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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-05

From single tomato plant raised
indoor during the winter, a Southwest
Harbor woman has already taken 80
tomatoes and the plant is loaded with
luscious, ripening fruit.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-05

Electric road talk is among the most
ton around Portland these days. The
work is going on which will enable
these who desire to go to Lewiston by
trolley. the road to Saco will be fin
ished probably in about month.
There is talk of Il road from Bruins
wick TO Gardiner enabling passengers
To ride from Portland, or even Bidde-
ford to Augusta if they like, and anoth-
er suggested running from GGrham to
Ear Mills thus giving pleasure seek
ers the opportunity TO so to Saco by
the shore line, thence by the new road
through the country to Bar Mills, Cor
ham, and Westbrook to Portland.
These may be mere rumors but that
they are talked about is significant.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-05

Cherry blossoms, May l, is the word
from Portland. This is II days earlier
than last year and two weeks ahead of
the average time. The earliest on
record was April 30, 1899.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-05

The Geo. S. Cobb Post, G.. A. R., OF
Camden, is planning to make q little
change in the order of exercises for
Memorial day which will add much to
the interest and beauty of the ex-
ercises. A company of girls from IL
to Is years will be drilled to march in
the procession bearing flags and
bouquets and these girls will assist in
decorating the graves at the cemetery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-05

Camden is going to open its trotting
park, July 4, and have big time gen.
orally. Monroe, Brooks, Liberty and
other towns are already planning to
turn out en- maSSe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-05

Lillian Russell, the famous actress.
has bought a farm at Pemaquid Har-
Dor and will erect beautiful summer
home there at once.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-05

confined to a few cottages down the
harbor. But this ought to afford the
Argus a text for lugubrious lament
of the growing menace of mllltarism.
This is a cheerful paragraph from
the Maine Farmer: 1.-The calls for in
formation regarding Maine farms come
with such frequency as to suggest a
general stampede to the Pine Tree
State. A gentleman who has some
good farms in his hands for sale lately
had "a callers in one day, parties out OF
Maine who wanted farms in Maine for
purely farm purposes. A letter is just
received from one of the great West
ern states asking for information and
stating that the effort is being made
to organize a colony to purchase Maine
farms. Surely the tide is setting east
ward
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-05

Here is chance for the "antis'' t.
have a mass meeting to 'denounce,'
view with ALARM etc. The soldier:
are looting Portland as they die
Pekin! To be sure, only two recruit.
were involved and the footing" wa:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-05

Arson Phelps Stokes offers his palatiaI
country seat. Shadowbrook, at Lenox
Mass, for sale.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22
A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE.


whene'er the sun is smiling bright.
And makes the air delicious;
And inhale 1t with delight,
Fate plays a trick capricfous,
And / am cast into despair.
I sorrow, willy-nilly.
And catch my breath, because the air
Is teeming with bacilli.
And when I see a pretty lass.
I HE me thither straightway,
And close my heart. lest Cupid pass
Unbidden through the gateway.
For poets make the matter plain
/ shall be gruff and mulish-
Love softens but to cause us PAIN
And makes q man look foolish.
And quail on toast-ah, gentle bird,
Though silent In your glory,
What songs inspired by you we've heard!
What charming bits of story!
I see you garnish-ed Alright,
! turn away and shiver,
Because I've heard that you invite
Cirrhosis Of the liver.
30 / shall seek a clustered nook
And scan the harmless pages
OF Some good antiseptic book
And boil my beverages.
For everything I like seems bad
OF danger most prolific.
And so I'll lead life that's sad.
But very scientific.
washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22
secret Drawers.

II is not alone in the stories that the
secret drawers, hiding places in furni-
ture and private packages underneath
houses are to be found nowadays. They
are to be found also in modern New
York. According to q cabinetmaker,
orders are frequently received by him
for pieces of furniture made with hid
den receptacles. He keeps one design
or, in fact, whose special work consists
in contriving false bottoms md secret
drawers for desks, chairs and tables.
Erich women" he declared recently,
'are the most frequent customers for
this sort of work. and have no doubt it
IL because they cannot trust their serv-
ants. or that, il honest, the servants
seem too curious about their mistress
affairs" Interesting condolences have
come to his notice of the sudden failure
in business of the husband of some
woman who had just received from his
shop an ingenious cabinet. The cab.
inetmaker has no doubt that valuable
securities were hidden therein from the
creditors.-N. Y. Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22
THE BASLE CLOCK.
A Theological Tradition OF nm En-
envy That Was Out
witted.

In the accounts of journeys in
Switzerland of the last century it is
often remarked that the clocks of
Basic were an hour too fast, says La
Federation Horlogere Suisse. Tradi-
ton reveals to us the origin of this
custom. When, five centuries ago, the
city was besieged, the enemy designed
to make surprise at the instant
when the main clock should strike
one.
The clockmaker who had charge of
the public clocks learned in time the
signal of attack and set the appara-
tus SO that it should strike two
o'clock instead of one o'clock. The
enemy were disconnected and aban-
doncd the assault. In memory of this
happy deliverance of the city the
clock was still allowed to strike an
hour in advance and the other clocks
were regulated by this one. So for
centuries the time of Basic was one
hour in advance of that of the rest OF
the country.
The clockmaker, who by this ruse
prevented the anticipated attack, and
who was venerated to the end of his
DAYS. made as souvenir of this event
mechani chef d'oeuvre in the form
of a human head, which he placed at
the side of the clock in such way
that it looked in the direction whence
the attack was to proceed. Every
minute this head stuck out its
tongue, as if to mock the enemy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22
Beating an Elopement.

eyes. have had my little romance"
sighed the drummer as the talk
turned on love. "If things had gone
right with me 1 should have married
the incest girl in the world years
ago."
But they went wrong?" was que
ried.
"Yes, they did. I loved an Ohio
farmers daughter. The father was
opposed to the match and forbade me
the house."
"But why didn't you plan an elope-
ment?"
"We did. Yes, sir, the girl loved
me, and we agreed to elope. / was to
be on hand at a certain night with n
horse and buggy and bear her Off"
Ibid the scheme work out all
right?"
mo, it didn't. / arrived on time
to the minute, but couldn't find the
house. The old man had got on to
us. and what do you think he'd done?
True as l live, sir, he'd gone and
moved his house three miles down
| the road, and / couldn't find it, and
the elopement couldn't come off, and
that's why I'm lonely old bachelor
to-day."-Boston Globe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22
SOME RUSTIC INDUSTRIES.
Value of Natures Bounty and
WOman's Work.

} In ore respect at least harvest time
brings hack very forcibly to the minds
of the elderly in agricultural districts
the fact that since their day rustic in
dustries have undergone immense
changes, says the London Mail. The
local conditions of rural life as regards
the agricultural and cottage laborers
have doubtless been appreciab.y inn
proved during the last so years. Wages
have reased and much hysical exer-
ton has been modified, by the use OF
mechanical and labor-saving contriv-
ances. 1t is the women, however, of
the cottage homes who are the great
est gamers by the changes in rural con-
ditions. Fifty years ago they took
their share of the field work with the
men, and summer and winter alike the
wife or daughter was as much field
hand as the husband or father.
But now it is only upon special occa-
sions that the cottage housewife is to
be met with working in the fields, or on
the land at all, unless it is in her own
cottage garden. There is one charac-
teTiStlC VI INusMC has
been handed down from long antece-
dent times. and which has always
seemed to have been the woman's work,
and yet, during the last few years, it,
too, has ceased to find its wonted vo-
taries. Cleaning in the cornfie.ds, as
Ruth cleaned after the reapers in the
| fields of Boaz, has vanished forever.
The reaper and self-binder leave little
for the CLEANER ia pick up, and as the
days of high-priced bread seem also to
have passed, the laborers who lived
largely upon the brown bread ground
from the corn of their own cleaning
now eat the white bread the bakers
cart leaves at their door. Thus there
is no incentive to pursue this old world
industry. 1t has gone the way of silk
worm culture-a species of rural in
dustry which James /. and succeeding
monarchs made strenuous efforts to
encourage. In connection with the
silkworm, mulberry trees were pant
ed in prodigious quantities 60 years OF
so ago for silk-raising purposes, but
now the tree has disappeared from
England and women have lost an occu
patton. Fruit gathering still keeps it.
place as one of the village industrie.
in which women excel.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22
Wnan and Flx.

When a wasp catches a fly it imme
diately bites off both wings, sometimes
a leg or two, and occasionally the head.
Mr.. harrington saw some of the wasps
when laden with one fly catch another,
without letting go the first, and then
fly away with both. There was con.
slant stream of wnsps carrying away
flies, probably to feed the larvae in their
nests, and returning again to the cows
to catch more. In about 20 minute,
Mr.. harrington estimated that between
300 and 400 flies were caught on two
cows lying close to where he stood
Perhaps this narrative. of good deeds
accomplished will lead people to think
more leniently Of the vices of the wasp
Science Siftings.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22

LIN. WANAIAs Oh Lansing, Mlcns
scribe the best, and as know and have
proven that there is nothing In Materia
Medica which equals Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound in
severe cases of female disorders, /
unhesitatingly prescribe It, and have
never yet been sorry. know of MOTH
ing better for ovarian troubles and for
falling Of the womb or alterations It
absolutely restores the affected parts
to their normal condition quicker and
better than anything else. l have
known it to cure barrenncss In wo-
men, who to-day are happy mothers Of
children, and while the medical pro-
fession looks down upon patcnts,'
have learned, instead, to lookup to
the healing potion, by whatever name
It be known. If my fellow physicians
dared tell the truth, hundreds of them
would voice my sentiments. - On.
WAHArA, Lansing, Mich.
5000 forfeit n above tsstimonIaf Il not gsnsisa
The record Of Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound cannot be
equalled. Accept no Substitute.
Mn. Pinkham advises sick. Wo-
Uen Gee. Address Lynn No.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22
Ru.sian Telephone.

A Russian scientist has invented q
telephone far superior to anything
hitherto used. With it a man may talk
to more than one of his friends at q
time, provided they are all in the same
room, for it is not necessary to stand
near the receiver in order to hear the
sound. The voice issues from metal
lie funnel, and may be heard at some
distance. The new telephone hos other
advantages. Sounds transmitted
through it lose very little Of their in
tensity by reason of distance. In ex
periments made between Moscow and
Rostof, distance of $40 miles, speech
songs and music could be clearly heard
A large number of official people were
present at the experiments. and the Off
cial report was full of praise of thu
new telephone.-Paris L'Electricien.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22

other in the snow. Except for the
tumult of the storm and the shFiii
patter of the ice on the low willows.
there was no further sound. As l
staggered toward the sheep, thought
that. as 1 must lie down, I should
seek the shelter of their bodies. So
crawled over the backs of dozen OF
the wearied animals and then kicked
and pushed my way down between
the heavy, ill-smelling feeces. The
animals made way for me and then
crowded round me so closely that
had to force my face out to keep from
smothering. The darkening night
was closing down, the blizzard swept
above, and the sleet sifted unceasing-
ly between the warm, wet sides of
my protectors.
An overpowering desire to sleep was
upon me, but 1 struggled against it,
feeling that danger lurkcd in all this
soothing comfort. But the heavy
warmth of the sheep and their quiet
ness so affected me that soon drift
ed into slumber. At troubled periods
I awoke to find darkness all about,
but the breathing of my fieecy COM
panions again and again renewed my
drowsy sense of security and comfort
till oblivion came once more. 1t was
only when the cramped position OF
nv body made change necessary
that awoke enough to see that there
was a dim light shining through the
snow above me.
broke through the chilly covering
to find it broad daylight; the sun,
high in the cloudless sky, was glaring
intolerably on the wide, white coun-
try. The sheep were still quiet under
their snow blanket, and the surface
was unbroken, but beyond them l saw
the black water of the open river
smoking against its glittering banks.
The blind march had led us out on
narrow, sandy peninsula, where the
river curved around in its narrow bed,
and here, it seemed, the faithful dog
had OWNED danger and had slipped
around the flock in time to keep the
leaders from venturing on the treach-
erous ice.
Where the brave fellow was I did
not know until climbed the low bank
and discovered him watchfully upright
on the highest point, gazing across
the drifts to the town, which was, to
nv amazement, hardly mile away
He welcomed me with delight and saw
me plunge into the snow toward the
settlement with barks OF pleasure and
encouragement, but did not offer tc
follow the broken path. l felt sc
happy at the termination of the ad
venture that / soon covered the dis
lance, hungry and weak though was
Then / found that the children and
my sister had stayed all night in tho
schoolhouse, and had suffered but lit
tie discomfort.
Nv runaway mule was discovered
in the shelter of a crib in the town
his mate was frozen to death as he lay
by the wagon.
/, The rancher who owned the sheer
was out early looking them up, and
although nearly one-half of them hat
persisted on the march, or died before
thew could be dug out, he was giat
enough to find any of them alive.
|. AS for the gallant dog, 1 tried il
vain to buy him of the owner; h
would not consider any price. But TO
MANY years / used to make frequen
trips to the ranch for the sole pur
pose of a visit to the brave and saga
cious "Bink."-Youth's Companion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22
Peat n locomotive Fuel.

Pressed and dried peat for loco
motive fuel is being experimental
with on the Vislanda- Bolmen railway
of Sweden. In a late test, though the
engine was built for using coal only,
an experiment train of Is freight and
one passenger car made the 22-mile
trip ahead of the regulor time sched-
ule, arriving at the criminal station
IS minutes in advance of the SEIZED
ule. A time table for lower speed
than the regular train had been ar
ranged.-Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22

Catarrh has already become ma
tional curse. Its ravages extend from
ocean to ocean.
More than one.half of the people are
affected by it. 1t has become such
serious matter that it has passed the
boundaries of the medical profession
and become a national question. Sen
ators are talking about it; Congress
men are discussing it.
They are not only considering the
extent and chronic nature of the dis
ease, but the possibility of finding ma
tional remedy to meet this national ca
lamity.
The catarrh remedy. Peruna, seems
to be the main expectation in this di
rection.
DR.. Hartman, President of the Hart.
man Sanitarium, devised the remedy
Peruna, over forty years ago, and the
remedy as catarrh cure has beer
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22

Brown neutralizes the bad effects OF
green in the eye, while detracting not
at all from it's fascination.
The white eye may be very beauti-
full eye or terrible eye. With the iris
trimmed with black, this eye hasgreat
distinction. In a woman, when its
startling effect is modified by beauti-
full features and gentle expression, it
is wonderfully alluring. In man,
whose fcce is coarse or brutal, this eye
strikes one with horror.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22
The Peruna Almanac.

The druggists have already been supplied
a great demand for these almanacs ON ac-
count of the articles on astrology which they
contain. The subject of astrology is q very
attractive one to most people. The articles
on astrology in the Peruna almanac have
been furnished by very competent astro!-
ogist, and the mental characteristics of each
sign is given, constituting almost complete
horoscope. A list of lucky and unlucky days
for each month are given. There will be .
gist for one early before they are all gone.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22

growing in favor steadily all these
years.
1t stands to-day before the nation
as thoroughly tested, accurately SCI
entific internal remedy for catarrh.
There are practically no medicinal
rivals in the field.
Peruna is not local application or
temporary relief; it is a permanent
cure. Peruna is a systemic remedy.
1t eradicates catarrh from the sys-
tenn. 1t cures catarrh wherever To-
Gated. Its cures are radical and last
ing.
Therefore, Peruna is receiving the
Endorsement of the leading statesmen
and history-makers of the day.
Address the Peruna Medicine Co..
Columbus. o., for book of testimon-
ials, containing letters from prom
inent men and women concerning
Peruna.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22

Grimshaw-Hopping hornetsl why
didn't you call mo in time? Here it's
seven o'clock, and the boys have started
on an hour ago. l told you last night ]
wanted to go fishing through the ice.
Mrs. Grimshaw-But, my dear. It waa
20 cold
Grimshaw-So cold. chr YouI didn't
think anything Of that last week when
Jon woke me up before daylight q
ih6vol - t1s mowsN. 7. MMN
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22
Easily Settled.

When the dyol;s Of Borneo have to
decide between two disputants, they
give to each the same sized lump Of
salt. These Jumps are dropped into
water, and he whose lump il dissolved
first 10 decided to be in the wrong. Or
they put two live shellfish on a plate
one for each litigant-and squeeze lime
Juice over them. The verdict is given
according to which mans fish stirs first
An English traveller remarks gravely
that the result is usually as accurate as
the Judgment of civilized courts.-
Golden Days.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22
4 NOTED PHYSICIAN
Makes an Important Statement
Of Interest to All Women.

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM Tho hon.
est, intelligent physician is above tho
School Whatever is best in each
case should be used, no matter to what
school q physician belongs. /, ash
matter of conscience, can only pre-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22

Her Father-Aha! / caught you kissing
my daughter, sir! What do you mean by
that sort of businesss
Hell don't consider 1t business at all,
sir, but pleasure, merely pleasure Phils-
delphia Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22

Shell went to fortune teller to-day,
Just for lark, and she told me lot Of
things.
He-Yes, some of them hit it pretty
closely, but l hope you don't think
there is anything supernatural about
their powers. They just use shrewd
Judgment; that II all"
"That may be true, dear. She told mo
/ was married to q man who fell far
short OF what serve."-IndianapoIis
Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22

If we see girl handsomely
dressed up we always feel sorry for
her if she doesn't know much
Washington Qa9 Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22

81 am only budding now" said the
struggling literary chap, but the
time will come when / shall blossom
o-+''
ayes spoke up the observing child.
"maw says your nose Is blessoming
out now" chicnGo DAILY Nswa
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22
.sDear Old Lunnoui,

II wonder why Cholly remains in the
Turkish bath for such length of timer"
"Oh he says that the steam reminds him
of a London fog."-Chicago Daily News
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22


nominating
Chairman
Philadelphia He
appointed President Mckinley Chairman of the St Louis Exposition
following letter to The Peruna
Medicine Co., Of Columbus, Ohio:
Washin D. C.,Ap g. 1901
with
mos
irritating cough the result excess.
and firm believer In its efficacy
FORA trouble. '.--Jno M.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22

Cure your cough with Hale's Honey Of
Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22

AT times all Of us insist on being nicer.
able.-Atchison Globe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos
Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. I.
Feb. II. 1900.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22

stops this Cough and Works Oh
the Cold.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price $50.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22

We discover that almost anybody thinks
he could run hotel.--Washington (Ia.)
Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22

Each succeeding year finds the unedAl-
Gated million less surprised to hear that
diamonds and coal are the same substance.
Puck.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-02-22

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES colormor'
goods, per package, than any other.
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The lightning calculator is merely figure
head.-Chicago Daily News.