Daily Kennebec journal., 1880-04-14

The fat men Of Baltimore had ball the
other night When the time fof dancing
came, they enjoyed themselves in looking on
having engaged the lighter men for that exer-
ci6e.
When you see mother of a ten-year-oid
boy making rapid progress in the direction
Of the river with good stout bean pole IN
her hand, you will not be far out OF the way
should YOU conclude she is going fishing.
She is going on ''whaling" voyage-provid-
ed she can find the boy --Yonkers States
xsaa.
A letter from Crete reports persecution
of Christian converts and the Punishment of
them. This is done in violation of the provis-
ions of the treaty of Berlin, and is likely to
lead to serious disturbances.
hesncient royal charities, the Queens East
er bounties, have been distributed at the Roy-
al Chapel, Whitehall, by the Dean of Wind
sor, Lord High Almoner, with the customary
formalities. Sixty-one aged men and sixty
one aged women the number corresponding
with the age of the Queen, received the royal
bounties.
that the next total solar eclipse visible near
the United States will be that of May 2S,
1900, at 8 O'Clock in the afternoon. The CEN
trail line of totality passes through Mexico,
the Azores, and Egypt.
The Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean Rail
way Company are said to be trying a new
plan for heating cars Of express trains. The
ordinary foot-warmers, having been filled
with acetate of soda, are closed and placed in
stove at lOO' C. They will then remain
warm for about l2 or Is hours. When they
are cool, they are removed from the cars and
heated as before.
When a man looks back into the dim vista
of bygone years, about the only things he can
remember are his mothers slipper, his first
pair of boots, the old schoolmaster and the
little rosy-cheeked school girl who used to
make his heart autter whenever she asked
him for bite of his chewing gum. Life was
worth living in those days, even though there
wasn't much money in it.-Hackensack Re-
publican.
Miss Lillian Carpenter, daughter of Senator
Carpenter of Wisconsin, is an accomplished
singer.-The wife of Congressman Springer
of Illinois is described as a woman of rare
accomplishments, noble nature, and Christian
graces, the daughter of Methodist clergy
man.-Miss Ellen Sherman, the daughter of
Gen. w. T. Sherman, who is to be married
in May, will be the fourth of Secretary Sher-
mans nieces who has been married since
last November.
The tide of immigration in New York dur
ing the month of March amounted to 81 ,64S
immigrants, against 5,965 for the same
month in 1879. There was great rush from
Germany, 6.5O3 being from there 4OO7 from
ireland and 27sO from England. For the
three months ending March, 1880, the num-
Der of immigrants was 35,s25, against II. ia,
an increase of 24,71l during that time Very
large arrivals are looked for this month
The royal standard is never carried into
action even though the sovereign in person
commands the army. A heraldic manuscript
Of the sixteenth century prescribes that the
royal standard ''shall be sett before the
kyngs pavilion or tente, and not to
be borne in battavle, and to be in length
IL yardes." The royal standard is never
hoisted in ships except when her Majesty is
on board, or a member of the royal family,
other than the Prince of Wales. When the
1otto hDo Ill 50. = L
1t is the same as that of the Queen, except
that it bears label Of three points, with the
arms of Saxony on an escutcheon of pre-
tense. Wherever the sovereign is residing
the royal standard is hoisted; and on royal
anniversaries and state occasions it is hoisted
at certai in fortresses or stations-home and
foreign-specified in the Queens regulations,
but nowhere else.-Good- Words.
Many philanthropists on seeing our young
military musicians WELD enormous wind in
struments have sorrowed over the few wears
the poor fellows would have to live. Well,
they are mistaken. All the men whose bust
ness it is to try the wind instruments made
at the various factories before sending them
off for sale are, without exception, free from
pulmonary affections. / have known many
who, en- entering upon this calling, were very
delicate, and who, nevertheless, though their
duty obliged them to blow for hours together,
enjoyed perfect health after certain time.
l am myself an instance of this. My mother
died of consumption; eight children of hers
fell victims to the same disease, and only
three of us survive, aud we all three play
wind instrumental Burg.
INCREASE OF KIDNEY DISEASES. Recent
lv published ''Vital Statistics" reveal an
alarming increase in the dangerous forms of
Kidney Disease. caused no doubt hy the vic