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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-15

Table girl at the Cony House. ]. I.
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Hotel cooks ana capable girls for gen
eral homework. Good situations in ana
out VI town; best Of wages. Apply al
once. &. Nj. GlidGcn, with Lena Cuchranc.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-15

DO YOU HAVE HEADACHES? If so
send your address on postal and we will
send free sample Of Acetine, the greatest
known cure. 1t never fails. If YOU are
afflicted, try it. Acetine Co, Augusta, Me.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-15

HOUSE No AZ Melville street, city Wa
ter. Apply r. Z. Goodwin. Chandler ST.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-15

BY middle aged lady. children to board,
or nursing to do at home. References if
desired: physicians in attendance Adj
dress, Mrs. John Carter, Box H. Angus
ta Me. feb17 ,dlmo*
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-26
Strange Story OF 3 Watch.

A strange experience recently oefell
George Dietz, formerly a resident OF
Chester, Pa, but at the present time
in the jewelry business in Honolulu. Mr.,
Dietz has recovered a watch which he
lost over thirty years ago at Gettys,
burg. He was fighting for the north
OIL that bloody battlefield when he
dropped it. The watch was recently
brought into the jewelers. shop BY
Harry Ellis OF the Kansas volunteers.
The soldier, who was bound to Manila,
wanted to sell it. On being asked
where he got it he said MS father, who
lad found it on the battlefield of Get
tysburg. had given it to him. The Jew
eler opened it and saw his name
scratched on it. He lost no time In
making trade with the soldier.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-26
ALUM AND NERVOUS DISEASES.
Sazreptitious Use of the Drug In Foos
Causes Many Illnesses

SUBSCRIPTIONS Use of the Drug In Foot
Causes Many Illnesses.
The frequent cases of nervous pros
tration or utter collapse of the nervous
system under which women go all to
pieces as the saying is, have caused
much thought and investigation on the
part OF physicians. Certain inorganic
substances are well known to cause va
rfous forms of nervous diseases which
are readily traced to the posons pro-
S3ucing them. Further research leads
10 the belief that alum is a prevailing
cause of so-ealled nervous prostratfon,
for the symptoms it produces on the
nervous system after its ABSORPTION
INTO the blood are very remarkable in
deed. Experiments physiologically
made upon animals by Orfila, Profess
sors Hans Mayer, Paul Seim and 9TH
ers show that alum frequently pro-
dnces no visible symptoms for many
days after its Introduction into the
body. Then follow loss of appetite and
other alimentary disturbances, and
finally serious prostration of tina
whole nervous system. The most prom
aaent physicians now believe tina.
nervous prostration" and many affec-
lions of the nerve from which both
men and women suffer are caused by
&hs continued absorption of alum into
xhe system. 1t is probable that many
medical men are unaware of the extent
To which salts of alumina may be in
troduced into the body, being under
che impression that the use of alum In
bread Is prohibited. Alum, however, is
still used surreptitiously to some ex-
tent to whiten bread and very largely
in making cheap kinds of baking pow
der. In families where baking powder
Is generally used great care should be
exercised to procure only those brands
made from cream of tartar. The alum
powders may generally be distin-
guished by the lower price at which
-44hey are sold
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-26
Policemen and spectacle

New York Evening Post: An I'M
usual application has been made to
she police board by Patrolman George
w. Rogers OF the Gates avenue station.
brooklyn, who wants to wear eye
glasses. The lids of the policeman's
ayes are infamed. and the strong wind
affects his eyes greatly. THIS is new
question for the board to decide. Some
sergeants, captains and other officers
use glasses on desk duty, but no pa
strolman has ever worn them on patrol
duty. It is hardly thought that if the
policeman got into fight he might be
dangerously hurt by his glasses being
broken. Rogers has been policeman
&~elve years. The board has referred
his case to the police surgeons, who
VIII examine Rogers and report Ms
condition to the board.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-26
Progress of American Commerce.

Progress OF A M eTfca4 com m cree
Mr.. Mulhall, the distinguished Eng
fish statistieian, has this to say about
the progress of the trade OF the world:
eff during the next twenty-five years
Great Britain loses her trade as rapid
~ as during the quarter of century
from 1870 to 1895, she will have yield
ed her primacy as the greatest of the
worlds commercial powers. II in the
quarter OF a century ending in 1924
the same industrial progress Is held by
the United States as has marked the
closing years OF the present century,
the United States will lead the world in
export trade, with Germany second and
Great Britain third" AS the progress
of the United States is the result OF
national and individual qualities. it is
hard to see why it should not go on
as rapidly in the future as in the past
New York Evening Sun.
mover rnnerai service.
Lewiston (Maine1 Spe. Chicago
Chronicles: A funeral service by tele-
phone is reported from Somerset
county. A citizen of Eustis had died,
and his family desired that Elder JAG
QGith, of Embden, should officiate. as
he was an old schooimate OF the de-
eedent Owing to bad roads the clergy
man was unable to get further than
North Newnortland. At the hotel there
he met the superintendent of the tele-
phone line which connects with the
Dead River region, and the latter came
to the rescue.. The superintendent
called up tee Eustis station and or
dereG an instrument transferred to the
house where the funeral was to be held.
The clergyman then spoke into the
phone and deacon at the house of
mourning repeated his words to the
people assembled.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-26
r,sHlNo WITH STONES.
snsvice Used by Scottish Poachsrs In
Capturing Salmon.

4&vice Used by sccttish Roacners N
Capturing Salmon.
It is astonishing what tiny brooks
large salmon will ascend in obedience
10 the instinct which teaches them to
sesk nursery where their young viii
be comparatively secure from the at
t1cks of their numerous enemies. In
one small pool of little burn in the
highlands, half dozen yards long and
but few feet broad, have seen,
rather late In the year, eight or ten
weighed between twenty and thirty
pounds. They ascend these small
streams during food-time, and it fire.
quently happens that they are caught
ON falling water, and unable to
escape from their confined quarters
until the rivers are again in spate. 1t
may be not for many weeks. In sucn
circumstances they are accessible to
the devices of poachers, and although
as a rule the Scottish rivers are ELL
cientiy guarded during the breeding
time, they are of course raided oeca-
sionally, and large numbers OF graynsh
secured. A common method is to Sc
2ect a long holding" pool where sal
mon are known to be plentiful, and
where the water Is moderately deep at
the sides. At such a place the peach
ere, their faces blaekened, and per-
haps a dozen or so In number, time
their arrival an hour or two before
dawn and stone the pool vigorously
until there is light enough for the next
stage OF the proceedings Frightened
and confused by the constant splash
ing of the water and the descent of big
stones all around them, the salmon
seek refuge by the banks, where in
the meantime the poachers are careful
TO leave them undisturbed. When
daylight appears the men creep eau
1iously upstream along the banks
armed with longhandled gaffs. whers-
with to snatch the salmon, which lie
quietly as though dazed in three Or
four feet of water. A CARLOAD CT
heavy fish is sometimes secured dur
ing one of these matutinal forays.-
london Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-26
REGRET FOR HAsTY JUDGMENT
Unfortunate Impression which It Created
Against an Innocent Boy.


Against Innocent Boy.
81 received valuable lesson in taxi
Ing snap judgment the other day"
said a retail merchant to New Or
leans Times-Demoerat man. Il had
managed to get some paint on my
hands from a marking brush, and
stepped into hotel where l am well
known to wash 1t off. Before pro-
ceeding with the scrubbing | took on
my ring, which, as you see, Is rather
a handsome solitaire, and hung 1t on
the faucet. When I went away | for
got to put it on, and didn't observe the
fact until a quarter Of an hour later,
when I was in the place of friend
several blocks away. or course, /
rushed back Immediately, and just as
I feared there was no sign Of the ring
in the layatory. A porter happened to
pass while | was searching, and he told
me that he had seen one of the bell
boys take ring from the faucet
moment or two before and at once
slip out OF the house by the back way.
He gave me the name of the boy, and
started instantly to raise an alarm
As I went through the office told the
clerk in a loud voice, audible to
dozen people standing around, that the
boy had stolen my ring. and / wanted
him arrested on sight. Then I tore
out and gave the same word to
couple OF policemen and some Peep e
knew in the adjacent shops Inside
of ten minutes I made a pretty thor
ough tour of the neighborhood, tell
ing everybody to look out for the
thief. Then I went to my store, hot
and excited, and there stood the bell
boy, with my ring in his hand. He had
recognized 1t as my property, and
came over at once to deliver it. Real
iy, cannot describe my modification
and ehagrin. Here I had branded the
poor little chap as thief, and spread
broadcast a story that can never
wholly recall. Nobody can say how
long an unjust suspicion will attach to
him in the neighborhood as a conse-
quence of my folly. I gave him $50
and have done what could to repair
the mischief. The lesson was one |
shall never forget"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-26
AN ART TREASURE
Found In the House of Man Forces
to Sell His Effecsa

FOUND In the House OF n man Forces
to Sell His Effects
New York Correspondence Of the
Chicago Times-Herald: Through the
financial misfortunes of an old New
Yorker famous art treasure, Ge-
rome's "Gonsummatum Est depicting
The erucifxion of Christ on Mount
Calvary, has been discovered in this
city. Art eonnoisseurs say It Is worth
from $4,000 to $4,000 At any rate
it means that its owner, whose name
is not diYulged, instead of spending
the coming Christmas in penury as he
aad anticipated, is at least sure OF
enough to satisfy ais present wants.
1t was when this old New Workers.
affairs had reached such a stage that
something had to be done, and that
right quickly, that he sent for Clar-
ence M. Darling of 124 West Twenty
sixth street. Mr.. Darling found him
disconsolate in his home. He related
his troubles and said that all he saw
in store was to sell his furniture, tapes
tries and bronzes, the remnant of a
once magnificent collection. Mr.. OAR
ling glanced around the rooms and saw
at once that not much could be real
lied, but as he was about to take his
leave his eye suddenly caught
glimpse Of what appeared to be a dust
covered painting carelessly resting on
the top of wardrobe in a corner of
the room. Whats that up there2s he
asked, climbing on chair and taking
the painting down. The painting.
while dust covered and dim. upon IN
spection proved to be in good condition
and none the worse for its hard usage
Mr.. Darling had not examined the can
vas long when he uttered an exelama-
ton of establishment, and declared
that If Its genuineness could be au-
thentieally established it was easily to
be valued at not less than SIS, 900 to
$4,000. Mr., Darling recognized in one
corner of the canvas the name of ].
l.. Gerome. and subject as no other
than the masters "Consummatum
Est, Shadow Of the Cross, or cruel
hxion of Christ on Mount Calvary. Az
70 the genuineness of the painting. its
owner recalled the fact that in his pos
session was an autograph letter from
Gerome, describing the painting and
the circumstances under which 1t was
painted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-26
The Good News Spreads

and our business
grows larger, and the prices small
er, every day. People come here
from all parts of the city. When
ever they need anything in our
line, they think of US. We have
furnished more coy homes than
we could possibly name. We
have done it to the owners salts
faction, and we can do the same
thing for you.
BLUFF CITY
FURNITURE co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-26
Cautionary.

A Georgia eolored preacher has more
shan one way of making sure that
none of his parishioners let the con-
tribution plate pass unnotieed. We
have a collection for foreign and do
mestlc missions dis morning, bredren
and sisters. F. he announced one Sun
day, and for de glory of heaben.
whieheber one OBJ you stole Widow
Johnson's sheep. don't put cent on de
Rlate!"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-26
chased b, . BAH of r,,S.

A member of Swiss scientific So
ciety thus tells how he was chased by
ball of fire: AT s.: 80 o'clock drove
from versoix to Genthoud. On the
Malagny road the coachman's eyes be-
came so much faugued by intense
lightning that he couldn't. even In the
intervals, see the road. | stepped onto
the box and took the reins. We had
barely passed the gate of DR.. Marcel
when I became conscious of bright
and lasting luminosity behind me.
turned around and saw at distance OF
300 yards a ball of fire of about sixteen
inches diameter Just as the ball was
about seventy-five feet to our right 1t
ourst with a terrific noise, and It
seemed as II lines of fire started from
1t. We felt violent shaking and re-
NAMED blinded few seconds. Then
I saw that the horses had turned at
right angle to the carriage, with their
chests in the hedge, with dropping ears
and signs Of great terror"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-22
THE FOUNDER OF HOMEOPATHY.
STATUE OF HAHNEMANN DEDICATED IN
WASHINGTON-ATTORNE GENERAL
GRIGGS SPEAKS.

Washington. June PA monument to the mem
DRY of Samuel Hahnemann. founder of the Home
opathic School of Medicine, formally dedicated
this afternoon with appropriate exercises in the
presence OF a large assemblage, including President
Mckinley. Acknowledgement Grigss and the dele
gates 10 the American Institute of Homeopathy,
IN session in this city. The site Of the monu-
nent is on the easS side Of Scott Circle. in the
fashionable northwest portion Of the city. The
statue is fine work of art and represents DR..
Hahnemann in sitting posture. The treatment
IS Greek in spirit and the statue is OF bronze. Its
total cost has been $4,000, raised by public sub
scription.
The exercises to-day opened by DR.. j B.
Gregg Gusts. After an invocation, DR.. J. H. Nc
Cielland, Of Pittsburg. chairman of the Monument
Committee, formally presented the statue 10 the
American Institute Of Homeopathy and it was
then unveiled. while the Marine Band played Amer
lean airs. President c. L. Walton. of Cincinnati,
accepted the monument behalf Of the institute
and presented it to the United States Government,
by whom it accepted by Colonel Theodore A.
8lng CHAM. of the Army who is in charge of public
The Star spangied banner" was played by the
Marine Band after which Attorney-General Grigss
Of this park stands the statue of great warrior:
Il great Statesman and orator, Daniel Webster
and on this side, with great appropriateness, has
good physician. There is, said he. only one test of
worthness, and that is that man shan have
wrought in unselfshnesS in the interests OF his
country. of humanity and the world 1t was the
faliaey uncovered truth and uncovered errors
AT the conclusion of the address the audience
gave three cheers for President Mckinley, who
bowed his acknowledgment, and then the cere-
monies were closed with music
The American Institute of Homeopathy this fore
noon selected Niagara Falls as the place for the
meeting. The president announced the ap-
of the following chairmen of sections for
the ensuing year: Materia mediCa, Or. J. i. Gregg
GUSTS. of Washington: clinical medicine, DR. C!ar-
Bartlett, Philadelphia; gynecoogy DR.. 5 5
Smythe Denver; sanitary science. DR., II. X. Stout,
Jacksonville. Fla: pedoogy Or. A p Iianchett.
Council Bluffs. Iowa; surgery, Dr. George +.
Shears, Chicago; neurology Or. \. b; Delamater.
Chicago: obstetrics. DR.. \. Il. Griffith. Montreal;
ophthalmology, GEOLOGY and laryynEology. Dr. +.
Park Lewis. Buffalo. The bureau work viii be in
the hands of these doctors the coming year. AT
the conclusion of the business meeting number
of section meetings We're held.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-22
WORD FROM MISSIONARIES.
BOXERS ARE ROWDIES FARMERS
AND BOYS

DR.. Arthur J. Brown. secretary Of the Presby-
terrain Board Of Foreign Missions, telegraphed to
! Chefoo yesterday asking If the DENOMINATIONS mis-
sonaries in Shantung Province and at Picking were
SAFE. He had had 10 word from China for many
days that he found that The lines
were open he FASTENED TO send inquiries
In Shantung Province the Church has mission sta
tons at Tungchow. Chefoo Tsingfan Chinan-foo
Wei-hein. I-chow-foo and Chnlng-foo These
points, with Picking and Pao-ting-fu, include all
the mission stations OF the Presbyterian Church in
China
At the office Of the Rev Joshua Kimber. asso-
ciate secretary Of the Foreign Mssi mary Society
of the Protestant Episcopal Church. it was asked
II the riots in China were causing the officers any
worry. The answer
Il. Up to this time we have been entirely out of
dspache he En,sh 5 y0 1 srg 6y Io,dny
OF our missions is. has been threatened. we have
heard The Rev. Frans +. Lund IS there with a
native, deacon. The American Protestant Episcopal
Church has an advancement with the English
We have one Bishop and they have three or four
We have had our share. Two or three years ago at
I-chang some Of these secret societies burned
Herbert Sower. who flung himself across the door
sill OF the English Consulate in time have him
self dragged inside and the door slammed in the
face Of the mob The Chinese Government had to
IS and is going to be, even after the great Powers
~ @ fG j Inn he nthIes ina Te country
There IS no communication between villages even,
and I believt not one man in a hundred there
knows that there is any sort Of IN China
The Episcopal Church has recently appointed new
missionaries for China. and the society hopes that
there will be peace by September that 1t may
send them, for technically their terms begin upon
appointment. These mission workers J. A
Ingle and family, OF Maryland who going back
after a visit to their home in this country: DR. w
II. Jeffries and wife and child. OF Philadelphia
Mrs. G NJ Mason, Of Detroit, and Miss Byerley, of
Maryland
The Rev; G c. Creegan, general agent Of the
american Board Of Foreign Missions OF the Con-
gregational Church. said yesterday that he thought
the danger was decreasing. IF Ii Hung Chang
IS called Peking" he said, 1t should be better
for foreigners because he Is progressive and I'M
derstands the ways Of the civilized world. From
what | hear from missionaries themselves and
from my own observation believe that most for
eign workers In China have idea that the En-
press Dowager sympathizes with the Boxers. But
they think she has lost her grip them and
/ Is helpless"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-22
TUNNEL ROUTE CHANGED.
CURVE PLANNED AT FORT GEORGE
ELINnNATED-TO SAVE THE TREES.

After hearing representatives of the househoders
and property OF the neighborhood OF Fort
George. the Rapid Transit Commissioners. at a
meeting held yesterday decided 10 make an altera-
ton in the route of the underground railroad on
the upper West Side OF the city. The change will
eliminate the curve planned at Fort George. from
Eleventh-ave. to the Kingsbridge Road. and con-
tinue the railway a practically straight line
along Maggie and Amsterdam ayes. to Kingsbridge
Road. The effect will he saving of about $4,000
the cost of construction. it is said and OF about
thirteen hundred feet in the length OF the line.
J. ". Reno. a civil engineer and president OF the
Rapid Transit Construction Company. intro
duced to the Commission by John Mcdonald, coun-
sci Of the West Side Association. under the i'm
preston by Mr.. Mcdonald that a plan known
the Reno plan OF tunnels had never been discussed.
The plan IS what IS known a double decker and
IS SO arranged that the express trains would
under the accommodation trains. Mr.. Mcdonald
favored the plan. inasmuch he believes il would
save the trees N the Boulevard. Mt Reno was in
formed that he m. ght make an application for
hearing. but 1t IS not probable II is understood. that
MI Heno's project viii be seriously considered for
the reason that the Commissioners have already
thoroughly examined into the Reno tunnel and dis
Carded Il in favor OF the subway system which has
been adopted.
John Mcdonald counsel for the West End As
ISOLATION. said yesterday that tho Joint committee
ON the boulevard trees was stiU gathering opu-
ions and plans 20 the best methods ~ which
he trees might be saved. Before tho committee
decide upon anything NJ. Mcdonald said. they
would want 20 hear from Mr.. Rose. the land
scape gardener Of IN" Park Department. There
fore tie committee would probably DO nothing
uniN next week. Any WY tlera wrs 30 particular
Iced Cor hurry, M Mcdonald explained. because
the work on tho Boulevard section Of the subway
would not Bee generally under ~ly before Sep
t'nbrr. In the mean time lie Thought that the
suD-coutraefo- would nEJ IL u,s.s sary TO disturb
only few trees
Tho lowering OF III. Bl-echcr-st. sewer was
virtually completed yesterday. THIS MAS the fist
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-22
HOWARD c. BENHAU ACQUITTED.
ONE or THE MOST BITTERLY FOUGHT
MURDER CASES IN WESTERN NEW
YORK HISTORY ENDED

Canandaigua. y. y. June 2l.-Howarl c. Ben
ham. accused Of the murder Of his wife. to-
day adjudged not guilty of the crime
When court convened this morning for the finish
Of the murder case, which had taken up about
three weeks time, Judge James W. Houghton be-
gan his charge TO the jury. He instructed them
that II there any doubt IN their minds u
whether Benham had given the acid to his wife,
ana that she had taken it, their verdict must be
one of acquittal. He told them that the former
conviction OF the defendant could not be taken
into considerations nor must the alleged debauched
life Of Beuham b allowed to have any influence
over them
hour and & half and the jurors retired ct n:1O
They returned at 10 and gave the verdict, not
guilty"
At this Benham fell weeping upon the shoulders
Of his attorney, Mr.. Wade, and then. turning, en-
officials We're compelled for time protect him
from the overwhelming CONGRATULATIONS cf the
The trial has consumed tnenty-one days ana has
cost about Sizes Following is I history Of the
Howard C Benham, who had successfully been
hotel clerk, railway clerk and general ticket
]. January. 1896 Benham then tgventy-thrcc.
tS'"le IN ASr own right. Ieit py htr, tat heF, ~
about 5000 on Christmas Day following her
Years Eve had what was believed % be at
tack Of heart trouble. On January +, 1897. she had
BY Benham reached the house she was dead
hastT autopsy resulted IN verdict that heart
accidentally discovered that Benham had pur-
chased prussic acid in BATAVIA The body was ex
burned, and second examination revealed the
placed on trial June r. 1857. ana July . was found
1%7, and sent TO Auburn. pending an appeal 70
confirmed the decision Of the first court, ~, he
ground of newly discovered evidence trial
Judicial District