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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-03-05

Does merit receive IFS just reward:
M Stowe takes the affirmative, and TO
sustain his position gives the following
Iemiul>cence. Ii Was away back in the
Mites when religious society in a
country town ON the line of the railroad
planned Tor an excursion over the road
70 station less tnau forty miles away,
where WAS a splendid grove and all
heliltleS Tor their accommodation. "A
committee was chosen To mature their
plans, and the chairman, Mr.. Blank,
VINO WAS a prominent business man,
popular 10 society, and, Mr.. Stowe con-
GUIDES from after developments, pros
porous tsrmer aud proprietor of grist
mll, called on the superintendent of the
ioad at Portland u get terms for the
'Taln, and 70 make al! other needful ar
fangementS Tor the excursion. After
These were completed Mr.. Stowe WAS
Called lutO the office for instruction In
all The details of the excursion, aud AZ
Ihe request OF Mr.. Blank was 10 taxi
VhiTge OF the train. He was TO procure
Tue Tickets, distribute them 10 the sgenI'
AZ stations where they were TO be solo
Tor The excursion, with letters of instruc
Ioh as To sale, etc., they 70 account q
niIn Tor all tickets sold and unsold, anC
ue IN turn 10 report 70 the superiutend
sht anu 70 the committee. A small per
Se'tge w each ticket sold was 70 b
MADE over TO the society Tor their bene
NJ The excursion was y success. 1
le" days after Mr.. Blank boarded Mr.
stoves train on his run 20 Portland, an,
u9rIng the trip aeeOsted MIN as follows
our excursion committee met las
evening, aud ] laid before them you
report, which was entirely satisfactory
10 view of what you had done for US,
suggested that 1 would be pleased {
Make Mr. Stowe some tangible consider
sIion IN behalf OF the society, in whic
Iney heartily conceded, and''-with
S0,VO Carnegie expression on his couI
!enanee-''yOu will find in the other ca
70 your address, half-peck of India
uesl aud u paakiRl' The curtain drol
ped.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-03-05

At IL :45, after the school appropria-
tons had been completed, an adjourn
ment of one hour for dinner was taken,
on motion of Capt. Bolster A hot din
ner was served by w. X. Kimball Relief
Corps in Grand Army Hall.
After dinner appropriations were con-
timed as follows:
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23
II Cannot H e lp But
Praise Peruna.
Il Am Never Without
" AS Soon as / Find the
Children ave the
Least Cold, / Give
Them Peruna.
"A Few Doses Helps
Them"

One Of the greatest foes with which
every family has TO contend is our
changeable climate. To protect the
family from colds and coughs is always
. serious problem, and often impossible.
Sooner or later it is the inevitable fate
CT every one TO catch cold. Care in
avoiding exposure and the use Of proper
clothing will protect from the frequency
and perhaps the severity of colds, but
with the greatest of precautions they
will come. This is a settled fact of
human experience.
Especially is this true during the
stormy and unsettled weather of carly
winter. Everybody must expect to be
caught somewhere or somehow.
Perhaps it will be wet feet. or cold
draught, or damp clothes. or may he too
close confinement in hot rooms and then
going out into the cold carelessly. or it
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23
DOING THEIR DUTY.
,.,s OF AUGUSTA READERS
ARE LEARNING THE DUTY
OF THE KIDNEYS.

~ filter the blood is the kidneys
Ju,y,
;,.bcn they fail to do this the kidneys
sre sick
poc,ache and many kidney ills fol-
lov
Urinary trouble, Diabetes.
mans Kidney Pills cure them all.
,,rs,a people endorse our claim.
u,x =. Bonney of u Weston Place.
"Doan's Kidney Pills and Doan's
o,,,r,en, are very wonderful reme-
aos Nv knowledge Of Doan's Kidney
pa,. dates back some years, was in
,,,d n get a box at c. X. Partridge's
ola Reliable drug store. opposite the
..,,os;ce and it's use proved so ef-
1.-two that il led me 10 buy box Of
mans Ointment. Here again the
~, miraculous powers of Doan's
u,.des was apparent. l would not
,,.. 10 he without them in the house.
ysm clad TO recommend such valuable
s,,.aies, 4 Their great value cannot he
questioned
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23
g. LEIGHTON,
1873 Water ST., Augusta.

is as follows: The writing is not placed
beforehand on the slate. hut on the fiap.
which. as before, is covered the same As
the table top This is lying on the table
writing downward. The slate is handel
around for inspection. and. on being re-
turned to the performer, he stands at
the table and cleans the slate on one
side, then turns il over and cleans tn
other AS he does so hc lifts the flau
into the slate. THE fap is held in five
" by an edging Of thin pure sheet rub
Der cemented on the fap between Inc
slate and the cloth covering Of the s,atr
7'his grirs tho wooden sides " tn F,
frame hard enough to prevent the falls f,
lece from tumbiing oIt accltiCntaily.
BY another method a slate is cleaned
on both sides. ana. while held in the
hand facing the audience. becomes sud
denly covered with writing, and the slate
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23

is Immediately given for inspection. Tht
writing il; On the slate previous w tn.
cleaning ani is hidden from view by a
Zap of slate colored silk he'd firmly II
rltlc ~ 4 nellct Of wax in each Of the
corners of the silk. Attached to this 81 K
flap or cove ring TAT the end tina, Is nearer
10 tn" performers sleevcI is a stout core
or string. which ia also inado fast 20
strap around the wrist Of the hand 90
Trsitc 10 that holding the slate II the
arms are now extended their fjIIl length
the piece Of silk covering viii i.ar.. IN ,
slate ana pass rapidly up the sleeve oIt
of the way. and thus leave. the wrltin.
exposed 10 view: and thc slate X founc
70 be still Z little damn from the "lcrr.
ing with the sponge ANA water 1t had
been given previously. This is easly y ar
counted for. The water from the spcnro
penetrates lust enough through the cloth
to dampen the slate.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23

may be one Of q thousand other little
mishaps, but no one is shroud enough to
always avoid the inevitable catching
cold.
Sometimes colds come like an cpl
demic; everybody seems to have one at
once. The very air about us is poison to
the head, throat and lungs.
There is no fact Of medical science
better known than that Peruna cures
catarrh wherever located. Thousands
Of families in all parts Of the United
States are protected each winter by
Peruna. Once in the family Peruna
always stays. No home can spare Pc
runa after the first trial of it. A splendid
example of this fact is found in the
beautiful home Of Mrs. Paul Peschel. Of
II Quitman street, Newark, J. Read
her letter.
NEWARK, n. J., June II, 1900.
Dr. S. B. Hartman:
Dear Sir..."Mly three children were
sick and my husband had an attack of
Ia grippe. Igave the children Peruna,
and now they look as if they hadn't
been sick at all. ! also gave 1t to my
husband until he was good and well.
do NOT know how could have stood
taking csre of fheE, and being up night
and day, had it NOT been for Peruna.
LAST winter was the first winter in
sixteen years that did not have q
cough. Ii is impossible to explain my
thanks in words. I never looked as
well as do now.
"Peruna is our family medicine ard
always viii be. do nv own house,
work and sewing, and get along lovely,
now that ! am so strong ard well,
thanks to Peru1a and your good advice.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23
MAGIC EXPOSED.
Clever Tricks Of Some Famous
Prestidigetateurs,
Stories Of the Great Hermann, Mas.
ter Of the Art,
''"e ." S''' Nys. Producing Flowers. q.
Feats for Amateurs.

The late Alexander U.rrn,nr ~
e,,u "'"ouS prestidiGitateur, while
full% appreciating the yalua of na.n
'oNed TO perpetrate joke for il s
H'Ne' OUTSIDE of business consid.
a''o'S' II is said he would fire.
t".hi! :" out alone and spend hours
~ localities where his mephistophelian
et.u'es were not known. amusing the
.N'',es win the most astonishing per-
forinances. 'e'
once. i'll the City of Mexico. he came
upon friend drinking a connection of
sherry and egg.
|. nero. take the mother of that 900
along With the drink said the maei-
ciah' who procured from some nm
known region live chicken. which
rerched on the drinkers shoulder
no" do you do those things" was
asked by a witness of the trick. do
You carry those chickens around with
you?''
do not carry them about with me
as You can see answered Hermann
unbuttoning his coat and rolling IN his
sleeves
iou are the ones who do the carry
ins' see here. and picking up his
lrlehds hat from an adjacent chair he
shook out a rabbit. which scampere,l
away such impromptu tricks as this
We're Herrmann's chief delight.
lIli Nye, the humorist, once had a
lot OF run with Hermann. Nye was
travelling with James Whitcomb Riley
at the time, and Hermann was show
ing in the same town. They stopped at
the same hotel and sat next to on.
another at the table. Hermann didn't
Know Nye a. all. and the humorist ONLY
knew the magician by sight. In the
middle of meal one night Hermann
leaned over and separating the lettuce
leaves on Nye'S plate disclosed a large
diamond ring there. Dear me, how
careless. exclaimed Hermann, eX-
recting to see Nye start back in sur
prise. But Nye didn't do any such
thing. Coolly picking up the gem. he
remarked:
m always leaving things like that
around. Here. waitress. here's a little
present for YOU and he handed il TO
the girl who was waiting on the table.
Hermann had to get the proprietor of
the hotel out in the kitchen before H.
could get the stone back again. the girl
absolutely refusing to give it up. Herr
mann always enjoyed telling the story
oit himself. and he and Nye We're great
friends up 10 the time Of the latter's
death.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23

The producing of a large number M ol
flowers from an empty paper cone "aa
not the invention of HERMANN as
many people supposed. 1t was m
vented by Buatier some 10 years as"'
and since then has been in the roper
,a;ro ~ naarIv every conjurer, some OF
whom have elaborated 1T to lar srea, :
p ,.xtcnt Than did Hermann al
,,,a,,ch h;s manner of producing II
III. ,.ar,, clever. and the immense
M"a ,,,,,., IF flowers he produced made it
very interesting.
rS. snlution of he trick is almost as
,.,n,o as y is eff ective. The flowers
.,,n made Of very inc tissue paper IN
escorted colors. zach has smaal
.,nrine % IN the cen er which causes II
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23

Hermann sometimes made the ttich
more effective by having confederate
in the audience call for Ch1hese has'
which few people are familiar WIN
This gave him chance TO ASK the per
son if he would know a Chihese nag
vhen he saw it. He would. OF course
nroduco one from the bottle Immediate
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23
A Safe Family Doctor.

Pcruna has been used in many other
homes with the same results. The fol
lowing are samples: Mrs. NJ. r.. Sey-
mour, Dye, Ga, writes:
al am ready to speak few words in
favor Of Peruna and Manalin. I have
tried them for nearly every ill OF life for
myself and family, and find them to be
all the doctor claims them to be. Peru
ma cured me of female trouble when my
doctor could not. My advice to all suf.
fering women is, consult DIR. Hartman.
What he has done for me he will do for
you."-Mrs. NJ. L. Seymour.
Peruna Added 40 Pounds.
Mrs. Maria Goertz, Cleo, Oklahoma,
writes:
my husband, children and mvself
have used your medicines, and we al
ways keep them in the house in case of
necessity Mrs. Maria Goertz.
DIR. Hartman's latest book on catarrh
will be sent free upon request to anv
address. This book contains ninetv-fiya
page; of interesting reading matter. and
will be found invaluable to mothers in
aiding them to guard against and cure
the many little catarrhal ailments Of
children that come with the severe
weather Of winter.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23

ror sale by all dealers. Price 80
ami, Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. y.
r. ,o,s agents tor the United States
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23

The production of glass bowls Of
water and gold fish from under a
handkerchief or shawl is one Of the
most entertaining tricks in the
repertoire OF any amateur or profess
sional coniu:er. Perhaps Professor
Hermann was asked more often how
lie did that trick than anything he ever
did and vet ii is one Of the Oldest
tricks known and was introduced in
England over a century ago by con-
iurers in Chinese costume. this cos
tune affording better facilities for con-
cealing bowls than the modern COS
tune does In effect the trick is as
follows:
The performer appears in evening
Gress. and from several handkerchefs
H.. produces several bowls Of water.
with or without gold fish as he may
elect.
These bowls are generally about
: Ven inches in diameter and two
inches deep. They are filled with
water. ANA when the performer has
gold fish these are, of course. added.
\ strong rubber cover, specially made
for this purpose. is stretched over the
top Of each bowl. The performer
usually has pockets in the back of his
vest. one on each side. and on the in
side OF the front Of his vest. E.ach
pocket contains one bowl. More bowls
can be carried in the coat tail pockets
and in the upper breast or loading
n0cl<ets of the coat. but very few
performers care to produce more than
three or four bowls. \ large hand
kerchief is taken. shaken about to
show there is no preparation about it
and then thrown over the left arm
Under cover Of this the bowl Is
taken out Of the pocket with either
hand. whichever is the most con-
,enient for the performer. Holding
~. howl under cover of the handker-
chief in one hand. he removes the
\. ndkcrchief with the other hand.
taking hold of the edge Of the boWi
from the outside through the hand
kerchief, nippine into the edge OF thc
rubber cover and pulling II OH lnSiuc
The handkerchief. He then M
M. diately throws both aside ana SHOWS
he bowl filed with water. PICKING
m another handkerchief he produces
| tho second bowl in the same manner.
| Professor Hermann generaiiF pro-
drced two or three bOWlS, ana WouHd
m the trick by producing the last
how, with an ornamental metal loot
ia II the bowl standing about SIX
inctes high on this foot. This foot is
in three pieces. which fold up against
The eIoping sides of the bowl and re-
main in that position until taken from
tho nocket. when the three pieces drop
| 6ou-n together and by means of
,atcb in their center fasten securely
bu. there is always danger OIL these
ia; catching in the clothing oil 'hc
performer.
| very Old trick. called the multi
n,vipr coins" Hermann placed IN his
,rooram under the name OF Inc DC
.rnit Banker" In doing this t1ck ne
borrowed a hat. and BY sklitul pa mn
irp he pretended TO catch numoer OF
roi,,s which he threw into the nat
ana at a time. He placed the CONS IN
tho hat when he borrowed II. After
he had apparently secured quite
,umber. hn brought out a large nickel
n,ated oblonC tray Or server. II" he"'
mis- in one hand and had spectator
n
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23

y ldNOrllt tGlck or Hcrlmann was
what is sometimes called All Nations
in one Bottle" Here is the way ii is
performed: \ small stand with top
only one inch thick is placed in the
center of the stage near the footlightS.
On this is placed black bottle and
two glasses. Two gentlemen are in
vited from the audience to join the
performer in a social glass of wine.
They take seats, one on eaCn side OF
the little stand. and glass is handed
TO each one. They are asked what
they would like to have. II does not
matter what they ask for. the liquor is
all of one kind in the bottle and n lit
tie is poured out into each glass. They
are then served with 4 drink. and, ot
course. announce their appreciation OF
il.
Then. replacing the bottle in the
former asks what flag shall be taken
out of the bottle. Any one can call
fol the flag Of any nation, and the per-
former then strikes the bottle with his
wand, and. holding his fingers on top
Of the bottle. takes out Of il a small
silk flag. rolled up. which he I'M
media tely unrolls and shows 10 the
audience. He then pours more liquor
cut Of The same bottle for the gentle
nlcn. This he continues until a very
large number of flags have been pro-
duc,d. occasionally treating his COM
ranv to an additional drink from the
bottle.
This trick. 50 pretty in effect, is very
easily executed. The table or stand
has only one leg. a centre pillar. ms
is hollow. and is placed on the: stage
over a small hole in the floor, up which
a LITTLE rod can be showed. The bottle
has a hollow tube running down
through the center Of it. open at the
bottom and top. and, when placed on
tor of the stand. the hole III the bottom
of il must be directly over the hole IN
the top Of the table. The assistant un-
dernea.h tha stage has a large num-
her or small silk flags tightly rolled
uI.. As soon as he hears the per
former call for A flag. he takes the one
desired and puts it ON the ehd OIL
long. slender rod. and when lie hears
tho fan of the wand on the bottle
which is the signal for him that the
fnerr' OF the performers Is at inc tof
of the bottle to catch the nag. ne
sloGes the stick up through the Hoor'
fhra;Tich tic leg of the table ana into
ba hottie. and when he feeiS tne re-
sistanc, of il striking the fingers at the
month of the bottle he pulls down the
stick and the performers taxes "ul t"e
tag and. shows it to- the audience
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23

~ cannot help but praise Pc-una. I
am never without II, and as soon cs :
find the children have the least cold 7
give them Peruna. A few doses helps
them, and hope that every one who
reads my testimony viii try Peruns as
1t is q friend indeed" Thankfully
yours, MRS. PAUL PESCHEL,
II Quifman ST., Newark, N. J..
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23

Remember the name-Doans-and
take no other.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23

~ 'i'' ''ope OF rose or tuIip
rs soon as the spring is released.
In ordinary use % to 50 are mn TO-
Eether in one small package. and fast
Sned by band of paper around then,
or by little metal holders the same size
ana color as the outside leaf of tho
Hover. Usually three Of these raehet.
are rroouced, one placed in the pocke.
on each side, and one just inside n
smaller wicker Workba si.a, i,tra
! against the side.
INC performer Shows large piecr
ot ordinary PAPER, rolls it into the
"ape oi cone anu places it on the
,'f'ie with the mouth toward the audi
'hce' lie then. With his right hand
I'cks up the workbasket, with the
',hHefs on the inside of the basket. in
'.oS'hg the packet Of flowers living
th"re. He Immediately transfers tho
tasket to the left hand. showing the
basket empty. AS he does so he
hal'ns the little packet of flower. Il,
his right hand. with which hc nnw
PICKS up the cone by slipping the An
gers inside the mouth of the cone with
'he thu'nh outside. and taking hold of
inc pointed end of the cone with his
!"it hand. At the moment he does this
he drops the palmed packet IN the
cone from the right hand. This packet
OF flowers falls tn the bottom the cone.
which Is now pressed together tigh, hv
the left hand. This allows him to show
the cone empty. Now. standing with his
left side II the audience. the cone In
mis- !efJ hand, ne shakes the flowers
out OF it into the basket As he is
doing this his right hand slips into the
rignt profonde and palms the little
packet OF flowers in that pocket As
soon as iie has shaken the first packet
OF howers out of the cone he raises il
up. mouth toward the audience, to
show ii is empty. AS he does so. he
ruts his right hand Al the mouth of
the cone. with his fingers inside and
thumb outside. This leaves the
Ialmed packet Of flowers just inside
the cone. where it drops as soon as he
removes his hand. The performer
now takes hold Of tho lower or pointed
end of the cone with his right hand.
ana turning his right side to the audi
encc. shakes these flowers out of the
cone into the basket. AS he is doing
this his left hand drops into the left
tA'i'i''N anu ItliilS tIi' illlit Ddtk''l
of flowers concealed there. which he
introduces into the cone in precisely
the same manner as he did the sec
ond packet in the right hand as men
TONED above.
In introducing ii in this manner $50
Towers are generally used, 80 in each
packet. Hermann. however. used
somewhat different method IN produc-
ing the flowers. He generally pro
duCcd the first hundred as above
described and poured them into the
ba slct, which he had placed on one Of
The side tables and moved to the center
front Of the stage. he standing behind
1t. holding the cone in his right hand.
and while pouring them out into the
basket he picked up with his left hand
q packet Of flowers from the shelf on
the little table. and introduced these
into the cone when he had placed his
hard at the top Of it To show il empty
or Will, pretending to pull the flowers
out OF the conc into the basket.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23

To nerl0rm what is called "ilre inNiS-
ibIc fisht." take "A piece of paper fojir
inches bv five inches place a penny on i.
and fold the top of the paper over the
coin to within one inch OF IN" bottom.
Then fold the right-hand side of N"
paper under the coin. treating tn" left
hand side in the same way. You must
now fold the bottom one inch of ti.'
paper under the cola. and you Will ap
rarcntly have wrapped it securely in tn
paper. but really it is in A Kind Of
pocket. and will READILY slip out into
to feel the coin through the paper; the.
take II from the left hand to the right.
letting the coin slip out into the left hand.
You now set fire to the paper and tn
coin has disappeared.
There are Il large number of method
Of producing slate writing. but Dc
scription of two or three will bH sufii
c:ent to give an IDEA OF the working n
ordinary one i'll which the writing IS
placed on the slate beforehand and
sihen hidden from view by flap or loose
piece of slate. After both sides Of tn
sla-r have been c,eaneo, thu. false fap
is dronred on TO the table. the side whic'!
is then uppcrmcst t"ins covered VIII
cloth similar to the tab" top. where l;
will remain unnotlced, or the flap IS ~
lowed 10 ial into Il second sla,c with
which thc first * covered In the lat
ter cas., no cloth is pasted on the Hap
Sometimes the Hap Is covered with Il
niece ~ newspaper and is allowed to uroit
into a newspaper lying on the table. then
the n,pspapcr containing the flap is care e.
lessj; removed thus doing away with-anS
trace OF trickerI.
Another way Of utilizing the false flap
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23

take no other.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23
The Newest Coats and Jackets

of
coat The Coat all BLOUSE
rap Effects q
and
jacket
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-12-25
Lost His Foot

Is passenger train No. ; pulled into
Reno this morning and was about to
stop At the depot, Thomas Da'1ahue,
stranger, who wanted to 90 west
tried 10 get on board He was stand
ing 70 one side OF the swiftly moving
:rain. and succeeded in getting hold
OF the platform rails and thinking he
vas safely on the platform. let 90. and
iell beneath the cars.
His right loot was crushed IN nor
rible manner, He was taken to the
hospital where it was found ncces-
Sary to arnputate The Injured member
Immediately below. the knee. which
was performed BY Dir, Gibson. the
county hy~ician.-Gazette.