Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-04-22
GENERAL NEWS.

proving.
New York proposes to fl! up corner OF
Central Park with an aquarium.
The French ship Amerique, abandoned at
sea, has been towed into the harbor Of Ply
mouth, England.
Cincinnati has tramps lodging house,
where it costs ten cents night for chair
and five cents for the floor.
The National House OF Representatives has
passed bill granting to the town of Concord,
Mass, ten pieces Of cannon for monumental
purposes.
The New York Express wishes that fire
or something would smoke out some of the
dead beats who hold official chairs in some of
the mutual life insurance companies.
The ship Puritan, of Boston, from Manila
for New York, struck on a bar near Sandy
Hook on the 10th and was abandoned. She
was afterward towed into New York.
Colorado was q bowling wilderness, with
out railroad five years ago. Now the civ
ilizing steam whistle carries its nozzle over
700 miles of that Territory.
From observations made at certain points
in London, horse travels on asphalt pave
ment 19l miles before be falls; on granite
pavement, 1872 miles, and on wood, $50 miles.
Mr.. Nelson Kmball, who with his wife was
thrown from his carriage while passing Essex
Merrimac bridge on Thursday, died on Satur-
day afternoon. He was born in lIayerhil and
was fffty-t years Of age.
h.
fishing auxiiaries in all the large cities, with
a view to collecting data in reference to the
civil and military history of the late Confed-
eracy.
The last edition of the London Slang Die
tionary, under the head of GUNNER" says
sin California men who profess to be jour
nalists, and so obtain free dinners and drinks.
are called literary bummers."
Over SIG 900 worth of silks and other goods
said to belong to a wealthy Broadway i'm
porter, were seized on Friday by order of the
special agent of the Treasury, Howe, on
| board the Cunard steamship Russia. An at
| tempt was made to land the goods in travel
| ling trunks, as personal luggage.
The following letter, sent to the Brooklyn
Argus by correspondent, conclusively set
ties Miss Smiley's claims: "This Womun
smilee in mi Opinyun ausht not be Alowd
speak god Mayd US to run Pulpit not VIM
min they haseEt got Nollege enuf as that is
mi Opnyun.'
News comes from San Francisco Of the
murder of Elmer V. Caldwell, q horse. car
| conductor, a man about thirty years of age,
| who was employed in wholesale drug store
| in Boston previous to going to the Pacific.
| lie had mother in Salem or Lynn.
| A Boston dry-goods dealer was insured for
| SIS 500, and after a recent fire, for which the
| insurance companies paid him S755, gave an
illustration of what the Commercial Bulletin
calls the "romance Of trade" by putting out
on placard: 100000 worth of dry goods,
damaged by smoke and water, will be offered
at great bargains tomorrow"
good story is told of one Of the conduct
ors of railroad running out of Boston. He
attended church few Sabbatlis ago, and
during the sermon fell asleep. While the
rest Of the congregation was attentively lis
tening to the words of the preacher, the con-
ductor awoke suddenly and called out, "Bev-
erly, Beverly, change cars, change cars.
The worshippers were startled and TIE con-
ductor blushed deeply.
John Paul has written letter on the SUBJ
.ject of imitation, and sums the entire question
up in the following pertinent inquiry: "And
what shall it profit man if we enable him to
20 to market with bushel basket full of pa
per, and he is also enabled to carry home the
vegetables it purchaseth in his vest pocket?'
A Buffalo streetcar conductor refused to
permit female in "bloomer costume" to ride
on his car, believing her to be woman
dressed in mans clothes. The case was car
ried to court, when the conductors counsel
stated that there was an ordinance against a
female wearing mans dress, and thought
that worn BY the woman came very near to
it. The justice, however, held that the
"bloOmer" was a female costume
The funeral of DR.. Livingstone, Saturday
morning, in Westminster Abbey, was attended
by great crowd, including representation
from the London Geographical Society. The
Queen and Prince of Wales sent carriages as
marks of respect for the deceased. The
Baroness Burdett Coutts sent beautiful flow
ers 1t was special funeral service early
in the day.
KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP"
There has something gone wrong
My brave boy it appears,
For see your proud struggle
To keep back the tears
That is right. When you can not
Give trouble the slip,
Then bear It, still keeping
"A stiff upper lipl'
Though you can not escape
disappointment and care,
The next best thing to do
Is to learn how to bear
Ii when for lifes prizes
You're running you trip,
Get up-start again,
Keep q stiff upper lip
Let your hands and your conscience
BE honest and clean;
Scorn to touch or to think of
The thing that is mean.
But hold on to the pure
And the right with firm grip,
And though hard be the task,
keep stin upper lip"
Through childhood, through manhood
Through life to the end,