndon's Lost Tunnel.

Is there any other city in the wide
world where a cast-iron tunnel, two
and three-quarter miles in length,
could lie disused, unknown, lost to the
memory of all but few scientists, for
over thirty years, excepting London? l
doubt it.
Representing, as it does, the burial
of close on 100000, is it not simply
marvellous that no effort until the pres
ent has been made to rescue this valu-
able property from the fungi and huge,
whiskered rats, and turn it in to some
profitable utility? The answer is that
the tunnel has been forgotten, simply
lost, and the man who found it found
q gold mine extending from the general
postoffice at st. Martin's-le- Grand to
Euston station.
Mr.. George Threlfall, consulting
engineer, of 80 Fenchurch street,
found" the tunnel, and the story of
his discovery is one of surmounting an
almost. interminable Alps of obstacles,
with a period of five years occupied
with continual struggle before success
crowned his efforts.-Windsor.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
RECENT INVENTIONS.

Small insects are automa ticall Y
caught by the invention of Mair.e
man, comprising a lamp inclosed in a
conical shield and resting in a basin
partially filed with liquid, into
which the insects fall after striking
against the chimney or shield.
Street cars are prevented from run
ming into open drawbridges by South
erner's patent safety device which has
n wedge-shaped block pivoted on either
side of the track. with levers connect
ing the block with the bridge to swing
the blocks over the rails as the draw
opens.
In a new oven thermometer pointer
s connected to shaft running through
the door, with an expansible bar in
side which moves the pointer as the
heat varies, a damper being set in the
door to be opened when the heat in
creases and lifts the pointer to GER
tain height.
To enable firemen to carry a person
down a ladder with both hands free a
new apparatus has a heavy steel rod
bent into U-shape, with seat formed
at the bottom of the U, hooks being
provided at the top to fit over the fire
mans shoulders and straps to hold the
person in the saddle.
For sailboats a new attachment al
lows the mast to be moved to either
side of the boat as the wind shifts,
a horizontal arm being pivoted at the
forward end of the. hull, in the outer
end Of which the mast is set, with a
lever which allows the bar to be shift.
ed to adjust the mast.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
A UNIQUE SHOE INDUSTRY.
Rise of the Jewish Scray and "Scc
. Ondsr Buyer.


Rise of the Jewish scray and "Scc-
: onds" Buyer.
The ghetto" the home of mixed
mass of humanity, presents remark
able and unique phase of New York
shoe selling. Petty shoemakers visit
the numerous city shoe factories daily
and buy up scraps and seconds" of all
Kinds OF leather, which they take to
their homes, and, after being inspected
and assorted by the entire family, it
is finally made into pierced backs and
wedge heels in black, tan, patent leath-
er and numerous odd combinations,
every inch of leather being utilized. A
steady worker turns out at least twen-
ty-four pairs of these shoes, working
from Z a. m. until late into the night.
In the meantime the thrifty wife puts
the finished product into clothes bas-
ket and, taking a stool, stations herself
at the prominent corner of Hester and
Essex streets. right in the heart of the
ghetto" Here activity reigns, thou
ands upon thousands of wage earners
swarm through the streets; the venders
loudly cry their wares to attract the
attention of bargain seekers.
After day of bantering and talking
the woman has disposed of her shoes
and goes home with an empty basket
and pocketful of small change. After
many weeks of this routine the econom-
ical shotmaker has saved enough to
realize an ambition and he buys push
| 20 fyrn ~, L
the familiar fruitman's Garland with
shoes bought at fire sales he pushes
boldly into some crowded thoroughfare
and lines up against the curb. A tempt
ing price loudly proclaimed serves to
dispose of the stock as often as he can
replenfsh the same. Under these cir
cumstances the meager capital has in
creased sufficiently to enable him to
open small shoe store in Hester
street and to employ an assistant. He
searches wholesale shoe houses for
odds and ends, damaged and mismated
shoes, and picks up numerous lots for a
fraction Of their value
He has now assumed the dignity of a
merchant and has gained the conf
dence of his countrymen. Encouraged
by his success and confident of his abil-
ity, he buys in larger lots and begins
to supply other push-cart dealers. The
demand eventually assumes greater
proportions; he attends auction sales;
which are very frequent in New York,
and realizes profit from every venture.
In the course of few years his envi-
ronments become too small, he disposes
of his push cart and rents basement
In Bayard street, among the East Side
shoe jobbers. York Tribune.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
WHY THE rfAIR FALLS OUT.
Scientific Explanation of the Reason
for IalIuesS.

Scientific Explanation of the Reason
for EaldHess.
"The popular explanation of the rea-
son why men are bald, why their hair
falls out more than women, is because
women do not wear closely fitting hats
as men, and consequently the air cir
culates more freely in the hair, cools
the scalp, thereby tending to keep the
hair in healthy condition." said a
prominent Washington skin specialist.
This theory is deep-rooted one, but
is only partially true. will tell you
the fundamental reason. 1t Is not gen.
orally known that the skin of woman
fits differently over the Uranium than
that of man. Beneath the cuticle on
woman's Uranium is a thin layer of
adipose tissue, or fat" about six
teenth of an inch in thickness. This
layer of fat is not present on the cram
ium of man. His cuticle fits and
draws tightly over the skull.
"The result is that the cuticle on a
mans Uranium atrophies, or dries and
withers quicker than that on wom-
dA Ills HdlI uOcS uOl ISICiNC tiC
nourishment that is impaired to the
hair of a woman by reason of the layer
of adipose tissue, and the result is that
his hair becomes more readily dry and
diseased, falls out, and badness ulti-
mately ensues. A bald woman is rarity.
If the cuticle of woman's head fitted
as tightly as that of man baldhead-
ed woman would be a common sight.
Wouldn't they be funny objects! Ough!
There is not one woman in million
that knows that nature was kind to
her in the manner | have mentioned;
in fact, it is not known outside of the
medical profession, and in the profess
sion not sufficient Importance is at
tached to it in treating diseases of the
scalp. 1t also furnishes an eXplana-
ton as to why women can go around
in the winter time with postage
stamp for hat and not take cold 1t is
not altogether because their hair is
thick and long, but because the extra
layer Of fat imparts to the head of a
woman a warmth that is not furnished
to the Uranium of a man. This is sci
entific eXplanat tion which l do not re-
call reading in the public prints
Washington Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Disease in Fishes.

That fishes are liable to disease of
various kinds is we'll known. There is
the salmon disease" caused by the
growth of fungus on the fish, and
many parasites that are 'unbidden
guests find home on the bodies of
the finny tribe-lodgers or boarders
that pay DO rent, and cause disease
In addition. But it is something new
to learn that fishes can be infected
with tuberculosis-that general dis
ease of which consumption is man
Hesitation in the lungs. Into a pond in
France tuberculous matter from a pa
tient was thrown. The fishes-carps-
were afterwards noted to die. and the
germs Of bacilli of consumption were
found in plenty in their bodies; while
when these bacilli of the fishes were
given to other fishes, they proved fatal
In the same way. There is one comfort
given to US, however, by the French
experimenters. 1t seems that in the
fish, a cold-blooded animal, the germs
fall off in their vitality, so that 1t is
unlikely they would affect. man or 9th.
er warm -blooded animals.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
MONEY IN OLD TIN CANS.

Refuse from the City Becomes a Klou.
dixie for Two Mechanics.
Down on the South Side of Chicago,
near Seventy-ninth street and VIM
cennes avenue, there is Klondike dig
covered and worked to its utmost ca
pacity by two bright young mechanics.
Out toward Englewood, near the
tracks of the Chicago. Rock Island and
Pacific Railroad, half a stones throw
from Seventy-ninth street, can be seen
an immense quantity of old tin cans
piled into hills of very decent proper
tons.
There are hills Of tomato cans, min
iature mountains of peach and pear
cans, mounds of milk cans, cans from
far-off France, that were once filed
with. delicate truff1es, cans that were
once ready to burst with the luscious
fruits which California sends to less
favored States, oil cans, old kitchen
pots and pans, all gathered up from
one end of the city to the other. and
from hotel garbage boxes.
The assay office of this "tin-can
klondike" is near by in little 16x2O
foot frame building, used also as store
house for refined metal.
The factory itself is half block
further down toward Eighty-frst
street.
These old cans are placed In fur
mace and brought to~a red-hot heat
by rousing fire under them, which
melts the solder and zinc or "spelter,"
these sinking to the bottom OF the pot,
while the tin remains on top.
The solder or '"spelter" is ladled out
and cast into bars, in. which form it
hnds Its way to the metal market;
while the tin is run out into frames
and rolled into sheets of various sizes,
and sent to the stock yards and other
factories, .where they are made over
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Bishops Take Umbrellas.

The Athenaeum of London is a very
solemn club, and consists Of eminent
doctors, judges, barristers and, above
all, bishops. 1t was rainy day; it was
one of those threatening days with
which we are familiar during this dis
appointing summer, and one Of Lord
Salisbury's secretaries observed that
his chief was starting out for his lunch
con at the Athenaeum; he rushed for
the umbrella and offered it to Lord Sal
isbury. mo, no." said Lord Salisbury,
I've lost too many in the Athenaeum.
I cannot trust the bishopsv'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Beer-Drlnking i'm Germany,

No country rivals the Germans in the
consumption of beer. More beer is
drunk in Bavaria than in any other part
of the world. The Bavarians, accord
ing to statistics, drink 241 quarts of
beer per head in year. In spirits,
again, it is the Germans who are the
largest consumers. the total amount of
whisky, etc, drunk year being 429,
100000 quarts, while the United States
confines itself to 26S, 900, 900 quarts. In
France 312,OOO,OOO quarts are drunk
yearly.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Scourge of the Locust.

Of the 100000 square miles which
the worlds land surface comprises, 49,.
100000 are more or less continuously
subject to the scourge of the hungry
locust. 1t causes, we are told, more
pecuniary loss and misery than a ma.
tive war, or a series of native wars
combined, or, for that matter, a greater
loss than a war between England and
the South African republics. Thus the
question of fighting the locust is one
of the grayest importance.-London
Chronicle.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

Brock, in Holland, is far-famed as
the '.neatest town in the world" This
town is so fastidious that until few
years ago horses were not allowed in its
streets, for reasons of cleanliness, and
the entire town is as scrupulously kept
as a man-of-war. 1t is a village of
2, 100 inhabitants, the main industry of
which is the making of Edam cheese.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Didn't Know the Article.

Some people from the city swere
camping on the shore of a little lake
in Vermont. One day two young
ladies of the party went to the nearest
street and asked for deviled ham. OF
course the rural proprietor did not
keep such understanding article.
After the young ladies had gone out a
loafer said to the proprietor:
"What on airth'd d them gals want?"
Land + l know" was the reply.
"Some hellish stuff or 'nuther.'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Life of Queen Bee,

The life Of the queen bee is from
three to four years; that of the drone
Is not easily estimated, as he dies from
violence, while the worker lives from
three to six months. Bees have been
known to occupy one hive for forty-six
consecutive seasons.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

Hay stored in the barn will keep in
much better condition than when put
up in stacks. 1t is almost impossible
to escape loss by exposure in stacks,
although large proportion of hay in
tended for early use is kept in that
manner. Damaged hay will be wasted
by the animals, and there is also loss
of the constituent elements of the hay
when exposed
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

Sen Sc
4 ak wifi
Women

If person is i'll and needs a medi-
cine is it not wise to get one that has
stood the test of time and has hun
dreds of thousands of cures to its
credit?
A great many women who are i'll try
everything they hear of in the way of
medicine, and this experimenting with
unknown drugs is a constant menace
to their already impaired health.
This seems to us very unwise, for
there are remedies which are no ex-
periments and have been known years
and years to be doing only good.
Take for instance Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound; for thirty
years its record has been one I'M
broken chain of success. No medicine
for female ills the world has over
known has such a record for cures.
1t seems so strange that some people
will take medicines about which they
really know nothing, some of which
might be, and are, really harmful
while on the other hand it is easily
proved that over one million women
have been restored to health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
We have published in the news
papers of the United States more
genuine testimonial letters than have
ever been pu blished in the interest Of
any other medicine.
All this should, and does, produce
spirit of confidence in the hearts of
women which is difficult to dislodge,
and when they are asked to take some
thing else they say, No, we want
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, which has been tried, and
never found wanting, whose reliability
II established far beyond the expert
mental stage"
We have thousands of letters like the
following addressed to Mrs. Pinkham,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

Linseed meal is a valuable food and
may be fed at all seasons. Even when
grain is allowed it will pay to feed lin
seed meal, and when cows are on pas
ture they will give more milk if given
quart or two of linseed meal at nights
1t is richer in the essential elements of
growth and production than any other
concentrated food and greatly enriches
the manure.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Philip Drunk and Philip sober.

The saying originated from an incl
dent in the life of Philip H.. king OF
Macedon. the father of Alexander the
Great. Philip was undoubtedly great
man; but all men, great and small.
have their weaknesses, and he was a
great drunkard. One day. when rising
flushed from his wine, he was called
upon to decide a lawsuit, and in his
bibulous condition he decided It un-
justly, whereupon the losing party
cried: 81 shall appeal against your
judgment" Appeal" thundered
the enraged king; ''and to whom will
you appeal?' ''To Philip SOBER" was
her reply. The wisdom of the appeal
was justified by the result, for when
Philip had become sober he discovered
his mistake and reversed his Judgment.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
CURE SICK HEADACHE.
Cool Under Fire.

That imam gets used to anything
has been shown again by the extraor-
dinary cases of GOODNESS under fire at
the front in the South African war.
At Labuschagne's mex a private in the
deadly zone of fire tore open letter
from his sister and began to read it
eagerly; wounded batsman at Lady
smith finished his run at cricket before
dropping dead; trooper named Chas.
Hands kept his cigarette alight be-
tween falling from his horse with a
fractured thigh and being taken to the
hospital.
There is period in every girls life
when she thinks that the most vulgar
thing in the world is a boys healthy
appetite.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

The larger portion of the weeds come
from the roadside. Farmers whose
deeds gave them land to the middle of
the roadway quickly take advantage OF
their rights when they wish to do SO,
but they seem to suppose that it Is no.
body's business to keep the roadside
weeds which besr seed to be- widely
distributed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Points About Milk.

Milk is not beverages; it is per-
feet food. Where children drink milk
at meals it should take the place of
heterogeneous foods-meat, of course,
being omitted. 1t is far better when
the children eat meat to give them
water to drink. Where two sorts of
heterogeneous food are used, like meat
and milk, constipation is universal.
-Philadelphia and the Caterpillar.
The caterpillar pest, which few
years ago wrought great havoc among
shade trees in various cities, has been
almost wholly done away with in Phil
adelphia.- The preventives which were
applied in the shape of cotton wound
around the trunks of the trees, have
tended to lessen the breeding of the
pests, SO that now the worms are do
ing very little damage to the trees.
In quarrel, the one that gets the
worst of it is the first to become mean.
A money order is a genuine order of
merit
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

Honors are about even in the matter
OF calling names. But who, asks the
Chicago Record, would not rather be
called 'foreign devil" than a
s'heathen?h
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

The Manufacturers of Carriers Ink have
had forty years experience i'll making it
and they certainly know how. Send for
"Inklings," Free
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever
used for all affections of the throat and
lungs.-WM. o. ENDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind.
Feb. 10, 1900.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

By the census Buffalo IN. " has
gained 96.555 in population in ten
years, showing that "Put Me Off at
Buffalo was taken literally by the
public.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

Every life touches many other lives
Let US move softly through the world
lest our touch be a harsh and hurtful
touch.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing syrup the best remedy to use for their
children during the teething period.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

Battle burn with strong solution
OF carbonate of soda.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Two letters which Prove
that Lydia e. PinEkbas,s'S
Vegetable COMPOUND VIII
Remove 7u7,Os' and Cure
Other. Female Weakness.

Two years ago L was great
sufferer from womb trouble and pro-
fuse flowing each month, and tumors
would form in the womb. had four
tumors in two years. went through
treatment with doctors, but they did
me no good, and thought l would
have to resort to morphine.
"The doctor said that all that could
help me was to have an operation and
have the womb removed, but I had
heard of Mrs. Pinkham's s medicine and
decided to try it, and wrote for her
advice, and after taking her Vegeta BILE
Compound the tumors were expelled
and l began to get stronger right
along, and am as well as ever before.
Can truly say that l would never had
gotten we'll had it not been for Lydia
E. Pinkham's Compound. MARY A.
STAHL, Watsontown, Pa.
AFTER following the directions
given in your kind letter for the treat
ment of leucorrhea, can say that
have been entirely cured by the use
of Lydia E. Pinkham's remedies, and
will gladly recommend them to my
friends."-A. B. DAvIDs, Binghamton,
N "