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Mans Mission on Earth
Medical Book Free.

''Know Thyself" book for men only. reg
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Postpaid to any male reader of this paper. g
cents for postage. Address the Peabody
Medical Institute, Bufnch Street, Bos-
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best in America. Write today for free book,
THE Key TO Health and Happiness.
nZS- The Peabody Medical Institute has many
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nS1 The Peabody Medical Institute is fixed
- fact in the medical phenomena Of this
country and it viii remain so-Bostom Journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-04

II G. Higgins will return to Boston.
today. after few days spent III 'hia
city.
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Ralph Harden is visiting friends a,
the Hub for few days.
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a. A. Brann went to Lewiston. yes
ferday, for a few days at the fair.
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son are visiting Rev ana Mrs. W. ID
Plummcr.
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Charles J. Clement Of Massao i:usctts
is visiting friends in this city.
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Mr.. and Mrs. F. s. MaxcyAwant7 to
Portland. yesterday. for a week s visit
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HALLOVELI..

Clarence w. Stowell is spending 4
few days at Five Island.
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Robert Maxcy arrived here from
SQUIRREL Island. last evening. =
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Hugh Kelley. serving in Co. f, 18th
Maine Vols. has been admitted to the
Home and assigned to Co. n.
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Edna Belanger. Mrs. II. A. Belan-cr
and Mrs J. II. Witherell were visitors
from Oakland yesterday.
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Miss NJ. F. Snow is visiting Miss NJ
NJ. Spear at West Gardiner.
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~. ANA &rs. ]. Wallace Alien
passengers On Ing hos; to Haver
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w. p. Atherton will go to Boston. To-
dav. for a few weeks visit with friends.
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Mr.. and Mrs. William Tho nas and
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DR.. HARTMAH's ADVICE
Is Sought by Female Suffer
ers From Ocean
to Ocean.

Mrs.F. W. Gouldcr, 1905 Fourth ave.
nue., Rock Island, Illinois. wr;tes
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NATIONAL HOME.

Officer of the day. Capt. Doten.
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J GARDINER.

jssmal's TsIspheas CaII-37-5. =.
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Battcries-Dineen and kittredge; Phil
lippi and Conner. Attendance, 2zcv.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24
THE JOY OF KEEPING
A PLEASURE BOOK.


She is an old woman, but her face is
serene and peaceful, though trouble
has not passed her by. She seems ut
terly above the little worries and vex-
atlons which torment the average wo-
man and leave the lines of care for ev-
cry one to read The fretful woman
asked her one day for the secret of her
happiness, and the beautiful old face
shone as with a newly risen joy.
ure book
"A what?"
"A pleasure book. Long ago I learn
ed that there was no day so dark and
gloomy that it did not contain some ray
Of pleasure, and I have made it the
business Of my life to write down the
little things which mean so much.
II have a book for every year since /
Iert school and a place for every day
It is but little thing-the new gown.
the chat with a friend, the thoughtful
ness of my husband, a flower a book,
a walk in the field. letter. a concert
or a drive. But it all goes into my
pleasure book, and when I am inclined
to fret I have only to read a few pages
to see what happy. blessed woman 1
am. You may see my treasures, if you
will''
Slowly the peevish. disconnected wo-
man turned over the pages of the books
the friend brought her, reading a little
here and there. One days entries ran
thus:
Had a pleasant letter from mother
Saw a beautiful flower in a window.
Found the book I thought I had lost
Saw such a bright, happy girl in the
street Fred brought some roses in the
evening"
Bits of verse and lines from her daily
reading have gone into the pleasure
book of this world wise woman until its
pages are a storehouse of truth and
beauty.
Have you found pleasure for every
day?' the fretful woman asked
For every day" the sweet voice an
swered. Il had to make my theory
come true, you know
The fretful woman remembered on
one Christmas day the only son Of her
friend had been brought home dying.
Half afraid, she turned to the page for
Dec. 25. AT the top was written:
He died with his hand in mine. and
my name was upon his lips" And be-
low were the lines from LongfelIow:
Weep not my friendsl Rather rejoice with mel
shall not feel the pain, but shall be gone,
And you viii have another friend in heaven.
She closed the book lingeringly.
Was that a pleasure?'' she asked
softly And the other answered:
Not pleasure, perhaps, but it was
balm.''
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24
By TABITHA sOURGRAPEs.

would not go when she put off the
sideboards-
Il wonder if mems necks all look
like that2" she said to herself. But
womanliness and domesticity were
the fad, SO she had to go the full
length. She gave up her bicycle be-
cause it took her outdoors when q
woman's place is at home. She next
cast away her fish mouthed, patent
leather oxford ties with the broad,
protruding soles, looking like turtle
with its back up.
''Horrid, mannish things!" ejaculat-
ed Skipita.
She got some paper so1ed slippers
with the highest heels she could find,
which, when she tried to walk in
them, made her mince in her gait as
her great-grandmother had done to be
in style. Moreover. the paper soled
slippers hurt her toes. But she look
ed at them in raptures.
How sweet and WomanlyI'' she ex-
claimed.
The next thing was to learn to cook.
Would Sourgrapes could draw q veil
over this essay at Womanliness, but
as true chronicler she must go on to
the bitter end. Skipita did not know
q toasting fork from a tuning fork or
a rolling pin from a hole in the wall.
but while the sweet, Womanly fad
lasted she was bound to be in fashion
or die. She got a hand embroidered
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24
WoMANS ODD LITTLE WAYS
n n

NJ Iss sKIPITA swIsHLY has
4WG taken up tremendously the
new fad of her sex and age
Old fashioned domesticfty. She ana
her girl friends heard that youHg
Princess A1meda Miralda was taking
cooking lessons and learning to milk
cows in a silver pail. Miss Skipita
Furthermore heard Tom Fencer, an
eligible young person of the mascu-
line sex. say he did detest a mannish
woman.
Skipfta returned from the seashore
toward the end of summer and gave
away to the cook all her tailor made
clothes, even the dashing gold braided
and buttoned costume she had made
when Lieutenant Straitbraee, home
on leave, began calling on her rather
regularly. She sighed when she part
ed with it. for it recalled tender mem
oFies, hopes yet tenderer-Juicy and
delicate pale green sprouts of hopes
doomed to wither ere they came to
bud. It was a lovely suit, but the
eoIored cook got it. Her cast iron lin
en- collars she cast into the Wastebas-
ket. She sighed again as she looked
at her emaneipated neck in the glass,
for she had worn the masculine col
lars SO high, SO tight and for so long
a time that they had made two deep,
white creases around her delicate
feminine neck, one at the top, the
other at the bottom, ana these creases
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24
WOMEN IMMIGRANTS
AT ELLIS ISLAND


takes good care Of her and finds her a
place.
Every girl that comes over here to
work can find employment at once at
good wages in a respectable family,
said the officer, whether she knows
anybody in America or not
1t is rare therefore for women to be
sent back after arriving. Occasionally
it is necessary to deport one for cause.
Then she fights against her fate far
more viciously than a man would do
under like circumstances. One of these
cases I saw-an Italian woman in a
rumpled black skirt and torn red
waist. torn in resisting the United
States government in the persons of its
officials who were charged with the
task of getting her aboard the ferryboat
which was TO carry her to the ship that
was to take her to Italy. 1t is a credit
to her feminine nuscularity that it re-
quired four of them to do it. She
fought and bit like a cat. she struck
out with her fists, she kicked like a
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24
TooUE OF BIRDS BREAST AND OUlLLS.

horse, she howled like a hyena. At the
foot of the staircase the ablebodied cit
izens who had her in charge stopped
for a breathing spell. One stopped
over and tenderly rubbed his shin.
where the mad creature had given him
tremendous kick. The difficulty in the
case was increased by the fact that the
officers dared not use the least violence
toward her That is not under any cir
cumstances permitted.
In the detention room are people OF
all nations. In window sat good ma
turedly an italian woman in a purple
skirt, with an orange handkerchief over
her head. Outside of her white shirt
waist she wore an ordinary cotton cor
set, except that it was bound around
the top with fiery red. Upon bench
was an Arab woman. unveiled, wearing
a black silk Mother Hubbard and smil-
ing on all with dazzling white teeth In
another place was a Polak baby drink
ing beer out of a bottle, gurgle, gurgle,
like an old topper. It's father held the
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24

beneath her may, as a rule, expect TO
see no more of her early friends.
She turns over the most decided new
leaf possible to an existence. She has
moved from one social plane to another
and must accommodate herself to the
change Of circumstances as best she can.
OF course, it is easy to be happy in
spite Of such a revolutionary change
A lady with an Independent income OF
50. 600 per annum married one Of her
fathers clerks and $500 a year.
She was the ruling spirit In this alli-
ance, and it was due to her that she
and her husband emigrated to South
Africa, where they are living happily
and unreproached.
Why in the world should they be
blamed. indeed2 It is only when a wo-
man tries to twist a husband into a po-
sition that makes him and her ludicrous
that the world has the right to shrug
its shoulders and whisper unpleasantly.
It must be remembered that IN nine
cases out of ten the husband establish
es the social line. His wife either rises
or steps down peg in marrying him.
If she can do one OF the other grace
fully and with good viii. no great harm
might happen. But human nature is
not always at it's strongest. and the ed
ucated woman who has welded groom
(ft has often occurred) may be excused
remorse. even though they do not last
long.
In romance one does now and then
read of beautiful and wealthy girls who
give their hearts freely to persons who
would not otherwise have dared TO as
pire in their direction. but in real life
it happens seldom, and hardly ever
where the girl has a mother or COM
petent female relative to look after her.
From IL to 20 may be called the danger
Gus age with girls. They are apt to act
on the Impulse Of the moment and to
magnify the merits of those for whom
they conceive an affection.
The first season in society is. however.
a wonderful eye opener Ninety-fve
girls out of a hundred after that know
their own value and get the knack OF
reckoning up a mans value too. There
are other examples Of this kind OF mar
riage. One does not form a high opin-
ion of the rich spinster OF so or so who
takes an flliterate husband Of five and
twenty The world is about right when
It says she buys her husband. OFTEN
she is led to regret this step. especially
If before marrying she has been liberal
in the matter Of settlements.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24

cooking apron that cost IS, some brus-
sells lace the size of the palm OF her
hand, which she stuck upon her head
for a cooks cap, and put her feet into
her high heeled slippers
How womanly 1 lookl" she muir
INJURED to the mirror. Next I shall
get a guitar and practice the Sir
Joshua Reynolds feminine neck curve
with my eyes fixed upon point in the
ceiling, as if 1 were charming music
from above the earth"
She descended to the kitchen and
created a cake. though she made the
cook do all the stirring. It was a
Rocky mountain cake, therefore tow
cred high. She was proud Of her
achievement. Her mother was doubt
full
Now, don't you give Tom Fencer a
piece of that on your life, Slxipita. or
you'll never see him again. said Mrs.
Swishly.
But the rash girl would not be
warned. She hazarded her fortune on
a cut of her Rocky mountain cake
and lost. She was quite ready to be-
stow a second piece on Fencer, but he
declined energetical1y when she would
have pressed it upon him, and he
went his way and came no more. Skip
ita sighs alone under the ancestral
roof. She still continues working the
dornesticity fad. but she finds it
dreadfu1ly tiresome-
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24
uNEauAL nfARRIAGEs.

It is easy to say that in the court OF
love there is no inequality Of persons
and that Cupid smiles alike on the lord
who marries a housemaid and the lord
who weds a dukes daughter. This may
be true enough; but. unfortunately
perhaps, Cupid's influence is limited to
his own court. He cannot bid society
see things as he sees them.
Men who marry beneath them often
have a very uncomfortable time of it
when the honeymoon is over. But II
they are plucky and persistent, and es-
pecially if their wives have tact and
certain other qualities. the stigma may
at length be lived down.
The other case is more dihicult. how
ever. A woman who marries markedly
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24

Chambermaid (excitedly)-No min!
And four fine young fellows come last
night, l got all their names. too, from
looking through their things There's
Mr.. Kent and Mr.. Blankly-oh. amt he
the fine fellow He gave me d quarter
and Mr.. Eldrege and Mr.. Smith. Now,
wouldn't that make yer tooth drip?
Pretty Girl Cmuch shocked. though
secretly hted)-Mary. you should
not say such things Thank you very
much for hooking my dress Here-ah
lis something for you
Chambermaid (bobbing)-Thank ye.
miss AIr Smith. he seen You standing
near the door in that blue gown. and he
sez to me. sez he (Ben rings furious
ly without) Yes'm: coming directly,
ma am
Pretty Girl-Oh, bother the benz
There's another maid on the floor.
suppose. Wait a minute. I think I
have a shirt waist that win fit you.
CLanguidly) And what did this Mr.
Smith say2
Chambermaid with visions of a re-
plenished wardrobe)- sez to me
like that. Gee who's that girl She's
q sumner I'm a-going to meet her
Pretty Girl Crying hard to appear in
diferent) t)-And is ne rich. your Mr.
Smith9
chambermaid-He's a young broker.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24

bottle to its lips. It's proud mother
looked on and smiled. Close to the iron
paling gate an Armenian woman sat.
dressed in Paris fashion. wearing hand
some diamonds and a costly Turkish
gold watch, yet that woman with the
strong nose and the hawk eye had
crossed in the steerage to save money.
True to the trade instincts of her race
she offered for sale TO the visitors some
lace she had improved the time by max
ing during the voyage.
And all across that dreary detention
pen weary mothers, with little children.
bearded men, peoples Of all the races OF
Europe and southwestern Asia, pressed
their faces against the iron bars, look
ing longingly through. Only to get out
and be freet So. heaven help us. is the
yearning, longing craving of US ALI
Only to get out and be freei
ELIZA BETH LEE
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24

he Is, and lowering her voice in awe
struck tones) the housekeeper says he
makes $4,000 a year.
Pretty Girl CdoubtfulIy)-Oh I dare
say one could live on that. CBoards in
an eight dollar room during the winter
time.)
The pretty girl goes to the mirror and
arranges the rose in her hair at a dev-
ilish angle over her left eyebrow.
Chambermaid Coutside the door.
ciutching quarter and a new shirt
waisD-Ain't she the sof-ft one?
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24
m THE PAyTITON.

Girl listening to the music)-And I
must marry that fat thing at my right
oh, why are rich men so ugly? It's Ell
ther that or next fall we Will have to
give up We can't keep up appear
ances any longer without money, and
Alice viii never have a chance to mar
ry the right sort of a man. Oh. I must,
of course I mustt 1 can't sacrifice my
mother and my sister. Isn't it horrible ?
They're playing the little song Jack
sang to me last summer. Last sum-
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24
IN THE PARLoR

''Have a quinine pill on me, Miss
Banks
Thank you. Mr.. shivers; I don't
mind if [ do"
Wont you join me in a little War
burg's tincture, Mrs Grayson?"
THANK you. Mr.. White Just a small
cocktail of it. I think I feel my seven
days chill coming on
Mine comes on Tues
day at A.
r,.... And mine on Mon
day at ST.
And mine on Sunday
at churchtime."
Grand Chorus-Oh, isn't malaria a
dreadful thing! CBand in the distance
plays mosquito quadrilIe.)
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24

you'd hook my
gown
Chambermaid
with an eye to
a tip) - Sure,
a n d it, s a
gr-rand gown.
It's a fine time
yez'll be having
at the hop the
night cutting
out the other
young la die s
with the mini
p T. e tty @ 1rl
Fishing for in
form a tito Nd
Poohl Don't tell
mel It h e r e
aren't any men.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24
ON THE WON
EMS SIDE.
Sentfm entail
Young Person
(anxiOus TO i'm

''Bringus another high balll' = F.V5s - sIIs D e
only had that angel faced old lady. to
lOvei
Angelic Old Lady Cooking after herr
-Humphl III bet my best bonnet
strings that girl dyes her hair. and did
you ever see such a brazen manner?
What the girls of today are coming to
I'm sure I don't know Why. Susan
Armitage told me she was out walking
with that Bob Jones the other evening.
and they never came home until, etc.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24
AROUND THE CORNER.

He (passiOnately)-Agnes
She (who has heard it any n,,n,ba,. or
times)-Oh, for goodness sakes. let 90
my hand, Mr.. Binksl Don't Won see
that old lady is looking?
He'd I mean bother the old ladvi
Can't you see that you-I mean that +
I mean that
She-Im sure I don't know what Won
do mean Go a passing friend) Oh. is
tnac you, dear? Let's all go down and
play pool. Don't you think thar win he
jolly, Mr. Binks?
He dnwardly)-l!!!????llii-
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24
CHARACTERISTIC
(. HOTEL CONVERSATIONS


f the recording angel ever wastes
any time in summer hotels, what
a cynic ne must be- He can't help
% 1T. you know. a little human ma
ture is a good thing. but too
much catches you by the throat Peo-
pie are SO much more their true selves
in summer time. i don't know whether
it is the moonlight, the shady corners
in the piazza or what. but you must ad-
init it's true. How many things you
yourselves say in August that you
wouldn't say in December-and do, for
the matter of thatl But, here. here! I
am becoming personal. Let's return to
the recording angel.
Can you imagine him listening to con-
versatiOns like these. for instance:
IN ROOM s12
Pretty Girl ito chambermaid)- )-Oh,
Mary, come here a moment I wish
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24

ciated, all my
life SO lonely, SO
bereft Of sym
pathyi All. if
you understood
Bu sin e S like
Suitor (who is
anxious to know
just where he
stands - Wait
er, bring US an
other high ball.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24

he! Wasn't that thrilling? Why Miss
Blank. you're not listeningl
She (swallowing her tears and put
ting on an enthusiastic expression)-
Why. the ideal I hung on every blessed
wordi I just dote on experiences of
that kind. What a thrilling life you
must have had compared with my lit
tie. humdrum existencei
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24

mer ? Last cen
tury! Oh, I
think my heart
is bre akin g.
Why can't it die
within me all at
once? What do
I want with a
heart now?
The Fat Man
Cin a droning
monotone) e)-And
when we got
there we found
there wasn't a
thing to eat. On
a mountain top
and nothing to
eat absolutely
nothing to eat
or drink He
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24
ON THE BACK PIAZZA.

She (who hears it for the first tima)-
And do you really love me, dear?
He (the hundredth repetition)-Afy
darling little tootsie wootsfe, T.
Mysterious Voices belonging to early
risers who live on ground foor)-Oh
cut it outl Forget fti Cheer upl
There's another day coming, etc.
The place is finally left to the moon
and the crickets- Poor old m0onl
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24

There are 2s pounds Of blood In the
body of an average grown up person,
and at each pulsation the heart movea
ten pounds.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24
IN THE SMOKING ROOM


Jack-Darned il this isn't the slowest
place ever struck
Toni don't knowl I had a girl pro-
pose to me last night
Chorus-IIow she do 1T?
Tom-Well, we were sitting in-er-
kind Of a dark corner, and presently
she murmured very softly: DO You
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24
IN A SMALL AND SECLUDED
ROOM

Mr.. BroWn-Put up your ante.
Mrs. Brown Indignantly did put
up my auntyl
Mr.. Brown didn't mean you, my
dear. meant Miss Smith.
Miss Smith raise you five
Mrs Brown-And I five more.
Mr. Brown (becoming interested)-I
call you.
Mrs. Brown (proudly laying down the
ace, two and three spot Of clubs)-A
straight.
Brown Cwho pays his wife's debts)-
Oh, Lord
Most Of the men leave the room sud
denly for divers reasons.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24
JEWEL TRIMMED BODICE.

know what papa said to me this morn
ing? Little girl if you ever fall in
love with a man don't you worry. Just
marry him, and I'll fix him comfortably
for life -
Chorus-Get ups Are you engaged? :?
How much is the old chap worth2 IN
troduce usl Waiter. waiterl
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24

There are 2S.ss4 Juvenile societies in
the British isles, with a membership Of
2.5s6.0oo.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24
IN THE MooNLIGHr

RIch WIDOW tplaintiveIy)-Wi NV
delicate, sensitive nature never annra-
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24

Pretty Glrl Ito chambermaid)-Oh,
Mary. come here a moment I wish
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-24

IL of US blue blooded Amer
leans probably had ancestors
on the spindle side who at
one time or another in the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-11
ResncTtTuIIN,
WM. PATTEN.
Deputy Quartermaster General, U. >
INSTANT DEATH.
| George Gulslys. Uuugarin" MINER
Met Death Yesterday WINE az
Work in the BoRps Wine.

George GuIalys. n Hungarian Miner,
Met Death Yesterday While al
work in the BoRgs Mine.
George Gulalys, a Hungarian miner,
employed at Boggs mine. on the Cleve-
land. Lorain e. Wheeling, west OF
Bridgeport. met with instant death
Yesterday WHEEL at work In the mine
by O fall of several tons Of stone The
accident occurred about two o'clock,
and the falling of the stone attracted
his fellow worltmen, who were near.
They found him under the mass oil
stone dead, his head and upper part
of the body being horribly crushed.
He was removed from the debris ana
taken out OF the mine. Coroner Bee
than was notified and later arrived
and held an inquest, the verdict being
death by accident. Later the body
was taken to an undertaking estab-
lishment at st. Clairsville, from which
place he will be buried to-day. The
interment will be made In the Bridge
port Catholic cemetery. The unfortu-
nate man was 80 years old and came to
this country about month ago. He
leaves wife in Hungary. He had
only worked IN the mine two weeks,
and expected soon to be able to bring
his wife to America.